Rebirth As a Fatuous and Self-indulgent Ruler
chapter-214

Translator: Storm in a Teacup

“When did it happen?” Long’s voice was as cold as ice.

“An hour ago.” A shadow guardian answered.

“Deputy leader Ying Qiu didn’t get a chance to send a distress signal. When we found the deputy leader couldn’t be contacted, we started looking for him according to signals he left. When we found him, he was covered all over with blood. But he pretended dead, so he had a last breath left. The killer probably thought the deputy leader had died before leaving.”

Long’s face turned ghastly pale, “Where is Ying Qiu now?”

“The deputy leader is in the west room, accompanied by Liu.”

Looking cold, Shi headed to the west room first, and Long followed him immediately.

When Shi and Long arrived at the west room, Liu was preparing medicinal materials.

Seeing Long and Shi entering the room, Liu said, “You come at the right time. He has survived, but I can’t eliminate the sequela and help him recover completely without two medicinal materials. The two medicinal materials are probably not available here, which only can be found in imperial palace.”

“I’ll ask people to send them here.” Long said immediately.

Liu nodded, “Um, he’d better not move within half a month. I’m interested in the person who hurt him to this extent.”

Shi answered coldly, “Song Cailian.”

Liu was stunned, “Eh? The girl you mentioned… is the daughter of the perfect?”

Shi said, “She is the one whom Ying Qiu tailed after.”

“Wow.” Liu almost gasped with shock, “Is the girl so good at martial arts? What is her identity?”

“I’m curious… about her identity too.” Shi’s voice was so cold.

Liu thought the girl’s life probably would come to an end.

Long asked, “Will Ying Qiu be recovered with the two medicinal materials?”

“Yes, I promise. They are what I need.” Liu gave Long a scrip he prepared in advance.

Long nodded, “Come inside.”

A shadow guardian appeared,

“There are two medicinal materials listed on the scrip. You go back to imperial palace immediately and get them back as soon as you can.”

“Yes!” The shadow guardian accepted the command and left at once.

Ying Qiu was still in a coma and couldn’t move within half a month, which made Long and Shi rage and intend to revenge.

“Does the shadow guardian investigating Song Cailian get any result?” Long called Ying Feng to ask.

“Song Cailian is the daughter of Song Qingtian, the perfect of Songye City. She was raised in the mountain by an expert living beyond the noisy world. Song Cailian learned martial arts from the expert. She was taken back home since she was ten years old, and then behaved like a normal girl from respectable families. She has a good reputation in the mansion. Until the time when the event about the womanizer happened… nothing strange was founded based on this brief investigation…

“Oh? Nothing strange?” Long frowned, “Could Song Cailian obtain such powerful martial arts before she was ten?”

“Yes. I’m also astonished. I’ll find out the truth as soon as possible.”

Long waved his hand, letting Ying Feng excuse himself.

Liu said, “I plan to visit Song Cailian tonight.”

Long frowned, “That girl was really good at martial arts. Better be cautious… by the way, where’s Ouyang?”

“I asked him to buy some medicinal materials at the medicine store. He hadn’t come back yet.”

“Oh… are you really going to visit Song Cailian?”

“Yes, I’ll go with Ouyang. Rest assured! Only few people can hurt us in the world.” Liu said with confidence.

Hearing this, Long turned to Shi, “Qingzhou, what do you think?”

Shi answered calmly, “Ying Feng will accompany you.”

Liu was stunned, “Is it necessary?”

Shi answered indifferently, “Ying Feng are better than you in looking for clues.”

“Eh…” Liu blinked, feeling hurt a bit.

Hearing this, Long cleared his throat, “Ahem.” He wanted to remind Shi that he was too straightforward and that would be a blow to Liu.

However, Shi didn’t think he said anything wrong.

Since Ying Qiu was out of danger now, Shi turned round and walked outside…

Long smiled to Liu, “Count I’ll leave it to you tonight.” Then he hurried to go after Shi…

Liu twitched the corners of his lips, wondering if Shi despised them.

What Shi said was definitely a contempt.

Long caught up with Shi, “Are you hungry, Qingzhou?”

Shi shook his head. They ate food at two snack stands, so Shi would not feel hungry.

“Me too.” Long said, “Let’s have supper later, ok?”

Shi nodded, “Hmm.”

Long held Shi’s hand, “If there is something wrong with Song Cailian, what about Song Qingtian?”

Keeping silent for a short while, Shi said, “Song Qingtian is my father’s old friend.”

“Eh?” Long was stunned at Shi’s words, “Your father’s… old friend?”

“Yes, Song Qingtian was a minister in imperial palace before he went to Songye City. He had frequent contact with my father, so I have impression of him. I clearly remember that my father saw him off by walking with him for twenty miles when he left for Songye City ten years ago. But it seemed he hadn’t contacted my father these years, or maybe they made contact with each other in secret, so I didn’t know it.”

Long raised his eyebrows, “I believe in your father’s discernment… since Song Qingtian could be one of your father’s best friends, I think he was well-behaved. But… how old was Song Cailian ten years ago?”

Shi paused, “Nine years old.”

“That means when Song Qingtian left imperial palace, Song Cailian hadn’t been taken home by Song Qingtian… Since people in the city all know Song Cailian was taken home at ten years old… It would be one year later after Song Qingtian came here to be the perfect… Is it possible that anything happened during that year?” Long said while thinking.

Shi looked at Long, “What do you mean?”

“I have no idea… I’m thinking about the time… Why did Song Qingtian sent Song Cailian to the mountain? If Song Qingtian’ target was powerful martial arts, why he chose a girl to learn martial arts? What’s more, Song Cailian is nineteen years old now, but she hasn’t gotten married… Generally speaking, most girls aged nineteen have gotten married. Song Cailian was supposed to get married at her age even if she was the daughter of a minister.” Long analyzed.

Shi said after keeping silent for a while, “It seemed that we need to meet Song Qingtian.”

Long had no objection to Shi’s suggestion, but he couldn’t help worrying…

“Will we alert the enemies in case Song Qingtian is up to something?”

It was quite possible, so Long became a little hesitant.