Goddess Atlas, Starting from the Queen

Chapter 95: Four Tianshu Enter the Palace Late at Night

Hearing Lu Ming's question, Wei Chen's inner panic gradually turned into madness, and his eyes revealed a hint of cruelty. "No matter who you are, don't even think about asking anything from me."

Seeing that Wei Chen was unwilling to speak, Lu Ming controlled the flying sword and slashed it across Wei Chen's neck.

The next moment, blood splattered from Wei Chen's neck, his pupils suddenly contracted, and he slowly fell down.

At this time, Li Yunfan and Shi Yuheng arrived late. When they saw Wei Chen's body in front of Lu Ming, they felt a little ashamed.

The two of them were only first-grade warriors, but they couldn't even catch up with a fourth-grade warrior, so King Xiaoyao had to take action himself.

Lu Ming said at this time: "Go and search Wei Chen's residence. Also, send someone to investigate how Wei Chen entered Xiaoyao Palace early tomorrow morning."

After he finished speaking, Lu Ming turned around and went back to the Lu Mansion.

Lu Ming now has a hunch that Wei Chen is not someone who later defected to other forces, but was a pawn sent by a certain force from the beginning to lurk in the Xiaoyao Palace.

If he remembered correctly, Wei Chen was just an ordinary person who had never practiced martial arts. It had only been a few years since he came to Zhuangzi from Xiaoyao Palace. How could he have reached the fourth level?

Moreover, he was already in his seventies when he came to Zhuangzi. As people age, their energy and blood decline, making it more difficult to improve their martial arts level.

If a person is in his twenties or thirties, and if he has ample resources to practice martial arts and is particularly talented, he may be able to advance from an ordinary person to a fourth-grade warrior in ten years. However, it is almost impossible for a person in his seventies to advance from an ordinary person with no strength to a fourth-grade warrior.

There are only two possibilities. Either the Wei Chen in front of him is no longer the steward Wei of Xiaoyao Palace, or Wei Chen himself is a warrior, but he used some secret method to conceal the aura of a warrior and disguised himself as an ordinary person.

Wei Chen's secret method of concealing his warrior aura was not simple, as even his father could not discover that he was a warrior.

Speaking of which, when Wei Chen entered the study, he did not realize that Wei Chen was a warrior, so it was possible that his father had misjudged him.

at the same time.

Blood Cloud Building Headquarters.

A cunning rabbit has three burrows. This is the third hiding place of the Blood Cloud Tower.

At this time, the atmosphere in the underground secret room was extremely depressing. No one spoke and even the sound of breathing could be heard.

A day has passed, but Peng Tao and others have not returned yet, and there is not even anyone who has come back to deliver the news. It is obvious that something has happened.

However, Zheng Kun couldn't believe it. Peng Tao was a master, and a master who had experienced hundreds of battles. Even if he was not a match for the master of Xiaoyao Palace, he could still escape without any problem. How come he hadn't come back yet?

After an unknown amount of time, a killer said, "Owner, why don't you send someone to investigate?"

Zheng Kun did not answer. He had already sent someone to inquire about the situation in the evening, but the person who went to inquire about the news had not returned yet.

His face looked very ugly at this moment. If something really happened to Peng Tao, it would be a huge blow to the Blood Cloud Tower.

At this moment, a spy hurried into the secret room, "Master, something happened!"

Hearing this, everyone in the secret room was shocked. It was exactly as they thought.

Zheng Kun's expression instantly became even uglier. "Speak!"

The spy quickly replied, "Deputy Building Master Peng and his brothers have been taken to the Heavenly Prison. The streets are full of Qingyun Guards arresting people, and the city gates have been sealed."

After hearing this, the entire secret room became even quieter. Although they realized that something might have happened when they saw that there was no news from Peng Tao and the others and no one had returned, they still had a glimmer of hope in their hearts because they had not seen anyone.

Perhaps Peng Tao hadn't found the opportunity and was still guarding outside the Lu Mansion's manor. But now that they had heard the news that Peng Tao had been imprisoned in the Heavenly Prison, the last glimmer of hope in their hearts was shattered.

After a while, an assassin suggested, "Master, why don't we storm the prison tonight and rescue Deputy Master Peng!"

Another assassin echoed, "Yes, Boss, the longer those brothers stay in the prison, the more disadvantageous it will be for our Blood Cloud Tower."

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For a moment, the killers present all suggested going to the Sky Prison to rescue Peng Tao.

Peng Tao is the deputy leader of the Blood Cloud Tower, and among the assassins Peng Tao brought to assassinate King Xiaoyao there are also many core members of the Blood Cloud Tower. If they betray the Blood Cloud Tower, it will definitely be very disadvantageous for the Blood Cloud Tower.

Zheng Kun stood up at this time and said indifferently: "This position is about to be exposed. Come with me."

Now that Peng Tao and a group of killers from the Blood Cloud Tower have been captured, it is only a matter of time before their location is exposed. They can no longer stay here and must move immediately.

Fortunately, he had already prepared a secret passage that only he knew about.

When the Blood Cloud Tower was being rebuilt, he was already preparing for this day to come. After all, this was the capital, and it was impossible to completely avoid being exposed.

The Blood Cloud Tower today is not like it used to be. In the past, there were many branches in the Blood Cloud Tower, and the killers were only connected through single lines, so it was not so easy to be exposed.

If any senior executive of the Blood Cloud Tower falls into the hands of the imperial court, the location of the headquarters will likely be exposed.

After Zheng Kun stood up, he suddenly thought of something and said to a killer beside him, "Old Five, send someone to tell the Zhang family about this immediately."

The Blood Cloud Tower was rebuilt with the help of the Zhang family. If anything happened to the Blood Cloud Tower, the Zhang family would not be in a good situation either.

Zheng Kun planned to let Zhang Hanwen use Tianshu's identity to rescue Peng Tao and the killers from Xueyun Tower.

With Zhang Hanwen's identity as Tianshu, it should be no problem for him to rescue a few people from the Tianlao.

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Imperial Palace, Imperial Study Room.

It was already late at night, and the imperial study was brightly lit with candlelight. Wu Wanrong sat at the desk in the imperial study, looking at the confessions made by the killer of Xueyun Tower. A faint smile appeared on Wu Wanrong's face.

At this moment, a maid entered the imperial study, "Your Majesty, Zheng Tianshu and Wang Tianshu are here."

Wu Wanrong put down the complaint in her hand and said calmly, "Come in."

The next moment, two old men entered the imperial study. After entering the imperial study, they both looked at Wu Wanrong in confusion. Zheng Hongyun asked directly, "I wonder why the Empress summoned us to the palace so late at night?"

Normally, if a minister was summoned to the palace late at night, and the one summoned was Tianshu, it must be that a national event that could affect the Great Zhou had occurred.

Wu Wanrong said to Li Qingluan beside her, "Give the petition to the two Tianshu."

At this point, Wu Wanrong said to Zheng Hongyun and Wang Zhe, "The two Tianshu, please take a look at this petition first. I have already sent someone to summon Lu Tianshu and Cui Tianshu to the palace. They should be on their way to the palace now."

With the current power of the five Tianshu, to overthrow Zhang Hanwen does not mean that they can overthrow the Zhang family just by having evidence of the Zhang family colluding with the Blood Cloud Tower. They also need to communicate with the other four Tianshu.

The attitudes of the four Tianshu are extremely important. If the four of them do not want to bring down Zhang Hanwen, then even if the evidence is conclusive, with the power of the four Tianshu in the court, they have enough ways to help the Zhang family clear the charges.

(End of this chapter)