Seven-star Sword Master

"Why didn't you tell me earlier?"

As he spoke, Hu Juncai grabbed Zhou Tian's neck with one hand and lifted him up.

Zhou Tian opened and closed his mouth as if to say something, but no sound came out.

The next moment he felt difficulty breathing. He placed his hands on Hu Juncai's hand that was pinching his neck and tried hard to pry his big hands open, but to no avail.

Looking at Hu Juncai, whose eyes were red and whose mouth was open as if he could eat someone, Zhou Tian looked at Hu Juncai with pleading eyes, and finally managed to shout out with all his strength:

"S-Sir..."

Hu Juncai, who was in extreme anger, seemed to regain a little sanity after hearing this soft call.

"Snapped!"

Hu Juncai swung his hand and threw Zhou Tian aside, who fell heavily to the ground.

"You'd better give me a reasonable explanation."

After saying this, he sat down on the armchair beside him.

"Cough cough..."

Zhou Tian, ​​who fell to the ground, ignored the pain in his body and hurriedly stroked his neck and chest with his hands, breathing heavily.

"Huhuhu..."

It felt so good to be able to breathe freely. He looked at Hu Juncai who was sitting there, and a hint of resentment flashed in his eyes, but then he took this look deeply into his heart.

He quickly got up from the ground, walked towards Hu Juncai, and said to Hu Juncai in a slightly aggrieved voice:

"My Lord, I was about to tell you this, but you stopped me with your hand. You also said that I came here today just to give you face, and that we don't need to care about their identities..."

Later, Zhou Tian's voice became smaller and smaller until no sound could be heard at all.

It’s not that Zhou Tian didn’t want to continue talking, but Hu Juncai’s gaze towards him became more and more fierce.

At night, Ma Jinbao came to Lu Feipeng's residence.

"Brother Ma, please come in quickly."

When Lu Feipeng opened the door and saw that the person coming was Ma Jinbao, he quickly invited Ma Jinbao into the room.

"Hehe, nothing happened, Lord Lu. I hope I didn't disturb your practice?"

"No, what brings you here, Brother Ma?"

He could do nothing about Ma Jinbao calling him Lord Lu. He had talked to Ma Jinbao about it several times before, but Ma Jinbao insisted on calling him Lord Lu citing the rules of the Inspection Department.

"That's right, Lord Lu. Previously, Zhao Lei..."

This time, Ma Jinbao came specifically to tell Lu Feipeng what happened during the day, and even told Lu Feipeng about the evil deeds done by Hu Juncai and Eunuch Xu.

"I thought it was something else, but it turns out to be this!"

Lu Feipeng waved his hand as he spoke:

"It doesn't matter. Although it is true that Hu Juncai was born in Fanyang County, he will be our Ningtai Township's pacification envoy in the future. His arrogant character will not work in Ningtai Township. It is good to temper his temper this way."

Ma Jinbao chatted with Lu Feipeng for a while, and finally he said to Lu Feipeng:

"Master Lu, tomorrow Inspector Zhao will go to the villages below to deliver supplies. Do you have anything to bring back to Sanjia Village?"

The so-called delivery of supplies mainly refers to Ningtai Township distributing silver coins and copper coins, as well as communication talismans and the like to the villages below.

It turned out that Zhao Lei went to find Ma Jinbao after parting with Hu Juncai in order to go out of the city to carry out a mission, and Ma Jinbao lived up to Zhao Lei's trust and directly asked him to go to the village below to deliver supplies in advance.

The duration of this kind of task is not fixed, as long as you deliver the goods, of course, you can't just stay here and rely on this task.

"Brother Ma, please wait a moment."

After saying that, Lu Feipeng returned to the quiet room, wrote two letters and gave them to Ma Jinbao.

"Brother Ma, please pass this letter to Patrol Officer Zhao and ask him to take it to my family. Also, give another letter to the patrol team's deputy captain, Chen Shaofei."

After Ma Jinbao left, Lu Feipeng entered the golden space again to continue his sword practice.

The next day, Zhao Lei left early in the morning. All the supplies were prepared. Ma Jinbao helped Zhao Lei prepare them overnight yesterday.

This was also what Zhao Lei requested. If they left too late, it would be troublesome if they were blocked by Hu Juncai in Si's mansion.

Later, with Liu Xiangyang and Lu Feipeng around, Hu Juncai couldn't kill him directly, but he also didn't want to stay here and be bullied by Hu Juncai.

It is worth mentioning that after leaving Lu Feipeng last night, Ma Jinbao came to Wang Yu Shi again, and Wang Yu Shi also brought a letter home.

There was nothing to do today and the day was about to end, but at the end of the hour of Wei, a hurried figure ran towards Si's mansion.

"It's bad. Something has happened. It's a big accident."

A figure staggered over from the communication office.

"what happened?"

All the patrol guards came out of the hall, and everyone's eyes were looking towards the running figure.

"It's Old Li from the Communications Office!"

There were only so many patrol guards in the Sifu, and the person who was shouting in the Sifu was quickly recognized.

"Hey, Lao Li, what happened that made you run so fast?"

After Lao Li's identity was recognized, someone familiar with him immediately asked Lao Li about his situation.

However, the patrol guard named Lao Li ignored the shouts of these people, and continued to run inside while shouting.

"What happened?"

Upon seeing this, all the patrol guards present turned their heads to look at each other, trying to see if they could get some information from other people.

But after a group of people went back and forth, they did not receive any useful information.

"Who was on patrol this afternoon? Do you know what happened?"

"It's me." "And me." "Nothing happened in the city during the afternoon patrol."

"That's weird. If nothing happened, why is Lao Li in such a hurry?"

Ma Jinbao was checking intelligence gathered from various places at his desk when he suddenly heard a voice that was very familiar to him.

"Oh no! Something happened!"

Hearing this, Ma Jinbao frowned. Recently, whenever he heard this kind of voice, he would have a bad feeling in his heart.

"Why is Lao Li in such a hurry?"

"Butler Ma."

As soon as he saw Ma Jinbao, the patrol guard named Lao Li, who had been feeling a little panicked, seemed to feel a little comforted.

"It's like this, Steward Ma. The day before yesterday, as a routine matter, I sent a message to the villages below to ask them to report the silver and money that each village lacked;

Several villages reported their respective damages on the same day, and by yesterday almost all villages had responded, except Beishan Village, which had not yet recovered.

I originally thought that maybe Beishan Village had forgotten to reply, so I sent a message to the two village envoys of Beishan Village yesterday;

But I didn't receive a reply from them yesterday, and I didn't take it seriously, thinking that they were counting how much was missing. But today I still haven't received a reply from Beishan Village.

I thought something was wrong, so I sent a message to the two village envoys in Beishan Village, asking them to reply to me immediately after receiving the message, but I still haven't received a reply from Beishan Village."

At this point, Lao Li looked at Ma Jinbao and said:

"Manager Ma, I think something may have happened in Beishan Village."

"Beishan Village?"

Hearing this, Ma Jinbao narrowed his eyes slightly, his brain worked rapidly, and a map of Ningtai Township immediately appeared in his mind.

The next thing that came to his mind was the location and information about Beishan Village.

Beishan Village is located at the northernmost part of Ningtai Township. The registered population of the village is about 30,000. There are ten cultivators in the Spirit Induction Realm, including two village envoys.

Now Lao Li actually told him that such a large village had lost contact. The news was shocking.

"You come with me."

Thinking of this, Ma Jinbao hurriedly took Lao Li to the back.

Behind his office is Liu Xiangyang's study.

"Boom boom boom!"

"Enter."

After two days of treatment, Liu Xiangyang's injuries have almost recovered.

"What's the matter, Jinbao?"

Seeing that Ma Jinbao actually brought someone to him, Liu Xiangyang knew that something had happened at the first time, and this time the incident was probably not going to be small.

"Sir, something may have happened. Beishan Village has been out of contact for two days. It seems something has happened."

"Beishan Village?"

Liu Xiangyang murmured to himself. He not only knew this village, but he had also been there several times.

"what happened?"

"My Lord, this is the case. Old Li, please tell me..."

In order to prevent himself from relaying incorrectly, Ma Jinbao asked Lao Li to repeat what he had said before.

"Someone, go and notify the other three envoys to hold a meeting with Lord Shen in the meeting room."

After hearing what Lao Li said, Liu Xiangyang realized that the matter was serious, so he directly ordered several officers guarding the door to notify the rest of the people.

"What happened to Master Liu?"

Hu Juncai was the first to arrive.

Liu Xiangyang didn't want to explain one by one, so he said to Hu Juncai: "Let's talk about it after the others arrive."

Seeing that he was asking for trouble, Hu Juncai narrowed his eyes. It was obvious that Liu Xiangyang's answer made him unhappy; but after Eunuch Xu and Lu Feipeng, who arrived later, suffered the same fate as him, he finally felt a little balanced.

After everyone arrived, Liu Xiangyang went straight to Beishan Village and lost contact, so Liu Xiangyang asked Lao Li to repeat the story again.

After Lao Li finished speaking, everyone's faces looked heavy. They knew in their hearts what the news of a village losing contact meant.

"You go down first. This news is temporarily blocked and not disclosed to the public."

After Lao Li left, they began to discuss the affairs of Beishan Village, and Ma Jinbao told them all the information about Beishan Village.

"Okay, that's all the information we have about Beishan Village. It's impossible for so many monks to lose contact at the same time. Something must have happened."

At this point Liu Xiangyang continued:

"We have to go to Beishan Village to take a look. My injuries have not healed yet, Eunuch Xu cannot leave the city, and Lord Hu has just arrived and is not suitable for going out."

At this point, Liu Xiangyang looked at Lu Feipeng and said:

"Lord Lu, please go to Beishan Village."

"it is good!"

"No, I don't agree."

As soon as Lu Feipeng finished speaking, he heard a dissenting voice in his ears.

Swish!

Everyone's eyes turned to the owner of the voice.

This voice came from Hu Juncai.

Liu Xiangyang looked at Hu Juncai and asked, "Master Hu, are you against it because you think there is something wrong?"

Hu Juncai replied:

"It is like this, Lord Liu. It is true that I have just taken up the post of Pingbei Envoy, but I also came from the Fanyang County Inspection Office. What has I not encountered in Fanyang County?

I think I don't need to bother Lord Lu with this matter. Please let me come. After all, I just arrived and this happened. It would be a bit unreasonable if I don't go."