mesbooks Chapter 57 Wow, what a huge room!
Chapter 57 Wow, what a huge room!
Zhai Rongyu recited an incantation, and the Han Guang sword flew out, cutting the ropes binding her hands.
She clapped her hands, stood up, and rubbed her wrists.
Suddenly, the image of Jun Ce applying medicine to her mind flashed into her head.
His warmth still seemed to linger on my wrist...
Zhai Rong shook her head, recited a few lines of the Heart-Cleansing Mantra, and banished distracting thoughts from her mind.
She stared intently at the secret room before her.
……
A moment later, the figure entered and reported, a hint of worry in his eyes: "Your Majesty! The person who took Miss Zhai away was Commander Ji!"
"This is impossible!"
Ji Rufeng suddenly stood up, his body trembling slightly.
He walked up to Jun Ce and argued urgently, "How could my father do such a thing!"
"Bring Ji Chang to me!"
Jun Ce's eyes sharpened and turned cold, his tone filled with murderous intent.
"Yes!"
Before long, a shadowy figure brought Ji Chang in and forced him to kneel down.
"Father!" Ji Rufeng cried out anxiously, making a move to help him up, but Ji Chang yelled back, "Rufeng! Sit back down!"
"Ha, you know what's good for you."
Jun Ce's gaze turned icy. "Speak! Where did you take Rong'er?"
Ji Chang remained silent, closed his eyes, and turned his face to the side.
"You won't say it, right?"
Jun Ce stared intently at Ji Chang, his eyes blazing with fury.
"Go and bring Madam Ji here."
A crack appeared on Ji Chang's resolute face.
His body tensed, his lips trembling slightly. "Don't hurt her! She has nothing to do with this!"
"I, I'll tell you."
"Miss Zhai is at the Ye residence."
Ji Rufeng found it hard to believe that his father had actually kidnapped Miss Zhai!
"Dad! You're so foolish!"
"What happened?"
"Why are you doing this?!"
He rushed to Ji Chang, grabbed his father's arms with both hands, and said urgently, "Tell me!"
Ji Chang closed his eyes in pain.
He brushed his son's hand away and kowtowed several times to Jun Ce.
"This was my doing alone. I beg the Regent to show leniency and not implicate my wife and children."
Jun Ce looked at him, his eyes cold and clear, like an eagle in the night.
"Yangcheng is corrupt. You knew who was behind it all along, didn't you?"
Ji Chang shuddered and lowered his head.
Jun Ce's rough thumb slid along the patterns on the jade pendant as he spoke slowly but forcefully.
"If you won't tell me, they must have something on you."
Let me guess.
He raised his head, his handsome face with sharp features and clear eyes.
"The disaster relief grain is in Ye Kun's hands."
"This corrupt person is Ye Kun. And Prefect Jiang also got a share of the spoils."
"Am I right?"
Ji Chang's breathing quickened, and his gaze toward Jun Ce was filled with a mixture of fear and admiration.
"The Regent is wise!"
He said, "It's not just the disaster relief grain; all the rice and grain in Yangcheng are in Ye Kun's hands!"
"He hoarded grain and sold it at inflated prices, extorting money from the market."
"Even that batch of disaster relief funds was used by him to shut up Magistrate Jiang."
A flame ignited in Ji Chang's eyes.
"Prefect Jiang was timid, cowardly, and greedy. He knew that Ye Kun had powerful backers in the court, so he dared not offend him and could only accept his bribes."
"The people of Yangcheng are suffering!"
He lowered his eyes, a flicker of pain crossing his face.
Jun Ce keenly noticed this and seized the opportunity to ask, "You have 100,000 troops under your command, yet he manipulates them at will."
What did he use to threaten you?
Looking into Jun Ce's insightful eyes, Ji Chang unconsciously said, "She is my wife."
"Mother?" Ji Rufeng asked in surprise.
Ji Chang nodded and told him everything.
“She went up the mountain to pray for blessings the other day, and when she came back she was like a completely different person.”
“I originally thought it was just an illness, but Ye Kun told me that he had hired a Taoist priest to perform a ritual, which caused an evil spirit to possess my wife.”
He clenched his fists, and veins bulged on his forehead.
"I didn't believe in these things at first, but strange things kept happening in my house, so I had no choice but to believe!"
"Ye Kun told me that if I listened to him, he could keep my wife safe and sound."
"If I refuse to listen, even Ru Feng will not escape their clutches!"
"That's when I..."
Ji Chang lowered his head and said remorsefully, "Your humble servant knows that I have committed a grave error, deceiving the emperor and aiding and abetting evil. I deserve to die ten thousand times over."
"But Ru Feng and my wife know nothing about it!"
"Please, Regent, have mercy and spare their lives!"
He knelt down, his heart filled with regret and pain.
Jun Ce's eyes were cold and clear as he said indifferently, "I will take care of your life."
"The most important thing now is to find Rong'er."
Where did Ye Kun lock her up?
Ji Chang raised his head, his eyes full of earnestness.
"Your humble servant was only responsible for transporting the person to the Ye residence. As for where they are hidden, your humble servant truly has no idea!"
"Every word I have said is true!"
"I implore Your Majesty to investigate this matter thoroughly!"
"My lord," Hua Ying broke her silence and stepped forward, "Your subordinate requests permission to rescue Miss Zhai!"
The figure glanced at her with some surprise.
*
Zhai Rongyu knocked on the wall of the secret room and heard a few hollow sounds.
Wow, Ye Kun is really good at digging!
Does he think he's a gopher?!
She's already opened several secret room doors, and her temper has completely worn off.
Who would have thought.
There's a secret room within a secret room!
It's like an endless nesting doll.
She was tired, really tired.
Zhai Rongyu took out a talisman and began chanting the Heavenly Thunder Incantation.
Golden talismans flew out, and a violent explosion suddenly occurred within a radius of two meters!
Under the powerful shockwave, all the doors to the secret chambers collapsed with a crash.
Zhai Rongyu stood at the center of the explosion, shaking the Hunyuan Bell in her hand, and a burst of golden light instantly enveloped her.
It was completely unharmed.
With the dust settled, Zhai Rongyu straightened her skirt with satisfaction.
Forget about nesting dolls, just blow them all up!
She arrived at the door of the only surviving secret room and knocked on it with great interest.
Wow, this material is something else!
[It can't be destroyed even by frying.]
Looks like there's treasure inside! Hehe.
She fiddled with the switch for a long time, and finally the door to the secret room slowly opened.
Zhai Rongyu tilted her head and gave a playful smile.
She entered the secret room, her beautiful eyes widening.
Wow, this is a really big room!
It was packed full of grain!
She went into the room, pulled out one of the rice bags, and the imperial insignia on it was particularly eye-catching.
"This is... disaster relief grain?!"
……
Ye Kun lay on the soft couch, while two beautiful maids applied a cooling ointment to his legs, one on each side.
Her soft little hands gently massaged his swollen legs.
He closed his eyes and hummed softly in enjoyment.
Suddenly, a huge explosion rang out, and he jumped up from the soft couch with a start!
It came from the locked room!
Ye Kun's expression instantly turned serious and gloomy. He kicked two maids aside and hurriedly ran towards the secret room with several servants.
After a long while, he looked at the secret room that had been blown to ash and was furious.
This witch!
He stepped over the scattered pile of stones and hurried to the tightly closed door of the secret chamber.
Just as I reached out to press the switch, I found that the door wouldn't open.
Ye Kun, his face dark, looked toward the switch, where he saw several rows of bright, small characters flashing:
"Gibbon, your security level isn't high enough. I've changed it to a combination lock for you. You're welcome."
"To open the door, please listen to the question."
"Excuse me: What is the name of the brother-in-law's wife of your father's third maternal aunt's son?"
Ye Kun's face was ashen, his eyes wide open, almost spitting fire.
He grabbed a servant and roared, "What are you yelling for?!"
The servant was so frightened that his legs trembled.
He stammered, "You...your grandpa?"
Ye Kun slapped him to the ground, yelling, "You son of a bitch!"
He was so angry his hair stood on end, and he roared:
"Find them! Go find them all!"
"Find this witch even if you have to dig three feet into the ground!!"