Chapter 805 The Man in Black
On the other side, Yan Jue was stopped by a group of men in black as soon as he escaped from the underground palace.
Yan Jue asked warily, "Who are you people?"
"Congratulations, Young Master Yan Jue," the man in black said in a deep voice.
Yan Jue was stunned. "Congratulations on what? How did you know my name was Yan Jue?"
"We not only know your name is Yan Jue, but we also know that your godfather is the head of the Earthly Fiends Sect. This mission must not have gone very smoothly!"
Yan Jue looked at them warily, "You know my godfather and know my background. Who exactly are you people?"
“Naturally, they are allies.” The man in black smiled.
Yan Jue was stunned. "What do you mean? I only know that the rule of the Earthly Fiend Sect is that you take money to solve problems, and you have no allies without money."
"Don't you ever wonder how there could be someone in the world with the exact same face as you?" the man in black said.
Yan Jue still had a question in his mind: why did Ye Ying look exactly like him? He wanted to go back and ask his godfather who he really was.
The other person seemed to see through his thoughts and said, "I not only know your name is Yan Jue, but I also know who your enemy is."
Yan Jue was stunned. "My enemy? What do you mean?"
The man in black said calmly, "Your original surname was Zhou, and your father's name was Zhou Bingyi. Your father secretly served the court, risking his life for it. However, twenty years ago, your Zhou clan was assassinated by Emperor Huijing. At that time, you were saved by Master Yan, who named you Yan Jue. According to our deduction, Ye Ying should be your brother. Now he has changed his identity and continues to serve the royal family. Therefore, your enemy is the royal family of the Great Zhou Dynasty."
Yan Jue found it unbelievable, "What evidence do you have to prove that what you said is true?"
“You can ask your godfather,” the man in black said. “The Earthly Fiend Sect is a Jianghu sect that doesn’t care about power or profit, only money. The royal family keeps secret guards mainly to eliminate dissidents and use them for their own purposes.”
Yan Jue found it even stranger: "Are you saying that my father was a secret guard trained by the royal family? Then why would the royal family assassinate my father?"
The man in black spoke with conviction, “This story goes back more than thirty years. Your father, Zhou Bingyi, was one of the secret guards responsible for assassinating the old emperor. After the assassination was completed, Emperor Huijing naturally wanted to erase the evidence of his murder of the old emperor, and these secret guards responsible for the assassination could not continue to live.”
Yan Jue asked, "Since it happened more than thirty years ago, why did they wait more than ten years to completely eliminate my father?"
"Naturally, it's because your father ran away. He hid for more than ten years but was still found. By then, your father had already married and had children. I never expected that he still couldn't escape his fate in the end," the man in black sighed.
Yan Jue found it unbelievable, "My godfather knows all of this?"
The man in black nodded. "He knew all that. He probably didn't want you to fight against the royal family, which is why he didn't tell you the truth about the Zhou family's massacre. I never imagined that your own brother was still alive and even working for the royal family. They're not human!"
Yan Jue never imagined he would have such an outrageous background; his father was actually one of the secret guards who participated in the assassination of the old emperor.
Even so, he was just following orders, so why did they have to go so far as to kill them all?
He said, "Ye Ying is about to die. I killed Ye Ying. I had my suspicions, but I let Chang Shun and the others torture him. I deserve to die."
Seeing his agitated state, the man in black said, "It's not your fault. Blame the royal family. They're the ones who separated you brothers and caused the death of your parents. The royal family of the Great Zhou Dynasty is not human."
"Who exactly are you, and why do you know so much?" Yan Jue asked, puzzled.
“My code name is Sky Eagle, and your father’s code name is Blood Blade.” The man in black sighed. “Back then, your father and I carried out the orders given by Emperor Huijing. At that time, he was only the Crown Prince. We both knew that after the mission was accomplished, we would only have one way out: death. We were also prepared to be silenced. The fear of death terrified us.”
In the end, your father and I ran away. We no longer wanted to be involved in royal affairs, so we decided to go our separate ways and live in anonymity.
But I never expected that even our feigned death couldn't escape their eyes. They relentlessly pursued us. With nowhere else to turn, I joined the Earthly Fiends Sect, while your father married. If the ending had ended there, it would have been fine. At least Brother Zhou would have a house full of children and grandchildren, and a happy family. But alas!
Yan Jue said, "You said you joined the Earthly Fiends Sect, but I've never seen you before."
The man in black said in a deep voice, "The world is so big, didn't he ever tell you that the Earthly Fiends Sect has an even wider world to explore? The Earthly Fiends Sect is also very important in the martial arts world. Your godfather was in charge of the Great Zhou Kingdom branch. I fled to other countries, so you naturally haven't seen me. But I have seen what you looked like when you were a child. It has been too long, so you may not remember me."
Yan Jue knew that he had come out on his godfather's orders to assist Prince Kang. Their men had also been placed in the palace. Prince Kang was determined to succeed in everything, but he never expected that they would be wiped out in the end.
Now even King Kang has been captured.
Yan Jue's eyes were filled with intense hatred; it was the royal family of the Great Zhou who had caused his family to be destroyed.
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Jiang Fenghua did not participate in how Xie Shang dealt with Prince Kang, Consort Chang, and the Fourth Prince; she and Lin Yu left the underground palace directly.
When Gongsun Ling spoke of the deaths of Ye Ying's parents, he said that the royal family had actually wronged them.
The Zhou family also served the royal family. Ye Ying's father was killed in revenge, and Ye Ying was rescued. Later, he was brought into the Hidden God Camp and followed in his father's footsteps, becoming a secret guard.
If Yan Dinghai was the one who killed Zhou Bingyi, and he also took one of Zhou Bingyi's children away and raised him to become an assassin, then the lives of ordinary people are already as worthless as grass, and now he is being used by his enemy.
Unexpectedly, Ye Ying's background would lead to the disgraceful past of the royal family. Xie Shang and Gongsun Ling were not even born at that time. How did Gongsun Ling know that Ye Ying's original surname was Zhou? It seems that there was really something fishy about the death of the Holy Ancestor Emperor.
Jiang Fenghua sighed. The higher you stand, the less kinship there is. Will Xie Shang and her children become like that in the future?
"Fenghua, why is your face so red?"
The lighting in the underground palace was poor, and Jiang Fenghua hadn't yet noticed that her complexion was bad; she only occasionally felt a little dizzy.
She said, "It's nothing. I probably caught a chill from being caught in the rain last night. I'll ask Physician Mei to write a prescription when I get back."
Lin Yu looked at her with concern and touched her forehead. "It's so hot!"
Jiang Fenghua coughed unconsciously. "I'm really fine. I know my own body. I just caught a cold."
Lin Yu said, "It seems the Emperor will be busy for some time. Let him handle the affairs of the royal family himself. I'll accompany you to a clinic to get a check-up. If you've caught a cold, you should get treatment as soon as possible. Your voice is hoarse."
Jiang Fenghua couldn't resist her and was forcibly pulled onto the carriage.
It rained all night last night, and the weather has cleared up today, but it's still chilly.
Lin Yu instructed the coachman to stop the carriage in front of a nearby clinic.
As soon as Jiang Fenghua got out of the car, she caught a glimpse of a familiar figure.
The Second Princess Consort, Zhao Yunhui, was seen sneaking into a deep alley. Jiang Fenghua also took a few steps forward, wondering to herself, "Why is the Second Princess Consort here?"
Seeing that she was about to leave again, Lin Yu quickly stopped her and said, "What did you see? Your body is very hot. Put aside everything else and get better first."
Jiang Fenghua was at a loss with her, and was so dizzy that she didn't pay any attention to Zhao Yunhui.
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