Inside a luxurious private room on the top floor of Zuixianlou.
The atmosphere was unusually tense.
The air was thick with the smell of gunpowder.
Two groups of people are in a tense standoff.
Near the window, everyone was dressed in military uniform. They were from the Ministry of War in the capital, and the leader was Yu Honggang, one of the nine commanders of the Ministry of War, a fifth-rank expert in the Earth Realm.
Beside him stood four burly, imposing men, their uniforms embroidered with the character "武" (wu, meaning martial arts).
These four are the four inspectors of the Martial Arts Management Division.
Each of them exuded a stronger aura than Yu Honggang, suggesting they had entered the late Earth Realm stage.
They were sent by Yuan Changkong, the commander of the Martial Arts Management Division, to capture Ye Feng.
Ye Feng had killed so many of them before, including Ma Zhiyuan, the director of the Jiangnan Martial Arts Management Division. Naturally, this matter wouldn't be left unresolved.
Following them were a dozen or so elites from the Ministry of War and the Martial Arts Management Department, the lowest of whom were Xuan Realm experts.
Standing opposite them was a group of top martial artists from Jiangnan Prefecture.
However, they were clearly outmatched in terms of momentum.
After all, Jiangnan Prefecture was just a small, remote place, far inferior to the capital.
Leading the group was a refined-looking man in a blue robe, none other than Dongfang Sheng, the only expert in Jiangnan Prefecture who had officially reached the Heavenly Realm.
He single-handedly rallied the morale of this group.
Yu Honggang stared at Dongfang Sheng and said coldly.
"Dongfang Sheng, this is none of your business."
"We came here today specifically to treat Ye Feng to dinner."
"Those who know what's good for them will leave immediately, otherwise don't blame us for being impolite."
Dongfang Shengke is a leading figure in the martial arts world of Jiangnan Prefecture.
Therefore, Yu Honggang had naturally heard of him.
Swish--
Behind them, a group of people from the Martial Arts Management Division drew their long swords half an inch from their sheaths, looking ready to attack at any moment, their killing intent spreading.
An invisible killing intent enveloped the entire private room.
"Ha ha ha ha."
Dongfang Sheng suddenly burst into laughter, his voice filled with sarcasm, which made the entire private room tremble slightly.
Yu Honggang asked in confusion.
"Dongfang Sheng, what are you laughing at?"
Dongfang Sheng put his hands behind his back and sneered.
"Yu Honggang, seeing the ugly faces of you all, do you know what comes to mind?"
Yu Honggang, a rough and uncultured man, immediately said impatiently.
"Speak your mind, or shut up."
"Stop arguing with me about the rules of language."
Dongfang Sheng pointed at them, shook his head, and sneered.
"You remind me of the great traitors in history, like Qin Hui and Cai Jing, who framed loyal officials, poisoned the people, and misled the emperor and the country!"
"presumptuous!"
Yu Honggang flew into a rage and stepped forward to attack.
Despite his lower cultivation level compared to Dongfang Sheng, he represents the Ministry of War and is therefore fearless, assuming that the other party would not dare to do anything to him.
Beside him, Zhao Kai, one of the four inspectors of the Martial Arts Management Division, stopped him, saying, "Brother Yu, don't let him provoke you."
Then, he turned to look at Dongfang Sheng and said in a sarcastic tone.
"Dongfang Sheng, we came here to invite Ye Feng for drinks to celebrate his killing of the traitorous general Cao Meng and his blocking of an army of 100,000, thus saving the people from a war. How can you say such things about us?"
Then, he turned around and pointed to the sumptuous feast on the table behind him.
Dongfang Sheng snorted coldly, grabbed a bronze wine pot from the table, pointed to an inconspicuous metal decorative point protruding slightly inside the handle, and said.
"If I'm not mistaken, this is a revolving pot with two hidden compartments inside. One compartment contains a highly poisonous wine, while the other is non-poisonous."
After saying that, he opened the lid of the wine pot in front of everyone. Sure enough, there were two hidden compartments inside the pot, one black and one white, both filled with wine.
With a gentle press of the hidden button on the handle, the black compartment filled with liquor rotates to below the spout.
Dongfang Sheng tilted the wine pot slightly and poured the wine onto the table.
White smoke began to hiss from the tabletop, and the solid wood tabletop was quickly corroded into a large hole, filling the air with a pungent and unpleasant odor.
It was obvious that the wine contained a deadly poison, and that it was specially prepared for Ye Feng.
"What are your intentions in inviting people to dinner and drinks with poison?"
Yu Honggang and the four inspectors were all taken aback; their expressions changed, as did Dongfang Sheng's incredulous look.
They did this very discreetly; how did the other party find out?
How did you know?
Dongfang Sheng sneered, slammed the copper kettle heavily on the table, and said.
"I naturally have my own sources of information, which I certainly won't tell you."
"Young Master Ye killed the traitor Cao Meng and stopped 100,000 rebel troops, saving tens of millions of people in Jiangnan Prefecture from the suffering of war."
"I respect Young Master Ye as a hero. If you want to poison him, I, Dongfang Sheng, will be the first to object!"
With his hands behind his back, Dongfang Sheng exuded an air of unyielding pride.
As the leader of the martial arts world in Jiangnan Prefecture, Dongfang Sheng had informants almost everywhere in the entire prefecture.
Therefore, he received the news when Yu Honggang and his group arrived in Jiangnan Prefecture.
As for how he knew these people wanted to harm Ye Feng, that's even simpler.
Because there was a hidden camera in the private room, which filmed the entire process of the other party putting poison in the revolving pot.
The owner of Zuixianlou was one of Dongfang Sheng's disciples.
Therefore, he knew all this without any effort at all.
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