Only a very small number were surrounded. They would rather commit suicide than be captured alive.

“What’s going on? What’s going on?” Outside Emerald Pavilion, a golden-robed man appeared. He looked at the nearly 200 corpses in disbelief.

“Lord Yu, more than 100 bandits raided Emerald Pavilion and plundered all its money, including the customers!” A woman from Emerald Pavilion immediately stepped forward and said nervously, “We lost 192 guards.”

“What about the customers?” the golden-robed man asked anxiously.

“These bandits only wanted money and didn’t wish to kill,” the woman replied. “The beauties of Emerald Pavilion are fine, and most of the customers are fine. Only one person lost his life.”

“One person?” the golden-robed man asked. “Who?”

“The Duke’s Estate’s Third Young Master, Cheng She!” The woman showed clear anxiety. “Third Young Master wanted to protect his Purple Cloud Treasure Jade. The bandit couldn’t be bothered to negotiate and killed him with a single strike.”

“What? Purple Cloud Treasure Jade? Third Young Master Cheng She?” The golden-robed man felt his burgeoning head. “How can the Duke’s Estate let this matter rest for something that happened in Emerald Pavilion?”

The woman looked helpless.

That Third Young Master was really stubborn!

“Carry out an investigation. We have to find out the identity of these murderers; we have to answer to the Duke’s Estate. Otherwise, it will be difficult for us to do business in the capital.” The golden-robed man was extremely anxious.

“Lord Yu, the Duke’s Estate still needs to take the King of Yan’s Estate into account, right?” the woman whispered.

“What do you know!” the golden-robed man reprimanded.

The King of Yan had great ambitions, so he naturally had to rope in some powerful factions in the empire. The Duke’s Estate was one of the powerful factions that the King of Yan wanted to rope in.

Moreover, in the capital, the Duke’s Estate’s influence was even greater than that of the King of Yan’s Estate. The King of Yan’s influence was mainly in the north!

…

“Immediately notify me if anyone enters this residence,” Xu Jingming instructed the AI. Only then did his consciousness leave Blood Rain World and let the AI carry out autoplay!

Other than actual combat, the AI autoplay wasn’t much worse than Xu Jingming himself.

Xu Jingming’s consciousness quickly headed for Pang Ze’s personal space.

“Here he comes.” Pang Ze, Liu Hai, and Tu Ling were present.

“I’m temporarily safe,” Xu Jingming said.

“Us too.” Liu Hai and Tu Ling nodded.

Pang Ze nodded slightly. “The Purple Cloud Treasure Jade was shattered, and the old monk caught up to the Lv. 8 cosmic lifeform we hired. The old monk wanted to rope the Lv. 8 expert in and invite him into the Red Lotus Sect, but the expert we hired chose to commit suicide after failing to defeat him. At the same time, he destroyed the Purple Cloud Treasure Jade!”

“Haha…” Liu Hai laughed. “That old monk is probably very puzzled. Why would an expert commit suicide just like that?”

“We’ll pay for the resurrection of the dead experts,” Pang Ze said. “The key now is… to protect the three bundles! The danger remains. Blood Rain World won’t let us easily keep this huge wealth.”

Xu Jingming and the others nodded.

Players had the advantage of being players, but they also had a disadvantage… They were targeted by the world.

“Have you counted all the treasures as well? Give me the recorded video,” Pang Ze said. “I’ll find a buyer now. We have to sell them as soon as possible.”

“Yes.” Xu Jingming also handed the video he had recorded to Pang Ze, including the process of him weighing the gold.

It was the same for Liu Hai and Tu Ling.

“Tonight is the most dangerous period. Head back to Blood Rain World and stand guard. I’ll find a buyer,” Pang Ze said.

“Alright.” Xu Jingming, Liu Hai, and Tu Ling felt the pressure. After all, they had too much gold and silver.

******

Xu Jingming took off his clothes and lay down in the house, but he looked out the window and waited for time to pass.

Toward the latter half of the night.

The surroundings suddenly became noisy, and many footsteps sounded.

“Search the area.”

“The bandit had a team in this vicinity. Search carefully.” An angry shout sounded.

With the secret instigation of King of Yan’s Estate and the Duke’s Estate, as well as the fact that so many officials and nobles had been plundered, the Blood Rain Guards were very diligent! They searched for all traces of the bandits’ escape in a bid to capture them.

Bam! Bam! Bam!

Xu Jingming’s door sounded.

Xu Jingming put on his coat and walked out with a spear in hand, opening the courtyard door.

Outside the door were two Blood Rain Guards, and behind them were several auxiliary guards. They stared at Xu Jingming with hostility.

“Have you seen the bandits?” they said as they walked in.

Xu Jingming took out the token from his waist.

“South Wing Procuratorate’s Jingming?” The two Blood Rain Guards were slightly stunned when they saw this.

“So we’re colleagues.” The two nodded.

“Why is there such a huge commotion in the middle of the night?” Xu Jingming asked.

This residence was barely considered in the vicinity of South Wing! Xu Jingming had led his men and ran more than five kilometers to enter the South Wing.

“Emerald Pavilion Restaurant in the East Wing was robbed by a group of bandits. The bandits engaged in a brutal killing of multiple people in Emerald Pavilion.” A Blood Rain Guard sighed. “The Shengong family’s second son, King Qi’s residence, the Chang family… Many important figures were robbed! I heard that the Duke’s Estate’s third son was killed! It’s all over the place! We have to carry out the investigations in the middle of the night.”

They also looked inside the residence.

This was an ordinary residence—it wasn’t big!

“We’ll take a simple look.” One of the Blood Rain Guards took a few steps in and pushed open the door to take a look before backing out. “Duty calls, so don’t take it to heart.”

“Of course.” Xu Jingming nodded.

“Let’s go.”

The auxiliary guards—who didn’t dare to carry out the search—immediately left with the two Blood Rain Guards!