Records of Mysterious Things in the Southern Dynasties

Chapter 381: Visiting the Grand Palace

Yang Zhong stayed in the Prince of Yuyang's Palace that night and came back in the afternoon the next day, rubbing his dizzy head.

"How much did you drink?" Chen Baxian pinched his nose and was almost knocked over by the stench of alcohol on his body.

"Luo, Brother Luo Sheng called all the fellow villagers from Wuchuan Town. There were more than a hundred people surrounding me. I had no choice but to drink as much as I could. I didn't know how much I drank. I felt like I was covered in alcohol..." Yang Zhong said with a big tongue:
"Luckily Black Otter and Brother Xin helped me block a lot, otherwise I would have to be carried back."

Although the alcohol content of the wine in this era is not high, it contains a lot of alcohol. When drinking, you drink a lot, but after drinking, you will become a bear...

Ren Yuan drew a sobering talisman to help Yang Zhong sober up.

Although he was already accustomed to Ren Yuan's various magical talismans, Chen Baxian still couldn't help but admire: "This talisman is really damn useful."

"Well, I can't learn it. In the future, I, the third brother, must teach your eldest nephew." Yang Zhong said drunkenly.

"No problem, I will accept him as my disciple as soon as he is born." Ren Yuan agreed immediately. It was quite interesting to be Naloyan's master.

"Okay, it's a deal." Yang Zhong said happily.

"You should first try to find a way to give birth to the baby." Chen Baxian hit him hard and then asked, "Have you asked about the real business?"

"Of course, I asked Brother Luo Sheng as soon as I saw him." Yang Zhong nodded and yawned, "He said he would help me find out and write to me later."

He stood up and stumbled to the inner room. "I need to get some sleep. I've been drinking all night and I can't hold on any longer."

After a while, a deafening snoring sound came from the inner room.

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Yuwen Tai probably drank a lot, as he didn't come over until dark.

"You've arrived just in time. Shall we have a drink?" Chen Baxian asked in a rude tone.

"Who's afraid of who?" Yuwen Tai raised his eyebrows, opened his mouth and vomited.

He really couldn't show off his ability, but he still said stubbornly: "I have something important to do tonight, so I'll spare you one night and we'll fight again tomorrow."

"Oh, there's news?" Chen Baxian and Ren Yuan's eyes lit up.

"Yes." Yuwen Tai nodded and said, "I came here to tell you that my third brother has already asked about the matter of Zu Sima."

"What do you mean?" they asked in unison.

"Alas, it's not optimistic..." Yuwen Tai sighed, "It is said that he has angered the emperor and was thrown into prison. He will be executed tomorrow."

"Ah?" Ren Yuan and the others asked in surprise, "How did he do that?!"

"I came here to tell you." Yuwen Tai said:

"My brother said that it was probably the Emperor who asked him to restore the Thunderbolt Chariot, but he flatly refused."

He shook his head helplessly and said, "You said this guy is the same. If you don't want to do it, then don't come. You're already here, why are you refusing? If you really want to refuse, you can just say you can't do it. But he insists that he can do it, but he won't do it for you. Do you think the emperor wouldn't get angry? He didn't kill him on the spot, which means he has a good temper."

"This is the quirk of scientists. You can deny everything about him, but no one can deny his expertise, not even him," Ren Yuan said with a wry smile, "We have to do something quickly."

"Yes. My third brother has already gone to see the emperor, hoping to ask him to spare his life," Yuwen Tai said, "but he has lost face in front of the emperor. If he still refuses to take action, then my third brother can do nothing."

As he said this, he looked at Ren Yuan and the other two and said, "My third brother's idea is that you should also go and persuade Zu Sima to give in and build a thunderbolt chariot for the emperor, so that he won't be stuck in two ends, right?"

"It would be best if we could meet him," Ren Yuan nodded immediately and said, "Brother Yuwen, please help arrange it."

"What arrangements are there? Just follow me," Yuwen Tai pulled Ren Yuan and Chen Baxian and walked out in a hurry.

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The three of them soon arrived at the center of Xindu City. The layout of cities in the world is similar, and the center is reserved for the most important government offices. Xindu is the county seat of Nanhe County, so this should be the original county governor's office.

Yuwen Tai said: "This is the Grand Palace."

When Ren Yuan saw the three characters "Grand Palace" written on the plaque under the eaves of the door, he nodded to indicate that he understood. This level of abstraction could no longer cause him any waves.

"Do you need a body search?" he asked.

"Why bother?" Yuwen Tai took the two of them, walked straight over the threshold and entered the "palace" without the "guards" at the door even asking questions.

"The security in the palace is quite lax." Chen Baxian whispered.

"The most capable fighter in the entire palace is the emperor. Who dares to assassinate him? They can't stop ordinary people either." Yuwen Tai said calmly: "It's just to keep up appearances. Don't take it so seriously."

As they were talking, the three of them came to the prison in the city guard's mansion, which was now called the Heavenly Prison. The prison door was locked, but when Yuwen Tai handed in two bottles of wine, the door opened.

"Hey, Brother Tai. What brings you here?" The jailer took the wine with a smile.

"I missed you." Yuwen Tai said with a smile, "I came to see you."

"Haha, okay. Who do you want to see?" asked the prison boss.

"The one who will be beheaded tomorrow morning."

"Oh, that island barbarian." The jailer led the three people to a single cell and waved the lantern. "Is this it?"

Ren Yuan looked carefully and wondered who else could it be if not Zu Geng?

Zu Sima was fine, except for a bruised face and nose, and an obvious slap mark on the left side of his face.

"Did you see it? He was beaten by the emperor." The jailer laughed and said, "You can look at it and touch it as you like. Just don't kill him and don't take him away."

"Don't worry, I can't cheat anyone but you." Yuwen Tai laughed skillfully and said to Ren Yuan, "You two can chat slowly."

After saying that, he pulled the jailer aside and started chatting.

"Sima Zu." Ren Yuan walked straight through the fence and came in front of Zu Geng.

Zu Geng looked up blankly and asked in surprise, "Nephew Ren, why are you here?"

"I'm here to rescue you on your father's orders." Ren Yuan said softly.

"My father?" Zu Geng's face was filled with more surprise. "Did he get off the boat?"

Ren Yuan and Chen Baxian looked at each other. Poor Zuan…his father really knew much more than him.

"Yes." Ren Yuan nodded and said, "The old man showed up in Xingyang last time and rescued us, but we learned that our uncle had been sent here by Feng Tietou. The old man had something important to do and couldn't get away, so he asked us to go on this trip."

"Alas, I'm already this old, but I still need my father to worry about me. I feel so ashamed." Zu Geng's face was full of shame, with red eyes.

"Let's not talk about this. Has Zu Sima returned to normal?" Ren Yuan saw that Zu Geng's eyes had returned to their normal color.

"Yes." Zu Geng nodded and said, "Three days ago in the middle of the night, I was sleeping and suddenly I felt my heart relax, as if all the shackles on my body suddenly disappeared..."

Ren Yuan thought that was the night Xiao Zong died. It seemed that without an object of loyalty, the brainwashing of Jiao Xiaonu was ineffective.

(End of this chapter)