Chapter 495: Chapter 520: Baiyu’s Plan
The Chen Family is the leader of several major forces.
As long as this family can be dealt with, it would be greatly beneficial for Baiyu to reorganize the Security Bureau and reclaim authority.
This matter must not be rushed either.
Facing such a giant, it’s necessary to look for opportunities bit by bit.
At present.
He decided to first handle the follow-up matters with the Black Water Gang to prevent any hidden dangers when moving against the Chen Family in the future.
"Prepare to visit the headquarters of the Black Water Gang."
Thinking this.
Baiyu said to Qiong Xue.
However.
Qiong Xue replied, "The headquarters of the Black Water Gang has been pretty much repaired, we’ve hired the best craftsmen.
However.
There is now another matter that requires your attention."
"What matter?"
Baiyu asked.
"Do you remember the Lin Family girl that City Lord Guang Yuanba sent you? She seems to have had a change of heart and wants to speak with you alone."
Qiong Xue said.
Only then did Baiyu remember that there was such a person at his Earl’s Mansion.
The Lin Family was already destroyed.
As a once super family, at its peak, the Lin Family not only had a Legendary Ship but also a Count in power, and two Marquises in power.
Such power.
Could be said to dominate one side, covering the sky with one hand.
However.
No family can easily escape the rule of decline, where descendants indulge in a life of ease and pleasure, naturally leading the family to decline day by day.
Or among the family’s descendants, there is mediocre ability, with no one capable of taking up important responsibilities.
The Lin Family is indeed such an example.
"Let’s go and see then, this Lin Family girl might know something. Guang Yuanba handed her over just to disgust me."
Baiyu knew it all too well.
Guang Yuanba took the Lin Family girl out as a criminal for making fake accounts, firstly because the Lin Family was basically gone, and keeping such a distressed member of the Lin bloodline might cause many issues.
After all.
There have been quite a few enemies of the Lin Family over the years.
If it were the Lin Family at its peak, naturally they wouldn’t fear these, but once the Lin Family declined, those enemies would pounce like vicious wolves.
This Lin Family girl.
Is merely a burden.
Yet at that time, the Lin Family had a kindness towards Guang Yuanba, and if he ignored it, his reputation would plummet, leaving him with a handle.
That’s why he took the opportunity to hand over the hot potato, the Lin Family girl, to Baiyu.
Of course.
Baiyu internally had cursed Guang Yuanba more than once for being an idiot.
This last scion of the Lin Family clearly holds significant value.
Whether this guy realized it or not,
Baiyu wanted to develop it.
But this Lin Family girl was always unwilling to cooperate, so it had been shelved until today.
Now I guess.
She realized in the Earl’s Mansion dungeon that no one would come to save her, so she resigned to her fate.
...
The scale of the dungeon at the Earl’s Mansion is not large.
There aren’t many people imprisoned inside.
Besides the die-hard members of the Black Water Gang who came to assassinate Baiyu during this period, there was only the Lin Family girl.
She was in a solitary cell.
It was maintained quite tidily, with servants delivering three meals a day on time, and no one had ever tortured or interrogated her.
However.
People tend to go crazy when confined for long periods.
Especially over these past few days, as more and more people were thrown into the dungeon, the Lin Family girl was visibly panicking.
"Miss, it’s alright, we will definitely get out."
"Miss, you must take care of your health, it seems there is only you left in the Lin Family, and you must not let the Lin Family be erased."
In the cell.
The maid of the Lin Family girl cried until her eyes were red, advising the young lady from the Lin Family beside her.
During this period, the master and servant relied on each other in the cell.
If not for this, the young lady from the Lin Family might have already committed suicide out of shame and anger.
"Xiaohong, I know what’s important."
The Lin Family girl wiped the tears from the corner of her eyes, and their state could not help but invoke sympathy.
Baiyu paused, waited for the master and servant to finish talking, and then approached the cell.
"You were looking for me, is there something you wanted?"
Baiyu got straight to the point.
Hearing his voice, the master and servant stopped crying. In fact, if Baiyu hadn’t spoken, they wouldn’t have noticed.
"Commoner Lin Shiyi, greets Lord Earl."
Seeing Baiyu, this red-eyed girl quickly got up and performed a greeting.
"No need for such formalities, just say what you have. If it’s useful to me, I will naturally let you out."
Baiyu said quietly.
Lin Shiyi felt a deeper sense of bleakness with her life in another’s hands upon hearing this.
However.
Since the fall of the Lin Family, she had been living under others’ roofs.
Every day was a careful struggle, extremely tiring, and besides a bitter smile, what else could she do with this feeling.
After a moment.
She gathered her spirit and said with a somber expression, "My lord, I know secrets that can help you topple the six major forces."
Baiyu was somewhat surprised.
There was actually such an unexpected gain?
However.
He didn’t immediately believe the Lin Family girl and said, "If it’s really useful, I promise you can live quietly thereafter, without interference from others."
Ahtereceiving this promise, Lin Shiyi nodded and continued, "Among the six major forces, someone is collaborating with foreign tribes!"
"Hmm?"
Baiyu’s expression changed instantly, looking seriously at Lin Shiyi: "Do you know the consequences of what you’re saying?
Saying such things recklessly.
Can cost lives."
However.
Lin Shiyi shook her head: "I am quite sure, someone among the six major forces is indeed collaborating with foreign tribes.
This point.
As long as Lord Earl sends people to investigate, accurate information can be obtained.
People’s actions don’t go unnoticed unless they do nothing.
I’m confident that with Lord Earl’s skills, finding evidence is not difficult."
Baiyu was silent for a moment, then said: "Evidence, I trust since you dared to speak out, you must have some assurance."
Seeing that Baiyu’s expression hadn’t changed, Lin Shiyi felt a sense of joy.
This Earl.
Indeed is just as she understood, with a calm temperament.
Having experienced many great storms.
No wonder he ranks among the top ten on the Hidden Dragon List.
In her free time, she loved reading a lot of news about Martial Artists and Extraordinaries, and was particularly familiar with lists like the Hidden Dragon List and the Young Phoenix List.
The rankings of young talents from the East Prosperity Imperial’s younger generation, she knew them very well.
Naturally.
For Baiyu, who emerged as an unexpected contender on the list, she conducted detailed investigations before.
It can be said.
She understood this newly risen noble more than most people in Mountain City.
Upon interacting with him now.
Baiyu was even more outstanding than she had anticipated.
With this.
She wasn’t afraid of entrusting herself to the wrong person.
After all.
What she was about to recount, if heard by outsiders, would result in losing one’s life.
"Lord Earl, what are your plans facing the six major forces?"
At this moment.
Lin Shiyi didn’t know the Black Water Gang had already been exterminated, and she couldn’t help but say, "Although the six major forces often compete openly and secretly, when facing a common powerful enemy, they would support each other, forming a united front.
Previous heads of the Security Bureau were forced out in this manner.
I would like to hear your plans."
Upon hearing this, Baiyu found it quite interesting, this Lin Family girl, even at this critical juncture, was still seeking a way out for herself?
"My plan... is to directly charge in, and eradicate this mob."
Baiyu said with a playful smile.