The court lackeys of the eight-hour workday

Chapter 180 Butterfly
The twenty-third year of Jiajing, the twenty-fourth day of the twelfth lunar month.

early morning.

Wang Hai and Xiao Si walked out of the Jinyiwei’s cell.

Several captains under Li Miao had already captured several Ming Cult disciples. The two of them had just finished interrogating them overnight.

The Ming Cult is actually not that difficult to find.

What the Ming Cult did before clearly meant one thing - I don't want to live anymore, and I want to give your Zhu family a ruthless blow before I die.

Under this premise, the Ming Cult naturally mobilized all its forces and all the people who could come came.

When there are more people, there will be more food and drink, and more space will be needed. Shuntian Prefecture is already crowded with people, and a group of strangers who rarely go out suddenly come to the neighbor's house. It is as conspicuous as it can be. With the Jinyiwei's many years of hard work in Shuntian Prefecture, it is not difficult to catch a few of them.

However, the results of the interrogation were not ideal.

These disciples were unable to say anything.

Because they didn't know what they were going to do, the Mingjiao didn't even tell them the exact meeting place. After conquering Shaolin Temple, they only received an order to "go to Shuntianfu, hide separately, and wait for the opportunity."

No one knows where he is hiding, how long he has been hiding, what he is doing, or who he obeys.

Wang Hai understood instantly that all the lower-level and even middle-level disciples of the Ming Cult were abandoned to confuse the public.

Ji Tianrui was hiding among the disciples of the Ming Cult, and the Ming Cult was hiding among the people. There were probably hundreds of people, but only two or three of them were the real executors of the Ming Cult's plan. No matter how hard the Jinyiwei tried, they couldn't pick out the real Ming Cult leaders from these hundreds of people in just four or five days before the New Year.

Moreover, the top leaders of the Ming Cult can disguise themselves.

It is no longer possible to follow the clues and catch the top leaders of the Ming Cult.

The matter still depends on Xiao Si.

Xiao Si looked through the Miao King's notes and, after combining the witchcraft of the two great witches, he had solved the hidden dangers left in Tai'an City.

She also discovered a method in the Miao King's notes.

At the beginning, Ji Tianrui was the "cauldron" specially cultivated by Yang Lixuan to absorb the heavenly realm. Because of this, Ji Tianrui and Yang Lixuan became enemies, and took advantage of the siege of the Ming Cult by the five major sects to poison Yang Lixuan, leading to his death.

But, let's look at this from the other side - since Yang Lixuan had no feelings for Ji Tianrui from the beginning, how could he not leave a backup plan to guard against Ji Tianrui?

One method was recorded in the Miao King's notes.

The offspring who were cultivated into "Lu Ding" by the Miao King all had a poisonous worm similar to the "love Gu" in their bodies.

After going through some bloody means, you can train a poisonous insect that can sense the traces of these poisonous insects.

Although Ji Tianrui is not the offspring of the first Miao King, it is still unknown who her father is and why the second Miao King gave birth to her.

But we should still give it a try.

What if she is the same as Ji Tianrui, both of them are "furnace tripods"? What if she hasn't taken out the insect yet?

Xiao Si immediately started to refine the poisonous insect.

By the time it was completed, the sun was setting.

Xiao Si walked out of the Jinyiwei prison with a pale face. It was obvious that refining the poisonous insect had consumed her greatly.

Wang Hai hurried over to meet him.

"Fourth sister, what's going on?"

"It's done, but only half done."

Xiao Si raised his arm and opened his right hand.

On her right hand, there was a huge butterfly, with colorful wings and patterns like human eyes, which looked extremely strange. However, one of its antennae was broken and the edge of its wings was incomplete. It looked droopy and it didn't look like it would live long.

Xiao Si said.

"This thing still needs to be refined by the Miao King himself. Even a great witch can't make it."

"If I wasn't a human Gu with a special constitution and my blood could play some role, I wouldn't be able to refine even this half-dead thing."

Wang Hai gently took the butterfly and looked at it carefully.

"So, will this still work?"

Xiao Si shook his head.

"It's probably only half effective." "Besides, it won't last long. It will probably die after one use. I'm afraid I won't be able to bear it if I want to refine another one."

Wang Hai thought for a moment.

"So, we only have one chance."

"Correct."

Xiao Si nodded, but frowned.

"Brother Hai, I have something to ask you."

Wang Hai nodded.

"I know what you want to ask."

"You want to ask why I must track down Ji Tianrui before Qianhu comes back, right?"

"Yes."

Xiao Si spread his hands.

"Others may not understand, but I do. You and I only care about Qianhu. We don't care about Dashuo or the emperor. In this world, only the three of us are a family. It's only our lives that you care about."

"We are both vicious people. It is because Qianhu accepted us that we can pretend to be normal people, laugh and play, and live a normal life. If there was no Qianhu, even if I survived, I would become a witch who doesn't recognize his relatives. You will probably be stabbed by your enemies and die on the street in the end."

At this point, Xiao Si chuckled.

"Qianhu keeps saying that he is not a good person, but he saves this and that all the time, and it seems like we have become good people as well."

Xiao Si put away his smile and looked seriously into Wang Hai's eyes.

"But, we should just follow Qian Hu's wishes and not harm anyone. Why would we risk our lives?"

"Anyway, Ji Tianrui can't do anything to Qian Hu. If she wants to kill the emperor, let her do it. If she wants to overthrow the court, let her do it. Why should we investigate in advance?"

"If we both die, Qianhu will really be sad, right?"

These words are disrespectful to the king and the father, and are extremely treasonous.

But it is the true heart of both of them.

After listening to this, Wang Hai also smiled slightly.

"Of course, I know everything you said."

“So I have to check.”

"Because I don't want Qianhu to get involved in this matter."

"So, I have to find out Ji Tianrui's plot and location before Qian Hu comes back, and then hand it over to the court, so that the court can deal with her. It would be best if the court kills Ji Tianrui before Qian Hu comes back."

After saying that, Wang Hai urged his true energy to flow into the butterfly's body.

The butterfly trembled and woke up.

Wang Hai looked at the butterfly and said slowly.

"Fourth sister, haven't you noticed yet?"

"Ji Tianrui is obviously plotting against Qianhu and wants to drag him into her scheme. And this scheme is aimed at the imperial court, the Zhu family, and the emperor!"

"'Heavenly Man', three paths combined into one. If the realm of a thousand households is exposed to the eyes of the court, perhaps the commander can turn things around. But what if he is involved in the conspiracy of the Ming Cult against the emperor? The court can sit firmly on the throne and suppress the heavenly people for hundreds of years. It is definitely not just relying on elite soldiers and generals. There must be a heavenly man who can rival the thousand households among them!"

"The captain may not care, but he wants to kill Ji Tianrui because of the blood debt of Tai'an City and because he is afraid that the Ming Cult will harm the people of Shuntian Prefecture."

"But I cannot allow Ji Tianrui to drag Qianhu into her plot."

"In my eyes, your life is more important than mine. But Qianhu's safety is more important than both of our lives."

The butterfly flew high, turned in the air, and then flew out of the yard tremblingly.

"I'm going to look for Miss Mei and Elder Gao."

Wang Hai said.

"Let's go together and see where Ji Tianrui is hiding."

(End of this chapter)