Chapter 614 Mixed Flavors
Gu Chan let go of Ye Tianyang's hand and untied the black cloth covering her eyes.
Looking up, she saw that the person she had just caught was Ye Tianyang. She smiled awkwardly and said, "City Lord Ye, why are you here?"
"The Lord of Night City is afraid that he won't be able to sleep at night, so he also wants to come and have fun."
"Yes! He is so handsome, it really makes us feel so excited to see him!"
"Lord of Night City, you were caught by our master, now it's your turn to catch you!"
Several old ladies laughed and teased.
Ye Tianyang said with a stiff face, "You all go and have a rest! I have something to say to Shopkeeper Gu alone."
"Go, go! That's it for today. Let's continue tomorrow morning." Gu Chan waved her hand.
The women nodded in agreement, smiled coquettishly and returned to their rooms to rest.
After they left, Gu Chancai and Ye Tianyang walked to the stone table and sat down together.
Ye Tianyang said in a deep voice, "I asked you to help me check for strange diseases. You spend all day long either eating, drinking or having fun. It's been ten days, and the half-month period will be up in five more days. Do you really want me to kill you?" Lock it up and prevent you from returning to Tiancang Kingdom?”
"Lord Yecheng, please calm down. As the saying goes, you can't eat hot tofu if you are anxious. Why are you so anxious!" Gu Chan said calmly.
As she spoke, she picked up the wine bottle on the stone table, poured two glasses of wine, and handed one glass to Ye Tianyang.
Ye Tianyang stared at her coldly, showing no interest in drinking.
Gu Chan didn't care about him and drank the rice wine in one gulp. Then she looked up at the night sky and said, "Lord Ye City, look at the night sky tonight. It's so dark that even the moon doesn't appear. It’s really not a good day to talk about strange diseases. Why don’t you go back and rest early and talk about it tomorrow?”
"No, you have to give me an explanation tonight. I don't have time to play with you." Ye Tianyang said coldly.
"Hey!"
Gu Chan sighed helplessly.
Ye Tianyang said urgently, "Recently, officials from various places have reported more than a dozen cases of strange diseases along the border. If this continues, it will inevitably cause panic among the people. I must try to find out the truth about the strange diseases."
"Lord Yecheng, I want to ask you something, and you must answer me truthfully." Gu Chan said seriously.
"What's going on?" Ye Tianyang asked.
"Which prince of the Ye Xing Kingdom does your border Ye family support now?" Gu Chan asked.
Ye Tianyang said without hesitation, "Nonsense, our Ye family is loyal to the emperor and serves the master. Of course we have always supported the crown prince of the Ye Star Kingdom. He is also the candidate for the new emperor of the Ye Star Kingdom in the future. I don't understand why you would ask me this." A meaningless question.”
"So in the Yexing Kingdom now, are there any princes and crown princes competing for the throne?" Gu Chan asked.
Ye Tianyang frowned and remained silent.
Gu Chan stood up, turned her back to him, clasped her hands behind her back, and said with an inscrutable look, "Lord Ye City, for any country, whoever sits on the dragon throne is a battle of rights. Struggle, as the lord of Jiangnan of Tiancang Kingdom, I know this very well However, as ministers, we will only become a stumbling block in their struggle for power. Is there anything wrong with my statement? What's the relationship?" Ye Tianyang didn't explain.
"Try to think about it, if someone doesn't want the prince of Yexing Kingdom to sit on the throne, then does he want to deal with the prince? And directly confronting the prince head-on is not the best method. On the contrary, it will slowly weaken the people around the prince. Could it be that power is the best strategy?" Gu Chan reminded kindly.
Ye Tianyang's eyes widened when he heard it, as if he understood something all at once, but for a while he couldn't quite figure it out.
Gu Chan turned to face him and said in a solemn tone, "Lord Yecheng, go back tonight and think carefully about whether you want to continue to investigate this strange disease. If you want to investigate, I suggest you send someone to investigate as soon as possible. As for the whereabouts of Yan Zuo, after you find him, you must do your best to protect him.”
"You...what exactly did you find?" Ye Tianyang said dully.
He always thought that Gu Chan had been eating, drinking and having fun during this time and didn't pay attention to the investigation of strange diseases at all, but now he saw it clearly. I'm afraid the truth is not as simple as he thought. Gu Chan is far better than him. In her imagination, she knew more, but for some reasons, it was inconvenient for her to say more.
Gu Chan didn't explain much, just smiled and said, "If you believe me, just listen to me and you will understand later."
"Okay, I will believe you again. If you dare to lie to me again, don't blame me for being rude to you." Ye Tianyang threatened.
After saying that, he stood up and left angrily.
Gu Chan didn't care about him so much and just went back to the room to rest silently.
That night, Ye Tianyang ordered the masters in the mansion to secretly go to Shenghe Yizhuang to investigate Yan Zuozuo. However, after the masters went there, they discovered that Yan Zuozuo had already escaped.
After that, the master looked for clues and chased Yan Wu all the way out of the city, heading towards his hometown.
Two nights later, the master finally returned to the city lord's palace carrying Yan Zuozuo.
What shocked Ye Tianyang was that Yan Zuozuo had been beaten to the point of death, and with only his last breath left, he lay on the cold ground of the dungeon, vomiting blood from his mouth.
Ye Tianyang squatted next to him, stared at him and said, "How could this happen?"
"City Lord, when I rushed to his hometown, I happened to find two masked killers, who were desperately torturing him. I also spent a lot of effort to save him, but he was too seriously injured. I'm afraid There's nothing we can do about it," the master said standing nearby.
"Yan Wuzuo, why do they want to kill you?" Ye Tianyang asked.
Yan Wuzuo took his last breath and said extremely weakly, "Lord City Lord...please...please let him out, I want to talk to you alone."
"Go and guard outside. Don't let anyone get close without my order." Ye Tianyang waved his hand.
The master responded respectfully, immediately exited the cell, and went to guard outside.
Ye Tianyang said with a livid face, "Speak now! No one will bother us anymore."
"Lord City Lord... I'm afraid I already know the cause of the strange illness, but I don't dare to say it... Today's matter has come to this, and I feel there is no need to hide it from you anymore..." Yan Wuzuo said intermittently.
During the next stick of incense, he endured the severe pain in his body, held on to his last breath, and told Ye Tianyang in detail all the situations he had found out before.
Ye Tianyang had a look of disbelief at first. It could be seen that Yan Zuozuo was injured like this and spoke so categorically. He couldn't believe it or not. In the end, after hearing this, his whole person fell into a state of sluggishness, and his heart was simply filled with confusion. It's like knocking over the five-flavor bottle, and it suddenly becomes full of mixed flavors!