Drinking tea was just a polite gesture.

In reality, apart from a few cultivators from the Mo family following them from a distance to ‘monitor’ them, no one else paid any attention to Ye and Jin.

Even Mo Feifan, the Mo family elder, had excused himself and left, not accompanying them.

As for the other decision-makers of the Mo family, none of them showed up either.

The entire Mo family residence continued to bustle.

It seemed everyone had endless tasks to attend to.

Ye and Jin separated temporarily, each seeking out people to inquire and chat with, gathering information.

An hour later, they met at the entrance of the residence to share what they had learned.

"Come on! Tell me what you've discovered." Jin Sanniang looked at Ye Chuxiao with a smile, a hint of testing in her eyes.

The workers in the Mo family residence, even if they weren't all members of the Mo family, might not be willing to cooperate and reveal much information.

Therefore, how to pique people's interest in chatting and extract truly useful and effective information from trivial matters tested one's information-gathering skills.

And information gathering was a required course for constables of the Six Doors.

Although Ye Chuxiao hadn't risen through the ranks within the Six Doors system, he couldn't be incompetent in his duties, now that he was in the position of Silver Badge Constable.

"Firstly, many of the workers here are either branch families of the former Bai family or workers who used to work for the Bai family. They are quite skilled in the Bai family's Chun Jin (Spring Brocade) manufacturing techniques. Even if they don't have the core technology, they can still imitate seven or eight tenths of the Bai family's Chun Jin characteristics by combining it with the Mo family's methods."

"I'm a little curious, is there still Bai family Chun Jin circulating on the market now?" Ye Chuxiao asked.

Jin Sanniang nodded and said, "You guessed right. Although merchants have been selling Bai family Chun Jin as 'limited editions' for the past eight years, inflating prices by three or four times, there are still people steadily selling it to this day, with prices remaining more than double the original Bai family Chun Jin price."

"So, you think the Bai family's calamity is related to the Mo family?"

Ye Chuxiao shook his head, "I can't be dogmatic. This is just a normal business practice. Although it has the suspicion of profiting from others' misfortune, it's something that someone will do whether you do it or not. The Mo family uses former Bai family skilled workers as the main force to imitate Bai family Chun Jin. Although it has the suspicion of fraud, at least the quality is guaranteed, and it also gives those workers who have lost their reliance on the Bai family a means of livelihood. From this point of view, they haven't done anything seriously wrong."

"Let's talk about my second discovery!"

"Recently, the Mo family has been rushing to produce a batch of Chun Jin to be shipped to Xichuan!"

Jin Sanniang said, "I also learned about this news, and I also know that this batch of goods was purchased by the He family of Xichuan."

"Xichuan and Hedong, there must be some connection between them that we don't yet know." Ye Chuxiao said.

"Sister Jin! What else did you discover?" Ye Chuxiao was becoming more and more interested in what had happened along the way, and he really wanted to know what the truth would be like, hidden behind all the fog.

Jin Sanniang said, "The Mo family is transferring its core members, and they are withdrawing in batches from different directions. They seem to have sensed danger and intend to avoid disaster..."

"This kind of withdrawal method can only mean that they realize that the opponent is very powerful and cannot be resisted by them. They have even prepared for the possibility that the withdrawing team will also be wiped out."

Ye Chuxiao was shocked. He hadn't really discovered this clue.

Jin Sanniang said, "Look at those Chun Jin being dried. Most of them are only of excellent quality. The Mo family's most skilled Juepin (Exquisite Grade) Wanhua Xiaochun (Ten Thousand Flowers Dawning Spring) and Guangyan Mingmei (Bright and Beautiful Glory) are only a few pieces, and they are inventory, not newly made."

"The Mo family is a well-established Chun Jin weaving family, and now it is not the peak season for Chun Jin to be on the market, but the workers here are so busy, it is obvious that there is a severe shortage of manpower."

Hearing this, Ye Chuxiao couldn't help but admire Jin Sanniang's keen observation.

Moreover, such observational skills were also related to personal knowledge.

Ye Chuxiao didn't know much about Chun Jin, so even if he walked through the hillside where the Chun Jin was being dried, he wouldn't be able to spot the trick.

"Then how did you judge that they were leaving in batches and by different routes?" Ye Chuxiao asked, pursuing the point.

He was sincerely seeking advice at this time.

The devil was in the details.

Now Jin Sanniang could see through the Mo family's movements from the details.

Perhaps one day, Ye Chuxiao would also use some similar means to hide himself, but be seen through by others for similar reasons.

Knowing in advance where the flaws were would make it easier to make up for them perfectly.

Jin Sanniang said, "There are many aspects, such as the batch of Chun Jin, the smell, the remaining vehicle tracks and hoof prints on the ground, the workers' level of fatigue, and the smoke from the roofs of each house at lunchtime, and so on."

"By synthesizing this information, you can draw a conclusion."

As the two were talking, suddenly, a loud bang shocked the entire Mo family residence.

A raging fire rose from the direction of the warehouse.

The Chun Jin, which was already flammable, bloomed with rainbow-like colors in this intense burning.

"Something happened!" Ye Chuxiao and Jin Sanniang were shocked.

Immediately afterward, a large number of Mo family cultivators emerged from all directions, first surrounding the two of them.

"Two officials! Now my Mo family's warehouse has been set on fire, destroying thousands of bolts of Chun Jin. The losses are immeasurable."

"Please cooperate with the investigation, and leave after the real culprit is arrested." Mo Feifan walked out from behind the crowd at this time and said to the two of them.

Jin Sanniang looked around and sneered, "Mo Feifan! Your Mo family dares to imprison constables from the Six Doors, aren't you afraid of being seized and exterminated?"

Mo Feifan said, "Since you are constables from the Six Doors, you have an even greater responsibility to investigate the truth and prove your innocence. Otherwise, my Mo family is not made of mud. Even if we beat the Tongtian Drum and file a complaint before the Emperor, we will still demand an explanation from your Six Doors."

Ye Chuxiao didn't speak, but lowered his head and pondered.

There was no doubt that the Mo family had set fire to their own warehouse.

From the warehouse exploding and the fire raging, to these Mo family cultivators surrounding him and Jin Sanniang, it was only a dozen or so breaths of time.

These Mo family cultivators didn't go to put out the fire and salvage the Chun Jin. Instead, they made a big show of ‘detaining’ them.

Obviously, they had their purposes.

"What is their purpose?"

"Could it be related to the Mo family secretly withdrawing its core members?"

"The Mo family is also a powerful clan and has no fear of ordinary things. The 'enemies' that can make the Mo family so cautious and careful are nothing more than the imperial court and the Yuanzhi Sect."

"Jin and I just made so many analyses, and the Mo family came up with such a move. If it can't be said that it has been planned for a long time, then it must have been planned in advance."

"Wait... Jin Sanniang is also a Gold Badge Constable, why did she choose to conduct the test on me at the entrance of the Mo family residence? She did it on purpose! The deductions she spoke out were not only for me to hear, but also for these Mo family members to hear."

"She is taking a risky move, using the method of ‘startling the snake in the grass’ to probe the secrets hidden behind the two blood cases from eight years ago to the present." After a burst of calculation, Ye Chuxiao finally understood the real reason for this sudden change.