Braised Dragon with Soy Sauce

Fortunately, I was careful along the way and didn't leave any loopholes.

It seems that this last leg of the journey is the most dangerous beginning.

Fortunately, this ranch is a private ranch that Su Yangyan's family has been running for nearly a thousand years, and the ranch herders are all Su Yangyan's relatives and confidants.

Furthermore, the ranch is surrounded by barriers and sentry posts, making it difficult for outsiders to enter without the permission of the people inside the ranch.

Therefore, it is relatively safe for the children to live on the ranch for the time being. However, it is by no means a long-term solution, after all, it is just a ranch, and the defense measures are relatively limited. It would not be difficult for someone with some cultivation level to break through.

“It is indeed possible. We should be more inclined to believe it than not. This matter needs to be considered carefully. Miss, let’s go to Shangyuan City now and convene a meeting of the Grand Secretaries. We can use this opportunity to eliminate those hidden cancers.”

He gave the order that the grove where the children were temporarily staying be designated a restricted area, and that no one be allowed to enter within a hundred feet of the grove.

"Tell Master Mu and Master Tu to lead the falcons here to guard the area. Anyone who dares to enter recklessly will be killed without mercy."

After saying that, he asked the base for four Crimson Cloud Horses and together with Huang Xiaoxiao, Qimei, and Qingwei, they rushed to Shangyuan City overnight.

Yun'er was left behind by Mo Yuming to take care of Pu Yazhu and the others.

Late at night, in the top-secret conference room on the third floor of the Prime Minister's Mansion in Shangyuan City, more than a dozen top administrators of the Great Xia Empire, including Su Yangyan, Huo Chengde, Jiang Yuheng, Huang Xiaoxiao, Su Ce, Sun Min, Qi Feng, and Wang Baichuan, gathered together to convene a meeting of the Grand Secretaries at Mo Yuming's instruction.

Since Huang Xiaoxiao knew a lot about the Feather Palace, she chaired this meeting.

Although Su Yangyan, Huo Chengde, and other local aristocratic family heads had some understanding of the Feather Palace, it was not comprehensive. Like Mo Yuming, they felt that the Feather Palace was just like those other large aristocratic families and overlords.

Only Huang Xiaoxiao, who came from a prominent family, knew how terrifying the Feather Emperor Palace was; it was incomparable to any powerful family or royal clan.

After Huang Xiaoxiao's analysis, everyone realized the seriousness of the matter.

"Since Wu Ji wants to use the remnants of the sinful clan as a bargaining chip to divert trouble eastward and wants to use the Feather Palace to deal with us."

So why don't we use this incident to launch a counterattack and completely eradicate the cancer that Wu Ji has planted in our Great Xia Empire?

Fortunately, the Feather Palace wants to govern the entire Tianxuan Continent as the guardian of justice, so they will definitely give a high-sounding reason to convince the world before taking any action.

Therefore, as long as we adopt a posture of compliance with the Feather Palace, the Feather Palace will not take any overt actions against us.

After analyzing the ins and outs of the situation, Huang Xiaoxiao asked everyone to discuss how to resolve the crisis.

"I suggest using this pretext of arresting the remnants of the criminal clan to conduct a thorough investigation and bring out all the people planted and lurking by Wu Ji and other interest groups."

Then we further strengthened the control over the migrant population, registering every original resident household and issuing them household registers for our future management..."

Mo Yuming said.

After a two-hour conversation, all actions were meticulously planned and immediately put into action.

All actions will proceed in two steps.

The first step was for Su Yangyan to issue a decree ordering the pursuit and extermination of the remaining members of the criminal clan and their henchmen, putting the entire prefecture and three counties on high alert.

Su Ce, from the National Security Department, mobilized all national security personnel to register and screen all migrant workers;

Jiang Yuheng mobilized the army to block all ports of entry and exit, and all people entering and leaving the country were subject to strict screening. He also dispatched troops to assist the National Security Bureau in arresting suspicious persons.

The second step was for Huo Chengde to issue a decree from the Ministry of Justice, in which all officials of the Ministry of Justice, in cooperation with officials of the prefecture and county governments, registered and distributed household registers to all permanent residents.

The first to act were Jiang Yuheng's army.

At the outset, Jiang Yuheng appointed Qi Feng as the military commander to lead 20,000 heavily armored soldiers to strengthen the defense of Shilipo Pass, in order to prevent a surprise attack by the enemy after the operation began.

After several months of construction, the Wohugang Fortress and Shilipo Pass have taken initial shape and are already capable of defense.

Most of the soldiers in the army have now been equipped with Xuan Tie magical artifacts, which has greatly improved their combat effectiveness.

Twenty thousand heavily armored soldiers could easily withstand an attack by an army of one hundred thousand.

Then he ordered General Niu Tianze to lead 5,000 troops to guard the Wangxiang town port to prevent the enemy from bypassing the Zhenglan Kingdom and launching a surprise attack.

Because the road from Zhenglan Kingdom to Wangxiang Town Port is a narrow, winding path that stretches for over a hundred miles, it is difficult for supply trains to pass through. If a surprise attack is to be launched, only light cavalry or infantry can be dispatched.

Therefore, having 5,000 troops stationed there is basically enough.

General Liu Liangyi was dispatched with 2,000 soldiers to reinforce the 3,000 garrison at Huilongdao, just in case.

Through development and expansion, Jiang Yuheng now commands nearly 60,000 soldiers.

In addition to leaving 10,000 troops to garrison the fortress, another 20,000 troops were divided into three teams to assist Su Ce's National Security Forces in imposing martial law throughout the city.

After all troops were quickly deployed, Su Yangyan issued an official document declaring a nationwide state of alert. The National Security Department immediately launched its operations.

After the operation began, Su Ce personally led the main force into Jian'an City, where the investigation was the focus of the operation.

After the meeting, Huo Chengde and Mo Yuming had a secret meeting. Huo Chengde told Mo Yuming that the weapon refiner Sima Wu had been secretly dealt with, and that Li Qing and others had been taken into custody under the pretext of this incident involving the remnants of the criminal clan.

Because it involved the Feather Emperor's Palace, Li Qing dared not cause any trouble and had no choice but to obediently comply.

The detailed account is actually a chance event. After hearing that the mine had high-quality black iron ore, Sima Wu became greedy and wanted to make a profit from it.

But fearing retaliation, they dared not take action.

Just on the very day that Eunuch Pao launched his attack using the remnants of the sinful clan, his master, Li Qing, happened to arrive in Shangyuan City to promote his latest magical artifact.

So they came up with the idea of ​​using the name of the Weapon Refiners Association to commit fraud.

At the beginning, Sima Wu secretly met with Huo Chengde in the name of his master, saying that his master already knew about the black iron ore and wanted to invest in the mine and sell the ore with Huo Chengde.

After Huo Chengde refused for various reasons, he threatened Huo Chengde by claiming that his master would publicly announce in the Refiners Association that there was black iron concentrate in the ore field.

Huo Chengde pretended to have no choice but to compromise, promising to give the master and his apprentice a thousand catties of black iron ore every month. A thousand catties of black iron ore every month would be a very considerable income. Sima Wu was very happy and immediately agreed, and promised not to reveal any information to outsiders. He also promised to help Huo Chengde forge magical artifacts when the time was right.

However, when Huo Chengde asked Sima Wu and his disciple to swear an oath in his presence not to spread the news, Sima Wu revealed his true colors, saying that his master had entrusted him with the entire responsibility for this matter, and that as long as he swore an oath, there was no need to call his master.

He also said that from now on, the black iron ore could be delivered directly to him on a monthly basis.

Huo Chengde immediately concluded that Sima Wu had not told his master about the ore mine.

He then signaled the Falcon Guards, who were secretly monitoring him, to immediately subdue Sima Wu, cripple his cultivation, and shred his throat, rendering him unable to speak.