PFC Chapter 617: Palace Fights Are All Scheming
Chapter 617: Palace Fights Are All Scheming
The other person actually looked pretty good, with three-dimensional and deep facial features, but her skin was a little dark. She was tall and had a big frame, which made her look a bit burly, unlike most women in Qi country who were weak and dependent.
All we can say is that the aesthetic tastes of both sides are different. If it happened in later times, she would definitely be a black beauty.
The other party saw that Xiao Yun was a little uneasy, with helplessness and timidity in his eyes, which was completely opposite to the impression given by her appearance.
Because the other party was also a concubine, or a dowager, she didn't need to bow to Xiao Yun. Xiao Yun didn't want to bow to her either, so she skipped that step and directly took the paper and said to her: "Does Concubine Yiman know what these mean?"
Imanvina lowered her eyes to look at the paper handed to her. After seeing the characters on it, she blinked, then said hesitantly: "These... are some direction numbers and animal names..."
Xiao Yun frowned. "Then could you translate it for me? What does this mean in the language of Qi?"
She pointed to the first character.
Imanvina nodded, then pointed and read out the numbers one by one, "This one is the West, and the ones that follow are twelve, seven, rabbit, five, and wolf."
The more Xiao Yun listened, the more confused she became. She had been observing Imanvina with her spiritual sense and knew that she was not lying. So what did all this mean?
West, thirty-two... Does it mean that if you walk thirty-two miles west, there will be seven rabbits and five wolves?
Not only is the text left in barbarian language, but it is also all code, which is really hard to guess.
Xiao Yun was just guessing when he heard Imanvina say weakly, "Madam Xiao, in our Barbarian Country, rabbits also represent spies, and wolves represent warriors."
Xiao Yun's mind flashed with inspiration, as if she had grasped the key. She guessed that the code meant that there were seven spies and five highly skilled warriors twelve miles west. This might have been left by Lin Zhengde and his men for their accomplices.
Regardless of whether it was true or not, Xiao Yun decided to go and find out. She asked Jiang Lin to send Imanvina back, and then she rushed out by herself. It happened that the speed talisman she had put up before had not yet expired.
Xiao Yun cast a speeding talisman and left the palace at an extremely fast speed. Then he took out a single-person invisible aircraft in an empty corner and sat on it. It was twelve miles, and it all depended on how tired his legs were.
She drove the aircraft towards the west of the capital, and along the way, she released her spiritual sense, just in case those people had not gone far and would be overlooked because of the fast speed.
It took her about a cup of tea to reach a place twelve miles away. Here was a dense forest with lush trees that blocked most of the sunlight.
Xiao Yun did not get off the aircraft, and still relied on it to hide his body and move through the woods.
She had just used her spiritual sense to investigate and found an underground fortification in the woods with more than a dozen people inside, including Lin Zhengde and his son, whom Xiao Yufeng had seen in her memory, and Chen Yiru and his wife.
It seems that my guess was correct. Apart from them, the others should be spies. As for the few tall and strong ones with prominent temples, they are obviously masters and should be the warriors.
She controlled the aircraft and slowly approached the entrance of the underground fortification, and found a place to stop nearby.
Continuing to observe them with my spiritual sense, I heard that they were talking in the barbarian language.
Xiao Yun frowned. It seemed that he had to learn another language, otherwise he wouldn't understand what others were saying.
Since she couldn't understand, she didn't plan to waste any more time. She got off the aircraft, quietly walked around to a ventilation hole in the underground fortification, took out a few specially made knockout bombs and threw them in.
Not long after, the noise inside disappeared. Xiao Yun swaggered into the underground fortification from the entrance and tied up all these people.
After dealing with these people, she searched the fortifications carefully to see if there were any other clues, which might help her uncover the larger force behind the scenes.
Then she found a bronze token and several parchment scrolls in a secret groove made of stone. She put them into the space without opening them.
She first picked out a short man who looked like a barbarian and searched his soul. She found out that apart from his own identity, he knew all the information she already knew, such as some changes in the capital and Chu Mingli's forcing the emperor to abdicate.
Throw out the useless person and replace him with a "warrior". Well, this warrior doesn't know the Qi language at all. It's like watching a silent movie. I don't know who sent him. It's too unprofessional.
In the end, they had no choice but to extend their evil hands to Lin Zhengde and his son and Chen Yiru and his wife. They originally wanted to publicly execute them.
The identities of Lin Zhengde and his son were the same as she had guessed before. They also worked for the royal family of the previous dynasty. However, they were not members of the Chen family nor were they slaves. Instead, they were bribed later. If Chu Mingli ascended the throne, their family would be the royal family. No matter whether the daughter was her biological daughter or not, Cheng Engong would not be able to escape.
In fact, they initially thought that they were raising a princess for Concubine Hui, but later they found out Chu Mingli's true identity. However, by then they were already tied to the same rope and could not hide at all.
And Xiao Yufeng is indeed Chu Mingli's younger brother, but they are half-brothers. The plan was to send him to the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion from the beginning. He originally wanted to kill the two legitimate sons and let him inherit the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion. Unexpectedly, he was born with a disability and had to be abandoned temporarily. In this way, he could not use his identity to provide them with information.
In their previous life, they also cooperated with the Barbarian Kingdom, and with the participation of the Qiao family, they worked together to trap the Duke of Zhenguo and his son to death in the northern border.
And the plan for May 6th was actually Chu Mingli forcing the emperor to abdicate. But after Xiao Yun went to Chen Yirou's place, even if he cleaned up the mess, the meticulous Chen Yirou still found something wrong and reported it, so the action was brought forward.
Xiao Yun searched Chen Yiru's soul again. This time she increased her strength and was not as cautious as last time. As expected, she dug out the information that she had deliberately hidden deep in her memory.
This guy is indeed a man with a strong innate spiritual sense. He can even place restrictions on himself and subconsciously lock the secret that cannot be told to others in a place. If Xiao Yun's spiritual sense was not so strong, he would not be able to get it out.
It turns out that there was no so-called imperial grandson. It cannot be said that there was no imperial grandson. It should be said that he died early at the age of seven. Later, the so-called imperial grandson was actually played by her.
After her father's death, she took over all power and conveyed some arrangements and messages in the name of the "emperor's grandson". For example, Cui's marriage to the mighty general and Cheng Yuhui's entry into the palace were all arranged by her. She managed to develop her power more and more, and she was also a capable person.