Chapter 579 - Script

Even though the other party was Yin Guan, the ruthless King of Qin Guang.Jiang Wang still expressed his dissatisfaction, “You’ve prepared so much and we’ve come this far, and it’s only now you’re telling me you have new ideas?”

But he was very clear in his mind that for someone like Yin Guan, lack of complete trust was quite normal.

Changing plans at the last moment was all about being unpredictable, preventing those with malicious intent from being able to react in time.

Yin Guan might not necessarily suspect Jiang Wang, but this was the choice he would make.

Not to put hope in others but only trust in oneself.

“You should hear my thoughts before expressing your opinion.

How about it?” Yin Guan said.

Jiang Wang remained expressionless.

Yin Guan suddenly asked, “Do you know what rewards Qi Ting has offered for my capture?”

Having worked in the pursuit team, Jiang Wang of course knew the rewards —

If there was any clue to Hell Has No Door’s Yama that proved to be true, after the capture and resolution, those Grade-4 and below would be promoted by one rank.

They could also choose any one of three secret techniques of the same class from the national treasury.

The rewards were anything but light.

And that was merely for uncovering solid leads.

It was just about sending a signal to the authorities, with no need to risk anything.

As for those above Grade-4, what they would strive for, of course, were the rewards for killing or capturing Yama.

If it wasn’t for the fact that each of the ten Yamas were prominent strong men, beyond the reach of ordinary people, the entire Qi Country would have started excavating every inch of land long ago.

“The rewards are abundant.

So what?” Jiang Wang asked.

Dressed in Hidden Clothes, Jiang Wang could not see Yin Guan’s expression, but his voice was very calm, “Use your Qing brand privileges to inform them of my whereabouts.

Lure Yue Leng over.”

To an ordinary person, this would surely seem like Yin Guan testing them.

But Jiang Wang didn’t think so.

Because someone like Yin Guan, even if he wanted to test someone, wouldn’t do it in such a superficial way.

“What are you trying to do?” Jiang Wang frowned.

If he were to pass information to Yue Leng, it had to be accurate.

Otherwise, it would be tantamount to admitting guilt.

So Yin Guan’s whereabouts would definitely fall into the hands of the pursuit team.

Under the current circumstances, Yin Guan’s decision was no different from seeking death.

“Seeing that you haven’t betrayed me, I’m touched.

So I’m planning to let you get a reward, get a promotion.

Tsk tsk, a Grade-4 Qing brand, quite impressive,” he said.

“Even if you really want to do me a favor, there’s no need for you to seek death,” Jiang Wang said.

“If you have any heirlooms, you could give them to me now.”

Yin Guan completely ignored the second half of his sentence, asking instead, “Do I seem like the kind of person who would seek my own death?”

“You’re the kind who sends others to their deaths,” Jiang Wang said.

If Yin Guan really wanted to die, he could have simply let the tortoise beast eat him in the first place.

Why escape from You Nation and go through all this trouble?

“Let me put it another way.” Yin Guan seemed to chuckle, “My Yamas are now struggling in Bi Yu County, I don’t even know how many have died.

This is burning a hole in my heart.

As their leader, I’ve decided to take responsibility.

I’m going to cause a commotion at the border, a huge commotion, to create an opportunity for them to escape to the Near Sea Archipelago.”

Previously, Jiang Wang thought he had directed his Yama subordinates to draw attention in Bi Yu County while he himself quietly fled to Chi Yang Prefecture, looking for an opportunity to escape across the border.

Little did he expect that what Yin Guan intended to do was quite the opposite.

But just…

Jiang Wang shook his head slightly, “You don’t seem like the type of person who would sacrifice himself for others.”

“Not seeming like it doesn’t mean I won’t do it.

Do you think you understand me very well, Jiang Wang?”

Of course I don’t understand you well enough.

But when you left You Nation and were making harsh threats to the commander of the Negative Stele Army, Zheng Chaoyang, I was there, remember?

With matters in You Nation unresolved, how could a man like you seek death?

While his mind was swirling with thoughts, Jiang Wang finally only said, “I don’t understand you.”

He realized that Yin Guan didn’t want to reveal his true purpose, so he lightly moved on.

“That’s it then,” Yin Guan said.

Yin Guan laughed, “Find a way to send the message.

I’ll sneak into your caravan, but you will unexpectedly discover me.

Deep and wise as you are, you will pretend to be unaware, while secretly and quietly you’ll notify the arrest officer…

In the end, Hell Has No Door’s vicious leader, King of Qin Guang will be slain on the spot, and you, Jiang Qingyang, the pride of Daqi, will have another accomplishment, cleansing the shame inflicted on the Minister of Rites!”

“This play is arranged perfectly, at least for me it is.”

Jiang Wang nodded and asked again, “Are you sure?”

“This is my decision, life or death, I won’t blame you.

After this is done, we’re even.”

Having said that, Jiang Wang felt that Yin Guan had disappeared again.

He must have gone back to that cargo-laden carriage.

What exactly does Yin Guan want to do?

Although he spoke in a secretive way without revealing his intentions, Jiang Wang still vaguely had a guess…

Anyway, there was no downside to this for Jiang Wang himself.

It could even cover up all the suspicions regarding Hell Has No Door associated with him.

He had personally pointed out the whereabouts of King Qin Guang, the bandit leader; what possibility was there for him to be colluding with Hell Has No Door?

As long as this was accomplished, even if someone later came forward to say that it was he who had arranged for Yin Guan to enter Linzi City and also presented evidence, no one would believe it anymore.

They would probably suspect that the evidence was falsified.

He resisted the temptation and did not betray Yin Guan.

It should be said there was never such a temptation since Jiang Wang never entertained that kind of thought from the beginning.

This might be Yin Guan’s way of repaying kindess with kindness.

But Jiang Wang would rather believe that Yin Guan just had his own ideas and was simply executing those ideas.

Jiang Wang was not a selfish person, but it was certainly good news not to have to take risks that weren’t necessary in the first place.

In Yin Guan’s new plan, he was only responsible for relaying the whereabouts, letting Yue Leng and the others know where Yin Guan was.

As for the outcome, he didn’t need to worry about it at all.

He sat in the carriage, quietly thinking for a while, and re-examined everything that had transpired.

Finally, he let out a long sigh and lifted the curtain, “Where are we?”

Xiao, the manager who was in the carriage behind, quickly got down from the carriage,

and hurried to Jiang Wang’s side, “We’re about to enter Yue City’s area.”

Sunshine County and Hengyang Prefecture of Yang Region both border Rong Country, and the caravan could go directly from Sunshine County to Rong Country.

“Yue City?” Jiang Wang seemed to remember something, “I recall there is a Zeren Medical Hall in Yue City, is it still open?

We might as well enter the city to resupply, and I can have a look while we’re there.”

“The sign is still up,” the manager Xiao replied.

“You focus on your cultivation, and I will call you when we reach Yue City.”

The merchant caravan had just left Jia City’s area and did not need to resupply.

But since Jiang Wang was the Dong family, even if there was no need, a need had to be created.

So they continued onward.

When they reached Yue City, Manager Xiao came to call on him.

Jiang Wang conveniently ended his cultivation.

The caravan stayed outside the city while he and a few responsible for purchasing went into Yue City.

Tian Antai of the Tian family of Da Ze , the civil governor of Sunshine County, was of noble birth and had distinguished military achievements.

Of course, in Jiang Wang’s view, the most important aspect was that he had a brother named Tian Anping.

Tian Antai, or rather the staff prepared by the Tian family for him, showed a decent level of governance.

This could be seen from the completely renewed appearance of Yue City.

This also indicated that the Tian family was truly managing Sunshine County as their base, aiming for the position of Prefectural Governor in the future and not just looking to make a quick profit and leave.

If they could manage Sunshine County as well as they had Daze County, the future of the Tian family would be limitless.

Jiang Wang visited the Zeren Medical Hall, and as Manager Xiao said, the sign was still there, but it gave a different impression.

There was nothing much to say about that, after all, both Mr.

Qin and his son were dead.

However, upon leaving, Jiang Wang covertly left the Qing brand catchers’ highest level of warning mark in an alley next to the medical hall before acting as if nothing had happened and left.

Although he was only a temporary Qing brand catcher, he had done some research on the rules related to Qing brand catchers.

After all, a temporary Qing brand was still a Qing brand.

By this step, the performance of “discovering the whereabouts of King Qin Guang and looking for an opportunity to secretly report to a Qing brand catcher” had ended.

No one could find fault with it.

However, as he left the alley, Jiang Wang suddenly thought—

The script was certainly good.

But once the real performance began, would the actors, each with their own thoughts, follow the “script”?