C177 Doubt from the relieving stroke
"Flowers in the Spring, moons in the night are bright, dance drunk to make out the shadows. Among all the chatter and laughter, who would still remember the victims outside the city who were happy for a bowl of porridge? " Gongsun Ztian said in a mocking tone as he stood in the attic and looked at the lanterns and decorations in the courtyard.
"People's lives have their own determinations. Perhaps from the moment they were born, they already had a path that belonged to them. However, they did not know where this path led to." Leng Nuohan who was beside Gongsun Ze Tian spoke softly in consolation.
"Then what is my path?" Gongsun Ze Tian turned to Leng Nuohan and said.
"A difficult and dangerous road!" Leng Nuohan said firmly, as if the word 'fate' was only something that she could easily say.
"So I might die?" Gongsun Ztian could not help but ask.
"Maybe, maybe not!" Leng Nuohan replied with a smile, but in her heart she added another sentence, "Regardless of life or death, I will accompany you! No matter how difficult, I will never leave! "
"As a successful madman, changing your fate doesn't seem to be a bad thing. What do you think?" Gongsun Ztian said with a playful smile.
"Maybe you can do it!" Leng Nuohan replied with a smile.
"The banquet is about to begin, and the good show is about to begin!" Gongsun Ze Tian's eyes were still focused on the banquet held in the hall as he slowly spoke.
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Inside Fengyang City's branch.
Ever since he sent out a large number of spies to look for information, he had a faint feeling that something big was going to happen. He hoped that all of this was just an illusion on his part, but the coincidence that happened was too shocking, so much that he could already smell the scent of a conspiracy.
As the spies returned one by one, the information they brought back made the relieving stroke feel cold sweat trickling down her back. Alone, taking out one of the pieces of information mentioned in the intelligence reports, was not anything strange, but if these things were to be put together, it would be extremely shocking.
relieving stroke was not a stupid person, any one of these pieces of information could be considered a 'coincidence', but with so many coincidences appearing consecutively and then gathering together, this was definitely not a simple matter at all. There was probably a huge conspiracy behind it, but it was simply unthinkable.
Therefore, from relieving stroke's point of view, if all of this was just a coincidence, then it was too strange, at least in his understanding, there definitely would not be. Then, if all of this was not a coincidence, then it would be too horrifying.
In the entire world, only the Surveillance Council could come up with such a meticulous plan and execute it without anyone knowing. Even the intelligence organizations of the eagle eye, which belonged to the Emperor himself, might not be able to plan and execute such a huge plan.
If one wanted to accomplish all these, without a meticulous and thorough plan of action, it was absolutely impossible to achieve with amazing strength and execution. However, he did not receive any information from the Surveillance Council. Could it be that the Capital Overwatch Council had interfered in this matter? However, as a relieving stroke, he had never received any information. This was not logical, and did not seem to be the usual behavior of Surveillance Council.
This was the only message he received, but the content was just to let him see if there was any excitement or not. Furthermore, the two spies who came to watch the show had not returned, and he did not know what the 'liveliness' represented, so would there be any clues? These questions lingered in relieving stroke's heart, causing his originally confused heart to become even more cloudy.
"My lord, Qian and Li have returned. They are waiting outside!" A small official of the Surveillance Council interrupted the deep thought as she reported the news.
"Hurry up and call those two to come here. This town wants to personally question them!" When relieving stroke heard that the two spies had returned, he immediately called for them.
"Yes, my lord!" The minor official excused himself.
Not long after, the sound of small footsteps came from outside the corridor where relieving stroke's office was located. It was obvious that the person who had come was very anxious, as the light footsteps contained unease and annoyance. The sound of these footsteps caused relieving stroke, who was not in a good mood, to become even heavier.
"Greetings, Sir. Your subordinate ?." The two bowed and said at the same time.
"Cut the crap, get straight to the point!" relieving stroke's solemn face interrupted the two's red tape.
"Yes, my lord." We rushed to the south of the city and successfully infiltrated the victims who were gathered there. We thought that they were going to hold some kind of secret meeting, but after seeing that they were going to gather and head to the south of the city towards the decimetine, Qian and I followed the group. " The spy surnamed Li was the first to speak.
"That's right. After Old Li and I arrived, we saw County Governor Wu Daode and his Grand Master Qian Jincheng. At the same time, we also saw a group of black-clothed people meeting with the two of them. Old Qian added.
"Yes, they protected the boxes very well. However, because of the besieging of the victims, they seem to have interrupted the transaction process. They are in a hurry to leave!" Old Li nodded.
"What's in the box? Did you see it?" The relieving stroke asked solemnly.
"It's silver, white silver!" If all those boxes are the same, then the preliminary estimate would be at least five hundred thousand silver! " Old Qian replied.
"Where do they want to transport so much silver?" Do you know the identities of those black clothed people? " relieving stroke thought for a while and asked again.
"Lord, please look!" Old Li handed over a token and said.
"Huh?" At first, relieving stroke did not pay too much attention to it, but after he picked up the order badge to carefully examine it, he felt that his heart was about to be frozen. Because he had already confirmed that this medallion was indeed a genuine Duke Palace guard medallion, and he knew that this was the Palace's guard medallion.
"At this time, the guards of the Ninth Prince appeared outside of the Fengyang City, and even saw Wu Daode. relieving stroke fell into deep thought, and at the same time, he thought of the letter that told him to send someone to watch the show. He was not a fledgling spy, after experiencing the tests of fire and blood, he was already an outstanding, secret spy who had gone through hundreds of battles. From this information, he knew that this matter was most likely related to the various forces within the imperial city.
Right now, he was most distressed about what he should do. He did not receive any instructions, and acting without permission would definitely not work, but if he were to report to the relieving stroke, would it affect his overall plan?
"Lord, we still have information to tell you!" Old Qian interrupted the relieving stroke's thoughts and said.
"Speak!" The relieving stroke urged.
"Lord, this group of men in black have a problem. They should be guards from one of the palaces. They must be here to send the money to the north." Old Qian continued.
"How do you know?" relieving stroke asked curiously.
"Master, we've asked around before, when Wu Daode left the city, he took these chests with him, but when the black-clothed men left, they took these chests with them. This proves that the five hundred thousand silver is their bargaining chip! While the two of us were taking advantage of the chaos and hiding in the vicinity of decimetine, we watched as these people took the dozens of boxes of silver and left, heading towards the north. Old Qian continued to explain.
"Un, good, continue!" relieving stroke nodded and said.
"Also, this group of people actually tried to escape in the name of the messenger, but they were discovered by the victims and they ended up being ganged up on!" Old Li continued.
"Group fight? Pretending to be an errand boy? " Not to mention the fact that they were faking it as an errand boy, even if the guards of the Duke Palace were beaten up by the commoners, this was already material enough to make the noble class laugh for half a month. Until now, there had never been a similar event in the Honglong Empire.
This was the grand crime of being sentenced to death of the six clans. Even if it was a prince of the Duke Palaces who didn't have any reason to get rid of this matter, he would still be considered as having committed the crime of 'conspiring against another' and would also be punished with the death of three Clans.
relieving stroke did not understand this matter because those who had the ability to do things for the Duke outside were all intelligent people who would do things with caution. They would not make such a foolish mistake. The most important thing was that this matter had also been discovered by the Surveillance Council. Witnessing it on the spot, he did not know whether he should call the leader of the Duke Palaces to be a fool, or if he should just "get lucky".
"Yes, my lord, it was a pretty miserable fight!" It's probably no different from a beggar, and it's also because of this group fight that we took the chance to obtain this order badge! " Old Li did not speak the truth. If he honestly said that his order badge had mysteriously appeared in his arms, perhaps relieving stroke would be able to conclude that this matter was caused by someone else. But now, everyone was once again convinced that this matter was just a coincidence.
But then again, even if Old Li were to speak the truth, he still wouldn't be able to explain why the token came into his arms without him noticing it. It only served to emphasize his incompetence, so he might as well ignore it.
"You said they went north. So they went into the city?" relieving stroke suddenly asked.
"My lord, they did not enter the city. Instead, they left through a small forest outside the city!" Old Qian replied.
"Oh? This is a little strange. Logically speaking, they are the guards of the King's Manor. relieving stroke asked curiously.
"Master, there's one more thing, at that time they were rushing into the forest on a small path, and the reason they were in such a hurry was because there was a group of Cavalry s rushing towards the south of the city. They wanted to avoid the horde of riders, so they left in a hurry!" Old Li reported.
"Why would there be cavalry in the south of the city? Where do they belong? " relieving stroke was shocked once again. It was already a big deal for the army to move without permission, not to mention the entire cavalry army.
"According to what this subordinate has investigated, this troop of cavalry belongs to the Eastern City Guards Institution, and their leader is called Cheng Zhipeng. For some unknown reason, he suddenly brought a group of people to the southwest of the city to cut down the trees, and on the way back, he met Wu Daode and his master, and brought them back. Afterwards, he entered the city from the south." Old Qian replied.
"He actually has the ability to use the city guards? Who in the world had such great ability? They actually avoided the City Guards, which meant they did not want anyone to know about their operation this time, or else they would not be afraid of the City Guards, and even swaggered into the city. It was probably because they did not want to attract the attention of the different forces, and even more so, did not want the Surveillance Council to notice them! From the looks of it, the usefulness of this five hundred thousand silver was highly questionable. Have you guys sent anyone to follow the guards of the Palace? " A direction appeared in relieving stroke's mind. Whether it was that mysterious Surveillance Council's' Director ', or these coincidences, they were all related to this 500,000 silver.
"Sir, we have already arranged for a small team to secretly spy on them along the way!" Old Li said.
"Very well, this is a very serious matter, keep it a secret!" relieving stroke already knew the severity of the matter and warned the two.
"Yes, my lord. I will take my leave!" Their hearts trembled as they nodded in agreement.
"It seems like I have to inform the imperial capital about this matter!" Seeing the two of them retreating, relieving stroke sighed to the sky and muttered to himself.
