Royal Gold Medal County Magistrate

Watching Ari White leave, Fang Zheng felt worried.

His sudden question was not a good sign.

However, there wasn't too much to worry about. Unless he completely lost his mind, he wouldn't dare to touch me.

Once someone from Jing Country contacts me, everything will be fine.

Now, Ari White's mind is a bit wild. I won't interfere with other matters for now, and will just wait and see what happens.

However... this disciple's path is going a bit astray.

Fang Zheng shook his head regretfully and left on his own.

Ari White, surrounded by guards like a moon surrounded by stars, walked down the street.

Everywhere he went, the people watched and saluted.

He was now used to such scenes.

As he was walking, a guard suddenly hurried forward: "Second Prince, someone is requesting an audience!"

"Decline it," Ari White said without thinking, then added with slight annoyance, "In the future, turn away all irrelevant people and don't bother reporting it."

Now, hordes of people want to see him. If he had to report every single person, how could he live?

Although the people's adoration was good, there were often overly zealous people who wanted to approach him and kneel before him, crying and shouting, which was really annoying.

The guard hesitated for a moment and said, "It's not an ordinary person. Judging by his appearance, he's from Jing Country..."

"A person from Jing Country? Then bring him over and let me take a look."

When the person from Jing Country was brought over, he immediately prostrated himself before Ari White: "Commoner Shui Ange greets the Second Prince!"

"Shui Ange?" Ari White tried hard to recall. There were not many people from Jing Country in this city, and they were mostly in the official residence.

But he had been to the official residence many times, and even if he didn't know everyone, he would at least recognize them. This person was definitely someone he was seeing for the first time.

"Are you from the envoy? Why have I never seen you before?"

Shui Ange raised his head, revealing a flattering smile: "I am not from the envoy. I am a merchant who has been collecting iron ore resources for Great Jin, and I am staying in Pan Tai City on the orders of the National Preceptor."

Ari White nodded.

He usually stayed in his residence and didn't know much about the affairs of the court, and no one took the initiative to tell him.

It was normal that he had never seen Shui Ange before.

"What do you want from me?"

Shui Ange smiled and said, "I have been observing you these past few days, and I admire the Second Prince's heroic spirit, so I boldly came to seek an audience!

"Also... I would like to give the Second Prince a warning."

"What warning?" Ari White became interested.

"Fang Zheng."

Ari White narrowed his eyes, a sharp glint flashing within: "Speak at my residence."

.....

"Speak, what exactly is this matter concerning Fang Zheng?" Ari White looked expressionlessly at the calm fellow drinking tea before him.

Shui Ange leisurely put down his teacup and said, "Since the Second Prince has asked, then I will be frank. I have some history with Fang Zheng, or rather, I have had some conflicts with him, so I have always paid close attention to his news."

"I was originally a member of the Qian Dynasty's royal family, but unfortunately, we declined. However, when the country fell, there were still a few royal family members who fled, including me and my country's princess. Later, we established the Water God Sect and have always wanted to restore our Great Qian. I won't go into the details, but I want to talk about what happened later."

"After I had a conflict with Fang Zheng, the Water God Sect encountered many changes, so I left the Water God Sect in disappointment and started doing business alone."

"Although I left the Water God Sect, I am still a member of the old country after all, so I still paid attention to it and often sent people to inquire about news. But in this process, I made a shocking discovery. Many of the Water God Sect's industries have been incorporated into the name of Peach Blossom County, which is under Fang Zheng's control. So I continued to inquire, and then I realized that my Qian Dynasty's princess had been taken into Fang Zheng's household!"

"She walks around the capital openly under a false name, and my subordinates have seen Fang Zheng with her on the street more than once."

"What!?"

Ari White stood up abruptly and said anxiously, "Are you telling the truth!?"

Shui Ange gritted his teeth: "Of course it's true! Absolutely no falsehood. Fang Zheng, as a son-in-law of the emperor, actually dares to privately take in a princess from an enemy country. It's simply outrageous!"

Yes, that must be it. A liar couldn't make up such a story, it must be true.

Ari White carefully sized him up: "You have a grudge against him. Such news is enough for him to die ten times over. Why don't you secretly report it to Jing Country? Why are you looking for me?"

Shui Ange forced a smile; "How could I not want to, but this news is a huge royal scandal. I'm afraid that before Fang Zheng dies, I will be discovered by the people from the East Depot. If my identity is revealed, plus the fact that I'm smuggling iron ore for Great Jin, even being sliced into a thousand pieces would not be an overstatement."

"The reason I'm looking for the Second Prince today is to give the Second Prince a warning. I see that he is quite close to the Second Prince. This person will do anything to achieve his goals. I hope you will be vigilant and not be used. Also... I admire the Second Prince for distributing silver and food among the people. I have quite a bit of wealth and would like to donate a sum of silver to the Second Prince to help the people in the city."

Ari White leaned back, still scrutinizing Shui Ange, and said faintly: "Donate? What are your demands?"

"I know that Great Jin has trapped Fang Zheng in Jin Country to create imperial items. Now the army has already set out, although I don't know why Fang Zheng is still being kept here. But I think, if he is no longer of value, I hope the Second Prince can hand him over to me to deal with."

"Oh? What deep hatred do you two have that makes you go to such lengths?" Ari White asked with a playful expression.

Shui Ange recalled the unbearable memories, thinking of how he and Zhang Chang were stripped naked in the pleasure boat in public, and then beaten severely.

His face gradually turned liver-colored, and he stammered: "It concerns dignity!"

"Heh heh, dignity. Very well, I don't care about your private matters, but the information you brought is very valuable." Ari White said, beckoning to him, "Come closer, I have something to tell you."

Has it worked?

Shui Ange happily went forward.

Ari White put his hand on his shoulder and whispered in his ear: "Do you know what relationship I have with Fang Zheng?"

"What relationship?"

"He is my mentor...."

"Uh!"

Pfft!

Shui Ange only felt a chill enter his abdomen, and then Ari White gently pushed him away.

He covered his abdomen with both hands, released his hands, and looked incredulously at his hands covered in blood. A dagger was deeply embedded in his abdomen.

The intense pain began to gradually register. Shui Ange felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave, trembling wildly; "Second Prince! You... why are you doing this!!"

Ari White sneered: "You know too much, but I still thank you for telling me this."

Shui Ange's eyes were filled with astonishment, regret, despair, and various other emotions.

He thought it was a good opportunity, but he didn't expect to lose his life in one encounter.

After struggling for a while, Ari White silently watched him breathe his last, a strange smile appearing on his face.

Teacher, ah, teacher, you are really audacious. Now I want to see how this Sun Wukong can fly out of the Five Finger Mountain!

Regaining his composure, Ari White shouted loudly: "Guards!!! There's an assassin!!!!"

A team of soldiers hurriedly ran in from outside, relieved to see that Ari White was safe and sound.

This was the god in the hearts of the people, the Second Prince most beloved by the army. If he died, it would be an unforgivable crime.

Ari White said; "The thief has been killed by me. Bury him."

"Second Prince, are there any clues as to who this assassin is? This subordinate will investigate for you!"

Ari White got up, put his hands behind his back, and sighed quietly: "First, send someone to the official residence and surround all the members of the Jing Country envoy in the official residence, forbidding them from leaving, especially Fang Zheng. Make sure to keep a close eye on him."

"Then send a troop of soldiers to..."