Chapter 645 Hidden Stake

Dajing City.

Suburbs.

A villa is looming under the cover of dense forests and is heavily guarded. This is the mountain villa of the Xia family.

Because they were visited by Crimson 2 not long ago, the original security personnel were affected, and now there is a new group of people.

On the smooth road in the distance, a black car drove up. The guard moved the roadblock and the villa door opened immediately.

After the car stopped in the yard behind the wall, someone opened the door and got out. It was a very good-looking young man, wearing a white suit and a pair of gold-rimmed glasses. But very capable.

The young man was carrying a suitcase. The handle of the suitcase was handcuffed, and the other end of the handcuff was handcuffed on the young man's wrist.

As if in a hurry, the young man walked directly into the villa without stopping, reached the second floor, stopped in front of a door, knocked on the door first, and after getting permission, opened the door and entered.

After seeing the figure sitting behind the desk, the young man bowed slightly, "Mr. Gong." He said, "I received the things."

The young man's name is Qin Lan, and he is Gong Zhe's assistant. Over the years, he has been responsible for helping him solve some tedious things that he is too lazy to do but must do.

Gong Zhe raised his head and asked after a moment, "Was it a smooth journey?"

"Smooth." Qin Lan replied. After speaking, he opened the handcuffs, placed the suitcase flat on the desk in front of Gong Zhe, and pointed the opening and closing position towards Gong Zhe.

The whole process seemed to have been rehearsed countless times, everything went so smoothly, and combined with Qin Lan's movements, it could even be said to be pleasing to the eye.

After entering the password and opening the suitcase, there was only a brown paper bag inside, with a few pieces of white paper leaking out from the damaged parts of the paper bag.

Gong Zhe didn't move, his eyes moved away from the damaged paper bag and stayed on Qin Lan's face. After a while, he said, "How long have you been with me?"

Qin Lan paused for half a second and replied: "10 years, Mr. Gong."

"It's been 10 years," Gong Zhe breathed out slowly, as if he was recalling something. "Ten years is enough time to change a lot of things, but it cannot change a person's original intention."

"Do you know what's in the box?" Gong Zhe asked.

He seemed to be talking to himself, without giving Qin Lan a chance to answer. He took out the paper bag and threw it on the table, close to Qin Lan's end. "I think you have read it, read it to me."

Qin Lan pursed his lips slightly, but still stepped forward and opened the torn brown paper bag. Inside was a document.

To be more precise, it was a top-secret document that recorded detailed information about a high-level spy who lurked into the Xia family, and was sent by the Night Watch.

The moment he got the document, Qin Lan's originally calm face finally showed waves, but more importantly, he was calm after accepting his fate.

"Read it." Gong Zhe said.

Qin Lan slowly opened his mouth: "Qin Lan, whose original name is Xiao Zongji, comes from the Xiao family of the 13th night watchman family. When he was 17 years old, he was sent to the Xia family as a hidden stake. The goal was to gain the trust of the bone cutter Gong Zhe and bury it as a hidden secret. By his side, unless it is an emergency, he will only lurk and not be activated. Once the relationship between the Night Watchman and the Xia family breaks down, he will assist the Night Watchman to strangle Gong Zhe. "

"Mr. Gong." Qin Lan raised his head and shook the file in his hand. There were many files, and he only read a small section of them. "It won't be necessary later."

Gong Zhe was right. He opened the file and read it on the way to it, and was shocked by the information inside.

Not only because of his exposure, but also because of the level of detail in this file. Even the backup contact information they had agreed upon before in case of emergency was recorded one by one.

He had been betrayed, by higher-ups at Night's Watch headquarters.

Only they can get such news.

"Thank you, Mr. Gong." Qin Lan bowed slightly and said in a calm tone: "When I opened this document, I knew that all this was arranged by you. After you wanted me to see the document , escaped quietly, I observed the other people who were escorting the documents, and you have transferred the troublesome people. If I want to leave, the remaining people can't stop me at all. "

"If it were a young lady, she would definitely not give me this opportunity." Qin Lan smiled bitterly, "I'm afraid she would like to cut me into pieces."

"Why don't you leave?" Gong Zhe asked.

Qin Lan smiled miserably. Only now, after all these years, did he feel truly relaxed. After wearing a mask for so long, even he couldn't recognize himself.

"Where can I go? The Night Watch, or my family, the Xiao family?" Qin Lan shook his head, "No chance. Not everyone is born with a chance to choose."

"My family is just a branch of the Xiao family. It is not an exaggeration to say that I am dependent on them for food. Just because I successfully broke into the Xia family and lurked beside you, for them, and even for the entire vigil For people, they all have value, and only then can my parents, brother, and sister live a good life."

"If I am discovered, or are distrusted by you, and my value disappears, what will my family face?" Qin Lan raised his head and said to himself: "They will be abandoned, and even face terrible things. things.”

"But if you come back here, you will only die." Gong Zhe said that Qin Lan's story did not touch him. He was still helping Qin Lan analyze the pros and cons from an outsider's perspective.

"That's different." Qin Lan shook his head stubbornly, "If I come back and die in the Xia family, then my family will not be liquidated, but if I escape back alive, even if the family will consider letting me go, the Night Watch will not, and my family will be put in danger."

Qin Lan smiled, "Mr. Gong, you should know their methods better than me."

Gong Zhe suddenly asked, "Should I call you Qin Lan or Xiao Zongji?"

"It's better to call Qin Lan." Qin Lan said.

"Okay." Gong Zhe nodded and said, "Qin Lan, besides monitoring me, you should have other purposes for coming here. Can you tell me?"

"To find the whereabouts of someone." Qin Lan said without hesitation: "Xia Tan."

"There are always people in the Night Watch who suspect that the person you executed that year was not Xia Tan at all. You hid the real Xia Tan and found a scapegoat to get away with it." Qin Lan continued, "But I never found him. I once thought that this person did not exist at all."

"The gray-robed man imprisoned in the stone chamber in the back mountain is Xia Tan." Gong Zhe said, "But we changed his appearance. You can't recognize him with just a photo."

"You are right. After the news of the attack on the Night Watch headquarters came, I thought of this at the first time. After secretly rushing to the stone chamber to see, the gray-robed man was gone." Qin Lan sighed and said, "Changing appearance is the ability of Crimson 4. I didn't expect you to cooperate."