Chapter 2961: Led by the Nose

The main coverage area of the Left Military Governor's Office was the Americas, with North America, where the economy was better developed, being the top priority. The An family itself was the second-largest family in North America, and the Anti-Qing Society had Chen Zimin undercover within it for many years, so they knew the situation of the An family like the back of their hand.

Wu Feiyan had them investigate the An family's helicopters, and they immediately focused their attention on the An family's general aviation company.

At Wu Yongzhen's command, the thousand or so scouts of the Left Military Governor's Office, who had been dormant within the United States and completely silent for many days, were all mobilized.

A small portion of them began searching for clues about Chen Zimin and the Earl of Loyalty, while more of them infiltrated all parts of New York to search for clues about the antique stolen from the Rothschild family.

At the same time, the scout closest to the aviation company had already headed to the scene of the aviation company at the fastest speed to conduct an investigation.

Scouts were the reconnaissance soldier sequence directly under the Five Military Governor's Offices within the Anti-Qing Society and were an important channel for intelligence acquisition within the Five Military Governor's Offices.

Every scout had undergone extremely professional and rigorous training by the Anti-Qing Society, and everyone had to take poison to ensure their loyalty to the Anti-Qing Society.

In less than half an hour, the nearest scout had already rushed to the scene of the An family's aviation company.

This trip was not in vain; the scout immediately discovered that a major fire had occurred at the An family's aviation company last night, and the fire seemed to have just been extinguished not long ago.

After making inquiries, it was learned that a fire had occurred in one of the helicopter hangars in the early hours of the morning, and a helicopter had been destroyed in the fire. No casualties were found at the scene.

The scout realized the situation was unusual and immediately reported the news to their superior.

After the Left Military Governor's Office learned the news, while feeding the news back to Wu Tianlin, they immediately activated their high-level undercover agent hidden within the New York State Legislature to gain an in-depth understanding of the fire situation.

After Wu Tianlin received the news, he reported to Wu Feiyan with a solemn expression: "Master, the Left Military Governor's Office received news that a major fire occurred at the An family's aviation company in New York in the early hours of the morning, destroying a helicopter, but no casualties have been found for the time being."

Wu Feiyan immediately furrowed her brows tightly and said sternly: "Fire, another fire! Twenty years ago, Ye Changying and An Chengxi also died in a fire! To this day, I have no way to determine whether the two people who died in that fire were truly them!"

After speaking, she said with a gloomy expression: "That fire of Ye Changying's was intended to leave me with no way to confirm, and this fire this time, they are trying to leave me with no way to start! If no one died this time, why would the enemy bother to set this fire?"

Wu Tianlin nodded: "The hangar catching fire is certainly not a coincidence; it must be to cover up some clues."

After speaking, he said with a heavy expression: "In Cyprus that time, the enemy directly destroyed the entire copper mine. If it hadn't been for the rush of time, they probably wouldn't have even left us the body parts of the Earl of Jian Gong. Last time it was an explosion, this time it is a fire. It seems the situation is very pessimistic!"

Wu Feiyan immediately pressed: "Are there any other clues?!"

Wu Tianlin hurriedly said: "Returning to Master, Wu Yongzhen has already activated the highest-level undercover agent and will definitely find out with the fastest speed!"

Wu Feiyan nodded lightly and said coldly: "Order all scouts of the Right Military Governor's Office stationed in Europe to arrive in New York as soon as possible. All scouts of the Central, Front, and Rear Military Governor's Offices are to enter a state of first-level combat readiness and arrive in New York before noon tomorrow! I want to conduct a carpet search of New York and must find the clues to the people and the antique!"

Wu Tianlin immediately said: "Your subordinate obeys!"

The scouts in New York soon searched for some valuable clues. The first clue was that the aviation company's surveillance system had been ordered to be completely shut down last night, so no surveillance records were left inside the aviation company, and the person who ordered the surveillance to be shut down was actually Chen Zimin himself.

Immediately following this, the scouts at the scene of the aviation company sent back news. Because the scene was almost completely burned down, it was indeed difficult to find valuable clues. They sent people to sneak into the fire scene and took advantage of the chaos to collect some samples from the scene, using luminol reagent for rapid detection.

Luminol reagent is one of the most common detection methods in criminal investigation. It can cause hemoglobin in blood to react with it through a special chemical reaction to emit blue light, thereby identifying the presence of blood, even trace amounts of blood after cleaning can be revealed.

However, the entire scene had been specially cleaned by professional personnel from the Rothschild family. Not to mention that bloodstains could not be detected, even DNA had been completely cleared, so the scouts did not find any evidence of people being present at the fire scene.

After Wu Tianlin relayed this result to Wu Feiyan, Wu Feiyan immediately furrowed her brows and asked: "Is there truly no loss of life at the fire scene?!"

Wu Tianlin replied: "Returning to Master, currently, no clues related to personnel have been found at the scene, not even a single hair burned by the fire has been found."

Wu Feiyan said coldly: "Impossible. Since the enemy set the fire, it must be to destroy clues. Otherwise, why bother with such an unnecessary move? In a match between experts, there will not be any useless move!"

After speaking, Wu Feiyan added: "Have them investigate quickly again! Investigate the employees of the aviation company, who was on duty yesterday, who they saw, what was abnormal, ask everything clearly!"

Wu Tianlin hurriedly said: "Understood, Master. Your subordinate will pass this down right away!"

Soon, the scouts followed Wu Feiyan's requirements, made inquiries, and sent back news.

After Wu Tianlin received the news, he was shocked and hurriedly reported to Wu Feiyan: "Master, there is news! Late last night, it was Chen Zimin who personally arranged the helicopter. He requested the aviation company's pilot to fly the helicopter to the vicinity of Manhattan Hospital. After the helicopter picked him up, it went directly to the roof of Manhattan Hospital."

Wu Feiyan's brows were tightly furrowed: "And then?"

Wu Tianlin said: "Then Chen Zimin dismissed the pilot. His meaning was that he could operate the helicopter himself. The pilot did not dare to disobey, left the helicopter to him, and left directly."

Wu Feiyan asked again: "Does the pilot know any other clues?"

"No more." Wu Tianlin said: "After the pilot left the hospital, he took a taxi directly home to rest and was only summoned by the police today to assist in the investigation."

As he spoke, Wu Tianlin added: "The police also investigated the employees on duty in the hangar early this morning. The other party said that before dawn, it was Chen Zimin who piloted the helicopter back to the aviation company alone. After he towed the helicopter into the hangar, Chen Zimin dismissed him. Not long after, the hangar caught fire, and the fire was very large as soon as it started, as if it were man-made."

Wu Feiyan was silent for a moment, then said dejectedly: "Looking at it this way, Chen Zimin and the Earl of Loyalty should already be dead. I truly did not expect that the four great earls under my Anti-Qing Society, who have roamed the world for decades without a single defeat, would fall one after another in such a short period of time."

Speaking of this, she clenched her fists, her expression ferocious, and roared in a low voice: "What makes me unable to accept it most is that four earls have died, and I haven't even touched the shadow of the enemy! What is his name, how many people are under his command, I know absolutely nothing about these! For more than three hundred years, except for the time I was chased into the Ten Thousand Mountains by the Qing army, I have never been as passive as I am today! Truly damnable!"

Wu Tianlin's expression was somewhat regretful, but more so, it was worry.

The death of the four great earls would inevitably bring a huge impact to the entire Anti-Qing Society, making himself, the three elders, and the Wu family members who led the Five Military Governor's Offices doubt and worry about the future.

Once everyone's heart developed doubts, the stability of the Anti-Qing Society, which had lasted for three hundred years, would be broken from within.

At this moment, Wu Tianlin suddenly received a call, and then his expression changed drastically. He blurted out to Wu Feiyan: "Master! The Left Military Governor's Office reported that they found Chen Zimin chartered a business jet, which took off from New York early this morning and went to China!"

"What?!" Wu Feiyan's heart skipped a beat, and she blurted out: "Is this true?!"

"Absolutely true!" Wu Tianlin said firmly: "The plane was indeed chartered by him. The flight route applied for was from New York to Yanjing. The plane has already been in the air for more than three hours!"

Wu Feiyan's heart tightened, and she asked back: "Do you think Chen Zimin is on that plane?!"

Wu Tianlin blurted out: "Master, your subordinate does not dare to speak too fully, but the time this plane took off is truly too coincidental, and that antique dealer has also disappeared. It cannot be ruled out that Chen Zimin first controlled that antique dealer, then obtained the treasure you wanted, and fled to China with the treasure..."

Speaking of this, Wu Tianlin overturned his own speculation and shook his head: "No, Chen Zimin has always been valued by you, and his parents and siblings are all in our hands. He absolutely would not dare to betray you. Furthermore, he himself needs to take the antidote regularly. Without the antidote, even if he betrayed you, how many days could he live? No matter how you look at it, there is no need to betray you!"

Wu Feiyan shook her head: "The current situation is no longer the situation of the past three hundred years. In the past three hundred years, I have not encountered any opponent, nor have I encountered anyone who could resolve the poison I created. But now, we have an additional powerful opponent. Perhaps he has a way to detoxify!"

Speaking of this, Wu Feiyan added: "Think about it, in Cyprus that time, the entire copper mine was destroyed, but only the body parts of the Earl of Jian Gong were found. This proves that the enemy had already transferred the others out alive. Otherwise, he could have completely blown everyone up in the copper mine. Those dead soldiers and Xiaoqi Guards, knowing they wouldn't live past a month without the antidote, why would they be willing to be transferred out by him? It is very likely that the enemy has already detoxified them!"

Wu Tianlin's expression stiffened, and he hurriedly asked: "Master, should we find a way to intercept that plane?!"

"Intercept! Must intercept!" Wu Feiyan said without hesitation: "Let the people we have infiltrated into the U. S. intelligence system report in their real names to the U. S. Department of Homeland Security, saying that someone is carrying important secrets and fleeing to China on that plane. With the American style of acting, preferring to believe it is true, they will definitely order that plane to return for investigation!"

Wu Tianlin subconsciously said: "Master, for this kind of thing, just finding someone to report anonymously should be enough. Letting the people we have infiltrated report in their real names, they might be exposed."

"It doesn't matter." Wu Feiyan said expressionlessly: "Tell him this is a good opportunity for him to make a contribution. After reporting, let him commit suicide directly. After he dies, his family can live in peace in the future;"

"As long as he dies, not only will he not expose himself, but the Americans will instead believe even more that there is something fishy. In that case, even if they send out the Air Force, they will definitely bring that plane back!" ===== CHAPTER 2962 =====