Chapter 58

　While Pang Jun was surrounded by women and stabbed three generations of his family, Qi Tiansheng, the head of the Xichuan Province, Fanzhou, Xichuan Governor's Office, and Xichuan Province, was listening to his subordinates' reports with a frosty face: "I have checked everywhere and confirmed that the bodies of the Xidi people found by the people in various places in Xingzhou in the past few days are the subordinates of Akbar."

　　"What about Akbar himself? I want to know where Akbar is!? If he's alive, I want to see him. If he's dead, I want to see his body."

　　"Your subordinate, your subordinate..."

　　"You are all useless. Do you know who did it?" Qi Tiansheng was furious and started to curse.

　　"According to my guess, it was the Divine Guards from the capital who did it. They are the only ones who have this special attack capability."

　　"The Divine Guards?"

　　"Yes, it should be the Fourth Team of the Divine Guards. Their leader is Liu Jun, a scholar from Qinzhou who performed brilliantly in both the civil and military examinations and the Qianqiu Banquet this year. I heard that he was appointed by His Majesty as the second lieutenant of the Divine Guards to lead the army directly." The subordinate replied, "In Xichuan, only they can do this. Moreover, I am worried..."

　　"What are you worried about? Are you worried that he will doubt me?" Qi Tiansheng said contemptuously, "Without any evidence, how dare a mere lieutenant of the Divine Guards point fingers at a senior official?"

　　"But Han Siye's side..."

　　"You continue to send people to monitor the Divine Guards, the Han family, and the Zhong family. Be more careful." Qi Tiansheng's eagle-like eyes flashed with a sharp light, "Zhong Jing and Han Siye, they have been loyal to me for many years, but they know too much. Go ahead, and continue to investigate who it is? Who killed all the guards in the granary, making this governor so passive."

　　"Yes." After receiving the order, the subordinate left immediately.

　　After his subordinates left, Qi Tiansheng seemed to be talking to himself: "Am I being too heartless by doing this?"

　　At this time, a beautiful woman walked out from behind the screen in the room. If Pang Jun was present, he would be shocked, because the face of this beautiful woman was exactly the "Goddess Consort" that Pang Jun had seen in Jiangnan Province. The "Goddess Consort" smiled and said, "How could it be? Those who accomplish great things do not care about trivial matters. You can't bear to part with a small master and a chief constable? A king does not need to have mercy."

　　After hearing what the Goddess said, Qi Tiansheng nodded, took two steps forward, hugged the beautiful woman's waist and said, "Madam, you are right. You reminded me that I have a virtuous wife like you. It is like adding wings to a tiger. Don't worry, when the great things are accomplished, I will definitely not treat you unfairly."

　　"Husband..." "The Divine Concubine" murmured in Qi Tiansheng's arms.

　　Hearing the tender word "husband" from the beauty in his arms, Qi Tiansheng's heart melted, but he did not notice a glimmer of contempt in the beautiful eyes of the beauty in his arms.

　　After spending some time with Qi Tiansheng, the "Goddess" returned to her bedroom. She looked at herself in the mirror and asked, "How is the plan going?"

　　"Reporting to Her Majesty the Divine Concubine, everything is going well, but it seems that the lieutenant of the Divine Guards seems to be planning something." A voice sounded.

　　"Well, no matter what he is planning, keep a close eye on him and report any unusual movements to me immediately."

　　"yes."

　　After Pang Jun returned to the post station, he issued several orders: First, Bai Shaochuan and Fang Botao were to lead two teams of men to return to the capital from the northeast and east respectively; second, Sun Zihan and Lin Rui were to be sent with the head of the Xidi leader to Beizhou, the headquarters of the Xichuan frontier army, to warn the Xichuan frontier army;

　　3. Personally lead Hong Yanzhang and Qi Lin to Fanzhou to find Master Zhiguang. The rest of the people, led by Ling Tianfang, spread the information in Xichuan that the Western Di people who robbed and killed people in the granary had been defeated by the Divine Guards. After the information was spread, they quickly returned to the capital.

　　In just two hours, all the members of the four teams of the Divine Guard, except Pang Jun, Qi Lin and Hong Yanzhang, had left Xiagu County and were carrying out their own tasks.

　　Ji Shuanghua and the other four girls had already packed up their gold and silver jewelry and left the Zhong Mansion under the pretext of burning incense and praying for blessings. Han Jiaying and Zhu Shiyao also secretly left the Han Mansion with their belongings under the pretext of going for an outing. As for Han Zhi, the spy planted by Qi Tiansheng, he was caught by Pang Jun early on. After asking him some information, he was ruthlessly killed. After bidding farewell to the four girls, he took his two men and rode to Fanzhou at full speed.

　　Pang Jun did this simply to cut the Gordian knot and create a time difference before the Governor's Office in Fanzhou could react. By the time Qi Tiansheng received the information, the traces everywhere would have left him with nowhere to start, so he could take advantage of the situation and escape.

　　And the facts also proved the correctness of Pang Jun's plan. When the Governor's Office received the news of the whereabouts of the Shenyiwei, Pang Jun had already arrived in Miyang. Qi Tiansheng looked at his men kneeling on the ground nervously and felt something was wrong. The Shenyiwei's actions were too fast. What on earth did they know that allowed them to withdraw from Xichuan so quickly, and leave quickly in small pieces? What made him feel even more uneasy was that the masters of the Zhong and Han families disappeared mysteriously.

　　He realized that his plan might have been exposed, so he made a prompt decision and asked Commander Xu Min to send two thousand elite cavalry to intercept and kill the Shenyiwei troops led by Bai Shaochuan and Fang Botao. Then he selected fifty people from the death squad and divided them into three groups to hunt down the people from the Zhong and Han families, the missing grandson of Lin Rui, Zi Han, and Pang Jun who had already entered Mi Yang.

　　In a carriage that was leaving Xichuan Province, there was a tense and awkward atmosphere. The people sitting inside were the four women that Pang Jun had just accepted: Ji Shuanghua, Zhong Nanping, Han Jiaying and her grandchildren, as well as Zhu Shiyao.

　　At this time, Zhu Shiyao broke the silence and asked Ji Shuanghua: "Madam Han, why are you three, why are you...?"

　　When Zhu Shiyao said this, Zhong Nanping and Han Jiaying blushed immediately, and Ji Shuanghua sighed and said, "Shiyao, you don't understand. You grew up under the wings of your parents. You don't know the hardship of being the head of the family. Women, you always have to have someone to rely on, otherwise, you are just floating without roots."

　　"But, but Madam, you, Ying'er, and your aunt, are all with Ziye..."

　　"I know this, but Shiyao, look at Ying'er, she is only fifteen this year and is inexperienced in worldly affairs. Look at your husband, he is an outstanding man. Ying'er and you have also entered his house, but you are only concubines, not his wife or his equal wife. But if no one teaches and helps you, you may be bullied by other women in his harem. Now that you have me and Nanping, you won't be bullied so easily. Also, women all have needs. It's all my fault. After hearing your voices at night, I couldn't help it and..."

　　After hearing Ji Shuanghua's explanation, Zhu Shiyao recalled the past few days. Every night Pang Jun had been beating her and Han Jiaying hard, and every night she was made soft all over by his gentle and sweet love. Thinking of the pleasure brought by the hot meat pole inserted in her tender and moist honey hole, she felt shy and no longer dared to ask further.

　　On the other side, Sun Zihan, who was on the road all the time, asked Lin Rui, "Brother Lin, why did Lord Liu make such an arrangement? Why do we have to move to different places openly or secretly?"

　　Lin Rui shook his head and said, "I don't know either. We are just one of the groups responsible for reporting the news. But I know that the adults did this so they must have known something. But for some reasons, they couldn't tell us. But although the adults are young, they won't speak without a purpose. Maybe, maybe it has something to do with this." After saying that, he pointed to the ground.

　　Sun Zi Han's pupils contracted: "You mean..." Before he could finish his words, Lin Rui covered his mouth. He watched Lin Rui shake his head before he caught his breath, but the fear in his eyes was obvious.

　　"Don't say anything, let's hurry up. Sir Liu is heading to Fanzhou in a swaggering manner to attract attention and buy us time. We must complete the mission as soon as possible and leave Xichuan. The longer he is exposed in Xichuan, the more danger he will be in."

　　After saying this, the two of them stopped talking and continued on their journey.

　　Lingjue Temple is a small temple located in the suburbs of Miyang County, Fanzhou. Pang Jun and his three companions came here. At the entrance of the temple, there was a young monk sweeping the floor. Qi Lin stepped forward and asked, "Excuse me, Master Zhiguang, is this where you hang up your banner?"

　　The young monk raised his head and looked at Qi Lin, then at Pang Jun and Hong Yanzhang, and asked with a little surprise: "Who are you, sir? What do you want from my master?" He was not looking at Qi Lin, but at Pang Jun with burning eyes. Obviously, he recognized Pang Jun as the leader of this group.

　　Pang Jun smiled slightly, walked forward, put his hands together, and said to the little monk: "Little Master, you are polite. My surname is Liu. I came from the capital. I have something to ask Master Zhiguang. Just tell the master that 'an old friend from Xingzhou wants to see you'."

　　The young monk looked at the three people suspiciously and said, "Please wait for a moment, I will go and report to the master." After that, he turned around and went back into the temple.

　　Qi Lin and Hong Yanzhang already knew the reason why Pang Jun brought them to Fanzhou. However, Hong Yanzhang was puzzled by Pang Jun's decision to get straight to the point after arriving in Fanzhou. He asked, "Master Liu, I have something I don't understand. Since you are responsible for obtaining evidence, why don't you conduct a secret investigation instead of acting openly?"

　　Pang Jun turned his head and said with a smile: "First, I must buy time for others. If we make a decision after we get the evidence, the enemy will have time to attack the Xichuan border army. Even if we get the evidence in the end, it will be too late. So these two things must be done at the same time. Second, if you are the enemy, seeing me being so open and aboveboard and getting straight to the point, would you suspect that I am secretly sending people to other places to do things? "

　　At this moment, Hong Yanzhang suddenly realized: "Your Excellency is taking advantage of your opponent's multiple considerations and investing more resources to dig out those non-existent 'people who were sent to investigate secretly', while ignoring us who are standing in the open! Your Excellency's trick of mixing the real and the fake is really beautiful."

　　Not long after, the young monk came out of the temple and said to Pang Jun, "Donor, the master wants to see you. Please wait outside for a while."

　　After hearing this, Qi Lin was about to go up to argue, but Pang Jun waved his hand to stop him and said, "It's okay. You just wait here for me and be careful."

　　"Yes, sir."

　　After Pang Jun finished speaking, he followed the young monk into Lingjue Temple.