Chang Geng really didn't know how to handle this kind of face-to-face mockery - the main point was that Gu Yun directly said it as if it was a real thing!

The boy suddenly became empty-headed and quickly ran out of Gu Yun's room like he was gliding on clouds.

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After Chang Geng left, Gu Yun waved his hand to the figure outside the door: "Come in."

A soldier dressed in Black Eagle armor immediately entered.

The soldier said: "As your subordinate is ordered to hunt down the monk..."

Liao Ran secretly tricked the Fourth Prince into leaving the capital. Although this matter was indeed outrageous, the boy had also been found now. Gu Yun could not afford to offend Hu Guo Temple too much, not to mention Chang Geng himself even asked for pardon on the monk's behalf.

Gu Yun: "Forget it, tell Chong Ze to withdraw the wanted order, that it is only a misunderstanding. I will treat Master Liao Ran to a meal later on."

'Chong Ze' was the name of Master Yao Zhen - although he said so, as long as Liao Ran still had his wit with him, he would not dare to come to the banquet. Gu Yun was confident that as long as the other man saw his face, he could not even drink a drop of water.

The Black Eagle soldier whispered: "Your subordinate is incompetent. I had yet to find any trace of that monk. But towards the evening, I caught sight of him boarding a small boat, I proceeded to send out men for inspection, and we discovered something."

He spoke as he took out a bag and retrieved a small strip of cloth with bits of golden powder on it.

Gu Yun took one look and immediately frowned.

This thing was very familiar to him. Its name was "Sui Xi" - an ore that comes with Ziliujin. After being crushed into powder, it could be added to Ziliujin at a certain proportion to prevent accidental explosions during long-distance transportation. A special process was used to filter them out of the Ziliujin afterward, very convenient.

However, the general court, when transporting Ziliujin, if not in the air by the Giant Kite, was through the official road escorted by the local garrison troops. How could there be such a thing just mixed in randomly on a small boat of some monk?

Gu Yun: "Did you remember not to disclose this?"

Black Eagle soldier: "Marshal can rest assured."

Gu Yun stood up and took two steps in one spot: "If so, then, the wanted order cannot be withdrawn, we must catch that monk. Ask the brothers to trace that boat for me, find out where it came from, where its destination is..."