Chapter 234 Let’s Talk Inside
"Someone really wants to kill Chen Pingping. There's no one around him now. You go and guard him first. I have to go find someone. I'm leaving now."
After saying that, Shadow turned around and left without waiting for Mei Chengan to reply. He leaped onto the wall and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
After the shadow left, Wang Qinian looked at Mei Chengan with a nervous expression.
"Master, is there really any problem with the dean? I don't think Lord Shadow is lying."
Mei Cheng'an glanced at him, stood up and stretched.
"You'll know whether it's true or not if you go and see it."
"Yes, yes, that's what the young master said."
Wang Qinian stood up as well.
"Then Master, shall I go get the horse? It won't take long if we ride straight to the Overwatch Council."
Mei Chengan thought that there was no need to be so anxious, but he didn't say much. He just nodded and let him go.
Shadow still had to go find Fan Xian, and the assassination would only begin after they arrived at the Supervisory Office together, so they had relatively ample time. However, it was not easy to say this to Wang Qinian, so he just let him do it.
Before leaving, Mei Cheng'an thought for a moment and called together the four maids, asking them to carry their weapons.
He planned to take them with him, as the girls had been practicing martial arts for such a long time but had never really used any of them.
It's such a good opportunity. With so many experts from the Supervisory Council, instead of letting Shadow kill them all, it would be better to take the opportunity to let them test their own strength and see some blood, making the best use of them.
If possible, Mei Cheng'an also plans to get identities in the Supervisory Commission for the girls, so that it will be more convenient for them to go out and work in the future.
Without further ado, the group of six rode their horses straight to the Supervisory Office.
……
At the entrance of Honglu Temple.
Fan Xian had just come out of the Honglu Temple, with a thoughtful look on his face.
An hour ago, when he was working on the manuscript of Dream of the Red Chamber in his room, he was suddenly called to the study.
Then he met Xin Qiwu, who was a weirdo in his eyes. After some questioning and communication, he was taken to the Honglu Temple.
After strolling around and visiting his fellow villager's workstation, Xin Qiwu talked to him about the negotiations, and now the conversation is over.
His mind was now full of Xin Qiwu's words, that except for the one named Zhuang Mohan in the other delegation, he didn't need to be nice to anyone else.
He had heard his sister mention the name Zhuang Mohan, but he didn't ask in detail at the time because he was not interested.
He didn't expect that Zhuang Mohan could be involved in the negotiations with the diplomatic corps, and that Xin Qiwu valued him so much. This inevitably aroused his curiosity.
Teng Zijing, who was waiting outside, jumped out of the driving seat as soon as he saw him come out. He was about to move the horse stool for him when he was stopped by Fan Xian.
"Zi Jing, have you heard of Zhuang Mohan?"
Teng Zijing was stunned for a moment.
"I've heard of it, why are you asking about him all of a sudden?"
Fan Xian didn't explain to him either.
"I'll tell you in detail later. Tell me about this Zhuang Mohan."
Teng Zijing nodded.
"I don't like reading, and I don't know much about him. I just know that all the readers in the world regard him as their teacher, saying that he is a literary giant and a living saint walking in the world."
As he spoke, Teng Zijing looked at Fan Xian curiously.
"Hey, come to think of it, you are also a scholar. Even I know all this, how come you..."
Fan Xian interrupted him.
"I don't count. Let's go home."
Teng Zijing shrugged, took out a horse stool for him, and put it away after Fan Xian got on the carriage. But before Fan Xian had gone far, he suddenly stopped the carriage.
"what happened?"
Fan Xian asked in the carriage.
Teng Zijing watched the shadow approaching without responding.
Fan Xian waited for a while but received no response. Confused, he opened the car window and saw the shadow at a glance.
After a moment of silence, Fan Xian spoke.
"Master Shadow? Chen Pingping wants to talk to me about something?"
Shadow came up with a sentence.
"Someone wants to kill Dean Chen."
"..."
"There are many people in the world who want to kill him."
"It will start in less than half an hour!"
Fan Xian perked up now. He leaned half of his body out of the car window and spoke with concern in his tone.
"Where is he now?"
Shadow was very satisfied with Fan Xian's reaction. This was the right reaction. What kind of person is that brat Mei Chengan?
"In the Supervisory Council."
Fan Xian breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this.
"That's fine. Without a large force, who would dare to rush into the Overwatch Council and kill people?"
"The people who wanted to kill him are from the Supervisory Council. All the people from the First Division have gone out to carry out their mission. There is no one around Chen Pingping anymore."
"..."
Fan Xian hissed, and without thinking too much, he shouted directly.
"Then what are you still standing there for? Hurry up and go, Zi Jing, to the Overwatch Council."
The face beneath the shadow mask revealed a smile of success.
……
Mei Cheng'an and his group arrived at the Supervisory Commission and went straight to Chen Pingping's office without meeting anyone on the way.
Wang Qinian was a little surprised.
"Hiss~ It's a bit abnormal. The people from one place are not here. Where are the people from other places?"
Mei Cheng'an curled the corners of his mouth and didn't say anything. The few of them kept walking and soon arrived at Chen Pingping's yard.
Chen Pingping was leisurely eating red dates at his desk, looking at the endgame on the chessboard in front of him.
Hearing footsteps behind him, he turned his wheelchair and looked back. Seeing that it was Mei Chengan, he smiled. "Here he comes."
The maids stopped at the door and stood guard at the door in pairs. Mei Cheng'an and Wang Qinian walked forward slowly.
"The Overwatch Council is in rebellion, and they still have time to test the waters. This must be Shadow's idea."
Chen Pingping smiled.
"I said I couldn't fool you."
As he said this, he glanced at the four maids brought by Mei Chengan.
"Why did you bring your maid with you?"
Mei Cheng'an walked to the table, picked up a red date, looked at the chessboard and replied casually.
“Normally there aren’t many opportunities to go out, so this is a rare chance to let them have some fun, so I brought them along.
Hey, this is not an endgame, who are the black pieces, you are playing a really bad game, you are a terrible chess player!"
Chen Pingping glanced at the chessboard and smiled.
"Don't say that to Shadow's face."
Mei Cheng'an was eating red dates, so he didn't answer. He just nodded slightly and picked up a black seed and put it in the mouth.
Chen Pingping took a look.
"Oh, you have good eyesight."
As he said this, he also picked up a white piece and pointed it at it.
Mei Cheng'an threw the date pit into the trash can, then picked it up and put it down again, and Chen Pingping followed closely behind.
Wang Qinian watched the game quietly on the side. In a blink of an eye, both of them had placed more than a dozen pieces each.
The originally one-sided situation was turned around by Mei Cheng'an. Although it could not be said that he had turned the disadvantage into an advantage, at least he had the strength to fight. Wang Qinian silently gave Mei Cheng'an a thumbs up.
As the two were playing, footsteps were heard again. Chen Pingping was the first to look away from the chessboard and turned to look.
Mei Cheng'an threw the black piece in his hand back into the chess basket and looked up.
Fan Xian and Yingzi have arrived. Oh yes, and Teng Zijing as well. He has finally stepped into the gate of the Overwatch Council.
Originally, Fan Xian knew that he didn't want to have anything to do with the Overwatch Council anymore, so he asked him to wait outside. However, Teng Zijing thought about it and followed him without saying a word.
Fan Xian was not surprised to see several maids of his fellow villager. It didn't make sense for Shadow to only inform him and not his fellow villager.
Shadow glanced at them with surprise, but didn't say much.
Chen Pingping looked at Fan Xian and said something with a smile.
"You're here."
Fan Xian hummed, extended his hand and briefly greeted his fellow villager, then said to Chen Pingping.
"There are already people gathering outside, but not many. Now is a good opportunity to rush out."
Chen Pingping looked around and saw that no one had any objections, so he smiled.
"Okay, I'll listen to you."
……
Without further ado, Fan Xian pushed Chen Pingping, and the group of ten people went straight out of the yard.
Who would have thought that in just such a short while, the number of people gathered outside the yard would be several times more than before, completely blocking the only road.
Looking at the group of people with unfriendly eyes slowly surrounding them, Wang Qinian said fearfully.
"There is no way out."
It was difficult to rush out. They now had only two options: either go back to the yard or go to the dungeon behind them.
Fan Xian reacted quickly and decisively chose the latter.
Compared to a flat courtyard without any obstacles, the dungeon has mechanisms and depth, and there is more room for maneuver.
After the group quickly turned around and rushed into the dungeon, Wang Qinian and Teng Zijing, who were at the rear, closed the dungeon door at the last moment, put up a relatively thick beam, and narrowly kept the group of rebels with increasingly murderous intent out of the door.
I heard the roar of "Kill Chen Pingping" outside the door that came out of nowhere and became louder and louder, and saw the door being hit harder and harder.
Wang Qinian and Teng Zijing looked at each other, then turned around decisively and followed the crowd. They couldn't hold on to this door for much longer.
After passing through the first mechanical corridor, the group arrived at the dungeon where Si Lili was imprisoned.
Seeing a group of people suddenly rushing in, although Si Lili didn't know what was going on, she instinctively had a bad premonition and stood up hurriedly.
Looking at Fan Xian, who was walking at the front of the crowd and pushing Chen Pingping at a fast pace, and then looking at Yingzi and Mei Chengan who were following behind him, the manager thought about speaking.
"Mr. Mei, what happened?"
Mei Cheng'an turned his head, looked at her and smiled.
"Ah, Miss Lili, it's okay, it's okay, there's just a little incident, let's just run away, I'll talk to you in detail after we're done."
"..."
Si Lili was stunned. Accident, escape...
Chen Pingping, who was in a wheelchair, was also looking at Si Lili. When he heard what Mei Chengan said, he couldn't help but smile.
After passing the central pool, the group came to the back and saw a wall in front of them.
Fan Xian stopped.
"There's no road here."
Chen Pingping smiled and pointed to a torch stand on the wall.
"Press that."
Wang Qinian took the initiative to step forward and pressed the tail of the torch stand according to Chen Pingping's instructions.
Following a series of mechanical sounds, a large secret door appeared on the wall.
Looking at the secret door, Chen Pingping slightly tilted his head and explained to Fan Xian.
"This is the deepest part of the dungeon. Those imprisoned inside are all the great demons who bring disaster to the world."
Fan Xian pushed the wheelchair directly towards the secret door.
"Whether it's a demon or not, let's go in first and talk about it."
Mei Cheng'an, who was walking last, entered the secret door and asked several maids to guard the entrance.
……
(End of this chapter)
