Chapter 164: Inquiring for Information
After they checked into the inn.
Pei Wusu and Chi Yue stayed in the guest room, while the others left the inn.
Adhering to the idea that since they were already here, they also wanted to take a good look at the Nanshang Kingdom, which was known as the "Flower Kingdom", and by the way, find out some news about the Earth Demon Dragon.
Zhuge Youlin couldn't forget the rumored 'Flower Cave'. He walked to a small stall with various small items, squatted down, and looked at the stall owner: "Boss, this is my first time in Nanshang Country. I heard that there is a flower god in your Nanshang Country's Flower Cave. Is it true?"
The stall owner heard this and smiled, "Of course it's true. If the Flower God didn't bless our country, our Nanshang Country wouldn't be able to become a great country."
"Have you ever seen the flower god?" Zhuge Youlin became even more curious.
The stall owner said with a smile: "How can ordinary people like us see the Flower God?"
Immediately, the stall owner took a small gadget and enthusiastically sold it to Zhuge Youlin, "Brother, since you are interested in the flower god, then buy a flower god lamp. Light the flower god lamp and put it in the room, it will make you have sweet dreams."
Flower God Cup?
Zhuge Youlin lowered his eyes to look at the lantern held by the stall owner. A hazy female figure was carved on the outside, wrapped in various flowers, as if trapped.
Zhuge Youlin felt a little uncomfortable when he saw it for the first time.
At this time, a shadow came over Zhuge Youlin. The girl in purple raised her eyes and asked with a smile: "Boss, is the figure carved on this Flower God Cup the Flower God?"
"Yes, yes!" The stall owner's eyes lit up when he saw such a beautiful girl.
"Can you show it to me?" Chen Yan smiled politely.
"Can!"
Chen Yan took the Flower God Lamp and looked at it carefully for a while. Overall, the workmanship was very rough and not exquisite, but these were not the main points; the main point was the patterns carved on it.
The figure of the Flower Goddess was blurry. The flowers surrounding her seemed to be surrounding her, but also seemed to be...
"You want to buy this thing?" Zhuge Youlin suddenly spoke, interrupting Chen Yan's thoughts.
Chen Yan replied, "If it's cheap, buy it. If it's expensive, forget it."
When the stall owner heard their conversation, he quickly said with a smile: "Not expensive, not expensive, just ten taels of silver."
"So expensive?!" Zhuge Youlin's eyes widened in shock.
Just a broken lamp like this, and you want ten taels of silver? Isn't this just a scam?
The stall owner's face darkened: "The prices in our Nanshang Country are relatively high."
Zhuge Youlin immediately reached out and took the Flower God Cup from Chen Yan's hand, returned it to the stall owner, and then pulled Chen Yan up: "Let's go somewhere else, there must be a cheaper one."
The stall owner's face darkened: "Ten taels of silver is still expensive? Young man, you are really poor and crazy!"
Zhuge Youlin didn't care about being called poor, he pulled Chen Yan and was about to leave.
Chen Yan calmly pushed his hand away and walked back to the team with him.
Jiang Xianyue and the others saw what had just happened.
Jiang Xianyue crossed her arms and said coldly, "Zhuge Youlin, can you please stop asking about the Flower God and the Flower Cave? Our first priority is to kill the Earth Demon Dragon! This is the mission you wanted to take, so please pay more attention, okay?"
Zhuge Youlin was reprimanded by her and sighed: "Okay, okay, I'll go ask now!"
At this time, Chen Yan said: "Let's disperse and collect information."
"Okay." Several people said there was no problem.
"Then let's meet at the inn in the evening."
Chen Yan, Jiang Xianyue, Yu Changying, Zhuge Youlin and Wen Yuchu dispersed.
While Chen Yan was trying to find out the news about the demon dragon in Sun Moon Lake, he was also observing the various strange phenomena in the imperial city.
In the imperial city, there are many places where the 'figure of the flower god' can be seen.
When Chen Yan passed by a teahouse, he saw a young man who looked somewhat similar to Xiao Zechuan. The man was wearing a gorgeous brocade robe, holding a fan in his right hand, and holding a plump beauty in his left hand, smiling very charmingly. The plump beauty hit the chest of the man in brocade robe with her little fist.
"Third Prince, when will you take me as your concubine?"
The Third Prince smiled upon hearing this, hugged the beauty tighter, leaned close to her face, kissed her, and then said, "Then we'll have to see if you're skilled enough."
"Hey, Third Prince, you are so bad~" The beauty pretended to push and shove, flirting with the Third Prince.
Chen Yan was not interested in this. When she wanted to move forward, she caught a glimpse of a man running to the Third Prince and whispering something in his ear.
The third prince's face changed in shock. He let go of the beauty's waist and was about to walk out.
The beauty didn't understand what was going on, so she stretched out her hand to stop him, and said coquettishly, "Third Prince, where are you going?"
The Third Prince's expression was already very serious. He shook off the beauty's hand without even explaining. He led his men quickly out of the teahouse and hurried in a certain direction.
This is……
The direction leading to the royal palace of the Southern Shang Kingdom.
Did something happen in the palace of Nanshang Kingdom? Or was it that the Third Prince was so anxious because he knew that Xiao Zechuan, the Crown Prince, had returned?
And at this moment, a breath suddenly approached her rapidly.
Chen Yan immediately became alert. She quickly summoned the red flame dagger. Just when she was about to attack the person, she saw that person suddenly half-knelt down towards her.
The man was dressed in guard uniform. When he saw the cold light in Chen Yan's hand, he was suddenly startled, and then he quickly explained respectfully: "Miss Chen, I am the prince's man."
"Xiao Zechuan?"
"yes!"
"What do you want from me?"
The guard said with a complicated expression: "The prince said that he may not be able to go to Sun Moon Lake with you."
Seeing his complicated expression, which seemed to be testing, Chen Yan suddenly smiled and said, "Okay."
The guard was suddenly stunned.
Chen Yan slowly put away the dagger and said calmly: "Tell your prince that if he can't come back tomorrow morning, we will go first."
When the guard heard this, he frowned and his face turned pale, then he lowered his head and agreed.
"Yes, Miss Shen."
Just as the guard was about to leave, Chen Yan's cold voice rang out.
"Tell him that we don't want to get involved in the affairs of the Southern Business Kingdom."
The guard's breathing stagnated. He didn't dare to look at Shen Yan. He nodded repeatedly and left quickly.
When Chen Yan saw him leave, she withdrew her gaze. At this time, a few petals fell down. She slowly raised her hand and caught them. The petals fell into her palm. She stared at the petals with sparkling eyes.
"Xiao Zechuan..."
…
In the evening.
Inside the inn, seven people were sitting at the dining table.
"What? Xiao Zechuan said that he would not go on the mission to kill the Earth Demon Dragon?" Zhuge Youlin was suddenly shocked.
"Yeah." Chen Yan looked indifferent and picked up a piece of sweet and sour pork with chopsticks.
Yu Changying sighed softly: "Brother Zechuan has returned home and no longer cares about us. That's right, how can we be as important as his family?"
Zhuge Youlin snorted lightly, then started to eat until his cheeks were bulging. He said incoherently, "Xiao Zechuan said he wouldn't come, so he won't come. He's even more willful than me!"
"Just eat it, don't spit out the rice!" Jiang Xianyue looked at a grain of rice that Zhuge Youlin spat out with disdain.
Wen Yuchu said meaningfully: "Maybe he has his own reasons?"
Upon hearing this, Chen Yan put down his chopsticks and looked at them with deep eyes: "If he has difficulties and needs us to sacrifice something, will you help him?"
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