After being demoted, my 300,000-strong army trampled the imperial city!

News of the Crown Prince's attack spread like wildfire throughout Yongseong.

The public's attention shifted away from the Yue Lian case and the Ye Mo incident.

The most eye-catching group was the delegation from the Great Qian Dynasty. Although they acted discreetly, some shrewd people saw them as the beneficiaries of the assassination attempt on the crown prince.

Therefore, Zhuge Liang arranged for the Embroidered Uniform Guard to increase its power and secretly monitor the situation.

If it weren't for the fear of starting another war at this time of year, Zhuge Liang would have already ordered them all imprisoned and interrogated.

The night passed quietly, and the next morning, Chen Futu was half-asleep when Mo Lan woke him up.

She was wearing undergarments, her fragrant shoulders and lotus-like arms as white as jade.

Chen Futu pulled her into his arms and began to grope her all over. "What, you want it so early in the morning?"

"Young Master, please stop arguing. Someone outside wants to see you; it seems to be Li Yuanfang."

Mo Lan blinked her watery eyes, looking alluring.

Chen Futu then realized that the results from the government office had been released, so he told her to change her clothes. Sure enough, when she went outside, she saw Li Yuanfang.

Li Yuanfang replied, "Your Highness, as you predicted, last night assassins disguised themselves as jailers and infiltrated the government prison with the intention of killing them to cover their tracks. Those men have all been captured alive by this humble general and are currently being interrogated. Your Excellency specifically ordered this humble general to come and report."

"Let's go and see who they are."

Chen Futu had nothing to do and didn't need to handle government affairs personally, so he might as well go and take a look.

And so, Chen Futu brought Ge Fei and An Jingsi to the yamen.

Di Renjie stepped forward and said, “Your Highness, the woman has confessed. She is an assassin trained by the Red Moon Pavilion. She came to Longcheng on orders from the organization, with the aim of stirring up trouble and disrupting Your Highness’s ceremony.”

Who sent her?

"She was just a Class C assassin from the Red Moon Pavilion, of low status, and had no access to classified information; she was simply following orders."

Why did you take Yue Lian out to commit atrocities?

"Naturally, it's an extra business. It's said that an official in Longcheng took a fancy to Yue Lian at Baihua Pavilion and flirted with her. When his wife found out, she hated Yue Lian to the bone. Then the female assassin found that wife and offered to help her get rid of Yue Lian as payment, in exchange for persuading her husband to work for Hongyue Tower."

"Heh, how long has it been since Longcheng has been peaceful? And now there are already treacherous officials."

Chen Futu was extremely displeased, but despite his displeasure, he could still make use of him.

The group then entered the prison and met the woman.

She had been tortured for a short time, covered in blood, chained to the wall, her eyes sinister and crazed.

Chen Futu asked, "I heard you're from the Red Moon Pavilion?"

"Your Highness, I don't want to die." The woman's voice was hoarse, and her eyes revealed a desire to live.

Chen Futu sneered, "Now you don't want to die anymore? Where did that crazy urge you had when you tried to assassinate Lord Di go?"

"Why should I risk my life for them if the organization wants to kill me?"

"You're clever enough to answer my question, and I won't kill you. Yesterday, I encountered an assassination attempt while I was out. The leader was a female innate expert. What level of assassin is she at Red Moon Pavilion?"

"Grade B".

"A genius is at the B level, so is the A level Grandmaster?"

Chen Futu was slightly startled; it seemed that the Red Moon Pavilion was a bit too complicated.

The woman whispered, "I don't know. I've only ever seen Class B assassins. Class A assassins are very mysterious. I've heard they charge very high prices, have a lot of freedom, and have an extremely high success rate. They almost always succeed."

"How do you train?"

"We are all orphans. We were adopted and secretly trained by the Red Moon Tower when we were young. Sometimes, many people would die because of a single bite of food. Sometimes, they would lock us in a small courtyard and make us fight each other. Only those who survived were qualified to be absorbed into the Red Moon Tower."

"This method of raising venomous insects to serve in positions is truly cruel."

Chen Futu was deeply moved.

If survival is an option, who would want to be a killer?

To put it bluntly, the entire Daqian Dynasty was rotten from top to bottom.

"Since you came to Longcheng, who have you been in contact with?"

“Your Highness, do you think someone like me could have access to core secrets? I’m just following orders from the organization.”

"What's the method of communication?"

“Some people will pretend to be ordinary people and pass me notes, but I can’t actively look for them, and I can’t find them.”

The woman finished speaking.

She was just a tool at the very bottom of the Red Moon Pavilion, the kind that could be discarded at any time. If she wanted to find information, she would have to find at least a level B assassin, which meant she would have to be at least a pre-heaven level assassin.

Chen Futu frowned and paced back and forth in silence.

Di Renjie said, "Your Highness, those men who came to kill her were most likely assassins from the Red Moon Pavilion. Why don't we ask them again?"

The woman said self-deprecatingly, "My mission failed, so they will naturally eliminate me. They are the people from Red Moon Pavilion."

"You surely know the address of Red Moon Pavilion, right?" Chen Futu suddenly asked.

"What does the young master mean?"

"They wanted to kill me, so I'll take the time to kill them back. It's a matter of returning the favor, don't you think?"

"I belong to the Hongyuelou branch, located in Shibali Hutong, Dangshan Road, Minzhou."

"Your answer is very valuable. As a reward, I will send you on your way now."

"Your Highness, you promised you wouldn't kill me!"

The woman panicked and began to struggle desperately, her eyes filled with despair and bloodshot veins.

Chen Futu said indifferently, "I said I wouldn't kill you, but I didn't say others wouldn't kill you."

"No! I can help the young master find the headquarters of the Red Moon Pavilion!"

Desperate to survive, the woman cried and screamed.

Chen Futu and Di Renjie exchanged a glance. "Didn't you say you didn't know the location of headquarters?"

“I’ve been in the Red Moon Tower branch for a long time and have my own information network. As long as I spend some money, I can always find out the information. If all else fails, I can get promoted to Rank B based on my merits.”

"Promotion?"

"Yes, as long as the mission success rate is high, there is a chance for promotion."

"You want me to help you with the mission?" Chen Futu's lips curled into a mocking smile. The woman shook her head and said, "After I advance, it will benefit both myself and the young master."

It must be said that the woman's words moved Chen Futu.

Destroying just one branch of the Red Moon Pavilion wouldn't be very meaningful, but finding the headquarters would be valuable.

Di Renjie said from the side, "I also think we should give her a chance. Killing a small fry like her is pointless."

"But she's already been exposed, can she still go back?"

“I can take the warrants of the other people you’ve captured. Some of them are dressed in strange clothes and wear masks, and there are women among them. I can impersonate them and go back,” the woman said eagerly.

Chen Futu stared at her longing eyes and said coldly, "Then I'll give you one chance. You'd better not try anything funny, or I'll find you and skin you alive when I raze Red Moon Tower to the ground."

"The villain dare not."

"May I have your name."

"Moving flowers."

"From now on, you will be called Xiao Qi, and you will belong to the Embroidered Uniform Guard."

"Yes, Master."

The conversation between the two made Ge Fei chuckle; the name would be better as "Yi Hua" (移花).

Afterwards, Chen Futu instructed Ge Fei to take Xiao Qi to heal her wounds, give her some food, and change her clothes. Then, he handed her over to Mao Xiang, who would naturally take good care of her. As for the task she needed to advance in later, Mao Xiang could also send someone to assist her in completing it, making it easier for her to advance quickly.

As for the Red Moon Pavilion branch, we'll destroy it after the New Year.