World-Ending Demon Emperor
Chapter 959: Four Four Five: Carnage! Blood flows like a river!

Chapter 959: Four Four Five: Carnage! Blood flows like a river!

Suo Lun hurried back to the princess’ residence at his fastest speed and requested Zhen Yan Princess to use her Mental Skill to coerce Suo Fu into speaking in the prison cell.

Grand Eunuch Gao Yin personally led thousands of Forbidden Army soldiers to besiege the Hidden Yuan Association.

All the archives and ledgers of the Royal Gold Exchange were burned, so there must be backups at Fang Qingyi’s Hidden Yuan Association.

Suo Lun himself, under the protection of Hei Ningqi and the Shadow Cabinet, headed to the headquarters of the Royal Gold Exchange outside Wangcheng Zidu!

The Royal Gold Exchange is the largest bank in Rage Wave Kingdom, equivalent to the national bank. There are eleven branches in the Rage Wave Kingdom, with the one in Zhi Du being the headquarters.

Originally, the Zhi Du headquarters was within the royal city, but it was moved outside due to rapid expansion because neither the vault nor the office space were sufficient anymore.

Six years ago, a new headquarters of the Royal Gold Exchange was built fifty miles away from Zhi Du.

Of course, the old headquarters inside the city is still in use, but it only handles some minor and more trivial business. The administrative center, large vaults, and the storage of materials are all at the new headquarters outside the city.

At that time, Zhi Ning Duke was in charge of managing the Royal Gold Exchange, referring to this old bank within the city.

The new headquarters outside the city, on the other hand, has always been in the hands of the Hidden Yuan Association.

The Hidden Yuan Association’s moving of the bank’s headquarters outside Zhi Du was fraught with ulterior motives.

Over the years, the Hidden Yuan Association has built the entire bank into an independent kingdom.

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Half an hour later, Suo Lun arrived at the Royal Gold Exchange outside Zhi Du.

This was a large castle complex built on the mountainside, covering over 300 acres, complete with drawbridges and moats.

This was not some headquarters of a bank, but a military fortress.

"The castle that’s burning is the one in the courtyard; it’s still billowing smoke. All of the Gold Exchange’s archives and ledgers were inside," said Commander of the Imperial Guards, Li Ruofei.

Suo Lun’s eyes narrowed, flickering with a dangerous light.

Li Ruofei’s urgent report made Suo Lun think the entire Royal Gold Exchange was ablaze. He had not expected that it was only a castle in the courtyard on fire; there was something fishy about this.

The entire Royal Gold Exchange castle complex was still intact.

Moreover, thousands of private soldiers of the Exchange were guarding every part of the castle, and there were medium-sized ballistas everywhere, even catapults.

The castle gates were shut, and the drawbridge had already been raised.

The entire Royal Gold Exchange had essentially become a heavily defended military fortress, armed to the teeth.

"I ordered you to take full control of the Royal Gold Exchange. Why did you not lead an army to attack it? Why are you just besieging it from the outside?" Suo Lun questioned, "And you let them burn all the ledgers inside?"

Li Ruofei said, "I did not expect the Royal Gold Exchange to possess such strong military forces, and even dare to confront us with force! The matter is crucial; I did not dare to make a decision by myself, only to report to the Regent Duke."

Suo Lun glanced at Commander Hei Ningqi and saw a flash of displeasure in his eyes.

Suppressing all distractions, Hei Ningqi stepped forward and shouted loudly, "The Regent Duke of the kingdom has arrived; open the gates immediately!"

At this moment, a middle-aged man appeared on the battlements and bowed deeply to Suo Lun, saying, "Shopkeeper Fang Zeming of the Royal Gold Exchange, greets His Excellency the Regent Duke."

Fang Zeming? Another person from Yin Zhou! He is coming to be the president of the bank of Rage Wave Kingdom?

Suo Lun asked, "Do you know this Fang Zeming?"

Hei Ningqi shook his head and said, "Don’t know him. I remember the shopkeeper of the Royal Gold Exchange was someone with the surname Li."

Hei Ningqi then asked, "Has the shopkeeper of the Royal Gold Exchange been changed? Where is Shopkeeper Li?"

Fang Zeming said, "My Hidden Yuan Association has always been the largest shareholder of the Royal Gold Exchange. Plus, the shares mortgaged to our association over the years, the shares of the Hidden Yuan Association in the Royal Gold Exchange have now exceeded half. Therefore, the higher authorities appointed me to run the Royal Gold Exchange."

Hei Ningqi said, "No matter who you are, open the gates immediately. The Forbidden Army is taking over the Royal Gold Exchange."

Fang Zeming replied, "I’m sorry, the Royal Gold Exchange has now become the property of the Hidden Yuan Association, and the great forces of Rage Wave Kingdom have no right to enter."

Suo Lun said, "Have you burned all the ledgers and records of the Royal Gold Exchange?"

Fang Zeming replied, "Yes, according to the rules of the Hidden Yuan Association, in any emergency, we must immediately burn all ledgers and records, to absolutely prevent important data from leaking and to protect the privacy and safety of our clients."

Suo Lun asked, "Do you still have backups then?"

Fang Zeming answered, "Of course, all important documents of the Hidden Yuan Association’s assets are backed up in Yin Zhou."

As Fang Zeming spoke these words, he wore a cold smile on his face, as if to say if you can, go to Yin Zhou.

Do you qualify to go to Yin Zhou? Do you even know where it is?

Suo Lun despised such a look, it was entirely the gaze of a colonizer looking upon the natives.

Fang Zeming said, "Lord Suo Lun, you will not obtain anything here with me, so please go back!"

"Go back?" Suo Lun said, "After going back, what then?"

Fang Zeming replied, "Go back and release Lord Suo Fu, release Marquis FuE, and then we can talk about anything. Of course, you will definitely pay a price for your actions today."

"Price?" Suo Lun sneered, "What price? Are you going to negotiate with me?"

Fang Zeming replied, "Of course not, it is our young master who will negotiate with you. However, he has already put out the word, he has always been waiting for you at the Hidden Yuan Association to negotiate. But before negotiating, please wear three items."

"What items?" Suo Lun asked.