His entire thigh and left arm were cut off, even though Shirakawa had sealed the vital points in advance, but fresh blood was still flowing constantly.

  Bai Ze's face turned pale and his eyes dimmed.

  "Hurry, hurry, help me stop the bleeding, hurry!" Shirozaki said weakly, continuing on.

  The man beside Tian Duan hurriedly squatted down and with one swift motion, tore the already ripped outer garment of Bai Ze into strips. He then tightly bound the severed limb to stem the bleeding. After all, directly cutting off a leg and sealing the acupoints only slightly slowed down the bleeding, and if it continued like this, it could lead to death from excessive blood loss.

  Stop the bleeding from the wounds on the right leg and left arm.

  Bai Ze's lips were pale and bloodless, his face was as white as a sheet, his eyes were dull, and he seemed to be getting dizzy.

  "Hurry, carry Lord Toudou up the mountain." Teng Qing Shan shouted to the guards beside him, "And you two, hurry and ride horses to Huafeng City, find the best doctor in Huafeng City! Hurry!"

  "Yes, sir."

  Those guards were also stunned, as General Tōin was the leader of this battalion of Black Armor Army. Immediately, two guards rushed to where the war horses were, while the other guards helped, carrying Shirasaki on their backs and running up the mountain.

  Teng Qing Shan and Tian Dan were far behind, suspended in mid-air.

  Tian's face still had a look of shock, he turned his head to look at Qing Shan: "Brother Qing Shan, this time we've really done it big!"

  "It's getting out of hand!" Teng Qing Shan nodded and said.

  If Teng Qing Shan and Tian Dan had shown up from the beginning, they would have scared off a few people and nothing would have happened. In fact, Teng Qing Shan and Tian Dan were initially going to watch Bai Ze get humiliated, but seeing that Bai Ze was in an advantageous position, they were still unhappy about it. Who would have thought that as soon as they turned their heads, Bai Ze would be the one to take advantage of them?

  "It's not our fault! We didn't mean to harm him, who would have thought that young whippersnapper had such a vicious hidden weapon! It's not our fault, it's just that Baizaki was born unlucky!" Tian Dan sneered.

  In this world, no one is a coward.

  "Qingshan, old brother, the things we're watching in secret are best not spoken of. Although it's not a big deal, if investigated, it will be trouble after trouble." Tian Dan said.

  Hong Qing Shan nodded and smiled: "Don't worry, I won't get into trouble on my own either."

  A Hei Jia Jun Da Yuan Tong has fallen to this point, and Gui Yuan Zong will absolutely not give up easily.

  "You and I didn't say a word, no one knows." Tian Dan chuckled, "Actually seeing that white fort, having this day, your old brother me is delighted! Haha, in the past watching him act tyrannically, he himself didn't think, there would be this day! Heh heh, self-inflicted evil, can't blame others."

  Teng Qing Shan looked at the mountain path ahead and saw Bai Ze being carried on someone's back. Teng Qing Shan originally didn't have a good impression of this Bai Ze.

  "He's done for this lifetime!" Teng Qing Shan said calmly.

  "He's done for! He's finished!" Tian Dan looked at the bag of purple gold in Teng Qing Shan's hand and sneered, "But who can blame him? This Bai Ze is obviously eyeing this bag of purple gold, that's why he tried to make a move in secret, to monopolize the purple gold. It's like trying to steal a chicken but ending up losing the rice instead, it's his own fault!"

  Hong Qingshan took a look at the purple gold in his hand.

  "Wealth moves the heart." Teng Qing Shan was very clear about the power of money. In his previous life, in that dark world, weren't all sorts of assassins killing people just because they had accepted a mission and received money?

  Money and power have possessed infinite strength since ancient times until now.

  ……

  When Hyōei carried the severely injured Shirasaki on his back up the mountain, the entire mining district was in an uproar and all the Kurokawa soldiers were shocked.

  Hu Tong, the captain of the Hua Feng City Garrison, looked on from a distance as the Black Armor Army soldiers carried Bai Ze away. His face was unsightly: "I knew it! That Bai Ze followed him in the past, definitely no good would come of it. Sure enough, Dong Yan's methods are indeed ruthless, even Bai Ze fell into his hands!"

  "This is going to be trouble, big trouble!"

  Hu Tong was in the mining area, his forehead covered with sweat, and his mind was all tangled up.

  "Bai Ze broke his leg and arm! He's done for, this will definitely not end well for him! Once the investigation comes down... That Bai Ze, he was originally following Dong Yan's subordinate down the mountain. He also saw me searching for evidence. He should know that I've been bribed!" Hu Tong is very nervous.

  The mine area is a place that Guiyuan Sect attaches great importance to.

  Dare to be bribed, once discovered, it's a capital offense!

  "No, Bai Zei may not have noticed that it was the man I was searching for. Perhaps, he still won't find me troublesome." Hu Tong's forehead sweated, but he didn't notice.

  At this moment, he was very unwilling in his heart, unwilling to end like this, and still had a glimmer of hope in his heart.

  Gritting one's teeth!

  "It doesn't matter if the official is gone, this life is most important. Never mind, let's make preparations first! Let's go back to Huafeng City and see how things develop before taking action!" Hu Tong made up his mind.

  *******

  In the mining area, outside of Shirakawa's residence, five hundred captains gathered together.

  "What are we going to do now that Bai Ze has fallen to this point?" asked Dwarf Liu, somewhat anxiously. "He was in charge of defending the mine district and ended up getting crippled. We'll be held responsible for this!"

  "Hmph, the leader and his men haven't been fooled to that extent." Wan Fansheng, tall and thin, narrowed his eyes and sneered, "We all know what happened, this is simply White Stone's own greed, who can he blame? Let alone being crippled, even if he died! He could only accept it!"

  Wan Fanxiang didn't take Bai Ze seriously at all right now.

  Bai Ze used to make people a little afraid, it was the identity of "Du Tong", now that he's been abandoned, he still wants to be Du Tong? Of course, some people have already stopped caring about Bai Ze.

  "Talking about this is useless, what's the point?" Tian Dan shouted, "There are three things we need to do now. First, ask the doctor to cure Bai Ze's injury. Second, investigate how so much purple gold was stolen and taken out. Third, immediately report the matter to Jiangning Prefecture, let the commander and the master make a decision!"

  Du Hong and Teng Qing Shan also agreed with Tian Dan's words.

  "The doctor has been invited!" Du Hong said loudly, "In that case, I'll personally make a trip, bring some people, and rush back to Jiangning Prefecture City to inform the commanders about this news."

  "Ah! Then I'll trouble Old Du with it." Tian nodded.

  Du Hong personally led a dozen or so elite Black Armor Army soldiers, rushing to Jiangning Prefecture without stopping. As for Teng Qing Shan and the other four hundred officials, they began to seriously investigate how the Purple Gold was smuggled out!

  Investigate, investigate to the end!

  ……

  Teng Qing Shan and Tian Dan, four hundred men together.

  "Have your people found any useful information?" Teng Qing Shan looked at the other three, "I've got nothing here!"

  "No!" Tian Dan shook his head.

  "Not a single thing was found." Wan Fanshang and Liu He also shook their heads, Wan Fanshang cursed in his mouth: "Those dog days, really have a way! The Purple Gold Mine area is so heavily guarded, they can actually take out ten kilograms of purple gold. How did they get it out!"

  Tian Dan said: "We only know that little bit of information now, the dead man is called Li Lao San, from the second mining area in the south. He's from the gold mining area, how can he get purple gold?"

  Teng Qing Shan also furrowed his brow.

  The hard labor in the Zi Jin mining area is completely isolated from contact with miners in other four major mining areas, and even living areas are far apart, making it impossible to meet.

  "There are two possibilities." Teng Qing Shan furrowed his brow and said, "Firstly, it's possible that one of the hundred Black Armor Army soldiers under my command is a traitor. He secretly took the Purple Gold and then found a way to give it to that Old Man Li! However, the Black Armor Army soldiers guarding the Purple Gold mine are not allowed to leave their designated area, and management is extremely strict. The possibility of an internal traitor is low!"

  The five major mining areas, when the guard of the Zi Jin mining area was the most unlucky.

  Teng Qing Shan has finally experienced it for himself; as one of the five hundred captains, he bears the greatest pressure!

  This time in the Bai Ze case, the most serious thing is not that Bai Ze was left disabled, but that ten kilograms of purple gold were taken away!

  Ten kilograms of purple gold is equivalent to one million taels of silver! This is a huge fortune!

  A white-haired old man, for the sake of returning to the origin sect, there are many masters after all. The life of a white-haired old man is not worth 1 million taels of silver!

  "This time you can sneak out ten kilograms, and next time, you can still sneak out ten kilograms!" Teng Qing Shan said solemnly, "Returning to the Yuan Sect is absolutely not allowed to happen! Bai Ze's disability is minor, but the theft of the purple gold is a big deal. The method of sneaking it out must be investigated. If it's not investigated... no one will be able to rest easy in the future."

  The other three centurions also nodded.

  This Tie Lian Mountain gold mine is the treasure of the Guiyuan Sect, and even Qinghu Island and other forces are jealous. The Guiyuan Sect has gone to great lengths to protect this treasure.

  Now someone dares to steal the purple gold, how can Zhuan Yuan tolerate it?

  "Qingshan brothers, you just mentioned two possibilities for sneaking out, one is the traitor among the Black Armor Army soldiers, and what's the other one?" Tian Dan said.

  Teng Qing Shan gazed out at the distant mine shafts: "The tunnels are deep and treacherous, the miners toil day and night to excavate the purple gold! Year after year, the numerous passageways inside have multiplied. I wonder... could it be that the Purple Gold Mine and the Golden Mine have been connected somewhere beneath the earth? Would the laborers of the Purple Gold Mine be able to meet with those from the Golden Mine?"

  Tian Dan and Wan Fan Xiang were both taken aback.

  Ke Liu shook his head and said, "Brother Qing Shan, aren't the soldiers on guard supposed to go out for patrol first? The guards at the gold mine area and the Black Armor Army soldiers will also go down for patrol. If both sides are connected, they should be discovered, shouldn't they?"

  "It's open again, but it's blocked again," said Teng Qing Shan. "This is not impossible."

  Heng Qing Shan didn't believe that there was a traitor among his own soldiers, because in this aspect, the military discipline of the Gui Yuan Sect was very strict. Once discovered, the consequences would be unthinkable.

  "Let's investigate and get to the bottom of it," Tian Dan said.

  "We've done our best, if we can't find it, then there's nothing we can do." Liu He said with a gentle smile.

  "Adults, adults, all adults have woken up!" Suddenly, one of the black armored soldiers who was taking care of Shiraki came running over.

  "Awake?" The four of them, including Teng Qing Shan, all stood up.

  "Ask Bai Ze, he must know something," Tian Dan said, "otherwise, how could he hunt down that old Li San."

  The four hundred officials rushed to Bai Ze's residence immediately.

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