Evil of all ages

Chapter 267 The frightened bird
"Even though you have delegated power to Fan Hongyan, allowing him to control all the Imperial Guards in the capital, people are still driven by self-interest."

Even if you become a Grandmaster and become the strongest, and you don't value power that much, you still can't relinquish power so easily.

"The only explanation is that Fan Hongyan may seem to be the Empress Dowager's man, but in reality, he is your man."

Li Tianwu remained silent upon hearing this, his hands clasped behind his back as he quietly watched Gao He.

Gao He saw that Li Tianwu neither refuted nor said anything, which was clearly an admission of consent.

"I hope that when I need Fan Hongyan, he will obey my orders."

Gao He made his demands.

"That's all?"

Li Tianwu asked.

Gao He nodded. Although Fan Hongyan was blocking the way, Fan Hongyan was Li Tianwu's man, and he didn't need to kill Fan Hongyan to offend Li Tianwu.

Or perhaps, like the Demon Queen, she believes she can control Fan Hongyan, and is lucky if she can command him once or twice.

"If you want him to do something, just send someone to give him the instructions."

Li Tianwu agreed.

He didn't linger and turned to leave.

"Now only Wan Guiyi, the Grand Commander of the Plum Blossom Inner Guard, remains."

Gao He is not in a hurry at all. The Imperial Guards and the Embroidered Uniform Guards are under his control, and he can force the emperor to abdicate at any time.

But he was as steady as a rock and a very patient person.

They wanted to take over even the Plum Blossom Guard and leave the empress all alone.

As for the Empress's brother, Xu Yushu, he no longer wanted to play any more tricks of framing and slander.

They planned to kill the person and end it all.

Just in case, he decided to do it himself.

However, it's broad daylight now, so let's wait until it's dark and windy before we talk about it.

Night falls
Huangfu
"As expected of a transmigrator, not only is his growth rate incredibly fast, but he has also become the young master of the Invincible Heavenly Sect."

After muttering to himself, Huang Taichu watched as Gao He left his residence, his figure disappearing from the spot.

Gao He leaped from the rooftop toward the Xu residence.

At that moment, the moon emerged from behind the clouds.

The originally dark night appeared so bright under the moonlight.

Suddenly Gao He frowned, because he saw a person sitting on the roof in front of him.

The other person seemed to be watching him, as if they were waiting for him.

As the distance closed, he could see Huang Taichu's face clearly.

He was no longer calm.

How could he be the son of the Ghost King?
Did the Ghost King know that he was going to kill Xu Yushu tonight and send his son to stop him?
Although it was just a guess, he felt that the possibility was very high, which made him feel heavy-hearted.

He stopped on the rooftop closest to the son of the Ghost King.

"Prime Minister Gao, it's not good to go out and kill people so late at night instead of sleeping."

Huang Taichu said with a smile.

Upon hearing this, Gao He knew he was in deep trouble.

The Ghost King isn't refusing to intervene, so why is he preparing to get involved again?
"Your father sent you here to persuade me to let Xu Yushu go?"

Gao He asked, unwilling to give up.

No, not at all.

Hearing this answer, Gao He was full of confusion. Wasn't he supposed to be here to stop him?
“My father has no interest in interfering in your power struggles, but he has one quirk.”

"They like to lock up people of high status and position in the dungeon and keep them as their own."

“If you kill Xu Yushu, it means my father will lose one of his collections, and naturally my father will not be happy about that.”

Huang Taichu smiled.

"Anything is fine as long as no one is killed?"

Gao He breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that the Ghost King had no intention of getting involved.

"As expected of a veteran of five dynasties, he immediately understood the implication of my words."

"That's right, anything is fine as long as no one is killed."

Huang Taichu smiled.

Gao He was not stumped when he heard that he could not kill.

They could beat Xu Yushu into a living dead, or they could use drugs to keep him in a deep sleep.

This would have the same effect as killing Xu Yushu, leaving the Empress Dowager isolated and helpless. "Prime Minister Gao, you mustn't lose in this power struggle."

"Because you are also one of my father's most desired collectibles."

As soon as he finished speaking, a dark cloud obscured a corner of the moon, plunging the area where Huang Taichu was located into darkness.

Once the dark clouds had dispersed and the moonlight shone again on the area where Huang Taichu had been, Huang Taichu's figure had long since disappeared.

"Is this the power of ghosts and gods?"

Gao He clenched his fists, because he couldn't even see how Huang Taichu had left.

The fact that even a grandmaster like him couldn't see through it clearly requires supernatural power.

This left him feeling somewhat helpless.

Knowing that humans cannot compare to ghosts and gods, he suppressed all his distracting thoughts and continued his journey towards the Xu residence.

One night passes

News spread that Xu Yushu had been assassinated and was seriously injured and unconscious.

This made Xu Yunxue extremely nervous, prompting her subordinates to be on high alert and to close the palace gates tightly if necessary, preventing anyone from entering.

a few days passed
Huang Taihong has returned from Jiangnan.

With the help of the Ming family, the most powerful family in Jiangnan, he not only destroyed the Jiang family, but also learned that the leader of the Shadow Pavilion was the Duke of Anshi.

After bidding farewell to the Ming family, he rushed back to the capital, only to learn that Duke Anshi had been imprisoned.

The fact that the person was still imprisoned in his elder brother's dungeon left him stunned.

"Why don't you bring Fairy Baiwei back?"

When Huang Taichu saw his second brother arrive, he didn't give him a chance to speak and asked first.

"Brother, how did you know?"

Huang Taihong was curious about how his older brother knew about his relationship with Ming Xiaoyu.

"Nonsense, you're my brother, how could I not know about your situation in Jiangnan?"

Huang Taichu smiled.

Huang Tai-hong: "It's all rumors. There's nothing between her and me. We're just friends."

Huang Taichu: "Tch, rumors, you're just dishonest kid."

Huang Taihong: "Brother, that's not important. What's important is that I found out that Duke Anshi is the leader of the Shadow Pavilion. He's not imprisoned in the Heavenly Prison."

"Brother, please take me to see him quickly."

Seeing his second brother's impatient look, Huang Taichu led him to a prison cell.

When Huang Taihong saw that Xu Ming looked sickly and listless like the other prisoners, he turned to look at his elder brother.

Huang Taichu snapped his fingers, allowing Xu Ming to temporarily regain his strength.

"Tell me, where is my fiancée?"

Huang Taihong asked Xu Ming, who had sat up.

"Your fiancée is not in my hands."

Xu Ming glanced at Huang Taichu before answering Huang Taihong.

"Impossible. The Ghost Market said my fiancée was bought by your Shadow Pavilion."

Huang Taihong's tone involuntarily rose.

"We bought the person, but your fiancée was kidnapped by a mysterious person."

Xu Ming replied.

"You're lying to me, aren't you?"

“The people have fallen into your hands, and now they’ve been robbed, just like that.”

Huang Taihong felt that Xu Ming was lying to him.

"I'm now your elder brother's prisoner, do you think I have any reason to lie to you?"

Xu Ming countered with a question.

"How could this be?"

Huang Taihong saw that Xu Ming didn't seem to be lying.

In addition, his elder brother nodded and assured him that the people imprisoned in this dungeon would not dare to lie to him.

This led Huang Taihong to believe that his fiancée had been stolen by a mysterious person.

This was something he couldn't accept.

(End of this chapter)