Chapter 36

【Exposed!】

Wu Fan's mind was left with only these three words!

The afterglow of the setting sun still lingered, but two rows of white candles had already been lit inside the room. In the middle of the white candles, on the table, there was a large white porcelain plate. The plate did not hold delicious dishes or fruits and pastries, but a human head, a bloody human head, a head that had been gnawed by beasts but still vaguely showed the features of the living!

Zhong Xiu!

Wu Fan's already pale face turned ashen, and his right hand slowly rested on the scabbard of the fourteen-form saber hanging at his waist. If anything went wrong, he would definitely fight to the death!

"I advise you to get rid of those little thoughts in your mind~~~"

The eunuch Man Ning exuded a strange aura from the depths of his bones, a mixture of coquettishness and humor, similar to the strange mix of authority and humor that the old eunuch Luo Yuan exuded, both making people shudder. He spoke in a lazy, carefree manner, with a hint of coquettishness in his tone, which made Wu Fan dare not act rashly.

The eunuch Man Ning glanced at Zhong Xiu's head on the table with disgust and sighed, "Those damned things, they even dare to bring such a disgusting thing over, making me feel so nauseous." His tone changed, and he slightly tilted his head to look at Wu Fan, smiling and said, "Commander Wu! You don't think everything you did was completely unknown to the gods and ghosts, do you? Hmm~~~"

Wu Fan closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and when he opened his eyes, his voice was firm and decisive, "This subordinate does not know what you mean, sir!"

"Ke ke ke ke~~~"

Covering his mouth to laugh, the eunuch Man Ning could be said to be smiling like a flower!

After an unknown amount of time, the eunuch Man Ning's face turned serious, and he slowly said, "Let's go over it in detail! So you won't think I'm just bluffing! In the first year of Jian Ning, on the sixth day of the seventh month, eight days ago, you falsely claimed that the city god temple in the suburbs of Luoyang was a meeting place for the Maitreya Sect. Your real goal was to kill the hundred-household Chen Yuci, because only by killing him would you have a chance to move up. On the seventh day of the seventh month, your false claim about the city god temple being a meeting place for the Maitreya Sect was proven true, and the Luoyang thousand-household office mobilized to surround and suppress the mountain. During that time, you disappeared for an hour. It was during that hour that you became a traitor... Do you want me to continue?"

Wu Fan's back was drenched in cold sweat, feeling completely exposed under the other's gaze, with no room for concealment. But Wu Fan still had a smile on his face, refusing to admit guilt, "Absolutely nonsense! This subordinate is under the jurisdiction of the Imperial Guard, the Eagle-Brave Guard, and is a personal guard of the emperor! I would never betray the empire!"

Just as the eunuch Man Ning was about to continue, at this moment—

"I told you he wouldn't be scared! You insisted on trying!"

The figure of Eunuch Luo appeared, standing just a step behind Wu Fan. He only made his presence known after speaking, which allowed Wu Fan to notice him.

"Grandpa~~~"

The eunuch Man Ning ran to Eunuch Luo's side, pouting and shaking his arm, clearly unwilling for Eunuch Luo to appear at this moment.

Seeing Wu Fan bowing, Eunuch Luo waved his hand to signal the eunuch Man Ning to be quiet, then moved a bit closer to Wu Fan and said, "Look up!"

Wu Fan complied, raising his head to meet Eunuch Luo's eyes.

Eunuch Luo looked at him for a long time, then patted Wu Fan's shoulder and said, "Do you know what I see in your eyes? " He paused, not waiting for Wu Fan to speak, and continued, "Ambition! Naked ambition! Just like me when I was young! To put it nicely, it's called youthful fearlessness; to put it bluntly, it's called reckless abandon!"

Wu Fan's face remained calm, but his lips twitched, thinking to himself: [Like you? No way! You're an incomplete man...]

If Eunuch Luo knew what Wu Fan was thinking, he would have killed him outright, not continued to speak, "I told you before, 'I don't know if you are a suspect, I just want to know if you have the capital to gain my trust! Because I still have some... very interesting things to do!' I remember this very clearly! When I said these words to you, I already knew you very well, just wanted to give you a hint. Man Ning is naive and insisted on exposing everything..."

At this point, Wu Fan blinked, still refusing to admit guilt, "This subordinate did not do those things!"

"Ke ke ke ke...!"

Eunuch Luo laughed, a loud, sharp laugh that was very grating.

"Interesting! Interesting! I like it a lot! If you weren't a bit too old, I would have made you a eunuch too!" Eunuch Luo's face, which had been sunny a moment ago, suddenly turned dark, and he said in a cold tone, "Commander Wu! I remember telling you, 'I like honest people, and I hate traitors!' Now that things have come to this, if you keep this up, it won't be interesting anymore, will it?"

Wu Fan bowed deeply, prostrating himself three times, then stood up and faced Eunuch Luo, saying, "This subordinate wants to live! Just to live!"

Eunuch Luo narrowed his eyes and asked, "Why do you say that?"

Wu Fan licked his lips and said in a slightly hoarse voice, "If you wanted to kill me, I would have been dead long ago, like an ant crushed to death without any resistance. But you didn't kill me, so I think you have a use for me! I admit to what you asked about, but my future is ruined because I will be labeled with something that will make me irredeemable. Once you have no more use for me, I will have no value, and things without value are discarded. If I refuse to admit, at least... when I have no value in your eyes, I still have the title of a personal guard of the emperor, and I can continue to live, and... continue to climb up!"

Eunuch Luo's narrowed eyes suddenly opened wide. Even though he had already scrutinized Wu Fan more than once, this time he re-evaluated him.

After a long time, Eunuch Luo said softly, "When I was thirteen, there was a famine in Yanzhou, and my parents starved to death. I had no choice but to flee to Chang'an. But it was the same everywhere; I still couldn't get food. To eat, I became a eunuch. At the time, to be selected as an imperial eunuch was very strict, and I was too old, so they didn't want me. I made up my mind and castrated myself, entering the current emperor's household. For over thirty years, my position has become higher and higher, but... a rootless person is still a rootless person! I am sorry to the ancestors..."

Hearing this, could Wu Fan still not understand? His knees buckled, and he said with a fat face, "I pay my respects to Father!"

The eunuch Man Ning: "...", you call him father, I call him grandpa, you're taking advantage of me? How bad!

The old eunuch Luo Yuan: "...", I've seen thick-skinned people, but I've never seen anyone this thick! All my prepared words are in vain!

Wu Fan himself didn't feel embarrassed, because he had a premonition that what Eunuch Luo was going to do was no small matter, and he had to gain his trust. Otherwise, just knowing that he was a spy for the Maitreya Sect would be enough to get him killed! Having the title of father and son would help him survive... what's wrong with calling him grandpa? I even called Zhong Xiu grandpa! Isn't Zhong Xiu's head still on that plate?

The atmosphere was strange, and after a long time, Eunuch Luo reached out to help Wu Fan up, saying, "Very good! Excellent! I accept you as my adopted son!"

Actually, from Eunuch Luo's tone, he was still speechless. He had never seen someone so adept at climbing the ladder!

After a long time, the experienced Eunuch Luo finally came to his senses from that strange mood, waved his hand at Man Ning, and said, "Show the things! Let Wu... Fan see, so he knows why I came."

[The main act is here!]

Wu Fan thought to himself.

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