Chapter 27: Sir, Are There Ghosts and Gods in the World?

On the outskirts of Xinzheng City, there is a place called Soul-Breaking Valley.

This place was one of the ancient battlefields when the State of Han destroyed the State of Zheng. Many Zheng soldiers died here. Because the Han army acted rashly at the time and did not bury the bodies, some white bones were occasionally dug up in this place, which made people feel fear.

In addition to this reason, this place usually had a cold wind blowing from nowhere. When the cold wind blew, it was like ghosts crying, which made people's souls terrified when they heard it, so it got the name Soul-Breaking Valley.

The weather today is very bad, gloomy, dark clouds hanging low, and fine rain falling. The fine rain soaked into the body, soft and cold to the bone, making people extremely uncomfortable.

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

The two leaders who transported the military pay were two princes of the State of Han, Lord Longquan and Lord Anping. They had noble status and were also 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 out of place. They were fat and rode on the backs of tall horses. I don't know if these so-called tall horses could carry their weight.

Many soldiers followed them to transport the military pay. When passing through Soul-Breaking Valley, because of some rumors among the people 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 are the ghosts!"

It seems that if you keep thinking about it, there will be an echo.

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

"Ghost, ghost god..."

Someone saw this and couldn't help but exclaim.

On the horse's back, the two princes saw this, but they didn't feel any fear. They seemed to have expected this situation.

Ghosts and gods appeared, making many soldiers feel fear.

Immediately afterwards, the military pay they transported slowly disappeared in the rain, as if it had been taken away by ghosts and gods.

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

Earlier, in order to cope with the great drought, he issued a reward of ten thousand taels of gold, which 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 King Zhaowang of Yan to seek talent. Afterwards, King King Zhaowang of Yan adopted Guo Kui's suggestion and built a Golden Terrace to seek talent, which made the weak State of Yan leap into a famous powerful country and almost destroyed the huge State of Qi.

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

Could he, King An of Han, be unwilling?

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

Afterwards, Su Xuan refined elixirs for him.

After he took it, he felt like he had returned to his prime. This once made the King of Han feel that the money was well spent.

So, for that ten thousand taels of gold, he didn't care much.

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

This is 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 the State of Han had to maintain the expenses of the border army, he really didn't want to pay this military pay.

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

Was it the vengeful spirits of the Zheng State, destroyed by Han, unwilling to accept the fall of their homeland, coming to take revenge upon him?

Or is there another hidden reason behind the ghost soldiers robbing the pay?

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

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

Anyone involved in participating in the transport of military pay was a subject of 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, and they were suspected of having their lives taken by ghosts.

When this spread to the people, for a time, the city was full of rumors.

Even the return of a certain young master 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 getting more and more furious.

He didn't expect such a result at all. Not only did he fail to find out the truth, but he also lost several chief investigators.

At this moment, Great General Ji Wuye stood up. He recommended Chancellor Zhang Kaidi as the chief investigator, saying that if the Chancellor took 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 didn't expect 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 feel some anger, but Ji Wuye was still adding insult to injury at this time.

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

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

But the key is that he can't find the lost military pay.

If he takes this matter, he will undoubtedly pull himself into the quagmire.

For a time, Zhang Kaidi was anxious.

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

In order to find the lost military pay, he hadn't rested well for several days. His trusted minister, his Chancellor, should share his worries.

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

However, when the words reached his lips, he remembered another person, so he didn't make a decision for the time being, but let the ministers disperse and 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 Wuye couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, a little surprised.

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

After retiring from the court, he went to another part of the Wang Gong and found Su Xuan, and asked a question: "Sir, are there really ghosts and gods in this world?" ===== CHAPTER 29 =====