After a night of hard work, Leng Shiqi finally opened up another spirit vein. The next morning, their delegation of more than 20 people set off for Zhu Lu country.
Although they were called a delegation, they had neither the honor nor the equipment of a delegation.
These people included Inspector Yu Ruifeng, Supervisor Yuan Cang who was in charge of the South County, and Leng Shiqi, as well as the accompanying guards.
Even the weakest of the guards were at the Spiritual Pulse Realm!
There were several masters in the Gang Spirit Realm!
Leng Shiqi only brought Guan Feihong, Yuan Cang brought five subordinates, and Yu Ruifeng brought more than a dozen people!
And there was a very special person among these people, that was Jill.
This witness had been kept by Leng Shiqi so that when they arrived at Zhu Lu country, he could testify in person.
Because there weren't many of them, each of them rode on a spirit horse and rushed towards Zhu Lu Country at top speed.
There was only a grassland and a few military towns between the West Barren Prefecture and Zhu Lu country. There was no difficult road, so it only took them nearly ten days to arrive at Zhu Lu country.
As soon as they entered Zhu Lu country, Leng Shiqi not only saw many people dressed up in the West Regions, but also saw various strange buildings that could not be seen in the imperial court. It was an eye-opener.
There were no prefectures in Zhu Lu country because the entire Zhu Lu country was not as big as the West Barren Prefecture.
So there were only dozens of cities in Zhu Lu country. Leng Shiqi and his group went straight into the imperial city of Zhu Lu country.
At this moment, at the gate of the imperial city, the prince of Zhu Lu country, Prince Gus, received them.
Prince Gus looked to be in his forties or fifties. His body was a little weak, and he looked a bit like a scholar.
Prince Gus said in an awkward accent, "Welcome, special envoys from your country. Please come with me to the post house to rest."
On the way here, Yu Ruifeng had already given the information of the high-level of Zhu Lu country to Leng Shiqi.
Zhu Lu Country was naturally led by its king, but internally, it was divided into two major factions: the pro-war faction and the pro-peace faction.
The peacemaking faction was basically made up of the old officials of Zhu Lu Country. They were led by the current state elders and state preceptor. The state preceptor was the leader of the Gu God Sect, which was the state religion of Zhu Lu Country.
The other pro-war faction was led by two princes, and Prince Gus was one of them.
Zhu Lu Country sending a prince to greet the envoy was giving Yu Ruifeng enough face, but Yu Ruifeng kept a straight face and didn't give Prince Gus any face.
He knew why they were here. They were here to denounce him!
Moreover, the smuggling of refined iron was obviously for the sake of war, and it was most likely instigated by the pro-war Prince Gus.
The group followed Prince Gus to the post house next to the palace. After Yu Ruifeng sent Prince Gus away, he immediately called Yuan Cang and Leng Shiqi over.
Yu Ruifeng said, "Tomorrow, come with me to see Zhu Lu Country's king, He Deng. Remember, no one in Zhu Lu is worthy of our respect, so even if you see the king, you have to straighten your backs. This is the power of our Thunderfire Dynasty!"
Leng Shiqi and Yuan Cang nodded.
Yu Ruifeng looked at Leng Shiqi and said, "Tomorrow, go to the palace with that Jill. Also, bring all the evidence on you. With the witnesses and evidence, they can't deny it.
However, the two of you shouldn't speak unless absolutely necessary. After all, this is a negotiation between two countries. Any slip of the tongue will be magnified. "
"This subordinate understands." Leng Shiqi cupped his hands and said.
"Well, since we're already here, there's no harm in telling you some things."
Yu Ruifeng's face became serious, "Although we say we're here to denounce them, you should know the dynasty's intentions. They won't tear apart all pretense of cordiality with Zhu Lu Country.
Therefore, we can only try to get as many benefits as possible. The more benefits we get, the more credit we will get.
Also, we have another mission! "
Leng Shiqi's face showed a confused expression, but he already guessed it.
Of course, a big shot like Eunuch Gao wouldn't appear in the Western Wilderness just to give him a reward. At most, it was on the way.
The time he came to the Western Wilderness coincided with the time he went to Zhu Lu Country. Leng Shiqi wouldn't believe that there wasn't a connection between the two.
At that time, he guessed that this trip to Zhu Lu Country wasn't as simple as denouncing them!
Yu Ruifeng raised his hand and took out a piece of jade stone. He injected spiritual energy into it and the jade stone suddenly released a layer of jade brilliance that enveloped the three of them. This should be some kind of restriction that isolated sound and spiritual energy.
Even so, Yu Ruifeng lowered his voice and said carefully, "Zhu Lu Country and Profound Yang Sect gathered a large amount of fine iron. It's very likely that it was ordered by the two pro-war princes. The higher-ups want us to secretly help the pro-peace faction suppress the pro-war faction!"
Leng Shiqi was secretly shocked. Was this to interfere with the internal affairs of another country?
However, with just the few of them, could they do it?
Yuan Cang also frowned and asked, "Sir, we only have a total of twenty people. How can we interfere with the conflict between the two factions?
If we knew this would happen, we should've brought more people. "
Yu Ruifeng shook his head, "If we bring too many people, it will arouse suspicion. Moreover, our goal is to suppress the pro-war faction, but not the two princes.
We only need to use some methods to get rid of a few pro-war ministers and weaken their forces. The rest will be done by the pro-peace faction for us. "
"But we just got here and something happened to the pro-war ministers. Isn't this too obvious?" Yuan Cang was still a little hesitant.
However, Leng Shiqi found that Zhou Cang was worrying too much. Perhaps this person had been the great supervisor for too long, so he had to be meticulous in everything he did and not leave any loopholes.
He didn't know that even if the people of Zhu Lu Country knew that they were the ones who did it, so what?
As long as they did it cleanly and didn't leave any traces, whether it was the king or the two princes, they wouldn't be able to offend the Thunderfire Dynasty!
Moreover, the pro-peace faction might even raise their hands to support their actions.
A trace of dissatisfaction flashed across Yu Ruifeng's eyes, but he still patiently explained it to Leng Shiqi, which was exactly what he had expected.
Then, they discussed some details of the plan and went their separate ways.
Leng Shiqi returned to his room with complicated feelings. Since they wanted to interfere with the conflict between the factions of Zhu Lu Country, then his matter of collecting large numbers of Gu worms wouldn't be so smooth.
Thinking of Gu worms, he thought of Mo Huishou. Then, he sat cross-legged on the bed, and his eyes suddenly turned green and white!
With his current mental strength, White-Eye's field of vision had already expanded to a range of seven to eight miles. He could already see half of the royal city.
The reason why Leng Shiqi activated White-Eye was firstly to check how many experts there were in the royal city. Secondly, he wanted to try his luck and see if he could find Mo Huishou.
However, what surprised Leng Shiqi was that he really found Mo Huishou!
However, Mo Huishou was actually in the royal palace!