"Prince, sir!" Tan Zong walked to the study room, took off his mask and handed it to a guard in front of the door, pushed the door open and walked in, bowed to Zhao Yunan and Cao Qiaomu who were saying this in the room, and said in a loud voice.

"Menghua, thank you for your hard work." Zhao Yunan and Cao Qiaomu stood up after hearing this. Cao Qiaomu walked over and patted Tan Zong on the shoulder with a smile. He was intimate and did not see him at all.

"Thank you the blessing of the prince and the emperor, and happiness will live up to your mission." Tan Zong smiled slightly and said with a relaxed expression. Only he himself could feel the ups and downs of this period.

"Menghua, I've been away for so long, let's go home and take a look." After a greeting and learning about the experience of the Japanese bandits being wiped out, Zhao Yunan put down the teacup in his hand and said to Tan Zong, who was sitting in the first place, with a smile.

"Thank you, Prince." Tan Zong stood up after hearing this, bowed his hand to Zhao Yunan, and walked out the door excitedly. He was now a little impatient to see Su Jin, Qinghe and Lianxiang to express his lovesickness.

"Prince, Zhao Yuanchang told him about his accomplices in Suzhou Prefecture?" When he reached the door, Tan Zong suddenly remembered something and turned to look at Zhao Yunan.

Although the group of Japanese bandits had been wiped out and Zhao Yunan's mission was completed, the officials did not know how the matter was going. Tan Zong could not feel at ease without eliminating the underground personnel in Suzhou and Yangzhou.

"I originally wanted to tell you later tomorrow." Zhao Yunan shook his head helplessly when he heard this, and looked at Cao Qiaomu. Cao Qiaomu smiled bitterly and said to Tan Zong, "Zhao Yuanchang is dead."

"Diet?" Tan Zong was shocked when he heard this. His first reaction was that Zhao Shiting, who was carefully cared for, committed suicide because Cao Qiaomu had no reason to kill him. But why did Zhao Yuanchang commit suicide before he received news about Zhao Shiting?

"I was negligent, and I didn't expect that they would be omnipresent." Cao Qiaomu's face showed a hint of embarrassment. Zhao Yuanchang's safety was the responsibility of him. Now that Zhao Yuanchang had something to do, his face was naturally lost.

"Is Zhao Yuanchang killed?" Tan Zong couldn't help but be even more surprised and seemed a little unbelievable. Those who were responsible for guarding Zhao Yuanchang were carefully selected by Cao Qiaomu, and Cao Qiaomu's expression couldn't help but become even more embarrassing.

After Cao Qiaomu's explanation, Tan Zong realized that Zhao Yuanchang was actually killed by the chef.

In order to take care of Zhao Yuanchang's life, after Tan Zong left, Cao Qiaomu specially invited a famous chef from Suzhou City to take charge of his diet.

This chef is tall and fat, with a simple face and superb cooking skills. Cao Qiaomu once investigated that this person is innocent and has a very good reputation, and there is nothing suspicious about it, so he chose him.

Since he became Zhao Yuanchang's chef, the chef has worked diligently and the guards who monitored him have found no abnormalities.

Last night, Zhao Shiting was sent to the government office. Cao Qiaomu arranged for the two to meet, and the chef prepared a sumptuous midnight snack for them.

It was not until he saw Zhao Yuanchang under house arrest that Zhao Shiting realized that Tan Zong was originally from the government, and he also realized that Wang Hao's family was not dead. Everything seemed like a dream, which made him unacceptable for a while.

When Zhao Yuanchang saw Zhao Shiting, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. After careful inquiry, he inferred from Zhao Shiting's description that Lei Hong was Tan Zong, who was previously rumored to be assassinated.

To be honest, Zhao Yuanchang didn't expect Tan Zong to successfully rescue Zhao Shiting from the Japanese bandits. He was just talking nonsense at the time.

In his opinion, the first thing the Japanese bandits did after being exposed was to get rid of Zhao Shiting. In this way, the government would have no handle to threaten him, and they could also push Zhao Shiting's death to the government, so that they could resist to the end.

Since he met Zhao Shiting, Zhao Yuanchang had no regrets. He told Zhao Shiting at the dinner table to forget the past and start a new life again. This is the only thing he can do for Zhao Shiting now.

Facing Zhao Yuanchang, who was haggard and looked haggard, Zhao Shiting, who had experienced ups and downs, suddenly realized that he had done something wrong: if it weren't for his domineeringness and then he had a conflict with Wang Hao and injured his legs, then Zhao Yuanchang would not have taken advantage of the opportunity of the Japanese invasion of Suzhou City to frame Wang Hao.

If Wang Hao was not framed, it would not attract Tan Zong's attention. If Tan Zong did not pay attention, Zhao Yuanchang's identity would not be exposed, and then he would still be a casual and happy young man in Suzhou City.

Seeing that Zhao Shiting had regrets in his heart, Zhao Yuanchang was really happy for him. For him, Zhao Shiting still had a long way to go.

When Zhao Shiting told Zhao Yuanchang that he was going to marry the pretty girl and spread her branches and leaves for the Zhao family, something unexpected happened. After the chef brought a pot of hot soup, he suddenly picked up a bamboo chopstick from the soup with a knife and inserted it into Zhao Yuanchang's neck with a lightning speed.

Zhao Yuanchang was not at all prepared. He covered his stabbed neck and looked at the chef in surprise. He never thought that the other party would kill him.

After one move, the chef pulled out chopsticks from Zhao Yuanchang's neck and rushed towards the shocked Zhao Shiting, preparing to bear his life.

At this moment, Zhao Yuanchang suddenly burst out without knowing where he got his strength. He actually jumped up and hugged the chef from behind. The two of them rolled to the ground.

After hearing the sound in the room, the guards standing at the door rushed in and uniformed the chef with all their might.

"My funeral... Lord Tan." When Zhao Shiting cried and helped Zhao Yuanchang up from the ground, Zhao Yuanchang, whose blood was flowing from his neck, was already dying. He smiled at Zhao Shiting, explained it to him with all his strength, and his head drooped weakly and disappeared.

The chef knew that he had committed a serious crime and had absolutely no chance of survival, so he bit his tongue and committed suicide after being arrested. His family had been arrested and was waiting for Cao Qiaomu's death.

"Function?" When he learned that Zhao Yuanchang mentioned him before his death, Tan Zong frowned slightly, and he was a little confused about the meaning of Zhao Yuanchang's move.

After a while, Tan Zong suddenly thought of Zhao Yuanchang's previous request to help him collect the body. His eyes lit up and asked Cao Qiaomu, "Sir, where is Zhao Yuanchang now?"

"The small courtyard where he lives." Cao Qiaomu looked at Tan Zong with some suspicion when he heard this, and couldn't figure out why he was interested in a dead man with a serious sin.

"Prince, sir, I'll check Zhao Yuanchang." Tan Zong heard this, bowed his hand to Cao Qiaomu and Zhao Yunan and said in a deep voice.

Seeing this, Zhao Yunan felt that Tan Zong seemed to have thought of something, so he nodded, and Tan Zong hurriedly left.

"Menghua seems to have discovered something?" Cao Qiaomu looked at Tan Zong's back as he hurriedly left, surprised

He looked at Zhao Yunan.

"He is a lucky general." Zhao Yunan smiled slightly, picked up the tea beside him and took a sip of it, "Maybe he can solve the current dead end and fulfill the old man's wish."

Upon hearing this, Cao Qiaomu's eyes fell on Tan Zong, who was about to leave the yard again, and a trace of expectation appeared in his eyes:

The "old man's wish" mentioned by Zhao Yunan refers to the eradication of secret underground forces entrenched in Suzhou and Yangzhou. Now that Zhao Yuanchang is dead, there is no way to eradicate the underground forces of Suzhou Prefecture. If Tan Zong can find clues from Zhao Yuanchang and then find the secret personnel hidden in Suzhou Prefecture, then it will undoubtedly be a relief for Cao Qiaomu.

The room where Zhao Yuanchang lived has become a simple mourning hall. When Tan Zong walked in, Zhao Yuanchang was lying in a coffin, with Zhao Shiting and the pretty girl kneeling beside him. They were burning paper for him...

Zhao Shiting glanced at Tan Zong, lowered his head and continued to burn paper for Zhao Yuanchang. The beautiful girl looked at Tan Zong with a look of shock. She clearly saw the guards guarding at the door bowing to Tan Zong. It seemed that this young man who had appeared in the valley where the Japanese bandits were located was a court official, and it seemed that the official position was quite large.

"Do you know why your father mentioned me before he died?" Tan Zong walked up to look at Zhao Yuanchang with his eyes closed in the coffin, and said in a deep voice to Zhao Shiting.

Zhao Shiting raised his head and looked at Tan Zong with sad eyes. Although Tan Zong arrested Zhao Yuanchang, he did not hate Tan Zong. He hated himself now, and he felt that he had harmed Zhao Yuanchang.

"I have promised your father before that if your father can hand over the list he has mastered to me, then I will arrange a way out for you to change your name and start a new life." Tan Zong looked at Zhao Shiting with bright eyes, "Your father had long expected that he might be assassinated, so he had made arrangements long ago. If I was not mistaken, he left some clues on him, so he would mention him before he died."

"Do you want to have a autopsy?" Zhao Shiting understood what Tan Zong meant and looked at Tan Zong in shock. At this time, he finally understood why Zhao Yuanchang enlightened him to survive last night. It turned out that Zhao Yuanchang had reached an agreement with Tan Zong before.

"It's not a autopsy, I just want to see if there is anything unusual on him." Tan Zong shook his head and looked at Zhao Shiting with a serious expression. "If he really left some clues that the court could eradicate the underground forces hidden in Suzhou Prefecture, then I will definitely abide by the agreement with your father and let you start a new life. In this way, I want your father to be at ease even under the storm."
Chapter completed!