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Secondly, he is exceptionally talented. He entered the Free and Easy Realm at the age of thirteen and the Carefree Heaven Realm at the age of seventeen. He is definitely one of the best among the younger generation.
But he suddenly disappeared five years ago, and gradually no one in the martial arts world mentioned him anymore.
None of them expected that Xiao Se was the famous Xiao Chuhe.
Feeling the gazes of his companions, Xiao Se gave a wry smile and said in a low voice:
"I have so many questions I want to ask."
"If I could only ask one thing, the thing I want to know most is who ambushed me outside Tianqi City."
"As for the compensation..."
I once gambled heavily in the gambling dens of Tianqi City for three days and three nights, and finally won a city.
Let's use this city as payment.
These words surprised everyone.
Offering a city as payment—that's quite the ambition, truly befitting a prince.
Su Chen smiled slightly. He didn't care about the city; what truly attracted him was the strong aura of luck emanating from Xiao Se.
Although Xiao Se seems like a useless person now, as the protagonist of "Song of Youth," his luck is definitely extraordinary. Among the people he has met, perhaps only Xu Fengnian is slightly better.
He had previously told Dugu Qiubai's fortune and obtained the wonderful sword technique "Slaying Ghosts and Gods".
What would one gain from telling Xiao Se's fortune? Su Chen was very interested.
After thinking it over, Su Chen didn't hesitate much and directly activated the system to start observing Xiao Se.
The system responded quickly:
"The fortune telling for Xiao Se was successful."
"Congratulations, host, you have obtained a top-grade Enlightenment Pill."
Su Chen's eyes sharpened. Just by looking at the name, he didn't know the specific function of the reward, but since it was a reward for telling Xiao Se's fortune and it was related to "enlightenment", it certainly wouldn't be bad.
Without much thought, he turned to look at Xiao Se and said calmly:
"I have already foreseen the secrets of heaven."
There were two people who ambushed you that day.
"One of them is the Furious Sword Immortal, one of the Five Great Sword Immortals. He was sent by the White King Xiao Chongzhi."
"Emperor Mingde loved only two people in his life: Consort Xuan, Yi Wenjun, and your mother."
"Because your mother died early, Emperor Mingde doted on you and even intended to pass the throne to you."
"That's why you're a stumbling block for Xiao Chong, the White Prince, who wants to seize the throne."
Even after you were demoted to a commoner, Xiao Chong was still worried, so he invited his master Yan Zhantian to kill you.
"But your master Ji Ruofeng had foreseen this and secretly protected you, blocking Yan Zhantian's attack for you."
"So the person who really hurt your hidden meridians is not him."
After hearing Su Chen's words, Xiao Se frowned.
For the past five years, he has been searching for the person who harmed his hidden meridians, and Xiao Chong, the White King, has always been the prime suspect.
Since ancient times, royalty has been ruthless.
As Xiao Chong's rival, Xiao Se was well aware of the other's hostility towards him. And Yan Zhantian, being a top-tier expert, certainly had the ability to severely injure him in one move.
But Su Chen's words just now proved all his previous guesses wrong.
"Could it be that the other expert was sent by the Crimson King Xiao Yu?"
Xiao Se asked, frowning.
Su Chen gently waved his folding fan and said slowly and deliberately:
"The second expert was Eunuch Zhuoqing, the chief eunuch who was the head of the previous generation of the five great eunuchs."
"He was not acting under anyone's orders; it was entirely of his own volition."
"As for why he wanted to kill you, it all started with the position of the Five Great Supervisors."
"There are countless dynasties in the world, and emperors will use various means to consolidate their imperial power."
"The most common method was to support the power of eunuchs and use them to control civil and military officials."
"Among all the dynasties, the Beili Dynasty relied most heavily on eunuchs."
“The system of five major supervisory offices was established starting with Emperor Taizu of Beili.”
"They are the Grand Supervisor in charge of the Imperial Seal, the Grand Supervisor in charge of the National Sword, the Grand Supervisor in charge of the Legal Codex, the Grand Supervisor in charge of the Incense Burner, and the highest-ranking Grand Supervisor of the Reader."
"These five eunuchs held the highest positions among the eunuchs, and with the emperor's trust, they could suppress all other officials."
"Especially the Grand Eunuch, who is the head of the five Grand Eunuchs, is favored by the emperor and even a first-rank minister would not dare to offend him easily."
"However, because the five major eunuchs wielded too much power and often participated in the princes' factional struggles, it caused turmoil in the court and was detrimental to the stability of the dynasty."
"Later emperors established a rule: whenever an emperor died, the five chief eunuchs had to accompany him to guard the coffin."
"In this way, the older generation of the five chief eunuchs were all transferred to guard the tomb, so they naturally could not disrupt the court after the emperor's death."
"But this is clearly unacceptable to the five chief eunuchs who are used to power."
"Eunuch Zhuoqing tried to break this rule."
"He orchestrated a series of conspiracies that triggered the Langya Prince case."
"But the performance of the Prince of Langya caused his plan to fail completely, and he could only go to guard the imperial tomb."
“The Prince of Langya is dead, so he can only vent his anger on you, who are closest to the Prince of Langya.”
"So he secretly left the imperial tomb to kill you."
"But Eunuch Zhuoqing didn't expect that Ji Ruofeng was secretly protecting you."
"In the end, it was only thanks to Ji Ruofeng's desperate cover that Eunuch Zhuoqing was able to only cripple your hidden meridians."
"Ji Ruofeng was also seriously injured in that battle, his cultivation level dropped drastically, and his life was not long."
"Unfortunately, not long after returning to the imperial mausoleum, Eunuch Zhuoqing was killed by the current Emperor of Beili."
"Even if you wanted to find him, you wouldn't be able to."
Upon hearing this, Xiao Se clenched his fists, his eyes bloodshot.
The reason he wanted to know who ambushed him back then was because that person not only ruined him, but also his master, Ji Ruofeng.
Xiao Se may not care about himself, but he still feels resentful about Ji Ruofeng being injured while protecting him.
So even if it's just for his master's sake, he must find the murderer from back then.
Now Su Chen tells him that the person who seriously injured them back then is dead.
It was like punching cotton, making Xiao Se feel very uncomfortable.
This grudge can never be avenged.
However, Xiao Se was a man of deep thoughts, and he quickly calmed down, asking respectfully:
"Just now, the Celestial Mystery Immortal said that the Langya Prince case was orchestrated by Eunuch Zhuoqing. Could you elaborate on that?"
The two things he couldn't let go of the most:
One question is: who was the person who destroyed his hidden meridians?
The other case is the Langya Prince case from back then.
Even now, he still doesn't believe that Prince Langya, Xiao Ruofeng, really intends to commit suicide.
Chapter 31 A Magic Pill
But even Bai Xiaotang couldn't figure out the details of this matter back then.
Now that they've heard a clue from Su Chen, they naturally want to get to the bottom of it.
But Su Chen did not answer, only saying indifferently, "That's another matter."
Xiao Se is so lucky, he has to make good use of it a few times, so of course he won't let him have his way easily.
Upon hearing this, Xiao Se was speechless for a moment and could only bow and take his leave.
Before leaving, Xiao Se remembered what Ji Ruofeng had told him and subtly winked at Ye Ruoyi.
After everyone left, Ye Ruoyi walked lightly behind Su Chen, massaging his shoulders as she softly said:
"Mr. Su, there's something I need to tell you."
"That Xiao Se was a childhood playmate of mine. A few days ago, he entrusted me with something."
"He wanted Ji Xue, the daughter of Ji Ruofeng, the head of Baixiaotang, to also become Mr. Su's maid."
After saying that, she added somewhat nervously, "It's okay if Mr. Su doesn't agree. I'm just passing on his message."
Upon hearing this, Su Chen raised an eyebrow and reached out to grab Ye Ruoyi's hand.
Then, with a flick of his wrist, he pulled Ye Ruoyi in front of him.
"I was just worried about something that no one could do, and you've been a great help to me."
Su Chen gently flicked Ye Ruoyi's nose and said with a smile.
Ye Ruoyi blinked, looking surprised, and said, "Really? What does Mr. Su want to see me about?"
Su Chen said mysteriously, "Bring the person up first, and then I'll tell you."
Ye Ruoyi didn't ask any more questions and went downstairs directly.
Ji Xue was already waiting anxiously outside, her hands clenched tightly, pacing back and forth.
Su Chen's image kept appearing in her mind, making time seem to pass incredibly slowly.
Suddenly, she saw Ye Ruoyi, rushed over to her, and excitedly asked, "How are you?"
Ye Ruoyi said gently, "Mr. Su seems quite satisfied with you. There's something else he needs to tell you. Come up with me first."
Ji Xue looked bewildered and had no choice but to follow Ye Ruoyi upstairs.