"It's like finding a needle in a haystack, only to have it come to you effortlessly!"

After reading the contents of the letter, the captain couldn't help but laugh out loud.

It turned out that the powerful figure they killed was one of Bei Gong Boyu's trusted confidants, and even Bian Zhang and the others were unaware of this person's relationship with Bei Gong Boyu.

This letter came from the Lu family in Fanyang, requesting Beigong Boyu and the Gao family in Gaoling to prepare salt, refined iron, and information about the witchcraft and incitement in Juyan.

At the same time, their targets were not only the students from poor families promoted and appointed by Liu Hong, but also some students from aristocratic families who passed the assessment.

Unfortunately, the letter did not indicate its source or mention any names, making it difficult to identify the Lu family, the Gao family, or Beigong Boyu and others.

The captain sighed softly. The only person who knew the truth had been killed without their knowledge. The clues had suddenly gone cold. It was such a pity.

The captain quickly felt relieved. Although they hadn't managed to find the mastermind, they had gained a great deal of information about their plans of action.

The captain then tucked the letter into his pocket and led his men to search the secret room thoroughly, but found nothing else, so they had to leave the room.

By this time, the valuables in the secret room inside the house had been looted by them, and the captain led the group to sneak into the backyard again.

"Signal them, let them make their move!"

"promise!"

As the captain finished speaking, the hooting of the night owl rang out again.

"Kill them!!!"

Soon, shouts of killing came from not far away. The Qiang slaves in the strongman's mansion, incited by their inside accomplice, picked up the weapons they had prepared beforehand and rushed into the strongman's family's house, killing anyone they encountered and looting any valuables they saw.

Before long, the entire mansion of the powerful man was plunged into chaos, and flames shot out from some of the houses.

"Let's retreat!"

Then, at the captain's command, he led his men and took advantage of the chaos to leave the powerful man's mansion.

Meanwhile, the other two neighboring houses were also thrown into chaos, clearly indicating that the other two teams had also succeeded.

Soon the captain led his men to the house they had been in before.

Before long, the other two teams also returned, laden with their spoils.

After counting the number of people, it was found that no one was injured, and the captain nodded in satisfaction.

Let's go!

The captain then took the lead and entered the secret passage, heading towards the city's outskirts, with the others following closely behind.

After the captain led everyone through the secret passage to the outside of the city, they headed south.

Meanwhile, in the chaotic mansions of several powerful families, two informants from the Investigation Bureau also gathered together.

A scout whispered, "Judging by the time, the captain and the others should have left by now. We should retreat too!"

Another companion nodded, "Okay! Let's retreat too!"

Then the man looked at the Qiang slaves who were still burning, killing, and looting, and shouted, "Brothers, that's enough! The government officials are coming soon! Let's retreat! Everyone, follow me!"

After shouting, the two men fled out of the mansion. The Qiang slaves, hearing their shouts and realizing that all the valuables in the mansion had been looted and the powerful family members had been killed, did not hesitate any longer. They set the mansion on fire and then followed them out.

Although the chaos they had caused had alerted the guards of the local powerful families, none of them dared to step forward to stop the Qiang slaves who were already bloodthirsty. They could only watch helplessly as the Qiang slaves fled the scene so easily.

The slaves in the other two powerful mansions, led by their inside accomplice, also ran towards the secret passage.

Before long, about two hundred Qiang slaves from the three mansions gathered near the house where the secret passage was located.

Their commotion startled the local residents, but no one dared to come out and investigate.

Under the command of several inside agents, some Qiang slaves slipped into the secret passage and fled out of the city.

After the last Qiang slave disappeared into the secret passage, an inside agent turned around and saw that the mansions of the three powerful families were already engulfed in flames.

The informant then chuckled softly, turned, and climbed into the secret passage.

The commotion quickly alerted a patrol of county soldiers in the city, and a squad leader led his men to the scene.

Seeing the three mansions engulfed in flames, the squad leader's expression changed, and he quickly looked at the guards of the mansions who were watching from the side.

The sergeant walked over and asked in a deep voice, "What's going on here?"

"It was done by slaves in their household!"

"slave?"

The sergeant frowned. These powerful families usually didn't treat slaves like human beings, so he wasn't surprised that they rebelled!

Then the squad leader asked, "Where are those slaves?"

"There were several hundred of them, and they ran that way!"

"Several hundred people?"

The squad leader looked in the direction the guard was pointing, and it was the direction the Qiang slaves had fled.

He frowned slightly, then nodded. "Okay! I understand!"

However, he did not lead any men to pursue them. Even if they caught up, their small force would not be able to defeat the slaves. They could only wait for the main force to arrive.

Then the squad leader looked at the guard and the people around him and said loudly, "You all go back immediately and tell your master to organize people to put out the fire. If the fire spreads, all the houses around here will be destroyed!"

"Okay, sure!"

The squad leader then looked at the two soldiers and said urgently, "You two, quickly go and inform Prefect Fu and Commandant Fan! Ask them to send reinforcements immediately!"

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