flstandardbreds Chapter 181 Xiaotang Yanzhao establishes his authority, Chaisang City Sword 3 welcomes guests
Chapter 181 Xiaotang Yanzhao establishes his authority, Chaisang City Sword 3 welcomes guests
Three days later, a ruined temple was found on the grounds of Baixiaotang.
Wen Yanzhao was very punctual. Before four o'clock in the morning, he arrived at the dilapidated temple to guard it.
Until the stone door leading to the underground was opened by the night watchman using a mechanism, his eyes lit up and he slid in like a loach.
"Wen Yanzhao, do you think of Baixiaotang as your home? You can come and go as you please."
Wen Yanzhao had just walked into the two-story lobby in the center of Baixiao Hall, and before he could look up, he heard Ji Ruofeng's voice.
"Tsk, what a great place! If it weren't for this news, do you think I'd want to come to your airtight dark room?"
Wen Yanzhao spread his arms and flew to Ji Ruofeng on the second floor.
"Here's what you want, take it and leave!"
Ji Ruofeng waved his hand, and the masked man standing on the side of the second floor handed a scroll to Wen Yanzhao.
"Let me see... what does this news, worth ten thousand taels of gold, look like?"
As he spoke, Wen Yanzhao spread out his five fingers and the scroll immediately unfolded in the air.
A piece of white silk cloth more than two feet long and one foot wide appeared before my eyes.
The most eye-catching thing is the cities where the four provincial capitals are located, and corresponding to them is the sketch of the route extending outward from the provincial capitals.
In addition to these, Wen Yanzhao also wanted to know information about the garrisons at various passes, the number of soldiers escorting tax silver, and so on.
Wen Yanzhao read the text quickly, memorizing the general idea after a few glances. Then he stretched out his hands and quickly rolled it up.
"Hiss... there's something here! Bai Xiao Tang doesn't live up to its reputation as the world's best. Ji Ruofeng, you really haven't embarrassed your ancestors!"
When Ji Ruofeng heard the old ancestor's expression, it changed, and then quickly returned to normal.
"You've got the stuff, get out of here!"
"One more thing. I hope you can keep your promise... If something happens, please don't let anyone know that the information originated from Bai Xiao Tang!"
Wen Yanzhao released the internal force in his hand, and the scroll entered the storage space.
Hearing Ji Ruofeng's words, Wen Yanzhao didn't care at all. Seeing Ji Ruofeng's sincerity, he smiled evilly and said:
"Hmph, I won't! Just because I was so arrogant when I first came to your Bai Xiao Tang, I'm going to spread the word with great fanfare!"
"When the time comes, let Bai Xiaotang become the target of public criticism in the Beili court. I will have a good show to watch!"
Ji Ruofeng immediately became furious when he heard this. Although he had his hands behind his back, his fists were clenched and making a creaking sound.
Wen Yanzhao glanced at Ji Ruofeng and said:
"Don't look at me like that, I'm just teasing you! You have a cold face all day long, which is meaningless! After the job is done, your reward will naturally be included!"
"But I want to remind you, don't keep trying to distance yourself from the matter. If people determine that you did it, even if you didn't do it, once the accusation falls on you, it will be impossible for you to clear yourself!"
"Just because you, Bai Xiao Tang, have been profiting from reselling information all these years, if it weren't for your ancestors, they would have wiped you out long ago!"
"Those news not only spread among the martial arts world, but also among the noble families and even the imperial family, right? ... Ji Ruofeng, don't pretend to be a fool in front of me!"
"If Bai Xiao Tang can be public, why do you set up this secret office underground?"
Ji Ruofeng was of course aware that what Wen Yanzhao said was not unreasonable, but as the hall master, he was left speechless by what the young man said.
How can I convince others if I stay in Baixiaotang from now on?
He clasped his hands together and said in a deep voice:
"That's my own business. You don't have to worry about it! Wen Yanzhao, it's easy to break. Even if you are now half a step into the divine realm, if you try to fight against a country, you will only bring about your own destruction!"
"Take care of yourself, I won't send you off!"
Wen Yanzhao waved his sleeves, and the cloak behind him suddenly fluttered up, and a powerful internal force rushed straight towards Ji Ruofeng's face!
"boom!"
Ji Ruofeng raised his hand and slapped out to block it, but was knocked away by the huge force and fell directly on the seat of the Central Hall Master.
When I looked up again, Wen Yanzhao was nowhere to be seen. I could only hear his voice drifting over:
"Ji Ruofeng, be a good hall master. When I gain power in the future, perhaps I will be able to use you!"
……
Bingzhou, Chaisang City, Southwest Road, Gu Family.
"Master, the prefect has arrived!"
Li Suli walked from the corridor of the Gu family mansion into the main hall and clasped his fists towards Gu Jianmen.
Gu Jianmen turned his back to Li Suli and said coldly:
"What use are these damned insects to other than plundering the people's wealth and embezzling merchants?"
"If I wasn't afraid of bringing disaster to the seventy-plus members of our Gu family, I would have killed him with my sword long ago!"
Li Suli added:
"The Patriarch is right. These corrupt officials just left the Yan family and headed straight for the Gu family..."
"It's the end of the year again, they're here to collect taxes!"
Gu Jianmen turned around, his plain white robe fluttering in the wind, and the red spot between his eyebrows was almost covered by his frown.
He raised his head and sighed, then said slowly:
"Alas, now I finally understand how difficult it was for my brother to manage the family back then!"
"Every time my brother sees those fat-bellied people, he becomes extremely respectful and obedient..."
"I was young and frivolous at the time, so I couldn't stand his behavior and even ridiculed him."
"Now that my brother has passed away, the words I said back then are now coming back to bite me. How ridiculous..."
"Li Suli, let's prepare the wine and welcome the prefect!"
Li Suli looked at Gu Jianmen's face, which was slowly losing its arrogance, with some heartache, nodded, and went down to agree.
Gu Jianmen straightened his clothes, tried hard to put on a fake smile, and strode towards the front hall.
……
Ever since Wen Yanzhao got the news about tax silver from Bai Xiaotang, the first thing he thought of was Chaisang City, where he had just set foot in the martial arts world.
"I don't know how that kid Gu Lao Er is doing now. This is a good opportunity to go see him!"
After thinking it over in his mind, Wen Yanzhao flew out of Tianqi City on the wind, without riding a horse, and stuffed a large mouthful of poison into his mouth.
Gathering 50% of his internal strength, he rushed towards the southwest like a meteor chasing the moon.
……