I traveled through time with my best friend.

Chapter 111 The Pan family’s business.

Wang Ziyan stopped walking, twirled the folding fan in his hand, then turned to look at Ah Hui and said helplessly: "You need to correct this habit that pops up at any time."

"Xiang Ming has been caught."

Prince Yan retracted his smile and asked, "Where?"

"Throw it back to Yuloufang."'

Wang Ziyan walked towards Ah Hui, pointed at Ah Hui lovingly and said, "You, go and take a look."

Ah Hui nodded expressionlessly.

Inside Yuloufang.

Only bursts of muffled groans could be heard in the hall. When Wang Ziyan arrived, Xiang Ming had been beaten all over, but his eyes were still firm. It was obvious at first glance that he was not the kind of man who would confess under torture.

Wang Ziyan raised his hand slightly, and the men beside him immediately withdrew their hands.

Xiang Ming looked at Wang Ziyan in front of him with a bruised face and snorted, "Humph, I didn't expect you to be from the Shadow Hall."

Ah Hui brought a chair and placed it behind Wang Ziyan. After Wang Ziyan sat down, he looked at Xiang Ming and said directly: "Tell me, what is the purpose of the Pan family coming to Anzhou?"

"Do you think I would tell you?"

Wang Ziyan raised his eyebrows slightly, but he was not angry. He said with a smile: "Since you know Yingtang, you should also know Yingtang's style of doing things. They will not do anything they are not sure of. I can ask you directly like this, so I must have some leverage on you in my hand."

When Xiang Ming heard this, his expression froze, a hint of panic flashed across his eyes, and he immediately thought of his three-year-old son.

Wang Ziyan said calmly: "Although Yingtang doesn't have masters as powerful as Fengyun Tower, no one can compare to Yingtang in collecting intelligence. As long as they have seen your face, they can find out your ancestors for three generations."

"If you don't want your son to know what his father has been up to, you'd better tell the truth."

Xiang Ming lowered his head after hearing this. He had indeed done some unknown things, but he was helpless. If it weren't for the Pan family, he would never have had the chance to marry and have children.

But when he thought of his son who was still so naive, he always thought that his father was out there punishing evil and promoting good, but unfortunately, his own father was the evil one.

Seeing that Xiang Ming didn't say anything, Wang Ziyan said directly to Ah Hui: "Since he doesn't want to talk, then tell his wife and son about what he did. It would be best if all the neighbors know what kind of person lives next door to them."

"Yes."

After saying this, Ah Hui turned around and left.

Xiang Ming panicked and shouted, "Stop, stop! I tell you, don't tell my son."

Ah Hui stopped walking, and Wang Ziyan said, "Speak."

Xiang Ming finally let go and said, "The Pan family is the richest family in Xuzhou. In Xuzhou, any woman that the son of the Pan family likes, even if she is a woman, must be taken back to him. When people in Xuzhou see the son of the Pan family, they retreat and close their doors as if they were seeing a flood or a beast."

Wang Ziyan interrupted and said, "Tell me something I don't know. What business does the Pan family do?"

Xiang Ming pursed his lips and continued, "The Pan family does a lot of business, but the biggest one is the paper mill business. All the paper in all the big shops in Xuzhou comes from the Pan family. Even officials in the capital would buy paper from Xuzhou. As a result, the Pan family got close to the people in the capital, became the richest man, and monopolized all the paper on the market."

"What kind of business are you doing?"

Xiang Ming looked up at Wang Ziyan and said, "No, the other businesses are very small, there is nothing to say."

"You are lying!" Wang Ziyan slowly opened his folding fan and looked at Xiang Ming.

Xiang Ming's heart skipped a beat when he was stared at. Looking at Wang Ziyan's eyes, he swallowed nervously.

"I don't believe that the Pan family became rich by selling paper and became the richest man."

Xiang Ming began to panic. Could it be that he knew something?

"You'd better think carefully before answering." Wang Ziyan warned.

Xiang Ming lowered his head, sighed, and continued: "In addition, the Pan family is also doing some underground business and making huge profits from it."

"Go on." Wang Ziyan said casually.

Xiang Ming continued, "The young master of the Pan family would change the status of the women he had played with into slaves, and then secretly transport them to the black market, where they would be resold by people. The people in the black market would pay half of the money to the young master of the Pan family."

When Wang Ziyan heard this, his face darkened. Ah Hui couldn't help but say, "Boss, the Pan family is taking human lives lightly." Then he looked at Xiang Ming and said, "The population of Xuzhou is missing. Didn't the Xuzhou government send anyone to investigate?"

Xiang Ming chuckled, "The Xuzhou government and the Pan family are in cahoots, otherwise how could the Pan family be so arrogant in Xuzhou?"

"How long have you been in Anzhou?"

"It will take less than five days."

With a snap, the folding fan in Wang Ziyan's hand suddenly slammed shut, and everyone present was startled. "Humph, to be able to open such a large Yuloufang in five days, the Pan family is really rich and powerful."

Xiang Ming looked at Wang Ziyan's solemn expression, exuding an unhappy aura, and said nervously, "I am only responsible for transporting those women to the black market. I know nothing else."

"Where is the black market located?"

"It's outside of Xuzhou City, just a little further inside Sanliting. However... the black market is closed during the day and only opens after the evening hours of Xu."

"Take him away and hand him over to the authorities."

"Yes."

Ah Hui then waved his hand, and the two people behind Xiang Ming immediately took Xiang Ming down.

Wang Ziyan stood up from his chair, and Ah Hui said, "Boss, we can't find any trace of the Wuji Pearl. Could it have been sold on the black market?"

"Since the pawnshop in the capital got the news, there has been no trace of it since then. It is possible that it has spread to the black market."

"Then I will go to Xuzhou to investigate now."

"No hurry." Wang Ziyan's eyes suddenly lit up, as if he had thought of a good idea, and said to Ah Hui: "Send the news of the Xuzhou woman's disappearance back to the capital as soon as possible."

"What the boss means is... to have the capital send someone to investigate?"

"Don't we have a Jinyiwei Master Pei who is as good at solving cases as a god?"

"But... isn't Lord Pei going back to the capital to report?"

Wang Ziyan tapped Ah Hui's forehead with his folding fan and said, "That's why I asked you to send a message back to the capital as soon as possible. You must receive the imperial decree from the capital before Lord Pei returns tomorrow, asking him to investigate the disappearance of the woman in Xuzhou."

"Yes, my subordinate will go right away."

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The next day.

Dawn slowly broke, Pei Zhijin opened the window, and a breeze blew in. Looking at the weather outside, the sun was hidden in the clouds, and the weather was gloomy, as if a heavy rainstorm was about to come.

The door was opened. Pei Zhijin had already packed his luggage and went downstairs. Wen Yu had asked the kitchen staff to prepare the hangover soup in advance, and it was now served in front of Pei Zhijin.

"Sir, drink some soup, or you will have a headache today."

Pei Zhijin hummed lightly, then picked up the bowl and started drinking.