723: Who Are You Looking For? (Part One) [Monthly Passes Requested]

The official stood with his hands hanging at his sides, waiting for Zheng Qiao to decide.

After a long while, Zheng Qiao's cool, thin voice broke the silence.

"Send an urgent order, traveling eight hundred li a day. Have the garrison ambush Shen Tang and kill her!"

If Shen Tang had the National Seal, Zheng Qiao would have to go there himself to deal with her. The tigers, leopards, and wolves under his command were hardly the sort to keep their hands to themselves. If he entrusted them with intercepting Shen Tang, that ownerless National Seal would definitely "go missing."

That would be like setting up a formidable enemy for himself.

But now that it was confirmed the National Seal wasn't in Shen Tang's hands, Zheng Qiao naturally had no reason to go in person. He still needed to remain in Mount Ao to keep his own people in check and cow the Dragon Slaying Bureau's allied army across the Miao River. The insects that had crawled into his territory only needed to be swatted dead.

The official received the order and withdrew.

Zheng Qiao closed the military manual in his hand, looking a little irritable, then slowly climbed the tower to gaze into the distance. The view from here was superb. Raising his head to the heavens and looking out in all directions, he could see magnificent, splendid scenery. A sliver of the Miao River was just visible at the edge of the horizon, where waterbirds beat their wings and soared. He could almost hear their clear cries in his ears. For a moment, he felt as if he had become one of them, roaming freely between water and sky.

The river surged and roared, its waters churning.

His hand clenched the windowsill of its own accord.

Then he