Chapter 34
After making up his mind to rest, Ye Qing slept in for a rare time.
In addition, she watched TV too late yesterday and slept until noon.
When she lazily opened the bedroom door at noon, Deng Hailong, who had been waiting at the door after driving the bus, stepped forward and stopped her: "Boss, you're finally up!"
Ye Qing glanced at him and didn't ask why in a hurry. Instead, he went to the water dispenser, got a glass of warm water and drank it slowly.
It’s not that she doesn’t take it seriously, but Deng Hailong is making a fuss out of nothing. She has become accustomed to it in the past few days.
Deng Hailong was not discouraged by Ye Qing at all. Instead, he leaned closer to Ye Qing with a mysterious look on his face: "Guess what happened this morning?"
Ye Qing blurted out without thinking: "Could it be that someone wants to harm you?"
Deng Hailong was stunned for a moment: "How...how did you know?"
Ye Qing shrugged: "Guess."
Everyone knows that a tall tree attracts the wind. The bus operation has only been a few days, and she didn't expect it to come so soon. However, she was more curious about how Deng Hailong handled it, after all, his strength was not too strong.
However, before Ye Qing could ask any questions, Deng Hailong, who had a short throat, couldn't wait to tell him everything.
"You have no idea how thrilling it was this morning. On the way back on the bus, we encountered a group of civilians. They claimed to have been attacked by a strange beast and were seriously injured and were looking for help. Luckily, we got the news in advance and prevented them from succeeding."
Ye Qing swallowed a mouthful of warm water, turned around and asked, "Did you get the news?"
At this time, Deng Hailong took out a small note from his pocket and handed it to Ye Qing: "Yes, someone covered his face and secretly slipped a small note. At first, I thought it was a prank. I even joked with Xiao Hei that this person was crazy. How could someone really go to such lengths to frame me and be discovered so easily?"
"But we only reacted when the group of civilians blocked the car. Fortunately, we remembered your instructions and never got out of the car when faced with special circumstances. When the group saw that they couldn't deceive us, they began to show their true colors."
Deng Hailong gritted his teeth and said, "You don't know, their identities are all fake. When more than a dozen mid-to-high-level psychics attacked me together, I wanted to die. I thought it was over, my life was in danger, and we couldn't defend your bus either.
"Luckily, boss, your bus is awesome. No matter how they attacked, they couldn't hurt me at all. I took advantage of the opportunity and managed to escape."
Ye Qing took the small note and looked at it carefully. There was only a small line of words on it: "There are villains who may try to harm you on the way, so be careful." The handwriting was beautiful and elegant, and it should have been written by a woman.
If her guess was correct, the people who robbed the car were officials from Shanhai City, and the mastermind should be the mayor of Shanhai City named Sun Dazhuang.
High-level psychics are rare to begin with, and there are more than a dozen of them at a time. No one except the Lord of Shanhai City has such great power to call on more than a dozen high-level psychics to work for him at the same time.
However, he also thought highly of himself, and he attacked more than a dozen people at once, which frightened even Deng Hailong, who was so bold and violent.
But this kind of official secret should not be known to outsiders. This time it was not only exposed but also secretly leaked. It seems that the officials of Shanhai City are not of one mind.
Now they are hiding in the middle of the road to defraud, and they will definitely dare to rob in person in the future. Thinking of Deng Hailong's strength, Ye Qing couldn't help but instructed: "Let Zeng the housekeeper go with us on that trip tonight."
Deng Hailong blinked for some reason and said, "Boss, is Butler Zeng really your distant relative?"
Ye Qing glared at him: "Yeah, is there something wrong with you? Don't want him to follow you?"
Deng Hailong immediately put away his seriousness: "No, no, no, no, it's fine. But Boss, Butler Zeng always takes on tasks in times of crisis. Isn't he particularly strong? Has his ability reached a high level? How does it compare to yours, Boss?"
"You'll know later." After leaving this sentence, Ye Qing walked towards the gate booth. She didn't know the official situation of Shanhai City, but there were two old employees who had worked in the shelter for more than ten years. She would know after asking them.
It happened to be noon when Su Zhenghai changed his shift and came to find Tang Chao to have lunch in the restaurant. The next day after Su Zhenghai arrived, he found Ye Qing for an interview and got the position of patrol team leader, responsible for the security of the shelter.
Ye Qing didn't have any requirements for him. As long as the job was done, everything else would be up to him. He had never had such great power before, so Su Zhenghai had great freedom and enthusiasm, and worked very enthusiastically.
He pushed open the door of the guardhouse and walked behind Tang Chao to watch him carefully record the number of people entering the station today.
Upon hearing this, Tang Chao put down his pen, stood up and replied, "Yes, quite a lot. They are all very well-behaved and no one dares to cause trouble."
Su Zhenghai smiled widely. "I'm very calm here. Everyone is bound by the rules of the shelter and dares not to fight. We only dealt with a few passing monsters all day. I want to make some work regulations while I'm not busy. Brother Tang, can you give me some advice?"
"No problem, I just happen to have something to ask you."
They were in the middle of a heated discussion when they looked up and saw Ye Qing standing at the door. They both stood up straight and even saluted.
"Boss! What do you want?"
Seeing the two of them looking like they were facing a formidable enemy, Ye Qing smiled and shook his head, then handed them a piece of paper: "Here, take a look at this."
"Someone gave Deng Hailong this morning when he went to Shanhai City. Can you guess who it was?"
Su Zhenghai took it and studied it carefully for a while, then handed it back to Tang Chao. Finally, the two of them came to an awkward conclusion: "I really don't recognize the handwriting. There are not many people in the city who can write. Such good calligraphy should be quite famous, but I have never seen it before."
Ye Qing frowned and explained the whole story.
Su Zhenghai pondered, "So that's the case. The only people who have access to the information are the person involved and those very close to him. Those psychics take on this kind of mission with great determination. Logically, the chance of leaking the information is very small, so it's very likely to be Sun Dazhuang's family."
Ye Qing's eyes lit up: "Are you the one who has a guess?"
Su Zhenghai and Tang Chao exchanged a glance before confirming, "There are some suspected candidates, but after all, I've only heard of them and I'm not very familiar with them. I wonder if the boss has heard of Lin Zhi?"
Ye Qing nodded his chin and said, "No, tell me about it."
Su Zhenghai lost himself in reminiscence. "It all started five years ago. Back then, Sun Dazhuang had just inherited Shanhai City. He'd been doted on by the old city lord, so he had a bad temper. Add to that the pressure of being a new official, and he'd lose his temper and kill everyone around him whenever he got upset. There were corpses being carried out almost every day."
"Later, by chance, I went out hunting and met my current wife, Lin Zhi. Everyone called her Aunt Lin."
"I've heard that this Concubine Lin is incredibly beautiful, a peerless beauty. Her literary talent has won her the heart of Sun Dazhuang, and her position in the harem has remained stable for many years. She spends her time in the City Lord's Mansion, rarely seen by anyone. Some people have rumors that she shamelessly uses her beauty to please men, willingly becoming a concubine. Others have rumors that she's a femme fatale who, to maintain her beauty, digs out hearts and lungs to make soup.
"But these are just rumors. I heard from gossip that she is a pretty good person and treats the servants kindly on a daily basis. Mainly, since she came, Sun Dazhuang's temper has improved a lot, and he no longer kills people casually."
Being able to survive under the hands of a murderous thug, she must have an extremely strong will. Ye Qing gained a new understanding of the legendary Aunt Lin of Linzhi.
Seeing Ye Qing's interest in Aunt Lin, Tang Chao also expressed his inner thoughts: "I have met her once. She and Sun Dazhuang were out and I happened to be the one who received her."
"Back then, the Shanhai City Gate was just an ordinary entrance and exit, unavoidable during a beast tide. But that day, I saw her measuring the gate from all sides, and I overheard her saying it wasn't tall enough, lacking an arrow tower, and lacking a watchtower. Since then, construction has slowly begun on various defensive structures within the gate."
All of this was something Ye Qing had not expected. She was protected by the protective shield and paid little attention to these defensive buildings, but the protective shield would disappear sooner or later, and it would be too late to consider these things by then.
This Aunt Lin sounds like a military talent, she would be useful if she were recruited.
Ye Qing said lightly, "What do you think would happen if I captured Sun Dazhuang directly?"
Su Zhenghai and Tang Chao's eyes widened immediately, as if they were doubting their own ears: "What... just take it down?"
Ye Qing raised his eyelids: "Is there anything wrong?"
Su Zhenghai choked for a rare moment. It wasn't that he doubted Ye Qing's ability, but he was shocked that such a big thing could be handled in such a light tone, as if it was as easy as playing house.
Tang Chao couldn't help but recall the first time he met her. She was so arrogant. At that time, he thought Ye Qing was not smart enough, but now it seems that he was shortsighted. What Ye Qing said was all true. She was fully capable of doing this.
It took Tang Chao a while to find his voice, and he answered dazedly, "Well, there's nothing wrong with taking it directly, but the Sun family has been prosperous for decades and has a very deep foundation. Not only do they have many followers in Shanhai City, but even the refuges in other areas have connections with them."
"They're all just trying to keep each other together. Offending one is a minor issue, but offending the others will be a major problem. Especially those shelters that don't know the boss's character. If they believe the slander and refuse to come to our shelter, wouldn't that be more trouble than it's worth?"
"Plus, the beast tide is about to hit, and there will be delegations from various shelters visiting each other, providing resources and deepening friendly exchanges between the shelters. Every year, several delegations from the shelters visit Shanhai City, so this is a great opportunity to make an impression on them."
Ye Qing pondered and thought about it. Her target was not just Shanhai City, but all the remaining refuges in the world. She didn't expect that Tang Chao, who seemed dull, was actually quite thoughtful.
Seeing that Ye Qing had taken his words to heart, Tang Chao whispered in a tone that only the three of them could hear: "I have a plan that can not only defeat Sun Dazhuang, but also establish a good reputation for Taoyuan..."
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