Chapter 327 Cross Hill Robbery

That night, Ganlu Palace.

"Did Doctor Xue really say that?"

Emperor Yongyuan frowned and asked Zhao Feng below.

"Your Majesty, it is absolutely true."

"Dr. Xue was unwilling to reveal the specific details to this old slave, but his attitude was particularly tough. It seems that His Highness Ankang's condition has a very important research value for his medical books."

Zhao Feng reported truthfully.

Although he did not like Doctor Xue's attitude towards him, he would never mix his subjective emotions in such matters.

After hearing this, Emperor Yongyuan pondered for a moment and then said:

"Since he cannot cure Ankang's condition, it is useless."

Emperor Yongyuan shook his head regretfully.

"But Your Majesty, Doctor Xue said that he can make Princess Ankang's body healthier."

"Just this point alone should be enough to comfort Ah Xuan."

Whether it is Emperor Yongyuan or Zhao Feng, even if there may be several years to go, they are already working on what to do after Princess Ankang is gone.

For people like them, it is a habit to prepare for a rainy day.

"Even if we can guarantee Ah Xuan's future, do you still think that he will choose to abandon our Daxing because of Ankang's problem?"

Emperor Yongyuan's tone was filled with displeasure.

Zhao Feng also heard the mood of Emperor Yongyuan, and his heart tightened, but he still bit the bullet and said his true thoughts.

"I'm afraid that His Highness Ankang's experience in the past few years cannot be made up in the short term."

"Although Ah Xuan is quite intelligent, he is only one year old after all."

"He will weigh the pros and cons, but given his relationship with Princess Ankang, I'm afraid that the probability of him acting on impulse in the end is still higher."

Obviously, Emperor Yongyuan did not like this answer.

"Isn't there still the maid Yu'er?"

Hearing Emperor Yongyuan's question, Zhao Feng knelt down hurriedly and advised:

"Your Majesty, unless it is absolutely necessary, you must not choose this path."

"This will completely cut off the possibility of Ah Xuan sincerely submitting to Daxing."

"At that time, it will definitely not be a good result for Daxing."

Emperor Yongyuan pressed his brows with a headache.

It's not that he didn't know this truth, but he had less and less time, so it also greatly exhausted his patience.

"Forget it."

"In that case, I will agree to Doctor Xue's request, and take care of other people."

"If Ankang becomes healthy, it will definitely make some people impatient."

Zhao Feng's face became serious, and he immediately accepted the order:

"Your Majesty, don't worry, the safety of Jingyang Palace will be guaranteed by my Ministry of Internal Affairs."

Emperor Yongyuan waved his hand and said casually:

"Okay, I'll leave these things to you."

"Recently, we must keep the palace calm."

Zhao Feng understood what Emperor Yongyuan meant, and then he left Ganlu Hall.

As soon as Zhao Feng arrived outside the door, he saw Shang, the chief steward, who was waiting here.

"Godfather."

Zhao Feng stepped forward and greeted him.

Shang, the chief steward nodded, and then the father and son left the place side by side and headed towards the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

On the way, Zhao Feng also reported the previous instructions in Ganlu Hall to Shang truthfully.

"Godfather, I'm afraid we will be busy for a while."

Zhao Feng sighed, frowning, and seemed to feel that the next situation was difficult.

"The Ministry of Internal Affairs is to share the worries of His Majesty, so it's better to be busy, it's better to be busy."

"Feng'er, it's better to be busy than to be idle."

General Manager Shang comforted his adopted son.

The figures of the two gradually disappeared into the shadows.

...

Jingyang Palace.

Li Xuan sat on the eaves, closed his eyes and looked up at the scorching sun in the sky.

Although he closed his eyes at this moment, he could still clearly feel the position of the sun.

Li Xuan silently practiced the Yang Deficiency Sensing Qi Method, and carried out the process of refining essence into Qi.

However, this process was extremely slow and boring. Until today, Li Xuan still had not cultivated the trace of Yang attribute true Qi in his body.

[Yang Deficiency Sensing Qi Method: 23%]

Li Xuan had not even practiced a quarter of the progress of this skill.

After a long time, Li Xuan completed the practice of Yangxu Sensing Qi today, and the progress of the technique jumped from 23 to 24.

But when he practiced Yinruo Juqi Technique again in the evening, the progress of Yangxu Sensing Qi would drop by 0.5.

In other words, on average, he could only get 0.5 progress for each technique.

If he wanted to practice these two techniques to perfection and complete the practice of Sensing Qi, it would take him half a year.

And in half a year, the coldness in Princess Ankang's body would probably become stronger two or three times.

Thinking of this, Li Xuan couldn't help but feel anxious.

Since he learned from Doctor Xue that Princess Ankang's body couldn't even withstand a burst of cold, Li Xuan didn't dare to postpone helping Princess Ankang absorb the cold.

"We have to find a way to speed up the progress of cultivation."

"Although the natural treasures of Yin and Yang are scarce, they are not unavailable."

"Let's go to the two stewards of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to ask."

Li Xuan now sets the time for the practice of the two exercises at noon and midnight.

At these two times, he can feel that the practice will be easier.

After completing the practice of Yangxu Ganqi today, Li Xuan went straight to the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Before, he had also greeted the two stewards of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to help him keep an eye out for the natural treasures that could be used.

But at that time, Zhao Feng clearly said that the natural treasures of Yin and Yang are extremely rare and valuable.

Of course, the natural treasures of Yin and Yang mentioned by Zhao Feng here are all single-attribute Yin or Yang.

After all, there are very few people in the world who dare to practice both yin and yang like Li Xuan.

Even a single yin and yang attribute is something that only a person who is not a child of destiny dare not think about.

Therefore, most of the natural treasures on the market that can help practice yin and yang attributes are of a single attribute.

In a special case like Li Xuan, such natural treasures cannot be taken, otherwise the progress of the other attribute will drop significantly, and it will be even more difficult to regain balance at that time.

Moreover, Li Xuan will most likely waste two kinds of yin and yang attributes of natural treasures, and his progress will not be improved at all.

Therefore, what Li Xuan needs is a natural treasure with balanced yin and yang, which is even rarer.

However, such natural treasures are generally not very useful for cultivation, and their personalities are relatively mild, but they are not of much value to other practitioners.

"I wonder if there is any news from Old Zhao?"

Li Xuan came to the Ministry of Internal Affairs with a sad face.

He went straight to Shang Zongguan's yard, but found no one.

Li Xuan sniffed around the Ministry of Internal Affairs for a long time before he found the scent of the two people in a place that looked like a study.

He meowed outside, then pushed a window open with his head, and pawed on the edge of the window to look inside.

Inside the room, Shang Zongguan and Zhao Feng couldn't help laughing at the cat's head coming in from the window.

"Ah Xuan, stop pawin' there, come in."

Shang Zongguan waved to Li Xuan.

After getting permission, Li Xuan was not polite. One of his hind legs suddenly touched the edge of the window, and then the whole cat easily flipped into the window.

"Haha, you are quite skilled at flipping through the window."

Zhao Feng on the side couldn't help but joked.

"Meow! (That's not right!)"

Li Xuan raised his head proudly, this is his signature skill.

When he hadn't started practicing, he often went around the palace, and he was already very familiar with it.

It seemed that Shang Zongguan and Zhao Feng were discussing something here just now.

Li Xuan glanced at some letters and a map on the table.

"Hey, this seems to be a map of the capital?"

Li Xuan jumped onto the table, and seeing that the two stewards did not mean to avoid him, he looked at it openly.

"Meow? (What are you doing?)"

Li Xuan tilted his head.

"This is not something you, a little cat, should know."

Zhao Feng rubbed Li Xuan's round head and said with a giggle.

Li Xuan bit back impatiently, but Zhao Feng still dodged it.

"Tsk, you dodged it pretty quickly!"

Li Xuan cursed in his heart.

As his cultivation level continued to break through, he naturally narrowed the gap between him and Zhao Feng, but if he wanted to bite Zhao Feng's hand, he still needed to work harder.

"Ah Xuan, you came to see us for something, right?"

At this time, Shang Zongguan asked Li Xuan.

Li Xuan did not hesitate and directly stated his purpose. He picked up the brush on the table and wrote a line of words.

"So it's about the treasures of heaven and earth."

After learning the purpose of Li Xuan's visit, Shang Zongguan and Zhao Feng looked at each other silently.

"Speaking of it, our current situation is indeed related to the treasures of heaven and earth you need, but we haven't got any definite news yet."

Li Xuan's heart moved immediately. He didn't expect that he came so coincidentally.

"Ah Xuan, do you remember the Ping An Commercial Bank that I took you to last time I left the palace?"

Shang Zongguan asked Li Xuan.

Li Xuan nodded immediately.

At that time, it was Li Xuan's first time to leave the palace. Shang Zongguan brought a team of people to Ping An Commercial Bank in the capital in the name of going out of the palace to buy.

According to Shang Zongguan, Ping An Commercial Bank is one of the industries of Emperor Yongyuan and an important base for them to gather intelligence outside.

At that time, after Shang Changguan had completed his disguise in Ping An Merchant, he took Li Xuan to the Siyun Grain Shop in Baoningfang.

Now that Shang Changguan mentioned this matter again, it seems that their current problem is related to Ping An Merchant.

Zhao Feng on the side took over the conversation and briefly introduced the current situation to Li Xuan.

It turned out that a few days ago, the caravan of Ping An Merchant was hijacked by a group of people when it was about to arrive in the capital.

Not only were all the goods robbed, but the people responsible for guarding the caravan were also killed.

Shang Changguan and Zhao Feng both thought this matter was not simple.

The name of Ping An Merchant was known to everyone in the capital. Although the outside world did not know that it was the property of Emperor Yongyuan, the power of Ping An Merchant was not small at all, and its business was done all over Daxing.

They really couldn't imagine who would hijack the caravan of Ping An Merchant in the vicinity of the capital.

In the eyes of outsiders, this was tantamount to a suicide act.

It's not that the caravan of Ping An Merchant has never been robbed.

There is no business without risk, as the saying goes, wealth and honor are sought in danger.

They were carrying valuable goods in the wilderness, which would definitely attract bandits.

But being robbed around the capital was probably the first time since the establishment of Ping An Commercial Bank.

Therefore, this incident directly alarmed the two general managers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

On weekdays, they would never interfere in the affairs of Ping An Commercial Bank.

But this time, Emperor Yongyuan personally ordered it, and they could only find out as soon as possible.

According to the detailed records in the letters sent, the robbery occurred three days ago at the Cross Slope, sixty miles away from the capital.

This place is considered a major transportation route. There are roads leading not only to the capital, but also to several other important cities nearby. Although it is in the wilderness, there is an inn with good business, and there are many people coming and going. It is definitely not a good place to start.

But the caravans of Ping An Commercial Bank were robbed, and even the most unreasonable things became reasonable.

The robbers rushed out of the forest without a word, killed everyone on the road, and then took away the goods.

This information was heard from the inn located on the Cross Hill.

Although the robbers killed everyone on the road, they did not attack the inn.

The inn was not far from the scene of the incident, so there were even many witnesses.

After learning the whole story, Li Xuan did not show much interest.

Although the robbers acted cleanly, such a simple robbery would not be difficult for the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Li Xuan looked up at Shang Zongguan and Zhao Feng. He was more concerned about what Shang Zongguan meant by the treasures of heaven and earth.

Seeing Li Xuan's expression, Shang Zongguan naturally understood what he meant.

"This caravan had sent a message before, saying that they got a Ziwu Twin Lotus."

"According to the manager of the caravan, this Ziwu Twin Lotus is a natural treasure produced by mutation, which is unheard of."

"He also got my message before, and then he paid attention to this special natural treasure with both yin and yang properties, so he spent a high price to bring it back."

"But this time it was also robbed."

Li Xuan was speechless when he heard it.

"Isn't this too coincidental?"

He finally got the news about the natural treasure, but he encountered a robber who robbed the natural treasure.

"Are you targeting my little cat!?"

Seeing that Li Xuan was so angry that his hair was about to explode, Shang, the chief steward, smiled and comforted him:

"Haha, don't be angry either."

"I guess the other party is not coming for this Ziwu Twin Lotus."

"This kind of natural treasure produced by sudden mutation has its efficacy still unconfirmed, so its value is hard to say."

"Although the manager of the caravan spent a lot of money, it was a great bargain for the natural treasure with yin and yang attributes, because no one knows the specific efficacy of this thing."

"So, I guess no one would choose to hijack the caravan of Ping An Merchants for such a thing with uncertain value?"

"I'm afraid there is another hidden story here."

Zhao Feng on the side also nodded seriously.

They had just received the news, and the order from Emperor Yongyuan for them to conduct a thorough investigation was also sent over.

The father and son were about to send someone to investigate the matter immediately, and Li Xuan popped up at the window.

At this time, Shang Zongguan suddenly looked at Li Xuan and asked him:

"What do you think, Xuan?"

"It's about your natural treasures, are you interested in going with me?"

Shang Zongguan's sudden proposal made Zhao Feng frown and look at his godfather in confusion.

Shang Zongguan immediately gave Zhao Feng a veiled look, Zhao Feng understood and remained silent.

Li Xuan was also surprised. He didn't expect Shang Zongguan to suddenly invite him.

This was the business of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and Li Xuan shouldn't have interfered casually.

But after all, this caravan brought the natural treasures that he needed.

Although according to what Shang Zongguan said, the efficacy is still uncertain, but it is always related to him.

Moreover, as the saying goes, no merit, no reward, he can take this opportunity to return the favor of this natural treasure.

Li Xuan thought about it, then nodded and agreed to it.

Shang Zongguan smiled, gently touched Li Xuan's head, and then said:

"Don't worry, this time you are responsible for helping with the search, and the other things will be handled by the flowery eunuchs."

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