A thousand enlightenments in one night, starting from being a menial apprentice.

Chapter 466: I Dirty My Table of Good Tea

Zhu Cheng also reined in his horse and stopped to the side.

When Zhu Peng saw Zhu Cheng coming, he immediately went to meet him. He glanced at Wang Maochun and the others, then looked at Zhu Cheng and asked, "Why are they all here?"

Zhu Cheng glanced at Zhu Peng and said, "The master said he would invite them for tea."

"Have tea?" Zhu Peng frowned, but still ordered the heavily armored cavalry to make way.

Zhu Cheng, Wang Maochun and others walked into Taihe Tower together.

Zhu Peng stood there, looking at their backs.

To be honest, he still hasn't figured out what Duan Rong is trying to do.
But he has never been a worrier.

Since I can't figure it out, I might as well stop thinking about it. He wiped the foam from the corners of his mouth. He had choked a little when he ate the snack just now, so he decided to find some juicy fruits to soothe his throat.

As soon as Zhu Cheng, Wang Maochun and others stepped into the gate of Taihe Tower, they saw Duan Rong sitting at a tea table not far from the door, pouring tea with a teapot.

Several people immediately prostrated themselves on the ground and knelt down before Duan Rong.

"I pay my respects to you, Your Excellency!"

Duan Rong sat there, his eyes motionless, and said calmly: "Please stand up, my lords! I have made two pots of tea, and I specially asked you to come over and taste it."

Wang Maochun and the others stood up anxiously. Seeing the heavily armored cavalry surrounding the building, they knew something must be wrong. In this atmosphere, how could Duan Rong still have the leisure to make tea here?

Duan Rong saw several people standing up, so he extended his hand to the empty seat in front of him and said, "My lords, please take a seat."

Wang Maochun and the others smiled awkwardly and sat down around Duan Rong.

Duan Rong glanced at Zhu Cheng, who was still standing at the door, and said, "Zhu Cheng, go ahead and finish your work."

Zhu Cheng's eyes narrowed, and he clasped his fists and said, "Yes, sir!" Zhu Cheng understood Duan Rong's meaning, which was that he should return to the dark room and continue to interrogate the spy arrested last night...

Zhu Cheng turned around and strode out of Taihe Tower.

Duan Rong glanced at Wang Maochun and the others who were sitting at the tea table. In front of them were cups of light green tea.

At this time, several people's bodies were a little stiff and their expressions were a little unnatural.

This is no wonder. Inside and outside the building are heavy armored cavalry. In this atmosphere, a direct disciple of a sect invites them to drink tea. Everyone knows that this tea is not so delicious? They will not be surprised if someone dies here later.

Duan Rong smiled faintly and said, "My Lords, the tea is just the right temperature now. If you leave it any longer, it will get a little cold."

After hearing this, Wang Maochun and the others picked up their teacups and said politely, "Sir, please!"

Duan Rong also raised his cup. "Everyone, please!"

Wang Maochun and the others drank it slowly, but they felt uneasy, as if something was stuck in their throats. They had no idea what the drink would taste like.

Seeing how nervous they were, Duan Rong decided not to keep them in suspense any longer. He slowly stood up and took four stacks of thread-bound documents from another table behind him and placed them one by one in front of Wang Maochun and the others.

Duan Rong said: "I originally wanted to invite you all to taste my two cups of Qingling Tea and Pu'er. However, I see that you all have no interest in drinking tea, so I've wasted my efforts."

"It's fine if you don't drink this tea! However, you gentlemen, please take a good look at these documents."

As Duan Rong spoke, he poured himself another cup of Pu'er tea and sipped it slowly.

Wang Maochun and the others looked at the stack of documents in front of them with flickering eyes. They had no idea what Duan Rong was up to, but they still picked up the books and started flipping through them.

"This……"

It would have been fine if they hadn't looked at it, but after they did, they were all shocked and broke out in cold sweats.

All four of them have held high positions for many years, and have been in this position for at least ten years. Who doesn't have some dirty deeds?
The top volume of this stack of documents contains records of their respective deeds, which Duan Rong left behind when he was busy last night.

"Is this slandering others?!"

Ge Hengtai was furious. He raised his palm with the inner energy surging, and wanted to grind the book in his hand into dust.

Duan Rong's eyes fixed, and he raised the teacup in his hand. A stream of tea was drawn out like a line, blocking between the booklet and the palm wind. Ge Hengtai's palm slapped down, and as soon as it touched the tea in the air, his internal energy turned into nothingness.

Duan Rong said angrily: "Master Ge is really very impressive! How dare you destroy the evidence in front of me?!"

Ge Hengtai sneered, "What kind of bullshit evidence is this?! I don't know which bastard came up with this to fabricate my faults? It's all slander and rumor, shitting and pissing on my head..."

Wang Maochun said: "Master Ge, calm down!"

Ge Hengtai said: "I can't calm down! I will destroy this bastard!"

Ge Hengtai's palms once again surged with true energy, and his eyes seemed to be burning.

The records in this booklet hit his weak spot, but if it got out, he would be ruined. Ge Hengtai was always domineering, how could he allow such a thing to exist! ?
Duan Rong looked at Ge Hengtai with a cold look in his eyes and said, "Ge Hengtai, if you move again, I will kill you!"

Duan Rong's tone was calm.

Ge Hengtai sneered and said, "Really? Lord Duan has such great authority!"

After Ge Hengtai finished speaking, he clapped his hands again.

He did not believe that Duan Rong dared to kill him in public. After all, he was the descendant of an elder in the Elders' Council, and Ge Rushong was the director of the Tongzhengshisi, one of the most powerful elders in the sect.

Killing him in public is equivalent to openly challenging Ge Rushong!
Duan Rong has only been a direct disciple for half a year!

Does he dare? Does he have the guts?
At this time, Ge Hengtai did not know that Duan Rong had already taken over Ge Rushong's two most important strongholds in the secular world, Taihe Tower and Dali Temple.

In order to keep the information secret, Ge Rusong had never let Ge Hengtai get involved in the intelligence network. After all, Ge Hengtai had many people and many things to do. Until this time, Ge Hengtai didn't even know that Taihe Tower was an intelligence base.

These two strongholds are the result of Ge Rushong's hard work, and their value far exceeds that of his secular bloodline that has been separated for countless generations.

He had already offended Ge Rusong. As the saying goes, too many lice don't itch, too many debts don't worry! Duan Rong didn't care at all, and Ge Hengtai's life was also at stake.

The moment Ge Hengtai clapped his hands, Duan Rong, who was holding the celadon teacup lightly, suddenly waved his hand, like a great calligrapher or painter wielding a brush, full of freehand artistic conception.

The celadon teacup flew out of his hand in an instant!

Whoosh!
All I saw was a flash of bluish-white porcelain shadow!
Ge Hengtai's palm suddenly broke into pieces with blood and flesh. His scream was still in his throat when the blue-white porcelain shadow flew out from the blood, as fast as lightning. At the moment Ge Hengtai saw it, the blue-white porcelain teacup had already smashed his brain.

The celadon teacup hit him directly between the eyebrows, blowing half of his head apart, with brain and blood splattering everywhere!
Wang Maochun and the others were all splashed with blood and white liquid in their faces, and a lot of it even splashed into the empty teacups in front of them. The three of them just sat there, and no one dared to move.

Duan Rong picked up the cotton towel that held the teapot, wiped the blood spots on the teapot, and said slowly: "I asked you to take a good look. I didn't ask you to destroy the evidence. You don't know how to behave! You have soiled my table of good tea!"

Duan Rong glanced at Ge Hengtai's rotten head and felt a sense of disgust in his heart.

He had called these people over with no intention of killing them. Each of them had several books recording their deeds, which were placed in a wooden box. Duan Rong just picked up one for each of them. Even if Ge Hengtai destroyed the book in his hand, it would be useless.

This guy has no brains at all! What a trouble...

Duan Rong suppressed his disgust, handed the cotton towel in his hand to Wang Maochun beside him, and said: "Don't panic, gentlemen. I am not going to call you to task. If I really wanted to make you uncomfortable, I could have submitted the booklet to the sect. There is no need to show it to you."

Wang Maochun leaned forward to take the white cotton towel and said respectfully, "Thank you, sir!"

Wang Maochun wiped the blood off his face with the white cotton towel, and then handed the towel to Chen Shanmeng beside him.

Duan Rong looked at them and said, "The book above is just an appetizer! Everyone, please continue reading."

Wang Maochun and his friends were worried. They picked up the second booklet and started flipping through it. The more they read, the more frightened they became.

Duan Rong said: "The following books are all the subordinates of the gentlemen. I am afraid that the gentlemen do not know your subordinates better than this book."

When Chen Shanmeng saw the fifth book and heard Duan Rong's words, he finally couldn't sit still anymore. He asked, "May I ask, Lord Duan, where did these records come from?"

Duan Rong laughed hoarsely, then suddenly stood up and said, "My Lords, please follow me!"

Duan Rong walked towards somewhere on the first floor.

Wang Maochun and the other three were startled, and immediately stood up and followed Duan Rong.

Duan Rong led Wang Maochun and the other three through the lobby, turned around the corridor, and stopped beside a cabinet in a remote corner.

There were several soldiers guarding there, all of them wearing the official uniforms of the Privy Council.

I saw that next to the cabinet, there was an open thick and heavy iron door, but the surface of the iron door was painted with wood paint, which was quite obstructing.

Duan Rong walked slowly into the iron gate and went down the stairs. Wang Maochun and the others followed closely.

Soon, they arrived at the underground space of Taihe Tower. It was completely enclosed and no sunlight could penetrate even during the day. However, red candles were still shining brightly on the stone walls.

After a whole night, the medicinal powder in the space had long since dissipated. Moreover, Wang Maochun and the others were all powerful people in the Qi realm, and this little bit of drug could not penetrate their protective Qi at all.

Wang Maochun, Chen Shanmeng, Zhu Zhengfu and others obviously did not expect that Taihe Building actually contained such a strange underground space.

Duan Rong glanced at Chen Shanmeng who was standing there in a daze, and said, "Master Chen just asked where those records came from? They came from here!"

"From here?!" Chen Shanmeng looked around, his eyes filled with even greater shock.

Duan Rong suddenly pointed to the scattered papers on the table beside him and said, "If you take a look at the information on these tables, you will understand what I mean."

When Wang Maochun, Chen Shanmeng, and Zhu Zhengfu heard Duan Rong say this, they walked over and looked at the paper on the table.

"This is……"

After they casually flipped through a few pictures, they were already shocked and felt cold all over.

Duan Rong said: "What you have seen is just the items summarized for one day. After so many years, how amazing must the information that Taihe Tower has mastered be?"

"Everyone, follow me again!"

Duan Rong then brought Wang Maochun, Chen Shanmeng, Zhu Zhengfu and others to a shelf filled with wooden boxes. Each box had a name on it, which were the civil and military officials of various levels in Shenyun Mansion.

"My Lords, please feel free to take a look at any wooden box you like."

Wang Maochun, Chen Shanmeng, and Zhu Zhengfu's eyes flickered as they each drew a familiar name from the wooden box. After looking through the names, they were all shocked.

The human heart is like the sea, who can withstand scrutiny?
Duan Rong said: "The people on these shelves are the civil and military officials of Shenyun Mansion, and the boxes over there are some wealthy families. This Taihe Building is really a grand project!"

Chen Shanmeng's eyes flashed with a deep look, and he asked, "Sir, such a huge amount of information collection is probably not something that a teahouse can accomplish. There must be a bigger force behind this, right?"

Duan Rong said, "Master Chen, what you said is correct. After we captured this place last night, we interrogated them overnight and did capture a few people."

Chen Shanmeng's heart moved. What Duan Rong said about arresting a few people was obviously not what ordinary people meant.

Duan Rong said: "These people are the contact persons of the Tongzhengshisi contact point. They carry the seal of the Tongzhengshisi and the sect's cloud certificate. These people are the core personnel outside Taihe Tower."

When Chen Shanmeng heard that it was related to the Tongzhengshisi, he immediately stopped talking and dared not say anything more. If it was said that this was the work of Ge Rushong, he would not be surprised.

There was a moment of silence. Seeing that no one was talking, Zhu Zhengfu jumped out and said, "Eavesdropping on all officials and clamping down on the government and the people! What does the Tongzhengshisi want to do?"

Duan Rong just laughed dumbly when he heard this, and did not respond to his words. Instead, he said calmly: "My Lords, let's go up."

Duan Rong, along with Wang Maochun, Chen Shanmeng, Zhu Zhengfu and others, sat down at the tea table in the lobby on the first floor again.

Duan Rong took a few new teacups, picked up the pot of Pu'er tea, poured a cup for each of the three people, and said, "My three lords, have another cup of tea to calm your nerves!"

Wang Maochun, Chen Shanmeng, Zhu Zhengfu and others picked up their teacups and drank them all in one gulp.

Duan Rong said: "This matter is of great importance. I don't think we can make the decision. We must present this matter in detail and submit it to the sect for the decision by the Council of Elders and Sect Master Chu."

"What do you think of this proposal?" Duan Rong looked grimly.

Wang Maochun, Chen Shanmeng and others all agreed.

Duan Rong said, "That's great. Since all the gentlemen have no objection, the Dali Temple Chief Zhu Cheng is quite clear about what happened last night, and he is also in charge of the interrogation. I will ask him to write a detailed document and hand it over to Lord Chen for review and Lord Wang for reconsideration. I hope that the two gentlemen will finish the review as soon as possible and submit it to the sect!"

"Don't worry, sir. Sir Chen and I would never dare to delay such an important matter!" said Wang Maochun.

Duan Rong nodded slightly, looked at Chen Shanmeng, and said, "Master Chen, there is one more matter that I need you to file a petition with the sect from the Dali Temple."

Chen Shanmeng said: "Please give me your instructions, sir!"

Duan Rong raised his hand and pointed at the bloody corpse with a rotten head beside the tea table, and said, "It's about this Ge Hengtai incident. The three of you are witnesses. However, Master Chen, you are the Minister of the Dali Temple after all. You will state the matter, and Master Wang and Master Zhu will sign it, and submit it to the sect together with the previous document!"

Chen Shan's expression slightly changed, and he clasped his fists and said, "Yes!"

Duan Rong saw that he had explained almost everything, and suddenly sighed. He handed the top booklet of the stack of documents in front of the three people to them one by one, and said, "You three adults can take these three booklets and deal with them yourself. Duan has said before that I did not come to you adults to question you. But some people are too domineering. They want to destroy the evidence in front of me, forcing Duan to kill!"

Duan Rong pronounced the words "recklessly murderous" with a strong emphasis, and everyone was shocked when they heard it. Ge Hengtai was really too impatient.

In fact, what Duan Rong gave them was just one of the books in their respective wooden boxes. Each of them had several books of black material.

Duan Rong looked at Wang Maochun and said, "Master Wang, you are the lord of the palace. From now on, the books and materials in the underground world of Taihe Tower will be handed over to you for protection. If Duan is right, after the documents are submitted to the sect, these books and materials should be escorted back to the sect. Master Wang, just follow my orders when you arrive."

"Don't worry, sir. I will definitely send more capable people to guard this place strictly." Wang Maochun said with a fist salute.

(End of this chapter)