Comprehensive Martial Arts: Relying on Pili Martial Arts to Achieve Dimensionality Reduction Attack

Chapter 252: Suffering a loss or taking advantage
I swear to God, when Lu Ping said this, he really had no intention of deliberately belittling Qiaomu Palace.

He was just telling the truth.

Others asked about Murong Shengxue, but she didn't know; others asked about Ren Piaomiao, but she didn't know; others asked about the mastermind behind the poisonous corpse refining, but she still didn't know...

Are you still doing intelligence business?
If the intelligence network of Huanzhu Tower was so useless, the killers inside would have been dead long ago.

The people present obviously had similar thoughts, but they just laughed secretly in their hearts and did not agree with them openly.

But Yan Chengjun still frowned.

But he couldn't find any words to refute Lu Ping, so he could only swallow his anger silently.

"Huanzhu Tower is also in the intelligence business, and the Iron Army Guard is the military strength of the Guming Dynasty, managing security issues within the Miao border. Perhaps you two can give this distinguished guest an answer?"

Yan Chengjun decided to shift the blame to Feng Duyue and Tieqi Qiuyi.

Hehe...if you can't answer it either, then it won't just be my Qiaomu Palace that will be embarrassed!

Feng Duyue and Tieqi Qiuyi saw through Yan Chengjun's thoughts at a glance.

Does this person want to ruin the reputation of our Huanzhu Tower (Iron Army Guard)?

dream!

"Two months ago, a group of people with unknown origins purchased a large amount of 'Andrographis paniculata'."

Feng Duyue gave an appropriate hint, but did not continue. The implication was obvious.

Huanzhu Tower is not a rubbish organization like Qiaomu Palace. We know about this and can give you a clue to investigate for free. The rest of the information will cost extra.

As for Tieqi's answer to asking for clothes, it was quite clever.

"The Iron Army Guards are only responsible for guarding the border!"

There are two main lines of 'border garrison' here.

One of them is the border between the West Wulin and the South Wulin - the Guming Dynasty is at the southernmost end of the West Wulin, adjacent to the Suzaku Dynasty of the South Wulin;

The other one starts from the north of the Guming Dynasty and goes along a counterclockwise line to the west.

As for the south of the Guming Dynasty, it is the open sea, where the Taixu Sea is located.

Tieqiong's answer to the question of clothes was absolutely impeccable and there was nothing to fault with it.

Even if the villages that were turned into poisonous corpses were within the territory of the Guming Dynasty, it should be the female tyrant, Cang Jingren and other ministers who should deal with it, instead of letting him, a military man, investigate it.

But! The key lies in this "but"!
Tieqi Qiuyi only said that the Tiejun Guards were responsible for guarding the border, but did not say whether he knew the inside story or not, so he may know or may not know, and is in a state of 'Schrödinger's knowing'.

"Andrographis paniculata..."

Qu Yun frowned.

Lu Ping also frowned.

I just confirmed that the Shenman Fruit came from the game setting, how come there is now a poisonous corpse and Andrographis paniculata from the anime setting?

Yan Chengjun was slapped in the face and his face turned red.

It’s just that the lighting in the venue was dim and he was wearing sunglasses, so other people couldn’t see it clearly.

Qu Yun fell into deep thought, and the right to speak naturally shifted to Tieqi Qiuyi.

"Half a month ago, a group of criminals were transported from the Iron Army Guards to the palace, but they were robbed on the way. I want to know who did it and where those criminals went!"

After hearing this, Lu Xiaofeng finally realized Tieqiong Qiuyi's identity.

So it was you who caught the monkey?
What a coincidence!
Since this person is also here to investigate the whereabouts of the criminal, I might as well sit in!
Although he thought so in his heart, Lu Xiaofeng still had some doubts——

Strange, weren’t those criminals kidnapped by the people from Yinhuai Ghost Market?

How could the other party admit it if Tieqiong asked in this way?

Or was it that the information given by Huanzhu Tower was wrong, and those criminals were not kidnapped by people from Yinhuai Ghost Market?
Everyone turned their eyes to Yan Chengjun, waiting for his answer.

Yan Chengjun thought for a few seconds and said, "I have also heard about this news. The Iron Army Guards also sacrificed a squad of soldiers because of this, right?"

"I can only assure you that this matter was not done by Yinhuai Ghost Market."

Although Qiaomu Palace also engages in slave trade, more than 70% of their targets are children and women, and the remaining 30% are laborers. Moreover, they will never provoke military personnel because that will only bring themselves unnecessary trouble.

Lu Ping and Lu Xiaofeng were both stunned when they heard this.

They now know that although Yan Chengjun's character is not good, he always keeps his word in business. Since he dares to guarantee that it is not the ghost market that is behind it, then it is very likely not the case.

But in this case, doesn’t it mean that the information Huanzhu Tower sold to Lu Xiaofeng was inaccurate?
The two turned to look at Feng Duyue, but saw that he was looking at his nose with his eyes, and his heart with his nose, and he remained silent, pretending that he knew nothing.

Fengdu Yue: I just said that it’s possible that he was robbed here, I didn’t say it must be someone from the Ghost Market who did it!

Lu Xiaofeng: Okay, okay, this is how you do business at Huanzhu Tower, right? I'll make a note of this account first!

What surprised Lu Ping was that Tieqi Qiuyi didn't seem surprised by Yan Chengjun's answer, as if he had expected it. "Then I want all the information about Lonely Tear Blade!"

Hearing the name, Lu Ping was stunned again, but then he quickly reacted.

Tieqi Qiuyi was not the kind of person who would do something without a purpose, so he asked about the two things together on purpose. His meaning was very clear: the person who robbed the criminal was the unscrupulous 'Gu Yingdao'.

The fact was just as Lu Ping thought. Before coming here, Tieqi Qiuyi knew that this matter might have nothing to do with Yinhuai Ghost Market.

Because he had previously investigated the scene where the criminals were robbed and examined the wounds on the dead soldiers, and from the characteristics of those wounds, he determined the identity of the perpetrators.

The dead soldiers were killed by the "Slant Blade Technique", so the person who did it is obvious -

'Lone Tattoo Blade' is a legend in the killer world in the past.
This man used to be the leader of the assassins in Yinhuai Ghost Market, but later he withdrew from here for unknown reasons. This is also the reason why Tieqiong Qiuyi went to Yinhuai Ghost Market.

The other party has returned to the underworld after many years and has directly caused trouble for the Tiejun Guards. As the leader of an army, Tieqi Qiuyi naturally has to come and look for some relevant information.

If you just want to buy unconventional information, the price will definitely be high.

Because after this man withdrew from the Yinhuai Ghost Market in the past, he had been snatching orders from the Ghost Market. Any target that the Yinhuai Ghost Market wanted to assassinate would be snatched away by him first, so the two sides had a very unpleasant quarrel.

Sure enough, Yan Chengjun took a puff of his cigarette and said, "This person is a taboo in Yinhuai Ghost Market. If you want his information, the price is not low!"

Without going into details about how the two conducted the PY transaction, Lu Ping began to tell Lu Xiaofeng what he knew about Pian Feng Wu Ji's past.

"...such and such, such and such..."

"So now I judge that the person who kidnapped the criminal should not be Yinhuai Ghost Market, but Gu Yingdao!"

"As for who he is working for now and why he took action, it is difficult for me to guess."

This world has not developed the 'Xuanwu True Way', so Gu Yingdao is naturally not a mentor. Even if he has found someone to cooperate with now, at most he can just hang out with Jie Tianlan.

But there is no evidence for this, so it’s hard to say it directly.

After Tieqiong asked for clothes, Fu Qiushuang, Fang Zhimo and others did not have any information they wanted to know.

In fact, asking for information in front of outsiders is itself an act of leaking one's own intelligence. Old conspirators like them will not expose themselves easily.

If they really wanted to ask something, they would only wait until there was no one around and then ask Yan Chengjun.

Soon, the right to speak came to Lu Ping.

However, Lu Ping did not ask Yan Chengjun for information as agreed before, but simply said that there was nothing he wanted to know and ended the trade fair hastily.

Then he bought two pieces of jewelry at random in the Netherworld Street to complete the identity verification of "Night Guest".

After leaving Qiaomu Palace, Lu Ping took Lu Xiaofeng with him, pulled a few carts of forging materials and left Yinhuai Ghost Market, heading towards Fenghai.

"Aren't you going to ask me why I didn't ask about the whereabouts of the criminal just now?"

Lu Xiaofeng had been silent since the beginning. If they had not been traveling together all the time, Lu Ping would have thought that someone had pressed his mute point.

"We are all smart people, so there is no need to deliberately test us, right?"

Lu Xiaofeng smiled and said, "That Tieqi Qiuyi had recognized me a long time ago and guessed our intention, so he deliberately revealed that he was also investigating the 'disappeared criminal' and made a deal with Yan Chengjun in person. His intention is self-evident."

Lu Ping nodded, followed Lu Xiaofeng's words, and continued to explain Tieqiong's purpose of asking for clothes.

"He wants our trading partner to switch from Yan Chengjun to him!"

"The evidence is that a commander of the Iron Guard, who should have planned before taking action and tried to hide his true intentions, just now recklessly revealed in front of everyone that he was also investigating the criminals."

If Fu Qiushuang and Fang Zhimo could think of it, there is no way Tieqi Qiuyi could not have thought of it, so there must be a reason why he did that.

Lu Xiaofeng's eyes flickered, he nodded and continued his analysis.

"Tieqi Qiuyi could have chosen to remain silent, allowing us to trade information with Yan Chengjun, and then come back to trade with us."

"But if we do this, he will be less 'sincere' in our eyes, and when we conduct a transaction, we will be at a disadvantage due to insufficient intelligence."

"Instead of doing that, it would be better for you to get first-hand information and do us a favor."

What is favor?
All three of them saw it clearly.

"Everyone knows that Yan Chengjun is a businessman with no bottom line. Doing business with him will definitely lead to big losses. Tieqi Qiuyi took the initiative to stand in front so that we can get intelligence with less effort."

If there is only one source of information, then you will definitely be ripped off; but if there are two, the remaining person may be able to force both parties to lower their prices by jumping back and forth.

"But he is not a good person who only likes to do good things. He just mentioned Pianfeng Wuji's name on purpose so that we can have clues to continue the investigation."

"In this way, we will go ahead and face all possible dangers, and he can follow behind with the Iron Army Guards to take advantage."

Lu Ping and Lu Xiaofeng were silent for a few seconds, then looked at each other and cursed Tieqi Qiuyi together.

"What a sinister and cunning fellow!"

(End of this chapter)