Muchen returned to the Qianlong Army's secret stronghold in Qingshan City. Wu Yong and Bailiying were waiting in the lobby. Seeing Muchen's return, they immediately stepped forward to greet him.

"Get up, no need to be polite. Baili, tell me, what's going on over there in the Endless Mountains? What's going on with the Zhang family recently?"

Bailiying: "Back to Young Master, the news of the appearance of dragon beasts in the Endless Mountains has spread throughout Qingshan City. Several waves of free mercenaries have formed groups and entered the Endless Mountains, approaching the direction of the spirit stone veins."

Muchen nodded and said, "This is just the first wave of exploration. What are the trends of those large mercenary groups?"

"Those large mercenary groups have also begun to mobilize manpower and assemble in their respective strongholds. As far as we know, the number of people gathered by the Nine Snakes Mercenary Group and the Flame Mercenary Group has exceeded a thousand."

"What's going on with the Zhang family? Have you sent the city guards to the Endless Mountains?"

"On the first day when they learned that dragon beasts appeared in the Endless Mountains, the Zhang family had already sent two thousand city guards to the outlying towns of the Endless Mountains, nominally to protect peace, but they saw more servants

After the troops went to the direction of the Lingshi mines, the Zhang family successively mobilized 20,000 city guards and entered the Endless Mountains. At present, the Zhang family still has preparations to continue to mobilize the city guards, but it has not been implemented yet. "

"Where are these city guards drawn from?"

"Back to Young Master, most of these city guards are drawn from the Lingliang Plantation, because there has been no peace in Qingshan City recently. Our people have assassinated several noble family heads, and family changes of ownership often occur.

The Zhangjiacheng guards also suffered many casualties, but the Zhang family did not dare

The city guards in Qingshan City are randomly selected. They are also afraid of fire in the backyard. However, tomorrow night, the Zhang family will hold a concubine wedding banquet. The Zhang family advocates Tianhe and will accept the 10th concubine. All the nobles in the city are invited to participate.

He probably wanted to take this opportunity to establish his authority."

"Oh, this is quite new news. Tomorrow night... I will find a way to give the Zhang family a big gift. Also, have you found out all the information about the Zhang family's spiritual food plantation?"

"We have investigated the surrounding terrain and the distribution of sentries. The Zhang family has been entrenched in Qingshan City for more than a hundred years. It has always been the case. The Lingliang Garden is an important place for the Zhang family. There are many experts in charge, but no one is there.

Dare to take action against the Spiritual Grain Garden, even if someone wants to destroy the Spiritual Grain, it is not easy. Therefore, the guard of the Spiritual Grain Garden is not strict. This is also the first time the Zhang family dispatched the Spiritual Grain Garden guard troops to the Endless Mountains

reasons."

Muchen smiled and said: "This is good news, then we will destroy all the spiritual food in the Zhang family and see if they feel sorry for it or not."

Wu Yong: "Young Master, do you have a way to destroy the spiritual food?"

It is very difficult to cultivate spiritual food. It often requires a large amount of spiritual stones or the flesh and blood of alien animals to improve the soil environment and help the plants grow. However, once the spiritual food plant grows up, it is not easy to destroy it easily. Simple poison powder,

It has no effect on the plant, the plant itself has

It is extremely resistant to toxicity. Even if you want to uproot the plants, it will require a lot of manpower and material resources. It cannot be done overnight. If you bring a large number of soldiers to attack, it will not be difficult for Muchen to destroy the spiritual food garden, but if you do that, your whereabouts will be lost.

Being completely exposed was not what Muchen wanted to see.

"Don't worry, I have my own way. In the future, there will be Zhang family ranch, and we will also visit it. This will cause constant trouble for the Zhang family, and Qingshan City will be even more chaotic."

Bailiying hesitated and said: "Young Master Qi, when the brothers were investigating the Zhang family's whereabouts, they accidentally discovered that two other forces were also paying attention to the Zhang family's movements. Moreover, there were several times when the brothers were

These two forces were targeting us, so we tried some methods to avoid their sight."

"Do you know the specific forces?"

Bailiying shook his head and said: "One of the forces has been identified, it is the Zhou family in Qingshan City. Our plan has encountered some obstacles with the Zhou family, and the young master should also know about it. The other force, we have not yet seen.

Find out, they are hiding very deep." Qing

The Zhou family in Shancheng City is the second oldest son of Qingshan City. They have been suppressed by the Zhang family and want to overthrow the Zhang family. Muchen can understand. It is said that more than a hundred years ago, the Zhou family was the overlord of Qingshan City, and the Zhang family was the overlord.

Later, it gradually developed and overtook the Zhou family.

Muchen thought for a while and said: "I have already made speculations about the other force, so please don't worry about it. Whether they are enemies or friends, they will show their traces one day, but the current situation is not clear yet. Zhang

The family is still standing at the top of Qingshan City. If one day, they find that the Zhang family cannot protect themselves, traces will naturally be revealed. Until then, we can just watch the show slowly."

"Okay, tell the brothers to be careful recently. All actions have been temporarily suspended. You only need to pay attention to the movements of the various forces in Qingshan City at all times without too much intervention. As for the lurking brothers, just do their respective tasks. Also, Nanshan City

The Hidden Dragon Army mobilized another 50,000 people. These people, all disguised as mercenaries, detoured into Qingshan City in batches along the endless mountain range. After entering the city, they performed their own tasks according to the mission requirements. The faster the better.

, but you must also pay attention to your whereabouts and avoid being discovered."

Wu Yong, Bailiying said: "Yes!"

Muchen looked at the time and said: "Look at the time, it's almost time. Let's go to Zhou's house to meet that interesting person first."

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Qingshan City Lord's Mansion, Secret Hall. Zhang Tianhe and other key members of the Zhang family were sitting in the conference hall to discuss.

Zhang Tianhe: "Great Elder, how is the situation in the Endless Mountains? Are there mercenaries again, are they close to the spirit stone veins?"

"Master, there have been too many mercenaries entering the Endless Mountains recently. The news about dragon beasts is too attractive to them. If this continues, they will definitely discover the secret of the spirit stone veins."

"Hmph! Those people in the Shadow Organization are all just doing it for free. Before, we let the few mercenaries who discovered the location of the spirit stone veins run away. Now, why can't we deal with a few idle mercenaries!" Zhang Tianhe was very worried at this time.

I’m so angry, everything I do these days is really not going well.

The discovery of the spirit stone vein was originally great news, but the people who discovered this place were the Feiyu Mercenary Group. I wanted my son to marry the eldest lady of the Feiyu Mercenary Group and let the Feiyu Mercenary Group submit to me.

I, in this way, all problems can be solved, but that Feiyu mercenary group doesn't know how to do it

Well, he actually disagreed. He could only destroy the Feiyu mercenary group and kill people to silence them. But at the last moment, he actually let many core figures of the Feiyu mercenary group escape. During the pursuit, they were captured by the shadow organization.

There was a person living in the Feiyu mercenary group, and the news about the spirit stone veins was leaked out.

In the end, the Zhang family could only cooperate with the Shadow Organization. The Shadow Organization was responsible for hunting down the remaining core members of the Feiyu Mercenary Group, while the Zhang Family was responsible for mining the ores.

At first, the Shadow Organization did a good job, killing many core figures of Feiyu Mercenary Group one after another, and tightly blocking the news about the spirit stone veins, which made Zhang Tianhe feel at ease.

Not long after it was stabilized, the location of the spirit stone vein was once again known to a few mercenaries, and this time, the killer of the Shadow Organization actually missed it. This made Zhang Tianhe very angry.

Before Zhang Tianhe could react, the mercenary union immediately broke the news about the appearance of dragon beasts in the Endless Mountains. Zhang Tianhe did not pay attention to this news. After all, the spirit stone veins were his top priority.

, only to find out later that the location where the dragon beast was found was actually very close to the location of his own spirit stone vein, which once again made Zhang Tianhe

Feeling angry, many nobles were assassinated in Qingshan City, and several heads of noble families who were attached to the Zhang family were killed. The head of the family changed hands, which shaken the dominance of the Zhang family. Misfortunes never come singly, because of the civil strife in Qingshan City.

Even among the city guards, there were many casualties. Zhang Tianhe's mood at this time was extremely bad.

Zhang Jie sat next to Zhang Tianhe and said: "Father, what happened in Qingshan City recently is really strange. First, the location of the Lingshi mine was exposed, and then news broke out near the Lingshi vein that dragon beasts were discovered. Furthermore,

, a large number of assassins appeared in Qingshan City, assassinating the heads of the noble families and the city guard generals. It is obvious that someone is targeting my Zhang family."

"Jie'er, if you have any opinion, please tell me."

"Haier suspects that they are the remnants of the Feiyu mercenary group, and they have secretly recruited some forces to target our Zhang family. Their purpose is revenge, or maybe it's the spirit stone veins."

"Snaring forces? In this Qingshan City, what other forces dare to go against my Zhang family!" The great elder said with an arrogant face at this time.

Zhang Jie: "I think it might be the Palace of Zhenshan Prince!"

Zhang Tianhe was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said: "Impossible, how could this Feiyu mercenary group be related to Zhenshan Prince's Mansion? They don't have this ability. Zhenshan Prince's Mansion has only been in Nanshan County for a few months. Even Nanshan City

Not even standing still, they thought

We don't have the ability to deal with us. Moreover, some time ago, the young prince of Zhenshan Palace was assassinated. He has been hiding in the palace for the past few days and refused to come out. How could he have time to come to Qingshan City and

We can't get through it."

The Great Elder also nodded in agreement and said: "I also think it is impossible. The person who can do these things must know something about my Zhang family, and the other person is very hidden. He knows the internal situation of Qingshan City clearly and will never do it.

It was the work of Zhenshan Palace. If Zhenshan Palace really knew about the Lingshi Mine, they should directly lead troops to block the Lingshi Mine. After all, Zhenshan Palace is the lord of Nanshan County. They have the right to do this. There is no need.

Playing tricks with us."

Zhang Tianhe also agreed with the elder's statement and said: "We will keep the Zhenshan Palace for later and deal with it slowly. The Murong family has long had a grudge against the Zhenshan Palace. They will not let the Zhenshan Palace continue to be free. The good days of the Zhenshan Palace will not last long.

There is not much left. We must rush to mine all the spirit stones before the news of the spirit stone veins is exposed. By then, Zhenshan Palace will not be able to do anything to us! Let’s discuss the current problem first."

Zhang Jie also felt that it was unlikely that Zhenshan Prince's Mansion was doing this secretly, and said: "Father, the most important thing for us now is to know who our opponent is. If the opponent is really in Qingshan City, he must be hiding among those nobles.

We must find a way to expose our opponents' weaknesses, and tomorrow's banquet is an opportunity."

Zhang Tianhe nodded. He also intended to establish prestige at the banquet and make all the nobles surrender to him. He said: "Tomorrow, let all the nobles of Qingshan City come to the city lord's mansion to attend the wedding banquet. Anyone who can't come will be

Find an opportunity to get rid of the nobles who are present. You must also observe carefully. If there is any suspicion, you must kill it as soon as possible. It is better to kill the wrong person than to let it go. When the time comes, we will kill the chicken again to scare the monkeys, and the situation in Qingshan City can be temporarily solved.

Stablize."

"As for the Endless Mountains, we will continue to strengthen the guards. All the city guards will be stationed in the Endless Mountains. This will also speed up the mining and transport the spirit stones back to Qingshan City as soon as possible. Let the shadow organization assassinate all the mercenaries who are close to the spirit stone veins. This must not be done.

Let the news about the spirit stone veins leak out."

"Yes, father, patriarch..."

Zhang Tianhe seemed to have remembered something and said, "By the way Jie'er, when will the Murong family's special envoy arrive at Qingshan City?"

"We should be able to arrive in a few days."

"Okay, you can tell me to go down and be ready to respond."
Chapter completed!