"It seems that I've stirred up something I shouldn't have again."
While Li Yuan was worrying in the Admiral Mansion, Junior Leopard returned home with a similarly worried frown. From what happened today, he smelled a hint of danger. In his mind, the words that Wang She had said to him rang out again. "That's right.
The world was going to be chaotic!
Although it seemed that the weather was favorable, in fact? Secretly, there were turbulent waves.
Wan An was the newly appointed Zhonghe Prefectural Governor of the Jin. He had only been in office for a few months, and such a thing had happened. Junior Leopard had never suspected that Advisor Hu would lie, and he didn't need to. From Qi Fei's expression after reading the letter, Junior Leopard had completely believed Advisor Hu's words. At the same time, he also knew that Wan An's matter was not as simple as a rebellion.
If he, the Prefectural Governor, really had the intention to rebel, Qi Fei wouldn't have stopped him and Dong Chen from reading the letter. Nor would he have asked them to kill the unlucky Advisor Hu and make it look like a robbery. It was completely unnecessary. He was a living witness. How could he be killed so easily?
Similarly, was it so easy to plot a rebellion against the imperial court?
Even if he wanted to rebel, it should be the affairs of the Governor of a border state like Yunzhou. What did it have to do with Wan An?
Although Wan An was a Level Three official and was in charge of the government affairs, it was only government affairs. The military power was in Li Yuan's hands. Moreover, Li Yuan and Wan An didn't get along well. As long as Wan An dared to plant a flag of rebellion in the Prefectural Governor's Mansion, within an hour, Li Yuan would have the ability to cut off his head.
He wouldn't be so stupid.
Since he wasn't stupid, why should he rebel?
Most importantly, the meaning of the word "rebellion" was not simple. It could be done by a few people with guns. There were various ways to rebel. Wan An directly rebelled. He would never do such a suicidal thing. Then, there was only the second possibility. He was involved in a rebellion, and Wan An was just a part of it. The letter only proved that he was involved. But who the mastermind was, when the rebellion would take place, how many people there were, and how much power there would be? Junior Leopard didn't know.
Perhaps he would have an answer after reading the letter. But he didn't see the letter.
Qi Fei's reaction after reading the letter had confirmed Junior Leopard's guess. The question now was, what should he do?
Last night, Qi Fei found him again and gave him a piece of advice with a bitter face, telling him not to tell anyone about what happened last night.
Junior Leopard knew that the matter was very serious. Qi Fei's second warning was obviously instructed by Li Yuan. This also showed that even with Li Yuan's strength, he had to be careful when facing this power, let alone Junior Leopard.
"Alas, I'm really unlucky. Even a mouthful of cold water will get stuck in my teeth. Am I born to be a troublemaker? I've just come back and I've already encountered such a thing. No, I'll go to the underground fire vein for closed-door training. I won't come out until I master the Extreme Yang Through Sky Sword. I won't get involved in such things again! "Junior Leopard secretly made up his mind.
There was still half a month before it was his turn to be on duty. Originally, he wanted to relax, but after such a thing happened, he did not dare to run around. He decided to go to the underground fire vein to practice. After he successfully practiced the Extreme Yang Through Sky Sword, he would come out of the underground fire vein.
Having made up his mind, he went to tell Wang Tianlei about it.
"What? You want to practice in the underground fire vein for half a month?" “
What's wrong? " "What's wrong?" “
But why don't you tell your sister? You've just come back and you're going to do closed-door training. How about you go and tell her yourself? "
"I'll go? Forget it. I don't want to look for trouble! " Junior Leopard shook his head repeatedly. "Brother-in-law, this is what you're best at. You go. I'm leaving!"
Seeing that Junior Leopard was about to leave, Wang Tianlei hurriedly stopped him, "Hey, wait, you're going without any preparation. You should at least bring something to eat, right?"
"There's nothing to prepare!" Junior Leopard said. "I'll take care of the food myself. Anyway, there are people in the underground fire vein!" After saying that, he hurriedly rushed to the underground fire vein.
The underground fire vein of Zhonghe City was first discovered by the Sect of Flame. For this underground fire vein, they even captured the entire Zhonghe City and occupied the underground fire vein for several months. It could be said that they had plundered almost all the benefits that could be obtained on the surface.
What was left for the Great Jin was only a fire vein. But in a sense, the value of this fire vein far exceeded the things that the Sect of Flame had plundered from it.
After Zhonghe City returned to the hands of the Great Jin, the imperial court of the Great Jin took a series of measures to manage the fire vein in order to maximize its efficiency.
The first was the management. At the beginning, the fire vein was under the management of Li Yuan, but it didn't last long. After Wan An, the Satrap, took office, he was followed by a Lang Officer of the Ministry of Works, Lu Jin. Lu Jin was a Level Five Lang Officer. After he came here, he took over the entire underground fire vein. But he didn't bring many people with him. Basically, they were all craftsmen of the Ministry of Works. The other people in charge of specific affairs and defense were the subordinates of Li Yuan and Wan An. Li Yuan's subordinates were mainly responsible for the security of the entire underground fire vein, while Wan An's subordinates were mainly responsible for the reorganization of the surrounding areas. They drew out the area with a radius of three miles from the entrance and exit of the underground fire vein, forming an independent area and building tall and thick walls.
Now, the entire underground fire vein had begun to take shape. The surrounding land had been renovated and the walls had been built. Inside the high walls, a row of smelting houses and craftsmen's residences had also been put in place. What was missing now was a furnace, a huge furnace located in the depths of the underground fire vein, beside the magma flow.
This smelting furnace was the concrete embodiment of the value of the underground fire vein. But how could it be easy to build?
Not to mention other things, just talking about the construction personnel, the depths of the underground fire vein were filled with endless fire poison. Those whose cultivation was below Level Three couldn't even get close to the final lava cave. As for those martial arts masters whose cultivation had reached Level Three, how could they build such a huge furnace?
There were such talents, but not many. There were only four families in the whole Great Jin — Jian, Pei, Luo and Wu smelting families. Because of this, the construction of the furnace fell into the hands of these four families. After a round of profit distribution and bargaining, the four families finally reached an agreement with the imperial court of Great Jin. They each contributed manpower and material resources to start building the furnace. Because of Junior Leopard, the Wu Family, which was originally at a disadvantage, gained the biggest benefit and had the advantage among the three families.
Now that the furnace had been repaired, the families also divided the profits according to the original agreement. Lu Jin also strictly followed the original agreement. Everything seemed to be in order. Except for the beginning when Junior Leopard was ordered by the Wu Family to deliberately make trouble for a few times, there was basically no friction between the four families and the imperial court.
According to their respective agreements, when the four smelting families entered the underground fire vein and used the furnace, there was a strict time limit. Junior Leopard was a member of the Wu Family, so he was also in the limit. However, he had another identity, that was, Li Yuan's personal guard. Those who were responsible for guarding the underground fire vein were all Li Yuan's people, so naturally they would not hinder his actions. Therefore, all along, Junior Leopard entered the underground fire vein as easily as entering the gate of his own vegetable garden. Although the other families were a little annoyed, they gradually got used to it. After all, although Junior Leopard was arrogant, he still had a limit. That was, he entered the underground fire vein only for his own practice and would never use the furnace. No matter which family was using the furnace, he would not disturb them. In fact, every time he entered the underground fire vein, he would go deeper along the magma river. The temperature there was higher and the fire poison was more severe. Even the experts of Level Four, Level Five and Level Six of the big families could not withstand the high temperature there.
However, Junior Leopard walked as if he was on flat ground, which also made the other families very helpless. Junior Leopard's cultivation was only at Level Three, but the strength he showed was far beyond Level Three. Most people attributed this to Junior Leopard's peculiar fist intent, thinking that it was the overbearing fist intent that protected him and allowed him to come and go freely in the underground fire vein. While they envied the Wu Family for having such a good disciple, they also had ideas about Junior Leopard.
On the one hand, Junior Leopard's fist intent was too weird, and the power he could exert in the underground fire vein was far beyond their imagination. On the other hand, Junior Leopard's relationship with Tian Long Taoism's Chief Wang She was not ordinary. Wang She once said in front of others that he owed Junior Leopard a favor. Junior Leopard endured in the underground passageway for three days and forbade others from disturbing Wang She's practice inside. After Wang She came out, he showed the strength of a Level Nine expert. Maybe he advanced to Level Nine in the underground fire vein. If so, Junior Leopard's favor was so big that the other three smelting families did not dare to touch him. As for whether Wang She advanced to Level Nine in the underground fire vein, no one knew, but no one could deny this possibility.
Therefore, not to mention that Junior Leopard entered the underground fire vein at will, even if he went overboard and occupied the smelting furnace for a few days, the other smelting families would not dare to say a word.
He leisurely swayed into the huge wall, greeted the soldiers guarding the gate, chatted for a while, and then walked directly to the entrance of the underground fire vein.
At the entrance, there were also two soldiers standing on both sides of the entrance with long spears. What was different from before was that on the right side of the entrance, in front of the soldiers, there was an extra table, in front of which sat a person in his twenties. He was also dressed like a general and looked like a colonel.
Junior Leopard did not know him and had never seen him before. Knowing that he was a newcomer, Junior Leopard smiled at him and did not care about him. He went straight to the underground fire vein.
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