A life of two souls traveling through time

Chapter 426 Yan Zong guessed Hong Hua's identity, Yu Cheng told the truth

"Your Highness, are you feeling better today?"

In Xuancheng Fuyuan, Arnold was having breakfast with Yan Zong. He looked at the other party's recovered face and asked with concern.

"Much better." Yan Zong replied to Arnold with a smile. The boy in front of him became more sensible, and he couldn't help but sigh at the passing of time.

"By the way, where is Brother Yu Cheng? Why haven't I seen him in the past two days?" Arnold suddenly asked curiously.

"I asked him to go out and do something, and he hasn't come back yet."

"Zong!"

Just as Yan Zong finished speaking, Shu Feng's loud and worried voice suddenly rang out from a distance, and then a tall and vigorous figure in the corridor walked quickly towards the two of them.

"Why are you here?" Seeing his good friend whom he hadn't seen for several months, Yan Zong's eyes were filled with surprise, but his brows furrowed. He asked in a cold voice without waiting for the person to come closer.

But Shufeng said nothing. He still looked concerned as he walked forward and carefully examined his entire body for a long while before asking, "Are you okay? Are the poisons in your body cleared?"

"Yeah." Seeing his friend so nervous and worried, Yan Zong's cold face softened a little. He nodded and asked, "Did you rush here just for this? Have you dealt with the bandits in the western part of Wucheng?"

"Of course!" Shu Feng said with a bit of guilt, "Fortunately you are fine. I was terrified when I learned that you were stabbed and poisoned. It just so happened that those few days were the critical time to suppress the bandits. I didn't rush here until this morning when I had time.

"I'm fine. You don't have to make a special trip..." Hearing that the bandit problem in Wucheng had been solved, Yan Zong was relieved and relaxed his brows. He was about to say a few words of comfort, but before he could finish his words, Shufeng hugged his shoulders and interrupted him:

"What do you mean it's not necessary? You were stabbed and poisoned, such a big thing, as a good friend, how can I not come and see it in person? By the way, have the assassins been caught?" Shu Feng said seriously and turned to look at Arnold beside him.

"General Shufeng, don't worry, all the rebels have been arrested!" Arnold also nodded in response hurriedly.

"That's good!" Shu Feng said as he glanced at the breakfast on the table. He then sat down at the table, grabbed a meat bun and stuffed it into his mouth, and continued, "I set off for Xuancheng before daybreak and didn't even have time to eat breakfast!"

"Who told you to chase him away?" Yan Zong glanced at him, then turned around and told the guards waiting in the corridor to ask the kitchen to send over another breakfast.

"By the way, why isn't Mr. Fan here?" Shu Feng asked after swallowing all the buns and drinking half a sip of tea.

"I went to the government office." Arnold also took a bite of the crispy meat pie and replied vaguely.

"You came at the right time. I haven't had the chance to see the new defensive formation that Wei Zhun has practiced. Let's go to the military camp together after we finish eating." Yan Zong put down the porridge spoon in his hand, turned to Shufeng beside him and said.

"Really? General Wei is truly an outstanding and capable general!" Upon hearing this, Shu Feng immediately showed an envious look and moved closer to Yan Zong, smiling and begging, "Since you have so many talented people under you, can I ask for two of them?"

"No." Yan Zong rejected it coldly, then stood up and went back to his room.

"Oh, how can you be so cold-blooded and ruthless towards your friend of many years!" Although it was expected, Shu Feng was half joking when he said this, but he deliberately put on an aggrieved look on his face and complained.

"General Shufeng, there is no need to blame my prince for being ruthless. Just ask, General Shufeng, which general who has followed you through life and death is you willing to give up?" When Arnold heard Shufeng's complaint, he pursed his lips and muttered, as if he was standing up for the prince.

"Oh, little Arnold has grown up and has started to contradict this general for your prince? He is indeed a good boy raised by the prince." Shu Feng glanced at Arnold and couldn't help but get excited. He immediately stretched out his hand and pinched Arnold's still childish face, and said with a smile.

"Let me go, your hands are covered in grease!" Arnold's facial features were involuntarily tilted to one side due to being pinched. He wanted to cry but had no tears. Then he remembered that the other party was using the hands that held the meat buns, so he suddenly went crazy and clapped and shouted.

"Boy, when did you learn to act like a little girl?" Seeing Arnold screaming like crazy, Shu Feng was so scared that he quickly let go of his hand. He was only in his early twenties but he acted like an elder and shook his head in disgust, and then joked.

"Hmph!" Arnold stood up and wiped his greasy face with a towel. Hearing the other party's teasing, he snorted angrily and turned to run towards the prince's bedroom, shouting in grievance: "Your Highness, General Shufeng bullied Arnold again!"

"This kid, why did he get so angry and run to complain when I was just playing with him? He's almost a man, but he still doesn't change this bad habit." Shufeng couldn't help laughing as he looked at Arnold's back as he ran into the prince's room, and shook his head and sighed.

As he had just suppressed the bandits and still had some matters to deal with, Shufeng only stayed in Xuancheng for half a day. After having lunch with Yan Zong and Mr. Fan, he rushed back to Wucheng without stopping.

"Your Highness, I heard from Brother Yu Cheng that you will go to Sanxiu Pharmacy after you recover, to thank Mr. Sanxiu? Can Arnold also go with you to see Sister Yao?" It was dusk again unknowingly. Under the pavilion, Arnold asked with a flattering smile on his face after waiting for Yan Zong to finish taking the medicine.

"When did he tell you that?" Yan Zong couldn't help but twitch his lips when he heard it. What is that kid talking about again!

"It seems... it was three days ago... Your Highness, you... Your Highness?" Arnold thought about it seriously, but just as he raised his eyes to speak to the prince, he saw that the other party had left with a cold face and turned a deaf ear to his pleading call.

As the night drew near, Fuyuan was already quiet. Yu Cheng rushed back from outside and went directly to the Prince's bedroom. He knocked on the door and said, "Your Highness, Yu Cheng is back."

After a while, Yan Zong opened the door and let Yu Cheng in before asking directly:

"Checked it out?"

"Your Highness, please forgive me. I was unable to find the whereabouts of the Poisonous Insect Valley in southern Xinjiang." Yu Cheng hurriedly knelt in front of Yan Zong and pleaded guilty.

"The Poisonous Insect Valley is so secretive that it is understandable that you couldn't find it where even the Shadow Gate couldn't. It's not your fault. Get up." Yan Zong was a little disappointed after hearing Yu Cheng's words, but he didn't blame him. He just said it lightly.

"Thank you, Your Highness!" Yu Cheng secretly breathed a sigh of relief, slowly stood up, and then reported: "However, I followed Your Highness's instructions and inquired about the two sisters Honghua. The younger sister Xuanyu entered the Shadow Sect at a young age and no one in Southern Xinjiang knew about it, while the older sister Honghua was a well-known "loach."

"Loach? Are you referring to her cunningness?" Yan Zong sneered when he heard it.

"She goes by the alias Yi Mei Zi in Southern Xinjiang and is a businessman. However, she does business without any integrity and is completely based on her own preferences. Once faced with risks, she will run away faster than anyone else. In addition, she is unpredictable and vindictive. Therefore, even though she has a bad reputation, no one dares to trust or offend her. However, I heard that she has not appeared in the Southern Xinjiang business community in the past year. Now it seems that she has gone to Yingmen to save her sister Yanyu."

"How do you know this Yi girl is Honghua?"

"I had her portrait drawn, and then I disguised myself as an old man who was looking for her and learned about her from the local fortune teller."

"No one in Southern Xinjiang has ever seen the master of the Poisonous Insect Valley?" Yan Zong raised his eyebrows and continued to ask.

"I heard that the owner of the Poison Insect Valley was disfigured because she accidentally made poison when she was a disciple in the Poison Insect Valley. Since then, she never shows her true face to others." Yu Cheng replied, and asked in surprise: "Your Highness suspects that Hong Hua is the owner of the Poison Insect Valley?"

"Can't you see that the deaths of those former Liunan officials were framed on the Poison Insect Valley?"

When King Jingzong asked this, Yu Cheng's eyes moved and suddenly he opened his eyes wide and asked, "Shadow Gate?"

"But how did the Shadow Sect get the secret medicine Gu Heart of the Poison Insect Valley?" Yan Zong glanced at Yu Cheng with satisfaction, drank half a sip of tea, stood up and walked to the window to continue: "I learned from the small road that Hong Hua is good at poisoning, and her sister used to be a member of the Shadow Sect. If the Shadow Sect wants to get the secret medicine Gu Heart, it must be handed over by the owner of the Poison Insect Valley. I think they are using her sister as a threat."

"This Poison Insect Valley's name is Hua Yu, Hua Yu, and Xuan Yu. These are the names of the two sisters! This makes sense. Now that the Shadow Sect can't do anything to these two sisters, they might as well make the Poison Insect Valley the target of public criticism!" Jing Zongwang roughly summarized it, and Yu Cheng smiled in sudden realization, then shook his head and sighed: "But this woman is really a loach!"

Yan Zong did not reply, but suddenly turned around and raised his hand to knock on Yu Cheng's head, and then said majestically: "What nonsense are you talking about in front of Arnold again?"

"Your Highness, I didn't..." Yu Cheng was so hurt by the blow that he hurriedly rubbed the wound. Just when he wanted to cry out for justice, he remembered that he almost let the cat out of the bag in front of Arnold two days ago. He felt a little nervous. Seeing that His Highness's body had recovered, he suddenly knelt down again and said truthfully, "Your Highness, Yu Cheng lied to you."

"Lie?" Yan Zong didn't know what he meant, so he narrowed his eyes and said in a cold voice.

"That night, Your Highness was not dreaming. Miss Si Yao really came to visit Your Highness."

Yan Zong froze when he heard this. After he came to his senses, he quickly pulled Yu Cheng up and asked in a trembling voice, "Are you serious?"

"Your Highness, seriously, that night Miss Siyao stayed by your side until dawn when she left." Seeing His Highness' rare expression of ecstasy, Yu Cheng couldn't help but tears up in his eyes.

Yan Zong let go of Yu Cheng, turned around happily and looked at the moonlight outside the window, his eyes becoming misty again. At this moment, he couldn't help but feel happy but also so flustered that he didn't know what to do. He just stood in front of the window, panting for a long, long time.