Adoption brings disaster

Speaking of beating the county magistrate, at this point, I had already won a great victory. As for cleaning up the battlefield, I left it to Chongguang and it had nothing to do with me.

I have been living a life of luxury for these years and have become lazy by nature. Now that I have nothing to do and no danger to worry about, I am naturally happy to take a break. However, others are not so relaxed.

After looking at the account books, His Majesty was furious. He immediately arrested many officials and confiscated a lot of property.

After the Death Detective verified the evidence, it was an even more bloody scene. Not to mention the entire Beishang country, even in the capital, there were at least two hundred people who were beheaded, had their property confiscated, or were exiled.

When the emperor is angry, blood will flow for thousands of miles. All officials in the capital are in danger. Even the Prince of Zhenbei rushed back from the northern border without stopping. He and Prince Gong and several elders went to the palace to urge His Majesty to calm down and put the country and the dragon's body first.

However, the emperor was really angry this time. No matter how he listened to the advice, he not only did not calm down, but he also scolded Prince Gong in his capacity as the emperor, and fined Prince Zhenbei two years' salary on the grounds that border generals were not allowed to enter the capital without an imperial edict.

The salary deduction was not a big deal at first, but the Prince of Zhenbei still tried to persuade him. The emperor was so angry that he put the Prince of Zhenbei in death row.

It is said that the Prince of Zhenbei was devoted to the country and was also an important official guarding the border. The emperor was just angry at the moment and was not really angry enough to punish him. After a few days, when his anger subsided, he released him. However, he did not meet the Prince of Zhenbei. He just ordered him to return to the northern border and not to come back without an imperial edict.

During the days when the Prince of Zhenbei was imprisoned in the death row, His Majesty had been constantly punishing many people. By the time the Prince of Zhenbei was released from the death row, the matter had come to an end.

When the King of Zhenbei saw that this man was dead and could not be resurrected, there was no other way, so he could only beat his chest and stamp his feet, then left for the border without saying anything more.

After this bloody storm, at least half of the officials in the capital were gone, and each department had a hard time doing its job, to the point where it even affected the operation of the country.

Your Majesty was also troubled by this, but he was still very angry about the account book issue, so he had to force himself to be strong and keep reassigning officials.

One imperial decree after another came out from the imperial study, and the scholars who had been sitting on the bench for a long time were given orders in times of crisis.

In just a dozen days, all departments returned to normal, and the entire state machinery was not affected at all. It even ran more efficiently and conveniently than before. It is truly admirable that Your Majesty uses people well.

Half a month later, the whole country was shocked again. The confiscation of property actually revealed the country's taxes for a year. They were really the rats of the country. Before, the officials below said they wanted to open the river, dredge the silt and dredge the river channel, but the Ministry of Revenue cried poor. It turned out that the money had all gone into the hands of these people.

It is said that when His Majesty saw the list of confiscated property, he was so angry that he vomited blood on the spot, and then he implicated a large number of people. This time, the national treasury was more abundant than ever before.

Now that Your Majesty has money, the first thing he does is not to build large-scale projects for your enjoyment, but to control the river that has been causing harm to the Beishang Kingdom for decades.

All the people in the world were impressed, and students wrote books and biographies, praising Your Majesty as the greatest emperor of all time.

There were even a lot of pornographic books about me and Your Majesty published in the market, which was outrageous. However, these were all minor matters. The Beishang Kingdom was fond of male homosexuality and was generally tolerant of these things, so there was no big deal and I won't mention it.

As for the county magistrate, His Majesty was furious and millions of people were killed, but the county magistrate who was the source of the crime was not punished at all. It was like a fart that His Majesty let go without noticing.

The county magistrate also left the capital quietly. If the low-ranking military officers guarding the city had not seen it and spread it as a joke, we would not have known about it.

Half a year later, the county magistrate was promoted three levels in a row and could be considered a true frontier official. Unfortunately, I was busy with many miscellaneous matters in the escort agency, the school, and the poor medical clinic, so I didn't pay much attention to these things and naturally didn't know about them.

I have been living a very comfortable life in the past six months. Domestic officials have been frequently transferred, and because of the river management issue, many wealthy businessmen have been moving around frequently. The business of Baofu Escort Agency has been better than ever.

In just half a year, the turnover of the escort agency reached 200,000 taels. After deducting various costs, the final profit was 80,000 taels. Moreover, I paid very high salaries to the careful escorts. This group of people were completely loyal to me and worked very hard. Gradually, we even started to have services.

The customer experience is getting better and better, and I have added a lot of paid items. Beishang State has always been a country that keeps its wealth among the people, otherwise there wouldn't be so much money just by raiding the homes of hundreds of officials. These people have money in their hands, so they can naturally afford to spend it, and their income is rising rapidly.

In the following two years, the turnover increased instead of decreased, and I lived a wonderful life with money in hand, soldiers under me, and people above me. It was really comfortable.

Although he was busy with miscellaneous tasks in the past two years, he still often drank tea and chatted with Liu Shui. One day, when he had nothing to do, he drank tea and played chess with Liu Shui in the Imperial Garden.

Liu Shuiqing's expression was solemn, and he said with concern for the country and the people: "Qianqiu, have you heard that the Ten Immortals of the Lower Abyss have returned to the world?"

I looked at Liu Shuiqing's worried expression and wondered how powerful these ten immortals were. However, I had never heard of the Ten Immortals of the Lower Abyss.

Besides, I now have thousands of escorts at my disposal, and I look down on these martial artists. But I couldn't dampen Liu Shui's enthusiasm, so I chuckled and said, "The Star-Picking Tower is so powerful, and there are still people in Beishang who dare to call themselves immortals. Who are the Ten Immortals of the Abyss? Liu Shui, tell me."

Seeing that I didn't know, Liu Shui was also very shocked and said, "You don't even know about the Ten Immortals of the Lower Abyss. Didn't the people at the escort agency tell you?"

I remember that there hasn't been an escort agency in Beishang Kingdom for many years. Could it be that there is some powerful figure in the escort industry?

But then I thought, no matter how powerful they are, they can't be as powerful as me. I felt a little unhappy, so I sneered and said, "What are the Ten Immortals of the Lower Abyss? I've never heard of them. If you really have the ability, why not open a security company and see who is more powerful among us?"

"Qianqiu seems to be unaware of the Xiayuan Ten Immortals." Liu Shuiqing laughed. "The Xiayuan Ten Immortals and the Longxi Twelve Thieves are the most powerful bandits in the martial arts world. Many heroes and heroes tried to wipe them out in the past, but all failed. It is said that it was only the prince who finally took action to deal with them. I didn't expect them to reappear now."

I thought to myself that there are only thieves who can steal for a thousand days, but no one can guard against thieves for a thousand days. If there really are thieves with special skills who are always eyeing our business, we will always be hard to guard against. Their appearance will probably have a huge impact on the business of the escort agency.

If we are not careful and they rob the escort or kill people, but the escort agency cannot punish them, the reputation of the escort agency will be greatly reduced, and the price will naturally have to be lowered.

Thinking of this, my heart tightened, but then I thought, if our escort agency can destroy the long-famous thieves Xiayuan Ten Immortals, wouldn't it better demonstrate the strength of our escort agency and deter other gangsters.

Besides, I am the only one in the escort agency now, and we will definitely face them in the future. It is better to set up a trap now and destroy them, which can be regarded as eliminating harm to the people.

After some thought, I asked the people from the escort agency to handle the matter.

Three months later, the escort agency escorted 100,000 taels of silver to Miaojiang for Prince Gong, but the purpose was unknown.

This matter was originally kept extremely secret, but a bodyguard in the escort agency lost money in the casino and blurted it out because he was drunk.

This matter was a great topic of conversation, and naturally spread from mouth to mouth. Within just three to five days, it spread throughout the entire Beishang Kingdom, especially to Xia Shui and Zhong Yuan, where the Ten Immortals of Xia Yuan were wandering around.

The escort agency also put a lot of thought into transporting the silver. They disguised themselves and used the method of breaking the whole into small pieces to send the silver out of the capital in ten batches. This was a secret operation and the action was extremely fast. It only took three days to reach Shangsong, which was only a hundred miles away from Zhongyuan.

"The boss is too timid. Anyone who dares to mess with our Baofu Escort Agency will have his graves covered with grass that has been replaced several times." An escort shouted while drinking heavily in the inn.

The other escort, seeing the plotting against His Highness Qianqiu, also frowned, but couldn't help but join in the boasting, saying, "Your Highness has never seen blood, so it's normal for him to be cautious. Most people in this martial world are just those who have gained fame for nothing. The Ten Immortals of the Lower Abyss are nothing compared to our Baofu Escort Agency."

"That's right, they'd better come to rob the escort. My sword hasn't been used to chop people or drink blood in so many years, it's all rusty."

The escort leader's face darkened when he heard their nonsense. He came over and shouted angrily, "What are you doing? Have you forgotten the rules of escorting? Who told you to drink? You will each be fined two taels of silver. If you do it again, I will report you to the head manager and kick you out."

"This isn't wine at all, it's as bland as water." The escort spat it out in disgust, saying, "It's better to drink water. When we get back to the capital, I'm going to get drunk for three days and three nights."

"Captain of the Escorts, they are just the Ten Immortals of the Lower Abyss. When we were in the army, the Hu people were no more brutal than these bandits. We killed fewer of them. Don't be nervous, come and have a drink and have fun together."

"Yes, Escort Boss. We didn't get to drink and eat as we pleased last time. Now, the Ten Immortals of the Abyss are just a bunch of rats hiding their heads and showing their tails. We are not to be feared at all."

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As they were talking, everyone pulled the escort leader to sit down and shouted to the boy, "Waiter, quickly bring me all your best wine."

After saying that, one of the escorts threw down a piece of silver. The waiter picked it up and ran to the wine cellar to bring out several jars of wine. The escort took a sip and scolded him with a smile: "You little bastard, you won't give me wine without silver. You're only bringing out such good wine now."

Everyone drank several bowls in a row, and one person said, "This wine is a bit strong, it's not right."

As he spoke, he slowly fell down.

Seeing that all the escorts had fainted, the waiter touched his face and turned into an old man, and the shopkeeper also changed into a middle-aged man. Several people also rushed out of the room, and together with the people in the lobby, there were exactly ten people.

"Brother, do we want it?" One of them said, making a gesture of wiping his neck.

"This Baofu Escort Agency is not easy to deal with. It's better for us not to make a mortal enemy of them." The leader thought for a moment and said, "Take the silver and leave quickly."

"What are you afraid of? My knockout drug would make even a tiger sleep for three to five days before waking up. Let's take our time. There's no rush."

"The boss was frightened by the prince. If it were a few years ago, not a single cent of this 100,000 taels of silver would have passed through Xiayuan. It would all be ours."

"Okay, stop talking. Move faster. I always feel something is wrong." The leader said with a frown.

"Okay, okay, you're the boss and you have the final say." The man dressed as the waiter said, "Second, fifth, and eighth, come and help me."

"They probably never dreamed that we have a master of mechanical devices like you among us. If it were someone else, it would take a long time to get rid of these ten thousand taels of silver, but it will only take a cup of tea for us."

Several people threw the silver into a tunnel. Suddenly, one person noticed something was wrong and shouted, "Boss, come quickly."

When everyone heard this, they were also startled and hurried over. They saw the man pick up a silver ingot and said, "The weight is wrong."

The man in the lead took the silver ingot and exerted force with one hand. The outer silver skin cracked instantly, and the sand inside flowed away from his fingers in an instant.

"Everyone, hurry up and run." Now no one said that the leader was timid, and everyone ran faster than anyone else.

Just as the ten men were about to flee, they heard someone laugh loudly and say, "It's really not easy to fish out the Ten Immortals of the Lower Abyss. We, more than two hundred brothers, have been performing this show with you for more than half a month. It's been hard work. Otherwise, you can give us your heads as a reward for your hard work."

The Ten Immortals of the Lower Abyss were also well-known thieves. Naturally, they would not be frightened by such a scene. They sneered and said, "If I wanted to leave, you young brats really couldn't stop me."

"Really? Look behind you."

The Ten Immortals of Xiayuan looked behind them and were so scared that their souls fainted. The tunnel they had used to escape exploded with a bang, and even the firewood room they used to hide was engulfed in flames.

The unconscious escorts looked at the Ten Immortals of Xiayuan with a smirk on their faces and said, "These people are so stupid! Don't they know that we are from the Northern Army? Military orders are as heavy as a mountain. How can they drink while escorting an escort?"

The Ten Immortals of Xiayuan knew they had been tricked and their retreat was cut off. They were furious, blades in hand, ready to fight. The leader of the darts waved his hand, and the archers behind him stepped forward. With just a few rounds of arrows, the dreaded Ten Immortals of Xiayuan were dead.

"Oh, these are too weak. Really boring."

"If it weren't for His Highness's plan, someone like you wouldn't even know how you died in Hades' Palace."

"These jianghu people have many unconventional methods, but we have cut off their retreat. In addition, these jianghu people have no chance of winning against the army directly. We are really chasing them while fighting. We don't know how many brothers will die."

"After all, these ten people escaped unscathed from the prince's hands. They are definitely not weaklings."

"No matter how powerful you are, you are nothing compared to our boss's schemes."

The purpose of destroying the Ten Immortals of Xiayuan was to get rid of harm to the people and for the business of the escort agency. However, he did not expect that it would leave a big disaster for himself and he was almost killed. But that is a story for later, so I will not mention it now.

Predict what will happen in the future, and listen to the next decomposition.