Upon opening the box, one finds it filled with rare and priceless treasures.
Even if Eunuch Cheng wasn't one of His Highness's men, Jiang Alliance Leader should still give him face upon seeing these treasures.
After all, the martial arts world is independent of the imperial court. This is a request for the Jiang Alliance to take charge of affairs, and naturally, all the necessary preparations must be made.
"The proof of our family's identity is, of course, proven by these treasures." With a forced smile, Eunuch Cheng picked up one of the seven-colored glass jade pots, the lid of which was intricately carved with micro-carvings.
The materials and the craftsmanship alone are quite remarkable.
"This was carved by a master micro-carver bestowed by the royal family, personally according to His Highness's decree. Such an exquisite jade pot is probably only available to the royal family." Eunuch Cheng smiled and put the jade pot back.
He then picked up a large luminous pearl: "While luminous pearls are rare, they aren't particularly uncommon, but one of this size is probably extremely rare..."
Eunuch Cheng took out the treasures one by one and introduced them, fully demonstrating the wealth of the imperial palace.
After the introductions were finished, the two large boxes were closed and carried to Leader Jiang.
At this moment, servants, following Jiang's instructions, brought a chair for Eunuch Cheng to sit down.
Alliance Leader Jiang smiled politely and said, "I wonder what brings Eunuch Cheng from so far away to your residence?"
At this moment, Alliance Leader Jiang had basically confirmed Eunuch Cheng's identity.
Not to mention that there is anyone in the world who would dare to impersonate His Highness's attendants, just looking at the treasures in these two large boxes, only the royal family could afford to bring them out.
This time, Gu Mu went to great lengths to find Zhang Banxian.
After all, the entire Southern Kingdom belongs to Gu Mu. Gu Mu distributed penicillin and hybrid rice to the people without taking a penny, all to make the country stronger and better.
If Gu Mu cared about money, he could easily make money through the system's vast collection of treasures.
Therefore, compared to eliminating the hidden danger of Zhang Banxian, Gu Mu really didn't feel any remorse for taking out those two large boxes of treasures.
“Our family wants to find someone.” Eunuch Cheng didn’t say it explicitly, but dipped his finger in water and wrote the three characters “Zhang Banxian” on the table.
The location he wrote it in was extremely tricky.
Only Jiang, the leader of the alliance, who was sitting opposite him at the table, could see it.
After confirming that Alliance Leader Jiang had seen it clearly, Eunuch Cheng quickly erased the three words with his palm.
After all, it's said that Zhang Banxian has supernatural powers. Eunuch Cheng has never actually dealt with Zhang Banxian, but rumors in the martial arts world portray him as incredibly powerful, so it's best to be cautious.
Jiang, the leader of the alliance, silently recited the three words written by Eunuch Cheng in his mind, without uttering them aloud.
Then she suddenly raised her eyes and stared intently at Eunuch Cheng.
"He...never predicts the fate of a dynasty." Jiang, the leader of the alliance, assumed that Eunuch Cheng had sought out Zhang the fortune teller for matters concerning the court, and said in a hoarse voice.
"Actually... when I was young, some members of the royal family came to see my father, also looking for him."
“Back then, my father introduced that person to them, but even when they held a knife to his neck, he only said one thing.”
"He never predicted the fate of the dynasty."
Jiang, the leader of the alliance, tapped his teacup with the lid and glanced at the two treasures with some regret.
"So if it's about predicting the future of a dynasty, I can't make an introduction for you."
Who was Eunuch Cheng? After Alliance Leader Jiang refused, he did not immediately state his purpose, explaining that he was not eager to have Alliance Leader Jiang lead him to Zhang Banxian.
Instead, they quickly seized upon Jiang's weakness in his words.
"If you were only asked to bring that person to me, and I gave you these two large boxes of treasures, would you still refuse?" Eunuch Cheng looked at Alliance Leader Jiang with an exceptionally kind expression.
Logically speaking, the important thing about these two boxes of treasures is not what they were before, but their rarity.
Such a rare item is worthy of Alliance Leader Jiang, and it would be a great honor for him to show it off.
Impossible, because Zhang Banxian couldn't have predicted it. He's so kind as to not even do something that would allow them to meet Zhang Banxian and earn those two large boxes of treasure.
Jiang, the leader of the alliance, suddenly narrowed his eyes.
He then burst into laughter: "As expected of an old man from the palace. Yes, if your purpose is to predict the rise and fall of a dynasty, then I would never allow you to meet Zhang the Half-Immortal."
"If that's the case, then when Alliance Leader Jiang was a child, he must have seen more than just them threatening Zhang Banxian with knives, right?"
If it's just a threat...
It's impossible for Leader Jiang to refuse so decisively this time.
Something else must have happened before.
Seeing that Alliance Leader Jiang remained silent, Eunuch Cheng smiled and said, "Let me guess... Zhang Banxian has always refused to reveal the dynasty's future, even after torture was used. So he has lost his value in the eyes of those people."
"They reasonably suspect that Zhang Banxian is incapable of predicting the dynasty's trajectory, but... just in case that Zhang Banxian can actually predict it but is unwilling to reveal it."
"So we might as well kill Zhang Banxian. After all, someone who is useless to us but has the ability and could become a weapon for others can only be eliminated completely to prevent future troubles."
At this point, Eunuch Cheng burst into laughter.
Because he saw the look in Jiang Mengzhu's eyes behind the mask—surprise, disbelief…and a hint of relief.
Eunuch Cheng knew he had guessed correctly.
He dared to make this guess because he understood the way people in the palace acted... and, well, it wouldn't matter if he guessed wrong... While he was speaking, he kept observing the expression on the other person's face, so even if he guessed wrong, he could still tell which ones were right and which ones were wrong.
"If Zhang Banxian died back then, then who is Zhang Banxian now?" Eunuch Cheng asked with a hint of confusion. "Is he really so powerful that he can come back to life?"
a long time,
Alliance Leader Jiang let out a long sigh of relief: "I've kept this to myself for over a decade, and my father has always forbade me to say anything."
"But today, it's not me who said it, it's you who guessed it."
"So, I'll supplement your guess and let you know what really happened that day."
Jiang, the leader of the alliance, was lost in his memories.
That day, he was still a child, hiding behind a screen.
He knew his father could sense his presence, but he said nothing.
So, the young Jiang Alliance Leader hid behind the screen and witnessed everything that happened that day.
What started as a normal conversation turned into something else when Zhang Banxian was taken away by someone.
Later, a dispute arose.
Zhang Banxian was subjected to torture.
Those people came prepared.
Neither drugging nor torture could make Zhang Banxian reveal what they wanted.
Zhang Banxian only said one thing: "I never predict the fate of dynasties."
He meant he never tested it, not that he couldn't test it.
So those people killed him and cut off his head.
Young Jiang, the leader of the alliance, already knew martial arts. Out of curiosity, he followed these people.
These people all knew that the person following them was the young master of the Jiang family, the future successor to the leader of the martial arts alliance, so they didn't say anything.
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