Siheyuan, integrating everything, cultivating the city

Chapter 1306 What is this?

Continuing to flip through the pages, he discovered some even more sensitive content - a few photos that showed several people carrying large and small packages of goods in a hidden warehouse. Standing next to them were He Yuzhu and Xu Damao, with expressions that looked particularly cautious and nervous.

"These two people..." Li Xiangqian's eyes suddenly focused and his heartbeat quickened again.

He finally understood - these people were obviously conducting some kind of illegal transaction, and He Yuzhu and Xu Damao were not only involved in it, but also played the role of some kind of middleman. Those complicated accounts should be the means they used to cover up the flow of funds. And more importantly, these accounts and photos obviously held evidence of their crimes.

"No wonder they are so nervous about this bag..." Li Xiangqian gritted his teeth.

He picked up the flat iron box again and found that it was locked and had a string of numbers engraved on the surface.

"What is this?" Li Xiangqian wondered in his heart.

He tried to pry the lock of the iron box with the dagger he carried with him. After some effort, he finally pried the lock open. The moment the lid of the box was opened, his heart skipped a beat - inside lay a USB flash drive shining with silver light.

"U disk?" Li Xiangqian frowned, feeling even more suspicious.

Papers, photos, USB flash drives... when all of these are put together, it is obvious that there is a bigger secret hidden.

"These things must not fall into the hands of He Yuzhu and Xu Damao..." He made a secret decision in his heart.

But the question is, what to do next?

"They will definitely come after this bag." Li Xiangqian knew very well that he had become a target. The guy with the knife just showed that He Yuzhu and his men would not hesitate to use more extreme means to cover up these things.

He began to think of countermeasures. Call the police directly? But when he thought of the power of He Yuzhu and Xu Damao, he realized that things were not that simple. If he called the police rashly, he would probably be in danger before the police intervened.

"We have to think of a foolproof plan..." Li Xiangqian pinched the bridge of his nose and felt his head growing heavier.

Just as I was thinking about it, there was a sudden sound of footsteps outside the warehouse, followed by low voices.

"…Are you sure he's coming this way?"

"Of course I saw it with my own eyes."

It was He Yuzhu's voice, and there was another hoarse voice, which was the voice of the man who had taken the knife in the well before.

Li Xiangqian's heart tightened, and he quickly stuffed the papers, photos and USB drive back into his briefcase and hid them under a pile of rags. Then, he quietly slipped to the back door of the warehouse, intending to leave quietly before they came in.

But the chain on the back door had already rusted and could not be opened at all.

"Damn it..." Li Xiangqian cursed in a low voice and turned back to look at the main door. There came the sound of the lock turning, and it was obvious that He Yuzhu and the man were trying to pick the lock.

"Hurry up!" He Yuzhu urged in a low voice, "We can't let him get away."

Li Xiangqian looked around quickly, and his eyes fell on a dilapidated shelf in the corner. The shelf was against the wall, and the back was barely big enough for one person to hide.

Without time to think, he quickly got in, curled up his body, and gently pushed the sundries on the shelves in front of him to cover his figure as much as possible.

"Click!" The warehouse door was pushed open, and He Yuzhu and the man with the knife walked in.

"Where are the people?" The man frowned and looked around.

"He must have heard us coming and hid himself." He Yuzhu's voice was filled with ruthlessness. "If this kid has that briefcase in his hand, we can't let him get out alive!"

"Look again." The man said coldly, and began to search every corner of the warehouse one by one.

Li Xiangqian hid behind the shelf and held his breath. The narrow space made it difficult for him to move even a finger, and cold sweat slid down his neck and soaked his back.

He knew that he only had one chance - when the other party relaxed his vigilance, he had to break through immediately. But if he was a little slower, he might be stabbed with a knife or worse.

"Hurry...faster..." He urged silently in his heart.

The man had already flipped over to the shelf, his eyes lingered on the sundries for a moment, his brows slightly furrowed.

"Has this pile of junk been moved just now?" the man asked in a deep voice.

"Open it and take a look." He Yuzhu responded, moving closer.

Li Xiangqian felt his muscles tense up, his fingers quietly reaching for the dagger in his pocket, ready to strike.

"Are we going to take action..." He held his breath and stared at the shaking debris in front of him.

Li Xiangqian's palms were full of sweat, his fingertips were tightly clasped on the hilt of the dagger, his muscles were tense, and his whole body was like a fully drawn bowstring, ready to launch a sudden attack at any time.

He Yuzhu and the man with the knife were standing next to the shelf, staring at the pile of sundries.

"Open it and take a look." The man's voice was low and contained a hint of cruelty.

"What if this guy is hiding in there?" He Yuzhu reminded in a low voice, but his hand reached out to an iron pipe next to him, obviously he was prepared.

The situation was critical, and Li Xiangqian knew he had to seize the initiative. But a head-on fight was not a good idea. He had almost no chance of winning against these two men alone. What was worse was that the bag was hidden on the other side of the warehouse. If he fought head-on now, even if he escaped, the bag might fall into the hands of the other party.

He took a deep breath, his mind worked quickly, and suddenly he thought of a solution.

"We have to let them let their guard down..." Li Xiangqian thought silently in his mind.

While He Yuzhu was reaching out to look through the sundries, Li Xiangqian deliberately pushed down a wooden board at the other end of the shelf.

"Snapped!"

The wooden board hit the ground heavily, making a dull sound.

"Who!" He Yuzhu turned around suddenly and his face changed suddenly.

"Over there!" The man immediately pulled out his folding knife and rushed towards the direction where the sound came from.

Li Xiangqian knew that the opportunity had come.

He took advantage of the moment when the two people's attention was drawn to quietly move from the other side of the shelf. His movements were extremely slow, and he lowered his body, almost crawling on the ground, avoiding the sight of the two people.

The two men were busy checking where the board had fallen, and no one noticed him.

"No one?" The man frowned and looked around.

"It might be a cat..." He Yuzhu cursed in a low voice, "There are even a lot of rats in this broken warehouse. It might have knocked something over just now."

"Keep looking." The man gritted his teeth, his eyes full of viciousness.

While the two men were walking deeper into the warehouse, Li Xiangqian quickly went back to his original position and quickly reached out to grab the briefcase hidden under the rag.

But he did not rush to escape. Instead, a light bulb went off in his head and he made a quick decision.

He unzipped the bag, quickly pulled out the photos, papers, and USB flash drive, and stuffed them into his clothes. Then, he refilled the bag with some bricks and scrap iron that he picked up, zipped it up, and hid it back in the pile of rags.