The First Lackey Under The Empress

He was already a dead man… … a dead man… …

Inside the Drunken Moon Tower, Zhao Du'an listened to Hai Gongfeng's words, stunned in place, his mind filled with only this sentence echoing repeatedly.

So, this Thousand-Faced Divine Lord is a dead man? No, that's not right… …

Zhao Du'an's expression changed, realizing a possibility. He raised his hand, grabbed the maid Qingniao, braced himself on the railing with one hand, flipped over and jumped down to the first floor, arriving beside the Thousand-Faced Divine Lord who was lying on his back on the ground.

At this moment, as Eunuch Hai turned him over, the handsome young master lay on his back on the exquisitely carpeted floor.

His eyes were wide, his eyeballs bloodshot, his face pale, without a trace of breath, and very little blood溢出 from the corner of his mouth.

And then, as if with "death," the corpse's appearance suddenly began to distort.

Gradually, it turned into another man with ordinary and unremarkable features, of unknown identity.

"He is the Thousand-Faced Divine Lord?"

Zhao Du'an threw the maid on the ground and asked in a deep voice.

The beautiful maid codenamed "Qingniao" only had a cultivation in the Mortal Embryo Realm. After Zhao Du'an struck her dantian, she was already weak.

Seeing Eunuch Hai beside her at this moment, she couldn't muster the thought of escaping.

Hearing this, she looked at the person on the ground, her expression blank, and shook her head, saying:

"I don't know… … I've been with him for a year, and I've never seen his true face… …"

Really? Or is it fake?

Zhao Du'an expressed his suspicion.

Eunuch Hai squinted his eyes and said:

"She shouldn't be lying."

As a master of the inner court, he could discern lies to a certain extent simply by the speed of the other party's heartbeat and blood flow when speaking.

Of course, there was no evidence, and it was not necessarily accurate.

Zhao Du'an asked with a straight face:

"He's a dead man, and you don't know?"

Qingniao's expression became even more blank. She was also frightened at this moment, shaking her head and saying: "No… …"

Zhao Du'an sneered:

"You better think clearly before you speak. A corpse, even if it is blessed with some means, shouldn't be able to be flawless. You've been by his side, wouldn't you notice anything? Or are you saying that you want to wait until you enter the Imperial Prison and are subjected to severe torture before telling the truth?"

The maid named Qingniao was obviously far less loyal than Zhuang Xiaocheng's foolish disciple, the hot-blooded young woman Yunxi.

Without any hesitation, she said:

"We haven't noticed anything unusual in the past ten days since we entered the city, but… … last night he came back a little late, and his expression was a little strange, not letting me get close. By the morning, he looked as usual."

Zhao Du'an and Eunuch Hai exchanged glances, both seeing each other's thoughts.

"Eunuch, is there such a technique in the world that can make a corpse like a living person and have considerable cultivation?" Zhao Du'an asked in a low voice.

The old eunuch in python robes was silent for a moment, then said:

"Yes. But most of them are methods of evil Taoist priests, and just now this old servant didn't even notice anything wrong for a while. The method is indeed extraordinary. As for this disguise, it is this person's specialty."

Zhao Du'an said:

"Last time, when the Frostfall Sword entered the capital, the Kuangfu Society gave him a scroll as a trump card. This time, the Thousand-Faced Divine Lord entered the capital, and Zhuang Xiaocheng and other rebels must have prepared some means for him."

"In this case, the Thousand-Faced Divine Lord is not dead. Just now, he used some means to control this corpse to talk to us."

He exhaled, his expression complicated, and said:

"This is normal. According to the intelligence, this person is good at assassination and is meticulous. Even if he used the You family to trick me here, he is worried about repeating the Frostfall Sword's mistakes, hiding his real body and using a fake body to deal with me… … He is indeed not easy to deal with."

Eunuch Hai also felt a little embarrassed.

With his status, he was actually deceived by a junior. At this moment, he tried to save face and said:

"However, the more powerful the means, the greater the price. This old servant broke his fake body, and his real body must be injured."

But the person wasn't caught… …

Zhao Du'an sighed, feeling a sense of anxiety about letting the tiger return to the mountain.

At this time, outside the Drunken Moon Tower, officers and soldiers suddenly swarmed in.

Obviously, they heard the commotion here and came to patrol.

The leader was stunned when he saw the eunuch in python robes, but couldn't recognize him for a moment.

Seeing Zhao Du'an, his expression changed greatly, and he cupped his fists and said:

"Inspector Zhao, we are ordered to patrol the streets… …"

"No need to talk nonsense," Zhao Du'an waved his hand, interrupting him, and ordered:

"Take all these people who have fallen to the ground to the medical center for treatment, and send people to search the vicinity to see if there are any suspicious people staying."

He lowered his eyes and looked at the large black umbrella that had been violently pierced on the ground, his heart twitching.

He thought to himself that such a good thing was wasted.

But as the suppression was forced, the power of the curse dissipated, and the illnesses of the innocent people in the Drunken Moon Tower were reduced, so there would be no major problems.

As for the You family… …

Zhao Du'an glanced at You Zhande, who was seriously injured and unconscious, shook his head, and said:

"Take him away for treatment as well."

The officers and soldiers responded and acted, becoming busy for a while.

Eunuch Hai patrolled the vicinity again.

Not finding any trace of the Thousand-Faced Divine Lord, he then took Zhao Du'an and the captured maid back to the Imperial Prison.

Immediately, he returned to the palace alone to report.

… …

"Ran away? A fake body?"

In the Imperial Garden, the Empress listened to the eunuch in python robes' report, her beautiful eyebrows furrowing.

She asked: "How is Zhao Du'an?"

Eunuch Hai's lips twitched, and he said:

"That kid is doing very well. He seems to have guessed that there was someone secretly protecting him. This old servant wanted to see his quality… … but was forced out by this kid."

The old Gongfeng was extremely confident in his ability to hide his tracks and absolutely did not believe that he had been discovered.

Then the only possibility was that the news was leaked through other channels.

The Empress nodded when she heard that Zhao Du'an was unharmed, not surprised:

"That's good. The thief is cunning. To be able to hide from you, Zhuang Xiaocheng and others must have given this person a means of saving his life. Although he was not killed, it is good to be able to seriously injure him."

Gongfeng Hai understood that the Empress was saving his face, sighed, turned his head, and took his leave.

After the person left, Mo Chou said worriedly:

"Your Majesty, now that the thief has been alarmed and run away, I'm afraid it will be difficult to catch him again."

Saying that, she sighed again:

"If the Celestial Master's Mansion and the Shenlong Temple were willing to send experts to help, even if it was just one, we wouldn't have to let a hidden person be so rampant."

Xu Zhenguan was silent.

How could she not know this truth?

Not to mention her own cultivation, just the Imperial Palace Gongfeng, the Imperial Guard Commander… … there were also many strong people under her command.

What could be done, they were all martial artists.

If it was a head-on fight, she would not be afraid of anyone, even if she was against the two major cultivation forces, she would have the confidence to flatten them.

But she had a bit of a headache when it came to this kind of warlock's methods.

Of course, over the years, the royal family had also cultivated its own warlocks. There were two powerful ones hidden in the Later Lake alone.

But warlocks also had their own specialties. Most warlocks were also not good at divination to find people.

As a result, it was clear that it was just a miscellaneous fish, but it stirred up a storm in the court, causing panic.

"Order the soldiers in the capital to search more. If the fish doesn't take the bait, then drain the pond, leaving him with nowhere to hide, forcing him to come out."

Xu Zhenguan lowered her eyes, looked at the fish that had scattered in the pond, and ordered calmly.

… …

… …

Imperial Prison.

Inside the Pear Blossom Hall.

Inside the "office" exclusively for the Inspector.

Zhao Du'an pushed the door open, threw himself on the Arhat bed, and emptied his brain.

Looking back on today's experience, he felt that he was a little too rash, and his vigilance had inexplicably decreased.

—He didn't know that this was the result of the Thousand-Faced Divine Lord secretly implementing a curse on him from the first day he entered the city.

Looking back now, the reason why he was so bold was mainly because he thought he had enough trump cards, and even if he encountered an enemy, he could escape.

Moreover, the significant improvement in his martial arts during this period also made him a little eager to try.

"Looking at it now, the Divine Manifestation Realm is still not to be underestimated. Unless all the trump cards are used, it will be difficult to win."

He silently summarized.

As for Eunuch Hai in the dark… … he was indeed not sure.

It was just based on reason that he felt that with the Frostfall Sword in front, there might not be a master guarding him.

However, what really made him shout those words at the time was the feeling conveyed by the Dragon Soul.

"At that moment, the Dragon Soul in my body was about to wake up, but I clearly felt the aura fluctuations of the Martial God lineage coming from the top of the building… … So, one of the abilities of the Dragon Soul is to be able to sense 'similar people' practicing the Great Yu Taizu inheritance within a certain range?"

"No… … it's more than that. When Eunuch Hai made his move, I even had a vague premonition that as long as I awakened the Dragon Soul, I could even suppress him… … Yes, it seems I can suppress Eunuch Hai… …"

"Is it because the Dragon Soul represents Old Xu, and the Imperial Palace Gongfengs are all equivalent to Old Xu's disciples and grandchildren? When the ancestor is present, all descendants must kneel down?"

Zhao Du'an was thinking wildly.

Unfortunately, at that time, he was only focused on suppressing the Dragon Soul and didn't dare to really try.

"Hmm… … if the Dragon Soul can suppress Eunuch Hai, can it suppress Zhenbao?"

Zhao Du'an shook his head and banished this bold idea from his mind.

How could a Celestial Realm expert be so easy to deal with?

He was a little too carried away… …

"Think about the present! There is only a thousand days of being a thief, how can there be a thousand days of guarding against a thief?

The Thousand-Faced Divine Lord is clearly here to kill me… … If he is not eliminated, even if he temporarily hides and escapes, but when he recovers from his injuries, with his disguise skills, he might give me a knife at any time… …"

"My stepmother and younger sister will no longer be able to go out with peace of mind… … How can this work?"

Zhao Du'an frowned and pondered.

The maid named "Qingniao" had already been ordered to be interrogated, but Zhao Du'an didn't think he could dig out much information.

"When the Thousand-Faced Divine Lord escaped, he threw the maid out as a shield… … It's the same as Zhuang Xiaocheng abandoning his female disciple… … It can be seen that it is impossible to grasp key information."

"Although my Amorous Treasure Mirror can detect others, I don't even know what the Thousand-Faced Divine Lord looks like now… … I can't use it at all."

"The other party was frightened, and now I'm afraid he has already hidden. An expert in disguise, hiding in the capital with a population of millions, where can I find him?"

Zhao Du'an had no clue.

"Unless… … find a professional."

Zhao Du'an's eyes lit up, he sat up, took out a silver scroll, and gently poured out a burning half of a yellow incense stick.

He was going to call someone!

This idea was not just thought of now, but he didn't implement it before. First, he didn't know if the other party could help.

Secondly, he didn't want to use his favor.

But now, the Thousand-Faced Divine Lord has clearly threatened him.

"You forced me to do this… …"

Zhao Du'an muttered to himself, like a rolling beast possessed, lit the yellow incense, and watched the light smoke curl up, pass through the roof ridge, tiles, and disappear into the sky.

One minute… …

Three minutes… …

Five minutes… …

The incense suddenly stirred, in the half-empty room.

A girl wearing a dark robe embroidered with gold thread, petite, with pale skin and scattered eyes, slowly emerged.

One of the Zhu Dian Boys of this generation, the Celestial Master's Mansion's Jin Jian Divine Official, with a wary little face:

"What do you want me to do?"

She suspected that Zhao Du'an was here to collect debts.