The Prince of the South frowned and looked at the steward.
"What happened?"
"This morning, the young master led his men to ambush Lord Zhao outside the city. Lord Zhao's carriage was chased by the young master, and the horse got spooked, causing both the horse and the rider to fall off a cliff..."
Before the steward could finish speaking, the Prince of the South slammed his hand on the table and stood up abruptly.
His chest heaved; he was furious.
This is serious.
Zhao Shi'an was nominally demoted, but who knew he wasn't the emperor's man? Now he's in Jiaozhou, and he got into trouble because of his son. If the emperor blames him, it's uncertain whether he can keep his position.
"You bastard, where are you now?"
"I don't know, our people are looking for it too."
The Prince of the South frowned and walked out.
He had some doubts at first, but when he walked to the gate and saw a group of martial arts figures with red eyes who looked like they wanted to eat people, Nan Wang's heart skipped a beat.
"My brave warriors, there seems to be some misunderstanding..."
"We misunderstood your grandfather's leg. When my brothers and I caught up with them, our master and mistress were already..."
As he spoke, Xiao Liu choked up, "In the world of martial arts, we have a clear cause for each wrong and a debt for each debt. If you hand over Yin Ma, we will not hold a grudge against your Southern Prince's Mansion. Otherwise, our brothers will never let this go."
"Don't be impulsive, this is the Southern Prince's Mansion..."
"What, you still want to take advantage of the situation to bully others? We, the people of the martial world, don't care about you powerful and wealthy people. If Yin Macheng doesn't die, our Fengyulou will gather the martial world and raze your Nanwang Mansion to the ground. Don't believe me? The Gao family in the capital is a prime example."
The King of the South's face turned cold, and his expression changed drastically.
"I cannot simply accept your one-sided account of the matter. Wait for my son..."
Xiao Liu scoffed coldly.
"Now almost everyone in this city knows that Yin Macheng murdered my master and wife. Does the Prince of Nan still want to deny it? We, Fengyulou, cannot swallow this insult. If you don't hand over Yin Macheng today, fine. We'll find him ourselves. You can hide him for a while, but you can't hide him forever. One day we will drag him out and tear him to pieces!"
After saying this, Xiao Liu turned and left with his men, one of them with red eyes and a furious expression, looking as if he could take revenge at any moment.
As the Southern King watched everyone retreat, he realized that his back was covered in a layer of cold sweat.
He used to think Gao Wancheng was just fooling him.
It turns out that the Wind and Rain Tower really is a group of people like that.
Fortunately, they left. If they had forced their way into the manor today, he really didn't know if the people in the manor would have been able to resist them.
"Your Highness," the steward said worriedly as he stepped forward.
The Prince of Nan waved his hand and walked into the mansion.
"Send someone out to find that rebellious son, but don't bring him back. Send him directly to the Living Buddha Temple."
He paused for a moment, then added, "Have someone keep an eye on him; he can't go anywhere in the temple's side rooms."
"yes."
After Xiao Liu walked away, the grief and indignation on his face vanished instantly.
"Hehe, Sixth Brother, we acted pretty well just now, right? I even shed tears."
"We must have frightened the Prince of Nan. Didn't you see his face turn pale just now?"
"Alright, all of you, stop being so smug. Keep up the act, or you'll ruin your master's plans and I'll deal with you."
Xiao Liu gave them a warning, and then sent someone to deliver a message outside the city.
At this moment, Zhao Shi'an and Fang Qing were drinking tea at their villa in the tea plantation outside the city.
Seventeen came over and reported the events in the prefectural city to Zhao Shi'an.
"At this time, the Southern King will probably send Yin Macheng to the Living Buddha Temple outside the city and have Xiao Liu prepare to besiege the Living Buddha Temple at night and capture Gao Wancheng alive."
"yes."
In the afternoon, the people from the Prince of Nan's mansion found Yin Macheng. At that time, he was sneaking around the back gate of the Prince of Nan's mansion, trying to go home. He was spotted by the people looking for him and immediately put into a carriage.
On the carriage to the Living Buddha Temple, Yin Macheng was still shouting that he wanted to go home.
His escorts were the Southern King's personal guards, and they paid no attention to what he was saying.
"You'd better not make a sound. If you attract the attention of the Fengyulou people, even the Prince won't be able to handle you."
Yin Macheng's face turned ashen with anger.
"Nonsense! My father is the Prince of the South. How could Zhao Shi'an have such abilities?"
“You’ve really messed up this time. Zhao Shi’an is the master of Fengyulou. He not only controls most of the intelligence in the martial arts world, but also has many spies in the imperial court. Even the prince has to give him some face.”
Yin Macheng opened his mouth in a daze.
"Impossible. Last time I went to Zhao Shi'an's house, my father warned Zhao Shi'an."
“In that situation, if it were anyone else, our steward could have brought you back. But the prince went in person, and even though you were injured, he only gave you a verbal warning. Can’t you see that?”
Yin Macheng instantly lost his strength.
He was suddenly filled with fear.
The carriage took him to the Living Buddha Temple, where he was led to a side room in the back courtyard.
He never liked coming to this place. It was supposed to be a sacred Buddhist site, but he always felt it was gloomy and eerie.
Before he could even sit down after entering the room, the door was slammed shut from the outside.
He called out twice, but the people who escorted him told him that this was the Southern King's order.
After escorting Yin Macheng over, the man went back to his residence to report.
Nan Wang thought tonight would be a peaceful night, but he was woken up in the middle of the night by urgent knocking on the door.
"Your Highness, the people from Fengyulou somehow found out the whereabouts of the young master and led their men to besiege the Living Buddha Temple."
The Southern King instantly regained his senses.
"What happened? Where are the security measures at the Living Buddha Temple? How did they get in?"
"I don't know how they dismantled all the facilities, they took the prince away, and they turned the temple upside down."
Nan Hei, with disheveled hair, ran out of the house, grabbed the man by the collar, and asked, "Have you searched the whole place?"
"……yes."
The Prince of the South staggered and ran outside without even putting on his outer garment.
When he arrived at the Living Buddha Temple at top speed, he saw a scene of utter devastation.
Meanwhile, many of the high-ranking monks he kept in the temple were killed or injured.
"Where is the abbot? Where is the abbot?"
He asked several times, and someone came to tell him that the abbot had also been taken away.
The Southern King broke out in a cold sweat and staggered to the main hall of the temple.
Incense and candles are always lit inside the main hall.
The statue enshrined here is not of Buddha, but of a woman in gold.
The woman has a kind and gentle face, and an elegant and graceful demeanor, and is reclining in a relaxed posture.
Only the abbot and the King of the South were allowed to enter. At this moment, a large number of guards and monks stood outside the main hall. No one dared to make a sound. Only the King of the South's murmured voice could be heard from inside the main hall.
"We've been discovered."
"They've discovered my secret!"
"Will you find out soon?"
The Southern King collapsed onto the prayer mat and sat there until dawn.
Meanwhile, outside the city, in the tea plantations...
Xiao Liu arrived with his men overnight.
As dawn broke, he instructed Seventeen to inform Zhao Shi'an.
Zhao Shi'an and Fang Qing got up without waking Fang Qing.
"How about it?"
"We couldn't find Gao Wancheng," Xiao Liu said.
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