[Red alert: There's a safe in Re Lijiang's villa at Marriott Manor in Kashi, containing a ledger that records every payment given to Deputy Squad Leader Zhou.]

Upon seeing this intelligence, a plan quietly brewed in Qi Yun's mind...

"Let's go, Brother Wei, to Antique Street."

Chen Wei nodded silently after hearing this, asked no more, and directly started the car and left.

Just over twenty minutes later, Qi Yun's phone rang. He picked it up and glanced at it, revealing a trace of a smile on his lips.

"I don't like waiting for people." The voice on the other end was very cold.

Qi Yun laughed and said apologetically, "Sorry, something came up unexpectedly, and I'm afraid I can't make it now. How about we schedule another day?"

The person with the slicked-back hair on the other end of the phone was silent for a moment, and the air seemed to freeze.

Soon after, a cold laugh came through the receiver, mixed with the crisp sound of a lighter igniting a cigarette: "Messing with me? Do you know what the consequences might be?"

Qi Yun maintained a gentle tone: "Hehe, why would I mess with you? Something urgent really came up and I temporarily can't get away. Once I handle things here, I'll definitely be the first to pay you a visit."

The person with the slicked-back hair didn't say any more, snorted coldly, and then hung up the phone.

Qi Yun's expression returned to calmness as he rubbed his phone, his gaze deep.

First show weakness to the enemy, let this dog thing jump around for a couple more days.

...

Antique Street, Qiuyue Pavilion.

At this hour, Shi Feng had just opened for business, and the water on the tea table hadn't even boiled yet.

Seeing Qi Yun walk in empty-handed, he plopped back onto his chair and said indifferently, "What wind blows President Qi over here today?"

Qi Yun didn't mind, opened a chair and sat down himself, glancing sideways at Shi Feng: "What? Not welcome?"

Shi Feng smacked his lips without saying anything.

Qi Yun was a bit stunned, thinking he hadn't provoked this fellow, so why the gloom so early in the morning.

"Your wife eloped?" Qi Yun asked tentatively.

This time, Shi Feng was a bit surprised. He stared for a moment and then asked alertly, "Who did you hear that from?"

Seeing his reaction, Qi Yun was startled and blurted out, "She really ran away?"

This sentence seemed to hit Shi Feng's sore spot. He irritably waved his hand: "Go, go, go, quickly leave if you have nothing better to do."

"Tsk tsk." Qi Yun picked up the kettle and poured himself a cup of water, then smiled and said, "If something's bothering you, tell it to cheer your brother up?"

Shi Feng's face turned green after hearing this, turned away and ignored him, his hand unconsciously speeding up the rotation of the Buddha Beads.

Seeing that Shi Feng didn't want to discuss it, Qi Yun stopped teasing and said instead, "I'm here for serious business. You accepted a Ming Dynasty porcelain bowl yesterday, right?"

Shi Feng turned his head in surprise: "How do you know that?"

Qi Yun didn't answer his question, put away the joking attitude and said solemnly, "Those things aren't clean."

Shi Feng was a bit stunned: "Stolen?"

Qi Yun nodded: "You could say that, but not stolen from the living."

Shi Feng's hands that were turning the Buddha Beads suddenly stopped, he stared at Qi Yun, his Adam's apple moving up and down: "You mean..."

"Dug up from underground just last night." Qi Yun took a sip from his tea cup and continued, "Including the porcelain bowl sold to you, there are a total of nine pieces."

After hearing this, Shi Feng gasped: "These bastards, no rules at all."

Qi Yun glanced at him and asked: "Didn't you notice when you bought them?"

"No." Shi Feng shook his head, dumbfounded, "They must have asked experts to handle them, and they came through an intermediary. I didn't think in that direction, after all, it's been a long time since anything fresh hit Antique Street."

"These bastards dare to pull this stunt, clearly planning to fill their pockets and move elsewhere."

Qi Yun nodded and asked, "How much did you pay for them?"

Upon hearing this, Shi Feng slowly recovered from his shock, with an ugly expression, extending his index finger and thumb, gritting his teeth so hard they almost cracked.

Qi Yun sighed after hearing this, not knowing what to say.

Eighty grand for a hot potato, who could have seen that coming.

After some time, Shi Feng finally adjusted his mood and asked with a sullen face, "Since you know about this, can you help me find out where they are?"

Qi Yun took out a cigarette and handed one over: "What's your plan?"

Shi Feng accepted the cigarette, his expression fierce, "I'll damn well get my eighty grand back with interest!" He took a heavy drag, exhaling smoke through gritted teeth, "Dare to con me with dead people's stuff, they really think Northwest Zheng Yijian is a pushover?"

Qi Yun picked up a pen and paper, wrote the address down, and handed it over while advising, "At your age, don't be impulsive."

Shi Feng glanced at the note and then looked up with a cold smile: "Don't worry, we definitely won't do anything illegal."

Qi Yun nodded, said no more, and then asked, "Is the guy who went across the street looking for things still local?"

Shi Feng looked through the smoke, "I haven't contacted him recently, something up?"

Qi Yun flicked ash off his cigarette and said directly, "Ran into some trouble, want him to help retrieve something for me."

Upon hearing this, Shi Feng picked up his phone, found a number, and dialed it.

"Where are you?"

"Can you come over now?"

"Got a job, come discuss in person."

After hanging up, he said to Qi Yun, "He's coming over now."

Qi Yun nodded, took a couple more drags, and asked, "This task might be tricky, can he be trusted?"

"Rest assured," Shi Feng replied without hesitation, "Old Ghost is different from other petty thieves. He comes from a lineage, most professional, just get the price right, he won't utter a word even if jailed."

Qi Yun was slightly stunned after hearing this, thinking that even now there's such an expert?

"You'll talk to him directly, I've got other arrangements." With that, Shi Feng stood up and headed outside.

About ten minutes later, a man wearing an army coat, hands tucked in his sleeves, walked in.

After surveying the room, he directly sat down beside Qi Yun.

"Speak."

Qi Yun turned his head and gave the man a thorough look.

That night was very dark, and the man had covered his face, so Qi Yun hadn't seen Old Ghost's appearance, but judging from what he said just now, he should be the person Qi Yun was looking for.

"I'd like you to go to Kashi and retrieve something for me. At present, I only know the item is in a safe in a villa, the rest is all unknown," Qi Yun said concisely.

Old Ghost narrowed his eyes slightly, asking, "What's the background?"

"Businessman, complicated background, very influential locally," Qi Yun answered truthfully.

Old Ghost was silent for a moment, then extended two fingers from his worn sleeve, "Twenty, pay half upfront, refund if the attempt fails."

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