Chapter 1575

"Fu Nation? Zhu Xiuer also has a relationship with the Fu Nation?" "Yes. The local people of the Fu Nation said that there was originally a merchant surnamed Gan who regularly transported fluorescent spores from the Demon Nest Swamp and then sold them to Beijia. However, something happened to the Gan family a few years ago; the merchant surnamed Gan was robbed and killed by bandits, and his son went crazy. A few days later, the Gan family suffered a fire, and all eight members of the family, along with servants and laborers, as well as three or four neighboring households, died without a single survivor. The Gan family Chamber of Commerce naturally disappeared too."

Hearing this, how could Qingyang not understand: "Silenced."

She walked to the window and looked out at Tianshui City in the west: "The Tianshui City palace is hung with fluorescent spores everywhere, but this thing only appeared half a year ago. Do you know where it came from?"

"Yangshan Archipelago."

"Right, it's the Yangshan Archipelago." Qingyang said slowly, "How did the fluorescent spores of the Demon Nest Swamp become a specialty exported by the Yangshan Archipelago? Conversely, is Zhu Xiuer now in the Yangshan Archipelago?"

"There is one more small matter." Yuan Xuan reported again, "A year and a half ago, Beijia canceled the arrest warrant for Zhu Xiuer."

This was indeed a small matter, so small that Qingyang hadn't even heard of it.

Of course, she was no longer in Beijia at that time.

But now, putting the two pieces of news together, she immediately pondered that something was wrong:

"After the Tiangong incident, Zhu Xiuer successfully escaped from Beijia and then went to the Yangshan Archipelago?"

"Our friends in the Mou Nation heard that Zhu Xiuer originally escaped to the forest in the Mou Nation, but didn't get along with the great demon there, and subsequently left, whereabouts unknown."

"It seems it moved to He Xiao's island. What was the reason for Beijia canceling the arrest warrant for Zhu Xiuer?"

"According to the warrant withdrawal explanation, Zhu Xiuer appealed to the Beijia special envoy that it only went to Lingxu City to retrieve lost property, and knew nothing else."

Qingyang wondered: "Just that one sentence?"

"Yes."

"The location of the Yangshan Archipelago happens to be behind the Mou Nation; Zhu Xiuer has found the protection of the Mou Nation. Beijia cannot send an army, so it can only ask experts to go and capture the person. Hmm, Zhu Xiuer is also an ancient demon immortal, it's not that easy to take it down." Qingyang pondered, "Letting it stay on the wanted list for a long time indeed doesn't look good. However, canceling the arrest warrant so decisively, the matter itself is a bit suspicious. I don't believe Lingxu City didn't try to threaten with force."

Not trying to capture Zhu Xiuer and just canceling the arrest warrant didn't fit the style of Lingxu City.

"Who was the Beijia special envoy who went to find Zhu Xiuer at that time?"

"Not found."

"Whose idea was it to cancel the arrest warrant?"

"Also not found."

Qingyang exhaled heavily. "Even Zhu Xiuer's arrest warrant was canceled, heh, good skill."

This couldn't be blamed on outsiders; it was someone inside Beijia turning their hands into clouds.

But regardless, Zhu Xiuer, one of the main culprits who caused havoc in the Tiangong back then, was in the Yangshan Archipelago, and continued to sell specialties through the Yangshan Chamber of Commerce. Life was very comfortable.

Coincidentally, He Xiao, the master of Yangshan, also came from the Fu Nation. Did he and Zhu Xiuer know each other early on?

The last person who partnered with Zhu Xiuer was a sinner who caused havoc in the Tiangong.

The background of this person He Xiao was really more and more interesting the more she dug. She originally thought this guy was just a subordinate valued by Shuang Ye, but now it seemed it was far more than that.

And she always felt that He Xiao's actions were only superficially upright, and he harbored ulterior motives when he came to the Yao Nation.

Just then, there was another message from a demon bird outside.

Yuan Xuan personally took the secret letter from the demon bird's claws and presented it to Qingyang with both hands.

The text in the letter was written in code, the gist of which was:

"We collected supplies from five places including Mangzhou, Zhuo'an, Changyu, and Zhaoqing, but there was very little, suspected to have been taken by others first."

"It has been verified that it was not collected by our companions; using the Empty Package Chamber of Commerce, it is difficult to trace the source."

Qingyang put down the note and muttered: "Getting more and more lively."

Someone was doing the same thing as them.

Perhaps because they smelled a business opportunity and wanted to sweep up goods to hoard?

Or?...

Tianshui City, Ten Complete Inn.

The Master of Red Hut walked into the upper room and just sat down when two of his disciples entered, stood in a row, and whispered: "Master."

When the Master of Red Hut looked at them, both lowered their heads.

"Speak, what's wrong?" The Master of Red Hut raised his cup and drank a few mouthfuls of warm water, "It's been two days, don't tell me you haven't deployed eyes and ears into the Rising Spring Shanzhuang yet."

The disciple swallowed before saying: "Master, please calm your anger, not yet."

The master was powerful, but the master was also exceptionally strict, and everyone was afraid of angering him.

The cup in the Master of Red Hut's hand paused: "The reason?"

As soon as he arrived in Tianshui City, he sent his disciples to put insect puppets into the Rising Spring Shanzhuang, trying to figure out the terrain and personnel distribution there as much as possible.

Assassination operations sounded exciting, but they were by no means simple matters.

The Master of Red Hut had a high success rate, and although he had demon puppets to help, he also needed careful preparation and precise scouting in advance.

Not to mention anything else, the target's residence in the Rising Spring Shanzhuang, possible locations he might pass through, and the security forces around him—all had to be figured out, right?

"The Rising Spring Shanzhuang covers a vast area, and the buildings are scattered. Our control range for insect puppets is limited." Simply put, the Rising Spring Shanzhuang was too big, and the Demon Puppet Master couldn't control the insect puppets to fly to the core area—the distance was too far, and the insect puppets would be out of control, "We can only scout the periphery of the villa. That periphery... is basically all fruit trees!"

The Rising Spring Shanzhuang occupied an entire low hill, and the mountains and plains were full of fruit trees. This season was indeed full of fruits, mangoes, pears, and late-ripening apricots, almost bending the branches. Who wouldn't drool looking at them? But, but what scouting value did fruit trees have? "And there are guards in the villa, who come to patrol every two quarters of an hour."

"Have you tried to mix in?" The Master of Red Hut asked them, "In such a big villa, there must be supplies and personnel coming in and out."

How could mixing in be a difficult thing? The disciples looked at each other: "Tried, but that villa rarely buys things from outside, and the servants live directly in the villa. It seems only Chamber of Commerce personnel come in and out, but the guards basically recognize everyone, so it's not easy to mix in."

"Rarely buy things? Then do they drink the northwest wind?"

The two disciples didn't know the answer and had to remain silent. They also knew that these sounded too much like excuses.

The Master of Red Hut looked at them, not too angry. The Rising Spring Shanzhuang looked like a big place, but in fact, it was mostly loose but not leaking, and the security was up to standard. It was really hard to infiltrate. Otherwise, why wouldn't Qingyang send her own men to do away with He Xiao, but instead entrust him to do it?

The Master of Red Hut suddenly asked: "Where is the second one?"

The second disciple didn't come to see him.

Both opened their mouths to speak when the courtyard gate outside creaked, and someone entered.

"Master!"

Speak of the second one, and the second one arrives.

The second disciple rushed in, and everyone else was startled. He was seen in rags, bruised and swollen, with a corner of his forehead purple, and bloody welts left by a leather whip on his hands and neck.