The first Yellow-scarved Strongman floated toward Bai Xiaowen like a ghost and smashed down with its bucket-sized fist.
Bai Xiaowen wasn't panicking. Although the Yellow-scarved Strongman looked fierce, it was a meatshield puppet and didn't have strong attack power.
What gave Bai Xiaowen a headache was that if the fight was too fierce, it might attract the attention of the Guo Family's guards and alert the enemy. Now that Guo Cai wasn't here, Bai Xiaowen didn't want to take the risk of alerting him.
Bai Xiaowen took a step back and raised his hand to summon two creatures.
Wrath Claw and Butcher!
The study room was small and wasn't suitable for a large number of summoned creatures to attack unless the Guo Family's house was demolished.
Bai Xiaowen used Butcher to distract the two Yellow-scarved Strongmen and Wrath Claw to deal damage to the two Yellow-scarved Strongmen without alerting the others.
Seeing the second Yellow-scarved Strongman take shape and pounce, Bai Xiaowen activated Deterrence.
It was important to note that Bai Xiaowen controlled the target of Deterrence.
In his mind, he only regarded the two Yellow-scarved Strongmen as hostile targets because his Deterrence was a large area control skill that could cover the entire Guo Family's house. If he did that, the other members of the Guo Family would be alerted.
If Bai Xiaowen didn't treat the other members of the Guo Family as hostile targets, Deterrence wouldn't work on them.
The special effect of Deterrence LV4 — Crush activated! The two Yellow-scarved Strongmen froze and were stunned.
Bai Xiaowen kept injecting his mind power and activated the special effect of Deterrence LV4. The two Yellow-scarved Strongmen didn't have a chance to wake up.
Before the Butcher's Decaying Toxin was activated, Bai Xiaowen took out his Desert Eagle and fired a shot at the two Yellow-turbaned Strongmen. Absolon's shadow roared and pounced forward, activating his Bloodlust!
The two Yellow-scarved Strongmen lost more than 200 points of durability each. 120 of them were True Damage. It was a pity that Bai Xiaowen's Desert Eagle's physical damage was reduced by 50% by the Yellow-scarved Strongmen. Otherwise, the first shot would have done even more damage.
The Desert Eagle was equipped with a silencer and was turned into a crossbow by default in the Three Kingdoms Plane, so the gunshots wouldn't alert the Guo Family's guards.
After firing the first shot, Bai Xiaowen immediately switched to Winter Wand and activated Butcher's Rotting Toxin. The two stunned Yellow-scarved Strongmen were engulfed by the skill.
Angry Claw and Bai Xiaowen focused on the first Yellow Turban Strongman. The Claw's attack's's's attack was too powerful an attack, and it was too. It's also have's's's's's's's's's's attack, it's's's's's and would's's. It's's's's's's's' ''s's' ''s.
It was like a silent play. Bai Xiaowen, Wrath Claw, and Butcher took less than a minute to eliminate the two Yellow-scarved Strongmen.
The mental force field played a huge role. Without it, the fight would've alerted others.
The two Yellow-scarved Strongmen were quite impressive. They each dropped a silver chest. Including Gongsun's''s''s' ', Bai Xiaowen had accumulated three gold chests and four silver chests after entering the Three Kingdoms Plane.
But now wasn't the time to open the chests. Bai Xiaowen sighed and reached for a hidden compartment in the wall. He fished out two paper books.
Yes, they were paper books. Paper wasn't very popular in the Three Kingdoms Era, but it was still used by some forerunners.
Bai Xiaowen opened them and scanned them.
"These are … account books? What's written on them are records of the purchase of food, cloth, and iron? "
Bai Xiaowen couldn't help but frown. Guo Cai had hidden them so well and even left two Yellow-scarved Strongmen's talismans to guard them, but they were actually two account books.
After thinking for a while, Bai Xiaowen understood.
These two account books were worthless to an Awakened like him, but they were very important to Youzhou's Provincial Governor, Yuan Xi. For Guo Cai, their importance had risen to the level of 'fatal'.
In the account books, there were only purchases, but no sales.
There were less than a hundred people in the Guo Mansion, including the servants. Why did he buy so much food and cloth?
Even if it was a business investment, there should at least be a few sales records, right?
There was only one reason for this — to supply the army!
Combined with the fierce soldiers and servants that appeared in the mansion, as well as the seal painting at the door, and the yellow turban warrior spell in the study room, Bai Xiaowen's heart was bright.
Guo Cai was definitely a spy planted by the Yellow Turban Army in Xiangping City. He was responsible for purchasing supplies for the Yellow Turban Army!
In other words, there should be a Yellow Turban Army lurking outside the city!
Bai Xiaowen put away the account books and quietly left the Guo Mansion.
When he returned to the Marquis' Mansion, Bai Xiaowen immediately summoned Liu Yi.
Liu Yi was one of the generals who had recently surrendered. Bai Xiaowen had already scanned him. This person's strength was mediocre. His attributes barely reached the standards of a Commander, and his skills were mediocre. He was far inferior to Yan Rou, who was an SR-ranked fake general.
However, Bai Xiaowen was still in the beginning stages. An R-ranked general like Liu Yi could only be used reluctantly. Mediocre strength had an advantage. Bai Xiaowen wasn't afraid of him betraying him. He had the ability to deal with him at any time.
Liu Yi was a little excited. His master had summoned him that night because he thought highly of him.
"General Liu, how many officials are in charge of guarding the gate of Xiangping City?"
Liu Yi quickly replied, "There are four in total."
"Summon all of them to see me."
After saying this, Bai Xiaowen ordered a guard to bring Fu Yuan and Wang Lie over.
Fu Yuan and Wang Lie lived near the Marquis' Mansion, so they came faster. Bai Xiaowen gave the two account books to them.
After the two of them read it, their faces became solemn. Obviously, these account books weren't simple.
Bai Xiaowen said, "I received a tip-off that Guo Cai is suspected of colluding with the Yellow Turban Army. These two account books are the evidence. What do you think? "
Fu Yuan knew why Bai Xiaowen had called them over. He immediately stood up and bowed, "Young Master, I was careless and almost recommended the Yellow Turban Army to you. I've only talked with Guo Cai a few times and found that he's learned both Confucianism and Daoism. He's quite extraordinary … that's all. "
Wang Lie stroked his beard and said, "Since he's colluding with the Yellow Turban Army, the evidence is conclusive. We must strike him as soon as possible."
Bai Xiaowen called them over to let them be mentally prepared in advance. As for the specific strategy, he already had a plan. He said, "Don't be in a hurry. According to the tip-off, Guo Cai isn't in the mansion tonight. I've already sent someone to summon the city gate officials. We'll make a plan after we know the situation. "
Soon, the four city gate officials were brought to the Marquis' Mansion.
Bai Xiaowen slammed the gavel (which was actually a paperweight on the table) and shouted in a deep voice, "Among the four of you, who has dealings with Guo Cai, the merchant of the seven alleys in the west of the city?"
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