After the fairy disappeared

Chapter 1355: King Yao’s Explanation

Lingguang shook his head honestly, the human world is so complicated.

"Because those in high positions cannot reach or see what is below, they are truly out of reach." No matter how wise a king is, he is not omniscient and omnipotent.

When Dong Rui walked in, Jiang Lishui was reporting on the aftermath of the two branch offices.

Those who deserve pensions shall be given preferential treatment.

The Golden Plains was notoriously chaotic, and going to the Yao Kingdom branch was a good job. Everyone in the Yangshan Chamber of Commerce had been vying for this spot. Who could have expected that it would be the first to be massacred?
In addition, the Yangshan Chamber of Commerce is actively negotiating with the Xialin County Government.

The other party insisted that the person in charge of the Xialin branch was "caught red-handed" and should be punished by thirty strokes of the cane and five years in prison according to the law. Although Fan Shuang reported the problems encountered by the Yangshan branch to the capital, who knows how long it will take for the feedback to come back? Dai Wangsheng might be killed if he stayed in prison for too long.

Yangshan Chamber of Commerce also built up a lot of connections in Yao Country, so I quickly asked someone to inquire, and the reply was very timely:
Yang Shan offended "someone he shouldn't have offended".

then what should we do?

The problem was not in Xialin County at all. Yangshan Chamber of Commerce had no choice but to ask someone to send generous gifts to officials and businessmen. If the price of the horses was evenly distributed, it would be equivalent to a 15% increase in the cost price of each horse.

Yang Shan also had to make sure that one of the generous gifts would be delivered to the hands of "someone who should not be offended."

Since the Yangshan Chamber of Commerce was so accommodating, surrendering and offering gifts... the other party still didn't let them go, and came up with all kinds of excuses to cause all kinds of trouble.

The key is to have a hard time.

The Yangshan Chamber of Commerce had no choice but to continue giving gifts.

After several rounds of this, the money that Yangshan Chamber of Commerce spent to settle the matter caused the cost of Chigu Horse to increase by another 15%.

The original purchase price was only 50% of the market price, but now it has been increased by 30%, which is 80%.

Only then was Xue Zongwu reluctantly satisfied, because the person in charge of the Yangshan Xialin branch was soon "cleared of all charges" and released without charge.

This charge was originally fabricated and could of course be easily dropped.

As for the accident at the Xiancheng branch, the Yangshan Chamber of Commerce conducted its own autopsies and found that four of the ten victims were killed before the fire broke out, either by having their necks broken or by having their skulls hit hard.

The other six were burned to death.

The murderer's method was brutal and cruel.

However, the Xiancheng County Government did not recognize the results of the self-inspection by the Yangshan Chamber of Commerce at all. They still insisted that the Yangshan branch was just caught fire and that everything should be based on the official announcement.

Jiang Lishui had experienced many ups and downs and seen a lot of the world in the Shining Gold Plains in the past few months, and had grown very fast, but he still gritted his teeth several times when reporting this matter.

The Xue family has ten lives at the Xiancheng branch, but the Yangshan Chamber of Commerce still has to give them money and gifts!

It wasn’t enough to send it once, I had to send it four times in total!
"You did a very good job, very tactfully." He Lingchuan was not angry, but rather had a pleasant expression, "The two branches still need to be rebuilt and reopened to continue operations, so you have to take more care of them."

"It's my job!"

Jiang Lishui still had a look of resentment on his face, but He Lingchuan said meaningfully: "People who do evil will eventually suffer the consequences. Such people will get their comeuppance sooner or later."

"Yes." What else could Jiang Lishui say? He thought he didn't have the cunning of his lord.

After Jiang Lishui left, Dong Rui, who had been listening for a long time, sat up straight:
"You look so kind, but you must be harboring evil intentions. Tell me, how are you going to retaliate?"

After being in the conspiracy for so long, Dong Rui got to know He Lingchuan better and better, and knew that this guy was very cunning. The Yangshan Chamber of Commerce, which he had helped to build up, was hit and blackmailed, but he could still laugh, which meant that he probably had a countermeasure.

Who is going to be unlucky this time?

He Lingchuan blinked: "Don't worry, you will know in a few days."

Lingguang scratched his cheek: "Yangshan is doing business in Yao country with the king's special permission, why does he have to pay tribute to Xue Zongwu?"

The word "tribute" sounds unpleasant, but it is the fact.

Monkey still couldn't figure it out. Didn't the King of Yao have the final say? Yangshan had clearly obtained the royal decree, so why did Xue Zongwu still make things difficult for the Yangshan Chamber of Commerce? "Can't we go to the King of Yao and file a complaint?"

"Of course." He Lingchuan smiled, "Didn't I complain through Fan Shuang? Why don't we wait and see if the effect is as I expected."

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Time flies.

As the above events were happening one after another, early summer quietly arrived, and the Golden Plains became hotter day by day.

The island master He of Yangshan Islands stayed in Jucheng honestly, managing his Yangshan Chamber of Commerce;

The Black Armored Army went out one after another, and in these ten days they completed a total of thirty-one tasks, well, thirty-one missions.

Such a short time, such a high frequency, and such a wide range - He Lingchuan is not stupid, he will not limit the Black Armor Army's scope of action to the vicinity of the Allied member countries, otherwise it will be easy for someone with ulterior motives to smell it.

The more frequently the Black Armor Army acts, the more villains they kill, and the more sensational the effect they cause, the more forces will target them.

A dozen days ago, the Black Armor Army's actions were still in the early stages and only had explosive effects in a small area.

After a dozen days or so, the reputation of the Black Armor Army spread to the central, southern and northern parts of the Shining Golden Plain, because it had appeared in all these places!
Wherever this strange army went, they would try and execute the most recognized evildoers in the local area, and then behead them and display their heads in public.

In He Lingchuan's words, this is both a model and a selling point.

After all, he was only one person, and it was impossible for him to be in every place at the same time. Therefore, most of these actions were carried out in separate groups, with leaders such as Wanqi Feng, Wanqi Liang, Wang Fubao, and Pu Hua leading more than ten riders to various places in the Shanjin Plain.

After the battles of Shizhoutou and Lvyi Villa, He Lingchuan adjusted his strategy and attacked in small teams in all directions, with short duration, high frequency and explosive points, striving to achieve the greatest impact in the fastest time.

The targets to be killed have been carefully selected by He Lingchuan. Not only must they have committed irrefutable crimes, but their combat power must also be assessed to be lower than his own, in order to ensure that each black armor team can achieve success immediately.

Today, the total number of Black Armor Army has risen to about 200 people. Each team adopts the method of old members bringing up new members to help new members quickly get into the role.

These dozens of concentrated actions were indeed effective, and the Black Armor Army became famous everywhere, like ripples in a deep pool expanding outwards.

In restaurants, hotels, and Red House Inn, the Black Armor Team has become the most talked-about topic everywhere.

Common people, peddlers, merchants, and officials, as long as they eat, work, and socialize, they can all hear the glorious deeds of Emperor Jiuyou.

Of course, Yang Shan’s instigation was indispensable in this.

As the incident happened in such a short period of time, in order to avoid revealing the truth, Yang Shan did not give the storytellers ready-made scripts. He only told them the basic information and let them collect materials from the people and express themselves freely.

Storytellers have always done this. Once they reach the stage of free expression, all kinds of bizarre jokes and obviously irrational but shocking false news begin to spread more and more everywhere.

The more bizarre, thrilling, and terrifying it is, the wider it will spread.

The Black Armor Army’s popularity even overshadowed the news that King Yao was about to celebrate his 59th birthday.

Unlike the common people who talked about it with great relish, the dignitaries of various countries had only one impression when they heard the intelligence about the Black Armor Team's repeated successes:
This group of people are killing like crazy!

Many powerful people began to feel insecure and secretly strengthened their security for fear that ghosts would knock on their doors in the middle of the night.

In the courts of various countries and forces, people began to discuss this black-armored army that came and went without a trace, and how to keep a close watch on them.

Everyone wants to know, what is the purpose of the Black Armor Army being so active and dedicated in punishing evil and eliminating wickedness?

Time passes quickly amid the worries of the upper class and the revelry of the lower class.

When Dong Rui came to He Lingchuan to get the experimental materials, Lingguang was also there. In the past few days, the injured black-armored warriors recovered quickly under its care.

But Lingguang was still a little depressed.

Dong Rui touched the monkey's head and asked, "What happened?"

The ghost ape also bared his teeth and asked the same question.

He Lingchuan explained, "Fan Shuang kept his word and reported the injustice suffered by our two branches to King Yao. Just now, I have received a message from Yaodu."

"Oh?" Dong Rui became interested. "Did King Yao give you justice?"

"You can say yes, but you can also say no."

"Hey, talk properly."

"The King of Yao also asked me to go to Tianshui City to celebrate his birthday, so I have to give an explanation for these two things." He Lingchuan said slowly, "In the Xiancheng arson case, Tianshui City asked the Xiancheng government to investigate thoroughly. Xiancheng has worked hard for so many days and finally caught two murderers and arsonists, who are actually two scoundrels. They claimed that they went to the Xiancheng branch of Yangshan to collect the lighting money but failed, so they held a grudge and set fire to vent their anger. When they committed the crime, they were discovered by the people in the branch, so they simply went all out and committed murder."

"Lighting money?" Dong Rui was at a loss. What kind of money was this?

"It's the protection fee that street thugs collect from merchants."

Dong Rui was both amused and confused: "Our branch is a place where these two little bastards can extort money and kill people? You can't fool a fool like this."

Lingguang looked at him with resentment. Wasn't this just scolding him? This was how Yaoguo fooled Yangshan.

Dong Rui coughed lightly: "Then what about the autopsy results?"

"They insisted that they were the ones who killed the people in the Xiancheng branch." He Lingchuan said calmly, "They have been arrested, tried, and sentenced. The two arsonists confessed, so the case was successfully closed."

"Okay, just push out two scapegoats and that's it." Dong Rui gave a thumbs up, "As long as the criminal is caught, Xue can go to King Yao to explain, and you won't be able to investigate further."

"As for Xia Lin's frame-up, Yaodu has also investigated it. Two officials in Xia Lin's office were demoted, and three runners were fined and had their salaries deducted. So..." He Lingchuan spread his hands, "That's it, it's over."

Lingguang was unhappy: "But the real murderer is still at large."

It also knew that the two convicted scoundrels were just scapegoats, and the real murderer might be mocking Yang Shan and He Lingchuan at this moment.

"Do you think King Yao doesn't know?" He Lingchuan shook his head. "What kind of character Xue Zongwu is, he should know better than me. But he doesn't care about life or death, he just wants a result. And Xue Zongwu gave him a result."

　Thanks to "Quiet Life" for the tip, we have added a new leader~
　　
　
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