Destiny is ashes

Chapter 165: Targeted
When faced with this kind of thing, Zheng Mo actually wanted to commit suicide.

Being involved in royal affairs, one might end up in a game of elimination of nine clans if one is not careful.

If he died on the spot, he might be the only one to die, and he could also leave the mess to others.

But now, not to mention the possibility of being punished for not finishing the job, if I really did it too well and caught that princess or princess, and she said something I shouldn't know...

——Wow, I don’t want to die!

Zheng Mo felt very painful when he thought of this.

Fortunately, the governor was somewhat humane - he mobilized a group of Red Armor Guards and Demon Prisoner Guards who should have been fighting demons in the surrounding areas to come and strengthen the military preparations of Kanming City, so as to prevent Zheng Mo from dying unclearly like Shu Zheng before he could redeem himself for his crime.

——Someone has to be alive to take the blame.

Zheng Mo was secretly complaining in his heart, but he was still grateful to his boss for being willing to help.

But bad news came again - because of the unusual movement in Xuanming Valley, a demon escaped. The Red Armor Guards and the Prison Demon Guards are still stationed in the mountains around to clear the demonic atmosphere. It will take at least twenty days to return to Kanming City - but by that time the snow will almost stop!
In the end, Zheng Mo still had to face everything alone.

Just when the city was feeling extremely empty, the interior of Kanming City became unstable again.

The guarding master has not returned for a long time. Even though most people have confidence in Shu Zheng's ability, they don't think he will die.

But this fact itself proves that the other party is in big trouble now and cannot return to the city in a short time.

The various forces that were originally suppressed by Shu Zheng became active and were secretly testing the situation - they might not really want to challenge Dachen's authority, but they really wanted to get a bite of meat in this rare opportunity.

Especially the local gangs in Kanming City, the bosses of various large chambers of commerce have already started a war in private. When Shu Zheng was here, he would make everyone behave themselves. But now, they can redivide the sphere of influence and take advantage of the situation to wipe out some small forces or enemies that they usually don't like.

In Zheng Mo's view, those missing single people and suddenly vanishing merchants are the victims of this kind of private war.

But this idea was too naive because he soon received new news.

——The members of the Tianyi Demon Cult have sneaked into Kanming City!
Although he didn't know what they were going to do, the fact that people from the Tianyi Demon Cult had sneaked in was enough to make him extremely worried.

Not to mention, Zheng Mo recently received news from the Dachen Imperial Observatory, and learned that the frost disaster has not stopped yet, and now the aftermath has spread to the surrounding areas of Xishan.

Although it is only the aftermath, when the power of heaven and earth descends upon a human being, it is a horrific disaster.

Soon, a heavy snowstorm strong enough to collapse many houses will hit the deserted state.

By then, Zheng Mo will have to activate the underground vein formation to ward off disaster for the residents of the city... But without Shu Zheng, there is no one to protect him. He has to deal with the natural disaster alone while guarding against possible surprise attacks from the Demon Cult!

This is the dilemma that Zheng Chengzheng (job title) is facing now. He is really scared, but now he has no other choice.

Zheng Mo was sighing in the hall.

A tiny lotus seed drone was rotating its camera on a nearby lampstand.

In the inn, An Jing put down his drone glasses thoughtfully: "It seems that this Cheng Zhengren is not bad, he should not be targeting me."

"Besides, has the frost spread here? No wonder the city is so nervous."

Although it was winter, the situation in Kanming City was still good. There was no snow accumulation in the city. The snow had stopped for several days and the streets were dry.

But this is just the calm before the big snowstorm. When the frost disaster comes... no one knows better than An Jing what a torrential snowstorm that can "bury even a city" means!

Kanming City was still relatively safe, after all, there were officials with the talisman to prevent disasters, and the power of the frost disaster spread to the northwest, which was already the last gasp of a spent force. It would last for at most ten days or half a month, and as long as someone could withstand the storm, there wouldn't be too many casualties. But when fighting against the power of heaven and earth, if someone attacked by surprise... then it would definitely not just be Zheng Chengzheng who would die, but hundreds of thousands of people in Kanming City!

This is also the reason why Zheng Mo is under so much pressure and extremely worried about the demons of the Demon Cult, not to mention that he also has a mission to search for the one with the "Mysterious Eyes and Golden Pupils".

"I don't think it's a demon sect. People from the demon sect don't do things like this."

After taking back the lotus drone, An Jing thought for a while and shook his head, and said to the sword spirit in his heart: "Shu Zheng is a member of the Demon Cult. If you must say, the Tianyi Demon Cult has been in the city from the beginning, and there is no need to lurk in the city."

"The news of Shu Zheng's death should have spread throughout the Demon Cult. In addition, Xuanming Manor was wiped out, and many people in the surrounding area were killed by the evil demons. The people of Tianyi Demon Cult should be hiding their tails and retreating to their nests."

"so……"

Fu Xie pondered: "Someone deceived this city?"

"Yes. But not all of it is fake news. After all, nine truths and one lie are the most deceptive."

An Jing pondered for a moment, then slowly said: "It is true that Kanming City is becoming increasingly chaotic, and it is absolutely true that someone has sneaked into the city."

"It's just that this place is the Demon Cult's base camp. Even if the Demon Cult wants to eat grass near their home, they can't make such a big noise."

"My guess is that someone is building momentum ahead of time, intending to shift all the blame that will follow onto the Demon Cult."

"After all, they are a demonic sect, so they are born to be smeared and blamed."

"Moreover, this group of people were also exploring the earth veins, and they found it all the way to Aunt Huai's head... Well, everything makes sense."

Although it is currently unclear why the other party did this, An Jing is certain that what these people are going to do is definitely a big deal.

Now that we have found the geomagnetic node, how can it be a trivial matter?
However, even if their power has infiltrated the Dachen government, they are not the government itself after all.

In this way, An Jing felt much more at ease. Even though the other party might have already controlled half of the police station, he was not afraid.

As long as it’s not an ordained official who opens the underground vein formation, can he not escape even if he can’t win?
"What we need to do next is to catch the clues of these guys hiding in the dark and then figure out their real plan."

After deciding on an action strategy, An Jing plans to start tracking from tomorrow.

But who would have thought that he didn't even need to search, as those guys 'hiding in the dark' would suddenly appear in front of him one by one.

"What does it mean?"

The next morning, when An Jing left the inn and was about to go out, he was blocked at the door by two constables.

An Jing stared at the 'temporary resident registration card' in front of him with a frown on his face: "Are you serious?"

"Can that still be fake?"

The two detectives put their hands behind their backs and sneered, "Not only do you have to write it today, you have to write it every day from now on!"

"What are you standing there for? Sign and seal your name as soon as you finish writing! As long as you are in the city, you will have to fill out this document every day!"

"You country bumpkin from Chenli, do you really think Dachen is as unruly as your country folk?"

(End of this chapter)