Rebirth As a Fatuous and Self-indulgent Ruler
chapter-266

Translator: Storm in a Teacup

Even though Liu caught his opponent alive, that man still didn’t live long.

Long didn’t order Liu to kill him, but… that man had already taken poison, which proved that he was actually from the death squad.

After all the three men died, Long and Shi went to them.

“They’re all dead?” Long frowned.

“Yes, I caught this man alive, but he had already taken poison. It seems difficult to find the whereabouts of Mr. Chen from the assassins.”

Long pursed his lips. “Don’t worry. Since they came here, our previous inferences are correct and these people deserve to die. We have arranged everything. Maybe we can catch them by surprise.”

Shi nodded and said, “Action now!”

They actually did a lot during the day.

Because they suspected that those people were hiding around them, they made some arrangements secretly.

It was the right time for them to take action.

Long looked at Shi, “Are you going?”

Shi nodded. “Yes.”

“I’ll go with you,” Long said.

Shi glanced at him and nodded. “Okay.”

It was decided soon. Liu and Ouyang naturally wouldn’t object.

The signal flare was set off. When Long and Shi reached the house where they stayed earlier, guards had begun to take action.

With that house as the center, guards inspected all the places for underground passages. Surprise inspections were also carried out in the houses nearby.

Song Qingtian personally led the team and promised that the imperial court would give certain compensation to the people who were disturbed if there was nothing wrong.

In addition, a lot of guards had surrounded the whole area and no one was allowed to leave.

“There’s someone here!” A guard roared.

Many guards moved at once.

In case the enemy would flee from all sides, the defense wasn’t weakened and only some Shadow Guardians were mobilized to act in the center.

“Got him!” A voice came from the northeast.

Long and Shi were standing on the roof of the house where they lived.

Liu and Ouyang were also there.

“They caught one over there.” Liu’s eyes narrowed. “There is something strange there. I’ll go take a look.”

Long nodded. “Ouyang Chuan, you can go with him. Be careful.”

Ouyang nodded. Without saying anything, he left with Liu.

Ying Feng and Ying Qiu were standing behind Long.

“Qingzhou… do you think Liu Suifeng can find anything?”

Shi did not speak.

Long took his hand.

At this time, two people appeared in the southwest. There were many Shadow Guardians around, so those two people were arrested although they ran very fast. However, once they were caught, they committed suicide.

Long’s eyes narrowed…

“They’re dead?”

Shi glanced at them coldly. “Mhmm.”

Long didn’t say anything. After a while, he said hesitantly, “Liu Suifeng and Ouyang Chuan have gone there for a while. Do you think something has happened to them?”

Shi didn’t answer.

After a while, Shi said, “Send someone there to have a check.”

Long didn’t move. He was still standing on the roof and so was Shi.

After a while, when Long was about to say something, a boom came from the place where Liu and Ouyang went to.

That sound was not very loud. If the bomb that the enemy planted went off, it should be much louder. What on earth was that?

Long was startled. Shi said after some hesitation, “Let’s go take a look.”

“Okay.” Long wanted to go there a long time ago, so he nodded immediately. “Let’s go.”

Shi jumped into the air with Long, while Long wrapped his arms around Shi’s waist.

Shi looked down at Long. “What’s wrong?”

Long blinked. “It’s safer like this.”

Shi smiled. “Don’t worry, you will never fall.”

Not long after they finished speaking, Shi had already led Long to the place where Ouyang and Liu went.

After they landed, Long saw a dark hole.

And this hole led to the underground.

“There really is an underground passage here.” Long narrowed his eyes.

“Apart from Liu Suifeng and Ouyang Chuan, a few Shadow Guardians are also in there. No matter what the situation is, there have been enough people,” Shi said calmly.

Long nodded. “Let’s enquire about it.”

Shi nodded and summoned a Shadow Guardian. “Go have a check. No matter what the situation is, come back and report it to us first.”

“Yes!” The Shadow Guardian left soon.

Long looked at that man nervously, because the dark hole looked very dangerous.

Moreover, if the underground passages extended in all directions, then some people might have escaped.

By this time, only Mr. Chen’s subordinates were killed and Mr. Chen was still nowhere to be found!

That Shadow Guardian didn’t come back soon. After more than ten minutes, he finally crawled out of the hole.

Long immediately asked, “So what’s the situation?”

“There are three passages in total. I don’t know where the two of them lead to and some guards have gone to investigate. In the other passage, there’s a secret room. The gate is made of special materials, so Doctor Liu exploded a bomb and tried to open it forcibly. The sound just now came from the explosion. Now the stone gate of the secret room has been broken, but it hasn’t been opened yet. Doctor Liu and the others are still there.”

“Secret room?” Long frowned. “Is anyone in there?”

“Doctor Liu said he wasn’t sure about that, but there must be something evil in the room, because he smelled it.”

Long suddenly thought of the so-called “treasure”.

Shi also frowned. “The gate hasn’t been opened yet?”

“No, but it’ll be soon. Doctor Liu and Ouyang Chuan are attacking it with their internal strength.”

Hearing this, Long waved his hand, signaling the Shadow Guardian to leave temporarily.

Shi said, “They will come up in a while. Let’s wait here.”

Long had to nod his head. “Okay.”

At this time, another person rushed out in the northwest.

Surrounded by the Shadow Guardians, that man would definitely not end up well. What was waiting for him was only death.

Long just glanced over there with a frown.

“Four, plus the three killed over there, there are seven in total.”

“Mhmm,” Shi said calmly, “The seven men were quite skilled at martial arts.”

“It’s very likely that they were Mr. Chen’s confidants, but there must be more people following him. Moreover, we still don’t know where he is,” Long said.

Shi glanced at him and said slowly, “We will find him.”

Long laughed when he heard that. “Of course, I have great faith in my subordinates.”

Shi smiled, but said nothing.

After about ten minutes, they finally heard a rumbling noise coming from below.

“The gate opened.” Shi narrowed his eyes.

Long’s eyes lit up. “Oh really?”

“I think so,” Shi said.

Long waited a little longer. When he became anxious, several figures suddenly appeared from the dark exit.

Long was startled at first, but soon he felt relieved, because he saw Liu.

However, Liu walked very fast.

“Liu Suifeng, what’s wrong with you?”

“Stay away from me. This thing in my hands is highly toxic. I’ll get rid of it a little further away.”

While speaking, Liu had gone further.

Long was surprised. “What’s that?”

At this time, Ouyang and several Shadow Guardians also arrived.

Ouyang explained, “We opened the stone gate and found the room was empty, but there was a bead inlaid on the wall. The bead was about to break when we entered the room. Fortunately, Suifeng found it in time and put it in a special container. He said that the bead was horribly poisonous and anyone who touched it would die. It would also be infectious, so special treatment is needed.”

“Infectious…” Long paled after hearing that. He thought of the plague in Quanzhou, which was actually man-made.

Mr. Chen wanted to copy what happened to Quanzhou!

Perhaps, he would develop a more terrifying poison than that in Quanzhou!

Damn it!

Shi also looked very bad.

Long was still a little puzzled. “You said the bead… was about to break when you entered the room?”

“Yes.”

Long looked at Shi. “Qingzhou, why do you think Mr. Chen didn’t break the bead?”

After thinking for a moment, Shi said slowly, “He is gambling.”