Xu Jiaorong asked, "Do you know where Chen Shuhua is hiding?"
Zheng Jiaohe said, "I only know that she has a hiding place in Nanyang, which was transformed from an ancient immortal cave, but I don't know the specific location."
Xu Jiaorong nodded, "Very good, from now on, you have to accept our investigation."
"I will fully cooperate, please rest assured." Zheng Jiaohe had already expected it, but he was very calm, "Please go to the living room and wait for a moment. I will change into this crane cloak and talk to you right away."
At this time, Lingguan has surrounded this place, so there is no need to worry about Zheng Jiaohe escaping.
Xu Jiaorong looked at him deeply and said, "Hurry."
Zheng Jiaohe said, "Okay." .??.
Xu Jiaorong turned around and walked out. Several Taoist priests were still hesitant, but seeing that Xu Jiaorong had already walked out, they did not insist and followed him out.
At this time, only Zheng Jiaohe was left in the pledge room.
Zheng Jiaohe opened the sound transmission array on the desk and said in the usual tone, "It's me. There is a temporary meeting today, so I won't go back. Okay, that's it."
After finishing speaking, Zheng Jiaohe wrote a few lines on the white paper with a pen, put it on the desk, stood up, took another look at his signature room, took off his crane cloak, put on his regular clothes, and put the Five Mountains
The crown is pressed against the paper.
Then Zheng Jiaohe took out a brand new "dragon-painted gun" from the Xumi object. It had graceful curves and exquisite decoration. It did not look like a murder weapon, but more like an excellent handicraft, but the color was a little different from ordinary handguns.
Different, this handgun has a dark luster, like obsidian. This handgun is very powerful, and Yao Pei once gave one to Qi Xuansu.
Zheng Jiaohe skillfully loaded a round of "Dragon Eyes Jia Qi" - this is the maximum endurance limit of the "Dragon Painting Hand Gun", then gently rubbed the dark gun body, and finally raised the hand gun with one hand.
Put the gun tube into your mouth bit by bit.
If the gun is fired from the front, then one gun may not be able to kill a heavenly being. But the inside of a person is always the most fragile. If the projectile directly bypasses the true energy, the outer body, and directly explodes in the body, it will be another time.
It's over.
Xu Jiaorong was waiting in the living room outside the door, expressionless.
A subordinate couldn't help but remind him, "Second Chairman, how could Mr. Zheng commit suicide?"
Xu Jiaorong just closed his eyes and said nothing.
The subordinate shrank his head and did not dare to say any more.
It wasn't until a deafening sound of gunfire came from the signing room that Xu Jiaorong slowly opened his eyes and whispered, "Okay, you guys go in."
A group of Taoist priests entered the custody room and found that Zheng Jiaohe had shot himself with a gun, and his whole head was about to explode. Before he died, he left a suicide note, admitting all
The crime does not involve others.
Xu Jiaorong was still sitting in the reception room with a calm face.
Zheng Jiaohe's suicide was the result of Jiang Dazhen's acquiescence.
What Xu Jiaorong was waiting for outside the door was the sound of the gun.
After Zheng Jiaohe committed suicide, many people could be saved. The reason is also very simple. If a thorough investigation is carried out, a large number of people will be implicated, and more than half of the Borneo Taoist government will collapse, which will greatly destroy the balance and stability.
There is a very famous story of "burning letters" in history books. It is said that two armies were facing each other, and their strength was very different. The enemy was several times larger than ours. Many people believed that they were invincible, so many people wrote letters to surrender to the enemy. The final result
However, less was better than more. After the commander-in-chief got these letters, he did not pursue them. Instead, he had the letters burned in public. Those who had committed illicit affairs and surrendered to the enemy were ashamed and grateful. This won over the hearts of the people.
Therefore, Qi Xuansu has long understood that when dealing with this kind of matter, justice is a relatively secondary factor. The key lies in stability and balance. All actions to uphold justice have a major premise, that is, stability and balance cannot be destroyed.
.These are the rules of the game. Unless you can break this rule, you can only follow the rules.
Xu Jiaorong, who has been in Taoism for so many years, certainly understands this truth. She is not an idealist, she is a realist, so she agrees with Jiang Dazhen's decision.
Soon, news of Zheng Jiaohe's death spread throughout Borneo.
Many people ran to the Wang family mansion, not only to find reassurance from Wang Jiaohe, but also to see which direction the wind was blowing. More people drew a clear line and began to line up and divide.
Wang Jiaohe knew very well that Master Jiang Dazhen had taken the overall situation into consideration and finally let Zheng Jiaohe die instead of continuing the investigation along Zheng Jiaohe's line. If Master Jiang Dazhen wanted Zheng Jiaohe to live,
Then Zheng Jiaohe will not die. To put it bluntly, Jiang Dazhen wants to preserve a well-structured Borneo Taoist government, which is the basis for Taoism's rule in Nanyang. If Taoism's rule in Nanyang is shaken, it is absolutely impossible. Everything
The struggle must be based on ensuring the stability of Taoist rule in Nanyang.
Because of this, in most cases, no matter how hard you fight, you will not use extreme measures. But if you are really forced into a desperate situation, you will definitely fight to the death. When you are desperate, the brave will win when you meet on a narrow road, and whoever dies will survive.
You really can't tell.
So many people went to Wang Jiaohe's house, which actually conveyed a message that it was time to fight to the death. If nothing was done, the whole army would be annihilated. Zheng Jiaohe's today is our tomorrow.
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Wu'an Prefecture is the largest port in the Dayu Kingdom. It is about 200 miles northeast of the capital Thanglong Prefecture. It is the third largest prefecture after Thanglong Prefecture and Annan Prefecture. It governs seven counties. It is about 200 miles away from Lingnan Province.
It's very close and trade is relatively developed.
In addition, there is also the second largest shipbuilding workshop in Nanyang. Although Dayu State cannot directly produce many parts, parts can be transported here for assembly. There are many large shipyards here. If Shibotang’s ships
Only what is lost can be replenished from here.
At this time, countless workers were busy in the Wu'an shipyard, and there were many cranes lifting various steel materials onto the ships being built.
Some ships have already begun to take shape, while others are just frames.
A team of spiritual officers entered the workshop and guarded all entrances and exits, prohibiting anyone from entering or exiting at will.
The workers' eyes showed fear, but they did not stop their work. ??
After a while, Li Changge came in surrounded by a group of Taoist priests.
Li Changge looked around and ordered, "Don't interfere with their production."
"Yes." The spirit officer responded immediately.
Li Changge led people deep into the shipbuilding workshop.
According to the intelligence, Sun Jiaofeng has not returned home these days and is hiding in this shipbuilding yard. Li Changge came to Wu'an Prefecture from Shenglong Prefecture.
There is a single-family two-story building in the shipyard, which is where Sun Jiaofeng's mortgage room is located.
Li Changge entered the living room on the first floor. The stewards in the shipyard had already received the news and were waiting here like prisoners, with their heads lowered and hands lowered. When they saw Li Changge come in, they all saluted.
Some call him Xiao Guoshi, and some call him Li Gaogong.
Li Changge asked, "Where is Sun Jiaofeng?"
Several stewards looked at each other, and finally a gray-haired old steward stood up and said, "Sun Jiaofeng is not here, he is on the King."
"King number?" Li Changge asked.
The steward hurriedly said, "This is an old-fashioned red-haired Western battleship. It has many sails and is very beautiful. However, since the introduction of ironclads, these sailing battleships have lost popularity, so they withdrew from the Western naval fleet.
Boss Sun...Sun Jiaofeng liked this kind of warship very much, so he invested in it and renovated it. It can be used to entertain guests and hold cocktail parties, just like the painted boats in Jiangnan, but larger than the painted boats.
There are many, and they are usually moored at the pier.”
Li Changge only said three words: "Take me there."
"Yes, yes, yes." The steward responded and led the way.
Soon, Li Changge and his party arrived
At the dock, we also saw the Western warship named "King".
Just as the steward said, this battleship is indeed very beautiful. The snow-white sails are layered like clouds. The hull has been cleaned cleanly. There is also a beautiful bow statue, which seems to be a certain king of the West.
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It's just that the "King" at this time was very unusual. It was completely silent and there was not a single person on the deck.
Li Changge frowned and waved his hand to signal the spiritual officers to board the deck.
At this moment, the sound of a musical instrument sounded on the boat.
There is sadness in the sound of the piano, and it is very rapid, like the stormy waves on the sea, one wave after another, one wave higher than the other, as if the ship on the top of the wave is about to be sent to the sky.
Li Changge's expression changed slightly.
At this moment, the entire ship instantly turned into a fire ship.
Raging flames spurted out from the gaps in the ship's hull, and the white sails and clean decks were instantly enveloped in flames.
These fires are not ordinary flames, but use "dragon eyes" and "phoenix eyes" gunpowder, which are difficult to extinguish and cannot be approached by ordinary spiritual officials.
Soon, the fire soaring into the sky burned down the mast, and part of the mast suddenly fell into the water. There were also masts that had not been burned off, and the fire spread all the way up the mast, as if it was about to set fire to the sky.
There are also flames that spread to the sea, just like the "Shiranui" in Fenglinzhou, burning blazingly on the water, reflecting the sea into a fiery red.
Li Changge stood on the shore, his figure reflected red by the fire.
In the midst of this soaring fire, the sound of the piano became smaller and smaller, until it was finally too low to be heard.
A spiritual official asked Li Changge for instructions, "Deputy Hall Master, what should we do now?"
Li Changge's tone was calm, "I want to see him alive, and he wants to see his body after he's dead, so that his identity can be verified."
The spiritual officer loudly accepted the order.
The fire became more and more intense, and the masts continued to fall and hit the deck. The deck was already fragile and collapsed directly.
Those beautiful ship buildings also collapsed in the fire.
Soon, the entire ship began to sink, and the fire gradually became smaller.
The spiritual officials jumped into the water one after another and began to search.
There were also alchemists who used their spiritual thoughts to ensure that no one escaped from the water while taking advantage of the fire.
Finally, the spirit officer fished out a charred corpse from the water, and after multiple inspections, it was determined to be Sun Jiaofeng's.
After his son and daughter were arrested one after another, the boss behind the Nanyang United Trading Company realized that he had no other choice and chose to set himself on fire. Along with him, various accounts were burned along with him.