Bloody Kyoto

The royal nobles and officials who welcomed the second master of the Yun family did not all return to their homes after returning to the city.

Instead, at the invitation of Princess Ahui, all the heads of each household gathered at the Fu residence for a meeting.

Princess Ahui directly stated her previous guess: the otherworldly beings had come to avenge Huo Yunxia.

This conjecture was later confirmed by Yunji.

Upon hearing this news, everyone who had participated in the murder of Huo Yunxia or benefited from it felt a chill in their hearts.

King Cheng asked, "So this otherworldly being's ability is to control plants?"

Yun Ji nodded. "It depends."

"Then can we do it like last time..." Grand Tutor Fu stroked his beard, his eyes filled with greedy fervor.

Although he didn't get any abilities from Huo Yunxia, ​​her blood was a top-grade divine medicine; any illness or injury could be cured by drinking just one cup.

Everyone who heard this thought the same thing, and their eyes immediately changed.

"The flesh and blood of people with this ability seem to be of little use to us!" the Grand Princess asked thoughtfully.

The enthusiasm that had just been building was suddenly dampened.

However, before their burning passion could cool down, Yunji's words reignited their enthusiasm.

"How could it be useless? The flesh and blood of this ability are in no way inferior to those of the healing ability."

"Green plants represent vitality. People with this ability have abundant vitality in their flesh and blood. Eating them can prolong life."

The Grand Princess stood up excitedly. She was not young, and flesh and blood that could extend her lifespan was a fatal temptation for her.

"Second Master Yun, how do we find that person?"

“No need to look, that person is probably Huo Lele.” Princess Ahui glanced at Fu Yanji.

She continued, "From the moment I learned that Huo Yunxia had a younger sister, I sent people to capture her before killing her, but we couldn't find her in Anzhen."

"Later, after interrogating Huo Yunxia's people, it was learned that Huo Lele had long since left Anzhen for Tianxi City, which was a hundred miles away."

"Have you found him?" the Grand Princess asked anxiously.

“We didn’t find her.” Princess Ahui shook her head. “My men searched the entire city of Tianxi but couldn’t find Huo Lele.”

The Grand Princess sat down dejectedly. "She's not in Tianxi City, so she must have arrived in the capital early this morning?"

King Cheng: "That's impossible. If she had arrived earlier and had the ability to control plants, we probably wouldn't have been able to kill Huo Yunxia at all."

The others nodded in agreement with him.

"The control of Huo Yunxia was sudden; she had no chance to send a message, so her sister naturally didn't know that something had happened to her."

"Wait, isn't there still one maidservant who escaped?"

Fu Cheng: "The maid who escaped was spotted at the Fu residence more than a month ago. Although we didn't catch her, she was seriously injured and is unable to move even if she doesn't die."

Even if she sent a message, the timing wouldn't match up; it would take ten days to travel from the capital to Tianxi City by fast horse.

It would take at least twenty days for Huo Lele to receive the letter and arrive, and the otherworldly being's first murder was ten days ago, so it couldn't have been her who delivered the message.

After Fu Cheng finished speaking, Prince Ning immediately raised a question, "Is it possible that she sent the letter out before she showed herself? After all, there were six months before she showed herself."

“Impossible!” Fu Feng interjected, “Before Huo Yunxia died, everyone entering and leaving the Fu residence underwent strict checks. No one, no matter who they were, could send a message out.”

"In addition, all the guards and secret agents of our Fu family have been mobilized, and the entire Fu residence is now completely surrounded."

Forget letters and people, even a fly trying to fly out has to get under the noses of the secret guards and bodyguards.

Ah Hui nodded in agreement, "Indeed, I am aware of this, and I have also sent people to guard it."

I'm afraid that if word gets out, those who have received favors from Huo Yunxia will find out and it could ruin everything.

Hearing these words, the others also dispelled their suspicion that Huo Lele had come after receiving a letter.

"That maid is quite capable; she managed to hide in the Fu residence for half a year," Yun Ji said meaningfully.

When this was mentioned, Grand Tutor Fu became angry. "What skills does she have? She only has those treacherous servants who betray her to help her."

"A treacherous servant?" Prince Cheng frowned. "Has he been dealt with?"

"nature!"

Once that topic was settled, someone quickly brought it back to the original one.

"Where did Huo Yunxia go before? Why can't we find her?" someone asked in a low voice.

Princess Ahui scoffed dismissively, "She didn't go anywhere, she stayed in Tianxi."

Upon hearing this, everyone looked at Princess Hui. Didn't she just say that she had searched the entire Tianxi area but couldn't find her? How come she's saying she's here now?

"At first, we couldn't find anything no matter how we investigated, but later, after I interrogated everyone around Huo Yunxia,..."

Only then did I learn that Huo Yunxia delivered messages to a teahouse outside Tianxi City.

At this point, Princess Hui's expression turned ugly. She had previously learned from Yan Ji that Huo Yunxia would send letters and things to her younger sister every month.

My first instinct was that she sent it to Anzhen, and after questioning her, it was confirmed that it was indeed sent to Anzhen.

Who could have imagined that Huo Lele would later leave Anzhen and go to Tianxi City?

This led her to start looking in the wrong direction.

The messenger who was being interrogated didn't tell the truth either, only saying that she delivered it to Anzhen.

They deliberately concealed the fact that Huo Lele later moved to another location.

She interrogated the messenger again, and even when she threatened him with his family, he still didn't reveal Tianxi City. He was a tough nut to crack.

But thinking about it, it makes sense. Huo Yunxia's healing abilities are so strong, and she has treated so many people. The number of people who have benefited from her kindness is countless.

Of course, there are also countless ungrateful people, such as the people sitting together here now.

Although the man was stubborn and didn't say anything, his elderly mother eventually confessed in order to protect her children, and that's how she learned that Huo Lele was working at a tea shop outside Tianxi City.

But the news came too late; she had already arrived in the capital.

Come to think of it, even if she didn't know what had happened to Huo Yunxia, ​​after not receiving any letters for several months, she could guess that something had happened to her.

Fortunately, after controlling Huo Yunxia, ​​they also immediately took control of the people around her.

Otherwise, someone would send a message over there, and if she arrived early, they really wouldn't have enough time to collect that much blood.

She pinched the bridge of her nose, somewhat worried about A-Feng, who was going to Tianxi City to kill Huo Lele.

If that otherworldly being in the shadows is Huo Lele, then wouldn't Ah Feng be...?

Now I just hope they don't run into each other, then Ah Feng will be fine.

If they met, and Huo Lele came to the capital, it would mean that A-Feng had probably been murdered.

"Ah Hui, since you know she's at the tea shop, have you sent anyone to investigate?" Yun Ji asked her.

Ah Hui's expression relaxed. "Second Master, I naturally sent someone, but it seems we missed them. The person I sent hasn't returned yet, but she came to the capital first."