"there is none left."
The young woman shook her head slightly, her cheeks also filled with confusion.
Many mysteries seem to have been revealed surrounding the tax and bank case that year.
But after careful analysis, it is still full of confusion.
First of all, why did the Xu family create this tax and bank case? Is it just to replace Mr. Xu with someone else?
But Master Xu has obviously chosen to cooperate with the Xu family, so why can't he still escape death?
Secondly, why did the Xu family and Zhou Zaixing spend so much time?
Later, Zhou Zaixing was replaced by Lin Chunqiu. Was this another part of the plan?
Finally, what kind of big net has the Xu family laid out, the clues of which are still difficult to discover even now?
Yang Dong had a feeling of being in a fog.
But then he felt relieved. First of all, no matter what, the court was now in the hands of the empress.
Moreover, the students from Lanxiang Academy are continuously filling the court, and some of the key positions have been replaced by the empress with the first batch of outstanding students from Lanxiang Academy.
It can be said that the empress now has complete control over the situation in the court.
And with the brave army stationed in charge and the empress's skill, it would only be a matter of time before the imperial guards near the capital returned.
As long as the situation in the capital and the court remained unchanged, Yang Dong didn't care about the rest.
As for those things in Jianghu, they have no impact on the overall situation at present.
Thinking of this, Yang Dong's originally worried heart gradually let go. But at this moment, there was a rush of footsteps outside the door.
"Mr. Yang, something happened over there in the ancient well!"
"What!?"
Yang Dong's expression changed and he rushed towards the ancient well.
At this moment, the huge stone on the ancient well has cracked countless gaps.
Accompanied by this, there is also an extremely rhythmic impact sound.
"boom……"
"boom……"
The surrounding Xichang spies subconsciously clenched the long knives in their hands and stood ready.
Yu Xiaoyu also came closer and stared at the boulder on the ancient well, with a rare serious look on his cheeks.
"Master, what exactly is down here?"
"A corpse."
Yang Dong's tone was very calm, but he took a long knife from the hand of a Xichang spy.
"This is impossible!"
Yu Xiaoyu subconsciously objected. He stared at the boulder on the ancient well and continued:
"Not to mention Da Zhou, even if we look at Da Qin and Hou Jin, there is absolutely no secret technique for making corpses come alive."
"Master, are you sure that the thing under this is really a corpse?"
"How about you go down and take a look?"
Yang Dong rolled his eyes at Yu Xiaoyu angrily, but his eyes also showed doubts.
It has been half a year since he came to Dazhou, and he already has a certain understanding of the world.
Although this world seems quite fantasy, it actually follows certain rules.
For example, warriors practice the power of Qi and blood, making themselves stronger, even far better than ordinary people.
But this power of qi and blood is, to put it bluntly, just an enhanced version of internal power.
Although the cultists I met in Youzhou did not practice the power of Qi and blood, they were actually something similar.
As for the secret technique of awakening the dead, it goes against common sense.
Yang Dong always felt that there must be some details that he had overlooked.
"Someone, move the boulder away!"
Yang Dong gave the order, and the two Xichang spies closest to the ancient well couldn't help but look at each other.
But without any hesitation, they stretched out their hands and held onto the edges of the boulder.
But just when they were about to exert force, there was suddenly another heavy impact!
At this moment, the boulder, which was already full of cracks, finally couldn't bear it anymore, and with a "click", it broke into countless pieces of different sizes.
The two West Factory spies were instantly forced to retreat to both sides by this huge force.
Yang Dong had a gloomy face and unconsciously clenched the long knife in his hand.
However……
At the same time, a rotting corpse slowly crawled out from the mouth of the ancient well.
At this moment, its two hand bones had long been shattered, and there were several cracks on its skull.
But even so, it still pointed its empty eyes at Yang Dong, as if staring at him!
This scene instantly made everyone present stand on end. Even Yang Dong's face was extremely gloomy.
He did not choose to take action, but wanted to see what the rotten corpse would do next.
Unexpectedly, the carrion suddenly opened its mouth wide, and even opened the carrion on the left and right sides, revealing the gray-white bones hidden under the carrion.
Just as Yang Dong and the others were preparing themselves, waiting for the carrion to attack.
However, the rotten corpse tilted its head and stopped moving. The whole corpse just hung on the edge of the ancient well, motionless.
In this way, it probably took as long as one stick of incense.
Yu Xiaoyu swallowed hard and asked with some uncertainty:
"Master, is it...dead?"
Yang Dong frowned and activated the power of Qi and blood in his body to adhere to the surrounding corpses.
Then he was surprised to find that the rotting corpse seemed to be really "dead", with no energy fluctuations on its body.
He hesitated for a moment, then picked the skull of the rotting corpse with the tip of his knife.
Unexpectedly, the rotten corpse was already in a state of decay. With the tip of the knife, the skull flew out.
After flying a few feet away, it fell to the ground with a "snap" and broke into two pieces.
At the same time, a broken piece of blood jade was exposed to the sun.
"This is……"
Yu Xiaoyu frowned and asked with some uncertainty:
"Could it be that...this is Southern Xinjiang Blood Jade?"
"Southern Xinjiang Blood Jade?"
Yang Dong repeated it, and then looked at Yu Xiaoyu beside him.
When Yu Xiaoyu saw this, he immediately explained:
"Mr. Yang does not know that this blood jade is a unique product of southern Xinjiang. It has always been used as a tribute and presented to the royal family. Especially the late emperor seems to be extremely fond of this kind of blood jade."
"I also learned about this thing when I saw my father being ordered to escort the blood jade back to Beijing."
"It was only later that after the current Holy One ascended the throne, he chose to do light work and pay little tribute to recuperate. In recent years, Southern Xinjiang has not paid tribute to the palace."
Yang Dong nodded slightly, but the doubts in his eyes were even worse.
This is the boundary of Jiangnan. Why does the blood jade from the southern border appear?
He thought for a moment, then gently picked up the broken blood jade on the ground.
At the same time, he felt that there was a special energy that was gradually disappearing...
Could it be that... the actions of this rotten corpse rely on the energy in the blood jade?
After he pondered for a moment, he used the power of Qi and blood to wrap the fragments of the blood jade to prevent this special energy from dissipating.
It seems that this trip to Jiangnan may not be as simple as I thought.
Yang Dong thought for a moment and decided to ask the capital for help.
Hong Laoliu has received so many benefits from him, isn't it time for him to do some exercise?
