Power ministers always make things difficult for me

Chapter 153 153, Thousands of Mountains and Valleys

The conversation between the few people did not end until the end of the night and dawn.

Zong Zheng stood up speechlessly and stretched his limbs, which were numb from sitting for so long. "The sales are about to start. Don't you want to see what Pei Yunjiang is going to do? Let's go."

As he spoke, he threw the two painted face masks that had been prepared on the table to Rong Qin and Pei Qi, and winked at Xing Luo.

Xingluo understood, and smiled as he took Pei Qi's hand, motioning for Pei Qi to follow: "This is the store's rule. In order to hide the customer's identity, you must wear a mask before you can pass."

Although Pei Qi didn't trust Zong Zheng Wuyan's words, he trusted Xing Luo.

She put on the mask, nodded to Rong Qin, and then carefully followed behind Zong Zheng Wuyan.

Even she herself couldn't tell how much truth there was in Zong Zheng Wuyan's words.

She had mixed feelings in her mind and was unwilling to believe that Jiang Mingcang, with whom she had lived day and night, would have done so many things in secret.

But every word Zong Zheng said made sense.

In addition, Duan Qianjun's trip to Jinjiang was very strange, and the Queen Mother's unsolved case and the three thousand poisonous feathers were related to him in every way, so even if she didn't want to believe some things, she had to rethink them.

Hopefully... things aren't as bad as they say.

Compared to the noise of Tianxiake Teahouse, Zong Zheng Wuyan's underground shopping mall was eerily silent. It was clear that there were quite a few people here, but no one dared to make any extra noise.

Pei Qi, Rong Qin and Zong Zheng Wuyan stood on the highest platform together. Looking at the painted masks below the stage, Pei Qi subconsciously frowned.

This scene is really uncomfortable.

Rong Qin teased: "As the behind-the-scenes boss of Tianxiake Teahouse... you have really poor aesthetic taste."

Zong Zheng was silent for a while, then he pursed his lips helplessly: "Don't look at me, these masks were all chosen by A Ling."

He doesn't have the energy to choose these messy things.

Xingluo pouted, pushed the mask on her face upwards, and muttered, "I think it looks pretty good..."

Pei Qi held his forehead with a headache: "How can I find Pei Yunjiang at a glance like this?"

"He's in the compartment on the second floor." Zong Zheng Wuyan raised his chin towards the second floor, motioning Pei Qi to look over there: "But... he won't make any moves in the first half of today. What he wants is in the back."

……

The imperial capital is in Lingnan, with thousands of ravines and mountains.

This is the most dangerous uninhabited place in the entire Dasheng. Within a radius of hundreds of miles, there are isolated cliffs towering into the clouds everywhere, like countless huge sharp blades rising from the ground, which makes people afraid at the sight.

Jiang Mingcang's shadow shuttled between these cliffs. Holding a long sword in his hand, he inserted the sword into the cliff, hung it halfway up the mountain, and with the help of his lightness skills, he climbed up a huge cliff little by little.

He breathed heavily, looking down at the bottomless surroundings, and suddenly, the corners of his mouth curled up inexplicably.

Just choose this one.

The edges and corners of the cliff were smoothed down enough to build a world for the teacher that he could enter but not leave.

He didn't want the teacher to ruin his plans, but he couldn't bear to kill her, so he decided to just keep her here.

This place is surrounded by cliffs on all sides, and only people with advanced Qinggong skills can enter or exit, so...

If the teacher stays here, he will definitely be more obedient.

After a long while, Jiang Mingcang chuckled softly and said, "Send a message to Duan Qianjun. I don't care about the others, but I want Pei Qi alive."

When Chengying arrives at Jinjiang with Yu Shengyan, the Undead Gu Soldiers will be able to serve as his military power. By then, even if Jiang Fengchuan holds military power and is the regent, he will no longer pose a threat. But...

Cui Shaogong became a trouble.

The Cui family has been a battlefield hero for generations, and now Cui Shaogong has chosen to stand by his teacher, waiting for the Jinjiang incident to be exposed...

What's more, he was not sure whether the Undead Gu Soldiers could really fight against the Cui family.

He had to find a way to take down Cui Shaogong as soon as possible.

……

Chaozhou, inn.

As Pei Qi and Rong Qin were nowhere to be seen early in the morning, the entire inn was in chaos. The three hundred shadow guards led by Xu Chi wanted to turn the entire Chaozhou upside down.

For some reason they all fell into a deep sleep last night, and their usually sharp hearing seemed to have stopped working, and they only woke up slowly in the early morning.

But by then, Pei Qi had disappeared.

Compared to Xu Chi, Rongli and others were not worried about Rongqin's safety at all.

While biting the buns that had just been served, she looked at Xu Chi with great interest and said vaguely, "Well...you don't have to worry too much. Rong Qin is also missing. I guess these two are probably together now."

"If the people who took them away really wanted to fight you, why would they go to the trouble of knocking you out? Wouldn't it be better to just poison you to prevent future troubles?"

Xu Chi frowned, feeling anxious: "I understand what Miss Rong means, but the Imperial Master is under the order of the Grand Commandant to protect him, so there can be no mistakes."

"Now this man hasn't sent any message all night, how can I ..."

If something really happened, how would he explain to the commander?

Rongli wiped his mouth, looked at Xi Qing who was still fiddling with something, raised his hand and poked his shoulder: "Hey, old man, you killed that brat, where do you think he can go?"

"I don't know." Xi Qing shook his head and stared intently at the bowl of water in front of him that had changed color. "But the poison in this water is quite interesting."

"What did you see?" Rongli heard this and quickly came over: "What kind of poison is this? It made my waist ache when I woke up so early in the morning."

That’s right, not only the three hundred shadow guards were affected, she was also affected, including Baili Qingming.

Someone put poison in the water, knocking out everyone in the inn.

"This drug is nothing special. What interests me is the other thing mixed in it." Xi Qing carefully poured the bowl of water into a bottle, as if he had seen some treasure. "This thing can speed up the body's absorption of the drug. Normally, this drug alone cannot knock out three hundred shadow guards."

With the internal strength of the three hundred shadow guards, Rongli and Baili Qingming, it would be a piece of cake to dissolve this small drug.

But the strange thing is that instead of forcing out the drug, they fell into a deep sleep.

The reason is that there are extra things inside.

But he still needs to study further to find out what these extra things are.

Just when everyone was at a loss, the shadow guard who was sent to look for Pei Qi rushed in from outside the inn.

He showed a look of joy and said to Xu Chi: "Commander, good news, the Imperial Master is back!"

"What? Where is it!" Xu Chi slammed the table and walked towards the door. He saw Rong Qin and Pei Qi walking side by side, with the little Xingluo following beside them.

It’s just that their expressions don’t look very good.

Probably, he encountered some difficulties.