The Great Qin: Starting with marrying Jingni, I began my quest for immortality.

Chapter Thirty-Eight: Before the Curtain Rises

But how to get his hands on this batch of gold was another problem.

After all, it was military pay sent to the border troops. If it were lost without proper means, it would cause a mutiny.

Therefore, Ji Wuye needs a solution.

Originally, Ji Wuye intended to let the people of the Night think of a solution.

Perhaps it was because Jiang Chuan had recently used various means to help him make a lot of money that he had won Ji Wuye's favor.

On this day, Jiang Chuan came to Ji Wuye's general's mansion to report on Ji Wuye's recent income.

Ji Wuye suddenly asked.

"Mr. Jiang."

"General!" Jiang Chuan looked at Ji Wuye with a serious expression.

"This general desires a sum of gold, but cannot take it openly. You are always full of ideas, do you have any suggestions?"

In front of Jiang Chuan, Ji Wuye did not directly say that this was the border army's pay.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Chuan's eyes flickered, and he immediately guessed something. However, he did not show it on his face, but instead seriously offered Ji Wuye some advice.

"If the quantity is small, we can send someone to secretly take it away."

"What if there are many?" Ji Wuye asked again.

"Then we'll use the power of ghosts and gods!" Jiang Chuan said in a deep voice.

"The Hand of the Gods and Demons?" Ji Wuye immediately became interested and wanted to hear what Jiang Chuan had to do.

Jiang Chuan didn't directly mention the solution, but instead revealed something.

"As far as I know, there is a unique mineral in this world called Nine Springs Gold, which also has a common name called Water-Dissolving Gold. Its color is similar to gold, but under normal circumstances, it can still be distinguished."

"However, if it is at night, the light is dim, and it is not possible to tell the difference between them in a short time."

"Of course, that's not the most important thing. The most important thing is that this thing will dissolve when it comes into contact with water, disappearing completely without a trace."

"If this item is transported in heavy rain, it will disappear without a trace, as if it were taken away by a ghost or god."

Upon hearing this, Ji Wuye's gaze immediately hardened.

Although he didn't finish what he said to Jiang Chuan, Jiang Chuan did indeed provide him with a solution.

Nine Springs Gold, no, Water Dissolves Gold.

Ultimately, it's just a type of ore; no matter how rare it is, it still has to be useful.

It dissolves in water, so obviously, apart from its special properties, this ore is not very useful. It cannot be used to smelt copper or to forge weapons.

Naturally, it's not as valuable as gold.

If you can find some of the water that can dissolve the gold, replace it with the original gold.

Then, they would find a day with torrential rain to escort the military pay.

Under heavy rain, the water evaporates and the gold is converted into cash. By creating a scene in full view of everyone, depicting the gold being stolen by ghosts and gods, the impact of the disappearance of military pay will be minimized.

Ji Wuye's ability to become the strongest general in the Han Dynasty in the past century, rising from a staff member to the current Grand General of Han, is definitely not what it appears to be—a mere brute. In fact, his cunning is extremely profound.

He immediately came up with an idea.

However, instead of saying it to Jiang Chuan in person, he praised Jiang Chuan, saying, "It is indeed a good idea."

"Stay back!"

"Yes!"

Jiang Chuan then withdrew.

……

Back at the mansion, he told Ru Shuang about what had happened that day.

Ru Shuang's eyes flickered, "Why is Ji Wuye suddenly bringing this up with you for no reason? What exactly does he want to do?"

Jiang Chuan said, "If I'm not mistaken, it will be the day soon when the South Korean border troops receive their pay."

"Although the South Korean army is not very strong, there are quite a few border troops. When they pay their soldiers, they can receive a full 100,000 taels of gold."

"Ji Wuye must have his eye on these 100,000 taels of gold."

After hearing Jiang Chuan's explanation, Ru Shuang's eyes showed a strange light. "Ji Wuye, he really is greedy."

"He dares to embezzle the border troops' pay. Isn't he afraid of a mutiny among the border troops?"

"Perhaps it was because he was confident that he could suppress the mutiny. As far as Ji Wuye was concerned, he never cared about the rise and fall of the country. All he cared about was himself."

"Of course, this is also related to his belief that he had already found a way out."

"Ji Wuye's escape route?" Ru Shuang looked at Jiang Chuan curiously.

"Qin!"

Jiang Chuan uttered two words.

Today, Ji Wuye brought up the matter of gold in front of him, which reminded Jiang Chuan of the first case in the original work, namely the "Ghost Soldiers Robbery of Funds" case. Although he did not understand why Ji Wuye had not yet thought of the method of using water to dissolve gold and disguise it as gold, Jiang Chuan did not mind mentioning it in front of Ji Wuye.

Even if he didn't tell Ji Wuye about the existence of this unique mineral, the talented people under Ji Wuye's command would definitely help him come up with a solution.

By revealing it in advance, I can actually gain some of Ji Wuye's favor.

Of course, Jiang Chuan was merely giving Ji Wuye a suggestion.

He did not intend to participate in the subsequent ghost soldiers' robbery of supplies.

This incident, however, served as a wake-up call for him.

Before we knew it, the curtain had risen.

As expected, with the unfolding of the Ghost Soldiers' robbery of supplies, Han Fei, who was studying abroad, was about to return to the country, and the Quicksand organization was about to be established.

The power struggle between Han Fei and Ji Wuye is about to begin.

And the opportunity that Jiang Chuan had been waiting for was about to arrive.

That was the only opportunity at the moment to get close to King Ying Zheng of Qin and offer him timely help, as he was still in a predicament.

As long as we can win over King Ying Zheng of Qin and leverage his power, escaping the net of entrapment in the future will not be difficult.

However, Jiang Chuan did not simply wait for that opportunity to arrive.

Now, he has replaced Emerald Tiger and become Ji Wuye's money bag.

Even though Ji Wuye didn't hand over all of Emerald Tiger's businesses to him, he could still use his power to do some things temporarily.

Jiang Chuan sent people to investigate the old story of the Baiyue War ten years ago.

To be precise, it refers to the whereabouts of several of Tianze's subordinates after the end of the Baiyue War.

After that battle, Tianze was nominally killed in action, but in reality, he was imprisoned by Bai Yifei.

His subordinates were either scattered or imprisoned.

Jiang Chuan was looking for the whereabouts of one of the women.

Yan Lingji!

This incredibly beautiful woman appears to have been imprisoned in a water dungeon by some powerful or wealthy person, and treated like an ornamental fish.

Besides that, there is another matter that Jiang Chuan should plan ahead of time.

Chapter Thirty-Nine: Clues to the Seven Constellations of the Azure Dragon

The matter of Yan Lingji can be investigated slowly; there's no rush.

Moreover, Jiang Chuan believed that it wouldn't be long before he could find clues.

In the original work, among the Baiyue assassin group, the one that Ji Wuye and others cared about the most was Tianze, mainly because Tianze had a special physique and Bai Yifei wanted to use him to test various Gu worms.

The other Baiyue assassins, whether Bai Yifei or Ji Wuye, did not take them seriously.

It wasn't until Liu Yi's death that the past of Huoyu Manor was revealed, touching upon the taboos of Baiyue. Bai Yifei was in a hurry to return from the border, wanting to bring fear to this city.

He chose to release Tianze, and through Tianze's efforts, he was able to gather his former subordinates.

Among them, Yan Ling Ji was rescued by Wu Shuang Gui.

This proves that Yan Lingji's whereabouts are not difficult to find.

Even Tianze, who had just escaped from danger, was able to find her whereabouts, so Jiang Chuan firmly believed that he could find her as well.

As for why it's Yan Ling Ji?

Of course it's because she's beautiful!

As the saying goes, "Marry a virtuous wife, and take a beautiful concubine."

Now that Ru Shuang can no longer withstand his conquests, perhaps he really needs to take a concubine.

Yan Lingji, in terms of both figure and appearance, fulfilled his desire for a concubine.