Chapter 368 The richest man in Jiangcheng? He must be very rich, right?
After all, they raided a general's mansion, which made the entire Jingguo family extremely wealthy.
Even the Grand Preceptor once predicted that Li Rong would carry the fate of the Great Jing Dynasty for fifty years.
Chi Heng felt that the fate of the nation over the past fifty years was nothing more than the general's mansion treasury that he had seized back.
Now that Li Rong is no longer fighting, does that mean he's using all his energy on himself instead of on the enemy?
Chi Heng felt a chill run down her spine in a daze, and a bad premonition instantly spread throughout her body.
Alarm bells rang in his mind. He quickly calculated that he had already lost money several times since arriving in Li Rong's territory. To avoid being devoured by this brat, leaving not even bones behind, it was truly not a place to stay for long.
Li Rong, however, had a smile in his eyes. He unusually put his arm around Chi Heng, patted him on the back, and said with a touched expression, "Aheng, indeed, you are the only one who is my best brother."
Chi Heng, who was nearly vomiting blood from his two slaps, couldn't help but roll her eyes.
Good buddy?
Anyone who wants to can take it!
However, before Chi Heng could speak, Li Rong had already released him and strode into the room.
"General, what should we do with this man?" The young soldier stepped forward and asked as soon as the general entered.
"Sir! Please let me go! I'm just a small fry, not worth it." The skinny man who confessed rolled his eyes and immediately started kowtowing repeatedly.
Li Rong's dark eyes swept over them briefly: "Deal with the traitor."
"yes."
The young soldier responded with a "Yes," and the long sword was already at the man's neck in the next second.
The man's eyes widened, his voice trembling with terror, almost screaming, "You broke your promise! You just said you'd spare my life if I confessed!"
Li Rong was in a good mood. She took a few steps back and glanced at him indifferently: "So what?"
The man, in a daze, met Li Rong's gaze and immediately felt a chill run down his spine. At the same time, he realized that this man had never intended to let him go from the very beginning. He gritted his teeth and said, "Do you think I'm just an ordinary bandit? Do you know who my uncle is? Let me tell you, he's the richest man in Jiangcheng! If you dare to hurt me, my uncle will definitely not let you off!! He will make sure you die a horrible death."
"Shut up, you dare offend the general!" The next second, a blow struck the man squarely on the back, causing him to howl in pain.
"Wait." Li Rong suddenly reached out to stop the soldier's movements. He lowered his eyes and sized up the man, noticing that his clothes and boots were made of ordinary material, even showing patches. Upon closer inspection, he saw that the man had fair skin, delicate flesh, and jet-black hair, certainly not like an ordinary bandit. He was clearly someone raised in a well-off family.
"Afraid...afraid? If you're scared, then let me go." The man met Li Rong's gaze and said, forcing himself to remain calm. However, his voice was already trembling slightly.
Li Rong raised an eyebrow, simply pushing the longsword out of the soldier's hand. He crouched down, his dark eyes fixed on the man before him with interest: "The richest man in Jiangcheng? You must be very wealthy, right?"
Chi Heng glanced at Li Rong's amiable expression, and her eyelids twitched, causing her to unconsciously shudder and break out in goosebumps.
Hey, that's fucking scary.
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Gu Kui, Chengfeng Post Station.
Zhao Xiuyuan's cold gaze was fixed on the person on the ground who had answered: "Say it again!"
The kneeling guard below was sweating profusely: "My lord, all six of them went there without a trace. I'm afraid they all perished there."
Zhao Xiuyuan's eyes turned cold as he turned his head to look at him.
The guard's expression also showed some difficulty: "I suspect that your previous guess was correct. That person really is the Grand Preceptor, and it seems that the Grand Preceptor has no intention of befriending the Regent. He doesn't seem to have shown any mercy to our people."
The next second, Zhao Xiuyuan overturned everything on the table and clenched his fists.
"Has my Zhao family offended some deity? Why is there an obstacle at every turn!"
"My lord, what should we do now? The Regent is pressing us urgently, wanting us to secretly bring that whole family back to the capital. But we can't get close to them. And the Emperor's attitude seems unclear. Entrusting the task of finding the princess to you, I don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing."
A staff member sighed, poured Zhao Xiuyuan a cup of tea, and said worriedly, "Furthermore, I've heard rumors that General Li is the mastermind behind the Chiguogong gold mine incident. If that's true, we've probably thoroughly angered our master, General. What should we do now?"
"How could this be!" The guard's eyes were filled with fear. "We saw with our own eyes that General Li had injured his leg and was almost a cripple. Moreover, he was poisoned with that incurable poison. They said he would die in at most two months."
As the aide spoke, his face paled even more, and the fear in his eyes almost overflowed when he thought of this person.
"But if it weren't for him, how could that incompetent Duke Chi have accomplished something so significant? Moreover, the Regent suddenly changed his mind, demanding that you capture this family at all costs. I suspect that the Regent might actually be using these people to coerce General Li, and it's still unknown whether he'll actually do so."
The aide sighed and said, "My lord, it seems we can't delay any longer with the Regent."
As he spoke, his expression grew increasingly grave: "Regardless of whether General Li's leg ailment has fully healed, it seems his life is no longer in danger. Duke Chi's actions must have been at his behest. Now that Duke Chi has returned to the capital, taking that man's life will be as difficult as climbing to heaven. Now, I'm afraid Your Highness is even less willing than you to reinstate him. Now, the only one who can help us is probably Your Highness."
Zhao Xiuyuan's face was ashen. He remained silent, his expression grim, despite the two people beside him nagging. His fingers tapped unconsciously on the table. As his advisors had said, he truly had no other choice now.
For a moment, everyone around fell silent.
After a while, Zhao Xiuyuan's unconscious tapping on the table suddenly stopped. He opened his eyes and said, "Didn't the Regent give us medicine earlier? Liu Chuan, go and get it."
Upon hearing this, the advisor Liu Chuan's expression hardened, and the next second he suddenly stood up, clasped his hands in a fist and said, "Young Master, you mustn't!"
Zhao Xiuyuan narrowed his eyes: "What, are you going to make things difficult for me too?"
"Young Master, you must not act rashly. The Regent has instructed that the Grand Preceptor's fate is in the hands of the nation, and you must not harm the Grand Preceptor's life."
"Not to kill him?" Zhao Xiuyuan said with a grim face as he picked up his teacup. "He didn't intend to give me a way out either. Go, bring it here."
Before long, Zhao Xiuyuan, with a cold face, received a porcelain bottle. He stared at the bottle with a ferocious expression: "If you are blocking the way of my Zhao family, then I will have to send this Grand Preceptor on his way first."
Suddenly, his gaze fell indifferently on the window filled with falling snow, his expression terrifyingly indifferent: "After all, didn't he disappear a few years ago? It doesn't matter if he doesn't come back. It's just that dealing with this Grand Preceptor will probably require some strategy."
"Young Master." His advisor, Liu Chuan, noticed Zhao Xiuyuan's slightly distorted face and wanted to offer some words of advice, but ultimately didn't dare to speak them aloud. Only a subtle, unseen glint flashed in his eyes.
(End of this chapter)
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