With a warehouse full of supplies, I stood alone as king in this chaotic world, gun in hand.

"You really have nothing to complain about." Nangong Wu leaned close to his ear and said in a voice only the two of them could hear:

"Let me tell you! The former Nangong Wu was killed by you on the day Zhou Shaorong married Liu Yue'er. Now, I am the demon who has come to take your lives."

That night, I stole your Zhou family's storeroom and Liu Yue'er's dowry. I was determined to destroy your Zhou family.

"Zhou Shaorong, Nangong Xun, Ming Mengqing, the Empress Dowager, and the Imperial Preceptor Xuan Qingzi, I will send them all down to join you."

Zhou Zheng suddenly looked up at her, his eyes wide with horror as if he had seen a demon. "So that's how it is!"

No wonder she acted so strangely that day; it turns out the real Nangong Wu was already dead, murdered by Liu Yue'er's people.

"Hahaha!" he burst into laughter. "So that's how it is, hahaha..."

"Time's up! Execute!" Nangong Yi threw down the execution warrant in his hand.

All the executioners raised their swords, which gleamed coldly in the sunlight.

Nangong Wu turned to leave, and heard the sound of heads being chopped off and falling behind her.

She walked out of the market and saw Bei Chenyan waiting there with two horses.

"Are you alright?" Bei Chenyan asked, noticing her pale face. "I told you you shouldn't have come to see them."

"I'm fine, let's go." Nangong Wu took the reins from his hand and mounted the horse.

Bei Chenyan also mounted his horse, "Giddy up!"

The two rode their horses toward the east gate.

After leaving the imperial city, they sped eastward.

Jinniu City is more than 460 li away from the capital, and it is considered a large city in the Western Yan Kingdom.

They barely rested on the way, and by the time they arrived outside Golden Bull City, it was already quite late.

"The city gates are about to close. Those who want to enter or leave the city should hurry!" the soldiers guarding the city gates shouted.

Nangong Wu and Beichen Yan arrived just as the city gates were about to close.

"You two are lucky. Quickly take out your travel permits for inspection..." The city guards ordered them to take out their travel permits for inspection.

Nangong Wu and Beichen Yan took out their travel permits and handed them to the soldiers for inspection.

These were fake identities that Nangong Yi helped them create, to make it easier for them to travel long distances.

Nangong Xun has been raising his private army in Jinniu City. The guards in this city are probably all people of Prince Rui. Once their true identities are exposed, it will quickly attract the attention of Qingfeng Village.

The two successfully entered the city.

Bei Chenyan turned to look at her, "You must be tired! Let's find an inn to stay in and get a good night's rest."

Nangong Wu remained silent.

She originally wanted to go directly to Qingfeng Village, but Bei Chenyan disagreed, saying that she had just finished her postpartum confinement and her body had not yet recovered, so she could not travel too much. She had no choice but to go into the city with him and stay for one night first.

Bei Chenyan seemed to be very familiar with Jinniu City and found an inn run by a friend from the martial arts world to stay at.

Bei Chenyan requested two superior rooms and instructed the waiter to bring hot water and a table of delicious food.

After washing up, the two ate their meal.

Nangong Wu took out a map of Jinniu City, as well as a topographical map of Qingfeng Village drawn by their people.

Bei Chenyan sat down on the chair next to him. "I'm full. How about we go for a walk tonight to digest?"

"Since you've come all this way, why don't you go out for a stroll?" Nangong Wu glanced at him. "Looks like you're a repeat offender too."

"Haha!" Bei Chenyan chuckled twice. "That depends on who it is. The prefect of Jinniu City has probably been bribed by Nangong Xun. We might gain something if we go there."

"They say no official is without corruption. Anyone who can be bribed by Nangong Xun must not be a good person." Nangong Wu put away the map, picked up her cup, and the two sat down to drink together.

"That's right, the prefect of Jinniu City is a corrupt official, extremely cunning and shrewd, a complete fox," Bei Chenyan said.

"His name wasn't on Shi Wen's list, and he wasn't implicated in this purge either. He really is a fox."

The two chatted casually, and before they knew it, it was almost midnight.

"Let's go! I'll go out and catch you first." Bei Chenyan stood up first, opened the back window, and jumped out.

Nangong Wu jumped down behind her, and Bei Chenyan caught her on the ground, carrying her as they flew across the rooftops.

Before long, the two arrived at the back residence of the government office in Jinniu City.

The prefect was a local official who lived in the prefectural office. The front hall was the office area, which was a layout of "front office and back residence".

"Let's split up and search," Nangong Wu whispered.

Only after they separated could she retrieve the items from her spatial storage.

Bei Chenyan nodded, "Okay, I'll go to the study."

I knew she liked to go to the warehouse.

"If you don't see me when you come out, go to the warehouse to find me." Nangong Wu gave him a poison smoke bomb and a hand grenade.

"Give me another magazine." Bei Chenyan stared at her small backpack, wanting to see how she could conjure something up.

"Here you go." Nangong Wu had no choice but to give him another magazine, then crouched down and left, quickly finding the storeroom.

There are more than a dozen guards stationed in the back of the government office at night, and they have all been drugged.

She took out a metal detector to check if there was a large amount of gold and silver treasure in the mansion.

After searching around, no large amount of gold or silver was found.

But thieves never leave empty-handed; she knocked on the door of the prefect's private treasury and took everything from inside.

He's a corrupt official anyway, so why not take these things if it's too good to pass up?

But since the prefect was a corrupt official, it was impossible that he didn't have gold and silver.

Nangong Wu thought for a moment, then went to the prefect's residence and checked it again with the detector, but found nothing there either.

But she was still not giving up, and she searched the entire front and back courtyards. Finally, there was movement on the screen.

She found a patch of wasteland in the backyard and discovered that there was gold and silver buried underground at a depth of more than two meters.

It's more than two meters deep. If you were to dig it manually with a shovel, it would probably take more than an hour.

There's an excavator in the space, but it's too loud to use.

Just as they were figuring out how to dig out the gold and silver, Bei Chenyan arrived.

"What are you doing here?"

"There is a lot of gold and silver treasure buried underground, about seven feet deep," Nangong Wu said, pointing to the ground beneath her feet.

"Really?" Bei Chenyan asked, surprised and puzzled. "How did you figure that out?"

"I have a special ability; I'm born to find treasures!" Nangong Wu smiled mysteriously at him. "Help me think of a way to dig out the gold and silver down there."

Bei Chenyan looked around and said, "Let's not dig tonight. We'll take care of the important business tomorrow and then dig openly when we get back."

"Hmm, this is a good idea," Nangong Wu also felt that this was the only way for now.

"Let's go back." Bei Chenyan bent down with his back to her. "Get on."

Nangong Wu didn't hesitate and climbed onto the man's back. Let him carry her if he wants!

Back at the inn, they went into Nangong Wu's room. Bei Chenyan took out several letters and said, "Look, I found these in a secret compartment in the prefect's study."

Nangong Wu opened the letter and saw that it was a letter that Nangong Xun had written to the prefect just yesterday: "They want to force the emperor to abdicate and rebel in five days."