Chapter 50

Yuxiang had taken off her bamboo hat and had been sitting in a chair in the room for a while, her brows furrowed tightly, looking extremely gloomy.

Wu Fan’s words, “Huangmen Wei’s Luo Yuan did the same thing as you,” left Yuxiang no choice but to think deeply. She could think of planting a spy in the Yingyang Wei, but she had forgotten that the Miro Sect might have been infiltrated by the Huangmen Wei long ago. Anyone who knew that there might be a spy capable of ending their life lurking around them would not have a good expression, right?

Wu Fan was still lying on the ground, his face equally grim, staring intently at Yuxiang. He shouted angrily, “You never told me these things before! You said it was just an intelligence exchange, no danger...” He paused, his emotions clearly agitated, but afraid of being overheard, he lowered his voice to a roar, like a leopard with a sore throat: “Look at me now! It’s all your fault! In just a few days, I’ve narrowly escaped death several times! My family, who were already few in number, are now all in the hands of those eunuchs from the Huangmen Wei, their fates unknown! I can’t be an official anymore, I have to become a bandit! It’s all your fault! It’s all your fault!”

Yuxiang remained silent, completely ignoring Wu Fan’s accusations.

Wu Fan snorted a few times, struggling to stand up from the ground, stumbling and falling onto the bed. He closed his eyes and muttered, “No wonder the empire wants to exterminate you so much! No wonder... you’re all devils! All devils!”

A clear tear rolled down Wu Fan’s cheek, sliding into his temple, clear, bright, and sad.

“It’s ‘we’ now, not ‘you’!” Yuxiang finally spoke, her voice filled with cold laughter. “Unfortunately, you are now part of the Miro Sect, and you are a traitor that the so-called empire wants to eliminate!”

Wu Fan suddenly sat up, his face twisted, his eyes bloodshot: “Isn’t it all your fault!”

Looking at Wu Fan, Yuxiang’s expression was calm as she said, “Face the reality! It’s too late to go back now, just like an arrow that has been shot cannot be retrieved.”

After a long silence, Wu Fan pursed his lips and said, “You’re just saying what sounds good! I want to leave here! I want the antidote!”

“Knock, knock, knock!”

Yuxiang tapped her fingers on the table, not rushing to answer but instead asked, “I heard you killed fifty subordinates, why?”

“For no reason!” Wu Fan snorted, clenching his fists, angry: “I was just played!”

Yuxiang raised an eyebrow slightly and asked, “What do you mean? Played by whom?”

“Who else? Not you, who else! What do I mean? It’s simple! I wasn’t exposed at first, but because of the fool you placed by my side, I was exposed!” Wu Fan was incredibly agitated, his mouth spewing fire: “Why? You ask me why? Ah? I want to ask you why! Everything was going well, I had already gained Luo Yuan’s trust! But then because of the person you placed on the list...”

Wu Fan suddenly stopped, as if he was feeling guilty, his eyes darting around.

Yuxiang’s expression changed, and she quickly moved in front of Wu Fan, looking down at him and demanding, “List! What list?”

“I want to leave here and go to Yan! I want the antidote! I want one thousand taels of gold!” Wu Fan looked at Yuxiang and said, “Fulfill my conditions first!”

Yuxiang’s expression changed dramatically, her beautiful eyes gleaming with a cold light, truly terrifying.

Wu Fan closed his eyes, not even looking at Yuxiang, mumbling as if in a dream: “I fear death, otherwise I wouldn’t have been coerced by you in the first place. Because of this, don’t think of using torture to force me to talk, because that means you will kill me after. I fear death, so I won’t say a single word! Absolutely not! Don’t believe me? Try it! See if you can get Luo Yuan’s list from me, which includes the spies of the Huangmen Wei and Yingyang Wei in the Miro Sect, and who has already betrayed them!”

Suddenly opening his eyes, Wu Fan bared his teeth in a grin and said, “I know much more than you think!”

“How do I know you’re not lying?” Yuxiang said expressionlessly. “You’re just a small flag of the Yingyang Wei, why would Luo Yuan, that old eunuch, trust you?”

“Because after he found out my identity, he didn’t plan to kill me. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have asked me to kill those Yingyang Wei and create a false impression of rebellion... He wanted me to go to your side and sow discord!” Wu Fan licked his lips, leering down at himself, and chuckled: “But he didn’t know... his little rabbit has already submitted to my big hammer!”

Yuxiang pondered for a moment, then understood, her face showing disgust as she quickly distanced herself from Wu Fan. After a long pause, she managed to say, “Huangmen Wei’s third head, Manning, and you... huh?”

Wu Fan tilted his head, looking rather proud and unashamed, and said smugly, “What did you think? Why do I want to leave the Sui now? Because Luo Yuan already knows about it and is furious! He also knows that I saw the list in his possession, otherwise why would the Yingyang Wei send a commander and over a hundred men to deal with me yesterday after I was discovered?”

“So, the one who saved you yesterday was Manning?” Yuxiang asked, uncertain and suspicious: “He also defected?”

Wu Fan stretched lazily and said, “He went out to buy medicine for me, he should be back soon!”

At this point, Yuxiang connected all the dots and had no choice but to believe Wu Fan, discarding any remaining doubts in her mind.

What about Wu Fan?

Wu Fan was now extremely anxious. Eight out of ten things he said to Yuxiang were lies, all to deceive her. Not to mention, the fabricated immoral relationship with the eunuch Manning was enough to make him feel sick! His preferences were very normal, male, and he liked women, so how could he have any relationship with a eunuch who was neither male nor female. However, to make Yuxiang believe him, Wu Fan didn’t care about that.

Yuxiang was silent for a long time, looking at Wu Fan with disgust and said, “You really are a pervert! Humph! If you want to leave, fine; go to Yan, fine; gold, I can provide; the antidote is a bit tricky, it needs to be prepared. Besides, I need to verify if what you said is true, the list! Hand over the list!”

“If I give it to you, I’ll die right now!” Wu Fan sneered, “That’s impossible!”

Yuxiang narrowed her eyes and said menacingly, “If I remember correctly, the poison I put in you will take effect in less than five days!”

Wu Fan feigned ignorance, “Yeah! That’s right! Why would I need the antidote otherwise? I need the antidote! The antidote!”

“I said, the antidote for the Jin Chong Gu needs time to prepare!” Yuxiang’s face was fierce. “At least three days, and I need to verify if what you said is true during these three days! The list! At least part of the list!”

【That’s what I wanted! Jin Chong Gu, huh!】

This was what Wu Fan thought when Yuxiang said the first part.

【Damn! This is getting big! Where do I get the list from? Should I...】

This was what Wu Fan thought when Yuxiang said the second part.

Just as Wu Fan was in a dilemma, suddenly—

The door opened.

A beauty walked in, carrying some wine, meat, and herbs.

Yes, indeed a beauty.

The eunuch Manning!

“Zhang Xinyi, Lin Guan, Li Ling, Sun Xuefeng,” the eunuch Manning casually mentioned four names, then said to Yuxiang, “You can go and verify! See if it’s true, then come back and talk.”

The sudden arrival of the eunuch Manning made Wu Fan feel... life’s ups and downs were too fast, too intense, wasn’t it?

Unlike Wu Fan’s somewhat stunned look, Yuxiang was extremely cautious about Manning, a short blade already in her hand hidden in her wide sleeves.

The eunuch Manning placed the food he bought on the table, then poured the medicine he had prepared into a bowl and brought it to Wu Fan, calling him “Wu Lang,” his expression of concern for Wu Fan’s numerous injuries... was quite interesting.

Yuxiang couldn’t bear to watch and turned to leave, leaving behind a sentence—“I will go and verify!”

The door closed, and the eunuch Manning’s expression turned to a half-smile, looking at Wu Fan with a very strange expression.

Wu Fan’s face was full of embarrassment, and he smiled awkwardly, “Manning... we, we are just doing our job...”

“Oh! Then you say... I, I submit... to your... big hammer?”

The eunuch Manning gritted his teeth, his expression twisted.

【Words can bring disaster! What did I say? I should have kept my mouth shut! What can I do now?】

Wu Fan... was almost scared to death!

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