The Fairy: From the Traveling Merchant

Chapter 739 Shi Wenxuan's Plan
Is this... Shi Wenxuan?

Zhao Chen looked in the direction of the voice and immediately saw an old face. It was Shi Wenxuan, the "Doctor Xuandu" of the Xiliang Road government office and the only magical cultivator in the Shi family.

However, her eyes were not as cloudy and dead as the last time they met. Instead, they were unusually sharp, and her gaze seemed to be real as it scanned back and forth between Zhao Chen and Wang Qingling.

"Meet Aunt Shi." Zhao Chen bowed and turned to look at Wang Qingling, who was hiding her surprise behind a mask, and introduced with a smile, "This is Aunt Shi Wenxuan, Mingxue's elder."

While introducing her, he also secretly sent a message to Wang Qingling, giving a brief account of Shi Wenxuan's past.

Hearing this, the masked imperial concubine immediately untied the restraints on the old woman from the Shi family and said apologetically: "Qing Ling didn't know that you are Ming Xue's elder. I hope you can forgive me for any offense."

"We were the ones who broke into your mansion in a panic, so it's only natural that we were arrested. You don't have to apologize." Shi Wenxuan was not the kind of person who relied on her age and was unreasonable. She waved her hand, then looked at Wang Qingling and nodded, "I heard Mingxue mention you. I didn't expect that you had a close relationship with Master Chen."

They came together in the middle of the night to interrogate the criminals. This relationship must be complicated. I just don't know if Mingxue knows about this matter...

However, there are already many female heroes around this Master Chen, and Mingxue is probably used to it.

Shi Wenxuan didn't know that she had broken into the "Xuannv Palace", nor did she know Wang Qingling's identity as the "Imperial Concubine", otherwise she would have definitely scolded Zhao Chen for being "so audacious".

Seeing that Shi Wenxuan's eyes were getting more and more strange, Wang Qingling felt a little uncomfortable. Zhao Chen coughed and asked on her behalf: "Aunt Shi, why did you come to the capital? Who chased you here?

"Although I have just arrived in the capital, I have some connections that may be able to help you."

Although he knew from Zhong Ying that Shi Wenxuan had placed an order in the "Underworld" to assassinate "Yu Zhenzi", he did not expect that she would come to the capital in person.

You have to know that the Shi family has just lost its backer, and the most promising heir is missing. It is a precarious time and she is needed to take charge.

Seeing the question, Shi Wenxuan was silent for a moment, then slowly said: "I am here to track down the real culprit who destroyed my foundation that year.

"And the one who was chasing me just now should be a master in the Prince Liang's Mansion."

Wang Qingling recalled the information he had just received from Zhao Chen and asked in astonishment, "You mean, it was King Liang who destroyed your foundation?"

She didn't know that Shi Wenxuan's real enemy was a True Lord. Zhao Chen didn't tell her. Although Shi Wenxuan vaguely realized that her experience was not simple, she didn't dare to associate it with the True Lord.

Shi Wenxuan shook her head and said, "How old is Prince Liang? He wasn't even born when that happened.

"The reason why we were hunted by King Liang was probably because we saw something we shouldn't have seen after we broke into one of King Liang's villas yesterday."

The Prince of Liang's villa was breached? There seemed to be no news about this matter... Did the Prince of Liang suppress it himself? Zhao Chen narrowed his eyes, thinking that there might be a big problem, so he asked: "Can you tell me specifically what happened?"

He paused, and because he was worried that Shi Wenxuan didn't trust him, he added, "I heard that you hired someone to kill a Taoist official in the 'Yinsi' not long ago?"

Hearing this, Shi Wenxuan showed a rare look of surprise: "You even know this? It seems that the 'Underworld' is just like this..."

She snorted in dissatisfaction, as if blaming the "Underworld" for not acting carefully.

Then the former “Dark Moon Goddess” organized her sentences and said in an old voice: “I actually knew a long time ago that I was poisoned and became what I am now because of my special physique.

"So the purpose of what 'Yu Zhenzi' did at the Wuguan checkpoint is no secret at all in my eyes." And following his clue, I found the villa of King Liang several years ago.

“But I don’t dare to act rashly…

“First of all, King Liang is not the real murderer. His courtyard is probably just being used by someone. If you investigate rashly, you will only expose yourself.

“Secondly, even a certain noble who wanted to help me was only willing to give hints, which means that my enemy is either extremely powerful or extremely strong, and is not something that I, who is half disabled, can touch… Even if I’m not careful, it may bring disaster to the family.

"Hiring someone to kill an insignificant Yu Zhenzi was mostly just a way to vent anger.

"But what I didn't expect was that the way that the 'Yinsi' chose to assassinate Yu Zhenzi was to 'kill with a borrowed knife'.

“The young men who served as the ‘knives’ were all family members of victims who had similar experiences to mine. Although they were not very powerful and did not act cautiously enough, they managed to obtain information that I had spent years investigating.

“After learning about this, I guessed that the ‘wind direction’ might have changed. Behind those young people, there is another force that is hostile to my enemies.

"At that time, the only thing that kept surging in my mind was 'revenge', so I finally gave up 'pretending' and took the initiative to join in.

"And I used those young men in plain sight to conceal my existence, hoping to kill my enemies with my own hands..."

It is a little difficult to kill your enemy with your own hands. After all, even if Master Yuantong stands still and lets you kill him, it is difficult to kill him completely.

As for the "noble lady" in her words, she probably refers to the "Princess Liang"?
Zhao Chen could tell from her words that she didn't know who her biggest enemy was, so he asked knowingly, "How much have you found out about your enemies?

"What secrets did you see in the Liangwang Villa?"

Shi Wenxuan sighed, but did not mention the enemy, only said: "In that breached courtyard, there are many female cultivators with special physiques imprisoned, some of whom have quite a history.

“Just this alone is enough for King Liang to send experts to silence us.

“As for other secrets, I didn’t have time to check them out… After all, the magical cultivator guarding the courtyard was quite powerful, and I couldn’t spare the time to pay attention.

“We just rescued those female monks and fled in a hurry.

"It may have come to this because of my enemy who instigated King Liang behind the scenes."

Zhao Chen nodded thoughtfully, thinking that Shi Wenxuan might not have gone to check, but the other cultivators might not have done so. He should be able to start from this aspect when asking other people later.

Next, although he knew Shi Wenxuan didn't want to say it, he repeated the previous question:

"What have you found out about your enemies?"

Don't end up choosing the wrong target.

Hearing this, Shi Wenxuan fell silent again, and after a while, she said, "The 'Yuchan Zhenren' under the command of Prince Liang and the Minister of Revenue Weng Songping are the most suspicious!"

(End of this chapter)