Chapter 245
Seeing Huo Ying only mention those few families, Wei Shouyi couldn't help but interject, "In my opinion, Lao Wei, the remaining families aren't clean either. Who wouldn't want a high-yield seed that produces a thousand catties per mu!"
His face beaming with admiration, he looked at Yue Fuguang, "Our Dayan is lucky to have the Junior Mentor. They don't have this luck, so of course they'd come to steal it!"
Not only did they want to steal the potatoes, but they also wanted to take the Junior Mentor away.
According to reports from Dayan's spies placed in various countries, the Zhaiyue Alliance had changed their orders from assassination to capture alive—they intended to snatch the Junior Mentor from Dayan!
Dai Yuxing was looking at her with the same expression.
Yue Fuguang: Now she found the reason why his favorability rating towards her was passing, despite him being someone who had only recently come to the capital!
'Little Zhu, do you know what's going on?'
[Master, according to the original historical timeline, during the Crown Prince's wedding, all sides were in motion. During that period, hundreds of spies from various countries and factions infiltrated the capital.
They also committed several major cases. These cases seemed unrelated but were actually interconnected.
Now, with the added incentive of the potatoes, the number of people in the capital with ulterior motives is surely even greater now.]
Oh!
While Yue Fuguang was communicating with the system, Wei Shouyi, sitting next to Dai Yuxing, let out an almost inaudible gasp of pain from his throat.
Dai Yuxing's hand was gripping his thigh like a vise. If not for the habit of not showing emotions, cultivated from long exposure in front of the Junior Mentor, he would have cried out loud!
Wei Shouyi covertly shot a fierce glare at Dai Yuxing.
If this kid didn't rein in his expression soon, it would arouse the Junior Mentor's suspicion.
So young and inexperienced after all! All the repeated instructions given before coming were forgotten!
His hand also clamped onto Dai Yuxing's arm, giving it a hard squeeze. Good, his thigh was finally liberated!
'They committed major cases too? Who did it?'
[The perpetrators included You Tan, Tianxing Lou, and Fengyu Ge. As for the masterminds behind them, several countries and certain factions within Dayan are all implicated.]
'Tianxing Lou and Fengyu Ge? Are they assassin organizations like You Tan?'
[More or less. However, what's different about Fengyu Ge compared to You Tan and Tianxing Lou is that some of its assassins are not fixed personnel.
Many who work for Fengyu Ge are 'temporary workers'—these are 'anyone' drawn by the hefty bounties.
They could even be assassins from You Tan or Tianxing Lou taking on side jobs. Some people do one job and never commit another crime, which is why Fengyu Ge assassins are the hardest to catch.
Among the assassins who attacked you, Master, on East Main Street last time, several were hired by Xie Qi at a high price from Fengyu Ge.]
'Fengyu Ge, how very good! Then do you know where these organizations' headquarters are?'
[Little Zhu can only sense the general locations. You Tan's main headquarters is in Nanyue, Tianxing Lou's is in Beili.
As for Fengyu Ge, it exists in all six kingdoms, operating independently yet interconnected.]
'Leave the ones in other countries aside for now. Find the headquarters of Dayan's Fengyu Ge and figure out a way to uproot it!'
[Master, Fengyu Ge's connections are too extensive, involving other prefectures in Dayan. Should we report it to the Emperor?
According to records, on the night after tomorrow, when it's dark and windy, Fengyu Ge will join forces with You Tan to set fire to the Hundred Herb Garden warehouse.]
'Why would they burn the herb garden warehouse?'
Yu Chongshan and Huo Ying exchanged a glance; they thought of the captured Qi Ming.
[Nanyue intends to create a plague in Dayan, so of course they'd first cut off one of Dayan's largest medicinal herb warehouses. However, now that Qi Ming is captured, their plans might change.]
Whether they change or not, protecting the medicinal herb warehouse is absolutely necessary. They needed to report this information to His Majesty as soon as possible.
'Can you pinpoint the location of Fengyu Ge's headquarters? Regardless of whether their plans change, let's destroy it first!'
Yue Fuguang spoke with great force. She had to be forceful—this Fengyu Ge was her mission, and among the dozen or so Jianghu tasks, it was the most urgent one that needed completion.
[Master, Fengyu Ge's headquarters is located underground in a three-courtyard residence on Jiming Lane in the capital.
The owner of this residence is none other than a property of the Cao Gang in the capital. It houses subordinates of the gang leader, Cao Hu.]
'The Cao Gang? This matter couldn't also be related to the Sima family, could it?'
[The Sima family is one of the financial backers behind Fengyu Ge. The Cao Gang's Cao Hu is merely a scapegoat pushed to the forefront by Fengyu Ge.
The true master of Dayan's Fengyu Ge is named Luo Feng. He also has a twin brother named Luo Yu, who works under Cao Hu's command. The person living in that courtyard is him.]
'Luo Feng, Luo Yu? What are their backgrounds?'
[Their mother is named Luo Xue, the master of Luoxia Manor in Xingzhou, also a famous female knight-errant in the Jianghu.]
Luoxia Manor!
None of them had imagined that the young master of the famous Luoxia Manor, one of the Five Mountains and Six Manors of Dayan, was actually the master of Fengyu Ge!
And with both the Sima family and the Cao Gang implicated, they had to be on guard and eliminate them as quickly as possible.
'Is Luo Xue involved in Fengyu Ge's affairs?'
[Luo Xue is unaware. Luo Feng became the master of Fengyu Ge by inheriting his master's legacy.
His master's name is Feng Yang.
He hails from the Feng family of Xiqiang, and by lineage, he is considered an uncle of Feng Wuchang.
Therefore, Dayan's Fengyu Ge is considered a branch of Xiqiang's Fengyu Ge.]
'Never mind who's behind him for now. Let's destroy their headquarters first. As for whether the operation on the night after tomorrow will still happen as in the original history, that depends on Wei Ping, Cai Xian, and the others.'
While listening to the words of the Little Immortal Lord and the Divine Artifact, a few of them sipped the freshly brewed tea Yue Fuguang had poured for them.
The tea liquor was clear and bright, with a faint floral scent mingled with the aroma of tea upon smelling. The first sip was slightly bitter and astringent, not particularly remarkable, but upon careful tasting, it left a lingering fragrance in the mouth with a sweet aftertaste.
Faced with such fine tea, several of them had no mind to savor it carefully.
Of course, Song Xingzhou, who was already on his third cup, was an exception. He unilaterally declared in his heart that he would only drink this kind of tea from now on!
[Master, it's starting to rain outside.]
Yue Fuguang's eyes shifted. 'This rain comes at a good time. A little thunder on a rainy day isn't too much, is it?'
[Master, are you thinking of having Little Zhu strike Fengyu Ge's headquarters with lightning?]
'Little Zhu, this time your master will take action personally. Let's see if this tiny bit of divine power I've recovered can blast open the rats hiding underground.'
Upon hearing this, a few of them quickly took their leave. They wanted to hurry to Jiming Lane for a front-row seat to watch the show.
This suited Yue Fuguang perfectly. Handing Dai Yuxing over to her grandfather, she hurriedly made her way towards her own Mingyue Pavilion.
'System, why did the mission suddenly change? Adding scenes so abruptly, is that really okay?'
[Host, we have altered the original historical timeline's plot too much, so the system missions have changed accordingly.
Look, introducing high-yield seeds naturally leads to corresponding problems, which in turn trigger corresponding missions.
Although the mission is a bit urgent, compared to those systems that demand task completion within an hour, mine is really quite reasonable!
The Merit System is the conscience of the system world, no doubt about it!
'I think you just want to earn my points!'
Even though she said this, Yue Fuguang still let the system deduct 888 points.
Immediately afterwards, a stream of unfamiliar information rushed into her mind. Yue Fuguang's steps didn't falter in the slightest.
If her soul hadn't been nourished by incense offerings to become exceptionally strong lately, she wouldn't have dared to receive the thunder technique enlightenment while walking so recklessly.