Chapter 230 - 229: Chen Tianlong Offers a Plan
"Oh? Them, huh? They’re just labor workers, got some strength, but when it comes to skills, probably not." Sima Fei didn’t know what Chen Tianlong wanted to learn about, so he smiled wryly.
"Understood. With your abilities, how much weight do you think you could lift?" Chen Tianlong realized Sima Fei was increasingly being drawn into his plan.
"About five hundred pounds, depending on the situation. If it’s a smaller object, with full strength, I think I could manage six hundred." Sima Fei spoke directly without hesitation.
"Then, Uncle Sima Fei, do you think if there were two experts with your level of skill lifting a seven to eight hundred pound object, would it be challenging?"
"Huh?"
Sima Fei froze, suddenly remembering something, as did Manor Master Sima Dong at the moment.
Lin Batian, standing nearby, furrowed his brow. Initially, he was wondering why Chen Tianlong asked such questions. Now he understood, this kid was actually leading the people from the Zhang Family into his thinking.
"Fei, immediately bring Li Hu here, I want to interrogate him."
Sima Dong finally thought through a bit more. Initially suspicious of Li Hu, later two of his other subordinates resigned, coincidentally raising his suspicion. If it weren’t for Li Hu’s prior explanation, Sima Dong would have continued to doubt.
Now, Chen Tianlong’s words gave a clear explanation to the whole scenario. Those two departing servants might have been experts deliberately arranged by Li Hu.
But, Li Hu was so meticulous, fearing suspicion, so he arranged two ordinary employees to carry the cabinet. However, the main force was applied by those two experts, making those ordinary employees not feel much weight.
"Grandmaster Sima, I think you shouldn’t summon him. It might alert him. Think about it, those two are already gone. If he adamantly denies it, what can you do? Torture him to make him tell the truth?"
Chen Tianlong stepped up to Sima Dong, suddenly speaking.
"Well... Fei, hold off on going."
Sima Dong listened to Chen Tianlong, found it reasonable, but pondered if not exposing him, how to deal with the matter, then asked, "Chen Tianlong, how do you think we should proceed?"
"Hehe, Grandmaster Sima, do you have technicians here? Like those monitoring phone signals and intercepting calls, professional ones." Chen Tianlong didn’t directly say what to do but asked instead.
At that moment, Sima Dong looked at Sima Fei. Sima Fei immediately understood, quickly stood up, and said, "We have, in the Black Panther Assassin Group’s tech department, a decent guy."
"Great, then what we need to do next is very simple: wait for the rabbit by the tree."
After speaking, Chen Tianlong gathered everyone together and quietly shared his plan, to which everyone nodded in agreement.
The plan commenced immediately. Sima Fei walked out of the hall while the remaining three started to return to normal, drinking tea and chatting, as if nothing had happened.
Indeed, the people Li Hu sent to secretly observe reported back, causing Li Hu to furrow his brow. If the Master didn’t pursue further, the event would certainly end well.
But they quieted down a bit too quickly.
Speaking of the four people hiding outside, moss was almost growing on them, still no sight of Lin Batian, leaving them rather depressed.
Since Lin Batian entered the hall, quite a number of people had come and gone.
Profound Void dared not rush in recklessly, after all it was someone’s domain. If there were experts, not only would they be unable to catch Lin Batian, retreating safely would also be a problem.
"Brothers, we can only wait, today, no matter what, we need to capture Lin Batian."
Profound Void was helpless; he didn’t know much about the manor’s background, but it must be wealthy, likely guarded with security staff. Once alarmed, it could affect their plan.
To know, failing this time means Lin Batian would be hypervigilant, making future attempts much harder.
"Yes, Kong, we’re following your orders."
The three subordinates were hired experts by the Hao Family, although not as powerful as Profound Void, they were certainly formidable compared to ordinary people.
Around 3 PM, an intriguing event unfolded at Tianshu Manor - the young lady’s corpse supposedly returned. To ensure its security, the Manor Master personally inspected, mandating that aside from him personally leading people inside, no one else could enter the Ice Cave.
The news quickly spread throughout Tianshu Manor.
Upon hearing, Li Hu’s brow furrowed tightly. He didn’t believe the corpse would return, but his inherently suspicious nature drove him to make a call.
"Master, there’s a signal being dialed out; should we listen in?"
Within the assassin group’s information center, a signal monitoring technician spoke.
"Listen, quickly intercept the call."
As the Manor Master, even if a servant made a call, he had no concern as it wouldn’t leak information. Besides, at such a critical time, whoever’s call gets overheard is just unlucky.
However, the ensuing sounds shocked them. It was indeed Li Hu’s voice, and upon connecting, the first sentence was: "Third Elder, is the corpse still with you?"
"Yes, what’s wrong, Li?" A gruff voice responded from the other end of the line, clearly unfamiliar.
"Huh? Then... why does the manor say the corpse has been found."
"Hiss... not good, Li, hang up and leave the manor quickly."
"Huh? Why?"
"No time, trust me, run!"
Hearing up to here, Sima Dong understood it all, breathed deeply, and gave Sima Fei a knowing glance. Sima Fei immediately caught on, leading a team to swiftly encircle Li Hu’s room.
They also informed the assassin group to lay siege at the entrance, preventing escape.
Ten minutes later, in the lobby of Tianshu Manor, Li Hu knelt on the floor. Sima Dong sat on a large chair, glaring angrily, and said, "Old Li, I’ll give you one more chance. Tell me where the young lady’s corpse is, and who was on the phone."
"Haha, Master, everyone has their allegiance. I’m already a sixty-year-old man. Do you think I’d reveal the news?" Having been unmasked, Li Hu was less respectful.
"Speak quickly, who are you? Why did you steal the young lady’s corpse?"
Sima Dong was somewhat angry, having shared over a decade of friendship but realizing it was all premeditated betrayal. Though he lacked understanding of why anyone needed a corpse.
"Master, it’s no use, I won’t tell. You should know my nature. If I don’t want to say, even if you point a gun at me, you wouldn’t get anything out of me."
Clearly disdainful, Li Hu showed no fear.
"Is that so?"
At this moment, Sima Fei approached and said to Sima Dong, "Master, hand him over to our Black Panther Assassin Group; we’re skilled in interrogation - I believe he’ll soon give us the information we need."