Fu Xiaoguan's convoy was heading towards Ningsang County.
Zhang Pingju, a member of the Zhang family, received the news in the evening. Sitting in the back garden, he looked at the handsome middle-aged man sitting across from him and asked, "Mr. Ji, should we respond with courtesy first and then force, or with force?"
He is Ji Yungui!
He had come from Yi Country several days ago, when the Sixth Prince Yan Hanyu received the letter from Fu Xiaoguan.
He stayed in Guanyun City for a day, looked around, listened, did one thing, and then came directly here - Yan Hanyu said that the Zhang family and the Prime Minister of Yi State, Bian Muyu, were closely related.
According to the intelligence obtained by the spies in Xiyu Tower of Tailin City, Bian Muyu had indeed had two contacts with the Zhang family of Tailin City, which attracted Ji Yungui's high attention.
Afterwards, all the spies from Xiyu Tower in Tailin City rushed to this end, and he finally obtained the information he wanted - the Yi Kingdom Emperor Yan Liangze wanted to cause chaos in Wofeng Road, while Bian Muyu wanted to take Fu Xiaoguan's life!
This matter fell on two people. One was Zhang Pingju, who was responsible for the chaos in Wofengdao, and the other was Qiao Liuye, who was responsible for the death of Fu Xiaoguan!
Fu Xiaoguan had no problems along the way, and that’s because Mr. Qiao Liu is dead!
The night before Fu Xiaoguan left Guanyun City, Ji Yungui went to Qiao Mansion without anyone noticing.
He placed a snake on the beam of Mr. Qiao Liu's study.
Below the Shekou is Mr. Qiao Liu’s tea table.
Mr. Qiao Liu likes to drink tea, especially the Dongshan rock tea produced in Yi country.
This snake also likes the taste of the tea. It has a name, called Dongshan Rock Snake.
That night, Mr. Qiao Liu was very melancholy after receiving the secret order from Bian Muyu. He locked himself in the study and brewed a pot of tea as usual. He wanted to think carefully about the gains and losses of this matter, but he did not notice that the poisonous snake smelled the tea and a few drops of saliva flowed from its mouth.
In fact, Mr. Qiao Liu's death was somewhat unjust. He was able to gain a foothold in Wofeng City thanks to the great help of Bian Muyu.
But the situation is different now. He witnessed what Fu Xiaoguan did in Wofeng Road with his own eyes and admired him very much.
Bian Muyu actually asked him to find an opportunity to kill Fu Xiaoguan - this opportunity actually did exist, because Fu Xiaoguan was very close to these businessmen and had no defenses against them.
With Mr. Qiao Liu's skills as a first-class master, it is not difficult for him to assassinate Fu Xiaoguan.
But if he did that, he would certainly die. Although Bian Muyu promised him many benefits, he still felt that Ding Anbo seemed more reliable.
Ji Yungui didn't have the patience to understand Mr. Qiao Liu's thoughts. In his eyes, any factors that were unfavorable to Fu Xiaoguan must be eliminated by any means necessary.
So when Mr. Qiao Liu's family found their master dead in the study with his body covered in black the next day, the entire Wofeng City was shocked.
Ning Yuchun personally sent the judge and the coroner to Mr. Qiao Liu's residence, but it became an unsolved case - the door of the study was locked from the inside and was knocked open by the family members of the Qiao residence. The windows were also locked from the inside and not a single piece of window paper was torn.
There was no poison in the tea can, and the water was not poisonous either, but Mr. Qiao Liu's bowl of tea was poisonous, and no one knew what the poison was.
In short, Mr. Qiao Liu died mysteriously.
After confirming the news, Ji Yungui also left Guanyun City and arrived at Zhang Pingju's mansion three days earlier than Fu Xiaoguan.
After chatting with Zhang Pingju for a few sentences, Zhang Pingju no longer doubted Ji Yungui's identity - this Mr. Ji was obviously a popular figure around Prime Minister Bian!
He knew everything about Bian Muyu, and was even very familiar with the Zhang family in Tailin City. Such a person was of course sent by Prime Minister Bian to deal with Fu Xiaoguan.
And those three fires, no, including the one last night, that’s four fires, they were all the result of this Mr. Ji’s plan - to cause chaos in Wofeng Road, and this chaos cannot start from Hongye Ji, otherwise Fu Xiaoguan will be the first one to suspect you!
The fire cannot be burned too many times, four is just right. By the end of the year, if four more fires are burned, people will just think it is an accident, but the losses caused to Wofeng Road will be not small.
This plan was brilliant. Even if Fu Xiaoguan guessed that it was man-made, he would have no idea where to start.
I'll just burn it slowly, there's plenty of time anyway.
But continuing to burn it like this is not the final solution. It would be best to kill Fu Xiaoguan... So last night he discussed the feasibility of killing Fu Xiaoguan with Mr. Ji.
"Official Fu's travels with a small entourage this time... is beyond my expectations." Ji Yungui leisurely sipped his tea and said casually, "According to his itinerary, he won't arrive in Ningsang City until tomorrow evening. There was a fire at Hongye Village, and he will definitely come to see it... How about this..."
Ji Yungui whispered something in Zhang Pingju's ear, and Zhang Pingju nodded repeatedly. After a cup of tea, Ji Yungui finished speaking. Zhang Pingju smiled sinisterly, "Mr. Ji, what a brilliant idea! His Fu Xiaoguan once hosted a banquet for a hundred elders, which gained a good reputation. Tomorrow I will host a beheading banquet... When he comes home drunk and dies on Pingqiao, his body will be washed away by the Mei River. It won't be my fault, will it?"
Ji Yungui picked up the teacup and looked at the setting sun. "Do you have any experts in your house?"
"The head guard, Ding Laosan, once studied martial arts in Jianlin for five years."
"He's not enough alone. Official Fu has a master by his side, and the female county magistrate will probably send detectives to accompany him."
"Then..." Zhang Pingju thought for a moment, "My grandson Zhang Zhong is a true disciple of Jianlin, and now he has first-rate skills. If he brings a few dozen guards with him, that should be enough, right?"
Ji Yungui laughed, "Then...he will definitely die!"
"After this is accomplished, please, Mr. Ji, speak a few good words for me in front of Prime Minister Bian. Alas..." Zhang Pingju sighed, "Mr. Ji doesn't know the dirty tricks of that little thief Fu Xiaoguan. He bribed the barbarians with a banquet for a hundred elders. I really want to do more for Prime Minister Bian, but I am powerless."
"After this is accomplished, there will be no need for your Zhang family to exist in Hongyeji!"
Zhang Pingju misunderstood the meaning of this sentence and nodded happily. "After this is accomplished, I will send my people to Tailin City in batches. I still feel at peace living in my own country. I just thought about it and now I feel like I'm living under someone else's roof, inferior to others in every way, and have to look after a woman's mood... What a shame, what a shame!"
Ji Yungui did not try to comfort Zhang Pingju. He continued to look at the sunset. There was a hint of tenderness on his handsome face, but no one knew what he was thinking.
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