Daqian Night Emperor

Chapter 336 I Want to Write a Letter to My Godfather

The next day.

Tianyuan County, Baofeng County.

"Sir, your tea."

Inside a teahouse, a waiter brought tea and then bowed and left without disturbing anyone.

Zhao Guanxiang held the teacup and looked out of the teahouse window.

Even Tianyuan County is now in a state of desolation, but Baofeng County still has many pedestrians on the streets, and there are even small vendors selling their wares on the streets, which seems strange in this chaotic world.

Zhao Guanxiang retracted his gaze after a moment and asked the people around him, "Third sister, why did you choose this place to hide? Baofeng County is one of the richer counties under the jurisdiction of Tianyuan County. There are permanent soldiers stationed there. I thought you would find a place isolated from the world."

The person sitting next to him was naturally Zhao Nishang.

Zhao Nishang was wearing a cloak, revealing an ordinary female face. She said, "Although Baofeng County has government soldiers stationed there, it is the headquarters of Zhao's Company in Jingzhou after all. At least half of the people here are ours. If we hide some of our own people here, it won't attract too much attention. It will also be convenient for information exchange."

The reason why Zhao's Trading Company did not choose the most prosperous Tianyuan County as its headquarters, but chose it in a county town under the jurisdiction of Tianyuan County was actually because of one reason - the land was cheap.

Nowadays, more than half of the industries in Baofeng County belong to the Zhao family. Only the powerful Zhao family can maintain the stability of Baofeng County under such a situation in Jingzhou.

Baofeng County can be said to be one of the few "pure lands" in the entire Jingzhou.

After Zhao Nishang answered Zhao Guanxiang, she looked at Jiang Ping'er who was clinging to Zhao Guanxiang and said, "If the eldest sister of the Jiang family doesn't mind, you can also let the brothers from Huangfeng Village come to Baofeng County."

This was a square table with benches on all four sides. There were three people sitting at it in total, but Jiang Ping'er insisted on squeezing on one chair with Zhao Guanxiang.

Jiang Ping'er leaned sideways on the table, holding her chin and looking at Zhao Guanxiang. She didn't even turn her eyes away when she heard what he said, and replied, "No, I want to be closer to Guanxiang."

"Cough cough..."

These straightforward words made Zhao Guanxiang choke on his tea.

Zhao Nishang narrowed her eyes with a meaningful smile, and kept looking back and forth between the two of them.

Zhao Guanxiang finally calmed down and kept winking at Zhao Nishang, almost asking her to find a way to help him get Jiang Ping'er away.

But Zhao Nishang, who was usually very tactful, seemed to not understand his expression at this moment. She nodded and said, "It's good this way. It's inconvenient for the government to know the existence of my people. But the eldest sister of the Jiang family and the brothers of Huangfeng Village can just stay with Guanxiang and work openly. Let Guanxiang tell his superiors. I think General Ling will not miss you 'reinforcements' at this moment."

"Third sister?!"

Zhao Guanxiang exclaimed "Wow" and looked at Zhao Nishang in shock.

Is this selling him out?

Zhao Nishang turned her head and lowered her head to drink tea.

In fact, she agreed on behalf of Zhao Guanxiang, not just because she wanted to watch Zhao Guanxiang's fun and make fun of him.

She had other considerations in mind.

Zhao Nishang put down the tea bowl and said seriously, "Although there are not many brothers from Huangfeng Village who came to Jingzhou, they are all good fighters, all of them are martial artists of the highest rank, and there are six leaders in the realm of heaven and man. Moreover, Huangfeng Village has been recruited, and the leaders all have official status. Even if they are discovered by the imperial envoys, as long as the whole story can be explained, I believe General Ling will not care too much, because there is no reason to reject such a "reinforcement"."

"And now that you have such a strong team, I believe you will have a greater say in the imperial envoy group. This is a good thing. I can't think of any reason for you to refuse."

Zhao Guanxiang was speechless for a moment. In his heart, he almost believed that Zhao Nishang's decision was a well-thought-out one.

But the next moment, Zhao Nishang changed the subject: "Or... you just have a problem with the eldest sister of the Jiang family being around you?"

Zhao Guanxiang had already sensed the murderous and hostile gazes around him.

Damn it, Third Sister just wants to see me in a state of panic!

Zhao Guan's tusks were almost broken when he bit them. He slowly sat back down and said, "I have no objection. Third sister is right. I will go back and report to the general."

After saying this, he drank several bowls of herbal tea before he calmed down his anger.

Zhao Guanxiang calmed down and said, "Third sister, General Ling has given me a task, and I need your help."

When it comes to serious matters, Zhao Nishang stopped joking and asked seriously, "What mission?"

"This matter has to be mentioned half a month ago. I was tracking the whereabouts of a group of refugees and accidentally discovered a blood sacrifice ritual of the Salvation Church to worship evil spirits. I released the evil spirits worshipped by the Salvation Church. Afterwards, my colleagues in the prison verified the identities of the Salvation Church members who performed the ritual at the altar that day. They were all from several aristocratic families in Tianyuan County..."

He reached into his sleeve, pulled out a piece of paper and handed it over.

Zhao Nishang took it and unfolded it. On the paper were written the names of several noble families: the Hedong Lin Family, the Baofeng Tang Family, the Changxi Xie Family, the Changyang Gu Family, the Yutian Shan Family...

There are a wide variety of shops, with eleven in total.

Zhao Guanxiang said, "I need you to help me investigate the situation of these families. The rest are easy to deal with, but the most important ones are the three families at the front, the Hedong Lin family, the Baofeng Tang family, and the Changxi Xie family."

Zhao Nishang nodded: "These families are all powerful families in Tianyuan County. Most of them have business dealings with Zhao's Company. It is not difficult to investigate, but what should we investigate?"

"There must be remnants of the Salvation Church among these families. Let's check the recent movements of the key figures in these families and see who they have dealings with."

Zhao Guanxiang thought for a moment and then said, "Oh, by the way, sister, please ask someone to bring me paper and pen so I can write a letter to my adoptive father."

There is nothing wrong with writing letters.

Zhao Nishang ordered someone to bring paper and pen, looked at him, and asked, "The Salvation Cult is quite secretive. How can you be sure that the other party is not a remnant of the Salvation Cult?"

"How to be sure?"

Zhao Guanxiang held his official sword across his chest and grinned, "Of course I'll come over in person and take a look!"

……

On the way back to Tianyuan County from Baofeng County, Jiang Ping'er rode her horse close to Zhao Guanxiang.

"Since you all know that there are people in these families who believe in the Salvation Church, why don't you just arrest them all and kill them all?"

Zhao Guanxiang glanced at her and chuckled, "If that's the case, then we don't have to do anything but chop off people's heads every day. In comparison, the Jingzhou bloodbath is nothing."

"What do you mean?"

"It's impossible to kill them all... Who can say for sure if there are people in the family who secretly believe in the Salvation Church? If they were all implicated, there wouldn't be many people left in the entire Jingzhou. So the adults have already issued an order to only execute those who violated the law, and not to punish them collectively."

(End of this chapter)