A thousand enlightenments in one night, starting from being a menial apprentice.

Chapter 462: Officials' Journey
In the dark night, more than twenty black shadows flashed towards Taihe Tower.

The black shadow in the front that was moving slowly and quickly was Duan Rong. Because he had to hold down his body, his body seemed to be stuck, swaying and pausing. In the night, he looked as strange and scary as a ghost.

Duan Rong came to the door of Taihe Building and pushed it gently with his hand. A door in the hall on the first floor opened gently. When he was inside just now, Duan Rong had already unbolted the door.

Duan Rong stood sideways at the door and motioned Zhu Cheng and the others to enter.

While watching more than twenty black shadows entering one after another, he used his spiritual sense to investigate and found that at the corner of the street, a team of patrolling soldiers were leisurely approaching.

"Someone is coming! Hurry up!"

Duan Rong shouted softly, then suddenly flashed inside and opened another door. The remaining dozen or so black shadows rushed into the building at an even faster speed.

After the last few shadows rushed in, a man holding a lantern came out from the corner of the street, yawning, and behind him were several soldiers who were patrolling with him.

Duan Rong stood there, quietly closing the two doors, and then whispered, "Don't make any noise! Wait for the patrol to pass by."

The twenty or so men in black behind him all squatted on the ground in silence.

Not long after, the patrolling soldiers passed by the street in front of the Taihe Building. After their footsteps faded away, Duan Rong turned around and said, "Zhu Cheng, take half of the people to search the first floor. I have knocked them out, so just take them away."

"Yes, my lord!"

Zhu Cheng immediately selected half of the people and groped his way towards the corridor on the first floor in the dark.

Duan Rong said: "The rest of you, follow me."

In the darkness, Duan Rong brought the remaining half of the people to the iron gate. Duan Rong opened the iron gate, and the dim candlelight shone out. At the door, a person was lying on the ground with his face down, and his appearance could not be seen.

Immediately, a man in black pulled down a rolled sack from his waist, stretched out the sack, put it on the person lying at the door, and tied the mouth of the sack tightly with a thin rope.

When the man was doing this at the door, Duan Rong suddenly flipped his hand, took out a porcelain bottle, and poured out more than ten pills from it.

He extended his hand to the black-clad man in front of him and said, "The air below is filled with drugs. This is Qingling Pills, one pill for each person, to prevent you from rushing down and being knocked down by the drugs."

Upon hearing this, those people in the dark were a little hesitant.

Although they were Zhu Cheng's subordinates, and Zhu Cheng seemed to obey the man in front of him, they were not familiar with Duan Rong after all, and they did not dare to take the pills in Duan Rong's hand.

Duan Rong frowned. He should have told Zhu Cheng to take these people away.

Duan Rong said, "If we wanted to knock you out, why would we need to go through all the trouble of using pills?"

As Duan Rong spoke, he shook his sleeves and a ball of medicine powder was lightly scattered. A man in black not far from him immediately swayed and fell to the ground.

The rest of the people became alert and immediately distanced themselves from Duan Rong.

Duan Rong picked up a pill in his hand, threw it to a person nearby, and said, "Feed it to the fainted person."

The man took the pill, his eyes slightly moved. He didn't dare to eat it himself, but he didn't have so many scruples when feeding others. The man's eyes moved, and he walked over and fed the pill in his hand to the unconscious man in black.

After just a few breaths, the man woke up slowly. He stood up blankly and looked at Duan Rong and the others with strange eyes.

The rest of the people now knew that what Duan Rong said was true, so each of them took a Qingling Pill from Duan Rong, stuffed it into their mouths, and jumped into the stairs.

Duan Rong brought the men in black into the underground space.

Those men in black looked at the underground space in front of them, which was lit by red candles, with expressions of astonishment!
There is something so weird in the Taihe Building! ?

Duan Rong shouted, "Take everyone back, and don't touch anything else!"

Following Duan Rong's instructions, those men in black took action, each holding a sack, and they put the unconscious person in the underground space into the sack and tied it up tightly.

Not long after, Duan Rong brought these people, each carrying a sack on his shoulder, to the first floor hall, and Zhu Cheng also rushed over with the rest of the people.

Duan Rong looked sideways and asked, "Have you searched all the rooms on the first floor?"

"Yes, sir! They have all been searched."

Duan Rong's eyes flashed, and his consciousness swept through each room, finding that nothing was missed. Zhu Cheng was still very careful in his work.

Duan Rong said, "There is another one in the attic." Duan Rong had not told Zhu Cheng about the unconscious old man before.

Zhu Cheng said, "I'll go."

Zhu Cheng then flashed in the darkness, went up the stairs, and soon came down carrying a person.

Duan Rong confirmed that everyone in Taihe Building had been put into sacks, then he said, "Let's go!"

Duan Rong then led these people out of Taihe Tower. Zhu Cheng walked at the end and turned around to gently close the two doors.

In the dark night, Duan Rong's spiritual awareness was fully open, and he led these men in black who were carrying sacks on their shoulders, and their figures flashed in the dark shadows of the streets.

It was late at night, and under Duan Rong's spiritual awareness, the patrolling soldiers were easily avoided by them. Naturally, no one could discover their whereabouts.

However, if someone saw this weird scene of more than 20 men in black carrying sacks and marching in the night, they would definitely not look like good people.
In less than half an incense stick of time, they had arrived at the high wall in the backyard of Zhu Cheng's mansion.

Black shadows, carrying sacks, jumped over the high wall. The scene was just like that of robbers robbing a house.

Inside the high wall, Zhu Peng had already been waiting there.

When Zhu Peng saw Zhu Cheng, he asked, "Is everything going well?"

Zhu Cheng nodded and said, "It went smoothly."

Duan Rong looked at Zhu Peng and asked, "I asked you to bring a group of soldiers. Did you bring them?"

Zhu Peng said: "I have brought it. It is waiting in the open space in front of the hall in the front yard."

Duan Rong nodded and said, "Well, it's good that you brought them." Then Duan Rong turned his head to look at Zhu Cheng and said, "The interrogation of Zhu Cheng and others is handed over to you. You are an expert in this area! There should be many people on the Taihe Building line. Dig them out for me!"

Zhu Cheng clasped his fists and said, "Don't worry, sir! Under my control, even if the King of Hell comes, he will be skinned alive."

Duan Rong glanced at Zhu Cheng. Zhu Cheng had his mouth drooping and his eyes were cold. He felt cold in his heart when he heard his expression and tone.

"This kid is a ruthless fellow." Duan Rong thought to himself, turned his head and looked at Zhu Peng and said, "Come with me to the front yard."

Zhu Peng responded, and the two of them flashed and went to the front yard.

When they got there, there was indeed a group of soldiers standing under a dim lantern. All of them were dressed in tight clothes and carried swords, but their faces were not covered. They were all wearing the official casual clothes of the Privy Council, but they had changed their boots into night boots.

These were what Duan Rong had instructed Zhu Peng before.

Duan Rong nodded. This time Zhu Peng was not careless.

Seeing Zhu Peng coming, the team immediately knelt down and shouted, "Greetings, sir!"

Zhu Peng said: "The person beside me is Lord Duan. You must obey his orders tonight. If you disobey, I will kill you!"

Upon hearing this, the soldiers all looked up at Duan Rong, clasped their fists and said, "Master Duan!"

Duan Rong nodded and said, "My name is Duan Rong! I am a direct disciple of the sect! I dispatched you all here tonight to help me guard an important place."

When those soldiers heard that he was the sect's direct disciple, they looked at Duan Rong with fear in their eyes.

Duan Rong said, "Taihe Building is a teahouse on the surface, but it is actually a spy base to monitor the secrets of the powerful in the palace. We have arrested all the people in Taihe Building, but the staircase itself is evidence and must not be destroyed. I order you to guard the building! Unless you are all dead, no one is allowed to enter the building! Is my words clear?"

Among the soldiers, one of them was obviously the leader. Hearing that, he clasped his fists and said, "Don't worry, Lord Duan! You will have to step over our corpses to enter the Taihe Tower!" "Good! You are brave!" Duan Rong walked over, patted the man on the shoulder, and said, "After this matter is over, you will be the deputy envoy of the Privy Council."

Upon hearing this, the man immediately kowtowed to the ground and shouted, "Thank you for your cultivation, sir!"

Duan Rong turned his head and looked at Zhu Peng, saying, "Zhu Peng, you don't have to go to Taihe Tower. Go and help interrogate Zhu Cheng."

Zhu Peng's eyes moved slightly. How could he interrogate someone? But since Duan Rong said so, he could only respond.

Duan Rong looked at the group of soldiers in front of him and said, "Everyone, follow me. It's dark and dark at night, so don't lose me."

As soon as Duan Rong finished speaking, his figure flashed and he flashed past the high wall not far away like a ghost.

The soldiers were all shocked. Duan Rong's movements were too fast. How could they keep up with him?

"What are you still standing there for? Hurry up and follow Lord Duan!" Zhu Peng shouted.

The soldiers suddenly came to their senses and immediately jumped over the high wall one by one. After they jumped down the high wall, they found Duan Rong standing outside the high wall, waiting for them.

After all the soldiers jumped over the high wall, Duan Rong moved and rushed into an alley not far away. The soldiers immediately followed him in the night.

Duan Rong used his spiritual sense to explore the way along the way, and led this team of soldiers to bypass the patrols and quietly arrived outside the gate of Taihe Tower.

Duan Rong pushed open the two doors in the lobby on the first floor, allowing a team of soldiers to file in.

Afterwards, Duan Rong led the leader of the soldiers to the iron gate and instructed him, "This is the most important place. You will guard it yourself. As for other important roads, you will arrange them yourself and assign people to guard them."

"Yes, sir!" the man said with a fist.

Duan Rong nodded, then flashed and jumped into the stairs.

His figure flashed like a ghost, and in an instant he had returned to the underground space of Taihe Building.

The red candle was still hanging high, but at this moment, the room was dead silent, and not a single figure was seen.

Duan Rong walked to the table, picked up the papers on it and started flipping through them. Most of the information on these papers were trivial matters, some of which were not important at all, but some of them were the handles of the powerful people in the Shenyun Mansion.

In these cases, it was just a summary of one day's wiretap information, but there were several valuable pieces of information, accumulated over the years. How could this be possible!

Duan Rong's eyes moved, and he came to a shelf in the corner. On the shelf were wooden boxes, which were placed vertically inside, just like the books in the library in his previous life.

Duan Rong took a quick look and found that the side of the wooden box was filled with names written one by one, and without exception, they were all people in high positions.

Wang Maochun, Chen Shanmeng, Zhu Zhengfu...all civil and military officials from the first to the third rank were included without exception.

The scene before him reminded Duan Rong of a TV series he had watched in his previous life. In the TV series, there was a corrupt official who collected the deeds of various officials in the officialdom and compiled them into a booklet, which he named "Biography of All Officials".

Isn’t the shelf in front of you the living record of the officials’ deeds?

Whoever controls the deeds of all officials can blackmail them and control the secular world and the government!

Duan Rong suddenly thought of something. It was obvious that Li Shensi was not a person involved in disputes. Otherwise, Zhu He would not have agreed to let him take over as the Minister of the Chancellery.

But just before he took office, he suddenly turned against his allies and joined Lu Zhongtang, Ge Rushong and others.

Li Shensi's sudden change of sides might be related to the records on the shelf in front of him.

Duan Rong stood in front of the shelf and quickly saw Li Shensi's name. He pulled out the wooden box with Li Shensi's name on it.

He opened the wooden box, placed it on the shelf, and looked through the documents inside.

It would be fine if you didn't look at it, but when you did, you'll be horrified and feel nauseous for a moment, as if you had swallowed a fly.

This Li Shensi actually likes Longyang and has even killed several boy catamites.

Duan Rong looked ugly and a little disgusted.

With such evidence in Ge Rushong's hand, it's no wonder that he wanted to turn against his allies.

That guy, who was quite burly and had a thick beard, was actually a gay, and a complete pervert at that.

Deserve to be smashed into a pulp?!
Duan Rong cursed and closed the wooden box.

He put the wooden box back on the shelf and glanced at the several boxes in the corner.

Duan Rong walked to the box, opened one of its doors, and found that there were also linear books inside, which also recorded the secrets of many people, and most of them were wealthy gentry.

Duan Rong frowned slightly, and suddenly emptied a box.

Then he carried the empty box to the shelf, opened the wooden boxes on the shelf one by one, and threw all the documents inside into the box.

The shelf was filled with civil and military officials of the first to third ranks, and they were obviously the most valuable things in this underground space.

He is ready to take away!
After Duan Rong filled a box, his figure suddenly flashed like a ghost in this underground space.

He is devouring the spirit of the weapon everywhere.

This underground space was mostly filled with books, and there were not many artifacts. After a short while, Duan Rong had finished devouring them. He then carried the big box and left the place.

Duan Rong carried the big box and walked out of the small iron door.

The leader who was guarding there with two soldiers was slightly startled when he saw Duan Rong. He really didn't expect Duan Rong to come out carrying a big box.

"grown ups!"

Duan Rong had already walked over, and the leader called out respectfully to Duan Rong's back. Duan Rong carried the big box and walked out of Taihe Tower without looking back.

Duan Rong carried a large box and flashed into the dark night. At this time, he didn't need to bring anyone with him. He used all his strength and flashed through the alleys like a ghost.

Not long after, Duan Rong carried the big box and jumped over a high wall in the backyard of Zhu Cheng's mansion.

As soon as he landed on the ground, he pointed his toes and flew out horizontally. When he landed again, he was not far from the rockery in the garden.

As soon as Duan Rong arrived, a voice called out, "Who is it?!"

"I!" Duan Rong answered in a deep voice while carrying a large box.

Zhu Peng brought two people and stood guard there, looking at Duan Rong with vigilance.

If Zhu Peng had not been familiar with Duan Rong's voice, he would have almost taken action. In the darkness, carrying a strange box was really creepy.

A dim lantern beside the rockery cast a dim light on Duan Rong's face. Zhu Peng looked at him in astonishment. Who else could it be but Duan Rong?
Duan Rong glanced at Zhu Peng. He asked Zhu Peng to help Zhu Cheng with the interrogation. It seemed that Zhu Cheng had directly sent him to guard the entrance to the dark room. However, this was also a good use of his power.

Duan Rong asked, "How is the interrogation going inside?"

Zhu Peng hesitated for a moment and said, "Zhu Cheng is currently conducting the trial."

Duan Rong knew that it was useless to ask Zhu Peng, so he carried the box and walked directly into the dark room under the rockery. As soon as he walked into the entrance of the dark room, he heard faint screams coming from the depths of the dark room.

That scream was like a fierce ghost from the underworld...

Duan Rong walked down the stairs carrying the box. The shrill and vague screams reached his ears, and even he couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart...

(End of this chapter)