Published: March 7, 2025
Chapter 139: The Origin of Chu King of Hell
Sun Changfa’s face was sorrowful: “I just sent the message out when I saw the remaining Li Heizi and Peng Huihui coming to find me, saying that the heads of Liu Xiaosan, Deng Xiaowu, and Zhang Neng were already hung on the city wall for public display, but Li Shun’s was not. Soon after, news came that Li Shun’s entire line had been uprooted…”
Sun Changfa was trembling all over: “By tomorrow, Li Heizi will also be missing; Peng Huihui went out for a while and then came back. After that, it was discovered that Li Heizi was dead in a forest. By the time Peng Huihui came back to tell me, I was surrounded by the Butian Pavilion. Fortunately, I had a secret passage to escape, but Peng Huihui is also gone…”
“In other words, your line, which should have had over ninety people, now has none left? You’re the only one standing?” Yin Wufa was initially angry, but as he listened, he felt the situation was serious.
Not to mention anything else, the Butian Pavilion’s actions were truly swift! Once they discovered a clue, they began to pursue relentlessly until they wiped everything out. Sun Changfa’s line, nearly a hundred people, was undoubtedly a major department as an external intelligence agency of the Golden Horse Knights Hall.
Moreover, their actions were very cautious. For a long time, the three departments had maintained single-line communication; this was the safest method. Yet, within just two days… Yes, Yin Wufa began calculating from the moment Sun Changfa started speaking. Two days!
In just two days, they had caught everything in one net!
“It’s just me now…” Sun Changfa said, somewhat despondent. “For other departments, my communication is just a single line, and I don’t know if there are other departments involved. However, during this time, blood has flowed like rivers. Aside from officials being purged, nearly four hundred people were killed. My subordinates estimate that those four hundred people must have been other insiders we had developed in Iron Cloud City…”
Sun Changfa shuddered: “If we calculate based on my scale, four hundred people… should mean that all five of my lines were wiped out! Your Majesty… I go to the execution ground every day to count heads… every day, the number of heads increases…”
As the head of a department, Sun Changfa certainly had some capabilities. His deductions nearly matched the current facts.
But precisely because of this, he was even more afraid to show his face. He didn’t even dare to respond to the signals, disguised himself, and even deliberately ran into a wall, smashing his face into a mess…
Yin Wufa’s earlier rage gradually calmed down. The more dire the situation, the more composed he became! He had the information of all contacts in Iron Cloud at his fingertips. He remembered it clearly.
In Iron Cloud City, there were three Silver Horse Knights and five Iron Horse Knights! Since the Silver Horse Knights could not be moved, that left only the Iron Horse Knights.
Among the five Iron Horse Knights, one was the commander, while the other four each had two intelligence forces under them. This was a strategy purposely adopted by Diwu Qingrou when establishing the Golden Horse Knights Hall. The two intelligence departments had to be separated; no one could know anyone!
The four Iron Horse Knights were also strangers to each other, with each only responsible to the commander. This Sun Changfa was one of the heads of the two intelligence forces under one Iron Horse Knight! He was also the first person Yin Wufa could find in Iron Cloud City.
If there were eight intelligence forces in total, then according to what Sun Changfa had said, at least five had already been eliminated!
That left only three.
This Chu King of Hell was indeed acting fast!
There was a light knock on the door, and Yin Wufa grunted; the door opened. A man in black rushed in and asked, “May I know which noble is currently present?”
Yin Wufa cast a cold glance at him for a moment, then flipped his hand, slapping a small jade token on the table. It depicted a small throne formed by five gems, with a ‘three’ character in the center.