After a short break after eating.

Li Chengfeng set off again with his troops, bypassing Xingzhou and going straight to Lizhou.

Under the darkness, a group of people rushed forward like a pack of migrating wolves.

At this moment in Lizhou City, Xue Yu was looking at a rickety old man in the room, a little confused.

"Old man, why does Your Majesty want these broken stones?"

"This kind of ore can only be used as a weapon for ordinary people, and we can't use it at all!"

Half of the old man's face had been burned by the fire, and with his scrawny figure, he looked like a ghost from hell.

"It's not something you can know, just let the blood slaves collect the steel stones."

"If Your Majesty succeeds in his grand plan, you all have the opportunity to become martial arts myths, land gods!"

Hearing what the old man said, Xue Yu had no choice but to suppress his curiosity.

"We charge such a high price, the money is not enough, I will take someone out at night!"

He got up from the grand master's chair, picked up the Shura mask that was placed aside, and left the room with the waiting blood slave.

The old man looked at Xue Yu's leaving back and licked his burned lips.

"What a perfect nourishment, you have to hurry up and collect the fine steel stones!"

At noon the next day, Li Chengfeng and others, who had been on the road all night, arrived outside Lizhou City.

"Stop! What are you doing?" The city defense army at the gate stopped Li Chengfeng and the others.

"My lord, we are here to do business in the city, so please make it easier for you."

Shadow hurriedly walked up to the captain of the gatekeeper, took out a large ingot of silver from his pocket, and smiled all over his face.

"Don't do this to me! Something big happened in the city, I dare not let you in!"

"Brothers, search them well."

The captain of the City Defense Army hurriedly pushed away the silver in Shadow's hand, with a stern expression on his face.

If it were normal times, they might not be so strict.

But last night, the official bank in Lizhou government office was stolen, and the entire Lizhou city was under martial law.

The merchants inside were not allowed to leave, and those outside who wanted to enter the city had to go through strict searches and interrogations.

"Brother, can I ask what happened in Lizhou?"

Li Chengfeng accepted the search frankly, and looked at the team leader guarding the city gate.

"What? I'm not afraid to tell you."

"There is a problem with the tax money collected by the prefect's mansion, and the whole city is being searched now!"

"Don't blame me for interrogating you so carefully. Everyone who enters the city now has to be interrogated."

Hearing this, Li Chengfeng frowned, something happened to the tax bank? No wonder the atmosphere in the city is so tense.

Fortunately, when they came out this time, all of them were warriors, and they didn't bring anything with them.

Soon, the entire group was searched, and the young city guard opened the city gate to let Li Chengfeng and the others in.

Li Chengfeng and others walked into Lizhou City and found that the streets were full of soldiers.

They are constantly searching inns and restaurants one after another, and once they find suspicious people, they will immediately take them down and **** them to the government office.

"I really don't know where the money came from!"

"Officer, please let me go, I'm just a small businessman!"

A shop owner who was dragged out of the inn complained and begged repeatedly.

"Let you go? I don't have the ability. There is a tax mark on the silver, and the evidence is solid!"

"If you are really wronged, you can't tell me. You should go and talk to the old man! Take it away!"

The officer and soldier who led the team waved his hand, ignored the plea of the shop owner, and dragged him forcefully to the Lizhou government office.

"Young master, it seems that the city has become a mess."

Shadow looked at the tough officers and soldiers on the street and said.

"It's a felony to lose tax money, not to mention losing it in a blatant manner in the government office of Lizhou government."

"If you can't find it, more than half of the officials in Lizhou who have been traced will be dismissed."

"But I was wondering, who would steal clearly marked tax money!"

Li Chengfeng looked at those who were taken away, thoughtful in his heart.

There are obvious marks on the tax money, even if it is stolen back, it will not be spent for a while.

Even small merchants and hawkers on the road will probably notice when they receive special tax money.

It is impossible for such a large sum of money to be stolen by these businessmen.

The real murderer behind the scenes dumped the tax money into those vendors after stealing. What is his purpose?

With this doubt, Li Chengfeng and Yingying found an inn that was still open to stay.

Shadow was not idle either. After checking in, he immediately contacted the local Shadow Guard in Lizhou to learn more about the situation.

An hour later, Shadow took all the collected information and came to Li Chengfeng's room with a solemn expression.

"Your Highness, this time things are a bit confusing."

"According to the Shadow Guard's information, hundreds of thousands of silver were stolen from the Lizhou government office last night in full view."

"Furthermore, the money was discovered one after another in rich local merchants in Lizhou, and everyone denied it."

"Those people have big families and great careers. It's impossible for them to be stupid enough to take action against the tax bank. The subordinates suspect..."

Li Chengfeng smiled happily, it seems that the shadow has also noticed that something is wrong~www.mtlnovel.com~ Do you also suspect that this is a deceptive trick cast by someone? "

"You bring some shameless shadow guards and let the wind out, saying that we have a lot of refined steel ore."

"In addition, let the people in the worship pavilion also dispatch, and keep an eye on that Yunyan Inn!"

Shadow hurriedly bowed again: "Yes! This subordinate will make arrangements now!"

The other party is buying a large number of fine steel stones at this time.

Throw out the news by yourself, and wait for the other party to take the initiative to come to the door and lure the snake out of the hole.

"I hope you don't disappoint me. There must be a joint note behind this incident!"

Watching the shadow leave the room.

Li Chengfeng came to the window of the room and looked at the soldiers hurrying on the road, full of anticipation in his heart.

At this moment, in a secret room in Lizhou City, Xue Yu smiled as he listened to the reports from his subordinates.

"Good job! The more chaos in Lizhou City, the better, so as to confuse Datang's eyeliner."

"Let them buy the steel stone quickly, I don't want to stay with that old man any longer."

"Every time I'm in the same room with him, I always feel like this **** is going to knock my head off."

Xue Yu sat on the grand teacher's chair in the room, and continuously ordered the blood slaves around him to take notes.

Just at this time, a blood slave came to him.

"My lord, Miss Bai Wan is here and said that a big businessman came to Lizhou recently."

"Originally, their fine steel stones were going to be sent to Yuanyang, but now they are locked in Lizhou City and cannot be sold, so they are in a hurry to sell them!"

Hearing these words, Xue Yu excitedly stood up from his seat.

"Then follow our plan, let Wan'er contact them first, and make sure to take this batch of goods."

"As long as we receive another large batch of fine steel stones, we will be able to leave here and return to the base."