Prison.
Qian Shan looked at the pamphlet in his hand, his dirty face almost dripping with gloom.
"Dad, what is this?"
Qian Duoduo came over, but he couldn't eat or sleep well in the prison for more than ten days. His fat face was completely gone. It was square, with thick eyebrows and thick lips, almost exactly the same as Qian Shan.
He took the booklet, looked at it roughly, and said strangely: "This is the account book? Why is it only half of it?"
Qian Shan frowned and said nothing, his heart felt unusually heavy. He never expected that this account book actually existed.
What is recorded in the account book is that from the 36th year of Yingyuan to the present, during these twelve years, he conspired with Lao Yanzhanzi to embezzle Baozhitang's elixirs and numerous properties.
Now he wants to drag out the old smoker and cut his body into thousands of pieces. Why does this bastard want to write down these things?
Do you want to use this thing to threaten him when you fall out with him in the future?
He really underestimated this guy. A mere assassin could be so scheming!
At this moment, Qian Duoduo also saw something fishy in the small half of the account book and said: "Dad, I remember that this account book contains all the properties and herbs that our family lost before. Why should I give it to you? Could it be that Do those missing things have anything to do with you?”
Qian Shan looked at Qian Duoduo and shook his head secretly: You are such a stupid eldest son of yours. I still haven't figured it out yet. Is the little monthly money the Qian family pays enough for you to spend so much? If your father didn't keep the secret, you'd be a drunken man!
If it weren't for this one son, he really wanted to slap him to death, but who would let him have this one son?
Even if he is ineffective and misbehaving, he is still Qian Shan's son!
"Okay! This matter has nothing to do with you!"
Qian Shan snatched the small half of the account book, looked at it and sighed: "What a good trick!"
There is only a small half of the account book, and the remaining part is naturally in the hands of the other party. Handing this small half of things to him is a warning to him: Don't worry about those belongings anymore, they have nothing to do with you anymore!
Because once this account book is made public or known to Qian's family, he will definitely die without a burial place!
Colluding with outsiders to embezzle family property is something that no force or family can tolerate.
"Is he an old smoker?"
Qian Shan's first suspect was Lao Yan Ganzi. Because he was locked up in this prison, he only heard that the Yulong Gang was wiped out, but it was not clear whether Lao Yan Ganzi was wiped out.
He was one of the few people who knew that Lao Yanzhanzi was not the leader of the Yulong Gang, so he subconsciously believed that Laoyanzhuangzi was not dead. That guy had a profound skill in concealment!
"Hmph! It's an unworthy thing! Do you think I'll never get ahead if I'm locked up here? You're really overestimating your capabilities by trying to embezzle those belongings!"
But then he felt depressed. It had been so long, why hadn't the Qian family sent someone over yet?
How did he know that since the news was released that the four elders of the Wen family had seized the Mirage Dragon Ball from Qian Shan, countless masters in the world were chasing them, hiding in Tibet every day, and they had no chance to return to the Qian family to explain the specific situation.
So much so that the Qian family thought that their father and son were dead, and his Green Willow Villa was now taken over by someone from the Qian family.
As for the true circumstances of their father and son's arrest, it will definitely be exposed eventually, but it is unknown when it will be exposed, at least not until the four elders of the Wen family return to the Qian family.
But why did Marquis Ning ignore him for so long? Did you reach any agreement with the Qian family?
All kinds of doubts were trapped in his mind, and he felt that he had to go out. Staying here was no different than being blind, and he couldn't tell when he was drugged.
"That's all! We can only save ourselves!"
After thinking about this, he walked to the small window and shouted: "Come here! I want to see the Marquis!"
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Dawn.
Wang Cheng wore a black gown, his long black hair was tied up with a jade ring, and around his waist was the black sword left by his teacher. He stood tall and walked firmly.
He came to Ninghou Mansion and met the middle-aged man in the secretary's office as soon as he entered the door.
The middle-aged man bowed first: "Master Wang!"
Wang Cheng did not dare to be respectful and returned the courtesy: "Master Hu."
Before coming, he had already inquired about the composition of the shogunate. This person was actually the chief secretary of the shogunate. He was also the former secretary of the bureau and joined the army. His rank was the same as that of Zhonglang, with the same rank of 600 stones.
The two walked and chatted, and soon came to a hall.
The two of them arrived relatively early. When they entered, there were only five people in the hall.
One of them stood on the left. He was tall and tall, nearly two meters tall. He was wearing a black armor. He stood there motionless, like a sculpture.
The remaining four people are the two Cao Cao who are in charge of soldiers and households, and the two commanders and historians under their jurisdiction.
Mr. Hu led Wang Cheng to greet the four people respectively, but turned a blind eye to the person standing at the front on the left.
"Master Hu, that gentleman..." Wang Cheng winked at Master Hu.
Master Hu whispered in Wang Cheng's ear: "Master Wang is the captain of Xuanwei. Could it be that even Master Baihu doesn't recognize him?"
Wang Cheng was shocked. It turned out that this person was the guardian angel Bai Hu whose head and tail were invisible to the dragon!
He had interacted with the four guardian envoys under Ninghou, Qinglong, Zhuque, and Xuanwu, but Baihu had never met him, and no one he knew knew his true identity.
However, this did not stop him from being afraid of the white tiger. The white tiger master kills, this person's force is absolutely extraordinary.
"Could Lord Baihu be the Sima of the General's Mansion?" Wang Cheng suddenly thought.
Master Hu shook his head and said: "None of the four guardian envoys have taken the post of Sima."
Wang Cheng frowned. Without Sima, how could the General Mansion use troops externally?
Master Hu went on to explain: "Although the four masters did not hold the post of Sima, they performed the duties of Sima every time they performed a mission."
"Why?"
Wang Cheng was puzzled. With Marquis Ning's character, he shouldn't be stingy about Sima's position of just a thousand stones.
"Once you take the post of Sima, the imperial court will have the power to conquer the country." Mr. Hu said meaningfully.
Wang Cheng immediately understood the meaning of Master Hu's words.
You must know that these four are all martial arts masters, and they have been tempered in the army. They are rare battlefield veterans. If the King of Zhou orders them to be recruited into the court, will Ninghou release them or not?
If you don't let him go, you will be at odds with the court. If you let him go, won't all the talents that Ninghou has worked so hard to cultivate become advantageous to the court?
Everyone has selfish motives, let alone Marquis Ning?
After a while, Cao Yu and Ling Shi from the four departments of Li, Li, Xing and Gong also arrived. The guardian Xuanwu also arrived soon after, but there was no general.
In fact, the position of the hussar general is only slightly lower than that of the general, but the salary and commanding strength are the same, so the hussar general also has generals, lieutenants and other military attachés under his office.
However, Marquis Ning's military power has now been deposed, so naturally he can no longer retain the positions of general and captain, but he retains the most basic functional structure of the Hussar General's Mansion.
Wang Cheng also noticed that everyone was basically here, but Ning Hou and Chang Shi never showed up.
At this moment, a person walked from behind the scenes to the stage.
Young, very young, about 20 years old, wearing a white robe, with a face as white as jade, slender eyebrows, and watery eyes, standing upright in front of everyone.
"Meet Chang Shi!"
Except for Wang Cheng, everyone bowed and saluted the young man, even the two guardian envoys Baihu and Xuanwu were no exception.
"It's her! How could it be her?"
Wang Cheng stood there blankly. Although this man was dressed in men's clothing, how could he hide it from his eyes?
This person is actually Pan Meng!
Chang Shi is actually Pan Meng!
No wonder Qinglong, the Zhu family, and General Zhu all bowed when they saw her.
However, how could a woman, or a young woman, hold such an important position as Chang Shi?
Nagashi, this is the most important official position in the shogunate. He can act on behalf of the shogun or alone. Even though the four guardian envoys have high status, they still have to obey the orders of the chief historian.
Simply put, Nagashi is the chief steward in the shogunate!
Pan Meng nodded, and glanced at Wang Cheng, whose eyes were dull, but did not go to him alone. He said bluntly: "The Marquis is ill, there is no need to mention this matter again."
Everyone looked solemn when they heard the news, except Wang Cheng who was happy in his heart.
Previously, he thought that the dragon blood essence in the dragon blood pool cured Ning Hou's injuries, but now it seems that this is not the case.
If he wanted to rescue his master, Divine Doctor Zhang, he would not even think about it if Ning Hou was safe and sound.
Pan Meng continued: "Today's discussion has only one topic - Valley of the Dead!"
Everyone was shocked, even Wang Cheng's heart skipped a beat.
The Valley of the Dead was an evil place that swallowed up countless lives, and was listed as a taboo place by the Great Zhou Dynasty.
No one knows when it appeared. It has existed since humans were able to record stories orally. Since then, the Valley of the Dead has been regarded as a forbidden place.
"Could it be that those two things are in the Valley of the Dead?" Xuanwu spoke first.
Pan Meng nodded and said: "That's right! Qinglong has sent the news that the thing is indeed there!"
Everyone was delighted, but then a bad premonition flashed through their minds.
Sure enough, Pan Meng was heard to say next: "The two guardian envoys Qinglong and Suzaku brought hundreds of experts there, but now there are only a dozen or so left, so..."
She paused, and then said in a serious tone: "That's why we need to send troops for reinforcements!"
"Really want to go to that ghost place? From ancient times to the present, I don't know how many Jianghu forces have gone to investigate, but in the end basically no one came out alive!"
"That place is too evil! Even if a strong King of Martial Arts enters, he may not be able to escape unscathed."
Everyone was talking a lot, and their words were all full of deep fear for the Valley of the Dead.
"alright!"
Pan Meng interrupted everyone's discussion at this time and said in a deep voice: "The top priority is not to argue about whether to go or not, but how to go!"
Seeing everyone's solemn expressions, she said calmly: "You may have forgotten that a force came out of the Valley of the Dead alive and is still exploring there!"
"What force?"
