Chapter Twenty-Four: A Night Trip to the Imperial City

He seemed to have dropped something, turned around and walked back, Shangguan Jiyue didn't see how he started the mechanism, only to see the secret door on the wall open again, and the cold man flashed in, and after a while, he came out of it again, with an extra jade bowl in his hand.

After closing the secret door again, he strode out of the room, through the hallway, and disappeared around the corner of the corridor.

Shangguan Jiyue condensed her internal strength, turned her body slightly, floated to the ground along the beam under the eaves, and dodged into the main hall and closed the door with her hand.

She quickly walked around the screen to the wall with the secret door, inch by inch looking for the location of the mechanism.

Under the orange candlelight, the front wall is painted smoothly and neatly, without the slightest trace of a secret door.

Shangguan Jiyue carefully recalled the position where the cold man was standing just now, and finally, found a slightly invisible groove on the right hand side, the corners of his lips under the black scarf couldn't help but hook slightly, reached out and pressed on the groove, pushed it in, and the secret door really opened.

She was overjoyed and flashed into the dark room. The dark room is very large, boxy, with elegant interior decoration and all kinds of living utensils. A four-fold carved screen stands in the middle of the darkroom, separating the outer room from the inner room.

"What are you doing back? This king will never hand over the talismans! Die that heart! ”

The cold and majestic voice came weakly from the internal test of the screen, which startled Shangguan Jiyue.

She looked in the direction of the sound, and saw a dark shadow through the gap in the hollow of the screen.

Hearing him call himself the king, Shangguan Jiyue secretly wondered, could he be Chu Aotian, the lord of this Lu country?

Shangguan Jiyue quickly flashed to the screen for internal testing, stood in front of the black shadow, and looked fixedly, only then did she see the appearance of the voice owner.

The man is in his forties, with loose hair, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a square face, even if he is in a wheelchair, it is difficult to hide his tall and dignified atmosphere. It's just that his face is pale, his eyes are cloudy and dark red, his breath is disordered, and his hands are weakly resting on the armrests of his wheelchair.

Maybe he saw Shangguan Jiyue dressed in black, not the person in his mouth, at this time, he was looking at Shangguan Jiyue with a little surprise.

"Who are you?"

"Then why is the Lord of Chu here?" Shangguan Jiyue did not answer the rhetorical question, so as to test his identity.

Who knew that when he heard this, he actually laughed hahaha, laughed for a while, and then stopped laughing, looked at Shangguan Jiyue and said sharply:

"Go back and tell your master, don't play this boring trick again, the Lone King will never hand over the talisman!"

When Shangguan Jiyue heard this, she was only slightly stunned and knew in her heart. Presumably, someone used this method to test him, trying to pry his mouth open, and he saw through it. However, hearing him call himself the Lone King, this person must be Chu Aotian!

After making up her mind, Shangguan Jiyue reached out and removed the black scarf on her face, and bowed to Chu Aotian: "I have seen the Lord of Chu!" ”

Chu Aotian raised his head solemnly at this time, looked at Shangguan Jiyue, his bloodshot eyes were full of doubts and inquiry, and after a long time, he asked, "You weren't sent by that rebel?" So who are you? ”

"Who am I, the Lord of Chu doesn't need to know, I just want to ask the Lord of Chu why he has colluded with the Nanchi army to send troops to Songtaoling since he handed over the peace papers?"

"You were sent by Beicang?!" When Chu Aotian heard this, a glimmer of light flashed quickly under his bloodshot eyes, and his gaze shot straight at Shangguan Jiyue.

He sent someone to Beicang secretly to deliver the peace paperwork, and no one knew about it, but the person in front of him actually knew about the paperwork, and it must be someone sent by Emperor Fuhao of Beicang!

The breath that hung in his heart was relieved, and his dark red eyes overflowed with a glimmer of light. He really didn't misunderstand Huang Fuhao, although the rebel son sent troops to Songtaoling to besiege the second prince, but Huang Fuhao still sent someone to Liuguo to personally confirm to him that millions of soldiers and civilians in Liuguo were saved.

Shangguan Jiyue saw that Chu Aotian had guessed his identity, and he no longer concealed it, he was frank, and told him the ins and outs of the matter one by one.

After hearing this, Chu Aotian coughed for a long time, coughing so much that his face was red, and his heart, liver and lungs seemed to be coughing out, and it took a while to get a little better, calm down, and say in a loud voice: "Rebel!" Unfilial son! ”

"What does the Lord of Chu mean by this? Could it be that the lord of the country did not know about the dispatch of troops to Songtaoling? ”

"Although the Lone King knows, but I was powerless at that time, you see the current appearance of the Lone King, completely let that rebel man, even the national affairs are controlled by him, and it is difficult for me to even get out of this inner room now."

Chu Aotian's tone was full of powerlessness and helplessness, but more heartache.

"The person the lord of the country said is the eldest prince Chu Zijie?"

Chu Aotian sighed heavily, and then said slowly: "Who else is there besides him?" The rebel forcibly imprisoned the lone king here, and also announced that the lone king was seriously ill, so that the loyal ministers of the whole dynasty were the only ones, but I was afraid that now the news that the lone king in the country will soon die is flying all over the sky. ”

"Doesn't the eldest prince know that once Beicang sends troops to the south, the country of Lu will suffer if it is the first?"

"The rebel son has not known who he has heard recently, saying that when Beicang sent troops to the south, he pretended to surrender and offered the entire Liuguo, and then took advantage of Beicang to go south, sent troops to attack the capital of Beicang Jian'an, and captured Beicang in one fell swoop. What a foolishness! Ignorance! ”

After listening to this, Shangguan Jiyue's heart sank, and after pondering for a while, he couldn't help but say: "The eldest prince is shrewd in this abacus, but he underestimated the strength of Beicang too much, and also underestimated the IQ of the opponent, even if Beicang sent troops to the south, and the eldest prince launched a war in the rear, he would not make a small fuss in the end, and wanted to take the opportunity to capture Jian'an, but I am afraid that he does not have this ability, it is estimated that he will not even be able to capture Huaiyang City, but will set himself on fire, so that the lives of Liuguo will be ruined, scorched earth everywhere, and become a dead city, which will no longer exist!"

"Even what you can think of at such a young age, that rebel can't think of it, it seems that the day when my country will be destroyed is not far away!"

"The lord of Chu doesn't have to be like this, now as long as you show up to preside over the overall situation, your peace document will continue to take effect, and I promise the lord that Beicang will one day send troops to the south, and it will not hurt the innocent people of Liu, otherwise, it will not appear here at this time!"

"Emperor Fu Hao, Emperor of Beicang, is virtuous and benevolent, and has the world in mind, I, Chu Aotian, really didn't see the wrong person! It's just that now that I'm in prison, I can't take care of myself, and I ask my little brother to tell me on my behalf that if one day, the Beicang army goes south, it must not affect my people, Chu Mou thanked me here! ”

Chu Aotian sat in a wheelchair and only nodded heavily at Shangguan Jiyue, and his two arms hadn't moved since she came in, which couldn't help but make Shangguan Jiyue notice something wrong, and frowned slightly.

She stepped forward and said, "Offended!" Stretching out his hand, he pressed it on Chu Aotian's arm, and a true qi overflowed from his fingertips, infused into Chu Aotian's body and probed along the meridians.