Heroes of the Fantasy World

Chapter 638: The Battlefield

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With the help of Tong Yun, Bai Feng and Murong Yan were waiting in Guanghan Pavilion for Yuchi Zhen to come and discuss matters.

Because of the disappearance of Pavilion Master Mei Xinghe, Guanghan Pavilion's "shadow guards" naturally had no time to open for business. No matter what the reason was, finding Mei Xinghe was their top priority. As a result, there were few people in the pavilion, and even fewer people remembered the appearance of Bai Feng and Murong Yan.

As introduced guests, they only needed to produce Tong Yun's token and they did not even need to prove their identities, and the shadow guards would let them pass. This shows how deep the friendship between Mei Xinghe and the Dali Temple is, which cannot be summed up in a few words.

Bai Feng was just thinking about how the heroic couple Yuchi Zhen and Mei Xinghe had solved so many strange cases in the past five years that even the extremely powerful Mei Lin was unable to stop them from getting closer and closer, but she didn't expect that Yuchi Zhen had actually arrived a long time ago.

The upstart in Jinyang City, Dali Temple Minister Yuchi Zhen, was hiding in a romantic place, drinking and sighing.

"Yuchi Zhen? When did you come in?" Bai Feng walked over and sat down, then picked up the wine jug and shook it.

It's empty.

Yuchi Zhen finished the last sip of wine, and a strong smell of alcohol came out of his mouth. He said, "I have been here for several days."

"Sir Yuchi, won't you be accused of deserting your post if you do this?" Murong Yan hid a little further away and sat on the mat.

Yuchi Zhen said: "I am taking a sick leave and the duties of the Dali Temple will be temporarily taken over by someone else."

"Wouldn't it be more convenient to call on the people from the Dali Temple to find Mei Xinghe?" Bai Feng asked, "Brother Yuchi, what's wrong with you? Are you scared?"

Yuchi Zhen sneered: "Huh, am I afraid?"

"In Luo Pengfei's case, the biggest suspect is naturally the person who adopted Mei Xinghe." Bai Feng said with a hint of meaning: "Mei Lin, he must know more about the inside story. Brother Yuchi is afraid of him, right?"

Yuchi Zhen hesitated for a moment and shook his head: "Maybe."

Murong Yan seemed to have sensed something from Yuchi Zhen's subtle mood changes, and suddenly asked, "Has he been here?"

"Could this be the legendary saint? She is indeed able to see into people's hearts." Yuchi Zhen said, "Mei Lin did go to the Dali Temple. He personally asked me to find Xinghe. I naturally questioned him face to face. The number one suspect should be himself. No one knows what happened that year better than him. However, he said that he didn't know what Mei Xinghe was doing at all. Moreover, as a missing shadow guard leader, he was even more afraid that Mei Xinghe would reveal his secrets, so he came to the Dali Temple and asked me to find her."

Murong Yan nodded as if she understood everything, and said, "So Mei Lin didn't know about Miss Mei's disappearance. Then is there a possibility that Mei Lin didn't know about her disappearance, but he knew that the reason for her disappearance was inextricably linked to the case back then, so he came to the Dali Temple for help? Perhaps as long as we can solve the mystery of Luo Pengfei's death, we will have a clue to Miss Mei's whereabouts."

"Why don't I just put the sword to Mei Lin's throat and ask him. He must know what happened back then." Bai Feng pretended to be belligerent and aggressive, intentionally testing Yuchi Zhen's reaction.

"Brother Bai, do you think you can threaten Prime Minister Mei?" Yuchi Zhen sighed and continued: "Alas, your Luo Pengfei, I believe it was Brother Tong who said it, but he probably didn't explain the case clearly. Do you know how Luo Pengfei died" - he committed suicide.

Bai Feng was shocked and said, "Suicide? What happened?"

"Ordinary people are not supposed to know these things, let alone you who are wanted. But who has made me helpless?" After several years of experience, Yuchi Zhen has gradually changed from an upright person to a smooth and flexible person. In the past, he would definitely not be willing to bow his head and ask for help from the "criminal".

He said: "The emperor had just ascended the throne and the country was not stable. Many old ministers of the previous dynasty had evil intentions and wanted to rebel. In the first year alone, hundreds of nobles of different surnames were killed. King Gao acted vigorously and most people chose to surrender without a fight. Luo Pengfei was a former court judge, and later became the Minister of the Dali Temple, in charge of major criminal cases in various places. The Luo family could have become a famous family in the capital until the conspiracy was exposed. Luo Pengfei colluded with the enemy country to rebel, but the conspiracy was exposed and he became a prisoner overnight. Afterwards, he may have chosen to commit suicide because of shame and anger."

Murong Yan and Bai Feng looked at each other, both of them felt a little unbelievable. She sat closer and asked again: "Does Miss Mei know about these things?"

"She asked, but I didn't explain the whole thing. I just told her that Luo Pengfei's bones are still stored in Xiangguo Temple. There is no record of this in the files. It was said by an old man who worked with Luo Pengfei that year that it was secretly put in by Mei Xiangguo." Yuchi Zhen was quite skeptical: "I find it very strange. If he is a traitor, why do we still worship his bones? I dare not tell Xinghe the truth. Although she has suffered a lot since she was a child, she can't say that she likes Jinyang or this country very much, but if she knew that her father was a traitor, she would be ashamed to associate with me."

Bai Feng concluded his speech by saying, "Xiangguo Temple, do you want to look for it? Brother Yuchi, I think with your ability, you must have searched everywhere, right?"

"Everyone in Xiangguo Temple said they saw Xinghe, but no one knows where she went." Yuchi Zhen replied, "There is one person I can't get close to. According to his confession, he was Luo Pengfei's sworn brother and a former head of the Dali Temple. Now, he has transformed himself into a Taoist priest of the Taiping Dao and a big shot under Sima Tu - Yu Quanzi, Dao Wuyi."

Murong Yan suddenly realized: "Master Yuchi is looking for us because we are closer to the Taiping Dao than you? But the Taiping Dao wants to catch us all the time. If we let us go, wouldn't that be a trap for us?"

"Listen to me first." Yuchi Zhen was also a little embarrassed. He dropped his wine glass, stood up, paced back and forth, thought for a while, and said, "It is said that Dao Wuyi has not fallen asleep for ten years since he started practicing. He has reached the immortal realm! In terms of practice realm, Sima Tu may not be as good as him. At the same time, this also makes him extremely proud and complacent. In other words, this person is ambitious, selfish, and never shares with others easily. I think Brother Bai and Lady Saint can take advantage of this."

Bai Feng shook his head helplessly and said, "After talking for so long, I still don't know why I should help you, Brother Yuchi. If it were something else, I could still help you once based on our friendship five years ago. Right now, we want to keep our lives to do more important things."

"You want to kill Sima Tu?" Yuchi Zhen squatted down and picked up the wine pot, but found it was already empty. He went out and called for someone to bring wine. Then he filled three cups and drank them all himself. He said, "If this is accomplished, the Dali Temple is willing to follow your orders until Sima Tu is dead!"

Bai Feng said with satisfaction: "That's pretty good."

Before he finished speaking, Bai Feng clapped his hands, and a green figure passed by the door and windows, and finally came to the front door and knocked on it.

"Brother Su, Yan'er and I are not able to walk around the city at will, so you will be responsible for finding Dao Wuyi. If you find anything strange, tell Brother Yuchi first. Then Yan'er and I will find a way to get close to the new Yu Quanzi." Bai Feng patted Su Qing's shoulder, and the two of them seemed to be the most tacit comrades-in-arms.

Su Qing looked at Yuchi Zhen's silly face and couldn't help but think of her past self: "Yuchi Zhen, since you think Luo Pengfei's case is not that simple, you should have told Mei Xinghe earlier, so that she can at least be on guard. Now, everyone has to run around again."

"Su Su, Su Qing?! You are the notorious bandit." Yuchi Zhen waved his fist in hatred, not knowing whether he was regretting not telling Mei Xinghe the truth, or reflecting on how he had fallen to the point of cooperating with a scoundrel like Su Qing.

Murong Yan said to Yuchi Zhen: "Master Yuchi, remember to find Prime Minister Mei to understand the whole story. He must know that Luo Pengfei is innocent because he was able to send Luo Pengfei's bones to the Xiangguo Temple! Now is not the time to regret. We have this opportunity to eliminate a member of the Taiping Dao because we met Master Yuchi. Miss Mei must be grateful to you from the bottom of her heart for meeting you."

Yuchi Zhen silently looked at the people present and bowed to them one by one.