The Fairy: From the Traveling Merchant

Chapter 789 Trouble is coming
"Yan Ruyu is also a chess piece of today?"

Hearing Wang Qingling's judgment, Zhao Chen showed a thoughtful look, because he suddenly remembered the news that Concubine Ning had previously revealed to Sister Hongxia: she had an acquaintance from the West in the capital.

Concubine Ning would not speak without a purpose... If the acquaintance she was talking about was Yan Ruyu, or the person behind her, then His Majesty must have noticed it long ago.

It is reasonable that such people are used as pawns.

Although he had this guess in his mind, he had no evidence, so Zhao Chen asked, "Qing Ling, how did you come to this conclusion?"

"Didn't you ask Madam Guan about Yan Ruyu last night? So during the day, I used the Wang family's connections to check on the Baishui Gang and other gangs, and found some interesting things..." As he spoke, Wang Qingling took out a booklet from his storage bag and handed it to Zhao Chen, and then continued, "That is, the Liehuo Gang and the Jinque Gang were originally big gangs in the capital, and both had supernatural powers in charge.

"But they lost their support one after another and moved to Mianchi and Wuguan respectively.

“And the time when they moved away due to the accident almost coincides with the time when King Liang broke through the two sealed secret realms as Madam Guan said.

"In other words, as soon as these two gangs got into trouble, the secret realm was breached!"

This doesn't seem to lead to the conclusion that the emperor is using Yan Ruyu as a pawn, right? Zhao Chen frowned when he heard this, but he had long felt that it was a bit strange that the major gangs in the Central Plains were named after the five elements of Jinque, Shenmu, Baishui, and Liehuo. He didn't expect that it might be related to the seal of the "Enlightened Beast", so after a little thought, he said:

"Now that Jinque and Liehuo have moved out of the capital, and from what I know, Baishui and Shenmu have also been severely infiltrated, in a symbolic sense, four of the five elements have been lost...

"And where is the last one? There doesn't seem to be a gang named after Tu in the capital?"

"That's a very accurate question." Wang Qingling looked at Zhao Chen with admiration in her beautiful eyes. She once again secretly sighed that she had a good eye and explained, "In fact, there is a gang named 'Tu Xing' in the capital, but it has just changed its name now."

"Which one is it?"

Zhao Chen and Guan Si Niang were both quite curious about this, especially the latter. She had been in charge of King Liang's intelligence system and had investigated Yan Ruyu and the Baishui Gang, but had not found any relevant information.

Wang Qingling did not keep the secret any longer and gave the answer directly: "It was originally called the Underworld Gang, and was once one of the spy forces under the Ming family. Not long after Daxia was established, it turned to the dark and specialized in doing some shameful things for the royal family... Now all of them have been incorporated into the 'Underworld' and are led by the 'Metropolitan King'.

"Zhao Chen, you may not know that the 'city kings' of the 'underworld' obey the orders of His Majesty the current emperor."

It is no wonder that Guan Si Niang and Sister Hong Xia could not find out. This should be a secret known only to the royal family. The reason why Wang Qingling got so much information in one day, in addition to the convenience of her status as a royal concubine, is probably also because the emperor did it on purpose.

Since he wanted to use Zhao Chen, it was impossible for him to really leave Zhao Chen in the dark.

"I see... Since the five major gangs are related to the seal of the 'Enlightened Beast', and the Underworld Gang is the secret force of the royal family, then the other four major gangs are probably also closely related to the Ming family!

"Yan Ruyu secretly controls the Baishui Gang, and the strange woman that Sister Hongxia encountered conspired with the young master of the Shenmu Gang. It is very likely that they are in the sight of the present.

"I understand!" Zhao Chen nodded thoughtfully. After linking the five major gangs, the Kaiming Beast Seal, the White Water Lady, and the monks of the Western Sect, he felt that he was only one step away from the emperor's "plan", or the "plan" that the emperor wanted him to know. There was still a little thing missing to connect them together, so that he could see through one corner... Zhao Chen sighed slightly and decided that after the matter in the capital was over, he must seek a top-notch deduction magic power. At that time, he could know everything by just counting with his fingers, which was much easier than relying on fragmented clues to reason now.

After finishing this topic, Zhao Chen no longer worried about why the emperor "handed" the resurrected "Xuannv" to him, and instead discussed the "Youxiang" he encountered in "Mengxi Garden" with Guan and Wang. Unfortunately, they were not familiar with Taixi's magic powers and could not provide any valuable information.

Later, the three of them took out the "Tianhe Goddess Picture" and experimented with the armor that possessed the "big talk" magical power... or in other words, they comprehended the third-grade magical power of the outer courtyard of the "Yaomu Academy" together.

It was not until the morning that Guan Si Niang and Wang Qingling watched Zhao Chen unfold the "collection space" and put away the armor with lingering interest.

Then, Zhao Chen ignored Guan Si Niang's hopeful gaze and took her back into his own "space". Then he looked at the "Big Snail" with a little hesitation.

If this thing is taken back, it may affect the "growth" of "Jinse No. 5" inside it.

Thinking of this, Zhao Chen looked at Wang Qingling beside him.

The masked imperial concubine immediately understood and said with a smile: "Don't worry, Zhao Chen, I will take good care of it."

Wang Qingling was quite powerful, and she had many treasures with her. She had a long life ahead of her. Zhao Chen felt relieved to have her looking after him... However, for safety reasons, he still gave her a warning:
"If something unexpected happens, don't take any risks and notify me immediately using the 'wedding ring'."

"I don't need to..." Feeling her lover's concern, the imperial concubine raised her lips and leaned on Zhao Chen again, saying in a rather ambiguous tone, "You've been running around all night and experimenting with the armor for most of the night. I'm afraid you're not feeling well... Why don't you take a bath in the bath before leaving?"

The bathtub she was referring to was naturally the one they had bathed in together yesterday.

Smelling the body fragrance of the beauty in his arms, Zhao Chen was very moved by the imperial concubine's invitation, but considering that he had a lot of things to do later, he could only suppress his anger and politely declined Wang Qingling's kindness.

……

At the same time, in Prince Liang’s mansion.

Ming Hongyi, who had just woken up when he received the news that "Mengxi Garden" was stolen, could not hide his anger even after scolding "Mr. Lingyun".

He found fault with several maids and servants in the house and beat them up, but he was still upset.

At this moment, for some reason he suddenly thought of his brother's "common prince".

I still remember that he sent people to summon him when he first came to Beijing, but he has never come to meet me until now, obviously he doesn't take me seriously.

In order to make his brother unhappy and to vent his anger, King Liang immediately called the guards in the palace and the remaining magical priests, intending to teach the so-called "folk prince" a lesson.

(End of this chapter)