Chapter 555: How Did You Know!

Upon hearing Mu Hongyao's words, Jiang Feng's eyes were still full of wariness.

His hand did not lower, still gripping Mu Hongyao's neck, the force neither light nor heavy, just enough to prevent her from breaking free.

His gaze was as cold as winter ice, without any warmth, as if looking at an enemy rather than a beautiful woman.

Mu Hongyao felt a shiver under her skin from his stare, cold sweat on her back trickling down her spine.

She could feel that the man before her would truly kill her, not just threaten or test her, but truly would.

Jiang Feng turned his head and looked at Hua Lao.

"Hua Lao, could you please close the door of the Medical Hall first."

His voice was calm, but his tone carried an unquestionable seriousness.

Hua Lao, seeing the serious expression on Jiang Feng's face, also realized something might be wrong.

He had practiced medicine for decades, seen every kind of scene, yet had never seen Jiang Feng like this. Jiang Feng was usually gentle with patients, courteous to apprentices, and always respectful to him, never speaking in such a tone.

Hua Lao quickly nodded, stood up, hurried to the entrance, and shut the Medical Hall's main door.

The door panel closed, the latch set, most of the outside light was blocked, and the hall's illumination grew somewhat dim.

Hua Lao glanced at Jiang Feng, said nothing more, turned and left the hall directly.

He was just an ordinary doctor, could not help Jiang Feng much; as long as he didn't cause trouble for Jiang Feng, that was enough. When Jiang Feng asked him to close the door, he closed it; when Jiang Feng told him to leave, he left.

That was the best he could do.

Hua Lao's footsteps gradually faded as he went to the back Medicine room.

Only Jiang Feng and Mu Hongyao remained in the hall.

It was so quiet one could hear the ticking of the wall clock.

Mu Hongyao, with Jiang Feng gripping her throat, leaned against the examination table, her posture very uncomfortable, but she dared not move; she wouldn't move at all.

She looked at Jiang Feng, blinked, and forced a faint smile onto her face.

"Mr. Jiang, after all you are also a Half-step Martial Ancestor Level strongman, while I am merely a modest Heavenly Human Realm practitioner; must you bully me like this?"

Her voice was soft, carrying a hint of grievance and a touch of coquettishness.

"Look at you, you've squeezed my neck until it turned red, it hurts so much."

She said so, deliberately furrowing her brows, adopting a pitiful demeanor.

Jiang Feng, however, still spoke coldly, his voice as cold as winter wind.

"Enough idle talk, reveal your background!"

His fingers tightened slightly, and Mu Hongyao's breathing became somewhat difficult.

Mu Hongyao realized that if this continued, she still couldn't make Jiang Feng soften.

This man, soft won't work, hard won't work either.

All those tactics she used to handle men failed completely before him.

Mu Hongyao's smile gradually faded, replaced by a cool demeanor.

Her gaze became serious, no longer coquettish or flirtatious, but restored to the bearing a Hundred Flowers Palace Disciple should have.

"Fine."

Her voice also turned cool, no longer delicate, but crisp and straightforward.

"I am Mu Hongyao, from the Hundred Flowers Palace. I am one of the Twelve Messengers, the Furong Messenger!"

Mu Hongyao's voice wasn't loud, but each word was clear.

When she said that, Jiang Feng's brows furrowed even deeper.

The Twelve Messengers are an Elder Rank existence within the Hundred Flowers Palace.

The internal structure of the Hundred Flowers Palace, he had seen recorded in the Scripture Repository on Kunlun Mountain. Below the Palace Master, there are twelve messengers, each named after one of twelve flowers.

The Furong Messenger is one of them, responsible for external liaison and intelligence gathering.

The Twelve Messengers do not directly compete for the Palace Master's position, yet they hold the lifeline of the Hundred Flowers Palace's operation, a status that cannot be called low.

How could such a person suddenly appear in Jiangnan?

Jiang Feng spoke coldly, his voice low.

"Who sent you?"

Mu Hongyao was startled by the words.

She thought Jiang Feng would ask what she was here for, or what her purpose was. She didn't expect him to ask who had ordered her.

This shows that Jiang Feng had already guessed that her coming to him was not of her own volition, but under someone's orders.

Mu Hongyao's mouth corner lifted slightly, revealing a faint smile.

That smile carried a hint of admiration and a touch of helplessness.

"I, under the Order of the Dongfang Family Head, have come to enchant you!"

When she said that, Jiang Feng was taken aback.

He never expected Mu Hongyao to be so frank.

He thought she would fabricate a lie or be vague, but she directly told the truth.

Family Head of Dongfang, Dongfang Lin.

The Family Head of Dongfang, Southern Army Governor, a powerful figure commanding Hundred Thousand Troops.

He actually sent someone from the Hundred Flowers Palace to enchant him?

Seeing Jiang Feng's stunned expression, Mu Hongyao continued to smile, her voice carrying a hint of ease.

"Mr. Jiang, do you still intend to make things difficult for me? I have no secrets at all."

She paused briefly, blinking her eyes.

"Moreover, it's just the two of us here; Mr. Jiang may handle me however you wish, no need to be so... crude."

She said, lowered her head to glance at Jiang Feng's hand still gripping her neck, her eyes carrying a hint of implication.

Jiang Feng's spirit flickered slightly.

He thought for a moment; since Mu Hongyao had already confessed her background and said who sent her, there was no point in still gripping her.

Moreover, he indeed still wanted to draw more from her mouth.

Jiang Feng released his hand, withdrew his true qi, and sat down on the Chair.

He looked at Mu Hongyao, and said coldly.

"The Eastern family sent you; what do they want?"

Mu Hongyao touched her own neck; her Fingers brushed the skin, sending a slight pain.

A red mark remained on her neck; Jiang Feng's earlier force was indeed not light.

She silently blamed Jiang Feng in her heart for being clueless about romance.

Having lived so many years, she had seen countless men; which one hadn't been courteous and in a Hundred ways flattering to her?

Only this Jiang Feng, not only remained unmoved, but also reached out to choke her.

Mu Hongyao felt a bit aggrieved inside, but showed none of it on her face.

Her voice also became stiff, as if she were sulking.

"I don't know; I'm just taking you to Kyoto!"

Jiang Feng's brows furrowed even tighter.

"Take you to Kyoto? Dongfang Lin wants to see me?"

Mu Hongyao nodded.

"Yes. Family Head said, Divine Doctor Jiang's Divine Medical Art, he wants to invite you to Kyoto to treat a person."

Jiang Feng let out a sneer at once.

Clearly it was for that mural, yet Dongfang Lin is babbling about treating a patient…

It seems they don't want to tell Mu Hongyao the truth.

Jiang Feng was silent for a moment, then suddenly spoke.

"Even if the Eastern family's strength is not mediocre, your Hundred Flowers Palace is also not weak; why would you obey the Eastern family's orders?"

His gaze was sharp, fixed on Mu Hongyao's eyes, trying to see through her heart.

Mu Hongyao's expression changed slightly, just as she was about to speak, she heard Jiang Feng say.

"The Mu messenger's strength is not mediocre; could it be that the Eastern family has controlled him with Gu Poison?"

At those words, Mu Hongyao's complexion changed drastically, and she sprang up from the ground in an instant!

"How could you know!"