Chapter 468: Not Enemies, Not Meeting

A dignified general had no psychological burden about climbing over other people's walls and smashing other people's windows.

This move attracted the side-eyes of pedestrians on the road.

Two Drill-Wind Beast guards saw this and followed suit.

He Lingchuan heard the sound of their hooves stepping on stones and wooden boards, "de de de" exceptionally dense, coming and going suddenly.

Obviously, they used the Charge talent casually, and in just a few breaths, they ran around the house.

At this time, He Lingchuan and Jiao Yu also jumped into the courtyard, and General Ling appeared in front of them:

"No one!"

Jiao Yu immediately said: "I'll go find if there is a secret passage."

He Lingchuan didn't even think about it and went straight to the study.

This was a private residence, not an inn, and the placement of furniture and objects was very daily. Since Mr. Mai came here to live regularly, he must have left traces.

The furnishings in the study were very simple, with only a bookcase, an antique shelf, and a set of tables and chairs.

There was also a vase placed beside the antique shelf, and a large-bellied vase with a long neck was placed on the ground. Several scrolls were inserted into the vase.

He Lingchuan immediately started rummaging through boxes and cabinets.

The bookcase and table drawers were full of account books and reports. Judging from the items recorded here, Mr. Mai was also a merchant doing medicinal herb business.

Of course, according to Wealthy Merchant Wan's identification, these should all be covers.

He Lingchuan suddenly felt his neck heat up—

The divine bone necklace emitted a faint red light.

In other words, there was something else mysterious in this study? He Lingchuan immediately stood up and walked around the study.

Originally, the place wasn't big, which limited his perception of the heat of the divine bone necklace. He only found that he was close to the antique shelf, and the divine bone stopped.

In other words, the important things were on the shelf?

He looked and saw an ivory jade ball on the antique shelf, a gold-inlaid jade Pixiu ornament, a set of celadon tea sets, and a large-bellied vase with a long neck on the ground, with several scrolls inserted in the vase.

The vase was placed in the darkest corner of the room. Usually, the owner shouldn't approach it, so the servant boy who cleaned the study was lazy and didn't even dust the vase.

He Lingchuan was just about to try them one by one when a commotion suddenly came from outside.

He also heard General Ling's angry shout.

It seemed someone was coming here.

Time was tight, so He Lingchuan didn't think much, pulled all the scrolls from the vase, and put them into his storage ring.

Just as he finished this action, several people rushed in, accompanied by a loud shout: "Stand still, put down the things and turn around!"

Jiao Yu also rushed to the front and roared at the intruder: "The Crown Prince's special envoy is handling the case; how dare you collide? Such great courage!"

But he didn't intend to scratch them first.

He Lingchuan turned around and saw the uninvited guests; they were basically all humans, only there was a huge monster in the courtyard, confronting the Drill-Wind Beast.

The leader of this group wore a large cloak, looked like a human, but his skin was light blue.

Very familiar.

This person saw him, and his eyes also froze, and the guard beside him had already shouted: "Patrol Envoy Zhongsun is on a mission by imperial decree, be respectful!"

Lingxu City Patrol Envoy?

Oh, it turned out to be Zhongsun Mou who came.

This is called not enemies, not meeting.

Although Zhongsun Mou mainly targeted Fu Shanyue, He Lingchuan also remembered what this person said to him at the Twilight Plain checkpoint last time.

How did it go, wanting to cut off his tongue?

Good, good, good, the official business handled for Fu Shanyue also added personal grudges; this way he wouldn't be bored.

Facing He Lingchuan, Zhongsun Mou's face turned gloomy, obviously recognizing him: "How did this case fall into Fu Shanyue's hands?"

He Lingchuan saw the naked disgust in this person's eyes. He touched his face; he was clearly so handsome.

Fu Shanyue was right; this person was just as narrow-minded and vengeful as him.

He didn't answer, and this Patrol Envoy was looking down on him: "Fu Shanyue sent you?"

The eyes were extremely contemptuous, and the attitude was extremely arrogant.

He Lingchuan felt that his many years of being a dandy were all in vain; look at people's expressions, look at people's attitudes!

It seemed that the "surprise" Fu Shanyue created for him when he turned back last time was too small.

Anyway, Zhongsun Mou was wearing the title of Lingxu City Patrol Envoy and looked safe and sound. At least Fu Shanyue didn't take action against him personally.

Even Fu Shanyue didn't dare to kill him. Now, as the Crown Prince's special envoy, was it inconvenient for He Lingchuan to be too rude to him on the surface?

He Lingchuan didn't answer either, turned his back to Zhongsun Mou, and continued to rummage through the ivory ball on the antique shelf.

Press it, shake it, and listen to it by his ear; hmm, solid.

Zhongsun Mou said coldly: "Put it back."

He Lingchuan turned a deaf ear and continued to touch the next thing, which was the Pixiu ornament.

A guard beside Zhongsun Mou was furious, rushed over and grabbed his shoulder: "Told you to put it back!"

How could Jiao Yu sit idly by, and slapped his arm with a claw.

The barbs on the tiger's claws were over an inch long, flashing with cold light. If this were slapped on a person, it could directly scrape off half a jin of flesh.

The guard dodged in a hurry, and Jiao Yu didn't intend to really knock him down, stopping after a shallow slap without pursuing.

"Bold!" The rest of Zhongsun Mou's guards rushed forward two steps, and Jiao Yu also made a deep squatting posture, his whole body's hair exploding.

The scene was on the verge of breaking out.

Only heard a loud 'bang', two Drill-Wind Beasts smashed through the door wall and rushed in, blocking in front of He Lingchuan, with a posture of 'if you want to fight, don't BB'.

They spat a dose of saliva at the opposite side.

The Drill-Wind Beast's saliva is sticky and fishy, and it can be marinated instantly. If it is sprayed on a person, it can't be washed off even after scrubbing with a few pieces of soap, lasting at least half a month.

This is their way of issuing a battle letter.

Both sides: "..."

Worthy of being General Ling's subordinate, he inherited his true biography.

He Lingchuan finally had time to speak: "Do you know where this is?"

A sentence without a beginning or end, Zhongsun Mou frowned and didn't answer.

In fact, he had long forgotten what he had said to this kid, only thinking this was Fu Shanyue's subordinate.

"This is the territory of the Chiyan Nation, and I am the Crown Prince's special envoy." He Lingchuan took out the special envoy token and slapped it twice in his palm. "You dare to be presumptuous here, I will slap your mouth rotten and break your legs."

Jiao Yu was also moved.

Truly worthy of being the Crown Prince's friend; this courage to pierce the sky was exactly the same.

Since becoming a Patrol Envoy and touring various monster countries, this was the first time Zhongsun Mou had been scolded so rudely, and he was so angry that his face turned into a sauce color. His guards couldn't hold back and rushed forward.

He Lingchuan patted the tiger's back: "All of you, go up!"

His side had a luxurious lineup, a Baishan Middle General, a Feitian Vanguard General, both of whom were good at fighting, so what was there to be afraid of?

Besides, this is the territory of Chiyan!

Jiao Yu rushed up first, one against two, while General Ling's lowering head even drew a residual image, directly flicking a caught-off-guard guard away, hitting the wall.

The change happened suddenly, and the giant monster outside heard the movement and turned to rush in.

Its size was only two sizes smaller than Zhu Erniang, and it couldn't squeeze into the door. The result of coming hard was only to crush the whole study.

Wasn't this artificially increasing the difficulty for the search work? Zhongsun Mou was startled in his heart and shouted: "Stop, all stop!"

The situation looked quite chaotic, but Jiao Yu and General Ling were both old oilers in the officialdom, holding back three points of strength and not taking heavy hands. After all, Zhongsun Mou had the halo of the Lingxu City Patrol Envoy on his head.

Except for He Lingchuan, other Chiyan monsters actually had scruples.

Both sides touched and separated, without causing a big mess, and even the giant monster outside stopped its footsteps.

Only then did He Lingchuan see that this was a monster similar to a hippopotamus, with a water-bucket body, a big P-butt, and four short legs underneath. With that size, whether sitting or lying down, it was like a small mountain.

Comparing the military strength of both sides, he didn't have the advantage, so Zhongsun Mou couldn't eat the loss in front of him, and had to forcibly suppress his anger, taking out a black token in the shape of a cloud.

The surface of the card flashed with red light.

But before he could speak, He Lingchuan said first: "Since we are both special envoys, why do you obstruct me from handling the case?"

Who is "both special envoys" with him? Can the Crown Prince's special envoy of a vassal monster country compare to him? "Are you handling the case of the disappearance of the white-shouldered eagle?"

"Yes, Lingxu City ordered Chiyan to investigate strictly, so the Crown Prince ordered me to investigate strictly!" He Lingchuan laughed until his dimples came out. "Official business, it must be handled with all one's heart."

"This case will be handled by me, you can go back." Zhongsun Mou handed out a gold slip with a large red seal and fire lacquer seal. "Take this letter back to the monarch of Chiyan, he will be able to receive it."

The guard took the letter with both hands and sent it to He Lingchuan, but he stood with his hands behind his back and didn't take it: "No time, you mail it to him yourself."

Zhongsun Mou looked at him as if he were looking at Fu Shanyue; it was hateful and annoying.

But He Lingchuan still smiled beautifully: "You are a Patrol Envoy, how come you are meddling in the affairs of the Chiyan territory?"

"The disappearance of the Lingxu City messenger is also within my patrol range."

"Lingxu City," three words, heavy tone.

He Lingchuan had already inquired from Fu Shanyue that the so-called Patrol Envoy sent by Lingxu City ostensibly performs the duties

Just like in the human kingdoms, the Demon Emperor will never trust the demon kings he has enfeoffed; he never will.

Therefore, although the rank of Inspector is not high, their power is not small.

Of course, Zhongsun Mou only wears the halo of "Inspector" when he is dispatched to conduct an inspection. Once he finishes his errand and returns to the Imperial Capital, this authority will be stripped away.

Now that he insists on taking this matter into his own hands, it doesn't seem to count as overstepping his authority.

But, why?

Less than half a month ago, this fellow was still at odds with Fushan Yue on the Twilight Plains; how did he slip into the Red Yan Kingdom to meddle in the affairs of messengers now?

He Lingchuan pondered as he asked: "How far has Lord Zhongsun investigated?"

Zhongsun Mou said indifferently: "It cannot be leaked, lest we startle the snake."

He's putting on airs again, isn't he? Before He Lingchuan could reply, General Ling could no longer restrain himself. Ignoring the demon he was confronting, he walked straight over the collapsed door and wall: "Wait a moment, has the culprit actually been identified?"

Zhongsun Mou frowned, looking somewhat irritable: "Who are you? What does this matter have to do with you?"

General Ling said angrily: "I am the victim! Seven members of my Drilling Wind Beast clan have been killed; how can I not inquire!"

(End of chapter)