Benefits Exchange
The contents of the letter were important.
It mainly mentioned two things.
First, it told the Old Beggar to make preparations. The reason was that the She Ling Soldiers of Yunyang Prefecture had frequently entered the Jingchu Mountain Area to search during this period, seriously disrupting their plans.
The Long Xiang Army and the Heavenly Saint Sect had gathered a group of experts and planned to find an opportunity to sneak into Yunyang Prefecture and blow up the City God Temple with New-Style Gunpowder.
The second matter concerned them.
The letter did not mention the Thunderbolt Fire Scripture, but said that scouts from the Yichang Chiliarch Office had delivered intelligence: the Bamboo Mountain Sect, the local Dharma lineage of Yichang, would send experts to perform a ritual beginning tomorrow to suppress and kill the River Monster.
The Orthodox Xuan Gate and the various Dharma lineages all had specialized rituals for suppressing and killing spirits and demons. However, the ceremony would last at least three days. They would also need to summon troops and lay a net of heaven and earth. By then, the Commandery Commandant Office would send a boat to bring Chiliarch Yuan back.
If they wanted to make a move, tonight was their only chance!
Chiliarch Yuan had released a falcon to carry a message back to the Chiliarch Office, but he had never expected the first people he would provoke would be the Long Xiang Army.
Li Yan shook his head. "In my opinion, Chiliarch Yuan should forget about earning merit for now. With a great battle looming, if you can't expose the mole, I'm afraid you'll all be in trouble."
"More than just trouble."
Chiliarch Yuan's expression darkened. "The brothers we sent into Tusi City have spent years dealing with the local people. Their