paranoianovel Chapter 2320: He who knows the current affairs is a hero
Chapter 2320: He who knows the current affairs is a hero
Chapter 2320: He who knows the current affairs is a hero
"Insects?" Nie Xiaolou raised an eyebrow and looked at Mei Wuniang. "You're not going to say that these were also sent to you by the Heavenly Palace, are you?"
Mei Wu Niang stubbornly insisted, "Completing the tasks assigned by the Heavenly Palace also requires props and magical artifacts."
Nie Xiaolou picked up the bead and put it over the fire to heat it.
Soon, the insect awoke from its hibernation and began to wriggle vigorously on the tweezers.
As soon as it unfolded its form, Nie Xiaolou understood: "Bewitching Heart Worm? Hmm, it seems to be a variant of the Bewitching Heart Worm. What intelligence have you used it to gather, from outside or from the Heavenly Palace?"
Mei Wu Niang remained silent.
"If I hand it over to the Heavenly Palace, what will become of you?" Nie Xiaolou chuckled. "Aren't you the one who loves to use others to do his dirty work? How about we return the favor this time?"
"I was doomed to die in your hands. How could you return me to the Heavenly Palace?" Mei Wuniang closed her eyes, seemingly despondent, but her thoughts were racing.
As the master of the Green Palace, Nie Xiaolou mostly represents the Demon Emperor.
In just a few hours, she encountered three groups of forces: the Mu Kingdom, the Heavenly Palace, and Nie Xiaolou.
Having spent seven years in the Heavenly Palace, Mei Wuniang knew better than most that the relationship between the Royal Court and the Heavenly Palace, and between the Demon Emperor and the Gods, could be described as "outwardly harmonious but inwardly estranged," and was not as harmonious as it appeared on the surface.
Is Nie Xiaolou here to help the Mu people fight against the Heavenly Palace today?
Not like.
Nie Xiaolou pointed to the secret letter on the table and said to Mei Wuniang, "The blackbird who delivered the letter for you has already told me the address. In two hours at most, I will know which faction's stronghold is there. Actually, I know without investigation that you were sent by Cang Yan, and that stronghold also belongs to Cang Yan."
He smiled and said, "It's actually quite easy to deduce. In this world, only two great powers have the courage and means to plant spies in the Heavenly Palace and beside Chief Du Yun. Only the Mu Kingdom and the Cang Yan Kingdom have done so."
This little girl is clearly not from the Mou Kingdom, so there's only one possibility.
Mei Wu Niang's lips curled into a smile: "Who said there were only two? How could you have overlooked Beka?"
These words were tantamount to a provocation. The Imperial Preceptor of the Azure Palace knew best that she could not possibly be a Bega.
Furthermore, Mei Wuniang's words implied that she was well aware that Lingxu City and the Heavenly Palace were only superficially united, and were actually spying on each other.
She went on to say, "When Chief Envoy Lu held his inauguration ceremony, he even dragged a guard out of the secret room that day. He had eye mites hidden in his eyes! Ha, I think that's Lingxu City's method, isn't it? It's both covert and effective. Unfortunately, it still couldn't escape the eyes of the gods. It was just a little bit away from being effective."
Lingxu City and the Demon Emperor also want to uncover many secrets of the Heavenly Palace.
“Provoking me like this will do you no good.” Nie Xiaolou’s smile remained unchanged. “Tell me everything now, and I might spare your life. Otherwise, they will be the ones to take your place.”
He then pointed to several men: "There's no one they can't pry open. You're such a beautiful girl, and I don't want the ending to be too ugly, so you should think carefully about what the value of dying here is. If the secret message can't be sent out, your superior won't get any intelligence. You'll just be sacrificing yourself in vain."
Mei Wu Niang remained silent.
If she doesn't speak, she'll most likely die here. The information about the Hidden God Lord won't reach He Lingchuan.
This news is too important to be buried along with her. Nie Xiaolou was right about at least one thing: if this intelligence can't be sent out, what's the point of all her years of patience and perseverance?
But if she did tell, wouldn't Nie Xiaolou and the Demon Emperor report it to the Heavenly Palace?
Even if they don't, once they have this information, could they set a new trap for Cang Yan to fall into?
One hundred people, one thousand thoughts.
If this secret were to be leaked, the consequences would be unimaginable.
In the great power rivalry, a single crucial step can lead to vastly different outcomes.
Her inner turmoil was written all over her face, but Nie Xiaolou wasn't in a hurry, because that meant she was already wavering.
He waited a few moments, then patiently said, "You insist on seeing me, there must be a reason, right?"
The maid endured great suffering but refused to confess unless he showed himself.
He has now shown up.
The guest room was quiet, except for drops of blood from Consort Mei's hand falling to the floor.
Tick.
The faint voice seemed to pull her back to reality. She looked down at the bloody mess of her hands and said to Nie Xiaolou:
"I can tell you the secret that the old mastermind entrusted to Lu Yongyan before his death, on the condition that you let me go in exchange for my life."
“A wise person knows when to yield. Miss Tong, hurry up, time is limited.” Nie Xiaolou said happily, “Speak, I have my own judgment.”
He has many supernatural powers and spells at his disposal to force someone to tell the truth, but they all take a long time. It would be best to ask them directly.
“Alright.” Mei Wu Niang let out a soft breath, knowing that she wouldn’t get past this hurdle without revealing some important information, regardless of her own resources. “On the night that the old master, Du Yun, passed away, Aunt Zeng indeed only brought two maids into the secret room, not me. Otherwise, I would have ended up like them. After the funeral bells tolled, because I was Aunt Zeng’s maid, the palace arranged for me to enter the secret room to handle her funeral arrangements. It’s a tradition in the palace for the deceased to be handled by those close to them.”
This is no different from what she had told her before.
“But this mind-bewitching worm—” she picked up the small worm on the table with her fingertip, “can allow me to access the last fragments of memories in the minds of the newly deceased, of course only the fragments from before their death, incoherent and incomplete.”
"Oh?" Nie Xiaolou had also had some guesses earlier. "This is indeed an extraordinary secret technique, capable of prying open the mouths of the dead! How do you use this Heart-Bewitching Worm?"
Mei Wuniang shook her head: "You can't use it. It has already recognized me as its master. Once the bond is broken, it will die. You don't need to try any other methods either. This is the masterpiece of Master Dong of Cangyan Kingdom. He guaranteed that there is no way to break it."
"Dong Rui?"
“Yes.” Mei Wuniang said solemnly, “I have learned that before his death, Master Du Yun indeed told Lu Yongyan several secrets, including the three secret experimental fields of demon puppets set up by the Heavenly Palace overseas, located in the Demon Nest Swamp, Jiushuiyuanji and Tapu Islands respectively. The focus of the experiments in these three secret experimental fields is different.
Nie Xiaolou was secretly shocked upon hearing this. Despite being surrounded and investigated by various forces, including Bega, and despite the efforts of Lingshan, Mu Kingdom, and Cangyan to suppress and destroy them, the Heavenly Palace still managed to maintain so many large-scale demon puppet experimental fields.
They did an excellent job keeping it a secret.
Nie Xiaolou pressed on, "There's no experimental field in Fu Kingdom?"
"Lu Yongyan also asked this question. The old mastermind said that the two gods descended in their entirety, shaking the world, and the experimental site on Pulu Island in Fu Kingdom could no longer be kept secret."
(End of this chapter)