Chapter 2283: Chapter 1973: Zhou Youyou – Find Out Who the Zhen Nan Prince Manor Is Looking For
After the news spread that Lu Chen possessed the Person Recognition Skill, it quickly reached the ears of certain spies.
Not only were the members of the Royal Family watching Prince Zhen Nan’s every move, but those spies were also keeping an eye on Zhen Nan Prince Manor.
The forces in the Capital city are complexly interwoven; as soon as one side receives a piece of intelligence, it is likely that other forces will soon learn about it as well.
Of course, this was mainly because Prince Zhen Nan had no intention of hiding the fact that Lu Chen possessed the Person Recognition Skill.
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In the night, the moonlight was like water, casting a clear cold glow through the window as a figure stood by the window, gazing into the courtyard, seemingly waiting for someone.
At this moment, a woman dressed in Qingyi appeared inside the room.
Sensing someone behind him, the man by the window immediately turned around, kneeled, and greeted the woman, saying, "Greetings, my lady!"
The woman directly asked, "What has been happening recently at Zhen Nan Prince Manor?"
Liang Zheng immediately replied, "After Prince Zhen Nan took control of the Deceit Suppression Bureau, he cleared out all our people. Now, Prince Zhen Nan probably knows about the existence of the Heavenly Fate Sect."
Upon hearing Liang Zheng’s words, Zhou Youyou asked in confusion, "How did Prince Zhen Nan find them?"
Liang Zheng replied, "Rumor has it that Lu Chen possesses a Person Recognition Skill which allows him to easily identify whether someone is a traitor; our people were identified with just a glance from him."
Upon hearing Liang Zheng’s response, Zhou Youyou furrowed her brows slightly. To recognize the identity of the Heavenly Fate Sect’s disciples with just a glance?
Would her identity be exposed if she infiltrated Zhen Nan Prince Manor?
If this is the case, how can she still infiltrate Zhen Nan Prince Manor? Wouldn’t the task given to her by the Sect Hierarch be impossible to complete?
This Lu Chen poses a great threat to them and must be dealt with swiftly.
However, if he doesn’t leave the Capital city, with Dragon Qi on him, the Heavenly Fate Sect can do nothing about him.
What should be done next? Zhou Youyou fell into contemplation.
Seeing Zhou Youyou silent, Liang Zheng tentatively asked, "My lady, what should we do next?"
Zhou Youyou snapped out of her thoughts, glanced at Liang Zheng, then asked, "Has Zhen Nan Prince Manor been recruiting any servants recently?"
Liang Zheng pondered for a moment and then said, "Ever since the last time Zhen Nan Prince Manor cleaned out their servants, they haven’t recruited any new ones."
Zhou Youyou thought that trying to infiltrate Lu Chen’s side is indeed not an easy task.
Moreover, she is very afraid of her identity being exposed; once her mysterious identity is revealed, given the combined forces of Zhen Nan Prince Manor and the Deceit Suppression Bureau, she probably won’t be able to leave the Capital city.
Zhou Youyou thought for a while, then asked, "Does Lu Chen have any preferences or places he likes to frequent?"
Knowing Zhou Youyou wanted to get close to Lu Chen, Liang Zheng replied, "He used to enjoy listening to music at the brothel, but since the last time he was taken out of the Capital city by mysterious forces, he’s been staying at Zhen Nan Prince Manor, barely leaving. If not for Prince Zhen Nan asking him to go to the Deceit Suppression Bureau to find traitors a few days ago, he probably wouldn’t have left Zhen Nan Prince Manor."
Zhou Youyou suddenly felt that the task given to her by Yun Yudie was very difficult.
Lu Chen has Dragon Qi to protect him; within the Capital, he’s unharmed. To bring him out of the Capital, there remains no way to approach him.
If it could lead him to leave the Capital willingly, it would be desirable.
However, now that Lu Chen is so important, it’s unlikely that Prince Zhen Nan would let him leave the Capital easily.
For now, they can only take things step by step.
If push comes to shove, they’ll have to use the method from last time and forcefully bring him out of the Capital.
Of course, if they resort to such measures, they will surely pay a huge price.
After all, the Earth Realm strong people in Zhen Nan Prince Manor are no pushovers; they will not let them take Lu Chen away so easily.
At this moment, Liang Zheng suddenly remembered something and said, "My lady, some time ago it seemed that Zhen Nan Prince Manor was looking for someone."
Hearing this, Zhou Youyou curiously asked, "Looking for someone? What kind of person?"
"Subordinates are unclear about the specifics, but it seemed they were all women being searched for."
Upon hearing this, Zhou Youyou immediately said, "Try to find out whom Zhen Nan Prince Manor is looking for."
Liang Zheng replied promptly, "Yes, my lady."
As Liang Zheng’s voice fell, Zhou Youyou’s figure vanished on the spot.
Seeing Zhou Youyou disappear, Liang Zheng rose from the ground and immediately began arranging people to investigate whom Zhen Nan Prince Manor was searching for.
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Deceit Suppression Bureau.
After a day and a night of interrogation, the Criminal Law Department has mostly gathered all the information those spies can provide.
Inside the council hall, the Deceit Suppression Bureau’s leaders were waiting for the Criminal Law Department’s Deceit Suppressing Guards to report.
Fan Yaodong said at that moment, "I heard quite a few people died during this interrogation; they seemed to have been subjected to some curse, where opening their mouths to speak about anything mysterious would lead to spiritual evil backlash and instant death."
Prince Zhen Nan sat at the head position, hearing Fan Yaodong’s words, he indifferently stated, "It doesn’t matter how many died, as long as we manage to uncover some information."
Prince Zhen Nan had been following on the interrogation status by the Criminal Law Department; he knew many had died in the cells, but some still managed to open their mouths.
At this point, a middle-aged man in a Qingyi robe entered the grand hall.
This person was Director Dong Zhenghong of the Criminal Law Department. At this moment, Dong Zhenghong held a stack of dossiers in his hand, looking cheerful as if he had encountered something pleasing.
Xiong Qingcang directly asked, "Director Dong, did you discover anything? Judging by your happy appearance, you must have obtained quite a lot of information on mysterious matters, right?"
Dong Zhenghong replied, "Indeed, quite a bit of intelligence on the Heavenly Fate Sect has been extracted."
Upon saying this, Dong Zhenghong handed the stack of dossiers directly to Prince Zhen Nan.
Prince Zhen Nan opened the dossiers, flipping through them page by page.
After a moment, he handed the dossiers over to Fan Yaodong and said, "Take a look for yourselves."
Fan Yaodong and the others took the dossiers and perused them slowly.
As their gaze swept over the content on the dossiers, their expressions gradually turned solemn, becoming increasingly serious.
After a while, Fan Yaodong finally spoke, "It turns out the Heavenly Fate Sect is actually a sect founded by mysterious forces..."
Initially, when they heard about the Heavenly Fate Sect from Lu Chen, they thought it was an evil sect founded by humans to worship mysterious forces.
Unexpectedly, the sect itself was founded by mysterious forces.
Wu Feng commented at this time, "Even mysterious forces would establish sects; they are becoming increasingly similar to humans. This world is filled with sects founded by mysterious forces under our noses."
At this time, Zou Yi looked at the dossiers in hand and asked, "Why is there no intelligence on those five Earth Realm strange entities?"
Dong Zhenghong replied, "Those individuals seemed to be subjected to some curse so that when mentioned of the five Earth Realm strange entities, they burst open directly."
Wu Feng said, "This is troublesome. Without intelligence on those five Earth Realm strange entities, how can we locate where they are hiding?"
