He speaks very slowly and always takes a long time to get to the point.
Upon learning that Ye Zhen was a very loyal and righteous person, and that the current manor lord had even saved Ye Zhen's life, Li Chengye felt that spending time with this old nun wasn't entirely useless.
His loyalty and sense of justice, coupled with the fact that he saved someone's life, indicate that his plan is highly feasible.
However, since they are here to eat vegetarian food, they cannot actually not eat anything and just talk. That would make their purpose too obvious and easily be discovered by the old nun.
He picked up a steamed bun that looked decent, took a bite, and found it tasted pretty good, so he took another bite and chewed it carefully.
Seeing him eat, the servants no longer held back and all took something to eat.
They were busy and got hungry easily, so they ate much more ravenously than Li Chengye.
Just as Li Chengye was about to ask something else, he heard a thud.
Turning his head, he saw that his own guard had fallen to the ground.
"not good!"
Li Chengye reacted quickly, immediately throwing away the steamed bun in his hand and grabbing the old nun at the same time.
But the old nun, who had seemed slow to walk before, nimbly dodged this time.
Seeing this, the other guards also dropped their food, but since they had eaten a lot, their condition looked bad, and soon one of them collapsed.
"Who are you?"
Li Chengye realized that he had been tricked.
He started to feel dizzy; they had drugged his food with sleeping pills.
I was careless!
Then they heard the old nun laugh like a young girl, "Weren't you just asking me about me? I'm right in front of you now, what else do you want to know? Ask away, and I'll answer depending on my mood."
"Are you Ye Zhen?"
Li Chengye was filled with shock.
He never expected that Ye Zhen would appear in southern Jiangsu, a place more than ten days away from the capital by fast horse.
Besides, today is Lunar New Year's Eve, a day for families to reunite and celebrate the New Year.
That's why he decided to take action tonight.
Why is Ye Zhen coming to southern Jiangsu instead of spending the New Year in the capital?
Could it be that his whereabouts have been exposed?
Ye Zhen removed the human skin mask from her face and laughed, "Yes, it's your great-aunt."
She and her father were only a few moments earlier than Li Chengye, but Li Chengye's whereabouts were always under their control.
Shi Wuxia's men followed the secret guards to Li Chengye's hideout, only to find out that he had raised 30,000 private soldiers.
However, Li Chengye did not bring all his private soldiers to the capital. If he were arrested in the capital, the 30,000 men would be leaderless, and if the court could not arrest them in time, they might come out of the mountains to harm the people.
Therefore, he decided to expose the false letter temporarily, allowing Li Chengye to retreat and reunite with his private soldiers.
Li Heng's affair has become known throughout the land, and Li Chengye and his 30,000 private soldiers will find it difficult to find a safe place. They are very likely to rebel and seize control of a region.
But Ye Zhen didn't expect that he would actually choose his own fiefdom.
They also planned to target people who knew her.
Like his father, he's no good either.
"I was going to come to you anyway, but you delivered yourself to my door, which saved me some time."
As they spoke, Ye Zhen grabbed one of the guards by the neck and asked, "Which of you is his confidant?"
The guard did not answer.
Without a second thought, Ye Zhen twisted his neck and snapped it.
When the second person pinched the other person, the same question was asked, and the person looked at the person next to them.
His eyes gave Ye Zhen the answer.
However, Ye Zhen had no intention of keeping him.
These people are all going to join Li Chengye in rebellion. Why keep them around to help kill the people of southern Jiangsu?
Before long, all the guards who had been drugged, except for the two who had fainted first, were killed by Ye Zhen.
Li Chengye staggered backward, "Ye Zhen, this is a sacred Buddhist temple, how could you kill someone? Aren't you afraid of going to hell after you die?"
He was drugged and no match for Ye Zhen, so he could only use this as an excuse to get Ye Zhen to spare his life.
Ye Zhen seemed to consider for a moment, then said, "You're right, so I'll spare your life. Men, tie you up."
This person still needs to be sent to the capital for the emperor to decide his fate.
As soon as she finished speaking, several men in black came in and tied Li Chengye up tightly.
"Father."
Ye Zhen pointed at Li Chengye and his confidants, "Is there enough time to make their human skin masks before dark?"
Before leaving, she obtained a secret order from the emperor, instructing nearby troops to come to southern Jiangsu to provide support. She was to impersonate Li Chengye and lure 30,000 troops into the garrison's encirclement.
But she was worried that there wouldn't be enough time to make the mask, but her father said that he would take care of it.
Shi Yan glanced at the group and nodded, "That's enough."
As he spoke, he swiftly took out a knife and peeled off the face of one of the guards.
Tong Yezhen explained, "Everyone else can use this directly, but Father only needs to make one for Li Chengye."
Even though his daughter was taboo, he would still feel disgusted if Li Chengye's face were actually peeled off and given to her.
Ye Zhen then realized that when he said there was enough time, he meant this kind of "enough," but it was indeed simple.
He then took out a small knife and helped as well.
Seeing that she was not afraid, Shi Yan began to give her tips on how to do it quickly and well. Ye Zhen was clever and quickly got the hang of it, saying, "My mask-making technique takes a long time. Father, please give me some pointers later."
"good."
Shi Yan readily agreed, “The Shi family has a princess named Panpan, your great-grandmother’s younger sister. She was born with a talent for making all kinds of masks, and the younger generation of the Shi family all learned from her…”
When the two surviving guards were awakened, they were terrified to see the men chatting while skinning people.
Therefore, when Ye Zhen finished his work and interrogated the two men about Li Chengye's habits and specific plans, they confessed without much hesitation.
Li Chengye could only watch helplessly as Ye Zhen, disguised as him, left with several people disguised as his guards...
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