Xiao Chen had walked this road from Suero to school several times, but this time was the most boring, as both the escorts and the Baron's family had their own thoughts.
There were two carriages in the team. The first carriage held the Baron and his wife, escorted by Xiao Chen and Glade. The next carriage held their three children, escorted by Kalanda. Chang Yujie and other strong men were either sitting outside the carriage or riding horses beside it. There was also a squad of guards following them.
In the first carriage, Xiao Chen was holding a notebook and asking Baron Goya some questions.
"Who on our Chinese side contacted you about these matters at that time?"
"In this matter, I have only met two Chinese people. The other one is the mercenary Cole. My butler already knows Cole. He is a subordinate of Captain Kalanda." When Baron Goya said this, there was a slight smile on his face, with some sarcasm in his face.
"These people are involved in economic and information leakage issues, and your problem is murder. This is not the same." Xiao Chen said.
"I know, I know." Baron Goya did not want to annoy Xiao Chen. "At that time, Cole brought a man to negotiate. This man was called Zhou Zuoren. Later, after a while, the man they sent to do the work was called Xu Aotian. This Xu Aotian later went to manage the village. Since you attacked there, you should have met him."
Zhou Zuoren? Xu Aotian? Zhou Shuren, Long Aotian. Xiao Chen knew it was a pseudonym as soon as he heard it, but it seemed okay for someone who came here to cooperate with the Baron to use a pseudonym. It would be strange if he didn't cover up his identity. Anyway, as long as he had black hair and black eyes, he must be Chinese, and the Baron was not afraid of being fooled. Of these two people, Xu Aotian was definitely the missing guy Xu Xin. As for the other one, he asked, "What kind of person is this Zhou Zuoren?"
The baron looked at Xiao Chen's reaction and said, "It seems that the other party used a pseudonym. He was a thin middle-aged man with short hair. He spoke in a hurry and was very fussy when negotiating with me. He argued back and forth for a long time on some small matters. He came to talk to me twice in total, and I never saw him again. At other times, it was Cole or Xu Aotian who contacted me."
"If you were allowed to see this person again, or see his portrait, would you be able to recognize him?"
"It's possible. I have a good memory for people," said Baron Goya.
At this time, Glade said, "You want him to see those archival photos, right? But we'll have already returned to school. If there is any rumor, will it alert those people and cause an accident in vain? Team leader Xiao, aren't you good at mental magic? Is there any way to find that person in his mind?"
Xiao Chen thought for a moment and said to the baron, "I can build a soul bridge that connects our minds. Can you try to recall the scene of your meeting with Zhou Zuoren and then pass the image to me?"
Baron Goya licked his lips and said, "As a wizard, you may think this is a very simple thing. But for me, it is not. I think it is difficult for me to do such a difficult thing well."
How could Xiao Chen not understand what he meant? He said, "Everything you did can be used to mitigate your crime. This is clearly stipulated in our laws."
"Okay. In that case I'm going to try it anyway."
Xiao Chen used the Soul Bridge to connect to the Baron's soul. As an ordinary person, the Baron did not know how to transmit a clear image to Xiao Chen. He could only try his best to recall the scene of the meeting and let Xiao Chen carefully distinguish it from the other side of the Soul Bridge.
The images were complicated and fragmented, and most of the time they were just a corner of a picture. Xiao Chen spent a long time selecting and piecing together the images. It was like he was trying to piece together a puzzle, and this puzzle was not static, it was constantly moving. In the end, Xiao Chen had to copy the fragments of the images one by one in the meditation space, and asked Tasia, Elena and Xiaobai to help.
The baron's mental strength was not strong enough, so Xiao Chen had to let him rest every once in a while. In more than a day, he cast magic on him five times.
Afterwards, part of Xiao Chen's own consciousness also entered the meditation space, and together with Tasia and the others, he pieced together the image fragments floating in the air.
Xiao Chen sat cross-legged on the beach, trying to piece together countless fragments in the air at a very fast speed. All the images that could be pieced together would be combined into a larger piece. As long as Tashia and Elaina could piece together a larger pattern, they would hand it over to Xiao Chen to work on together.
Until night fell. They finally achieved results. A fragmentary picture appeared in the sky of the meditation space. However, the face of the person in it was clearly discernible.
The person Xiao Chen was looking for was Chu Ying, the head of the business team. "So it was him! If he was the one behind all this, then he must not be the only one. There must be other people behind the scenes."
The next morning, Xiao Chen found Chang Yujie, handed him a letter and two horses, and asked him to travel day and night to go ahead and deliver the letter to Peng Ziyi personally.
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School, outside Chang Lin’s office.
Chu Ying, who was anxious and furious, had been sitting here for quite a while. Chang Lin came back from outside and saw that Chu Ying looked very haggard, and there were many cigarette butts on the ground. It seemed that this guy was already panicking to a certain extent.
"Mr. Chang, I..." As soon as Chu Ying saw Chang Lin, he stood up suddenly and spoke anxiously.
"Calm down and come in." Chang Lin pushed open the office door and pulled Chu Ying in.
After closing the door, Chang Lin cast a detection spell, but Chu Ying couldn't wait to speak: "Old Chang! I got some information today. It is said that Guo Qian intends to hold on to this matter.
I heard that Xiao Chen has already started to arrest people. If Baron Goya dies, it's fine, but if he is caught and identified, I will be in trouble. "
"Why are you panicking? Have you left any evidence with him?"
"No, I didn't keep anything on paper."
“Have you ever been to Nowhere Village?”
"No, except the Baron himself, no one else should have seen me."
"Then why are you in such a hurry? After all, he can only get the Baron's one-sided statement. If they really find out about you, you can just insist that you were slandered." Chang Lin opened the cupboard and took out a bottle of fruit wine. Then, while the other party was at a loss, he took out a packet of powder from the drawer and sprinkled it into a wine glass.