Hand Order

As Cao Yiyan swiftly flipped to the second volume, a man hurried over. The moment he entered, he bowed. "What are your orders, my lord?"

This man was one of Cao Yiyan's agents in the Capital City. After plotting for years, Cao Yiyan had naturally gathered a group of people around him, but each had their own duties and remained busy. There were not many like Wei Zhong, who handled the extra miscellaneous tasks that cropped up for him.

Yet this man was indeed well-suited to gathering intelligence. His looks were utterly ordinary; toss him into a crowd and one would struggle to pick him back out. That alone showed his talent in this field—he was made to earn his living from this bowl of rice.

Seeing that he had arrived, Cao Yiyan set down the scroll and instructed him, "I have two matters for you to handle."

"The first is to investigate the Kingdom of Ying. Though these people from Ying call themselves righteous men of Great Wei, I do not know whether that is true, nor how much loyalty they truly possess. You need to verify it."

"The second is to probe the situation in Green Hill."

"Though no True Person has ever discovered the entrance to Green Hill—not even Liu Zhan can find it—the fact that tales of Green Hill have spread through Great Wei proves that monsters from Green Hill must have come out."

"If they can come out, they can go in. But that is not the important point. I need you to investigate thoroughly whether Emperor Shizu of Great Wei truly had contact with the monsters of Green Hill, and whether some treasure truly was left behind in Green Hill."

"Remember, both these matters are only for you to ascertain the situation. You must