The two of them strolled around and unknowingly had gone a long way.
Bamboo forests, streams, terraced fields, bamboo houses, ducks swimming in the fields, birds flying overhead, and roosters crowing above the bamboo houses.
If Nan Yanxi hadn't known in advance, this place would have been nothing more than a small mountain village.
Under the leadership of Ji Koko, the two of them saw all the beautiful scenery in Maple Leaf City. Of course... they didn't just look at the beautiful scenery.
In fact, what is more important is to look at the terrain.
For now, Nan Yanxi has not yet fully figured out how to deal with Maple Leaf City.
In fact, at the very beginning, Nan Yanxi's intention was to sneak in and find a way to gain trust, and then assassinate himself, so as to bring together the remaining scattered forces.
Then troops were sent to directly exterminate them, and everything was over.
But later, when she understood the reason and saw Ye Feng's beautiful face, Nan Yanxi's heart was a little shaken.
Such a beautiful girl should not be killed with a sword. For me, a collector of beautiful women, this is simply a waste of natural resources.
Looking back, as for what Ye Feng said...the fact that her father died at her own hands, Nan Yanxi felt that there was something fishy.
First of all, even if the local magistrate does this kind of action privately, it will be written down in the memorial and submitted.
After all, according to what Ye Feng said, this must have been a premeditated ambush, which meant that the local government had already begun preparations and naturally knew his identity.
And from what I heard, it seemed that many experts had been sent. This kind of action could only be carried out by at least the governor of each state.
After the deed was accomplished, how could he not submit a memorial to himself? Even if the governor of Qingzhou did not like to take credit, he still had to report it.
But as the emperor, Nan Yanxi had never heard of this matter at all, and even the full-time yamen responsible for the reorganization and reform of Jianghu sects had not reported it.
So Nan Yanxi felt that there must be something fishy going on here, and he refused to take the blame!
But if you didn't do it...who did it?
At that time, Nan Yanxi's thoughts changed from direct annihilation to wanting to investigate the matter.
In this case, let's muddy the water first.
Later, today, Nan Yanxi, led by Ji Koko, came to the most real bottom of the so-called Maple Leaf City and saw the lives of these people.
My heart was suddenly touched.
In fact, it makes sense to think about it. The so-called Maple Leaf City, a killer organization with nearly a thousand people, if it just kills people to make money, it is not scientific at all.
Not to mention the extremely backward communication in this old society, how to receive orders is still a problem.
To put it simply, no matter it is a time of peace and prosperity or a time of war, as long as the people can survive and live and work in peace and contentment, who will kill this person today or that person tomorrow?
Even those so-called wealthy families and upper-class people are more interested in playing business wars and thinking about how to make more money.
Nor did he say that he was going to kill someone just because he had a brain in his head. This kind of matter where human life is at stake requires taking huge risks.
Regardless of whether the killer bears the risk, the person who placed the order also bears the huge risk. This is paying a murderer to kill someone, which is a huge crime and will definitely lead to beheading.
Once the killer is caught or fails, the person who placed the order will be bitten out after being captured by the official uniform, which will be more costly than gain.
So...where can this so-called killer organization Maple Leaf City support so many so-called professional killers and high-level assassins?
In fact, those who can so-called take orders are only those twenty or thirty people.
Most of the others are known as killers and spend their days farming, working, hunting, fishing, etc...
You can make a living on this, barely eat enough, and have enough food and clothing. By hiding here, you can also avoid the pursuit of debts by creditors and the pursuit of enemies.
They even brought their families to live and multiply here.
So in Nan Yanxi's view, this has become a small village, and the people inside are just like the villagers in the mountain villages, no different!
They worked from sunrise to sunset, married again and had children, and some even started small businesses to meet everyone's daily needs.
After seeing all this, Nan Yanxi only thought of one thing at this time, which was to destroy the remaining forces and the real evildoers in Maple Leaf City.
For the remaining ordinary poor people, Nan Yanxi still hopes that they can live a normal life and enjoy the happiness of being ordinary people of the Ming Dynasty.
While walking around the city, Nan Yanxi secretly memorized the terrain and thought about the final solution.
In fact, it would be most trouble-free to cut it all across the board. Just send troops to destroy it, regardless of whether the people are poor or not.
But although this saves worry and effort, it really goes against Nan Yanxi's original intention of putting people first and putting the people first.
I muttered to myself, it seems... I still need to think more carefully about some solutions.
With this thought in mind, before they knew it, the two of them came to a dead end, which was a path made of bluestones.
This road winds upwards and seems to lead to the top of the mountain, giving it a quiet feel.
Nan Yanxi couldn't help but ask Xiang Ji Kou Kou: "Kou Kou... where does this road lead?"
"This... this is the Star Observation Platform." Ji Koko raised his finger and pointed above the clouds and mist: "This road goes all the way to the top."
"There is a flat roof above, called the Star Observation Deck. It is also where the old city lord's spiritual place is. The city lord's sister sometimes goes up there to stay for a while."
Hearing this, Nan Yanxi turned around and looked upwards. She saw that the top of the mountain was surrounded by clouds and mist, making it difficult to see clearly. She couldn't help but feel a little curious.
"Koko...have you been up there? How is the scenery up there?"
"I don't..." Hearing this, Ji Koko gently shook his head and explained to Nan Yanxi: "He is such a husband."
"This so-called star observatory, I heard it was the old city lord's place of cultivation. Later, after the old city lord left, the city lord's sister placed his spiritual tablet on it."
"Now, except for the city lord sister who occasionally goes up there to stay for a while, no one else, including the elders, go."
"Oh...that's it..." After hearing this, Nan Yanxi suddenly lost interest in visiting.
Obviously, this is Ye Feng's private place. As an outsider, it's better not to go up there.
Shrugging helplessly, Nan Yanxi said to Ji Koko: "In that case, let's not go up there. It's too weird."
"After walking for so long, are you tired? Why don't we go back and rest..."
"Yeah, okay!" Ji Koko simply obeyed Nan Yanxi's words and obeyed everything. Nan Yanxi said whatever he said.
The two of them walked back immediately, but after taking only a few steps, they almost bumped into someone coming from the opposite direction when they turned a corner.
Nan Yanxi was so excited that she quickly stretched out her hand to pull Ji Koko aside and apologized with a smile: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry...I really didn't pay attention."
As he spoke, Nan Yanxi looked up and was stunned for a moment.
I saw that this person turned out to be the Fourth Elder Chen Fan. Nan Yanxi had glanced at him from afar in the hall early yesterday morning and was deeply impressed by him.
The fair face is very thin, with deep-set eye sockets, a high bridge of the nose, a slightly hooked nose, thin lips, and always slightly wrinkled brows. Just looking at the face, it looks a little bit mean.
Speaking of which, no matter what Nan Yanxi planned to do with Maple Leaf City, Chen Fan would be the first to be destroyed.
Just now, she was discussing with everyone how to ban him, but in the blink of an eye, she bumped into others, which made Nan Yanxi feel a little embarrassed.
"Ahaha...it turns out to be the fourth elder. That's disrespectful."
At this time, Chen Fan also recognized Nan Yanxi. For some reason, he didn't like this person in his heart.
Thinking about it, it might be that he contradicted himself in the hall yesterday.
But since the person greeted him with a smile, Chen Fan also knew the truth of not hitting the person with a smile, so he laughed dryly at Nan Yanxi: "Haha...it turns out to be Young Master Zhang. I'm glad to meet you."
He said this without a smile, then stretched out his hand and cupped it casually: "Young Master, it's easy..."
As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Fan ignored Nan Yanxi and walked away directly.
Looking at Chen Fan's back, Nan Yanxi couldn't help but curl her lips and muttered in a low voice: "Look at this guy, he really has no manners at all, and he doesn't know how to say a few polite words."
"Looking at the rush, it looks like someone has died in the family, bah!"