Tong Hua never expected that Sixth Master would actually let Hu Jia go.
From the moment he was unbound, the madman pounced like a tiger, his fists hitting flesh, beating him to the point where he had no chance to fight back.
Every punch from Hu Jia was like a humiliation, driven into his body with force. Seeing that he couldn't take it anymore, Sixth Master finally called for Hu Jia to be pulled away.
Now, Tong Hua lay on a hospital bed, bruised and battered, with three broken ribs.
"You've worked hard, but your efforts were worth it. At least you exchanged your suffering for a piece of information." Sixth Master stood at the head of Tong Hua's bed, offering no comfort, as if the one injured was merely a dog.
Hatred surged within Tong Hua, but outwardly, he had to feign that serving Sixth Master was his honor. A fawning smile tugged at the corners of his wounds, distorting his features in pain.
Seeing this, Sixth Master directly had his subordinate hand over a bottle of ointment.
He didn't even touch it: "Rest well. The organization needs you."
Hearing Sixth Master's receding footsteps, Tong Meng shuffled forward. She picked up the bottle of ointment, twisted off the cap, sniffed it, and then dipped a finger in. "How was it? Tasted good, didn't it? Our Xiao Jia is really fierce, isn't he? When I saw him on top of you, those punches, hitting your face one after another, it broke my heart, sister. But I couldn't beg for mercy, who told me I also loved watching him beat people?"
Tong Meng brought her finger close to Tong Hua's face. When it was still an inch away from the wound, Tong Hua turned his head.
Tong Meng wasn't angry. She directly rubbed the ointment on Tong Hua's collar, saying with disgust, "You, you're just so stubborn. You couldn't live a good life, so you had to go out and be a dog. Your master treated you a little better, and you still didn't appreciate it."
As she spoke, she threw the ointment into the trash can. "Then continue being a dog. Atone for the sister you had when you were still human."
"Do you hate me that much?" Tong Hua looked at Tong Meng. "Without me, could you have entered the police force? Without me, could you have gotten close to Hu Jia? Without me, could you have had nothing but a pretty face and still thrived in the criminal investigation team?"
Tong Meng smiled. "Yes, I relied on you before, but now, I still rely on you."
Tong Meng leaned in and whispered in Tong Hua's ear, "Do you know whose idea this was today?"
Tong Hua gasped, enraged. "It was you?"
"Hahaha..." Tong Meng burst into laughter. "Isn't this plan brilliant? Not only did it make Hu Jia reveal the truth, but I also received praise from Sixth Master. It only cost you a little, but for the sake of being above others, isn't this what you should do?"
"Get out! Get out!" Tong Meng coughed violently, her injuries aching, making her feel like she was about to pass out.
Tong Meng had said everything she wanted to say, and she left without a backward glance.
She knew that as long as she told Hu Jia about everyone's death, Hu Jia would lose control. And if she gave Hu Jia a plan for revenge, Hu Jia would surely reveal the answer Sixth Master wanted.
Because Hu Jia had an obsession with revenge, an obsession so strong it led to amnesia!
At this moment, Hu Jia was once again bound. He knew he had fallen into Sixth Master's trap, but he didn't regret it.
After all, that "Er Jiu Liu" was no good either.
He had vented a lot of his anger by beating up Tong Hua just now. At the time, he really wanted to punch Sixth Master too, to tear off his mask.
But he didn't. He knew he couldn't touch Sixth Master. Not only was Sixth Master standing so far away, but even with dozens of knife-wielding men around him, he couldn't get close.
However, after this incident, Hu Jia had become more cunning. Since he had the chance to break free from the rope's restraints this time, would he have the same opportunity to escape its control next time and create his own escape route?
Hu Jia fell into deep thought.
...
In another compartment, Sixth Master was lost in thought.
He had set up such a grand scheme to find out who the middleman for Mou Ji Xuan was, only for Hu Jia to tell him it was someone codenamed "Er Jiu Liu."
"Er Jiu Liu" would then be Wang Xia, something he had discovered ten years ago.
But it was Wang Xia who had paid Mou Ji Xuan to complete the task. How could "Er Jiu Liu" be Wang Xia's middleman?
Was he introducing business to himself?
"It seems Wang Xia was afraid of being exposed, so he found a scapegoat," said the speaker, who was Tang Yin Ge, the second leader of the Knife Man organization. He was seated below Sixth Master.
So, Sixth Master was the leader of the Knife Man organization.
As mentioned earlier, the Knife Man organization was always very mysterious. They were a semi-public personal organization. They engaged in "harmless" illegal activities, publicly proclaiming "no harm to human life," but in reality, they often committed "robbery and murder."
The great leader had never shown himself, and all matters were handled by the second leader, Tang Yin Ge.
And Sixth Master was merely a confidant and mouthpiece for the second leader.
But in reality, Sixth Master had hidden himself too well.
"So, my item is actually with Wang Xia?"
"That's likely the case."
"But over the years, we've searched everyone and everything related to him, even his old house countless times, and still found nothing."
"We must have overlooked something. I think we need to re-examine Wang Xia's surroundings."
Sixth Master slowly placed down his teacup. "Ten years. The item left by Hu Shi Long should finally see the light of day."
...
City Police Station.
"You and Wang Yan Lin are both members of the Knife Men?" Lü Qing Qing was very shocked by Wang Yan Gang's words.
All this time, they hadn't understood why the Knife Men had come to Huayan Village. Although they had guessed that the Knife Men's arrival was related to Liu Li's death, they never imagined that the Wang brothers were also Knife Men.
"Yes. Wang Yan Lin and I are both under the second leader, just in different groups." Just moments ago, Wang Yan Gang had admitted to being the murderer of Wang Xia, and also confessed to Wang Yan Lin killing Liu Li.
He said that he had been ordered by the organization to kill Wang Xia that year, but by chance, Wang Yan Lin found out. He often blackmailed Wang Yan Gang for money with this information. This time was no different, but Wang Yan Lin didn't know that Wang Yan Gang was not at home that night. Liu Li, upon hearing that Wang Yan Lin was there to demand money again, cursed him profusely, angering him and leading to her death.
The murder method was similar to what Hu Jia had deduced before, and it also explained the information that Hu Jia had not been able to figure out at the time.
For example, Wang Yan Lin had poured a lot of pine oil on Liu Li's corpse, which was why only Liu Li's body was burned in the fire.
Also, the windows of the house were tightly shut when the fire occurred because Wang Yan Lin was hiding in a closet in another room. He slipped out when everyone was in a panic trying to put out the fire, so no one noticed him.
The case of Liu Li's death was considered solved. The deaths of Wang Xia, which everyone was truly concerned about, became the focus. Because from Wang Yan Gang's account, everyone learned that Wang Xia was killed by the Knife Men.
But why did the Knife Men kill Wang Xia?
"To silence him! He knew secrets he shouldn't have." Wang Yan Gang's one sentence directly confirmed everyone's suspicions.