PFC Chapter 19 Old acquaintance
Chapter 19 Old acquaintance
Although Xie Yan had placed slow-acting sedatives in various places, quite a few lucky people still managed to escape unscathed. However, given his skills, the remaining people were no match for him.
So when Chu Ling received the letter and arrived with his men, he found "corpses" everywhere.
Xie Yan was leisurely sitting in an exceptionally large armchair, drinking tea, with a huge mountain of meat piled up at her feet.
Xuanfeng: ...I often feel that the world is changing too fast.
"Hey, you guys are here."
Xie Yan greeted him and tossed a medicine bottle to Xuan Feng from somewhere.
"This is the antidote. Just let Yu Bai and the others smell it."
After Yu Bai and the others woke up, they quietly shrank to the side to contemplate life, not understanding why they had suffered this ordeal, as if Xie Yan alone could solve all the problems.
Xie Yan patted them on the shoulder, "Don't underestimate yourselves."
Several people were somewhat moved: "Thank you, young master..."
"At least it served as bait, helping me lead that brat away without him noticing what I was doing. Hmm... coming to think of it, it doesn't really seem that necessary?"
Several people said resentfully, "Young Master Xie..."
At that moment, a considerable commotion also came from Chuling's side.
"The Chu family's little thief?!"
It turns out the leader has woken up.
At this moment, he was tightly bound by ropes, and he no longer had the high spirits he had a few hours earlier. He was struggling and writhing on the ground like a pig waiting to be slaughtered during the New Year.
"you know me?"
Chu Ling tapped his palm lightly with his folding fan, squinting at the leader.
As a member of the royal family, he should have been someone most commoners, except for his ministers and subordinates, not known what he looked like. But the leader of the gang stared at him and called out his name as soon as he woke up.
The leader then shut his mouth, remaining silent, unlike before when he had been cursing Xie Yan.
Chu Ling leaned down thoughtfully, carefully examining the leader who, after letting out a cry, wished he could shrink into a quail.
A moment later, a look of surprise flashed across his face, and he straightened up. "So it was you."
Upon hearing this, Xie Yan and the others swarmed around, staring intently at their leader, but they couldn't discern anything from his pig-like face.
"Zheng Zhiping," Chu Ling replied.
"What?!" The group exclaimed in disbelief.
Xie Yan also exclaimed in surprise, then nudged Xuan Feng and whispered, "So who is it?"
Xuanfeng: ...If you don't know them, just say you don't know them. Why are you being shocked along with us?
"Zheng Zhiping was Emperor Ai's personal bodyguard."
This time, Xie Yan was no longer puzzled. Everyone knew about Emperor Ai, so it was no wonder that the head of his imperial guards hated Chu Ling so much.
Xuanfeng exclaimed in surprise, "He's still alive, and he's even changed into this state!"
So many years have passed, even Xuanfeng couldn't recognize it, and no one knows how Chuling recognized it.
When Chu Ling recognized the leader, he shuddered violently and scrambled his body on the ground as if trying to find a hole to crawl into.
Unfortunately, he was too fat, and the way he lay on the ground looked ridiculous and laughable.
"We couldn't find your body in the capital back then, so it turns out you ran off here to become a mountain bandit king."
Chu Ling's tone was indifferent, revealing neither joy nor anger.
Zheng Zhiping continued to play dead, but Xuanfeng immediately stepped forward and kicked him hard, flipping him over and kicking up a cloud of dust.
Looking at the scene before her, Xie Yan couldn't help but sigh, "What goes around comes around; now it's the leader's turn to wet his pants."
But he wasn't interested in any of these things. Right now, he had a pen and was squatting down in front of the unconscious Lu Zizhao, drawing big graffiti on his face.
Unfortunately, Xie Yan had very sharp ears and heard every word they said.
"See that stupid guy squatting over there? He's the number one in Fengyun Tower. If you don't speak up soon, we'll have him give you a proper welcome."
Xie Yan turned around and saw Xuan Feng pointing at him and threatening Zheng Zhiping, who looked terrified.
Xie Yan: ...Don't think I didn't hear you trying to call me an idiot.
It must be said that Fengyunlou's reputation was not so good. Zheng Zhiping showed an even more frightened expression than when he met Chu Ling.
When the number one in the Heavenly Order was mentioned again, he immediately started convulsing violently.
"Fengyunlou! You...you actually colluded with that kind of brutal guy!"
Zheng Zhiping seemed to have seen some kind of monstrous flood, and desperately kicked his feet, trying to escape from Xuanfeng's grasp.
Xie Yan sighed. In truth, he just wanted to be a good person.
The next second he stood up, and as he walked toward Zheng Zhiping, he drew his dagger.
Zheng Zhiping watched as the man chuckled maliciously, licked the blade, and then said to him, "Speaking of which, I kind of miss the film competitions that used to be held in the building."
He watched as Xie Yan looked him up and down with the same eyes she would give a livestock, "I wonder how long it would take me to cut you clean with your size."
Everyone: ...Can someone tell him that his acting is really exaggerated?
Xie Yan herself was very satisfied with her acting skills. The only flaw was that she almost cut her tongue when she was licking the blade.
Zheng Zhiping was immediately frightened and confessed everything.
It turns out that back then, seeing that he was no match for the Chu family army, he took advantage of the chaos to change his clothes and escape from the palace.
After escaping, he hid in the mountains and fields, afraid to show his true face, lest others discover his true identity.
Unexpectedly, after living a life of ignominy for over a decade, one day someone suddenly found him—
Zheng Zhiping still remembers that it was a rainy night when two uninvited guests suddenly appeared in his thatched hut.
They stood in the shadows, both wearing masks, and could only be identified as an old man and a young man by their figures.
"Zheng Zhiping".
When his name was called, he knew that the day had finally come, and that they had found him after all.
Surprisingly, these two people were not sent by the Chu family.
They dropped a heavy sack onto the dilapidated wooden table, from which countless gold and silver jewels spilled out.
"We need you to do something."
Zheng Zhiping stared intently at the bag of jewelry.
When he escaped, he didn't have anything to take with him. His house had already been ransacked. He had been living a miserable life for years, foraging in the mountains, often going hungry. He had become so thin that he looked like a skeleton.
"What do you want from me?"
The two men actually wanted him to find a remote place to recruit soldiers, which Zheng Zhiping absolutely refused, even though they guaranteed that no one would discover such illicit activities.
So they left, but left behind the bag of jewelry, as if they were certain that Zheng Zhiping would agree to their request sooner or later.
Sure enough, Zheng Zhiping eventually used the bag of jewels to build a stronghold here, recruiting many desperate criminals. And just as the two men had said, they lived a carefree life here, robbing passing merchants and travelers without anyone noticing.
Three years ago, they reappeared, this time demanding that Zheng Zhiping "repay" them. Not only did he have to send them gifts on time, but recently he even asked them to capture some strong young men to send to him.