Chapter 95 Code Words
Ning Xuan expressed her understanding.
Looking at Ning Xuan's slender figure, Lu Yan added, "Comrade Ning, this is considered an official business trip. After it's over, we'll give you a travel allowance so you won't work for nothing. And if we can successfully find out who's behind this, I'll also help you apply for a bonus."
Ning Xuan didn't really care about the prize money, but she was still quite angry that Liang Zhicheng had been able to get away with it for so long. Catching Dieter was her duty.
So she readily agreed, and then Lin Qing pulled her aside to do a simple disguise, and then she and Lin Qing started to keep an eye on Liang Zhicheng.
However, Ning Xuan had never intended to keep a close watch like them from the beginning. It was just that it was not convenient to take action during the day, so she could only stay with Lin Qing and pretend to keep a serious watch.
When it was time to leave work, Liang Zhicheng, as usual, voluntarily worked an extra hour to cultivate an image of a good leader who was wholeheartedly devoted to his work.
An hour later, Liang Zhicheng came out of the office and then rode his bicycle home.
Lu Yan's men were divided into several groups of two to keep an eye on Liang Zhicheng on his way to and from get off work.
Ning Xuan and Lin Qing are at the intersection of three roads, where they can clearly see Liang Zhicheng riding his bicycle past.
Lin Qing observed that Liang Zhicheng's routine was no different from usual; he would ride his bike straight home after get off work.
Ning Xuan looked at it for a while and had an idea. She said to Lin Qing, "Do you think it's possible that he completed the message delivery on the way?"
Lin Qing, who had been leaning against the wall pretending to chat, immediately straightened up. "What do you mean?"
Ning Xuan explained, "Look, there weren't many people on the road just now, but Liang Zhicheng still rang his bicycle bell a few times. That's normal, after all, he wanted to remind passersby. But did you notice that the bell he rang had a rhythm? The intervals were long and short, sometimes rapid and sometimes steady."
I also noticed that the index finger of his other hand was rhythmically tapping on the handle, which I felt was very likely a code between them.
As Ning Xuan spoke, she recalled what she had just witnessed, noting down the rhythm of Liang Zhicheng ringing the bell and tapping the handlebars with his index finger.
She discovered that since she started cultivating, her memory had almost reached the level of photographic memory; once she had seen something, she could recall it with just a little effort.
Just then, Liang Zhicheng also passed by this section of road, and she continued to keep an eye on her and did not notice the sound of her ringing the bell.
The next part of the journey was the business of the other groups, so Ning Xuan gave what she had written to Lin Qing.
“I’m not sure either, but you should have people with expertise in this area. Take it back and have them try to decipher it.”
Lin Qing looked at Ning Xuan and saw that she remembered things very clearly, even writing down the intervals in seconds, though she added in parentheses that it was an estimate.
But this is still quite impressive, Lin Qing thought to himself. Sure enough, the world is not lacking in talent.
Without delay, she took Ning Xuan back to the guesthouse and gave Lu Yan the things Ning Xuan remembered.
"Minister, the girl you invited is truly talented. Putting aside whether this is a code or not, her memory is amazing!" Lin Qing exclaimed.
Lu Yan pursed his lips, staring at what Lin Qing was holding. His pupils dilated for a moment. He didn't bother chatting with Lin Qing, and casually pulled over a chair next to him to sit down at the table and start doing calculations.
Their department has many talented people who can decipher all kinds of codes, and Lu Yan happens to be one of the best.
He usually works in Beijing, but this time he had another case and needed to come here in person. He happened to receive this list with Liang Zhicheng on it, so he assigned someone to keep an eye on Liang Zhicheng and also checked on him from time to time.
After about 20 minutes, Lu Yan looked at the code he had deciphered, breathed a sigh of relief, and then his face became serious:
"Look at this~ None of you noticed his abnormality. Someone who hasn't received any special training and isn't part of the organization noticed the anomaly at a glance. Shouldn't you write a self-criticism?"
Lin Qing picked up the paper Lu Yan handed her, which read, "Speed up, ship in 2 days."
"It really is a code, but boss, with just this one sentence, we have no idea what they're doing, what kind of goods they're shipping, or where they're shipping them."
Lu Yan shook his head, "It's already pretty good to get this. Shipping goods is inseparable from transportation. This place is not close to the sea or river, so the only way is by land. Next, we will arrange more people to keep an eye on major stations and intersections and conduct investigations. If there are any suspicious people or vehicles, we will stop them."
Lin Qing bowed and replied, "Received!"
By this time, Ning Xuan had already familiarized herself with the process. She took out the puppet to lie on the bed in her place, then cast invisibility and speed spells on herself and started running towards Liang Zhicheng's house.
Today, as Liang Zhicheng passed by, she used her spiritual power to quickly stick a small paper figure onto him, allowing the paper figure to quietly slip into Liang Zhicheng's handbag.
Thanks to the spiritual energy and magic, the paper doll flew very fast, so fast that ordinary people couldn't even catch a glimpse of it with the naked eye. Now, Ning Xuan only needed to rely on the connection between herself and the paper doll to find Liang Zhicheng's house.
Lu Yan's men were also watching outside Liang Zhicheng's house.
This time, Ning Xuan first used a stun talisman to knock out Liang Zhicheng and Zhang Yufen in the room, then used a soundproof talisman to block the sound, and also used a confusion array plate, so that the people watching outside would not notice anything unusual in the room.
After doing all this, Ning Xuan used the Truth Potion on Liang Zhicheng and then began to make him confess his identity and what he had done, mainly about the organization behind him.
The truth potion was incredibly effective. Liang Zhicheng, who had been unconscious, seemed to regain consciousness and began to spill the beans, telling Ning Xuan what she had asked him.
Ning Xuan casually sat down next to the tape recorder she had taken out, listening to Liang Zhicheng's confession. The more she listened, the angrier she became. These people could no longer be simply described as scum and beasts.
Moreover, what they did could not be explained in two hours. Ning Xuan added another bottle of truth potion and talked for more than an hour before Liang Zhicheng finally finished explaining the matter.
Ning Xuan already knew what they had been doing lately, and what the so-called shipment in two days was.
Moreover, the organization behind Liang Zhicheng is actually very vigilant. They maintain a single-line contact with Liang Zhicheng. If Liang Zhicheng has something important to do, he will leave a signal for their people, and then his superiors will arrange for someone to come and find him.
In reality, his true superior never showed up, and Liang Zhicheng didn't know who his superior was.
Ning Xuan couldn't get any information about Liang Zhicheng's superiors out of Liang Zhicheng, but she already had a plan in mind to find out who was behind it all.
Ning Xuan felt that she couldn't delay any longer, so she used the puppet potion on Liang Zhicheng. This way, for the next month, she would know what Liang Zhicheng was thinking and could command him to do anything at any time.
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