The Investors

Chapter 49: Who Played the Slide When It Rained?

Hao Zhao had just received the arrival of sixteen mercenary elite troops just as Shu Han Thian had promised yesterday. They came aboard two helicopters delivered directly from Beijing this morning. A total of thirty-four elite troops were also coming here using a private plane belonging to the Shu family that was about to land at Fuzhou City airport.

Hao Zhao had sent people to pick them up by speedboat. It was estimated that around the next four hours, those people would soon arrive at Nanping City. That time was enough for Hao Zhao to go back and forth to confirm the existence of Cia Yonggan in his residence on the slopes of Mount Mangdang there.

He briefed his subordinates in a row formation lined up on the top floor of the King Palace Hotel, where two helicopter units were parked. The man confidently arranged a departure strategy to the slopes of Mangdang Mountain. And it has been decided he will bring four of them, two people take turns guarding the door of Ou Julong's room, the rest are welcome to rest in the hotel rooms that he has provided for a while. Later to the fifty troops he will move to the apartments, so as not to overload the room capacity at the King Palace Hotel.

While Ou Julong was still resting on the bed of one of the VIP rooms provided by Hao Zhao for himself and Guan Zheng. The fattened, plontos-headed man was unconscious last night after getting stitches by doctors on his injured stomach.

Because of the condition of his body that is still not possible for a lot of activity, Hao Zhao only asked for help from Ou Julong to show the location of Cia Yonggan's residence through satellite imagery and match the location sent by Gao Mei Gui to Ou Julong yesterday.

Before leaving, Hao Zhao asked Guan Zheng something that faithfully guarded Ou Julong in the room.

"Guan Zheng, is there any news from the underground society?" ask Hao Zhao.

Guan Zheng did not immediately reply, instead he turned to Ou Julong, as if asking for his approval.

After Ou Julong nodded his head, he replied. "Mr Hao, for now me and Ou Julong have been cut off with information from the gathering. We have both been removed from the WeChat group, so the information we get is very little."

"Oh, I see," Hao Zhao became dumbfounded to hear it. And then he added. "A little doesn't mean nothing, does it?"

"Yes, there were some loyal subordinates of ours who were still giving out information last night. Wei Chung had broadcast the news on the outside that we both had rebelled and held a contest for anyone who could find us, to be given a monetary reward" Guan Zheng replied calmly.

He doesn't look like he's bothered by the news of himself and Ou Julong being hunted down and who manages to find him will be given a reward. This guy is really calm.

"Wow.. Wei Chung until the competition!" Hao Zhao looked surprised. Then he asked again. "Is there anything else?"

"Because there is such a competition, then people began to race to find IT experts to track our whereabouts through our mobile phones. Luckily our subordinate was reporting fast, so I turned off both our phones so that they could not be tracked" Guan Zheng said.

Hao Zhao seemed to have woken up from a dream. He should have been more vigilant by asking the two men who were his guests now was to turn off his phone.

"Ah, I'm sorry Guan Zheng, also Julong," he regretted that he had neglected this before.

"It's okay, Mr. Hao," replied Guan Zheng.

Feeling unwell, Hao Zhao hurriedly wanted to retreat from this room to immediately set off for the slopes of Mangdang Mountain.

So he walked towards the bed where Ou Julong who was sitting was leaning on the head of the bed.

"Julong, it's getting noon. I have to go to the slopes of Mount Mangdang now" he told Ou Julong.

"Director Hao, you be careful on the way. May the young man be there" Ou Julong said.

Hao Zhao slightly nodded.

Then he turned his head to Guan Zheng and told him. "Guan Zheng, outside the door are two bodyguards guarding you. If there's any need you just tell them."

"Okay, Mr. Hao. Thank you for your concern," Guan Zheng said with a slight bow of his head.

"You don't be so shy. I go first," Hao Zhao continued.

But before Hao Zhao took a step further, Guan Zheng again said. "Mr Hao, there's one more piece of information."

Hao Zhao stopped his steps and turned to ask. "Hmm? What information is that?"

"The Bao Group yesterday appointed a new leader to replace the late Hong Gan, named Khong Guan. Reportedly tonight he will deploy its members to attack the Xiongmeng de Shizi headquarters" he explained.

Hao Zhao was silent for a moment as if he was thinking, then he asked. "Then what about Hey Laohu? Will Wei Chung also join Khong Guan?"

"It seems so, Mr. Hao," Guan Zheng replied.

Hao Zhao was silent. It seemed like Wei Chung was already impatient to take power over the underground society in Nanping City. He was able to predict, once the Hei Laohu Society and Bao Society successfully subverted the leader of the Xiongmeng de Shizi Society, Kang Fang, Wei Chung would turn around to finish off Khong Guan and take over as the sole underground leader in Nanping City. Wei Chung's strategy was pretty telling.

Yet Hao Zhao had his own plans. He did not like Wei Chung. In addition, Wei Chung has been visibly looking for a case with him for causing Cia Yonggan to disappear.

He now had fifty elite troops, his confidence being increased by dozens of times. There was nothing more he needed to worry about this Wei Chung, when was the need for him to finish off Wei Chung with the help of his bodyguards.

"Guan Zheng, Julong, tell me, how many subordinates of Hei Laohu are under your command?" Hao Zhao asked.

"The former elder brother Gao had divided the people we were under. Each of the four of us has two hundred subordinates. The total members of Hei Laohu were over eight hundred people, Mr. Hao," Guan Zheng replied.

"Are they loyal to both of you?" asked Hao Zhao again.

"Sure, Mr. Hao. They just follow our orders as direct superiors" Guan Zheng confirmed.

"Alright, then turn your phones back on. Order your subordinates to disperse and not engage in any attack on Xiongmeng de Shizi tonight. Just let Wei Chung bring only a few subordinates to join the Bao Society. Later your subordinates will come before the party is over. Yes, surely those who will enjoy the last party," Hao Zhao said excitedly.

He was of course worried, if the position of him and Ou Julong were to be known, Wei Chung would send people here and make it difficult for Hao Zhao.

"Don't worry, just let him know. I'll order my men to stand guard at the lobby and the basement entrance. I want to see if Wei Chung dares to send his men here" Hao Zhao said.

"Alright, we follow your direction only, Mr. Hao," Guan Zheng said.

"Then I leave first, you rest, later in the night it looks like you will need more energy" Hao Zhao concluded.

He then went up to the top floor of this building. Three casually dressed bodyguards had been waiting, as well as the pilot had been on standby awaiting the departing order.

As soon as Hao Zhao boarded the helicopter, the three bodyguards boarded. Shortly thereafter the helicopter had flown towards the slopes of Mount Mangdang.

Thirty minutes later, the helicopter had landed not far from the side of Cia Yonggan's house.

They immediately went down and rushed towards the front door of the house. Once there, Hao Zhao knocked on the door.

"Tok tok...!!"

But there's no answer.

Hao Zhao frowned. According to Great Lord Shu, the young man should be here by now. Not to mention to her knowledge, young girl Gao Li Li Liang's daughter wasn't here yesterday, but why didn't anyone tell her from inside?

"Tok tok...!!"

"Miss Gao, are you inside?" with curiosity Hao Zhao exclaimed to call the person inside the house.

"Tok tok...!!"

Still no one answered.

"Destroy," Hao Zhao ordered the guards to break down the door.

Once the door was forcefully opened. They entered the house and searched the uninhabited house. Inside the front room, the bed that had not been cleaned by Cia Yonggan was clearly still a little wet and muddy, there was also a wooden chair beside the bed.

Hao Zhao was astonished. Why is the bed wet and muddy? Who sleeps here with a muddy body?

Hao Zhao arranged for two bodyguards to investigate from the front of Cia Yonggan's house, while he and two others stayed and continued to inspect every inch of this house.

What is certain is that the back door that Cia Yonggan had just repaired this morning, still left traces of her work. Also in the bathroom, dirty clothes were found that seemed to have been doused with clean water, but still left a little mud.

Then the two bodyguards opened the back door and it was clear that two long straight lines were printed on the ground. The first line, like the body prints of two people, came from the back door of this house and ended up in the farmland far back there. The second line is like a one-man body print that starts from this empty farmland and ends at the back door of Cia Yonggan's house. On the second line, left a trail of shoe prints, different from the first line.

That first line was the traces of the bodies of Cia Yonggan and Xiao Meilin that were dragged out by the magical power of the dragon mustika last night. And the second line was the imprint of Cia Yonggan's body prints that Xiao Meilin had dragged towards the entrance.

The two mercenaries were seen several times walking back and forth along the lines printed on the ground. Once they walked to the front of the house following the direction of the arrival of another trail that ended at the back door of the house.

Some time later, the two of them deliberated to conclude the results of the investigation they had obtained. Then relay it to Hao Zhao.

"Director Hao, there was heavy rain here last night. According to the trail left on the ground, it's clear there were two people here last night, somehow they're kind of like playing the slide from this door over there," said one of the bodyguards while pointing towards the end of the first line.

"You guys think those two guys are playing the slide?" Hao Zhao was astonished.

With doubt the guard allowed. "Yes, right, we're not sure either. But according to the second line, it looks like one of the two fainted or how, so his friend dragged him back inside."

Of course Hao Zhao became confused. How old are the two people so that they still play the slide in the rain, where the night is again.

"Forward," he said.

"In addition there was a third person who came from the front of the house, helping to lift the unconscious person. Because the other was unconscious, his friend laid him on the front bed while his body was still wet and muddy. We think the unconscious person was a girl, and the faint one was a man, so he did not change his clothes. the slightly muddy dirty clothes in the bathroom were the men's clothes. Just this morning they left this house, this can be seen from the remnants of the work of repairing this door. It seemed that the man had regained consciousness," the bodyguard explained again.

"Male fainted? Is that Cia Yonggan? And the girl who dragged the body of Cia Yonggan who fainted? It was Gao Mei Gui. Who is the third person? And it seemed that Cia Yonggan had indeed just left this place with the girl. Is it true that he is still alive? Is it true that the Great Lord said that Cia Yonggan is a true dragon that will not just die" Hao Zhao thought.

The more he thought, the more confused he became.

Then came the two bodyguards he assigned to check on the front of the house.

One of them said. "Director Hao, we found some car tire tracks. There were at least three cars coming and going from here last night. Two cars left last night, while one last car just left here this morning."

Despite a slight hesitation, Hao Zhao assured himself that Cia Yonggan was still alive and had just left this place this morning.

So he ordered the bodyguards to return to Nanping City.

"Repair the front door, we go back to Nanping" he said.