Chapter 48: Big Event

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Yu Xinghe left.

“There is a murderous intent in your eyes…”

The man in black acutely noticed this fact.

Duan Yihe shook his head. “No… I won’t kill him, but he has to pay the price.”

“No need to wait any longer, we will ship immediately. This time, I will come with you.”

Duan Yihe looked at the man in black and said.

“Why are you being so hasty?”

The man in black was puzzled..

“What I told Yu Xinghe just now was a lie.”

Duan Yihe’s tone was cold. “Hui Jiu has definitely fallen into Qu Dayou’s hands. Even with Cai Qinghan, there is no way to rescue him. The two of them are rivals after all.”

“And… Hui Jiu knows too much, and Qu Dayou is a well-known torture master in the Black Armored Guards… If Qu Dayou interrogates Hui Jiu, 90% of our secrets will be exposed.”

Duan Yihe said, “Once exposed, forget about the shipment, the resources I have accumulated over so many years will also vanish.”

“The Black Armored Guards haven’t acted yet, so it may be that the interrogation has not happened yet. We have to take this opportunity to move quickly.”

Duan Yihe’s tone was firm.

“In other words, you are going to abandon this place?”

The man in black realized that this unexpected situation might have caused them to lose their stable resource supply.

“There is no other choice. If we don’t leave now, we will end up dead.”

Duan Yihe said, “Don’t feel that it is unfortunate. The person who suffers the most is still me.”

Duan Yihe had a distressed tone. This was the accumulation of more than 20 years of his work. It was difficult to throw it all away like this.

“I’ll take advantage of this opportunity and join the Seven Line Gates.” Duan Yihe had already made up a plan. “Don’t think that I am useless. I am still a mortal realm fifth stage pneumatic realm warrior, and I have tons of experience behind my back.”

The man in black listened and thought for a moment. “Okay.”

“But…” the man in black added, “If the worst scenario does not happen, and that Hui Jiu didn’t fall into Qu Dayou’s hands, what should we do?”

“This is easy.”

Duan Yihe felt that the probability of that happening was low, but he still replied, “If our secrets are not revealed, the Black Armored Guards will definitely not do anything. Once the goods are delivered to you, we will sit back and observe the situation. If nothing happens, we will return to our normal operations.”

“If something happens… then we will let Yu Xinghe bare the blame.”

Duan Yihe’s tone was harsh.

“In that case, ship the goods.”

The man in black stood up.

“I will arrange it myself.”

Duan Yihe went outside.

…

On the other side.

The confinement room at Camp Site Three.

Hui Jiu, who had been caught by Xu Ning, was covered with blood and tied to a wooden post with an iron chain.

His face was pale, and his eyes were full of fear.

Qu Dayou was sitting on a wooden table in front of Hui Jiu.

Qu Dayou was currently in a state of extreme shock.

Just now, he just heard some major news from Hui Jiu.

Dayuan Trading Company in Kangyun County was involved with the Seven Line Gates Magic Faction!

They delivered weapons, medicines, silver and other resources to the Seven Line Gates at certain periods, and they also gathered information from the Black Armored Guards to help the Seven Line Gates avoid capture from the Black Armored Guards.

‘Xu Ning stepped on a gold mine!’

Qu Dayou didn’t expect Xu Ning’s stalker to be involved with a Magic Faction.

Qu Dayou and the others only found out that Cai Qinghan had been receiving bribes from Dayuan Trading Company to help them conceal violations such as price gouging from merchant sources.

These violations, although bad in nature, would only result in the Black Armored Guards putting pressure on them to make changes.

But now that they were involved with a Magic Faction, the situation instantly became more serious.

Even though Wei Changqing didn’t want to get involved, he would have to deal with this situation.

“I have to find Master Wei first!”

Qu Dayou quickly reacted.

It had been two hours since Hui Jiu fell into his own hands, so the people behind Hui Jiu must have already known about his capture.

If the other party was smart, they must have taken action. It was likely that the mastermind behind the scenes might have already escaped from Kangyun County.

“Someone!”

As Qu Dayou walked out, he called for his deputy. “Gather everyone in the camp and tell them to seal off all of Dayuan Trading Company’s stores.”

“Yes!”

The deputy immediately responded.

As soon as he was about to leave, the deputy was stopped by Qu Dayou again. “Wait, don’t call them, go directly to Captain Xia and tell the people from Camp Site Two to handle this instead!”

This matter was too important for newcomers. Moreover, Qu Dayou felt that this group of newcomers lacked experience.

“Yes!”

The deputy then left.

Qu Dayou went directly to Wei Changqing.

It was late at night.

The quiet Kangyun County City started to become lively due to Hui Jiu’s capture.

In the dark night, Kangyun County was sealed off. Exit and entry to the county city were blocked.

Five teams of Black Armored Guards went out of the city to search and chase Duan Yihe and the Seven Line Gates.

At the same time, all of Dayuan Trading Company’s shops were surrounded, and those who worked at Dayuan Trading Company were arrested overnight.

At the Maple Lane Guard Station, apart from Xu Ning, Chen Ren, Pan Du, and Zhuang Dingshi, the others had their freedoms restricted.

Even Captain Cai Qinghan of Camp Site One was also captured…

…

The next day.

Xu Ning didn’t know what happened last night until he got up.

Although Xu Ning was the source of this incident, Xu Ning did not participate in the subsequent development at all.

After learning about the follow-up development of the stalking incident, Xu Ning did not eat breakfast and went directly to the Maple Lane Guard Station.

Maple Lane was usually full of activity in the morning, but now there was barely anyone here.

There were city guards standing near every Dayuan Trading Company store.

There were also Black Armored Guards that were patrolling back and forth between the Dayuan Trading Company stores.

Xu Ning did not recognize these Black Armored Guards; they obviously were from another camp.

Xu Ning entered the Maple Lane Guard Station.

There was no one in the guard station, even the city guards at the entrance were gone.

‘I can’t believe how serious this was…’

Xu Ning sat at his desk, rubbing his forehead.

After entering the Black Armored Guards, Xu Ning knew how determined the Source Faction was at getting rid of Magic Factions.

The Black Armored Guards in Kangyun County had to check for traces of nearby Magic Factions almost every month.

However, the Black Armored Guards at Camp Site Three were all newcomers, so they would not participate in this task until next year.

‘I really have to thank Captain Qu. He protected my identity when he announced the news this morning…’

When Xu Ning saw the announcement in the morning, he did not find his name.

The origin of this incident was hidden in the public announcement released by Qu Dayou.

This way, Xu Ning would be protected to a certain extent.

“Master!”

Feng Sigua’s voice came from outside the study.

Feng Sigua seemed to be very anxious, as he didn’t even knock on the door before pushing the door and walking in.

Once he saw Xu Ning sitting at his desk, Feng Sigua let out a sigh of relief.

“Master!”

Feng Sigua quickly stepped forward. “I was sleeping at home in the middle of the night when I was suddenly taken away by a Black Armored Guard.”

“It’s not just me, the other city guards working at the Maple Lane Guard Station experienced the same thing. We were gathered together and were interrogated overnight. After repeated interrogations, some of my buddies and I were released, while some of them are still detained in the confinement room at Camp Site Two.”

Feng Sigua had a fearful tone.

Xu Ning nodded silently after listening.

Anything involved with a Magic Faction was a serious matter.

“Master, I also heard that Lieutenant Chen and others have been investigated… You are not involved, are you?”

Feng Sigua touched the sweat on his forehead.

“If I was involved, would I be here right now?”

Xu Ning smiled.

If Feng Sigua knew that Xu Ning was the source of this incident, he would not have asked this question.

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