allonlinenovel Chapter 110 You Made the Right Choice
Chapter 110 You Made the Right Choice
After Zheng Luoqi dismissed Yan Huan, she got up and went to the dungeon where she had stayed the previous night. From afar, she saw Pei Wenyu waiting for her.
Pei Wenyu, dressed in a magnificent robe, with a handsome face and an air of nobility between his brows, stood there quietly, waiting for Zheng Luoqi to arrive.
"What? Young Master Pei, have you already made up your mind?" Zheng Luoqi asked Pei Wenyu with a smile.
Pei Wenyu turned his head and looked at Zheng Luoqi, a hint of difficulty in his eyes. "I choose the Pei family!" he said slowly.
Upon hearing this, Zheng Luoqi's lips curled into a mocking smile. He leaned close to Pei Wenyu's ear and whispered, "You made the right choice. I look forward to your performance, Young Master Pei!"
After saying that, Zheng Luoqi burst into unrestrained laughter, her laughter filled with sarcasm and smugness.
Zheng Luoqi suddenly stopped laughing, looked at Pei Wenyu with a hint of disdain in her eyes, "Young Master Pei, you are her cousin, it should be very easy for you to ask her out! The beginning of spring is coming soon. Every year on the beginning of spring, the royal family goes to Jietai Temple to offer sacrifices to auspicious omens in order to ensure good weather and a bountiful harvest in the coming year. That will be a good opportunity for you to make your move."
Upon hearing this, Pei Wenyu looked coldly at Zheng Luoqi and asked, "You had planned this all along, didn't you?"
Zheng Luoqi looked at Pei Wenyu, indicating that she did not want to answer his question. "I will request permission to return to the capital in your name. Young Master Pei only needs to pack his things and set off in a few days. My people will contact you at that time!"
"As for the specific plans, I will send someone to contact you when we return to the capital. Young Master Pei, please don't disappoint me!" Zheng Luoqi teased Pei Wenyu.
Pei Wenyu stared straight at Zheng Luoqi without saying a word, his gaze seemingly piercing through her.
If looks could kill, Zheng Luoqi would have been torn to pieces by Pei Wenyu.
Zheng Luoqi was amused by his expression: "Don't look at me like that. That look in your eyes, like you want to kill me but can't, only excites me more. I'm really afraid you might accidentally fall for me, then..."
“But that could be fatal.” Zheng Luoqi’s face suddenly darkened, and she said in a sinister tone.
Pei Wenyu remained silent with a gloomy face, but his fists were clenched, as if he were about to punch Zheng Luoqi in the face at any moment.
Zheng Luoqi also saw it, walked up to him, looked down at Pei Wenyu's clenched fist, took Pei Wenyu's clenched fist with her hand, and then pried his fingers out one by one.
He spoke slowly and provocatively, "Relax, who are you trying to impress? Besides, you can't beat me! Hahahahahahahahaha!"
After Zheng Luoqi finished speaking, she laughed loudly and slowly left the dungeon.
Pei Wenyu glared fiercely in the direction Zheng Luoqi had left, feeling as if he was about to explode.
In the past few days, Zheng Luoqi has sent people to investigate the information that Yan Huan revealed to him. At the same time, Pei Wenyu's request to return to the capital has also been sent back to the capital by Zheng Luoqi.
According to the information provided by Yan Huan, the person with the special pattern on their face was her contact. They were raised in captivity from a young age and sent to become concubines of high-ranking officials and nobles when they grew up.
The people responsible for keeping them were an organization called 'Yu,' which was a Jianghu organization kept by the former imperial family to collect information.
They not only cultivated a group of concubines, but also a group of people who acted as intermediaries, namely those with special patterns on their faces. They were specially trained to communicate with the concubines.
The concubines and the liaisons were all sent there for training from a young age. The liaisons had to be trained from childhood to be patient and to keep their mouths shut, so as not to reveal any information about the organization.
So that's why when we arrested the two contacts and tortured them, they didn't react much. It turns out they were very good at enduring pain and didn't utter a sound because they had been tortured since childhood and were used to the pain.
So the boys who were captured were sent to be liaisons, and the girls were sent to be concubines. So the question is, where did all these boys and girls come from?
“Liangzhou…” Zheng Luoqi murmured as he sat in his study. He remembered that the prefect of Liangzhou was a man of Wen Taiwei. It would have been an easy task for the prefect to have so many children in Liangzhou. How did he manage to deceive everyone?
Zheng Luoqi didn't believe the Liangzhou prefect could be so capable. So many children had disappeared, how could there have been no news for so many years? There must be something fishy going on.
Yan Huan said that these concubines were imprisoned from a young age and spent every day learning how to be concubines, how to extract information from their targets, and how to pass messages out.
They were always kept in valleys, and according to Yan Huan, different boys and girls were sent there every year.
Zheng Luoqi had Yan Huan write down the route to their hideout, intending to have He Jinyu scout it out first. If the route was accurate, they would then return to discuss how to take over their hideout.
Pei Wenyu is about to be sent back to the capital. As for Lin Zifeng and Wen Yixuan, Zisang can keep an eye on them.
Soon He Jinyu was summoned to the study. He Jinyu was very excited and thought to himself, "My lord, you finally have something important for me to do."
As soon as He Jinyu entered the study, he greeted him with a smile and bowed respectfully, saying, "My lord, please give me your orders!"
Looking at He Jinyu's happy expression, Zheng Luoqi thought to herself, "Leaving those idiots makes you so happy? Well, it must have been tough for you to deal with them all this time!"
Zheng Luoqi handed the route Yan Huan had written down to He Jinyu. She slowly said, "There's something I need you to do. Thank you for your hard work these past few days. After this, let Zisang keep an eye on them!"
He Jinyu took it and looked at it, then respectfully replied, "Yes, sir! I will certainly do my best and will not let you down!"
Zheng Luoqi nodded and said with satisfaction, "Okay, go ahead! Be careful and proceed with caution."
He Jinyu nodded solemnly, then turned and left the study.
Zheng Luoqi resumed her official duties, as Pei Wenyu's summons to return to the capital was expected in the next few days.
Zheng Luoqi also planned to handle things in Xuzhou as best she could, and take down the 'Yu' organization's stronghold, before having her father send someone else to Xuzhou.
Zheng Luoqi felt that it was about time to return to Beijing.
Zheng Luoqi thought about it and decided to write a letter to tell her father about the progress in Xuzhou.
Meanwhile, in the capital, Xue Huaiyu received a letter from Zheng Luoqi, written in Pei Wenyu's name, secretly sent to the emperor requesting permission to return to the capital.
Xue Huaiyu skimmed through it. His face immediately turned as black as the bottom of a pot…