Chapter 1979: Youzhous Vigilance! (1/2)

Edited by: Michyrr

As Wang Chong was emerging from the main hall of his estate, in the distant Youzhou…

Whoosh!

Several messenger birds cut through the night, swiftly making their way toward An Yaluoshan's beloved mountain.

On the summit, several figures stood amidst flickering torches—none other than An Yaluoshan and his crew.

Now that Zhang Shougui had been driven away and he now sat on the seat of Andong Protector-General, An Yaluoshan had succeeded, but An Yaluoshan was different from Zhang Shougui. He did not enjoy sitting in the center of power that was the Andong Protectorate headquarters, and still favored his mountain that let him look upon the Central Plains.

As for Cui Qianyou and the others, they would be wherever An Yaluoshan was. They really didn't care what sort of places they could see from this summit.

Taptaptap!

As the group was enjoying the scenery, there was a rush of footsteps from behind them. A few moments later, a Hu guard lowered his head.

”What's wrong? Is it more news about the meeting between Wang Chong and our Protector-General?” An Yaluoshan asked without turning his head, his hands held behind his back.

Zhang Shougui had been demoted to Governor of Kuo Province, but Wang Chong, who held the illustrious titles of Nine Provinces Protector-General, Empire Guardian Great General, and official of Lingyan Pavilion, had gone out to welcome him with a grand procession. News of this incident had already spread through the entire realm, and An Yaluoshan also knew about it.

In truth, all of Zhang Shougui's movements from the moment he left Youzhou had been watched, and Wang Chong, the number one man in the Tang military, was also one of the people they had under close observation.

The meeting of these two had already become the hot conversation topic of his faction.

But to his surprise, when Yan Zhuang took the secret report and glanced at it, he shook his head and grimly said, ”No!

”Your Excellency, there's a problem! Calm Orchid has gone missing!”

”What's going on?”

An Yaluoshan's face paled as he turned around.

”What do you mean, 'Calm Orchid has gone missing'? Didn't I tell you to make matters simple and just kill her as quickly as possible?”

Calm Orchid was an extremely important character in this matter, a servant girl who had served Zhang Shougui for many years. Zhang Shougui trusted her and was used to having her attend him. It was precisely because An Yaluoshan was able to bribe her that he was able to successfully poison Zhang Shougui's tea.

An Yaluoshan would not have dared to remove her while Zhang Shougui still had his post, but Zhang Shougui had reached the capital long ago. As such, he had secretly ordered for Calm Orchid to be eliminated to prevent any problems in the future.

But now, Yan Zhuang was telling him that Calm Orchid had gone missing!

What did that mean?

”There was a mistake. Our men did go to deal with Calm Orchid, but this woman was more cunning than we expected. She requested time off from Zhang Shougui, saying that she was returning to her hometown. Our men went off in pursuit, but we discovered that she had gone missing. We had the entire area locked down, but we couldn't find any trace of her.”

Yan Zhuang lowered his head, his face filled with shame.

Calm Orchid was a weak woman who couldn't even truss a chicken, and dealing with her was as easy as one thrust of a blade. Thus, An Yaluoshan had ordered him to deal with the matter, not expecting an error like this.

A gust of wind blew across the summit, but the air seemed to stagnate.

While Calm Orchid was a minor character, she had played a vital role in this entire incident. If she was not handled properly, she might plant a seed of disaster.

”There's no need to look. If my guess is right, this is the work of the Wind, Forest, Fire, and Mountain teams,” Gao Shang declared.

Everyone grimaced as they turned toward him.

”Calm Orchid is just a simple woman. We have thoroughly investigated her background and have her parents under our control. She would never dare to escape. Youzhou is only so large, and she is just a weak woman, so how could she have the ability to escape our grasp? This is probably the work of the King of Foreign Lands,” Gao Shang firmly concluded.

Everyone nastily scowled, particularly An Yaluoshan, whose face went as black as the bottom of a pot.