Fang Han Go around to an alley behind the medicinal shop.
The alley is narrow, and the high walls on both sides cast large shadows.
The courtyard wall is very high, but it cannot stop Fang Han.
"Whoosh!"
Fang Han tapped his toes, lifted up silently, climbed over the wall and fell into the backyard.
In addition to the warehouse, there is also a large open space in the backyard that is used as a drying ground.
At this time, more than a dozen workers were selecting medicines and drying them in this open space.
"Puff puff puff--"
Fang Han used the mental impact of Sword Intent to kill these dozen guys in an instant.
Then he quickly put a sword on each person's neck to prevent the information about Sword Intent from being exposed.
He glanced across the backyard.
The warehouse door is under the corridor, and an iron lock is hung on the nose of the door.
He approached, raised his hand and twisted, the iron lock snapped, and he pushed the door open and walked in.
The warehouse is not big, with dozens of wooden boxes and a dozen pottery urns piled up.
The wooden boxes contain all kinds of dried medicinal materials, and the pottery jars contain prepared medicines.
Fang Han stretched out his hand and pressed it on a wooden box.
"Recharge."
The wooden box disappeared silently.
"Recharge."
The pottery urns also disappeared one after another.
In just a moment, the entire warehouse was empty.
The number on System Panel jumped a bit.
[Possessed Wealth:10.18 million gold→10.21 million gold]
The wealth has only increased by 30,000 gold. After all, it is only a medium-sized industry and the medicinal materials stored are limited. The harvest of 30,000 gold is already good.
"Whoosh!"
Fang Han turned around and left the warehouse, climbed over the courtyard wall, and fell into the alley.
He walked along the alley to the street, blended in with the crowd, and walked slowly towards the city gate.
"Whoosh!"
After leaving the city, Fang Han figured out the direction and headed south.
About an hour later, the outline of another city appeared in the field of vision.
This city is slightly larger than the one just now, with more pedestrians on the streets and denser shops.
Thunderlight Pavilion A medium-sized material store is located between a row of shops on the main street in the west of the city.
The door of the store is wide open, and people come in and out from time to time. It's obvious that business is doing well.
Fang Han also went around to the backyard and climbed over the wall.
"Puff, puff--"
There were two Guard guarding the warehouse. Before they had time to issue a warning, they were instantly killed by Fang Han.
Fang Han easily broke the warehouse door lock and stepped into the warehouse.
Dozens of baskets of ore were stacked on the side of the warehouse, and several half-person-high wooden boxes were placed in the corners, containing various auxiliary materials for refining tools.
Fang Han Without hesitation, he reached out and touched it.
"Recharge."
Ore and wooden boxes disappeared one after another.
System Panel number jumps again.
[Possessed Wealth:10.21 million gold→10.26 million gold]
Possessed Wealth adds 50,000 gold, which is a bit more than the previous medium-sized medicine shop. The most important thing is that the weapon refining materials are valuable.
Fang Han climbed over the wall, walked through several streets and alleys, and headed towards the city gate.
Before nightfall, Fang Han looted two medium-sized properties in the Thunderlight Pavilion.
One is a weapons shop, with hundreds of finished weapons and dozens of boxes of fine iron stored in the warehouse.
The other place is a food store. The warehouse in the backyard is filled with expensive Blood Rice and animal oil suitable for warriors.
Fang Han followed the same method every time, climbing over the wall, killing the guards, breaking the door lock, and removing all the valuables in the warehouse Recharge.
After succeeding twice, his wealth increased by another 40,000 gold.
[Possessed Wealth:10.26 million gold→10.3 million gold]
As the night grew darker, Fang Han did not stop.
His figure turned into a pale shadow in the moonlight, sweeping northward towards the next target.
It was a small city located at the foot of a mountain. There was a medium-sized industry in the city called Thunderlight Pavilion that specialized in purchasing animal skins and bones.
Fang Han entered the city at night and followed the location shown in the information to the back street where the shop was located.
He climbed over the courtyard wall and fell into the courtyard.
There was no one guarding the warehouse. A flash of surprise flashed in his mind. He quickly stepped forward, unlocked the door and pushed it open.
His eyes couldn't help but pause slightly.
The warehouse was empty.
The wooden frames that were supposed to be filled with animal skins and bones were all empty, and there wasn't even a broken bone on the ground. Only a few broken straw ropes were left scattered on the ground.
"The supplies should have been transferred urgently!"
Fang Han stood in the empty warehouse and frowned slightly.
Obviously Thunderlight Pavilion has reacted and has already transferred the materials in the industrial warehouse under the door.
"There will be no more gains if we continue to loot. It's time to go back."
Fang Han turned around and left the warehouse, climbed over the courtyard wall, and the gray cloth robe passed by silently in the night.
After leaving the city, he did not go to the next target, but identified the direction, unfolded Body Movement and swept towards the direction of Qingyang Prefecture.
There will be no more gains if we continue to loot. It is time for this looting to end.
Behind him, the small city gradually shrank in the night, eventually turning into a few blurry lights and disappearing at the end of the horizon.
East Foothills Prefecture, Thunderlight Pavilion.
Deep in the hall, candlelight danced, casting the figure sitting upright on the wall behind him, drawing a dark shadow.
Lei Qianting sat in the rosewood chair, the tea in his hand had already cooled down, but he didn't even notice.
There were several Elder standing in the hall, all with solemn expressions.
"To the master of the pavilion."
A thin-faced Elder spoke, with suppressed anger in his voice.
"Four more medium-sized industrial warehouses were looted, namely Willow City's medicinal materials store, Iron Ridge City's materials store, White Stone City's weapons store, and White Wolf City's grain store."
Lei Qianting The fingers holding the armrest suddenly tightened, and the joints turned slightly white from the exertion.
"Why haven't these industries... moved their materials?"
"Return to the Pavilion Master."
Then Elder bowed his head and said.
"These four properties are far apart. By the time the news arrived, it was already too late. All the materials in the warehouses had been looted."
There was a brief silence in the palace.
Lei Qianting did not ask any more questions, but slowly moved his eyes towards an urgent report.
That is the preliminary investigation result returned by Yu Yuan from the gold mine--
The six disciples in front of the warehouse door all had their throats sealed with a sword, and their wounds were fine and smooth. They were obviously killed by Sword Art, an extremely skilled man.
There are no signs of climbing on the mine walls, and no traces of bulk materials being moved.
The stolen gold bricks seemed to disappear out of thin air.
"One day..."
Lei Qianting spoke slowly, his voice was hoarse and low.
"Five major industries and four medium-sized industries were stolen, with a loss of more than 100 million taels of silver."
He stood up and walked into the hall with his hands behind his back, his deep eyes filled with extremely suppressed anger.
"For hundreds of years, no force has dared to bully me like this Thunderlight Pavilion."
A Elder with gray beard hesitated for a moment and said:
"Pavilion Master, being able to loot so many properties in just one night is definitely not the work of an ordinary force. Could it be revenge from the Azure Profound Sect?"
Lei Qianting is silent and thinking.
He mobilized 30 million taels of gold to issue an assassination commission against Fang Han, even though he was extremely careful and secretly mobilized the money in batches...
But thirty million taels of gold is not a small amount after all.
Such a huge capital transfer, no matter how well it is concealed, will inevitably leave clues in some links.
If Azure Profound Sect follows the clues, it is not impossible to trace Thunderlight Pavilion.
And if Azure Profound Sect found out that it was Thunderlight Pavilion who issued an assassination commission to Fang Han and retaliated, it would be completely reasonable.
But this idea only stayed in his mind for a moment before he rejected it.
"Unlikely Azure Profound Sect."
Lei Qianting shook his head slowly.
Under the confused eyes of Elder in the palace, he continued.
"Azure Profound Sect has no foundation in East Foothills Prefecture. If you want to rob my Thunderlight Pavilion nine properties in just one day, you will definitely need to mobilize a large number of people to sneak into East Foothills Prefecture."
"With the intelligence capabilities of the Thunderlight Pavilion and East Foothills Prefecture, it is absolutely impossible for such a large-scale personnel transfer to go unnoticed."
The gray-haired Elder pondered for a moment and nodded slightly:
"What the Pavilion Master said is reasonable. If Azure Profound Sect really did it, it would be impossible to do it so silently."
Lei Qianting's eyes swept across the several Elders in the hall, and his voice was calm:
"Compared to the Azure Profound Sect, I suspect it was the work of other top forces in the county."
Crimson Flame Sect, Iron Sword Sect, Sunset Glow Valley, Flying Cloud Fort, Golden Saber Manor, these are the other five top forces in East Foothills Prefecture, in addition to the Thunderlight Pavilion, who have masters.
It is also the most likely force to secretly attack Thunderlight Pavilion.
When the Elders in the hall heard this, their expressions changed slightly.
"The Pavilion Master suspects it is one of them?"
A Elder asked with a frown.
"Not sure yet."
Lei Qianting's voice was not high-pitched, but it carried a decisive coldness.
"Sunset Glow Valley and I, Thunderlight Pavilion, have always had friction over the ownership of the Western Territory mineral veins, and the grudge has been deep."
"Iron Sword Sect has been expanding rapidly in recent years, secretly annexing several small forces, and its appetite is getting bigger and bigger."
"Although Crimson Flame Sect and Flying Cloud Fort are friendly with me Thunderlight Pavilion on the surface, they may not have other thoughts secretly. As for the Golden Saber Manor..."
He didn't finish his words, but the chill in his eyes said everything.
"Currently, all five major forces are possible."
"Pavilion Master, it is not appropriate to be at odds with five forces at the same time. I suggest not to act rashly for the time being, and secretly investigate to confirm which force is responsible, and then take action."
One Elder suggested.
Lei Qianting nodded slowly.
"You're right."
He turned around and looked at the deep night outside the palace, his voice hoarse but with an unmistakable coldness.
"It is not advisable to act rashly before the investigation is clear."
He paused.
"But this matter will never be settled like this. The Intelligence Hall is ordered to secretly investigate the recent movements of the five major forces, and no clues will be missed."
"I want to see which force is stabbing me in the back Thunderlight Pavilion."
Everyone Elder raised their hands in unison. "Yes."
Lei Qianting stood in the hall with his hands behind his hands, a cold light flashing in his deep eyes.
Who are the five major forces?
Sunset Glow Valley's dispute over the mineral vein is the most direct and the most suspicious.
However, Iron Sword Sect's expansion momentum has been too strong in recent years, so it is not impossible.
Crimson Flame Sect and Flying Cloud Fort are friends on the surface, but it is equally difficult to predict whether they are planning something secretly.
As for the Golden Saber Manor...
Each has a motive, each has an ability.
But who it was, he couldn't be sure.
He was stabbed severely, but he couldn't even determine who his enemy was.
This feeling made the anger in his heart burn even more.
The candle flame danced in the hall, casting his shadow on the wall, making it distorted and gloomy.