"What's wrong with you?"
Noticing his movement, Cheng Feng also sat up and asked in a low voice.
"Didn't you hear anything?"
Cheng Feng nodded, his tone normal.
"Yes."
Gu Shang looked at him in confusion.
"Then why don't you go and protect your master?"
Cheng Lei explained again in a low voice.
"The master didn't give a signal, which means we are not needed, and there are people on guard outside."
There was a hint of deep thought in Gu Shang's eyes.
The Cheng family actually has such a rule?
The master stands in front of the guards?
That's unheard of.
On the other side, Cheng Shengxuan was about to blow out the candle when suddenly a cold light flashed in his eyes and he dodged to the side at an extremely fast speed.
At the same time, an arrow scraped through the air beside my ear, making a slight clanging sound and flashed past.
Then with a 'bang', it stuck firmly on the bookshelf behind him.
Cheng Shengxuan held his breath, concentrated, and ran to the window carefully, looking in the direction from which the arrow came, but there was no movement except the sound of the wind and the occasional bird calls.
It seems that the other party's original intention was not to hurt anyone...
"Major General, are you okay?"
Cheng Sen asked quietly outside the door.
"I'm fine, you don't have to chase me."
"yes!"
Cheng Shengxuan turned his head and glanced at the arrow on the bookshelf. There were familiar patterns carved on the arrow and a piece of cloth tied to it.
He narrowed his eyes slightly, then walked over quickly and removed the cloth strip.
Looking at the handwriting above, he raised his eyebrows slightly.
The candle was blown out, and Cheng Shengxuan's room merged into the dark night outside.
But soon, there was a slight sound of the window shaking, and after a moment, the room became quiet again.
In the woods on the mountain, a figure was leaning against a tree bored. Hearing the noise, the man spat out a grass stalk in his mouth with a nonchalant tone.
"How is it? Has my archery improved a lot?"
Thinking that he had just dodged, but the arrow still brushed past his ear, Cheng Shengxuan frowned slightly.
"It is indeed much stronger than before."
"But it's not enough."
The man turned around and stretched.
"Stop!"
"I didn't say I wanted to compete with you."
"But then again, I've come a long way for you, traveling day and night, and now I'm starving, and you're coming here empty-handed?"
"Don't show off your remaining ink in front of me!"
Cheng Shengxuan glared at him angrily and threw the small cloth bag hanging behind him to him.
"Is there any news from the court recently?"
The man took it and opened it, only to see something inside that he had never seen before. It was yellow and grainy. He bent down and sniffed, and there was a faint fragrance that was unique to grain.
"What is this? I've never seen it before. Can I eat it?"
Cheng Shengxuan stretched out his hand.
"Give it back to me if you don't want to eat it!"
"No, I'm starving."
As he spoke, the man opened his mouth and started to take a bite, nodding his head as he ate.
"Yes, it's delicious."
"You are a good person in every way, except that you are too sharp-tongued, and your personality is dull and boring. How can you please girls in the future?"
Listening to his words, Cheng Shengxuan lowered his eyes and thought, muttering softly.
"Yeah?"
Is he really boring?
The man on the other side listened carefully, and when he heard what he said, he pointed at him and started yelling.
"You, there's something wrong with you!"
"Normally when I tell you that you're boring, you always act like you don't care and even say you're not interested in getting married and having children."
Then the man came closer, touched Cheng Shengxuan's arm with his elbow, and had a wicked smile on his face.
"You are not, are you attracted to some girl?"
"Whose family is she? How does she look? How old is she? When did you meet? Tell me about it."
Cheng Shengxuan took two steps to the side to avoid his hand.
"I never thought that the leader of the Dark Pavilion, who was feared by everyone, would be like the gossipy woman at the entrance of the village who always gossips about the Zhang and Li families!"
"Chu Yuan, you've already eaten, isn't it time to answer my question?"
After chewing the remaining corn kernels, Chu Yuan discovered that the core was inedible, so he threw it aside and clapped his hands.
"A few days ago, the eldest prince publicly requested to overturn the case of Pingnan Marquis Mansion in the court, which angered Emperor Shunhe, who demoted him back to the East Territory in a rage."
After saying that, he sighed and shook his head.
"The disciple of Pingnan Hou is not bad. He is the only good man with conscience in the imperial family of Dayin. It's a pity..."
A person dressed in white is not allowed to appear among a crowd of people covered in ink.
"Minister Sun and Minister Meng have calmed down. At present, the situation is difficult but still safe."
"As for Emperor Shunhe, he is even more deaf and blind than before! He always looks like he is satisfied with having the Imperial Master."
"snort!"
Hearing this, Cheng Shengxuan sneered in his heart.
"By the way, how is the investigation I asked you to do?"
Chu Yuan took out a booklet from his arms.
"The health of the Emperor of Muyuan is getting worse and worse. He may not survive until next year. However, the position of Crown Prince is still undecided. The Second Prince and the Fifth Prince are fighting overtly and covertly."
"The second prince is impulsive and quick-tempered, and has a simple mind. His grandfather was defeated by your Cheng family on the battlefield and died of depression not long after."
If you have a grudge against each other, you don't need to consider this person.
"As for the Fifth Prince, he appears to be gentle and elegant on the surface, but in fact he is a man of deep thoughts, sinister and cunning."
Chu Yuan clicked his tongue twice.
"Neither of these two is a good candidate for cooperation."
"If you really want to use Muyuan Country to accomplish your goal, I think of someone."
Cheng Sheng looked at him and asked.
"who?"
Chu Yuan smiled mysteriously.
"Do you still remember how the guy from Muyuan became the emperor?"
Cheng Shengxuan nodded slightly.
"I heard that the late emperor of Muyuan was a love-struck man. There was only one queen in his harem, no concubines, and they only had one son, who was made the crown prince from birth."
"Six years ago, when the prince was escorting the queen back to her hometown to worship their ancestors, the mother and son were assassinated. The late emperor of Muyuan was so angry that he died not long after."
Chu Yuan nodded.
"When the brother dies, the younger brother will be the successor."
Then he gave a meaningful smile.
"But I got a piece of news. The prince is not actually dead."
"It appeared in Dayin a few years ago."
"You know, the commander guarding the border of Muyuan State is the prince's uncle."
"Because of this relationship, the Emperor of Muyuan Kingdom didn't dare to do anything openly for the sake of his reputation, but he has been suppressing him secretly. There are many ministers in the court of Muyuan Kingdom who are in the same situation as him."
Cheng Shengxuan looked at him meaningfully.
"So, you already know his whereabouts?"
Chu Yuan put his hands behind his back.
"There are some clues. We are investigating."
After saying that, he used his light skills and his figure flashed.
"Wait for my good news!"
Then another voice came.
"By the way, I left a few helpers for you!"
After Chu Yuan left, Cheng Shengxuan quickly walked down the mountain along the path he came from.
After returning to the room, I was thinking about Chu Yuan's words just now, and my thoughts were complicated. I didn't feel sleepy at all.
"Where would that person be?"
However, what he could not have imagined was that before Chu Yuan could deliver the news about the former prince of Muyuan Kingdom, someone came to him first