Chapter 284: Truly a ruthless and cautious evil obstacle!

"What?!"

"What are they here for?!"

Chen Tongyuan's Adam's apple rolled, his voice actually a bit floating.

His jawline was pulled tight, and even the stubble newly sprouted at his temples seemed to stand up suddenly.

After a pause, as if thinking of something, he blurted out: "Could it be a house raid.....?!!"

This was not a terrifying guess out of thin air, but the most common thing that happened when the Embroidered Attire Envoys visited since Chen Yan entered the Mingjing Si.....

Moreover, today these bad news came one after another, and Chen Tongyuan wanted to find someone to calculate if it was an unlucky year!

"How could the people of the Mingjing Si come so quickly?!" Chen Gubai suddenly raised his head, his neck turning too fast, actually causing the jade buckle at his neck to "clatter" against his lapel.

At this moment, his eyes were round, and even his eyelashes were frozen with a layer of stunned frost.

They had just received the news, and the Mingjing Si had killed their way over.....

They hadn't even made any preparations, this was fundamentally no different from streaking!

When the dull sound of boots crushing the blue bricks came from the corridor, the candle flame in the study jumped fiercely.

"Wei Duke, Mirror Master Li invites you father and son to meet in the main hall!"

Cui Hongdu, the deputy envoy of the Azure Dragon Guard, lifted the curtain and entered, the gold thread on his official robe glinting coldly in the dim light.

The sword at his waist "clattered" against the door frame, startling the ink in the inkstone on the desk into half a circle of ripples.

The Embroidered Attire Envoys behind him filed in, the sound of their boots stepping on the floor as neat as drumbeats hitting people's hearts, instantly filling the corners of the study.

After speaking, he made a gesture of invitation.

"Lead the way."

Chen Tongyuan narrowed his eyes, examining the leading Cui Hongdu, and spat out two words from between his teeth.

There was an inexplicable feeling of the world being turned upside down.

For a moment, he really didn't know whose mansion this was.....

"Eh, this gentleman, Mirror Master Li didn't say he wanted to see you!"

Just as Chen Tongyuan and Chen Gubai walked out of the study gate, Cui Hongdu stepped forward quickly, blocked Qi Qian who was following closely, and said.

"I....." Qi Qian was startled, stopped his steps, and was at a loss.

"Mr. Qi, you stay here....." Chen Tongyuan didn't want to have a conflict with the Embroidered Attire Envoys and said immediately.

"Yes." Qi Qian responded.

"That's right....."

Cui Hongdu nodded with satisfaction, made a gesture of invitation again, and laughed: "Duke, please this way!"

As he spoke, he gave a meaningful look to the two Embroidered Attire Envoys behind him.

After Chen Tongyuan walked far away, the wrinkles at the corners of one of the Embroidered Attire Envoys' eyes suddenly collapsed downward, his triangular eyes narrowed into two poison-quenched slits, the scar that had been hidden in the shadows suddenly bulged, shining with blue-black light.

"You.... what do you want to do?" Qi Qian keenly sensed the anomaly in front of him, retreated a few steps in a panic, and asked tentatively.

"Mr. Qi, what do you think?"

The trace of coldness that had been there at the corner of the Embroidered Attire Envoy's mouth instantly exploded, mixed with ferocity and ruthlessness: "Of course, it's to send you on your way!"

He had clearly understood the meaning of the look his own deputy envoy had just given.......

"How dare your Mingjing Si be so bold and reckless!"

Qi Qian gasped, his heart racing wildly, and he shouted at the top of his lungs, "I am a staff member for the Duke of Wei... ah!"

It's just that before he finished speaking, he saw the Embroidered Attire Envoy suddenly draw the sword at his waist, slashing straight at Qi Qian, cleanly solving him, while sneering: "I don't care whose staffer you are!"

"Wei Duke, ha!"

After a disdainful snort, he ordered the left and right: "Dispose of the corpse, and clean this up too....."

The Embroidered Attire Envoys behind nodded, took out the secret corpse-dissolving powder from their arms, and sprinkled it on Qi Qian's corpse.

A moment later, it disappeared without a trace, as if this person had never appeared.....

Wei Duke's mansion.

Main hall.

"Good tea!"

Li Zhuan was sitting lazily in the main seat, tasting the tea brewed by his subordinates. Seeing Chen Tongyuan walking over, he teased: "Wei Duke, you really have quite a lot of good tea in this mansion....."

"No wonder my eldest brother likes to run here every few days!"

Li Zhuan also knew the real reason why his eldest brother, Chief Chen, liked to come—to take advantage of the situation.....

This time he could also experience his eldest brother's happiness!

"Mirror Master Li, you set up this formation, are you going to put me in prison, or raid my Duke's mansion?"

Chen Tongyuan stopped his steps, stared straight at Li Zhuan, the pale color on his face faded a bit, replaced by rising anger. The originally scattered pupils gathered light again, like two charcoal fires suddenly ignited.

In the past, yielding and softening to Chen Yan was because there was still room for maneuver and a retreat.....

But now that it had reached this point, there was no retreat, and he could only fight hard to the end!

"Neither!"

Li Zhuan sneered, extremely amiable, and said: "Presumably the Wei Duke should have heard about what happened on Zhuque Avenue not long ago, right?"

He paused, raised his hand to smooth out non-existent wrinkles on his lapels, the gold thread on his official robe shimmering under the candlelight, reflecting the business-like expression on his face, and continued, "I have come specifically to request the Duke to accompany us to the Mingjing Si to assist in the investigation!"

"Where is Chen Yan!"

"I want to see Chen Yan!"

"Call that evil obstacle over!"

Chen Tongyuan didn't want to pay attention to Li Zhuan at all, the veins on his neck bulged, and he shouted sternly.

Opening his mouth to call him an evil obstacle, Chen Tongyuan is truly a good father.......... Li Zhuan's mouth corners rose slightly, not caring at all, and said calmly: "Wei Duke, don't be impatient!"

"This case involves you, this biological father, so our Chief has high wind and bright integrity, specifically not participating in the trial....."

"This case has been fully entrusted to this Mirror Master to handle!"

As he spoke, he put down the tea bowl in his hand unhurriedly.

"Ha!"

Chen Tongyuan snorted coldly, suddenly straightened up, patted the non-existent dust on his brocade robe, the smile on his face deepened, but the mockery at the bottom of his eyes emerged like ice shards: "That evil obstacle actually knows how to avoid suspicion!"

"Studying the law more thoroughly than anyone else!"

Don't listen to Li Zhuan's high-sounding talk, what high wind and bright integrity?

Why Chen Yan didn't come, could he, Chen Tongyuan, not know?

It was just to avoid being criticized by others, and not to leave any hidden dangers for himself.....

Truly a ruthless and cautious evil obstacle!

"That is of course!"

Li Zhuan nodded, as if he didn't hear the sarcasm, and still laughed: "The Chief is in charge of the Mingjing Si, how could he know the law and break the law?"

After a pause, he continued: "Back to the point, please cooperate with the Mingjing Si's investigation, Wei Duke!"

Chen Tongyuan suddenly turned his head, his peripheral vision slicing over like a sharp shard of ice: "And what if I do not cooperate?"

His voice was flat, unable to hear joy or anger, but carried an undeniable hardness.

Chen Tongyuan knew very well that once he entered the Mingjing Si and fell into Chen Yan's hands, there would be no day of turning over.

And no possibility of seeing the sun again.

"Then you have to ask the swords of the Embroidered Attire Envoys under this Mirror Master's command if they agree!"

Li Zhuan heard this, pursed his lips and laughed lightly, his gaze froze, and he clapped his hands.

With a "swish," the Embroidered Attire Envoys lined up on the left and right drew the swords at their waists, one by one murderous and awe-inspiring.

"Come here!"

Chen Tongyuan had no fear at all, the corners of his mouth hooked into a cold smile, and he shouted sternly.

"Here."

The private soldiers of the Duke's mansion who were already guarding outside the main hall responded in unison after being summoned.

The leading Chen Zhunxu's jawline was pulled like cast iron. An old knife scar on his left eyebrow bone stretched from the corner of his eye to his temple. At this moment, that scar twitched slightly with his tightly pursed mouth, and the ferocity churning at the bottom of his eyes almost overflowed.

The soldiers behind him all had spines as straight as javelins, their knuckles gripping the halberd shafts turning white from the force, and between their fingers were still embedded calluses that hadn't been washed away—that was the mark ground out by holding swords and guns for many years.

"Wei Duke, are you trying to resist arrest with force?" Li Zhuan seemed to have expected it, not showing the slightest anxiety, and asked lightly.

"So what if I am!"

Chen Tongyuan stiffened his neck and shouted sternly: "Do you really think this Duke is a soft persimmon to be kneaded by others?"

For so long, Chen Tongyuan was rarely so hard-headed and didn't give an inch.

Because he knew deeply that if he compromised again, he would really be completely finished.....

Li Zhuan was unhurried, looking up and down, and praised: "The personal soldiers left by the Old Pillar of State Chen, these are truly elite!"

"Worthy of being battle-hardened elite soldiers!"

They didn't have extra expressions on their faces, but what was burning in those pairs of eyes was the ferocity of long-experienced battlefields.

That was not the panic of ordinary guards, but the murderous intent crawled out of a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood.

"This Duke cannot be captured without a fight....."

Chen Tongyuan was full of confidence and raised his head: "I don't know if Mirror Master Li intends to fight to the death?"

"Hahahaha!"

Li Zhuan heard this, but looked up and laughed, stood up, took an object from his arms, and said: "Old soldiers of the Old Pillar of State Chen who were loyal and good at fighting in the past, this Mirror Master has a handwritten letter here from your future master!" ===== CHAPTER 285 =====