Madmen don't keep diaries

Chapter 235 234 Prison Visit
From entering the hall to going down to the dungeon, Feng Xiuhu encountered almost no obstacles.

Konate Chen was given a solitary cell and was guarded by a whole squad of Divine Guards.

At the entrance of the passage, Feng Xiuhu dismissed the guards, expressed his desire to reminisce with his old leader, and then personally walked towards the cell carrying a tray.

On the tray was Konate Chen's only food for the day - a piece of dry bread and a glass of water.

The cell was simply furnished and Konate Chen was lying on his back on the wooden bed.

The magic circle engraved on the ground emitted a faint glow, and a misty chain extended from the magic circle, with the other end wrapped around Konate Chen's neck.

He couldn't break free, nor could he use his magic power.

Feng Xiuhu put the tray on the ground and passed the bread and water in through the gap in the iron bars.

Konate Chen, with his back to the cell door, didn't react much. I wonder if he was asleep.

Feng Xiuhu called out to him, "Old leader, I've brought your eldest nephew to see you."

Hearing Feng Xiuhu's voice, Konate Chen finally moved.

He turned over and sat up, looking at Feng Xiuhu.

Noticing that only Feng Xiuhu and Shunzi were outside the cell, and no one else, Konate Chen asked, "What do you want to do?"

Feng Xiuhu raised his chin and said, "Let me ask you something."

Konate Chen sneered: "I won't say anything."

Feng Xiuhu sat down on the ground, looking eager to eat some melons: "Did you sleep with Wei Su'e?"

"Shut up!"

Konate Chen pounced in front of Feng Xiuhu like an angry beast. He tried to reach out and grab Feng Xiuhu outside the railing, but the length of the mist chain restricted him from doing so. He could only touch the railing.

With a suppressed roar in his voice, Konate Chen glared at Feng Xiuhu: "I won't allow you to desecrate her!"

Feng Xiuhu suddenly realized, "It means I wanted to sleep but didn't get to."

"Shut up! Shut up!"

Konate Chen punched the railing, and blood oozed from his knuckles.

"Don't be so formal."

Feng Xiuhu hooked her finger at him and said, "There's no one else here, so we can talk openly—about things we both know."

Konate Chen gasped: "What do you want to say?"

"Very good." Feng Xiuhu nodded with a smile, "It seems we have made a good start."

Konate Chen stared at him coldly, waiting for what was to come.

Feng Xiuhu said, "You've been in the dungeon for a whole day. That's enough time for you to figure out a lot of things."

"For example, the Water Control Division didn't want to offend the Duke's Mansion over this matter, so they used you as a scapegoat. Another example is that Wei Su'e wanted to protect herself, so she sold you out. Ultimately, it all comes down to this: as long as you die, everyone will be happy."

Konate Chen sneered: "I have already pleaded guilty. This matter - no, everything has nothing to do with the Duke's wife."

Feng Xiuhu pointed at his nose and said, "Have you forgotten me? How could I not know what Wei Su'e did?"

"There's no one here, so don't be so evasive about that little thing. Can't we just be frank and honest?"

"Let me tell you first. In order to help Wei Su'e settle the matter, the Duke invited me and Hong Shenghuo to his home for dinner last night. I didn't want to offend him, so I agreed to cast Wei Su'e out."

Hearing this, Konate Chen secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

But his eyes were still alert: "Then why did you come to me?"

Feng Xiuhu thought for a moment: "Have you ever thought about why you are so devoted to Wei Su'e?" Konate Chen sneered, with an expression that said "you don't understand anything": "Love doesn't need a reason."

Feng Xiuhu felt that the fact that Konate Chen could say such words showed that he was indeed a man of character.

So he thought about it and asked again: "When did you start to fall in love with her?"

Konate Chen looked down on Feng Xiuhu even more, his eyes radiating disdain as if to say, "I can tell you've never been in love before." "Love can be a momentary throbbing sensation, or it can be a gradual realization. But precisely because I can't pinpoint when love began, it proves my sincerity even more."

Feng Xiuhu was so impressed that he turned to Shunzi and said, "Hurry up and write this down. You can use it later."

Shunzi scratched the back of his head: "I don't like the Duke's wife..."

Feng Xiuhu was about to call him a blockhead, but Konate Chen was quick to react. He yelled at Shunzi, "That's because you didn't see her charm!"

Shunzi whispered, "No matter how attractive she is, she's already over 40."

"Idiot, this has nothing to do with age!"

Konate Chen argued loudly: "I can see her essence, the emanation from her inside out—"

Feng Xiuhu quickly interrupted: "Don't talk about the inside out. You haven't even seen her bellyband, how can you know the inside of her?"

Konate Chen was speechless for a moment, and after a while he managed to utter two words: "Vulgar!"

Feng Xiuhu clicked his tongue, feeling reluctant to tell Konate Chen the truth.

So he asked tentatively, "You know that Gu Zhili is a monk from the Barefoot Prince Temple, right?"

Changing the subject, Konate Chen finally cooled down his enthusiasm and lowered his head. "Yes, Madam told me so herself... Even now, thinking of that trust still brings tears to my eyes."

He sniffed inconspicuously: "Everything I paid was worth it."

Feng Xiuhu asked again, "What about the other maid?"

"Wu Caifeng?"

Konate Chen raised his head.

Feng Xiuhu thought for a moment and guessed it was "Ah Feng", so he nodded: "That's right."

Konate Chen seemed puzzled as to why Feng Xiuhu would ask this: "Of course she is also from the Barefoot Prince Temple."

Feng Xiuhu blinked his eyes: "Did Wei Su'e tell you that too?"

Konate Chen recalled for a moment and shook his head, "She didn't seem to have said it, but Gu Zhili is from the Barefoot Prince Temple, and of course Wu Caifeng is the same."

Feng Xiuhu studied Konate Chen's expression and said, "What if I told you that she actually came from the Yinyuan Xianweng Temple?"

Konate Chen was stunned for a moment: "Okay, maybe you found more, but what about it?"

Feng Xiuhu was also stunned. He couldn't tell whether Konate Chen was really confused or just pretending to be confused, so he simply said directly: "Old Chen, you've been cursed. It's the Acacia Joy spell that made you fall in love with Wei Su'e."

"Nonsense!"

Konate Chen was furious. "That's impossible! Wu Caifeng and I had almost no contact, and if I were under a spell, how could I not know it? Even if I didn't notice it, wouldn't Elder Vadra be able to see it?"

This is what Feng Xiuhu wondered: "Yes, what kind of spell could deceive everyone?"

Konate Chen could not tolerate this denial of his "true love" and slammed the railing again: "Don't try to deceive me! My love for my wife comes from the bottom of my heart! You don't understand my feelings at all! You have no right to question them!"

Feng Xiuhu took a deep breath silently.

The power of the Charming Authority was even more overbearing than he had imagined.

(End of this chapter)