Chapter 163: The Eve
The Governor's Mansion is located in the northernmost part of the Heavenly City Noble Mansion, Gao Chengchuan woke up from the soul melting, and breathed a long sigh of relief, the first feeling after waking up was still stiff, the body hurt and it was difficult to move independently, the left hand was cut off, the right hand was broken, and the old body was already difficult to recover from this injury, plus Mingxi replaced the original guards of the Governor's Mansion, and there was a great tendency to isolate him, which caused him to contact the outside world in the past few days.
Gao Chengchuan sighed helplessly, frowned, the shadow in his eyes was like thick ink that could not be dissolved, and suddenly he coughed violently, and the chest and lungs were like tattered cotton wool, he barely swallowed the blood that surged up to his throat, and felt that his mouth was full of bitterness.
Compared with the bitterness in the heart, the bitterness in the mouth may not be worth mentioning at all.
That kind of golden swordsmanship really made him unbelievable and incomprehensible, obviously Xiao Qianye himself was not good at magic cultivation, but this kind of powerful swordsmanship was really a sealing technique!
Unexpectedly, that guy chose to go to the Central Plains to study, and he really made up for his weakest point so perfectly.
Gao Chengchuan grabbed the edge of the chair with one hand, and his muscles burst out - his vision and hearing had been cut off before, and now Mu Xizhao's entire person was frozen in ice, even if he forcibly sensed it with his soul melting, he could only feel the boundless darkness and deadly cold.
"Heh......" Gao Chengchuan let out a sneer, he didn't care about such a result, as long as Xiao Qianye didn't kill Mu Xizhao, he still had a chance to regain that body.
Thinking so, he couldn't help but glance out of the door, it was getting dark, Mingxi not only replaced the guards, but even his servants for many years were also driven away, saying that he specially dispatched more professional subordinates from the palace to serve, in fact, he didn't see anyone at all every day and night.
He had expected serious consequences since the last unexpected defeat, but the young emperor would be so ruthless, which was also greatly beyond his expectations.
Fortunately, when he was the crown prince, he was only busy investigating the first emperor's flying plan, and he didn't have time to investigate the situation inside the shadows, otherwise this person must have planned to eradicate himself a long time ago.
Gao Chengchuan pinched the only remaining hand, although he couldn't use his strength, but his anxious heart stabilized a little bit, the situation in the world has been decided, and he basically has no possibility of turning over again, unless the heavenly realm really makes a comeback, and heroes emerge in troubled times, maybe he still has a chance to make a comeback.
But before that, he had to find a way to notify the members of the dark side of the Four Realms as soon as possible, and when necessary, he could only desperately release those monsters that had tried the medicine twice to threaten Mingxi.
"Your Excellency, it's getting late, and it's time for you to rest. A faint figure appeared at the door of the room, and even his voice was as light as water, Gao Chengchuan didn't raise his eyes, and laughed inexplicably, "What, did you even cut off the medicine for me today?"
The attendant at the door was emaciated and didn't look like a person who had been practicing martial arts all year round, but a calm smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, his eyes flashed with a sharp and tenacious light, he looked at the old man in the dim room, and shook his head: "There is something going on in the Danzhen Palace today and I am busy, and today's medicine will be sent later before someone can be sent over, Your Majesty has repeatedly instructed you to take good care of the governor's injury, and your subordinates should do their best." β
"It's really embarrassing for you to serve me every day alone......" Gao Chengchuan took the words casually, suddenly his face sank, he realized that something was wrong, the smile on his face suddenly converged, his eyes suddenly turned cold, and he asked quietly: "What did you just say? Danzhen Palace has an accident? Danzhen Palace should have been very busy recently, who is so short-sighted and still causing trouble at this time?"
The attendant stared intently, and his expression did not change in the slightest, and calmly narrated the facts: "Feng Siniang was assassinated. β
"What?" Gao Chengchuan exclaimed, his seriously injured body couldn't withstand such a rapid and violent movement, and there was a cone pain from various bones and joints, but Gao Chengchuan didn't seem to feel it at all, strode forward and stared at him, and asked, "You say it again, who died?"
"Feng Siniang was assassinated. The attendant repeated mechanically, his eyes moving slightly, silently observing any subtle changes in the old man.
His expression froze for a moment, revealing a look of disbelief, but he regained his composure in an instant, and returned to Fang Cai's chair a little exhausted, smiled slightly bitterly, and muttered to himself: "Oh, it's her, who did it, did the murderer catch it?"
"It's still being investigated, but I only know that it happened near Tianzheng Mansion. The attendant continued, looking down slightly at his hand, exchanging glances with something.
Gao Chengchuan closed his eyes, and suddenly a strange smile appeared on the corner of his lips, as if he had made up his mind, and sighed: "You go out, the medicine will be delivered and come back in later, I want to rest for a while." β
"Yes. The attendant bowed politely, locked the door lightly, and the moment he turned to leave, a translucent green butterfly fluttered its wings and flew outside.
The butterfly flew silently over the noble mansion and flew until it was gently caught by a hand in the depths of the ink pavilion.
"Oh......" Gongsun Yan carefully looked at the information transmitted in the eyes of the Stygian Butterfly, sighed, turned his head and shook his head at the person behind him, "Looking at his expression, the old man seems to really don't know, if this is also acting, then it will be too similar." "Battle
Mingxi smiled at his best friend in front of him, his eyes swelled with complicated feelings, and reminded: "Even if you really don't know, you must have nothing to do with him, by the way, Gongsun, where did the person from Yule Pavilion go?"
"Missing. At the mention of this person, Gongsun Yan's face changed slightly, after learning from Yun Xiao's mouth that that person was the real leader of the dark department, he immediately returned to the Trailing Pavilion, and in such a short period of time, that person had completely disappeared from the Lingering Pavilion, and Mother Lan said that he was actually temporarily placed in the imperial capital by a friend of Jingcheng four years ago, and no one had even seen the deed of sale.
After that, he returned to the inner city to look through some of the previous secret case files, and in the part of the secret book about the extermination of the White Sect, it was indeed recorded that there was such a person - "Ancestral Trace Clan, male, test body number thirty-three, with a special physique, extremely resistant to various reagents and able to integrate with them perfectly, applied to be transferred to the dark department, and implemented the White Sect extermination plan." β
But all the information about him stopped here, how he gained Gao Chengchuan's trust to become the leader of the dark department, and what he did afterwards, all of which are unknown.
The two of them were silent and thinking at the same time, the candle flame of the ink pavilion flickered, and a breeze blew in through the crack in the door, Mingxi looked at the person who rushed in, his heart sank, and he said in a low voice: "Xiao Yibai, didn't you go to Danzhen Palace, why did you come here again at this time?"
"Master Feng was killed. Xiao Yi Bai Tie's face was blue, such a terrifying expression made Mingxi's heart cold, and he couldn't help but secretly tighten his sleeves, and before he could say anything, Gongsun Yan blurted out and exclaimed, "Taishou Gong was killed?"
"Just now, when I arrived at the gate of Danzhen Palace, I heard the news coming from inside. Xiao Yibai's already pale face suddenly turned even paler, as if he was stabbed by some invisible blade in his heart, silently pressed his chest and coughed slightly, Gongsun Yan hurriedly put down the things in his hand and came over to help him sit aside, his eyes surging with more complex and incomprehensible emotions than him, "Were you killed in Danzhen Palace?" Danzhen Palace now has hundreds of people, not to mention that there are hundreds of people, won't they not notice any of them?"
Xiao Yibai shook his head with difficulty, and lowered his eyes gloomily: "The palace master happened to go out to write the autopsy results at that time, and his medicine boy Alan was called out to accompany Qianye to find someone, and Master Feng stayed by Siniang's body alone, and it was only a cup of tea before and after, and the old man had an accident." β
"So weird?" Gongsun Yan couldn't help but be surprised, and couldn't help but look at Mingxi, only to see that Mingxi's fingers were also trembling slightly, and he kept turning his jade wrench fingers to forcibly calm his emotions.
"Old man, now...... Are you still in Danzhen Palace?" Gongsun Yan took the lead in calming down and continued to ask.
Xiao Yibai covered his face with his hands, even if his emotionless grandfather was suddenly killed, it still made his heart like a tsunami to set off earth-shattering waves, and his heart was like a wrenching: "You asked if he was still in Danzhen Palace......?" Yes and no. β
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Gongsun Yan held his breath and looked at him inexplicably.
Xiao Yibai raised his eyes blankly to look at him, and the corners of his lips suddenly couldn't help but smile bitterly: "I didn't say nonsense, my body is still in Danzhen Palace, and my head is ...... The head was cut off, and I don't know where. β
"What?" Gongsun Yan and Mingxi whispered in unison, glanced at each other at the same time, and exchanged glances.
"It must have been done by someone from the dark department, this morning Qianye and Marshal Si Tian followed Siniang into the Joy Pavilion and stole the sandalwood order on her, it must be because of this ......" Xiao Yibai pressed his forehead uncontrollably, his eyes were full of anger.
Mingxi didn't reply, but secretly thought in his heart - Gao Chengchuan is a thoughtful person, and he will definitely leave a way out for himself when he does things, why would he kill Feng Siniang at such a juncture, and even kill all of them to attack Old Man Feng? This is obviously a grudge with Tianzheng Mansion, in case he angers Xiao Qianye, he may really kill the old man recklessly to take revenge, right?
The familiar and strange person on the night of the coup d'Γ©tat kept coming to his eyes, and he always felt that something was wrong, and he didn't know what went wrong.
"Ahem...... That ......" Gongsun Yan broke the silence in embarrassment, but his eyes were cold, "Where is your brother now?" According to what you said just now, Old Man Feng should have been in Danzhen Palace when he was killed, right?"
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"Hey, don't stop talking. Gongsun Yan chuckled in his heart, and a bad premonition arose, turned his head to look at the stunned Mingxi, and reminded in a low voice, "Shouldn't he have gone to Gao Chengchuan or the male pet named Ah Zheng to settle accounts?"
Xiao Yibai's face was pale and cold, he lowered his head, and responded to Gongsun Yan's question with silence.
Gongsun Yan was stunned suddenly, and then anxiously paced in place, his face became a little hideous due to intense emotions, he couldn't bear to hold his shoulders, and said seriously: "Hurry up and stop him!" We don't know what method Gao Chengchuan used to contact other members of the Four Realms, if it is also a technique similar to the Stygian Butterfly, as long as he dies, the missing test subjects will be released! Hurry up and stop him, we can't risk ......"
"Gongsun Yan, calm down. Mingxi stepped down from the seat at some point, patted his friend's shoulder gently, his pale golden eyes like the rising sun, and at this moment he was full of desperate consciousness, "Don't go anywhere, just wait here...... I had a gut feeling that there should be something else going on in this matter. β
The three of them looked at each other thoughtfully for a moment, but did not speak again.