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Strangely enough, not long after he walked out and headed towards his home, he suddenly saw a dark shadow from somewhere throwing something towards him. Before he could come to his senses, the thing fell from the air to the ground with a "float", and it landed intact at his feet. The figure seemed to give him a kind smile, and then disappeared into the night.
Wang Chenning never thought that there would be someone with more powerful skills than him, and he couldn't help but look away. Fortunately, that person was not an enemy. If he was an enemy, he would surely die without a burial place.
He then picked up the thing that the man had thrown to him and opened it. It turned out to be the historical records of the Ge and Lu families. From it, he could see that Ge Luling had once been the princess of the empress in the Yun Dynasty. The "Ji" here simply refers to a male favorite. Later, he died and disappeared from then on.
However, a man named Lu Ling appeared in the Lei Dynasty. Some people said that Lu Ling was the son of the Queen of the Yun Dynasty and that he looked exactly like the Queen. However, in one incident, it was discovered that he was wearing a human skin mask. His face seemed to have been burned beyond recognition. It was even discovered that the person who exposed him was the former Emperor of the Yun Dynasty.
He and the late emperor of Lei Dynasty were sworn brothers just like Nangong Li, Gao Xuda, Gao Xujun and others are now!
At that time, the father of Nangong Sheng and Nangong Li of the Lei Dynasty, the late emperor of the Lei Dynasty, wanted to kill him, but when they were about to do it, they suddenly saw him throw down a white thing, and then disappeared without a trace after a puff of smoke, and no one ever found him again.
Seeing this, Wang Chenning looked over there again, but still went back home, and asked his wife to take out the things they had found one by one. These explained everything. The dragon robe, phoenix robe, and dragon and phoenix crowns all revealed their true identities. Gao Xujun must have regretted making this bet.
Sure enough, when Wang Chenning and his wife were driving the carriage to the palace, Gao Xujun raised his head after admitting defeat and looked at the light outside. "These two hours are almost up. In my opinion, I have lost this time..."
However, before he finished speaking, he heard Wang Chenning's voice, "Your Majesty, I am here, but I have a lot of stuff. Without the guards' consent, I really can't move in. Your Majesty, why don't you come out and take a look."
Gao Xujun was stunned for a moment. He originally thought that Wang Chenning was going to run away because he couldn't find him, but Wang Chenning slapped him in the face again. He looked at Gao Xuda helplessly, as if he was wondering whether he should go out or not.
Gao Xuda, on the other hand, acted as if he didn't see anything. He walked out after hearing Wang Chenning's words, and then asked the guards to call Wang Chenning and his family of three in. When they saw that it was a large horse-drawn carriage, not only Gao Xujun was stunned, but even Gao Xuda was stunned for a long time. This was something that none of them had expected.
"What's in here?" Gao Xuda asked.
Wang Chenning smiled slightly and did not say anything. Instead, he looked at his wife who was standing next to the carriage. He saw Mrs. Wang slowly lift the curtain of the carriage, and the first thing she showed to everyone was the dragon robe and the phoenix robe, especially the golden one, which was even more authentic than the one Gao Xujun wore.
"Where did these dragon robes and phoenix robes come from?" Gao Xujun walked forward and felt them carefully for a while, and found that the cloth was even better than the one he was wearing. His face immediately turned unhappy. Who dared to make it like this? Not only did he have a dragon robe, but he also had a phoenix robe. Who was this person who was trying to usurp the throne?
"Your Majesty, this is what I found in the tunnel of Prime Minister Ge and Prime Minister Lu." Wang Chenning smiled faintly, and then opened another thing covered with black cloth. When this thing appeared, Gao Xujun became nervous again, and naturally Gao Xuda also became nervous. This was something they had not expected.
What was in front of him was none other than one of the two cages that Wang Chenning had taken out from Lu Yixing's secret passage. The human idol inside it looked exactly like Gao Xujun, and he was tied up. If there wasn't a real person in front of him, it would seem that the dummy in front of him was more lifelike than Gao Xujun.
"Where did this come from?" Gao Xujun's voice was stumbling and filled with indescribable anger.
"It is exactly what came out of the secret passage of Lu Yixing, whom Your Majesty trusts the most. In addition to this, there is another one that belongs to the Second Prince, which is very similar to this one. There are also those from Su Yichen, Yun Yi, Yun Chenbin, Yun Longchen and others, and even Nangong Li and Nangong Sheng. Also, Your Majesty may want to take a look at what words are written on the dragon robe and the phoenix robe?" Wang Chenning said slowly, and then reminded.
Seeing Gao Xujun standing there motionless with his lips trembling, Gao Xuda naturally walked over and took the dragon robe and phoenix robe from Gao Xujun's hands. He looked at them carefully and saw that there was a word "Lei" and a word "Xi" on each of the dragon robes, but there was only a word "Yun" on the phoenix robe.
"What's going on?" Gao Xuda couldn't help but look at Wang Chenning.
"Replying to the Second Prince," Wang Chenning smiled faintly, "These were all found from the secret passages of Lu Yixing and Ge Shaohai. There is one more thing, that is, Lu Yixing's secret passage actually leads to the Ge Mansion, and the secret passage of the Ge Mansion seems to be connected to the Imperial Garden."
Chapter 113 Two Years
Ye Qian discussed with the two people, and finally, the three of them decided to start the action this afternoon. There must be no mercy in the counterattack of these people. Of course, killing people is one aspect, but taking over the power is another very important problem. However, these are not within Ye Qian's consideration. She and Yu Xuewei's responsibility is to kill other members of the Black Dragon Society, and Xiao Han's task is to stabilize the situation.
After leaving Yu Xuewei's restaurant, Ye Qian and Yu Xuewei headed towards the first mission target. The first person was Shan Ji, one of the twelve leaders of the Black Dragon Society. The reason why Shan Ji was chosen was because Shan Ji and Xiao Han had no direct hatred. On the contrary, Shan Ji was very powerful. He was very cruel to his subordinates and even more vicious to the areas under his control. However, he would flatter people of the same level or stronger than him, and always treated them with a smile. He was an absolute smiling tiger.
Choosing Shan Ji makes it difficult for people to guess who the real person is. After all, one of the biggest things Xiao Han needs to do now is to hide himself and let others exclude Xiao Han himself. This is the purpose of choosing Shan Ji instead of Zuo Lan.
Ye Qian and Yu Xuewei dressed up as a pair of young ladies going out for a trip, a lady from a wealthy family and a servant, and walked towards the sphere of influence controlled by Shan Ji. The City That Never Sleeps is actually quite large, and the twelve bosses each control their own sphere of influence. The area controlled by Shan Ji is full of brothels and taverns.
Shan Ji is a very smart businessman. He knows one thing very well: if he wants to make money, he must make his industry more prosperous. Therefore, in the area controlled by Shan Ji, the taverns and brothels here have to pay heavy taxes. However, even if they have to pay a lot, these people are willing to operate in this place because of Shan Ji, who built this place to attract many customers. There are no moral or legal constraints here, and men can do whatever they want. You can even pull a beautiful woman over if you see her on the street. As long as you have enough money, you can settle the matter without any trouble afterwards.
Ye Qian and Yu Xuewei were walking. Many women on the street were only wearing thin gauze clothes. They kept waving at the men passing by. It was not easy for women to make money here, but it was also very easy as long as they let go. At the same time, these women were also the reason that attracted the wealthy people in Qingwu City. Here, it was a complete paradise. As long as you had money, you could settle anything and do anything!
Ye Qian rubbed his nose and looked left and right, and felt that this place was indeed quite good. Although this Shan Ji was a little shameless, it seemed that his business philosophy was quite right. This place was like another Dubai, where most of the richest people in Qingwu City gathered. They didn't have to do any production, and money would be sent here continuously.
Ye Qian looked at the women around him, thinking about something. Yu Xuewei turned her head and glanced at Ye Qian. Seeing Ye Qian's eyes, Yu Xuewei couldn't help but feel contemptuous. She stepped on Ye Qian and kicked him.
He smacked his ass and said, "Hey, does it look good? You're drooling, it's really embarrassing. Look at you, Mr. Wolf King, you're a master, and you're also a master of alchemy, but you're so obsessed with these vulgar women, it really makes you lose face."
Ye Qian rolled his eyes at Yu Xuewei and said, "What do you know? Although I am a master of alchemy, I don't have the opportunity to see such a scene often. I would like to see you, but you are not willing to wear such clothes for me to see!"
"You want to die?" Yu Xuewei punched Ye Qian on the shoulder and laughed speechlessly, "You better be careful. You are my servant now. Don't show any evidence. If you dare to tease me again, I will chop your thing off with a sword when I go back."
Ye Qian chuckled, and then the two of them walked towards a tavern in front.
After entering the tavern, the two men were drinking there. The women in the tavern became even more coquettish, and the information of these women was actually quite good. It seemed that the tavern had spent a lot of time and effort to collect it from various places. Regardless of whether these women were willing or not, at least the men here were definitely willing. They drank, chatted, boasted, and played with the women around them. Sure enough, this was a very cool place to spend money!
"Oh, oh, it's so tragic. You don't know, Qi Nanlai's family is actually a pretty good family. I didn't expect that today, the whole family would be executed. It's so pitiful." A sighing voice came from the table next to him.
"What can they do? How dare they go against the Boss Shan Ji in this place? They don't even think about it. This is Shan Ji's territory. If they want to hide, they can hide in someone else's territory. They dare to go against Shan Ji here. I think they have shit in their brains."
"You can't say that. Qi Nan's family only has one precious daughter, who is less than fifteen years old, and Shan Ji wants to make her his concubine. Moreover, we all know that this concubine is just the first step. When Shan Ji gets tired of her, the woman will be a waitress in a brothel. Think about it, Qi Nan will definitely not agree. Qi Nan is a well-known warrior after all, and he will certainly not watch his daughter being insulted like this."
"In the final analysis, he still overestimated his own abilities," another person said. "Think about it, now he is not asking for humiliation, but what is the result? Didn't the whole family still get executed, and his daughter was still captured? Oh, what can we do?"
"Stop talking, this is the area of Shan Ji. We are here to have fun and enjoy ourselves. Don't cause any more trouble. After the fun and the noise, let's leave. We still have to leave the city that never sleeps and go back to complete the tasks honestly and earn spirit stones, right?"
Several warriors dressed as mercenaries were drinking and chatting there. Although their voices were very low, they all fell into Ye Qian's ears without missing a word. After listening to these things, Ye Qian frowned, then looked at Yu Xuewei and said, "Did you hear it just now?"
Yu Xuewei nodded and said
"I heard it. It seems that this pheasant is really hateful. Do you have a plan in mind now?"
Ye Qian responded, and he said to Xue Wei: "Almost. I think we can use Qi Nan's home and this incident to quietly eliminate Shan Ji. This way, we can clear some suspicion."
"Okay," Yu Xuewei immediately nodded in agreement.
Just at this moment, two fat men came over. They first glanced at Ye Qian, who was dressed as a servant, then turned their heads away with disdain, and then both of them stared at Yu Xuewei and laughed.
Although Yu Xuewei has changed her appearance, she still cannot conceal her natural beauty. Yu Xuewei cannot be said to be very beautiful now, but the noble temperament that comes naturally to her still attracts trouble.
One of the fat guys said to Yu Xuewei, "Hey, little girl, your clothes are a little inappropriate, aren't they? It's so hot, and you're still wearing so many clothes. I feel so bad for you because you're so hot. Come, let me undress you and let you cool down."
"Get lost!" Yu Xuewei said lightly, "You'd better not mess with me. People who dare to mess with me here haven't even been born yet!"
"Oh, you have a hot temper, but I like it," the warrior laughed, then sat down next to Yu Xuewei.
Yu Xuewei sneered and said, "You two are really tired of living. Do you know who I am? How dare you tease me here? Do you know Shan Ji?"
"Are you Shan Ji's woman?" The warrior was startled and looked at Yu Xuewei. Then he slowly stood up and backed away. Although he didn't know if Yu Xuewei was bragging, this woman's temperament was so noble that she looked a bit like Shan Ji's woman. The key was, in this place, you must not offend Shan Ji, because Shan Ji's cruelty was known to even the guests who came here to play.
The two warriors retreated and left quietly without saying anything else. The entire tavern fell silent and everyone looked at Yu Xuewei.
Yu Xuewei stood up with disdain, turned around and walked out of the pub.
Ye Qian smiled bitterly, followed behind Yu Xuewei, and said to her: "As expected, beauty is a disaster. I knew I shouldn't have brought you here. Now, you see, we haven't even started the action yet, and you've been exposed. What should we do now?"
"What are you afraid of? Just keep moving. What do you have to worry about? A small pheasant scares you so much." Yu Xuewei said to Ye Qian with disdain.
Ye Qian laughed and said, "I'm not scared. It's mainly because your name, Yu Xuewei, is quite famous in this city that never sleeps. I'm just worried about your safety."
Yu Xuewei laughed and said, "No one dares to touch me here. It doesn't matter even if I am exposed. Okay, let's find a place, prepare, and then start the action today!"
Ye Qian nodded and said, "Okay, let's do it tonight. Let's prepare. By the way, we should find out where the pheasant's nest is. I don't know if Qi Nan's daughter is still alive. I hope she is still alive.
"Hey!" Yu Xuewei sighed, and then her expression became a little scary. "Okay, I can't bear it anymore. Let's get ready to take action now. As for Shanji's home, can't we ask Wild Dog and find out?"
Afterwards, Ye Qian and Yu Xuewei walked towards a small rural courtyard, where Wang Zhuo was already waiting...
Chapter 114: Other Gods
The mission of the Temple Inquisition is simple: to search, capture and fight against the enemies of the Temple, mainly magical creatures and magicians. For example, necromancers, black magic, and monsters from other worlds. These are all on the arrest list of the Inquisition.
The assassin of the root also belongs to the sequence of the Inquisition, but this involves the core secrets of the "Titan Relics" after all, and ordinary people have no way of knowing it. Therefore, if we only compare the popularity, the Inquisition is still the most notorious.
This organization is not well-known enough in the United Kingdom. After all, due to the internal situation of "justice", Libra City is essentially jointly managed by the human aristocracy led by the three kings.
As for the nobles, you know, they forbid this and that to ordinary people. In fact, they have no idea how many dirty black magic props are hidden in their homes, so they don't like the Inquisition to be too powerful. If it were another country ruled by elves, the Inquisitor would be a terrifying existence that could stop children from crying at night.
A simple example is that the vanguard army under the Alliance of Gods was basically wiped out by them, and this happened repeatedly several times.
So this time the 'holy war' is really no different.
All the judges of the United Kingdom followed Justice to the battlefield. The few who stayed behind also went out to put out fires in the past two days. The door of the court was casually closed. After all, who would have thought that there were people so bold as to dare to break into the court...
Ping!
"Oh, my hand is broken..."
"Okay, stop worrying and follow me!"
Lailai and Ginny followed the flying silver bees and sneaked into the Trial Hall.
This magical silver bee was obviously summoned by something, and it took them through secret doors, tunnels and secret rooms with a very clear goal, and arrived at the door of a prison underground, where it lay on the door and flapped its wings.
"What's going on? Is this a prison cell? Is there a prisoner in there? A dark wizard?" Ginny drew her sword and stood on guard.
Lai Lai jumped up to the wall, grabbed the iron fence and took a peek inside.
"Ah! There's someone inside! Could it be the big guy's companion? Didn't he say that if I get into trouble with this badge, maybe someone will come to help me?"
The female knight was worried, "Really? But it's impossible for a petty thief to be locked up in the Inquisition, right? Could it be a black magician?"
"Just ignore her?" Lai Lai took another look inside. "She's a girl, and she was beaten pretty badly. I think if we abandon her and leave, she'll be dead when the inquisitors come back. But if you think she's a dark magician..."
The female knight was shaken. To put it bluntly, do they really think that civilians are all fools? Where do so many black magicians come from? It's just these inquisitors themselves. They take a fancy to a certain shop or farm, and then falsely accuse the wife and daughter of a witch who has sex with the devil, and then capture them, torture them into confessing, and kill them to rob their property! In small villages and towns, there are examples of such cases of the inquisition hall of the temple confiscating their homes and exterminating their families, and annexing their lands. Sometimes, even the title of nobility is useless.
In other words, in the United Kingdom, there are indeed many nobles who are "witches who have sex with demons". The Temple is not so arrogant. To put it bluntly, it is just bullying the weak and fearing the strong. As a patrol officer, Ginny has seen too many similar things.
“呜
, Hum! Never mind! I’ve already broken in! Drink!” The female knight kicked open the prison door.
Lai Lai was not in a hurry to go in. She just observed at the door and saw a silver bee fly into the cell and land on the girl's chest, emitting a faint silver light.
"Hey, are you okay... uh..." Ginny walked closer and found that the girl was actually an elf. No, judging from the tattoos on her skin, she was probably a half-elf.
The attitudes of the allied countries towards half-bloods are different. The 'Merciful' ones are relatively merciful. They not only allow half-elves to exist and provide them with shelter, but also choose their own apostles from them. The most famous one is the 'Silver Dragon General' of that year, who almost became a role model of the half-elf of the Lord God.
However, the attitude of "justice" is more stringent. Under her rule, intermarriage between elves and humans is prohibited, and elves who violate the rules will be forced to serve in the frontline legions. Humans who dare to offend elves will be killed without questioning. If a mixed-blood child is born, she will use the name of "justice" to distinguish the mixed-bloods from ordinary elves through tattoos, and use the mixed-bloods as subordinate servants.
The harsh attitude was much more extreme than that towards other orcs, which was very strange. However, the probability of a half-elf being born was extremely small, so it did not cause any major adverse effects.
Ginny checked the girl's injuries and bit her lip silently. Her fingernails were pulled out, her eyes were blinded, and there was not an inch of intact skin on her body. There were bruises everywhere. Moreover, it seemed that she bit off her tongue while the guards ran to put out the fire. She lost too much blood and might not be able to be saved.
"..." Lailai was still lying on the railing of the skylight by the wall, secretly looking at the girls in the cell. She herself was often beaten by the elf guards. Every time she saw a similar situation, she would always think of herself. Maybe Rabbit was lucky enough. At least she could still live until now, while most girls like her died under the shadow of the brilliant United Kingdom...
"Hey, why don't you open the door for me?"
“Ah?” Lai Lai turned his head and saw a skull smiling at him from the skylight of the cell next door. “Ghost! Aaaaaah!”
"What, what! Who are you!" Ginny was also frightened. Fortunately, she was not as scared as Lai Lai, who was so scared that she foamed at the mouth and fainted with her legs kicking.
The skull head then rolled to the skylight and looked at her through the bars. "Me? I'm just a skeleton, an undead, a necromancer, whatever you want to call me. I've been locked up here for a long time and I can't die even if I want to. Let me out!"
Ginny looked distrustful, saying that judging people by appearance was fine, the girl who was tortured to death was sympathetic, and it made people feel that she was wronged. But the skull floating around next door was really unbelievable, and it felt that such a thing should not stay in its coffin and float around to scare people, so it might as well be locked up under the Inquisition.
"Hehehe, you're wrong to say that. To be frank, my current appearance is caused by 'justice'. Back then, I was also a
The most handsome guy in the area, being locked up here by an elf, and being turned into a ghost who can neither live nor die, do you think I want to? Don't you think I am even more miserable than the half-elf spy lady who has freed herself?"
Spy? Ginny was stunned for a moment. Wait, did she just say what was in her mind?