The Return of the Demon

Ning Chen then scanned the room vigilantly in the moonlight.

The furnishings in the room were simple, and there was no sign of hiding people.

He took out the tinder and lit the oil lamp.

Then he squatted down and observed carefully.

This was a muddy ground with shallow footprints on the ground.

The footprints led to the cabinet against the wall.

Ning Chen came to the cabinet and noticed a thin rope on the cabinet. He reached out and pulled it...no response.

He opened the cabinet door and couldn't help but shrink his eyes.

The wooden board behind the cabinet was slowly opening, and an entrance appeared.

Ning Chen walked in with the dagger tightly.

Unexpectedly, there was a secret room behind the wall.

Ning Chen suddenly moved, like a ghost.

Because there were two people wearing black tights and masks in the secret room.

When the two saw Ning Chen coming in, they were obviously stunned.

Puff! ! !

One of them, before he could come to his senses, was cut in the neck by Ning Chen.

The other man in black woke up.

But he did not attack Ning Chen, but rushed to the man tied to the bed.

Ning Chen threw his hand.

Whoosh!!!

The dagger turned into a cold light and shot out.

The man in black paused, and the dagger brushed past his chest and nailed directly to the opposite wall.

And at this moment, Ning Chen had already arrived in front of him.

Bang!!!

A heavy punch hit the man in black's face, and the hideous mask was directly deformed, accompanied by a sharp bone crack.

His facial bones were shattered by Ning Chen's punch.

Ning Chen rushed over, pulled out the dagger on the wall, and threw it casually.

With a puff!

The dagger pierced the man in black's neck directly.

Ning Chen stepped forward, pulled out the dagger, and wiped the blood off the corpse.

Immediately, he looked at the man tied to the bed.

The man on the bed also saw Ning Chen, and made a humming sound... because his whole head was wrapped in white gauze, like a mummy.

Ning Chen was a little nervous.

If he guessed correctly, this should be Emperor Xuan.

But being wrapped like this... Could he have been changed into another appearance?

Ning Chen carefully untied the white gauze on the other person's face.

The white gauze was wet, Ning Chen smelled it, and there was a smell of medicine on it.

Because it was the preparation before the face-changing technique.

When the latter showed his true face, Ning Chen breathed a sigh of relief.

Emperor Xuan's appearance did not change.

Ning Chen quickly took the cloth out of Emperor Xuan's mouth.

Emperor Xuan breathed heavily and looked at Ning Chen with relief on his face, "I knew you would come to save me."

Ning Chen rolled his eyes, "You are really my real father... I have seen people who cheat their fathers, but I have never seen people who cheat their sons every day. I have done nothing all day long, and I am busy saving you."

Emperor Xuan was a little embarrassed.

"You little brat, you are disrespectful. Who are you trying to teach?"

Ning Chen was speechless. "I dare not... You are my father."

As he spoke, he untied the ropes that bound Emperor Xuan, and then helped him sit up slowly.

"Your Majesty, how do you feel?"

"I am fine... What did you call me just now?"

"Father!"

Emperor Xuan nodded, thinking that he had misheard.

Ning Chen's mouth twitched. This was his father for sure... He just called him His Majesty on purpose.

"Father, I'm glad you're okay. I was really worried that they would use the face-changing technique to turn you into another person."

Emperor Xuan said, "If you come a few days later, I will really become another person... They have already started preparing, but they are just missing a few medicines."

"Nothing happened in the palace, right?"

Ning Chen shook his head, "No... Although the fake has the appearance of father, he doesn't have the charm of father. I saw through it at a glance."

"Father, do you know who the fake is in the palace?"

Emperor Xuan looked grim, "It's Prince Duan."

"Who?" Ning Chen was petrified on the spot, and everyone was dumbfounded, "Isn't Prince Duan dead?"

Emperor Xuan said in a deep voice: "The dead one is just a substitute."

Ning Chen was stunned.

In an instant, he figured out a lot of things.

It seems that Zi Su was used by Prince Duan.

Using Zi Su to fake death, and then changing his face to look like Emperor Xuan... Damn, what a high-end plan.

I have to admit that Prince Duan is a talent...This calculation, this scheming, I have to admit it.

Ning Chen was so focused on saving Emperor Xuan that he had no time to think about it.

In fact, Prince Duan revealed many flaws.

For example, he replaced the Fourth Prince with Prince Duan's son.

For another example, there are not many people who can take out 10 million taels of silver and 10,000 taels of gold at one time.

It's just that Prince Duan's death was too memorable. He vomited foul water and died in torture... so Ning Chen didn't think about him at all.

Ning Chen was amazed at Prince Duan's scheming... It really taught him a lesson.

If Ning Chen was familiar with His Majesty, Prince Duan was eager to seize power, which aroused Ning Chen's suspicion... then Prince Duan would definitely succeed.

Emperor Xuan looked at him, "You are so smart, didn't you find out that he is Prince Duan?"

Ning Chen shook his head, "Don't say you found out, I didn't think about Prince Duan at all."

No matter how smart he is, he is not God, and it is impossible for him to look at the problem from God's perspective.

Emperor Xuan's words sounded a bit like an expert.

Damn... When watching from the sidelines, everyone is a wise man.

"Father, let's go out first!"

Emperor Xuan nodded.

Outside, Geng Jing and others had already captured the ghost doctor and the peddler.

Seeing Emperor Xuan, Feng Qizheng and the others opened their mouths like Wahaha, and they were dumbfounded... How did His Majesty appear here?

"Greetings, Your Majesty!"

The shadow guards knelt down hurriedly.

Feng Qizheng and others quickly followed suit and knelt down.

Emperor Xuan raised his hand, "Everyone, get up!"

Emperor Xuan glanced at the ghost doctor and the salesman, his face as grave as water, "I'll put these two bitches to death in Lingchi!"

In the past few days, the ghost doctor has been humiliating Emperor Xuan a lot.

Ning Chen hurriedly said: "Father, please leave these two people to my disposal?"

Emperor Xuan nodded slightly and said, "Let's go back to the palace!"

Ning Chen said: "Your Majesty cannot return to the palace yet."

Emperor Xuan looked at him puzzled.

Ning Chen said: "The palace is not safe yet and needs to be cleaned up...Father, will you return to the palace tomorrow? I will wrong my father tonight and temporarily stay in my son's house."

Emperor Xuan thought for a moment and nodded slightly.

Ning Chen looked at the shadow guard, "You guys go back to the palace immediately and tell Nie Liang and Eunuch Quan that they can take action... Every one of the newly-replaced people in the palace will be captured!"

"In addition, let the father-in-law send someone to inform all civil and military officials to go to court tomorrow!"

"yes!"

The shadow guard took the order and left.

Ning Chen looked at Geng Jing, "Old Geng, you, Lao Gao, and Lao Chen... take these two people back to the Supervision Department and interrogate them overnight. I want to know how many times they peed in the bed since they were children."

Geng Jing nodded, "Okay!"

"Old Pan, you and I will escort His Majesty home!"

Pan Yucheng nodded.

.......

Ning Chen and Pan Yucheng escorted Emperor Xuan back to Ning Mansion.

Ning Chen had his bedding changed and gave his room to Emperor Xuan.

"Father, I'll have someone prepare hot water. Can you take a bath?"

Emperor Xuan hadn't taken a shower for who knows how long, and his body smelled of cumin.

"You need to ask someone to get me something to eat first."

Ning Chen quickly went to make arrangements.

After Emperor Xuan had eaten and drank enough, Ning Chen had someone prepare hot water and personally rubbed Emperor Xuan's back.