Yan's foreign relatives, give Da Yan a little Xuanwu Gate shock

She asked in elegant language: "How does Yuan Langjun plan to suppress them? The enemy is in the dark, I am in the light, and it is unclear whether they have crossbows and magicians. If there are too many people, we will not be able to defend them all. Why not donate 500,000 taels to Ruiguo City and entrust it to suppress the bandits and escort them."

In addition to wanting the credit for suppressing bandits, local officials also want the money to be paid for the suppression.

This gang of bandits was able to exist by tacit consent. They did not dare to really attack the mobile city, so the local officials could not play the trick of dividing the people's money 70% and 30%. Yuan Congqian and Chen's money naturally could not be returned in full. Five hundred thousand taels was still a small amount.

"What if the bandits see the group of soldiers and don't come to rob us?"

Yuan Congqian asked in return, "The bandits are not fools. Will they attack us if they see our soldiers? It is taboo for our soldiers to leave the city, and it is even more impossible for them to approach the capital fully armed. Our soldiers will eventually return home. If we come to rob them now, we will suffer even greater losses."

"What should I do then?" Chen Zhijun was at a loss.

"What should we do? Let's get ahead of him and kill him."

The vast wilderness is suitable for killing people.

Chen Zhijun said:

"How do you know where Minister Huang is? Even if the information provided by Yan Zongzheng is accurate, is it possible that a man like him would expose himself?"

"Don't be afraid. We in the Western Pharmacy have an ally with whom we have an unbreakable friendship."

Yuan Congqian smiled and followed the map in the opposite direction of the caravan's route until he arrived at Chernobyl. "Ursus, our dear Lord Nicholas and Colonel Blucher are still in the Honglu Temple."

"Will they know Minister Huang?"

"It is impossible for the Ursus people to directly move boxes of silver and money into Minister Huang's house, and it is impossible for him to use Longmen's account to spend money in the capital. There must be Ursus people in the capital who are in contact with him.

The Ursus Empire's Treasury Office is also responsible for releasing Cherven, and Lord Nicholas is a sixth-level civil servant in the Treasury Office. I will give him a condition that he cannot refuse, and ask him to help us contact Minister Huang's informant. Then..."

Yuan Congqian snapped his fingers:

"Minister Huang is in the open, and we are in the dark, to wipe out these bandits!"

Chapter 63: He is a third-rank official, so he needs to be paid more

Unlike the Wrights, who always stayed in the pharmacy and only occasionally went out to experience the customs and culture of the capital, Lord Nicholas was very active and had a strong desire to know everything about the capital.

When Yuan Congqian found him through officials from the Honglu Temple, he was choosing his modified convertible at the Leitonia Benz car shop.

He stroked the bright red Originium car and smiled at Yuan Congqian:

"I have passed the examination of the third-ranked car competition club in the capital. I will be able to race with them on the streets in a few days. I am really looking forward to it. Let me see the youth of the people in the capital of Da Yan."

After these few days, his Yan country's elegant language has begun to take shape.

Young Hellagur stood silently not far away, without saying a word.

Lord Nicholas brought Yuan Congqian to a guild hall:

"Lord Yuan, I should have visited the Western Pharmacy in person to congratulate you on your promotion, but the Western Pharmacy is not your residence. Please don't blame me for being rude this time. The gift I brought to you to congratulate you is already in the motorcade."

Lord Nicholas actually cares very much about Yuan Congqian.

According to his information, Yuan Congqian was already a fourth-level clerk in Da Yan, and was also awarded the honor of the Emperor's Guard. If placed in the Ursus Empire, this would be enough to support a wealthy family.

As the emperor's nephew, Yuan Congqian is really powerful!

In a monarchy, the law of "a new emperor, a new minister" is eternal. Very few high-ranking officials can maintain their status as the monarch changes. If the Ursus Empire wants to maintain its long-term interests in Yan, it must rely on Lord Yuan.

As for the Yuan Mansion being attacked by water bandits? Lord Nicholas was shocked when he first saw it. After a closer look, Yuan Congqian himself was fine, and the two fierce water bandits were killed in return. The dead were just weeds on the soil.

How should I put it? In Lord Nicholas's opinion, since he was young, he could take the initiative to clean up these weeds. Only after they were cleaned up would there be room for them to grow. As long as people were still there, these herbs would always grow day by day.

Yuan Congqian exchanged compliments with him and then got to the point:

"I have a little matter which I think I can ask Lord Nicholas's help."

"My friendship with Lord Yuan needs no further explanation. Time and land will bear witness to our friendship. If there is anything the Treasury can help with, just say it directly. There is no need to hesitate."

"I want a solo trip."

"Oh? Even though I have been in the capital for less than a month, Lord Yuan still thinks I am capable of monitoring the people in the capital?"

Nicholas raised a pink eyebrow that made his face look very unserious.

If it is too high, it will become excessive suspicion, which is not good news for the relationship between the two sides.

Yuan Congqian did not answer, but took out the photocopy of Minister Huang from his arms and placed it on the table.

Lord Nicholas remained calm and stamped the photocopy with his hand: "He is a third-level civil servant of Yan Country."

"Order another two million taels from Qiecheng."

"Since Lord Yuan has come to me about this matter, for the sake of our friendship, I will not say more. May our friendship last forever."

He put the photocopy into his sleeve and raised his glass.

Yuan Congqian smiled politely and clinked glasses with him.

The earth, of course, transcends countries. Moreover, it was the decision of the great nobles in the upper echelons of the empire that allowed Cherwen to flow into Dayan, which also meant that the corresponding interests belonged to the old nobles, not to the new civil servants such as Lord Nicholas.

The Ursus people had no ability to monitor other Yan people, they just wanted to see if Minister Huang would take the money and not do his job.

……

In the afternoon, Yuan Congqian received the news that Minister Huang had left the mobile city.

This also confirms the information given by Yan Junyan.

He and Chen prepared a dozen or so good fighters, equipped with swords, spears, bows and crossbows, and followed the team of the racing club out of the city without attracting much attention. A nobleman of Yuan Congqian's status should have come to race with them a long time ago, but why did he come now?

"I didn't expect that he would actually give you the information."

Chen Zhijun knew a little about these twists and turns, but not much.

He had not expected that Minister Huang, a Ursus man whom he had made good friends with for many years, who received more salary from the National Treasury every year than their first-level clerks and climbed to the position of a third-rank official, would still be sold on demand.

Nicholas is very similar to Huang Renzhao.

They are both in charge of the country's financial departments. The Huang family in the capital was wiped out by the barbarians, leaving only Huang Maomao. Lord Nicholas' family was also destroyed by political conspiracy. It was really a coincidence.

After Hong Xue escaped from Ursus, he described the process of the extermination of the family in the Cliff City of the Durin tribe: the high walls collapsed, the portraits with kind faces burned in the fire, and the bright red wine was poured on the white tablecloth.

"Of course, there are factions in the National Treasury. The fact that they are currently fighting for the wealth from the war does not mean that their interests are truly aligned. The economy of Yan State is becoming increasingly tight, and paper money has plundered the economy, but it cannot reach their hands."

Yuan Congqian said casually, looking at his and Chen's convoy, "Watch your words. We are now going to meet the Commercial Bank transport team to suppress the bandits. Move the drones when necessary, and make sure no one is left alive."

"Of course." Chen Zhijun glanced at the sword on Yuan Congqian's body.

Different from usual appearances, he changed into a cloak coat to protect against sand and dust, and had a silver-white mask on his face.

According to public information, he is a skilled swordsman in the capital, a mysterious masked man hired by the Chen family.

If Yuan Congqian is usually a sharp-tongued and shameless nobleman, who occasionally shows his anthropomorphic side of being able to imitate the nobles' speech, then the mysterious masked man is now a swordsman with a sharp sword intent.

Chen Zhijun sighed silently in his heart:

"How far has his sword come?"

The area around the capital was very flat, mostly covered with willow trees and tall grass. Apart from a river full of mud and sand, the only fortifications that could be considered defensive structures were the villages and settlements built around the river.

The modified off-road vehicle crushed the wild grass, heading westward towards Hangu Pass.

The sky gradually turned black, and a night vision drone with a tiny indicator light flashing silently took off, constantly scanning the surrounding terrain and heat. It was a privately modified version that Chen Zhijun had specifically requested from the Wrights.

All I see is endless weeds, which is a good place to kill people.

After an unknown amount of time, faint twinkling lights appeared ahead, and the deep blue of the sky spread down along the towering Originium crystals. A village built on a natural disaster area came into view.

One of Chen's skilled fighters retrieved the drone and pointed it forward:

"That's the site of Hangu Pass. Normal people wouldn't hide in a natural disaster area where there's a risk of infection at any time. Even people in the black market wouldn't stop here to restock supplies. Only criminals, bandits, and fugitives would stay here."

Chapter 64 I'm Here to Kill You

Taking advantage of the night, Huang Renzhao came to a mountain village.

He rode his pack animal carefully around the uncleared fragments of Originium crystals on the ground, fearing that the shattered crystals would cut him if the pack animal stepped on them, causing him to become an infected person whose status would plummet.

Unpurified Originium has very low value, but can cause infection if it enters a wound.

There were no barricades, fences, or traps set up around the village. The dense traces of natural disasters around were the best representation of "no entry". There were only bonfires burning in the open space with a lower density of source stone.

Hearing the sound of Minister Huang's horse's hooves, the bandits who were warming themselves by the fire gathered around.

“When will the next batch of meat arrive?”

"There is no meat left in the village. It doesn't make sense to give the water meat to the villagers but not the mountain meat to the villagers."

"Where's the money? Where's the money? Where's the fucking money you brought?"

Minister Huang dismounted from his horse and hid the disgust in his eyes into the night.

He did not rush to speak, but straightened his coarse cloth robe, turned up the collar, and adjusted the hood of the robe. Under the gaze of a group of fierce bandits, he seemed to have an extraordinary demeanor.

——If you ignore the bloodstains all over his face.

The gangster hugged his chest and just watched him do the evil.

After he had arranged his clothes, Minister Huang spoke up, "Tomorrow a team of civilians with wheels will come from Longmen and pass by the official road one kilometer away. They will be attacked."

The tallest and strongest bandit sneered, "Fuck! They are all on wheels. I don't know how many arms and pieces they have. They don't even give us a dime and just let us go to fight the wind with poles?"

Big piece means knife, arm means crossbow, they are all slang.

Minister Huang didn't look at him in a good mood and cursed: "The things they are transporting are worth 100,000 taels per cart, which is enough for you to eat for a year! Just grab a cart and go, go to the riverside to sell it in the scaffolding, don't let it leak."

Hearing this huge number, the robber's eyes suddenly turned green:

"gold?"

“Just think of it as gold.”

"Okay! But do we have to kill them all?"

His eyes immediately began to light up and he was eager to try.

After doing this job and selling the stolen goods, you don't need to be the village manager in the disaster area. The bandits have their heads tied to their waists, and they can't live in peace for a few days. If they are good citizens, they will be bullied by officials. If they become bandits, they will still be bullied.

The bandit boss no longer wants to do this job.

Alas, every city needs their own bandits.

For the sake of long-term stability in the future, Minister Huang naturally would not let them have their way, nor would he let this group of scoundrels rob all the goods from the Western Pharmacy. Who knows how many people in the Ministry of Revenue would die by then.

He repeatedly reminded them: "Just rob one car and leave. They are from Longmen. If you rob all of them, no one will dare to take the goods. I will go with you this time, so don't take anything you shouldn't take. Those sent by the bank must die..."

"Who the hell do you think you are? You have to sell as many poles as we give you! We're just going to go to Dahuang City to farm after receiving the imperial edict. You, a bastard, will have a hard time surviving!"

"Who am I?"

When Minister Huang heard the sound, he looked over and raised his hand. A few sparks suddenly appeared on the bandit's body, directly igniting his clothes. He rolled on the ground wailing in pain. After a few breaths, he was silent.

He looked at the suddenly startled bandits and smiled: "Do you know who I am?"

"I do not know."

Another voice sounded again.

The fake smile on Minister Huang's face could no longer be maintained, and he turned his head to look behind him gloomily.

There were no bandits behind him, the sound came from above!

He quickly looked up and groped in the direction of the bandits.

Standing on the high place was a strange man wearing a silver-white oval mask.

Under the night, there was not much reflective surface on his body, and only the mask could be seen clearly. On the mask, a black bullet hole spread out tiny gaps, and a small white cross star shone in the bullet hole, like an eye.

The bandits didn't say anything like "what kind of person" or anything like that. Instead, they immediately pulled out their crossbows and shot at the mysterious masked man.

Again, no decent person would come to a disaster area.

People who are going to communicate with the bandits don't need to wear masks.

"Swish, swish, swish!" The sound of crossbows continued, and dozens of sharp arrows flew towards the mysterious masked man in an instant. What was even more strange was that the masked man stood still, but the arrows pierced through his body and flew behind him.

It was like hitting the air.

"It's my turn this time."

The mechanical synthesized voice of the mysterious masked man, who sounded neither male nor female, instantly made the bandits shudder and blew the warning whistle.

The mysterious masked man drew a long sword from his waist and slashed at the bonfire, leaving a bottomless sword mark in an instant. A bandit was unable to dodge and his thigh was cut off by the sword energy from the long sword, and then turned into powder.

The extremely fast sound of breaking through the air even formed a sharp explosion in the air!

"Hililu!" The beast of burden was frightened, raised its front hooves high, and ran towards the crowd.