Chapter 188 Li Wu's Rush
Han Yu stood respectfully in front of Han Wangan.

"Father."

Han Wangan looked at the gradually brightening sky and asked, "Is the search of Zilanxuan not over yet?"

Han Yu whispered, "We've already searched half of it."

"so slow?"

"Chang'an Jun Chengjiao and my ninth brother are here, so General Ji has some concerns."

Han Wangan looked at his fourth brother, who looked very similar to himself when he was young.

"Do you think Lao Jiu was involved in the Jubao Pavilion case?"

Han Yu's eyes flashed: "I don't know."

Han Wangan snorted and said, "You don't know, or you don't want to say it, or you don't dare to say it?"

After saying that, his tone changed: “You are not as good as Lao Jiu in this regard. Lao Jiu dared to take action to snatch food from the tiger’s mouth in the night, but you can only make some conspiracies and calculations.”

Han Yu half-closed his eyes: "The wealth in Jubao Pavilion is related to the interests of most of the nobles in Xinzheng"

"Okay, so what? It's just some money. As long as the most basic power is in our hands, there's no need to worry about those nobles rebelling."

"That's what father said."

Madam Mingzhu came over, and Lady Hu followed behind her with her hands folded in front of her abdomen. Han Wangan waved his hand to let Han Yu leave.

"Your Majesty, are you still worried about state affairs?"

Han Wangan sighed and said, "The new Qin envoy will arrive in Xinzheng the day after tomorrow."

Madam Mingzhu chuckled and said, "Your Majesty, don't worry. Baiyue Tianze has been captured. Will Qin still hold him? Why don't you let me and my sister help you share your worries and lock Tianze in the palace to prevent any accidents."

Han Wangan pondered and said, "It's good this way. The night is full of evil intentions. The assassins from Luowang are in the city. If Tianze dies, it will be hard to explain."

Lady Hu followed Madam Mingzhu's footsteps and walked out of the hall.

"Madam, does the Master have any instructions?"

Madam Mingzhu paused for a moment and said, "Why, now you know how to speak politely to me?"

Lady Hu said softly, "We are your women, we are all sisters and family, we should treat each other equally."

Madam Mingzhu laughed: "You never forget that you are that boy's woman. Do you really think that I am willing to be his concubine like you?"

When Lady Hu thought of the conversation between Madam Mingzhu and Cheng Jiao that night, her heart trembled slightly. It seemed that Cheng Jiao was really just cooperating with Madam Mingzhu, and it was not the master-slave relationship as before.

"I am not as good as you, Madam. I can only be your mistress."

Madam Mingzhu wanted to mock Lady Hu a few more times, but Honglian jumped out from somewhere.

"Madam Mingzhu, Lady Hu, are you going to leave the palace?"

Lady Hu quickly put away her thoughts. The reason she followed Madam Mingzhu was to take the opportunity to ask Cheng Jiao about her sister.

Madam Mingzhu said calmly, "Is there something wrong with Princess Honglian?"

Honglian looked at Lady Hu and Madam Mingzhu and said, "Yes, I haven't seen Cheng Jiao for a long time, and I want to find him. My father said that you also want to go to Zilanxuan, and asked me to follow you."

Madam Mingzhu was stunned when she heard this. Looking for Cheng Jiao?
Subconsciously, he glanced at Lady Hu. Lady Hu and Madam Mingzhu looked at each other, and both saw inexplicable emotions in their eyes.

Honglian looked at Madam Mingzhu and Lady Hu with a somewhat strange look on their faces.

"Why? You don't want to take this princess out?"

Lady Hu walked to Princess Honglian with a smile and took her arm.

"Of course I am willing. I haven't been with Honglian for a long time. I miss you a lot."

Princess Honglian subconsciously wanted to pull out Concubine Hu's arm that was hugging her, but then she thought that this was not a good idea.

"Okay then, let's go."

City guards came in and out of Zi Lan Xuan from time to time. Ji Wuye listened to the reports with a frown on his face.

"My Lord, what should we do now?"

The Bloody Marquis said sullenly, "Keep searching. There is so much money in the Treasure Pavilion. Even if Zi Lan Xuan can move it, it is impossible to move it all in a short time."

Suddenly, a city guard came quickly, which cheered Ji Wuye up.

"General, there is a situation."

"what's the situation!"

"There is a secret cell inside Zi Lan Xuan, and someone is imprisoned inside."

Ji Wuye sneered: "Bring it out!"

A young man with disheveled hair, extremely disheveled and semi-conscious was dragged out by the city guards. The scene became a little noisy, which attracted Cheng Jiao's attention.

I'm a little puzzled. When did there appear beggars in Zilanxuan?
Cheng Jiao walked closer and took a look, and suddenly remembered that this was Xiang Jun Shun, the elder of the Yin-Yang School whom he had captured.

The turmoil of the past few days made him forget that he had let Zi Nu lock up this person.

Ji Wuye saw Cheng Jiao coming over.

"Does Chang'an Jun know this person?"

Cheng Jiao nodded: "I know him. He once tried to assassinate me, but I caught him and imprisoned him in Zi Lan Xuan."

Ji Wuye knew that for ordinary people, privately detaining others was a serious crime, but for people like them, it was very common. But it did not stop him from taking advantage of the situation.

“Why not hand it over to the government?”

Cheng Jiao shrugged: "Forgot, since the general said so, then leave him to the general."

Ji Wuye looked at Xiang Junshun and guessed that he might be a master of Luowang.

The Bloody Marquis suddenly said, "No need for that. The assassination of Lord Chang'an should be handled by Lord Chang'an."

Cheng Jiao was a little amused. Did he realize that he really didn't mind throwing Xiang Jun Shun to Ye Mu?

"Zi Nu, take him away. Be nice to him."

Looking at Xiang Junshun's miserable appearance, Cheng Jiao felt that if he continued like this, it might be detrimental to his image in the Yin-Yang School in the future.

Zi Nu waved her hand, and a girl dressed more smartly came out and took Xiang Jun away by herself.

Ji Wuye watched Cheng Jiao walk back.

"My Lord, why don't you ask for it? Maybe that person is from Luowang."

Marquis Xueyi looked down on Ji Wuye, a country bumpkin who couldn't even recognize the patterns on the uniforms of the Yin-Yang family's elders.

"That's someone from the Yin-Yang School. Judging from his clothing and accessories, he should be one of the five elders."

Ji Wuye's eyes focused. Yin-Yang School?
Of course, he knew about Yin-Yang School, but because it was relatively mysterious among all the schools of thought, he didn't know much about it. But there were some legends and secrets that were enough to alert him, such as Donghuang Taiyi, who was suspected to be a living celestial being.

Thinking of this, Ji Wuye hesitated. It looked like the Yin-Yang family was also involved?
"My Lord, what's next?"

Marquis Xueyi narrowed his eyes and watched Cheng Jiao hugging Jingwei and Zinu on his left and right.

"Just wait and see what happens."

Ji Wuye had all sorts of thoughts in his mind. The more he looked at Cheng Jiao, the more uncertain he felt. There were too many things that were related to Cheng Jiao, and some of them might cost him his life if they went bad. He hesitated, which was rare.

A man dressed as a servant approached Ji Wuye.

"General, Lord, there is news from the man in the straw raincoat."

Ji Wuye and Xueyi Hou walked into a temporarily requisitioned attic with expectation and saw the man in straw raincoat waiting for them. "Man in straw raincoat, is there any news from Jubao Pavilion?"

The man in the straw raincoat put down his teacup.

"One good news and one bad news."

Ji Wuye said impatiently: "Hurry up and tell me!"

The man in the straw raincoat said calmly, "I received a report from a spy that the caravan heading to Xianyang in Qin State kept changing horses and vehicles in various towns."

Ji Wuye frowned and asked, "Are you done?"

Without waiting for the Straw-Robed Man to say anything, the Blood-Robed Marquis, with a gloomy face, failed to restrain the surging icy internal force in his body and directly destroyed half of the house.

The man in the straw raincoat stood up slowly: "The message has been delivered, goodbye."

Ji Wuye also thought of this at this time. He clenched his fist and smashed the table hard, and the table shattered.

After a brief silence, Ji Wuye suppressed his anger.

"Han Fei and Cheng Jiao are indeed in collusion. I suspect that the assassination of the Qin envoy was staged by Cheng Jiao himself to deceive our eyes and ears."

The Blood-Robed Marquis still looked grim: "Send out the Hundred Birds, chase them now! Stop them before they leave the Korean border!"

When Xue Yi Hou and Ji Wuye sent out the hundred birds, Li Wu was whipping the horse and moving forward quickly.

In just one day, they had already left Xinzheng almost three hundred miles away.

The people and the horses never rested. In order to travel faster, if there was a problem with the carriage, they would replace it directly. If a horse died of exhaustion, they would be replaced directly. At least thirty horses had died of exhaustion, and more than twenty carriages had to be replaced almost every time.

The two hundred elite Han troops who were accompanying them were left far behind. This was a decision made by Li Wu on the spot. The young master said that they could not be slowed down as they did not have much time.

As long as we reach the territory of Qin, we will be temporarily safe and it will not be too late to rest then.

Li Wu, who was riding a horse with Xiao Yan in her arms, kept calculating in her mind that at this speed, they would reach the Korean border in the early morning.

Madam Hu sat in the carriage with a pale face. If it weren't for Yan Lingji and Nong Yu who took turns using their internal energy to relieve Madam Hu's discomfort, Madam Hu would probably have become extremely haggard by now.

As for Ali, Caidie and Hongyu, they had their own martial arts skills, so enduring for a few days was not a problem. The only one who had a hard time was Xiu'er. Since Ali and the other two had not yet entered the innate realm and had limited internal strength, they could not frequently relieve Xiu'er's discomfort, so Xiu'er was bumped around in the carriage for a whole day and night, which was extremely uncomfortable.

Ji Wuye was a little unwilling: "My Lord, are you going to let Cheng Jiao succeed just like this?"

Marquis Xue Yi glanced at Ji Wuye and said, "Cheng Jiao definitely didn't take much with him. The rest must be here in Liusha."

Ji Wuye knew what the Bloody Marquis meant. Even if he dispatched the Hundred Birds, he probably couldn't get the money back. Unless he risked being beaten up by the Qin State and went deep into the Qin State to get it.

"quicksand!"

Thinking of Liusha, Ji Wuye gritted his teeth. He had always wanted revenge because Liusha had taken away the 100,000 military pay that he had eaten two months ago. He did not expect that Liusha would not restrain himself, but slap him in the face again and again, making him, the top brother of South Korea, lose all his face.

Zhao Xian walked in tremblingly.

"General, Zilan, Zilanxuan"

"Say!"

Zhao Xian made up his mind: "Zi Lan Xuan didn't find anything. I suspect that Zi Lan Xuan moved the stolen goods."

Although Ji Wuye had expected this situation, he was still furious after hearing it. He kicked Zhao Xian over and ran out of the door.

Zhao Xian lay on the ground and breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that he had escaped again.

The Bloody Marquis passed by Zhao Xian and asked: "Are you glad?"

Zhao Xian's expression tensed and he forgot that the Blood-Robed Marquis was still there.

He stood up and knelt down quickly: "I dare not, I dare not."

Marquis Xueyi pulled Zhao Xian casually and hung him on the wall.

Zhao Xian fell from the wall to the ground, spitting out several mouthfuls of blood. His whole body was extremely cold, making him extremely uncomfortable.

The Bloody Marquis glanced at Zhao Xian and said, "Since you are not dead, you are lucky."

After saying that, Marquis Xueyi walked out of the attic, leaving Zhao Xian alone struggling in pain.

Wang Gang saw Ji Wuye and Xueyi Hou leave, and hurried in. He looked at Zhao Xian who was seriously injured, and felt a little sad. He quickly gave Zhao Xian some simple hemostatic bandages.

Wang Gang did not feel any resentment towards Zhao Xian, his deputy general, who suddenly became his superior. He just lamented that life was difficult.

He was just on patrol when he was inexplicably kidnapped. After being discovered, he was fortunately not interrogated by Ji Wuye himself, otherwise he would not only be demoted, but he might also be killed by Ji Wuye out of anger.

Looking at Zhao Xian's miserable appearance, Wang Gang suddenly felt that this might be what the Taoists meant by blessing and misfortune being interdependent.

Ji Wuye stared at Tianze at Cheng Jiao's feet.

"I have finished my search. Since Zi Lanxuan has been ruled out as a suspect, Tian Ze will..."

Before Ji Wuye finished speaking, Han Fei came over, stretching lazily.

"Now that the search is complete, I will take Tianze away and detain him."

Ji Wuye's eyelids twitched, and he looked at Han Fei with extremely ferocious eyes.

"Master Jiu, Tianze is a serious criminal. I'm afraid we can't let you take him away."

If Zi Nu Jing Wei hadn't been beside Cheng Jiao, Ji Wuye wouldn't have bothered to talk so much nonsense with Han Fei and would have just snatched it away directly.

Han Fei refused to give in: "I am the Minister of Justice, in charge of criminal law. General Ji, are you overstepping your authority?"

Ji Wuye laughed loudly: "The king ordered me to capture Tianze, didn't the ninth prince know?"

Han Fei frowned: "This..."

Cheng Jiao yawned, wondering why Madam Mingzhu hadn't arrived yet. Didn't she listen to what he said?

Just as Cheng Jiao was thinking, Madam Mingzhu got off the carriage not far away, followed by Honglian and Lady Hu on her left and right.

"My Lord Nine, General Ji, there is no need to argue. The king has ordered that Tianze be imprisoned in the palace prison and left to Qin to deal with."

Ji Wuye and Xueyi Hou could not help but frown, looking at Madam Mingzhu with some displeasure. Why did she show up at this time instead of earlier? Who is she in league with?
Ji Wuye was somewhat unwilling to give up. He wanted to interrogate Tianze to see if he could find some clues.

Marquis Xueyi suddenly spoke up: "The king has ordered that Madam Mingzhu take Tianze away."

Ji Wuye came to his senses and decided that it was okay to lock Tianze up in the palace. Madam Mingzhu was also in the palace, so there would be a chance to interrogate Tianze.

"In that case, gather the troops and return to defend! This general still has a mission to complete, so there will be no delay!"

Marquis Xueyi rode on his white horse, and three hundred personal guards in ice armor followed behind him in an orderly manner.

As the city guards and ice armor soldiers left, the streets outside Zi Lan Xuan looked a little desolate.

Lady Hu was just about to borrow a step to talk to Cheng Jiao, but Honglian got there first.

"Cheng Jiao, why haven't you come to see me these days? Do you have a new lover?"

Honglian saw that besides Jingwei and Zinu, who she had seen before, there was also the pure and lovely Yingge, and she couldn't help but feel jealous. She had spent the past few days trying to find clues about the tide demon in the palace, but she didn't expect that Chengjiao was enjoying himself outside.

Cheng Jiao whispered, "No way, do you know who she is?"

Honglian heard Cheng Jiao's familiar tone of questioning and subconsciously asked, "Who is it?"

"She is Yingge, Ji Wuye's former subordinate and the leader-level killer of the Hundred Birds. Now she has been turned against me."

Honglian didn't expect that this woman was actually a killer and let out a light "ah".

"I see."

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