Hidden moth

Chapter 233: Ask for the Reasons When Something Happens

He Kao immediately determined that the "criminal" was a second-level sorcerer.

In such a dimly lit place, he could still distinguish footprints, broken branches, and trampled grass leaves on the ground, which shows that his senses are extraordinary and his qi and blood are in perfect condition.

However, this person was tracking based on traces and did not immediately notice the woman dozens of meters away, which also showed that he had not yet mastered spiritual awareness.

The woman probably thought that the criminals could not find her, so she curled up in the dark and hid behind a slope, surrounded by dense bushes. She held her breath and dared not make any sound.

But the terrible footsteps were still getting closer step by step. There were a few strong wind sounds, two bushes were split open, a boot stepped in front of the eyes, and light shone down.

It turned out that the gangster took out his cell phone and finally turned on the flashlight, with a shining blade in his other hand.

The woman fell to her knees, saying in horror, "Brother Chang, no! Let's talk it over nicely. I'll give you whatever you want. I'll do anything you ask of me..."

The man swung his knife without hesitation and said, "I want you dead!"

Both of them spoke Dongguo dialect with a strong Shanmin accent. When He Kao dealt with Gao Chenshu, a cleaner under Ku Cha, he had been to Shanmin Province and had many conversations with the locals, so he was familiar with this accent.

The knife didn't strike down, because someone beside him shouted, "Spare his life!"

The man was startled, suddenly feeling like he'd traveled through time. Was he in a costume drama? Was someone trying to rob an execution ground? In the deserted woods in the middle of the night, he could actually hear such pure Eastern Mandarin dialogue.

But he reacted quickly, raising the knife. He then twisted his body to change direction and swung the knife horizontally towards He Kao... But in a flash, the knife was somehow taken away by He Kao, and he was knocked to the ground.

The man tried to struggle but was kicked again, neither light nor heavy. He suffocated and fainted.

When he lay down, he revealed another pistol behind his butt. He did not use the gun but the dog-leg knife just now, probably because he did not want the gunshot to alert people in the distance.

When the woman saw this scene, she shouted a series of words in surprise.

Anyway, He Kao didn't understand a word he said, so he probably spoke a foreign language. He Kao also turned on the flashlight at this time and said in a deep voice: "You should speak Dongguoyu."

The woman was like she had found a savior: "Are you from Dongguo? I am from Dongguo too, please save me... Thank you for saving me!"

He Kao: "You are safe now, now tell me what happened?"

The woman pointed at the man and said, "I'm a tourist from the East. I've been targeted by the local gangs. They want to arrest me..."

He Kao: "Why did we arrest you?"

This is actually nonsense. Gangs here can kidnap for various purposes, such as demanding ransom and selling organs. Young and beautiful girls may even be forced into sexual slavery.

The woman cried, "I don't know... It's too dangerous here. They might have accomplices. Big brother, can you take me away from this place quickly?"

As she spoke, she stretched out a hand towards He Kao, as if wanting He Kao to pull her up.

He Kao took a step back and said, "Since you are a tourist from Dongguo, I will protect your safety and help you contact your family. Tell me your name and detailed address in Dongguo."

Woman: "My benefactor, please send me to a safe place. I will repay you."

He Kao: "Don't worry, I need to know who you are first. What's your name? Where do you live in the East Country? Do you have any relatives or friends' contact information?"

This sounded a bit like asking for repayment. Since the woman said she wanted to repay him, he didn't know who to ask for the reward because she would just walk away.

Woman: "My name is Gan Xiaoyu. I live at No. 302, Lianxi Village, Nangong Township, Wuhua County, Shanmin Province...Brother, I'm telling the truth. Can you take me to the city of Suratthani? I'll agree to any terms!"

Suthani is a city in Sawa not far from here.

At this point, she seemed to come back to her senses and quickly said, "I also have friends in Suratthani. You can call them and ask them to pick me up..."

As soon as she finished speaking, her vision went dark and she passed out. It seemed that she had been exhausted just now, and now she was too excited to catch her breath... In fact, she was knocked unconscious by He Kao's spell.

He Kao frowned and took the gun from the man, then disappeared. About ten minutes later, he appeared out of nowhere again and patted the fallen man.

Why didn't He Kao rescue the woman directly? Because he felt that something was wrong. Not only was the "criminal" wrong, but the woman was also wrong!

Due to the climate, the locals in this area have dark or yellowish skin, with an oily, damp look. This woman was different at first glance. Her skin was pale, and it was obvious that she stayed indoors for a long time and rarely went outdoors.

Her clothes were torn by tree thorns in many places, and parts that should not be exposed were exposed. Normally, she should have subconsciously covered her chest with her hands, but she did not do so when she was speaking. Instead, she was sticking out her chest intentionally or unintentionally.

More importantly, He Kao saw and heard clearly just now that the man did not rob her of her money or her body, nor did he intend to take her back. He just swung a knife and wanted to kill her. This was obviously not a kidnapping by a local gang.

The man who committed the crime had a thick accent from the Fujian Province of Dongguo, and was obviously not a local. The woman also called the man "Brother Chang", which means that the two of them must have known each other.

Although He Kao had never practiced the art of divination, he was good at observing people's words and expressions. This woman was obviously full of lies, and she could make up lies so well in an emergency, as if it was an instinct. It seemed that she was a habitual liar.

Since they happened to meet, He Kao certainly couldn't let her be hacked to death in front of him, so he intervened in time, but her reaction was abnormal...

When someone casually reports an address in an emergency, even if it is false, it is likely to be a real address that she is familiar with, and Gan Xiaoyu may also be a real person.

In a foreign country, no one can verify it on the spot, but this is not a problem for He Kao, he just goes there directly!
After checking the map, he found that the village really existed. He had passed by not far from the village, and the closest place his footprints had reached was about 20 kilometers away.

Twenty kilometers away, it was almost in the blink of an eye with the ability of teleportation... The address was real, the name Gan Xiaoyu was actually Gan Xiaoyu, and this person was also real. She was not at home, and there were only her parents and brother and sister-in-law at home.

He Kao did not alarm anyone. He sneaked into the house and saw the photos on the cabinet. He also searched out some photo album information and confirmed that Gan Xiaoyu was not this woman at all.

Since the woman is full of lies, let's ask the man. He Kao bravely took the initiative to help others, but he seemed to have not understood the situation clearly.

After waking up, the man felt that his blood circulation was not smooth, and his cultivation seemed to be blocked... The legendary sealing technique actually exists. It is said that it is a method that can only be mastered by those who have reached a high level of cultivation!

When he opened his eyes and saw He Kao, he knew he had met a master. He touched his butt and found that the gun had been taken away. He asked in a trembling voice, "Who are you?"

He Kao: "I was just a passerby. I happened to see you about to attack with a knife, so I stopped you. Now tell me who you are and why you did this?"

The man struggled to sit up and said, "You are also a sorcerer, right?" He Kao: "Answer my question first!"

The man glanced at the unconscious woman beside him and gritted his teeth, saying, "The hatred for killing my father is irreconcilable! I am from the East, my name is Chang Anju. I chased him all the way from Wadi to Sawa, both for revenge and to eliminate the evil..."

The man's name was Chang Anju, and he lived in Dashan Village, Nangong Township, Wuhua County, Fujian Province. Coincidentally, it was not far from Lianxi Village, where He Kao had just visited. According to Chang Anju, the woman's real name was Zhong Jinghui, and she was also from Dashan Village.

After graduating from vocational high school, Zhong Jinghui went out to work. I heard that she was doing very well there and started her own business and became a boss.

Five years ago, she returned to the village and claimed to be a supervisor in a science and technology park in the north of Waddy. She made a lot of money in e-commerce and built a brand new three-story house for her family, which made the locals envious.

The locals have a strong sense of clan identity, and when doing business in other places, they like to form gangs. When one person makes his way, he will often bring a group of fellow villagers with him.

Zhong Jinghui introduced opportunities to make a fortune and also took away a group of fellow villagers, including Chang Anju's younger brother Chang Anzai and Gan Xiaoyu, a girl from the neighboring village, who was the one Zhong Jinghui had just tried to impersonate.

It seems that Zhong Jinghui just casually mentioned the name of a familiar fellow townsman.

In fact, what they do overseas is a fraudulent business, and the victims of the fraud are mainly Dongguo people in China. Some people get money and then recruit more people to go there to form a team to engage in illegal business.

People like Zhong Jinghui are considered to be middle-level leaders of the so-called park. Their identities are more like contractors or subcontractors of illegal businesses, and they have their own teams under them.

About a year after my brother went abroad, Eastern authorities began to intensify their efforts to crack down on this type of transnational fraud.

Before this, many local people already knew what these people were doing, but they all claimed that their family members went out to work, study, travel, etc.

Chang Anju was out of town at the time. When he heard about this, he rushed to the northern part of Wadi Kingdom and tried every means to bring his brother back to his hometown, warning him not to do such a thing again.

In fact, they could still come back if they wanted to, but many people were unwilling or afraid to come back for various reasons.

My younger brother was lucky to be able to leave in time, but after he came back, he couldn't stay at home. He found any other work boring. It was hard work and he didn't make any money. In short, he couldn't adapt.

During this period, my brother received another call from Zhong Jinghui.

Zhong Jinghui told him not to worry, because the actions of the East Government could not reach overseas, and all business in the Wadi Industrial Park was normal. It was a good time to make a fortune quietly.

Many people in the team returned to their country, which just happened to leave a lot of opportunities... Anyway, my brother listened to Zhong Jinghui's instigation and ran back to Wadi without telling his family.

After returning, he found that the atmosphere had changed. The park had strengthened its personal control. Not long after, the crackdown by the East Country also reached overseas... After a while, the local area was in chaos and many criminals were handed over to the East Country.

Zhong Jinghui still wanted to struggle, not wanting to be sent back to the East Country with the destruction of the park, so she controlled her team to escape to another so-called fraud park in the central part of Waddy Country, bordering Sawa Country.

At that time, there were riots in many places in Wadi Kingdom, and my younger brother died during the evacuation... After the news was confirmed by the police in his hometown, it was passed on to his family.

As for Gan Xiaoyu from the neighboring village, her whereabouts are still unknown, but her family still claims that she is studying abroad.

When Chang Anju's father heard the news, he fell to the ground holding his chest and never woke up again... After taking care of his father's funeral, Chang Anju chased to the territory of Wadi. What he wanted to do was not only revenge, but also to eliminate the harm.

Zhong Jinghui fled to central Waddy, where the industrial park was soon destroyed. Having made some money in the previous years, she arranged a retreat for herself and fled to Sawa, where she hid with several accomplices in Suratthani in the south.

I heard that this group of people started a new business and opened a foreign trade company, claiming that they were doing legal business.

Chang Anju chased Zhong Jinghui from Wadi to Sawa and finally found her. When he was about to attack her, Zhong Jinghui realized something was wrong and drove away. In a panic, she ran into the suburbs and was bumped into by He Kao...

After listening to Chang Anju's story, He Kao didn't find any flaws. He said calmly, "If what you said is true, it seems that I was meddling in other people's business for the wrong reason."

Chang Anju: "Of course what I said is true! You can find out if you ask around... Your cultivation is far superior to mine, and I will suffer no harm if I lie to you."

He Kao: "Cultivation? I see that you are also a sorcerer, at least at the second level. I wonder what kind of magic you practice and who is your master?"

Chang Anju glanced at He Kao and said, "Master has warned us not to reveal our identities easily, and we must not tell others casually."

He Kao: "A sorcerer must not reveal his identity, because ordinary people would not know or understand. I am also a sorcerer, and there is no such restriction when communicating with fellow sorcerers. Your master should have told you so."

Chang Anju: "I don't know your identity yet..." He glanced at Zhong Jinghui next to him and said, "Can you let me finish this matter first, and then we can talk somewhere else?"

He Kao: "Don't touch her for now. Wait for me for half an hour. I'll come back to you in half an hour and we'll do whatever we need to do then, okay?"

Apart from his master, Chang Anju had never come into contact with any other sorcerers. Unexpectedly, he met one overseas, and he was a legendary high-level sorcerer!

He had just suspected that He Kao was Zhong Jinghui's accomplice, so he attacked He Kao, but he slapped him instead of chopping him. He intended to knock He Kao down and control him, and then interrogate him. Unexpectedly, he was knocked down himself.

He was very curious and excited, but the situation was special and he couldn't let down his guard and vigilance.

But then he thought again, if He Kao really wanted to do something bad to him, he would be dead by now, so he obeyed He Kao's instructions and agreed to wait there for half an hour.

He Kao left. Looking at the unconscious enemy beside him, Chang Anju wanted to take action several times. Although his sword and gun had been taken away and his cultivation and magic power were also banned, he could strangle her to death with his hands, or even pick up a brick!
But Chang Anju still held back. After all, he had promised He Kao not to take action for the time being, and his restricted cultivation and magic power needed to be released by He Kao himself, so he had no choice but to obey.

He Kao said to wait for half an hour, and sure enough, half an hour later he passed through the bushes and reappeared in front of Chang Anju.

He Kao cast a spell to remove the seal, returned the pistol and machete to Chang Anju, and said, "Leave me your contact information, and we'll arrange a place to meet tomorrow night to discuss in detail. The place is up to you... Go ahead and do your thing first."

Chang Anju finally breathed a sigh of relief, and said in surprise and joy: "There is a Donghua Gourmet Hotel in the nearest city, Suthani. The sign is all Dongguo characters. I have booked a private room and am waiting for you!"

After leaving his contact information, He Kao left the place. This matter was a bit awkward to handle. It turned out that we can't just look at the appearance of things.

In the past half hour, he first observed secretly for a few minutes and found that Chang Anju had indeed not made any unusual movements. Then he went to Chang Anju's hometown to collect some information and confirmed that what he said was true.

As for what to do with Zhong Jinghui, He Kao simply decided to turn a blind eye.

From a moral point of view, it is indeed difficult for him to stop Chang Anju's revenge. In fact, not only Zhong Jinghui, but also her accomplices in Surat Thani City should not have a good ending!

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