Mountain and sea lantern

Chapter 626 Help

Yu Xuanbing felt as if he had been defiled.

Whether before entering the underworld, after entering the underworld, or this was the first time he had received such a task, he would not have agreed if he had known beforehand that there was such a job. However, since it had already happened, he still endured it.

It's also a good way to comfort myself that this is the last time I've lived this life, and from now on, there will be no more 'Yu Xuanbing' in the cultivation world.

After the wind and rain that had been lashing the city subsided, the streets gradually became lively again, and the two naked men inside the hall had quieted down.

With her long hair flowing freely, she exuded a unique charm. The woman in red, lying on her side with her head propped up, had one leg half-entwined around the man. She drew a line on Shi Chun's chest with the tip of her index finger, connecting the beads of sweat into a line. Her gaze occasionally drifted to the bracelet on Shi Chun's wrist.

He asked casually, "Where did the ring I gave you go?"

Shi Chun patted his thigh, which was lying across his body, and said, "Why ask a question I already know the answer to? I may like you, but I don't like being stared at. By the way, Li Hongjiu and I were once chased by a group of demon cultivators, including several experts at the Heavenly Immortal level. Was that your doing?"

The woman in red said calmly, "This matter has caused quite a stir; even my cousin knows about it and questioned me. If I wanted to kill you, would I be acting like this? If I wanted to kill Li Hongjiu, would I have let him become Dong Liangying's master? Hasn't Li Hongjiu already returned to the Yanbao Sect?"

Shi Chun was just casually confirming, and he also felt that the woman had no reason to do that, so he casually replied, "Of course she escaped the pursuit and went back, but she lost an arm and almost lost her life."

The woman in red's eyes flickered slightly. "I heard that in order to hunt down the two of you, even the exit of the Xun Gate of Jukuzhou has been strictly controlled. How did Li Hongjiu get out?"

Shi Chun chuckled dismissively, "Do you think the Yanbao Sect is a pushover?"

Seeing that he wouldn't speak, the woman in red was straightforward and decisive, without even a single unnecessary word of entanglement. She immediately changed the subject, "He won't say anything. You should worry about what to do yourself. You are Shi Chun. Do you know that the Eastern Victory Royal Court is after you?"

Speaking of this, it was one of the main reasons why Shi Chun came to see her. Shi Chun quickly turned her head and asked, "I'm also puzzled by this. Can you help me find out why the Eastern Victory Royal Court is chasing after me so relentlessly?"

The woman in red stared into his eyes and said, "You don't know? Then why are you running away?"

Shi Chun slapped her thigh again, "Precisely because we don't know, we can't just throw our lives away in confusion. I have to find out what's going on, right?"

The woman in red stared into his eyes and said, "My cousin told me that someone broke into Queen Dongsheng's room and stole her things. I don't know what valuable items were stolen. There was a smell of incense at the scene, and I don't know why I suspected it was related to you. I'm sure you know the answer to that."

"..." Shi Chun's hand froze, and he was completely stunned. The Queen?
That room is Queen Dong Sheng's room?
Now that you mention it, I remember there were indeed women's clothes on the clothes rack, and a dressing table. No, the clothes that Wu Jinliang stole were the Queen of Dongsheng's clothes.

The two-world passage was opened at will, and the other end appeared in the room of the Queen of Dongsheng. How is this possible?

Now he finally understood why the Eastern Victory Royal Court had reacted so strongly.

He had felt this was inappropriate before. Although there were many residences in the royal court, the ministers of the royal court generally did not live there. Most of them lived in the rooms of guards and maids. If something happened in the rooms of guards and maids, it shouldn't have caused such a big reaction. Now he realized that it had directly implicated the queen.

He broke out in a cold sweat when he recalled the naked male corpse he had thrown into the Queen's room.

The man gave a wry smile. "How could this be related to me? Isn't that giving me too much credit? Even if you threw me into the most important place in the Eastern Victory Royal Court, I wouldn't be able to find the Queen's room. I'd have to be crazy to go and cause trouble in the Queen's room." The last sentence was a genuine self-deprecating remark.

The woman in red believed him. She had been observing his reaction and was certain that his earlier surprise was genuine. It seemed that someone else had indeed infiltrated Queen Dongsheng's room.

Suddenly, Shi Chun leaned in and kissed her red lips again.

Shi Chun offered his help and asked, "Ruojun, I really didn't do this. I've been wronged to death. Could you ask your cousin to help smooth things over and get the Dongsheng Royal Court to let me go?"

This is his main purpose in rushing to deepen the relationship: if I become your man, you can't just watch me die, can you?
The woman in red gently tapped his sternum with her fingertips. "My cousin can't help you with this. Even if the Empress intervenes, it won't make a difference."

Shi Chun was a little anxious. "No way, it's not a big deal. Would the Queen of Dongsheng really refuse to give the demon queen face?"

The woman in red moved her fingertips and lifted his chin. "You've oversimplified things. Let me put it this way: in the royal court, in the Queen's room, someone can come and go freely. This is no small matter; it's a matter of utter chaos. Even if it were the Demon Queen, how could she sleep soundly in her bed if she didn't know what was going on? Put yourself in her shoes; it's no use who speaks up. The Demon Queen would never bring it up."

These words silenced Shi Chun. The reasoning was not difficult to understand; it was immediately clear. Only now did he truly realize how much trouble his previous tricks and cunning had caused.

In short, they overestimated their abilities and misplaced their talents.

He sighed slowly and said, "Is there really no solution to this?"

The woman in red said, "If you want to resolve this, hiding won't help. If you drag this out, it won't just be the Eastern Victory Royal Court that's after you; the Four Great Royal Courts and the Heavenly Court will likely all target you, and even various forces that gradually find out will come after you. Tell me, will there be anywhere in the world for you to hide?" Shi Chun straightened up, "What do you mean?"

The woman in red pressed her hand against his chest and then pressed him down to lie down. She slowly said, "Could the method to enter the Queen of Dongsheng's room also be applied to the rooms of important officials? Perhaps some people want to avoid future troubles, or perhaps some people want to control the method."

These words were like a wake-up call, similar to a secret method for finding divine fire. Shi Chun was speechless, realizing that he had truly stirred up a hornet's nest this time.

"There is only one solution. If you really didn't do it, then honestly go to Dongsheng and turn yourself in. Honestly face the situation, cooperate to clarify things, cooperate to find the real culprit, and clear your name. That's the only way out. Of course, if you have a way to hide in a place where no one can find you, that's fine too."

As she spoke her last words, the woman in red kept a close eye on Shi Chun's subtle reactions.

However, Shi Chun was already frozen in place, lying there blankly like a corpse.

After a long while, he turned around, put his arm around her waist, and said face to face, "Ruojun, do me a favor."

The woman in red lifted his chin again, "Don't be so formal with me."

Shi Chun chuckled awkwardly, feeling a bit embarrassed. He had a strange feeling that the roles of men and women had been reversed tonight. He quickly tried to be serious and said, "On Phoenix Clan's sacred mountain, there is a Golden-haired Rat clan being imprisoned. Could you ask your cousin for help to get the Phoenix Clan to release the Golden-haired Rat clan?"

The woman in red asked with slight doubt, "Do you have any special relationship with those rats?"

Shi Chun sighed, "It's all because of Li Hongjiu. I asked him to come down the mountain, but he refused. He likes Bai Qiru, so I brought up Bai Qiru to persuade him to come down the mountain. But when he met Bai Qiru, he saw that Bai Qiru was troubled by the fact that her husband Huang Yingying had been arrested and taken to the sacred mountain."

Given Bai Qiru's adherence to traditional virtues, Li Hongjiu devised a clever way to win her over: to get Huang Yingying to leave on her own. I went up the sacred mountain and spoke with Huang Yingying. She set a condition: if Li Hongjiu could free his entire clan from suffering and restore their freedom, he would divorce his wife and sever ties with Bai Qiru.

Then I got into trouble. To fulfill your request, I reluctantly promised Li Hongjiu that I would take the blame. See? Li Hongjiu had a rough time coming here, losing an arm in the process. You wouldn't want me to go back on my word, would you, Ruojun?"

The woman in red smiled and teased him by pressing her lips to his. "So it was all because of me. It seems I'd be letting you down if I didn't help you? Alright, I'll do my best."

Shi Chun patted her bare back. "Um, I heard Bai Qiru got arrested again. Li Hongjiu likes her, you know that."

The woman in red poked his chest and said, "I know, and the Bai clan too, shall we fish them out as well?"

Shi Chun was taken aback. "The Bai clan? Why should we care about them?"

This time it was the woman in red who was taken aback. "Isn't Bai Qiru from the Bai clan? Li Hongjiu is trying to curry favor with her. Saving the Bai clan must have been a great favor, right?"

Shi Chun countered, "Hasn't Bai Qiru already been expelled from the Bai clan? We don't need to worry about them." As he spoke, he reached out and stroked the other's cheek. "How can I let you work endlessly, dealing with one group after another? It's too much trouble."

He had long suspected that Granny Qi and her gang had ulterior motives and knew that they would eventually reveal their true intentions. He knew that if he didn't take advantage of their misfortune, he wouldn't have found a suitable way. He wished Granny Qi and her gang would die so that he could get them out of trouble.

"..." The woman in red was completely baffled by him. Wasn't this guy in cahoots with Granny Qi and the others? Could it be that she had misjudged him?

After staring at each other for a while, she finally agreed, "Okay, I'll listen to you."

So Shi Chun leaned in and kissed him a few more times, then let go and started to leave, saying as he stood up, "Sigh, the storm has stopped, we should..."

Having achieved his goal, and with Yu Xuanbing still waiting outside, he decided to get up and leave.

The woman in red then hooked her arm around his neck and pressed him down again, her fingertips brushing against his face as she murmured, "A fine young man with such vigorous spirit is truly a rare find..."

After saying that, he pressed down on her and kissed her again...

The next morning, the woman in red, now even more radiant, left the courtyard in an elegant manner, as if nothing had happened; she was going back to work at the library.

Shi Chun came out a little later. Although he was wearing a mask, he looked somewhat listless. His hair was loose. No matter how vigorous his blood was, he couldn't withstand being tormented all night. He tried to leave several times but failed to get away. This was something he never expected at first.

In short, the cost of asking for help is quite high.

After leaving the city, Yu Xuanbing, who had been guarding the city all night, finally caught up. This time, Yu Xuanbing was unusually calm, and didn't even look at Shi Chun directly...

(End of this chapter)