Chapter 16: Pitting the Son
In the inner courtyard of the Dali Palace, Dao Baifeng was crying and wiping her tears, her eyes were swollen.
Duan Zhengchun deliberately did not let Mu Wanqing show up, lest "Phoenix" get angry at her out of impatience.
Upon hearing the news from Wanchou Valley, the people of Chulu rushed over to inquire.
Duan Zhengming's Xiantian Gong is indeed excellent in healing, and is also effective for injuries to muscles and bones. After the massage a few days ago, although Chu Lu Ren has not fully recovered in the past few days, you can tell that there is nothing wrong with him when he walks.
"Uncle Duan, Uncle Duan, Brother Duan..." Before Chu Lu Ren came, he made sure that Mu Wanqing was fine, so he didn't know what Duan Yanqing was going to do next.
"Well, nephew, please read it yourself!" Duan Zhengchun handed the two letters to Chu Luren with an uncomfortable look on his face.
One of the writers was Duan Yanqing, and it was an invitation letter. It looked like it not only invited the Duan family of Dali, but also all the major factions in Dali.
Just looking at this, it is unclear what Duan Yanqing is up to, but there is another unsigned "secret letter" that looks like a folded paper ball unfolded.
After watching it, Chu Lu Ren was also deeply moved by the fact that the father in Tian Long Ba had betrayed his son.
It turned out that not long ago, Duan Yanqing "invited" a mother and daughter from a brothel, and now they were locked up with Duan Yu, and then he was fed "beep" medicine.
Three days later, we plan to invite everyone to Wanchou Valley to “watch the fun”.
Although this was originally a secret project of the brothel, if it was done so "openly" and known by fellow martial artists, Duan Yu would be ridiculed even if they knew the reason was the "beep" drug, and the reputation of the Dali Duan family would be ruined!
Chu Luren also felt deeply regretful. If he had known earlier, he should have taught Brother Duan his secret method of quickly dissolving the "beep" medicine...
As for the origin of the secret letter, Duan Zhengchun couldn't figure it out, but Duan Zhengming knew it - this was Yinggu's handwriting!
A few days ago, Yinggu, who was living in seclusion nearby, discovered that there was chaos in Dali City, so she came to cause trouble for Duan Zhengming.
Duan Yanqing and others saw that Yinggu also had a grudge against the Duan family, so they invited her to join them and went to Wanghou Valley together.
However, Yinggu later found that what these people did was too despicable, and parted ways with them.
Yinggu's martial arts might be able to help her fight with Yue Lao San for thirty or fifty moves, but she has absolutely no ability to save people, let alone the intention to do so.
She simply drew a simple picture of the terrain of Wanghou Valley that she had learned, sent it to the palace, and informed them of the other party's conspiracy.
As for whether Duan could rescue the people and keep her reputation, Yinggu didn't want to care. She even made up her mind to go and see the excitement in a few days.
Duan Zhengchun tried his best to persuade Dao Baifeng to go down and rest, and said that he and his royal brother would definitely rescue Yuer.
"Royal brother, this person..." Duan Zhengchun didn't know how to address Yinggu, but he didn't believe her after all.
"Well, since Yinggu wrote to me, what she said must be true." Duan Zhengming did not doubt anything.
"If this guy really gets what he wants, I'm afraid..." Duan Zhengchun's face looked very ugly at this time.
"Given Yinggu's personality, if Yu'er really made a big mistake, she would definitely humiliate me in the letter. I think it's okay now, and... Yu'er has been wise since he was a child, we should believe him." Duan Zhengming didn't know if he was comforting Duan Zhengchun or if he really had a good eye for people.
At this time, Gao Shengtai, Fan Ye, Hua Hegen and Ba Tianshi came to see him. The former is now the prime minister of Dali and a close comrade-in-arms of Duan. The latter three are all masters of Dali and are now the three highest officials of Dali.
In the world of martial arts, the Duan family had a very good relationship with the powerful officials of Dali, including the Gao family, and Duan Yu 's affairs were not hidden from them.
Just now, Fan Ye came up with an idea...
Situ Hua Hegen was originally a tomb robber and was best at digging tunnels. After studying the map, Fan Ye discovered that the place where the prince was imprisoned was not far from the edge of Wanchou Valley, so he planned to let Hua Hegen dig a tunnel in and rescue Duan Yu!
But this also brings some difficulties, such as...
Hua Hegen couldn't dig underground without making any noise, and now from the secret letter, it seems that Duan Yanqing was personally guarding outside the stone chamber.
With Duan Yanqing's internal martial arts skills, how could he hide it from his eyes and ears if he really dug a tunnel?
Besides, there are so many people in the valley, and none of them are dead, so there is no guarantee that someone will hear something.
Duan Zhengming had a solution to this problem. Based on Fan Ye's plan, he decided to ask the yellow-browed monk from Nianhua Temple for help.
In fact, the martial arts of several masters in Tianlong Temple are not inferior to those of the Yellow-browed Monk, but... because they are ancestors of the Duan royal family, they have never cared about worldly affairs and are even more unwilling to get involved in the affairs of Duan Zhengming and Duan Yanqing.
However, Duan Zhengming still hinted at some of Duan Yanqing's personality traits, such as... his love of playing chess and of competing!
Duan Zhengming also noticed this and decided to ask the Yellow-browed Monk, who was also proficient in chess and whose martial arts were not inferior to Duan Yanqing, to delay Duan Yanqing first so that he could not detect the sound of digging.
And... there is a time in the valley when most people will be led away, and that is when Duan goes to visit that day!
Chu Lu Ren said, "Uncle Duan, I will go with Hua Situ too."
"My dear nephew, your injury hasn't healed yet. You don't have to worry about this matter. Just stay and rest." Duan Zhengming advised.
"Uncle, don't worry. Although I'm still not good enough to fight with masters, I can move around freely. When I meet my cheap disciple, we can talk it out." Chu Lu Ren insisted on going.
After all, due to his influence, the situation had changed a little, and Chu Lu Ren was also worried about Duan Yu.
certainly ……
Since we are in this big world, there will be changes even without the influence of the Chu Lu people!
Seeing Chu Lu Ren's sincerity, and Duan Zhengming estimated that his foot injury was no longer serious and that he would have no problem dealing with the martial arts people other than the guests of Yipintang in the valley, he agreed.
By then, people from the Duan clan will enter the valley from the front and attract everyone's attention. It will be much safer to dig the tunnel there!
Then Duan Zhengming went to Nianhua Temple and asked the Yellow-browed Monk, who was born in Southern Shaolin and was famous for his Vajra Finger, to take action to delay Duan Yanqing first. For this, Duan Zhengming promised the Yellow-browed Monk to exempt Dali from the salt tax.
Early in the morning of the seventh day, the Yellow-browed Monk quietly entered the valley and, as promised, found Duan Yanqing outside the stone chamber to play chess.
Duan Yanqing also knew that he had to play this game, otherwise if he refused to fight with words, he would have to fight with force...
As for the people of the Dali Duan family, under the leadership of Duan Zhengming, all the masters came out in full force, but without any guards, they came to the Wanchou Valley openly, as if they were going to solve the matter according to the rules of the underworld.
Seeing this, the group of people from the martial arts world who were invited by Wan Chou Gu to watch and witness the event couldn't help but give Duan a thumbs up.
Looking at the stone tablet in front of Wanchou Valley that reads "Anyone with the surname Duan will be doomed forever", Duan Zhengming summoned his inner strength and used the "Thousand Mile Sound Transmission" technique: "My nephew Duan Yu has been taken care of by your valley. Duan Zhengming of the Dali Duan Clan has come to express his gratitude!"
