At this point, the man in black still felt no fear and was full of arrogance. Tie Xiong drew his knife from his waist, cut the rope that bound them together, and then kicked the man far away.

The man looked visibly embarrassed, but he was clearly not ready. Tie Xiong pulled him back, about to make a move, when he suddenly remembered something.

"Zhou Wan, please go out for a moment." Tie Xiong's tone instantly softened as he spoke to him, a stark contrast to his previous sinister demeanor.

“Okay.” Zhou Wan knew he was about to interrogate those people, so she went out to wait.

Tie Xiong followed her to the door and then closed it. At this moment, the five men in black were terrified from the bottom of their hearts. This person looked like the King of Hell.

"You won't talk, huh?" Tie Xiong said, lifting the man in black's leg and then striking his joint with a stick. Instantly, screams of pain filled the air. The man in black screamed, and the others were too frightened to move.

"So ruthless right from the start?" Tie Xiong then stepped on the black-clad man's broken leg bone. "How about it? Do you want me to take it off for you?"

The man in black no longer cared about the professional ethics of an assassin: "I...I'll talk, I'll talk," he said, glancing at the man in black in the middle.

Tie Xiong immediately turned around and pointed at the man in black: "Will you talk or not?"

"Do you know who we are? How dare you attack us like this? If we get..." The man hesitated slightly, and even struggled.

Tie Xiong suddenly appeared in front of him and sneered, "That's why we need to interrogate you. No matter how powerful your backers are, we Dragon Tiger Camp people will still interrogate you."

He raised an eyebrow: "How about we dislocate your arm this time?"

"I'll talk, I'll talk." They had truly never seen anyone so ruthless; they came at them like this...

"We were all sent by Marquis Ningyuan. Our mission is to stop you from finding out the truth." The man in black looked terrified, which didn't seem like a lie.

Tie Xiong frowned: "Find out what truth?"

"It's about Manager Xu's background. Marquis Ningyuan was afraid that her connection with the Duke of Zhenguo might lead her to protect the Regent again, so he sent us to turn the tide." They all confessed.

However, they never expected that their opponent would be so ruthless.

Tie Xiong immediately fell silent.

He never expected that things would be related to Marquis Ningyuan. It seems that the situation in the court is not simple.

When Zhou Wan, who was outside the door, saw that there was no sound, she knew that there was an answer, so she pushed the door open and came in, asking, "Tie Xiong, how is it?"

"They said they were sent by the Marquis of Ningyuan to prevent you from finding out the truth," Tie Xiong told Zhou Wan again, repeating the contents of the black-clad man's confession.

After hearing this, Zhou Wan thought for a moment, and with a hint of excitement on her face, she quickly asked, "Do you know about Xu Yuehuai's background?"

The men in black exchanged glances, then simultaneously bit their tongues and committed suicide, something neither of them had expected.

"How could this happen?" Zhou Wan was dejected when she saw that everyone was dead and there were no more clues.

Tie Xiong comforted him, saying, "There must be something fishy about this. I think we should rush back to Chang'an City immediately and tell Manager Xu about it."

Zhou Wan listened to his words, but shook her head: "Tie Xiong, I understand my mother, she wants to know the truth..." Then she looked at Tie Xiong, "Tie Xiong, I don't want to disappoint her."

"Do you know how turbulent the road ahead will be? I'm afraid Marquis Ningyuan won't let us go, not to mention there are probably others watching us outside. I'm afraid..." Tie Xiong wasn't afraid of the dangers ahead, but he was afraid that Zhou Wan would encounter danger.

He didn't want Zhou Wan to encounter any trouble.

Zhou Wan, however, was unusually determined: "Don't worry, I will definitely help Mother find out the truth."

Only in this way can she go back with peace of mind.

“Alright, let’s continue.” Tie Xiong readily agreed, and the two of them packed up briefly before continuing their journey toward Luoping Village.

Meanwhile, Qi Guze, far away in the Kingdom of Mingyue, has already begun a formal survey of the Kingdom's lands.

He exchanged a few words with Pei Xuan and prepared to go by himself, but unexpectedly, Maimaiti suddenly appeared.

A hint of smugness flickered in Maimaiti's eyes: "Where is Your Highness the Regent heading?"

"Since you're here to prepare for a barter exchange, what important matter brings General Maimaiti here at this time?" Qi Guze asked coldly.

Although he had already confirmed that there was a spy of Maimaiti around him, he had never found out who it was. Now that Maimaiti had appeared so coincidentally, he was even more certain of his thoughts.

Maimaiti showed no fear whatsoever: "Since the king has ordered the two of us to go together, this general should go with you to deal with it. Your Highness, Regent, please."

Pei Xuan felt extremely uncomfortable looking at his shifty-eyed appearance.

"Your Highness, you should still be careful. I'm afraid he..." he said with a worried expression.

Qi Guze interrupted him: "Don't worry."

Afterwards, the two rode out one after the other to survey the land.

After walking for an unknown amount of time, Qi Guze discovered a large grassland, the grass of which looked quite lush.

She immediately stopped to carefully observe the growth of the grass, then dug up a clod of soil to study it, and finally smiled with satisfaction.

"Excellent! This kind of grassland is perfect for grazing cattle and sheep." Qi Guze chuckled. Such lush grass would make the cattle and sheep grow stronger; it couldn't be more suitable.

He then decided to record it and report this land to the King of the Underworld Moon Kingdom.

Maimaiti's eyebrows twitched, not intending to let Qi Guze succeed, and he immediately disagreed: "No, definitely not. Such land should be used to train warhorses."

"Only with a strong cavalry can we prevent the outside world from bullying our Dark Moon."

Qi Guze knew that his following was definitely not a simple matter.

However, Qi Guze did not want to give up this land, and the two immediately began to argue: "For the sake of our grand plan of exchanging goods between the two countries, we must raise cattle and sheep here."

“As long as the economy develops, the outside world will naturally not bully you easily. Relying solely on force to conquer others is not the demeanor of a great power.” He shook his head, disagreeing with Maimaiti’s words.

Seeing how much Qi Guze cherished this land, Maimaiti became even more determined to increase his claim to the land.

Such good land absolutely cannot fall into Qi Guze's hands for bartering; otherwise, he will have no way to propose war.

“I told you, this land is only for training warhorses.” Maimaiti said to Qi Guze with the air of a great general. “Besides, our Mingyue was never a great power, so naturally we can’t learn your great power’s style.”