Chapter 102 The curtain opens, Honglian strikes

With the failure of South Korea's foreign wars, its land area continued to shrink, and the people in this country became petty and cowardly. Even Ji Wuye, who had the title of the most powerful general in South Korea in a hundred years, was no exception. He clearly possessed the highest power in the whole of South Korea except for King Han An, but he set his sights on military pay.

Ji Wuye seemed to have a very magical understanding that his power was gained by his own efforts, and was not built on the existence of South Korea.

However, these did not matter to Yang Chong. Ji Wuye could take action against the Han army's 100,000 gold military pay, and so could Yang Chong. After all, compared to Ji Wuye, Yang Chong was more short of money.

A man cannot become rich without unexpected wealth, and a horse cannot become fat without night grass. The 100,000 gold military pay of Han State was Yang Chong’s night grass.

Yang Chong followed the real military pay escorted by the Night Killer, and his figure disappeared in the falling rain until he stopped outside an inconspicuous house outside the city of Xinzheng.

"Are we going to take action now?" Yan Lingji, who was covered in water, rubbed her hands and said.

Since entering Xinzheng, Yan Lingji has stayed at home all day long. Apart from practicing, she is waiting for Yang Chong to come home. This kind of boring life is not what Yan Lingji likes.

Therefore, Yan Lingji was very interested and motivated in doing things with Yang Chong, especially doing bad things.

"No hurry, no hurry. Now is not the best time. If we act directly, Ji Wuye will only point the spearhead at us. We have to wait for an opportunity, an opportunity for another party to intervene. Then we can take action and hide our existence perfectly, so that the two parties will only suspect each other and fight each other. Then we can reap the benefits." Yang Chong said to Yan Lingji who was eager to try.

"So we came out tonight just to scout the area?" Yan Lingji asked. As a former killer, Yan Lingji was absolutely professional and even knew the term "scout the area".

"Smart, now we know where the things are, let's go back to sleep." Yang Chong said.

"Just sleeping?" Yan Lingji raised her eyebrows and looked at Yang Chong with a smile.

"Sleep with me." Yang Chong picked up Yan Lingji and went in the direction they came from. In this rainy night, it was so nice to sleep with the fragrant Yan Lingji in his arms. Who would want to go out to work?

"I can't sleep, I can't sleep." Yan Lingji bumped her forehead against Yang Chong's chest, full of smugness and teasing.

"Anyway, the duck is already in the pot and cooked, it can't run away." Yang Chong said indifferently. Some things need to be done step by step. Although it feels good to get it done in one step, the exploration step by step is also endless aftertaste.

When Yang Chong and Yan Lingji returned home and fell asleep, Xinzheng was already shaking in the middle of the night.

During the escort of the military pay of 100,000 gold, they unexpectedly encountered ghost soldiers. The military pay of 100,000 gold disappeared in the rainy night and was robbed by the ghost soldiers.

The news soon reached the palace of King Han. King Han An, who had fallen into a deep sleep in the arms of his wife, paced anxiously in his bedroom wearing an outer robe. Whether the soldiers were ghosts or not was secondary. The military pay of 100,000 gold was of no small importance.

Today's South Korea is no longer the same as it used to be. In order to maintain an army that can protect itself, South Korea's wealth has almost been exhausted. A military pay of 100,000 gold is South Korea's military expenditure for two years, involving all the expenses of the soldiers' military pay, military rations, and military equipment. It is impossible for South Korea to gather 100,000 gold in a short period of time. If there are any changes in the army because of this, King Han An could not imagine what consequences would be caused if the Qin army took this opportunity to attack.

The more Han Wangan thought about it, the more uneasy he became, and sweat began to appear between his fat white flesh.

"Have Ji Wuye and the others finally lost their patience?" Han Wangan muttered to himself, looking even more worried.

The ghost soldiers robbing the pay were just to deceive the ignorant people. Although King Han An was not particularly wise and brave, he was able to stand out among his brothers and ascend to the throne of King Han not because of his fat body.

In the entire country of Korea, who had the courage and ability to face an opponent with a military pay of 100,000 gold? The only person King An of Han could think of was General Ji Wuye.

"Isn't the position of a general enough for you? Do you have to go this far?" Han Wangan pondered and found sadly that in such a big country like Han, he couldn't find anyone who could restrain Ji Wuye.

In the General's Mansion, Ji Wuye listened to the reports from his men with a smug look on his face. One hundred thousand gold, such a huge amount of money, was an astronomical figure even for him, a general of Korea. You know, even though Feicuihu was known as the richest man in Korea, all his properties added up were less than half of this one hundred thousand gold.

With this 100,000 gold, he could do many things, whether it was for pleasure, or to win people's hearts and expand his power, it would be enough to increase the power of the General's Mansion again, or even completely replace the King of Han's Palace.

Xinzheng was restless in the middle of the night. A storm swept across the whole Xinzheng as the wind and rain stopped in the early morning.

The combination of ghost soldiers and 100,000 gold coins made it impossible to suppress the news. Moreover, there were people behind the scenes who wanted to completely blame the dead soldiers of Zheng State for the robbery of military pay, making the ghosts take the blame for the living. The court was also in an uproar over the robbery of military pay by ghost soldiers. In the end, the case was taken over by Zhang Kaidi's disciple, Neishi Ling. At the same time, the whole Xinzheng was ordered to be under martial law, and it was strictly forbidden to discuss the case of the robbery of military pay by ghost soldiers.

However, these had nothing to do with Yang Chong. He was still napping on the palace tower of King Han's Palace, pondering the practice of Fuxi Shentianxiang.

But some people could not sit still. A princess who thought she was very wise, after more than half a month of analysis and deduction, finally came up with a brilliant plan, a self-righteous plan.

"Shouldn't you kneel down when you see this princess?" On the palace wall, Honglian, in a pink dress, pinched her slender waist, her little mouth moving rapidly as she spoke arrogant words.

This was the good idea she had thought of in the past half month, to use her authority as a princess to mess with Yang Chong, the person who made her father angry.

Yang Chong looked at Honglian in front of him speechlessly, his eyes full of concern for the silly child among neighbors.

"Hey, what's with that look in your eyes? Didn't you hear what I said?" Yang Chong's eyes, which seemed to hide sympathy, made it difficult for Honglian to maintain her ferocity.

What kind of look was that? Why did I feel a little ashamed? Honglian pondered, her expression dazed for a moment, but soon returned to her vicious expression again, as if she felt she was not majestic enough, and she puffed up her already round little face, making it even rounder.

Yang Chong stroked his forehead with his hand, speechless at such a silly child. Kneel down? How could that be possible?

"Hurry up and kneel down, or I will punish you for disrespect." The red lotus pointed at Yang Chong. The look in Yang Chong's eyes that showed concern for the silly child had made her unable to tolerate it anymore.

Isn't he just Ji Wuye's lackey? When did even lackeys become so arrogant?

"It's time to go off duty now. Princess, you can have fun by yourself. I'm taking my leave now." Yang Chong was too lazy to pay attention to a little brat and jumped off the city wall directly.

"Hey, don't jump." Honglian was shocked when she saw this and hurried forward. She came to make things difficult for Yang Chong, not to take his life. If Yang Chong died, how could she make things difficult for him?

However, Honglian did not see the scene she had imagined. She only saw Yang Chong landing steadily on the ground. He took a step forward, and the ground seemed to shorten under his feet. When his foot landed, he was already several feet away. On the long imperial road in front of the palace gate, only residual shadows appeared. In a blink of an eye, Yang Chong's figure could no longer be seen.

"Are Ji Wuye's lackeys so powerful?" Honglian stared in amazement at Yang Chong, who had disappeared without a trace in the blink of an eye. He actually has such martial arts skills?

Honglian knows martial arts, although her skills are only mediocre. That's only because she is a girl and has not spent much time on martial arts. However, her talent for martial arts is far beyond that of ordinary people, and she is also aware of learning martial arts. When she saw Yang Chong's almost supernatural martial arts skills, she was shocked, but couldn't help feeling a desire.

I also want to learn this kind of martial arts. Honglian's eyes flickered. At this moment, while she was thinking about making things difficult for Yang Chong, she already had other thoughts.

Zi Lan Xuan was still bustling. Although King Han's 100,000 gold had been robbed, it could not affect the pleasure-seeking of the wealthy people in Xinzheng. After Yang Chong left King Han's palace, he went to Zi Lan Xuan in the same direction as usual.

"Where is your sister Zi Nu?" Yang Chong, who was still being received by Nong Yu, took the initiative to ask about Zi Nu.

"Sister feels a little unwell today." Nong Yu said to Yang Chong as she closed the door.

"Are you feeling unwell? Are there any special days in a month?" Yang Chong's eyebrows jumped and he asked jokingly.

"Brother Yang, you shouldn't say such things. It's very rude." Nong Yu reminded him softly, feeling a little hot on her face. It was inappropriate to discuss the most private topic between women with a man.

"What's the big deal? Normal women can't escape this problem. However, Zi Nu might be more than just that." Yang Chong laughed. He didn't care much about this kind of thing. Besides, Zi Nu might not really be feeling unwell. Maybe she is doing alchemy now?
Thinking about the first and most important clue Han Fei obtained when he solved the case of the ghost soldiers' robbery was the piece of water-melting gold refined by Zi Nu, Yang Chong even guessed that if Zi Nu was fast enough, she would have left Zi Lan Xuan and gone to attend the farmers' meeting. She would be waiting there for Han Fei, the ninth son of the Korean state chosen by Wei Zhuang. Of course, he might also be the person she chose.

"Why did Brother Yang say that?" Nanyue was shocked when she heard that. Although she had already regarded Yang Chong as a good friend, the secret of Zilanxuan could not be known by Yang Chong.

"Forget it, forget it. I won't ask about the secrets of your Zi Lan Xuan. Come on, let's continue with yesterday's song." Yang Chong didn't want to compete with Nong Yu, so he went straight to the point.

(End of this chapter)