Records of Mysterious Things in the Southern Dynasties

Chapter 234 One thing brings down another thing

"..." Xiao Zhengze looked at Ren Yuan with an uncertain expression and said, "So where did my sister go?"

"We just arrived and are investigating." Ren Yuan said calmly, "Once we have the results, we will inform you, my Lord."

"I'll give you three days. If you can't find my sister's whereabouts within three days, you guys will step from the Gou Chen Division and kneel down in front of my house to plead guilty?!" Xiao Zhengze looked down at Ren Yuan, pointed at his nose and said coldly: "Did you hear me?!"

Everyone in the Gou Chen Division became furious upon hearing this, and some of the veteran ghostwriters even had veins throbbing on their foreheads. They knew that with Xiao Zhengze's temper, he would definitely not just talk and leave it at that.

"Are you the emperor? Give us three more days?" Unexpectedly, Ren Yuan raised his hand, slapped Xiao Zhengze's finger away, and said expressionlessly: "Try pointing at me again?"

“……” Everyone in the Gou Chen Division gasped when they heard this. They all knew that Ren Yuan’s price was being reckless, but they didn’t expect him to be so reckless.

"Who are you?!" The Xiao brothers were embarrassed again.

"Not only am I pointing at you, I'm also going to beat you up!" Xiao Zhengze was furious. In his life, no one had ever dared to confront him like this.

As he said that, he swung his hand and slapped Ren Yuan!

Ren Yuan did not hesitate at all, he drew out the Evil-Slaying Blade and chopped towards his wrist!
"Ah, my hand!" Xiao Zhengze screamed and knelt on the ground with his arms hugged.

Ren Yuan also thought that he had chopped off Xiao Zhengze's hand, but the next moment he found that there was no blood on his knife.

It turned out that both of them were trapped by the fifth dimension's illusion. To the onlookers, it seemed that Ren Yuan's blade was deflected at the last moment, and although Xiao Zhengze was not hit, he screamed in fear.

"Is he planning to rebel?!" The Xiao brothers were immediately furious.

"This is the price of his supernatural power. Once he gets too excited, he doesn't care about anything else." The Fifth Dimension hurriedly explained: "Calm down, calm down. This is not his original intention."

"Let's see who is more reckless today?" Xiao Zhengze here stopped for a moment, while Xiao Zhengde over there became aggressive again.

"Xiao Zhengde, what are you yelling about?" Suddenly a childish female voice sounded, suppressing Xiao Zhengde's arrogance immediately.

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"The princess has arrived!" Princess Yongkang walked into the side gate with a cold face, surrounded by a group of followers, as the eunuch sang in a long and loud voice.

"Greetings, Princess!" Everyone bowed deeply, and even Xiao Zhengde had to lower his head.

There's no way, I really can't afford to offend this loli sister.

Xiao Yuhuan scolded these cousins, "The Gou Chen Division is handling the case according to the emperor's order, why are you making such a fuss?"

"Third sister, you don't know." Xiao Zhengyi said hurriedly: "We may be wrong, but this kid from the Gou Chen Division actually dared to cut off the fourth brother's hand."

"Have you cut it off?" the princess asked coldly.

"Just a little bit." Xiao Zhengyi said.

"That's such a pity." Xiao Yuhuan snorted, "It's time for someone to teach Old Four a lesson. This evil guy has brought shame to our royal family!"

"..." Xiao Zhengze was so angry that his face turned purple. He stood up suddenly, turned around and left.

"Princess, it's our sister who died. Isn't it inappropriate for you to help outsiders like this?" The Xiao brothers said indignantly.

"I help the right side, not my relatives. I will help whoever I want!" The princess snorted capriciously.

"Well, okay, let's go." Xiao Zhengyi shook his head and sighed, and said to Diwu Wei: "Give us an explanation as soon as possible."

"Just wait for me, kid!" The Xiao brothers glared at Ren Yuan fiercely.

"He is my savior, who dares to touch him?" Princess Yongkang also looked at the Xiao brothers coldly. "Let's go." The Xiao brothers had no way to deal with Princess Yongkang, so they could only leave angrily.

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After the Xiao brothers left, Diwuwei and others hurried to greet the princess again.

Xiao Yuhuan also regained her dignity and said, "I grew up with Changle, we are closer than sisters. I came here as soon as I heard that she was in trouble."

After she finished speaking, she waved her hand, signaling everyone to leave, leaving only Diwuwei, Nangong and Ren Yuan to talk.

Xiao Yuhuan then asked Ren Yuan: "Why did you two start fighting?"

"They are going too far." Nangong hurriedly said, "They want to take away the body that is suspected to be Princess Changle. Naturally, I can't agree. They will beat people, and then chaos will break out."

"Master, you don't have to cover up for me. Everyone is responsible for their own actions." Ren Yuan said in a deep voice: "Xiao Zhengze pointed at my nose and shouted at me. I don't want to be pointed at by others. It's that simple."

"Alas, you are too impulsive." Although the princess looked like a little girl, her soul was already full of sisterly charm. She shook her head and said, "If I hadn't come today, how would you have ended it?"

"If you don't want to be pointed at by others, you must resolutely fight back the first time." Ren Yuan said in a deep voice: "Besides, I am not simply impulsive. I am using him to establish my authority because he is already a dead body in the grave."

"..." Diwuwei and Nangong looked at each other and thought that these two people had known each other for a long time, and their relationship was much closer than they imagined.

"What do you mean?" Xiao Yuhuan asked.

"He is most likely the culprit behind the arson in the princess's mansion." Then he let Yuan Shi say in shock.

"Ah?" Xiao Yuhuan was so shocked that she couldn't close her mouth. "How did you know?"

"Princess, you came a little late and didn't hear our conversation. He gave me away with just one sentence, otherwise I wouldn't have confronted him." Ren Yuan briefly recounted the whole story, and finally said in a deep voice:
"After I proved that the body was not Princess Changle, he blurted out, 'Then where is my sister?' and asked us to find out her whereabouts."

"According to common sense, even if his sister is not this one, she should be among the other bodies, so he should ask, 'If not this one, then which one?' instead of 'Where is my sister?' and ask us to find her whereabouts. There is a huge difference here!"

"He would only say that if he knew from the beginning that his sister was not here at all." The Fifth Dimension also nodded.

"So, Princess Changle is not dead yet?" Nangong asked softly.

"Yes." It was Princess Yongkang who nodded, and she said in a deep voice: "On the way here, I asked Lingzhi to do some divination, and she said that Changle is very likely still alive, but she doesn't know her exact location."

"Now it makes perfect sense." Ren Yuan clapped his hands and said, "Princess Changle is probably hidden by him."

"Why did he hide Changle?" Princess Yongkang said speechlessly.

"We'll know when we find her." Ren Yuan said in a deep voice, "As long as we find his sister, Xiao Zhengze will be in trouble. Let's see how he will retaliate against me."

"I'll go into her dream tonight and check." Nangong said, "If she's still alive, then I should be able to see her 'dream connection line'."

"Then follow the clues and enter her dream?" Xiao Yuhuan asked.

"..." Nangong looked at Xiao Yuhuan in surprise. He didn't expect that the princess was not unfamiliar with dreams, but he still answered truthfully: "I dare not enter the dreamland, because for some reason, I will never come back. But as long as you look at her 'dream line', you can be sure that Princess Changle is still alive."

After a pause, she continued softly, "And I can also trace back and find where she is."

"This is much more effective than falling asleep!" Xiao Yuhuan was delighted when she heard this and said, "As long as we determine the location, I will go with you to find someone and see who dares to stop us."

"Princess, you are a timely helper." The Fifth Dimension couldn't help but praise: "With you here, we dare to fight them to the end."

"That's right." The princess glanced at her little friend proudly.

(End of this chapter)