The sound of the zither echoed in the small pavilion. Chu Yufeng closed his eyes and listened to it in a daze. He felt that the zither was moving back and forth, and the tune was very familiar. However, he couldn't remember where he had heard it before. He was also unconscious, so he fell asleep again after listening to it for a while.
When he woke up for the second time, the zither music was still playing, but what he smelled was the elegant fragrance of tea.
Tea flowers? Isn't that Big Sister's favorite flower? That's right! This song was exactly the one that Big Sister often played. It seemed to be called…Empty Harp Guide or something.
Could it be…Could it be that Big Sister saved him?
Chu Yufeng immediately opened his eyes and sat up. As soon as he sat up, the music stopped abruptly, and a man's deep and magnetic voice was heard.
Yufeng, you're awake?"
Chu Yufeng was stunned when he heard the voice. He looked at a handsome but melancholic face." Wujiu, is that you?"”
Nangong Wujiu nodded and sat down beside Chu Yufeng." It's okay. Fortunately, you've always had a strong body and strong internal energy. Otherwise, you wouldn't have been able to withstand my two palm strikes."”
Chu Yufeng immediately realized that the man in white who had ambushed him in midair was Nangong Wujiu.
He grabbed Nangong Wujiu's wrist." Why did you ambush me?”
Nangong Wujiu smiled and turned his palm to neutralize Chu Yufeng's attack." I didn't want to do that. You should know that I had no choice. Please forgive me!"”
Chu Yufeng had known him for more than ten years, so he naturally knew what he meant by " forgive "." You took the Nine Phoenix Ring?”
Nangong Wujiu nodded." In order to break your elder sister's Three Ultimate Oaths, I had no choice but to use this method.”
When Chu Fengyi was mentioned, Chu Yufeng's anger subsided slightly. He looked around, but he did not see Nangong Zhuyi's lively figure, who was chattering non-stop." Where's Zhu 'er?" What did you do to her?"
"Zhu 'er is my younger sister. It's fine as long as she doesn't come and disturb me. What else can I do to her?”
Chu Yufeng was stunned. He suddenly grabbed Nangong Wujiu's collar." What did you say Zhu 'er is to you?”
"Zhu 'er is my younger sister."
Chu Yufeng couldn't believe it." Nonsense! I know that Dugu Han is your younger brother, but Zhu 'er…How can Zhu' er be your younger sister? No matter what, she can't be your sister!”
Chu Yufeng and Nangong Wujiu knew each other very well, and he knew very well about the feud between Nangong Wujiu and Dugu Han. Naturally, he knew that Nangong Zhuyi couldn't be his sister unless Nangong Wujiu or Dugu Juan was resurrected.
Nangong Wujiu pushed Chu Yufeng away and said casually,""Naturally, she's a sister who's not related by blood.”
Chu Yufeng frowned." A sister who's not related by blood?”
"Zhu 'er was an abandoned baby that my mother picked up in the Xiangxue Sea forest eighteen years ago. My mother saw that she was all alone, so she accepted her as her daughter. So if Zhu' er isn't my sister, then what is she?”
"Where is she now?"
Nangong Wujiu looked at Chu Yufeng." Her? She was captured by Yan He!"
Chu Yufeng was shocked." What did you say?" She was captured by Yan He?"
"Yes! I knew that Yan He had sent a large group of people to follow behind, but I didn't expect that the people he sent were all the top experts of the palace. Even I was almost injured by them. In order to not let the Nine Phoenix Ring and you fall into Yan He's hands, I can only sacrifice Zhu 'er.”
Chu Yufeng widened his eyes and stared at Nangong Wujiu. Suddenly, he threw a punch at Nangong Wujiu's chin.
Nangong Wujiu didn't expect Chu Yufeng to suddenly attack him. He wasn't paying attention, and he was sent flying out of the pavilion. Fortunately, his kung fu was superb. With a beautiful backflip, he lightly returned to Chu Yufeng.
He rubbed his bleeding lips and frowned.""What do you mean?"
Chu Yufeng grabbed his collar and said through gritted teeth,"" Others might not understand what you're thinking, Nangong Wujiu, so they're at your mercy. But I, Chu Yufeng, am not a fool. I won't even thank you for being tricked!”
Nangong Wujiu still had a calm expression on his face as he said calmly,""Oh, what do you know?"
"You deliberately let Yan He capture Zhu 'er, right?”
Nangong Wujiu looked at Chu Yufeng quietly. His reaction was like a tacit agreement.
"You deserve to die! Zhu 'er is your sister, and you actually let Yan Mo's men take her away? Are you still human?" Chu Yufeng threw another punch.
This time, Nangong Wujiu was prepared. He opened his palm to receive Chu Yufeng's fist." If you don't let him take Zhu 'er away, do you want him to take you away?"”
Chu Yufeng was stunned." What do you mean?”
"You're Feng 'er's younger brother, the Nine Phoenix of Dunhuang, and my best friend. How can I watch you get into trouble? Besides, there's only one you and one Chu Yufeng in this world. If you let Yan Wang's men take you away, how am I going to answer to Yan Shao?”
Chu Yufeng couldn't help but turn pale. He stepped back." But there's only one Zhu 'er in this world. How could you let them take Zhu' er away?" Do you know that Yan Wang has always wanted to kill Zhu 'er?”
"Yan He won't kill Zhu 'er. The reason why he sent people to chase after Zhu' er is because of the Nine Phoenix Ring. So as long as Yan He knows that the Nine Phoenix Ring is with you, he won't touch Zhu 'er.”
" Since you know, why did you…" Chu Yufeng suddenly stopped mid-sentence. A thought suddenly popped into his mind." Wujiu, you let Zhu 'er enter the palace, didn't you?”
Nangong Wujiu neither admitted nor denied it. He just pushed Chu Yufeng to the beauty sitting in the pavilion and took out a porcelain bottle from his pocket. He poured out a few pills and a glass of wine from the wine pot on the stone table for Chu Yufeng." Take this medicine. You've been injured by an arrow and two palms from me. Your injuries aren't light."”
Chu Yufeng turned his head and pushed his hand away." Tell me first. Did you let Zhu 'er enter the palace?”
Nangong Wujiu sighed lightly." That's right. I was the one who allowed Zhu 'er to enter the palace.”
"Why? Isn't he the sister you've seen since you were young? Why did he send her to that kind of place to suffer?”
Nangong Wujiu smiled slightly, but his smile was a little bitter." Yufeng, you're the person who understands me the most in this world besides Feng 'er. Tell me, why did I send my most beloved little sister to the Imperial Palace to suffer?”
" You…" Chu Yufeng frowned." Is it because of the Nine Phoenix Ring?"”
"Yes! You know that my father and Yan Shao were good friends since they were young. Yan Shao was also familiar with everything in Xiang Xuehai. So when he knew that I had the Nine Phoenix Ring, he came to find me, hoping that I could lend the Nine Phoenix Ring to him, because he really hoped to see you before he died.”
Chu Yufeng lowered his head and looked at his toes." If he wanted to see me, why didn't he come to see me directly? Why did he go through you?”
"If it was so easy to meet the Nine Phoenix of Dunhuang, would it still be called the Nine Phoenix of Dunhuang? Besides, it's not like you don't know what happened back then.”
"Then Zhu 'er…"
"Zhu 'er went to protect the Nine Phoenix Ring in my place.”
"Protect the Nine Phoenix Ring on your behalf?"
"That's right! Even though I believe that Yan Shao will not take the Nine Phoenix Ring for himself, and also believe that he will definitely return the Nine Phoenix Ring to you, but I don't trust the people around Yan Shao. Thinking about it, to lend the Nine Phoenix Ring to Yan Shao and also to ensure that the Nine Phoenix Ring would not fall into the hands of others, only Zhu 'er this lass could do it!”
"But she doesn't know martial arts at all and is also timid and afraid of trouble. If you want her to protect the Nine Phoenix Ring, aren't you taking her life and safety as a joke?”
When Nangong Zhuyi was mentioned, a rare relaxed smile appeared on Nangong Wujiu's face.
"You know her quite well! That girl was indeed timid and afraid of trouble. She only knew two or three moves like a kitten fighting, and her lightness skill was like a fly flying around. However, she has a strong point, and that is that she is as stubborn as a calf. She is hardworking and tight-lipped. No matter how much torture and hardship she suffers, she will definitely remember what she promised. I believe you know this too, don't you?”
Chu Yufeng nodded. That's right, that little girl was indeed like a stubborn little cow. She was tortured to such a state in the Almond Spring Temple, and even thrown into the ancient well by the killer before being picked up again, but she still stubbornly clung to the Nine Phoenix Ring. It seemed that Nangong Wujiu had not let her go to look after the Nine Phoenix Ring without reason.
"That Yan Shao entrusted the Nine Phoenix Ring to her to look after and even made her a concubine because of you?”
"Yan Shao knows that Zhu 'er is my little sister, so naturally it would be foolproof to hand the Nine Phoenix Ring over to her. As for making her a concubine, it was to protect Zhu 'er. Otherwise, with Yan He's character, how could Zhu' er have lived until now?”
At this point, Chu Yufeng finally understood why Yan Shao had handed the Nine Phoenix Ring to Zhu 'er. He also understood why Zhu' er knew the correct way to use the Nine Phoenix Ring and why that girl kept asking about Chu Fengyi.
This girl actually lied to him and said that she tested it out? Humph! When he saw her, he would punish her!
Nangong Wujiu picked up the wine cup and the pill again." Hurry up and eat! After taking the medicine, you can save Zhu 'er, right?”
Chu Yufeng reached out his hand to him." Give me back the Nine Phoenix Ring!"”
Nangong Wujiu held his hand with one hand and sat down with his other hand on his shoulder." I can give you the Nine Phoenix Ring for the time being, but you have to promise me that you will lend me the Nine Phoenix Ring after the matter is done, okay?"”
" You…" Chu Yufeng looked at him.
"You clearly know that if I can't break Feng 'er's Three Utmost Oaths, I'll wish I was dead!”Nangong Wujiu's expression was extremely gloomy when he said this, but his tone was extremely firm and sincere.
"You…sigh! Since today is the day, why did you do it in the past?" Chu Yufeng couldn't help but sigh. He took the pill and swallowed it. Then, he picked up the wine glass and drank it all in one gulp.
Nangong Wujiu smiled." It's settled then. Go save Zhu 'er!" It would save that girl from screaming non-stop all day long. It would be bad if she provoked Yan He!”
A woman's shriek came from the Pavilion of Petal and Sepal, followed by a long string of curses.
"Yan He! You bastard, you rotten egg, you rotten duck egg, you bastard, get out of your grandmother's egg! You are the most shameless, shameless, despicable, filthy, heartless, gutless, bloodless, and tearless fool in the world. You are a stinky cricket that has been trampled flat by others!
I curse that your child has no asshole, I curse that you can't be the emperor, no! You can't even be a caterpillar, you can't even be a stinky cricket, you're a maggot in a latrine pit, and you actually dare to hang me here? Yan Meng, put me down, put me down!”
When the two eunuchs who were guarding outside the door heard this, they almost couldn't help but laugh out loud. However, when they remembered that the person she was scolding was their Lord of Ten Thousand Years, Yan He, they hurriedly held back their laughter.
Curses came from inside again."Yan Kong, if you have the guts, go fight Yufeng! Go find my big brother and have a one-on-one duel! Why did you look for a cute and innocent little girl like me who doesn't know martial arts? Let me tell you! If you dare to do anything to me, I swear that I'll cut you into eight pieces, no, nine pieces, ten pieces, a hundred pieces, and then flatten you into stinky cricket feed. No! That's too much for you. It's maggot feed. Yan Mo, did you hear that? Put me down, put me down!”
When these words reached the ears of the two eunuchs, they burst into laughter. In the end, they couldn't help but laugh out loud, but they only laughed once before hurriedly covering their mouths, not daring to continue laughing.
Sigh! She was so sad. She wanted to laugh but didn't dare to. Was there a more painful torture in the world than this?
They didn't expect Nangong Zhuyi to be so bold and reckless. She scolded their Lord Wansui until he had no skin left. From the eighteenth generation of ancestors to the seventeenth generation of descendants, all of them had a share. Of course, one generation was skipped in the middle, and that was the former Emperor Yan Shao.
This girl was quite well-behaved when she was cleaning in the Pavilion of Petal and Sepal. Why was she so fierce now? Could it be that she had been tortured into a crazy woman in the Liquan Temple and was not in her right mind?
It turned out that the person who kept shouting was Nangong Zhuyi.
Why did she keep shouting? Because she was hanging in the air, not upside down, but upside down. The little girl was confused and dizzy. In a fit of anger, she naturally said all kinds of nice and unpleasant words. The most pitiful ones were Yan He's grandmothers. Each of them became famous instantly. It must have been a long time since they received so many greetings.
At this moment, the two eunuchs hurriedly knelt down when they heard the words "The Emperor has arrived".
Not long after, Yan He arrived. "Open the door!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
As soon as the door opened, Yan He saw Nangong Zhuyi twisting around in the air like a caterpillar, shouting,""Yan He! Let go of me, I told you to let go of me, do you hear me? You bully women. You're not a hero. You're the younger brother of the turtle bastard. You're the turtle Wang Jiudan, Wang Shidan, Wang Shiyi, and Wang Shier! Let go of me, let go of me!"
Yan He smiled coldly," Let you go? I can let you go, but you have to hand over the Nine Phoenix Ring first.”
Nangong Zhu Yi glared at him angrily. Although she saw Yan Hu's strange appearance, she still tried her best to glare at him to express the anger in her heart.
"I've told you hundreds of times, I've already given the Nine Phoenix Ring to Brother Yufeng, I don't have it with me!”
"Brother Yufeng? You called me so intimately, and I actually let you casually give something that I regard as a treasure to a stranger? Speak! Where did Chu Yufeng come from?”
Nangong Zhuyi snorted arrogantly." Who is Brother Yufeng? I'll scare you to death if I tell you! I'd better not say it, lest I scare a timid cricket emperor like you to death!”
Yan Hun laughed and walked in front of Nangong Zhuyi. He looked at her flushed face," Scared to death? Even if he was a Great Immortal, he wouldn't be able to scare me to death. Moreover, he's just the Nine Phoenix of Dunhuang. What's so great about that?”
Brother Yufeng isn't just the Nine Phoenix of Dunhuang. He's…he's…"
"What is he?"
"He is the son of the previous emperor, the true heir to the East Qin throne.”
Yan Hun was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter." You said Chu Yufeng is the old man's son? Then I'm still the old man's father!"
"Humph! I knew you wouldn't believe me, but I'm telling the truth. Brother Yufeng is really the late emperor's son. Otherwise, why would the late emperor give the Nine Phoenix Ring to him instead of you?”
Yan He's smile froze on his face." What…what?”
"You never thought about it, did you? In fact, one only needed to think for a moment to know how precious the Nine Phoenix Ring was. Since the late emperor had it, he didn't keep it for himself or give it to you. Instead, he wanted me to give it to the Nine Phoenix of Dunhuang and even specifically said that it was to be given to Brother Yufeng.”
"This can only mean that the old man has a special relationship with Chu Yufeng. We can't say that he's the old man's son.”
"Alright, then let me ask you, what kind of special relationship could make the late Emperor hand over the Nine Phoenix Ring that everyone in the world wanted?”
Yan He was speechless. That's right! What kind of special relationship could make Yan Shao give up the Nine Phoenix Ring that everyone dreamed of? That was…the relationship between father and son! No, it was impossible! When did that old man have a son? How come he never knew, he never mentioned it, and even no one in the palace knew?
"Nonsense! If Chu Yufeng was really the old man's son, why didn't anyone know? So you must be talking nonsense, right?”
"I'm not talking nonsense! I have evidence!"
Yan Hun was stunned." Evidence?"
"Yes! I have evidence to prove that brother Yufeng is the son of the late emperor and the true heir to the East Qin throne!”
Yan Xiong was trembling." Where…where is the evidence?”
"Put me down first. I'll show you the evidence.”
Yan He thought for a moment, then waved his hand to have the eunuch put down Nangong Zhuyi. Anyway, this girl couldn't escape with her lousy martial arts.
"I've put you down. Now can you tell me where the evidence is?”
Nangong Zhuyi had been hanging upside down for so long that she couldn't stand up at all, so she simply lay on the ground to rest, panting and sleeping. Yan Hu was so angry that he wanted to kick this strange little girl to death.
Nangong Zhuyi ignored him. She lay down comfortably and used the method that Nangong Wujiu taught her to circulate her Qi for a week. She felt satisfied and happy, so she got up and walked to the big vase that hid the Nine Phoenix Ring.
"The evidence is inside."
Yan He's eyes widened." What? You hid the evidence in the vase?"
Nangong Zhuyi laughed so hard that she was shaking like a flower. She pointed at Yan He and sneered,""Stupid! You're really the biggest idiot in the world! Who would hide their secrets in a vase? Isn't that just afraid that the world won't know?"
Yan He's face darkened." Nangong Zhuyi, stop playing tricks with me. Hurry up and show me your so-called evidence, or else…Hmph!"”
Nangong Zhuyi stuck out her tongue and turned around to pick up the vase. She fumbled around on the table, and with a click, a small square hole was revealed. She took out a letter from the hole and waved it," Look, this is the evidence!”
Yan He grabbed the letter and opened it.!
On the eighth day of the first month of the year of Gengchen, I got two sons at one stroke, named Yan Jin and Yan Wei, and named Yan Jin as the prince. Five years later, he made an alliance with the Western Qin Dynasty in Gan. When he returned, his mother had been killed by Li Concubine. Liu Jin did not know where he had gone. After a year, he was not sure, so he made Liu Wei the prince and cut off Li Concubine as a civilian, never entering the palace. Six years later, Dunhuang sent an emissary to say that Liu Jin was in Dunhuang, renamed Yufeng, arranged as Nine Phoenix Haotian, to pay his respects...
The last signature of the letter was Yan Shao, and it was also stamped with a jade seal.
After reading the letter, Yan He's hands trembled." Impossible! This is impossible!" This is a lie. You deliberately used this to lie to me, right?”
Nangong Zhu Yi laughed," I say, wise and wise emperor, you should know better than anyone whether this letter was personally written by the late emperor. Why are you asking me?”
" I..." Yan He couldn't continue. The words on the letter were indeed his father's handwriting. He had seen them since he was young. How could he not recognize them?
Nangong Zhuyi struck while the iron was hot. He went forward and pointed at the jade seal,"Besides, the words 'life is eternal under the mandate of heaven' on the jade seal were the former emperor's personal jade seal. Now, it has been buried with the former emperor. Therefore, other than the former emperor himself, no one can fake this jade seal, right?”
Her words made Yan Meng's face turn even paler.
That's right! When Yan Shao passed away, this jade seal had already been buried in the underground palace along with the coffin. Therefore, the jade seal on the letter, other than Yan Shao himself, no one could fake it.
In that case, Chu Yufeng was really the old man's son, the true Crown Prince of East Qin, the heir to the throne? No! He did not believe it. No matter what, he did not believe it! The Crown Prince was him, and this East Qin Country was also his. How could it be that damn Phoenix's?
Seeing Yan Hun's pale face, Nangong Zhuyi was extremely pleased! This secret was told to her by Yan Shao before he died, and she had kept it for a long time! If it weren't for Brother Yufeng, she wouldn't have said it!
"Hey! Yan Meng, I know you don't believe me. If it were me, I would find it hard to believe too, but…"
Yan He glared at her." But what?”
"But you can find someone to verify it! That way, you will know if I am telling the truth.”
"Proof?"
"Yes! Isn't your mother Consort Li still alive? Why don't you ask her?"
Speaking of his mother, Yan Kong's eyes flashed. I almost forgot that mother is still here."
Nangong Zhuyi clapped her hands calmly." That's right! Hurry up and find your mother to ask clearly, then give up on the Nine Phoenix Ring from now on! Don't even think about obtaining the Nine Phoenix Ring anymore, because that thing doesn't belong to you at all! Goodbye, I'm leaving. I'm going to find Brother Yufeng so he won't worry about me!”
Yan He smiled coldly and grabbed Nangong Zhuyi's hand.”
Nangong Zhuyi was stunned and said foolishly,"Go find Brother Yufeng!"
"Looking for Chu Yufeng? You can't go to Chu Yufeng!"
"Why can't I go find Brother Yufeng?" Nangong Zhuyi shouted angrily. I've told you everything you wanted to know!”
"But I haven't gotten what I want, so you can't leave! Now, come with me to see my mother. If you lie, I'll punish you!”After he finished speaking, Yan He pushed Nangong Zhuyi to the two eunuchs." Detain her and follow me to see the Empress Dowager!"”
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
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