Zongwu: Eavesdropping on the inner voices, the female warriors have become strange

At Wang Yuyan's invitation, Shi Feixuan and Qin Mengyao settled down at the Chen Mansion and had already resumed their female attire. These two were also stunning beauties, and their cultivation of the Cihang Sword Canon from the Cihang Jingzhai gave them an air of transcendence and ethereal beauty.

Wang Yuyan, Yaoyue, Shi Feixuan, Qin Mengyao, four fairy-level beauties, plus two very beautiful women Shui Sheng and Jiang Yuyan, made Lu Xiaofeng extremely envious.

"You can also be romantic!" Chen Liu said with a smile.

"No, I won't feel comfortable if I don't find Zhu Wusi." Lu Xiaofeng poured himself another cup of tea and said, "I've already brought Gu Santong to see the emperor, and the emperor believes what Gu Santong said. But the most important thing now is to find evidence of Zhu Wusi's rebellion, otherwise even the emperor can't do anything to him."

"Can you see the emperor?" Chen Liu said.

"Yes." Lu Xiaofeng nodded and said, "I have helped the court investigate cases many times, and I also helped the court uncover the case of counterfeit banknotes, so I have met the emperor."

So that's how it is. Chen Liu nodded slightly and asked, "Have you checked with the Ten Generals?"

"I checked and there is definitely something wrong with them, but there is no evidence. Zhu Wusi is too cautious." Lu Xiaofeng was a little depressed.

"When will the Izumo marriage envoys arrive?" Chen Liu asked.

Lu Xiaofeng said, "We'll be there tomorrow."

[Is it arriving tomorrow? So soon?]

"By the way, the emperor wants to see you."

"What does your emperor want to see me for?"

"Curious about you."

"You don't want me to tell your fortune, do you?"

Lu Xiaofeng: ...

Chen Liu had guessed it right. The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty wanted Chen Liu to tell his fortune. But Chen Liu was no fortune teller. He just knew the plot in advance.

Chen Liu thought to himself, "Should I go see the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty? It seems like there's no point in seeing the Emperor. Forget it, I won't see him."

Chen Liu didn't want to see the Ming Emperor, but Lu Xiaofeng didn't care. He was just a messenger, and it was Chen Liu's decision whether to meet or not. Actually, meeting the emperor wasn't a good idea; there were so many rules. Most people in the Jianghu didn't like being bound by rules, so Lu Xiaofeng didn't want to see the emperor unless it was necessary.

The next day, the envoys from the "Izumo Kingdom" arrived as expected, and Lu Xiaofeng came to Chen's house again and invited him to visit the envoy's inn at night.

Chapter 215 Post House

Envoy post station.

Chen Liu was finally pulled over by Lu Xiaofeng.

Although Lu Xiaofeng rescued Gu Santong, after finding his son Cheng Shifei, Gu Santong devoted himself to his son and taught him martial arts. As for the investigation, Gu Santong did not care, only promising to take action when it was necessary to deal with Zhu Wusi. Therefore, Lu Xiaofeng is still the only one investigating the case.

Chen Liu also thought that the person pretending to be the "envoy of Izumo Kingdom" was from the Yagyu Shinkage faction in Japan, Karasuma was a member of the Yagyu Danma-no-kami, and the person pretending to be "Princess Rihide" was a disciple of Karasuma. If they could be caught, perhaps they could pry out evidence from their mouths of the collusion between the Yagyu family of Japan and Zhu Wusi, the kidnapping of the empress dowager and the assassination of the emperor, and bring down Zhu Wusi.

As long as Zhu Wusi is not overthrown, Chen Liu will not be able to move freely in the Ming Dynasty. After all, he has become an enemy of Zhu Wusi, and he also has evidence of his collusion with Taihang. If he shows up in the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Wusi will definitely not let him go.

A few dozen feet behind Lu Xiaofeng and Chen Liu, Wang Yuyan, Yao Yue, Shi Feixuan, and Qin Mengyao quietly followed. Wang Yuyan was worried about Chen Liu. After all, Chen Liu was her husband and the key to her future cultivation. She would never let anything happen to him.

"We are here to check if there is any problem with the envoy from Izumo Kingdom, but we are so far away, how can we check?" Lu Xiaofeng asked in a low voice.

Originally, Lu Xiaofeng wanted to go into the post house to check, but when he reached the outskirts of the post house, he was stopped by Chen Liu.

"Just wait." Chen Liu also answered in a low voice.

Just like the original drama, after Chen Liu and Lu Xiaofeng, Duan Tianya and Shangguan Haitang from the Huolong Villa also quietly came to the posthouse and ran to the tiles on the roof of the posthouse to spy on the envoys of the "Izumo Kingdom".

Lu Xiaofeng glanced at Chen Liu, who had a slight smile on his face. He thought he had anticipated that someone would arrive after them, which was why he hadn't entered the inn. He was immediately impressed. If they had sneaked into the inn earlier, they would definitely have been discovered by the two people who came later.

"Who are they?" Lu Xiaofeng lowered his voice so low that only the two of them could hear it.

"Duan Tianya, the number one secret agent of Huolong Villa, and Shangguan Haitang, the number one secret agent of Xuan." Chen Liu said.

"You figured it out?"

"Ok!"

Lu Xiaofeng admired her even more, your mother can even calculate this.

"Aren't they Zhu Wushi's people?"

"No." After a pause, Chen Liu explained in a low voice: "Strictly speaking, Hulong Villa belongs to the Ming Emperor, and the three current spies of Hulong Villa are all loyal to the Ming Emperor. It can only be said that Zhu Wusi disguised himself too well, pretending to be loyal to the country. Moreover, when he trained the three spies, he also taught them to be loyal to the emperor and patriotic. Therefore, the three spies are now loyal to the Ming Emperor, not Zhu Wusi. If Zhu Wusi rebelled, they would not follow him, and they might even oppose it."

Lu Xiaofeng: ...

Lu Xiaofeng felt a mixture of laughter and tears, thinking that sometimes it's not good to pretend too well.

Just like the original drama, Duan Tianya and Shangguan Haitang were still hiding on the tiles of the inn and peeping, and even chatting in a low voice, which made Chen Liu, who was spying on the inn with Lu Xiaofeng from the outside, couldn't help but marvel at it.

If Princess Lixiu was truly the princess of Izumo, Duan Tianya and Shangguan Haitang's actions would be fine. However, the current Princess Lixiu is not the same Princess Lixiu. The real Princess Lixiu has been killed. The current Princess Lixiu is a man, and a master at that.

A voice echoed directly into Shangguan Haitang's mind. She was just marveling at the stunning beauty of the bathing Princess Lixiu, startled, and accidentally touched a tile, making a noise that immediately alerted Princess Lixiu. Lixiu immediately sounded the alarm, and the Izumo Kingdom's envoy, Wuhuan, immediately soared through the tiles and engaged in a fight with Duan Tianya and Shangguan Haitang.

Wu Wan's martial arts skills were very strong. Shangguan Haitang was hit by his palm and was rescued by Duan Tianya. While Wu Wan was fighting with Duan Tianya and Shangguan Haitang, Lu Xiaofeng and Chen Liu quietly retreated a little further.

"Did you know they would be discovered?" Lu Xiaofeng asked in a low voice.

"Yeah!" Chen Liu responded softly.

After Wuhuan repelled Duan Tianya and Shangguan Haitang, they patrolled around the posthouse and found no other problems. Then they returned to the posthouse to report to "Princess Lixiu".

"What should we do now? Should we enter the inn?" After what happened just now, Lu Xiaofeng had begun to believe in Chen Liu's judgment, so he also began to seek Chen Liu's opinion.

"Keep waiting." Chen Liu whispered.

Chen Liu remembered that in the original play, the Empress Dowager was abducted on the very night Duan Tianya and Shangguan Haitang visited the post station. The next day, Wuhuan entered the palace to demand an audience with the Empress Dowager. The Empress Dowager had been abducted by the "Izumo envoy" and hidden in a large urn at the post station. If they could just wait, they would have proof that the Izumo envoy had kidnapped the Empress Dowager, and with that evidence, they could capture Wuhuan and "Princess Rihide."

While Chen Liu and Lu Xiaofeng were waiting quietly, a man in black quietly entered the inn. Soon after, a group of men in black came out of the inn, jumped onto the roof, and ran along the roof towards the palace.

Chen Liu pondered for a moment, thinking to himself, "It seems the black-clad man who entered earlier was most likely Zhu Wusi's man. I knew it! The palace is so heavily guarded. Without an insider, how could these people from the Liu Sheng Xin Yin faction have kidnapped the Empress Dowager from such a heavily guarded palace?"

Seeing the group of men in black leave and Chen Liu remaining unmoved, Lu Xiaofeng asked, "What should we do now?"

"Keep waiting." Chen Liu said.

Lu Xiaofeng: ...

All right! Chen Liu asked him to wait, so he waited.

After waiting for about an hour, the previous group of men in black returned, but one person was missing. This person must be the one who had sneaked into the inn earlier. They also had a large package in their hands, which must have contained the Queen Mother.

"Can you mobilize people now?" Chen Liu asked Lu Xiaofeng in a low voice when he saw the team of men in black entering the inn.

"Who do you want to transfer?" Lu Xiaofeng asked in a low voice.

"Master." Chen Liu said, "The person in the package should be the Queen Mother."

"Empress Dowager?" Lu Xiaofeng was shocked.

"Yes, that's why we need to mobilize experts," Chen Liu said. "We absolutely cannot let anyone inside the posthouse escape, and we need to capture them all alive. Especially the envoy Wuhuan and 'Princess Lixiu'. These two are the key to proving Zhu Wusi's involvement in the kidnapping of the empress dowager. So we must capture them alive and extract evidence of their collusion with Zhu Wusi."

"I understand." The Queen Mother was most likely the one who knew about the large package, and since it was the key to finding evidence of Zhu Wusi's rebellion, Lu Xiaofeng did not dare to take it lightly and said, "I will go to the palace to see the Emperor immediately."

Chapter 216 Sunflower Ancestor?

The Ming Palace!

The Empress Dowager suddenly disappeared, causing chaos in the palace, and the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty was naturally alarmed.

In the Qianqing Palace, the emperor was furious when he heard that the empress dowager was missing. He called Cao Zhengchun, the director of the East Factory, and the general of the imperial guards, and scolded them severely. He gave them one day to find the assassin and the empress dowager. If anything happened to the empress dowager, they would be buried with her.

After Cao Zhengchun and the general of the imperial guards left the Qianqing Palace in a somewhat embarrassed manner, he angrily called his men over, beat and scolded them, and gave them half a day to find the assassin and the empress dowager, otherwise he would chop off their heads.

"Your Majesty." Lu Xiaofeng waited until Cao Zhengchun and the imperial guards general left before quietly entering the Qianqing Palace.

The guards who were protecting the emperor in the Qianqing Palace were shocked. They shouted "Protect the emperor" and placed the emperor in the center, while drawing their swords and pointing them at Lu Xiaofeng.

"Get out of here." The emperor kicked away the guards who were blocking his way and said, "Lu Xiaofeng, what brings you to see me so late?"

"Your Majesty, please ask your attendants to leave." Lu Xiaofeng said with a fist salute.

The emperor was stunned for a moment, waved his hand, and asked the guards to retreat.

"Your Majesty, there was an assassin in the palace today. He broke into the palace late at night, so he must have a conspiracy. I, your humble servant..." To show his loyalty, a guard immediately framed Lu Xiaofeng.

"Back off!" the emperor shouted in annoyance.

"His Majesty……"

"roll!"

"Here!"

After the guards left, the emperor said, "Tell me, what's the matter?"

"Your Majesty, there is chaos in the palace, but the empress dowager is missing?" Lu Xiaofeng asked.

"You knew it so quickly?" The emperor was also surprised.

Lu Xiaofeng immediately understood what he said and said, "Your Majesty, I know where the Queen Mother is."

"Where?" The emperor was overjoyed when he heard this.

The kidnapping of the mother of a nation within the imperial palace would be a disgraceful matter if it were known. Furthermore, Princess Rihide of Izumo, who was to marry into the Ming dynasty, had arrived at the post station today. The Empress Dowager was required to receive her tomorrow and grant her the title of consort. However, the Empress Dowager had disappeared. If she couldn't be found by tomorrow, she wouldn't be able to receive Princess Rihide of Izumo, a matter that would damage the nation's image.

Lu Xiaofeng said, "Tonight I shamelessly dragged Chen Liu to visit the inn at night..."

Lu Xiaofeng recounted his experience of visiting the inn with Chen Liu tonight, saying, "Chen Liu said that the person in the large bag was the Queen Mother, and asked me to return and mobilize experts to rescue the Queen Mother and capture the envoy Wu Huan and Princess Li Xiu alive."

The emperor's expression changed slightly when he heard this, and he asked, "Are you sure?"

"Confirmed." Lu Xiaofeng said.

"Lu Xiaofeng, this is no joke." The emperor stared at Lu Xiaofeng and said, "If your information is false, it may cause hostility between the two countries."

Lu Xiaofeng hesitated for a moment, but ultimately chose to trust Chen Liu. He had no other choice but to trust Chen Liu. Furthermore, since the group of men in black were heading towards the palace, and the Queen Mother happened to be missing, he deduced that the person in the group of men in black was most likely the Queen Mother.

"Your Majesty, although I haven't seen whether the person in that big bag is the Queen Mother, I believe Chen Liu."

Upon hearing this, the emperor paced back and forth in the hall. After a while, he finally made up his mind. The disappearance of the mother of a country could not be tolerated. Even if it was false, and it caused him to become enemies with the Izumo Kingdom, he had to investigate it thoroughly.

The emperor stopped and called out loudly, "Eunuch Rong."

"The old servant is here." A voice suddenly came from behind Lu Xiaofeng. He turned around suddenly and found that an old eunuch had appeared behind him at some point. He was so scared that he almost peed his pants.

Lu Xiaofeng had no idea when or how the old eunuch appeared. If he had bad intentions, his head might have been chopped off before he could even do anything.