What worries Ding Kui the most is that things have affected people around him. He doesn't like to injure his relatives or friends because of himself, and would rather resist all the attacks on his own.
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Those aristocratic women were unwilling to marry Jiang Shunchuan because they were implicated by him. Ding Kui felt more guilty now.
One day you people will regret it, because your grandfather committed suicide by taking poison on the day Shaodian Dan ascended the throne, you think that the king and the Ding family cannot resolve this grudge. Huh, I want to find a way to reconcile with the royal family.
Let the Ding family rise, and make all those who look down on me regret their wrong thinking. "Guo Guo Hou"? Why can't I become "Guo Guo Gong"?
Ding Kui secretly set a goal for himself. From his core, he was a proud person.
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There are two piers in the Spring and Autumn City of Lu State, the south and the north. Ships from the two empires naturally dock at the north pier.
On the first day of April in the year 487o, the North Pier of Spring and Autumn City was as busy as usual, with ships constantly coming in and out.
Several elders came early to wait at the dock where the merchant ship docked. It seemed that they were going to greet important people.
A large merchant ship from the Ancient Yuan Empire slowly docked. There were not many guests on the ship, only about twenty people got off, and it was for a young woman.
Han Ruren was wearing casual clothes today, not wearing a knight's armor or aristocratic clothes, but her noble and cold temperament made it clear at a glance that she was not an ordinary person.
"Second uncle, clan elders, thank you for your hard work." Han Ruren quickly walked up to several elders and saluted.
"Haha, it's good that you're here. Now the Han family is finally complete, and all my old strength has not been wasted." The second uncle smiled, "We have bought a manor in the suburbs in the south of the city, and you Han
A family of more than 200 people lives there.”
"I feel relieved that my second uncle is here to take care of everything. Han Gang, come here to meet the clan elders." Han Ruren waved to a young man behind him.
Han Gang seemed to be in a very low mood. He weakly stepped forward and said, "Han Gang wants to say hello to the clan elders."
"Okay, okay, it's good to see you're okay. Your sister has been worried about you for the past two years." The second uncle's eyes were a little moist.
"Dear clan elders, there are many people here, so let's go back first and talk about it later." Han Ruren looked around with vigilant eyes.
Even though Han Ruren was so cautious, he was still noticed by some caring people.
An ox cart pulled the goods to the backyard of the "Touran Inn". The shopkeeper was instructing the clerk to unload the goods on the cart. The man escorting the cart took a bill and handed it to the shopkeeper.
"Shopkeeper Qi, those people figured it out. They are indeed members of the Han family of the Ancient Yuan Empire. Han Ruren and Han Gang, the direct children of the Han family, have arrived at the North Pier today," the waiter said in a low voice.
Qi Ding stared at the goods on the oxcart, but he said to the waiter: "The 'Changshenghou' of the Ancient Yuan Empire? Why did their family come to Spring and Autumn City? Try to sneak into their manor and inquire about someone.
Find out what their intentions are."
"Okay." The waiter responded loudly, looking at the bullock cart.
"Is there any news about No. 2? He has been in the east for several months." Qi Ding asked.
"There's no news yet. I'll report it as soon as I have news." The waiter lowered his head and said.
"Um"
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There are two large states in the Lu State. It was a bit easy for the king to name them. The one to the east of the Tongyuan River is called the "Eastern State", and the one to the west of the Tongyuan River is called the "Western State".
Luoxia Town is located in the middle section of the border of the Eastern State adjacent to the Hengduan Mountains. High-level magical beasts pass through the nearby mountains from time to time. Not many people enter the mountains from here. Only some poor people come here to fight.
A skinny old man in his sixties sneaked out of Luoxia Town at night and ran deep into the Hengduan Mountains. After running for more than ten miles, he changed direction and walked west along the mountain road.
He looked very familiar with this area and could identify the road without a torch in the middle of the night.
The old man followed the mountain stream to a cave. He waited behind a big rock for a while and made sure no one was following him before entering the cave.
There was a small artificially opened room deep in the cave. A lot of food was stored in the room. The old man entered the room and lit the torch.
The moment the torch was lit, a cold laughter sounded in the cave. The old man shuddered and almost dropped the torch in his hand.
The man in black who had appeared in Ding Qi's secret room suddenly appeared behind the old man, as if he had come out of the ground. He didn't know where he came from.
"Hehe, I thought you were going to the depths of the mountains to avoid me with the help of the threat of high-level monsters, but it turned out that you ran a den here. Old hyena, that's all you have." The man in black said with a sneer.
"You, who are you? You have been following me for several days. What do you want to do?" the old man asked with a look of horror.
"Before I came to Lu State, I spent some time in the underground world of Shaodian State. They called me the 'life-threatening gaze'. No one who was targeted by me could escape." The man in black said a little intoxicated.
"What?! You are the number one assassin in the underground world of Shaodian Kingdom, the 'life-threatening gaze' Shi General!" The old man's eyes widened.
"You even know this. It seems that the information you have is true. I have spent so much time tracking you in vain." A smile appeared on Shi Jiang's lips.
"So you came here for that information, but why didn't you spend money to buy it? I understand, you followed me here and didn't hesitate to expose your identity to find out what I said. It seems that you won't let me leave here alive."
There was despair in the old man's eyes.
General Shi said with appreciation: "Tsk, tsk, tsk, you are indeed an old secret spy. He figured it out so quickly."
"Knowing that I would die, would I still tell you the information?" The old man said decisively with a sudden change of heart.
"Haha, old hyena, you don't know how much effort I have put in. Although I don't have enough money to buy the information you have, I can buy the information about you. As a veteran spy of Cao State, the reason why you come here to sell
The information is all for your precious grandson and to cure his strange disease.
I happen to know a person who can cure your grandson's strange disease. If you tell me the information, I will not kill your whole family, but I will also help your grandson cure the disease. You have to think clearly, I don't have a very good temper.
, at worst, we don’t need this information anymore, I will kill your whole family, including all the cockroaches in your house." Shi Jiang looked at the old man jokingly.
The spy codenamed "Old Hyena" Cao Guomi's feet gave way and he sat down on the ground, throwing the torch aside.
"Can you really cure my grandson?" the old hyena asked tremblingly.
"Since you know my name, you should also know that I have always been true to my word. As long as I promise, there is nothing I can't do." Shi Jiang tipped his toes, picked up the torch, and held it in his hand.
"Okay, I will tell you the information. You must cure my grandson, otherwise I will not let you go even if I die." The old hyena said with a fierce look and a soft heart, almost crazy, "Cao Guo has been in power for more than a hundred years.
An action was planned before now, and this action was called 'exterminating others'.
This is an operation specifically targeting the Ding family of Shaodian. Because I am not part of this action group, I don’t know the specific content, but I know that there is someone in Shaodian who is an internal agent, and his status is quite high, at least he is a duke.
Fifteen years ago, the three ace killers of the Supervision Department of Cao State were secretly sent to Shaodian State, along with most of the members of the "Exterminating Liang and Ding" operation team, and they never came back again.
In that year, the convoy of your Protector Marquis returning home was attacked, and the bodies of many fifth-level masters were found at the scene. I calculated based on the time, and those people should be the assassins and spies of Cao State, and some of them were young.
People sent by Dianguo to meet him.
Later, your killer leader Zhe Sheng was able to stay in the Cao Kingdom like no one else, all because the three ace killers were no longer there, otherwise he would not have been able to enter and exit the Cao Kingdom so easily.
The last operation of the 'Exterminate Ding' operation team was four years ago, when they ordered top secret spies lurking in Shaodian Kingdom to take action to eliminate Ding Kui, the crown prince of the country. Unfortunately, the operation failed and provoked Zhe Sheng's revenge."
At this point, the old hyena stopped. General Shi waited for a while, and when he saw that he didn't talk anymore, he asked: "No more? Is that all the information you have?"
"Yes, that's all I know. I'm going to die anyway, so there's no need to hide anything anymore." The old hyena's face turned gloomy.
"Then who is the internal leader of the Shaodian Kingdom? Which Duke?" Shi Jiang asked.
"I really don't know this. Not many people in Cao Guo know about it. I heard that only the director of the Supervision Department has this information." The old hyena raised his head and looked directly into General Shi's eyes.
"Fuck, how dare you sell this information for five million gold coins?" General Shi couldn't help but kick the old hyena.
"Why isn't it worth it?" The old hyena said anxiously, "If this information is sold to the Ding family, they will definitely spend the money to buy it."
"Do you think so? Even if people from our country's Intelligence Department bought this information, would they dare to sell it to the Ding family? Why don't you just go to Shaodian Country and find someone from the Ding family to sell this information?"
"Can I come back alive if I go to Shaodian Kingdom? Well, no, you don't sound like someone from the Shaodian Kingdom Spy Intelligence Department. Why would you, a gangster killer, buy this information?" The old hyena caught General Shi's hand.
loopholes.
"Haha, I can't talk too much when I'm with you old spies from now on. Why are you asking so many questions when you are about to die?" After saying this, Shi flicked his finger, a golden light flashed, and two golden needles were shot into the old man's body.
In the eyes of a hyena.
General Shi held up a torch and shined a light to confirm that the old hyena had expired. He said to the body: "The market is not good these days, and you can't make much money by killing people. Fortunately, it doesn't cost five million gold coins to cure your grandson."
Otherwise, where would I find so much money?
Although we didn’t find out who was the mole, we determined that there was a mole in Shaodian State, and he was at the Duke level. Finally, we were able to give an explanation to the Marquis. Only the Director of the Supervision Department of Cao State knows the details, and I don’t have the ability to go there.