Chapter 71 Is there a traitor?
The chaos and bloody smell in the temple were gradually blown away by the mountain breeze.
Jiang Yue and his accomplices who were still breathing, no matter if they were nailed by bamboo sticks, shot by guns, knocked unconscious by Ling Yue's bare hands, or half-dead but hanging on to their last breath, were all tied up tightly by the Pei family's elite bodyguards using professional techniques.
Pei Heng pulled Shen Shi and sat down at a relatively clean stone table away from the mess.
A bodyguard immediately brought up an unopened bottle of mineral water and hot tea made with a portable tea bag.
Pei Heng picked up the cup of hot tea, which didn't taste very good at all, and took a sip reluctantly to calm his nerves.
He also put his arm around Shen Shi's waist, half holding him in his arms, and gently patted his back from time to time.
Chen Shi leaned against him quietly, his cheek buried in the warm crook of his neck, breathing steadily, the low pressure of keeping strangers away from him still not dissipated.
He still didn't want to talk. His fingertips unconsciously tugged at the collar of Pei Heng's windbreaker, and he frowned slightly, as if he was trying hard to calm down.
It also seems like he is thinking about something deeper.
Pei Heng patted Chen Shi from time to time, and looked up at Wen Desheng who was directing the cleanup work.
"Butler Wen, not many people know about our itinerary this time. How could they easily figure out our route and even arrange it in advance? Is there a traitor in Pei Garden?"
This was something he had to doubt.
Zhou Jingming, who had been in a state of high excitement and tension, started to think uncontrollably again when he heard this.
He leaned over, lowered his voice, and interrupted mysteriously, "What if... it's not human?"
Everyone: “…”
The room was silent for a second.
Chen Yu couldn't stand it any longer. He raised his hand and patted Zhou Jingming's head lightly. "You think telling ghost stories is appropriate now, right?"
What the hell is going on in this brain?
Shen Shi, who had been burying his head in the crook of Pei Heng's neck, couldn't help but turn his head slightly and look over Pei Heng's shoulder.
He repeated softly, "A reincarnated...ghost?"
Strangely enough, Shen Shi, who had experienced such a bizarre event as rebirth, actually felt strangely that this proposal... did not seem completely impossible.
Zhou Jingming's scalp tingled under everyone's gaze, and he quickly waved his hands, "No, no! What are you thinking?"
"I mean... what if it's some high-tech eavesdropping device or hacking technology? After all, look at the situation today, with mercenaries and signal blocking, so some high-tech remote monitoring or something wouldn't be surprising, right?"
Zhou Jingming tried to divert everyone's attention from the supernatural and metaphysical to the science channel.
Upon hearing this, Wen Desheng wiped the stone table in front of Pei Heng elegantly and carefully, with the calmness and confidence of an old-school elite.
"You're worrying too much. Pei Garden, including the vehicles and electronic equipment frequently used by the Young Master, is equipped with the highest level of intelligent shielding and anti-eavesdropping systems. Any unauthorized external signals attempting to intrude or eavesdrop will be intercepted immediately and the alarm will be triggered."
He raised his eyes and looked at Zhou Jingming, with a bit of tolerance in his eyes, like an elder looking at a naive younger person. "You are a little behind the times, young man."
Zhou Jingming, the only one of the two pure modern people present, who prided himself on keeping up with the latest technology, said: "..."
He slowly turned his head and looked at Chen Yu beside him, his expression a little confused. "Why? I think what Butler Wen said... was really dirty."
Chen Yu wordlessly pushed away his head that was leaning forward, "Why don't you stop those wild and fantastical ideas of yours?"
No matter what, the most urgent task is to find out the mastermind behind this.
And confirm whether there are other unknown dangers lurking on this seemingly pleasant island.
Ling Yue walked up to Jiang Yue, who had a terrified look in his eyes, reached out his hand expressionlessly, and pulled out the thin bamboo sticks that were stuck in his acupuncture points.
The moment the bamboo stick left her body, Jiang Yue twitched violently, and then she found that her stiff and numb body had regained consciousness and could move.
He felt unprecedented horror at this bizarre and amazingly effective Chinese Kung Fu.
However, just as Jiang Yue was trying to struggle to sit up, before he even had time to stretch his numb limbs, Ling Yue effortlessly pushed him back to the ground again, pressing his knee against his back with such force that he almost suffocated.
Wen Desheng walked over and looked down at the subdued Jiang Yue, with an inexplicable smile on his face that made people's backs cold, and the words he said were even more creepy.
"We have plenty of ways to make him cough up all the schemes hidden in his bones, the secrets hidden beneath his skin, and his master's dirty thoughts."
His tone was gentle, yet ruthless.
Jiang Yue's scalp exploded upon hearing this, cold sweat instantly soaking her back. She couldn't help but scream and curse, "Pervert! You are all dead perverts!"
What era is this? How can there still be lines of torture and forced confession that seem to come from a costume drama!
Before he could finish his curse, Ling Yue had already grabbed his collar like a dead dog and dragged him into a darker corner deep inside the temple without any hesitation.
Apparently, a professional interrogation was about to begin.
On the other side, Huo Xiao finally finished tinkering with the satellite communicator he found on Jiang Yue.
He raised his head and looked at Pei Heng and Shen Shi with a serious expression, "This is a fairly mature encrypted communicator commonly used by kidnapping gangs with overseas backgrounds."
"The other party was very cautious. The IP addresses they attempted to contact twice were both overseas, and the server jumped to several countries. Tracking the source requires time and technical support."
Huo Xiao added, "This involves serious crimes committed by foreign forces against Chinese citizens. I will immediately report this to my superiors and request that the intelligence department intervene in the investigation."
He finally found a legitimate reason to use his own resources and power to protect His Highness.
Huo Xiao was very excited.
Pei Heng nodded, not quite understanding what he said but very seriously, "Thank you for your hard work, Xiao Huo."
The finishing work on the dilapidated temple is basically completed.
Wendsheng made a prompt decision and arranged for everyone to go down the mountain and return to the hotel first.
For safety reasons, he immediately used the Pei family's connections to transfer the entire team to the other side of the island, a top-level private resort hotel with stricter security measures.
At the same time, the elite bodyguards brought in began to conduct a secret dragnet search of the entire island to ensure that there were no other potential threats.
And after experiencing such a thrilling episode, Pei Heng's travel itinerary actually... has to continue.
In Wen Desheng's words, "We can't let those scoundrels ruin the young master's fun."
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