Wang Guohuai hung up the phone, a smile plastered across his face. But to Xiao Yu, that smile seemed a little fake. It was like the triumphant smile you get on TV when someone finally gets the upper hand over their opponent after targeting them for so long.
"Haha, thank you Director Xiao." Wang Guohuai laughed.
Xiao Yu: I just overheard you and your two subordinates making a phone call somewhere, but I don’t know what they were talking about.
"Director Xiao, if you're traveling soon, be careful. They won't let you go easily. Of course, I know they're no match for you, but those people's methods aren't limited to force. They prefer more shady tactics, like social media."
"What's the meaning?"
"This is what happened..." Wang Guohuai did not hide anything and told Xiao Yu about his subordinates' investigation, his speculation, and the grievances behind the matter.
Xiao Yu: ...
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Demonic cultivator?
Xiao Yu (⊙o⊙)…: "Is the other party really a demon cultivator?" There are actually demon cultivators in this world?
"Haha, demonic cultivation is too advanced. If my guess is correct, they must have learned some unorthodox things in Southeast Asia. For example, sleeping with young boys and girls can increase wealth and luck. In short, some temples and magicians in Southeast Asia are very fond of playing this trick. And some people in the entertainment industry and wealthy circles here believe in it. Due to the strict control in China, they dare not do it openly. But it does not prevent the wealthy and powerful people in some places such as the Imperial Capital, the Magic City, Pengcheng and the Port City from doing it secretly."
"If you do it secretly, you won't get caught?"
"That's not the case. They will try to divert the disaster in advance. Even if we know they are responsible, any clues we find in the end will not implicate them."
Xiao Yu: ...As expected, money makes the world go round?
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"Do you feel that the higher you go on the pyramid, the filthier it is?" Wang Guohuai said with a smile.
“…”
"We are not as capable as the Crown Prince. The Crown Prince usually deals with big things, such as duels between masters of different countries. The rest of us can only do things similar to being 'local police officers' in the country." Wang Guohuai smiled, and his smile was hard to describe.
Xiao Yu: ...
"This kind of thing should be the norm..."
"Hey, don't comfort me. Although we don't have the prince's ability to call the wind and rain, nor do we have your ability to turn beans into soldiers. But our trivial matters are within our capabilities, and we are happy to do them."
"..." Xiao Yu silently took out a few pumpkins and said, "I'll give this dish to Minister Wang and my fellow patrol officers."
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Wang Guohuai stared at the ten pumpkins that suddenly appeared for a long time before he swallowed and said cautiously, "Yes, yes, are they the same ones we sent to the old men?"
Xiao Yu nodded: "Yeah."
Wang Guohuai rummaged in his down jacket and actually pulled out a folded snakeskin bag, and put the pumpkin into it with neat movements.
Xiao Yu-_-||: ...
"Hey, I came here today because I wanted to shamelessly ask you for a handful of peanuts. After all, Chinese New Year is coming soon, and in our department, it's really rare for 'local police officers' like us to get good things. Hey, thank you so much, Chief Xiao."
After hearing what he said, Xiao Yu gave him ten more tomatoes.
"Sorry, we also have a fixed quantity here."
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"I know, I know. Enough, enough." Wang Guohuai was delighted. The tomatoes were large, red, and fragrant. He almost wanted to eat one right away. But he couldn't. There were too many ordinary warriors like him in 719, and the goodies they could give them each year were too few.
Take these back today and have a tea party with them. It's definitely okay for each of them to have a bite.
Seeing him like that, Xiao Yu thought of something and said, "...In the future, our Monster Management Bureau plans to open up wasteland for farming. I hope Minister Wang will give us a lot of support when the time comes."
Wang Guohuai's eyes widened: "You mean, you want to plant spiritual creatures?"
"That's not certain, but there are many demons who are good at this. I wonder if Minister Wang knows where to find spirit bees or spirit butterflies. Then, perhaps we can add a spirit honey."
Wang Guohuai knew it was just empty talk, but it was so tempting, and it was so close, unlike some secretive 5S place. He was so excited that he almost had trouble breathing. "Director Xiao, you, you wait for me to come back and ask..."
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Xiao Yu looked at him with a smile, waved his hand and took out half a bucket of loaches: "Then I'll trouble Minister Wang."
"The Butterfly Valley in Caiyun City." Wang Guohuai clutched the red plastic bucket, staring wide-eyed at the still-living, handsome loach inside. He shouted, his eyes reddening, "That valley is surrounded by butterflies, but inside, there's said to be a formation. Inside, a thousand-year-old queen bee and dozens, even hundreds, of century-old queen bees live. It's said that the honey refined by the queen bee there can prolong life."
“…”
"Also, I heard that the Queen Bee lives in a jade palace on a spiritual vein. It's filled with thousand- and hundred-year-old royal jelly. A few sips of it would cleanse the marrow and strengthen the tendons, and rejuvenate an ordinary person."
"You heard it all?"
"Well, this, I 'can't help' hearing about it." It must have come from an important document. Who would tell others about such a secret?
“…Has my brother been there?”
"...He has been there. He got some royal jelly. But he exchanged it with rare treasures from the queen bee after a fight with her." There was a time when the queen bees particularly liked to pick fights with the prince, and they became rich for a while because of this.
Later, the prince's fighting skills didn't improve much, and people stopped challenging him. 719 had to go quiet again.
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Exchange? Xiao Yu's eyes lit up. That meant the other party was truly a demon. After all, only demons knew how to trade.
"Uh!" Wang Guohuai hesitated. "All under heaven belongs to the king. I hope Director Xiao understands that this place is on Chinese soil, and some of this stuff will need to be handed over eventually."
"How much do you have to hand in?"
"Demons can be managed by your Monster Management Bureau, but royal jelly, royal jelly, you have to pay at least... 50%, 30%, uh, 20% is the minimum."
"Can."
"..." Wang Guohuai (○o○): So easy to talk to? I hope the prince comes back and doesn't think he's fooling his children.
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