Chapter 1627: Shock! News on Eunuch Gao! (1/2)

Translated by: Hypersheep325

Edited by: Michyrr

Thwishthwishthwish!

Following Wang Chong's order, his subordinates swiftly took flight. After returning from the northwest, Wang Chong now had many martial artists under his command. When it came to strength, few in the capital could compare to them.

Once all this was handled, Wang Chong looked toward his destination.

At night, the alley was pitch-black. The residents of the surrounding homes had apparently sensed that something was going on, and had extinguished their lights and fallen silent. The only light was that of a single dim lamp several hundred feet away.

Wang Chong's eyes gleamed as he walked forward.

”Your Highness!”

The door opened with a creak, and Wang Chong went inside. Within, several men from the King of Foreign Lands Residence were already waiting, and they immediately bowed upon seeing Wang Chong.

”Your Highness, everything has been handled. Little Li is inside,” one of the guards said.

Wang Chong only gave a slight nod.

Passing through a curtain, he entered a dimly lit room furnished with a crude table. Several figures were standing next to the table, and their leader was a lean youth of eighteen or nineteen, but he had a straight back and a proud demeanor.

Even when surrounded by all these guards, he was fearless.

He had no beard or mustache, and he exuded the same aura as the other eunuchs of the palace. This was clearly the man Wang Chong had been looking for.

Wang Chong examined the young eunuch and asked, ”You are Little Li?”

”Yes!”

Little Li's response was proud and resolved. He didn't even glance at Wang Chong, and his words held no trace of politeness.

”Your Highness, what offense have we committed that would cause the King of Foreign Lands to come and seize us? For Your Highness to not concern yourself with affairs of state but to go and arrest minor characters, is this not putting the cart before the horse? If this matter got out, would it not harm Your Highness's reputation?”

”Ha!”

Wang Chong chuckled and refused to take the eunuch's bait.

”Might I ask how Eunuch Gao is doing?”

Buzz!

The eunuch trembled and his face paled. But he so quickly regained his composure that his anxiety seemed like it had been an illusion.

The eunuch shook his head and sternly replied, ”What are you asking? I'm just a minor eunuch who holds lamps in the palace, and I only came out this time to buy some lamp oil. How could I have ever met Eunuch Gao? If Your Highness wishes to see Eunuch Gao, it would be better to go to the palace and ask.”

”Heh, is that so?”

Wang Chong glanced at the eunuch and smiled.

”There's no need to be nervous. I don't mean any harm. I only wish to know about Eunuch Gao's condition lately. And besides, aren't you the true Little Li?”

While he was initially speaking to the eunuch at the front, his last question was directed toward an honest-faced young follower wearing cloth robes standing behind him.

This simple question instantly had the two of them shuddering in shock.

”King of Foreign Lands, what are you asking about? There is only one Little Li here. Please, take your leave!”

'Little Li' straightened his back and spoke in a forceful tone.

Wang Chong refused to argue with this eunuch, his indifferent gaze remaining fixed on the cloth-robed youth in the back. Li Gui or Li Kui1, he already knew who the real one was.

”The First Prince's men are already making their way to this alley and will be here soon. If I were the First Prince's man or meant you ill, would I still be standing in front of you and talking with you? I merely wish to know how Eunuch Gao has been doing lately. You should know that I received my title from the Sage Emperor himself, and that I was on friendly terms with Eunuch Gao. I have no need to deceive you.”

The young follower in the back had a complicated expression, a look of hesitation and struggle in his eyes. Wang Chong said no more and revealed the King of Foreign Lands token that was uniquely his.

The royal token Wang Chong possessed was crimson in gold, a dragon of blood that no other King possessed. The meaning of this was that Wang Chong was the empire's protector, the Great Tang War God who had battled through a sea of blood and a mountain of corpses. There was no other token like it in the empire.

Thud!

Finally, the young cloth-robed man dropped to his knees.

”Paying respects to Your Highness! Please forgive this Little Li for his offense!”

Upon saying this, Little Li breathed a long sigh like he had been relieved of a great burden. His body instantly broke out in a cold sweat that drenched his clothes.

Cheng Sanyuan and Zhang Que exchanged speechless glances.

This minor eunuch was far too strange. He had escaped the palace without telling anyone, and then he acted so cautiously that it seemed like he was hiding some enormous secret.