The Amazing son in law Chapter 8034 - 8037

The situation in the Strait of Hormuz escalated rapidly over the next four days.

Under the Rothschild family’s covert manipulation, international crude oil prices soared by over 30%, setting a record for the fastest price surge in recent years.

Wu Yongzhen naturally made a fortune.

Taking advantage of the high prices, he packaged and sold all the crude oil he had privately mined and purchased from the Getty family directly to them.

Several oil-carrying ships hadn’t even reached port yet, but Wu Yongzhen had already earned tens of millions of dollars in profit, making him a substantial cash cow. With

hundreds of millions of dollars in hand, Wu Yongzhen immediately rewarded Rachel Getty.

His rewards were twofold: a direct five million US dollars as a personal bonus, and a dragon-patterned bronze token—the highest-ranking item within the Left Army Commander’s Office.

The overall operational structure of the Five Military Commands was largely based on the Ming Dynasty’s military system. To maintain absolute control over all elite cavalry, assassins, and scholars within their jurisdiction, each Command had its own core force: the Tiger Warrior Battalion and the Tiger Warrior Army under its command.

The Tiger Warrior Battalion was independent of any subordinate garrison, directly controlled by Wu Yongzhen, the Grand Commander of the Left Military Command. The entire Tiger Warrior Battalion consisted entirely of martial arts and Taoist masters, and below them was a well-trained army—the Tiger Warrior Army.

The Tiger Warrior Army was not only powerful and numerous but also extremely secretive, much like the Ming Dynasty’s Embroidered Uniform Guard or Germany’s Gestapo. They were present throughout the Five Military Commands’ sphere of influence, appearing and disappearing unpredictably. Besides protecting the Five Military Commands and carrying out supreme orders, one of their most important tasks was to be scattered throughout the region, secretly monitoring all registered scholar family members.The nature of scholars differs greatly from that of assassins and elite guards. Assassins and elite guards operate within a closed loop of control, constantly under strict surveillance and restraint. Scholars, however, are more like free agents sent out on missions. On the surface, they possess the same freedom as ordinary people, allowing them to better integrate into society.

But this also introduces the risk of defection.

Therefore, the Tiger Legion closely monitors the activities of scholars worldwide. Where each scholar goes and what they do is secretly recorded and reported to the intelligence center. If a scholar is found to have traveled long distances without approval, immediate action is taken. The punishment ranges from arrest and severe torture to execution, sometimes even implicating the entire family.

Because of this underlying logic, despite Rachel Getty’s outward appearance as a wealthy American heiress, she dares not travel freely or indulge in the usual touristy lifestyle. Every destination requires approval, and without a valid reason, simply going out for fun will not only be refused but may also result in severe reprimands and punishment.

The greatest use of the Dragon-Patterned Bronze Token is that all Tiger-Ben Army soldiers are forbidden from interfering or intervening, and are even required to provide assistance to the holder of the token. More importantly, the Dragon-Patterned Bronze Token is valid even across governor’s offices.

With this token, Rachel Getty practically became a free person in a physical sense. She could go anywhere in the world without applying, and the only two people who could command her were the Grand Governor and the Emperor.

However, the Emperor would never have any direct contact with anyone outside the Wu family, let alone a scholar. Therefore, Rachel Getty only needed to ensure that Wu Yongzhen could contact her at any time; everything else was up to her.

For the scholar’s family, this was actually their greatest pursuit in life.

Generally, only scholar families who have made great contributions have the opportunity to obtain this dragon-patterned bronze token. The Governor’s Office will also do them a favor, usually allowing the scholar families who obtain the dragon-patterned bronze token to move freely without being sent on any missions. At the same time, they will be provided with antidote pills regularly, so as to maintain control over them and summon them back to serve the organization when needed.Rachel Getty herself never imagined she would have the chance to obtain this extremely precious dragon-patterned bronze token. While she was resting in her dormitory, a female clerk from the Left Army Commander’s Office suddenly arrived at her door.

One of Rachel Getty’s roommates opened the door. She didn’t recognize the clerk and was somewhat puzzled, asking, “Who are you looking for?”

The clerk strode in, and before her roommate could stop her, her body seemed to be repelled by a magnetic field, slowly being pushed back as the clerk approached.

At that moment, the roommate knew that this must be a high-ranking official from the Commander’s Office.

Her expression was tense yet respectful. Seeing the door close automatically after the other person entered, she immediately knelt on one knee and said respectfully, “Your subordinate greets Your Excellency!”

Upon hearing this, the other two scholars who were reading in the living room jumped up like startled birds, immediately kneeling on one knee and saying respectfully, “Your subordinate greets Your Excellency!”

All the scholars knew that the Assistant Commissioner held a very high position. Once the door was closed, they had to kneel respectfully to greet him. No one could break the rules; otherwise, the Assistant Commissioner could kill one or two scholars and return without even writing a report. He could simply say he had been neglected, and there would be no further trouble.

The female Assistant Commissioner merely glanced at the three of them out of the corner of her eye and asked indifferently, “Where is Miss Getty?”

The mention of Miss Getty shocked the three men.

If the Left Army Commander’s Office was the Emperor, then the Assistant Commissioner was an Imperial Envoy, and they were merely ordinary officials under imperial power, at most scholars without official rank. How could the Assistant Commissioner address a scholar as “Miss”? !Just then, Rachel Getty, who was reviewing her lessons in her room, heard the commotion outside and quickly pushed open the door.

Upon opening it, she saw her three roommates kneeling before a strange woman. The woman’s expression was cold and arrogant, and her demeanor extraordinary. Rachel knew she must be someone sent by the Left Army Commander’s Office, so she quickly stepped forward, respectfully kneeling on one knee and saying piously, “Your subordinate greets Your Excellency.”

As she finished speaking, Rachel Getty’s knees should have touched the floor, but an unseen force held them back.

Just as she was wondering what was going on, the female officer stepped forward, looked at Rachel, clasped her hands in a respectful gesture, and said, “Miss Getty, I am Cheng Yanni, an officer of the Left Army Commander’s Office, here on the orders of the Grand Commander to deliver the Grand Commander’s oral decree.”

Rachel Getty was quite shocked; she hadn’t expected the officer to be so polite to her, which was truly unbelievable.

However, she reacted quickly and immediately said respectfully, “My lord, what are the Grand Commander’s orders?”

Cheng Yanni took out a bronze dragon token from her bosom, presented it to Rachel Getty with both hands, and said, “Grand Commander’s decree: Miss Getty has rendered great service this time. Therefore, I hereby bestow upon Miss Getty a bronze dragon token, hoping that Miss Getty will continue her efforts and make even greater contributions to the Commander’s Mansion!”

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Sorry, I had too much to do during the summer vacation with my child, and after writing for so many years, I’m indeed a bit tired. I took a break for a while, but I will try my best to gradually resume the normal update schedule until the end.The moment the dragon-patterned bronze token was presented, the four scholars, including Rachel Getty, were collectively speechless.

This dragon-patterned bronze token, a token passed down from the Ming Dynasty, had been polished to a mirror-like shine. On the front and sides of the token were coded inscriptions used exclusively by the Breaking the Qing Society. These inscriptions, like Braille, had their own unique markings, and all the Tiger Legion soldiers knew how to decipher them. Only they could discern which governor’s office the token belonged to and their own rank.

As one of the most important tokens within the Breaking the Qing Society, most scholars only knew of its existence but not what it looked like. None of them had expected to have the opportunity to see this legendary top-tier identity document with their own eyes.

Rachel Getty was also filled with disbelief.

She hadn’t expected that, merely by borrowing charlie wade’s help, the Left Army Governor’s Office would bestow upon her such a generous gift, far exceeding her expectations.

While Rachel was still in shock, Cheng Yanni reminded her, “Miss Getty, quickly accept the dragon-patterned bronze talisman. This talisman is of great significance, and I probably don’t need to explain it to you in detail. This talisman, along with your identity, has already been reported to the Five Armies Commandery. From now on, you can carry it anywhere in the world without any hindrance and without needing to report to anyone.”

Rachel snapped out of her daze and excitedly raised her hands above her head, carefully taking the dragon-patterned bronze talisman into her hands.

The warm bronze felt smooth and slippery to the touch. To an uninformed person, it might just seem like a mere antique trinkets, unaware of its profound significance to a scholar.

At this moment, Cheng Yanni smiled and took out a Citibank bank card, handing it to Rachel and saying, “This is a personal reward of five million US dollars from the Grand Commander. Of course, five million US dollars is nothing to Miss Getty, but it represents the Grand Commander’s goodwill and his affirmation of Miss Getty.”

Rachel was overjoyed. Money was indeed nothing to her, but it was from the Grand Commander, which was of great significance, proving that the Grand Commander truly valued her.

So, she respectfully accepted the card, delighted.

Finally, Cheng Yanni took out a pill and said to her, “Since Miss Getty already has the Dragon Pattern Copper Token, which allows her to travel freely throughout the world, she naturally needs an antidote with a longer duration. This pill has a six-month shelf life. Take it now, and the poison will not take effect for one hundred and eighty days. You will no longer be bound by the antidote. As long as you do not violate the rules and discipline of the Breaking the Qing Society within these one hundred and eighty days, I will give you the next antidote in one hundred and seventy days.”

Upon hearing Cheng Yanni’s words, the four women’s eyes became incredibly fervent as they looked at the pill.

As scholars, they had been forcibly fed poison since they were too young to remember. When they were too young to understand, their families secretly fed them the antidote each time. Only when they developed basic judgment were their families told about it. From then on, the shackles of the strange poison in their bodies had to be borne by them personally, from complete ignorance until death.

The antidote must be taken once a week. Occasionally, one or two reserve antidotes will be given to them in advance, but this weekly life-extending procedure still puts a strong sense of pressure and urgency on them.

Now, just because Rachel had performed a meritorious service and obtained the Dragon Pattern Copper Token, the cycle could be extended from seven days to one hundred and eighty days. The other three girls, upon hearing this, felt a sense of complete relief.

They couldn’t imagine how happy they would be to take such a pill!

Rachel was already in tears.

The Dragon Pattern Copper Token represented physical freedom;

the money represented Wu Yongzhen’s reward;

and this six-month-long antidote represented spiritual freedom.

Spiritual freedom was the most precious.

It was a liberation from destiny.

Although the effect was only one hundred and eighty days, it was enough to make her weep with joy.

With trembling hands, Rachel took the black pill from Cheng Yanni’s hand. The moment she held it, tears streamed down her face, falling involuntarily to the ground.

The other three girls were mesmerized, their envy overflowing.

Cheng Yanni said to Rachel very seriously, “Miss Getty, according to the rules, you must take this pill in front of me so that I can go back and report to the Grand Commander.”

One hundred and eighty days is neither long nor short, but it can indeed allow a person to accomplish many things.

Therefore, the biggest concern for the Po Qing Society after distributing these pills was that they might secretly flow into other people’s hands.

They feared that some people wouldn’t take the antidote, saving it and pooling it to give to certain individuals, tasking them with missions detrimental to the Po Qing Society.

This wasn’t unfounded worry, but rather a lesson learned from past experience.

For those death warriors who had been oppressed for generations, they would rather sacrifice hundreds of people to send one person out, allowing them to achieve true freedom with hundreds of antidotes.

Seven days for one person, hundreds of people, that’s thousands of days.

That’s several years, even decades.

Such a long time might not be enough for them to seek revenge against the Po Qing Society.

But!

Such a long time is enough for them to thrive and multiply in places the Po Qing Society cannot find.

These people, carrying the opportunity given to them by hundreds of their clansmen with their lives, will naturally pass on this deep-seated hatred when they reproduce.

To this day, some of these assassins remain missing. Their descendants, having escaped the control of the poison, could have lived in anonymity after burying the first generation of escapees, never to be found by the Broken Heart Society again. However, the seeds of revenge are etched in their DNA, generation after generation, one after another, like moths to a flame, all for the sake of eradicating the Broken Heart Society.

Even if they are merely ants trying to shake a tree, knowing it’s futile, they still cannot help but try.

These people were once the Broken Heart Society’s greatest threat worldwide.

For over a century, the Broken Heart Society has been searching and hunting them down.

They were like the secret forces of Prince Yan, Zhu Di, searching for Zhu Yunwen—a relentless pursuit.

Because of these lessons learned, the Antidote Society’s control over the antidote became abnormally stringent.

Taking the medicine required supervision from the highest level; no one was allowed to possess it privately—anyone found with such possession would be executed along with their entire family!

All assassins and elite guards going on missions had to undergo extremely thorough checks; each person could not carry more antidote than required for the mission—any one extra would result in the extermination of the entire family!

This was especially true for antidotes lasting 180 days.

Those authorized to deliver the medicine were at least clerks.

Moreover, if a clerk dared to keep any medicine, or failed to supervise properly or intentionally let the task pass, their entire family

would also be exterminated! On Cheng Yanni’s left chest was a lotus-shaped brooch with a pinhole camera at the front. All footage was monitored in real-time by the Left Army Commander’s Office, ensuring the entire process was flawless.

The Antidote Society’s level of scrutiny regarding the antidote was far more stringent than that of the college entrance examination!

Rachel knew the matter was of utmost importance and dared not delay. She immediately held the pill to her chest, looked at Cheng Yanni, knelt down, and said with utmost respect, “I thank Your Majesty for your kindness, and I thank the Grand Commander for your kindness! Please rest assured, Your Excellency, I will take it immediately!”

This time, Cheng Yanni did not stop Rachel from kneeling.

She knew that Rachel was kneeling not to herself, but to Your Majesty and the Grand Commander.

After Rachel knelt down, raised her head, and swallowed the pill, Cheng Yanni watched with her own eyes as the pill entered her mouth and dissolved, the entire process clearly captured by the cameras. Only then did Cheng Yanni feel a great weight lifted from her shoulders and say to Rachel, “Miss Getty, my mission is complete. I will take my leave now. See you in 170 days.”