The beautiful and powerful minister hooked up with the crazy emperor and couldn't escape

Go back? Feng Jiuqing chuckled. There was nothing good to go back to. He lived well here. He had friends and leaders. Although he had retired and was no longer in a high position, there were almost no people in the Great Yue Dynasty who dared to touch him.

If he went back, he would not only have to continue to carry the company alone, but also have to clean up the mess for those scum in his family, as well as those two strange relatives who had never given anything to him but kept asking for more.

"It's good to retire here. I have no intention of going back for now. Besides, didn't you say to spend another ten years here? If the Great Viet Dynasty hadn't been destroyed, I could go back with only 10,000 points. I can redeem the remaining 5,000 points for some useful things."

The system was silent for a while, then said softly: "Since Jiu doesn't want to go back, I respect your choice."

Feng Jiuqing rubbed the system's head, smiled and said nothing.

The starry night had arrived, and Mo Ling quietly sneaked into the Xitai Tower. When he approached the pool, he felt several breathing sounds in the dark. He chose one of them and approached quietly, but the moment he made his move, he found that the person had fainted.

Could someone have gotten there before him? Who could it be?

Mo Ling went around to several other places where the sounds came from, and without exception, all of them were knocked unconscious.

It seems that someone has gotten there before him, but he doesn't know if it's an enemy or a friend.

Mo Ling went to the pool and took a quick look. It was not a complicated mechanical art. After a few attempts, a door appeared in front of him. Mo Ling was silent for a while. The mechanical art was taught to him by that man. Perhaps Ming Qing was right. The man behind Xitai Tower was not that man. After all, such a crude mechanical art was definitely not the work of that man.

Mo Ling walked down the stairs step by step. There was no obstruction along the way. No matter if it was a trap or an ambush, they had all been dealt with. Finally, he arrived at a place that looked like a palace. There were two floors, the lights were dim, and the air was filled with the faint smell of blood and heather.

Mo Ling took out a handkerchief from his bosom and covered his nose with it again.

A cluster of firelight suddenly lit up, and Mo Ling flashed into a private room, just in time to meet the eyes of a man who was dressed similarly to him, but that man was covered more tightly than him, with only his two eyes visible from his entire body.

In front of that person there was another person covered in blood, with disheveled hair and his original face could not be seen clearly.

Mo Ling quietly clenched the dagger in his hand, but the man just glanced at him and ignored him, looking towards the fire outside the window.

Since this man had no intention of attacking him, Mo Ling did not take action. He just kept an eye on him secretly, his eyes also falling on the window.

It seemed that two teams of people met during patrol outside. After a few simple words, the fire gradually faded away. After those people walked away, the man opposite retracted his gaze and pointed at the person on the ground and said, "You take him out first, I'll cover you."

It was an unfamiliar voice, but the tone sounded like they were very familiar with each other.

A hint of doubt flashed across Mo Ling's eyes. Was this person arranging something for him?

Did they regard him as an accomplice?

interesting.

Besides him, there are other people who have their eyes on Xitai Tower.

The man on the other side saw that he didn't take the injured person away, and didn't say anything. His tone became a little anxious: "Hurry up, they will find it in a while."

Of course Mo Ling wanted to find out what was hidden here, but this person had already kidnapped someone. If he didn't leave now, he would easily be discovered by the people in Xitai Tower later.

Mo Ling did not respond, but picked up the bloody man on the ground with one hand and returned the same way. After all, he was holding the person that the man had risked his life to save, and he would know the man's identity and purpose when he got out later.

Soon after Mo Ling left Xitai Tower, Xitai Tower fell into chaos. He was afraid that the man would not be able to find him, so he waited for him in a remote place not far from Xitai Tower. Sure enough, the man caught up with him soon.

Mo Ling did not intend to return the person, he planned to use this person to exchange for some information.

The visitor did not ask for the bloody man first, but talked about something else.

"The place we were in was where Xitailou was doing its secret prostitution business. It was full of people abducted by Xitailou, at least a hundred of them, and they were imprisoned under the ground floor. They were all naked and in a trance. It should be that Xitailou used drugs to control them."

"Further back should be the torture chamber in Xitai Tower, which is used to punish disobedient people. I found this guy in there, but it took a long time to save him, so I didn't go any further."

"Okay, that's all I know. I'll leave this thing to you. See you later. My—"

The man leaped several feet away, so Mo Ling didn't hear the last few words he said.

It seems that the bloody man in hand is not the companion of that person. Mo Ling's plan can only be put on hold, and he reluctantly brings the person back to the inn. After lighting the candle, he found that this bloody man is actually the missing Ji Hai?

This morning Yichou came to him to report that a large number of guests disappeared in Xitai Tower yesterday. Later, those guests came out in the middle of the night, but Ji Hai, who was among the guests, did not come out. In addition to exploring Xitai Tower, another purpose of his trip was to find Ji Hai.

Unexpectedly, by accident, Ji Hai was rescued by that person and brought back by himself.

But he always felt that the man was familiar. Mo Ling suspected that the man knew who he was and that he had saved Yi Hai on purpose. But he didn't have time to think about it now. He had to find a doctor to treat Yi Hai first.

*

It was already late at night when Feng Jiuqing avoided the guards of Xitai Tower and returned to his room. Because of the last time, the guards did not dare to enter his room again this time, and only let Tianqing in to take a look. Tianqing was his man, so of course he couldn't tell the guards that he was not in the room and send them away with a random excuse.

"Master is back?"

"Well, there is an entrance to a secret passage next to the pool in the backyard. Some people controlled by Tailou are imprisoned inside. Let Yuebai inform Canglang to arrange for someone who knows mechanical engineering to sneak in. Otherwise, Yuebai will be alone and it will be almost impossible to move in the secret passage full of mechanical engineering. Bring some more water. The secret passage smells too bad. I need to take a bath."

"Yes."

Feng Jiuqing changed his clothes with a look of disgust and began to take a shower. He thought to himself that the smell in the torture chamber was terrible. He almost vomited the food he had eaten the previous night. If he hadn't seen Ji Hai in there, he wouldn't have bothered to go in. He was still worrying about how to send Ji Hai back, but he didn't expect Mo Ling to come too, which saved him the trouble.

He explored almost all the secret passages. The front was full of prostitutes controlled by Xitai Tower. If it weren't for the dim light, he would have gotten stye. The rooms at the back were torture chambers. The last few rooms were guarded by many people. There must be something important in them, most likely the account books of Xitai Tower.

If we get the account book, we can find evidence of Xitailou's crimes, and then we will have no problem catching the person behind Xitailou.