The poorest member of the Imperial Guard, the Empress begged me to embezzle.

"No gift."

Chu Xiu waved his hand, looked at Lin Huaiyu, and said in a deep and powerful voice, "Lin Huaiyu, you are in charge of investigating Zhang Rulong and Jiang Tianyi."

"I need to know all their information as quickly as possible."

"Yes, I understand."

Lin Huaiyu's expression turned solemn, and he spoke in a firm and powerful voice.

"Li Jingtian, I need to leave the capital."

"While I am away from the capital, you will be in full charge of all affairs within our Embroidered Uniform Guard!"

Chu Xiu nodded slightly, looked at Li Jingtian, and said in a deep voice.

"Sir, if you have any business to attend to, you can send our Embroidered Uniform Guards to handle it."

"Even subordinates can go out of the capital to handle matters for you, sir."

"But you must not leave the capital, sir!"

Li Jingtian's eyes narrowed, and he said urgently to Chu Xiu, "Now the Wang family of Taiyuan, Wanfo Temple, and Wushang Micheng Temple must all have their eyes on you, sir."

Once it is known that Your Excellency has left the capital, it will certainly be detrimental to Your Excellency.

The Embroidered Uniform Guard can do without any of us.

But we can't live without adults!

Please reconsider, sir!

"Please reconsider, Your Excellency!"

Fang Heng and the others looked at Chu Xiu with worried expressions and said in unison.

"Don't worry, I never do anything I'm not sure I can do."

"With my abilities, I am capable of protecting myself."

"You don't need to worry!"

Chu Xiu smiled calmly and said, "Moreover, the only people who truly know that I have left the capital are you."

As long as you don't say anything, no one will know!

"This……"

Li Jingtian frowned. It wasn't that he didn't trust the people present.

Everyone present was a true member of the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

The fear is that it wasn't that they leaked Chu Xiu's whereabouts, but rather that the Taiyuan Wang family, Wanfo Temple, and Wushang Micheng Temple learned of Chu Xiu's departure from the capital.

Although Wanfo Temple and Wushangmicheng Temple are both sects.

However, sects in the Great Zhou Dynasty are not just high and mighty.

Even sects need to eat, drink, and relieve themselves.

The same applies to Buddhist holy sites like this.

Therefore, even in the secular world, Wanfo Temple and Wushangmicheng Temple possess numerous properties.

This gave Wanfo Temple and Wushang Micheng Temple immense influence and intelligence capabilities within the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Although it cannot compare with the five prominent families and seven powerful clans like the Wang family of Taiyuan.

However, it should not be underestimated.

Fang Heng and the others also frowned, as they were also worried about this issue.

"To the outside world, just say that I am currently in seclusion at the Embroidered Uniform Guard headquarters and that nothing should disturb me."

Chu Xiu said calmly, "Just say that I want to go from the peak of the ninth level of the Dharma Aspect Realm to the Immortal Ascension Realm!"

Lin Huaiyu will be responsible for spreading this news.

Anyway, no one knows his true cultivation level.

Whether it was a breakthrough achieved through seclusion, who can know for sure?

"Yes, sir!"

Lin Huaiyu took a deep breath, calmed himself down, and spoke with utmost respect.

"Alright, that's all."

"Let's all go back."

Chu Xiu stood up and walked towards the outside of the main hall of the Embroidered Uniform Guard headquarters.

Watching Chu Xiu leave, Li Jingtian and the others exchanged glances and said, "Respectfully seeing off our lord."

Chu Xiu returned to the study of the Commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, making all the necessary preparations for seclusion there.

Then, he quietly left the study of the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

He transformed into an incomparably handsome scholar in white robes, left the capital, and headed towards Black Wind Village.

You should know that he possesses the disguise technique, which is a reward from the system.

The disguise skill rewarded by the system has reached perfection.

With the perfected disguise technique, one can achieve a state of endless transformation.

For him, changing his appearance was a piece of cake.

Even the most familiar person would not recognize Chu Xiu now.

The Taihang Mountains lie between Jizhou, Bingzhou, and Silizhou.

The location of Black Wind Stronghold is in Changshan County, Jizhou.

In a large mountain called Black Wind Mountain.

Black Wind Mountain is a branch of the Taihang Mountains.

An hour later.

Black Wind Mountain.

The entire Black Wind Mountain was heavily guarded, with sentries every five or ten steps, and even at the foot of the mountain, there was extremely strict security.

There are even many hidden sentries operating in the shadows.

Chu Leisurely strolled towards the foot of Black Wind Mountain.

However, at this moment, Chu Xiu had already revealed his true colors.

"Scholar, halt! This is Black Wind Stronghold, not a place for you. Leave immediately!"

A tall, burly Black Wind Stronghold leader, dressed in black with a long sword at his waist, shouted loudly at Chu Xiu.

Although the Black Wind Stronghold bandits looked at Chu Xiu, they showed no hostility.

Every Black Wind Stronghold bandit was dressed in black, with a long knife at their waist, but they did not carry spears or lances.

It's clear that the Black Wind Stronghold bandits all practiced their swordsmanship under the tutelage of the tyrant Nie Kuangren.

Moreover, one extremely interesting point is that...

Every Black Wind Stronghold bandit was tall and strong, clearly having practiced external martial arts.

Looking at the well-disciplined and imposing Black Wind Stronghold bandits, Chu Xiu secretly praised them, thinking that the Overlord Blade Nie Kuangren was indeed no ordinary man.

The fact that they trained all the bandits of Black Wind Mountain to be like this makes one think they are the army of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Chu Xiu smiled slightly, cupped his hands in greeting to the Black Wind Stronghold leader, and said, "Chu Xiu has come to visit Chief Nie. Please ask this brother to inform him."

"Chu Xiu?"

"Is this Lord Chu Xiu, the Deputy Commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard?"

Upon hearing this, the Black Wind Stronghold leader paused for a moment, looking at Chu Xiu with a shocked expression on his face.

The bandits of Black Wind Stronghold stared at Chu Xiu in disbelief, as if they couldn't believe that he would actually appear in their Black Wind Mountain.

This is a true high-ranking official of the Great Zhou Dynasty!

A high-ranking official of the third rank, dressed in crimson and purple robes!

"Yes, that's right."

Chu Xiu smiled gently and said.

"Greetings, Lord Chu!"

The Black Wind Stronghold leader's face lit up with immense joy. He knelt down before Chu Xiu and shouted loudly.

"Greetings, Lord Chu!"

The bandits from Black Wind Stronghold also knelt down and shouted in utmost respect.

"No need to be so polite, please stand up quickly."

A strange light flashed in Chu Xiu's eyes. He hadn't expected that the Black Wind Stronghold bandits not only knew his name, but also treated him with such respect.

"Thank you, Lord Chu."

The Black Wind Stronghold leader and his men thanked him before standing up.

"This is what you are doing?"

Chu Xiu coughed and looked at the leader of Black Wind Stronghold, asking a question.

The main reason was that the group of bandits treated him with such respect, which made him somewhat uncomfortable.

Although these bandits were not ordinary bandits, but were truly acting on behalf of Heaven to uphold justice, they also distributed the money they obtained from pacifying other mountain strongholds to the surrounding people.

He can be considered a chivalrous person.

This is also why Chu Xiu personally came to Black Wind Stronghold, wanting to subdue the stronghold's leader, the Tyrant Blade Nie Kuangren.

"Lord Chu, you are the person our chieftain admires most!"

"We, the entire Black Wind Stronghold, have the utmost respect for you!"

"We in Black Wind Stronghold are fully aware of the fact that you had the Embroidered Uniform Guard purchase a large amount of rice, flour, cooking oil, and other supplies to donate to the poor people in the capital."

"That's not all. You set up a special fund for public welfare within the Embroidered Uniform Guard, and used a large amount of money from the fund to carry out free medical clinics in the capital and even throughout the country, benefiting millions of people."

"It makes our entire Black Wind Stronghold admire you the most."

The Black Wind Stronghold leader looked at Chu Xiu with a respectful expression and said, "If the chieftain knew that you had come to visit, he would be very happy!"