After rebirth, I became a treacherous minister Black Moonlight

Chapter 753 (Sixteen)
"Chu Nan."

Meng Qianqian called out this name.

Tan'er rushed into the secret room, "Sister, Master Xiyao is missing! There are so many strange mechanisms in here!"

Halfway through her words, she caught a glimpse of Meng Qianqian's hand and said, "Sister! There's blood flowing backwards!"

Meng Qianqian whispered, "It's not my blood."

Speaking of mechanisms, she couldn't help but think of the underground palace of Liang State. The tunnel secretly built by the high priest was similar to it.

Tan'er glanced at Ayimulan who was holding up her hands in a pool of blood. Her expression relaxed, but her brows knitted tightly together. "Let Niguan, my sister! I'll kill Ni!"

Meng Qianqian held her back: "Ignore her, let her see for herself what will happen to her."

Aimulan covered her chest, which was constantly bleeding, and laughed weakly but crazily: "I wonder which of our end will come sooner, you or me?"

As she said this, her meaningful gaze swept across the terrifying figure outside the secret room.

"Humph!"

Tan'er glared at her fiercely, then followed her gaze to the man in silver armor holding a red-tasseled spear. She whispered to Meng Qianqian, "Sister, is he Chu Nan, the Grand Marshal of the Black Armor Army and the Twelve Guards?"

"It's impossible...I don't believe it..."

Ji Li looked at the compass in his hand.

But the compass shattered with a bang.

Ji Li suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood.

He covered his chest and looked at the other person with a complicated expression: "That night in the Ministry of Justice, you were the one who persuaded Haizhu, right? Who are you? Why are you pretending to be the Grand Marshal?"

Seeing that the other party didn't answer, he raised his voice, "Speak! Speak!"

"If you don't say it again, I'll be rude!"

"You forced me to do this!"

"I won't allow anyone to impersonate the Grand Marshal!"

"You don't deserve his armor!"

Ji Li gathered his energy in his dantian, circulated his internal strength, and punched the opponent hard in the vital point.

"He is Chu Nan."

Meng Qianqian spoke.

Ji Li's body movement froze, and his fist stopped in front of the opponent's forehead.

boom!
The opponent slapped Ji Li away with one palm.

Ji Li hit the stone wall behind him heavily, fell to the ground in a mess, and spat out blood again.

He ignored the injuries and pain in his body, but was so shocked that his eyes turned red.

"He really is the Grand Marshal... The Grand Marshal is not dead... How could this happen?"

Meng Qianqian said, "I don't know how to explain it to you. I only have a vague understanding of many things myself."

"You're not surprised at all... You knew that, didn't you?"

Ji Li's mood was more serious than ever before.

Meng Qianqian did not deny it.

Ji Li clenched his fists: "Why didn't you tell us?"

Tan Er put her hands on her hips and said, "Why are you so fierce? If you don't tell us, there must be a reason for not telling us! When the time comes, we will tell you!"

Ji Li said angrily, "Timing? What timing? It's the timing for the Grand Marshal to appear before me in all splendor!"

During the argument, Chu Nan's red tasseled spear moved and stabbed straight towards Meng Qianqian who was close to him.

Meng Qianqian shook her arm and blocked his red tassel spear.

Ji Li hurriedly said, "Grand Marshal! She is one of us! She is the second generation of Yinhu! The heir of Li Haiya!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Chu Nan's second move was already approaching Meng Qianqian.

Ji Li was stunned: "What's going on?"

Tan Er snorted, "How can you tell? He's being controlled by someone!"

It’s not that Ji Li didn’t see it, he just... didn’t want to believe it.

The Grand Marshal, whom he once regarded as a pillar of faith, would one day appear before him as a puppet and become his enemy.

This was something that was even more difficult for him to accept than not being able to show off.

"Reverse the pain and the heart!"

Tan'er no longer argued with Ji Li.

Chu Nan came with great momentum, and Meng Qianqian was pregnant again.

She immediately joined the battle.

Chu Nan's strength exceeded everyone's imagination.

Ji Li no longer indulged in sadness and shock, and rushed towards Chu Nan with gritted teeth.

After Chu Nan knocked Tan'er away, he slapped Ji Li again.

Both of them flew out.

Meng Qianqian caught Tan'er, her eyes flashed, and she flicked her sleeves to shoot out three silver needles.

Chu Nan's acupuncture points were sealed.

However, in the next moment, the silver needles in Chu Nan's body suddenly burst out.

Seeing that he was about to lose control again, Meng Qianqian grabbed three silver needles again.

But this time, someone attacked Chu Nan before her and sprinkled a bag of medicine powder on Chu Nan.

Chu Nan's breath suddenly condensed, his body froze, and he closed his eyes.

Meng Qianqian looked at the newcomer: "Rabbit."

Lan Yeyue glanced at Meng Qianqian lightly.

No matter how charming and attractive she appears in front of outsiders, she has been too lazy to pretend since she had a falling out with Meng Qianqian.

She raised her hand, gently took off Chu Nan's helmet, and wiped away the powder remaining under his eyes.

Ji Li was originally in shock as to why she suddenly appeared, but when he saw the disfigured face, he was suddenly speechless.

Lan Yeyue caught a glimpse of his expression out of the corner of her eye and snorted disdainfully.

Meng Qianqian asked: "Maotu, isn't it time to tell us the truth now?"

Lan Yeyue sneered: "The truth? You're only beginning to care about his truth now. Don't you think it's too late?"

"The man in Youzhou..."

Ji Li realized it later and suddenly understood that when Mr. Meng held a martial arts competition to find a husband for Xiao Yinhu, the person who competed with Lu Yuan in the end was... the Grand Marshal?
"So, it's so early."

he murmured.

Lan Yeyue: "More than that? Why don't you ask her how many times Chu Nan risked his life to save her?"

Ji Li looked at Meng Qianqian.

Meng Qianqian: "I did meet Chu Nan a long time ago, and I guessed his identity before I came to Youzhou."

Ji Li looked at Meng Qianqian with a complicated expression: "So you really are..."

He paused and didn't say anything else.

When they were drugged on the top of the mountain, although they had taken the antidote in advance, they were still unconscious for a while.

The degree of dizziness varies from person to person.

The amount of conversations overheard varied.

He heard some of Shang Jiu's life story in bits and pieces.

He didn't dare to believe it and didn't understand it.

But at this moment, everything became clear.

He heard it right.

The King of Medicine did not deceive Aimulan.

Shang Jiu is Chu Feiyan.

Chu Feiyan is Meng Qianqian.

The first thing he knew very early on.

The second thing he should have noticed earlier.

The transformation of the Snake, the difficulties posed by the Rabbit, the protection of the Dragon...there are so many clues right in front of him.

"Snake and Dragon, did you know this a long time ago?"

he asked in a low voice.

"Yes."

Meng Qianqian did not deny it.

"Where's Lu Yuan?"

"Ah."

Meng Qianqian nodded.

Ji Li laughed at himself: "So I am the last one, and you kept me in the dark."

He looked at Tan'er coldly, "What about you? Do you also know that she is Shang Jiu?"

Tan Er jumped to Meng Qianqian's side and hugged her arm: "I don't care about Shang Jiu! She is my sister!"

"Good, good, that's great!"

Ji Li's teeth were almost bleeding.

Just when everyone thought he would continue to attack Meng Qianqian, he turned to Maotu, "Lan Yeyue, your last name is Lan too. What is the connection between your Medicine King Valley and the Xiye Royal Family? Don't try to fool us! If there is no connection, the Medicine King must be too familiar with Liuli Island!"

Lan Yeyue never expected that this guy, who was usually silly, could always hit the nail on the head at critical moments.

Moreover, the thinking is too unconventional.

"Our ancestors of Yaowang Valley also came from Liuli Island. They were given the surname Lan because of their great contributions."

"That's it?"

"What else? How bloody do you think it could get?"

When she said this, she rolled her eyes at Meng Qianqian and Tan'er, "You think you can be related by blood anywhere!"

She and Snake are not siblings!
The secret room fell into silence.

People are like this sometimes. The more they are asked, the less they want to talk about it. But once no one asks, they want to mention it on their own initiative.

"Do you still want to know about Chu Nan?"

Perhaps, she just didn't want Ji Li to continue asking questions. After all, her ancestors were slaves and she didn't come from a prominent family.

Meng Qianqian said cooperatively, "I do."

This big step gave Lan Yeyue so much that she couldn't vent her anger even if she was angry.

She glared at Meng Qianqian: "Why didn't I realize you were such a servile person before?"

Meng Qian cleared her throat.

Didn’t you have to act like the Grand Marshal and Mrs. Chu in your previous life?
Lan Yeyue gently wiped Chu Nan's disfigured face while telling him all about his past.

It turned out that Chu Nan did not die in the fire that year.

When Lan Yeyue rushed back to Prince Chu's Mansion, Chu Nan was still breathing his last breath.

She brought Chu Nan back to Yaowang Valley for treatment.

With her medical skills, of course she couldn't save Chu Nan.

She begged her father.

After all, she is her father's biological daughter. Although her father didn't want to break the rules, he finally agreed.

Although Chu Nan's life was saved, his appearance, skin and voice could never be restored.

Later, Chu Nan volunteered to become a medicine man.

Because only in this way can we rebuild the foundation.

"This is the truth behind his sudden mastery of martial arts, but the price he paid was heavy. Every time he practiced martial arts, he overdrew his lifespan."

When Lan Yeyue said this, she clenched her fists unwillingly, and her silver teeth almost bit out blood foam.

"He could have lived a few more years, but because of you, he disregarded his life again and again!"

She stared at the ground coldly without looking at Meng Qianqian.

But Meng Qianqian knew she was referring to herself, and she also understood why Chu Nan always avoided her.

He didn't want to see her like this, and he didn't want her to find out that he had become a short-lived medicine man.

"Why did he attack us?"

Meng Qianqian asked pointedly.

Ji Li suddenly raised his eyes and looked at Lan Yeyue seriously: "Yes, why is this? Did you, Yaowang Valley, do something to the Grand Marshal?"

A trace of panic flashed in Lan Yeyue's eyes: "I... I didn't do anything to him..."

"You don't, but your dad does."

Meng Qianqian said seriously, "Your father took advantage of Chu Nan. While helping him become a medicine man, he also gave him drugs to control him. The dosage of this drug was not large, so Chu Nan didn't notice it at first. But as time went by, once the drug took effect, it would be irreversible."

Ji Li asked coldly: "Is that really the case?"

Lan Yeyue opened her mouth.

Tan'er, hands on her hips and stamping her foot, exclaimed, "You treacherous Medicine King Valley, how despicable!" Ji Li retorted sarcastically, "You Medicine King Valley really don't do business at a loss!"

Lan Yeyue had no excuses and was just blaming herself when Meng Qianqian suddenly said, "Get out of the way!"

Lan Yeyue was stunned.

Unfortunately, she reacted a step too late and Chu Nan slapped her shoulder.

She coughed up blood and crashed into the stone wall.

Ji Li frowned.

Meng Qianqian hurried over, pressed her acupoints, sealed her heart meridian with silver needles, and fed her two pills of wound medicine.

However, Lan Yeyue continued to vomit blood, and her life force rapidly declined.

To make matters worse, Chu Nan injured Tan'er with his second strike.

"Tan'er!"

Meng Qianqian's expression changed drastically.

Ji Li's expression turned grave: "His aura seems to have grown stronger..."

Meng Qianqian looked at the scattered powder on the ground: "The medicine is problematic. It temporarily stabilized Chu Nan, but in reality, it aroused Chu Nan's demonic nature. Chu Nan... is even more uncontrollable."

That's even more terrifying.

Ji Li put away the compass: "You guys go first, I'll hold him off."

"No."

Meng Qianqian flatly refused, "You are no match for Chu Nan, and you can't bring yourself to hurt him."

Ji Li, unusually, did not argue with Meng Qianqian.

Whether he is an opponent or not is another matter, but it is true that he can't bring himself to harm Chu Nan.

Meng Qianqian said, "Tan'er is injured, please buy me some time."

Ji Li clenched her fist: "Understood."

Ji Li rushed towards Chu Nan.

Meng Qianqian quickly fed Tan'er the medicine for her injuries.

In this situation, it's no longer a question of whether Ji Li can stop Chu Nan and let them leave first, but rather that Tan'er and Lan Yeyue are both seriously injured and cannot leave at all.

Ji Li and Chu Nan exchanged a palm strike, and Ji Li was knocked back more than ten steps. She dodged the kicks and struggled to steady herself.

Chu Nan leaped up and slammed his knee into Ji Li's chin.

Meng Qianqian waved her hand and shot out two silver needles.

Although she forced Chu Nan to retreat, she also made Chu Nan feel dizzy.

"Little Tiger!"

Ji Li gritted her teeth, "Who told you to make a move? You just wait on the sidelines!"

Waiting was out of the question. Chu Nan had already been provoked by Meng Qianqian, so he turned around and rushed in front of her.

He patted Meng Qianqian's shoulder.

Meng Qianqian had the silkworm armor given to her by Liu Muyan, which, although it did not damage her lungs or internal organs, still made her feel even more uncomfortable.

With her last remaining strength, Lan Yeyue shouted, "Chu Nan, you're crazy... Stop it... You've hurt her... You'll regret it..."

Chu Nan changed his palm into a fist and punched Meng Qianqian.

Meng Qianqian dodged to the side.

The fist slammed into the stone wall behind her, creating a huge hole.

Ji Li lunged at him, only to be sent flying by his punch.

Ji Li's heart meridian was damaged: "This internal energy... Mao Tu... what exactly did your Medicine King Valley do to him... how come he's so much stronger than the other medicine people..."

Lan Yeyue choked up: "I...I..."

Meng Qianqian said, "Don't blame Maotu, she doesn't know either."

Lan Yeyue turned her face away and muttered under her breath, "I don't need you to speak up for me."

He paused, then said to Ji Li, "Attack his Baihui acupoint!"

Ji Li: "Why didn't you point it out earlier—"

Before he could finish speaking, Chu Nan, who had appeared in a flash, grabbed him by the neck.

Lan Yeyue was startled.

She spent almost every day with Chu Nan, watching him become a medicine man, but she never knew that his strength was so terrifying.

Her father...

Thinking of this, she almost bit her lips until they bled.

Meng Qianqian shot her silver needles at Chu Nan again.

After receiving the injection, Chu Nan's eyes flashed with a cold, bloodthirsty light as he looked at Meng Qianqian.

Just then, the Snake, Meng Lang, and Yu Zichuan arrived.

The three glanced at the chaotic scene: Aymuran lying in a pool of blood, Lan Yeyue severely injured, Tan'er unconscious... and a man in armor.

The snake recognized the armor.

His eyes moved.

Meng Qianqian: "It's Chu Nan."

The Snake's expression froze for a moment before regaining its composure.

He immediately raised his hand and aimed straight for Chu Nan's back.

Meng Lang and Yu Zichuan attacked from both sides.

The three of them surrounded Chu Nan.

Unexpectedly, Chu Nan was not only unharmed, but also single-handedly repelled the three of them.

Meng Lang clutched his chest, which had nearly been ripped open by the internal force: "No way, what kind of monster is this?"

He sensed the aura of the other party, which was definitely not that of an ordinary expert, reminding him of the Ghost Army he had encountered in Gufeng Town.

"It's the Grand Marshal."

Yu Zichuan said.

He had just heard Meng Qianqian call him Chu Nan.

Meng Lang stared in disbelief: "What? The Grand Marshal? Wasn't he dead? Did he come back to life?"

Yu Zichuan looked at Chu Nan seriously and said, "He's been turned into a medicine man."

Meng Lang: "..."

The snake and Ji Li joined forces, but they only lasted ten moves against Chu Nan.

Meng Qianqian's silver needles were almost used up.

Everything was going in a direction that was unfavorable to them.

This is a lose-lose situation.

Even if Chu Nan wins, he will lose his own life.

"Chu Nan! Wake up! She's Shang Jiu!"

Lan Yeyue cried tears of blood.

When Chu Nan attacked Meng Qianqian with another palm strike, Meng Qianqian had nowhere to dodge.

Suddenly, a petite figure leaped in front of her and took the blow for her.

Hot blood sprayed all over Chu Nan.

Meng Qianqian was shocked and hugged the girl who had collapsed into her arms, a sharp pain shooting through her throat: "Tan'er—"

Blood kept gushing from Tan'er's mouth: "Sister... Ni Zhen is really my sister... my own sister..."

Meng Qianqian nodded, her voice choked with emotion: "Yes, I am your older sister..."

Tan'er smiled weakly, "No wonder... I liked you so much the first time I saw you... um......"

Meng Qianqian's vision gradually blurred: "Sister also likes Tan'er, don't say anything, sister will heal your wounds..."

Tan'er said haltingly, "Uh... there's no hope... save your strength... for... escaping..."

Meng Qianqian's heart was breaking, and tears welled up in her eyes: "Don't go... Tan'er, don't leave your sister..."

"Quick...go..."

"Take Tan'er away!"

Ji Li forced herself to stand up and swayed as she stood in front of Chu Nan. "Ah She, can you still fight?"

The snake nodded and put its dislocated left arm back in place.

Meng Lang carried Tan'er on his back.

Tan'er: "I want...sister...to carry me..."

"Okay! I'll carry you on my back!"

Meng Qianqian took Tan'er from her.

"Bring the Rabbit along."

Ji Li said to Meng Lang seriously.

Meng Lang carried the rabbit on his back.

Yu Zichuan led the way.

The moment she stepped out of the secret room, Tan'er suddenly produced a silver needle from somewhere and launched an attack on Chu Nan.

Chu Nan suddenly turned around and pulled Tan'er towards him with a palm strike.

Tan'er spun in mid-air, tackling Chu Nan to the ground, and with lightning speed triggered a mechanism hidden next to Aymulan.

A huge stone door slammed shut, trapping the three inside.

Meng Qianqian: "Tan'er—"

Behind the stone gate, Tan'er smiled weakly: "Sister... Ni... you must live well..."

Seeing that she had also been locked up, Aymulan said coldly, "Another madman!"

Tan'er, her face pale, laughed heartily: "Taking the Loulan Princess down with me... what a bargain..."

Everyone outside the stone gate fell silent, even the usually calm Si Snake revealed a complex expression of disbelief.

Who would have thought that at the critical moment, it was a little girl, around ten years old and a glutton, who trapped the Grand Marshal and the Queen of Loulan.

But this meant that Tan'er was completely beyond saving.

Do you want to save him?

A deep voice sounded from behind the crowd, "Drain your blood, open the Gate of Heaven and Earth, and she might still have a glimmer of hope."

It's the High Priest!

Ji Li hurriedly said to Meng Qianqian, "Don't listen to him!"

The high priest threw a dagger in front of Meng Qianqian.

Meng Qianqian picked up the dagger.

"Hey!"

Despite the pain from his broken ribs, Meng Lang shouted, "Don't fall for his tricks! Even if what he says is true... even if he can open that damned Gate of Heaven and Earth... it won't open this stone door! Tan'er will still die—"

Meng Qianqian revealed her wrist and slashed down with her sword.

But it wasn't his own hand that was cut off, but the high priest's head.

The tip of the knife grazed the high priest's neck.

The high priest dodged aside and reached out to grab Meng Qianqian's wrist, intending to break it.

Unexpectedly, a sharp internal force rushed towards him like an arrow. Just as it was about to touch Meng Qianqian's index finger on her sleeve, it was severed at the root by the sword energy!

He watched in shock as his finger flew away.

The others were also nearly speechless with astonishment.

You must know, this is the High Priest!
They all took turns attacking him, joining forces, but they couldn't harm him in the slightest.

Everyone looked behind the high priest, and even the high priest himself turned around curiously, wanting to see who in this world could possibly hurt him.

The man was dressed in black, and against the glow of the luminous pearl, he was tall and strong, exuding an aura of military might.

Wherever he went, it was as if the battlefield had been turned into one.

The sound of armor and weapons seemed to echo in everyone's ears.

Although he was alone, he seemed like a vast army.

"This person is..."

Ji Li was so shocked that she couldn't speak.

The snake also stopped.

Only Meng Qianqian stared blankly at the other person, wondering if she was seeing things.

He walked straight up to Meng Qianqian without looking at her: "You're good at recognizing your biological father, but you don't recognize him?"

Ji Li's eyes widened, and she gasped, "My biological father? He is... Shang Jue?!"

　One more thing

　　(End of this chapter)