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Ever since he had that nightmare, Bei Zhenming’s mental state has been bad for two days.

The morning court was noisy, with a group of ministers arguing about the dominance of merchants.

Luo Yao single-handedly supported the merchants among the four classes of people: scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans. Now the status of merchants has risen rapidly. Many local officials are mixed with merchants, giving them conveniences openly or secretly. The ministers are very dissatisfied with this.

"Your Majesty, the Qixia Zhou family was already incredibly wealthy, but now I'm afraid their wealth is even greater than the national treasury. What should we do? Your Majesty must take action to suppress the Zhou family!"

"Yes, yes, especially the first and fourth branches of the Zhou family. In just a few months, the Zhou family opened a shop in Xizhou. If this is the case, I'm afraid the Zhou family has ulterior motives..."

Bei Zhenming had been in a bad mood the past two days. His head was buzzing from the noise of this group of people. He pointed at one of the old ministers who was shouting loudly and said, "If I suppress the Zhou family, you will have to make up for the annual tax revenue of the Zhou family?!"

The old minister was speechless when he heard this. The Zhou family was a major source of tax revenue for Dacheng. Sometimes the taxes collected by the two county towns were not as much as those collected by the Zhou family.

With so much money, who can pay it on behalf of the Zhou family?!

When the ministers who still had opinions heard that His Majesty wanted them to pay the taxes owed to Qixia Zhou, they all lowered their heads and dared not say anything more.

"If you have something to report, go back to court if nothing happens!"

"Your Majesty! This old minister has something to report!" Prime Minister Jiashen stepped out.

"Speak!" Bei Zhenming was already impatient.

"Your Majesty, it has been two months since the traitor Bei Zhenqing escaped from exile. His whereabouts are still unknown. I am afraid..."

Bei Zhenqing escaped, and the Emperor remained indifferent. Many ministers knew that although His Majesty had sent people to search for him, he was not serious about it, issuing a symbolic wanted notice for a month and then disappearing.

Bei Zhenming really didn't care whether he could find Bei Zhenqing. If he didn't put pressure on him, the people below would try to guess the emperor's intentions and naturally wouldn't look for him too seriously.

Of course the emperor acquiesced to this. After all, they were born of the same parents, and Bei Zhenqing was his younger brother. He would not kill him, but that was all.

After having that horrible dream two days ago, Bei Zhenqing is now a taboo for Bei Zhenming. When he heard Jia Shen mention Bei Zhenqing again, Bei Zhenming's eyes suddenly became clear.

Thinking about it carefully, the story of the wolf pack on the green grassland is surprisingly similar to the situation in Dacheng Kingdom... The only difference is whether Dacheng Kingdom has this old wolf...

Lao Lang...Who is Lao Lang? !

Bei Zhenming narrowed his eyes and scanned the hall, and the ministers lowered their heads one by one when they were attracted by his gaze.

Bei Zhenming's gaze fell on Jia Shen. "The Prime Minister did remind me. I wonder if your daughter has been found?"

Jia Shen was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat and knelt on the ground, begging for mercy. "I have sent people to search the entire capital and have not stopped searching since the war. However, for several months, there has been no news of my daughter. My daughter..."

The ministers whispered to each other.

"Could it be that Princess Qi is dead?"

"Prime Minister Jia is truly miserable! Who says otherwise? If it weren't for Your Majesty's mercy in pardoning the innocent man's crime, the Jia family would have been exterminated!"

Bei Zhenming listened to the discussion of the people in the audience and felt disgusted. "If Lord Jia can't find it, why don't I send more people to help look for it?"

Prime Minister Jia was shocked. "Thank you, Your Majesty, but the most urgent task now is to send more people to find the escaped rebels. If... if the rebels escape to the enemy country, the consequences will be unimaginable."

"I will send someone to look for him." Bei Zhenming stood up and left.

Zhu Shengyuan shouted to adjourn the court and followed Bei Zhenming.

Bei Zhenming lowered his voice and said, "Send someone to look for them, and by the way, look for my missing brother and sister-in-law."

Looking for someone was just a pretext, investigating Jia Shen was the real business. Zhu Shengyuan understood this very well, and agreed to all the requests, happily following the emperor away.

Bei Zhenting and his party left the Little Ghost Village and went deep into the mountains. It must be said that this group of people hid very deeply. They even built a forest of all diseases to protect themselves. The terrain was very dangerous. The secret guards only found the "moon" parked on the edge and had no idea the specific location of the nest.

A group of people searched in the forest for several days and nights, and were bitten countless times by poisonous insects. If Ye Qing had not been there, they would not have been able to get close, and they didn't know how many times they would have died.

"I give in. I guess these people can't even detoxify themselves!"

Luo Yao scratched the itch on his arm. It was so uncomfortable. He was poisoned by the same poison seven or eight times that day. He was poisoned again not long after being cured. His skin was all red from scratching.

Bei Zhenting lifted up his sleeve to check. His forearm was red and looked a little scary. He took out some ointment and applied it to him.

"If I had known, I wouldn't have come in!" Luo Yao cursed.

"That won't do. You have to stay with me!"

Luo Yao pursed his lips.

Ye Qing: "Yuan Zhaoling, are your brothers and sisters reliable? If they don't send us medicine, we will really die here."

Yuan Zhaoling: "On the way, on the way! We'll be there tonight!"

"Fuck, I'm so impressed! If I had known this was the situation, I wouldn't have come here! We've been searching for our lair for so long and still can't find it. I don't know how long we'll have to stay in this damn place!"

Nothing was gained in the past few days. The only thing Yuan Zhaoling got was the inheritance of Luo Yao's speaking skills.

Li Er stuffed the ointment into his hand with a look of disgust on his face.

Yuan Zhaoling was very talkative, "I finally know why this group of people went to Qingye Valley to cause trouble..."

Ye Qingye felt deeply pained. It was outrageous that this group of people created a forest of all diseases in the deep mountains and old forests where no one even shits.

Although its power is less than one tenth of that of the Hundred Diseases Forest, there are too many poisonous insects here for some reason, and the poisonous insects that do not cause any pain have tortured a group of people badly.

If Ye Qing asked Luo Yao the reason, Luo Yao would probably tell him that this was an invasion of species, and their numbers had increased rapidly in the absence of natural enemies.

It is estimated that in a few years, this place will become a more terrifying place than the Qingye Valley Forest of Diseases, and it may continue to expand.

This group of people is really enough. The invasion of crayfish from nowhere is not enough, and now a whole poisonous invasion has occurred. This cannot be eaten! In a few years, I don’t know what kind of hell this place and the nearby mountains will become.

"Your Highness, once we understand the situation, we need to have the Emperor find a way to eliminate all the poisonous insects in this place. Otherwise, they'll fly out and bite people at any moment!"

"The distance is so far and the insect is so small, can it fly that far?" Yuan Zhaoling interrupted and asked.

"They came from Qingye Valley, and they have no natural enemies here!"

Ye Qing: "What the princess said does make sense. If we leave it alone, when these poisonous insects fly out, who knows how many people will suffer."

Li Er: "Young Master, it's getting late. There's a protruding rock ahead that blocks the wind on three sides. We can set up camp there."

Luo Yao and Bei Zhenting nodded, and they set up camp at the foot of the rocky mountain to rest, waiting for Yuan to deliver medicine into the mountain.

After nightfall, many ferocious beasts and poisonous creatures flew around. After the fire was lit, the poisonous insects dared not approach, and the place finally quieted down for a while.

Luo Yao was sleepy and tired, so he sat next to Bei Zhenting next to the fire and warmed himself. As he was warming himself, he fell asleep leaning on Bei Zhenting's shoulder.

Bei Zhenting took a cloak and put it on him, staring at the fire in a daze.

They have been in the mountains for so long and have been wandering around in this poisonous forest.

I have observed for a long time but have not found anything. I don’t know what these poisonous creatures and insects have developed into after ten years. If these poisonous insects spread too fast, they might still be outside the forest of diseases!

Bei Zhenting couldn't help but feel worried when he saw Luo Yao sleeping on his shoulder. No matter what, he had to take Yaoyao out!