Pei Haohong carefully observed Shang Xingyan's expression as he spoke. The latter roared, "Speak!"

Pei Haohong said, "Kill all the others! Especially… especially Li Po and Ye Yang. We must get Xia Mengying to do it!"

"If necessary, use Banxianzhuang (Half-Immortal Village) as leverage to force Xia Mengying's hand!"

"After all that is done, give Xia Mengying the map to Banxianzhuang, let her sneak in, and he will take care of the rest."

Shang Xingyan said with a dark face, "How do you contact Xia Chuan?"

"He contacts me!" Pei Haohong said, "Xia Chuan said that he is surrounded by great Confucian scholars in Banxianzhuang, even grand scholars are by his side. Any carelessness will expose him."

"It is safer if he contacts me."

Shang Xingyan waved his hand slightly, and a Xiu Yi Wei (Embroidered Uniform Guard) appeared before him. He said in a deep voice, "Take a team of brothers to Banxianzhuang and cut off all their contact with the outside world."

"If anyone comes out, whether human or ghost, kill them on the spot. Bring back the secret letters on their bodies."

"Be careful not to reveal your whereabouts."

"If there are ghost messengers or other forces from the underworld obstructing you, you may kill first and report later."

"Yes!" The Xiu Yi Wei responded and left.

Shang Xingyan paced back and forth in the room for a few steps, then his expression suddenly changed. He walked quickly to the message incense he had just lit, picked it up, and examined it carefully several times.

After a moment, murderous intent burst from Shang Xingyan's eyes, and he said coldly, "What audacity! Just because the Guan Zhu (Lord Official) isn't here, you think I wouldn't dare to kill?"

As Shang Xingyan spoke to himself, he turned his hand and pointed at Pei Haohong. The latter thought Shang Xingyan was going to kill him and was about to beg for mercy when Shang Xingyan's fingertip touched his forehead.

In an instant, Pei Haohong felt as if he had been trapped in an invisible prison, completely sealed off from sight and sound.

From the outside, one could only see Pei Haohong shouting madly, but no sound could be heard.

Shang Xingyan raised his hand and gently clapped twice. A ripple that looked like a human figure vaguely appeared beside him.

The other party revealed this slight form, obviously to show respect to Shang Xingyan, but his tone was not polite at all: "You called me so quickly? How could the Guan Zhu entrust the Xiu Yi Wei to you?"

Shang Xingyan was not angry and handed the message incense to the other party: "Take a look!"

As soon as the message incense reached the other party's hand, it was shattered into powder. The man said angrily, "Who is so bold as to cut off our Xiu Yi Wei's message incense?"

"Has something happened to the Guan Zhu? Where is he?"

Shang Xingyan waved his hand and said, "Something must not have happened to Guan Zhu, you should be the first one to know if Guan Zhu is in danger."

"I guess, Guan Zhu deliberately discarded his dedicated message incense for some reason, allowing someone with ulterior motives to pick it up."

"Guan Zhu means for us to take action and kill!"

Although the murderous intent on the remnant soul had not diminished, it was no longer as violent as before: "They have lived long enough to dare use Guan Zhu's things."

Shang Xingyan laughed, "I'm afraid your Remnant Soul Hall hasn't been out for many years, they have forgotten that there is a knife hidden in the Xiu Yi Wei, right? It's time for you to sharpen your blade."

"Who to kill?" The other party only said two words, but the temperature in the room dropped a few degrees.

"Follow the Guan Zhu's message incense to investigate and kill all those involved. In addition, you have to kill a group of underworld officials surnamed Xia."

The shadow said in a deep voice: "Are you sure you didn't make a mistake? If those officials have nothing to do with the message incense, can you smooth over the consequences of killing them?"

Shang Xingyan said, "I didn't say anything wrong, and you didn't hear anything wrong either."

Shang Xingyan briefly explained what Pei Haohong had confessed: "Pei Haohong thinks he has controlled Xia Chuan, but he doesn't know that this is a trap set by Xia Chuan for him."

"The person impersonating the Guan Zhu must be related to Banxianzhuang. He wants me to protect the young master at the cost of the Xiu Yi Wei, just to set up a trap in Banxianzhuang and severely damage our Xiu Yi Wei!"

Shang Xingyan sneered: "Start investigating from Xia Chuan, kill all his ancestors nine generations up who held positions in the underworld, or those who have not yet been reincarnated. Do it without hiding anything, let's kill openly."

The shadow said: "Killing is not a problem! But, isn't it a bit rash for you to do this?"

"If I take action, those who should jump out won't jump out anymore, aren't you alarming the snake?"

Shang Xingyan waved his hand and said, "It's not like that!"

"Now that the Guan Zhu is not here, and the young marshal's memories have not yet been restored. Nothing can be rushed."

"What we must do is to seek stability in everything."

"This time, the other party deliberately dragged me in to use the young master's hand to drag our Xiu Yi Wei into some kind of conflict. I don't want to give them this opportunity, and I don't want to come out to protect the young master now."

"In short, my opinion is that we should still pretend that we don't know the young marshal has amnesia, and we should also let go of the young master, just like before. Give the outside world the false impression that the Xiu Yi Wei is fighting for power and profit, and that there is internal discord."

"Only by keeping the Xiu Yi Wei intact can we protect the young master to the greatest extent."

The shadow "hmmed" before saying: "But, in that case. How do you explain the Remnant Soul Hall's move this time?"

Shang Xingyan said: "Don't worry, I have my own arrangements!"

The shadow snorted coldly: "Does someone need to go and inform the young master?"