Chapter 183

The twenty-third year of Jiajing, the twenty-sixth day of the twelfth lunar month.

Imperial Guard, inside Li Miao's office.

"Kneel properly!"

Li Miao sat in the main seat, arms crossed, looking coldly at the four people kneeling in front of him.

Wang Hai, Xiao Si, Mei Qinghe, Gao Ling.

Except for Xiao Si, the other three had sword scabbards placed under their knees, propping them up.

Beside Li Miao sat Zhu Zai, who was tasting tea carefully with a look of mischief.

"You brat, you have today too?"

Zhu Zai thought to himself, only feeling that the inferior tea had become sweet.

Li Miao scanned Zhu Zai with annoyance, turned his head, and looked at the four people with lowered heads below.

"Do you know you were wrong?"

"We know..."

The four said in unison.

"Know my ass!"

Li Miao said coldly, stood up directly, and reached out a hand.

An Ziyang ran over happily and handed a willow branch to Li Miao.

Li Miao went behind the four and whipped them on their backs.

To tell the truth, it had been so many years, and only Li Miao went to anger others; being angered by others was truly the first time.

He slaughtered several groups of Ming Sect people, calculated that the time was about right, and went to find Zhu Zai. The two of them discussed how to deal with the corpses of Wan Tianzong and Cheng Yuanzhen, and then returned to Shuntian Prefecture together.

Who knew that as soon as they arrived home, they bumped into An Ziyang and You Ziang running back panting. After some questioning, they learned the news of the "Emperor's Mausoleum" left by Ji Tianrui.

Afterwards, Li Miao discovered that Wang Hai and the other four didn't know where they had gone.

Li Miao went to the Imperial Guard prison, saw the traces left by Xiao Si refining Gu, and flipped through the Miao King's notes, immediately knowing what these few people had gone to do.

He was instantly furious.

Since Ji Tianrui left the news of the Imperial Mausoleum, the Ming Sect's plan was likely related to the Imperial Mausoleum. The possibility of these four people running to the Imperial Mausoleum was extremely high.

So Li Miao brought the Ji Tianrui mask found at the Miao King's place and rushed to the Imperial Mausoleum, saving these four fools.

And then, it was the current situation.

"Little Mei, you and Elder Gao go kneel on the side first."

Li Miao said.

Mei Qinghe herself was a fool; except for her face being pretty, her head was full of muscles and she couldn't turn a corner at all. He wasn't surprised at all that she would do such a thing.

And Gao Ling was also led astray by these three fools, so her fault was the smallest.

The most infuriating were these two, Wang Hai and Xiao Si.

They had been by his side for more than ten years, knowing clearly what his temper was, yet they still did this!

"Wang Hai, Company Commander Wang!"

"Benefactor Wang!"

"Do you think you were very righteous? Huh? Do I have to thank you?"

Li Miao tapped the willow branch on his hand and said sarcastically.

"And 'I won't allow Ji Tianrui to drag the Battalion Commander in'~ Whoa, those who don't know would think you are three paths combined, and I am a piece of shit first-rate!"

Li Miao looked up at the four Sect Leaders standing on the side: "I'm not talking about you, don't take it to heart."

The four Sect Leaders waved their hands together: "Don't dare, don't dare, I am a piece of shit, I am a piece of shit."

Li Miao had no heart to tease them, turned his head, raised his hand, and whipped Wang Hai on the back, instantly leaving a purple bruise and broken skin.

"And you, Fourth, I really don't know what to say about you."

Li Miao looked at Xiao Si and sighed, shaking his head.

"When I saved you, you were only as tall as my knees. I worked hard for more than ten years to raise you with the Guard Commander's silver, and this is how you repay me?"

"Just a piece of shit Ji Tianrui, to trade for the daughter I raised for more than ten years? She's not worthy!"

"Cough, cough—"

Zhu Zai coughed, and Li Miao didn't look up: "I'm not talking about you, Guard Commander, you drink your tea."

Li Miao raised the willow branch and whipped Xiao Si on the back, but didn't see blood.

"Do you know you were wrong now!"

"I know... I shouldn't have taken the three of them to risk it, and made you rush to save us..."

Wang Hai said timidly.

"Bullshit!"

Li Miao raised his hand and whipped Wang Hai on the back, another wound with broken skin.

"You were wrong because you value your own lives too cheaply!"

Li Miao threw the willow branch on Wang Hai's head, turned, walked to the chair, sat down, and said coldly.

"If you want to die, wait until I'm dead. Don't die in front of me and add to my troubles."

"Get out, reflect on yourselves. I've healed the wounds on your faces, keep the wounds on your bodies, let them hurt for a few days, and grow a memory."

The four nodded and exited the room.

Only then did Li Miao pick up a cup of tea and take a sip.

"Tell me about the discoveries of these few days."

Company Commander Wang, who was planted with Gu by Xiao Si that day, said.

"Battalion Commander, these few days we captured eleven groups, a total of thirty-one Ming Sect disciples; they were all smoke screens, and we couldn't interrogate anything."

Deng Baixuan said.

"These few days we also found a few groups of Ming Sect, their martial arts are not high, they should also be abandoned pawns."

"Besides that, when my disciples were inquiring about news, they bought this from a group of Jianghu people."

Deng Baixuan took a few sheets of paper from his bosom.

"This thing has spread among the Jianghu people in Shuntian Prefecture these few days; the news has spread, and many Jianghu people have already rushed to the capital."

"We checked the source of this thing; it was a bookstore. After the other party paid to print it into a book, they didn't appear again, so they put the things in the shop, waiting for people to come and take them."

"A group of Jianghu people accidentally flipped through it and started fighting for it; later, more and more people came, and it was torn to pieces and scattered. We have already found the corpses of that group of Jianghu people, throats slit with one knife, dying extremely cleanly, with no proof."

"We also asked about the appearance of the person who printed the book; there is no such person, it should be a Ming Sect person in disguise."

Li Miao took the few sheets of paper and scanned them, sneering.

"To use its benefit, first blunt its edge."

"Heh, they are willing to spend the capital."

What was recorded on the paper was precisely the mantra of a part of the Wedding Dress Divine Art. Although incomplete, internal energy experts could naturally see the extraordinary nature of it. For Jianghu people, it already had enough attraction.

"Are there any other discoveries?"

Everyone shook their heads together: "Not yet."

"Then get out, I have something to talk about with the Guard Commander."

Everyone exited as ordered, and only Li Miao and Zhu Zai remained in the room.

Li Miao turned his head to look at Zhu Zai.

"Guard Commander, let's discuss something with you."

Zhu Zai was originally drinking tea leisurely, but hearing Li Miao say this, he was suddenly shocked, and a chill rushed from the soles of his feet to his crown.

How many years had it been, when had Li Miao ever been so polite to him? And when had he ever asked for his opinion before doing things?

Compared to Li Miao's previous attitude of not being afraid of boiling water, his appearance at this time could almost be called fawning.

"Not good! This brat is going to do something big!"

Zhu Zai looked at Li Miao coldly, not saying a word.

Li Miao didn't care at all, smiling and saying.

"I'm going to dig up your family's ancestral grave, you..."

"No opinion, right?"

(End of chapter)