flstandardbreds Chapter 178 Ji Ruofeng's lion mouth is too big, Wen Yanzhao is willing to be the victim
Chapter 178 Ji Ruofeng's lion mouth is too big, Wen Yanzhao is willing to be the victim
"Wen Yanzhao, do you want to listen to what you are saying?"
Ji Ruofeng threw out these words, and then looked coldly at Wen Yanzhao who was sitting in the seat that originally belonged to him as the hall master.
"Of course I know what I'm talking about... Master Ji, Bai Xiao Tang has been selling information for years!"
"As long as the money is paid, you at Baixiaotang will be able to find out all the trivial matters of the Beili Royal Family!"
"Why? Are you scared now that you're here?"
Wen Yanzhao said this with disdain on his face, playing with a Prajna mask on the table next to his seat.
It looks like it should be the common style of Baixiaotang.
Ji Ruofeng was choked by this sentence and didn't know how to refute it for a moment.
The last time I saw Wen Yanzhao was when we fought against Yu Shengmo in Diaolou Cottage.
At that time, Wen Yanzhao had already entered the half-step spiritual realm, and his poison skills were even better than when he killed the Wuzuo Twin Envoys.
Ji Ruofeng thought for a long time, and finally asked:
"The things you want are indeed not rare news for Bai Xiao Tang. I'm very curious..."
"What are you planning? Could it be that... you want to go against the entire Beili court?"
Wen Yanzhao put the mask on his face in a pretentious manner and sneered:
"Master Ji, you are in charge of Bai Xiao Tang after all, why are you so unruly today?"
"Isn't Bai Xiao Tang's business of selling information just about business, regardless of the reasons?"
"Why do you insist on asking me, Wen Yanzhao, until I get to the bottom of it?"
Ji Ruofeng's face was solemn. He felt helpless about Wen Yanzhao's questioning.
"The news that Bai Xiao Tang usually sells is mostly about the various sects in the Jianghu martial arts world, and rarely involves the imperial court. You should be very clear about this!"
"I can give you what you want today, but if you commit a crime that shakes the world in the future..."
"If this news gets leaked and people know it's from Bai Xiao Tang..."
Wen Yanzhao stood up wearing a mask and walked step by step to Ji Ruofeng, his tone extremely calm:
"What's the big deal? I'll just kill him. A dead person won't reveal any secrets!"
Ji Ruofeng took a step back unconsciously. It was obvious that he was shocked by what Wen Yanzhao had just said. He stammered:
"What if, I mean what if..."
"If the Emperor of Beili learns of this, besieges the Wen family of Lingnan, and issues a warrant for your arrest, how will you respond?"
Wen Yanzhao was still wearing the mask, and a cold light flashed in his eyes behind the mask:
"It doesn't matter. They've already done it anyway. The worst that can happen is just a few more packets of poison and a few more corpses."
"Master Ji, whether you give me this or not, I have other things to do and don't want to waste too much time with you!"
Ji Ruofeng took a breath when he heard this:
"I know your abilities as the Poison Sword Immortal... If you continue to be so ruthless and commit the same heinous crime as last time, poisoning and killing thousands of Imperial Guards..."
"I, Ji Ruofeng, cannot bear the consequences of this crime with my own head!"
"I hope you will think it over carefully. If Bai Xiao Tang is really going to be destroyed because of your business, I, Ji Ruofeng, will not obey your order!"
Ji Ruofeng stared at Wen Yanzhao with firm eyes. For the sake of Bai Xiaotang, which had been passed down for a hundred years, he was not willing to give in at all!
"Oh, I should have found someone you don't know to buy information from!"
Wen Yanzhao threw away his mask and sat dejectedly on the chair in the middle.
Ji Ruofeng sneered:
"No matter who it is, I will not sell this information to him."
Wen Yanzhao stared at Ji Ruofeng and asked, "Does a person like you still have the righteousness of family and country?"
Ji Ruofeng stood there and just said:
"There are some things I can't tell you too much about. I promised my ancestors."
"In the future, I have to help the Xiao family... So, Wen Yanzhao, I'm sorry I can't obey your orders!"
Wen Yanzhao looked Ji Ruofeng up and down, thinking about what Li Changsheng said to Ji Ruofeng before he took Baili Dongjun away from Tianqi City.
Ji Ruofeng might not listen to what others say.
But Ji Ruofeng would definitely listen to his ancestors' words...
Wen Yanzhao was a little at a loss for a moment. With his own abilities, it would not be difficult for him to take away the things he asked Ji Ruofeng for.
But Ji Ruofeng is Li Changsheng's great-great-grandson after all. If he were to act so forcefully, it would seem a bit disrespectful to Li Changsheng.
Wen Yanzhao: "Forget it, it's okay if you don't give it to me, but you should at least agree to something else, right?"
"As long as it doesn't involve Bai Xiaotang, we can discuss it."
Wen Yanzhao: "This is easy for you! Help me find out the time and route the four southern states took to pay their taxes to the imperial court at the beginning of the twelfth lunar month this year..."
"Today is the twenty-eighth of the winter moon. You still have two days."
Ji Ruofeng was a little surprised: "You... want to rob the tax silver?"
Wen Yanzhao put his hips in his place and said with a smile:
"Can you please stop being so harsh! Who said I wanted to rob tax silver? What we martial artists do can't be called robbery. That's called temporary borrowing!"
Ji Ruofeng hesitated: "This... Bai Xiaotang has never investigated this kind of information before!"
Wen Yanzhao raised his eyebrows and said:
"Oh? Don't you guys at Baixiaotang claim to know everything that happens in the world? Can such a small thing really stump you?"
Ji Ruofeng paced a few steps and began to think...
If Wen Yanzhao really went to rob the tax silver, even if the incident happened, the officers and soldiers escorting the tax silver would not be able to resist Wen Yanzhao's poison.
Regardless of whether Wen Yanzhao really went to rob tax silver or had other intentions, as long as Wen Yanzhao himself did not reveal the source of the information, no one would know that it was Bai Xiaotang who did it!
What's more, Ji Ruofeng can profit from it and make a lot of money.
It costs about 100,000 taels of silver to maintain Baixiaotang every year.
Today is a good time to take advantage of Wen Yanzhao!
Thinking of this, Ji Ruofeng finally made up his mind:
"Three days later, you will wait for me at Guyue Tower in the west of Tianqi City. I will give you the exact information then!"
"But... for this information, you have to give me 10,000 taels of gold as a reward!"
When Wen Yanzhao heard the ten thousand taels of gold, he cursed without thinking:
"Mr. Duo? Ten thousand taels? Or gold? Ji Ruofeng, do you want to listen to what the fuck you are talking about?"
"What's going on? Black robbing black, huh? You made me angry, so I poisoned and destroyed your Bai Xiao Tang!"
Ji Ruofeng ignored Wen Yanzhao's curse words and just said calmly:
"Whether you want to see it or not, you're the only one in the world who can get this information so quickly, there's no other!"
"I know that with your ability, you can go and find out for yourself."
"But I also guessed that you don't have much time, and there are many more urgent things to do!"
"There are so many people in Bai Xiao Tang. Every day when I wake up, the food and horses of the entire Bai Xiao Tang, the salaries of the disciples, all cost money."
"Just to investigate you, I'll have to dispatch spies from four states simultaneously... So, don't complain about the price!"
Ji Ruofeng's asking price can be said to be completely reasonable. After all, the tax silver in Bingzhou alone is more than 400,000 taels.
Wen Yanzhao just felt a little bit sad, and he thought Ji Ruofeng's words made some sense.
So he didn't object in the end, took out four badges from his pocket and threw them in front of him, snorting coldly:
"Humph! Ten thousand is ten thousand, but you have to be punctual. I'll come get the news in three days!"
"By the way, I'll give you a few gifts before I leave. Perhaps your Bai Xiao Tang will be able to use them..."
Ji Ruofeng was a little confused. He picked up the badge and saw that it was the badge worn by the Shadow Sect's secret guards.
And one of them is from the most elite Shadow Guard of the Shadow Sect - Hawkeye!
Ji Ruofeng held the badge in his hand, and before he could speak, Wen Yanzhao turned into a clear shadow and disappeared in Baixiao Hall.
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Ji Ruofeng sat back in his seat as the hall master, frowning as he pondered...
Judging from the three pieces of intelligence that Wen Yanzhao requested, it is obvious that this guy wants to go against the court!
Most of the tax money that came from the imperial court in the north came from the four relatively wealthy states in the south.
The four states are Zizhou, Mengzhou, Jianzhou and Bingzhou.
Chaisang City in the southwest road, where the dispute between Gu and Yan took place at the beginning of the story, is the location of Bingzhou Prefecture.
It is not difficult for Bai Xiaotang to obtain this information.
Ji Ruofeng stared at the four blood-stained badges in his hand, and suddenly his eyes lit up.
Then, he stood up and gave an order to the masked men downstairs who were busy sorting intelligence from various places:
"Send a message to the strongholds in the four southern states, and have them investigate the movement of the tax silver!"
Those people looked at each other and then said at the same time:
"As ordered!"
Ji Ruofeng thought for a moment, threw down the four waist badges, and added:
"Let them do it under the identity of Shadow Sect, and never reveal the identity of Bai Xiaotang!"
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