met free Chapter 256 Chasing at Midnight
Chapter 256 Chasing at Midnight
Fan Jingrui patted Chu Ci's shoulder in a good-natured manner and said in a gentle voice: "Master Yunshang must have something urgent to tell you if you come here at this time. I will go open the door first, um——"
"Yeah." Chu Ci came to her senses after acting coquettishly. Although she was still feeling disappointed, she knew that things had different priorities.
Chu Ci had no choice but to sit up and start to straighten his clothes, muttering softly, "This good dream is only halfway through, it's really annoying."
On the other side, Fan Jingrui walked quickly to the door and opened it quickly.
When Taoist Master Yunshang saw that it was Fan Jingrui, he was so anxious that he didn't care about his impolite behavior at all. He looked inside eagerly, as if he wanted to see Chu Ci immediately and couldn't wait even a moment.
Seeing this, Fan Jingrui knew that Taoist Yunshang must have encountered an extremely urgent matter, so he didn't say anything. "My wife is changing her clothes, Taoist, please come in first."
As he spoke, Fan Jingrui stepped aside and let Taoist Yunshang into the house.
Chu Ci had already dressed and came out to greet them, with a smile on his face, "Master Yunshang, what could have made you so anxious? Is the sky going to fall?"
"Although the sky is not falling, it is not optimistic." Taoist Yun Shang sighed heavily, his face worried, and then he told everything that he and Feng Yan had sensed, like pouring beans out of a bamboo tube.
Chu Ci was full of doubts and thought to himself: If she remembered correctly, she was wearing a sweet pet novel.
Why is the plot getting more and more weird now, and even such a fantastic plot appears?
Chu Ci couldn't help but ask, "Master Yunshang, did you and Lord Feng have such abilities before? Why have I never heard you two mention it before? Does triggering this ability require some special conditions?"
Her eyes were fixed on Taoist Yunshang, expecting a reasonable explanation.
When Taoist Master Yunshang heard this, he was stunned for a moment and stood there for a long time. His face was filled with surprise at first, and then gradually revealed a look of helplessness.
After a long while, he gritted his teeth and squeezed out the words with difficulty: "Boss, you are really kind-hearted!"
"The current situation is critical, and I am thinking of keeping you safe, but you are thinking of my hidden talent. I am sorry, but this is a secret of our sect and must not be passed on to others, even to you!"
"Okay, okay, I won't miss your things." Chu Ci said, and walked to the table. He picked up the teapot with his bare hands, poured a cup of tea, and gently handed it to Taoist Yun Shang. With a comforting smile on his face, he said, "You are not in a hurry now, right?"
Taoist Master Yunshang took the tea, took a sip, sighed and said, "Aren't you afraid that you will really make me suffer?"
"I've been running around for you, worrying about you all my life, and you still have the energy to ask me those questions at this critical moment."
Although he was harsh in his words, the anxiety on his face had eased a lot, and his tone was not as anxious as before.
Qian Chuci did not refute, and said slowly: "Master, the moment we prepared to enter the capital, we already knew that this journey would not be peaceful."
"From the initial minor fights to the current difficult situation, it's just that the opponent's methods have become more and more advanced. This is actually expected."
As a result, Taoist Yunshang's thoughts were successfully diverted.
He frowned and asked in confusion, "So, I am making a fuss out of nothing? My anxiety makes me look too timid?"
Chu Ci hurriedly shook his head upon hearing this, "No, no. Taoist Priest, please don't think like that."
"At least your vigilance can make us more clearly aware that danger is close to us, so that we can prepare in advance and not be caught off guard."
"That's a nice thing to say, but it still means I'm a coward." Taoist Master Yunshang stood up angrily and said, "In that case, I'm leaving now. I've been riding a horse all day and I'm really tired. I don't have the heart to talk nonsense with you guys."
However, just as Taoist Yunshang stood up and had not yet taken a step, a sharp scream was heard outside the inn. The sound cut through the night sky and was creepy.
Fan Jingrui quickly stood up and said nervously, "Madam, Taoist Yunshang, you wait here. I'll go out and see what's going on."
But Chu Ci called out, "Wait, husband, if I heard correctly, the voice seems to be Zhang Pingping's."
Upon hearing this, Fan Jingrui's expression froze, his brows furrowed, and he lowered his voice and asked, "Are the people in the dark coming for us?"
Chu Ci nodded gently, his eyes calm, and said slowly: "So, husband, we don't have to go out."
"Since they are targeting us, they will definitely try every possible way to get in. All we need to do is be prepared and wait for them to fall into our trap."
Chu Ci said this, and quickly returned to the bed and fumbled around for a while (actually he was just pretending, he was actually taking out the sleeping pills that he had prepared early in the morning from the space).
"Master, take this. This is the drug and this is the antidote. If someone comes in, just spray it on them. Don't feel bad. We have to subdue them first, then we have a chance to figure out the situation and come up with a solution."
At the critical moment, Taoist Master Yunshang was not polite. He took the drug and the antidote, nodded solemnly and said, "Okay, I'll do as you say. I will not show any mercy."
Now that he has dealt with Taoist Yunshang, Fan Jingrui doesn't need to say anything.
He had already grasped his sword tightly and stared at the door intently, ready to meet the enemy at any time.
The sharp screams outside soon turned into a loud noise.
Hearing the voice, Chu Ci frowned slightly and said solemnly: "Not only Zhang Pingping, the remaining fourteen people who have not returned home are probably here."
Moreover, after such a long time, the all-round scanning function of "Xing'er" did not detect any trace of other suspicious persons except Zhang Pingping and his group.
So, what was the purpose of those people secretly bringing Zhang Pingping and others here?
Chu Ci had doubts in his heart, but he did not tell anyone about the situation outside.
Instead, he just waited quietly with Fan Jingrui and Taoist Yunshang, secretly speculating on various possibilities in his mind.
It was not until half an hour later that the guards carefully checked and searched Zhang Pingping and the others, making sure that they were not carrying any dangerous items and had no abnormal behavior, and then they knocked on Chu Ci's door.
At this time, the impatient eldest prince and fifth prince were already waiting in Chu Ci's room with their guard Zhang Di.
So, Zhang Pingping and his party had just gone through an interrogation and were fully confident that the situation would be different after meeting Chu Ci.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he entered the room, he saw the eldest prince sitting in the main seat with a gloomy face, the fifth prince was pacing back and forth beside him, and Chu Ci, Fan Jingrui and Taoist Yunshang also had solemn expressions.