Lu Sheng said, "We can't determine who is missing right now."
"No, I remember now!" She Haoyun suddenly looked up.
"That guy seems to be called 'Brother Mang,' a trafficker who frequently travels between Sunny Country and District Seven. Is Hua Changle arresting him to use him as a breakthrough point?"
"Hiss, that's not right," She Haoyun said疑惑地, "How could the investigation team dare to take action based on just one guy like Mang Ge?"
Just as we were talking, She Haoyun's special assistant, Xi Xin, suddenly called.
She Haoyun played it out loud so that Lu Sheng could listen to it too.
Xi Xin looked flustered:
"Mr. She, something terrible has happened! Miss has been summoned by the investigation team!"
She Haoyun's expression changed: "Why is the investigation team suddenly targeting She Jiameng? What's the reason?"
Xi Xin broke out in a cold sweat: "They said... it's human trafficking!"
She Haoyun's head buzzed.
Xi Xin quickly said, "The fact that the investigation team summoned him directly means they have substantial evidence, and even lawyers have no right to interfere! Moreover..."
"Wait! Wait..."
She Haoyun clasped his hands together tightly, his brow furrowed so deeply he looked like he was about to burst into tears. "Let me sort this out."
She Jiameng is involved in human trafficking...
Brother Mang...
The missing ship, inlaid with gold and silver...
The Jackal Gang's mule on Cold Noodle Street...
She Haoyun suddenly realized, his eyes bloodshot with shock.
"Hua Changle! Her target was never me from the beginning!"
Lu Sheng understood as well, and frowned as he asked, "You didn't know about She Jiameng's matter?"
She Haoyun froze, realizing the crux of the problem.
The reason he never suspected that Hua Changle's involvement in the Seventh District was for She Jiameng's sake was because he had no idea that She Jiameng had also gotten involved in those industries!
Excellent! Excellent! As expected of a member of the She family! As expected of the eldest daughter of the She family!
They actually did so many things right under his nose, taking advantage of his position, and kept it all from the entire She family!
She Haoyun gritted his teeth and said, "Immediately detain She Jiameng! Don't let her leave the She family's residence even once!"
Xi Xin's face turned pale: "But... Miss is gone..."
"What?!" She Haoyun couldn't sit still any longer and stood up abruptly.
Xi Xin wiped his sweat and said, "We only discovered that Miss was missing when we summoned her this morning. We searched everywhere but couldn't find her. Miss is very likely not in District 3 anymore. If she is summoned for less than 12 hours, she will be wanted by the investigation team."
"Not in Zone 3?"
After a moment of mental turmoil, She Haoyun finally found one message among all the messages:
"The mule's missing boat... Could it be that she came to the Seventh..."
His expression changed drastically: "This idiot!"
"Xi Xin! Immediately investigate everyone She Jiameng has ever been in contact with, focusing on those who have offended her and those from outside the district! If any information is found, take them into custody immediately!"
Xi Xin accepted the order and left quickly.
She Haoyun sat down listlessly, almost falling onto the stool. Coming to his senses, he cautiously glanced at Lu Sheng's expression.
"Sir, things are dangerous..."
If the mule, Mang Ge, the "cargo" on the boat, and even She Jiameng are all in Hua Changle's hands, and the investigation team has obtained evidence, then the She family is finished!
Lu Sheng's face was grim; he was also caught off guard by the huge mistake that had only just been discovered, but he was also more composed, quickly realizing a key point:
"It's impossible for all those people to be moved right under our noses."
She Haoyun immediately seized on this point and thought, "The mule should already be in the hands of the investigation team, which is why the investigation team took action."
There were too many goods for them to move; they must have hidden them somewhere.
She Jiameng and Mang Ge fell into their hands one after the other, and before they could be moved, they were also in District Seven.
"In District Seven... Central City, South City, Wocheng... Island..."
She Haoyun quickly concluded: "The person can only be hiding in the Cultural Relics Protection Bureau or on a relatively safe island!"
“Island!” Lu Sheng suddenly emphasized.
She Haoyun asked, puzzled, "Sir, what's wrong?"
Lu Sheng's face was grim: "The [Imperial Official] is monitoring the islands in the South China Sea."
So, if those people were really hidden on a safe island, why didn't the Imperial Officials inform them?
Is it that there isn't one, or... that they're deliberately not saying?
She Haoyun was also taken aback: "Does that mean the person isn't hiding on the island?"
"That's not necessarily true." Lu Sheng gripped his water glass tighter.
"It's not impossible that he's trying to frame me, or... he might be intentionally helping Chang Le."
"help?"
She Haoyun asked in astonishment, "Does the Imperial Official also know Chang Le? What exactly is the Imperial Official's identity?"
Lu Sheng snapped out of his daze, composed himself, and gave him a cold glance: "You've overstepped your bounds."
She Haoyun dared not ask any more questions.
Lu Sheng snorted: "Even if I wanted to say it, it would be useless. I have no idea who that guy is."
He was very secretive, which made me suspicious, but after several attempts to probe, I still couldn't be sure if the Emperor was the person I knew.
However, if he really did deliberately conceal the whereabouts of those people this time, then his identity is pretty much as I suspected.
Lu Sheng paused, then continued, "The investigation team is sending people, and they'll definitely send top-notch ones. Once they arrive, our chances are completely over. From preparation to arrival in District Seven, it will probably take them two to three days. We must use this time to destroy crucial evidence, or..."
He lifted his eyelids, his eyes freezing over: "The result is that the person who holds the evidence is gone."
"But we have a hard time finding Brother Mang and his group..."
As She Haoyun was speaking, he suddenly met his gaze, abruptly stopped, and something welled up in his heart:
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