Chapter 166

The three people equipped with human skin masks successfully entered Linyuan City.

【Mission complete, you gain: Paradise Points × 10000, Attribute Points +4】

Liu Bai's side mission also went smoothly.

Chu Danqing didn't choose to go with them; he was a focus figure in the upper echelons of Linyuan City.

If he really entered the city with these three strangers, Chen Jiunan and the others would inevitably be noticed.

At that time, identity leakage was also possible.

Chu Danqing didn't know much about the Zhao Ming Society, but since they paid to hire him, he should have the professional ethics he should have and couldn't drag them down because of his own affairs.

Then, Jia Simou came to visit him.

"Young Master Chu, how did today's matter go?" Jia Simou didn't come empty-handed, but brought a box of pastries.

Upon seeing Chu Danqing, he asked immediately.

They thought Chu Danqing went out of the city to contact the capital.

That was why they couldn't wait to know the result.

"Prepare for the reception." Chu Danqing replied with just this.

Hearing this, Jia Simou's expression was filled with joy: "Is Prime Ma Xiang coming?"

Although he had received the news in advance, it was confirmed from Chu Danqing's mouth.

In fact... Chu Danqing didn't know either.

"If there are no accidents." Chu Danqing added this.

This was to continue fooling the other party, laying the groundwork for the so-called Prime Ma Xiang not coming.

"Then thank you, Young Master Chu, for the reminder." Jia Simou revealed a smile: "After I retreat safely, Young Master Chu's grace will definitely be repaid by tying grass and carrying rings."

"No need, take care of yourself." Chu Danqing was also trapped; everything he said was vague lies.

It wasn't difficult to discover the clues; he just needed a letter to confirm in the capital.

Fortunately, Chu Danqing was playing this information gap.

"Rest assured, the subordinate is just a small servant running errands for the Emperor, and has nothing to do with the Empress Dowager." Jia Simou hurriedly expressed his loyalty.

After chatting again, Jia Simou left.

Chu Danqing was thinking that he had to act as soon as possible.

"Need to find a way to send this group of corrupt officials to death in a justified way." Chu Danqing muttered in his heart.

He wanted to kill directly, but what after killing?

Linyuan City had a population of over 100,000; if he really killed all the management, what would happen next?

He couldn't manage such a big city alone.

At that time, it would only form greater chaos and cause more losses.

The people who would definitely be unlucky would be the ordinary people.

Who else could bear this price?

Chu Danqing wanted to solve it as stably as possible.

Otherwise, relying on killing, besides the management, he would also have to deal with the remaining White Tiger Hall, Vermilion Bird Tower, and Black Tortoise Gate.

He wiped out the Qinglong Society, which led to problems with Linyuan City's water transport, and the price of goods had increased quite a bit in these three days.

Gangs were used by Linyuan City's upper echelons as economic veins to make money; if they were wiped out without preparation, people's livelihood would collapse.

Destruction was easy, but creation was not that simple.

Fortunately, because the water transport aspect involved Linyuan City's money bag, it was quickly brought under control.

It was just that the losses and impact caused had not stopped, but were constantly spreading.

It would take three to five months to completely calm down.

Even if Jia Simou wanted to change a white glove, he wouldn't choose to directly erase it so rudely.

Instead, he would reshuffle the cards through a long process of support, annexation, and substitution to ensure that the livelihood of the entire Linyuan City would not have problems.

Livelihood was related to tax revenue and benefits, so Jia Simou naturally wouldn't act rashly.

"So, that Prime Ma Xiang shouldn't be a name, but a surname Ma, plus an official position?" Chu Danqing had always thought Prime Ma Xiang was a person.

His information was too lacking, and after setting up the persona, he couldn't just ask around.

Otherwise, you, a former Qingyi Guard Thousand-Household from the capital, who was secretly serving the Emperor's order, how could you not know this?

It really had advantages and disadvantages.

After Jia Simou left, Liu Bai sent an invitation, saying that a banquet was set up in the Liu Fu, inviting Chu Danqing to attend.

After Chu Danqing took a look, he accepted the invitation and told the person who sent it that he would arrive on time.

It was obviously not for no reason that he was invited; it was highly likely related to Chen Jiunan.

It was nothing more than taking a fancy to his martial force and the fake identity persona.

All things in the world come for profit, and all things in the world go for profit.

Chu Danqing couldn't avoid this vulgarity, let alone others.

"Dabao, you can eat to your heart's content tonight." Chu Danqing said with a smile.

Banquets were really good things.

The taste and texture were indeed not as good as those cooked by life apostles in Paradise, but they didn't cost money.

"Hehe, eat!" Dabao didn't have many hobbies, besides watching animations, it was eating, eating, eating.

As for fighting? Who would treat work as a hobby?

Dabao was good at it, not that it liked it.

Chu Danqing didn't like killing either.

Time turned to night, and throughout the afternoon, Chu Danqing had been educating Dabai with fun.

Compared to Dabao, Dabai's education and cultivation were much more troublesome.

After all, it was built from scratch, and the energy consumed could be imagined.

Young age, not only needed to ensure the growth of character and thinking, but the process also shouldn't be boring.

Dabai was very happy; the difficult one was Chu Danqing alone.

"Alright, we should go to the banquet." Chu Danqing got on the war chariot, grabbed two spirits and chopped them up to make dinner, and started cooking for Dabai.

Dabao still relied on walking; fortunately, the war chariot's speed wasn't fast, and there was no curfew yet, so there were naturally pedestrians on the road.

Arriving at the Liu Fu all the way, the steward at the door was prepared and welcomed Chu Danqing into the mansion at the first moment.

Chu Danqing was the last one to arrive, and after he came, the door was closed.

If Bai Xiaohe and Yang Wenju weren't sitting here, he would have suspected this was a Hongmen banquet.

Otherwise, who would close the big door for a banquet... well, the Zhao Ming Society was a rebel recognized by the Great Shuo court, so closing the door was reasonable.

After Chu Danqing arrived, the banquet officially began, and the atmosphere was much more relaxed than Jia Simou's last time.

At least Dabao was also sitting, and Liu Bai knew Dabao's appetite, so he prepared a large amount of food.

The food on Dabao's table never stopped.

"Secret letter from the society reports that Prime Ma Xiang will arrive in Linyuan City in three days."

"Prime Ma Xiang is a thorn in the demon queen's side; this trip is likely to be dangerous."

"Especially that Jia Simou, who seems to intend to defect and act as an inside agent." After eating enough, Chen Jiunan put down his wine glass and started talking about business.

Chu Danqing didn't eat much, he had been feeding Dabao, so he also paused his hands.

Liu Bai's eyes looked at Chu Danqing and said: "I want to ask Young Master Chu to protect Prime Ma Xiang; I don't know what the price is."

In business, you can't invite Chu Danqing with empty teeth.

Chu Danqing didn't respond at the first moment; he was waiting for Paradise's side mission.

As a result, he waited for almost ten seconds, and Paradise didn't react.

This meant that the other party's commission didn't reach the A-rank side mission.

Actually, he was thinking that the difficulty of escorting Chen Jiunan into Linyuan City didn't match the A-rank that much either.

He suspected that the difficulty of this side mission would only be manifested after completion, such as killing those thirty Iron Armor Guards.

This gave the Empress Dowager a breakthrough point in Linyuan City.

"Let's not mention this first; I just want to ask what you plan to do when you come to Linyuan City?" Chu Danqing asked his doubts.

Hearing this, Chen Jiunan said immediately: "My Great Shuo has been established for three hundred years; when the Taizu was there, how prosperous was the national strength."

"However, now, the species is weak, the country is poor, and the soldiers are corrupt; there is already a sign that the building is about to collapse."

"The reformists have two methods: first, open the people's wisdom, and then strengthen the national strength." Chen Jiunan introduced the outline of their plan this time to Chu Danqing in a continuous stream.

Linyuan City was chaotic at this time, which was just right for them to take action.

Next, they would first clean up the officialdom of Linyuan City, and the personnel headed by Provincial Governor Jia Simou would all be dismissed.

Then take over the salt, iron, and water transport livelihood economy controlled by the four major gangs.

Chu Danqing couldn't understand the latter part, but he knew about opening the people's wisdom.

No wonder the reformists were chased and killed, and even the Zhao Ming Society was identified as rebels.

This touched not only the Empress Dowager's interests but also the interests of the court officials and the scholars of the world.

Opening the people's wisdom required reading and literacy.

"Then what about the Shuo Emperor?" Chu Danqing asked.

"The demon queen returns power to the Emperor, and the reform will naturally have no obstacles." Chen Jiunan couldn't understand Chu Danqing's words; wasn't the Emperor still the Emperor?

Chu Danqing quickly found the blind spot; he thought it was a constitutional monarchy, but it wasn't; the other party only changed the parts beneficial to imperial power.

It still belonged to the feudal dynasty.

"Alright, I know." Chu Danqing replied: "But I have to say it in advance."

Chu Danqing took this job; opening the people's wisdom was a good thing, after all, you can't get fat in one bite.

He told about how he fooled Jia Simou and the other party's attitude of being arrogant first and then humble.

Since he intended to cooperate, there was no need to hide it.

After speaking, he said: "Then you have to settle the balance of this thing for me, and then we will start the next cooperation."

He placed the Zhao Ming Society Treasury B-grade Exchange Token on the table and put forward his requirements.

Requirements for exchange and things related to the summoning-type.

If not, the self-selection became a limited scope, so there must be compensation.

"Young Master Chu is refreshing." Chen Jiunan replied, and then put forward another plan: "This B-grade token is too low."

"If Young Master Chu is willing, exchange it for an A-grade token, counting as the reward for these two times."

"I will immediately send a letter back to the headquarters and have someone whip the horse to send the items you need to you; what do you think?"

Chu Danqing narrowed his eyes; the B-grade token was an Excellent-quality exchange, and the A-grade token should be Fine-tier.

Even if it wasn't Fine-tier, it had to be a type that belonged to the top of the pyramid even in Excellent-tier, similar to the Sanshan Sword and Xuanxin Sword.

"Fine, but the things must satisfy me; otherwise, I will return them and exchange them again." Chu Danqing recognized this exchange method, but also had conditions.

(End of chapter)