Li Feng was in an excellent mood; he deliberately stopped as he got here as if to increase curiosity. Unexpectedly, he could only see Gu Yun solemnly listening with an unusually grave expression as he looked back, there was no intention of inquiring him of what happened next either. The Emperor could not help but felt somewhat irritated.

He had no choice but to continue unhappily: "According to the law, those who forged border passes should be referred to the general protection office for investigation and be dealt with. After checking, the northwestern governor discovered that these Tian Zhu people were no merchants, they were a group of 'Gold Fighters' from the Ziliujin black market!"

'Gold Fighters' were those who risked their lives to smuggle Ziliujin.

"Coincidentally, my secret envoys had just arrived in the Western Region at that time, their feet had not yet met the ground, these gold fighters already walked themselves into the nest. According to the thieves' confession, they were originally active in the private mine outside the Southern Gate. Recently, they got their hands on a 'treasure map', showing a large number of Ziliujin mines in the Lou Lan Kingdom. Thus they had come to try their luck.

"You say, is this not surprising? I actually figured out what is under their land even before Lou Lan people themselves."

Gu Yun remembered the group of desert bandits he caught four years ago, his hairs stood up all at once.

Those bandits had already been secretly silenced by him and Shen Yi. Afterward, Gu Yun had sent people to investigate more than once; he had never found the so-called 'Ziliujin mine', and did not encounter a similar thing again.

Unexpectedly, a few years later, when this matter had gradually been thrown into the back of his mind, it returned under this circumstance!

And...why was the person who ordered the departure of the troops Qiu Wen Shan?

In the Black Iron Camp, Qiu Wen Shan was in charge of defense, and had never managed matters concerning the business road before. Otherwise, if replaced by an experienced person, they would absolutely not directly transfer those people without verifying the authenticity of the document. The Northwestern Guardian was directly under the Central Government. Once transferred, the Black Iron Camp would no longer have the right to intervene with any matters coming after.

Gu Yun took Shen Yi with him, but the leaders of the three major factions were still there. Where did they all disappear to?

Gu Yun: "Pardon your subject's rudeness, dare I ask Your Majesty, what was the time for the bandits' invasion?"

Li Feng: "At the end of last year, what's the matter?"

Gu Yun forced a smile: "It's nothing, your subject only feels that it is a bit strange, bandits from the Western Regions have been cleaned up for a long time now, why did they suddenly appear?"