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Chapter 1368: Chapter 1167: Verbal Battle_1 Chapter 1368: Chapter 1167: Verbal Battle_1 Qiao Xiaomai rose to make dinner, while Yang Ye and Tong Sanlang began discussing plans to round up the Tianlong Gang.

“I have sent people to scout in the past two days, Tong’an County is one of their strongholds, many of their elite warriors are lurking in Tong’an County.” Tong’an County was the place where the fight had occurred before; he had originally thought that everyone in County Town was part of the Tianlong Gang, only after sending scouts did he learn this was not the case.

“They operate very covertly, ordinary citizens in Tong’an County seldom know about this organization, and people in Ningwu County have never even heard of them.”

Upon hearing this, Yang Ye’s expression grew serious, “Where do their tens of thousands of members normally operate then?”

“I suspect they must have secret bases, and these secret bases should be located in remote areas-I suspect they are amongst these hills,” said Tong Sanlang.

Yuhu has many hills, and they are quite tall with dense forests; there are many poisonous insects and wild animals, and ordinary citizens hardly ever venture into these areas.

If the Tianlong Gang were hidden deep within these hills, indeed they could grow and strengthen undetected.

“Summon the county magistrates of Tong’an and Ningwu,” Yang Ye ordered.

“The county magistrate of Ningwu County has gone back to his hometown for a funeral and is not on duty. According to the ‘Daqi Laws,’ the Ningwu County magistrate must resign and observe filial mourning. His Majesty will likely assign a new magistrate to Ningwu County soon,” Tong Sanlang said.

The Ningwu County magistrate was not there; if he were, he would have come to welcome Yang Ye and Niu Dacheng earlier.

“When did he go back for the funeral?” Yang Ye frowned.

“Half a month ago.”

“Send someone to call him here,” Yang Ye ordered.

Tong Sanlang replied promptly, “As for the magistrate of Tong’an County, he will be here shortly; I had someone notify him earlier.”

Yang Ye sneered upon hearing this, “Ha, the very magistrate in charge of the county is utterly unaware that it’s become a den of rebels.”

This magistrate of Tong’an County quite likely has issues.

“You visited this area before, went to each county town; you didn’t discover anything either,” Tong Sanlang pointed out.

“I only stayed in each county town for three days; what could I have discovered? The citizens did not even stop my carriage to cry injustice,” Yang Ye retorted with an eye roll.

“Uh…” Seeing that Yang Ye and Tong Sanlang were about to start arguing, Niu Dacheng hurriedly said, “Truthfully speaking, it’s my negligence.”

Each prefecture’s military is not only responsible for the safety of the grain transport teams but also for maintaining public security and regularly patrolling their jurisdiction. If the Tianlong Gang has developed so covertly, he would indeed be hard to absolve of blame if it came to an investigation.

Upon hearing this, Tong Sanlang spoke up, “The Tianlong Gang doesn’t assemble in groups or cause trouble, and they stay low-key; even ordinary citizens are unaware, not to mention a general like you.”

The military camp is in Prefecture City; except for patrolling, they do not go to the counties below.

Although Niu Dacheng is hardly free from the fault of oversight, with a great enemy at hand, presenting a united front is the correct approach to the threat.

Yang Ye, hearing this, rolled his eyes again, “Didn’t Miss Bei previously say that she had encountered people from the Tianlong Gang? Have you ever checked that place out?”

“No. Their martial arts and mental techniques are too formidable; it is easy for them to succeed with a sneak attack in the jungle.”

Yang Ye harrumphed, “That hardly lives up to your reputation as the greatest martial artist in Daqi.”

“I have never claimed to be the top martial artist in Daqi.”

“In front of Miss Bei, Daqi has already lost face,” Yang Ye said while glancing over at Bei Lingsu.

“That’s not a face I lost; I am just a minor baron,” he responded.

The matters Yang Wenxiao failed to investigate were probably seen as a loss of face for the Yang Family itself.