"Suppress the bandits?"
Huang Wenpeng raised his eyebrows slightly.
"Exactly. Suppress the bandits."
Huang Abing smiled faintly. "The Black Mountain Bandits occupy Black Mountain, plundering merchants and slaughtering commoners-they are truly Black Mountain's greatest scourge. If you could sweep them away, young master, it would be a great achievement-
"And besides, it is your duty as County Commandant."
"But what does that have to do with eliminating the various factions in town?!"
"You could lead the campaign, then order all the major factions in town to send men-even if we cannot wipe out all those factions, we can still weaken some of their reserves."
Huang Wenpeng's eyes brightened slightly, but then he shook his head. "Those factions aren't fools. How could they fail to recognize such an obvious attempt to kill with a borrowed knife? Even if they send men, they'll probably just send useless bodies to fill the ranks. What good would killing them all do?"
"Do you still remember Sang Qi, young master?" Huang Abing smiled.
"Sang Qi?"
Huang Wenpeng narrowed his eyes slightly. "The thief who stole my Precious Medicine at night a few days ago?"
"Precisely! His audacity knew no bounds. He actually dared set his sights on you, young master, never expecting your peerless archery to wound him outright-
"And rumors have long circulated that this man possesses a Grandmaster Secret Cache.
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"What he has does indeed qualify as a Grandmaster Secret Cache-"
Huang Wenpeng nodded, then grasped Huang Abing's plan. "You mean to use Sang Qi as bait, calling it bandit suppression when we're really seizing a Grandmaster Secret Cache? Then we won't have to worry about the town's factions showing up without putting in any effort?"
"Exactly, young master!"
"Good! I'll leave this to you!"
Early that morning.
Wei Sheng practiced his