In the system space, Xiao Hei opened more than twenty split screens to simultaneously monitor all suspicious people, as well as those who were investigating the matter.

Whenever a crucial point is encountered, Bai Chi is notified. Bai Chi uses his mental power to help them find more information and also makes the other party ignore these situations.

Among them are treasures belonging to the Bai and Fu families, and the truth behind the shipwreck ten years ago.

There were even rumors that the city lord of Jinqiao City was secretly colluding with the people of Koucheng, planning to take away important military supplies when Koucheng attacked the city a month later, leaving behind Koucheng informants to provide military deployment maps and advance evacuation information.

"Damn it! How dare he! As the city lord, he actually colluded with foreign enemies and abandoned innocent civilians!"

The city lord not only wanted to leave, but also wanted to take away a large amount of weaponry and gold and silver jewelry, leaving the people of Koucheng with an important city that had no ability to resist.

Fu Yunxiao slammed his fist on the table in a fit of rage, looking as if he was about to kill the city lord right now.

The moment she moved, Bai Chi pulled her back.

Bai Chi simply grabbed his wrist, and Fu Yunxiao stopped on his own.

"A-Chi, do you really intend to just let this go?"

Fu Yunxiao somewhat disagreed. If Achi really decided to do it, he wouldn't force him, but he absolutely had to...

"no."

Bai Chi's words interrupted Fu Yunxiao's subsequent thoughts.

“But this is not just a matter between the two of us; it’s a matter for the entire city of Jinqiao.”

In Bai Chi's hand was a list, a list of people who boarded the ship ten years ago.

Including the former city lord, almost everyone in the city with a name and a little influence was wiped out!

After that, the younger generation in the family either fought each other for the position of head of the family, or the young and ignorant were robbed of their money by the collateral branches, which caused a period of great chaos.

On the contrary, Bai and Fu's two small gangs, each with only one heir and both possessing considerable martial prowess, were the first to adjust and return to normalcy.

It is precisely because of this chaos that Jinqiao City has seen a surge of outside forces in recent years, from chambers of commerce to gangs, constantly vying for territory with the locals.

It's not that no one suspects the shipwreck from back then, but they haven't found any survivors, nor any evidence whatsoever.

Bai Chi's finger tapped a secret letter beside him, a letter he had stolen from the study of a high-ranking official in Koucheng.

"This document contains detailed records of the extermination plan from ten years ago. These people were informed that with this secret letter as evidence, they knew what to do."

Bai Chi pressed Fu Yunxiao back to the opposite position.

“Yunxiao, we don’t even have three hundred people under our command. We can’t accomplish anything significant. We must unite these forces.”

"Golden Bridge City cannot be lost; this city lord must die!"

He was also one of the instigators!

Fu Yunxiao finally calmed down completely, and his mind started working quickly.

“Achi, I understand what you mean, but some of the families listed above are already the city lord’s lackeys, and some are doing business with the people of Koucheng.”

As Fu Yunxiao spoke, he pointed out several names above.

How could someone from a small gang of a hundred or so people, who has made a name for himself and is even respectfully addressed as Master Fu, possibly be an impulsive traitor?

They were also fully aware of the power of Jinqiao City.

The two discussed it further, mainly to determine who they could win over.

Subsequently, invitations were quietly delivered to the people they had chosen.

With the help of incandescence, these things went completely unnoticed.

While Fu Yunxiao was delivering the invitations, Bai Chi drew a map of the entire Jinqiao City, highlighting the armory and the financial warehouse.

He also drew a defense map, which the city lord later used to exchange gold and silver with the invaders.

However, Bai Chi modified the deployment map, seemingly drawing a few simple strokes, but in fact changing the entire structure.

He then aged the defense map to be almost identical to the real one. Without direct comparison, or if someone didn't remember the original defense map, they could hardly tell the difference.

Then, Bai Chi swapped the fake deployment map with the real one.

"Master, this storeroom is full of treasures! This is the wealth plundered from the people by successive city lords."

Looking at the almost overflowing warehouse, Xiao Hei felt that all the good stuff had been wasted.

Even if the owner didn't keep it, it shouldn't have been embezzled by that kind of person!

'Don't rush, we'll come back and take it before he leaves.'

Bai Chi inspected the storeroom and indeed found many footprints, presumably sent by the city lord to take inventory.

The siege is such a big event, but it's not completely settled yet. The people of Koucheng are negotiating with the city lord. The defense map and the spies within the city will make it easier for them to take over Jinqiao City.

That evening, Bai Chi and Fu Yunxiao arrived on time for their appointment. The meeting place they had arranged was a farm outside the city. Throughout the afternoon, people came and went from the four city gates in the east, west, south, and north.

This is not surprising. There are many merchants coming and going in Jinqiao City, not to mention the protection provided by Bai Chi's spiritual power.

To ensure the plan went smoothly, avoid being discovered, and prevent the news from coming too abruptly, Bai Chi had no choice but to help in secret.

Before entering the courtyard, Bai Chi and Fu Yunxiao searched the surrounding area to make sure there was no one else there, and then had their men stand guard outside.

As soon as I entered, someone came to greet me.

"Brother Fu, Brother Bai, do you really have the truth about the shipwreck incident ten years ago?"

There were bank managers, theater owners, bodyguards from escort agencies, and...

Fu Yunxiao turned to look at Bai Shi, and the others followed suit.

Without hesitation, Bai Chi took out the secret letter that had been sealed for ten years.

By candlelight, the secret letter was passed around among everyone.

These people have all been checked by Xiao Hei and Bai Chi; they are definitely not the city lord or people from Koucheng.

Those who read the letter all changed their expressions.

"Liu Zhiqiang! He deserves to die!"

With a loud bang, someone punched the wall, smashing the plaster off and releasing a faint smell of blood, indicating that they were injured.

Bai Chi didn't even blink. While everyone was examining the secret letter, he and Fu Yunxiao had already sat down to the side.

Curses rose and fell, but fortunately everyone knew it was not appropriate to shout at this time, so they tried to keep their voices down and control their anger.

After a while, when the last person finished reading the secret letter, Bai Chi gently tapped the table.

The thumping sound reached everyone's ears clearly, helping them to calm down as quickly as possible.

"Everyone, this is a secret letter that I discovered by accident. As you have probably heard, two days ago, someone poisoned me and Yunxiao, and it was arsenic."

It caused quite a stir at the time; everyone who came here heard about it.

A refined-looking man wearing glasses and a long robe sat down next to the two of them.

"Brother Bai, did you find this secret letter while investigating the murderer? Or was the person who poisoned you also from Koucheng?"

This is Boss Qiao, the owner of the gambling den in the west of the city. Don't let his refined appearance fool you, he's incredibly cunning!