manynovel Chapter 652
Chapter 652
After resting at the hotel for a night and having breakfast, Butler Xu and his group headed to the small village where Wu Xie and Fatty Wang had gotten lost, led by a guide arranged by Butler Xu.
"Uncle Xu, do you think that guy is reliable?" Fatty Wang asked in a low voice, tugging at his seat at the man from Northwest China in the car in front of them.
"So do you think he seems reliable?" Butler Xu passed the question directly to Fatty Wang.
Fatty Wang shook his head violently. "Uncle Xu, aren't you making things difficult for me? I can handle looking at women, but looking at men? I'm really not good at that!"
Wang Pangzi's words made Wu Xie, who was drinking water nearby, choke. "You fatso, what are you saying! How can you spout such nonsense, good or bad!"
Wu Xie tugged at the other person's joke and changed the subject, "Did Uncle Xu realize that there was something wrong with that guide, which is why he let us go with him?"
Upon hearing that the guide was problematic, Fatty Wang couldn't sit still any longer. He jumped up and bumped his head. "What! That guy! That guy is problematic! Then, then, Uncle Xu, then we're going to be sold out by him!"
Butler Xu glanced at Wu Xie, "Third Master, what do you think? What's wrong with that guide?"
Wu Xie rested his chin on his hand and pondered quietly. From the moment the guide appeared until now, he had broken down and considered every detail one by one.
Last night, they followed Uncle Xu into the hotel. Because it was late and they had just arrived by train, and they also had to be wary of eavesdroppers next door, they were on edge the whole way. As soon as they entered the room, they went straight to bed without even washing up.
They were woken up at dawn by a man named Ahui, who had been sent by Uncle Xu. As they packed their things, Ahui told them that the role they would be playing was that of members of an environmental organization that had come to film wildlife.
Wu Xie and Wang Pangzi even saw the work badge of an environmental organization member that A Hui took out. Then, at breakfast, they ran into the young man who had been sitting next to them on the train again.
However, Uncle Xu told them not to panic, that all their actions were legal and compliant, and that if they encountered any problems, they could directly call the police for help.
After they had eaten and drunk their fill, the guide arranged by Uncle Xu appeared, and the group quickly left the restaurant.
As they walked out of the hotel, seeing all sorts of professional filming equipment that seemed to have appeared out of nowhere, he and Fatty Wang reluctantly and carefully put these expensive pieces of equipment—enough to buy Wushanju—into the trunk of their car.
“Uncle Xu, our trip to the Northwest was a last-minute decision, and it’s impossible for anyone to predict our whereabouts so accurately. Besides, we saw the same people we met on the train yesterday in the restaurant today, but they left in a hurry after our guide appeared, as if they had something important to do.” After careful consideration, Wu Xie shared some of the possibilities he had come up with.
"Good, continue." Butler Xu nodded approvingly and gestured for Wu Xie to continue.
“That guide is very likely their boss, or someone in their leadership.” Wu Xie took out a notebook from his pocket and started writing and drawing in it.
"What we know so far is that Pangu is a shadowy figure who can change his appearance at will. Perhaps he did something that was seen by that group of people, which is why he left in a hurry."
Wu Xie paused for a moment and then continued, "Or perhaps they received new instructions and plan to ambush us on the road."
"Young Master was right about you. You are indeed very intelligent, even surpassing your blind uncle in some ways."
Steward Xu's eyes were filled with approval. "There has always been a lot of turmoil in the manor, with people constantly planting their own people. But simply eliminating them all will only attract more and more people. So Your Highness has placed them in unimportant positions, but where they can still hear a few words of information. In this way, we can not only cut off the channels through which people are constantly being sent in, but also receive their messages in real time."
"So, Uncle Xu specifically told those people about our trip to the Northwest?"
Butler Xu shook his head. "No, the news of our coming to the Northwest was a trap they had prepared from the very beginning, because they knew you would come."
Wu Xie's face turned pale instantly. "Uncle Xu, did I make the wrong choice again?"
Butler Xu reached out and patted Wu Xie's head, comforting him, "Wu Xie, it's not that you did anything wrong, but that it was a trap they set up long ago. Even that photographer was just a pawn to gather information about the Northwest."
"But what is Peng Ye's relationship with them? Why does it have to be Peng Ye?" Wu Xie asked, puzzled.
“It doesn’t have to be Peng Ye, but it can only be Peng Ye. Because his father knows every inch of the Northwest, and has even seen their secret base there, and even sneaked in. So Peng Ye’s father has to die, and Peng Ye’s mother has to die for her child.”
Steward Xu remembered that after Wu Xie and the others returned from the Northwest, His Highness had instructed them to investigate all of Peng Ye's information.
"what!"
Wu Xie and Fatty Wang stared at Uncle Xu in surprise, somewhat incredulously hearing what he said.
“Only if she dies can her child live. And Peng Ye, only if he goes completely insane can he live peacefully in this world. A normal Peng Ye would be too unpredictable for them, so only a madman, no matter what shocking things he says, no one will believe him, because he is just a madman.” Butler Xu’s eyes showed pity.
Wu Xie and Fatty Wang clenched their fists, but they had no better solution.
For a moment, the car was quiet.
"Boss, we've arrived." The guide approached the car of Butler Xu and his group, tapped lightly on the window twice, and pointed to the small houses in the distance.
"I'll have to trouble you with the rest of the trip," Butler Xu said with a smile, looking in the direction the guide was pointing.
"Xiao Wu, Xiao Wang, take the things out of the trunk. Remember to handle them carefully, they're very valuable. If you break them, the organization will punish you." Butler Xu directed Wu Xie and Fatty Wang, whose eyes were red with anger at the sight of the guide. After sending the two away to do their work, he chatted with the guide again.