Chapter 1380: Qian Yu

"On this journey, how many opportunities are there to act?" "Quite a few." He Lingchuan said in a low voice, "When a high official like this passes by, local officials will entertain him warmly. Xue Zongwu cannot bring all two hundred soldiers into the banquet."

There is a distinction between superior and inferior; when Xue Zongwu is drinking and having fun with other powerful people, the soldiers under his command can only guard outside.

"The Black Armor Army has never attacked the Yao people; Xue Zongwu will definitely not expect himself to become the next target of the Black Armor Army." He Lingchuan continued, "But he should know that he is the object of everyone's hatred and will be careful. If you do evil, you fear a ghost knocking on your door."

"Even if the timing and location are chosen well, the information on hand is not enough." Dong Rui picked up a document and flipped through it again. "Xue Zongwu's true temper, habits, character, and on-the-spot reactions are not complete here."

He had also guest-starred as an assassin and taken orders to kill, so of course he knew that assassination work was never simple, especially when the target was a great general above ten thousand people.

He Lingchuan looked at him: "You speak so eloquently, but I didn't see you being so neat when you assassinated Ke Jihai back then."

His old embarrassing incident was dug up, and Dong Rui could only glare at him: "I did my homework on Ke Jihai, but I didn't do yours! Who knew you were there, who knew you would stand in the way!"

At that time, he didn't even have He Lingchuan, a nobody, in his eyes, okay?

"So, there are many accidents in the process of assassination; the one you picked is really not small in difficulty!" Dong Rui said sullenly. "Unless you can get more complete information, I advise you to change the target. We can kill a few more small officials of the Yao people and win by quantity."

"Killing ten small officials doesn't have the explosive power of Xue Zongwu's death." He Lingchuan shook his head. "Do you think why I want to act before the King of Yao's birthday?"

Dong Rui thought for a while: "To give him a big gift?"

"To give the Kingdom of Yao a big gift and stir the water even muddier; otherwise, our trip to the Kingdom of Yao is all in the King of Yao's calculations, which is not easy to deal with." Since the monarch of the strongest country in the Flash Gold Plain tricked him into going to the Kingdom of Yao, there is probably a set of combos behind it. He Lingchuan wants to regain the initiative, so let's start by taking down Xue Zongwu and triggering a series of chain reactions.

He Lingchuan said word by word: "This person, I am determined to kill."

Since he had made up his mind, Dong Rui could only rub his hands: "Fine, where do we start?"

If you can't stop it, join it.

"You are right; this person is much harder to kill than previous targets, and we only have one chance. Once we fail, Xue Zongwu wins, and the Black Armor Army loses." He Lingchuan took a piece of paper from the materials Dong Rui threw away and handed it to him again. "So the preparation homework must be done completely."

He Lingchuan had made full preparations for all the targets the Black Armor Army had killed. For some that he knew could be easily handled—as Dong Rui said, "can be killed in a few slashes"—he still had to make several plans.

Even a lion uses its full strength to fight a rabbit, because accidents are everywhere and at all times. Just like when they entered the Green Manor to kill the Ma father and son, another group of demon puppet masters killed them from the side, and the Black Armor Army even had to fight the Ma soldiers and several demon puppets for several rounds at the same time.

"From the moment I started preparing the Black Armor Army, I calculated suitable targets in the Kingdom of Yao and quickly locked onto Xue Zongwu; one is because his sins are deep enough, and the other is because this person has enough influence in the Kingdom of Yao." He Lingchuan spoke eloquently. "But our tentacles have just extended to the Kingdom of Yao, so collecting information took a lot of effort. This information was still obtained from Shuangxi; if we want to get information in Xue Zongwu's territory, it will be even harder."

Dong Rui took the paper and looked at it, quickly finding a name: "Qian Yu?"

"Qian Yu is the account manager who has served Xue Zongwu for ten years; he usually stays in the industries under Xue Zongwu's name, but every once in a while, Xue Zongwu will send him to lead a team to Shuangxi to audit the accounts."

"Audit the accounts of the tribute lands?"

"Yes. The taxes and grain paid by the tribute lands every year have items and quantities, so naturally, they need to be audited by a special person." He Lingchuan explained, "Only after Qian Yu and the people he brought verify them correctly will this account table be submitted by Xue Zongwu to the Yao Royal Court, so the work Qian Yu does is very important."

If the work is important, the person is important. Dong Rui understood: "Qian Yu is the breakthrough point?"

"Hmm, for this kind of work, Xue Zongwu will only entrust it to his own people."

Dong Rui looked at the information carefully and said a long "Oh": "So he's a family-born servant."

Qian Yu is not only Xue's accountant but also the son of the second steward of Xue Zongwu's mother's family.

Both his father and son have served the Xue family for two generations, and the whole family relies on the Xue family for food, with their life and death held by the Xue family, so naturally, they can only be loyal to Xue Zongwu.

This is the "own person" Xue Zongwu trusts.

Dong Rui laughed: "He has managed accounts for Xue Zongwu for ten years, and his father served Xue Zongwu's mother's family, so Qian Yu should be exceptionally familiar with Xue Zongwu. Haha, where is this person now?"

"Shuangxi." He Lingchuan felt his luck was not bad. "During this time, he has been auditing accounts in Shuangxi."

Dong Rui was curious: "How did you find this person?"

"As the superior does, so the inferior follows; this person is as greedy as his master." He Lingchuan smiled. "The local government in Shuangxi knows that this Master Qian who audits the accounts must get enough benefits every time he comes to Shuangxi, otherwise the account of the tribute tax in Shuangxi will not be balanced. If Xue Zongwu gets angry, the local official might lose his head, and there is nowhere to appeal. So before and after Qian Yu arrives, the Xishuang government has to raise money everywhere... guess who they will find if they want to get money?"

The answer was obvious: "Local big households and rich merchants? Oh, it's better to pick on rich merchants!"

Big households have connections locally, so it's better to pick on rich merchants. If you want it once, they have to give it once.

He Lingchuan spread his hands: "So, we got this clue."

Dong Rui stood up and stretched hard: "Then let's set off?"

The moon was in the middle of the sky, and Qian Yu walked out of Tongyue Garden yawning, followed by several guards.

The guards were assigned to him by General Xue; every time he came to check the accounts, guards would follow to protect him.

The carriage was parked at the door, and when he climbed up, he couldn't help but support his lower back; his legs were a bit soft.

The new girl in Tongyue Garden really had some skills; although those legs were thin, her strength was not small.

His old waist hurt a bit.

This garden originally only had goods that were old and yellow, and Qian Yu didn't bother to come again, but he couldn't resist someone hinting and suggesting time and again; once he entered, he indeed received the best hospitality.

The other party didn't appear, but Qian Yu knew exactly who arranged for the girl to serve him.

There was an unclear account of 2,000 silver in the tribute tax; if he didn't nod and find a way to smooth it over, the other party would be in big trouble.

Just now, the girl also handed him a box with a seal on the lid.

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