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Chapter 190 Inside the Alley
"Grass people...Gu family Gu Ningshun, please refer to the Holy Majesty!"

The moment he saw Emperor Qi'an, Gu Chen bowed his hands and saluted him.

That look of sincerity and fear fully expressed the restrained posture of seeing the Holy One for the first time.

Emperor Qi An sat on the horse and looked at Gu Chen standing in front of him. After a while, he suddenly asked Gu Chen:
"Are you that Gu Ningshun from the Gu family?"

"Exactly."

"Mu Qiu brought you here?"

"Yes..." Gu Chen's face showed bitterness: "Cao Min doesn't know why Her Highness the Princess threw Cao Min here, which disturbed His Majesty, and was extremely terrified..."

"It's okay, that girl, you always say what you say and do what you say. Since this is the wrong thing that girl did, as her father, I apologize to you on her behalf."

"How dare you! Your Royal Highness is just playing around with the grassroots, but you can never accept the apology from the Holy Majesty!"

Gu Chen almost didn't kneel down to Emperor Qi And.

Of course, this was just Gu Chen's disguise.

In fact, Gu Chen never thought that Emperor Qi Ande would be so easy to talk to.

After all, through Gu Chen's understanding of Emperor Qi'an, his impression was that of a cruel, fatuous, desperate 'tyrant' who wanted to become immortal.

But the current contact made Gu Chen feel that Emperor Qi'an in front of him was not the kind of licentious and senseless fool, but a wise emperor who was willing to be respectful and virtuous.

I have to say that Gu Chen's first impression of Emperor Qi'an was not bad, but just like Gu Chen can pretend to be a weak son, Emperor Qi'an's performance is also likely to be a disguise.

Gu Chen knew this well, and he didn't really have a good impression of Emperor Qi'an because of his gentle treatment, on the contrary, he was more vigilant.

Emperor Qi'an was still staring at Gu Chen, he looked at the cloak on Gu Chen, carefully scrutinized Gu Chen's face, and seemed to be in a daze for a moment.

It wasn't until the general next to him felt that something was wrong and greeted him, that Emperor Qi'an came back to his senses.

"Holy?"

"Ah...well, it's too dangerous for you to be here alone, General Li, give him a fast horse..."

Emperor Qi'an suddenly stopped when he said this, and asked Gu Chen:
"You should know how to ride a horse?"

"A little bit of riding skills, grass people still know."

"Well, get him a fast horse."

Emperor Qi'an turned his head and ordered again.

The middle-aged general surnamed Li called for a fast horse, and let Gu Chen ride it.

"Thank you, Lord!"

Gu Chen thanked Emperor Qi'an, then stepped on the stirrup and got on the fast horse.

It's just that when he got on his horse, Gu Chen felt a little uncomfortable. Maybe it was because he had used his power to Emperor Qi'an at that moment, and Emperor Qi'an was staring at Gu Chen all the time now.

This made Gu Chen feel bad.

Could it be that the rumors are true, that Emperor Qi'an really loved the deceased queen very much, that's why he pursued immortality for her?

And just now Emperor Qi'an also saw the Queen's figure on his body?
Although Gu Chen had made corresponding assumptions and psychological preparations before this, when he was really watched by Emperor Qi And, Gu Chen still felt a little numb.

It would be fine if Emperor Qi'an knew that he was a man, but if he didn't...

Gu Chen was preoccupied, and after getting on the horse, he pretended to casually glance at Emperor Qi'an in front of him.

Seeing that Emperor Qi'an was still looking at him, Gu Chen immediately withdrew his gaze and sat upright, pretending he didn't see anything.

Emperor Qi'an's expression did not change, he took a deep look at Gu Chen, and then withdrew his gaze, and asked others to send Gu Chen back to the waiting place, while he continued to lead people to hunt the prey.

After being separated from Emperor Qi'an, Gu Chen breathed a sigh of relief.

At the same time, his eyes were a little gloomy.

Regardless of Emperor Qi'an's attitude towards Gu Chen, the problem now is that Gu Chen really feels threatened by Emperor Qi'an.

I don't know if it's a rare treasure or a magic weapon, but when Gu Chen faced Emperor Qi'an, he felt incompetent.

Emperor Qi'an himself was by no means weak.

He is not the kind of stupid king who broke down his body when he searched for immortals in the world of Gu Chen's previous life.

Emperor Qi'an must have some abilities, but I don't know if it has something to do with his cultivation of immortals.

Gu Chen hopes that it has nothing to do with this matter, otherwise... How will Gu Chen fight against the cultivator...

……

"My lord, was that person just now... a man or a woman?"

After Gu Chen left, the general at the side asked Emperor Qi'an curiously.

Although Gu Chen looks like a man and a woman, but because he is wearing men's clothes and his body can't tell the gender, there is something indisputable about him, making people wonder whether he is a man or a woman.

The general asked curiously.

Emperor Qi An glanced at him, then smiled and said:

"It looks like that girl Mu Qiu made a mistake."

"Ok?"

"This Gu Ningshun is obviously a man. If you insist on saying that he is a woman, you have to ask Mu Qiu to apologize afterwards."

Emperor Qi'an smiled lightly.

Obviously, everyone else would misunderstand Gu Chen's gender, but only Emperor Qi An saw Gu Chen's real body at a glance.

But these words made General Li frowned, and he said:

"Since that Gu Ningshun is a man, he is so close to Her Highness the Princess..."

"It's okay, Mu Qiu shouldn't treat him as a man, and Gu Ningshun... probably never had any interest in Mu Qiu."

"..."

General Li felt relieved.

General Li was over forty years old, so he had no interest in the princess, but he had a 16-year-old son, and he was still familiar with the princess.

So it is self-evident why General Li pays so much attention to Gu Chen at this moment.

It was nothing more than worrying that his son would have one more competitor.

Emperor Qi'an said this, and continued:
"However, since the Gu family intends to use these conditions to get close to Mu Qiu, then follow their wishes and let someone tell you that Gu Ningshun is actually a woman after leaving the hunting ground."

"..."

General Li was stunned, and immediately said with a strange expression: "My lord, this...some..."

"It's a rumor, and there's no need to pay attention to the actual evidence. Anyway, this is what the Gu family wants to see, that's...the Gu family boy may not be very willing."

Emperor Qi'an had a funny smile on his face.

Although he is indeed looking for immortality, it doesn't mean that he is really heartless.

Emperor Qi'an was also sad, happy, crying and laughing, and also angry. He had all the seven emotions and six desires of human beings.

After all, it was mentioned in the immortal book he got that cultivating immortals is by no means unfeeling, maintaining all human emotions and desires is also part of the immortal way.

That's why Emperor Qi'an would do such things out of spite, at least when he was not cultivating immortality, Emperor Qi'an was such a person.

General Lee nodded.

There is nothing Gu Chen can do if he doesn't want to, this is the Holy Majesty's will, so even if he is a man, the Holy Majesty knows about it, even everyone knows about it, but since the Holy Majesty said so, he can only survive as a woman.

But compared to his previous crime of 'deceiving the emperor', such a small punishment is considered to be extraordinarily merciful by Emperor Qi'an. If not, the fact that he was too close to Princess Muqiu alone would be enough to send him to prison for punishment .

"Huh? I saw the prey, General Li, follow up!"

After Emperor Qi'an arranged the matter, he put his mind on the prey.

Seeing a deer running past, Emperor Qi'an drove away on his horse.

General Li didn't think about it any more, and followed closely behind.

……

Perhaps Emperor Qi'an had entrusted him to leave the hunting ground with Gu Chen, but he did not return to the place where the princes and nobles were.

Instead, he quietly returned to the crowd from a small path, in an unobtrusive place.

Fortunately, this is the case, otherwise, if other people saw Gu Chen coming from the inside of the hunting ground instead of the outside, the gossip would probably spread all over the streets.

Gu Chen who came back quietly did not attract anyone's attention, except Zhao Muqiu who had been paying attention.

Zhao Muqiu, who was sitting closer to the front row, saw Gu Chen from behind, immediately stood up and ran to the back regardless of etiquette.

The princess' behavior attracted everyone's attention, and when they saw that it was Gu Chen, they all looked away.

Gu Ningshun from the Gu family, everyone with a little power now knows about this person.

Knowing that he is a good 'best friend' of the princess, not those boys who pursue the princess, most of them let down their vigilance.

Only some members of the Liu party were still staring at Gu Chen, pondering what they were thinking.

Seeing the eyes of everyone present, Gu Chen turned his gaze to Zhao Muqiu who was walking over, and said rather helplessly:
"His Royal Highness, you have tortured me."

"What does it mean to hurt you? This princess gave you the opportunity to meet the emperor. There are not many opportunities to talk to the emperor in person. You should thank this princess."

Zhao Muqiu tilted his head and said quite proudly.

Then she leaned over again and asked Gu Chen curiously:
"How is it? Did you see the father? Did the father tell you anything?"

"Holy Majesty is magnanimous. He didn't condemn me for entering the hunting ground by mistake, and he didn't say anything to me, so someone sent me here."

"Didn't you say anything..."

Zhao Muqiu frowned, looked at the cloak on Gu Chen's body, and muttered to himself, "Don't tell me this dress doesn't look like your mother's?"

???

Hearing Zhao Muqiu talking to himself, a series of question marks appeared on Gu Chen's head, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help twitching.

This girl, could it be... that she wants Emperor Qi And to regard herself as a substitute for the empress?
Originally, Gu Chen didn't want to believe that Zhao Muqiu would do such outrageous things, but seeing Zhao Muqiu's frown, Gu Chen had no choice but to believe it.

After all, this princess really doesn't look too smart, and it really looks like something she can do.

Gu Chen complained in his heart, and was hesitating whether to stay away from Zhao Muqiu in the future.

A young man in a moon-white robe with willow branches embroidered on it came over from a distance and saluted Zhao Muqiu:
"your Highness."

"...What are you doing here?"

When Zhao Muqiu saw this young man, his face immediately became gloomy, as if he hated this young man very much.

The boy still smiled, and said politely:
"I saw this 'little brother' from the Gu family coming, so I came to say hello. This must be Gu Ningshun, who has recently become famous in the Gu family, brother Gu."

The boy said "brother" in his mouth, but he added an accent to the word "brother". It is self-evident what it means.

Gu Chen narrowed his eyes slightly, looked at the wicker on the boy's body, and asked:

"I'm right, I don't know if your Excellency is—"

"Oh, sorry, I forgot to introduce myself, Liu Zonglin in Xialiu's family, I met Brother Gu."

Liu Chengde from the Liu family, styled Zonglin.

Liu Ruqing's favorite grandson...

……

In the capital, in front of the weird alleys.

Qian Ying's forehead was sweating, and he stood respectfully behind the guardian envoy Zhu Tu, looking at the alley in front of him together.

The Pinghu Division has a strict arrangement of superiors and subordinates, the director, deputy director, guardian envoy, patrol envoy, patrol envoy, patrol and arrest...

One level has a level of disposal range, and generally the handling of ordinary weirdness is led by patrolling and arresting heads.

That's about D-level weirdness.

Then the more advanced C-level weirdness is dealt with by patrolmen like Qian Ying.

Level B or above is the scope of the patrol envoy and guard envoy.

Zhu Tu is the Guardian Envoy. There are only four Guardian Envoys like Pinghu Division. They wear one Grade A and two Grade B treasures, and have the right to use other numbered treasures at any time.

And this kind of configuration is generally to deal with the weirdness of Class A.

In other words, when Zhu Tu stood here, it meant that the weirdness here could already be called a Grade A weirdness, so it was no wonder that Qian Ying was sweating coldly.

"How long have you been missing?"

"It's been... more than a day."

Zhu Tu asked Qian Ying a question, and Qian Ying answered truthfully.

Hearing Qian Ying's words, Zhu Tu looked at Qian Ying with a sullen face, and said:
"It took more than a day to think about notifying me?!"

"This... Your Majesty... Your Majesty is going on a spring hunt today, and most of Pinghu Division's staff are going to protect His Majesty, and so are his subordinates..."

"You don't need to find a reason, go back and receive your punishment according to the regulations."

I wish Tutu business as usual.

Qian Ying opened his mouth, and finally he could only respond with a wry smile:
"Yes."

No longer paying attention to Qian Ying's mistakes, Zhu Tu stood at the entrance of the alley and stared at it for a long time.

Zhutu's attire was similar to that of Pinghusi's other headhunters. He was dressed in a straight black gown with Pinghusi's standard long knife on his waist.

The only difference is that Zhutu wears a diamond-shaped jade on his forehead.

That jade is Zhutu's first-class rare treasure, numbered No. [-], and code-named [Sky Eye].

It allows the wearer to have the ability of perspective and farsightedness, and at the same time, heat rays that can cut everything can be emitted from the eye of the sky.

Although it can only be fired three times in one hour, it is still a remarkable ability.

With the eyes of the sky, Zhu Tu can see anywhere within three miles.

however……

At this moment, he couldn't see clearly what was going on in the alley.

All he could see was the wall in front of him, and the streets and people behind the wall.

"It's high-level weirdness."

Zhu Tu said slowly.

The only things that can not be observed by Zhu Tu are the existence of Class A weird and inhumane realms.

It is impossible for the non-human realm to appear here. Even if it does appear here, Zhutu can't see it, it's just that it cannot be effectively and completely observed.

But Zhu Tu could sense the existence of the Inhuman Realm.

So what is here at this moment can only be weird, and it is still a very high level of weird.

Leaving aside why the weirdness appears here, what Zhutu needs to do most now is to solve the weirdness here first.

After all, there is not much time left before this year's royal family's ancestor worship ceremony. If the ancestor worship ceremony is delayed because of this, the Holy Lord Longyan may be furious, and may convict Pinghusi.

"I'll go in and have a look, you can just wait outside."

Zhutu thought about it, and planned to enter the alley.

Qian Ying was startled, and asked:

"My lord, this...isn't there any danger?"

Zhu Tu said seriously: "If it's just a general danger, I'm not afraid of it, but if I encounter a danger that I can't deal with, at least I can save my life."

Having said that, Zhu Tu paused, and then said to Qian Ying:

"But you have to be prepared. If there is no news within two hours after I go in, I will report the matter to the director immediately, and let the director bring the magic soldiers to deal with it."

"…Yes."

Qian Ying saw that Zhu Tu was determined, so he stopped trying to persuade him.

It's useless to persuade Zhu Tu is one of the four guardian envoys. In the absence of the director and deputy director, Zhu Tu is the highest chief executive in the entire Pinghu Division. If he makes any decisions, Qian Ying There is no way to stop it.

And this is the responsibility of Pinghu Division. Every time Zhutu deals with weirdness, he is also prepared that this is the last time he will deal with weirdness.

Including now.

"I'm in."

Holding the long knife that had not been sheathed tightly, Zhu Tu raised his leg and stepped into the alley in front of him.

Qian Ying saluted behind him and said:
"I wish the Lord Guardian to return in victory."

"..."

Zhu Tu didn't answer, because he had already entered the alley in front of him.

The alley behind him suddenly disappeared, and Zhu Tu looked back with his heavenly eyes, but couldn't see anything.

His expression was slightly gloomy, and he continued to move forward calmly.

But after leaving the alley, Zhu Tu suddenly froze.

The things that appeared in front of Zhutu were not the horrible scenes that Zhutu had imagined, but rather normal, normal to somewhat weird scenes.

The street in front of you is full of people coming and going, and horse-drawn carriages pass by from time to time.

The hawkers on the street are shouting and selling goods, and the pedestrians on the roadside will stop in front of the hawkers to buy what they want.

Zhu Tu stood among the crowd, watching what seemed to be normal.

If Zhutu hadn't been able to see the situation clearly with his sky eyes, Zhutu might really think that he was still staying in the capital.

"... hallucinations? No... no."

Zhu Tu guessed at the first time that this might be his hallucination, but after thinking about it, it didn't quite look like it.

These people do have the aura of strangers, and this is not something that can be simulated by hallucinations.

and……

Zhutu pinched the earth wall with his hands, crushed the stones on the earth wall with his palm, and then blew the powder away with his hands.

Hallucinations can't simulate something so real.

Zhu Tu added in his heart that when he was thinking about what was going on, he suddenly felt something was wrong.

The original noisy voice suddenly disappeared, and the surroundings suddenly became extremely quiet.

But when Zhutu looked up, the scene he saw caused Zhutu's cardiopulmonary arrest.

The people who were walking back and forth on the road just now all stopped at this moment, and all of them looked in the direction of Zhu Tu in unison.

Straight to the point, as if they were dead corpses.

　Let me tell you something, two chapters will be merged into one chapter starting tomorrow, which means that one chapter will be updated every day starting tomorrow.

　　Well, that's all.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)