After listening to Song Qiyun's words, Bai Meng sneered. Ever since he took over as the commander of the Forbidden Army, there were indeed many people who wanted to cause trouble under his nose. In the first two or three years, he could always catch one or two hundred people. , in the past two years, there have indeed been fewer of them. It would be good to catch one or twenty, but the fate of these people is tragic without exception.
Seeing the sneer on Bai Meng's face, Xiang Liu shuddered unconsciously. He looked at Song Qiyun, then at Bai Meng, and then at Shen Haolin, Shen Cha, and Song Yaojia who were standing behind and watching silently. I sighed in my heart that today's young people are so terrible. Bao Guini's methods and thoughts are nothing in the eyes of these young people. Failure is certain.
Although he was not sure about the specific identities of these young people, he knew that these adults must have the final say in Xijing City, and they were still very important. If they sneezed casually, Xijing City would tremble. The level of trembling. Bao Gui was also unlucky. He was targeted by these big shots as soon as he entered Beijing and deserved to be defeated.
"What kind of destruction are you planning to cause in Xijing City?" Bai Meng raised an eyebrow at Xiang Liuyi, "Speak carefully and think about it before you talk!"
"It's not that the villain doesn't want to say it, it's that the villain really doesn't know." Xiang Liu looked in Bao Gui's direction, "Shopkeeper Bao has a very strict mouth. The villains can't find out what he doesn't want to say."
"That's right, that's right." Several other tied up followers echoed, "When he came to Beijing this time, he only said that he wanted to carry out sabotage, but he didn't tell us how to do it specifically. We all asked him all the way. He always changes the subject and refuses to reveal anything."
"To tell you the truth, even for the several operations we conducted in Liuzhou Prefecture, we only found out about it on the night of the operation. He would temporarily call us to his house and assign corresponding tasks. When it gets dark, everyone would go separately. Do it. After the operation, we returned to his home. We were not allowed to leave his home in batches until it was dawn and there were people on the street. During this period, the little people were not allowed to leave privately, otherwise, they would be severely punished by him. "I want to teach you a lesson." Xiang Liu sighed softly and pointed at the little man kneeling on the far right with his chin raised. "Once, he suddenly had a stomachache and left Shopkeeper Bao's sight for only half a stick of incense. , Shopkeeper Bao punished him to kneel in the yard for half the night, and did not allow him to participate in the operation. Because he was not feeling well, and the cold wind blew for most of the night, he fell completely ill when he returned home the next day. It takes about ten days to be good.”
The little man who was singled out nodded towards Song Qiyun, proving that what Xiang Liu said was true.
"Aren't you unhappy if he torments you like this?"
"There is nothing we can do if we are not happy. He is the leader of the altar. He has the final say. Even if he kills us, we have no choice but to obey. However, he also has his reasons for doing so, and it is for everyone's good."
"Oh? Tell me."
"He said that if he told us in advance, if the plan changed, he would be afraid that we would not receive the news in time. Secondly, he would be afraid that people who should not be mixed in would be among us and cause unnecessary trouble."
"It makes sense." Song Qiyun nodded, "He is a person with many thoughts and suspicions." He looked at Xiang Liu, "Since you don't know what he is doing in Xijing, I won't embarrass you. Tell me about the robbery in Liuzhou Mansion, you always know about this, right?"
"Yes." Xiang Liu nodded, thought for a moment, and said, "This action was not planned by Shopkeeper Bao. It was an errand assigned by the higher-ups... that is, the Master. It was assigned to the thirteen prefectures in the south of the Yangtze River, and was assigned to each branch. The altar master is responsible for the execution, and shopkeeper Bao is the altar master of the Liuzhou branch altar."
"So, he is responsible for all actions of Liuzhou Prefecture."
"Well, the little people must listen to him, do what he says, and complete the errands ordered by the mage."
"When did you start planning this operation? The Tianxing Sect has been silent for so many years, and you have always been in contact?"
"There is no contact. It's because of this action that we have more frequent contact. The villain knows Shopkeeper Bao because the two families have a relationship, but they don't have much contact over the years. They only meet once during the Chinese New Year. Sometimes , I missed it when I was busy." Xiang Liu looked at the other people, "I only got to know a few of them during this operation."
"That's right, this is our first time meeting Brother Xiang."
"The first meeting was probably more than half a year ago... More than seven months ago, we all received a note from Shopkeeper Bao at the same time, asking us to meet at Qili Manor. That Qili Manor is outside Liuzhou City, almost seven miles away from Liuzhou City, so it is called Qili Manor." Xiang Liu saw the strange expressions on the faces of Song Qiyun and Bai Meng, sighed helplessly, and continued, "Although Qili Manor is called a manor, it is actually a private garden strictly speaking. It was once very popular in Liuzhou Prefecture. "It's famous." He paused for a moment, "The original owner of this manor was a big food businessman who didn't live in Liuzhou Mansion very often. He entrusted the villain's father to take care of it on his behalf."
"Entrust your Majesty?"
"Yes, the villain's father was also in business in his early years and had some dealings with this big food businessman. Later, because of an accident, injured his leg and got old, he stopped running around outside. The big food businessman was also because of this , I was afraid that the villain’s father would work too hard, so I found such an errand for him. Later, the big food merchant encountered a shipwreck, and the whole family and his workers were buried in the sea, and the manor became an ownerless land. "
"Without the master, taking care of it becomes your own?" Song Qiyun raised an eyebrow, "Is this your stronghold?"
"Yes, when the Tianxing Sect was at its peak, the core believers in Liuzhou Prefecture often gathered here, and it was very lively. Later, the Tianxing Sect was wiped out, and there were rumors that the master was dead. , the number of believers here gradually decreased. After all, people’s instinct is to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, which is understandable. Later, a fire broke out here, burning the entire garden to the ground. It was completely reduced to ruins.”
"Fire?" Song Qiyun and Bai Meng looked at each other, "No one is investigating the cause? Did you set the fire yourself?"
"...It's us, because we don't want the government to trace Qili Manor, and in order to cover up the traces here, we have this fire. Not only is there a fire, but we also deliberately spread the news of being haunted, so that no one dares to come close to this place. .”
"Wouldn't it attract attention if you meet in the ruins?"
"My lord, that's not all. This fire only burned things on the ground. The secrets of Qili Manor are actually underground. Many confidential files about Tianxing Sect are hidden underground and have not been affected in any way. .”
"Cunning Rabbit Three Caves." Song Qiyun nodded and raised his chin towards Xiang Liuyang, "Continue."
"I don't know if it was some arrangement somewhere else that destined this time to fail and backfire. The first meeting of the little people at Qili Manor didn't go well."
"Oh? What do you say?"
"I met the police from the state capital government office. They rarely go there to patrol, but that night, the little people met several of them."
