"Master, I'm back!"

"You still know how to reply?"

Lu Chaofeng walked into the hall and sat down directly in the main seat.

The boy in green touched his head and smiled embarrassedly.

"Mi Feng should have returned a long time ago. He was delayed on the road because of this guy."

"Please don't blame me, young master!"

Lu Chaofeng glanced at the man lying limp on the ground. He frowned and asked coldly, "Who is he?"

The young boy in green kicked him again without mercy, "This guy is using the name of Penglai Valley to deceive people outside."

"Oh?" Lu Chaofeng's tone was extremely cold.

"Not only that! He also deceived young girls and children. After I accidentally discovered his impersonation, I even saved two children from him. If it weren't for me! Those children would have been sold into the palace to become eunuchs!"

Lu Chaofeng slammed his palm on the table, making the teacup clang. "How dare you impersonate Penglai Valley and commit fraud? Tell me, who's behind you?"

The man bared a large yellow tooth, rolled over and climbed up from the ground, kowtowing frantically, "No, no one. I just thought Penglai Valley was a big name and had the support of the people, so it would be easier to attack."

"Why would you do this? How many times have you sent children to the palace?"

"That's all I did!"

"It really only happened once!"

"Hmph," Lu Chaofeng snorted coldly. People like this who have no moral integrity always claim this is their first time, that they've only done it once. But what's the truth? I'm afraid they've done it countless times.

"Tell me how to send the child to the palace. If you can explain it well, I can consider whether to spare his life."

"I said it, I said it!"

"Please don't kill me!"

"Hurry up and stop talking nonsense!" Mi Feng kicked him in the stomach, warning him not to play tricks.

"Every fifteenth day of the month, someone in the capital will buy these children on the black market for one tael of silver per child. Then someone will take them to be castrated. We just need to make sure the children are healthy before entering the palace. We don't need to worry about what happens after that."

"black market?"

"Yes, it's just east of Chonghuafang. There's a Golden Building there, and at night it becomes a place for buying and selling information."

Lu Chaofeng narrowed his eyes and turned to look at Wu Ming. Wu Ming nodded imperceptibly, acquiescing to his words.

Lu Chaofeng found it interesting.

The number of eunuchs was set by the Ancestor Emperor. Different positions performed different tasks. Usually, they would wait until there were quite a few people missing before selling them out and looking for more. So why did the palace buy so many boys now?

"Wu Ming."

"My subordinate is here."

"Take him away and interrogate him thoroughly. Ask him if he has any further information."

"no problem!"

Wu Ming grabbed the man's collar and lifted him up like a chicken, "Let's go, don't just stand there."

"Master, I've said everything I can say."

"There's still something I can't say, hurry up."

Wu Ming threw him far away, and screams echoed through the yard. "How dare you use the name of Penglai Valley to commit fraud?! I'll skin you alive!"

After watching the person walk away, Lu Chaofeng turned his gaze to Mi Feng. Mi Feng quickly took out a round box from his crossbody bag and handed it to him.

"Brother Pharmacist said they don't have enough ingredients for the previous antidote. This is a new medicine, you can try it."

"Humph, if you don't come soon, I'm afraid I'll die from the poison!"

"No, Junior Brother, you are a poison king yourself. You won't die. At most, you will vomit blood and be unconscious for a few days. It's a small matter."

"Brother, you are quite open-minded."

"Of course. I know you so well."

Lu Chaofeng had no idea what to do with this senior brother, who was nearly forty years old but still looked like a teenager. The master of Penglai Valley had three direct disciples. The eldest brother was the Medicine King, whose skill with poison was truly unparalleled. The second senior brother had a mischievous nature since childhood, but fortunately, he was not a bad person and was very loyal to his master.

"Second Brother, since you are back, please do me a favor."

"What's the matter?"

"Help me escort a group of people to Ningguta."

"Don't go."

Mi Feng sat down on the chair, picked up a grape and put it into his mouth, not taking Lu Chaofeng's words to heart at all.

"This is very important."

"Junior brother! That's Ningguta. Who would go there for no reason? It's freezing cold, a miserable, remote place. This trip is too hard."

"If you go, you can pick anything from the treasure pavilion."

"Then I want the one on the third floor."

Lu Chaofeng gritted his teeth and asked for a huge amount of money.

"The second floor is fine too, but I need two options."

"Okay! Deal."

"When do you leave and who will you send off?"

"We'll leave in half a month." Lu Chaofeng paused for two seconds, unsure how to introduce Su Chengnan to him. "As for who he is, you'll meet him soon. Don't reveal his identity."

"What identity? Do you mean the identity of Penglai Valley, or my identity as your second senior brother? Or maybe..." Mi Feng raised his eyebrows, and there was a hint of inquiry in his casual tone.

Lu Chaofeng glared at him with a dark face. Did he even need to say this? "Second Brother, you..."

"Sir!"

"The prince is in trouble!"

A servant hurried over and fell down on the way. Lu Chaofeng's face darkened even more. How was the people in this courtyard managed? Are there any rules at all?

"What are you panicking about? What's going on?!"

"Miss... two ladies in the garden... fell into the water!"

"what?!"

Lu Chaofeng stood up quickly, "Is he okay?"

"The person has been rescued, but cannot be woken up."

"Go get a doctor!"

Mi Feng jumped up from the chair, "What do you mean doctor? I am him. Come on, I'll go with you."

Lu Chaofeng came back to his senses and nodded, then took Mi Feng's arm, and the two of them quickly left the main hall and returned to the garden like a gust of wind.

"Eldest sister! Eldest sister, are you okay?"

"Please don't scare me."

Su Chengnan lay on the ground, soaking wet. Su Linhua rushed to his side, tears streaming down her face. She had just taken a look inside the space, but Su Chengnan's soul hadn't even entered the space.

"Eldest sister, elder sister, please wake up."

"Where's the doctor? Doctor!!!"

"Stop shouting, I'm coming."

Mi Feng pushed Su Linhua away, squatted down and looked at Su Chengnan's face carefully. His breath stopped. Where did this fairy come from? She is so beautiful!

"My sister suddenly fainted. Why isn't she waking up?"

"Her symptoms don't seem like drowning. How did she faint?"

Su Linhua wiped away her tears. "She wasn't drowning! She just wanted to test the water temperature. As soon as she squatted down and put her hand in the pool, she fainted. Her head didn't even fall into the pool, so how could she have drowned?!"

Lu Chaofeng glanced at Su Chengnan's hair. It was indeed dry, only her clothes were wet. He breathed a sigh of relief. It was good that she wasn't drowning. There was always a way to fix the rest.

……

At this moment, Su Chengnan was floating around in the darkness like a headless fly...

Where on earth is this...

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