Braised Dragon with Soy Sauce

Chapter 152 Utterly Despicable

"The Marquis suffered a great loss a year ago, losing a battle in which 100,000 soldiers were wiped out and Shangyuan City was occupied by the enemy."

This battle had a great impact on the Marquis. Although he managed to escape by chance, he kept trying to turn the tide.

Just then, the Feather Emperor's Palace sent an inspector to issue a notice to hunt down the criminals. The Marquis intercepted the notice and did not spread it, but instead secretly hunted down the remaining members of the criminals.

After capturing twenty remnants of the criminal clan, the Marquis secretly plotted and dispatched Eunuch Pao and four others to contact their hidden agents. They secretly sent fifteen more remnants of the criminal clan to Shangyuan City, attempting to lure you all into a trap. He then notified the Inspector to verify that Mo Shao and his group were colluding with the remnants of the criminal clan, thus using the Feather Palace to eliminate them.

However, due to their carelessness, the remnants of the criminal clan escaped.

Wutz answered truthfully with a blank expression.

How did you and Zhang Sibo meet?

Su Ce continued the interrogation.

"Zhang Sibo was originally my subordinate, and he once served as a second lieutenant. Later, because he violated military regulations, he was demoted to the deputy commander of the city's defense in Xiyu Town.

When I arrived at Uehara Castle, I discovered that he had become an important figure in your army. I then managed to contact him, offering him a large sum of money and promising to make him the lord of Uehara Castle if the matter was resolved.

Wutz replied.

What is your purpose in coming to Shangyuan City?

"Wu Ji was worried that Eunuch Pao and his party would not be able to carry out their mission properly, so she ordered me to come and meet them."

To my surprise, as soon as I arrived, I heard that Eunuch Pao had carelessly let the remnants of the criminal clan escape, and that Eunuch Pao and his party had also been wiped out.

I suspected that those remnants of the criminal clan might have been saved by you, so I secretly contacted the Marquis's former confidants, gave them money and gifts, and asked them to do things for me.

I secretly placed seven spirit stones at key points on the roads leading to Jian'an City, Shangyuan City, and Wangxiang Town to collect evidence.

Later, when you imposed a city lockdown and martial law, I was afraid of being exposed, so I hid in Zhang Sibo's command camp, waiting for an opportunity to find out the whereabouts of the missing remnants of the criminal clan and steal your army's confidential intelligence.

"Based on the information Zhang Sibo gave me, I used talismans to direct personnel lurking in Jian'an City and other places to ambush carriages that might harbor remnants of the criminal clan. At the same time, I secretly planned to lure a second group of criminals into Shangyuan City to frame Mo Kou again..."

Under the mental interference of Lord Dragon and Lord Tiger, Wuci acted as if he were in a daze, answering every question.

"How despicable! They actually used such underhanded tactics to frame us! It's utterly despicable!"

Jiang Yuheng said through gritted teeth.

"I never imagined Zhang Sibo would be such a person. The Lord treated him so well, yet he is so ungrateful. He's a complete bastard!"

Huang Xiaoxiao was agitated and her face was full of resentment.

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"Now that the situation is clear, what should we do next? Let's hear your thoughts."

Mo Yuming said with a solemn expression.

"The second batch of remnants of the sinful clan of Wu Ji should have entered the Monster Mountain Range by now, and they should arrive at Shangyuan City in a few days."

We must act immediately and annihilate them in the mountains, and absolutely prevent them from approaching Uehara City.

One person spoke first, his tone firm.

"The spies and moles in Jian'an City have been mostly eliminated. Now, before news of Wu Ci and Zhang Sibo's arrest spreads, we should immediately eliminate the infiltrators in Shangyuan City and Zhang Sibo's henchmen."

The other person then spoke.

"Once the matter of Wu Ji using the remnants of the criminal clan to frame the lord is made public, the Feather Palace will definitely react."

Regardless of the outcome, this will have a significant impact on us.

Whether it will be good or bad is hard to predict, but we should all prepare to deal with it as soon as possible. Perhaps, this will be an excellent opportunity for the development of our Great Xia Empire.

Some analysts noted that his eyes gleamed with thoughtful contemplation.

"We should take this opportunity to plant more undercover agents in Zhongyuan City and other cities."

"Once we release this evidence to the world, chaos is inevitable in Wu Ji's fiefdom. Regardless of how the Feather Palace handles this matter, we must prepare for the worst."

The last person offered their suggestion.

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Inside the locked room, everyone shared their thoughts and opinions based on their own understanding, and engaged in a lively discussion.

Ultimately, everyone reached a consensus, each fulfilling their respective duties and passing on the task.

The five remaining members of the Sin Clan who were taken into the Monster Mountain Range were intercepted by Mo Yuming and the Falcon Guard.

Mo Yuming didn't want anyone else to get involved with these five "remnants of the criminal clan".

If circumstances allow, he will definitely rescue them. If possible, Mo Yuming also hopes to use this operation to create more trouble for Wu Ji.

According to Wu Ci's intelligence, these five people entered the Monster Mountain Range from an area outside the jurisdiction of Shangyuan City. That area was more than a hundred miles away from the jurisdiction of Shangyuan City, but it was located within the jurisdiction of Zhongyuan City. It was an entrance for martial arts hunters and others to enter the Monster Mountain Range for training.

That place is all cliffs and precipices, and there are only a few very treacherous mountain trails leading into the mountains.

According to some people who have traveled that route, the first part of the journey to Uehara Castle was the most difficult.

Over those hundred miles, besides having to climb several cliffs and precipices, the most dangerous part was having to guard against flying monsters that would suddenly attack while climbing the steep cliffs; it was practically impossible to defend against them.

This passage is a secret route used by criminals to travel between the two cities without passing through checkpoints.

It was discovered by hunters and alchemists who made a living by hunting in this area year-round.

The area has many undulating peaks and deep ravines, and various rare medicinal herbs grow on the cliffs.

Therefore, alchemists often come here to collect herbs.

Due to its unique terrain and location, some large magical beasts cannot enter, making the valley at the bottom of the cliff a paradise for small animals and insects.

These small magical beasts are not high-level, but there are many different kinds, and many of them have special uses. If you can capture or hunt them, the rewards will be great.

Therefore, hunters and adventurers often come here to explore and hunt.

Because the valley is home to a large number of small magical beasts and insects, which are exactly the favorite prey of flying magical beasts, many flying magical beasts that feed on the insects and snakes below the mountain have gathered on the mountaintop.

The flying magical beasts on the mountaintop and the smaller magical beasts below the mountain form a complete food chain.

Over the years, the hunters and herbalists here have become familiar with the terrain of this area, and over time, they have mastered safe passages for quickly entering and exiting this mountain range.

Although safety is relative to other places, after all, this is the territory of Warcraft, and no place is absolutely safe.

Therefore, anyone who enters will be attacked by monsters.

It's a distance of over a hundred miles, which normally only takes a few hours to travel, but this mountain road is impossible to traverse without three to five days of climbing.

It would take Wu Ji's people at least seven days to traverse this route with five low-level remnants of the sinful clan.