Reborn as the Blissful Wife in the countryside Chapter 1515: Lv Family

The little beggar, after he got the big pancake, ate it in big bites. He glanced at the piece of paper inside the pancake as he turned into a nearby alley, squeezed the pancake tightly, and turned towards another alley to deliver the message to Lord Ghost.

Lord Ghost lived at the Lv Family in West City.

The Lv Family in West City was truly from Beicang Prefecture; ever since the family records started, the Lv Family had lived in Beicang Prefecture, with their ancestral home outside the city at Lv Family Slope.

Elder Lv’s great-grandfather had served in the military, rising to the position of Chief Commander. After making a fortune, he returned home to live a normal life.

Because Elder Lv’s great-grandfather had served in the army, he had a bit of face, and thus started a business dealing in livestock and hides. After generations of effort, by the time Elder Lv took charge, the Lv Family’s business was doing... worse by the generation!

The wealthy families in Beicang Prefecture talked about the Old Lv Family with ridicule: "The Old Lv Family in West City? Ha, what a disgrace to their ancestors! The great-grandfather reached Chief Commander rank, then resigned and returned home to rely on military connections to start a livestock and hide business. It’s said the business was huge earlier. But by the time Elder Lv’s father took charge, the business slowly declined, and when Elder Lv took charge, it nearly went bust. Now they’re living on old assets, probably won’t hold on for long!"

In short, in the eyes of the wealthy families in the city, the Old Lv Family had fallen.

The folks were rubbing their hands, ready to pounce and swallow up the Old Lv Family’s hide shop, the livestock Manor, and their five-tradition ancestral home, once they could no longer sustain their business.

But the wealthy families in the city didn’t know that the decline of the Lv Family business was all due to suggestions from Lord Ghost.

Beicang Prefecture’s location was crucial as it was the last gateway into the Northwest, where fish and dragons mixed, and merchants from all directions gathered.

Before they fought the Rong people, Da Rong merchants still opened their shops here, so Beicang Prefecture must have people from the Eagle Food Gang.

That’s why Lord Ghost instructed the Lv Family not to make their business too big, avoiding attention.

Besides the Lv Family, the Eagle Food Gang had other personnel in the city.

Elder Lv handed the slip of paper delivered by the little beggar to Lord Ghost: "Cousin, take a look."

Lord Ghost was at the Lv Family under the identity of Elder Lv’s maternal cousin, to avoid slip-ups. Even at the Lv Family, Elder Lv called Ghost "cousin."

Lord Ghost took a glance at the paper, his eyes gleaming: "It’s the Yang Family."

Elder Lv was stunned upon hearing it: "What? It’s really the Yang Family?"

They detected potential presence of the Rong People’s Witch Army in Beicang Prefecture and had been secretly investigating but nearly searched the entire Beicang Prefecture without finding the Witch Army’s lair.

As for the Rong spies at the city gate, they weren’t from the Witch Army but were fierce bandits from the Rongshan Gang.

It’s not fresh news that the fierce bandits from the Rongshan Gang infiltrated Great Chu City to gather intelligence.

The most cautious approach was against the Rong People’s Witch Army; these were the mighty secret army threatening Great Chu. And when the Witch Army moved, it certainly signaled major action on Da Rong’s side, a threat that couldn’t be ignored!

Lord Ghost nodded: "Who are those two boys working for? How did they discover the Yang Family had issues?"

If one isn’t familiar with the Rong people and Witch Army, discovering the Yang Family as the lair of the Rong People’s Witch Army is nearly impossible.

Elder Lv strongly agreed: "Cousin is right, we can’t find any issue with Yang Family earlier because we knew too little about the Witch Army."

Thus wasted much time, eventually noticing Beicang Prefecture’s increasingly off-kilter matters, and in despair, invited Lord Ghost.

Lord Ghost didn’t know much about the Witch Army either; the one who truly understood the Witch Army was Lord Ying, although Lord Ying couldn’t come to Beicang Prefecture.

Furthermore: "If that’s the case, those two boys absolutely cannot be killed. If they’re dead, how will we discover who’s behind them...someone who understands the Witch Army so well, what’s their background? Is an alliance possible?"

Lord Ghost didn’t respond but stood silently in the room, recalling long-past events, people encountered amidst bandit raids, and the surname Qin.

Qin had always been a great surname, and across dynasties, there had been countless with the Qin surname. Time changes appearances, sounds, and accents, Qin San Lang had already acquired a Southern accent, differing greatly from memories, thus Lord Ghost originally didn’t suspect that person.

After all, completely dead, the body was found and dragged back into the army for verification... but now Lord Ghost couldn’t help thinking more deeply.

Elder Lv didn’t disturb Lord Ghost, quietly standing aside, allowing him to ponder.

Moments later, Lord Ghost said: "No need to save; if we save those two boys, the trouble will be even greater."

If Qin San Lang truly was the youngest of Marquis Qin’s Family, if those two boys were his men, their blatant rescue of those two boys would highly likely expose Qin San Lang’s real identity to the Rong People’s Witch Army.

The old generals in the Northwest Army had nearly been purged, the current commanders in the Northwest Army were fools, unlikely to notice Qin San Lang’s identity, but the Rong People’s Witch Army weren’t fools, they had eagle-like eyes, wolf-like instincts, vigilance was necessary.

Elder Lv, hearing this, felt a sense of regret.

Lord Ghost said: "Those two boys are assassins; if one is an assassin, one must prepare to die for their master, to complete their mission at any moment."

Elder Lv, upon hearing this, said no more, merely feeling a little sorry.

Lord Ghost began arranging how to eliminate the lair of Rong People’s Witch Army.

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"Everyone, quickly go and see! The thieves stealing from Elder Yang’s Family have been caught and already sent to the government office!"

Qin San Lang and his team went to another few forges, from the forge to a blacksmith’s house in the alley, they still didn’t buy iron devices.

Just as they were negotiating with the blacksmith for iron, the alley erupted into chaos, people emerging to discuss the gossip.

Niu Dabao, irritated by the noises, dashed out of the blacksmith’s house, yelling at the crowd: "What the hell are you making noise about? Just caught two petty thieves, does it warrant such excitement?!"

"Who is this?"

"A poor soldier from the south, buying ironware from the old Yu Family. Don’t mind him; frustrated he couldn’t buy iron, lashing out at anyone. There’ve been plenty like him lately. Come, come, quickly talk about those thieves!"

Hearing this, Niu Dabao was greatly irritated; Beicang Prefecture people didn’t fear soldiers and particularly looked down on Southern soldiers, mocking them about their build, martial skills, wallet, and even their wives’ beauty or ugliness.

You Erxi had returned, sneaking back into the blacksmith’s house amidst the chaos, handing Qin San Lang a letter.

The crowd made it inconvenient to speak; sometimes, they would spend effort writing down the information they gathered, slipping it into an envelope for their master.

Qin San Lang, receiving the letter, went aside to read... indeed, the Yang Family had issues, trying to kill witnesses, the government office wasn’t safe either, it harbored members of the Rong People’s Witch Army.

Suddenly emerged Mr. Chi, seemed unlike a typical merchant, this man needed investigation, presumably hiding within the city’s other group.

However, Mr. Chi’s side seemed dissatisfied with the Yang Family, helped Er Ping and them; if the opposition was reliable and capable, an alliance could be formed, jointly dealing with the Rong People’s Witch Army.