Less than half a month remained until Ji Yanxiu ascended the throne. To lead the rabble under Ji Yanxiu's command and achieve something within such a short time, Fang Jiuyuan and Liu Wuqian felt immense pressure.
Yet no matter how great the pressure, they had no choice but to press on. They had already completely fallen out with the Tie Family and Su Xin. If they could not secure their standing with Ji Yanxiu, then Great Zhou truly would have no place left for them.
Thus, during this period, the two of them had nearly exhausted all the manpower under their command gathering intelligence from around Beiyuan Circuit. Of course, they did not dare venture too far afield. Ji Yanxiu would ascend the throne in half a month, so the sooner, the better.
Meanwhile, Su Xin had also dispatched people to keep watch on the Golden Tent Khanate.
The experts of the Heavenly Court were elusive and mysterious. Even the Intelligence Scouts and Wind-Chasing Patrol Officers under Su Xin could not possibly trace their movements.
But the Golden Tent Khanate was different. Su Xin had received word in advance and directly sent men to keep a close eye on the border between the Golden Tent Khanate and Great Zhou. Sure enough, they discovered a merchant caravan disguised by a group from the Golden Tent Khanate entering Beiyuan Circuit.
However, Su Xin did not directly leak this information to Fang Jiuyuan and the others. That would have been far too deliberate, and Fang Jiuyuan's group would have grown suspicious.
By now, Fang Jiuyuan's subordinates had spread throughout Beiyuan Circuit and the surrounding circuits to investigate. The people Su Xin had sent remained hidden in the shadows. Once Fang Jiuyuan's men encountered that group disguised as Golden Tent Khanate merchants, Su Xin's