klisemfg Chapter 196 This Regent is truly ruthless and insane.
Chapter 196 This Regent is truly ruthless and insane.
"How about it?"
As soon as Liu Taiqing stepped out of the hospital gate and turned a corner, he was startled by the sudden appearance of Cang Zhihe.
"Whoa!" Liu Taiqing patted his chest. "What are you doing here!"
Cang Zhihe asked anxiously, "What's the situation with the Gu worms?"
Just now, a maid came to report that Liu Taiqing had arranged to meet the Regent, so she has been waiting here ever since.
She needs to know the results as soon as possible!
"Don't worry, it's already planted." Liu Taiqing teased Cang Zhihe by pinching her waist, but he actually pinched a layer of flesh, and she was stunned.
"you……"
"Are you serious?!" Cang Zhihe exclaimed in surprise, slapping Liu Taiqing's hand away and scolding, "Stop touching me! Don't you know where you are?!"
The regent's guards are still standing at the door!
They dare to lay hands on me!
Liu Taiqing rubbed his hands together, looking at Cang Zhihe's waist with some puzzlement.
This seems... to be thicker than before...
He looked Cang Zhihe up and down and noticed that she was wearing a loose robe with many decorations around her waist.
He shook his head.
It's an illusion, it must be another illusion.
"Let's not talk about that. The Regent summoned me today and ordered me to mine the veins. I have to leave tomorrow." Liu Taiqing looked at Cang Zhihe and suddenly felt a pang of reluctance.
He frowned, somewhat puzzled.
“There will be a farewell banquet at the City Lord’s Mansion tonight. That will be your chance,” Liu Taiqing said uncontrollably.
He was surprised and doubtful.
How come I genuinely want to help her now? Could it be that I've actually developed feelings of gratitude? That can't be right. When did he, such a treacherous and despicable person, learn such disgusting things as gratitude?
"That's great!" Cang Zhihe exclaimed with delight.
Once she sees the Regent tonight, she will activate the Mother Gu within her and be able to control his heart!
The thought that the woman with the dragon flame was also present, witnessing firsthand the Regent's complete obedience to her, filled her with a surge of pleasure.
The first thing she wanted the regent to do was to kill that woman who was in the way!
Cang Zhihe returned to the courtyard excitedly.
The maidservant approached anxiously, "Miss, I went out to buy groceries today as instructed by the Regent, but I ran into General Hulie's men!"
The maid looked around and lowered her voice, saying, "He gave me a letter, saying he wanted to give it to you, Miss..."
She slipped a letter into Cang Zhihe's hand.
General Hulie?
"Is it that Hu Lieyunxiao?" Cang Zhihe frowned as she took the letter.
The forces of the Southern Sang ruler have already arrived in Haimu City?
The maid nodded.
“Miss has never met General Hulie, but as a fellow Nansang person, he must have thought that you had a blood feud with the Regent and could be trusted, which is why he came up with a way to send this message.”
"Hmph," Cang Zhihe sneered, "Trying to use me?"
"They don't even consider their own worth."
She opened the letter, her face growing increasingly sour with each reading. Finally, she threw the letter into the maid's arms, shouting, "What a damned general! He dared to tell me to conspire with him to assassinate the Regent!"
"He thought I was some kind of nine-tailed fox, with multiple lives to mess with!"
"Miss, please keep your voice down!" The maid nervously closed the courtyard gate. "Be careful, the walls may have ears."
If the Regent finds out that General Hulie sent a letter to the young lady... the consequences would be unimaginable!
"What's there to be afraid of?" Cang Zhihe said disdainfully. "Now that the Regent has been bewitched by my love potion, he'll have no choice but to obey me from now on."
She pinched the fat around her waist.
It's finally done.
It's not in vain that I've become the way I am today.
Cang Zhihe gave a somewhat perverse laugh and swayed her waist as she walked into the room.
……
Inside the Junce Academy.
A lone figure: "My lord, Hu Lie Yunxiao and Wu Muyou have arrived outside Hai Mu City."
"Just as you expected, they sent someone to deliver a message to Cang Zhihe today. However, that fool Cang Zhihe still thinks she has already planted a love potion in you and has ignored them."
"Ignored her?" Jun Ce's slender fingers rested on the teacup lid as he lifted his eyelids. "Then you should write her a reply."
"Does the master intend to... take this opportunity to reveal the treasure map to them?"
Jun Ce nodded.
"Liu Taiqing has two fake treasure maps. Let them fight over them, we'll just watch the show."
The lone figure chuckled, "Your Majesty is wise!"
A reply was quickly delivered to Hu Lieyunxiao.
After reading the letter, he glanced at Wu Muyou, who was looking to the side.
The letter mentioned a treasure map... I'm afraid it can't be kept secret any longer.
"This regent is truly heartless and insane!" Hu Lieyunxiao slammed his fist on the table, feigning anger. "Not only did he detain the city lord's daughter, but he also forced her to hand over the treasure map!"
"A treasure map?" Wu Muyou sat to the side, gently wiping his scepter across his lap.
Hu Lieyunxiao said, "Great Wizard, you may not know this, but the city lord of Haimu City has been secretly hiding a mine from His Majesty! If Cang Zhihe hadn't offered it in exchange for our help to save her from this predicament, we would probably still be in the dark!"
A determined glint flashed in his eyes.
"Once we get our hands on this mine, we can make gunpowder! At that point, what will we have to fear from mere dragon flame?"
Wu Muyou's brown pupils flickered slightly.
"This matter must be reported to His Majesty as soon as possible."
He stretched out his finger, and the serpent nimbly coiled around it, flicking out its bright red tongue.
"Wait, wizard!"
Hu Lieyun stood up abruptly. He walked over to Wu Muyou, placed his hands on the table, and said in a low voice, "We don't know if the mineral vein is true or not. If we report this to His Majesty now, how will we explain it if we can't find the mineral vein?"
"What does General Hulie want?"
Wu Muyou stared intently into his eyes with his brown eyes, and seeing the intense ambition churning within them, a cold sneer appeared on his face.
Hu Lieyunxiao laughed and said, "We can't completely believe what Cang Zhihe says."
"Although the Wu family is His Majesty's right-hand man, if such an important matter is false, and someone with ulterior motives seizes on it, accusing your Wu family of fooling His Majesty, what will the sorcerers do then?"
"It would be better if I and the wizard searched for the treasure first, and then handed it over to His Majesty once we found the mine."
Wu Muyou gently brushed the scepter, glanced at Hu Lieyunxiao, and remained expressionless.
He couldn't help but sneer inwardly.
He, Hu Lieyunxiao, coveted the mine, but wasn't the Wu family doing the same?
However, what Hu Lieyunxiao didn't know was that as soon as he arrived in Haimu City, he sent a spirit snake to investigate the city and already knew that Liu Taiqing had two treasure maps.
This fool has no idea that what Liu Taiqing is secretly mining is the real mineral vein.
Fine, I'll just go along with him on the surface. If the Emperor blames me later, this fool will have to take the blame.
Thinking of this, Wu Muyou readily agreed, "Since His Majesty has appointed General Hulie to take charge, all decisions regarding the siege of Haimu City will naturally be made in accordance with the General's arrangements."
Hu Lieyunxiao straightened up and clapped his hands, laughing loudly.
"Great! It's really satisfying to work with a smart person like a wizard!"
He walked to the table, picked up his wine glass, and said, "I'd like to offer you a toast!"
Wu Muyou calmly picked up the wine glass in front of him, gestured for it to clink in the air, and then drank it all in one gulp.
Hu Lieyunxiao smiled.
"With the sorcerer in charge, I will immediately send troops to investigate the regent's strength!"