The uncle and nephew of the Cheng family fell into a trance.
They only felt that everything in front of them seemed to become illusory.
The other sounds in their ears disappeared, and only a faint voice sounded intermittently …
After a while, Hui Tianyu, who was waiting outside, received Mr. Dark Cloud's notice and walked back into the hall.
At this time, there was no trace of the uncle and nephew of the Cheng family in the hall. Only Mr. Dark Cloud was left.
The one-eyed young man did not ask questions. He stood with his hands behind his back. "Senior."
"Send this letter down the mountain. Do as it says," the old man in black ordered.
As he spoke, he handed the letter to Hui Tianyu.
Hui Tianyu glanced at it. One was a sealed envelope, and the other was a piece of paper.
The time, place, and contact information were written on the paper.
"Yes, Senior." Hui Tianyu understood tacitly and immediately excused himself.
The one-eyed young man hurried down the mountain in the middle of the night. Before dawn, he arrived at a small city under the jurisdiction of the Qin Prefecture called Jie Pu.
In Jie Pu, Hui Tianyu found a stone bridge. Under the bridge, he took out a stone brick with an iron box inside.
After putting the letter in the iron box, Hui Tianyu left.
He went to the other side of the river and found a secluded place. He quietly looked at the place where the iron box was kept.
When the first light of dawn came, a black shadow suddenly flew under the bridge.
The shadow stopped. Hui Tianyu looked at it and saw that it was a bird with black feathers and golden eyes.
The bird was very agile. It flapped its wings and hovered in the air. It took the stone brick with one claw and took the iron box from the hole under the bridge with the other claw.
It was as agile as a human. It put the stone brick back and flew away with the iron box.
Hui Tianyu watched the black bird leave and returned to Chang 'an to report to Mr. Dark Cloud.
The black bird was smart and had great endurance. It flew all the way with the iron box. After a long journey, it landed in a city.
The Cheng family's property was here.
The person in charge took the black bird. When he saw the iron box, his expression turned serious. He immediately ordered his men to rush to the capital city.
The ancestral land of the Cheng Clan was not in the Eastern Tang Capital.
However, in recent years, they had been in close contact with the royal family. A large number of Cheng clansmen were active in the royal capital.
In the Cheng Clan's mansion, an old man picked up a metal box and took out the letter. After reading it, his white eyebrows couldn't help but twitch.
He pondered for a moment and asked the person beside him, "Is His Highness the Crown Prince in the residence today?"
"His Highness the Crown Prince is at home, Sixth Granduncle."
The old man nodded and stood up. "Send the invitation. This old man has an urgent matter to visit Your Highness."
He made his way all the way to the Eastern Tang Crown Prince's Residence. The Crown Prince's Residence's steward invited him in and said apologetically, "Mister Mingxi, please forgive us. An urgent guest suddenly came to the residence, so the Crown Prince had no choice but to entertain him first. He really didn't mean to neglect you."
"Urgent guest?" The old man from the Cheng Clan, Mr. Mingxi, asked, "Do you know who it is?"
The butler said softly, "It's the Hidden Pavilion."
Mr. Mingxi nodded slightly.
The Master of the Hidden Pavilion and the Crown Prince were not on good terms. It was no secret that both sides had planted spies in each other. It was just that no one talked about it openly.
"Your Highness will entertain the guest first. This old man is not in a hurry."
The butler brought Mr. Mingxi to a side hall and served him tea.
The old man put the metal box on the table beside him and slowly sipped the tea.
After a while, the butler came to invite him in. "Mister Mingxi, His Highness invites you in."
The old man followed him to the main hall. A man was sitting in the hall. His facial features were young, but his temples were slightly gray.
"Your Highness." Mr. Mingxi greeted him.
The Crown Prince said, "I've made you wait for a long time. I won't treat you as an outsider since we're family."
"Your Highness, what are you saying?" Mr. Mingxi shook his head. "It's me, I, who has disturbed you."
"Could it be that you're also here for Chang 'an City?"
The Crown Prince said, "Just in time. I just heard someone report that you're also here for that desolate city."
Mr. Mingxi was the person the Cheng family left in the Eastern Tang Capital to be in charge of communication.
Previously, it was also his plan to arrange for people to go to Longbei County's Qinzhou Prefecture to investigate matters related to Chang 'an City.
"Yes, there's news back." Mr. Mingxi pushed the metal box in front of the Crown Prince and handed the letter to him to read.
After reading it, the Crown Prince pondered slightly. "What do you think, Mister?"
"Previously, when Du Kun's subordinates attacked the city, they were all wiped out. No one escaped." Slowly, the old man said, "This is not something that can be done by ordinary means."
He looked at the metal box and the letter. "Now that we've found out that the other party is good at using poison, we can solve the previous doubts. However, I's afraid that Yong Hui and the others are young and inexperienced and will be deceived by the other party."
The Crown Prince said, "The news from the Secret Pavilion, in addition to the poisonous fog, also mentioned the maze."
He did not hide the information he had just received from Mr. Mingxi.
Mr. Mingxi nodded slightly. "From another aspect, it confirms the information that Yong Hui and the others sent back."
The Crown Prince nodded. "That's right. And the conclusion from the Secret Pavilion is that we must not continue to let that isolated city go. Otherwise, it will become a big problem."
After a moment of silence, he spoke again. "Father sent back an imperial edict from the front line, ordering me to quickly resolve the situation in Longbei."
Mr. Mingxi was slightly surprised.
King of Tang meant that the Crown Prince had to resolve it personally and could not put the burden on the Secret Pavilion?
No wonder the Crown Prince looked so serious.
This was equivalent to King of Tang leaning towards the Master of the Secret Pavilion to a certain extent in this incident.
Compared to the faraway Chang 'an City in Longbei County, the problem at hand seemed to be more urgent.
"I have to stay in the capital for Father. This matter can only be handled by the subordinates."
The Crown Prince looked at Mr. Mingxi. "Mister, please give them more advice."
Mr. Mingxi nodded silently. "Your Highness is too polite. I will do my best."
"There are movements in Mirror Moon Tower, Qingbokgung, and Fuzhen Guan. They seem to be on bad terms with Chang 'an City. Mister, you might as well contact them."
The Crown Prince said, "In addition, I heard that the remaining members of the Chen family have also sought refuge in that isolated city. I remember that the Sikong family has always wanted to cause trouble for the Chen family. Mister, you might as well contact the Sikong family."
Slowly, he said, "A just cause enjoys abundant support, while an unjust cause finds little support."
Mr. Mingxi understood tacitly. "Your Highness is right."
After the two discussed for a while, Mr. Mingxi left the Crown Prince's Mansion.
At the same time, in a small building in the backyard of the Secret Pavilion, two people sat facing each other in the dark.
"Can hiding Gu Hechuan's failure and hiding the business dealings of the Dahe Longmen make our Crown Prince suffer a setback?" One person said indifferently.
"Not necessarily," the other person said. "But we can try."
The other person replied, "Okay, then let's try."
The small building regained its tranquility.
At the gate of the capital city, people came in and out.
More than one group of people went out of the city. They were responsible for communicating and heading northwest.
They were heading toward Longbei County.
At the moment, in Longbei County's Qinzhou Prefecture, Longbei County, the hospitable City Lord Zhang was welcoming a new uninvited guest.
However, the other party didn't seem to have any ill intentions.
"Submit?"
Zhang Dongyun raised his eyebrows.
Chen Jiezhi, who came to report, cupped his hands and replied, "He did say so."
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