Wu Chengsi had absolutely nothing to do with him. No wonder Wu Youji rarely mentioned his younger brother in front of him. Wu Mei and Wu Youji had to worry about the marriage anyway, so he didn't bother to ask any more questions.
Princess Taiping was going to the women's academy next, and she invited Wu Chengsi to go with her. Wu Chengsi just said that he had something to do, broke up with her in Dongshi, and returned to the palace.
After seeing Wang Shi just now, he suddenly remembered something. He had promised Chen Tianzhu to help him get a place at the royal banquet, but he had been so busy recently that he had forgotten about it.
He immediately asked Wen Rong to go to Guanglu Temple with his letter.
Just as Wen Rong left the lobby, Han Cheng suddenly walked in and said with a smile: "Master, someone wants to see you."
Wu Chengsi rarely saw him showing such an expression, and asked curiously: "Who wants to see me?"
"Gao Junhui."
Wu Chengsi laughed: "It turns out to be Daxia Gao, please invite him in."
Soon, Han Cheng led Gao Junhui in. His face seemed to be forever covered with a layer of ice. Only when he saw Wu Chengsi did the ice melt a little. He cupped his hands and said, "The common people pay their respects to Mr. Wu."
"Master Gao, there is no need to be polite." Wu Chengsi said sternly: "Han Cheng has already told me that you have been protecting me secretly. Mr. Wu is very grateful!"
Gao Junhui was not polite and said in a low voice: "The common people came to see you today because they have something to tell you."
"What's the matter?"
"The businessman named Wang Shi that you met in Dongshi today is actually a figure in a Jianghu organization in the south of the Yangtze River. When he was in Nansu City, he wanted to sneak into the royal banquet, and even planned to kill Chen Chen for this purpose.
Heaven’s evidence.”
Wu Chengsi said solemnly: "So, he tried his best to sneak into the royal banquet. There is some conspiracy."
Gao Jun will nod in agreement.
Han Cheng asked: "Brother Gao, what is the name of the Jianghu organization you are talking about?"
"Fire Phoenix Club."
Han Cheng was startled: "Could it be the Fire Phoenix Society established by Chen Shuozhen? Haven't they been eliminated by the imperial court?"
Wu Chengsi was also quite surprised when he heard Chen Shuozhen's name. This woman rebelled more than ten years ago and called herself the female emperor. Strictly speaking, she was the first female emperor in history.
However, the rebellion was quickly suppressed, and Chen Shuozhen also died among the rebels.
Gao Junhui said in a deep voice: "I think they escaped originally. I eavesdropped on their conversation. Chen Shuozhen should still be alive."
Wu Chengsi's heart sank. If Chen Shuozhen's men appeared in Chang'an City, nothing good would happen.
Wu Chengsi suddenly thought of Li Yunxian. He wouldn't have anything to do with Chen Shuozhen, would he?
"Han Cheng, notify Zhugenan immediately and ask him to arrest Wang Shi!"
…
Late at night, outside an abandoned garden in Chang'an City, a man who looked like a servant rubbed his eyes and walked along the corridor holding a lantern.
When he came to the back garden and passed a rockery, he suddenly put down his lantern and ran quickly towards the rockery. After a while, there was a sound of liquid falling to the ground.
The servant was whistling and peeing happily, and did not notice that above him, a man with a ghost face was leaning on the rocks of the rockery with his hands and feet, holding a dagger in his mouth, and looking at him with cold eyes.
The servant shook a few times, then lifted up his pants, picked up the lantern on the ground, and left, unaware that he had just passed by the Lord of Hell.
When the back garden was completely silent, the man with the grimace fell back to the ground and slowly walked out of the rockery. At the same time, a man in black fell from the pavilion.
The man with a grimace frowned and said, "Why do you have to choose a place like this? Wouldn't it be better to find a completely abandoned garden?"
The man in black said solemnly: "The master said that there are probably beggars or charlatans in the abandoned garden without an owner, and it is easier to be discovered. In comparison, this place is better."
The grimace man hummed: "Forget it, have you found out who captured Wang Shi?"
"They are from Dali Temple, and Wu Chengsi should be the envoy behind them." The man in black replied.
The grimace man gritted his teeth and said, "It is indeed him. I didn't expect him to notice it."
The man in black said solemnly: "Master has long said that the biggest obstacle to this plan is Wu Chengsi. It's a pity that he didn't bite the trap we set before, but now he has caught Wang Shi."
The man with a grimace said: "Don't worry, Wang Shi will never speak. The problem is Wu Chengsi. I heard that he has been pursuing those cases and won't let go. Protector Li is very worried."
The man in black sneered: "Don't worry, I'm afraid he won't be able to find out anything in such a short time, and we have already set another trap for him. By then, he will not be able to protect himself and will not have the opportunity to ruin our good deeds.
"
The ghost-faced man knew what the other party was talking about, and said worriedly: "Wu Chengsi is such a shrewd person, I am afraid that he has noticed that there is something wrong with the woman Belus presented to him."
The man in black said calmly: "Whether he knows it or not, now that he has accepted it, it is already too late."
The ghost-faced man nodded and said: "The only person missing from Protector Li's prophecy is Xu Tu. Wu Chengsi has been sending people to protect him. Have you thought of a way?"
The man in black smiled and said: "Don't worry, everything has been arranged. We are just waiting for the martial arts meeting of various countries in a few days."
…
Zichen Hall, sleeping hall.
"Huofeng Society? I remember that when Cui Yixuan gave a memorial more than ten years ago, he said that the Fire Phoenix Society had collapsed and Chen Shuozhen was dead." Wu Mei asked, sitting on the couch with her eyebrows furrowed.
Wu Chengsi sat next to her and said: "This news was obtained by one of my subordinates. It is absolutely correct. Moreover, we have already captured a businessman. That person is probably a member of the Fire Phoenix Society."
"Did you ask anything?" Wu Mei said coldly.
"The top torture expert at Dali Temple tortured me for more than an hour, but in the end he didn't get anything out of me."
Wu Mei sneered and said: "It seems that he is indeed not an ordinary businessman. If you continue to torture him, you must pry open his mouth! Chengsi, I have handed over this case to you. You will not be able to stay in the capital for long. Try to leave the capital.
Come forward and capture those traitors in one fell swoop."
"My nephew takes the order."
…
The next morning, Wu Chengsi and Han Cheng arrived at the Dali Temple Prison. Before they even got close to the torture room, they heard shrill screams from a distance.
When I came to the torture room, I took a look inside and saw Wang Shi tied to a wooden frame. His body was covered in blood and flesh, and he was not human.
After Han Cheng shouted, Zhugenan walked out and said with two dark circles: "Wu Shaoqing, this guy is too tough. Tie San and I tortured him here all night, using all the torture instruments. What?
I didn’t even ask."
Han Chengdao: "Since this person is a member of the Fire Phoenix Society and is engaged in a major rebellion, his willpower is naturally unmatched by ordinary people."
Wu Chengsi was silent for a moment and said: "There must be people from the Fire Phoenix Society in the city. We can't let them get too comfortable. We send people to search the city. Even if we can't find them, we still make them nervous. As long as people are nervous, they will
It’s easy to make mistakes.”
Zhuge Nan smiled and said: "Understood, just to frighten the snake!"
For the next whole day, Wu Chengsi and Zhugenan separately led people to search the city.
Seeing his actions, the entire court was shocked. Basically every court official would send someone to find out what case Zhou Guogong was working on!
However, they couldn't find out anything. They only knew that Wu Chengsi had arrested a businessman named Wang Shi.
Everyone in the court, from the Prince of the East Palace to the unworthy officials, knew that the case that Wu Chengsi could handle personally must be a big one. For a moment, everyone's nerves were tense.
This is exactly Wu Chengsi's purpose.
No matter what conspiracy the people hiding in the dark want to carry out, as long as everyone in the government and the government is alert, it will be more difficult for those people to do things, and the chance of making mistakes will also increase.
Near dusk, when Wu Chengsi returned to the mansion, he found Li Zhiying waiting for him in the lobby.
"Zhiying, why are you here?"
Li Zhiying smiled and said: "Grandpa will be back in three days. Our family will have a dinner party then. I am here to inform you."
"Okay, in three days, right, I will definitely go there." Wu Chengsi walked to the chair and sat down.
Li Zhiying looked at him for a while and said, "You look tired. What happened?"
Wu Chengsi took a sip of tea and said, "There is another case. I have been running on the streets all day today."
Li Zhiying thought for a while and ordered to the maid: "Hong Ming, get my medicine box."
Hong Ming responded and took out an exquisite small medicine box from the small bag on her back.
Wu Chengsi was surprised and said: "What do you want to do?"
"Looking at how tired you are, I'll give you a few needles to unblock your internal energy." He said and took out a golden needle.
Wu Chengsi treated her for a month in Liucheng. He knew that her technique called three needles to restore energy, which could make people energetic and help them sleep well at night.
However, the injection required lying down and taking off clothes. Wu Chengsi felt a little troublesome, so he waved his hand and said, "Forget it, I'll just go to bed early later. There's no need to take the injection."
"Really? What if you doze off when you go out later?"
"Get out? Why should I go out?" Wu Chengsi blinked.
"I heard that there will be a new play in Guanglingyuan tonight, and I really want to go see it." Li Zhiying said with a look of anticipation.
Wu Chengsi sighed and said: "Okay then, I'll just go with you to see it. If you don't want to transfer the needle, you don't need it."
Li Zhiying smiled and said: "Then let's set off quickly, don't be late."