"Your Highness!" Ren Baqian was leaning against the railing on the second floor and looking down at the hall when a man hurried over to greet him.
Ren Baqian smiled. He had seen the other party when he first entered the door, and it was an old acquaintance!
Zhan Changkong!
He was the chief of the Golden Ring Residence and Zhan Caixian's father. He was currently the vice-captain of the Yun Guards of the Rearguard Commandery.
After a few years, Zhan Changkong seemed to be more energetic. He wondered if this old tree had bloomed again after being alone in the Yun Nation for so long!
Otherwise, why did it look so radiant?
However, these things had nothing to do with him. Ren Baqian turned around and entered the room. "Come in and talk!"
Xin Zhe was standing behind him just now. When she saw him enter the room, she immediately followed him in and stood in a corner without saying a word.
Zhan Changkong carefully closed the door and acted as if he didn't see Xin Zhe.
"Why are you here, Your Highness? I heard that there was a man who looked like an aboriginal heading east from Liang City. I wanted to investigate when I had the time, but I didn't expect it to be Your Highness! "
Ren Baqian nodded slightly. He didn't tell the people of the Rearguard Commandery that he was coming. They had done a good job of noticing him when most of their energy was focused on that big case!
After all, they had only been in the Yun Nation for more than three years and didn't have enough manpower. It seemed like they were developing well locally.
If Ren Baqian remembered correctly, there were about 10,000 strong men in the Yun Nation scattered across more than 400 cities. On average, there were about 20 to 30 people in each city.
The lowest position in the Rearguard Commandery was the tiqi, an internal staff member. This kind of strong man was an external staff member, equivalent to a lifelong contract worker, and was mainly responsible for being an informant.
"Has there been any movement in the Yun Nation recently? How is your investigation going? "Ren Baqian asked directly.
"Your Highness, ever since that incident, the number of Jianghu people on the streets began to decrease. After that incident, the idle Jianghu people on the streets could hardly be seen anymore. Only the martial artists from the gangs would occasionally appear.
We originally built a relationship with some of the Yun Nation's martial artists and even recruited a few of them as strong men. We got some information from them, but we haven't confirmed it yet, so we haven't reported it to Your Highness! "Zhan Changkong said respectfully.
"Speak!"
"Many martial artists living in remote places have left recently, and their whereabouts are unknown. Looking at their residences, there were no signs of a fight. They had all left on their own. Some of the experts from the sects have gone into seclusion, but the experts from the big sects are the same as usual. It seems like nothing has changed. "
"What's the situation with the gangs in the Yun Nation? Tell me more!" Ren Baqian closed his eyes and listened to Zhan Changkong's voice.
"There are a total of 127 well-known sects and gangs in the Yun Nation. Among them, there are a total of 13 well-known sects. Among them, there are 10 orthodox sects, two sects that are neither orthodox nor evil, and there is only one evil sect. These thirteen sects were the strongest in terms of strength, status, and influence. They were called the Upper Thirteen Sects. In other words, the ones I mentioned just now that weren't affected.
Apart from the 13 Upper Sects, there were 41 other sects with Spirit Wheel experts. Almost all of them only had one Spirit Wheel expert. These sects weren't weak either. Altogether, they had close to 50,000 disciples.
The rest were mainly gangs formed by Earth Wheel experts or sects that used to have Spirit Wheel experts but had declined. Their scope of operations was limited to one city, and there were even two or three gangs in the vicinity of a city. There were quite a lot of people in these gangs, but there weren't many experts. In particular, the power of these gangs was mostly in the marketplace.
The people we roped in were from these gangs. They weren't as cohesive as the sects. Most of their experts were recruited from outside, so they were easier to rope in. "
"How many sects aren't affected now?" Ren Baqian asked after pondering for a while.
"As far as we know, there are a total of 34 sects that weren't affected. The chiefs of the other sects are either practicing in seclusion or traveling outside."
"Were the incidents that happened a few days ago done by these sects?"
"According to our recent investigations, there were more or less experts in these sects whose whereabouts were unknown. As for the rest, we still need time to investigate!"
Ren Baqian opened his eyes, which were filled with coldness.
"In other words, these sects are all possible?"
"Yes! However, we have calculated that there are only a few hundred experts whose whereabouts are unknown. It seems that they weren't able to quickly surround and kill the patrol team, and none of them escaped. "
"If the top experts were to take action, they would be able to do it! Are there any abnormalities among the ordinary disciples of those sects? "
He knew that many things in this world couldn't be calculated according to common sense.
A few hundred people couldn't seem to kill the patrol team, Wu Kai, Peng Yu, and Li Rui.
However, there was a species in this world called the top experts.
As long as two or three of the top experts on the list were involved, it would be enough.
"No, they have only shrunk their range of activities, and there are no signs of large-scale deployment."
"Continue to investigate and seize the time. If possible, find a breakthrough in those sects. As for the price, nothing is more important than their lives! In addition, seize the time to investigate the situation of the top experts in the Yun Nation! "Ren Baqian said.
"Understood."
"Go!"
After Zhan Changkong left, the coldness in Ren Baqian's eyes gradually faded, and he frowned.
If it was true that so many sects were involved, it would be difficult to deal with them!
Even if some of the experts and ordinary disciples weren't involved, the empress and all the court officials were furious. They didn't have the mood to determine whether these disciples deserved to die or not. As long as they were involved, they couldn't let any of them go.
The empress's order was to kill all the practitioners at the Earth Wheel level and the other order was to kill all the sects.
The former referred to the idle martial artists of the Jianghu, while the other referred to the more than a hundred sects.
Had the experts of the Yun Nation gone mad? Did more than 100 sects have someone from each sect who dared to participate?
Or was there some organization that had its tentacles in all the sects?
If that was the case, this organization was really scary!
"What do you think?" Ren Baqian asked without turning his head.
"They deserve to die!" Xin Zhe's cold voice sounded.
Ren Baqian rubbed his eyebrows.
Xin Zhe knew his purpose for coming here, let alone the rest of the court and the empress.
He reckoned that even the empress didn't have high hopes this time. It wasn't that she didn't trust him, but that she wanted to kill them all!
"Tsk, tsk. I'm doing this to save tens of thousands of lives. I'm really a saint. My wife wants to kill someone, and I come to save them myself!" Ren Baqian mocked himself.
The door was pushed open, and Li Yuanzhu walked in. She said to Ren Baqian calmly, "This is for the entire human race! The temperament of the aboriginals was like that. They were unreasonable. You are reasonable, far-sighted, and have great ambitions. That's why you're here. "
Ren Baqian pondered for a while, smiled at her, and said, "I can still praise you a little more. I don't think I'm arrogant yet!"
Li Yuanzhu chuckled. "These are words from the bottom of my heart, Yuanzhu."
Ren Baqian lamented, "Being praised by the third most powerful expert in the world makes me drunk even though I don't have any wine!"
Li Yuanzhu pursed her lips and smiled without saying a word.
She was puzzled as to why Qi Zixiao would choose such a weak man as her husband. Ren Baqian wasn't even a Man Wheel expert at the time and was just an ordinary person. Compared to Qi Zixiao, one was in the sky and the other was in the ground.
That's right, he was underground, not above ground.
However, from their recent interactions, Qi Zixiao had good foresight even though she wasn't good in other aspects.
Although this person wasn't strong, he was indeed talented. However, he wasn't proficient in poetry and songs like those scholars. Instead, he was proficient in all aspects.
In terms of the nation, Tianjing Basin was subdued by him, and the Jing Tribe people now followed his lead.
The current situation of the Yun Nation was his plan. If it weren't for this incident, the Yun Nation would have stabilized in just two years.
He was the one who wanted to build the official road. Although he hadn't seen its use yet, anyone with a little knowledge would know how useful it was.
It was said that Dayao's plan to build a new capital along the river was also planned by him.
The shaved ice, glass, street lamps, soap, toothpaste, and even the well salt produced by Dayao during the war were all made by him.
As the principal of an academy, he established the first academy in Dayao and nurtured a group of students with practical abilities.
He opened bookstores, published newspapers, and enlightened the people.
The organization of the Yun Nation also relied on him to build the framework.
He was also the one who took out the so-called nuclear warheads.
Now, he was running around for these Yun Nation warriors …
It could be said that he alone was equivalent to a million soldiers …
It had to be said that Qi Zixiao had picked up a treasure!
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