Madmen don't keep diaries

Chapter 249 248 The Truth About the Duke's Wife's Actions
Wake up the next day.

At the dinner table, Feng Xiuhu saw Shunzi.

Gu Zhili was very honest. She seemed not to have slept well last night. Her eyes were red and swollen. She stood behind the main seat with her head down.

Feng Xiuhu pointed to the other chairs at the table and said, "Everyone, sit down. Ah Li, you come and sit too."

At this time, Gu Zhili no longer mentioned the rules and walked over and sat down without saying a word.

Seeing Gu Zhili sitting down, Narcissus and Lingzhi looked at each other and sat back down in the seats that originally belonged to them.

Shunzi was not at home yesterday, so he didn't know what happened. Although he felt the atmosphere was a bit strange, he didn't ask much.

Gu Zhili looked at Feng Xiuhu with complicated eyes. Feng Xiuhu knew it and felt that he must be very charming in Gu Zhili's eyes at this moment, but that resentful look did not seem like the look of looking at a dream lover.

Everyone ate in silence, no one spoke, so Shunzi spoke.

He had something to tell Feng Xiuhu.

"Mike came to see me this morning when he came to work and asked me to give you a message."

Feng Xiuhu held a glass of milk and asked, "What?"

"Someone died in the Duke's Mansion last night, and was seen when he was carried out this morning."

Shunzi subconsciously glanced at Gu Zhili, and after a pause, he said, "The one who died was Wei Su'e's maid."

Gu Zhili's hand holding the spoon trembled.

Feng Xiuhu's pupils also constricted slightly. He really didn't expect that the Duke of Daguo would be so decisive.

Shunzi said, "The Duke's Mansion claimed it was a sudden illness, but it's said the body had severe injuries, suggesting it had been tortured."

Feng Xiuhu asked, "Where is Wei Su'e?"

Shunzi shook his head: "I don't know. Mike said that the Duke's wife didn't show up, and no news has come out."

Feng Xiuhu didn't know what Wu Caifeng had experienced, but he could ask many questions directly.

He turned to look at Gu Zhili beside him: "What on earth does Wei Su'e want to do by doing this?"

As if influenced by the feeling of grief for the deceased, Gu Zhili's voice was a little dull: "She wants to help the President."

"In recent years, with the advancement of Daxuan's industrialization, the Duke of Da has become increasingly prestigious. Driven by profit, he has attracted many officials to actively seek his favor. Therefore, rumors are rife that the Duke of Da is harboring rebellious intentions or planning to establish his own faction."

"The President is far away in Taipei, and he has many constraints. Even if these words reach his ears, he can only pretend not to hear them."

"The Duke's wife was caught in the middle and felt anxious. After much deliberation, she came to favor her blood-related brother, so she began to secretly try to trip up the Duke."

"It is for this reason that our Barefoot Temple and Marriage Temple chose her. Regardless of her status or position, the Duke's wife is the most suitable candidate."

Feng Xiuhu caught on to something: "She 'wants' to help the President?"

He emphasized the word "think." "So, the President actually didn't know what Wei Su'e was doing?"

Gu Zhili nodded and said, "That's right."

"Although all temples in the world are one family, in the final analysis, it is the Xijun Temple that stands behind the President."

"The Barefoot Temple and the Wangye Temple...are slightly different from the Xijun Temple in some concepts."

"Under the guise of industrial development, the Western Church is advancing with great force. If this continues, the temple will have no place to stand. However, the Xijun Temple is aloof and indifferent, even maintaining a tacit attitude." "The President upholds the will of the Xijun Temple. The Barefoot Temple and the Wangye Temple cannot attack him, so they have to find another way."

Feng Xiuhu squinted his eyes and asked, "For example, using Wei Su'e as a pawn?"

Gu Zhili said, "The Duke's wife is only part of what the two temples are doing. In places you can't see, the struggles between the Barefoot Temple and the Church of Life, the Marriage Temple and the Church of the Heart, have never stopped."

"But it's undeniable that the Duke's wife is a very special person. Ultimately, the Duke was the culprit who introduced industry and the church to the Eastern Continent. Therefore, as someone close to him, the Duke's wife is particularly important."

Hearing this, Shunzi couldn't help but sneer: "How can you be considered a hero if you push a woman to the front as a vanguard? If you have the ability to place monks in the Duke's Mansion, why don't you have the courage to assassinate the Duke directly?"

Gu Zhili retorted, "That's easy for you to say. Not to mention the magical instruments the Duke carries with him, the guards around him are no pushovers either—those men in black are the Church's dedicated warriors trained specifically for the Duke."

"Even before I entered the Duke's Mansion, the temple had already warned me to conceal my identity, take my time, and never come into direct conflict with the Duke of Guo. I imagine Ah Feng is in the same situation."

Feng Xiuhu rubbed his chin, and he roughly figured it out.

Assassinating the Duke of Da might not be easy, but if the temple is determined to do it, there are ways around it.

So the real reason is not that we can’t, but that we dare not.

Because the Duke of Great Powers' identity was so special, he was not only the "culprit" who introduced industry and the church, but also an important part of the "deification plan."

The Western Church entered the East Continent and infringed upon the interests and status of the temples. The Barefoot Temple and the Marriage Temple were the first to be affected, so these two were the most radical.

But they only dare to point their spearheads at the churches on earth, and dare not provoke the true God.

So the final result is that they are tirelessly trying to hinder the Duke's career, but they dare not actually kill him.

……

After breakfast, Feng Xiuhu and Shunzi sat in the garden outside the house and chatted.

While there were no outsiders around, Shunzi started talking about other things.

"I heard that you're back, big brother. Many of the brothers who had previously run off to follow Mao Hetao came to me to plead for mercy. Their words and deeds imply that they just want to come back and continue to follow you for a living."

Feng Xiuhu waved his hand: "It's not that easy."

"That's what I thought too." Shunzi nodded, "So I just told them to get out."

Having come to this point, Feng Xiuhu asked, "The Wrench Gang has been causing quite a stir in the port area. Did the temple cause any trouble?"

Shunzi shook his head and said, "Don't tell me, there really isn't one."

"Because the rumors about you, Big Brother, dying spread, the Temple was in a good mood, so they didn't take the Wrench Gang seriously at all. Secondly, this time the Church and the Temple had already agreed on a clear boundary, with each party taking half. The Wrench Gang never crossed the line, so the Temple didn't care about Mao Walnut anymore."

Feng Xiuhu pointed at his nose and said, "But I'm alive again now. Does the temple have any explanation?"

Shunzi couldn't help but laugh: "Maybe, but I only dare to keep it in my heart and not say it out loud."

"Brother, you don't know that with your death and life, the rumors about you are getting more and more outrageous."

"Remember Song Chun-gyu? He flew into the boiler with the Yulin Bell. It's said that when he was fished out, his flesh was all cooked, which scared the workers. Now that you've been resurrected, people say it's because your evil deeds are so hard to erase that even the Samsara Heaven dared not accept you, so they released you."

Shunzi excitedly slapped his thigh as he spoke. "These past few days, I've often seen the temple clerks. When they pass by the church on their way back to the upper city, they don't even dare to raise their heads—they're just afraid of running into you."

(End of this chapter)