Evil of all ages

Chapter 241 Killing someone with a borrowed knife

"His fiancée was originally in the Ghost Market, but we don't know if it was a coincidence or if we were set up by someone with ulterior motives."

"Among the batch of female slaves we bought at the ghost market was his fiancée."

Kong Kuangfeng replied.

"What did you say? We bought his fiancée!?"

Xu Ming's face darkened upon hearing this. How did it all end up back on his head again?

coincidence?

how can that be!

The person behind the scenes was truly scheming. First, they plotted against his son, and then they sent Huang Taihong's fiancée to their Shadow Pavilion.

This is forcing the son of the Ghost King to stand against the Xu family.

"His fiancée is in our hands. Has she been harmed?"

Xu Ming needed to confirm this: if Huang Taihong's fiancée had an accident at the Shadow Pavilion, it would play right into the hands of the person behind the scenes.

Even if he had a thousand mouths to explain, Huang Taihong probably wouldn't listen.

They'll fight the Xu family to the death.

"His fiancée is not in our hands; she was kidnapped by a mysterious person."

Kong Kuangfeng replied, bowing his head.

Upon hearing this, Xu Ming was taken aback at first, and then veins popped out on his forehead as he cursed Kong Kuangfeng and his gang for being good-for-nothings.

They can't even keep an eye on one person.

This puts him in an even more passive position.

Even if he were to tell Huang Taihong the truth now, Huang Taihong would be utterly skeptical; instead, he would think that the Shadow Pavilion was hiding people.

Or perhaps he believed his fiancée had died in an accident at the Shadow Pavilion, and the Shadow Pavilion was using this excuse to distract him and cover up the truth.

Xu Ming didn't want to make an enemy of Huang Taihong, but he knew that explaining things to Huang Taihong would only complicate matters further, so he fell into deep thought.

"No, in some people's eyes, it's no secret that I am the Lord of Shadows."

"Moreover, the person behind the scenes will definitely try to let Huang Taihong know that I am the leader of the Shadow Pavilion."

“If Huang Taihong knew, he would have come to question me immediately instead of making a big fuss about searching for me outside.”

“There is a third-party force involved; they are preventing Huang Taihong from investigating me.”

"Why are they doing this?"

"What is their purpose?"

"With such power, there are only a handful in the capital. Could it be the Ghost King?"

Xu Ming felt more and more that something was amiss.

"Don't make contact with Huang Taihong yet. Keep a close eye on him for me."

Xu Ming pondered for a moment and then spoke.

Kong Kuangfeng accepted the order and withdrew.

Prime Minister's Residence

“Grandpa, it’s not just our people; many forces in the capital want to tell Huang Taihong that Xu Ming is the Lord of Shadows.”

"No matter what method we use, we are inexplicably stopped."

"Gao Ge said."

"Any way?"

Gao He slowly finished his practice and asked.

“Yes, if indirect methods don’t work, we’ll just send someone to tell him directly.”

"But before anyone can get close to him, they either suddenly fall ill and faint, or suffer from temporary amnesia and forget why they came here."

"I can't believe it," Gao Ge said in a terrified voice.

"It seems the Ghost King has intervened."

Gao He knew that such methods existed, and there were only three types of people who possessed them: Grandmasters, extraterrestrial demons, and Ghost Kings.

Huang Taihong is the son of the Ghost King, most likely because the Ghost King didn't want to see his son being schemed against by others.

"Grandpa, we're the ones who brought Huang Taihong in here. What if the Ghost King...?"

Gao Ge was worried that the Ghost King would cause them trouble.

"will not"

“If the Ghost King wanted to cause us trouble, he would have done so long ago, instead of trying to stop us in this way.”

"I'm afraid the Ghost King has other ideas."

Gao He guessed.

"Grandpa, then we..."

"Since the Ghost King has intervened, let's leave Huang Taihong's matter here and switch to the backup plan."

...Princess Pingyang's Residence
Huang Taichu was taken by Di Luoyun to visit her brother.

back yard

Di Luoyun and his brothers and sisters-in-law were playing with Xiaoyue on the grass, while Huang Taichu and Di Qingtian were drinking tea in the pavilion.

"I never imagined that the world's greatest detective would be so thoroughly humiliated by a woman, and not just any woman, but his former lover. How pathetic!"

Huang Taichu looked at the bandaged wounds on Di Qingtian's body with a sarcastic expression.

Upon hearing this, Di Qingtian remained expressionless, but his heart was filled with bitterness.

Despite his rapid progress over the past three years, he has already become a peak innate expert.

However, He Jiahan was already a Grandmaster, so being beaten was inevitable.

He just didn't want anyone else to interfere in his and He Jiahan's affairs.

"Your brother's fiancée should be in your hands, right?"

Di Qingtian spoke with certainty.

Seeing how quickly Di Qingtian changed the subject, Huang Taichu smiled and remained silent while drinking his tea.

"You're trying to trick your brother by not letting anyone tell him that Xu Ming is the Lord of Shadows, under the guise of 'training'?"

Di Qingtian knew Huang Taichu all too well. Such a wicked person wouldn't let others off the hook, so how could he let those around him off the hook?

"Don't meddle in other people's business."

Huang Taichu warned casually.

"Don't worry, I don't care about your younger brother and sister."

Di Qingtian knew that Huang Taichu was a vengeful person, and if he dared to interfere, Huang Taichu would definitely make things difficult for him.

"Empress Dowager and the young emperor, are you planning to help the young emperor?"

Huang Taichu knew that the young emperor had approached Di Qingtian multiple times, and although Di Qingtian had not agreed, he had not refused either.

“When the late emperor was alive, I owed the Empress Dowager a favor, but the Empress Dowager controlled the government, and ambitious people had an excuse to rebel.”

"You know, I don't care who controls the government, what I want is peace and prosperity for the country."

"But the Empress Dowager is the source of all trouble, I..."

Di Qingtian knew that if he wanted the world to be at peace, the Empress Dowager had to return power to the young emperor.

Unfortunately, he still owed the Empress Dowager a favor.

He's hesitant now.

"You are incredibly powerful; you must have the ability to foresee the future. What do you think I should choose?"

Di Qingtian suddenly realized that Huang Taichu was someone who could easily change dynasties, so he asked for his opinion.

"Hehehe..."

"Whatever you choose is none of my business."

When Huang Taichu saw that a clever person like Di Qingtian was throwing questions at him in an attempt to get some answer from him, he immediately gave him a cold shoulder.

Di Qingtian didn't feel sorry that he didn't get the answer he wanted. Anyway, with his sister around, he wasn't afraid that Huang Taichu would do something too outrageous.

Duke's Mansion

"Someone told him that our Shadow Pavilion has an important stronghold in Jiangnan!?"

Upon hearing Kong Kuangfeng's report, Xu Ming frowned, clearly indicating that a third party was planning to lure Huang Taihong to Jiangnan.

“The second-largest family in Jiangnan has a grudge against our Shadow Pavilion. Let’s shift the blame onto them.”

After thinking it over for a while, Xu Ming decided to use someone else to do the dirty work.

If Huang Taihong helps him get rid of the Jiang family, that would be best.

Conversely, if the Jiang family killed Huang Taihong and then pulled some strings, he would be out of the picture.

Kong Kuangfeng first accepted the order, and then revealed that another assassin organization, Duanhunlou, had killed their people.

“The Soul-Severing Tower wouldn’t oppose us for no reason. Their master might be someone we know.”

"check"

"Find out who's behind them."

Kong Kuangfeng withdrew after receiving the order.

At the gate of the capital
"Although Di Qingtian has arranged a position for you at the Dali Temple, asking you to go to Jiangnan to find corrupt officials, be careful, there are too many rich people in the Jiangnan area."

"Just pretend, don't cause them any trouble."

Huang Taichu reminded him.

"I know, I'm not really looking for corrupt officials, I just want to find my fiancée."

"As long as they don't mess with me, I won't bother them."

"Brother, take care!"

After saying that, Huang Taihong set off with his personal guards.

(End of this chapter)