Martial Arts Song

Chapter 251 Progress
"Are the newspapers in West City moving so quickly..."

Looking at the contents on the blackboard, Chen Qing couldn't help but mutter to himself.

The hotel he and Xuanfeng opened was in the International Settlement. The public security here was managed by the security team organized by other countries. In order to maintain order on weekdays, loud noises were prohibited.

Therefore, there are no loud news vendors in public areas like in other central areas. When the newsstands promote the daily newspapers, they will place a small blackboard at the door with eye-catching and striking headlines to attract people to buy newspapers.

This is the phenomenon observed by Chen Qing, who has been living in Xicheng in recent days.

However, what happened to Xiang Wansheng just happened at midnight last night, but it was actually published in the newspaper this morning. The speed of the newspaper in Xicheng was a little beyond Chen Qing's expectations.

He originally thought that even if this matter was reported, it would be published in the newspaper tomorrow or after noon today in the form of an "extra edition".

But I never thought that it would be published in the newspaper early in the morning and even occupied the headline of Huhai Morning Post!
This made him realize how fast Hu Hai's newspaper was moving.

“There are quite a lot of people buying it.”

After he finished admiring the speed of the poster agency, Chen Qing also walked to the newsstand, ready to buy a copy of "Huhai Morning Post" to read.

However, such an eye-catching headline attracted quite a few people to buy newspapers, and a crowd of people gathered in front of the newsstand.

At the same time, a noise broke out here.

Some people who haven't bought the newspaper yet have questions about the promotional copy of the Huhai Morning Post today:

"The people at Huhai Morning News are crazy. They actually dared to write about Sheng Ye. They are simply courting death!"

"That's right. Who in the concession doesn't know Mr. Sheng from the Paramount? He's a real big shot. If someone dares to make fun of Mr. Sheng, the newspaper company might not want to open anymore!"

There were also people who bought the newspapers, read the contents, and discussed the matter with expressions of surprise, shock, or admiration.

"Oh my god! The propaganda in the Huhai Morning Post today was not exaggerated. Mr. Sheng from the Paramount was actually shot dead by his bodyguard!"

"Yes, but it is indeed a bit unkind of 'Sheng Ye' to sleep with someone else's wife."

"I don't care about these. I just want to know, is there any problem with Paramount? It's my weekly source of happiness. Please don't let anything happen to it!"

In the midst of all the noise, Chen Qing came to the crowd at the newsstand, and with his strong physique, he squeezed in and bought a newspaper. Although he was now wet all over, his wallet was placed on the shore when he was "practicing qi" and did not get wet.

After buying the newspaper, Chen Qing squeezed out of the crowd again, and then continued to walk back to the hotel while unfolding the "Huhai Morning Post" in his hand and started reading.

After a moment, he raised his head, looking thoughtful.

The headline of the Huhai Morning Post was about Xiang Wansheng's death, and it also printed a black and white photo.

This photo shows Xiang Wansheng lying on a morgue, with his face posed for death from the front.

"I'm afraid the reporter bribed those white people from the Western Continent in the security team, and then got permission to take photos, and then took the photos directly inside the security team."

Because the dead were Chinese nationals, and this was a concession, the security teams here were formed by people from various countries, so the security teams in the concessions handled the deaths of non-Chinese nationals very casually.

Therefore, Chen Qing was not surprised to see the frontal photo of Xiang Wansheng's death.

What really concerned him was the details mentioned in the news that Bian Longtao, Xiang Wansheng's bodyguard, not only shot Xiang Wansheng, but also shot his own wife and attempted to escape. In the end, he was shot and killed by the security team who rushed to the scene after hearing the gunshots.

"Is this Yang Zhan trying to silence people?"

He and Xuanfeng left after hearing the first gunshot, without any further attempts to persuade Bian Longtao.

According to common sense, even if a man's wife cheats on him, it is unlikely that he would have the heart to shoot her to death. At most, he would slap her a few times or beat her up.

But in this news, after Bian Longtao shot his wife, he tried to escape and was eventually killed by the security team.

No matter how you look at it, this seems like an attempt to silence someone.

Of course, all this has nothing to do with Chen Qing.

As long as the target of the mission, Xiang Wansheng, dies, it will be fine. Anyway, he has already withdrawn from the matter, and he doesn't care about the follow-up events and the impact they will have.

Although, if this matter fell into the eyes of other masters who had practiced Kung Fu to a certain level, they might be able to see some shadows of the "miracle" master manipulating it behind the scenes.

But the "Huhai" is so vast that without a precise target direction, trying to find a "divine transformation" master from this tiny controlled shadow is undoubtedly like looking for a needle in a haystack.

What's more, for an ordinary person to track down a "supernatural" master, unless they are close relatives, there is no cost-effectiveness at all, and basically no one would do this.

Taking all these circumstances into consideration, Chen Qing was not worried that someone would investigate the real cause of Xiang Wansheng's death.

"Well, now that it's over, it's almost time to go back."

Putting down the hand holding the newspaper, Chen Qing quickened his pace and returned to the hotel.

He went upstairs and returned to the hotel room. He first changed into dry clothes, then practiced the "spiritual training" again. Then he went out with the newspaper, came to the door of the next room, and knocked on Xuanfeng's door.

"Dong dong dong."

Not for a moment.

There was a sound of "click" and the door opened.

However, Chen Qing saw that Xuanfeng, who was only wearing a pair of shorts, quickly returned to the room after opening the door. In the narrow open space in the room, he continued to practice the "Tiger Step" with sweat all over his body.

The practice of "Tiger Step" is around a pole, so it does not require a large area and will not make much noise.

Therefore, Xuanfeng can also practice in the hotel room these days.

"Blue Dragon."

Xuanfeng, who was practicing the "Tiger Step", once again said the holy image that was suitable for visualization at this time, just like before.

But Chen Qing just looked at him and smiled, "You can go now."

Xuan Feng was startled when he heard this, and stopped practicing. He turned around and asked with a puzzled look: "Have you got confirmation?"

"Ah."

Chen Qing nodded slightly, then raised the newspaper in his hand and faced Xuanfeng.

Xuan Feng, a master of "divine transformation", has extraordinary vision and can see the headlines of the newspaper at a glance.

After quickly reading it, he expressed the same feeling as Chen Qing: "Is the speed of the newspaper here so fast?"

Chen Qing did not respond, but put his hands down, turned and walked towards the door, saying: "Pack up your things and go downstairs to eat. We will go back after we finish eating."

"Ok."

Xuanfeng nodded.

But soon, he remembered something and looked at Chen Qing's back as he walked towards the door, and asked in surprise: "You are not going to practice the spirit for the second time?" "I have already practiced it."

Chen Qing stopped, turned around and replied in a calm tone.

"Have you practiced?"

Xuan Feng was even more surprised, "You haven't asked me yet..."

Before he finished speaking, he suddenly looked at Chen Qing with a thoughtful expression.

Chen Qing smiled and said, "I have been asking you for almost two months. Based on your explanations and theories over the past two months, I have learned how to observe and infer on my own."

That's right.

After asking Xuan Feng for nearly two months, Chen Qing had already learned to observe the seasons and geography, and then deduce which holy image was suitable for visualization.

People will grow.

Just like Xuanfeng listened to him teaching the "Tiger Step" and had already achieved obvious results from practicing it.

In the past two months, he has also learned a lot of knowledge about "training the spirit" from Xuanfeng.

This is also a kind of progress.

"really……"

After hearing this, Xuanfeng suddenly understood.

Then, he was like a deflated ball, and said dejectedly: "It's over, you have learned all the little things I know, I have nothing to hold you to teach me how to break the limit."

After hearing this, Chen Qing smiled again and said, "It's okay. You can still help me like you are doing now. This time, the help has ended. The fifteen hundred you owe is now only one thousand four hundred and eighty yuan, which has been deducted from the twenty yuan salary. If you help me seventy-four more times, the debt will be paid off."

It would have been better if he didn't say it. Once he calculated it specifically, Xuanfeng felt a darkness in front of his eyes and the road ahead was bleak.

After chatting with Xuanfeng for a few words, Chen Qing left the other person's room, returned to his own room and began to pack the clothes he had bought in the past few days as well as some souvenirs to take back to his mother Yang Ying and others - he had been away from home for so many days, and although he took the time to go back and inform them, he still had to buy some specialties from Xicheng to bring back when he went back now.

after an hour.

Chen Qing and Xuan Feng each carried a black leather suitcase and came to the "Hongjiang" Bund.

They went all the way down Gongdao to the river bank, found a ferry, and after negotiating the price, they finally boarded the boat back to Dongcheng after six days.

……

In a dimly lit office, only the dim light above provides some illumination.

A figure was sitting in front of a desk. The dim light from the overhead lamp just illuminated his yellow-green uniform but could not reveal his specific appearance.

The figure's head was hidden in the shadows, and his elbows were resting on the sides of the chair he was sitting on, with his fingers crossed.

In front of this figure, there was a man who was also wearing a yellow-green uniform but was exposed to the light. He was about forty years old, with strong features and a decent temperament. He was giving a report.

"…This is the basic situation. Xiang Wansheng, the pawn of Ryuying who was responsible for helping with human trafficking, is dead. Next, the Ryuying Consulate will want to find someone to replace him, so they should make some moves. Whether we can find the base of the human experiment base of Ryuying depends on whether we can find flaws in their actions this time."

"Thanks for your hard work."

In the shadows, the figure sitting at the back of the office made a low voice, "We had to pull out this chess piece this time. 'Ryuying' has their own secret order, and their defense is impenetrable. We have so many people and spent so much effort but still can't break through their defense. We can only find another way to see if we can make them expose themselves. You must seize this opportunity."

"We definitely will."

The male figure under the light nodded and said, "Don't worry, Director. We will definitely seize the opportunity this time to break through their secret network and find their human experiment base!"

"Ah."

Behind the desk, a shadowy figure hummed softly, and the deep voice sounded again, but it was not talking about this matter again, but asked: "Has the killer who killed Xiang not been found yet?"

"without……"

The male figure under the light frowned and said, "The tasks we issued include all assassin organizations, and we have used several layers of concealment. Those assassin organizations can't find us, and it is difficult for us to get in touch with the changes in tasks within those assassin organizations in the first place. And this time, based on the clues, the assassin is likely to be a master of 'Shenbian' behind the scenes. In this case, even we find it difficult to investigate, and I believe it is the same for 'Liuying'."

"Yeah."

The director in the shadows said something noncommittal, and then said: "Forget it if we can't find it. Anyway, this time we are plotting something openly, and it doesn't matter if the other party knows about it or not. 'Liuying' still wants the human trafficker business from 'Huhai', so someone must come forward to replace Xiang. Then, we will follow this line to investigate. If no one comes out, then they will have to give up the human trafficker business from 'Huhai', and their losses on the human experiment base will definitely be more than half!"

"Pingdu is inland and can't do this kind of business. Only seaport cities like Huhai and Yuewan can do it. You should keep a close eye on Yang Zhan recently. There is a high possibility that he will be supported. If there is no movement around him within a month, come and tell me. I will go and tell Yuewan to crack down on the human traffickers there, cut off their last route, and force them to come out. Do you understand?"

"Yes!"

The male figure under the light, after hearing the director's words, immediately raised his hand and saluted and replied: "I will go down and make the arrangements right away."

After hearing this, the director in the shadows waved his hand.

Seeing this, the male figure under the light turned around and walked out of the office.

But after walking a few steps, suddenly, the director in the shadows spoke again.

"correct."

The leaving male figure stopped, turned around and looked at the desk.

The director asked in a low voice, "Any clues about Qianyang's family?"

"……not yet."

The male figure replied helplessly: "Although our investigation in Qianyang shows that their family is very likely to have come to Huhai, Huhai is too big, with millions of people, and it is impossible to post their photos and portraits everywhere. It is really difficult for us to find them among these millions of people."

"We also thought of other ways, such as using their family's expenses. According to our investigation, the family took more than 100,000 yuan with them before they left. But this little money won't last long in Hu Hai unless we live a hard life. We must think of other ways to make money."

"So, we have been observing the changes in the newspaper company and the content of the newspaper here at Hu Hai. The second son of that family is good at this aspect."

"Unfortunately, there is still no discovery."

The director in the shadows fell silent upon hearing this.

After a long while, he waved his hand and said, "Okay, go and do your thing. But don't forget to ask people to keep an eye on this matter."

"Yes!"

After hearing this, the male figure raised his hand and saluted again.

Then he left the office.

……

(End of this chapter)