Chapter 218 Tian Mi felt a little panic

Cheng Jiao waved his hand slightly and asked Zhuanpo Mihun to untie Xuan Jian.

Seeing that Xuan Jian was just a little embarrassed and had no other losses, he smacked his lips.

"You can't go back like this. Lu Buwei is very suspicious. Well, do you want to do it yourself, or should I help you?"

Hearing Cheng Jiao's careless words, Xuan Jian couldn't help but feel a little chilled. He glanced at Jingwei Yanfei beside Cheng Jiao and the six sword slaves of Yanri Zhaogao beside him, and said steadily: "I'll do it myself!"

Under Cheng Jiao's gaze, Xuan Jian decisively hit himself several times, spat out mouthfuls of blood, and his energy became weak.

Yan Fei whispered in Cheng Jiao's ear: "He is seriously injured, but the injuries are not serious."

Everyone present was a top expert and heard Yan Fei's words clearly.

Xuan Jian's expression changed slightly. Could he easily attack a vital spot?

Cheng Jiao was also a little shocked by Yan Fei's indifferent words. Thinking of the scene in the original novel where Yan Fei killed the Six-Fingered Black Knight without hesitation, he had to find a way to make Yan Fei kinder. Otherwise, with so many women in his backyard, if he accidentally offended Yan Fei, there would be chaos.

He coughed lightly and said, "That's enough. Xuan Jian, let's go. Oh, yes, Jing Wei, give him a few more sword wounds, and be careful."

Cheng Jiao saw that although Xuan Jian had suffered serious internal injuries, his clothes were still quite neat, which was a bit inconsistent.

Jingwei swung out several pink sword auras without hesitation, and Xuan Jian's body instantly had several sword wounds of varying depths, and blood stained his tattered clothes red.

Cheng Jiao nodded with satisfaction: "That's perfect. Go ahead, and be careful on the road."

Listening to Cheng Jiao's "concerned" words, Xuan Jian, holding the black and white swords, could only smile bitterly, feeling powerless.

"Thank you, sir..."

After saying this, Xuan Jian quickly disappeared from the reviewing platform, fearing that Cheng Jiao would find out something was wrong and cut off some more of his flesh.

After Xuan Jian left, Cheng Jiao looked at Zhao Gao, who was hiding the sun.

"You guys go down. The army may not be safe. You guys continue to pretend to be Qin soldiers and protect the safety of my brother."

Zhao Gao had no objection. He valued the safety of the King of Qin more than Cheng Jiao.

After Zhao Gao and the six sword slaves left, Yanri glanced at Yan Fei and saw that Cheng Jiao had no reaction.

He knelt on one knee and clasped his fists, then said hesitantly, "I have something to report."

"Yan Fei is one of us, just tell me if you have anything to say."

Cheng Jiao glanced at Yan Fei with a smile, and Yan Fei also had a smile on her lips. She felt very comfortable that Cheng Jiao trusted her.

Yanri was certain in his heart, "Sir, Zhao Gao intends to get involved in Luowang."

"How to say?"

Cheng Jiao knew that Zhao Gao cared a lot about Luowang, so it was normal for him to want to get involved in Luowang.

"Zhao Gao wants to cooperate with his subordinates and take control of Luowang."

"He doesn't know that you are my man?"

"I know, but I don't know the details."

Cheng Jiao nodded slightly. Old Zhao was not that stupid. If he knew that he controlled Yanri, he would definitely not collude with Yanri.

"Um……"

Just when I was about to ask Yanri to leave and not disturb him from picking up girls, I suddenly remembered something.

"Who is behind Luowang? What is Luowang's origin?"

If Luowang only relied on Yanri Xuanjian, even with Zhao Gao, it would not be worthy of becoming an organization that the seven countries feared, existed for hundreds of years, and even dared to assassinate the king and interfere with the seven countries.

Yanri pondered for a moment. He had originally wanted to use this matter as capital to continue relying on himself after Cheng Jiao ascended the throne, but now it seems dispensable.

"The master behind Luowang now is Guiguzi Gongsun Yan, as well as the Qin royal family, the current Siche Shuzhang Weiyang Jun Yingxi."

This is also the reason why Yanri was confident that he could help Cheng Jiao take the throne after the death of the King of Qin. The power held by the Qin royal family was not small, and the Qin royal family was very close to Cheng Jiao.

"Ying Xi? Uncle?"

Cheng Jiao was confused. If Gongsun Yan was behind Luowang, he could understand it, but how was this related to the Qin royal family? Didn't the royal family always have a bad relationship with Lu Buwei? How could Lu Buwei control Luowang?

Yanri said solemnly: "Yes. The Luowang controlled by Lü Buwei and the Diwang of Demons and Goblins were supported by Guigu Gongsun Yan. And the Luowang held by Queen Mother Zhao Ji and the Tianluo killer Tiansha Dijue were given to Queen Mother Zhao Ji by Weiyang Jun.

Unfortunately, Queen Mother Zhao Ji did not intervene, and this power was divided between Zhao Gao and Lu Buwei. "

Cheng Jiao frowned, thinking something was not right. If the master behind Luowang was Gongsun Yan, why was Gongsun Yan's name crossed out in the Luowang files in the original novel?
Did Gongsun Yan fake his death, or did Zhao Gao later kill Guiguzi Gongsun in order to gain control of Luowang?

He didn't have many memories of his cousin, but he had the impression that he was quite nice to him. But why did he give Luowang to Zhao Ji instead of him?

It seems that I need to visit my uncle when I have the chance.

Thinking that Gongsun Yan is also the owner of Luowang, I don’t know if Gai Nie and Wei Zhuangqing know it. It would be very interesting if they knew.

No wonder Luowang has the ability to stir up the seven countries. Guiguzi, who came from Guiguzi, is good at this.

"What is the origin of Luowang? Who established it?"

"This...I don't know either."

After all, although Yanri is nominally the leader of Luowang, he is also a deadly weapon. As a deadly weapon, how could he know so many secrets?

Cheng Jiao thought for a moment and continued to ask, "Why can Lord Weiyang control part of Luowang's power?"

Yanri said directly: "This was the king's request when Luowang entered Qin."

"What other countries has Luowang joined?"

"The hegemon of the Spring and Autumn Period, the seven major powers of the Warring States Period, all countries have them."

Cheng Jiao was greatly shocked by Yanri's light words. It seemed that this trap contained many secrets.

At the same time, it also overturned the possibility that Luowang was founded by the first generation of Guiguzi. The first generation of Guiguzi, Wang Xu, was only a figure active in the late Spring and Autumn Period and early Warring States Period. When the hegemonic country dominated the Spring and Autumn Period, Guiguzi was still unknown.

Yan Fei also opened her mouth slightly. No wonder Lord Donghuang Taiyi attached great importance to Luowang.

"Is there a strange person in Luowang who is proficient in divination?"

Cheng Jiao was a little bit skeptical that Luowang’s bets could be so accurate.

Yanri opened his mouth and said, "I don't know whether I should say it or not."

If we had changed the place or the topic, Cheng Jiao would have definitely slapped him in the face. Don't say anything you shouldn't say!

"Say!"

"I guess there may be other people behind the net."

"Huh? Who?"

"I don't know..."

Cheng Jiao really wanted to throw a big pouch at Yanri's bronze mask, for fun! ?

"You go down!"

It can be seen that Yanri is not very clear about it. It seems that he has to go back to Xianyang to ask his uncle Weiyang Jun.

Yan Fei whispered, "I really didn't know there were so many secrets behind Luowang."

Cheng Jiao said indifferently: "No matter what secrets he has, as long as he is strong enough, we can suppress them all."

Yan Fei said worriedly: "Gongsun Yan's strength may be stronger than Bai Luan."

Jingwei pursed her red lips and said, "I will protect you, sir."

Even if he cannot defeat a pseudo-celestial being like Bai Luan who has condensed spiritual power, he can at least delay him for a while if he tries his best.

Cheng Jiao held the hands of Jingwei and Yanfei, and Jingwei held Cheng Jiao's hand naturally.

Yan Fei subconsciously wanted to take it back. It was the first time a man held her hand, and she didn't know how to respond.

Looking at Cheng Jiao's smiling eyes, she forgot to struggle. Suddenly, she felt the warmth on Cheng Jiao's hands, which made all kinds of distracting thoughts emerge in her mind.

"Don't worry, I will find a way to prevent you from falling into danger."

Cheng Jiao calculated that it was time for his brother-in-law Han Fei to take the blame.

Yan Fei glanced at Jing Wei and whispered, "Are you free tonight?"

Cheng Jiao's heart moved, and he smiled and said, "Of course I am free."

"Can you walk with me?"

"Okay."

Jingwei looked at the audience below the stage and sighed in her heart at Yan Fei's behavior of inviting Cheng Jiao in front of her. If she was born in a royal family, or even a commoner's family, she would fight for the opportunity to become Cheng Jiao's wife like Yan Fei did.

Sinjeong Palace, South Korea.

During the routine court meeting, King Han An asked Han Fei questions as usual.

"Han Fei, it's been half a month. How is the investigation at Jubao Pavilion going?"

Ji Wuye said in a cold voice: "As the Ninth Young Master said before, the money in Jubao Pavilion was robbed by Tianze and others. After Tianze was arrested, the huge amount of money was not found. It can be seen that Tianze must have been instructed by someone!"

Marquis Xueyi put one hand behind his back and said, "My Lord Ninth Master, as the Chief Justice, after so much time has passed, I believe you have determined who ordered Tianze and the other remnants to rob the Treasure Pavilion, right?"

It's not that Xueyi Hou wanted to come forward, but when he was trying to incorporate the power and legacy left by his mother these days, many families expressed their desire to recover the money invested in Jubao Pavilion or compensate for the losses.

Most of these forces are nobles, and the old nobles at that. Even though they lost a lot of gold coins because of Jubao Pavilion, compared with their accumulation, it is not an unbearable pain.

He knew that this was a test for him, to see if he, the Blood-Robed Marquis, was worthy of their allegiance.

Han Yu said, "General Ji, Lord Marquis, my ninth brother may have a plan. Maybe he can solve the case in the next two days."

Han Fei calculated that his cheap brother-in-law Cheng Jiao had probably left Korea the day before yesterday, but to be on the safe side, he did not reveal it in the court yesterday.

He was just playing Tai Chi and letting Ji Wuye, Xueyi Hou, and his beloved fourth brother put pressure on him overtly or covertly.

"Father, I have already found out everything."

Ji Wuye, Xueyi Hou, and Han Yu suddenly fixed their eyes on Han Fei.

Han Wangan said calmly: "Tell me in detail."

Han Fei said in a clear voice: "The money in the Jubao Pavilion was taken by Chang'an Jun Chengjiao. General Ji can testify to this."

Ji Wuye glanced sideways: "Hmm? Master Jiu, I don't know what you are talking about!"

Han Fei slowly told out the copy that he and Cheng Jiao had discussed.

Han Wangan frowned and asked, "General Ji, is what Han Fei said true?"

Ji Wuye secretly cried out in dismay. He didn't expect that Han Fei would actually have such a cold-blooded and ruthless side. He would sell out Cheng Jiao for the sake of completing his mission.

After a long silence, he said, "It is true that Chang'an Jun came up with the plan for the Treasure Pavilion, and it was executed by the Nanyang wealthy merchant Feicuihu. But as to whether it was Chang'an Jun who instructed Tianze to seize the Treasure Pavilion, this old minister does not know."

Han Yu pondered and said, "Old Nine, you can't talk nonsense about this matter. Chang'an Jun is the brother of the King of Qin and has a noble status."

Han Fei swore confidently: "Father, all the clues I have investigated point to Chang'an Jun Chengjiao. It must be Chang'an Jun without a doubt."

King An of Han looked at Han Fei speechlessly. He also guessed that it might be Cheng Jiao, but could he say that so easily? What if Lord Chang'an or the State of Qin used the slander against Han as an excuse? Han's land would not be achievable to be ceded.

"This matter, this matter, we will discuss it later! I am tired, let's leave the court."

Han Wangan waved his hand, not wanting the matter to continue. If Ji Wuye and Xueyi Hou had not been so persistent about it, he would not have wanted to discuss it openly.

However, he had a different view of today's Old Nine.

After the court session, the Bloody Marquis passed by Han Fei. "Ninth Young Master has some tricks."

Han Yu's eyes changed when he looked at Han Fei. Did his ninth brother give up his ridiculous persistence? If so, maybe his father would like Han Fei again.

Han Fei remained silent, hoping that Cheng Jiao would quickly issue a statement saying that he had taken the money.

Otherwise, even though Liusha could take the money, he would also be branded as a betrayer and a man who used his brothers as a tool.

That night, the moonlight was clear.

Tian Mi, who had been separated from Cheng Jiao for more than half a month, was lazily lying in the carriage.

Her slender fingers held a letter that the head of Lieshan Hall had secretly sent to her a few days ago. She said to herself, "We are almost at Daze Mountain. I don't know how Tian Meng and the Zhu family will get out."

Tian Mi twisted her body slightly. She hadn't been beaten or restrained by Cheng Jiao for many days, so she inexplicably missed it.

Then, when he thought about having to lurk in a farmer's house and wait for an opportunity to compete for the position of the leader of the heroes as requested by Cheng Jiao, he felt a little panicked.

Being about the same age as Honglian, Tian Mi has to participate in such exciting activities. She feels that the future is a bit bleak.

I'm wondering if I should just lie down and let it go...

"who!"

"robbery!"

"This is a farmer's convoy. Who dares to rob it?"

"Hahaha! You're the ones being robbed!"

Tian Mi was cheered up. Who else would dare to rob farmers near Daze Mountain?

Lifting the curtain, Tian Mi stepped out of the carriage wearing wooden high heels.

"Who is this hero who dares to stop the farmers' carriages in Daze Mountain?"

Tian Hu, who was not yet blind, covered his face and saw the woman Tian Mi. He knew that this was the target that his elder brother had mentioned.

Thinking that there were tens of thousands of gold coins in this inconspicuous caravan, I couldn't help but feel excited. It was enough for me to eat and drink for hundreds of years!
"People can go! Cars can stay!"

Even if Tian Hu covered his face, he could not hide the contempt written all over his face.

Of course, what he said was true. It would be best if they didn't take any action. After all, they were all farmers and it would not sound good if the news got out.

Tian Mi was hesitating whether to delay a little longer. The Zhu family had not arrived yet. If Tian Meng succeeded easily, it would be difficult to explain to Situ Wanli.

Suddenly, an extremely bright firework exploded in the night sky.

"Ok?"

Tian Mi's charming pink-purple eyes looked at an inconspicuous person in her convoy, who seemed to be Situ Wanli's subordinate.

It seems that Situ Wanli doesn't really believe in himself.

After Tian Mi came up with this idea, she shouted softly: "The people are there, the car is there!"

No matter what, she is still a farmer on the surface.

Tian Hu bared his teeth, not panicking even when he saw the farmers' flares. It took at least a quarter of an hour to walk from here to the farmers' base camp.

"Fuck me!"

The people who came this time were Tian Meng and his confidants, and they had been told before not to kill them.

Now that Tian Guangxiakuai is still here, it doesn't matter if the various halls of the farming family fight openly or secretly. After all, there are so many contradictions that it is impossible not to fight. But the bottom line is that no one can die, or in other words, no one can die in public, but not too many people can die in secret.

Tian Mi looked at the people fighting, sword in hand, feeling a little panicked.

It was easy to say when she was conspiring with Cheng Jiao, but when the moment of real fighting came, she found it a little overwhelming.

She prayed in her heart that the short and fat man from the Zhu family would come soon, otherwise if she didn't play well, she would be in trouble.

Tian Hu held a knife in his hand and was chopping people with brute force.

His Tiger Soul Sword was too conspicuous, and some of his conspicuous moves could not be used. In addition, he could not kill a large number of people, which made him feel very uncomfortable.

A short and fat Zhu family member with gorgeous clothes and a music mask on his face stood on a tall tree trunk and was not in a hurry to take action.

Brother Situ asked him to act out a scene with Tian Mi to send Tian Mi into Lieshan Hall, and he had to act it out more realistically.

It seems that the time is almost up. If we wait any longer, it might not end well.

"Who are you, the villain, to dare to act wildly in a farmer's house?"

The fisherman Zhu Jia shouted from a distance.

Tian Hu was stunned and slapped a disciple of Shennong Hall away, wondering if this short and fat man didn't sleep?

Zhu Jia broke through to the top master three years ago. He was still a little short of the top level, and without Tiger Soul, he couldn't beat the short and fat man at all.

Tian Hu noticed that the Zhu family was approaching quickly, and gritted his teeth and said, "Retreat!"

His brother once said that if things were impossible to do, then just give up. If it were exposed, Lieshan Hall, as the head of the six halls, would probably be laughed at to death.

Tian Mi used a sword to fight off a masked disciple of Lieshan Hall. She seemed not very suitable for using a sword. Every time she used a sword, she would feel a little awkward, which affected her ability to show off her proud figure.

I thought to myself that I had to make that strange pipe weapon from the book.

Then he heard Zhu Jia shouting and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. The time was neither too early nor too late, just right.

After wiping the sweat from his forehead, not long after, someone from the Zhu family appeared here.

"Master Zhu, are you alone?"

Tian Mi said in surprise.

The Zhu family mask smiled and said, "Why, isn't it enough for me to be alone? We are not here to kill the enemy, why do we need so many people?"

Tian Mi tidied her hair and said with a wry smile, "That's enough dog shit."

After the Zhu family appeared, not far away, Zhu Zhong lowered his head beside Tian Meng.

"Master Tian, ​​I have always said that Tian Mi harbors evil intentions. I am afraid that she is a pawn of Situ Wanli and the Zhu family who has infiltrated Lieshan Hall."

Tian Meng has thick eyebrows and big eyes, and he has a rather bad temper.

"Look, I'm going to kill her!"

Zhu Zhongyin smiled and said, "Why should the hall master be angry? It is better to use the trick and let Tian Mi enter Lieshan Hall to confuse Situ Wanli and the Zhu family. Who knows, there is a chance to control Shennong Hall and Siyue Hall."

Tian Meng thought so too, and looked at Zhu Zhong with contempt and said, "I heard that you just worshipped the Zhu family as your adoptive father not long ago."

Zhu Zhong made up his mind and bowed his head: "Zhong has not met a wise master yet. If you don't abandon me, I am willing to be your foster father!"

Tian Meng was a little surprised. He didn't expect Zhu Zhong to be so ruthless.

After hesitating for a while, he decided to accept Zhu Zhong. Even if he couldn't kill the Zhu family, it would at least disgust this short and fat man.

"Get up, stay with the Zhu family first and wait for the right time. In the future, I will grant you the surname Tian."

Zhu Zhong's face lit up with joy, he didn't expect there would be such a good thing. According to the well-known unspoken rules among farmers, the Tian family could climb up more easily.

"Thank you, foster father! From now on I will be called Tian Zhong!"

Seeing that the Zhu family had cleaned up the mess, Tian Meng simply decided not to stay any longer.

Leaving Zhu Zhong alone and leaving.

Zhu Zhong looked at the Zhu family under the torchlight and murmured, "Foster father, don't blame me for being cruel. It's really because you didn't give me enough."

In General Ji Wuye's mansion, the four evil generals rarely get together.

Marquis Xueyi looked at Madam Mingzhu, who had her arms crossed over her chest, and asked, "Madam Mingzhu, how much gold is in the Han Kingdom's treasury?"

Madam Mingzhu stepped on cool purple-black high heels and said, "It's less than ten thousand gold."

The Bloody Marquis frowned: "Sucker Clothes Guest, you have recruited many forces recently, how much money do you have?"

The man in the straw raincoat said slowly, "It's less than ten thousand gold coins."

The Blood-Clothed Marquis’ eyelids twitched. This was another amount that was less than ten thousand gold.

Blood Eyes couldn't help but stare at Emerald Tiger: "Tiger, what about you!"

Emerald Tiger stood up trembling. In just one month, he had lost at least thirty or forty pounds.

"My Lord, I don't have much money left..."

After all, he is on Ji Wuye's side. No matter how afraid he is of the Blood-Robed Marquis, he cannot allow himself to be controlled by him.

"Tiger, since the Marquis asked, you should explain clearly."

Ji Wuye, who had been silent, finally spoke.

Marquis Xueyi did not react. He had already made plans. After he annexed the aristocratic forces left by his mother, he would get rid of Ji Wuye and become the number one boss in Korea.

Even if Ji Wuye gave the order, it would be difficult for the Emerald Tiger to relax, because Cheng Jiao had left too many holes and pits for him.

That passing-the-parcel scam was exposed within just a few days. Now no one believes in the various scams he organized.

"Less than 20,000 gold..."

The Jade Tiger trembled and stretched out two fingers. There were more than 20,000 gold coins in the Treasure Pavilion that he had pawned in order to gain the trust of the nobles, but they were all gone.

The Bloody Marquis took a deep breath and said, "I don't care about anything else. If you can't collect 100,000 gold in a month, you can die!"

In front of Ji Wuye, the Blood-Robed Marquis showed no mercy.

Ji Wuye said coldly: "My Lord, you are forcing me to do what I want."

Marquis Xueyi met Ji Wuye's fierce gaze and said, "If I am correct, it was the general who built the Treasure Pavilion. Now that the loss is so great, someone must take responsibility."

Ji Wuye glanced at the shivering emerald tiger and couldn't help but frown.

"Tiger, is there any solution?"

The Emerald Tiger knew that this was the last chance Ji Wuye would give him, and his mind raced.

He gritted his teeth and said, "General, Lord, we analyzed it that day. The money Cheng Jiao took out of Korea was probably only about half of the money from Jubao Pavilion. The other half must be in Liusha!"

Ji Wuye's idea moved. If Emerald Tiger could find a way to recover some of the money, he would be able to save Emerald Tiger's life.

The Blood-Robed Marquis is very powerful now. If the Emerald Tiger dies, it will take a lot of time to support someone else.

"Go on, if possible, the Marquis and I will do our best to help you."

The Blood-Robed Marquis snorted coldly, "Emerald Tiger, this is your last chance."

The Emerald Tiger swallowed hard.

"It is said that the King of Han has recently intended to appoint a crown prince, and the biggest rival of the Fourth Prince Han Yu is not Ye Mu, but Han Fei. One of the things I monopolize in the market in Nanyang is agricultural fertilizer. Now it is almost time to apply fertilizer to wheat and millet. If I let those peasants use fertilizer mixed with lime and wait for a rain, I can create the illusion of a drought in Nanyang.

We will unite with the Fourth Young Master and let Han Fei investigate disaster relief, and then take the opportunity to manipulate grain prices. Han Fei wants to buy grain for disaster relief, but the money from the national treasury alone is definitely not enough, so he will definitely take out some money from the Jubao Pavilion. We can take the opportunity to snatch this money from Liusha. Even if it fails, we can still make huge profits from those mud legs..."

The Jade Tiger's ideas became clearer and clearer, which made Ji Wuye and Xueyi Hou nod their heads. It was indeed a good strategy to kill two birds with one stone. Not only could they join forces with Han Yu to attack or even destroy Liusha, but they could also obtain a lot of money.

After listening to this, Madam Mingzhu's narrow and long phoenix eyes revealed a complicated look.

It’s not that she sympathizes with the people of Nanyang, but Han Guo already had no hope. After being toyed with by the Emerald Tiger again, it seems that she will really be toyed with by Cheng Jiao for the rest of her life.

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