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King Qin was an existence that could not be mentioned.

There were many sons of the late emperor, and most of them had been sent to the feudal fiefdom since birth. The King Qin was the oldest, and had been loved by the late emperor since a young age. As the legitimate son, he appeared to be much more ordinary than him. However, as he was the legitimate heir to the throne after all, he could not really speak the same words as he did now.

As for how he obtained the throne, there was not a clear conclusion made so far. Of course, no one would dare say that it did, but as time went by, it became a headless mystery. Whether it was good or bad, it all depended on the His Majesty's judgement.

King Qin ended up dying, but there were rumors that King Qin did not die, and did not escape from the capital. With the prestige and power that King Qin had back then, it was not impossible, as long as King Qin could escape, it was not a problem to him, as long as he could survive, he would be able to rise at any time and place, thus, for His Majesty, it was said that His Majesty had been secretly searching for him for many years, causing some people to suspect that there was some hidden motive behind King Qin's death, and the more they could not find him, the more troubled they would be.

Xie Jingxi had been sitting here waiting for the things to happen. She had taken the risk to bring up the King Qin, but now that she thought about it, even she herself felt that she was a little crazy.

Firstly, she did not know how strong the King Qin was. Whether it was within her expectations or the situation itself, she did not know. In other words, the so-called matter regarding the King Qin was all fabricated by her and she was gambling.

She was betting that the secret force outside the pass was related to the King Qin, betting that Gu Qing would take care of the power behind him, and only if it was completely chaotic, would Gu Qing appear, and the power behind him would be disrupted, even if she guessed wrong, as long as His Majesty was suspicious, regardless of it being the real King Qin, the His Majesty would not sit still and wait for death.

What she was betting on was His Majesty's suspicion.

It was already late into the night, and the night was destined to be in turmoil.

Gu Yun had finally managed to coax Xie Jingxi to sleep, but he had already put on his clothes and walked out of the house. Zhao Zhang was waiting for him outside early in the morning, but when he saw that had come out, he stepped forward and whispered to him, "Elder, the Yongping Mansion has already been completely sealed, and the entrance and exit gates have already been sealed.

Gu Yun's face showed no expression, "So what if you're in the capital?"

"According to Grand Mistress's orders, we have arranged for people to move in Changchun Hall and other places. If they move, they won't be able to escape our control."

Gu Yun's fingers unconsciously pinched his sleeves, "If there's any news, report to me at any time."

Zhao Zhang looked at him worriedly. "Elder, if we go up against Fourth Young Master, we'll …"

Gu Yun did not speak, the corners of his mouth curled into a line, his eyes were filled with deep and distant pain and hatred. Zhao Zhang thought that it was best not to ask, the Eldest Young Master had recently had some trouble speaking, Grand Mistress meant that it was their master's wish to kill, and she meant that they should not leave.

After an hour, Zhao Zhang returned. Seeing that Gu Yun was still standing in the same position as before, his heart thumped for a moment as he prayed for the various immortals to ensure that the old man was safe and sound.

"Master, our men have probably found a place to stay. It's in the outskirts of the capital, but they don't dare to approach us for the time being. They only sent some good agents to infiltrate us. Please give us some instructions."

"Lead the imperial guards over. We just need to save them and leave the rest to them to deal with the aftermath."

Before Zhao Zhang brought his men over, a majority of the people were waiting at the same place, other than the few who were proficient in mechanism techniques, only Fang Yu had taken the risk and followed a person into the place, this person did not know of Fang Yu's identity, and had followed him all the way from the Eternal Spring Hall. The reason why Fang Yu took the risk so arrogantly, was to save the Old Man Ji, but she also wanted to take revenge for Fang Dai.

She relied on her mental strength to work hard, following the person in front of her all the way to the so-called secret underground room that hid the universe. It was so unimaginably big, and as soon as she entered, she felt a bit of regret, because if she were to get lost here, she simply couldn't get out by herself. Thus, her eyes firmly locked onto the person in front of her.

Seeing that there was no one around, she focused on listening, and a man and woman's voice sounded from inside, the man was without a doubt Gu Qing, who was this woman?

Fang Yu was not sure if they had all run away or if they were hiding somewhere. However, she thought that since she had already entered, he might as well take a gamble if she were to stretch her neck and slash her head back with a knife.

The voice of the woman came out from the stone door. It was a little out of tune, but it was not hard to tell that her age might not be very old. She said in a stern voice, "Who allowed you to act presumptuously and bring Mr. Jil here? The higher ups requested for medicine but did not let you snatch it away. Now that you have caused such trouble, the entire capital's plan will be affected. Even many people from the Yongping Mansion have been lost, let's see how many lives you have left to explain to the higher ups! "

Gu Qing was still as indifferent as before, "How big a deal, let that old man go then, I will deal with it myself, don't leave the matter of the Yongping Mansion to me, you guys are the ones who thought that you were smart, I already left the people here as an empty shell ahead of time and gave it to the Emperor, I can even make him have nightmares for a few days, Master, you leave first, just leave this place to me."

"I'm warning you, Mr. Jil must return safely!"

Fang Yu frowned when she heard it. It sounded like the old man was fine, but where did Gu Qing hide him from? If all the people disappeared and the old man was hidden, then it would be useless for him to not know, because she did not believe that Gu Qing was someone who would keep his word.

When that whatever hall master had left just now, Gu Qing said to the door: "Since he's here, aren't you going to come in and take a seat?"

was startled, and was actually discovered by him. She felt weird that Fang Dai had also fallen for his trap, and before Fang Yu could even think about what was going on, a loud sound came from where she was, and the stone door suddenly turned, and in the blink of an eye, Gu Qing's face, which was in need of a beating, appeared in front of Fang Yu.

"Eh? Aren't you the little girl in front of my eldest sister-in-law? What, are you looking for someone or are you just trying to reminisce about old times with me? "

"Don't be so long-winded. Where is Zhang Zian?"

Gu Qing chuckled, "Him, well, I forgot where he's locked up at the moment, you can see that, this place is big, if people leave now, I don't even know where they are, don't worry, I will think about it slowly."

Fang Yu gritted her teeth in hatred, "Since you can't remember where it is, then don't even think about it. Let me take care of you first."

"Oh, that's quite the tone you have there. Last time, that girl suffered a loss with me. Do you want to try it too?"

Fang Yu did not want to talk with him, so it was fine if she did not mention Fang Dai, but when she mentioned him, she was infuriated.

At the same time, Zhao Zhang's group had also followed along. Upon receiving the news that there was no one in the secret basement, he personally led the way in, and with the experts of the secret basement leading the way, they walked quite smoothly. However, with the area being so spacious, there were countless secret chambers in the city, so many that no one could understand where the Old Man Ji was hiding.

Zhao Zhang had no choice but to split up his forces, he brought two or three people with him to search, and just as he was about to turn a corner, he suddenly noticed a shadow flash past in front of him, causing Zhao Zhang's alarm to ring.

Zhao Zhang made up his mind, and continued to follow the man as he went through many twists and turns. Finally, he arrived at a small stone door, and the man disappeared, and before he left, he very kindly opened the door for them. When Zhao Zhang followed them, the door was just halfway open, and he saw with a glance that the person inside was Old Man Ji.

Zhao Zhang was overjoyed, he told the rest of the people to guard outside, and he went in alone, in case there were any traps, he did not want them to end the whole thing, but afterwards it was proven that he had thought too much into it, there was nothing inside, or the way he opened the stone door was right. There were no hidden traps, only the Old Man Ji was unconscious and uncertain of life and death, Zhao Zhang did not dare delay and carried the Old Man Ji and left.

"Master Zhao, Miss Fang Yu is still inside, should we look for her?"

Zhao Zhang frowned, "She acted on her own, and took the responsibility himself. He left a few people outside to support her, whether or not she can leave will depend on her own life."

Zhao Zhang did not dare delay any further, and immediately escorted the Old Man Ji s all the way to the Marquis Mansion s.

Fang Yu was fighting intensely, because she realised that Gu Qing was not as powerful as she had imagined. Firstly, Gu Qing did not plan to poison her, and secondly, Fang Yu had practiced martial arts since young, and had a good foundation, so under the situation where she did not use any underhanded methods, she was very confident that she could take care of Gu Qing. Gu Qing's techniques did not have any pattern, and were just trying her best to get rid of him.

After a short while, Gu Qing's face became colored, he wiped away the blood on the corner of his mouth and laughed sinisterly, "You do have some ability, this time I don't plan on killing you, but next time we meet, it's hard to say. So this lady is asking for good fortune, and will definitely live for two more days."

The moment Gu Qing finished speaking, a mechanism appeared in his body, and before he could even react, he disappeared. Fang Yu was so angry that she wanted to smash her against the wall, but he did not want to kill her. She wanted to trap her to death in this damned place, and did not know if Zhao Zhang's men would come, or if they all forgot about her.

Fang Yu followed the stone wall and looked to the east and west, unexpectedly, she had not touched a single mechanism. Just as she was at a loss on what to do, a sound suddenly came from the stone wall, she turned around warily, saw a human figure coming out, and said in a low voice, "Miss, follow me."