Chapter 108 The Royal Family's Arrogance (8000)

In the dark night, Hongfen uttered these two words.

Completely different from her superficial charm, she was full of coldness and indifference.

As she uttered these two words, an old man in his fifties appeared in the darkness.

The old man bent his waist, holding a cane in his hand. Every time he took a step, his body trembled. Although he was nearly fifty years old, he already had the meaning of being old and frail.

"Master."

"From now on, don't do anything, just like usual, don't have any other ideas." Hongfen looked up at the moon in the sky and said slowly.

The old man was slightly surprised, then nodded, agreed, and didn't ask anything else.

He didn't ask more about this matter, but there was another thing that had been lingering in the old man's heart. The old man thought about it and decided to say it.

"Is there really no need to instigate the other members of the Chen family?" the old man asked.

Hongfen retracted her gaze, the veil on her body was blown by the wind, and the hand slowly raised and pressed on the old man's shoulder: "I am not a fool like Guiqi. What I need is absolute safety. If other people in your Chen family really rebel, it will be a good thing. If they don't rebel, it will be a bad thing. You are the head of the Chen family. As long as I control you, I don't worry about anything else."

The old man heard what Hongfen said, turned his head again, looked at the white arm on his shoulder, his eyes were hot.

The veil on the arm slipped a little under the influence of gravity, revealing the white skin, which continued to the elbow, which was particularly conspicuous in the dark night.

Hongfen noticed the old man's gaze and smiled, which was a bit tender: "You can rest assured, if this matter is done, I will be yours."

The old man swallowed his saliva and nodded hard.

This old man is the head of the Chen family. After being charmed by Hongfen, he became Hongfen's slave.

"Go." Hongfen seemed uninterested and waved her hand.

The order to expel the guests had been issued, so the head of the Chen family did not stay and turned around and left directly.

Hongfen kept staring at the back of the head of the Chen family until he disappeared in the long night, then she retracted her gaze.

In the darkness, a trace of pink breath was flowing, slowly returning to Hongfen's body, and Hongfen's momentum became higher.

Charm is one of the abilities, and another is the art of collecting and replenishing.

The so-called art of collecting and replenishing is not between the bed. As long as you are charmed by her, you will be slowly affected by her as time goes by, until all your strength is absorbed by her.

"This new mansion commander is really not a simple character, and the one named Xu Bai is definitely not as simple as it seems. The situation in Yunlai Mansion is too subtle."

Hongfen raised her head again and looked at the full moon in the sky, thinking about the plan for the future.

She can only hold it back temporarily now.

She and Gui Qi knew each other about the people planted in Yunlai Mansion by Anlou, but they didn't know the others.

Now, she has no contact information of other members. Unless the person in charge here contacts her, she will not know the news of other members.

Gui Qi is dead, and no one knows what he said before he died.

Anyway, she must keep a low profile now, at least until the storm of this period is over and everything is calm, then she can make plans and then act.

The weather at night is still very cold. Thinking of this, Hongfen felt a little cold, tightened her pink collar, and walked in another direction.

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Yunlai Mansion.

In a blink of an eye, several days have passed. During this period of time, Xu Bai has nothing to do.

Liu Er was re-arranged by him to Yinyi. Liu Er is responsible for the affairs of Yinyi. If there is anything, he will send a letter to him through a pigeon.

He stayed in Yunlai Mansion, waiting for the so-called Chen family to show their feet.

While waiting, he took out another mental method, which was the same as Zixiao Yushu, and was also obtained from the royal treasury.

This mental method is called Gangfeng Jue

While the progress bar was increasing, Xu Bai also read it roughly. He could understand a lot of things. After all, he is now a fifth-grade casual person.

The so-called Gangfeng Jue is a particularly useful mental method. It is extremely important for martial artists below the second grade.

In fact, Xu Bai has almost understood some basic common sense about martial artists.

In this world, there are countless professions, and various professions are constantly blending with each other, which can be said to be a hundred flowers blooming.

But when it comes to combat effectiveness, each has its own strengths. Among them, the close combat of martial artists is the best.

However, for martial artists below the second grade, what they lack is always the ability to attack from a distance. Unless they use hidden weapons, they will be a step behind at a long distance.

Of course, all this can be compensated by body skills, but this compensation will always be weaker than direct attack.

After reaching the second grade, when the true qi is rich to a certain level, it can penetrate the body. At that time, it is the time to sweep a large area.

Before this, for some long-distance occupations, warriors could be said to have suffered the most.

In order to make up for the shortcomings of this profession, those amazing warriors, after continuous study day and night, finally studied many solutions with their strong perseverance.

One of them is the Gangfeng Jue.

The so-called Gangfeng Jue is actually a technique that simulates the penetration of true qi through the body.

Using a specific way of running true qi, it is possible to generate a fierce Gangfeng between waving hands, and this Gangfeng can even produce huge destructive power.

This can make up for the problem of insufficient attack distance of warriors to a certain extent, but it is only limited to before the second grade, because the power of Gangfeng will be much weaker than that of true qi penetrating the body.

But it is already very useful, especially for warriors before the second grade, it greatly meets their needs.

Does Xu Bai need it?

Of course he needs it.

At present, he can completely call it a long-range, and the only hidden weapon technique he has is the maple leaf like rain, but now, this hidden weapon technique seems not enough.

Maple Leaf Like Rain is still only at the second level. Even if the copper coin is wrapped with the black light of the Diamond Heart Demon Body, the power will be greatly increased, but the technique is still only at the second level.

Therefore, this book of Gangfeng Jue is extremely important to Xu Bai at present. It can make his strength qualitatively improved. What's more, this is a mental method that can also improve his essential strength.

Looking at the progress bar that has been halfway through, Xu Bai is quite satisfied.

At present, if he is lucky, he can finish the progress bar of this mental method before the Chen family has any abnormality, and then he can add a lot of methods.

Thinking of this, Xu Bai is more and more looking forward to it.

At this time, footsteps sounded outside the door, and Chu Yu poked his head out of the door, curiously looking at Xu Bai's expression.

"Master, today's morning class is about to start!" Chu Yu shook the brand new little notebook in his hand, with an excited look on his face.

The old one had been used up by her, and then she carefully hid it away, and took it out to review every day. Now, she got a new little notebook from nowhere.

Every morning, it was the routine morning class. At this time, Xu Bai would explain some ways of dealing with things to Chu Yu.

Chu Yu learned very quickly, listened carefully to the daily study, and also did a good job of reviewing.

Over time, Xu Bai's view of Chu Yu also changed greatly.

This girl who had no experience in the martial arts world, at least when studying, respected others, that was obvious.

When studying, she did not question or say anything, but listened carefully. Only when the study was over, she would raise her precious little notebook and ask the doubts in her heart.

"Come in." Xu Bai put down the Gangfeng Jue in his hand, waved to Chu Yu, and pointed to the seat next to him.

Chu Yu rolled her eyes, jumped into the room, and sat down naturally.

Then, she rummaged in her chest again, took out a paper bag, and handed it to Xu Bai.

"Master, hot buns, I just came back from breakfast."

Every morning, Chu Yu would go out for breakfast, and go very early, so that she could bring breakfast back as soon as Xu Bai got up.

Putting aside other things, Chu Yu did a good job in being careful.

As for whether she would be poisoned if she was allowed to eat anything, Xu Bai was completely relieved.

One day, Chu Yu pointed out the hundreds of poisons on Xu Bai's knife, and said that when she was in the palace, her uncle, the emperor, often taught her these things, and she had learned how to identify thousands of poisons.

From that time on, Xu Bai said that he was relieved.

And he had a deeper opinion of the emperor.

At least from what Chu Yu showed, the emperor's care for Chu Yu even exceeded that of his own children.

Thinking of this, Xu Bai glanced at the oil stains on Chu Yu's mouth and smiled.

"You ate a lot again, didn't you?"

"Three! A bowl of porridge!" Chu Yu danced with joy and answered excitedly: "It's better than the food in there!"

That place, of course, is the palace.

Xu Bai shook his head and pointed out directly: "It's not better than there, it's because you like new and strange things, for example, this market atmosphere makes you feel better."

Chu Yu tilted her head, frowned and thought for a while, and felt that what Xu Bai said made sense, and agreed: "Master is right."

This expression, as if Xu Bai told her that sugar is salty, she would nod and agree.

During this period of time, Chu Yu and Xu Bai have become more and more familiar with each other, and Chu Yu is no longer as reserved as before. Whenever the two are alone, she will show her heartless look.

In Chu Yu's view, everything Xu Bai taught her is very useful, and the most important thing is that it can save her life.

Most importantly, Chu Yu discovered that Xu Bai was not as scary as she had imagined. If he was one of her own, he was actually very nice, even kind.

With this discovery, Chu Yu completely let go.

"Hehehe." Chu Yu laughed foolishly, staring at the paper bag with her big black and white eyes: "Eat it quickly, it will get cold soon."

Xu Bai looked at the buns in his hand and said nothing. After eating a few bites, he drank a sip of tea with an unsatisfied look.

"Buy two more next time."

Compared to the buns in Sheng County, the buns in Yunlai Mansion are more authentic and taste better.

"Yeah!" Chu Yu nodded vigorously, then stared at Xu Bai with big eyes, pitifully.

This look seemed to have been wronged.

"What's wrong with you?" Xu Bai said helplessly.

He now understood one thing. As long as Chu Yu looked at him with this look, there must be something wrong.

"I... have no money." Chu Yu rubbed the corners of her clothes with both hands, made a very pitiful look, and said shyly: "My uncle said that girls should be raised in wealth, and gave me a lot of money. I originally had a lot of money, but my father said that his daughter must not be entangled in luxurious clothes and food, so he only gave me some daily expenses and took away all my other money."

As Chu Yu spoke, her voice became more and more aggrieved.

Xu Bai raised his hand and rubbed his eyebrows: "The prince's teaching method is really unique."

Looking at Chu Yu's pitiful state, Xu Bai took out some silver from his pocket and handed it to Chu Yu.

"Is this enough?"

"Enough, enough!" Chu Yu nodded like a chicken pecking at rice, carefully took out a beautiful purse from her waist, put all the money in it, and carefully hung it back on her waist, as if it was very precious.

"Okay, let's start today's class." Xu Bai stretched his body, intending to finish teaching Chu Yu quickly so that he could continue to work on the progress bar.

Chu Yu picked up the small notebook, pretended to be attentive, and prepared to start listening to the class.

Xu Bai picked up the teacup again, took a sip of tea, and prepared to repeat today's class.

He cleared his throat slightly, and when he was about to start, he didn't expect a voice to interrupt him.

"Flutter..."

The sound of flapping wings came, Xu Bai turned his head and found a pigeon staying in the yard.

There was a ring tied to the pigeon's feet, and a piece of letter paper was placed in the ring, which was rolled into a long strip.

"Wait a minute." Xu Bai frowned, got up and went to the backyard, grabbed the pigeon, took out the letter paper inside, and put the pigeon on the table.

This was a message from Yinyi, which was delivered to him by Liu Er.

When Liu Er returned to Yinyi before, Xu Bai said that if there was any news, he would be notified in time by carrier pigeon.

Xu Bai opened the letter, frowned slightly after seeing the content, and put the letter on the table.

"Seventh Prince? Another member of the royal family, really interesting."

The letter said that the Seventh Prince's men were in Yinyi, and the purpose of coming here was for Xu Bai, and they wanted to see Xu Bai, so that Xu Bai would hurry over, but Liu Er couldn't grasp the measure, so he sent the letter by carrier pigeon first.

Chu Yu looked at the letter on the table curiously, then frowned slightly, and her face was full of unhappy expression: "It turned out to be that guy."

"Oh? Do you know him?" Xu Bai touched his chin and asked.

"Among all the members of the royal family, this Seventh Prince is the most arrogant one." Chu Yu said.

"Arrogant?" Xu Bai said, "Isn't that courting death?"

The emperor of the Great Chu Kingdom has nine children. This so-called seventh prince is at most the seventh child. Why is he the most arrogant one?

If a member of the royal family is arrogant, he may lose something very important at some point, such as his life.

The life of the royal family members is not easy at all. Every step is taken carefully, for fear that if they make a mistake, they will never recover.

And the so-called arrogance is the key to people stepping into the abyss.

Among the royal family members Xu Bai knows, the ninth princess is very cunning and holds the financial power, and the sixth prince, just from the subordinate named Zhou Qing, can see that he is not a brainless person.

As for the eighth prince, he is a pure unlucky guy.

Putting aside other things, the plans of the eighth prince are indeed very perfect. Unfortunately, he was always led by the emperor and finally went to destruction.

Now, through Chu Yu's mouth, we know that this guy called the Seventh Prince is actually an arrogant person. There is something in this.

An arrogant person, and a member of the royal family, can live to this day, which is simply a miracle.

"He has reasons to be arrogant." Chu Yu scratched his head and said, "The concubine who gave birth to him is dead, and died on the battlefield. At that time, my uncle was very fond of that concubine, so he developed this kind of character under the influence of his love for her."

Speaking of this, Chu Yu stretched out his hand and gestured, with a trace of admiration on his face.

"At that time, my uncle was trapped on a mountaintop by a trick, and his life was about to be lost. The concubine came with a sword and three thousand soldiers to rescue my uncle, but she was seriously injured. After returning to Beijing, she died after three months of recuperation."

"It is said that when the concubine died, the uncle cried loudly."

Xu Bai: "..."

Why does he always feel that Chu Yu has a special attribute, that is, she loves to gossip about others?

When it comes to the emperor crying loudly, her face is full of gossip flames.

"It shouldn't be." Xu Bai thought to himself.

As the saying goes, a tiger father will have a dog son. The mother of the seventh prince is so brave and good at fighting. She can save the emperor from the sea of ​​fire with a sword and three thousand soldiers. How can her son be an arrogant person?

Moreover, it is impossible for such a character to be born in such an environment. It is too outrageous.

"Maybe he is pretending." Xu Bai thought.

If he is pretending, it is possible.

But in any case, he has already thought of how to respond to the meaning of the seventh prince's subordinates.

Xu Bai took a pen and paper, wrote the content, put it on the pigeon's leg, and let the pigeon fly.

Chu Yu was watching from the side. When she saw what Xu Bai wrote, she said nothing.

The content of the letter was very simple, just one sentence.

——I am not feeling well and I am recuperating in Yunlai Mansion. If you must see me, let him come to see me.

Chu Yu thought, he is so energetic every day, how could he be ill.

He didn't even give a better reason. This reason was fake at first glance, and it was ridiculous.

"Okay, let's continue." Xu Bai continued to teach Chu Yu as if he had done something insignificant.

Xu Bai's voice rang out in the room, and the class continued slowly.

...

Yinyi.

A middle-aged man in leather armor, with a huge hammer on his waist, was sitting on a chair and drinking tea.

Liu Er was also there, but he didn't care about the leather armor man.

Since the leather armor man came, he directly explained the topic, but the problem was that Xu Bai was not here, and Liu Er had to inform him in advance, so he sent the pigeon to Yunlai Mansion.

During this process, the leather-armored man did not leave, but just sat there, taking a sip of tea from time to time, and refilling the cup automatically in a very familiar manner.

"A ninth-rank warrior actually became the head of Fuyin Post. It seems that you have a strong relationship." The leather-armored man took another sip of tea, staring at Liu Er and said.

Liu Er did not answer, and did his own thing.

In his opinion, whether you are the Seventh Prince's man or someone else, he is following Xu Bai, and he doesn't care about other people.

If Xu Bai asked him to treat you well, he would treat you well. If Xu Bai didn't like it, he would not like it either.

No matter what business you do, loyalty is necessary. If you are not loyal, the end will be miserable.

Seeing that Liu Er did not answer, the leather-armored man felt bored and did not want to vent his anger here. He put down the teacup in his hand, leaned on the back of the chair, closed his eyes and dozed off.

Time passed slowly. After about an hour, a fluttering sound was heard, and a carrier pigeon landed on the window of the room.

Liu Er was sharp-eyed. He walked over quickly, grabbed the pigeon, and took out the letter inside.

After glancing at the contents on it and seeing that there was nothing he needed to hide, he put the paper on the table and let the leather-armored man take it himself.

The leather-armored man looked at Liu Er deeply, picked up the letter on the table, and scanned the contents on it.

When he finished reading, anger burst out of his eyes and veins on his forehead bulged.

"He is ill and refuses to come. Does this mean that he wants me to go find him!"

"What a courage, don't even take the Seventh Prince seriously!"

"Okay, okay, it's really great. I'll go meet him now and let me see what kind of person he is!"

A series of voices came out of the leather-armored man's mouth. Obviously, the man under the skin had become extremely furious after seeing the contents above.

He didn't stop any longer, stood up from the chair, strode directly, and walked out, not even wanting to leave a word.

Liu Er didn't stop him. He looked at the back of the leather-armored man and smiled disdainfully.

Heh...

With such a temper, he dared to run to find Master Xu. Isn't this courting death?

He has seen too much. He has followed all the way from Sheng County and has long since become indifferent to many things.

Anyone who offends Master Xu will have a bad end.

It seems that no one can survive.

Like the leather-armored man, he is simply courting death.

Liu Er wiped the table in front of him and threw the bowl that the leather-armored man had drunk out, his face full of disgust.

"Maybe in a few days, he will be a dead man." Liu Er thought.

At this time, the leather-armored man who was rushing to Yunlai Mansion did not know what was waiting for him.

...

Yunlai Mansion.

Recently, Yun Zihai has been racking his brains.

He must prevent any unusual movements in the Chen family, and pretend that he has not discovered anything.

The whole process is very entangled, but he is still performing.

Originally, his health was not good, and he coughed a lot. The hard work in the past few days made his health worse.

Poor health will affect his mood, and bad mood will make people become particularly irritable.

Although Yun Zihai usually looks like a weak scholar, he is actually a very strong person inside. When he gets angry, he sometimes speaks very aggressively.

In the past few days, the yamen runners in the government office did not dare to provoke him at all, and they would hide away when they saw him.

Only when facing Xu Bai could Yun Zihai control his temper a little.

Today is another calm day.

Yun Zihai sat in the lobby, flipping through the memorial in his hand, and sorting out the things on it while reading.

Not only did he have to monitor the Chen family, he also had to take time to understand the current situation of Yunlai Mansion, so as to facilitate the governance of Yunlai Mansion in the future.

Every day was arranged clearly by him. If he was not a fifth-rank scholar, he might have felt exhausted a long time ago.

"Alas, Brother Xu is still the best. He lives happily every day." Yun Zihai put down the last memorial, stretched his body, and thought.

Compared with Xu Bai, he was like a busy man, working tirelessly every day. The two people presented two completely different phenomena.

Of course, he was just complaining.

Everyone has their own dreams and pursuits. Since he has this dream and this pursuit, he will not complain.

"Take a rest today. I have read what I should read. Next is the time to formulate a governance plan, but all this has to wait until the Chen family's affairs are implemented."

Thinking of this, Yun Zihai stood up and prepared to go back to the backyard to rest.

After several days of busyness, he had a little free time today, and he wanted to take the time to relax.

But unexpectedly, before he took two steps, there was a sudden sound of running outside the door.

A yamen runner ran in, leaned close to Yun Zihai's ear, and whispered a few words.

Yun Zihai was slightly stunned, then sat back in his seat and waved his hand: "Let him in."

"Yes!" The yamen runner hurriedly left.

After a while, the leather-armored man was led in by the yamen runner and stood in front of Yun Zihai.

After the yamen runner brought him in, he hurriedly left without staying too long.

The surroundings were quiet, with only Yun Zihai and the leather-armored man left, the two looking at each other.

"You are the Seventh Prince's man, what's the matter?" Yun Zihai asked.

While speaking, he couldn't help coughing a few times, his face was still pale.

"I am the Seventh Prince's subordinate, Zhang Wang." Zhang Wang raised a token to show his identity, then put it away: "I came here this time because I heard that Xu Bai was in Lord Yun's house, and I wanted to see him."

"Oh?" Yun Zihai frowned: "What do you want to see Xu Bai for?"

"I asked him to come back to Yinyi to find me, but he didn't want to, and he said he was ill. In that case, I came to see him." When Zhang Wang said this, he raised his head with a proud face.

In addition to pride, there was also a hint of anger mixed in.

This kind of emotion can be seen by anyone with a discerning eye, let alone Yun Zihai.

Yun Zihai fell into deep thought.

Judging from the situation, it is estimated that there is something wrong with the Seventh Prince, but this guy is obviously very arrogant and wants Xu Bai to go back to see him, but Xu Bai doesn't give him any face.

The most important thing is that this guy came here, obviously wanting to cause trouble.

"Xu Bai is not in good health and has caught a cold recently. You should come back in a few days." Yun Zihai waved his hand.

Since Xu Bai doesn't want to see him, then he won't see him. Yun Zihai doesn't need to bring this guy in.

As for the Seventh Prince, don't joke.

Maybe the Seventh Prince doesn't know that Xu Bai is favored by King Shengyou. If you really count the background, if King Shengyou gets angry and slaps the Seventh Prince, His Majesty probably won't say anything.

Zhang Wang was slightly stunned, and after reacting, his tone became low: "Lord Yun, what do you mean? Don't you even give the Seventh Prince face?"

As the voice fell, the atmosphere between the two sides became more and more strange and solemn.

Yun Zihai heard Zhang Wang say this, but he laughed instead, and felt that this guy was very interesting.

"What? Do you even want to find trouble with me?"

"I don't have this idea, but it's hard to say whether the Seventh Prince has it." Zhang Wang said meaningfully.

"Pah!"

Yun Zihai slapped the table and stood up: "Someone come!"

Outside, five or six yamen runners came in, bowed and saluted, waiting for Yun Zihai's order.

"If you don't kneel before me, I will give you thirty lashes first." Yun Zihai waved his sleeves and said.

"You dare!" Zhang Wang looked at Yun Zihai with his eyes wide open.

In his opinion, he was the Seventh Prince's man. In this case, the governor should try to curry favor with him, or at least not fight him as soon as they met, right?

"Do you think I dare to do it?" Yun Zihai said, "Yunlai Mansion is a self-governing mansion. Even if the Seventh Prince comes, he needs to follow the rules of the mansion. Even if he doesn't need to salute, he won't shout at me like this. As for you, who are you!"

As soon as this sentence came out, the yamen runners around looked at each other, and knew that their master was really angry, so they rushed forward and prepared to take down Zhang Wang.

Zhang Wang held the huge hammer at his waist with his backhand, and was about to counterattack subconsciously, but suddenly he felt cold all over. When he turned his head, he saw Yun Zihai holding a brush in his hand, staring at him coldly.

A murderous aura enveloped him, and he had a feeling that if he fought back today, he would definitely die here.

Thinking of this, Zhang Wang let go of his hand and let the yamen runners capture him and press him on the bench.

"Have you considered the consequences of what you did today?" Zhang Wang still didn't give up.

"Hit!" Yun Zihai said directly in one word.

Beside him, the yamen runners raised their wooden sticks and hit Zhang Wang.

These yamen runners were all masters who had entered the rank, and they knew that Zhang Wang was also a master who had entered the rank, so they used all their strength every time.

The sound of slapping continued, Zhang Wang gritted his teeth, and his head was full of sweat, but the look in his eyes when he looked at Yun Zihai became more and more hateful.

The thirty big boards were soon finished.

"Get out!" Yun Zihai waved his hand.

The yamen runners picked up Zhang Wang and threw him outside the government office like a dead dog.

The pedestrians around saw this scene and avoided it.

Zhang Wang climbed up with difficulty, looked at the government office with hatred, and limped away.

After dealing with Zhang Wang, Yun Zihai waved his hand and asked the yamen runners to leave, and then he was ready to go back to the backyard to rest.

It was as if he had dealt with a trivial matter, and it didn't bother him at all.

But he didn't expect that after walking two steps, he saw Xu Bai at the corner.

Xu Bai raised his hand, greeted him, then put his hand to his neck and gently stroked it.