Records of Mysterious Things in the Southern Dynasties

Chapter 282 Official Recognition
After saying this, the emperor thought of his two nephews running away, and said, "Wait a moment."

"Yes." Dong Ping quickly stopped.

"Call in the guy named Ren Yuan." Xiao Yan ordered.

"Ask Ren Yuan to come and see me!" Dong Ping said hurriedly in a long tone.

Ren Yuan hurried into the hall, bowed properly, and shouted "Long live the emperor".

"I heard from my husband that you are the grandson of Ren Fang?" Xiao Yan looked at him and asked in a deep voice.

"I dare not lie to the emperor. I was turned into a sheep a few years ago, taken to the countryside, and force-fed with a pill to awaken my mind." Ren Yuan said without hiding anything, "As a result, I lost my memory and can't remember anything from the past."

"I just heard from the two princes-in-law that I look a lot like the grandson of Mr. Ren." Ren Yuan paused, looking frank.

"Good. You don't pretend to be someone else. You have some of your grandfather's character." Xiao Yan nodded approvingly and gave the final conclusion: "I know how to read faces. You are Ren Fang's grandson. There is no doubt about it."

"If the emperor says so, then it is!" Ren Yuan responded readily.

"I have already found out that it was Xiao Yuyao who instigated Xiao Zhengde to kidnap Xi Mei." Xiao Yan said in a deep voice: "It was also she who forced Xiao Hong to assassinate your grandfather."

Then he asked Ren Yuan, "Do you want to avenge your grandfather?"

"I want to!" Ren Yuan said firmly.

"Okay." Xiao Yan nodded with satisfaction, and then asked, "What is your current official position, and who do you work for?"

"Your Majesty, I am the captain of the Jiazi Team of the Chongguang Clan of the Gouchen Siling Guangwei." Ren Yuan hurriedly replied, "Clan Captain Diwuwei."

"It's that guy." Xiao Yan was obviously familiar with the Fifth Dimension, but he was a little surprised and asked, "How come after so many years, he is still the owner of the building?"

"Your Majesty, our leader was promoted to deputy leader, but because he insisted on killing Xiao Zhengde and Xiao Zhengze, he was demoted back to leader." Ren Yuan spoke up for Diwu Wei, "The leader wanted to do favors, but he insisted on following the imperial decree, and ended up like this."

"Don't worry, I won't let my loyal subjects suffer." Xiao Yan ordered Zhu Yi, "Go and ask Qingzhi if this is the case. If so, immediately reinstate him and give him a promotion, letting him replace the original guard master."

"Yes." Zhu Yi responded quickly.

"The vacant fifth dimension is now yours." Xiao Yan looked at Ren Yuan again and said, "Follow Dong Ping and bring Xiao Yuyao to me."

"As you wish!" Ren Yuanqiang suppressed his inner joy and responded in a deep voice.

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Princess Yongxing's Mansion.

The back garden has a deep courtyard, which is protected from the summer heat and is like a paradise on earth.

By the lotus pond full of blooming lotuses, a huge stone ship carved from white marble is moored steadily. The hull is more than twenty meters long, with the bow extending into the lake and the stern connected to the land.

The pavilions on the ship are all built with golden nanmu wood, the roof is covered with green glazed tiles, and the beams are carved and painted, which is extremely luxurious.

At this time, the windows of the building were gone, and only a thin gauze curtain as thin as a cicada's wing was hung. The breeze blew the gauze curtain, and colorful light appeared under the sunlight, which was like a dream and illusion.

Through the gauze curtain, one could see a woman and a man sitting in the largest hall in the middle.

The woman was Princess Yongxing, Xiao Yuyao. She was leaning lazily on the soft couch inlaid with gold and jade, looking at Xiao Baoyin who was sitting opposite her with peach blossom eyes.

Xiao Baoyin has a handsome face, gray hair on his temples, melancholy eyes, noble temperament, and is full of attraction to women. Princess Yongxing, who practices "drunkenness and sensuality" all day long, can't resist his charm. If it weren't for his status, she would have eaten him up long ago.

"Your Highness is so bold that he actually returned to Jiankang again. Don't you think you don't take the Gou Chen Division seriously?"

"Haha, wealth and honor are achieved through risk." Xiao Baoyin smiled confidently and said, "Some risks should be taken."

"Hehehe, Your Highness has already reached the highest position among the ministers, what kind of wealth and glory can be worthy of your attention? Do you still want to be the emperor?" Xiao Yuyao glanced at Xiao Baoyin and said half-jokingly and half-seriously.

"I don't have that idea. I just want revenge." Xiao Baoyin shook his head and asked in a deep voice, "It's been more than half a year since we last met. Princess, have you made up your mind? Do you want to join forces with me?"

"Of course I am willing." Xiao Yuyao said bitterly, "I am just like you. I dream of killing that old man!"

She couldn't help but lower her voice and said, "To be honest, I tried it once this spring, but unfortunately I failed."

"Oh, really? Princess, you are very brave." Xiao Baoyin said with an approving smile.

"Yes, that old fellow is fasting for three days this spring, and I want to join in. I think this is a good opportunity, so I arranged for two experts to disguise themselves as palace maids and sneak into the palace with me to find an opportunity to take action." Xiao Yuyao said angrily:

"One of them was so nervous that he dropped his shoe when crossing the threshold, which aroused the suspicion of the commander. As a result, the two were captured before they could even make a move."

"Did they give you away?" Xiao Baoyin asked.

"No." Xiao Yuyao said thankfully, "Both of them had poison pills in their mouths, and when they saw the situation was not good, they committed suicide directly."

"But we still found out that the two assassins sneaked into the palace by posing as my maids, but I insisted that I didn't know them at all. In addition, the old man didn't want to make it public, so the matter was left unresolved." She said with resentment in her eyes:
"But that old fellow is the most vicious. He has probably already determined that it was me who ordered it, so he found an excuse to break my neck a few days ago."

"Really? I really can't tell." Xiao Baoyin looked at Xiao Yuyao's intact neck in surprise.

"He asked Yongkang to connect me again." Xiao Yuyao gritted his teeth and said, "He thought that this way he could punish me and save his dignity at the same time. But I was killed once, and this cannot be changed no matter what!"

"Yes, I never doubted the princess's determination to seek revenge, but Xiao Yan is the founding emperor, so he cannot be killed easily." Xiao Baoyin nodded and said, "Even if your two assassins were not discovered, they would not be able to hurt him at all."

After a pause, he said in a deep voice: "Xiao Yan is clearly a living person, but he has no shadow, and light can directly pass through his body. Various signs show that his real body is no longer in this world. What you usually see is probably just his projection. Even two nine-orifice masters can't touch him at all."

"Doesn't that mean we can never kill him?" Xiao Yuyao said anxiously when he heard that.

"How could that be? How many true gods have fallen in the past few hundred years? Besides, he is definitely not a true god." Xiao Baoyin said confidently: "As long as we plan carefully, we can definitely kill him."

"What are you going to do?" Xiao Yuyao asked hurriedly.

"Has your sixth uncle agreed?" Xiao Baoyin asked in return, "It will be difficult if he doesn't agree."

"Have you forgotten his nickname?" Xiao Yuyao snorted contemptuously, "I told him several times, but he always refused. Even his two sons were killed, he still hadn't made up his mind to meet you."

"It seems that we have to push him a little further and leave him with no way out before he will cooperate with us obediently." Xiao Baoyin said softly.

"That's right." Xiao Yuyao nodded. Just as he was about to ask him how to force him, he heard a report from outside the stone boat.

"Your Highness, the Emperor invites you."

(End of this chapter)