"Beixingzhou?"
The escort leader thought the name sounded familiar, as if he had seen it before. He recalled carefully, and these three words were too far away from his world. Perhaps he had never heard anyone say them since he was a child. After all, the most powerful person he knew in the Feng family had only been to more than 300 countries. Excluding childhood and old age, life only lasts for a few decades. It is very powerful to be able to travel to more than 300 countries!
"I remember. I saw a couplet in the hall during the Feng family's 500th birthday celebration: Beixingzhou is the crowned choice, and it can live for thousands of years in ancient times." The escort leader remembered, "Beixingzhou is the general name of this continent! What is an inspection?"
"The inspectors specifically investigate crimes involving offering sacrifices," said Wang Xiaohai.
Min Country is not a big country, so there are very few inspectors coming here. It is rare for inspectors to visit all the thousand countries. Wang Xiaohai missed several countries when he flew from Mi Country. Even he missed such a diligent person, not to mention the previous inspectors.
The escort leader was struck by lightning and trembled as he said, "I remember, the demon recorded in the history books of the Min Kingdom was called the Beixingzhou Supervisor!"
"What demon?" Wang Xiaohai was a little surprised.
"I remember that over three thousand years ago, an inspector came to the Kingdom of Min. For unknown reasons, he killed everyone over the age of thirteen, including the chief minister, his family, all the royal officials, and his relatives! At that time, the entire country was littered with corpses, and historians called it the Devil's Day. Later, an uprising seized the capital and named the country Mingguo, explaining that it meant a country built of lives. His descendants thought the name unlucky and changed it to the homophonic "Minguo," the escort leader replied. "This period of history isn't recorded in official history, but in secret histories, found in the Feng family's library. Therefore, only the Feng family's family members and servants could have read it."
"Over three thousand years ago, it turns out that this country hadn't had an inspector come for over three thousand years! That's a long time!" Wang Xiaohai said, "That person probably wanted to extort money from the tributes and the royal family three thousand years ago, and got angry when he couldn't get it."
Wang Xiaohai reasoned - when he became a priest, he decided to do something big. What he said about doing it for justice was just a lie to deceive ordinary people. It was all for profit. It was estimated that the man caused losses to Bai Yugong because of the indiscriminate killing of innocent people. The ending might be that he would be thrown into a dark prison. It seemed not certain. After all, to Bai Yugong, an inspector was more important than ordinary people in the whole country. He should be made to pay compensation and make up for the missing taxes. If he failed to do so, he would still be thrown into a dark prison.
"So now you know, I am a continental inspector who is more powerful than the priest. Do me a favor and I will spare your life!" said Wang Xiaohai.
"Your Excellency has a heart as kind as heaven. I, Yao Yuan, am willing to go through fire and water for you, even if it means death!" The escort leader Yao Yuan knelt down and kowtowed to Wang Xiaohai.
Wang Xiaohai thought that this guy was talking nicely, but if he couldn't beat me, he would beg for mercy and betray the Feng family. I guess when he joined the Feng family, he also said that he would go through fire and water for the Feng family. He was a typical fence-sitter. However, he had always been at the top, so he was not worried that the fence-sitter would turn to the other side.
"Now is the time to prove your loyalty. There are still some people running away in panic outside. You have to find some absolutely loyal subordinates to serve as witnesses and members of the investigation team." Wang Xiaohai said.
"I understand, sir." Yao Yuan held the saber, his martial spirit bursting out as he rushed towards his fleeing subordinates.
As screams rang out one after another, blood splattered on the ground.
Three minutes later, Yao Yuan returned to the half-remaining boat carrying a blood-stained saber.
"You are so cruel. I only asked you to find some loyal subordinates, but you killed so many people." Wang Xiaohai said.
"Sir!" Yao Yuan knelt hurriedly. "These people are all Feng's men. If they escape, the secret of our investigation will be exposed. I have recruited two loyal escorts and killed the others. We will destroy the bodies and destroy all evidence. Even if the ship doesn't return, the escort agency will only suspect that we all met with an accident, and will not think that any of us survived and joined you."
Although the escort leader Yao Yuan is cold-blooded, he still has some brains, otherwise he would not have been appointed as the escort leader for this mission. From the way he cautiously asked Wang Xiaohai before taking action, it can be seen that he is a very cautious person.
"Are these two bodyguards reliable?" Wang Xiaohai asked. He saw two bodyguards dragging a corpse on the ground in the distance and throwing it into the river, intending to sink it to destroy the evidence.
"These two are reliable. They've been escorting me for over a decade and are considered my apprentices. They've killed countless robbers, and they have no family, so they won't be threatened by the Feng family." Yao Yuan replied, "Sir, if you think they're unreliable, I can kill them immediately."
"No need for that. As long as the secrets are not leaked, there is no need to kill people at every turn. Don't the people in your Feng Escort Agency regard human life as their own?" Wang Xiaohai said.
"We live on the edge of a knife, treating every escort mission as if it were our last," said escort leader Yao Yuan. "Although the Feng family is powerful, there are many in Ming State who secretly hate them. Although they dare not act openly, if they find the opportunity, they will definitely kill us in the deserted mountains, grasslands or forests!"
Wang Xiaohai understood this principle - the more people who like a person, the more people who hate him will increase proportionally. There will always be trolls. There is absolutely no person or book in the world that is 100% liked, unless that person uses extremely terrifying rule to force others to like it, but that is only on the surface. Secretly, their hearts are still full of hatred. Therefore, the number of people in Mingguo who hate the Feng family must be extremely large, but they just dare not say it out loud!
"Hurry up and pack up everything here, and let's go back to Linjiang City." Wang Xiaohai said.
"I understand." The escort leader Yao Yuan stood up and together with two escorts carried the corpse into the river, and then used wooden buckets of water to clean up the bloodstains.
Wang Xiaohai also used the ring to collect tea leaves. He bought these tea leaves with 50,000 taels of silver and they could not be wasted.
After the escort leader Yao Yuan cleaned up the surroundings, he tied the sailboat with chains, then dragged the sailboat to the foot of the mountain alone and burned it, because the boat was made of wood and could not sink to the bottom of the river.
Suddenly, thick smoke billowed at the foot of the mountain and the smell of burning was pungent.
When the fire was almost burned out, Yao Yuan and two bodyguards brought some moss-covered stones and pressed the ashes underneath. Then they got some weeds and vines and placed them on the edges of the stones, making them consistent with the surrounding environment and looking harmonious.
It seems that these three people are cautious people, veterans who often escort goods, and they are so careful in their work.
Half an hour later.
"Inspector, the matter has been settled. What should we do next?" The escort leader Yao Ming and two escorts knelt in front of Wang Xiaohai.
"Do you know the roads around here?" Wang Xiaohai asked.
"know."
"Instead of taking the water route, we'll return to Linjiang City by land," Wang Xiaohai said. "Remember to disguise yourself so that no one can easily recognize you!"
"clear."
The three men went to the river to wash, changed into new clothes, and trimmed their beards and hair.
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