Chapter 681

The mercenary Hu Bin who ambushed him in the Fu Realm was indeed Hong Chenglue! No wonder his movement techniques, blade techniques, and the eyes filled with hatred were so familiar.

"He didn't make a move for the past two months because he had scruples."

Hong Chenglue recognized him as He He Lingchuan at the Dun Garden, but didn't kill his enemy on the spot because he was waiting for another chance to go to the battlefield to earn military merit.

With major matters at hand, he could only temporarily put aside private grudges.

Then, conversely, when Hong Chenglue finally earned this opportunity, could the long-hidden hatred still be suppressed? "I guess he wants to settle old scores with me before heading east. Moving in Lingxu City is too risky, the Fu Realm is the best place."

The mirror sighed: "I thought you had already convinced him not to seek revenge at the Dun Garden."

He He Lingchuan found it funny: "A person like him has a firm will, how could he change his mind just by hearing a few words from his enemy?"

"But he is seeking revenge on you..."

"He is seeking revenge on me because he thinks I am easy to kill." He He Lingchuan finished washing his face and lay on the bed, "He is seeking revenge on me, thinking it is an explanation to A-Jin, but in fact, it is only to seek peace of mind for himself."

A-Jin's death had responsibilities on many sides.

Between Beijia has responsibility.

Grand Coordinator Frost Leaf has responsibility.

Wu Qing, who gave A-Jin the Cold Dove Powder, has responsibility.

The He father and son have responsibility.

A-Jin herself has responsibility.

Hong Chenglue, of course, also has it.

If he doesn't avenge his beloved wife, the guilt, anger, and pain in his heart will never subside, and they will torture him day and night.

But he cannot seek revenge on Between Beijia and Grand Coordinator Frost Leaf, and even less can he commit suicide, so he can only find the remaining targets to vent his anger.

At the Dun Garden meeting, He He Lingchuan heard that Wu Qing was already dead, because he was easy to kill.

In Hong Chenglue's original impression, He He Lingchuan should also be easy to kill, and a few slashes would avenge A-Jin.

Only then could his heart be at peace.

So even if he understood the logic He He Lingchuan spoke of, he would not let He He Lingchuan go.

After hearing this, the mirror immediately changed the question: "He has already left Lingxu to rush to the front line; is this good or bad for us?"

"Of course it's a good thing." He He Lingchuan said without thinking, "The person who knows my background and is watching me has left, and our plan has one less obstacle."

With major matters first, he can put aside the grudge between him and Hong Chenglue for now.

The next day, rumors were flying all over Lingxu City.

Things like Grand Coordinator Qingyang falling from power, being beheaded, the Emperor wanting to abolish the Qinggong, and all the members of the Qinggong currently being arrested and imprisoned... the more it spread, the more vivid it became.

In fact, even Fu Fu Shanyue, the primary victim of the immortality medicine case, couldn't get any news from the Lingxiao Palace.

Flying is prohibited over the Royal Palace, and violators are beheaded. Therefore, the goshawk had to return empty-handed.

And at the very center of this storm, the Lingxiao Palace and the Heavenly Palace were surprisingly silent, not revealing a single word to the outside world.

Everyone inferred that both sides were either negotiating or had already reached an agreement.

As a result, near evening, a squirrel jumped down from a big tree and almost hit He He Lingchuan in the face.

It delivered an extremely unexpected piece of news:

I must leave Lingxu City, immediately!

—Tong Wei.

He He Lingchuan was shocked, because "Tong Wei" is Dong Rui's alias.

Why would this fellow suddenly want to leave for no reason, and be as anxious as if his butt were on fire? In He He Lingchuan's plan, Dong Rui occupies an important link at both the beginning and the end. If he leaves, He He Lingchuan's Xushan plan will be stillborn before it even starts.

How can this be!

"Where is he?"

The squirrel said that when it went to the hidden location this time, it happened to see Dong Rui packing his luggage, and the few guards outside had already been replaced with a new batch.

"Let's go." He He Lingchuan didn't say a word, shook off the Tongxin Guard under the dim light, and flew down the mountain.

This brings us to Dong Rui's residence.

He originally lived in Diliu Lane in the Xidui District, which was too far from the Pianxiang Shanzhuang; even riding a rock sheep at full speed would take two hours. He He Lingchuan often had to find him to discuss plans, and going back and forth like this would take four hours, which was too inconvenient, and the residents of Diliu Lane looked at everyone as if they were thieves, so he told him to move.

Dong Rui was originally unwilling, but Young Master He is a man with methods, and after being annoyed by him, Dong Rui half-pushed and half-agreed. The other house he bought was only two miles away from Pianxiang Shanzhuang, and the rock sheep could get there in a few steps.

Xi Yunhe also had questions about Dong Rui moving house, but the latter justified it by saying the house here was bigger and better, and he came to Lingxu City to work for Grand Coordinator Frost Leaf, so why should he curl up in a small, dark, broken courtyard every day? Of course, he had previously arranged for the Snail Toad to be placed in another suburb, saying that there were more wild summer-withered herbs and the dew was fuller, so Xi Yunhe couldn't be bothered to care.

To him, Dong Rui is just a physician treating the Snail Toad's injuries, and there is no need to pay much attention to him. The immortality medicine case has reached a critical moment, which naturally took up all the energy of Grand Coordinator Frost Leaf and Xi Yunhe.

However, the situation has now changed again.

It is difficult for He He Lingchuan not to associate Dong Rui's sudden departure with the major event that happened in the city yesterday. There is likely some connection between the two.

Damn it, this is really watching a play and having it happen to oneself! The house Dong Rui bought is next to a carriage and horse inn, which went out of business due to poor management and had been vacant because no one could be found to take it over. Its backyard is very large, the courtyard walls are very high, the ground is full of mud, and the weeds in the corners are already knee-high.

Some grass leaves were clearly pressed down, and He He Lingchuan also found some mucus traces on the ground, which had dried up and were reflective, looking somewhat familiar.

It is not hard to guess what this abandoned courtyard was used for.

He He Lingchuan lay on the wall of the carriage and horse inn to look inside; there were three guards in Dong Rui's house, indeed with unfamiliar faces, intentionally or unintentionally standing around Dong Rui's room, surrounding it in a "pin" shape.

He changed his angle and could see Dong Rui pacing back and forth in the room through the window, his expression anxious.

To sneak into the room, he would have to defeat at least one guard.

Now is definitely not a good time to use force.

He He Lingchuan thought for a moment, summoned the eyeball spider, and whispered to it: "Go find Dong Rui." After the guards finished patrolling, he threw the spider toward the window.

This little thing was too light, so he had to use a bit of true power.

The little guy landed on the outer wall, its eight claws moving together, and it slipped into the window in two swipes.

Dong Rui happened to stop to pour water, and just as he picked up the cup, a voice suddenly sounded in his ear:

"Dong Rui."

He was so startled that his hand shook, and the water in the cup spilled out, but he looked left and right, where was anyone in the room? "Here." The eyeball spider jumped onto the rim of the cup and waved its front claws at him.

Only then did Dong Rui realize that this was not the one Zhu Yao Erniang had given him.

"Throw your eyeball spider out to me! We can talk by making an exchange."

Can, can it be used like this? Dong Rui was stunned, took out his own eyeball spider, whispered two words, walked to the window, and threw it toward the opposite courtyard wall.

Soon, this little thing climbed over the wall and found He He Lingchuan.

He put the spider to his ear, and Dong Rui in the room almost made the same movement.

Both of them were holding the other's eyeball spider, and they could hear what the other said, and the other could also receive what they said, so they could carry out real-time communication without alerting the guards.

"Can you hear me?" He He Lingchuan found a corner and curled up.

"Nonsense!" The two perfectly good eyeball spiders were forced to be used in a new way by him, but Dong Rui was in no mood to praise him, "Something big is wrong! Xi Yunhe just came to find me, saying that Grand Coordinator Qingyang testified to the Heavenly Gods that I am the source of the divine blood she obtained! I cannot stay in Lingxu City anymore; he told me to withdraw immediately!"

Grand Coordinator Qingyang... actually went to slander Dong Rui? This news was too explosive; He He Lingchuan was so shocked that his head buzzed, and for a moment he couldn't even respond.

It seems that Grand Coordinator Qingyang escaped from the Qinggong yesterday and sneaked into the Heavenly Heart Island, and also met the Emperor.

She only had one chance to persuade the Emperor, and she actually dragged this fellow Dong Rui into it?

These are two people who have nothing to do with each other; Grand Coordinator Qingyang didn't even know Dong Rui should exist!

Wait a minute, wait a minute! In his view, the main reason the Heavenly Gods care about the immortality medicine case is, first, to maintain divine majesty, and second, to figure out the source of Grand Coordinator Qingyang's divine blood. Since it's something that can't even be found in the black market of Lingxu City, which is known for having everything, Grand Coordinator Qingyang couldn't bypass it if she wanted to refine and sell immortality medicine.

To put it bluntly, the righteous gods, including the Lingxu Holy Venerable, wanted to figure out if Grand Coordinator Qingyang was secretly colluding with a certain god! If Grand Coordinator Qingyang really did that, she absolutely couldn't admit it, so the god behind her might still find a way to save her; if she supplied the person, the person wouldn't let it go either. Then she might be attacked from both sides in the future, and her end would be miserable.

Therefore, she had to find a way to muddle through.

The best method is to find a unlucky guy who has ready-made divine blood and frame him.

He He Lingchuan couldn't help but scratch his head.

Why would Grand Coordinator Qingyang know that Dong Rui had divine blood in his hands? The tree is old and the roots are deep; this woman really has a backup plan, she is not easy to take down.

"Hey, did you hear me?" Dong Rui didn't hear a reply and roared in a low voice. Now he is in imminent danger; according to his previous temper, he would definitely have run away without a word, but this time he greeted He He Lingchuan before leaving, which was very righteous!

"I heard." He He Lingchuan pressed his temples, only feeling a headache, "How do you want to leave, using the Snail Toad?"

"Of course." Dong Rui said as a matter of course, "With the Snail Toad in hand, I can go anywhere." Lingxu City is so big, the official authorities cannot install anti-escape barrier arrays on the entire city and keep them open all the time.

"Xi Yunhe has already gone to the suburbs to mobilize the Snail Toad for me. Once it arrives, I will leave." Dong Rui felt a little embarrassed when he said this, "Please apologize to Zhu Yao Erniang for me; I can't do her commission anymore." Still, his own life is the most important.

More than just Zhu Yao Erniang's commission? If he leaves, He He Lingchuan's own little plan will also be delayed and ruined.

Of course, He He Lingchuan's goal of stealing the artifact from the Zhaixing Tower, which is the Great Fang Hu lid, had never been told to Dong Rui.

What should be done now? Dong Rui leaving like this is really going to the ends of the earth, with nowhere to find him.

He He Lingchuan's eyes rolled, and he urged: "You cannot leave!"

"What?" Dong Rui became vigilant, "Why can't I leave? I can't help you anymore!"

(End of chapter)