With the subtle change in the situation in Beijing and the accelerated pace of drug trafficking, Li Shou and others soon ran out of stock.
The immediate benefits were too tempting, and they were unwilling to give up no matter what. Anyway, the emperor was now fully focused on dealing with the Night King and had no time to take care of other things. After discussing it, several people still felt it was a good idea to take the risk and go to Li Tingzhou to get medicine.
At the beginning, it was Li Tingzhou who first gave them the banned drugs and let them try the fun of it, which led to the idea of using banned drugs to make a profit.
If they don't want to succeed in one fell swoop, the huge profits brought by banned drugs will be enough for them to spend several lifetimes.
In a villa less than fifty miles away from the capital, Li Shou, Wang He, Pei Tianqi and Jia Jing walked in in disguise, with cautious looks on their faces.
In the courtyard, Li Tingzhou, dressed in a white shirt brighter than snow, sat at a stone table, brewing tea and appreciating the snow. No one could associate such a detached person with a thief who resells banned drugs.
"You are here?" Li Tingzhou said calmly, with a hint of mockery in his eyes.
A group of ants, if they were not of any use to him, he would not bother to pay any attention to them.
"Master Taifu." Wang He spoke first, with a flattering look on his face: "We don't have much goods left, so I want to ask you to get us some more. Look at this..."
"Now is the critical moment, and you still dare to do small things in secret. Aren't you afraid that the emperor will chop off your heads?" Li Tingzhou sneered, spilling the water in the cup on the ground and snorted coldly.
Pei Tianqi paused, took a step forward and said with an apologetic smile: "How could that be? Your Majesty is now concentrating on how to deal with the Night King. We have already taken care of the Dali Temple, so nothing will go wrong. Now everyone in the capital is eating this stuff, and it's a lot of money every day, sir. You can't afford to waste this."
"But don't worry, we will give you the 30% profit we promised you. How about you help us find another batch of goods?"
The scene fell silent for a moment, and no one dared to make a sound, waiting for Li Tingzhou to make a decision.
After a while, Li Tingzhou shook his head helplessly as if he had received a favor from heaven: "Well, you are a bunch of greedy people. It just so happens that a friend of mine is coming to the capital in the near future. I will take this opportunity to let Jia Jing's ship take my friend on board."
Upon hearing this, several people smiled and said, "Thank you, Master Taifu, thank you very much! Don't worry, we will definitely send your friend to the capital safely."
A few days later, a cargo ship arrived at the wharf outside Beijing. Jia Jing, Li Tingzhou, Pei Tianqi and others hid in the dark. They only appeared after the people on the wharf dispersed.
The first person to get off the boat was a man dressed in black, holding a knife in his hand. He looked quite scary. He was Li Tingzhou's friend. Jia Jing glanced at him from a distance, then quickly looked away and called for someone to come and get the goods.
The dock was bustling with people coming and going.
Li Tingzhou looked at everyone busy with a mocking look on his face. The man in black beside him said, "The plan is very successful. If all the medicines brought this time are sold to the Tianji people, I'm afraid that within half a year, our Beiliang people will be able to crush their bones, and then you can go home."
"I hope so." Li Tingzhou smiled. For some reason, he always felt a little uneasy, as if something big was going to happen.
"By the way, what is your mission this time?" Li Tingzhou asked casually.
The man in black tightened his knife when he heard this, and a hint of murderous intent flashed in his eyes: "The king said that Chu Xuan, the Night King of Tianji, is a ruthless character and a huge obstacle to our pursuit of Tianji, so he sent me to find an opportunity to get rid of the Night King to prevent future troubles."
Li Tingzhou nodded. He was also afraid of the Night King. It would not be a bad thing if he could be eliminated as soon as possible.
Just when everyone was busy, the sound of horse hooves was like thunder, waking up everyone present.
"What's going on?" Li Tingzhou frowned.
Wang He, Pei Tianqi and others were also unaware of the situation, and the people on the horses were in chaos. At this moment, Chu Xuan came on horseback and appeared in front of everyone.
"Master Li, how are you these days?" Chu Xuan didn't ask anything else and looked directly at Li Tingzhou.
"Who is he?" The man in black narrowed his eyes and looked at the person who came.
"Chu Xuan!" Li Tingzhou's heart sank and he gritted his teeth secretly. It was Chu Xuan who came to ruin his plans!
Chu Xuan sat upright on his horse, snorted, pointed at the cargo on the ship, and ordered: "Search!"
Li Tingzhou had no time to stop them. Shen He and the people in the mansion cut open the boxes one by one, and they were full of banned drugs.
The people present had different expressions on their faces. Chu Xuan's face turned cold, then he lowered his head and smiled: "Master Li, Beiliang is determined to destroy Tianji. When Taizu led his troops to attack Beiliang, he drove you all the way to the north of Jialan Mountain. What? Have you had enough of living there? Do you want to move further north?"
Li Tingzhou gritted his teeth and clenched his hands tightly: "Night King!"
Chu Xuan said with disdain: "Alright, we have caught him red-handed, let's arrest him."
"Wait!" Li Tingzhou said angrily, "You are not qualified to arrest me, someone come here!"
Following Li Tingzhou's order, the assassins hiding in the dark appeared one after another and surrounded Chu Xuan.
"Do you think I would come here without preparation? Night King, you underestimate me." Li Tingzhou's eyes darkened: "Kill them all, leave no one alive."
The assassin drew his sword and fought with the guards of the Night Palace. Chu Xuan looked at Li Tingzhou coldly and said sarcastically, "Do you think you can get away with it today? Li Tingzhou, stop dreaming."
Just when the two sides were fighting fiercely, the sound of horse hooves and the sound of armor hitting each other were heard again nearby.
Li Tingzhou's face changed: "Quick! Quick victory!"
But it was too late. Thousands of imperial guards appeared at the same time, with bows and crossbows ready, pointing directly at Li Tingzhou and others.
Seeing this, Wang He, Pei Tianqi and several others gave up resistance, collapsed to the ground, and waited for their miserable end.
The man in black beside Li Tingzhou drew his sword instantly and rushed to Chu Xuan at an extremely fast speed. Without waiting for Chu Xuan to react, he raised his hand and hit the acupuncture point. Chu Xuan could not move and was held hostage by the man in black and retreated step by step.
Li Tingzhou came over and took out a pill from his arms and stuffed it into Chu Xuan's mouth: "Ye Wang, I'm sorry, but now you are our life-saving talisman. Whether we can escape from Tianji successfully depends on you."
Chu Xuan's face was tense: "It's useless. You can't go anywhere today, Li Tingzhou, you are done."
"It's too early to say that." Li Tingzhou taunted as he paid attention to his surroundings, "Maybe you will die before me?"
The people present stared at Li Tingzhou and the man in black beside him, not daring to move. After all, they had the prince in their hands.
Just when everyone was at a loss, an arrow came from behind a tree and pierced the arm of the man in black who was holding Chu Xuan. At this moment, Chu Xuan broke through the acupuncture points and punched back, knocking the man in black away.