The Primordial Law

Chapter 346 Two Letters Written in Blood

The letter mainly recounted two things.

The first thing is that the family of Deputy Commander-in-Chief Zhou Bida is being held by a cult in Leiling City, at the Shenwu Hall. If they cannot be rescued today, their innocence will be in jeopardy, and their fate will be uncertain.

The second matter is that Jiang Xin, the head of the Nanyan Pass Attendant Hall, is an elder who oversees all affairs of the heretical cult in the prefecture.

Every single event is like a thunderclap from a clear sky, capable of triggering unpredictable storms.

On his way back to the city, Tai Shi Bai had already heard about what happened at Nanyan Pass that morning, but he never imagined there were so many hidden stories behind it.

Inside the car, Madam Long asked, "What's your opinion?"

“It might be a trap, but human lives are at stake. It’s better to believe it’s true than not to believe it isn’t,” Taishi Bai said.

Lady Long asked, "Which do you think is more important?"

"Both are important! Saving lives is of utmost urgency, and Jiang Xin must also be brought under control immediately. It's not too late to apologize to him after we've investigated the situation. Given his position, if something happens to him, the consequences would be unimaginable," Taishi Bai said.

Inside the car, there was a long silence.

Tai Shi Bai frowned, knowing this meant his mother was not satisfied with his answer: "Mother, is there something wrong with it?"

Long Shi said, "Jiang Xin is first and foremost a member of the Jiang family, and secondly a member of the Attendant Hall. What right do you have to control him? You have even less right to investigate him!"

Taishi Bai did not rush to argue. After thinking for a moment, he understood and said, "Mother means that saving lives is more important."

Long said, "Zhou Bida, at the age of twenty-five, served as your father's personal guard. He fought in at least hundreds of battles, big and small, and was over a hundred years old before he was promoted to the position of deputy commander-in-chief. He has a very high prestige in the army."

Taishi Bai coldly said, "But Luantai and Shicong Hall bypassed us directly. In Nanyan Pass, on our territory, without even a word, they barged into the residence of a deputy general and killed him! Putting aside whether they have solid evidence, doing this shows that they don't take the Taishi family seriously at all, which is tantamount to slapping my father in the face."

"Now that someone has reported that Jiang Xin is a cult elder, this is a good opportunity to regain our reputation."

“I will contact the Jiang family and Yao Shaoqing, who is still in Nanyan Pass, and the three of us will investigate together. If we find anything, we’ll see how Luantai explains it.”

Normally, it would be impossible to launch a large-scale investigation into a magistrate just because of a random letter.

But today is different; the General's Mansion has suffered a great loss.

Inside the car, silence fell again.

"Does my mother want me to go to Leiling City to rescue people?"

Tai Shi Bai's mind raced: "That's right, saving lives is even more urgent. We can easily send a group of people from the General's Office to investigate from Nan Yan Pass."

Long said, "With your cultivation and experience, can you defeat Yao Qian? You're probably no match for that old fellow Jiang Xin either. Let Vice Commander Qiu and Taishi Zhang investigate Jiang Xin's matter."

"You must immediately, right now, gather a group of skilled soldiers and rush to Leiling City to rescue them. You must rescue them unharmed and bring them back to Nanyan Pass to settle them in."

"We must make sure that the veterans in the military understand the Taishi family's attitude."

"If this matter is botched and the messenger gets the news, you can forget about ever having a foothold in the army again. Who will truly be loyal to your Taishi family then?"

"Understood, Mother is more thoughtful. I'll go right away!"

Tai Shi Bai finally understood why his mother thought saving lives was more important!
Saving lives was more important to him and to the Taishi family.

First and foremost, the biggest worry for people in the military is their families.

If even the family of a deputy general cannot be protected, what will the soldiers below think of the Taishi family?
Secondly, the fact that the cult resorted to such extreme measures as detaining a deputy general's family member precisely indicates that Zhou Bida may not have yielded yet. Unless the Luantai (a local government agency) can produce concrete evidence, the General's Office can take the case all the way to Lingxiao City.

"Da da!"

Taishi Bai rode a strange beast at breakneck speed toward the city gate.

Inside the carriage, Long's voice came: "Using the Taishi family to do their own thing. Investigate! Dig three feet into the ground, we must find out who delivered the message."

……

The Register of Hermits not only records information on all the hermits of this sixty-year period, but also the strongholds and properties of some hermit sects.

Many of these industries were left behind by hermits throughout the ancient world and are found all over the Lingxiao habitat.

There are three industries in the third layer of the city area of ​​Nanyan Pass.

Since the letter was sent out, strict checks have been implemented in the third layer of the city. Soldiers can be seen on every street, and arrays have been activated in many places.

Even with his mastery of disguise, Li Weiyi dared not wander aimlessly on the streets and constantly moved about, dodging and weaving.

After inspecting all three properties, they finally chose the relatively quiet Old Zhou's Coffin Shop as their temporary hiding place.

As the sun sets, the sky gradually darkens.

A few snowflakes began to fall from the sky.

Old Zhou, limping and leaning on a cane, his eyes red and swollen, returned to the coffin shop filled with grief and indignation. He peeled back the wooden door panels one by one, then slumped down at the entrance.

He remained motionless, his heart filled with grief.

It wasn't until darkness fell that he seemed to regain some strength and lit a bone lamp.

Suddenly.

With the help of the lamplight, Old Zhou saw that a young man in blue robes was sitting in the shop. The young man was looking through something, and strangely, there was no aura emanating from him.

Old Zhou, who had spent years surrounded by the dead and considered himself fearless of anything in the world, felt a chill run down his spine at this moment. His demeanor suddenly changed, and his eyes sharpened like knives.

Using his magical energy, he remotely retrieved the knife hidden behind the door into his hand.

Pointing his knife at the young man sitting inside, he said, "Speak, which faction do you belong to?"

Li Weiyi is studying the ledgers found in Xu Xiangu's bag and discovers that the Rice Cult has three other strongholds and more than ten businesses in Nanyan Pass, with a very wide range of operations.

In addition, records also mention two strongholds and numerous properties of Lingxiao City.

A power with tens of millions of influence must have a global presence, with extensive networks that penetrate every corner of the world.

Li Weiyi closed the ledger and looked at Old Man Zhou.

Old Zhou had gray and disheveled hair, gray clothes, a long scar on his neck, and a crippled left leg. He exuded a sense of decay and decline, like someone nearing the end of his life.

However, the moment he held the knife in his hand, an aura of fierce battle and killing intent filled the entire coffin shop.

Li Weiyi asked, "Senior, you must have a military background, right?"

Old Zhou limped forward, his eyes sharp and filled with boundless hatred: "People from the Attendant Hall? Haha, quite capable..."

"Shh!"

The sword slashed down, its blade flashing like a bright crescent moon.

That's the cultivation level of the third stage of the Five Seas Realm!

"Oh!"

Li Weiyi sat in the chair, using her protective aura to take the blow to her forehead. Her body was as indestructible as diamond, impervious to the blade.

After knocking Old Man Zhou back, he took out the Nine Li Hidden Sect's Divine Hidden Man Token.

Upon seeing the special mark of the Hidden Sect on the token, Old Man Zhou dropped his knife with a clang, knelt on one knee, and burst into tears: "Greetings, Hidden Master! The Nine Li Hidden Sect... We must avenge the Deputy Commander... He died so tragically, I want to go and collect his body, but I can't even get close to the Deputy Commander's residence."

Li Weiyi helped him up: "What is your relationship with the deputy commander-in-chief?"

Old Zhou said, "I was raised by the Deputy Commander-in-Chief and have followed him for decades. Nine years ago, I lost a leg on the battlefield and was assigned here to run a coffin shop and deliver messages."

"You're taking too much of a risk! Going to the Zhou residence at this time would easily arouse suspicion and lead to being followed."

Li Weiyi looked towards the door.

The night was deep in darkness under the lamplight, and the snow fell heavier and heavier.

A cold wind kept blowing in.

Old Zhou shook his head and said, "Today, countless soldiers went to the Deputy Commander's residence, some still in service, and some wounded and retired. The Deputy Commander has served in the military for eighty years. How many people have followed him? How many lives has he saved? He often helps us wounded and retired soldiers. If the Attendant Hall wants to suspect or investigate, half of Nanyan Pass will probably be paralyzed."

Li Weiyi felt slightly relieved: "I am also deeply saddened by the death of Deputy Commander Zhou, and I will definitely avenge him. But right now, I have an extremely important matter to attend to, and I need to send something out immediately. Do you have a way to do that?"

Old Zhou pressed the door panels back one by one and said in a low voice, "Hidden Man, you are the person that the Luantai, the Attendant Hall, and the General's Mansion are looking for today, right?"

Li Weiyi nodded.

Old Zhou said, "The whole city is under martial law now, and the city gates are closed. Any living thing that leaves the city will be detected, so hiding it in a storage bag won't help. But if it's just about sending one thing, I still have a way."

Li Weiyi said, "Is this true? This thing of mine is related to whether or not I can avenge Deputy Commander Zhou. There can be no mistakes."

Old Zhou patted his chest and assured him, "I've spent my whole life in Nanyan Pass, and I know everyone in the army. The deputy commander-in-chief put me in charge of relaying messages, so I'm certainly capable of getting the message out in any emergency."

Li Weiyi was pressed for time and had no choice but to trust Zhou Bida's arrangements before his death.

Jiang Xin's blood letter alone was not enough; he also had to write one himself.

"Stab!"

He tore off a piece of his robe, slit his wrist, and sprinkled his blood on it.

Then he bit his finger and wrote:

"This is extremely urgent, addressed personally by Palace Master An."

"I am now unable to leave Nanyan Pass. I am being searched by the Luantai, Shicongdian, and Zongbingfu, and there are also internal traitors who want to kill me. I probably won't be able to come back!"

"I was ordered by my master to carry a precious treasure out of the main altar, but I was chased and killed by members of the Divine Sect all the way. I went through many dangers and was seriously injured before I finally arrived at Nanyan Pass. I never expected that Nanyan Pass seemed to know that the Divine Sect was going to attack Lingxiao City and had already begun to recruit soldiers on a large scale."

"I know that the sect has identified a traitor and entering the city is a matter of life and death, but I have a mission to fulfill and have no choice but to go."

……

"The only thing I worry about is those four little ones. I hope the Palace Master will guide them well and not let them go astray."

"In my heart, as long as Palace Master An is still alive, the Rice Cult is not an evil cult. I would die for her, and I would have no regrets even if I died. That's all for now. Tell my master that I am grateful for her protection this past year. It was the only year I spent in Nanqing Palace that I was truly carefree. I will repay all her kindness in the next life!"

There's no need to exaggerate; just speak your true thoughts.

After finishing writing, Li Weiyi wrapped the two blood-written letters and sealed them using the special runes of the Linggu Palace.

(End of this chapter)