Wife, you didn't really drug me, did you?

Chapter 438 Visiting the Prime Minister’s Mansion at Night

"Where is he going?"

Chen Jie and Zhao Ya looked at each other, and Zhao Ya shook her head and said, "I don't know."

Chen Jie said: "Let's go and take a look."

After hearing this, Zhao Ya said, "Okay."

Anyway, the two of them also had to look for King Ruyang's whereabouts. They had originally planned to have a good rest tonight and wait for an opportunity to look for him again tomorrow.

But it seems that’s no longer necessary.

Thinking of this, the two of them jumped out of the room, closed the windows from outside, and followed Zhang Dingbian and the others forward.

At this time, Zhang Dingbian and Kang Maocai were seen heading eastwards towards Dadu. Seeing this, Zhao Ya asked, "Isn't he heading for the Prime Minister's Mansion?"

After saying this, Chen Jie looked at Zhao Ya and said, "The Prime Minister's Mansion is in the east?"

Zhao Ya nodded gently and said, "The plan of Dadu is to have culture in the east, martial arts in the west, poverty in the south, Buddhism in the north, and an imperial city in the center."

Chen Jie asked: "How do you explain it?"

Zhao Ya said: "To the east are the residences of civil officials, to the west are the residences of military generals, to the south are the gathering places for ordinary people, to the north is the Great Buddha Temple, which is also the residence of Living Buddha Ba Siba, and in the middle is the imperial city."

"We entered the city from the South City, so the place where we live is considered a poor area in the South City, and the direction Zhang Dingbian and his men went to is the East City where the civil servants are."

After understanding all this, Chen Jie nodded slightly. So that's what happened. So what was Zhang Dingbian doing in Dongcheng?

Chen Jie looked puzzled, and after hearing this, Zhao Ya looked at Chen Jie and said, "He really went to the Prime Minister's Mansion!"

Chen Jie watched as Zhang Dingbian and the other man went straight to the largest house in East City. Yes, that was where the civil officials of this dynasty lived, the residence of the Left Prime Minister Tuotuo.

At this time, Tuotuo's residence was brightly lit, with singing and dancing, and its luxury and grandeur was even not inferior to the imperial palace.

Tuotuo was a man of political talent, but he was not an honest official. Or rather, there were no honest officials in the Daqian court. In the past, the court was generally divided into honest officials and corrupt officials.

But Daqian did not have that. There were only two types of officials in the court of Daqian: those who took money to do their jobs, and those who took money but did not do their jobs.

At this time, Zhang Dingbian and Kang Maocai were seen landing on a roof not far from Tuotuo's mansion.

Looking at the scenes of singing and dancing, drunkenness and decadence among the Tuotuo tribe, he was very angry.

"These are a bunch of dog officials."

Kang Maocai cursed angrily, and Zhang Dingbian said, "Don't worry about it for now, don't forget the purpose of our visit to Dadu this time."

Kang Maocai gnashed his teeth and said, "Clean up the house!"

Zhang Dingbian said: "That's right, clean up the mess, find Lu Feng and kill him."

"Ok!"

Kang Maocai nodded resentfully.

Zhang Dingbian, Lu Feng and Kang Maocai were originally three senior brothers. Lu Feng was the eldest brother among the three. He came from a famous family and was said to be a descendant of Lu Junyi, the Jade Unicorn who was the second in command of Liangshan Marsh.

Therefore, he was accepted as the eldest disciple by their master, the legitimate descendant of the Yue family. Later, their master accepted Zhang Dingbian and Kang Maocai.

Later, when Lu Feng finished his apprenticeship, he went down the mountain to gain experience and there was no news of him for several years.

Later, the master asked Zhang Dingbian and Kang Maocai to go down the mountain to gain experience, leaving the little sister alone to take care of them.

But when Zhang Dingbian and Kang Maocai returned to the mountain again, they found that their secluded place had become a wasteland and the house had been burned down.

But both the master and the junior sister were missing.

The two searched frantically, and finally, after great effort, found the mark they had agreed upon with their junior sister in a small village twenty miles away from the secluded place. Because they designed the mark after the eldest senior brother left, he did not discover it.

The two men discovered the mark and were overjoyed. They followed the mark and found a shop selling bamboo baskets.

There was a young man inside. When he saw the two standing at the door, he was stunned for a moment, and then a smile immediately appeared on his face: "Second Brother Zhang, Third Brother Kang, you are here!"

The two were stunned. They didn't expect that the young man knew them. At this time, Zhang Dingbian recalled carefully and said, "You are the peddler who often delivers goods to the mountains!"

"Yes, Xiao Song!"

Kang Maocai also remembered that there was a Xiao Song who often delivered goods to the mountain. Thinking of this, Kang Maocai looked at Xiao Song and said, "How did you return the sign we agreed with Junior Sister? Also, what happened in my mountain?"

Kang Maocai looked at Xiao Song and asked.

After hearing this, Xiao Song took a deep breath and said, "Come with me."

After hearing what Xiao Song said, Zhang Dingbian and Kang Maocai felt a pang in their hearts, and felt that things might not be as simple as they had imagined.

The two of them followed Xiao Song to the inner hall. Through the inner hall was a small courtyard. Through the small courtyard, there was a very dark small room inside. When they pushed the door open, they immediately smelled an unpleasant herbal smell that was very pungent.

Inside the room there was a bed with a curtain, on which lay a person, covered with a thick quilt.

"Cough cough~"

There were occasional coughing sounds.

"Xiaodie, I'm back. Look who I brought back."

Xiao Song said to the room. After hearing this, the person on the bed turned over with difficulty, then looked towards the door, and then fell silent.

This was followed by continuous sobbing.

"Second Brother, Third Brother, you are finally back, woo woo..."

"Little, little junior sister!"

Hearing the crying, Zhang Dingbian and Kang Maocai were stunned. They rushed to the bedside and looked at their little junior sister lying on the bed. They were all stunned for a moment.

Is this still my junior sister?

I saw the woman on the bed, her face was covered with scars, it was shocking, her legs were broken and she could only lie paralyzed on the bed. She looked like a monster. She no longer looked like the innocent, lively, beautiful and gentle little sister she used to be.

At this moment, Zhang Dingbian and Kang Maocai were both staring at their junior sister in a daze.

"Who, who made you like this?"

The two asked, "And Master, what happened?"

Under the questioning of the two senior brothers, the younger sister finally stopped crying and began to tell what happened.

It turned out that what happened was that just a year ago, their eldest senior brother Lu Feng returned to the mountain and said all kinds of good things about the Daqian court. He also said that the Daqian court knew that the master was living in seclusion in the mountains, so he was ordered to invite the master to come out of the mountain and serve the court.

Naturally, his suggestion was sternly rejected by the master, who denounced the eldest senior brother as a traitor.

He was a man of the Han family and a descendant of the Yue family. How could he be a dog for foreigners? He scolded the eldest senior brother harshly. When the eldest senior brother saw that the master was angry, he apologized immediately.

The master told him to go down the mountain immediately and kill two corrupt officials of the imperial court, and cut ties with the imperial court immediately, otherwise he would never come to see him as his master again in his life!

He doesn't have such a disciple!
The eldest senior brother hesitated for only a moment, then immediately agreed to the master's request and personally poured wine for the master to apologize.

But who could have thought that the senior brother was so cruel that he actually put drugs in the master's wine. After the master drank the wine, he felt sore and weak, so he asked whether that bastard Lu Feng had poisoned the wine.

Lu Feng looked at his master and said, "Master, a wise bird chooses the right tree to inhabit. You have taught us since childhood to learn the arts of literature and martial arts, and to sell goods to the emperor. Now that I have a position in the court, you actually asked me to give it up. Why?"

"Master, to be honest, I am here on the orders of the Prime Minister Tuotuo to invite you out of seclusion. If you follow me, you will be rich and powerful, and you can choose whatever you want. I see that you have been single for many years, and there are so many beautiful women in the imperial capital. I, your disciple, also want to be filial to you, so please don't be ungrateful!"

After hearing what Lu Feng said, the master stood up suddenly and shouted angrily: "Lu Feng, I taught you civil and martial arts, and asked you to join the rebel army, but you joined the court. Now you are helping the tyrant. I am really blind. You are a descendant of a famous family!"

"Hahaha... what a descendant of a famous family, Master. My ancestor is indeed the Jade Unicorn Lu Junyi of Liangshan Marsh, but my ancestor also taught me a truth. What the hell is the orthodoxy of the Han people? Back then, they all wanted to join the Zhao Song Emperor, but the result was that a cup of poisoned wine killed my ancestor!"

“So, the Han people are unreliable.”

"Is this why you defected to the enemy?"

Lu Feng laughed and said, "Master, I didn't surrender to the enemy, I surrendered to the power."

"To be honest with you, Master, I am now serving as a disciple of the Prime Minister's Office, serving as the Deputy Chief of the Imperial Guards, a position comparable to that of a Prime Minister. My ancestors never held this position in their lifetime. I am the most powerful person in the Lu family!"

"And Master, you are a martial artist. If you enter the Prime Minister's Mansion, I will protect you and help you rise to higher positions. Then I can invite the second and third brothers to join you."

"Wouldn't it be nice for us to share our wealth?"

"Don't even think about it!"

Snapped!
The master smashed the table with his palm, and then shouted angrily: "I am the descendant of General Yue, and I have lived a clean life. How can I let you, a rebellious disciple, destroy the innocence of my Yue family? Today, you and I are no longer master and disciple. Go!"

The master glared at Lu Feng.

After hearing this, Lu Feng looked at his master and laughed, "The old man has a bad temper!"

The master looked at him suddenly, and Lu Feng said: "Well, since you have said so much, I have nothing more to say. It's time to send you on your way!"

"you!"

The master looked shocked.

Lu Feng said: "Haha, Master, when I came here, the Prime Minister told me that if Master is willing to submit to the court and share the wealth, then he should treat you with courtesy and please return to Dadu."

"If Master doesn't appreciate my kindness, then I will send you to death!" "You, you are betraying your master and ancestors!"

Lu Feng looked at his master's shocked expression and said, "Master, you have to understand me. If a man does not work for himself, he will be punished by heaven and earth. It is not easy for me to climb to this point, so please help me!"

After saying that, Lu Feng attacked his master directly.

The master immediately started fighting with him. At this time, Lu Feng drew out the spear he carried with him and attacked repeatedly, forcing the master to retreat step by step. Seeing this, I immediately threw the Yue Family Spear on the wall to the master.

The master fought with him, spear in hand.

At the beginning, the master had great skills with the spear and had the upper hand, but he was later poisoned, which made his spear skills chaotic, allowing the opponent to find a flaw and attack the master.

Master and that thief Lu Feng fought for a full half incense stick of time until the drug finally took effect. Master knew something was wrong and immediately told me to run.

While he was speaking, the thief Lu Feng's spear had already pierced the master's chest.

Before his death, the master was still standing, and was nailed to the door frame by the thief Lu Feng.

I was so scared that I ran away, and Lu Feng chased me. We ran all the way to the back cliff, and I was blocked by Lu Feng at the edge of the cliff. I had no choice but to jump down.

At this point, the little sister was already sobbing. Her life was saved, but her face was scratched by the falling rocks, leaving her with a face full of scars. Her legs were also completely broken and could not be reconnected.

Fortunately, I met Song Lang who was picking bamboo shoots under the cliff at that time.

He saved me and hid me here. If not for that, I might never see my two brothers again. Woo woo woo...

Seeing their junior sister sobbing like that, Zhang Dingbian and Kang Maocai's eyes turned red. "You are so good, Lu Feng, you betray your teacher and ancestors, how can I keep you!"
So the two of them came to the capital together, with the purpose of killing Lu Feng and the instigator of this incident, Prime Minister Tuotuo of Daqian.

In this matter, Lu Feng was the executor, and the mastermind behind the scenes was this bastard Tuotuo!
Zhang Dingbian looked at Kang Maocai with red eyes and said, "Brother, assassinating the prime minister is bound to be dangerous. You should go back first. We need someone to inherit the Yue Family Spear."

Kang Maocai heard this and said, "Brother, it has come to this point now, do you think I can still retreat?"

"Besides, among all of us brothers, my spearmanship is the worst. If I survive and inherit the Yue Family Spear, our Yue Family Spear might become a laughing stock."

"So, if we talk about inheritance, you are the strongest, brother. How about you leave and I will stay to assassinate Tuotuo? Anyway, Tuotuo's strength is only at the level of Huajin, so I may have a chance."

Zhang Dingbian said, "Brother, this is not a joke. You only have the strength of a dragon realm. Tuotuo is surrounded by many masters. How can you succeed? Besides, we have to kill not only Tuotuo, but also that bastard Lu Feng!"

"Brother, since you can't convince me, and I can't convince you, let's just follow the original plan."

Kang Maocai said.

Zhang Dingbian looked at Kang Maocai and smiled bitterly, "Your character never changes. But Junior Brother, after we start, no matter whether we succeed or not, we must run separately. No matter who survives in the future, you must take good care of Junior Sister."

"Well, it's a deal."

The two looked at each other and agreed to entrust their child to each other.

After making the agreement, the two looked at each other, and then looked at the guards of the Prime Minister's Mansion.

The guards of the Prime Minister's Mansion are quite strict, with no blind spots in any direction. There are even special guards on the corner towers of the Prime Minister's Mansion to prevent anyone from sneaking into the Mansion from the roof.

Zhang Dingbian took a look and said, "It's really well-defended."

While saying this, Kang Maocai began to take stock of the situation around him, especially the people who were changing shifts.

"Brother, I just checked. It takes a total of 123 breaths for the patrol team of the Prime Minister's Mansion to get from here to there, and then they can turn around."

Zhang Dingbian said, "Well, the two corner towers over there are yours, and the two over here are mine. Let's kill the people in the corner towers first, and then find a chance to kill that bastard Tuotuo."

"it is good."

Kang Maocai agreed, and followed the two of them to start action. Watching them act, Chen Jie frowned, with a hint of an emotion between his brows.

The princess saw Chen Jie's condition and asked, "What's wrong?"

Chen Jie hesitated for a moment and pointed at the Prime Minister's Mansion and said, "Don't you think the defense of this Prime Minister's Mansion is too easy?"

The princess said, "No, it's always like this in our palace, there's nothing special about it!"

Chen Jie shook his head and said, "You also said that the patrols here are the same as usual in your palace, but now the city is full of people from the underworld. No matter from which perspective, shouldn't the Prime Minister's Mansion improve its security?"

"security?"

The princess looked at Chen Jie in surprise. What does security mean?

Chen Jie looked at the princess and explained, "It's just the number of guards. The whole city is full of people from the martial arts world, and there are many martial arts masters. Even if Tuotuo is in a high position, it is impossible for him not to defend himself."

"He is not the Living Buddha Bashiba, who has the immortal realm on land and is not afraid of these people in the martial arts world. His strength is not strong. Although he has the blessing of national destiny, you and I both know that the strongest effect of national destiny is to transform Gang."

"That is to say, any warrior who is not as strong as Hua Jin will have a chance to kill him."

"Yes, he has the strength of Hua Jin. It is not realistic to rely on one or two Hua Jin warriors to kill him, but the risk is still very high."

"So if I were to take off my clothes, I would never defend myself according to the previous security and defense levels."

Zhao Ya thought for a moment after hearing this and said, "You mean he is fishing because he is relaxed on the outside but tight on the inside?"

Chen Jie nodded slightly after hearing this and said, "That's right, he is just fishing, relaxed on the outside but tight on the inside!"

"Aren't Zhang Dingbian and his men in danger?"

Zhao Ya reacted instantly. Chen Jie frowned slightly and said, "Yaya, stay here for a while. I'll go take a look."

After hearing this, Zhao Ya said, "Be careful."

Chen Jie said: "If I don't come back, let's meet at the theater in South City."

Zhao Ya nodded and said, "If it doesn't work, just run away. Don't risk your life just for Zhang Dingbian."

After hearing this, Chen Jie said, "I know. I am not taking this risk just for Zhang Dingbian. I mainly want to go in and see if my old father-in-law is imprisoned in the Prime Minister's Mansion."

After hearing this, Zhao Ya looked at Chen Jie and said, "Then you have to be careful too. I don't want to lose my husband because of my father."

Chen Jie said: "Don't worry, as long as I don't meet Ba Siba, I want to run away, and the others can't stop me."

After saying that, Chen Jie directly used the method of teleportation from the Great Shift of the Universe, and his figure disappeared from the spot like a ghost. Zhao Ya looked at the disappearing Chen Jie with worry on her face, but she knew that with her current ability, if she participated in this matter, she would be courting death, which would only restrict Chen Jie's hands and feet and prevent him from exerting his full strength.

In that case, it would be better not to follow and just trust your husband completely.

Chen Jie followed Zhang Dingbian and Kang Maocai at a very fast speed.

At this moment, the two of them took aim and accelerated. The next moment, they flew like bats in the dark night, fluttering directly towards the opposite corner tower.

The corner tower is a watchtower standing at the four corners of the courtyard, used for sentry duty.

At this time, the two men rushed directly to the corner tower. Zhang Dingbian landed on a corner tower first. There was a sentry in the tower with a bow and arrow in his hand. If something went wrong, the sentry could directly bend the bow and shoot the target.

At this time, the sentry was standing guard seriously, looking around. As soon as he turned around, Zhang Dingbian suddenly appeared behind him, covered the sentry's mouth skillfully, and then cut the sentry's throat with a knife.

Uh...

The sentry didn't even have time to shout out before his body fell limply to the ground.

Zhang Dingbian put the body down directly.

The soldiers on this side were dealt with, and Kang Maocai came to the sentry on the other side. Just as he was about to take action, he saw the soldier suddenly turned around and met Kang Maocai's eyes.

Kang Maocai was stunned. If he took action, there would be no noise. Just as he was panicking, suddenly a stone shot directly at the sentry's throat.

Snapped!
Suddenly the sentry was unable to move as if he had been acupunctured. Kang Maocai also reacted, rushed forward, and killed the sentry with a single knife.

After finishing, he looked towards Zhang Dingbian with a face full of gratitude. He thought that the stone just now was Zhang Dingbian who saved him.

At this time, Zhang Dingbian also turned around and saw Kang Maocai looking at him. He didn't know what was going on and thought that Kang Maocai was telling him that he had completed the kill.

So he nodded slightly to Kang Maocai. Kang Maocai thought that Zhang Dingbian was affirming his idea, so he nodded as well, and then the two of them continued to prepare to attack the next two corner towers.

At this time, Chen Jie, who was hiding in the darkness, looked over here and shook his head slightly. This Kang Maocai is really not even worthy of carrying shoes for his senior brother!
If it weren't for me, these two people would have been exposed.

Thinking of this, Chen Jie shook his head and rushed directly into Tuotuo's mansion. He came here not to seek revenge on Tuotuo, but to find his old father-in-law, King Ruyang.

Thinking of this, Chen Jie suddenly turned into a residual shadow and went directly into Tuotuo's mansion. The King of Ruyang was tricked by him into entering the city and imprisoned. So where was he imprisoned?

Chen Jie and Zhao Ya analyzed it and found out that there are only three places. The first is Tuotuo's Prime Minister's Mansion, the second is the Heavenly Prison, and the third place would be difficult to deal with, because that is the Big Buddha Temple where the Living Buddha Ba Siba is.

Actually, it is easy to deal with the Prince of Ruyang if he is imprisoned in the first two places, but the most difficult one is the Big Buddha Temple.

After all, once you get there, you will most likely face off against the contemporary Fire Buddha, Phagpa, who is in the realm of immortals on earth. The pressure will be enormous!
Of course, this is just a possibility. It is also possible that Tuotuo did not put Prince Ruyang in the Big Buddha Temple, but he was so confident that he placed him in the Prime Minister's Mansion. Then it would not be so difficult for him to save his father-in-law.

Thinking of this, Chen Jie quickly disappeared into the night.

In fact, tonight is a good opportunity. Since Zhang Dingbian and Kang Maocai are making a fuss up front, no one will pay attention to other places in the courtyard, so I can search safely.

This is simply a godsend opportunity, and Chen Jie will not waste such a good opportunity.

Chen Jie started searching in Tuotuo's backyard. With Chen Jie's strength at the Melting God Realm, if he wanted to find something quietly, it would be difficult for others to find Chen Jie's whereabouts, unless there was a strong person on the Heavenly List who was staring at him. But how could a strong person on the Heavenly List stare at him?
Chen Jie thought about it and searched one house after another. Finally, he found a house and saw that it was brightly lit. Chen Jie pierced through the window paper and looked inside. This sight stunned him.

"Why are they here?"

(End of this chapter)