The Fairy: From the Traveling Merchant

Chapter 710: The Underworld
"Thirteen thousand strings of cash?" It must be said that if it were a few months ago, Zhao Chen might have been excited. After all, faking one's death is not a difficult thing.

But now, he could easily calm the ripples in his heart and asked doubtfully: "Who would pay so much money to kill me?"

Fei Meng, or Zhong Ying, pursed her lips, half laughing and half sighing: "You don't know yet? In the eyes of some people in the capital, you are already a thorn in their side."

"The people in the capital want to kill me... and they hired the 'Yinsi'... This either means that they are not strong, or they don't want to be associated with killing me..." Zhao Chen frowned and thought for a moment, then suddenly realized something. He looked at the pretty girl who was sipping sparkling water opposite him and said hesitantly, "Did the Emperor of Daxia reveal something recently?"

Seeing the question, Zhong Ying paused in drinking water, and turned his eyes, which were as deep as an ancient pond, to Zhao Chen, and asked in surprise: "How did you guess this?"

Seeing the other party's reaction, Zhao Chen knew that his previous speculation was correct. Ning Meng's parents might have deeper plans.

He organized his sentences and told Zhong Ying about the courtesy shown by Ming Xueling's "father's" old friend. Finally, he said, "Not long ago, Lord Johnson sent me an invitation to attend the dance he organized tomorrow night."

Zhong Ying nodded in realization: "So it's Johnson... He has Western blood, and is relatively marginalized in the officialdom of Daxia, but he is well-informed, so it makes sense that he is the first to come and curry favor with you.

"What's more, it is possible to reconnect with 'Master Tianding' through Duan Mingxue...

“Even if we eventually find out that the rumor is false, we won’t lose anything.

"The current emperor is really good at calculating people's hearts!"

It's really impressive, but since he has taken me into account, it's hard to say whether he can achieve his goal in the end, or how he will achieve it...

After all, "when a star god descends to earth, his fate is uncertain."

Although I am not a "Star God", as the owner of the "Star Raft", I am not so easy to be exploited.

Thinking back, Sister Hongxia was just threatening me to use me to investigate the case, and she even lost herself in it...

While complaining in his heart, Zhao Chen continued to ask on the surface: "So, who hired the underworld to deal with me?"

Zhong Ying shook his head, his thick black hair swaying slightly: "I don't know who it is exactly, after all, the commission was issued directly from the Central Ghost Emperor Mansion... But I can give you a few suspects."

"Suspects? Who are they?" Zhao Chen asked.

He always had to find out who his enemies were.

"The current emperor is nearly 40 years old, but has no children. The court officials have asked the emperor to adopt a royal son as the crown prince more than once. Although the emperor has always rejected it, many people think that the position is in their pockets." Zhong Ying said as he glanced at Ning Meng's room next to him. His eyes were like the starry sky, deep and bright. "But recently there have been some rumors that Concubine Ning had a child for the emperor, but for various reasons he had been raised among the people. Not long ago, we secretly asked Lord Pingzhang to recall him with the Xuandu Law.

"I guess the fact that the mission was given to Yan Hongxia through the 'Xuan Du Lu Wen' could not be concealed. In order to avoid suspicion from the people of 'Yuantong' Zhenjun, His Majesty released this news to confuse the public...

“Those who have ulterior motives for the position of the Crown Prince, although they cannot find out the specific content of the task given by Lord Pingzhang, can know through the records of Xuandu Law that it was Yan Hongxia who accepted the task.

"Then, you, a person with no background, 'reasonably' became a suspicious target, even more suspicious than Ning Meng who was traveling with you." After all, in the eyes of outsiders, whether it is Duan Mingxue, Zheng Qingyan, Yan Hongxia, or Ning Meng and her master Mo Qiu, they are all your women.

"If Ning Meng is really the princess, how could His Majesty allow this to happen?"

After a brief pause, Zhong Ying drank another sip of sparkling water, and then continued slowly: "And there are only three companies that have the ability to find this information and target you.

"They are the current emperor's younger brother, Prince of Liang, Ming Hongyi, his nephew, the second son of Prince of Xiang, Ming Xueqi, and the third son of Prince of Wei, Ming Xuechan."

It turns out that the current emperor is also from the "Hong" generation... If we talk about Hongyue's side, he is taking advantage of me now!

Although he was joking in his heart, Zhao Chen had already frowned. After all, Ning Meng's parents had caused him a lot of trouble.

If Fei Meng had not accepted the mission from the "Underworld", he would probably be busy dealing with the endless assassinations.

Thinking of the "Yinsi", Zhao Chen briefly pondered and asked again: "What is the relationship between the royal family and the Yinsi? If you accept the mission and don't assassinate me, will the upper echelons suspect you?"

Zhong Ying's face was smooth and his expression was calm: "I am not too clear about the specific relationship between the royal family and the underworld...but my direct superior, the Central Ghost Emperor of the 'Central Ghost Emperor's Palace', I can be sure that he is a member of the royal family, and he is standing at the top of the second level of 'Dongxuan', and one foot has stepped into the 'Shengxuan'.

"In addition, among the Five Ghost Emperors, the positions of the South and West are currently vacant. The Northern Ghost Emperor is confirmed to be a man of 'Empress Pingxin', and his strength is similar to that of the Central Ghost Emperor...

“The Eastern Ghost Emperor is somewhat mysterious, because he does not develop any subordinates, he is just a figurehead.

“There are currently three vacancies in the Ten Kings of Hell. Of the remaining seven, as far as I know, two have connections with the royal family or the court.

“For example, today I assisted the three young men in the military to get rid of Yu Zhenzi by contacting General Zhang stationed at Wuguan through the ‘Urban King’ and providing them with certain conveniences.

"As for my decision not to assassinate you any more, don't worry too much. After all, this is not a special mission assigned by the higher-ups, and the protective measures you have taken seem to have reached the pseudo-Dongxuan level. The information provided by the employer is wrong, so I can naturally refuse to continue the assassination."

"That's good..." Zhao Chen nodded first, then seemed to understand the meaning of Zhong Ying's words, and asked in surprise, "The game you played in the evening was actually aimed at Yu Zhenzi?

"You hid the plan to kill him in the plot to pretend to attack me... in order to avoid being figured out by the True Lord Yuantong?"

Zhong Ying raised her eyebrows and said with a smile: "Of course, I only told the public that I helped the military kidnap Yu Zhenzi. This was a trap set up to distract Duan Mingxue and Tang Miao around you so that they could be killed with one strike.

"This not only helps you eliminate the hidden danger, so that you won't be caught by him when you stop at Wuguan, but also completes another commission of 'assassinating Yu Zhenzi'...

“Guess who placed the order?”

(End of this chapter)