Chapter 58 The Order of the Leader of the Free and Unfettered Sect
Chapter 58 The Order of the Leader of the Free and Unfettered Sect
Murong Jing had a gloomy face and exuded an aura of frost.
"Lost?"
The guard knelt on the ground, head bowed, and stammered, "Consort Su tricked me into leaving. By the time I realized I'd been fooled, Consort Su had already vanished."
Yinshuang, standing to the side, didn't even dare to breathe.
The guards at least noticed that Consort Su had gone out late at night again, but she was completely unaware.
Murong Jing gave the two of them a cold glance.
"Go back and keep watch until she returns. Tell her to come see me immediately!"
"Yes."
The two were about to leave.
"Wait," Murong Jing said coldly, "Send two more men. If anyone manages to slip away in the middle of the night again, they'll come back with their heads!"
The guard shuddered and replied, "Yes," while Yinshuang secretly bit her lip.
So, Su Mowan, with mixed feelings, had no idea what she was about to face and was completely unprepared. She swaggered over the courtyard wall and then stood there stunned.
"Uh... Good evening, everyone!"
The three guards bowed to her.
Yinshuang steeled herself and stepped forward: "Consort Su, His Highness requests that you come to see him immediately."
Su Mowan composed herself and smiled, "Then what are we waiting for? Let's go."
The Fenghua Palace was gloomy.
The main problem is that the lights weren't on.
Su Mowan coughed to bolster her courage and walked towards Murong Jing's bedroom.
The bedroom lights were on, and Su Mowan knocked on the door, but no one answered.
So she simply opened the door and went inside.
"what--"
Su Mowan was startled and exclaimed, "Your Highness, why are you standing so close?"
Aren't you afraid of being knocked down by a single blow?
Murong Jing pushed his wheelchair back a bit before speaking with a dark face: "Why did you open the door when I didn't answer?"
"..."
Su Mowan dared not imagine that Murong Jing might have intended to open the door himself, only to be beaten to it by her, and thus almost be slapped away by the door.
Murong Jing gave her a cold glance, turned his wheelchair around, and went to the table first.
This looks a bit...
Is it a bit like throwing a tantrum?
Su Mowan smiled inwardly and followed.
"Is this another trip to catch up with old friends?"
Murong Jing asked.
"No," Su Mowan shook her head and admitted frankly.
She couldn't lie. Qingcheng wasn't at Wan Hua Lou tonight; she was probably out shopping with Prince Jin. If she lied now, and Murong Jing sent someone to investigate Qingcheng's whereabouts, she would be exposed.
Murong Jing's thin lips moved slightly. "What are they going to do?"
Su Mowan walked to the opposite side of her table and sat down at a safe distance.
She asked him with great interest, "Does Your Highness wish to hear the whole truth, or only half the truth?"
Murong Jing narrowed his long, narrow phoenix eyes, revealing a cold glint in them.
"Listen to everyone."
"..."
Su Mowan cleared her throat, took out the jade pendant from her sleeve, and spread it out in front of Murong Jing.
"Does Your Highness recognize this?"
Murong Jing was surprised that she would reveal the jade token so directly. He paused for a moment before saying, "I recognize it. It's the token of the leader of the Xiaoyao Sect."
"Does Your Highness know why this sect leader's token is in my hands?"
"do not know."
Murong Jing was telling the truth.
After Yinshuang told him that time, he secretly investigated the relationship between Xiaoyao Sect and Su Mowan.
Unfortunately, we still don't understand how it ended up in her hands.
Su Mowan put the jade pendant away.
She smiled and said, "This was given to me by an old senior a year ago in Liuxia Kingdom. Now that I think about it, that senior was Master Lu of the Xiaoyao Sect."
Murong Jing never expected that the reason he had sent people to investigate without finding anything was that there was simply nothing to investigate. His eyes darkened.
"The leader of the Free and Unfettered Sect?"
The leader of the Xiaoyao Sect has been absent from the martial arts world for many years, and the Xiaoyao Sect is now far from what it used to be, and can be said to be leaderless.
How did Lu Xunliang end up in Liuxia Kingdom?
Su Mowan could tell from his eyes what he was wondering about, and immediately explained, "As far as I know, that senior only stayed in Liuxia for half a year. As for before and after that, I don't know where he was."
Changing the subject, she added, "However, when the old master gave me this jade pendant, he told me to find a person named Lu Yifeng."
Murong Jing's eyes darkened further after hearing those words.
"What do you want with Lu Yifeng?"
According to the rules of the Xiaoyao Sect, the Sect Leader's Order is passed down from the previous Sect Leader to the next.
If the succession is to a son, he will become the next sect leader; if it is to a daughter…
Murong Jing's fingers unconsciously clenched.
"I do not know either."
Su Mowan wasn't lying. She shrugged and said, "That senior didn't say what he wanted to do after finding the person. He just insisted that I help him find the person."
Of course, it goes without saying what you'd do with the person you found. If that old scoundrel had told you what he wanted to do, would you still obediently find him?
Murong Jing snorted coldly: "Since you weren't told what to do, don't bother looking for me."
"How about that?"
Su Mowan resolutely refused.
"They didn't give me this for free. I need this sect leader's token for what I'm doing tonight. I can't just take the benefit and then break my promise, can I?"
Murong Jing's eyes were dark, and his bright eyes stared straight at her.
"I said no searching, and that's final! This sect leader's token is mine to handle!"
Su Mowan smiled casually: "That won't do. The senior said that unless he takes this sect leader's token back himself, I shouldn't give it to anyone."
Senior, senior, senior...
His Highness the King of Qin gripped the armrest tightly, barely managing to restrain himself from strangling the woman before him! How could a married woman be thinking of finding another man?
Most importantly, she openly told him that she wanted to find other men!
Unbearable!
But in the end, His Highness the King of Qin held back.
Because Su Mowan spoke again.
She said, "However, if I can see that senior again, I will return the jade pendant. I accepted it before because I didn't know about it. Now that I know, it's a hot potato."
"Good to know! Now tell me what you were doing just now."
Su Mowan suddenly sat up straight, staring intently at Murong Jing.
His Highness the King of Qin frowned: "Speak plainly! Why are you staring at me like that!"
The tips of her ears were slightly red.
Su Mowan lowered her voice and said in a compassionate tone, "Your Highness, if Quanzhen is right, I have gone to find someone to investigate the assassination attempt on Zhuque Street that day."
Irritated by her gaze, His Highness the King of Qin said, "Take your eyes off me. I know more than you do."
"If it's true, I did go to catch up with some old friends." Su Mowan said without any remorse, "I went to see the Left Hall Master of the Xiaoyao Sect, who is an old acquaintance of mine."
Murong Jing glanced coldly at them, his eyes filled with boundless anger.
"I have said that you are not allowed to go to brothels to find men!"
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