Once I enter the pass, great Confucian scholars will surely debate the classics for me.

The reason why unofficial histories are listed as banned books is simply because they are too unofficial, unbelievably so.

The supreme ruler of the Python Sparrow Empire, Emperor Gengshi, the most powerful emperor in the millennium, would actually steal his son's wife. This is truly outrageous, considering that Emperor Gengshi's achievements in both civil and military affairs are undeniable. He was the one who single-handedly created the empire's golden age.

Even the five great empires had to submit to the rule of the imperial family.

This shows how powerful the emperor was; he was a great emperor who dominated an entire era!

Because of his existence, cities from all over came to pay homage and bowed down in submission.

Would such a magnificent emperor, the supreme ruler who led a golden age, really do something immoral because of women? Even if a woman is very beautiful, would an emperor lack women? It's unlikely that he would be so lustful and muddle-headed as to forcibly take his daughter-in-law.

This unofficial historical anecdote likely contains elements of defamation, though it could also be a case of the emperor's decadence and indulgence in pleasure in his later years.

After all, everyone wants to achieve great things when they are young and work hard to govern the country. But when the empire reaches its peak, people tend to become lazy, indulge in pleasure, and enjoy the fruits of their labor, gradually turning into the tyrants that people call them.

At least Zhou Qingfeng had never met Emperor Gengshi, so he couldn't be sure what kind of person Emperor Gengshi was. The most he had heard about Emperor Gengshi was that he was wise and powerful, worked hard to govern the country, and was the greatest monarch of the Golden Age, and was recognized as the supreme emperor.

Therefore, Zhou Qingfeng now has a stereotype of Emperor Gengshi, and feels awe and reverence for him.

The gossip I'm hearing from Hai Shan Yan right now is too explosive and too damaging to the emperor's image.

Zhou Qingfeng was also skeptical, treating it purely as a story without delving into it, but instead mentioned another person.

Hai Shan Yan said, "Yuwen Tuo, the young master of Daxing City, is about your age. He once topped the list of successful candidates and was the first to be named on the list. He is most skilled in the art of combat. The emperor himself commented that Yuwen Tuo has the potential to be a great general!"

"This man is most skilled at leading troops and fighting battles. He is well-versed in military strategy and has unparalleled combat power. He is a born war god. With his 'Sea-Spanning Purple Gold Beam', he can sweep away thousands of troops and is invincible. How could Yuwen Tuo sit idly by and watch the Admiral overshadow him? He will definitely challenge the Admiral to a contest of wits."

Zhou Qingfeng nodded slightly, then followed up with, "Any gossip about him?"

Hai Shan Yan: "Yes, Yuwen Tuo has three great loves in life: fine wine, beautiful women, and saving face. Because of these three loves, he has done many foolish things and farces..."

In the main hall tea room of the Plum Blossom Division, Zhou Qingfeng was getting to know the guests who needed special attention. Hai Shan Yan, as expected of a spy trained by the Secret Service, did a very good job in intelligence gathering, and was basically able to make his points.

Zhou Qingfeng wasn't in a hurry. With fifteen days left until the Millennium Dragon Banquet, there was plenty of time to conduct in-depth background checks on each guest. Even if the Lone Wolf had changed his name, disguised himself, or disguised himself, the Plum Blossom Spy could still dig out some information.

If you can't even do this much, then don't bother with the Millennium Dragon Ascension Banquet. You're not qualified at all, and you shouldn't make a fool of yourself.

Every guest had heard of Zhou Qingfeng, or at least had done a thorough research on him.

It's like the enemy knows you, but you don't know the enemy. In this situation, if someone wants to make things difficult at the banquet, cause trouble, sabotage things, or sow discord, what can Zhou Qingfeng do? He doesn't even know who the other party is or what their background is, so how can he take appropriate countermeasures?

You can't just condemn everyone based on a single, disagreeable remark made at a banquet, can you?

The people who came were not some nobody; they were all top-notch heroes. Their backgrounds, influence, status, power, connections, and so on were no less than Zhou Qingfeng's. If he dared to do such a thing, he would inevitably provoke public anger, and then things would be difficult to handle.

Simply put, you have to pick on the weak. Bully whoever you can, and if you can't bully someone, make friends with them and gang up on them to continue bullying the weak. The key is to ensure that you have enough say and control over the situation at the Millennium Dragon Banquet.

Time flies like an arrow, and seven days have passed in the blink of an eye. With only eight days left until the Millennium Dragon Ascension Banquet, Ye Tingxiu and Xiao Hongyun finally made a great achievement. At dawn, the two, along with their subordinates, carried fourteen corpses to the main hall of the Plum Blossom Division.

"Step back!" Ye Tingxiu waved his hand at his colleagues from the Demon Suppression Division, and the twenty-eight colleagues clasped their fists and quickly retreated outside the hall to wait.

In order to take charge of the overall situation, Zhou Qingfeng has been staying in the main hall of the Plum Blossom Division recently. Hearing the commotion, he got up from his bedroom, wearing a thin black and red robe nightgown, and walked listlessly from the back room to the front hall of the main hall.

Then, he frowned and pointed at the fourteen corpses, asking, "Xiao Xiao, Ye Zi, what happened to these corpses?"

Xiao Hongyun said with a smile, "These are the foreign thieves led by Li Xiangsi."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Qingfeng slowly walked over, knelt down, and removed the white sheets covering the corpses one by one. After examining them briefly, he rubbed his temples and said, "The number is wrong. There should be sixteen people in total, but there are only fourteen corpses. Where are the other two? Have you found out who's behind this?"

Xiao Hongyun and Ye Tingxiu exchanged a glance.

Xiao Hongyun: "Ye Zi, why don't you go first, and I'll add to it?"

Ye Tingxiu said, "I'll tell you, look how cowardly you are, here's what happened..."

The scene shifts to Ye Tingxiu and Xiao Hongyun splitting up, with Ye Tingxiu and his men searching the streets for people. Ye Tingxiu is a man of action, always learning by doing, and he never makes plans before taking action.

After searching for most of the day, Ye Tingxiu and his five subordinates sat down in front of a tea stall to drink tea and rest.

“Lord Ye, how can we find anything without even a target? I heard that Lord Xiao has made some progress. If all else fails, you can humble yourself. Given your life-or-death relationship with Lord Xiao, he will definitely include you in the credit and won’t take all the credit for himself.”

"Yes, Lord Ye, we've been searching the streets like this, but we haven't found a single trace. It's all a waste of our energy."

"Lord Ye, finding people and things is not our specialty in the Demon Suppression Division. If you ask us to take up arms and fight demons, we will do it without hesitation, but finding people... we are really not good at this, we don't know how at it."

"Alright, stop talking and stop making excuses." Ye Tingxiu reached out to stop him, took a sip of his tea, and said, "No one was born knowing how to find people or things. Right now, things are urgent, time is tight, and tasks are heavy. There's no time for you to learn the business. Let's all learn on the job."

The five colleagues from the Demon Suppression Division looked completely bewildered: "Huh? What do you mean by learning by doing?"

Ye Tingxiu: "You learn while you do it! You're uneducated!"

The five colleagues from the Demon Suppression Division scratched their heads, their faces full of worry, looking like they wanted to defecate but couldn't.

Ye Tingxiu said, "In summary, there are four points to consider when looking for someone: clothing, food, housing, and transportation."

“These foreign thieves came from the north. The people there wear clothes that are completely different from ours. In order to avoid suspicion, Li Xiangsi’s group must have bought some local clothes to disguise themselves. Check all the clothing stores to see who bought more than a dozen pieces of clothing at once.”

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