Crown Prince of the Empire, I quit!

Wan Shu left the construction site.

Chang Baishan squatted by the roadside, chewing a wild fruit he had gotten from somewhere, and said curiously:

"Why did you leave?"

"She has her own things to do."

Qin Ming approached him, rummaged through Chang Baishan's arms, and took out an unknown wild fruit and started eating it.

The flesh tastes very lightly sweet, but it has a lot of juice. In short, it is not very delicious.

"Let's go and get to work."

After eating a fruit, she patted his shoulder, and the two of them rushed towards Linjiang City together.

In the past few days, there has been a panic in Linjiang City.

Soldiers who came from nowhere began to conduct carpet searches in the streets again and again.

In addition to Linjiang City, Qiantang City, Wangyue City and many other big cities as well as their subordinate counties, a piece of news came out.

Recently, there have been flower thieves appearing and disrupting people's livelihood.

The officers and soldiers will launch an operation, and the assistance and cooperation of all civilians and officials will be needed.

As soon as the news came out, people started chatting about it after dinner.

"What the hell, how come a flower thief suddenly appeared?"

"I haven't heard of any flower thief either. It seems like he just appeared out of nowhere."

"You don't know this, do you? Niu Erdan from the next village hasn't even touched his wife lately, and yet she's pregnant. It's said that the flower thief did it!"

A few gossipy aunties on the street corner were spreading what they had heard in a serious manner.

"More than that, this flower thief is said to be highly skilled in martial arts. At the Wang Family Bakery in Qianmenlou, the newly married Miss Wang was defiled by him, and her genitals were completely destroyed. When they were caught having sex that night, the man sent her back because he didn't want to marry her anymore."

"What a bad reputation!"

When people on the streets spread rumors.

In a teahouse on the opposite street, Chang Baishan, who was sitting in an elegant room on the second floor, opened the window, listened to their conversation with his ears perked up, and exclaimed in his heart, "This is so ridiculous!"

He loved listening to these family gossips and stories like old men having affairs with their mistresses.

But even he was a little shocked by the intensity today.

"Your Highness, guarding against the people's mouths is more important than guarding against a river. If we let them make up stories for a while longer, that flower-stealing thief will be held responsible for all the crimes."

Chang Baishan knew the inside story.

The news about this flower thief they made up was complete nonsense.

It was just to give the officers and soldiers a reason to enter the city and search for the traces of the shadow guards in various places.

But for some reason, so many people started chatting seriously.

It even became more and more outrageous.

This made Chang Baishan feel guilty.

"The bigger the commotion, the easier it will be for us to fish in troubled waters."

Qin Ming did not feel guilty about this. The imperial court had come to his doorstep, and he had little time to care about these things.

"Walk."

It’s great to see the message spread and even diffuse.

Qin Ming took Chang Baishan downstairs, and the two of them prepared to solve the smuggling problem.

Plan your route and you're ready to go.

After several months, the road was almost completed.

When Qin Ming and his men arrived at the military camp, a group of tricycles were already waiting there.

They were going to the neighboring Western Shu and Southern Barbarians to trade.

"Get ready to go."

Qin Ming brought a group of tricycles covered with black cloth to the front of the military camp.

They took some soldiers with them and escorted them as they transported the goods away.

In the wilderness, Qin Ming's soldiers patrolled on both sides of the official road, driving away some scoundrels.

They walked along like this.

It soon attracted the attention of some people.

"Your Highness, someone is following us."

Chang Baishan sat in the carriage with a telescope in his hand and soon observed some human figures hiding in the distant mountains and forests.

Because of Qin Ming’s recent search, many shadow guards knew that they could no longer stay in the city.

They could only go to the wild to investigate Qin Ming.

Just as the imperial court's order was issued, Qin Ming prepared to go directly to Western Shu with a batch of things, which made countless shadow guards feel alarmed.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Qin Ming seems to be planning to engage in smuggling!

They felt that Qin Ming was ridiculously bold, so they investigated more frequently.

"killed."

Qin Ming spoke calmly, and after waiting for so long, he set up a trap so that they had no choice but to come, and then forced the people out.

Naturally, we must kill the shadow guards as much as possible.

Lingnan is a desolate land, and there won't be too many shadow guards.

Just kill most of their people and then take control of the entire highway.

Qin Ming was able to start his own real smuggling business.

"Yes!"

Killing the Shadow Guard is a big deal, after all, this is an organization directly under the emperor.

However, Chang Baishan did not say much. Since it was Qin Ming's order, he carried it out quickly.

"There are three people in the field to the northwest."

"There are six people in the woods in the southeast corner."

"Following behind is..."

Soon, Chang Baishan used a telescope to determine the other party's location one by one.

With Qin Ming's order, the light cavalry on fast horses rushed towards the distance at an extremely fast speed.

It takes less than one stick of incense.

Screams were heard, and all the shadow guards hiding in the dark were killed.

After the soldiers returned, Chang Baishan jumped off the carriage to count the battle situation, and came back to report to Qin Ming:

"Kill them all. These people's martial arts skills are not very strong."

"Should we keep an eye on some people and interrogate them for information?"

For example, the shadow guards have been rooted in various places in Daqian for many years, and they must have a lot of information in their hands.

If we can get some information from them, it might be of unexpected help to them.

"Killing them is different from capturing them and torturing them to extract information from the imperial court. If we really capture them, we won't be able to cover up our mistake."

Qin Ming waved his hand and continued to let them take their men on the road.

In a few days, they caught the Shadow Guard seven times.

In battles of all sizes, more than two hundred people were killed.

In addition, they killed a group of flower thieves when they were fighting against them.

Many of Lingnan's shadow guards have been cleared out.

"Your Highness, the gate to Xishu is ahead."

At noon that day, several men came running over to report to Qin Ming.

After leaving the border, they no longer need guards.

Because Daqian had no way of investigating what happened in Western Shu.

"According to the time, it's time to come."

Qin Ming walked out of the carriage, changed a horse and rode to the front of the convoy himself.

In the distance, a group of soldiers guarding the pass had been waiting for a long time.

Before them stood two people wearing black robes and covering their faces with black veils.

Everyone recognizes this hidden and revealing outfit.

They are the Shadow Guards. It seems that these two are high-ranking figures among the Shadow Guards.

"Your Highness, please stop."

As Qin Ming's convoy slowly approached the checkpoint, two shadow guards stepped forward and stopped everyone with their arms crossed.

"Why?"

Qin Ming asked calmly while riding on his horse.

"According to our investigation, you collected supplies some time ago, seemingly intending to smuggle them. Could you allow us to investigate further before heading to Western Shu?"

"What if I say no?"

Qin Ming shook his head, his tone becoming somewhat unfriendly.