novelhk Chapter 82: What exactly is Li Chengzhu's purpose?
Chapter 82: What exactly is Li Chengzhu's purpose?
Li Chengzhu naturally wouldn't follow Ye Chengfeng back to the Fan residence.
He said he wouldn't contact Chen Pingping before, but in reality, how could he give up such a powerful ally?
Chen Garden!
This is the manor that Emperor Qing bestowed upon Chen Pingping, and it is where Chen Pingping usually enjoys his most leisurely time.
At midnight today, an uninvited guest arrived at Chen Garden.
He appeared directly in front of Chen Pingping; indeed, it was Li Chengzhu, who had left the Eastern Palace.
However, he put on a face mask before entering Chen Garden.
Chen Pingping was no weakling, or rather, Chen Pingping knew just how powerful Wu Zhu was.
Li Chengzhu, now a temple messenger like Wu Zhu, cannot completely hide his identity from Chen Pingping after entering Chen Garden.
He was discovered by Chen Pingping after he entered the room where Chen Pingping was resting.
Chen Pingping reacted quickly, using her arms to sit up in the wheelchair in an instant.
"Little guy, this is not a place for you. You'll lose your life here."
"You don't have that ability yet."
Li Chengzhu had sharp eyesight, and as he spoke, he noticed a dark gun muzzle on the armrest of Chen Pingping's wheelchair!
"Is it a shotgun? Left to him by that woman, Ye Qingmei?"
Shotguns are indeed powerful; in this unprepared situation, they might even be able to injure a Grandmaster.
But this is because the Grandmaster didn't know how powerful shotguns were.
The problem is, Li Chengzhu knew!
He could have easily dodged the shot the instant Chen Pingping fired.
"Chen Pingping, the King of Darkness, is indeed formidable. I admire him."
"What brings you here?"
Chen Pingping did not ask who Li Chengzhu was, but directly inquired about the other party's purpose.
He felt that since the other party had come masked, they didn't want him to know their identity.
Unfortunately, Li Chengzhu didn't play by the rules, and Chen Pingping had barely finished speaking when...
Li Chengzhu walked to the lamp, lit it, and then took off his face towel.
Chen Pingping was immediately alarmed when she saw Li Chengzhu's appearance clearly.
However, he didn't show it and continued to look at Li Chengzhu with a cold face.
As the King of Darkness, he was very knowledgeable about the art of disguise in the martial arts world.
Even with the most sophisticated and exquisite disguise techniques, Chen Pingping could still detect the clues after careful observation.
He looked at Li Chengzhu's face and, as of now, could not see any trace of disguise.
Is it due to his exceptional disguise skills, or is this simply his natural appearance?
Chen Pingping had also heard of a method in the martial arts world that could permanently change one's appearance, but this method would still leave traces.
This method is even easier to spot than disguise.
However, Li Chengzhu's situation was not like that.
"Is Academician Chen not surprised by the boy's appearance?"
Li Chengzhu had anticipated Chen Pingping's reaction.
He asked that question to provoke the old man.
Chen Pingping, that old fox, would not be psychologically breached by Li Chengzhu's words. If he were, he would not be worthy of being the head of the Supervisory Council.
"Hehe, Dean Chen, I know about Fan Xian and my background. We are the sons of Emperor Qing and Ye Qingmei."
Chen Pingping could no longer remain calm, because Ye Qingmei was involved, which was Chen Pingping's weakness.
"That's impossible. Miss only has one son, Fan Xian. Wu Zhu brought him out of the palace back then."
"Yes, he was the only one who was brought out. He was really lucky."
Li Chengzhu didn't explain how he escaped the palace, because that would leave Chen Pingping with endless room for imagination.
People like Chen Pingping won't believe you no matter what you say, even if it's true.
But he will deduce in his mind the truth that is closest to the facts, even if that truth is wrong.
Just like how he plotted against Sean, if Ye Chengfeng hadn't intervened, Sean would have already fallen into his trap.
"I know you have doubts, but I really am Fan Xian's brother. You can verify it yourself, because you won't believe me even if I tell you."
"Now you can tell me why you've come to see me, right?"
"Of course, I've been observing Fan Xian, and I can see that you truly care for my brother, otherwise I wouldn't have come to find you."
Chen Pingping was about to say that Li Chengze trusted others too easily.
Li Chengzhu interrupted him directly, saying, "I know you want to say that I'm too trusting, but I'm not that naive. I don't trust you; I trust Fan Xian. I came to you to warn you not to use Fan Xian, or I will kill you. I can do that."
After saying that, Li Chengzhu left.
His purpose in coming here was to establish a persona for himself, a persona of a good older brother who would do anything for his younger brother.
Whether Chen Pingping believes it or not is irrelevant.
To judge a person, look at what they do, not what they say, regardless of whether what they do comes from the heart.
Li Chengzhu left Chen Garden and went straight out of the city. He was preparing to go to Jiangnan to help Fan Xian investigate the Ming family and the three major workshops.
Leaving aside Li Chengzhu, let's talk about how Ye Chengfeng encountered someone on his way back to the Fan residence, a person who was both expected and unexpected.
"Are you the old man's younger brother?"
Aren't you curious why I came to find you?
"Hehe, I thought you would come to see me when I first came to Kyoto, but I didn't expect you to wait until now."
Shadow fell silent. He had indeed been struggling with whether or not he should see Ye Chengfeng.
"You're the shadow from the Control Yuan who's always been following Chen Pingping, aren't you!"
How did you know?
"You've probably forgotten my relationship with Fan Xian!"
Shadow suddenly realized that Fan Xian had indeed seen through his identity.
This was something Chen Pingping told him. When Fan Xian was recuperating in the palace, he suddenly confronted Chen Pingping and revealed his true identity.
"Speak, what brings you here, little nephew?"
"Come with me."
After saying that, Shadow turned and left.
He was very fast, and in the blink of an eye, he appeared on the rooftop more than a hundred meters away from Ye Chengfeng.
The shadow glanced back at Ye Chengfeng, as if afraid he wouldn't follow.
After thinking about it, Ye Chengfeng followed after him.
Ye Chengfeng was still somewhat wary of Shadow's strength.
If Ye Chengfeng were to face the shadow head-on, he might be able to hold his own and even remain undefeated.
However, the true strength of the Shadow lies not in direct combat, but in assassination.
The title of the world's greatest assassin is well-deserved.
If one were to fight as an assassin, Shadow would undoubtedly be the number one among the ninth-rank assassins.
In the blink of an eye, the two arrived outside the city. The city walls of Kyoto were indeed very majestic, but for a ninth-rank martial artist, they were nothing; the city walls could not stop them.
Even the soldiers on duty didn't notice them leaving the city.
"You brought me outside the city, you don't intend to kill me, do you?"
The shadow stopped when it was more than ten miles away from Kyoto.
As soon as they stopped, Ye Chengfeng asked.
"Since you guessed it, why are you still coming out of the city with me?"
"Hehe, just kidding. You should know the consequences of killing me. Although the old man is crazy, he values Dongyi City too much. My importance to Dongyi City is like that of the Crown Prince of Qing Kingdom to Qing Kingdom."
The shadow fell silent, for he knew that Ye Chengfeng was telling the truth.
One can imagine how Emperor Qing would react if the Crown Prince were killed.