After stretching, Lin Yi went to the bathroom to wash up.

While I was brushing my teeth, I heard someone knocking on the door.

Lin Yi went to open the door with a toothbrush in his mouth and found Liang Jinming outside the door.

"What's wrong?"

Liang Jinming walked into Lin Yi's room with a cigarette in his mouth.

"That old guy Pan Hongsheng called me and wanted to talk to me about the 3 billion. He asked me to make an appointment for dinner tonight. It was obviously the Hongmen Banquet."

Lin Yi nodded and said while brushing his teeth:

"What did you say?"

"If you lose, you won't lose. I agreed directly, but we still have to discuss whether to go or not."

"If there is anything to discuss, we can go directly tonight." Lin Yi said.

"Okay, I'll go tell Brother Qin and Lao Gao."

"Go ahead."

After Liang Jinming left, Lin Yi simply took a shower and then received a call from Guo Ningyue.

"Brother, are you still out of town and haven't come back yet?"

"Well, what's wrong?"

"Mom and I plan to go back today and call you to tell you."

"Leaving so soon?" Lin Yi said:

"I'm going back soon, please wait until I get back before leaving."

"The Chinese New Year is coming soon. There are many things going on in the courtyard, and Mom can't leave." Guo Ningyue said:

"Besides, this is my sister-in-law's house, and my mother and I are too embarrassed to stay here any longer. We will be leaving in the afternoon."

"That's okay." Lin Yi didn't persuade him too much.

"Also, Mom said that you won't be allowed to go back this year and will be allowed to spend the New Year in Zhonghai."

"Um...celebrating the New Year in Zhonghai?"

"Mom said that my sister-in-law is pregnant and asked you to stay with her here and go back when you have time after the new year."

Lin Yi was a little dumbfounded, "Okay, I understand."

"Then I'll hang up, bye."

Guo Ningyue hung up the phone lightly, and Lin Yi sat on the bed and fiddled with her phone.

When Pan Hongsheng came to have dinner with him in the evening, he knew without even thinking that it would be a Hongmen banquet.

But what to do with this meal requires some thinking.

At their level, naturally they can't fight and kill like Pan Longteng, otherwise it would be boring.

Thinking of this, Lin Yi dialed Xiao Bing's phone number.

"Brother Lin."

"Help me check someone out."

Upon hearing that it was serious business, Xiao Bing's tone became serious.

"Who are you going to check?"

"Pan Hongsheng of Jinyang."

"Pan Hongsheng?"

"What? Do you know this person?"

"I've heard a bit about him. He's a coal boss in Jinyang. I heard he's also the richest man in the western region. He's quite a powerful person." Xiao Bing asked curiously:

"Brother Lin, you want to investigate him. Are these people guilty? I heard that he is indeed quite arrogant, but his influence is not small."

"It's not a big deal, just check it for me." Lin Yi said, "By the way, there is someone from Wang Tao next to him, so I'll check it out too."

"No problem, but I have to ask Brother Yue about this. His family was from Jinyang before, so he may know more."

"Go and ask, act quickly, and find out all their information before six o'clock in the evening."

"clear!"

After explaining the matter, Lin Yi simply packed up and walked out of the room to meet Qin Han and the others.

The four of them walked around the local area in the afternoon and looked at the local customs. At around six o'clock in the evening, they went to the hotel Pan Hongsheng mentioned for a banquet.

Just as he parked the car, Lin Yi's cell phone rang. It was Xiao Bing.

"Brother Lin, the news is a bit slow and it took some time."

"It's okay, it's still late."

"Before talking about Pan Hongsheng, I have to mention his father." Xiao Bing said:

"His father's name is Pan Chunwei. He was once the second-in-command in charge of military affairs in their province."

"Is there still such a relationship?"

"I also didn't expect that although he is not a very big official, he is not a small one in the local area."

"Then, continue."

"Pan Hongsheng's rise was all due to his father's operation. In addition, at that time, he reaped the dividends of reform and opening up, and then he got to where he is today."

Xiao Bing paused and continued:

"However, Pan Hongsheng is not a clean person either. He has illegally obtained several large projects. Moreover, many years ago, a mine collapsed beneath him. Because there was no formal surgery, more than 50 people died at once. The news at that time was particularly sensational, and even

Even the center sent people down, but in the end it was settled, and they just fined him a token amount of money, but nothing happened to him."

"However, Wang Tao is much simpler and has no background. He used to be a gangster, but because he has been hanging around Pan Hongsheng, coupled with his fierceness, he finally became the eldest brother of Jinyang, and he also had a few cases.

However, under the operation of the Pan family, all life lawsuits have been settled."

"So that's it." Lin Yi said calmly.

"Do you need to deal with it? I will arrange someone now."

"No, I can handle it myself, you can do your business."

After talking about the Pan family and Wang Tao, Lin Yi hung up the phone, and Qin Han came up to ask.

"What happened?"

"It's a small thing." Lin Yi put the phone back in his pocket, "Let's go, it's almost time, go up and take a look."

"Walk."

Jinyang Shangri-La Hotel, Box 202.

The area of ​​the private room is very large, more than 100 square meters.

There is a large round table in the middle, which can seat more than twenty people without any problem.

But at this time, the anger in the dining room was a bit dull.

Because the appointment time was at six o'clock in the evening, and now it was already seven o'clock and no one had arrived yet, which made the faces of the dozen or so people present not very good.

"Brother Pan, these boys are really a bit too much."

The speaker was a fat man sitting next to Pan Hongsheng. He was in his forties and slightly younger among these people.

His name is Ma Cong, and he is engaged in real estate business in Jinyang. Like Pan Hongsheng, he has a strong red background, which is also an important factor in their rise.

Pan Hongsheng's face was gloomy, feeling like he had been slapped in the face.

He, an elder, invited them out to meet, but he was left here for more than an hour. No one in Jinyang dared to deny him face like this.

"Why don't you call them and ask?"

Someone said at the other end of the table.

"That's inappropriate." Wang Tao held a cigarette in his hand and leaned back on the chair and said:

"If you make a phone call and let them take the initiative, it will boost others' ambitions and destroy your own."

"Why don't you call the Liang family and make an agreement with Liang Zhendong directly."

After pondering for a moment, Pan Hongsheng shook his head, "This will delay things. If we call him, it is equivalent to involving Liang Zhendong. We are all in this circle, and we have to take care of his face.

If we attack his son again, we will be in the wrong."

"Brother Pan, what you mean is that if you don't let outsiders know, the beating will be in vain?" said Ma Cong, who was sitting next to him.

"certainly."
Chapter completed!