Jiang Shiyuan played with the "jade seal" in his hand and felt something was getting weird.

What Kitahara Sosuke spent so much effort and money to get turned out to be a fake?

So where is the real imperial seal?

Suddenly, a bold idea flashed through Jiang Shiyuan's mind.

If she could find the source of the counterfeiting, maybe she could follow the clues and track down the whereabouts of the authentic product!

Thinking of this, she immediately stood up, put the "jade seal" back into the wooden box, and stuffed it into the small suitcase.

"The most urgent task is to find the man in gray who had a deal with Kitahara Sosuke!" Jiang Shiyuan thought to himself.

She put on a little hat, carried her small suitcase, walked out of the VIP room, and began to search for the familiar figure in the carriage.

From the first-class carriage to the second-class carriage, and then to the third-class carriage, Jiang Shiyuan searched almost the entire train, but still could not find any trace of the man in gray.

"Has he already gotten off the car?" Jiang Shiyuan couldn't help but complain in his heart. Did he miss the best opportunity?

Just as she was about to give up and return to the first-class carriage, a familiar figure suddenly walked out of the bathroom at the connection between the carriages in front.

"It's him!" Jiang Shiyuan recognized the man in gray at a glance and immediately went to meet him.

"Sir, please stay!" Jiang Shiyuan called out to the man in gray with a gentle and kind smile on his face.

The man in gray stopped and looked at her in confusion, "Miss, are you calling me?"

"Yes." Jiang Shiyuan nodded, "Do you remember me? I was the companion who sat opposite Mr. Yuan in the second-class carriage just now."

The man in gray looked at her carefully, and nodded as if he remembered something. "Oh, it's you. I almost didn't recognize you after you changed your clothes. What can I do for you?"

"It's like this," Jiang Shiyuan lowered his voice and said mysteriously, "Mr. Yuan asked me to invite you over. He said he has something important to discuss with you."

The gray-clothed man was stunned for a moment when he heard this. "We have already completed the transaction, what else does he have important to do?"

Then his rat eyes rolled around, and he subconsciously protected his small leather bag, and said in panic: "You...you are not going to regret it?"

Jiang Shiyuan blinked his eyes and smiled playfully, "How can that be possible? Mr. Yuan saw that you have many connections and wanted to discuss another business with you!"

The man in gray hesitated, as if weighing the pros and cons in his mind.

Seeing this, Jiang Shiyuan immediately struck while the iron was hot, "Oh, you don't want this business that's delivered to your door, I think you are crazy!"

"You'd better come with me quickly. Mr. Yuan has a bad temper. Don't keep him waiting for too long."

After saying that, she pulled the man in gray without further ado and walked towards the first-class carriage.

The man in gray followed her reluctantly, feeling very nervous, wondering what this lady was up to.

Jiang Shiyuan brought the man in gray into Kong Xiangxi's VIP room and immediately locked the door.

The man in gray immediately became alert, "Miss, what do you mean? Isn't Mr. Yuan in the second-class carriage?"

Jiang Shiyuan turned around, and the gentle smile on his face disappeared instantly.

She pulled out a pocket Browning from her pearl handbag, pointed the gun at the man in gray, and looked fiercely.

"Tell me, who asked you to trade with Kitahara Sosuke?"

The man in gray was stunned. He obviously didn't expect that the seemingly weak woman in front of him would suddenly change into such a fierce face.

“I… I don’t know what you are talking about…” The man in gray’s eyes flickered, trying to hide his panic.

"Stop playing dumb!" Jiang Shiyuan stepped forward, grabbed the small leather bag from his arms, and took out the evidence.

"Do you recognize this check?"

"One hundred thousand French francs! Such a huge amount! I don't believe a clerk like you can afford it!"

The man in gray turned pale instantly and stammered, unable to speak.

"I'll give you one last chance!" Jiang Shiyuan pressed forward, with the black muzzle of the gun pointing directly at his forehead.

"Tell me, who instructed you to come to the train to trade?"

"Who is responsible for forging the imperial seal?"

"Where is the real imperial seal?"

"You...how do you know the jade seal is fake?" the man in gray said with disbelief on his face.

"Humph, your poor imitation skills can only fool laymen!"

"Don't change the subject, tell the truth!" Jiang Shiyuan spoke harshly, the muzzle of the gun poking hard at his forehead.

"I...I..." The man in gray had a vague look in his eyes, cold sweat dripped down his forehead, and he could not speak clearly.

Suddenly, he reached for his waist, where a gun box was hidden.

However, Jiang Shiyuan was prepared. She was quick-witted and grabbed the gray-clothed man's wrist and twisted it hard.

"Crack!" The sound of the joint dislocation can be clearly heard.

"Ah!" The man in gray screamed like a pig being slaughtered, and his pistol fell to the ground.

Jiang Shiyuan was merciless. His other hand shot out like lightning and dislocated the joint of the gray-clothed man's other wrist.

"Now, let's see what tricks you can play." Jiang Shiyuan looked down at him with a cold tone.

The man in gray was sweating profusely from the pain and didn't dare to even think of resisting.

He knew that he had hit a wall this time!

"This is your last chance. Will you tell me or not?" Jiang Shiyuan's beautiful eyes widened with murderous intent.

"I'll tell you! I'll tell you!" The man in gray completely collapsed and confessed everything in one go.

"An organization called 'Hydra' found me and asked me to help contact buyers and sell a batch of 'Imperial Seals'."

"They gave me a very high kickback and promised that after the deal was done, they could help them sell other treasures..."

"I... I was just obsessed with money for a moment. I beg you to be magnanimous and let me go!"

Jiang Shiyuan looked at him coldly, not showing any sign of softening his heart despite his tearful pleas for mercy.

"What kind of organization is 'Hydra'? Where is its base?"

"I don't know, auntie, I really don't know!" The man in gray said with a sad face, "I am only responsible for contacting the buyer, I don't know anything else!"

"Then where did this batch of imitation jade seals come from?" Jiang Shiyuan asked.

"It should be... they hired craftsmen to make it themselves." The man in gray said tremblingly.

Jiang Shiyuan squeezed his broken wrist hard again and asked sternly, "How did you guys connect?"

The gray-clothed man was shaking with pain all over, and said incoherently: "Tian...Tianxiang Teahouse in Shanghai, go directly to the shopkeeper and tell him... that he only wants to drink Xiangliu brand jasmine tea..."

Jiang Shiyuan nodded and pushed the gray-clothed man with broken hands, who had no power to resist, to another berth.

Then she used the rope used to tie the curtains in the box to tie the gray-clothed man's feet into a double knot that became tighter the more he struggled, and tied his upper body tightly with a strip of cloth torn from his gray gown.

After making sure the man in gray couldn't move, Jiang Shiyuan turned his small leather bag upside down.

As a result, she found several photos that seemed to be authentic imperial seals and a red rubbing, and her eyes suddenly lit up.

She put away the gun, stared sharply at the man in gray, and asked coldly, "Where did these photos and this rubbing come from?"

"Yes... someone from Hydra gave it to me and asked me to take the information and find a buyer..."

"Besides Kitahara Sosuke, which other buyers did you find? Which ones were successful in the deal?"

The gray-clothed man saw the fierce murderous intent in her eyes and shuddered with fear. He quickly shook his head, "No... No more! He's the only one!"

Jiang Shiyuan didn't believe his lies. She grabbed the gray-clothed man's ankle and said, "Tell the truth! Otherwise, I will cripple your legs right away!"

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