Lin Wu was sitting at the back, with most of her face covered in shadow, making it difficult to see her expression.
"Tell me from the beginning what happened when I was away."
The people in front looked at each other, and finally Bo Wu spoke first.
"This story begins when the master returned to Beijing from the northwest. I followed the master back at that time." Bo Wu said, "But the master did not stay in Beijing after returning. He went directly to the medical organization abroad and told me and Bo Liu to cooperate with the Fourth Master to handle domestic affairs, and Bo Qi to handle the affairs of the Independence League abroad."
Lin Wu asked: "What is he doing in the medical organization?"
"I don't know. The master didn't tell us, and he didn't let us follow. We also contacted Mr. Yang to ask, but he said he didn't know and had never seen the master. After that, the master never showed up again."
Bo Wu hesitated for a moment, "Ms. Lin, did the master really go to the underground city?"
Lin Wu said in a deep voice: "It is very likely that his uncle Bo Qingcheng and Jian Chong are with them."
"But why would uncle let Bo Yuting follow? They don't have any friendship between them. Even if it was for Bo Qingcheng... with my uncle's cautious nature, he wouldn't agree. Because he wouldn't trust Bo Yuting, he would worry whether Bo Yuting would disclose their whereabouts." Lu Guichi was puzzled.
Lin Wu frowned, she couldn't understand this either.
Bo Wu was silent for a few seconds. Just as he was about to say something, he heard Lin Wu say, "We'll talk about Bo Yuting later. I'll find him. Let's talk about the matter in Beijing first."
Bo Wu opened his mouth, but eventually swallowed what he was about to say.
He then said, "The first thing that happened in Beijing was that within two days, some personnel from No. 49 were killed while on a mission."
Gu Siyin is the person at No. 49.
She said, "I've inquired about it. That mission was quite difficult, and deaths were inevitable. It was normal mission loss. There was also an accidental fire. But the place where the accident happened was a ghost street, full of people of all kinds, and there were more people at night than during the day. Someone discovered it and put out the fire in time. Although many of the dead were burned beyond recognition, there was still one who was lucky enough not to be harmed, leaving behind a complete death."
"It was this dead person who caused the trouble. The person's body was blue and purple, swollen, black blood was flowing from all seven orifices, and there was a black plum blossom mark the size of a fingernail on the back of his neck. It was obvious that he committed suicide and was not killed by others during the mission."
"This attracted the attention of the top brass at No. 49, who ordered an investigation."
Lin Wu's eyes moved slightly.
This is how the Huo family died.
"The Fourth Master knows that this is how the Huo family died." Bo Wu said at this time, "He asked me to keep an eye on Han Yuesong, who came back from Lingnan and had close contact with the Huo family, and to artificially create some evidence to guide him to really associate it with the Huo family."
Gu Siyin nodded: "After what happened in Lingnan, Han Yuesong and I both knew that there was a traitor in No. 49, and that something was very wrong. As soon as he followed the evidence and found the Huo family, he immediately reported it, which shocked the top management and they began a thorough investigation."
At this point, Gu Siyin couldn't help but secretly curse Han Yuesong.
"Han Yuesong also dragged me into this. The higher-ups interrogated both of us separately and asked us to recount everything that happened in Lingnan."
At that time, Gu Siyin did not report everything that happened in Lingnan when she reported on her work.
Because Lin Wu's presence was too profound, she didn't want the higher-ups to notice that Lin Wu was related to the dungeon, which would not be a good thing for Lin Wu.
But before she could figure out how to report on her work, the investigation of traitors began.
Gu Siyin's situation at No. 49 was a bit awkward. The higher-ups all knew that her mother Chi Yangzhi was related to the underground city, so they paid special attention to her and Gu Shiqing and suspected them.
In order to clear herself of suspicion, Gu Siyin could only tell the story of meeting the ancestors of the "511" case in Lingnan, and emphasize that it was because of this that she felt there was a spy, trying to downplay the role of their Gu family and Lin Wu in it.
Fortunately, Han Yuesong was tactful and said almost the same thing as she said, without mentioning Lin Wu.
"That's not all. No. 49 interrogated my second brother again and asked him about what happened in Danmaya. My second brother was better. He told the story as before and there was no additional reaction from the higher-ups. But No. 49 detained us all."
Gu Siyin was in a very complicated mood: "It was only after my father and Fourth Master Bo went to No. 49 to put pressure on us that they released us because they couldn't find anything on us."
Bo Wu continued, "The Fourth Master took the opportunity to propose a re-investigation of the 511 case. The Huo family was related to the case, so the higher-ups agreed. The Fourth Master did not let go of any of the people who were related to the 511 case who were still alive, and asked No. 49 to investigate them one by one."
"Also, the Fourth Master also revealed that the master was ambushed at the rescue station near the Blackback Mountain in the northwest. This incident caused a big stir, and No. 49 had no choice but to check the people who were at the rescue station now and eighteen years ago."
"As a non-staff member of No. 49, Deputy Sect Master Cheng of Xuanmen took the initiative to cooperate with the investigation and also provided a list of people that his brother No. 49 had contact with."
In fact, they all saw at that time that No. 49 did not want to investigate the matter of the rescue station and intended to cover it up.
But since Cheng Wenwei had made the matter public, No. 49 could no longer turn a blind eye and ignore the investigation.
With these two approaches working together and more and more people paying attention to the matter, clues were finally uncovered within a few days, and even the spy in the "511" case was found.
"Then, the Fourth Master went to Ghost Street privately and met the Second Cobbler." Bo Wu turned back to look at Lin Wu, "The Second Cobbler gave the Fourth Master a list. After the Fourth Master got it, he tried to pass it on quietly."
"The list contains the identities of the traitors. Several of them are high-ranking officials of No. 49, as well as several people from other organizations who hold high positions of power. Under pressure from several parties, they were quickly dismissed and detained to cooperate with the investigation."
"Things might have ended here, but something else happened."
"Xuanmen Sect Master Yuan Fengrong was in contact with the Huo family and colluded with them. He accidentally revealed his identity and was discovered by No. 49's men."
The person who was most surprised to hear this was Lu Guichi.
"Yuan Fengrong is a member of the Huo family? How is this possible?!"
He has been in contact with the Huo family for such a long time, but he has never heard that the Huo family has developed Yuan Fengrong as a secret agent!
Bo Wu explained: "Yuan Fengrong is not a member of the Huo family, he just cooperates with the Huo family. This started eighteen years ago. His master passed away, and he ascended to the position of the sect leader with the help of the Huo family. They have kept in touch over the years."
"The person who interrogated Yuan Fengrong was Deputy Sect Leader Cheng. He found out the truth through questioning."
"Then--"
Bo Wu was silent.
Gu Siyin, Bai Jing and Zheng Qi also fell silent.
Lin Wu guessed it quickly and clenched his hands on his knees.
Gu Siyin said in a serious tone, "Yuan Fengrong pointed out the second leatherworker during the interrogation. The person No. 49 sent out on a mission died suddenly. It was the second leatherworker who did it."
"Because he got the news that someone discovered a traitor inside No. 49, and they wanted to trace it back to the Huo family and settle accounts with them. He told the Huo family about this, and the Huo family trusted the second cobbler, and asked him to deal with the few people who might be exposed in the lower level of No. 49."
"This corresponds to the fact that the mission was an accident that happened in Ghost Street. The higher-ups immediately sent people to capture the second cobbler, but he had already disappeared. The higher-ups investigated him, and while investigating, they dug up an old story - eighteen years ago, he had contact with my mother."
"And it has never stopped over the years!"
The No. 19 case was traced back to Chi Yangzhi.
But when they went to ask Chi Yangzhi questions, she was gone.
The higher-ups suspected that Chi Yangzhi and the second cobbler had defected together, but after a careful investigation, they discovered that Chi Yangzhi was also related to the traitor they had found!
What's even more amazing is that the above recalled that eighteen years ago, Gu Tangzhang refused to hand over Chi Yangzhi, Gu Siyin concealed the above-mentioned position, and Gu Shiqing's mission failed and the meteorite was lost.
Therefore, No. 49 became highly suspicious of the Gu family. If he had not been concerned about all parties, he would have probably taken action against the Gu family long ago instead of just tracking down Chi Yangzhi's whereabouts.
"The higher-ups are investigating mom's whereabouts. They found some traces of her abroad a few days ago. Bo Yuting was with her at the time." Gu Siyin looked back at Lin Wu and said.