amaotonovel Chapter 496 - 138: The Case Begins—A Rebellion? (Part 2)
Chapter 496 - 138: The Case Begins—A Rebellion? (Part 2)
Moreover.
This trip to Lishui City, who knows if I’ll get some rare Talent Entry—just thinking about it makes me pretty excited!
,,,
Very soon!
Half an hour later, over a hundred Embroidered Uniform Guards had already gathered at the gates of the Imperial City.
Except for Si Nan.
Shi Sheng, Jiang Jing, and Feng Feiyi all appeared neatly in the crowd.
Clearly, they all knew about the Lishui City rebellion.
"Let’s move out!"
Ye Liuyun didn’t waste words; he simply waved his hand, ordering everyone to set off for Lishui City.
"Yes, Sir!"
These people had followed Ye Liuyun for some time, so they’d gotten pretty familiar with his way of doing things.
No idle chatter at all.
After answering in unison, they followed Ye Liuyun in grand fashion and set out.
"After being cooped up for so long, finally a big case!"
At the very front of the group, Shi Sheng spoke while stretching, his face full of excitement.
You could tell.
After so long in the Imperial City, Shi Sheng was feeling a bit suffocated.
Everyone here understood Shi Sheng’s character, so no one found it odd.
It was Jiang Jing, though, who, while driving his horse, glanced over at Ye Liuyun curiously.
"Sir, I heard the source of this rebellion is a gang of water bandits—there must be something fishy going on, right!"
Lishui City must be close to a lake, and water bandits are rampant there. Many local merchant boats have ’received attention’ from these bandits.
The court had sent people to crack down on them before.
But the lakes and waterways are so complicated; the water bandits just hide, and it’s really tough to wipe them out completely.
But these water bandits have always just robbed passing merchant ships, never heard of them having rebellious ambitions before.
If there’s nothing fishy about this, Jiang Jing definitely doesn’t buy it.
"How could it just ’maybe’ be something fishy—there’s definitely something fishy!"
Si Nan, nearby, chimed in right after Jiang Jing’s comment.
"According to the intel sent back from Lishui City, these water bandits have gone straight for the court’s merchant ships, and even claimed a title for themselves, saying stuff like ’emperors come and go, this year it’s our turn,’ and so on."
"If nobody was backing them, how would these guys have the guts?"
Before, they just robbed merchant ships of rich businessmen.
These water bandits aren’t stupid; they know if they steal from rich businessmen, at most those guys will just hire people to deal with them.
But if they mess with the court, the court’s people will come after them hard.
Before, these bandits never touched official ships—and now, not only did they strike, they slaughtered nearly everyone on board.
"Doesn’t matter if these people have demons or ghosts behind them, we’ll know when we see for ourselves!"
Listening to Si Nan and Jiang Jing’s discussion, Ye Liuyun sneered and added casually.
Si Nan and Jiang Jing, who had wanted to keep talking, nodded in agreement after hearing that.
True enough.
No point discussing, after all.
Once they see it with their own eyes, they’ll understand what’s really lurking behind this so-called rebellion.
Just then—
Ye Liuyun noticed another group coming out from the Imperial City.
But, judging by the eye-catching carriage at the center and the followers, some even in official robes—
Safe to say, the person in the main carriage had to be someone important.
And sure enough—
At that moment, the carriage’s curtain lifted slightly, revealing Fu Zhengqing inside.
Fu Zhengqing just glanced at Ye Liuyun and the others, then let the curtain fall and left.
Where’s he off to now?
Seems like, ever since Yan Fuhai displayed his Land Immortal cultivation, I haven’t seen Fu Zhengqing make any moves. Don’t tell me he’s really just given up? That can’t be right.
"Sir!"
Seeing Ye Liuyun staring after Fu Zhengqing’s departing carriage in silence,
Si Nan came closer and passed along all the intel he knew to Ye Liuyun.
"From what I’ve heard, Fu Zhengqing hasn’t really concerned himself with court affairs lately. Most of the time, he’s out on autumn outings, sometimes taking groups of people out of the city for trips!"
"Autumn outings?"
Well, he’s certainly got a taste for leisure.
But right after I just got assigned this rebellion case, Fu Zhengqing is off on an outing.
Kinda hard for Ye Liuyun not to link Fu Zhengqing to this case.
Moreover—
In Ye Liuyun’s eyes, Fu Zhengqing was never the type to just behave himself.
Previously, because of Yan Fuhai, Fu Zhengqing couldn’t continue cultivating and was stuck at Early-stage Grandmaster, but he immediately chose another path and started practicing magic arts, too.
From that alone, you can tell: Fu Zhengqing is no honest man.
And right now—
The power of a Land Immortal is great and all, but Ye Liuyun would never believe Fu Zhengqing just accepted his fate. Clearly, he’s plotting something behind the scenes that no one else knows about.
"Sir?"
Noticing Ye Liuyun suddenly grow silent, Si Nan looked over curiously.
"It’s nothing, let’s get going!"
Ye Liuyun didn’t intend to explain further, just waved his hand simply for everyone to move out.
Anyway—
No matter what Fu Zhengqing is really up to, we’ll know once we see him in action.