The Emperor was determined to gather the military powers throughout the country, and the implementation of the Drumming Order would inevitably require someone as a sacrifice. The Northwest was Gu Yun’s territory, they temporarily could not touch him. Jiangnan was made up mainly of naval forces, they bore the most important task of keeping surveillance on the Western ships. Combined with the recent incident, it would be greatly inconvenient to touch them now. The Central Plains army was for defending the center of the country, even if they wanted to do something, it had to be left for last. Only the desolated southern areas of the country could be used as a breakthrough.

If Fu Zhi Cheng was smart, during this period, he should have stayed quietly in the Southern Frontier, pretending that he did not exist. Yet he had to jump out and threaten the court using the name of a family ‘funeral’.

A soldier came forward, whispering: "Master, the fire oil is ready."

Kuai Lan Tu took over the Qian Li Yan and observed the charming green hills in front of him. The owner of this hill was originally a Taoist priest named Jing Xu. Due to the Emperor’s belief in Buddhism, the common folks also followed suit. His Taoist temple grew more difficult to sustain by the day. Not only so - seeing that he could easily be picked on, many outlaws had even come to his doors to rob him. In a fit of rage, Jing Xu had accidentally killed a thief. From that point on, there was nowhere left for him to be. Having no choice, he had gone to the mountain and became a bandit.

This person knew how to read and write, and his methods were ruthless - he could be categorized as an exceptional individual. He later became the leader of all the bandits within the three hundred miles of mountains in the Southern Frontier.

Kuai Lan Tu knew that Jing Xu and Fu Zhi Cheng had a close relationship. To kill Fu Zhi Cheng, he would have to first start from this priest.

Ever since the Emperor sent a golden medal order to Gu Yun, Kuai Lan Tu and Sun Jiao had already come up with a plan. He first spread the news in the Southern Frontier, saying that the imperial court envoys were coming, with the purpose of investigating the case of Fu Zhi Cheng’s collusion with the bandits.

In order to ensure that the imperial envoy would not get harmed, Fu Zhi Cheng must have informed the major bandits’ leaders in advance, saying that ‘the envoy appeasing the troops’ would arrive soon, and telling them to restrain their underlings — and if this was the case, would these bandits listen to General Fu, or listen to the rumors? If their hearts already harbored doubt, then when Fu Zhi Cheng understated the situation and described it simply as ‘the envoy appeasing the troops’, what would these leaders think?