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The escort team looked at each other in dismay. One of them said, "There must be a risk involved in the transport of the silver. The person who is in charge of the darts is strong in martial arts. He is not our match." He was smart enough not to mention Wei Wenbin's name, in case he got into trouble.

"You're right, but it's not enough to make Wei Wenbin swallow his anger." He paused for a moment and then said coldly, "I don't mind telling you one more thing. The matter of Wei Wenbin's embezzlement has been brought up to His Majesty and ten boxes of gold and silver have been found. As expected, someone will bring you all to the palace within the hour!"

The escort leader's rough face was deathly pale as he said with a trembling voice, "You … "Don't think we'll believe you just because you said something that was too ridiculous."

"Whether or not I am spouting nonsense will be revealed in an hour. However, by then, it will be too late. Even the deities that descended to the mortal realm will not be able to save you."

The escort stared at him for a while and said coldly, "You want to talk about Master Wei again?"

"It seems you know very well that you want to live, or you want to die. You decide for yourself." After saying that, he sat down and calmly sipped his tea.

They gathered in a corner and whispered to each other. After a long while, the escort came over and said, "You don't have to scare us. As long as we keep our mouths in check, our lives will be safe."

"No problem?" Dongfang Qin shook his head and chuckled. After a while, he stopped smiling and said, "You are all young and often walk in the martial arts world. No matter what, you are still half a part of the martial arts world. I didn't expect you to be so naive."

"Right now, you guys still have some use. Wei Wenbin is naturally kind and even willing to make promises, but once he gets out of this predicament, adding up the old and new grudges, I can't think of any reason to let you people who know about it." The teacup in the middle of his slender fingers twirled, "To be precise, I will not let you off."

Everyone was silent. Wei Wenbin was famous for his greed and ruthlessness when he became an official in Jiangning. He... It was possible to do such a thing.

In the stifling silence, Dongfang Gu stood up and raised his eyebrows, "I've said everything I need to say. If you insist on going head first, I have no other choice. Goodbye." With that, he turned and walked towards the door without hesitation.

Just as his hands were about to touch the latch, the sound of the escort came from behind him. "Why are you telling us all this? What's your purpose?"

Dongfang Wenbin stopped and turned around, saying, "I have my own reasons, but at the same time, I truly don't want you to die in vain at Wei Wenbin's hands."

One of the escort asked hesitantly, "What should we do?"

"It's simple, the first strike is the strongest!"

The escort's eyelids trembled as he said, "You want us to testify against the lord guard?"

"Only when Wei Wenbin is too busy to take care of himself will you have a way out." Before he finished his sentence, the escort already shook his head, "No, this is impossible!"

He wasn't the only one. The other escort also shook their heads. One of them said softly, "As you say. We don't know if Lord Wei is alright, but we definitely have no way to survive."

Dongfang Shan had already expected them to say something like this. He raised his eyebrows and said, "Are you worried that the Marquis Wei will take revenge?"

That person nodded and said, "He is the eldest son of the Marquis Wei. If something were to happen because of our testimony, the Marquis Wei would definitely hate us to death."

The other person said with a troubled expression, "It's not just Lord Wei. There's also the Pingyang Mansion, the Fenyang Prince Mansion, and even …" He shrunk his neck back and lowered his voice, saying, "The one from the Ning Longevity Palace."

The escort continued, "Even without mentioning the empress dowager, the rest of them were already stomping their feet. Someone who would shake the entire Nanjing City was far from someone we could afford to offend."

After they had finished talking, Dongfang Qin leisurely said, "You're right. If anything happens to Wei Wenbin, you will definitely become the thorn in the side of Master Wei and the others. You won't rest until I kill you!"

The escort leader said angrily: "You knew the danger involved and yet you still told us to send out the guards. You clearly wanted us dead."

In the face of his accusations, Dongfang Nian wasn't angry at all. Smiling, he said, "Since I've come to see you, I naturally have a way to help you escape death."

No matter how angry the Marquis Wei and his men are, they will not dare to openly attack you in Jinling City. The most dangerous thing is after you leave Jinling; however, I can help you leave Jinling in secret and send you to a place no one knows about. Then, I can take over your families in Jiangning and change your names and start over.

They had lived in Jiangning for many years, and all of a sudden, they had to leave their hometown and go to a completely new place, which was hard to accept.

After about the time it took to make a cup of tea, a series of footsteps came from the next room and a waiter's fawning voice entered his ears. "Masters, those people you mentioned live in these rooms."

Dongfang Qin's expression changed. He lowered his voice and said to Darkspear and the others who had also changed color, "The person who sent you into the palace is here. Hurry up and make your decision!"

The escort knew that the situation was urgent. He gritted his teeth and said, "Are you serious?"

Dongfang Zhi knew that this was a critical moment, so he immediately said, "If you say what you want, you will never be able to keep up!"

"What do you think?" The escort looked at the group of escorts. They looked at each other and said, "We will listen to you, escort leader."

While he was speaking, the group of people had already looked at the room next door and walked over to them. One of the escort quickly went to bolt the door, and as for Dongfang Gu, when the sound of footsteps just appeared, he had already retreated to the open window, ready to jump down at any time.

The waiter was unable to push the door open. He knew that someone had locked the door behind them. He knocked on the door and said, "Steward, a few old men are looking for you."

Dongfang Shan knew that he wouldn't be able to block the door for long, so he urged, "There's no time, hurry up and decide!"

When the knocking on the door got impatient, the escort finally made up his mind. He gritted his teeth and said: "Alright, I'll listen to you. I hope you won't go back on your words, otherwise we won't let you go even if we become ghosts."

"I will keep my promise and protect you from Jinling. Also, you are not allowed to tell anyone that you have seen me, otherwise the deal will be a waste. Remember this!" After the escort agreed, Dongfang Gu jumped off from the second floor and quickly disappeared from everyone's line of sight.

As soon as Dongfang Zhi left, the head of the escort immediately took out the usual horse tokens and piled them on the table. He then asked the three escort officers to sit at each table, pretending to hang themselves. After doing all this, he went to open the door. The waitress grumbled, "Why did the customer take so long to open the door?"