The Dominance of Martial Arts: Starting from the Tiger Roaring Golden Bell

Chapter 418 Intelligence
Chaomu City, Royal Palace.

"Young Master!"

Wang Yue, with a gloomy face, ignored the doorman who greeted him.

He walked straight through the beautiful garden and flung open the door of the study.

boom!
Behind the desk, a middle-aged man with a goatee who looked somewhat similar to Wang Yue was writing.

Wisps of white smoke filled the air around him, which was the smoke rising from the incense burner on the table.

Hearing Wang Yue's arrival, he said without raising his head:

"You are the captain, and the legitimate son of our Wang family. Why are you so irritable all day long? How disgraceful! Get out!"

Wang Yue suppressed his anger and slowly placed his right hand on the hilt of the long sword hanging at his waist.

He stared at the middle-aged man and stood there motionless.

"go out!"

Following the middle-aged man's angry shout, Wang Yue gritted his teeth, turned around, walked out of the study and closed the door.

Dengdengdeng.

"Father, can I come in?!"

The middle-aged man could hear that Wang Yue’s growl was expressing his dissatisfaction with him.

He doesn't care, all he cares about is Wang Yue's attitude.

"Come in."

Wang Yue slowly pushed the door open and walked to the desk again.

At this time, Steward Wang, who had followed Wang Yue back, also came here.

He closed the door carefully, lowered his head and bent down to stand behind the middle-aged man.

"Father..."

“You have done a great job these days, and the people in the outer city are praising you.

The Wang family's reputation has increased a lot because of you."

The sudden praise did not make Wang Yue confused, as he knew very well that his father was such a person.

Family is the most important thing in everything, rules are valued, mistakes are punished and merits are rewarded.

"This is all because of my father's good teaching."

The middle-aged man ignored Wang Yue and continued to speak:

"So, I hope you keep up the good work and try to clean up those weird things in the outer city."

Wang Yue held the hilt of the knife tightly in his right hand and said word by word: "What about the inner city?"

"Inner City? There's nothing strange going on in the inner city, what are you dealing with?
You are the chief, so you must provide evidence when doing things.

Don't take gossip seriously, or you'll just be laughed at."

"but...."

“You are very good the way you are now, serving the people.

I want you to stay where you are. OK, go down."

“Is the Wang family involved?”

Wang Yue stepped forward and said while looking at his father Wang Jingye's face.

Wang Jingye paused, put down his brush, and looked up at Wang Yue who was glaring at him.

"If this was really groundless, my father wouldn't have specially called me home.

Nor would he hint to me not to care about this matter anymore.

If my father really cared about me, he would be afraid that my reputation would be damaged.

That’s not necessary, I’m the chief.

I will investigate any suspicious matter thoroughly. This is my responsibility.

Moreover, only by finding out the truth can we clear the name of those noble families in the inner city and silence those who are gossiping about it.

Father, do you think I am right? "

Seeing that Wang Yue had exposed the matter, Wang Jingye sighed.

“At first you didn’t want to be the head of the family and insisted on being the captain.

I thought you were young and wanted fame and fortune.

This is a good thing, so I didn't stop it.

As your fame grows, the reputation of the palace also rises.

It wasn't until today that I realized that you actually really wanted to consider the people in the outer city.

Wang Yue, you disappoint me on this point."

Wang Yue snorted coldly: "Father, why do you think I did that?"

"Of course it's for the Wang family, and also to stand out among my peers."

Wang Jingye answered without hesitation.

"Father, you are always like this, just like those noble families. You think that there is a difference between the inner and outer cities, that we are high above them, and that they have to depend on us to live.

In fact, when you put yourself in the shoes of the people, you will find that they are no different from us.

And we rely on them to keep our lives going.”

After Wang Yue finished speaking, he was ready to turn around and leave.

“Father, I will report this matter to Master Dong.

If the Wang family is really involved in this matter, we must cut it off immediately.”

Wang Yue was about to turn around when he suddenly felt dizzy.

He covered his gradually numb head and turned to look at Wang Jingye in astonishment.

"Xiao Guanyu's incense is quite good. Just as he said, it can paralyze the marrow-training warriors."

Xiao Guanyu? The eldest son of the Xiao family?
Wang Yue was puzzled and prepared to summon his spirit.

Unexpectedly, the internal energy that could be controlled at will in the past now fell into dead silence and had no reaction.

Clang.

Wang Yue staggered a few steps, broke a porcelain bottle, and fell to the ground.

As his consciousness was gradually enveloped by darkness, he heard his father say to Butler Wang:
"Call Xiao Guanyu over, and then tell the servants to let him go out.

Just say that the Wang family has something going on recently and needs Wang Yue to stay at home for a while to handle the affairs. "

Then, looking at the unconscious Wang Yue, Steward Wang whispered:

"Master, what should we do with the group of people in Jingyou Tower?"

Wang Jingye frowned: "Are you sure they have no connection with the convoy you met before?"

“I’m not completely sure. I asked someone and when the drug dealer saw the three of them, he only saw the three of them and didn’t see any convoy.

Master, will the convoy just pass through Chaomu City?"

Wang Jingye shook his head: "Make preparations for both situations and tell Xiao Guanyu about the convoy.

Let Master Li from the mansion go to Guanshi Mountain and tell him to search a hundred miles around Chaomu City to see if he can find the convoy?"

"Yes, Second Young Master?"

"Hidden from him, it's not a good thing to be kind."

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Late at night, everything is silent.

Looking at the moon rippling in the lake below, Qin Zhiming said:

"came back?"

Fan Jiu bowed and clasped his hands, then slowly emerged from the darkness:
“After Wang Yue returned to the Wang family, he never came out again.

The Wang family announced that there were matters at home that needed his attention.

In fact, he was drugged and confined at home.

Someone went to see him and carved his face on human skin.

I followed that person and heard others call him Xiao Guanyu.

Since there was a powerful evildoer in his family, I didn’t follow him in for fear of alerting him.”

"You did a great job carving his face? I guess you wanted to look like him.

Is the evildoer in Xiao Guanyu's family very powerful?"

Qin Zhiming turned his head, looked at Fan Jiu and said.

Fan Jiu shook his head and said, "I can kill her, but it will cause a lot of noise."

"Do all the noble families in the inner city have those things?"

“About half of the noble families have evildoers as well as strange monsters and evil things.

The strange things that have been happening frequently in the city recently are probably caused by these noble families.

Except for the Xiao family, most of the things hidden by the noble families are not worth mentioning."

Qin Zhiming nodded and continued to ask:
"Where is the palace?"

"The governor is surrounded by warriors who have practiced marrow training to protect him. Some of them are very strong."

The governor of the state is the lord of Chaomu City, the secular manager of Chaomu State, and an official of the Daqian Imperial Court.

A marrow-training warrior who can make Fan Jiu feel very strong must not be too weak.

At this moment, Qin Zhiming suddenly turned his head and looked out the window again.

Under the moonlight, a strong man stood on the stone bridge and bowed to Qin Zhiming.

"Shouldn't he be building a Taoist temple on Guanshi Mountain? Go and see what's going on?"

(End of this chapter)