Chapter 27: Use Ghosts to Deal with Ghosts!

"Unrighteous in wealth, unrighteous in wealth, truly a parasite of the country, useless to keep!"

In the palace, in the chamber where Su Xuan lived, the King of Han held the list of assets confiscated from Emerald Tiger's mansion, looking gnashing his teeth. Although he had heard of such a wealthy merchant named Emerald Tiger in Wang Cheng and knew he was very rich—years ago, Lord Lord Jinglun competed with him in wealth and ended up bankrupt.

But he hadn't expected Emerald Tiger to be this rich.

This time, the border army's military pay totaled one hundred thousand taels of gold.

And the assets confiscated from Emerald Tiger's home, added up, already exceeded one hundred thousand taels of gold.

A mere merchant actually hid so much money at home?

It was enough to pay the border army for a year.

What a terrifying thing this was.

The most critical thing was that such a person was not only of no benefit to the country but also unrighteous in wealth.

After arresting Emerald Tiger, the King of Han learned about what Emerald Tiger had done.

He then learned that this famous wealthy merchant of Zhao Guo was not as charitable as Ji Ji Wuye said; on the contrary, he liked to compete with the people for profit. Behind his rise to wealth were countless people of Zhao Guo who had gone bankrupt.

The King of Han only regretted not knowing about Emerald Tiger's evil deeds sooner; otherwise, he would never have tolerated such a merchant running rampant in Zhao Guo.

After gnashing his teeth at Emerald Tiger's behavior, in the King of Han's heart, he had already sentenced this once-premier wealthy merchant of Zhao Guo to death. He asked Su Xuan another question: "The ghost soldier hijacking was not Emerald Tiger's work, right, Mr. Su?"

"Why does Your Majesty ask this?"

A strange smile appeared on the King of Han's aged face. "Although I am old, I am not stupid."

"Emerald Tiger is just a merchant; where would he get the guts to covet military pay? I fear there is another mastermind behind the disappearance of the pay."

Su Xuan's eyes flickered, somewhat surprised. He hadn't expected the King of Han to see this.

It was somewhat beyond his expectations, but thinking about it carefully, it was understandable.

The King of Han might seem stupid, but he was able to become king and play the balance of power in the court; how could he be so simple?

He was preparing to say something else.

When he heard the King of Han say: "But it doesn't matter anymore. What matters is that after confiscating Emerald Tiger's assets, the missing military pay has been filled."

"Let this matter end here!"

He actually had some guesses about who really touched the military pay, but to avoid causing a bigger storm, he could only choose to let it rest.

Sacrificing one Emerald Tiger to fill the gap after the disappearance of the pay was enough.

Hearing the King of Han say this, Su Xuan could only shut his mouth obediently.

The King of Han changed the subject and asked Su Xuan: "Mr. Su, do you still have that medicine?"

Su Xuan was stunned for a while, then found two bottles of elixir and handed them to the King of Han.

In the Purple Orchid Pavilion.

Three figures gathered here.

The white-haired young man was named Wei Zhuang, a disciple of the Ghost Valley school. The purple-haired woman was the owner of the Purple Orchid Pavilion, named Zinu, and the other was the Ninth Young Master Han Fei, who had recently returned to the country.

Even though Han Fei hadn't participated in the ghost soldier hijacking case, under the deliberate goodwill of Wei Zhuang and Zinu, the three of them still came together.

"No one expected that Emerald Tiger, one of the Four Fierce Generals of the Night Curtain, would end up like this!"

Han Fei held a wine cup and sighed.

He returned with the idea of changing Zhao Guo. After returning, he first realized the harm of groups like Ji Ji Wuye to Zhao Guo. This was also the reason why they established a friendship so quickly after Wei Zhuang and Zinu took the initiative to show him goodwill.

Because Wei Zhuang and Zinu had the same goal as him.

That was to eradicate Ji Ji Wuye's group and change Zhao Guo.

And to deal with Ji Ji Wuye, the first thing they needed to face was the Four Fierce Generals of the Night Curtain under his command.

The snow-white Marquis of Blood, the emerald tiger upon the stone, the sea-blue enchantress of the tides, and the guest in the straw raincoat beneath the moon!

One poem, four people, representing four fields. These four people built a huge net for Ji Ji Wuye from the fields of military, politics, finance, and intelligence, netting the entire Zhao Guo. Those who followed them prospered, and those who opposed them perished. They were parasites sucking blood from this country.

Even if Han Fei, Wei Zhuang, Zinu, and others established an alliance and had a consistent goal to eradicate Ji Ji Wuye and his forces, dealing with the Four Fierce Generals of the Night Curtain was not an easy thing.

Even for Han Fei, he hadn't thought that far yet.

He was still thinking about how to recover the missing military pay and guessing whether that man named Su Xuan could complete the task assigned by his father. If he couldn't, he could help that man.

Of course, as a reward, that man would have to recommend him to his father.

Although that man had no official position, just by being favored by his father, he could still help him. ===== CHAPTER 45 =====

As it turned out, Su Xuan's performance was beyond Han Fei's expectations.

Zinu's eyes flickered, and she said faintly: "Ji Ji Wuye used the talk of ghosts to embezzle one hundred thousand taels of gold and used the name of ghosts to eradicate dissidents. That man is interesting. Since Ji Ji Wuye used the name of ghosts to embezzle the pay, he used the talk of ghosts to recover it!"

"Because the talk of ghosts was originally fabricated by Ji Ji Wuye, even if he knew this was a lie, Ji Ji Wuye couldn't expose it himself!"

"What a powerful method!"

Zinu praised from the bottom of her heart.

"For one hundred thousand taels of gold, he had to lose Emerald Tiger, his money bag. The assets confiscated from Emerald Tiger's mansion far exceed one hundred thousand taels of gold!"

"Ji Ji Wuye must be very angry right now!"

Ji Ji Wuye was angry, which made them, who wanted to eradicate him, very happy.

Han Fei asked another question: "How did that man do it? Summoning ghosts in front of everyone!"

"The world is vast, and there are many strange things. Perhaps it was illusion, or Daoist arts, or Yin-Yang arts." The white-haired man Wei Zhuang said in a deep voice, guessing Su Xuan's methods. "Honestly, I really want to meet this person now!" ===== CHAPTER 46 =====