The carriage rushed straight towards Dong Shi.

Chen Ji lifted the carriage curtain, silently observing the cold and clear street surface. As the curtain swayed, the light and shadow in his eyes constantly shifted.

Jin Zhu sat opposite him, hugging a copper hand warmer. He said warmly, “The Jun Zhu is not skilled at lying. Pure-hearted people haven’t contemplated human nature; their lies don’t deceive others, only themselves.”

Chen Ji, without turning his head, asked, “Jin Zhu Da Ren, what do you mean?”

Jin Zhu was silent for a moment. “The Jun Zhu knows her situation very well. She said those words because she doesn’t want to implicate you. You are a smart person; I can see it, and you can certainly see it too. In the Wu Nian Shan Mi Tan Si, accustomed to seeing deceit and fraud, occasionally seeing this kind of scene inevitably elicits a sigh. But I must remind you, the greater trend cannot be defied.”

Chen Ji asked, “Jin Zhu Da Ren, what is the greater trend?”

Jin Zhu replied, “His Majesty wants Jing Wang to die, the Nei Xiang also wants Jing Wang to die. The most powerful people in Ning Dynasty all want him to die; he will certainly die! This is the greater trend!”

“En!”

Chen Ji suddenly remembered the divination his Shifu once performed. Jing Wang’s residence was in inescapable calamity; this was the will of Heaven.

Jin Zhu said seriously, “Listen to my one piece of advice: turn around and forget them. Pretend as if you never saw them!” He continued, “When I was first sent to Wu Nian Shan, I also had very good friends and a girl I liked. At that time, I thought I would never forget them in my lifetime. But now when I recall, I can’t even remember their appearances.”

Chen Ji smiled. “Da Ren, rest assured, I understand.”

Jin Zhu looked at him, half-believing and half-doubting. In the end, he only sighed, “If you can understand, good!”

Chen Ji looked out the window and changed the subject. “Da Ren, after capturing Yun Fei, what are the plans?”

Jin Zhu thought. “Next is the matter of Bai Long. It has nothing to do with us. Bai Long should present evidence, and then…”

He looked at Chen Ji’s expression. “Then confiscate their property and execute them!”

Chen Ji didn’t speak anymore.

Jin Zhu sat opposite him and sighed. “I also don’t know why this Yun Fei is so alert. She actually escaped before the Liu family rebellion. Someone must have tipped her off!”

Chen Ji calmly lowered the carriage curtain. “Da Ren, we’ve arrived!”

Saying this, he lifted the door curtain and bent down to get out of the carriage. The two Li districts near An Le Jie had already been sealed by the Wu You Wei, allowing neither entry nor exit.

Secret agents were searching house by house in the small alleys. All residents were brought out of their houses, standing in rows in the small alleys waiting for interrogation.

In every household, all places where people could hide were turned upside down. Even the floors were carefully knocked with knife handles to see if there were hollow spots.

Chen Ji looked up and saw only Yun Yang in black clothes, standing on the roof ridge of a tavern with crossed arms, his eyes scanning the street like a hawk.

Jiao Tu lay on the roof ridge next to Yun Yang, with his legs crossed. He had somehow taken a hat from a Wu You Wei’s head and covered his face, his toes swaying leisurely.

Jin Zhu pursed his lips. “Putting on airs.”

He waved to the people behind the carriage, like Xi Feng. “Go in and search. If you find anything, it’s a great merit.”

At this moment.

Chen Ji’s mood slowly sank to the bottom.

He originally thought that Bai Long saying he had found a clue about Yun Fei was just a pretext.

Either to lure out Luo Tian Sect’s sect master, Han Tong.

Or to lure out the internal spy of the Mi Tan Si.

But only he knew clearly that this was indeed Yun Fei’s hiding place. According to the thoroughness of the Mi Tan Si’s search, finding Yun Fei was only a matter of time.

But Chen Ji felt strange. Xi Tang’s betrayal was very sudden.

Not a day earlier, not a day later.

Precisely today.

He took a deep breath and took the lead into the alley. “Xi Feng, you take people to search the left side, I’ll take people to search the right side!”

Xi Feng subconsciously turned his head to look at Jin Zhu.

Both were pigeon-level secret agents. In terms of rank, it wasn’t Chen Ji’s turn to command him.

But Jin Zhu saw Xi Feng look over and nodded slightly, indicating for Xi Feng to comply.

Chen Ji led more than twenty secret agents into the alley, searching house by house.

His gaze occasionally fell on a certain household deep in the alley, and his brows were tightly knit.

Hei Yun?

According to reason, Hei Yun should be responsible for guarding Yun Fei at this time. Why was there still no trace of Hei Yun?

Wait.

Since Hei Yun wasn’t here, that meant Yun Fei wasn’t here either.

Chen Ji glanced at the other secret agents and went straight towards that household deep in the alley. He only lightly pushed the door with his palm, and the door creaked open.

There was no door bolt inside. He went in to look.

The vegetable basket that Yun Fei had mentioned yesterday was placed on the Ba Xian Zhuo inside the room, and in that vegetable basket, unexpectedly, a page of paper was placed diagonally.

Chen Ji quickly stepped forward to unfold the page of paper, his pupils suddenly contracting.

The paper clearly stated, one by one, when and where Jing Wang had confessed to Yun Fei to collude with Jing Dynasty’s military intelligence division. All the masterminds were Jing Wang, and Yun Fei only acted on orders.

What was going on?

Was this letter deliberately left by Yun Fei?

If so, then Xi Tang suddenly informing the Mi Tan Si, could it also have been instructed by Yun Fei?

But,

Why would Yun Fei do this?

If this letter fell into the hands of the Mi Tan Si, Jing Wang would be completely defeated, with no way to turn back.

Chen Ji stood in the room, like a sculpture, letting the dust in the air slowly fall on his shoulders.

A moment of kindness, almost caused a great mistake.

At this moment, Yun Yang on the high roof ridge suddenly said, “Hey, that kid Chen Ji suddenly entered a household alone for a long time. Will there be any problem?” Jiao Tu’s face was covered under his hat. He said slowly, “What problem could there be? Meng Ji has already tested him twice. If there was really a problem, Meng Ji wouldn’t not say anything? Besides, that old boy Jin Zhu is so cautious, how would he leave a big trouble by his side?”

Yun Yang frowned. “I always feel something is wrong!”

Jiao Tu took off the hat, lay flat, and squinted at him. “As I say, let’s just honestly admit a mistake to them. We can fight, he can use his brain. If we can work together, the Nei Xiang Da Ren will surely reward us with a lot of cultivation resources?”

Yun Yang glanced at her. “Enmity has already formed!”

Jiao Tu smiled. “Just stabbed him a few times. What kind of enmity is that? In this world, there are only eternal interests, no eternal enmity. At most, I sacrifice a bit of my charm. How can a young and vigorous young man like him withstand my kind of temptation?”

Yun Yang said firmly, “No…”

Jiao Tu shouted, and again covered her face with the hat.

Yun Yang said in a low voice, “I’ll go take a look.”

Saying this, he jumped down. His body in the air landed lightly like a piece of paper.

Yun Yang quietly came to the door of that household, then suddenly pushed the door open. “What are you doing?”

In the room, Chen Ji was knocking on the wall with his knuckles.

He saw Yun Yang push the door open and said in surprise, “I’m searching this household. Yun Yang Da Ren, why did you come?”

Yun Yang suspiciously circled around Chen Ji a few times. “Why have you been searching for so long?”

Chen Ji said helplessly, “Yun Yang Da Ren, all colleagues are searching so meticulously. What problem is there with me doing this?”

The next moment, Yun Yang laughed coldly. “Stand still, otherwise, I’ll take your life!”

He searched Chen Ji’s clothes up and down, wanting to see if Chen Ji had hidden any objects. However, after searching for a long time, he found nothing.

Chen Ji laughed. “Yun Yang Da Ren, there was a misunderstanding between us before, but now everyone is colleagues. Let’s temporarily put aside suspicious thoughts and work properly for the Nei Xiang Da Ren!”

Yun Yang also laughed. “So, very good! You continue searching, I’ll go check other places.”

He turned to go out, and left the door.

In the room, Chen Ji, and outside the door, Yun Yang, together restrained their smiles.

Winter nights darkened especially early.

Pedestrians bowed their heads, their expressions hurried as they returned home.

Jin Zhu cursed as he led Chen Ji into a noodle stall. He sat by the Ba Xian Zhuo, rubbing his cold hands. “Is Bai Long reliable or not? It’s so cold, so many people have searched all day, not even a shadow of Yun Fei has been seen. Clearly a false clue.”

Chen Ji drew out chopsticks and asked the shop owner for hot water to rinse them. “Da Ren, calm down slightly. Now searching for Yun Fei is the top priority. Even if it’s a false clue, we must verify it one by one.”

After the shop owner brought hot beef noodles, Jin Zhu clipped all the beef into Chen Ji’s bowl. “Eat quickly, finish eating and go home to rest. Who knows what tricks that Bai Long will play tomorrow.”

Chen Ji said “En.”

At this time, Jin Zhu’s action of eating noodles stopped. He lifted his head, glanced at him, and abruptly reminded, “Absolutely do not have crooked thoughts, remember what I said. Forget everything, forget it all. This is fate!”

“Fate?”

Jin Zhu smiled. “All things are fate, not a bit by people.”

Chen Ji looked at the beef in the bowl in front of him. “Jin Zhu Da Ren, if you could live again, would you choose to be a good person or a bad person?”

Jin Zhu thought. “Bad person!”

Chen Ji was puzzled. “Why?”

Jin Zhu suddenly laughed. “The thing I most want to do, a good person can’t do! Eat quickly.”

Chen Ji said “En.”

He lowered his head and finished the beef noodles in a few mouthfuls. “Da Ren, I’m going back. You also go to rest early!”

“Ah, you eat so fast!”

Jin Zhu was stunned and lifted his head, only to see Chen Ji already standing up and walking alone into the night. Outside the door, the cold wind blew. Chen Ji felt as if even the white breath he exhaled seemed to immediately condense into ice.

His stomach was a little full. The page of paper he had swallowed earlier was indigestible in his stomach.

He tightened his collar, lowered his head, and walked against the cold wind into the distance.

He didn’t know how long it had been, but he came to the front of a dark alley and softly said, “Jiu Tian Ying Yuan Lei Sheng Pu Hua Tian Zun!”

The next moment, Hei Yun meowed in the shadows of the alley, indicating for him to follow.

Chen Ji stood at the mouth of the alley, seemingly hesitant, seemingly conflicted.

Finally, he still followed.

He stopped in front of a dilapidated wooden door.

He lifted his hand and lightly knocked on the door with his knuckles. “Madam, open the door!”

The wooden door was suddenly pulled open. Yun Fei, in a plain neighbor woman’s outfit, her eyes full of coldness, said, “How did you find this place? Why don’t you scatter like ghosts? Since your military intelligence division is so capable, why are you still being exterminated by the eunuch party?”

Chen Ji lifted his head and looked directly at Yun Fei. “Madam, now in this Luo City, there is no person I can’t find. It’s useless for you to hide. I came tonight because I have many questions I want to ask you… Or let’s go in and talk.”

Yun Fei silently stepped aside and closed the door again. Chen Ji stood in the small courtyard, his back to Yun Fei, and slowly began, “Madam, do you hate the Wang Ye?”

Yun Fei’s face was calm. “Hate him for what?”

Chen Ji thought and said, “Hate him for ignoring you year after year… That letter you left in Min Zhong Xiang, I secretly hid it!”

Yun Fei’s face changed. “You hid it? What does this matter have to do with you? Why meddle?”

Chen Ji said softly, “You know, if your letter is found by the Mi Tan Si, Jing Wang, the Shi Zi, and the Jun Zhu will undoubtedly die! In fact, the Wang Ye knows that the Jun Zhu is not his biological daughter. That day when he saw Han Tong’s expression, he should have known all this. You don’t have to harm his life for this!”

Yun Fei was silent for a long time, then laughed coldly. “He knows, of course he knows. Because after he married me into the Wang Ye Fu, he never touched me once.”

Chen Ji was stunned.

He was originally bluffing Yun Fei, but he never thought the truth he bluffed out would be like this.

Yun Fei walked into the room and sat down. She stared coldly at Chen Ji. “I gave birth to Bai Li just to anger him, but I didn’t expect him not to be angry at all, instead treating Bai Li as his own. In this world, the most terrifying gaze is not despising you, but him never being willing to look at you.”

Chen Ji was silently speechless. Yun Fei said coldly, “These years, the common people all say Jing Wang is a good prince. How do they know that the good prince in their mouths is nothing but Ning Di’s loyal thug. Back then, he married me for the Luo Tian Sect behind me. Now he is about to die, but he wants to drag the Liu family and Luo Tian Sect together into the grave. Why?”

Chen Ji softly asked, “The Wang Ye is going to die?”

Yun Fei covered her mouth and laughed. “It seems you only know some superficial things. Three years ago, Feng Ban brought the Sheng Yu Dan from the capital, exactly the one granted by Huang Shan Dao Ting to Ning Di. Now the three-year period has arrived, and he is about to die!”

Chen Ji suddenly realized, no wonder Jing Wang didn’t even look at the Sheng Yu Dan that Jing Fei brought back.

Only because the other had already eaten one, eating another was useless.

Originally, Jing Wang was indeed going to die.

But what about the Shi Zi and Bai Li?

Yun Fei said slowly, “All these years, I have only had one wish, which is to give birth to a boy. I did so many things for him. For him, I mobilized Luo Tian Sect; for him, I gathered grain; for him, I raised military funds. But even when he is dying, he is not willing to give me this opportunity.” Chen Ji asked, “So you deliberately didn’t inform the Shi Zi and Jun Zhu about the ambush in Hong Yi Xiang, and tricked them into going to their deaths. To cut off Jing Wang’s descendants?”

Yun Fei looked him up and down in surprise. “No wonder Zhu Yun Xi and Bai Li are safe and sound. It turns out you intervened in the middle!”

Chen Ji was puzzled. “But Bai Li is your daughter.”

Yun Fei laughed lightly. “In the Wang Ye’s eyes, there is only Bai Li. Now, even in Han Tong’s eyes, there is only Bai Li… But their retribution has come. The Wang Ye believed Ning Di would spare his descendants. But he didn’t expect that Ning Di wanted to cut the grass and root from the beginning.”

“What wrong has Bai Li done?”

Yun Fei stood up and said hysterically, “What wrong have I done?”

Chen Ji looked at Yun Fei and said softly, “Madam, I have been hesitating about what kind of person I should be. I asked my Shifu, and Shifu said the heart can be hot, but the blood must be cold. I went to ask Mr. Wang, and Mr. said to act according to conscience. Otherwise, the heart will be incomplete.”

Chen Ji said, “Today, I have been thinking about what they said. Both teachers were reasonable. But Jin Zhu Da Ren was more reasonable. The thing he wants to do, a good person can’t do; they can only be a bad person. I am also the same!”

He continued, “Jing Wang is not a good person. So many people were sacrificed for their schemes, but the Jun Zhu shouldn’t accompany you all to the grave. Today, at the moment she closed the door, I was thinking, I must let her live.”

Yun Fei frowned. “You want to kill me? I have written down your Jing Dynasty thief identity. If you kill me, someone will naturally send that page of paper to the Mi Tan Si.”

“Probably can’t send it!” As he spoke, Hei Yun bit a page of paper and jumped onto Chen Ji’s shoulder.

It loosened its mouth, and the page of paper fell into Chen Ji’s hand.

Chen Ji walked into the room. In front of Yun Fei, he placed the page of paper on the candle flame. “Madam, is it this one?”

Yun Fei watched as the page of paper burned bit by bit. The firelight illuminated her face, then gradually dimmed.

She suddenly lifted her head to look at Chen Ji. “I am Bai Li’s birth mother. If you kill me, how will you face her later? Even if she doesn’t know, every day after, as long as you see her face, you will remember that it was you who personally killed her mother.”

Chen Ji loosened his hand, letting the page of paper burn to flying ashes and scatter. The firelight in his eyes also bit by bit extinguished. “I know, as long as she can live, it’s fine!”

Saying this, he drew a short knife from his sleeve. “Sorry, Madam!”

A moment later, Chen Ji pushed the door open and walked out, step by step, out of the dim small alley.

Hei Yun jumped into his arms, lifted its head, and looked at him. “Are you okay?”

Chen Ji walked towards An Xi Jie. He suddenly stopped and turned back, looking behind him.

The originally brightly lit Dong Shi was at this time pitch black. The long bluestone street extended to the end of the world, as if extending into an abyss.

“Hei Yun!”

“En?”

“I probably can’t be a good person anymore!”

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