Chapter 839: Dizhi
Chapter 839: Dizhi
September 25, 2017
Yueying was aware that she had been a source of disappointment to Lu Hai Kong recently.
Whether it was Yue'er's situation, the intelligence department's matters, or the recent mountain flood incident, Yueying had not played a significant role in any of these affairs.
In all these matters, Yueying's performance had been lacking, which deeply disappointed Lu Hai Kong.
Yueying was unaffected by others' emotions, but Lu Hai Kong's feelings were different. Even the slightest frown from him made her heart tremble. To her, Lu Hai Kong was the reason for her existence. If she let him down completely, then she would have no reason to exist. This was her greatest fear.
After the mountain flood incident, Yueying and her Ghost Shadow Guards began their frantic search.
However, their target was not the Wei family, where clues were found, as Lu Hai Kong had forbidden her from interfering.
But his prohibition did not mean Yueying had nothing to do. She could directly focus on those who harbored ill intentions towards Lu Hai Kong.
Finding these individuals was not easy. They were cautious, mysterious, and highly skilled in anti-tracking techniques, making it nearly impossible to trace them through the few clues they left behind.
So, Yueying changed her approach. Being a top-tier assassin, she was adept at surveillance and knew when and how to strike.
Using this method, Yueying quickly uncovered some leads and utilized the clues she possessed to eventually find those individuals.
However, finding them did not yield much. Aside from stopping their actions and interrogating them, she could not extract any valuable information from their mouths.
This was not due to Yueying's interrogation skills being inadequate. After the Trial, Yueying could be considered an expert in this field under Lu Hai Kong. As long as she wanted to know something and the person knew it, there was nothing she couldn't extract. But the problem was that those four individuals did not know anything too crucial.
These four belonged to a loose organization called Dizhi, similar in nature to Lu Hai Kong's Outsiders. According to them, this organization was entirely composed of loose individuals, specializing in intelligence gathering and assassination.
Their recent action against Lu Hai Kong was merely a contract job, as someone had paid a high price for his head. They had no knowledge of the client's identity, only that they were generous and powerful, and the previous mountain flood plan was arranged by them.
In essence, this so-called Dizhi was a pair of white gloves, meant to be discarded after the job was done. Therefore, they had little knowledge of the mastermind, and Yueying naturally could not dig out the information she desired.
Though the mastermind remained hidden, Yueying deduced from their actions that the southern aristocratic families of Bingzhou were undoubtedly involved. Yueying even extracted some information about those families from the mouths of these individuals.
However, Yueying did not dare overstep her boundaries. She knew her duties and the limits she must not cross.
After organizing all the information, Yueying sent it to Lu Hai Kong.
Lu Hai Kong carefully studied the information Yueying provided. Regarding Dizhi being mere white gloves, he was not surprised.
These past few days, Lu Hai Kong had also been considering these issues. He had a thorough understanding of the mastermind behind this action and could guess the identities of those few people involved.
Lu HaiKong, despite his conflicts with various individuals, had not yet encountered a direct clash of interests with any of the powerful figures in the region. However, there were a few individuals whose influence and power could not be overlooked.
HaiKong was particularly interested in a group known as the "Earthly Branches," a loose organization of twelve individuals, each named after the twelve Earthly Branches. The last four members, who had been sent to confront HaiKong, were the most skilled assassins among them.
While the Earthly Branches appeared to be a scattered group of individuals, HaiKong suspected that they might be under the command of a powerful Outsider Lord.
Compared to the potential threats from other powerful figures, HaiKong was more intrigued by the structure, operations, and location of this Earthly Branches organization.
HaiKong's intuition led him to believe that this group might be under the control of a powerful Outsider Lord. The four leaders who had been captured by Yue Ying were unaware that they were serving someone else's interests, indicating the high level of secrecy and skill employed by the mastermind.
HaiKong was not surprised that the true mastermind remained elusive. Discovering their identity would be a challenging task.
HaiKong's primary interest was not in the individuals themselves but in the structure and operations of the Earthly Branches organization. He instructed Chen Ping to compile the information they had gathered about the Earthly Branches and send it to Xi Zhi Cai.
(End of Chapter 1)
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