Blue, Red and White Dark Abyss Cauldron

Zhao Xiantong also understood the meaning of her words, but did not take it seriously. He said, "But it is not easy to guard the border and make merit. The soldiers and horses in my city are far less than those in other cities, and we have no advantage in close combat." What he meant was that if you want someone to make merit and squeeze me, the Jinwei, out, it would not be that easy, because the soldiers in Jinyang City were not very good at fighting.

Jin Lier said: "However, our city's soldiers are good at swords and knives. If they are commanded properly, they are not afraid of the other six cities."

Zhao Xiantong didn't want to dwell on this topic with her, so he simply changed the subject and said, "My lady, this time the slaves' rebellion has spread throughout the city. Even Xihai City and Anfeng City have heard about it and have some complaints about our city. My lady said yesterday that the murderer looks like the slaves in your Jiaoshan Mine. Don't you want to verify his true identity?"

Jiaoshan Mine was originally run by Jin Lier's second brother Jin Tianyu, but after he became paralyzed, it was transferred to Jin Lier. After she took over, she changed her harshness and reformed many rules. She thought that treating the slaves better would reduce dissatisfaction and cause less trouble, but she didn't expect that more than a thousand slaves rebelled and fled, and more than a hundred soldiers were killed.

This was completely beyond her expectations, and she began to doubt her own innovative methods.

When she heard Zhao Xiantong suddenly bring it up, even though she was calm and resourceful, she couldn't help but blush and said, "Didn't you also say that the Venerable wanted to accept him as the eighteenth disciple?" The implication was that everyone was talking nonsense, so there was no need to ask more questions.

Zhao Xiantong said: "Master did ask us to find a good disciple for him to teach him martial arts and swordsmanship."

Jin Lier said, "It's unfortunate that this man is a murderer. He can no longer be your disciple."

Zhao Xiantong said, "Although this man has opened the Force at a young age, he may not be worthy of Master's attention. I was just talking nonsense a few days ago, please don't blame me, young master."

"This is your Jin Dao Sect's business. We outsiders have no right to interfere. It's not my turn to blame you."

"Master always teaches us not to forget who is the master of Jinyang City. The affairs of Jindao Sect are the affairs of Jinyang City, and the affairs of Jinyang City are the affairs of Jindao Sect. I believe that you have the same idea. Otherwise, why did Master Chang join hands with me to deal with him last time?"

"I don't think so. If the matter of the Golden Sword Sect was the matter of my Jinyang City, how dare you, Zhao Jinwei, break into my Yunying Palace in such a threatening manner? And you even had to falsely accuse me of hiding a murderer."

Zhao Xiantong said, "It is precisely because I have the matter of Jinyang City in my heart that I risked being reprimanded and dismissed to come to the Little Lord's Palace to ask for someone. I have done my duty conscientiously and have absolutely no selfish motives."

Jin Lier asked, "Does Your Excellency know about this?"

Zhao Xiantong said: "This matter falls under the jurisdiction of the Golden Sword Sect. Although it is a big deal, in order to avoid worrying our master, we disciples handled it on our own and did not tell him. Fortunately, the young master had already made plans, which is even better. Otherwise, outsiders will always say that our Golden Sword Sect is bullying the master and taking all the good and bad things on ourselves."

"However, your two golden captains from the Golden Sword Sect led thousands of soldiers to search the whole city, which made this matter quite a big deal. Now the whole city is in an uproar, saying that the Golden Sword Sect is colluding with the Chisha Kingdom and wants to hand over our Jinyang City to foreigners." Jin Li'er stared at Zhao Xiantong without blinking.

Zhao Xiantong was suddenly startled, and stood up again, saying loudly: "My young master, this is not a joke. You know that my master hates the people of Chisha Country the most, so why would he collude with them?!"

Jin Lier said: "Zhao Jinwei, there is no need to be so angry. I also said it was just a rumor."

Zhao Xiantong said angrily: "Who are those ignorant people who dare to say such things? Please tell me, my lord, and I will kill them one by one!"

Jin Lier frowned slightly and said, "Zhao Jinwei is so majestic, are you going to kill all the common people just because they say something gossipy?"

Zhao Xiantong had no choice but to sit down again, still angry, and said: "Some things can be said, and some things cannot be said. If you don't even understand these principles, you are a complete troublemaker!"

Jin Lier mentioned the three killed Sha people carefully and indirectly several times.

Zhao Xiantong only said that he did not know him, and he saw him for the first time after they were assassinated and someone reported to the police. Originally, a silver lieutenant or even a bronze lieutenant would have been enough to handle such a murder case, but he thought that the dead were from the Claw Tribe of the Chisha Country, and he was worried that their Spirit King would ask Jinyang City for an explanation, so he personally led people to track down the murderer.

No matter what Jin Lier asked, he answered without leaking a single word. Seeing that she couldn't get any useful information, she had no choice but to give up and not bother with him about this matter.

The two talked for a while, and Zhao Xiantong asked Jin Lier whether the man in black was in Yunying Palace.

Jin Li'er pretended to be impatient and said, "For your sake, Your Excellency, I'm telling you the truth. That person did not enter my Yunying Palace." She didn't want to lie, and the words she used were "did not enter my Yunying Palace", which meant that Xuanying did not agree to work for her, but to outsiders it meant "not in the Yunying Palace".

Zhao Xiantong still had some doubts and said, "Then why did you try to capture him several times? A few days ago, Master Chang even teamed up with me..."

Jin Lier chuckled and said, "Zhao Jinwei, everyone says you are smart and wise, but I think you are also very honest. Can't you see that Master Chang is just pretending? With his skills, how many people can withstand ten or twenty moves from his fists?"

Jin Lier's words seemed to be a compliment, but in fact they were criticism, implying that he was bad at martial arts.

Zhao Xiantong's face turned a reddish brown like pig liver after hearing this. Thinking back carefully, Chang Lun was indeed hesitant when he fought the black-clothed youth yesterday, as if he had not put in any effort at all, and in the last blow he even knocked him far away, as if he had let him run away on purpose.

I thought that I had seen Chang Lun with three whiskers fighting with that kid not long ago. Although I didn't see him being captured by you, with Chang Lun's ability, he shouldn't let him escape again. I don't know why you, Jin Li'er, have to protect him. Could it be that you really discovered some secret?

Then he said, "My young master once said that he would capture him and interrogate him, and then send him to our Golden Sword Sect. I hope my young master will keep his promise."

Jin Li'er raised her eyebrows and said, "Zhao Jinwei, I have already told you that the man did not enter my Yunying Palace! Could it be that what I, Jin Li'er, said is completely untrue? Do you want to search my Jin family's Tiankun Castle from beginning to end before you are satisfied?!"

Zhao Xiantong said, "My lady, you misunderstood. That's not what I meant. But with the skills of the masters in Yunying Palace, it's only a matter of time before they catch that man. So I'll tell you in advance so that you don't forget it by then."

Jin Lier snorted and said, "I'll remember this."