"It's going to be available for a while longer."

Ye Cheng looked at the jade box in the box and showed a satisfied smile.

This time I came to Weizhou to investigate the case, and I finally didn't go in vain.

It's a pity that you can't use the Yueqing Sect to open the knife, otherwise you will be able to get more spiritual objects.

He knew that Emperor Qianhuang was not ready to eradicate the Longmen Zhao family, the Hetian Wang family, and the great sect of grandmasters like the Yueqing Sect.

At the same time, he himself didn't want to directly confront this kind of grandmaster power for the time being.

Although he had already become a grandmaster, his innate cultivation had reached the middle level.

The wood is beautiful in the forest, and the wind will destroy it.

On this trip to the southeast, he was in the limelight enough, showing the strength of a half-step grandmaster, and it was dazzling enough.

If you expose the fact that you have become a grandmaster, you will definitely become a thorn in the side of those grandmaster forces, and you will be a thorn in the flesh.

Maybe it's no problem to deal with one grandmaster, but in the face of multiple grandmasters, then he would never dare to take such a big risk.

Unless the martial intent he comprehends goes further and reaches the level of a great grandmaster.

In other words, the cultivation goes one step further and reaches the late innate stage.

Therefore, he felt that it was necessary to stay for a little more time at the stage of the half-step grandmaster.

"When I return to Yujing, I will hide in the palace and keep a low profile for a while."

Ye Cheng already had a plan.

So, he took out a jade box and opened it, took out the spiritual object from it, and prepared to cultivate.

He doesn't have to worry about being disturbed by others to practice, which will lead to madness.

Anyway, with the immortal Dao fruit, it can be recovered at any time.

Therefore, whether he has the assistance of spiritual objects or not, he will cultivate every day and anytime and anywhere.

A few days later, Ye Cheng received a secret edict from Emperor Qian.

In the secret decree, Emperor Qianhuang praised Ye Cheng for his ability to do things and made important contributions to the elimination of bandits, and now the rebellion of the bandits has taken a major turn, so let Ye Cheng deal with everything as soon as possible, and escort a serious offender back to Beijing as soon as possible.

Ye Cheng knew that his trip to the six southeastern states was a successful end.

Since Emperor Qianhuang did not let himself go to other states to continue the investigation, it means that Emperor Qianhuang should have reached a corresponding compromise with the Longmen Zhao family, the Hetian Wang family and other grandmaster-level forces.

When Ye Cheng was carrying out the final finishing work, the bandit armies in other states in the southeast were mobilized one after another, and with the momentum of thunder, they wiped out waves of bandits, uprooted one by one nests, and the results were fruitful.

It seems that overnight, the bandit rebellion that was originally raging in the six southeastern states has been wiped out.

After Ye Cheng received the information from the black-clothed guard, he sighed in his heart.

The darkest and most sinister thing in this world is the human heart.

For the sake of their own greed and ambition, those careerists used the rebellion of the bandits to use the six southeastern states as a chessboard, and tens of millions of Li people as chess pieces and manipulated them wantonly.

In just a few years of turmoil, I don't know how many Lebanese people have been ruined and displaced.

Three days later.

Lin'an City.

A heavily armed procession slowly walked down the street.

The most conspicuous thing is the prisoner cars, which are all holding the felons arrested this time.

There are even local officials from the second grade, such as Zhao Kang, the governor of Weizhou, who is also a member of the Zhao family in Longmen and is in charge of local military affairs in Weizhou.

As for the officials of the third and fourth grades, there are even more, what Yuming County guards Sun Haicheng, and Tianshui County guards He Pass.

The other is Ma Yunlong, the commander of the Wind Splitting Army, and Zhao Xiangyun, the commander of the Cloud Word Army.

These are eligible for prison carriages.

Others are chained directly and strung together so that they can only walk.

Many of these are either bandit leaders, or they are related to bandits, and some are the heads of congenital-level forces, or the principals of local powerful people.

Scattered and scattered, there are nearly 100 people.

At the head of the line was a large group of black-clad guards, as well as several carriages.

Those who are qualified to ride in the carriage are naturally Ye Cheng and a few big eunuchs.

However, there were also a few great eunuchs who changed into prison uniforms and became one of the prisoners.

Among them is the superintendent of the military superintendent and the great eunuch Su Shicheng.

Even Ye Cheng didn't expect that this person would secretly take refuge in the Zhao family of Longmen and do things for the Zhao family, and Ye Cheng sent this person to lead a team to arrest the people of the Cao Gang that day, but let the people of the Cao Gang get the news in advance, and it was this person who secretly informed him.

After interrogation, it turned out that before Su Shicheng became the chief eunuch of the superintendent of the military superintendent, he had been a eunuch of the superintendent of the iron in Weizhou, and he was dragged into the water at that time.

Today, Ye Cheng left Lin'an City to escort the prisoners back to Yujing.

Due to the excessive number of repeat offenses, Ye Cheng transferred the strength of the two battalions of the Splitting Wind Army to escort them all the way, plus the black-clothed guards also had many masters, and Ye Cheng, the secret envoy of the Sky Survey, should be foolproof.

There were a lot of people on both sides of the street watching all the way.

There were also people who were agitated, took out rotten eggs and rotten vegetable leaves, and threw them at the prisoners in the prison car.

In the past few years, the rebellion of the bandits and the inaction of the government have made the six southeastern states unreassuring, and the people have accumulated too much resentment.

Just by looking at the fact that these people are yellow-skinned, thin, and unkempt, you can know how miserable they have been in the past few years.

On top of a restaurant down the street.

Several men and women in armed costumes stood by the window, watching the procession as they walked down the street.

"It's Brother Xiangyun. Shall we just watch this gang of eunuchs and take him away? ”

A girl with red eyes and gritted her teeth.

"So what? Will you go down and rob him? I'm afraid that none of us can escape, but we will fall into it, the old man has already issued a ban, and we must not cause trouble. ”

The eldest man next to him sighed and said calmly.

"One day, I will kill all these eunuchs and avenge my eldest brother."

A young man who looked very young said viciously.

"Just keep it in mind, what we need to do at this stage is to cultivate hard, and one day, we will be able to get back today's shame a thousand times over."

The older man said in a deep voice.

Inside the carriage.

Ye Cheng closed his eyes and recuperated, and Bai Yulang sat next to him.

As for his donkey brother, he had died a few days earlier.

After drinking the last bowl of wine, he never woke up.

It's old and dead.

The lifespan of a donkey is twenty years.

For this reason, Bai Yulang was sad for a long time.

After all, this black donkey has been with him for more than ten years, going south and north.

"Brother Donkey, I will come to worship you every year in the future and bring you your favorite Su sake."

Bai Yulang was drunk, still drinking, and even talking to himself.

Ye Cheng turned a deaf ear, just in a meditative state, communicating with the subconscious.

This is what he must do every day.

This can increase the maintenance time of his subconscious mind, which is helpful for comprehending martial intent.

Although the comprehension of martial intent is still slow, but the water drops are piercing, and after the accumulation of time, I still feel that there is a little progress.

"At this rate, I'm afraid that without decades of enlightenment, I can't imagine going further."

Ye Cheng sighed in his heart.

But how long is a person's life?

Even if he is an innate grandmaster, he is never injured, he never fights, and he is extremely well maintained, and he can live to be one hundred and twenty or thirty years old at most.

Moreover, as people get older, their spirits will gradually fail.

Innate Grandmasters are no exception.

Therefore, when the age reaches a certain level, it is good for the grandmaster to be able to maintain his martial intent without declining.

This is also the reason why it is so difficult for the Grand Master to break through.

However, the most important thing that Ye Cheng lacks is time.

So he wasn't in a hurry.

Anyway, he has the power to protect himself now, so there is no need to rush.

Suddenly, the carriage stopped, and a shouting was heard ahead.

"What's going on?"

Ye Cheng didn't radiate his senses.

The experience of being aware of everything around you at all times is actually not particularly good.

"Mansion Master, a small child suddenly rushed out of front and blocked the way, and they have already driven this child away."

Zhao Fang's voice sounded outside.

He was personally driving the carriage for Ye Cheng.

"Ask what the kid is up to?"

Ye Cheng said.

There must be a reason why a small child dares to stop a convoy in such a situation.

"Yes, Lord."

Zhao Fang got out of the car immediately.

After a while, Zhao Fang returned.

"Mansion Master, that little kid said he wanted to see you."

"See me?"

Ye Cheng was surprised, and immediately smiled: "That's okay, you bring him over, I'll come to see him." ”

Soon, a child about ten years old was brought in.

Ye Cheng lifted the curtain and looked at the child kneeling on the ground.

This child was unkempt, his clothes were ragged, his face was yellow and thin, and he knew that he had suffered a lot at first glance.

But a pair of eyes, but very bright.

"Little one, why are you stopping my convoy?"

Ye Cheng asked with a smile.

"Adults, small, small think, want to enter the palace as a eunuch"

The boy seemed a little frightened and whispered.

"Why?"

Ye Cheng asked curiously.

"The little one wants revenge."

The boy looked up, his eyes resolute.

"Do you know what it means to be a eunuch?"

Ye Cheng was a little surprised, and then said.

"I know, if I become a eunuch, my Hong family will be cut off."

The boy said.

"Since you are the only one in your family, then be a normal person."

Ye Cheng looked at the young man, he didn't know what happened to him, and in order to take revenge, he would rather enter the palace as a eunuch.

"It's too late, my Hong family has already lost children and grandchildren."

The boy suddenly took off his pants.

"You did it yourself?"

Seeing this scene, Ye Cheng was silent for a while before speaking.

The boy nodded vigorously.

Ye Cheng sighed in his heart, this young man is really ruthless.

Zhao Fang next to him, as well as several escort eunuchs, also gasped.

Dare to go to the palace, what a lot of determination you have to make.

"Come up."

He beckoned.

"Thank you, sir."

The young man's face was happy, and he immediately kowtowed, quickly got up, and got into the carriage.

The team moved on.

Evening.

The team camped at a post station.

in the house.

Ye Cheng took a book and flipped through it.

This is a martial arts secret book seized from an innate level sect.

Anyway, during this time, as long as he has free time, he will look through it.

Although the Tiandu arsenal stores the world's martial arts, there are still a lot of people who have not collected them.

"Mansion Master."

Zhao Fang walked in.

"How's it going?"

Ye Cheng asked.

"Mansion master, find out, this young man's name is Honghe, he is from Yanguan County, Haizhou, and his family was originally a very famous local salt merchant, but in the rebellion of the bandits, this Hong family bore the brunt, and one hundred and seventy-eight people were wiped out, and this Honghe should be the only surviving descendant of the Hong family."

Zhao Fang said.

"The destruction of the Hong family should not be as simple as the rebellion of the bandits, right?"

Ye Cheng said.

"Yes, this Hong family has made a fortune at the beginning of the founding of the country, and has been awarded an exclusive salt merchant brand by the imperial court, and has been supplying official salt to the imperial court, and has a deep relationship with the Yue Palace."

Zhao Fang said.

Ye Cheng immediately understood.

After King Jing succeeded to the throne, King Yue was the first to stand up and support it.

Later, Emperor Qianhuang took the opportunity to reduce the feudal domain, set up the governor's yamen on the basis of the feudal state system, and gradually transferred the administrative power of a state from the feudal prince's palace to the governor's palace.

This king of Yue was also the first to respond to the reduction of the domain, so that the governor department of Yuezhou was the first to operate.

It's a pity that the bandit rebellion first started in Yuezhou.

The Yue Wangfu was also slaughtered in the rebellion of the bandits, and not even a single heir escaped.

After this incident happened back then, it shocked the world.

Therefore, the destruction of the Hong family, a small salt merchant, is not very remarkable.

There were not a few Yuezhou forces that followed the destruction of the Yue Wangfu back then, and these forces had a characteristic, that is, they were biased towards the imperial court and the royal family.

As the bandits swept through the six southeastern states, the influence of the imperial court there was minimized.

Whether it is the Yue Wangfu or a local force like the salt merchant Hong family, the reason why it was destroyed is actually inseparable from the Longmen Zhao family and the Hetian Wang family.

(End of chapter)