Evil of all ages

Chapter 145 Mysterious Force
"I have many friends, and quite a few of them are very knowledgeable. Is it so hard for me to know you all?"

Di Qingtian countered with a question.

"Of course it's difficult!"

"Without personal charisma, you can't make so many friends."

“You know we are feared. You recognize the Fish King, and you even seem to recognize the two people behind me.”

"I'm afraid you have friends in Da Shang as well."

"As expected of the renowned first detective Di Qingtian, he has friends all over the world."

Mr. Jin praised.

The way Zhen Tianming and the others looked at Di Qingtian also changed.

No wonder Mr. Jin was so patient with Di Qingtian; it turns out that Di Qingtian is truly a rare talent.

Having many friends doesn't mean you know everything.

If we don't seek the well-being of the people?

What if we don't understand the people's sentiments?
How could Di Qingtian learn from others' strengths and make up for his own weaknesses, understand the customs and conditions of other peoples, and thus know them?

If such great talent is not put to use by these powerful merchants, then they must destroy it.

"Where are my people?"

Di Qingtian knew that the Dong Shang created the Wei organization specifically to carry out infiltration, sabotage, and assassinations within the territory of Da'an.

The people who arrested him brought him here, probably because they saw his abilities and wanted to recruit him to the Eastern Merchants' cause.

If he wants to turn his men against their cause, then his men are certainly not in mortal danger.

That's why he's asking so slowly now.

"Snapped"

Mr. Jin raised his hand and clapped his hands.

Two people immediately brought Yin Tianyong out.

At this moment, Yin Tianyong's hands were tied and his mouth was gagged.

When Yin Tianyong saw Di Qingtian, his reaction was extremely intense, as if he blamed Di Qingtian for risking his life to come here for the sake of a mere guard.

No matter how fiercely he reacted, it was useless; he was firmly controlled by the two people holding him down from behind.

Seeing that Yin Tianyong was clean and had not been abused, Di Qingtian gave him a look, telling him to calm down.

Upon seeing the adults' gazes, Yin Tianyong immediately stopped struggling.

He was relieved because he knew his family had come fully prepared.

"I'm curious, since you've already robbed the military pay, why do you still want to use me to take down the Fu and Yang families?"

"Could it be that you are the ones behind the Wu family?"

Di Qingtian still had many questions to ask and was in no hurry to get the other party to release Yin Tianyong.

He wasn't in a hurry, but Mr. Jin seemed very confident, not afraid that Di Qingtian would run away.

He waved his hand, signaling his men to release Yin Tianyong.

Once released, Yin Tianyong immediately went behind his master and stared intently at the people around him.

Di Qingtian knew why the other party was so confident; it was simply because they were on a ghost ship and on this canal, and they felt that he had nowhere to escape.

That's fine, he likes people who are blindly confident.

"What Wu family? We don't know them."

"And do you think we're so idle? Do we need to borrow your hands to wipe out the Fu family or the Yang family? Are we that low-class?"

Mr. Jin countered with a question.

"Not you?"

Hearing that the other party hadn't used him, Di Qingtian's brows furrowed.

"Were the military funds stolen by you?"

Di Qingtian asked, squinting his eyes.

"We stole it, but that batch of military funds is not in our hands now."

Mr. Jin said.

"What do you mean?"

Di Qingtian frowned even more deeply.

“A mysterious force has stolen that batch of military funds from us.”

Mr. Jin replied.

"Are you kidding me? You think there's any force that can snatch the things you stole from your hands?"

Di Qingtian's first reaction was disbelief, thinking that the other party was lying to him.

"I wish I was joking with you, but unfortunately I was telling the truth."

"Really?"

“Absolutely true”

This answer left Di Qingtian speechless.

"So, you invited me here today for two reasons."

"First, they want to use me to help you find the mysterious force that stole the military funds." "Second, they want to turn me against you, so that I will work for you, the Eastern Merchants."

After a moment of silence, Di Qingtian looked up slightly at Mr. Jin and said.

"Snapped"

"Snapped"

"Snapped"

Upon hearing this, Mr. Jin immediately clapped.

"As expected of you, you guessed the purpose of inviting you here so easily."

"That's right"

"They were able to steal our military pay, act quickly, and track our movements. They have become a serious threat to us."

"If we don't find them, we'll only become more passive."

"And you don't need to say that we are using you. Your mission was to recover the lost military pay, which is now in their hands."

“We don’t need to do anything; you will find them for us.”

"As for the second objective..."

Mr. Jin paused deliberately.

“You’re a smart man; you should be able to see that Nan’an is rotten to the core.”

"The old emperor is senile and confused, and he only cares about making elixirs of immortality."

"The empress interfered in court affairs, and her relatives seized power."

“Local princes held military power and acted independently.”

"..."

Do you think there's still hope for Nan'an?

"Look at our Great Shang Dynasty, where talented people emerge in large numbers and the country's strength is growing day by day."

"In comparison, your Nan'an will be defeated by our iron cavalry sooner or later."

“You are a rare talent, why should you be buried with the hopeless Nan’an?”

"Come to our Great Shang Dynasty!"

"We at Dashang value talent the most. As long as you come to Dashang, we will definitely give you the opportunity to realize your ambitions."

Mr. Jin said sincerely.

"A wealth of talented people?"

"The nation's strength is growing rapidly?"

"If the Eastern Merchants were really as you say, our Great An would have been gone long ago."

"Don't try to fob me off with that excuse. I have many friends, and I know very well what kind of situation Dongshang is in."

Di Qingtian scoffed.

"Yes, I may have exaggerated, but our national strength is indeed stronger than yours, and you have to admit that."

"I admit, we are a little stronger, but you can't take us down unless you want to perish together."

"Are you saying you're refusing?"

"Isn't it obvious?"

"You should know our responsibilities. I really don't want to kill someone as talented as you."

"Don't act like you've got me cornered. You're causing trouble in Da'an, so you're the enemy. If you don't want to let me go, I don't want to let you go either."

The atmosphere at the scene suddenly became tense.

Seeing that Di Qingtian was so calm, Mr. Jin immediately turned to look around.

Finding no other ships around besides their ghost ship, he truly wondered where Di Qingtian got his confidence from.

"Arrest them both."

Mr. Jin was reluctant to kill Di Qingtian, so he planned to capture him first and then slowly use various means to make Di Qingtian work for the Shang Dynasty.

Upon hearing the order, Fish King Dai Gang prepared to step forward and subdue Di Qingtian and his companion.

Suddenly, two water snakes formed from true energy burst forth from the calm surface of the Flying Dragon Canal and flew towards Fish King Dai Gang's face to bite.

Fish King Dai Gang slapped the two water snakes into countless water droplets with one palm and scattered them away. He couldn't help but take two steps back and stared intently at the surface of the canal.

Just then, Di Qingtian suddenly sprang up and reached for Mr. Jin's mask.

But Mr. Jin was no ordinary person. While everyone else was distracted by the commotion, his attention remained fixed on Di Qingtian.

When Di Qingtian reached for his mask, he kicked away a table full of fine wine and food in front of him.

He forced Di Qingtian to retreat, and he also took a few steps back, creating distance between them.

"Pu" x3
Immediately afterwards, the surface of the canal exploded, and three figures rose into the air from the water, eventually landing on the ghost ship.

Two of them are Kagego (Kage 5) and Tomioka Wada.

The last one was a new face.

As soon as the three appeared, more than a dozen boats full of officers and soldiers appeared nearby and were rapidly approaching the ghost ship.

(End of this chapter)