Chapter 171: Regardless of Life and Death (I)
Long didn’t attend the meeting this morning, because he went to teach Liu Suifeng a lesson.
When he returned to Qiankun Palace, s.h.i.+ was already waiting for him at the table.
Long was elated. When he came in, he laughed happily.
Looking at Long’s expression, s.h.i.+ knew that he’d successfully taken revenge.
Sure enough. Long laughed and said, “Qingzhou, you don’t know how interesting that man’s reaction was. Haha, I asked fifty Shadow Guardians to beat him. Haha, you know what? His face has become swollen at last. The Shadow Guardians are cool. They didn’t let me down!”
Long’s words made the corners of s.h.i.+’s mouth turn upward. s.h.i.+ asked softly, “Oh really?”
“Yeah, Qingzhou, you don’t know…”
Long told s.h.i.+ what happened this morning in delight.
While talking about that, Long beamed with joy.
Hearing that Doctor Liu ended up so miserable, s.h.i.+ also laughed.
“Liu Suifeng must look very bad,” s.h.i.+ said while laughing
“Yes. Qingzhou, it really gladdened my heart! He deserves this! Humph!”
s.h.i.+ chuckled. “It’s a pity I wasn’t there.”
s.h.i.+ didn’t feel a little bit sorry for Doctor Liu.
“Yes, it’s a pity, but it doesn’t matter. If he hurts you in the future, I’ll beat him again!”
s.h.i.+ smiled. “Will you really do that? Aren’t you afraid that he’ll be angry and leave?”
“Well.” Long touched his chin. “I haven’t thought about that. He shouldn’t be so timid, should he?”
s.h.i.+ smiled. “That’s right.”
“All right, let’s not talk about him. Qingzhou, are you hungry?”
s.h.i.+ nodded. “Yes.”
Long held s.h.i.+’s hand. “Why didn’t you ask them to deliver the breakfast?”
“I was just about to do it.” s.h.i.+ smiled.
“Oh no!” Long clapped his hands. “I forgot to ask him for the antidote.”
s.h.i.+ smiled and said, “Doctor Liu won’t go too far. Since he said not to take antidote in a month, it’s better to wait for a month.”
“Well…” Long looked at s.h.i.+ unhappily.
s.h.i.+ smiled. “If you really want it, I’ll go to ask him.”
“No need.” Long sighed. “Your body matters.”
s.h.i.+ raised his eyebrows. “Really? I don’t think you’re happy.”
“I am happy,” Long immediately said, “Of course, it’s your body that matters. Why would I not be happy? I’m just angry that Liu Suifeng hurt you.”
s.h.i.+ smiled. “You’ve taught him a lesson, haven’t you?”
Moreover, Doctor Liu actually didn’t do anything wrong at all!
“Well… All right.” Long shrugged. “We’ve already beaten him… Just let him go.”
After breakfast was delivered, Long and s.h.i.+ began to eat.
Although Long didn’t attend the morning meeting, he still needed to deal with the memorials.
After Long went to work, s.h.i.+ went to Liu Suifeng’s place.
Doctor Liu’s face had been covered with ointment. Once he saw s.h.i.+, he began to attack him with a sword.
s.h.i.+ dodged and began to fight with him.
Half a quarter of an hour later, both Doctor Liu and s.h.i.+ stopped.
“s.h.i.+ Qingzhou, shame on you. You can’t tell him your secret, so you framed me?”
s.h.i.+ smiled. “You are not completely innocent. I suffered partly because of you.”
“You…” Doctor Liu glared at s.h.i.+.
“You know the reason, don’t you?”
“The reason is not important. It is the result that matters now.”
“s.h.i.+ Qingzhou.” Doctor Liu stopped being angry and even wanted to laugh. “Don’t you think you’re shameless?”
s.h.i.+ shrugged. “When a man’s life is threatened, he won’t have the sense of shame.”
“Then why did you come here?” Doctor Liu couldn’t help asking.
s.h.i.+ said calmly, “I want you to do something with me.”
“Oh? What do you want me to do?” Doctor Liu was a little confused.
s.h.i.+ said, “To kill.”
Doctor Liu raised his eyebrows. “What do you mean? I don’t understand.”
s.h.i.+ said with a smile, “To kill those who should be killed.”
Doctor Liu looked at s.h.i.+ and said, “Killing can also affect your emotions. If you insist on it, the poisonous insect in your body won’t be sealed for a month.”
s.h.i.+ said calmly, “I just stand by and you guard there. If there are great martial artists, you fight them. As for the others, the Shadow Guardians will deal with them.”
After a short silence, Doctor Liu said, “Give me one good reason.”
s.h.i.+ smiled and said, “Because you think life is so boring. I’ll make your life more interesting. Isn’t that okay?”
Doctor Liu found it unbelievable and his eyes widened.
“s.h.i.+ Qingzhou, you…”
“Don’t say that I’m shameless,” s.h.i.+ interrupted him, “Those who think life is boring have different eyes. I understand, because I was also one of them.”
Doctor Liu was really surprised.
s.h.i.+ said calmly, “Isn’t that right?”
Doctor Liu kept silent for a long time. Then, he sighed. “Well, you have convinced me.”
s.h.i.+ smiled. It seemed that he didn’t feel surprised at all.
Doctor Liu said, “When will we take action? People of Eastern Darkness and Northern Barbarians are not only hiding in the imperial city, right?”
“Yes, but we can deal with those who are in the imperial city first.” s.h.i.+’s voice was full of coldness.
Doctor Liu nodded. “Kill people in the daytime… Aren’t you afraid that it will cause chaos in the city?”
“They should be killed,” s.h.i.+ said coldly.
“Does Long Xiaoyuan know?” Doctor Liu asked.
“No.” s.h.i.+ responded indifferently. Before Doctor Liu said anything more, s.h.i.+ had turned around and walked out.
Doctor Liu’s lips twitched. He thought that this man… was not polite at all.
But… was his life boring?
Yes. Doctor Liu really felt that life was boring…
In this case, he would just play with s.h.i.+.
It seemed more interesting than doing research…
Both the emperor and empress were really interesting. Doctor Liu thought that this trip was worth it…
Thinking about that, Doctor Liu leisurely followed s.h.i.+.
Long was dealing with state affairs in the imperial study. This time, s.h.i.+ told him before going out.
“Oh? You’re going out again? For what?” Long asked.
s.h.i.+ said, “To do something.”
Long’s lips twitched. “What is it?”
Instead of telling him the truth, s.h.i.+ just said, “You’ll know by the afternoon.”
“What?” What did that mean? Long found that he didn’t really know his empress.
s.h.i.+ smiled. “Wait for me. I’ll come back before dinner.”
Seeing that s.h.i.+ was so serious, Long stopped saying anything more.
“All right, I’ll wait for you to have dinner with me.”
After s.h.i.+ left, Long felt a little uneasy. He thought something would happen.
He didn’t think that his empress would have an accident, but… it may have something to do with him!
In the afternoon, several ministers begged for an audience and Long finally realized why s.h.i.+ told him those words earlier…
He was told that a lot of people were dead in the imperial city.
And all those people were killed by others!
Several masked men with great martial arts rushed into their houses and killed them in broad daylight!
Long gasped in astonishment. Instinctively, he felt that this matter must have something to do with his empress!
With their influence, they had found some moles in the imperial city.
However, they were still not sure whether some of them were working for Eastern Darkness.
Moreover, none of them seemed to be influential.
So, they had decided to wait for a period of time.
Why did s.h.i.+ suddenly kill those moles?
In addition, s.h.i.+ didn’t tell Long that he would do that!
Long didn’t know what s.h.i.+ was going to do.
Some ministers went to meet the emperor because a.s.sa.s.sins went to their houses and some of them went there after they heard the news.
Although Long didn’t know what s.h.i.+ was doing, he wouldn’t be a drag on s.h.i.+.
So, Long went to meet those ministers and planned not to let them go until s.h.i.+ came back.
“This is the last place today,” s.h.i.+ said in front of a red mansion.
Doctor Liu nodded indifferently. “They’re just a bunch of useless idiots.”
s.h.i.+ smiled. “Tomorrow, we will know if there are some great martial artists hiding in the city.”
“But, you’re not going to deal with Tianji Sect? Isn’t it the mistress there who poisoned you?”