Chapter 734 Waiting
Upon receiving the news, Jiang Luo went to the village Chen Yang had mentioned as quickly as possible and conducted a detailed investigation into Xu Guodu's background.
Jiang Luo had never interfered in the business affairs of the Southwest Prefecture, but now that Chen Yang was involved, he naturally had to get to the bottom of it.
While Jiang Luo was investigating, Chen Yang had already thoroughly interrogated the two men in front of him.
Li Bowen was indeed from the Southwest Prefecture, but he was at most an auxiliary member.
As for Xiong Xiao, not only was he a native of the Southwest, but he was also from the same village as Xu Guodu. After venturing out for two years, he was introduced to Xu Guodu by his family.
Leveraging his rudimentary martial arts skills, he often did dirty work for Xu Guodu in secret.
The information about Xiong Xiao did not come from him directly, but from Li Bowen, who, upon learning that Chen Yang had contacted Jiang Luo, tearfully revealed it all.
Who was Jiang Luo!
He was one of the most important managers of the Southwest Prefecture and a confidant of Ji Jingyi.
Li Bowen didn't know how Chen Yang had contacted him, but Li Bowen didn't suspect he was being deceived because he knew Zhu Sanqian!
Zhu Sanqian, upon learning of the situation in the village, immediately dropped his current tasks and rushed over.
The communication between Zhu Wenyu and the Southwest Prefecture was not through Jiang Luo; instead, Zhu Sanqian would go to the Southwest Prefecture.
Through this interaction, Zhu Sanqian had gotten to know quite a few people in the Southwest Prefecture.
Li Bowen and Zhu Sanqian hadn't spoken much. Li Bowen only knew that this person's status was not simple, and he often entered and exited Ji Jingyi's courtyard.
"Brother Sanqian, please, I've told you everything I know. Let me go!" The painful cries of Li Bowen did not elicit any pity from Zhu Sanqian.
Zhu Sanqian said with a forced smile, "Brother, what are you doing? Get up quickly, I'll go and talk to them for you."
After coming out of the room, Zhu Sanqian quietly said to Chen Yang, "Fifth Master said that the Southwest Prefecture might not be involved in this matter. I've also met this person; he doesn't have much of a reputation in the Southwest Prefecture."
Hearing this, Chen Yang snorted, gritting his teeth, "If not for what happened today, I really wouldn't have known that someone would dare to make such ill-gotten gains."
"Didn't He Lingyu say before that the neighboring village had experienced such a thing? I had someone investigate it thoroughly just now, and surprisingly, someone from the Southwest Chamber of Commerce did go there. Isn't it obvious!"
Zhu Sanqian was also very angry about such matters. Seeing Chen Yang's fury, he didn't know what to say.
However, as Zhu Sanqian thought of Fifth Master's instructions, he could only brace himself and say, "Chen Yang, as your older brother, I won't beat around the bush with you. When I came, Fifth Master told me that Xu Guodu is Xu Guodu, and the Southwest Chamber of Commerce is the Southwest Chamber of Commerce."
"Although the current chamber of commerce appears to be in disarray, the Southwest Chamber of Commerce is not Xu Guodu's sole domain. There are still many people working diligently within it, and because of this..."
Before Zhu Sanqian could finish, Chen Yang interrupted him, "This is not one person's matter, nor is it a group of people's matter."
Chen Yang paused, looked at the surrounding courtyard walls, and pointed to a partially collapsed section of the wall.
Old Zhao Tou was propping up the wall with a thick broken log, preventing it from collapsing.
"How was every penny of Xu Guodu's earned? By stealing!"
Seeing Chen Yang's gaze, Zhu Sanqian's heart trembled.
He understood that this guy Chen Yang would definitely not back down!
"I understand. Don't worry, the Zhu family will always stand behind you. These are Fifth Master's exact words!"
Zhu Wenyu knew that for the Zhu family to overcome their conflict with the Zhou family, they had to cooperate with Chen Yang. Cooperating with Chen Yang was the most important thing to do now.
Chen Yang was not only waiting for a reply from the Zhu family and the Southwest Prefecture, but he was also having people from the Heavenly Physician Hall investigate the matter themselves.
When Jiang Luo arrived, Zhuque had already sent the documents to Chen Yang.
Jiang Luo looked at Chen Yang, Zhu Sanqian, and the others, a wry smile appearing on his face.
Although Chen Yang had a close relationship with the Zhu family and was willing to give him some face,
Jiang Luo knew perfectly well who Chen Yang was. This guy could have directly contacted the Southwest Prefecture, bypassing the Zhu family, but he didn't. It was clear that he had completely lost trust in the Southwest Prefecture.
Jiang Luo was also aware that Chen Yang, along with many people from Nan Zhu, had gone to the tea mountain yesterday. Jiang Luo first pulled Chen Yang aside to inquire about the tea mountain.
"Does the Southwest Prefecture need to do anything else? Nan Zhu seems to have gone out. If there are any problems, you can find me directly!"
Chen Yang actually understood what Jiang Luo meant by saying this, which was to narrow the gap between them.
It was also a reminder of the help the Southwest Prefecture had provided him.
Chen Yang smiled and said, "I know he's gone out. There were some things I wanted someone to deliver, and it wasn't safe to let others do it, so I had to trouble him for this trip."
"As for the tea mountain, there's nothing particularly special about it. The main thing is that this matter is best kept secret."
Upon hearing that Chen Yang had arranged for Nan Zhu to go out, Jiang Luo was shocked, but he immediately regained his composure and solemnly nodded to Chen Yang, "Don't worry, all the professors and helpers hired yesterday were carefully selected by the Southwest Prefecture."
"This information will not be leaked from the Southwest Prefecture, I guarantee it."
Seeing that Chen Yang had not immediately questioned the matters between the Southwest Prefecture and the Southwest Chamber of Commerce, Jiang Luo couldn't help but feel relieved.
Chen Yang first introduced Jiang Luo to everyone, then took Jiang Luo to a room.
The two men in the room did not look happy upon seeing Jiang Luo.
Li Bowen even lowered his head, not daring to look up at Jiang Luo.
Xiong Xiao had also met Jiang Luo twice and knew who he was. Since the other party had already arrived, it was clear that this matter would not be easily resolved today.
Jiang Luo's gaze swept coldly over the two of them, then stopped on Li Bowen: "Who sent you here?"
Li Bowen remained silent with his head down. Seeing this, Jiang Luo did not approach but turned to Chen Yang and said, "Since the people are already here, I expect someone will come looking for me soon."
"Let's wait a bit longer."
Just as Li Bowen was speaking, Ji Jingyi, within the Southwest Prefecture, frowned as he looked at the document in his hand: "Xu Guodu, the one from the Xu family village?"
Seeing the person beside him nod, Ji Jingyi showed a wry smile: "If I remember correctly, Xu Chunlin is also from the Xu family village?"
"Find out where he is and have him come over if he's not busy."