As soon as the man surnamed Xie entered, the people inside greeted him, "Manager Xie, how have you been?"

"Pah! Did you send Chen Laowu?" Xie cursed.

Sun Miao'er found the voice very familiar, but she couldn't quite place where she had heard it before.

The man then said, "It's his own business if he wants to have a heart-to-heart talk with Manager Xie. What does it have to do with me?"

"Old Wei, let me tell you, if Wei Rongchang finds out that I'm helping you with this, I'll have no way to survive in Pingnan City!"

Then Xie's voice came from inside the house.

It was indeed him, Wei Laoba, Wei Rongzheng, the eighth son of the Wei family, and Wei Rongchang's younger brother. It's unexpected that Wei Rongzheng not only openly opposes Wei Rongchang, but also does a lot of good deeds behind the scenes.

Wei Rongchang probably never imagined that the mastermind behind the Wei family's downfall was his own younger brother.

Wei Rongzheng said, "Don't worry, it won't be traced back to you. Even if the sky falls, I, Little Eighth Master, will hold it up. Just take this batch of goods and say that the Wei family sold them to you. These are all goods that I specially ordered Chen Laowu to produce. The weaving technique is unique to the Wei family, and they are even sealed with the Wei family's seal. No one would dare to say that they are fake. I'm afraid that even my elder brother himself would have to believe it when he sees them."

"Alright, Master Wei, I'm relieved to hear you say that. But that Chen Laowu is asking for an exorbitant amount today. We agreed on 1,500 taels, but he's asking me for 2,500 taels. What kind of nonsense is that?"

Even through the window, Sun Miao'er could almost see Xie's greedy, money-grubbing expression.

Wei Rongzheng said, "I know about his affairs. With the goods I gave you today, you can use them to extort more than five thousand taels from Wei Rongchang. Go ahead and ask for more. No one knows the Wei family's wealth better than me, hmph!"

It turns out that Wei Rongzheng was playing dumb to deceive others, pretending to be ignorant all the time.

Sun Miao'er was almost fooled by him, actually believing him to be some kind of playboy who only knew how to drink and have fun. In fact, he was more cunning than anyone else.

A short while later, the man surnamed Xie came out of the house and instructed Sun Miao'er, "Transport those goods away."

Sun Miao'er did as instructed, and within half an hour, all the goods were loaded onto the truck. They chose to do this at night so that it would be less likely to be discovered.

When they arrived at the back door of the warehouse, Xie watched them deliver the goods, yawned, and prepared to go back to rest.

Suddenly, a flash of silver light streaked across my neck, sending a chill down my spine.

Terrified, he immediately lost his composure and stammered, "What...what do you want to do?"

Fu Yuchi held the short dagger to Xie's neck, towering over him by more than half a head.

Sun Miao'er paced back and forth, her hand resting on the wooden box. "What are we trying to do? Manager Xie, you're running such a big business, are you trying to monopolize it all?"

"You? You want money?" the man surnamed Xie asked.

Fu Yuchi's dagger drew even closer to him, and Sun Miao'er threatened coldly, "Behave yourself. Do you think you have the right to bargain with me now?"

"No, no, no! Let's talk this out!" The man surnamed Xie realized they were serious and became frightened, so his attitude softened a bit. "Just tell me how much money you want, and I'll go to the bank tomorrow to get it for you!"

This idea came to Sun Miao'er suddenly. To expose Wei Rongzheng's secrets, Wei Rongchang himself had to take charge. It wouldn't make sense for outsiders like them to handle the Wei family's affairs.

A sly glint appeared in Sun Miao'er's eyes as she asked, "How much money do you want, Manager Xie?"

"Here you go, as long as you let me go!" the man surnamed Xie promised, patting his chest.

Sun Miao'er flicked the dagger with her fingers, making a crisp sound, and then sat down on the cargo cart. "That young master and Manager Xie were talking about something, like, 'Just ask for as much as you want, give me as much as you can,' how about that?"

"This..." Xie hesitated. He hadn't expected these two bandits to be so ruthless. He had originally wanted 10,000 taels of silver after hearing Wei Rongzheng's words, but how could he let 10,000 taels fall into the hands of these two? He had taken such a big risk to do this for Wei Rongzheng, and he might lose his life if things went wrong.

Seeing that he disagreed, Sun Miao'er's voice became even colder, "Brother, tie him up first, and we'll go to the warehouse to talk slowly."

The man surnamed Xie was bound hand and foot with hemp rope and thrown into the warehouse. His mouth was also sealed with a strip of cloth so he couldn't make a sound.

“From now on, I’ll ask you a question and you answer it. If you don’t tell the truth or cry for help, I’ll chop off one of your fingers.” Sun Miao’er held the dagger in her hand and played with it. She never thought that torturing a bad guy would be so interesting.

"Nod if you agree."

The man surnamed Xie nodded repeatedly, and Sun Miao'er then removed the gag from his mouth.

Sun Miao'er asked, "How do you usually trade with that person?"

“Go to that house. Every time, he would send someone to tell me to go see him…” Xie was so scared that he could barely speak, his words coming out in broken sentences.

Sun Miao'er frowned. "Is that his house?"

"No, he's from Dahuai Village. That's just a house he bought in the city, used for meeting with us." The man surnamed Xie shrank back, quite frightened.

"Them? Who else?"

The man surnamed Xie replied, "And there's Chen Laowu, the same Chen Laowu who came to see me today."

"Do you use a secret code when you meet?" Sun Miao'er pressed.

The man surnamed Xie shook his head, wondering why they were asking these questions. "No, they'll know when they see my people that this is the first time I've done something like this with them. But I made an agreement with Chen Laowu to meet once every three days, and he'll explain the details of the next step to me."

"I see."

It seems their preparations were quite thorough, holding a small meeting every three days. No wonder Wei Rongchang was kept in the dark, completely outmaneuvered by his own brother. The enemy was in the dark, while he was in the light. Who could understand the Wei family better than Wei Rongzheng?

It's just unknown when Wei Rongzheng got involved with Chen Laowu in the workshop. The Wei family keeps a record of all their shipments, from raw materials to processing and then shipping. There are people specifically responsible for verifying everything. Could it be that Chen Laowu is not the only mole in the Wei family that Wei Rongzheng has bribed?

At the very least, the accountants and warehouse staff must obey him for the system to function.

More importantly, the goods that had just been delivered to the yard were all sealed with the Wei family's seal. How did Wei Rongzheng manage to get past Wei Rongchang?

Sun Miao'er gave Xie some water, locked him in the warehouse, walked to the yard, looked at the goods, and pondered for a long time. "Master, what do you think we should do with these goods?"

“Send them back to the Wei family.” Fu Yuchi stood up straight. “Let them go back to where they came from. Send them to Master Wei so he can experience it for himself.”

Sun Miao'er smiled brightly and said, "Master, we truly are of one mind, and that's exactly what I was thinking too."