A life of two souls traveling through time

Chapter 249 Finding the Traitor 1

"Master? Master?"

It was early in the morning before the hour of Mao again, and Li Yunye was awakened by An Yun's call from outside.

"What's wrong?" He opened the door with his eyes half closed and asked in a daze.

"Sir, the secret market in Majia Village was closed down by the Lin County government last night, and the village chief of Majia Village was also imprisoned."

"What?" An Yun's words instantly sobered Li Yunye.

"I heard that the government was chasing a flower-stealing thief who mistakenly entered Majia Village last night. He became suspicious when he saw a villager with a strange expression. After questioning him strictly, the villager was frightened and confessed all the secret shops in the village." Without waiting for Li Yunye to ask in detail, An Yun continued to add.

"A flower-stealing thief? Isn't this too much of a coincidence?" The traitor in Li's dyeing workshop had not been found out yet, but the Majia Village dyeing workshop was closed down at this time. Li Yunye was anxious and annoyed, but fortunately he did not bring the disaster to himself, the famous Li in Jiangnan.

"It's not a coincidence. I'm afraid all this was planned by Master Mu Liang." At this time, An Ge also hurried into the room and reported to Li Yunye: "Master, Master Mu Liang is currently catching the traitor in the dyeing workshop."

When Li Yunye heard this, he was surprised and delighted again. Although he was full of doubts, he had no time to ask and hurriedly asked An Yun to tie his hair for him.

Outside Qile City, the silence of Li's Dyeing Workshop was broken by Mu Liang's arrival. When the lights lit up the entire hall, Manager Liu led all the shop assistants to gather outside. Except for Manager Liu and a few night shift assistants, most people looked dazed and had not woken up yet.

"Manager Mu, everyone is here. I wonder what you want to do?" Manager Liu walked into the hall and asked with a smile to Mu Liang who was sitting in the main seat.

Although Mu Liang is the adopted son of the Li family, everyone can see how much the young master relies on him. Therefore, the appearance of Shopkeeper Mu is like the appearance of the young master, and no one dares to slack off.

Manager Liu was surprised and puzzled that Mu Liang suddenly showed up in the dyeing workshop this morning and wanted to gather everyone, but he didn't think too much about it. He thought that it was Shopkeeper Mu who brought back some news from Liangdu. After all, he just thought that Shopkeeper Mu didn't know what happened in Qile City in the past two days.

"Manager Liu, I'm really sorry for causing you trouble by coming to the dyeing workshop so early in the morning." Mu Liang did not rush to explain his purpose. Instead, he smiled at Manager Liu calmly. There was a hint of apology in his tone, but his eyes were unreadable.

"Oh, Manager Mu, you are too polite. You have come back from the capital city thousands of miles away, and now you have to work in the dyeing workshop again without having a good rest. I, the manager of the dyeing workshop, should be ashamed." Although the other party was just being polite, Manager Liu couldn't help feeling guilty when he thought that there were people who were disloyal to his own company under his supervision in the dyeing workshop.

"Manager Liu, I came here today because I want you to help me find someone in the workshop." Mu Liang thought that Manager Liu was just being polite to him, so he just smiled faintly and handed a note to the other party, saying.

Manager Liu took the note in confusion, and when he saw the name on it, he subconsciously looked outside and felt a little uneasy.

"What's wrong with Manager Liu? Is there no such person in the neighborhood?" Seeing the increasingly solemn expression on Manager Liu's face, Mu Liang asked in pretended confusion.

"Oh, it's okay, Manager Mu. Qi Ming is now in the shop. He is a clerk recruited half a year ago. I wonder why Manager Mu is looking for him?" Manager Liu put away the note in his hand, restrained the expression on his face, and asked Mu Liang nervously.

"Manager Liu, do you know Qi Ming's identity?" Mu Liang asked seriously.

"He is from Qi Village, Lin County. He is only sixteen years old this year. His parents died unexpectedly three years ago. He and his grandmother are left to depend on each other in the family. The master kept him because he was young and had a miserable life." Manager Liu did not dare to hide anything and answered carefully.

"His identity is indeed fake." Manager Liu's words made Mu Liang shake his head.

"What? Falsified identity? What does Manager Mu mean by this?" Manager Liu almost cried out in surprise when he heard this, but when he saw the crowd gathered outside, he hurriedly lowered his voice and asked.

"Call him in. After I ask him a few questions, Manager Liu will know everything."

Seeing Manager Mu say so, Manager Liu had no choice but to do as he was told. He turned around and went outside to call Qi Ming in.

"Qi Ming greets Manager Mu." Soon, a yellow-faced, thin young man came to Mu Liang tremblingly, bowed his head and said.

"So Manager Liu let him take turns doing odd jobs in different processes because he saw that his frail body couldn't do heavy work?" Mu Liang sneered and looked up and down at the young man in front of him. He looked honest and dutiful. No wonder he could fool Manager Liu.

Manager Liu stood there in a daze, not knowing how to respond. He also had no idea what kind of medicine this shopkeeper Mu was selling.

"Qi Ming? Your name should be Ma Ming, right?" Mu Liang ignored Manager Liu's reaction and looked at the young man and asked coldly.

"Shopkeeper Mu, my last name is Qi, not Ma." The young man lowered his head, his body obviously stiffened, but he still replied stubbornly.

"Manager Liu, do you know that a batch of cloth imitating the sold-out cloth of the famous Jiangnan brand Li Gang has appeared outside Qile City recently?" Mu Liang just sneered and asked Manager Liu without looking at the young man again.

"Of course I know. Two days ago, the famous Li from Jiangnan was framed by a customer for this imitation cloth and was brought to the government office. Fortunately, it was just a farce. Our dyeing workshop is certainly not afraid of these products that are made by sneaky means." Speaking of imitation cloth, Manager Liu was deeply annoyed by it, but he still remembered the young master's instructions, so he could only grit his teeth and complain.

When Manager Liu saw that Mu Liang was not surprised at all after hearing what he said, he realized it belatedly and glared at the young man in front of him with angry eyes. It turned out that Manager Mu had known about what happened two days ago. He went to the dyeing workshop early this morning to find Qi Ming. He must have found out that this person was the traitor in the dyeing workshop.

"That batch of imitation cloth came from Majia Village in Lin County, and he was sent by Majia Village to steal the tie-dyeing skills of the Li family." Mu Liang slowly stood up, looked down at the thin boy in front of him who still had his head lowered, and said seriously.

Although the boy was young, he was still able to control his expression at this time. He stood there calmly without saying a word, which made Mu Liangxin admire him a little.

"You little bastard, the master took pity on you for losing your parents at such a young age and made an exception to let a skinny person like you stay in the neighborhood. I didn't expect you to be such a sinister and vicious person..." Manager Liu, who was already angry, became furious when he heard Mu Liang's words. He cursed and went straight forward to slap the skinny boy to the ground. Then when he was about to kick him, Mu Liang stopped him in time:

"Manager Liu, calm down. I haven't finished my question yet. Besides, if he is wrong, he should be brought to justice. Don't make him any worse here."

After Mu Liang's reminder, Manager Liu finally regained his senses and turned around angrily and sat aside.

Although the people gathered outside could not hear what was said inside, they saw the manager was so angry, and combined with the incident of the imitation cloth two days ago, they could guess roughly what was going on. After all, most of them were old people in the Li family dyeing workshop, and they naturally knew that someone in the workshop was doing something bad, but they were all surprised that the traitor was this boy who looked honest and decent.