Since Yuan Qing took the ten Taibai Dark Guard Commanders on the merchant ship to Xicheng, he rarely showed up. Even though several of the commanders had obvious seasickness symptoms, he still stayed in his cabin, and even vomited in his room.

After floating on the water for five or six days, I finally arrived at Xicheng. Xicheng, also known as Xinwu, Liangxi and Jinkui. It is leaning against the Yangtze River in the north and Taihu Lake in the south. It is known as the pearl of Taihu Lake. The Grand Canal of Beijing and Hangzhou even passes through the middle of Xicheng city and is known as one of the birthplaces of Jiangnan civilization.

It can be traced back to the late Shang Dynasty. In order to give way to his third brother Ji Li, the father of King Wen of Zhou, he took his second brother Zhongyong to the south of the Yangtze River and settled in Meili, Xicheng, to build a city and establish a country, and called himself "Gouwu".

By the end of the Shang Dynasty, Zhou destroyed Shang. Because Taibo had no son, King Wu of Zhou posthumously named Zhou Zhang, the fifth-generation grandson of Zhongyong, and established the Wu Kingdom. By the third year of King Yuan of Zhou, Yue Kingdom destroyed Wu Kingdom, and Xicheng belonged to Yue Kingdom. By the 35th year of King Xian of Zhou, Chu Kingdom destroyed Yue, and Xicheng belonged to Chu Kingdom. Later, the emperor Qin Shihuang, the emperor of the ages, destroyed Chu and established Kuaiji County. Xicheng belonged to Kuaiji County. He also sent general Wang Jian to guard Xicheng, because at that time, the geographical location of Xicheng was very important and was a strategic location.

In the fifth year of Emperor Gaozu of Han Dynasty, Wuxi County was established and belonged to Kuaiji County. In the Xin Dynasty, which was suspected to be a time traveler, Wang Mang, it was renamed Youxi County. In the first year of Jianwu in the Eastern Han Dynasty, it was renamed Wuxi County again, so it is now called Wuxi and Xicheng.

Because Xicheng is geographically adjacent to the Yangtze River and Taihu Lake, and the Grand Canal in the territory is also the Jinghang Canal, it has been a hometown of fish and rice since ancient times. It has always been known as the cloth wharf, Qian Wharf, Kiln Wharf, Silk City, and rice city. The canal transportation is very developed. It can almost be said that the rice, silk, porcelain, and silk cloth from the entire south of the Yangtze River are transported from Xicheng along the Jinghang Canal, or the Yangtze River to all parts of the world, so the Caogang will put its headquarters in Xicheng.

When we were on the boat, Yunqing had already inquired about the people on the boat. The most well-known inn in Xicheng was called Xiaoyao Inn. Yunqing and the ten secret guards all agreed that they had eleven people in total, and they went to Xiaoyao Inn in groups of three, three, three, and two. They first scattered the inn to have dinner, and then stay together, so that they would not be too eye-catching, and they would arrive at the inn relatively safely, and then gather in a room to communicate.

Among the ten commanders of Taibai Secret Guards, Helian Qishan, Wu Tian and Fu'an each took the other two together, and three in groups, and they scattered and went to Xiaoyao Inn in batches, while Yun Qing himself and the remaining Li Min, and the two went to Xiaoyao Inn together.

After they arrived in batches and had their own meals and had their accommodation, everyone came to Yunqing's room without anyone paying attention.

"How is it? Are there any discoveries on the road?" Because there were not enough seats in the room, everyone except Yun Qing stood there. Yun Qing asked at this time.

"Our group is being followed." Helian Qishan said with a serious expression.

"So too!" Wu Tian and Fu'an, also a colleague, spoke.

Yun Qing frowned, "Li Min and I don't have them. We went out at the same pier at the same time as you. Could it be that they only know more than three people.

Send someone to monitor and track?”

"General Yun, it is very likely that all of us in groups of three of us have been followed. I guess that although Xicheng is the base camp of the Cao Gang, there are still many other businessmen from all over the country, and it is impossible for everyone to follow them. So it is very likely that they are following more than three or more strangers from outside. Maybe they think that those who are less than this number can't make any big waves, so they don't follow them." Fu'an pondered for a moment and said slowly.

"Well, you have been training for a while, at least you still have eyesight. What do you think of the combat power level of the people who follow you?" Yun Qing said to them.

"It's hard to say anything about force, after all, it can't be seen at first glance. However, I see that they are unsteady in walking. If they weren't intentionally disguised, they shouldn't be strong. Moreover, just from the tracking methods, they are not rigorous at all. They don't seem to be afraid of being discovered by us. Maybe they are not called stalking, they should just stare openly."

Helian Qishan said at this time, frowned, and recalling the previous scene: "President Yun taught us to follow and counter-stalk before, so we all pretended not to find out and just secretly followed them. However, in order to prevent alarming the snake, we did not choose to get rid of them, but pretended to let them follow all the way to the inn without knowing it." Helian Qishan said.

"Where are you?" Yun Qing looked at Fu'an and Wu Tian.

"We are the same. The other party did not hide anything. It seemed that they were not afraid of being discovered by us. Maybe their Cao Gang itself is a local snake, so even if it is discovered, they are not afraid of anything." Wu Tian replied.

"Mine is almost the same. Our group is the last one. We even saw that the people who followed us and the people who followed Fu'an and others gathered together to chat. Later, we didn't pay much attention to us at all. Instead, we just completed the task, we followed us to the inn very perfunctorily and went straight back. We didn't say we stayed for a while, as if we were just making sure we were staying there. " Fu'an was also the situation before the meeting, and the organizational language said.

Yun Qing nodded, "Well, it seems to be similar to what I guess. Judging from these details, have you reached any conclusions? You can speak freely, and it doesn't matter if you say it wrong."

"Then let me talk first, it's like throwing bricks and attracting jade. It seems that the people above the Cao Gang attach great importance to outsiders, so they sent gangs to follow and monitor them, but the members below were not very concerned about this and were a little perfunctory. This means that the members of the gang below do not know why the top leaders of the gang do this. They didn't understand it themselves, so they couldn't pay attention to it."

The person who spoke was Du Yongnian, who was the commander of the seventh capital of Taibai Secret Guard. Compared with Helian Qishan, Wu Tian and Fu'an, he only entered the Taibai Secret Camp after the next group. However, he performed very well in the training process, and his leadership and personal strength were very outstanding. So later when Yun Qing selected Taibai Secret Guard, he stood out and entered the Taibai Secret Guard. He performed well in later training and was promoted to the commander of the seventh capital.

"You can think so. The upper class of the Cao Gang knew that it would be less peaceful during this period, so he arranged for more than three people to follow and monitor. However, the members below felt that nothing big happened recently. They thought that their Cao Gang style had been.

It is calm and everything is safe, so it is not tight at all. It is slow and swaying, and there is no efficiency in doing things." This time, a short and strong boy with dark skin spoke, his voice was muffled and sounded like a thunder. However, after hearing what he said, the observation was still very detailed. The boy's name is Wulu, and he was also a student who entered the secret camp later.

"Does other people have anything to say?" Yun Qing asked calmly.

"Master Yun, I'll make a bold guess. Mu Hong, the former leader of the Cao Gang, was not dead, and was in Xicheng. However, Jingzhe, the leader of the Cao Gang, did not find where he was hiding, so he was so aggressive in searching. And the actual situation is very likely that Mu Hong had already asked for help from the outside world. The young master said before that the members of the original gang thought that Mu Hong would either be expelled from the gang by Jingzhe or suppressed and destroyed, so Mu Hong could only hope for the lower subordinates outside Xicheng. In contrast, Jingzhe would order people to monitor people from other places." Fu'an pondered for a moment and spoke.

Yun Qing nodded in appreciation, and the facts are very likely to be like this. "The high probability of Fu'an's analysis is correct. At least it can be concluded that Mu Hong is not dead, and it should be still in Xicheng. Otherwise, Jingzhe would not have monitored and tracked such a large scale, because he was afraid that outsiders would threaten his current position as the leader of the gang."

Everyone else nodded, and Wu Tian suddenly asked, "If so, if we ask Mu Hong as a stranger during this period, will it be easier for us to be noticed by the Cao Gang and expose ourselves."

"Well, it is indeed the case, but we must not do it. During the next period, each of you will shuttle between various restaurants, brothels and city wharfs, collecting various information. When you come back, we will summarize the information, find what is useful to us, and analyze it one by one!" Yun Qing stood up and ordered everyone.

Others nodded and praised. When they were in the secret camp before, Commander Yun had taught me, such as collecting useful information to you in the market, restaurants, or brothels. If you don’t talk about related topics, you must guide the topic skillfully so that others will chat. And after you come back, you must also peel off the various messages you collected today to find out the truly useful information.

"This time we come here, each of you has a thousand taels of silver in activity funds, but you have to save money and use it on the place where you should use it. In the camp, I have taught you the skills of disguising yourself. You can take advantage of this opportunity to learn and use it. In the afternoon, you will go to purchase the tools and clothes you should use. Don't expose it. If you are caught and you are caught because of your mistake, you can only blame yourself for not being good at learning. If you are exposed because of your arrest, then you can only ask for blessings... You can live until we have completed this mission and call your strength to save you, you know!" Yun Qing looked at everyone with a stern look and asked lightly.

Everyone stretched out their right hand and patted their hearts, indicating that they knew and remembered it. If they were in the camp, everyone would definitely respond loudly, but here they could only respond in this way.
Chapter completed!