chsdbacks Chapter 485 Accept the shock, oh no, the surprise!
Chapter 485 Accept the shock, oh no, the surprise!
Chapter 485 Accept the shock, oh no, the surprise!
Upon leaving the dungeon, Wen Chong eagerly summoned his servants to prepare the carriage; he didn't want to stay there a moment longer.
Not only because this was the palace dungeon, but also because he could sense Wen Ziyi's presence.
Ye Nanxiao lightly leaped up and landed on the carriage. Wen Chong hurriedly squeezed in, but his first action was not to ask Ye Nanxiao about the Soul Guidance Key. Instead, he told the driver to start the carriage immediately.
The jailers watched the Wen family's carriage leave. One of the youngest jailers asked, "Sure enough, those big shots here are all hoping they won't come. Look at how fast they left, like they'd seen a ghost!"
A prison guard wearing a tall hat, who looked like a veteran employee, heard the young guard's words and laughed, "Isn't this perfect? If fewer big shots come, we'll be more comfortable. These guys have their eyes wide open; who knows when they'll be coming in and under our watch."
"Is there really such a good thing?" The young jailer looked eager to try it out. He couldn't stand those arrogant nobles; everyone was a human being.
"Even if they come, all you can do is glare at them. Nobody knows whether the prisoners in the next hour will be executed or released, or whether assassins will break into the cells." The old jailer leisurely turned and walked back into the dungeon.
"That terrifying?" The young prison guard was immediately frightened upon hearing this.
"What are you afraid of? You might not be able to stop those who can break in, so you'll have to hide. As for those who can't break in, there's even less to be afraid of. You might see them in the cell." The old jailer's long voice came.
"That makes sense!" The young jailer was no longer afraid.
"But don't be too confident. The people you can keep an eye on right now are all terrifying individuals. If you are not careful and offend them, before they come out one day and turn this place upside down, the first thing they will do is to strike you." The old jailer glanced meaningfully at the cell where Wen Ziyi and the others were being held.
"Whether it's a death row inmate or any other prisoner, as long as they're not going to be executed immediately, don't get too close. Who knows, they might be released one day."
As soon as he finished speaking, the young jailer suddenly felt a chill run down his spine.
The Wen family mansion.
Wen Chong respectfully invited Ye Nanxiao into the main house and treated him with the highest level of hospitality.
Various fine wines and delicacies were laid out, and maids of all kinds served them.
Ye Nanxiao had prepared a large guest room and several young girls with somewhat immature appearances for Wen Chong. Ye Nanxiao waved his hand, stopping the other party from continuing his ingratiating behavior.
"Patriarch Wen, let's resolve this matter quickly, as it is extremely important to you," Ye Nanxiao said.
These words were exactly what Wen Chong wanted to hear. He was just worried about how to quickly resolve the matter and send Ye Nanxiao away.
As the saying goes, it's easy to invite a god, but difficult to send him away.
In Wen Chong's mind, Ye Nanxiao had risen to a position that the Wen family could not afford to offend for the time being.
He was afraid that Ye Nanxiao would raise the price, and he would lose face and the opportunity.
Wen Chong took out the Soul Guidance Key from his pocket and handed it to Ye Nanxiao.
Ye Nanxiao took it, his hands creating a blur of afterimages.
In the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, Ye Nanxiao tossed the Soul Guidance Key back to Wen Chong.
Wen Chong looked at the Soul Guidance Key in his hand, which had been completely unlocked, and was very excited. He seemed to see his path to rapid advancement beckoning to him.
"Mr. Xiao, I am truly grateful!"
After speaking, Wen Chong waved to the servants standing at the door, and immediately large boxes were carried in from outside.
Nearly thirty boxes were placed in the hall, filling up the remaining empty spaces.
Wen Chong took out a purple-gold card, placed it on the table, and said, "This is the gold soul coins and rare metals I promised Mr. Xiao. The gold soul coins are in the card, and the rare metals are here. Mr. Xiao, please count them."
Ye Nanxiao took out a new storage ring from his pocket and waved his hand to collect all the boxes on the ground.
"There's no need for that. I trust Patriarch Wen's reputation."
The praise that came from Ye Nanxiao's mouth made Wen Chong extremely pleased.
"I have already instructed my servants to prepare a sumptuous dinner. Why don't you join me for a couple of drinks tonight, Mr. Xiao?" Wen Chong said politely.
Ye Nanxiao waved his hand, declining and saying, "No, Patriarch Wen, I have another mission to attend to, so I'll take my leave now. Please contact me if you have any more missions to take."
Ye Nanxiao took out a card and placed it on the table. He stood up and said, "The Wen family is a family that values its reputation. If you can contact me using the method on this card, and if I happen to be free, I will definitely arrive before the waning moon."
After saying that, Ye Nanxiao turned around, took a step, and his figure disappeared into the air in a second.
Wen Chong glanced around, waited a few seconds, and then touched the left side of the chair. An invisible barrier rose up from the center of the Wen family's main residence.
After carefully sensing for a while, Wen Chong looked at the card on the table and said, "Xiao Nanye is a powerful and mysterious guy. It's better to befriend him before we figure out his background."
After muttering a few words, Wen Chong didn't have time to feel sorry for the rare metals he had given away. He hurriedly instructed the maid to help him change into court clothes, prepare a carriage, and head straight for the Sun and Moon Palace.
On the other side, Ju Zi, having received Ye Nanxiao's message, immediately brought two of the Twelve Nights to the dungeon.
Ye Nanxiao has already told Ju Zi that the Wen family's soul guide key has been unlocked. With the Wen family's key unlocked, Wen Ziyi has lost the right to continue living.
Xu Tianran kept Wen Ziyi around for two reasons: one was to gain Wen Ziyi's loyalty, and the other was for the Wen family's war behemoth soul tool.
Now that the Wen family's soul guide key has been unlocked, Wen Ziyi's only way to survive is to pledge allegiance to Xu Tianran.
However, Ye Nanxiao knew very well that Wen Ziyi had been clinging to life for so many years, refusing to surrender to Xu Tianran, waiting for an opportunity—an opportunity to regain his freedom and take revenge.
The Imperial Palace, the Great Sun Hall.
Xu Tianran received a request for an audience from Wen Chong.
"Oh? The Wen family's soul guide key has finally been unlocked?" Xu Tianran was somewhat surprised and put down his pen.
"Yes, Your Majesty, Minister Wen is requesting an audience outside the palace."
"Let him in." Xu Tianran reached out and rubbed his face; he was a little tired from reviewing official documents for a long time.
"Your Majesty! The Soul Guidance Key has been unlocked! The Wen family's war beasts are ready to fight for Your Majesty!" Wen Chong respectfully held up the Soul Guidance Key, ran up in small steps, and knelt before Xu Tianran.
"Very good!" Xu Tianran reached out and attracted the Soul Guidance Key from Wen Chong's hand to his own.
For Xu Tianran, who has not yet obtained the Offering Hall and has not yet completely taken over the Mingde Hall, each war behemoth is an extremely valuable war asset, and he will not have too many.
"Who can unlock this?" Xu Tianran toyed with the Soul Guidance Key in his hand, the grotesque patterns on it making him reluctant to put it down.
"I recruited a highly skilled civilian Soul Master to unlock it! His name is Xiao Nanye, who once caused a great disturbance at the Aodu Chamber of Commerce and was known as a notorious bandit!" Wen Chong told Xu Tianran the whole story of how Ye Nanxiao unlocked the Soul Guidance Key.
After listening to Wen Chong's story, Xu Tianran fell into deep thought.
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"In less than fifteen minutes, he verbally defeated Wen Ziyi and unlocked the soul-guiding key?"
Xu Tianran placed the Soul Guidance Key on the table; he was very interested in talents who could rival Wen Ziyi.
Since he is a genius soul master from the common people, and he accepted the Wen family's mission and took away a large amount of rare metals, it means that he is capable of being swayed by money.
They can be employed.
Xu Tianran had an idea. It wasn't that he looked down on the soul masters of the Royal Soul Master Corps, but that he wanted to push the war forward and needed a large number of soldiers, and extremely powerful soldiers at that.
This would give him a decisive advantage on the battlefield.
A sufficiently powerful Soul Master can do that.
"Keep in touch with Xiao Nanye. Once I've finished what I'm doing, I'll send someone to the Wen family to assist you," Xu Tianran said.
Wen Chong nodded and slowly withdrew from the main hall; his goal had been achieved.
"Now that we have the Wen family's war behemoth, there's no need for Wen Ziyi to live anymore. Perfect, I'll use him as a warning to the rest of the stubborn old fogies and show them what happens when they refuse me," Xu Tianran thought to himself.
Xu Tianran beckoned a eunuch, and just as he was about to give the order to execute Wen Ziyi, the eunuch brought Ju Zi's message.
"Oh? Ju Zi convinced Wen Ziyi?" Xu Tianran didn't expect that two pieces of good news would come to his door today.
Not only did they acquire the Wen family's war behemoth, but they also obtained the Wen family's former genius.
Xu Tianran had great faith in Ju Zi's abilities. Since the other party claimed to have already recruited Wen Ziyi, it must have been a success.
"Good! Good, good!" Xu Tianran picked up the imperial brush and wrote an imperial edict with flowing strokes, ordering the eunuch to deliver it to the dungeon immediately.
As for whether Wen Ziyi truly intended to be used by him, Xu Tianran was not worried at all.
Xu Fengzhan is a good example.
When the imperial edict was delivered to the dungeon, the eunuch saw that Wen Ziyi, who was usually extremely arrogant, was kneeling on one knee in front of Ju Zi and lowering his proud head.
"Your Majesty's decree!" the eunuch shouted in a shrill voice.
Ju Zi took the imperial edict, opened it, and presented it to Wen Ziyi, saying, "Wen Ziyi, you are now ordered to submit to my command and serve as a penancet. Do you have any objections?"
"Wen Mou has no objection." Wen Ziyi lowered his eyes.
"Very well, then swallow this pill. You are a criminal, you should know that." Orange took out a small dark green box, inside which was a pale green pill.
Wen Ziyi reached out, picked up the pill, put it directly into his mouth, and swallowed it.
Only after seeing Wen Ziyi swallow the orange-flavored pill did the eunuch leave, satisfied.
Ju Zi gave the departing eunuch a cold look, the chill in her eyes seeming to lower the temperature of the entire dungeon.
After the eunuch left, Ju Zi tightly clutched a silencing bead in her hand.
"Wen Ziyi, shall we cooperate well from now on?" Ju Zi asked.
"Yes, Commander-in-Chief, Wen Mou will do his utmost to repay the great kindness of Commander-in-Chief and Mr. Ye!" Wen Ziyi raised his head, memorizing the appearance of the orange and standing side by side with the appearance of Ye Nanxiao.
These two people pulled him out of hell.
At this moment, he is a demon in the fire, returning for revenge.
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