Chapter 605: Taking Pearls from the Abyss

Yu Ziliang's body trembled like chaff, like a live fish being crushed to death.

There was no need to see that face to smell his suffocating fear. At this moment, he didn't need to know how this person appeared in the palace; the fact was that he was completely under the cold control of this person.

"If you understand, raise the remaining claw." The black robe said calmly.

The young man whose face was stepped on raised his hand, shaking like a flag in the wind.

"Good, now answer me." The black robe raised the sole of his boot slightly.

"I... I still have shark pearl powder on my hands..." Yu Ziliang tried his best to make his words clear with his broken tongue. "I took it at Xunfang Garden and entered the Phantom Tower... I will say everything, don't..."

The black robe stepped on his mouth, thought for a while, and then lowered his head and said slowly: "So, entering the Phantom Tower means the whole person enters along with the body, is that right?"

"... Yes, yes."

"Is the shark pearl powder on your hands given to you by Li Du?"

"..."

"Hmm?"

"It is... it is, I asked him for more, I—woo! woo eh! woo! woo woo woo—"

The black robe stepped firmly on his already rotten mouth, stood the sword up again, inserted it into his right wrist, and slowly cut off this hand as well.

"Now add a new reminder." The black robe said calmly, wiping the blood on the sword on his face. "You cannot tell lies."

The sobbing sound rang out under the sole of the boot. The black robe raised his foot slightly: "I'll ask again, is the shark pearl powder on your hands given to you by Li Du?"

"No... no, I took it from Father's room, Father has it in his room!" Yu Ziliang cried like a breakdown, accompanied by violent panting. "Please, please..."

"Which room?"

"Internal Affairs Department! The residence of the Internal Affairs Department, the drawer of the desk in the study..."

"Why does Yu Sicheng have so many shark pearls in his hands? What does he use them for?"

"..."

The black robe stepped firmly on his mouth again. Yu Ziliang stared in fear, struggling and kicking "woo eh". The distorted sound of the words "I'll say" had already vibrated from his throat.

But it was of no use. The black robe's actions were as cold as his voice. Without any words, he stabbed the sword into his left thigh again. This time it took longer, and he unloaded the whole leg.

Urine mixed with a large amount of blood flowed on the floor. Yu Ziliang cried out in a hoarse voice, completely broken: "Don't, don't, please, let me go..."

The black robe raised his boot and looked at him, saying calmly: "I ask, you answer, do I need to say it a third time?"

"No! Don't! I'll say... I don't know what Father is doing either, but Father has been using them, and someone has been sending them to him... He gives these shark powders to others to eat, in order to let them enter some place..." Yu Ziliang cried and panted, trying to make his words clear. "But I really don't know anything else... I didn't ask... I just stole some to play with..."

The black robe stepped on his mouth again, looked up and thought for a while, then lowered his head and said: "Do you have any shark pearl powder left on your hands? Bring it here."

"No... no more—woo! woo! woo eh!!"

The black robe looked at it twice, probably feeling that the right leg was too far, so he cut into the left elbow and cut off his whole forearm.

Yu Ziliang's whole body seemed to have no strength to tremble, and he completely broke down and made some inhuman hissing cries from his throat.

The black robe raised his boot sole: "I said, I only listen to the truth."

"But... really, really no more..." Yu Ziliang's broken body curled up in fear. "Really, really no more—I can, I can help you steal..."

"Hmm." The black robe looked up slightly. "Is that so? Then sorry, I misunderstood."

He threw the sword on him and stood up from the table.

Yu Ziliang lay on the ground, the severe pain and blood loss making him lose consciousness quickly.

At this time, a trembling voice came from the door. The tall woman tried to calm down and said: "You, can you take me with you—I, I can do many things..."

The thoughtful black robe paused. The play mask that was originally beautiful but now looked strange and cold looked at her, making Li Xianfang's body feel like ice in an instant.

"Oh, I'm not killing you." He said.

Li Xianfang was stunned. The cold and light voice didn't know where it went. The youth seemed to be too lazy to pinch his voice, and he didn't perform anything. He squatted on the ground and touched Yu Ziliang's clothes. "If you need me to knock you out, I can help you."

Li Xianfang was still stunned, and the black robe said again: "But before that, I'll ask you something. Is the guard at Yu Sicheng's residence strict?"

"..."

Li Xianfang was stunned for a moment, then waved her hands hurriedly: "I, I really don't know... I have to think about it first!"

"You think." The black robe stood up, seemingly not finding anything important.

"Internal Affairs Department, I've been there three or four times. Yu Sicheng's private residence usually doesn't see anyone guarding, and there are very few servants, but I haven't been in... and no one dares to go in." Li Xianfang wrung her hands tightly and recalled seriously. "But, but I know the cleaning of that residence uses the same batch of people as the Internal Affairs Department."

"Oh?"

"The cleaning eunuchs assigned by the Xi Guan Bureau go there every morning and evening. These people can enter that residence."

"Hmm. Do you know where Yu Sicheng is now?"

"Not sure, but at this time, he should be serving the Saint in the front hall."

The black robe nodded, looked at her, and walked over. She retreated a step subconsciously: "No..."

But before she finished speaking, her neck felt a pain, her eyes went black, and she fainted.

Pei Ye took off his mask, and the black cat jumped onto his shoulder from nowhere.

He didn't wear this mask to hide his identity. Doing this so roughly in the palace, if they wanted to investigate, they would soon be able to lock onto him, Pei Ye. He just wanted to make Yu Ziliang believe without any illusions that this mysterious black-robed man really didn't care about killing him.

Of course, he could do the same thing with his face exposed, but he was afraid that Yu Ziliang would foolishly think he didn't dare to kill him.

He had no love for abuse. He didn't look at the half-dead body anymore. The Chi Fire burned all the blood stains clean. He threw the two bodies under the bed, then threw the tied-up Yu Ziliang and the fainted tall dancer onto the bed, pulled the curtain, and covered the screen. At least for three or four hours, no one would come to disturb them.

He opened the window and jumped out silently.

The Internal Affairs Department is located south of Ye Ting, overseeing the six bureaus of Ye Ting, Palace, Xi Guan, Internal Servant, Internal Mansion, and Internal Workshop. It is the jurisdiction of thousands of palace people. It is only separated from Ye Ting by two low walls. The width from east to west is consistent, like a short section connected under Ye Ting.

Eunuchs in different clothes came and went. The eunuchs on duty in the department were always more arrogant than those who came in to visit. Those who came for business were always more high-spirited than those who did servant labor. It was rare for Pei Ye to see such an atmosphere of welcoming and sending off like an outside government office here.

And in all the urgent voices or laughter, Pei Ye covered himself in a gray robe, carried a bucket of clear water, carried a mop, and went straight inside from the side door according to the map.

Yu Sicheng's private residence occupied the entire southeast of the Internal Affairs Department. Indeed, no one approached this side. It was far more luxurious than Pei Ye imagined. In such a serious government office, he occupied an entire corner and built it into a private residence with carved beams and painted buildings. As soon as he crossed the shadow wall, he saw a carefully built mountain of strange stones, with a mirror pool and curved water surrounding it, which was even more exquisite than the landscape in the palace.

Pei Ye remembered the Taiping Cao Gang they conspired together. About one-third of the huge silver flowed into the pocket of this big eunuch. And this was obviously not his main income. Having held power for more than 20 years, the wealth he had accumulated could be called endless squandering, fat and oily.

Pei Ye walked on the bank of the pool built with white stones. The houses with flying eaves and high doors on both sides were tightly closed, and no one could be seen on the road.

He went straight to the main house in the back. Except for the shape, its area was almost like a palace. Pei Ye looked up and saw that when he crossed the garden gate, a voice came from the side for the first time.

"Hey, you are—why did you come here at this time?"

Pei Ye turned his head. A eunuch in vermilion clothes with a whisk in his arm was frowning at him.

Pei Ye hurriedly put down the mop and water bucket, bowed and saluted: "Returning to the Eunuch, the little one is a cleaning person newly assigned by the Xi Guan Bureau... The seniors said to clean up the treasure land of Grand Eunuch Yu together."

"I said why you look so unfamiliar... where are the others?"

"The little one, not clear, the seniors let the little one come first." Pei Ye said,

"Take out the plaque for me to see."

Pei Ye handed him the small wooden plaque he had stolen from the Xi Guan Bureau yesterday. A "Zhu Er" had already been carved on it. He touched his head and said: "Dear Eunuch, do I have to clean this big house once?"

The vermilion eunuch glanced at it and returned it, saying calmly: "No need to go to the bedroom and study, just clean the rest carefully."

"Yes." Pei Ye bowed and responded.

The vermilion eunuch left. Pei Ye walked into the house and identified it, and went straight to the bedroom and study.

The first feeling the big house gave Pei Ye was quiet, as if there was no one there. Going deeper, expensive soft blankets covered the whole room. This was indeed the time for the morning court. Yu Sicheng was not in this residence.

The little cat crawled out of his clothes, jumped onto Pei Ye's shoulder, and the Chi Fire spread to the surroundings like silk threads.

Although it was said that spiritual mystery was forbidden in the palace, Pei Ye would not assume that Yu Sicheng did not set up any warnings in his residence. If a small cleaning eunuch could really sneak into the study and steal the shark pearls, that would be too dramatic.

However, the Chi Fire was like silk, but it really didn't detect any spiritual mystery or mechanism. Until Pei Ye walked in silently step by step and really pushed open this study deep inside... and really didn't encounter any guards.

Pei Ye and the little cat on his shoulder looked at each other, stepped in and covered the door.

This was obviously the room Yu Sicheng used most often. Several books were spread on the table, and the used brushes had not been washed. The chair was also pushed crookedly after the person sitting on it got up.

Pei Ye didn't look at anything, went straight to the drawer, raised his hand and pulled it. Among some sundries, a jade box was lying in it. He opened it and saw a layer of soft and fine powder lying in the box, shining brightly under the light from the window, like a divine object.

It was exactly the powder he had taken before entering the Phantom Tower that night. ===== CHAPTER 606 =====