The folder's title was about a war between two countries.
Lin Xiao Tian had seen news about it at the time. Both countries were resolved to fight to the death, and news of casualties appeared frequently.
The USB drive mentioned this news again. He wondered if there was anything different about it.
Out of curiosity, Lin Xiao Tian clicked on the files within.
"Country H and Country R's war has now reached a secret agreement, with a full ceasefire scheduled for 8 AM three days later."
Lin Xiao Tian was taken aback.
A ceasefire?
This piece of news hadn't been reported in the media!
Currently, almost all reports were about concerns for the two countries' situations, with an overwhelming number of pessimistic voices. Yet, the content on the USB drive was different from the current news.
Moreover, it was an accurate prediction three days in advance.
Lin Xiao Tian didn't know if it was true or false, but he made a note of it.
There was also a paid section on the USB drive.
Lin Xiao Tian clicked on it and found a link.
The next moment, a black pop-up window appeared on Lin Xiao Tian's computer.
"Hello, what kind of information are you looking for?"
A hacker avatar sent a message.
Lin Xiao Tian thought for a moment. This was probably where Tian Wang provided specialized intelligence. So, Lin Xiao Tian sent a message.
"The Xu family, a pharmaceutical family!"
"What information about the Xu family are you interested in? Past, present, or future?"
Lin Xiao Tian was surprised. They could even know the future?
It seemed Tian Wang's infiltration into the Xu family was quite significant.
"I want to know about the Xu family's past."
At the top of the chat window, it showed "The other party is typing."
After a while, another message popped up.
"Please pay the fee, a total of one million R coins."
After this message, a QR code appeared.
In the center of the QR code was a black and white intertwined grid, which was Tian Wang's logo.
"One million!" Lin Xiao Tian couldn't help but feel a pang of pain.
No wonder Tian Wang only approached the wealthy. Such fees were indeed not something ordinary people could afford.
Lin Xiao Tian eventually scanned the QR code and completed the payment.
The chat window fell silent. The other party seemed to have vanished.
Lin Xiao Tian frowned, wondering if he had been scammed.
Thus, five minutes passed.
There was still no movement in the chat window.
Then, ten minutes, fifteen minutes.
When twenty minutes had passed, the other party finally sent a message.
A document appeared before Lin Xiao Tian, with the note "Xu Family."
Lin Xiao Tian opened it. It not only listed the history of the Xu family but also detailed all the individuals who had appeared in each period of the Xu family's existence.
The information was so detailed that it included the misdeeds committed by those individuals and even how many women they kept on the side.
Lin Xiao Tian was drawn to the first sentence at the top of the document.
"The Xu family, a pharmaceutical dynasty, has a history of five hundred years and ranks thirtieth among the world's pharmaceutical families, and is among the top ten in the country!"
Five hundred years?
Lin Xiao Tian thought about history.
That was during the feudal dynasty period. He hadn't expected the Xu family to already exist then, and to have survived so many international upheavals and still be intact. Lin Xiao Tian had always thought that such so-called families would disappear with the change of dynasties. Now it seemed there were other stories!
This document resolved his long-standing doubts about the extent of Tian Wang's information.
It turned out that the world he knew was just a small part of the picture.
This world was actually controlled by various families!
In the United States, the true powers were not the presidents, but the hidden families led by the Rothschilds and others. In China today, similar families also existed.
Among them, there were twelve great hidden families.
The Li clan of Longxi, the Wang clan of Langya, the Xie clan of Chenjun, the Yang clan of Hongnong, the Xiao clan of Lanling, the Wang clan of Taiyuan, the Li clan of Zhaojun, the Cui clan of Qinghe, the Zheng clan of Xingyang, the Lu clan of Fanyang, the Lin clan of Qingzhou, and the Qin clan of Miaojiang.
These were the top ten families in China. Currently, these twelve families could be divided into three grades: three, three, and six, in three tiers.
The three top-tier families were the Yang clan of Hongnong, the Wang clan of Taiyuan, and the Wang clan of Langya.
The Yang clan of Hongnong could be traced back to Yang Xiu's family in history. Yuan Shao's family had four generations of grand officials, while the Yang family had five generations of grand officials. The first ancestor of the Yang family personally killed Xiang Yu, and his ancestors were known as the Confucius of Guanxi.
During the Jin Dynasty, Sima Yan wanted to form a marital alliance with this prestigious family, and his two empresses were both daughters of the Yang clan of Hongnong.
However, Lin Xiao Tian also remembered that historical records mentioned that the Yang family eventually declined. He hadn't expected them to still exist today.
Among these, the names of two families caught Lin Xiao Tian's attention.
One was the Lin family.
The Lin family of Qingzhou was actually the Lin family that Lin Xiao Tian was currently in contact with, belonging to the lower six among the twelve great families.
The other was the Qin family.
Lin Xiao Tian suddenly thought of Qin Yuan. Could she be from the Qin family?
If so, it would explain things. After all, Qin Yuan had shown no panic when facing Lin Xiao Tian's Lin family, which indicated she definitely had her own backing.
Next was the introduction of various members of the Xu family.
The founding ancestor of the Xu family was a physician, known as the "Evil Doctor," famous for his unconventional treatment methods. It was said that he possessed many strange prescriptions, but information about them was not provided in the document.
Lin Xiao Tian wondered if this would also require payment. However, as it stood, the Guyuan Pill and the Hexuan Powder were both inherited elixirs of the Xu family.
Hidden families controlled the operations of a country, and below them, various families managed their respective domains.
The Xu family belonged to China's pharmaceutical families. These pharmaceutical families monopolized all domestic pharmaceutical businesses. Any company related to pharmaceuticals had to be controlled by them. Unless they were hidden families themselves, they would only face extinction.
Reading this, Lin Xiao Tian couldn't help but recall Hu Fu's reaction earlier.
No wonder Hu Fu had been so shocked when Lin Xiao Tian said he intended to deal with the Dong family using his own abilities.
With these families united, for Lin Xiao Tian to speak such words clearly meant he was prepared for repeated defeats. Such spirit was indeed admirable.
Further down were the profiles of some of the younger generation of the Xu family. Lin Xiao Tian saw a familiar name—Xu Jiahui!
The Hexuan Powder from last time was his doing!
Just as Lin Xiao Tian was about to click on it to examine it, the sound of the bathroom door opening was heard. Qin Yuxiang had finished her bath.
Lin Xiao Tian quickly saved the document to his computer and then swiftly pulled out the USB drive.
"What are you looking at? So secretive!" Qin Yuxiang, with her sharp eyes, immediately noticed Lin Xiao Tian.
"Nothing," Lin Xiao Tian replied with some guilt.
Seeing Lin Xiao Tian's guilty expression, Qin Yuxiang suddenly thought, could Lin Xiao Tian be looking at something inappropriate?
"Xiao Tian, you're not looking at something bad, are you?" Qin Yuxiang scanned him up and down.
"How could that be? Why would I look at that?" Lin Xiao Tian replied with a smile.
The next moment, his gaze fell upon Qin Yuxiang.