lcionline Chapter 639 The Emperor's Wrath, Immediately Head South
Chapter 639 The Emperor's Wrath, Immediately Head South
At the same time, Beijing.
Gu Lu gripped the thin sheet of paper, his knuckles tightening slightly.
The contents of the letter were even more shocking than the previous one.
Without delay, he changed into his official robes and entered the palace that very night.
Inside the imperial study, the lights were bright, but the atmosphere was terrifyingly oppressive.
The current emperor, Zhao Yunci, stood with his hands behind his back by the window, silently gazing at the inky night sky outside.
On the desk lay the secret letter that Gu Lu had presented.
"boom!"
Zhao Yunci suddenly turned around and slammed his palm on the rosewood imperial desk, making the wolf-hair brush on the brush holder jump.
"What a fine Chen Taimo!"
"Right under my nose, they are raising private soldiers and oppressing the people. This is tantamount to rebellion!"
Gu Lu stood respectfully to the side, not daring to utter a sound.
He knew that the emperor was truly determined to kill him.
Zhao Yunci took two steps inside the hall, her gaze falling on Gu Lu, her anger mixed with a complex emotion.
“Your uncle used himself as bait to dig out all the rotten roots beneath Chengdu for me.”
"How can I allow him to fight alone?"
Zhao Yunci's eyes sharpened like knives. "Issue my decree!"
Gu Lu's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately knelt down to receive the imperial decree.
"Mobilize three thousand elite soldiers from the Eastern Camp, and order Gu Cheng'an to lead the troops south immediately!"
"I will make Chen Taimo, and the entire city of Chengdu, see clearly what the wrath of the emperor is, and what the might of heaven is!"
Gu Lu kowtowed deeply, his voice steady and firm.
"Sir, obey the order."
It was past midnight, and the courtyards in the south of the city were so quiet that you could hear the rustling of bamboo leaves.
Two dark figures, like geckos, silently scaled the courtyard wall, landing without even raising a speck of dust.
One of them took out a long, thin bamboo tube from his pocket, brought it to the crack in the window of the main house, and gently blew into it.
A wisp of smoke carrying a strange, sweet fragrance drifted into the room.
The two squatted in the corner and waited patiently for the time it takes for an incense stick to burn.
Only after confirming that the drug had taken effect did they, like two slippery eels, pry open the window latch and slip inside.
The room was pitch black, but by the faint moonlight filtering in through the window, two figures could be seen lying motionless on the bed.
One of the shorter men immediately grinned lewdly, then leaned close to his companion's ear, his voice low and lewd.
"Brother, this 'Midnight Sleep' medicine is really powerful. Look at this young lady, she's sleeping like a log."
"Hehe, when the young master gets tired of it, we brothers might be able to try it out too."
Another tall voice sounded impatient, "Enough with the nonsense, hurry up and get them out of here. The young master is waiting."
The two people, one on each side, reached out and grabbed at the figure on the bed.
However, the feeling upon touching it was that of a cold piece of cotton cloth and scattered straw.
not good!
Both of them felt a sudden jolt in their hearts.
But it's too late.
Behind them, the door that had been tightly closed opened silently, and a dark figure blocked all escape routes.
Before the short man could even utter a cry of alarm, a hand had already gripped his throat.
"Crack!"
The short man's body went limp, and he died without ever knowing how he died.
The tall man watched helplessly as his companion's neck was snapped. Terrified, his legs gave way and he collapsed to the ground, his crotch instantly soaked.
He tried to scream, but found that it felt like a hot iron was stuck in his throat, and he couldn't make a sound.
In the darkness, the devilish man walked towards him step by step.
"Clap."
Chu Ruohan lit the oil lamp on the table; the tiny flame illuminated the room.
In the flickering firelight, Gu Junze's face was half in light and half in shadow. In his eyes, there was no anger, only a deathly, icy sea.
"Who sent you?" Gu Junze's voice was very flat, so flat that it made people's hearts flutter.
The tall man's teeth chattered as he shook his head desperately, "Hero, spare my life! Hero, spare my life! I...I don't know anything!"
Gu Junze didn't ask a second time.
He raised his foot and stepped on the tall man's left wrist.
"what--!"
The piercing scream had barely escaped its throat when it was firmly stomped back down by a foot.
The sound of bones breaking clearly reached the tall man's ears.
"I'll talk! I'll talk! It's Young Master Chen! It's Chen Jing, Young Master Chen!" He burst into tears, completely breaking down. "He's taken a fancy to... he's taken a fancy to Madam, and he made us use the 'Midnight Deception' to get Madam to the villa in the western suburbs!"
"Chen Jing".
As Gu Junze murmured the name, the last trace of human warmth vanished from his eyes.
He originally only wanted to smash the snake's nest, but now he's going to kill the snake himself.
He released his foot, looked at the survivor curled up on the ground like mud, and a cruel smile curled at the corner of his mouth.
“Very good. Now, go back and tell your master that the person has been captured…”
The man looked at him in horror, not understanding what he wanted to do.
"Tell him that the man is a bit dishonest. You went to great lengths to have him inspect the goods by himself, so as not to cause any gossip and alarm others."
Gu Junze leaned down and whispered something in the man's ear that only the two of them could hear.
Upon hearing this, the man's face turned deathly pale, and he looked at Gu Junze as if he were looking at a demon crawling out of hell.
"roll."
Gu Junze's voice was very soft, yet it instilled in the man a fear deeper than death.
“If you utter a single wrong word, I’ll make your entire family disappear from Chengdu.”
The man scrambled out, not daring to look back at his companion's corpse.
The villa in the western suburbs is built halfway up the mountain, surrounded by dense forest, with only a narrow path leading up to it.
Chen Jing stopped the carriage at the foot of the mountain and sent everyone away.
He liked the feeling that his prey was already caged, waiting for him to enjoy it.
The more thorny something is, the more enjoyable the taming process becomes.
He hummed a little tune, waved his fan, and walked slowly up the stone steps.
The wind tonight carried a sweet scent, and the fire in his heart burned ever brighter.
The gate to the villa was ajar. He pushed it open and entered. The courtyard was quiet.
The crippled henchman with the broken hand was kneeling in the middle of the courtyard, his head bowed low, his body trembling like a leaf in the autumn wind.
Chen Jing frowned, feeling somewhat displeased.
"What about people?"
The man didn't say anything, but he trembled even more violently.
Chen Jing ignored him and walked straight to the main house.
He couldn't wait to see that cool and beautiful face beneath him, to see what a captivating sight it would be.
He pushed the door open.
It was completely empty; there wasn't even a ghost in sight.
Chen Jing's lewd smile froze, and a surge of anger welled up inside him.
"Where is he? Bring him out to me!" he roared at the courtyard.
"Are you looking for her?"
A voice, icy cold and devoid of any warmth, rang out from behind him.
The sound wasn't loud, but it was like an ice pick that suddenly pierced Chen Jing's eardrum.