24: Chapter 24 The Evil Suppression Bureau is in Turmoil

"What is it?" Chen Yuanba asked with a puzzled expression, his curiosity piqued.

"Chief, please take a look. This letter was sent by the Ancestor of the Pei family." The minor commander of the Evil Suppression Bureau bowed slightly and held the letter up with both hands.

"Very well, you may leave now." Chen Yuanba took the letter with one hand and said indifferently.

"Yes!" The minor commander of the Evil Suppression Bureau acknowledged and quickly retreated.

After the person left, Chen Yuanba opened the letter. Once he finished reading it, his face, which had been relatively calm, suddenly turned grim.

"Yuyang Town has fallen..." Chen Yuanba muttered.

Even now, Chen Yuanba could not believe the contents of the letter.

As the Chief of the Evil Suppressing Department of Wuyang County, Chen Yuanba's Evil-Suppressing Guards were not limited to Wuyang City.

Although there was no Evil Suppression Bureau established in any of the towns within Wuyang County, he had arranged for several Evil-Suppressing Guards to act as informants in each town.

Under normal circumstances, the Evil-Suppressing Guards in each town would report the situation of their respective towns every seven days. In case of emergencies, this restriction did not apply.

In the reports from a few days ago, he remembered that the situation in all the major towns was normal.

However, according to what Pei Qingyun described in the letter, Yuyang Town had completely turned into a dead zone.

If Pei Qingyun wanted to deceive him by specifically writing a letter, there was absolutely no need for it.

Furthermore, there was no conflict of interest between the two of them.

In other words, the letter was likely true.

But for a town to fall, it would certainly not have happened in a short period of time.

And such important intelligence had not been reported by the Evil-Suppressing Guards of Yuyang Town.

Either the guards had falsified the reports, or someone had swapped the report from Yuyang Town.

Thinking of these two possibilities, Chen Yuanba was furious, and he crumpled the letter in his hand into pieces.

The next second, Chen Yuanba's voice came from inside the tent.

"Someone, come in!"

"I am here!" Hearing the voice, the personal guard outside the tent rushed in and immediately knelt on one knee.

"Notify Ling Ziwen immediately and have him come to see me. Also, arrange for people to go to Yuyang Town at once; I want to know the latest situation in Yuyang Town." Chen Yuanba's voice was calm, but anyone could sense the anger contained within it.

"Understood, I will handle it immediately." Seeing the scraps on the ground, the personal guard did not dare to delay for a moment and rushed out of the tent without stopping.

"What exactly happened to Yuyang Town? It's my first time seeing the Chief like this. Who could have provoked the Chief? Could it be Lord Ling Ziwen?" The personal guard was full of doubts, but his speed did not slow down in the slightest.

A quarter of an hour later, the personal guard returned to the tent, but he kept his head down, not daring to look directly into Chen Yuanba's eyes.

"Ling Ziwen, where is he?" Chen Yuanba stared at the personal guard, his voice filled with heavy pressure.

"Reporting to the Chief, I went to Lord Ling Ziwen's residence, but he was not there." The personal guard said in a low voice.

"Not there? Can't you go look for him? A grown man like that can't just disappear. No matter what method you use, I must see Ling Ziwen today." Hearing this answer, Chen Yuanba could no longer suppress the anger in his heart.

"I... will go look for him immediately." The personal guard's voice trembled slightly; he had not expected Chen Yuanba to lose his temper so badly.

Just after the personal guard left the tent, Chen Yuanba overturned the table in front of him again.

"Ling Ziwen... if you did this, I will definitely have you torn apart by five horses."

South of Wuyang County.

This was precisely the area the Li family was responsible for clearing.

Under the leadership of Patriarch Li Wu, the clearing scope of this area had only reached about sixty percent.

Overall, the strength of the three families' teams did not differ much, so their clearing speeds naturally would not differ by much either.

Just at this moment, on the other side of the road, a scout rode a fast horse towards Patriarch Li Wu.

Before long, the scout arrived beside Patriarch Li Wu, dismounted, and said softly.

"Reporting to the Patriarch, there is news. There has been a major movement over at the Evil Suppression Bureau. For some unknown reason, Chief Chen Yuanba is currently hunting down Ling Ziwen with all his might."

"Hunting down Ling Ziwen? Could there be a mistake?" Patriarch Li Wu looked at the scout in front of him in disbelief, suspecting that he might have misheard.

Who was Ling Ziwen? He was the Grand Commander of the Wuyang County Evil Suppression Bureau and one of Chief Chen Yuanba's right-hand men.

Besides that, Ling Ziwen was also a Divine Strength Martial Artist at the Divine Power Perfection stage, only one step away from the Five Viscera Realm. Even among the many Divine Strength Martial Artists in Wuyang County, his strength could securely rank in the top five.

No matter which aspect it was from, Chen Yuanba had no reason to hunt down Ling Ziwen.

"This matter has caused quite a stir, and Chen Yuanba is also furious; the Evil Suppression Bureau is in an uproar. On this point, I guarantee there is no falsehood." The scout's gaze was firm, and his words were resonant.

"I didn't expect that Ling Ziwen had actually defected. What on earth happened that would make Ling Ziwen do such a thing?" Patriarch Li Wu muttered.

From his perspective, he could find absolutely no reason for Ling Ziwen to defect.

But after thinking it over carefully, Patriarch Li Wu felt that it was not impossible.

In fact, absolute loyalty simply did not exist. If someone hadn't betrayed yet, it was just because the chips for betrayal were not enough.

"It seems this matter is not simple at all."

"Xiao Ling, have you heard any other rumors over there regarding what this matter is really about?" While thinking, Patriarch Li Wu did not forget to ask the scout beside him.

"I am not clear on the specific reason. I have heard some rumors, but I don't know if they are true or false." The scout thought for a moment and said cautiously.

"If you heard something, feel free to speak directly. Even if you are wrong, I will not blame you." Patriarch Li Wu glanced at him indifferently, his tone very gentle.

"According to the rumors I heard, it seems this hunt for Ling Ziwen is related to the Ancestor of the Pei family. Some say it is because Chen Yuanba did this after reading a letter from the Ancestor of the Pei family." The scout said.

"This matter is related to Pei Qingyun." Patriarch Li Wu faintly felt that these rumors did not seem false.

Since the matter involved Pei Qingyun, it made what was already not simple even more complicated.

Standing from the position of the Patriarch of the Li family, he had to figure this matter out.

"Xiao Ling, this piece of information is very valuable. After we return, go find Elder Li Le and collect a blood-replenishing pill; just say it was on my order. However, before that, you still need to continue gathering intelligence on this matter, especially to find out the relationship between Pei Qingyun and this affair."

"After it is done, there will be a heavy reward." Patriarch Li Wu was indeed a master of painting big pictures.

With just a few words, the scout was instantly invigorated and hurriedly bowed his head in thanks.

"Thank you for the reward, Patriarch. I will definitely give my all to investigate this matter clearly."

"If there is nothing else, go back to the Evil Suppression Bureau and continue gathering intelligence." Patriarch Li Wu urged.

"I will go at once."

The scout leaped easily onto the back of the horse and immediately disappeared from Patriarch Li Wu's sight.