Chapter 175

The next day, waiting until nine in the morning, Chu Danqing left Insect Tail Valley.

As for whether Zhao Tiechuan would fulfill his five-day promise, Chu Danqing didn't care, nor did he have any intention of verifying it.

Anyway, his mission was completed.

【Mission completed, you obtained: Paradise Points × 10000, Attribute Points +4】

It was just that the Nine Cauldrons Diagram hadn't been obtained yet, which was a bit of a pity.

It was temporarily unclear where this side quest supplemented the trial quest.

Anyway, return to the city first; Paradise had warned of the risks of being away from the city for too long.

"Ma Yunfeng was assassinated in his mansion last night???" Chu Danqing heard Wei Chu Yi's hurried report and only felt his blood pressure soar.

The process was roughly that the person seemed to be a former classmate of Ma Yunfeng, which was how he was able to get close.

Then it was simple: he drew a knife and stabbed Ma Yunfeng directly.

The person who did it didn't manage to run away and was now being held in prison.

As for the interrogation, naturally, no one went to do it.

Jia Simou took the opportunity to counterattack, and everything in Deep City that had been suppressed by Ma Yunfeng began to rebound from the bottom.

"This dog thing, plotting against me while I'm away," Chu Danqing's face darkened.

If Chu Danqing were there, even if the assassin got close, he wouldn't have succeeded.

This was a conspiracy laid out in the open.

Ma Yunfeng sent Chu Danqing to stop the Black Flag Army, leaving himself exposed.

If he didn't send him, the Black Flag Army entering the city would basically be equivalent to the situation being settled.

So Ma Yunfeng chose the former, but he didn't expect it to come so quickly, leaving him no time to react.

"There's also the fact that the Deputy Commander of the Iron Armored Guards, Hong Chengyue, entered the city yesterday."

"The first thing he did upon entering the city, under the leadership of that girl named Lianyun, was to rush to the Liu Mansion and capture Liu Bai, Chen Jiunan, and others with lightning speed," Wei Chu Yi's expression wasn't good when he said this.

"The charge is being rebels of the Zhao Ming Society."

The arrest of Ma Yunfeng, Liu Bai, Chen Jiunan, and others naturally affected Wei Chu Yi.

Hearing this, Chu Danqing laughed speechlessly.

He thought Lianyun would at most fail, but he didn't expect her to defect directly.

"What about Commander Qi Qianshan?" Chu Danqing asked.

He had developed a murderous intent, planning to kill them one by one after scouting their locations.

"He didn't come; it is said that he received an imperial decree halfway, asking Deputy Commander Hong Chengyue to take most of the Iron Armored Guard elites to Deep City."

"But I suspect that the capital thinks the overall situation is settled, so they let Qi Qianshan deal with other matters."

"After all, Qi Qianshan and Zhao Tiechuan have always been at odds, while he is actually on close terms with Hong Chengyue," Wei Chu Yi said, then paused: "Brother Chu, now is not the time to talk about this."

"Prime Ma Xiang was stabbed and is in critical condition."

"Ma's servant came to report this morning that he might not last through today," Wei Chu Yi said.

Chu Danqing heard this and only felt a headache.

"I'll go take a look; you... you tell the people under you to keep a low profile recently."

"This time is different from before; if you're not careful, people will die," Chu Danqing warned.

He originally wanted to take Wei Chu Yi with him, and incidentally brush up Wei Chu Yi's favor with Ma Yunfeng, but he thought that Wei Chu Yi must be hiding from him and developing an intelligence network again.

Chu Danqing reminded him once, and he wouldn't remind him a second time; since it was Wei Chu Yi's own choice, he wouldn't continue to interfere.

After speaking, Chu Danqing went directly to the Ma family's old mansion where Ma Yunfeng was.

The Beast-Faced Armored Warriors drove the chariot there, and they didn't encounter any accidents on the way, successfully seeing Ma Yunfeng lying on the hospital bed.

Ma Yunfeng, who was already old, was even paler at this time; even if he was saved this time, he probably wouldn't have much time left to live.

The wound was under the ribs; although the bleeding had stopped, it inevitably damaged the internal organs.

"You're back," Ma Yunfeng saw Chu Danqing visiting and showed a forced smile: "I already know about Association Head Chen and Liu Bai."

"They won't escape death this time, and I won't last through tonight."

"I'll leave the rest to you," Ma Yunfeng was unwilling, so he entrusted everything to Chu Danqing.

"Who did it?" Chu Danqing asked, while Dabai released the single-target healing spirit art, Spirit Healing, onto Ma Yunfeng as if it were free.

As the spirit art entered his body, the paleness on Ma Yunfeng's face gradually faded.

At the same time, the Son of Imperial Heaven also emerged from the imperial decree and began to apply various buff states to Ma Yunfeng.

Before long, Ma Yunfeng, who had been gasping for breath, quickly recovered.

If Ma Yunfeng were a powerhouse, it would be really hard to treat such a wound.

But he was just an ordinary person; if Dabai and the Son of Imperial Heaven couldn't even heal his wounds by working together, wouldn't Chu Danqing's investment be useless?

"All better?" Ma Yunfeng touched the wound under his ribs and got up in one motion.

"Medical art that brings the dead back to life," Ma Yunfeng looked surprised: "Even the imperial physicians in the palace can't do it; you actually have such ability."

Chu Danqing just nodded without explaining, but urged: "Since you've recovered, hurry up and get to work."

"Chen Jiunan and Liu Bai are still waiting for you to rescue them."

"By the way, Zhao Tiechuan of the Black Flag Army asked me to bring you a message..." Chu Danqing repeated Zhao Tiechuan's words.

This made Ma Yunfeng's face show joy.

"Young Master Chu, you are worthy of being a Green-Clad Guard Battalion Commander who was a personal attendant to the late Emperor," Ma Yunfeng felt his injury was worth it: "I only asked you to stall for one day, and you actually made him stay for five days."

"Extraordinary."

If it were only one day, Ma Yunfeng's time would be tight.

But changing it to five days, he could not only clean up Jia Simou and Hong Chengyue, but also have time to prepare to win over Zhao Tiechuan.

Zhao Tiechuan wanted power; what the Empress Dowager could give, the Shuo Emperor could also give, and even give more.

"You can flatter me when you have time; when things are settled, I'll take a day to listen to you praise me, but there's no time now," Chu Danqing didn't care about Ma Yunfeng's praise at all.

Besides, this praise sounded very awkward; it was clearly his own credit, but he had to share some with the so-called late Emperor.

The late Emperor had been buried for how many years? It was truly outrageous that he could even be brought into this.

Ma Yunfeng immediately got up, put on his coat, and was about to go out.

"That Wei Chu Yi under you is quite a talent," on the way out of the mansion, he said: "He helped me a lot."

"It's just that his ambition is not small; he has been leaning toward me, seemingly wanting to borrow my influence."

"You should be careful yourself, don't be used as a stepping stone by him," Ma Yunfeng reminded.

Chu Danqing didn't care, just saying: "I know."

"He's used to being poor and afraid; it's normal to grasp the opportunity to turn things around when he finally meets one."

He defended Wei Chu Yi.

As soon as the two left the Ma family's old mansion, they were met by the Iron Armored Guards who had been waiting for a long time.

The person leading the team was Jia Simou; when the other party saw Ma Yunfeng walking out so healthily, his expression changed suddenly.

"Governor Jia, you've come just in time; I have something to find you for," Ma Yunfeng smiled.

How could he not know Jia Simou's intention in bringing the Iron Armored Guards here?

It was nothing more than to deal with Chu Danqing, the last variable, as soon as possible.

It was just that because Ma Yunfeng hadn't stopped breathing yet, he didn't dare to take action openly, so he was lurking outside the mansion.

"Old Master," Jia Simou hurriedly restrained his expression and leaned over to say: "This subordinate is here under the orders of Deputy Commander Hong to capture the rebels of the Zhao Ming Society."

"Rebels of the Zhao Ming Society?" Ma Yunfeng chuckled, his expression suddenly changing: "Is it me?"

"No, no, it's the former Green-Clad Guard Battalion Commander Chu..." Jia Simou hurriedly explained.

But before he could finish his sentence, a golden light burst out from in front of Chu Danqing and landed on Jia Simou in an instant.

It knocked him over and sent him rolling to the ground.

"Dog thing, if you want to splash dirty water, you have to see who your grandfather is," Chu Danqing cursed immediately: "When your grandfather was fighting north and south with the late Emperor, you dog thing didn't even know where you were."

"Your grandfather is a rebel of the Zhao Ming Society? What? Could it be that the late Emperor became the rebel leader of the Zhao Ming Society?"

Just as Jia Simou crawled up in a sorry state, Dabao grabbed his neck and lifted him over.

The Iron Armored Guards on the side immediately drew their swords, wanting to take action, but a few Ghost Resentment Infants climbed onto their hands first, and their hands were frozen numb by the erosion of Yin Qi.

Seeing this, Jia Simou wanted to say something, but Dabao, under Chu Danqing's instruction, slapped him twice first, knocking out most of his teeth.

"I knew you dog thing couldn't spit out ivory from a dog's mouth; if there's a next time, I'll hang you up and whip you, so you can know the prestige of Chu's dragon-escorting."

Once these words came out, Jia Simou felt like dying.

Seeing this scene, Ma Yunfeng was also shocked, and his expression was vaguely unable to hold up.

Things happened too suddenly; he didn't expect Chu Danqing to take action so cleanly and neatly.

Fortunately, Chu Danqing didn't really kill him; otherwise, Jia Simou being killed in public would also be a trouble.

"Governor Jia, what do you want me to say about you," Ma Yunfeng sighed, pretending to be helpless: "Even if it were me, I would have to give Young Master Chu three points of courtesy."

"You opened your mouth without evidence and said Young Master Chu was a rebel; I think someone is making trouble in the middle."

"Guards, please invite Governor Jia into the mansion to rest for a while," Ma Yunfeng said with a tone of consideration on the surface, but in reality, he wanted to place Jia Simou under house arrest.

He was assassinated, and this matter could not be separated from Jia Simou.

Although he wasn't as blunt as Chu Danqing, he didn't plan to let Jia Simou go just like that.

Jia Simou wanted to call for help, but Dabao was quick-eyed and slapped him again, and he couldn't open his mouth on the spot.

Several Ma family retainers took action together and dragged the person directly into the Ma mansion.

As for the Iron Armored Guards? They were controlled by the Ghost Resentment Infants and couldn't even move, let alone save anyone.

"Young Master Chu, take my order and bring out those people whom Governor Jia used as rebels of the Zhao Ming Society."

"I want to interrogate them again to see if these people are really rebels."

"Or if Governor Jia is eliminating dissidents," Ma Yunfeng said, stroking his beard.

(End of chapter)