Star Trace Gate

In the wing room.

Bau stared blankly at the head on the table. He was so frightened that he instantly felt an extremely impulsive anger.

"brush!"

He stood up suddenly, raised his hand and was about to summon his weapon: "You bastard...!"

"Lord Bau, please don't rush to kill me." Zou Qing poured himself a cup of tea and said slowly, "Haha, since I can come here, why should I be afraid of you using a knife or a gun?"

Upon hearing this, Bau froze in place.

"Zi Liu!"

Zou Qing lazily took a sip of tea and with just a wave of his hand, a pile of account books and secret documents appeared on the table.

He sat there, slowly turned his head to look at Bau's cheek, and said softly: "Don't worry, don't worry. Over the years, I have been profit-seeking, and you have been greedy for money. We are also kindred spirits. However, I am a cautious person by nature, hehe... I also saved a little to save my life. You take a look, and we will talk later."

Bau clenched his fists, rushed to the table, picked up the account book and the document, and began to look at them carefully.

The candle flame flickers, and the candle slowly melts...

After a long time, he roughly read through a dozen account books, his face turned pale, his eyes were filled with astonishment, and he asked: "Where did you get these things from?!"

"I told you, this is a way to save your life."

"Bullshit! How can a small businessman like you get such secret things?" Bau was so angry that he tore seven or eight account books into pieces in an instant and prepared to destroy the remaining one.

He was indeed panicked and completely overwhelmed, because these account books and secret documents all recorded in detail how he and his subordinates, officials and generals, had embezzled money over the years. Each account was even more detailed than what his housekeeper had recorded.

These things cannot be kept...

"Tear, tear...!" Bau tore the account book like crazy, and his mind went blank.

Zou Qing sat on the chair, but he didn't have any intention of stopping him. He just tilted his neck and looked at him and said, "Go ahead. When you get tired of tearing, sit down and rest, and chat with me."

"what!!!"

When Bau heard this, he threw away the scraps of paper in his hand like crazy, grabbed Zou Qing by the collar, and shouted, "Where did you get these things from? Tell me, or I'll chop you into pieces!"

Zou Qing was neither anxious nor angry, he just looked at him quietly: "You asked me where these things came from... Why not ask yourself how you got out of the gate of Kyoto this time."

When Bau heard this, he froze in place again.

"Whether you are a businessman or a general on the frontier, you and I are just pawns in the hands of a big man..." Zou Qing said with a smile: "My lord, don't you understand yet? Why are you still alive today?"

As soon as these words came out, Bau's brain buzzed and he stepped back tremblingly.

His legs became weak and he collapsed to the ground with a thud.

For no apparent reason, an old face suddenly appeared in his mind, looking kind and peaceful.

Jin Guoting, the witch master of the Golden Wolf Clan, the current regent, and the Minister of Personnel...

He said, as long as you give up the young King Huai, I can save your life.

He kept his promise and actually managed to get himself dismissed from office without losing his life.

At that moment, Bau was terrified and extremely grateful.

"Ha ha!"

He suddenly burst into laughter, but for some reason, tears were streaming down his cheeks. He shook his head slowly and said, "The only reason you kept me alive was because you were waiting for me here."

"Then did you see it clearly?" Zou Qing asked with a smile.

"Haha, hahahaha...!"

"Bullshit blood relatives, bullshit Kyoto court... You and I are all chess pieces, what a vivid, vivid statement!" Bau fell to the ground with a thud, crying and laughing as he shouted, "Since I came to Beijing, oh no... the moment I started to serve as the prefect of Lingnan, I have been a discarded pawn in the hands of a big shot, ready to be sacrificed at any time. Over the years, you have repeatedly approached me just for this moment."

"I am a great and meritorious general, but I can't win this game of political intrigue!!! I'm serving my country and my people!"

"...!"

He lay there, crying, looking mad.

"Go ahead and cry. After you're done, we'll talk about business." Zou Qing looked out the window and replied indifferently.

……

Two full days passed.

Anfeng Township.

Ren was also lying on the bed, his body stretched out.

He has been waiting here for three days, but Yin Guang still hasn't found any new clues.

During this period, he had nothing to do, so he sorted out the clues in his hands while reading "The Six Dragons".

He discovered that this supreme book of the White Python Clan did not only record the art of war, but was mainly about how to train an invincible "Earth Dragon Army".

This book records in detail how to use the blood of the white python and various secret methods to help soldiers cleanse their marrow and strengthen their bones, as well as how to refine special armor for soldiers, the diagrams of weapons, and learn the unified secret methods of close combat.

To put it bluntly, this book, Dilong Liujia, does not teach you how to fight a war or engage in any conspiracy or intrigue, but rather a very practical method of training troops.

Moreover, the entry requirement for being selected as a soldier is to be a first-class warrior, which is extremely strict.

Damn it, no wonder the White Python Clan only had an army of 100,000 earth dragons at its most glorious time.

This method of training troops has too high requirements. It is almost impossible to train an army of one million strong, unless the population base in the country is extremely large.

However, once this army is trained, its combat power will be extremely terrifying, and it will be able to sweep across an area without any problem.

Haha, no wonder the fat dragon is so jealous of this thing.

Damn it, how can I give such a treasure to others easily?

Even if I have to give it to you, it's just to help you with the poverty alleviation through technology. I can send people to help you practice, but I can't give you any core secrets.

Moreover, for this kind of poverty alleviation through technology, the pricing must be high enough to be irresistible, otherwise it must be discussed in person.

Ren Ye was lying on the bed, thinking to himself that if he held this thing in his hand, he would be able to take a great initiative in diplomatic activities with Southern Xinjiang.

When he thought of this, he had already had countless beautiful dreams of getting rich.

Oh, if that doesn't work, then find some sisters with similar interests for my beloved concubine...otherwise she will be lonely.

Of course, if she slaps me, then that's it.

"Dangdang!"

Just as he was drooling, the big fat dragon suddenly rushed in and shouted, "Brother Huai Wang."

"flap!"

Ren Ye sat up suddenly, covered with a quilt and replied: "Brother, after all, I am the prince of a country... Can you show some etiquette? It would be so embarrassing if I was playing with my baby and you suddenly barged in."

Big Fat Dragon had no intention of flirting with him, and just said very quickly: "Yin Guang has found new clues, we have to leave soon."

"Where are you going?!" Ren Ye immediately asked seriously.

"Lingnan Prefecture, Sunset Town." The fat dragon said urgently, "Hurry up and put on your clothes. We'll talk on the way."

"it is good."

Ren Ye immediately threw back the quilt and stood up, sighing, "After lying down for three days, I finally get to work."

……

About half an hour later.

Big Fat Dragon led the imperial envoy team and headed straight towards Lingnan Prefecture.

On the way, Ren Ye rode on his horse and asked Yin Guang, "Master Tongyoushi, what did your spy say in the letter?"

"He was invited by a good friend to stay in Lingnan Prefecture for four days. He was accompanied by more than a dozen supernatural powers, but they didn't know what mission they had accepted." Yin Guang said calmly and experiencedly: "Before sending the message, they suddenly rushed to Sunset Town, and the number of people traveling with them increased to more than 40, and there were two peak third-grade masters in charge. He felt that something big must happen on this trip, so he sent a letter to report it."

After listening to this, Ren Ye nodded slightly and said, "This method of gathering the gangsters does seem to be done by Guan Feng and others."

Yin Guang continued, "While communicating with the spies, I also ordered people to inquire around Lingnan Prefecture to find out if anyone is secretly gathering gangsters or looting. However, my spies claim that there have been undercurrents in the border areas recently, and the bandits dare not act rashly, fearing that they will alarm the court and bring disaster upon themselves. Therefore, this group of people is acting in a very secretive manner, and my people have not found out who the boss is."

"If they haven't found out, then they must be watching the wind." Big Fat Dragon frowned and asserted: "If it were an ordinary gangster, he would not be so careful."

"Yeah, that's right." Ren nodded.

Yin Guang thought for a moment, then said to the Fat Dragon, "Your Highness, I think that if we enter Sunset Town, we can secretly notify the local government and ask them to dispatch soldiers to assist us. This will be safer."

In fact, for Yin Guang, he was always very panicked and under great pressure.

After all, the person working on the case with him is the most favored prince of the dynasty. If something unexpected happens, all his ancestors will be dug out and their heads will be chopped off.

The fat dragon thought for a while and said, "You can mobilize troops, but not from Lingnan Prefecture. Inform the prefect of Haizhou Prefecture and have him secretly dispatch a guard to stand by. I won't elaborate on the details until I get there."

"As ordered!"

Yin Guang nodded slightly.

……

into the night.

Fatty Wu, who had been away from Anfeng Township for four days, happened to return to Lingnan City.

The reason why he moved so slowly was mainly because he met many like-minded people on the road, and he also secretly inquired about the whereabouts of Guan Feng and Han Chan, but gained little.

Those "organized" mountain bandits, whether they were from the three regions of Lingnan or not, were now like turtles, squatting on the mountain and ordering their men not to go out of the main gate or the second gate, for fear that if they did something wrong, they would be besieged by the imperial court.

After entering the city, Fatty Wu got off his horse and turned around to say to one of his adopted sons, "Ah Xiong, we will stay in Lingnan tonight. Send someone to Qingliang Prefecture to inform Brother Liu and Erlang and ask them to meet me here."

"Okay." The eldest son, Axiong, nodded in a muffled voice.

Fatty Wu looked at the street scene in front of him, pondered for a while, and then ordered: "Owl, go find the rotten Ah San in Lingnan Prefecture. This bastard knows everything. My bad brother Wang said earlier that Monk Peng under Guanfeng fled here. Maybe this guy can find out some information."

The owl looked handsome, but had a squinting look: "Okay, I'll go find that rotten Asan right now."

"Tap!"

Just as he finished speaking, a column of cavalry suddenly appeared in the city and rushed towards the side of the city gate.

The leading centurion shouted in a domineering manner: "Important military information has been reported. All outsiders, please retreat immediately and make way!"

Fatty Wu led the horse and dodged nimbly to the back, but he saw many civilians who did not have time to dodge were hit by the military horses and fell to the ground howling in pain.

Owl squinted his eyes and frowned, "What the hell is going on? It's been years since horses have been released on the long street."

Fatty Wu said softly, "Don't cause trouble, find an inn to stay at."

"Godfather, which inn are we staying at?"

"Hmm..." Fatty Wu replied, "Let's go with the one in front of the government office. I'm used to it."