"Father—!" the second son cried out, his tears streaming down.
"You…!" The second son then turned, gritting his teeth and pointing at Ye Fan: "You despicable and shameless villain, to plot against my father with poison!"
"I already said it was poison, but you didn't believe me," Ye Fan spread his hands helplessly. "See? Your old man died from your filial piety, didn't he?"
Ye Fan's current actions and demeanor perfectly embodied a saying.
Using the most innocent tone to say the most infuriating things…
In fact, he was doing it on purpose.
He wanted to provoke these two filial sons into killing him.
Although it was unlikely to succeed, there was no harm in trying.
After all, even if he did nothing, the dog system probably wouldn't let go of these two mobile power sources, right?
[What a touching scene of fatherly love and filial piety!]
[You must be very sad that your father went down alone.]
As soon as the system finished speaking, two golden lights fell upon the brothers.
"Pfft—!"
"Pfft—!"
They both spat out a large mouthful of blood, their bodies weakly collapsing to the ground.
Their burning rage instantly turned into terror!
Their true qi was sealed?
Why couldn't their bodies move either!
"How pathetic, spitting blood like that," Liang Rujing's eyes flashed with golden light, and she took out a small porcelain bottle, walking towards them. "But don't worry, I have excellent medicinal pills for healing."
Upon reaching them, Liang Rujing fed each of them a dark pill.
The pills were naturally the top-grade products from the Second Elder, and their effects were immediate…
In just a moment, the brothers began to writhe in the room in their own bizarre and twisted postures.
"Oh, heh heh heh heh…"
"Second brother, I feel so happy!"
"Big brother, are you stupid? I'm just a rock right now, please don't talk to a rock, okay?"
"But it does feel very happy though…"
"Oh, heh heh heh heh…"
…
"Huh? What just happened?" After snapping back to reality, Liang Rujing stared dumbfounded at the scene before her.
She remembered that these two had looked like they wanted to devour someone just moments ago, but now they were writhing on the ground?
And the way they were writhing, it felt strangely familiar…
"Nothing, let's go," Ye Fan took Liang Rujing's arm and walked out.
Once outside, he immediately took out his flying bed and, under the cover of night, left Prince Qi's mansion.
Ye Fan decided not to return to the Fang mansion and simply found an inn to sleep.
Not long after Ye Fan fell asleep, the other half of the jade pendant from the Fang mansion appeared in Prince Qi's bedroom.
The brothers, who had been writhing for a long time, finally quieted down.
The father and sons, now three individuals, transformed into specks of fluorescence and merged into Ye Fan's feet.
The next day.
Around nine in the morning, Ye Fan and Liang Rujing set off again.
At the same time, at the Fang mansion.
Seeing that Ye Fan hadn't emerged, Fang Yuan went to check on the situation.
As soon as he reached the door, Fang Yuan froze.
The door was open, and the room was empty!
Fang Yuan's heart sank, and he quickly ran to Liang Rujing's adjacent room.
That room was also empty…
Fang Yuan realized a grave problem!
Something had happened!
He inquired with everyone in the household, but no one had seen any trace of Ye Fan and Liang Rujing.
Two living people had simply vanished into thin air!
Three days later.
The Emperor of Da Ling returned to the imperial palace and immediately summoned Fang Yuan.
"What did you say? The special envoy is missing?"
Upon hearing the news, the Emperor was greatly shocked!
"Your Majesty, please forgive me…" Fang Yuan hurriedly knelt on the ground, trembling with nervousness. "There were no signs of a struggle in the room; it seems the special envoy left on their own."
For the past three days, he had tried every means, but he couldn't find anyone…
"It's late, you should go back," the Emperor of Da Ling waved his hand wearily, dismissing Fang Yuan.
Fang Yuan's loyalty was beyond doubt; he wouldn't lie to deceive himself to escape punishment.
The special envoy's loyalty was equally reliable.
But why would he leave without a word?
The next morning, at the imperial court.
A bombshell piece of news once again stunned the Emperor of Da Ling.
Prince Qi and his two sons had died in their own home!
Furthermore, something was discovered in Prince Qi's bedroom.
When the item was presented, the Emperor of Da Ling was completely bewildered!
Because it was precisely the half jade pendant that he had given to the special envoy!
Had the special envoy been to Prince Qi's house?
Or, had the special envoy killed Prince Qi and his sons?
No, that was impossible!
The special envoy was absolutely loyal to him!
Moreover, he had no reason or motive to harm Prince Qi's family.
Such explosive news sent the opposition faction in the court into a frenzy!
Prince Qi's plan failing had surprised them, but now it didn't matter!
"Your Majesty!" Elder Li stepped forward a few paces. "It now appears that the special envoy was clearly already corrupted by the Great Liang Kingdom!"
"This minister concurs!"
"This minister concurs!"
"This minister concurs!"
…
Other members of the opposition faction stepped forward in agreement.
The Emperor's mind was in turmoil.
The special envoy's family had willingly sworn a soul oath to him to reassure him back then.
If the special envoy hadn't been too young at the time, he would have sworn a soul oath along with them.
Now that the lives of his entire family were in his hands, there was no reason for him to betray him!
But the tragic deaths of Prince Qi's family were also established facts…
Thinking of Prince Qi, the Emperor of Da Ling felt a pang in his heart.
Originally, that position was not destined for him; his seventh brother, Prince Qi, had voluntarily given it to him.
With that level of brotherhood, there was nothing more to say.
But now his beloved brother had died tragically in his home…
And the special envoy's jade pendant was found at the scene…
Could it be that after so many years, the special envoy had truly been corrupted by the Great Liang Kingdom?
He…
Had betrayed this Emperor like this?!
The moment this thought appeared, it spread wildly in his heart like weeds…
If the special envoy had nothing to hide, he wouldn't have left without a word!
Regardless of whether he had betrayed this Emperor or not, find him first!
"Your Majesty, that traitor probably hasn't gotten far," Elder Li spoke again. "If we pursue now, there's still time!"
"Issue my decree!" the Emperor of Da Ling roared. "Pursue the special envoy with all our might!"
At this, the ministers of the opposition faction became completely ecstatic!
Before, they had to be cautious when dealing with the special envoy, after all, this was the imperial city, wasn't it?
Now that the Emperor had issued a decree, they could act with impunity!
Although they didn't have many cultivators left in their own factions, the main force this time wasn't them.
Their people only needed to be responsible for gathering information and finding the person.
When it came to actual combat, they would have to rely on the more powerful cultivators in the palace.
Thus, a plan to apprehend Ye Fan was launched!
And as the target of the arrest, Ye Fan was completely unaware.
Or rather, even if he knew, he wouldn't care.
He might even happily welcome it!
This was a good thing!
Come on, hurry up and kill me!
I can't wait any longer!