Ah-Dai saw Zhang Baiguan's shock in his eyes, and immediately felt a bit of disdain in his heart.

They are all shrewd people selected from all over the world. After four years of training at the academy, they have already become the best intelligence workers.

After so many years of their infiltration, even the capital city, which is a mixed bag of good and bad, may not have many secrets anymore, let alone the birthplace of their Joint Military Intelligence Academy.

But he felt slightly surprised in his heart, but he didn't expect that the leader of the Hongqi Gang turned out to be Jiang Zhenxing, the largest salt merchant in western Guangdong, the father of Jiang Yuebai, the editor of the Nanjing Hanlin Academy.

However, things seem to make sense. Jiang Zhenxing has been able to rise from an ordinary salt merchant to the largest salt lord in western Guangdong over many years. He can no longer be a real businessman.

"I need the whole truth. Tell me everything you know!" Jiang Ronghua put away his fan and asked seriously.

Zhang Baiguan's face was downcast, and he seemed to be struggling in his heart, still remembering his mission of keeping secrets.

"You don't have to say it! It's just that you should know what the United Business Group is capable of now, and after I went to Donghai Island, do you really think I can still be a good person?" Jiang Ronghua's eyes flashed with a fierce look.

Colorful, looks genuine and smiling.

After experiencing so many things, especially knowing that his father's death was not a simple robbery, I no longer feel like a good man or woman in my heart.

The most important thing is that since he has chosen to become the dean of the Joint Military Intelligence College and be responsible for the intelligence work of the Joint Business Group, he needs to have a cold heart.

He went to great lengths to trick Zhang Baiguan into escorting the goods to Nanyang. If the threat of the goods could not make Zhang Baiguan speak, then he would definitely use the most cruel torture.

Zhang Baiguan felt Jiang Ronghua's sinister aura and knew that he had no ability to challenge the United Business Group, so he put forward a condition: "I said yes, but you have to use the credibility of the United Business Group to promise not to pursue me."

If you are guilty, you have to return the goods to me!"

"If what you said is valuable, I can agree to your terms!" Jiang Ronghua met Zhang Baiguan's gaze and nodded calmly.

The truth that had been shrouded in dust for more than ten years was finally opened by a small crack. As we continued to dig deeper along this crack, we soon unearthed more and more inside stories.

A few days after Zhang Baiguan opened his mouth, Jiang Ronghua finally found what he had been looking for, relying on the intelligence network he had woven in western Guangdong over the years.

The sky was overcast and the trees in the forest were rustling.

One mile west of Jiangcun is Mingyue Bridge. After passing Mingyue Bridge, you go up a slope. To the north is a dense forest. From here, you can reach Shiziling, and you can also cross here to reach Changlin Village.

The group came to a dense pine forest. Under the guidance of a young man with a bruised nose and swollen face, several servants quickly dug in the ground with hoes.

Lin Dabiao also came with a few villagers, but he did not participate in the excavation work, but he carried a flintlock on his shoulder and carefully observed the movements around him.

After a while, several servants dug out a rotted straw mat. They saw many strips of yellow mud on the straw mat, which were the nests built by termites.

As the straw mat was pulled open, a white skeleton was found inside. The flesh and blood had long since decayed, and a thick centipede sprang out from the eye socket of the skeleton.

When several servants saw this scene, they didn't seem too scared. After cleaning up the straw mat, they looked up at a handsome young man.

"Uuuu...Dad, the child is unfilial!" After Jiang Ronghua saw the familiar jade finger in the corpse, tears could no longer be suppressed and flowed into his mouth and nose, and he immediately knelt on the ground and blamed himself sadly.

When Mr. Shen Liu and Zhao Fugui who were standing nearby saw this, they first sighed secretly, and then explained to the skeleton: "Brother Jiang, Ronghua has been looking for you for more than ten years. This child is extremely filial to you!"

Jiang Ronghua voluntarily gave up the hospital examination after learning that his father had been kidnapped, and then sold his possessions and embarked on a journey to find his father. To this end, he even went to a pirate den to find clues about his father, and later set sail to Southeast Asia.

These risky actions alone are enough to live up to the name of "filial son", and he can also be regarded as a model figure for many filial sons in China.

But who would have thought that when everyone thought Jiang's father was buried in the sea or reduced to slavery, it turned out that Jiang's father was murdered and was just wrapped in a straw mat and buried here.

If Jiang Ronghua had not given up searching for his father for more than ten years, I am afraid that this skeleton would never have been found, let alone the truth of that year.

However, even though the truth was found today, looking at these dense bones, Father Jiang has been lying here miserably like a lonely ghost for more than ten years, which cannot be said to be a blessing.

Jiang Ronghua cried very sadly, not only because of his father's tragic experience, but also because he had truly lost his father, and also to express his feelings about the injustice of this world.

Obviously, his father did not do anything harmful to nature, but he was killed by a traitor and lay here desolately for more than ten years. However, he had been searching in the wrong direction for more than ten years.

A gust of wind and waves kept churning the pine forest, and there was an atmosphere of doomsday here.

The skeleton was packed in a pottery vessel by a taciturn bone picker, who planned to bring the skeleton back and rebury it in a geomantic treasure land.

When Mr. Shen Liu saw Jiang Ronghua, whose face was still full of sorrow, he conscientiously comforted him: "Your father's spirit in heaven will definitely not blame you. Please forgive me!"

"Master Liu, thank you for your concern!" Jiang Ronghua is also a strong-hearted person. He wiped away his tears and said seriously: "After this matter is over, I will go to Beijing. You should also take care of yourself!"

He knew that Lin Haoran had always hoped that he could go to Beijing to help in charge of intelligence work, but because he was looking for his father's whereabouts, Lin Haoran never spoke.

Now that this matter is over, whether it is to repay Lin Haoran for his help and friendship over the years, or to start a new life for himself, his next step is already in the capital.

Even though he has been in western Guangdong these years, in fact, he is always paying attention to the dynamics of the court, in order to one day become Lin Haoran's right-hand man.

"That's very good. You will definitely become Mr. Lin's right-hand man!" Mr. Shen Liu knew that Jiang Ronghua was a capable person and seemed happy to see him succeed.

Zhao Fugui also hoped that Jiang Ronghua would go to Beijing. He showed his disapproval and said: "Although we are all old bones, we can still do the job of housekeeping. You can just go to Beijing without worry! I haven't seen Mr. Lin in so many years."

, please also say hello to Mr. Lin on our behalf, we will definitely support him unconditionally, no matter what he wants to do!"

When he said the last words, his eyes also showed a touch of determination, especially since he had already settled one of his sons overseas, so he didn't have to worry about the issue of incense at all.

Even though Jiang Ronghua agreed, he said goodbye to Lin Dabiao.

Lin Dabiao didn't say much, he just wished Jiang Ronghua a safe journey.

Just when a few people returned to the main road and were about to get on the carriage and return, Jiang Ronghua suddenly said: "Earlier, Wu Shenxian found a geomantic treasure land for my father, but I don't want to believe that my father is dead and there has never been a tomb.

!Now that my father’s bones have been found, if something happens to me this time, you can take care of it for me!”

Mr. Shen Liu frowned slightly and asked in confusion: "You don't have to worry about such a trivial matter! It's just that the old man is dead, what do you want to do now?"

Zhao Fugui was originally about to get on the bus, but when he heard this, he looked at Jiang Ronghua with great confusion, but he didn't know which song Jiang Ronghua was singing.

Lin Dabiao seemed to already know, but he nodded to his two capable men.

"There is still a hidden secret in this matter. Now I have to go to Hepu!" Jiang Ronghua did not hide anything from the two of them and said with firm eyes.

Shen Liuye and Zhao Fugui looked at each other, but knowing that Jiang Ronghua had his own reasons for choosing to do this, they also watched Jiang Ronghua lead him away towards the west.

Boom!

A white lightning flashed across the night sky, like tearing an opening in the thick clouds, and the dazzling light illuminated the earth for a moment.

Hepu City, Jiang Mansion, this is the largest mansion in the city.

A young man wearing Cheng Ziyi sat at his desk. Although there was thunder in the sky outside the window, it did not affect him in the slightest from handling the affairs at hand.

Time flies, and the young man's skin becomes darker, his eyes appear deeper, and his beard is already a palm long.

He is no longer the arrogant Jiang Yuebai, the most talented man in Guangdong and Guangxi, but Jiang Huabai, the new head of the Jiang family, an editor of the Nanjing Hanlin Academy who returned to his hometown to observe filial piety.

Fate is sometimes a strange thing. After he passed the second-level Jinshi and climbed into the high branches of the Xu family, he thought he had a bright future.

He just made a good-natured joke on himself. Although he successfully "turned regular" from Shujishi, he didn't stay in the Hanlin Academy in Beijing for long, but he had a similar fate to Xu Zhi and was assigned to the Hanlin Academy in Nanjing.

He knew that this was Xu Jie's attempt to show his reputation, so he suppressed him. "Relatives" like Xu Fan and Xu Zhi had already become victims of Xu Jie's political reputation.

However, he did not feel depressed. Although there was no real power in Nanjing's officialdom, the speed of promotion was actually faster than that in the capital, which was a blessing in disguise.

But the good times did not last long. Just when he was doing everything possible to seek "progress", his father suddenly passed away, forcing him to come back and observe mourning for three years.

Although he came back to western Guangdong to keep his filial piety, he did not live in a muddle-headed way. After realizing that the United Business Group was actually Lin Haoran's help, he secretly competed with Lin Haoran and built a business group of his own.

Although he was targeted by the United Business Group, which prevented him from getting involved in maritime trade, his family's salt business grew bigger and bigger, and he opened a large number of shops in various prefectures and counties in western Guangdong.

Thanks to the economic development in western Guangdong, the income from his shop is very considerable, and the Jiang family industry under his control is booming, which will be a boost for his future development in the officialdom.

But what makes him regretful is that even though he has worked very hard, he is no longer on the same level as that huge and mysterious joint business group.

But all this was about to end. Although his father-in-law repeatedly prevented him from returning to officialdom, Xu Zhi helped him find a good job in the Nanjing Imperial College.

Although the road in Ming Dynasty's officialdom was difficult, he believed that with his intelligence and the Jiang family's financial resources, he would be able to surpass Lin Haoran sooner or later.

Wow…

Suddenly there was a heavy downpour outside, and raindrops as big as soybeans kept beating on the world. The wind blowing in from the window was swaying the lights crazily.

Jiang Yuebai frowned when he found that the housekeeper had not come in to close the window, but the flickering lights made the room dim and bright, so he had to go and close the window himself.

When the window was closed, the lights in the room finally returned to normal. When he turned around, he was shocked. He patted his heart and then said to Jiang Ronghua who suddenly appeared: "Ronghua, why are you here?"

Things are indeed weird. Not to mention that Jiang Ronghua suddenly came to the door. Ordinarily, even if they are cousins, they should have been informed before they could appear here.

"I found my father's skeleton today in the pine forest on the slope of Mingyue Bridge!" Jiang Ronghua looked directly at Jiang Yuebai and said calmly.

When Jiang Yuebai heard this, he immediately showed a surprised expression on his face and said: "Ah? This... how is this possible? Wasn't the third uncle kidnapped by pirates?"

"That's why this matter has become so scary! Your eldest brother told me that my father was robbed by pirates. It was also my uncle who said he would personally send my father to the ship. But today I found my father's skeleton in Jiangcun!" Jiang Ronghua

A flash of coldness flashed across his eyes, still staring at Jiang Yuebai.

Jiang Yuebai frowned and immediately made a bold guess: "What exactly is going on? Do you suspect that my father... is plotting to kill your father? They are brothers?"

"Yes, they are real brothers!" Jiang Ronghua also expressed emotion, but changed the topic and said: "There is something I'm afraid you don't know. Since my father and your father are real brothers, why would you treat your father as a brother?"

The evidence of having an affair with the Hongqi Gang was brought to Tan Kai!"

"How...how do you know!" Jiang Yuebai couldn't help but be surprised when he heard these words.

Jiang Ronghua noticed Jiang Yuebai's reaction, and shook his head gently: "It seems that you were also kept in the dark! Your father stopped acting decades ago, and you... Haha!"

"You're talking nonsense!" Jiang Yuebai seemed to react, but immediately denied it.

puff!

There was a sharp blade hidden in Jiang Ronghua's sleeve. When Jiang Yuebai was disturbed by the truth, he stabbed Jiang Yuebai fiercely to complete the last step of his revenge.
Chapter completed!