Although both of them were early Grand Master warriors, Li Jun was keenly aware that he was no match for the seemingly weak Zheng Bin.
"I, Li Jun, was ordered to die on the battlefield by the Taiwei, and then he saved my whole family from being executed. I, Li Jun, will only obey the orders of the Taiwei for the rest of my life."
After saying this, Li Jun stared at Zheng Bin. You must know that although both of them support the sixth prince, he is the prince after all.
In fact, what Li Jun said just now is not much different from treason. He also had no choice but to fight to the death.
Because he just discovered that Zheng Bin had completely locked up his energy. It was obvious that as long as the answer he gave was not the answer the other party wanted, it would be a life and death situation.
"Hahaha·······"
As Zheng Bin laughed, the tension in the secret room disappeared.
"General Li is indeed a man of righteousness. Since you are loyal to the Taiwei, why are you so nervous because His Majesty's mission has not been completed."
"What do you mean?"
Li Jun was dissatisfied with Zheng Bin's persecution just now. Zheng Bin seemed to be aware of the other party's hostility, but he didn't care about it.
"You can't write two characters of Zheng in one stroke. General Li understands."
Li Jun looked at Zheng Bin doubtfully and said cautiously, "I have met all the brothers of the Taiwei, but I don't seem to have you. There are so many people named Zheng in the world. Are they all from the Zheng family of the Taiwei?"
Regarding Li Jun's doubts, Zheng Bin did not rush to explain, but took out a black unicorn jade pendant.
"Mo Qilin! You are really from the Zheng family."
Zheng Bin pushed Li Jun, who stood up in surprise, back into the chair.
"So you don't need to worry. His Majesty wants to use us to spy on the Salt Gang. We have already implemented it according to the plan. As for the failure to achieve the set results, it is none of our business."
"But... what should we do if His Majesty holds us accountable? I am able to sit in the position I am today thanks to the Taiwei. If he is dismissed for such a trivial matter, how can the general be worthy of the Taiwei?"
Zheng Bin was also moved by his loyalty. He patted Li Jun on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, general. If something really happens, there will be people in the DPRK and China who will defend us, and it will naturally not affect your future."
Hearing what Zheng Bin said, Li Jun still didn't understand that all this had been planned in advance. This was a collision between imperial power and aristocratic families. An ant like him couldn't decide his own destiny.
Thinking of this, Li Jun hurriedly stood up again, saluted Zheng Bin respectfully, and said loudly, "From now on, you will have to follow your lead."
"We all work for the Taiwei and the Zheng family! General Li will definitely have a bright future. I am optimistic about you."
Hearing what Zheng Bin said, Li Junfu responded with a deep heart, "I still have to rely on adults for support in the future."
"Hahahaha..." The cheerful laughter of the two people echoed in the labyrinth room and could not dissipate for a long time.
Qinghe County has unintentionally become the focus of the game between all parties.
In the imperial study room of the imperial palace in the capital, Emperor Song also looked in the direction of Qinghe County.
"Your Majesty, are you still worried about the Salt Gang?"
"I haven't noticed a small Jianghu gang yet."
The old eunuch naturally knew that Emperor Song ordered the county guards and lieutenants to test the Salt Gang, but he did not expect that Emperor Song had no intention of dealing with the Salt Gang.
"Has the Salt Gang done anything illegal lately?"
"According to the reports from the spies, there is no abnormal behavior. Zuo is just engaged in the same activities as before."
Regarding Emperor Song's question, the old eunuch replied without hesitation.
"Lishui's water transportation has always been a business that gathers money. It has attracted the covetousness of people from all walks of life. That is normal."
"Then you..."
"Is there any result if I ask the county guard and the county lieutenant to come and test it?"
"No results."
"Does the Salt Gang secretly have political ambitions?"
"That's not true. They just focus on managing water transportation and collecting money."
The questions and answers from Emperor Song and the old eunuch showed that they knew the situation in Qinghe County well.
"I'm not afraid of those who want to make money. What I'm afraid of is those who have ideas that they shouldn't have. They can't write two words of Zheng in one stroke. I want to see how ambitious they are?"
No one probably thought that the Salt Gang was just a bait casually thrown by Emperor Song. What he cared about was what kind of big fish he could catch. As for the life and death of the bait, he did not consider it at all.
But even he didn't expect that such an unintentional move would lead to the development of a force that would stand at the top of the continent in the future.
The days passed in a dull way, and in a blink of an eye, it was the day when Chu Ming extracted system characters.
"Xiao Tie, I want to draw a character."
"Okay, Master."
The light beam stayed in the gold avatar area, not the platinum card Chu Ming imagined.
Golden Ah Fei, a warrior in the early stage of the Grand Master.
After receiving feedback from A Fei, Chu Ming's realm was still at Grandmaster's Great Consummation, and he had not broken through to the Grandmaster realm. As he reached later realms, it became more difficult to break through.
Although Chu Ming now has the skills, he cannot practice in the county office during the day. There is a "mysterious lady" when he comes home at night, and he is even more afraid to practice.
Therefore, since he obtained the "Secret of Immortality", Chu Ming only occasionally meditated and performed the exercises when he was in the restaurant, and had no chance to practice at other times.
The growth in his current realm mainly relies on feedback from system figures.
"A Fei meets the young master."
"Get up, you join the Palace of Hell and follow Eunuch Cao's arrangements, but for now you should go to Shengxian Valley to help."
There is another miner in Shengxian Valley.
Although A Fei's skills and personality are very suitable for being a killer, the most important task of the Chu Ming Group now is mining. Now there is a mountain of spiritual stones in the Chu Ming system space.
In the middle, the Palace of Hell received several commissions, and Chu Ming was the one who took action.
He now also hopes to hone his combat prowess through actual combat. He does not want to become the best master.
There were not many masters in Qinghe County to begin with, and even less after being purged twice by the Palace of Hell. Grandmaster Chu Ming was already considered a top warrior in his Dzogchen state.
Moreover, every time Chu Ming performed a mission, he was followed by two great masters, Tu Fengsan and Cao Zhengchun, and secretly escorted by King Wu Duan Shui. On the ground in Qinghe County, it would be difficult to do anything!
"Zuoling County", like Hedong County, is a county seat under the jurisdiction of Qinghe County. Unlike Hedong County, which is "close to mountains and rivers", Zuoling County is one of the few cities in Qinghe County that does not have a water system.
The commission accepted by the Palace of Hell this time was to assassinate "Lin Zhendong", the helper of the "Pegasus Gang", the largest gang in Zuoling County.
Although this man has a good appearance and a good reputation in the world, he is actually an out-and-out hypocrite.
In his early years, he not only killed his sworn brother and took over his wife, but also viciously killed his entire family. In the end, he pretended that his entire family was murdered by his enemies. He was far less than the one who only saved his elder sister-in-law.
Not only did he seize all the property of his sworn brother, he also inherited the power of the Pegasus Gang, and he also achieved a reputation as a chivalrous person in the world.
The sky has eyes. His sworn brother survived this catastrophe and witnessed how he colluded with outsiders to murder his family.
But because he was too young at the time, even if he revealed all of this, no one would believe it.
So for all these years, he has been dormant, practicing martial arts hard and doing business to accumulate wealth.
More than twenty years later, he has become a wealthy businessman, but no one knows that he is actually carrying a blood feud, and he is thinking about revenge all the time.
The appearance of the Palace of Hell finally gave him a chance for revenge. He sold all his property, raised eight thousand taels of gold, and commissioned the Palace of Hell to assassinate Lin Zhendong.
"Eunuch Cao, is the information shown in this intelligence correct?"
"Reporting to the young master, Lin Zhendong is just a warrior at the ninth level of physical training. He thinks he does it flawlessly. In fact, the price of his work on the black market is only twenty taels of silver."
"I don't like such sanctimonious beasts the most, so just accept this commission and I'll take action."
"Yes, sir."
Lin Zhendong came out of his home to head to the Pegasus Gang's headquarters as before. Halfway through the journey, a strong wind suddenly blew.
The first blow made them stagger and unsteady. At this moment, a willow leaf penetrated Lin Zhendong's throat. He fell to the ground before he could make a sound.
The strong wind soon passed, but Lin Zhendong's bodyguards found him lying in a pool of blood, having been dead for a long time.
But on the white courtyard wall next to it, there was a line of bloody characters left: "The King of Hell asked you to die at the third watch, who dares to leave anyone alive until the fifth watch!"
"The Palace of Hell!"
Now everyone almost knows this slogan of the Palace of Hell, but they didn't expect that the Palace of Hell would kill an unknown martial artist.
It was just that there was a stack of documents left next to Lin Zhendong's body. Only after reading it did everyone know the whole story.
They couldn't help but scold Lin Zhendong for his shamelessness.
At this time, someone led a team to attack the headquarters of the Pegasus Gang, and first killed all the gang members loyal to Lin Zhendong and the accomplices who participated in the massacre of Wanfu.
The leader even claimed that he was the third son of the Wan family. He had witnessed the entire process of Lin Zhendong colluding with outsiders to massacre his Wan family, and it was Lin Zhendong who he asked the Palace of Hell to assassinate.
When the sister-in-law of the Wan family learned that she had been committed to the enemy for more than twenty years, this loyal woman chose to commit suicide by throwing herself into a well, and the whole matter came to an end.
Chu Ming's second target was a flower-picking thief. He was not a native of Qinghe County, but had fled here from the capital.
"The Thirteen Young Masters of Peach Blossom" is also a famous genius in the world.
