Embers of Sword

Chapter 63 Intimidation (Please read!)
There are more than a hundred guest rooms on the Pulu, and most of the time they are empty.

Xie Xuanyi did not refuse Chu Man's offer of support, and the two of them walked slowly. Chu Man took him to a guest room specially prepared for distinguished guests.

"Thank you brother."

Chu Man said softly: "I'll ask someone to bring some hangover tea later..."

"No need to bother."

Xie Xuanyi loosened his arm from Chu Man's shoulders and said calmly: "Miss Chu should know that I am not drunk."

"..."

Chu Man was slightly surprised and looked up at the young man in front of her.

At the banquet just now, several guests of the Chu family were acting, so why not her?

of course.

She also knew that Xie Zhen was acting.

However, the acting needs to be on the surface, and everyone knows what is going on.

She didn't expect Xie Zhen would expose it like this.

"Thank you, brother. This is really boring."

Chu Man no longer tried to hide anything. She put her hands behind her back, no longer looking delicate and pitiful. Her words were more dignified: "Leaving the table halfway through the banquet for no reason. Is this how the Jiang family treats guests?"

At this moment, she is no longer the weak woman who hides behind the screen and plays the piano silently.

She is Chu Man, and also the future head of the Chu family appointed by King You Hai.

"Stop acting."

Xie Xuanyi spoke lazily: "My last name is Xie, not Jiang, and I am not from the Jiang family. And...Miss Chu, aren't you tired of being so pretentious?"

Chu Man was silent.

"Clap!"

Xie Xuanyi waved his hand and the door closed.

The sound of the door closing made Chu Man's eyebrows slightly raised, but she still maintained the dignity of the future head of the family and said in a deep voice: "Xie brother, what do you mean?"

"If I wasn't drunk, why would Miss Chu be alone with me?"

Xie Xuanyi sat back comfortably on the big bed, patted his side gently, and said with a smile: "If my prediction is correct, Miss Chu will call some maids to serve some tea, and finally invite me alone to enjoy another song... I guessed correctly, right?"

Chu Man's heart skipped a beat.

Xie Zhen’s guess was correct...

The prince seemed to be particularly concerned about the young man that Jiang Qihu brought on board, and asked himself to find out the details. If Xie Zhen didn't point it out, then this would probably be the course of events.

"Why bother with all the roundabout ways and probing? Why not just move yourself and your zither into my guest room, Miss Chu?"

"What a coincidence! I also know a little about music," Xie Xuanyi said calmly, "Whether Miss Chu wants to be frank or play with four hands, I am willing to accompany you. In this way, we can avoid many trivial matters, isn't it wonderful?"

"you?!"

At this moment, Chu Man's face turned red. She gritted her teeth and subconsciously turned around to leave.

But just one step.

Chu Man calmed down again.

She took a deep breath and regained her composure at an extremely fast speed.

"Mr. Xie..."

Chu Man said faintly: "Aren't you acting yourself?"

Xie Xuanyi narrowed his eyes.

"Oh?" He smiled and listened to what followed.

"Your Excellency, do you think I'm a fool? Can't you see that you are also acting?"

Chu Man turned around and calmly looked at the face hidden under the hat: "Do you dare to take off the hat, and then take off the skin, and show your true face and true identity?"

"It's not that I don't dare, but that I don't want to."

Xie Xuanyi smiled silently when he heard this.

His "provocation" was just a little bit away from success, but unfortunately Chu Man had already reacted.

He said calmly: "Take off this bamboo hat and see my true face. Do you know what the consequences will be?"

Chu Man had a blank expression on her face: "No matter how serious the consequences are, the Chu family can afford it."

"The Chu family can afford it, but can you?" Xie Xuanyi tilted his head slightly.

"..."

Chu Man responded in silence this time, frowning.

Seeing such a loud tone, she suspected that the boy in front of her was deliberately bluffing.

"I never liked acting."

Xie Xuanyi said calmly: "Miss Chu did all this just because the prince ordered her to find out my identity... In fact, if you really want to investigate, there will be a result. You will find that I am actually an unknown Tanyiwei special envoy under the command of the Imperial City Department, who is specifically working with Lord Jiang to investigate the Bai Ze secret realm case in Lichao City. But is this the result you want?" "???"

Chu Man's pupils contracted.

This sentence contains a lot of information.

Her mind froze for a moment.

"How could the higher-ups just sit back and watch such a big event as the Bai Ze Secret Realm? Lord Jiang was ordered to come from the Imperial City... Could it be that he really participated in this secret realm operation in the name of the Jiang family?"

"He does not represent the Jiang family, nor the Imperial City Department, but the Young Imperial Master."

Xie Xuanyi calmly wiped his sword and spoke slowly: "Your master sent you here to test us, just to know the attitude of the library. Now you can tell him that my existence is the attitude of the library."

"..."

Chu Man was shocked and speechless.

She looked at the boy in front of her in disbelief. Xie Xuanyi's words didn't seem fake at all...

If he revealed his identity as Tan Yiwei.

Then she would only believe it 70%.

But now it is different. She suspects that the young man in front of her is a talented disciple secretly cultivated by a powerful figure in the imperial city.

Because from Xie Zhen’s previous tone, he couldn’t even hear much respect for Zhidao Book House!
Some things cannot be changed, they run in your blood.

King You Hai carefully selected Chu Man from among many assassins. In order for her to take over the Chu family in the future, King You Hai personally taught her how to practice and how to command her subordinates... So Chu Man learned how to disguise herself, how to act docile and shy in front of big shots, and how to show an iron fist and majesty in front of subordinates.

Unfortunately, in the eyes of those who truly are in power, these are nothing but inferior "disguises".

Perhaps it will take many years, until she succeeds to the position of head of the family, until one day she has mastered authority and power, before she can truly possess this bearing and majesty that does not belong to her.

but……

Xie Zhen, who had just said those words, truly revealed the majesty of a "person in a high position".

"Go back."

Xie Xuanyi waved his sleeves and said, "After you go back, just report what I said to Chu Lin—"

"Tell him that if he still wants to know who 'I' am, he can go directly to the person at Zhidao Bookstore."

"Chen Jingxuan will give him the answer."

Chu Man gritted her teeth and stared at Xie Zhen hesitantly for a long time.

Before Xie Zhen said this.

Maybe she still has the courage to reach out and take off Xie Zhen's hat like the thin ghost.

But now...

But she didn't dare to do such a thing.

The guest room was silent for a moment, and Xie Xuanyi said coldly: "Why, do you still need me to send you off in person?"

"Ah... yes!"

Chu Man finally came back to her senses. She gritted her teeth and responded, then left in a hurry, forgetting to even say goodbye.

After Chu Man left, the guest room returned to silence.

Xie Xuanyi felt a little relieved.

This Chu Man... was finally sent away.

The scene just now was still necessary to perform, otherwise, with Chu Man's character, there would definitely be more temptations one after another.

I don't have time to act with this little girl.

Xie Xuanyi hurriedly took out the talisman and threw it out. Purification talismans densely hung in the air, blocking the guest room on all sides.

After confirming that the talisman had formed a formation and would not leak any aura, Xie Xuanyi took out the ring.

The vibration has disappeared...

Even from thousands of miles away, he could feel the anger of the owner of the magic weapon.

Xie Xuanyi smiled bitterly and immersed his soul into it.

He once again came to the turbid and dark lake of his heart.

Venerable Longmu stood at the end of the Heart Lake, enveloped by dark fog, leaving only a long, dark and depressing back.

It turned around gloomily, its voice cold and stern.

"Jia Liu, why did it take you so long to reply?!"

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(End of this chapter)