Looking at Tai'an from the full moon

"Are you looking for me?"

The man's clear voice sounded, and the three of them were stunned.

"Y-You're-You're not that!"

Xiao Zuoming started to speak incoherently again. Seeing his reaction, the man tilted his head and asked with a simple and curious look.

"Did you catch the right person?"

"Ah."

The big guy responded. The man raised his eyebrows and smiled slightly.

“It doesn’t look like that~”

Xiao Zuoqing couldn't help but feel confused when listening to their conversation.

"Do you know who we are?"

"Of course~"

The man still had a fake smile on his face. The big guy next to him seemed a little excited after hearing Xiao Zuoqing's question.

"Yes, of course I know! They said one of you is the emperor, one is the prince, and the other... the other is... eh? What is the other one?"

The big guy turned and asked the jade-faced man, who still had a fake smile on his face.

"It is said that he is a soul-changer."

The big guy suddenly laughed when he heard this.

"Hahaha, I could have barely believed them when they told me the identities of the first two people, but there is no such thing as soul swapping in this world. Do they really think I'm a fool?"

"..."

This made the other three people silent. Yueying also felt a little guilty. After all, from her point of view, Xiao Zuoming just thought she was Emperor Mingren's person and didn't know her true identity.

"Eh? Why aren't you talking? Do you also find what you hear ridiculous? Hahaha~"

The big guy laughed recklessly, and Xiao Zuoming and the other two could only laugh awkwardly. At this time, the jade-faced man spoke.

"You go out first, leave this to me."

"Okay~ Don't play with me to death~"

The big guy walked out while laughing, but his words aroused the vigilance of the other three people. Xiao Zuoming couldn't help feeling scared when he looked at the man's smile.

"W-what do you want to do?"

"Look at how dark and airtight it is here. What do you think I will do to you?"

The only one who could stay sober in this kind of environment was Yue Ying. After all, she was the secret guard trained by Emperor Ming Ren himself, so this was just a small scene.

"Since you know our identities, you still dare to act like this. Who is behind this?"

"Yes, who is it?!"

Xiao Zuoming was strengthening the "momentum" on the side.

The jade-faced man's expression did not change at all. He walked to the table beside him, reached out and picked up a handful of knives from it and played with them in his hands.

"You don't need to know who ordered this. I won't be like those idiots who say 'I'll make you understand even if I die' but end up selling myself out."

As if he had found a knife that suited his needs, the jade-faced man walked towards them with the knife in hand. Xiao Zuoming, who had been dejected, immediately perked up and tried to retreat, staring at his approaching steps, but he was tied up and had no way to retreat.

"Hey, what are you doing? Don't come over here!"

Swinging the knife in his hand, the Jade-faced Young Master finally put it against Xiao Zuoming's face.

"Although you are a bit stupid and your looks are average, I have to say that your skin is well maintained. You look like a young master from a wealthy family who has never suffered."

"Nonsense! Don't you know I'm the emperor? It's only natural that I'm well-maintained!"

"So, I will accept your human skin."

The cold knife slid along Xiao Zuoming's skin, down his face and down to his neck little by little.

"What? You want my skin!? What can I do with it?"

Xiao Zuoming was stunned. He had heard before that some people in the world liked to collect human skins, but he never thought that one day someone would want his skin!

The jade-faced man ignored him and continued talking to himself.

"This skin must be peeled when the person is alive to maintain its original appearance. If it is peeled after death, the skin will shrink~"

"Eh? Hey, don't peel my skin!"

"Don't touch him!"

Yueying saw the man's action and knew that he was really going to attack her, so she became anxious. But for some reason, her words angered the jade-faced man. With a "puff", the jade-faced man stabbed the knife in his hand into Yueying's right shoulder. Yueying groaned, and blood instantly flowed out of the wound.

"Full moon!"

Xiao Zuoming was stunned for a moment. He thought the jade-faced man was just trying to scare them, but he didn't expect he was serious!

"How dare you do that to a woman? Are you still a man? Come at me if you have the guts! Don't you want to skin me alive? Come on!"

Xiao Zuoming went crazy instantly and yelled at the jade-faced man. But even so, the jade-faced man remained calm and kept smiling.

"Don't worry, once they are all quiet, I will come and skin you alive!"

After the jade-faced man finished speaking, he turned his head and looked at Xiao Zuoqing. Xiao Zuoqing, who was originally a little frightened, immediately changed his expression to a well-behaved one the moment the jade-faced man looked at him, and also tightly closed his mouth.

"That's right~"

The jade-faced man was very satisfied with his performance.

"..."

Just as he raised the knife again and was about to cut Xiao Zuoming's face, something unexpected happened. The wall behind Xiao Zuoming exploded with a "bang", and the large amount of dust raised made Yue Ying and Xiao Zuoqing on the side squint their eyes. The huge noise also frightened Xiao Zuoming so much that his expression on his face "distorted".

The jade-faced man covered his face with his sleeves and put them down only after the dust had settled. There was a hint of anger in his clear voice, but the smile on his face remained unchanged.

"Who dares to attack?"

Three tall, tough and cold men appeared in front of the jade-faced man, which made his eyes light up. He stared at the man with eye circles unconsciously. This was the only time the jade-faced man showed obvious changes since he appeared. The three men in front of him were Yun Feng, Yun Qiao and Yun Bai.

It turned out that after Xiao Zuoming and the other two left, Xiao Zuochen asked Yunfeng and the other two to follow. After all, it was a big event for the emperor to return to the palace. Although it was not announced to the public, it was hard to guarantee that someone with ulterior motives would not leak the news. So for the sake of safety, someone had to follow secretly. If they encountered danger, Yueying alone would definitely not be able to hold on, not to mention that Yuewu had changed his body and his combat effectiveness had decreased.

Yun Bai and Yun Qiao untied them, and Yun Feng stood in front of them and confronted the jade-faced man.

"Yun Feng! Yun Feng, you came just in time!"

Xiao Zuoming was almost crying.

"Who are you?"

The jade-faced man asked.

Yun Feng frowned when he looked at him.

"It doesn't matter who we are. You knew that this person was the emperor, but you dared to commit the crime of regicide. You are really bold! If you can give out the person behind the scenes, I can even plead for you."

As soon as Yun Feng finished speaking, a group of people rushed in from behind the jade-faced man, led by the big guy.

"Just now I heard a loud noise from inside the house. What happened?"

The jade-faced man smiled knowingly when he saw his accomplices arriving.

"Capture these three alive. I want their skins dead!"