The Fairy: From the Traveling Merchant

Chapter 767 Demon Cloud Observing the Sun
In the beginning, Zhao Chen actually didn't take Yan very seriously, even after knowing that she had hired someone from the "Underworld" to assassinate Guan Si Niang.

He just thought that the other party was just vying for favor in the backyard.

It was not until Wang Qingling's reminder not long ago that he realized that this woman was not simple either. That's why he ordered the "Danqing Sword" that he had deliberately put back to conduct an investigation through the "Big Sun Star Raft".

Who would have thought that they would immediately get the news that Concubine Yan not only became the temporary intelligence chief of Prince Liang's Mansion, but also had an affair with Butler Fu at night.

Zhao Chen felt that this woman might be a breakthrough in understanding the secrets of King Liang, so he asked Guan Si Niang for more information about her.

"Yan... Are you asking about Yan Ruyu?" Guan Si Niang blinked, not quite understanding why the topic suddenly shifted to this woman. Could it be that the young master was not going to let go of King Liang's wives and concubines?

Yan Ruyu, this name is so straightforward, a bit vulgar... Zhao Chen complained in his heart, but nodded on the surface: "It was she who hired the murderer from the 'Yinsi' that made 'me' come to assassinate you."

Although this is putting the cart before the horse, it is not a lie.

Hearing this, Wang Qingling, who was leaning in his arms, looked up at Zhao Chen and thought uneasily: It turns out that he is really a killer from "Yinsi"... What I said before in "Wanbaolou" wouldn't expose his identity, right?

"It turned out to be that bitch!" Although Guan Si Niang was not a "human", her "emotional" system was indeed quite good. At this moment, she looked angry like a real person. "Does she want to replace me as the intelligence director of King Liang? What a delusion!"

Seeing the disdainful sneer on her face, Zhao Chen poured cold water on her and said, "But as far as I know, King Liang has asked her to take charge of intelligence work temporarily."

Guan Si Niang shook her head and said, "She can only take over for a week, because after Guan Wu Niang is successfully launched, she will have to hand over the position of intelligence director."

At this point, she paused for a moment and turned back to the topic of the Yan family, "Regarding that bitch Yan Ruyu, I once did a brief investigation and knew some of her secrets... But now it seems that she has hidden them even deeper than I thought.

"Well, as far as I know, Yan Ruyu is the only daughter of Yan Se, the previous leader of the Beijing Baishui Gang... But before she was eighteen years old, when Yan Se died unexpectedly, the outside world had only heard of her name but had never seen her.

“At the beginning, many people thought that Old Gang Leader Yan was being hypocritical, a gangster raising a lady from a well-off family who never left the house.

“But after Yan Se died and Yan Ruyu truly appeared, everyone realized that she was already a cultivator with magical powers!
"This woman is very good at maneuvering. In just a few years of being in power, she has made many big gangs in the capital and even in the Central Plains become her allies. These include several big gangs with monks with 'supernatural powers', such as the capital's largest gang, the 'Shenmu Gang', the 'Jinque Gang' in Wuguan, the 'Liehuo Gang' in Mianchi, and so on.

“This matter was done in a very covert manner, and it is difficult to know without in-depth investigation.

"A few months ago, Yan Ruyu was betrayed and rescued by the hero King Liang. She cried to him about how difficult it was for an orphan girl to lead a gang. Later, she even wanted to use the entire gang as a dowry and become Ming Hongyi's concubine.

"King Liang ordered me to investigate this woman. After obtaining the above information, he was greedy for the gang behind her and didn't care about her deception at all. He insisted on taking her as his concubine.

“I didn’t take it too seriously at the time. After all, the many powerful cultivators who had joined King Liang all had their own thoughts, so having her would not make much difference… But I’m afraid I still underestimated her!

"Looking back, her identity as 'Yan Ruyu' is questionable."

Baishui Gang, Shenmu Gang... Liehuo Gang? The names of these big gangs seem to conform to the five elements... Is it a coincidence, or is there some internal connection?
Besides, I seem to have heard of the name "Fire Gang"... Oh, those hooligans who wanted to blackmail Lu Zhen seemed to be members of the "Fire Gang"...

Huh? The Wind Lady who followed Lu Zhen hadn't reported the situation for a few days. Zhao Chen's thoughts raced, and he asked Yan Ruyu about the details of several large gangs related to her. After Yan Ruyu answered one by one, he turned the topic to the matter about "Guan Wu Niang": "Do you know where the 'big snail' with the 'Sky River Goddess' painted on it is placed?"

Guan Si Niang shook her head slightly: "I don't know. After all, I didn't know what my true nature was before, so I didn't go out of my way to understand it."

She paused and added, "However, King Liang is not very strict in his actions. If you want to investigate, it should not be difficult to deduce the answer through clues... But I can't go out now, and I don't have anyone to help."

"Is that so..." Zhao Chen smiled upon hearing that and asked again, "If we find the 'Big Snail', can we 'transfer' you into the body of 'Wu Niang'?"

That way, even if your current body self-destructs, it won’t matter.

Although Zhao Chen did not say the latter part, Guan Si Niang could obviously think of it. After thinking for a while, she said hesitantly: "I think it's possible, but we have to try it out first...

"But have you found a way to find the 'big snail'?"

Zhao Chen nodded slightly and said meaningfully, "If the news that King Liang is going to hand over the intelligence chief position to Guan Wu Niang gets out, some people will definitely be more anxious than us to find that place."

Hearing this, Guan Si Niang understood immediately: "Sir, are you going to reveal the news to Yan Ruyu and ask her to help us find it?
"Yes! She is currently in charge of the intelligence work of the palace, and she is also capable. She is indeed a good candidate!
"Young Master is truly a man of great foresight."

Zhao Chen gladly accepted this "flattery", then learned more about the "hidden" power of King Liang, and finally asked one last question before dawn:
"You said that the mysterious person told the location of the secret place where the body of the 'King of Liang' was sealed after the King of Liang completed her mission...

“And King Liang has unlocked two secret realms…which means he has completed two missions.

"What are the specific contents of these two tasks?"

When asked, Guan Si Niang replied solemnly: “To be precise, King Liang has completed three tasks.

"It's just that the third mission has not been handed in yet... No, he should have gone to meet the mysterious person yesterday to hand in the mission. Maybe he will go to unlock the third secret realm in the past half day."

No wonder the Queen Mother concluded from her stargazing that the third secret realm was also in danger. It turns out it should be here... Zhao Chen thought for a while, then motioned for Guan Si Niang to continue.

Guan Si Niang organized her words and said, "I don't know about the first mission, because I got it from him in the first secret realm...

"I participated in part of the second mission. Although I don't know the whole story, it should be related to a picture."

"What picture?" Zhao Chen asked.

"It is a painting related to 'Magic Cloud Master'... It is called 'Magic Cloud Observing the Sun'."

(End of this chapter)