Chapter 17

In the suburbs of Xinzheng, there was a place called Soul-Breaking Valley.

This was one of the ancient battlefields when Han Guo destroyed Zheng Guo. Many Zheng Guo soldiers died here. Because the Han Guo army acted carelessly at the time and did not bury the bodies, some white bones were occasionally dug up here, making people feel fear.

In addition to this reason, there was usually a strange wind blowing from nowhere here. When the strange wind blew, it was like ghosts wailing, making people’s souls terrified when they heard it, so it got the name Soul-Breaking Valley.

Today the weather was very bad, gloomy, dark clouds hung low, and there was drizzle. The drizzle soaked into the body, cold to the bone, making people extremely uncomfortable.

I don't know who deliberately chose this day to transport military pay.

The two leaders transporting the military pay were two princes of Han Guo, Lord Lord Longquan and Lord Lord Anping. They were noble and were people the King of Han trusted very much. Only such people would the King of Han be willing to entrust the one hundred thousand taels of gold military pay to them to transport.

The two princes were wearing armor and looked decent. However, judging from their bloated abdomens, they looked a bit incongruous. They were fat and rode on tall horses. I don't know if these so-called tall horses could bear their weight.

Many soldiers followed them to transport the military pay. When passing through Soul-Breaking Valley, because of some folk rumors and those horror stories, many soldiers felt fear.

"Could it be that we will meet a ghost!"

Someone muttered softly, and his companion next to him immediately scolded him: "What nonsense are you talking about? Where would there be ghosts!"

It seemed that if you keep thinking about something, there will be an echo.

Just when someone thought so, the next moment, a strange wind blew, and in the thick fog, figures wearing broken armor appeared quietly.

"Ghost, ghost god..."

Someone exclaimed when they saw this.

On horseback, the two princes saw this, but they did not feel any fear. They seemed to have expected this situation.

Ghost gods appeared, making many soldiers terrified.

Immediately afterward, the military pay they were transporting slowly disappeared in the rain, as if it had been taken away by ghost gods.

In the court, the King of Han was furious when he learned that the one hundred thousand taels of military pay had been robbed by ghost soldiers.

Earlier, to cope with the drought, he issued a reward of ten thousand taels of gold, which had already made his heart ache.

But this ten thousand taels of gold was spent worthily.

In the past, Guo Kui used the allusion of spending a thousand gold just to buy a horse bone to lobby King Zhao of Yan to seek talent. Later, King Zhao of Yan adopted Guo Kui’s suggestion and built a Golden Terrace to seek talent, which made the weak Yan Guo jump into a famous strong country and almost destroyed the huge Qi Guo.

King Zhao of Yan was willing to spend money to seek talent.

Could he, King An of Han, not be willing?

It was just a mere ten thousand taels of gold, just dead things. As long as he could exchange it for Mr. Su, a master, to be used by him, the harvest would far exceed ten thousand taels of gold.

Afterward, Su Xuan refined elixirs for him.

After taking it, he felt as if he had returned to his prime, which once made the King of Han feel that the money was worth it.

Therefore, he didn't care much about that ten thousand taels of gold.

But now, this one hundred thousand taels of gold was robbed by ghost soldiers, which made him genuinely angry.

This was one hundred thousand taels of gold!

In the past, he could have issued ten sky-high rewards to recruit ten masters like Su Xuan.

If he didn't know that given Han Guo’s situation, he had to maintain the expenses of the border army, he really didn't want to take out this military pay.

If this military pay was used in a proper place, it would be fine, but it was robbed by ethereal ghost soldiers. What is this?

Was it the grievances of those in Zheng Guo, which was destroyed by Han Guo, who were unwilling to see their country perish and came to take revenge on him?

Or was there another hidden story behind the ghost soldiers robbing the pay?

No matter the reason, the King of Han wanted the truth.

Therefore, he immediately ordered people to investigate this matter strictly.

Anyone involved in transporting the military pay was a subject for interrogation.

However, unexpectedly.

Several chief investigators died one after another before they could interrogate the reason for the matter and find out the truth. Their deaths were miserable, suspected of being taken by ghosts.

When this spread to the people, for a time, the whole city was in an uproar.

Even the return of a certain prince who was studying abroad was ignored by no one.

All the limelight was covered by the ghost soldiers taking lives.

In the court, the King of Han was increasingly angry.

He never expected such a result; not only did he fail to find out the truth, but he also lost several chief investigators.

At this moment, Great General Ji Ji Wuye stood up and recommended Prime Minister Zhang Kaidi as the chief investigator, saying that with the Prime Minister’s action, he would definitely be able to find out the truth and find the lost military pay.

Zhang Kaidi was furious when he heard this.

He never expected Ji Ji Wuye to take the opportunity to make trouble.

The several chief investigators who died earlier were all his people. Their mysterious deaths already made him a bit angry, and Ji Ji Wuye was still adding insult to injury at this time.

He wanted to use the excuse that this matter was done by ghost gods and that it was difficult for manpower to find the lost military pay to refuse to accept the case, but the key was that the King was so angry that he obviously wouldn't listen to him.

For the angry King at the moment, finding the lost military pay was the most important thing.

But the key was that he couldn't find the lost military pay.

If he took this matter, he would undoubtedly drag himself into the mud.

For a time, Zhang Kaidi was anxious.

The King of Han heard Ji Ji Wuye’s words and subconsciously looked at Prime Minister Zhang Kaidi. His idea was very simple.

He hadn't rested well for several days in order to find the lost military pay, and his backbone minister, his Prime Minister, should share his worries.

He was about to do as Ji Ji Wuye wished and appoint Zhang Kaidi as the chief investigator to find out the truth.

However, when the words reached his lips, he thought of another person and didn't make a decision for the time being, but let the ministers disperse and temporarily retire from the court, and discuss this matter another day.

Seeing that the King of Han rarely did not make the decision he expected, Ji Ji Wuye couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, a bit surprised.

The King of Han didn't know Ji Ji Wuye’s thoughts.

After retiring from the court, he went to another part of the Wang Gong, found Su Xuan, and asked a question: "Mr. Su, are there really ghost gods in this world?"