Chapter 295 The Noble’s True Identity
In the middle of the night when the moonlight fell, Zuo Chen was meditating in the room, but suddenly he opened his eyes.

His originally calm state of mind was now rippled with waves, and a strange feeling lingered in his mind.

Someone was calling his name with great emotion.

He simply waved his sleeves, the restaurant windows opened wide, and he ran towards the sky under the moonlight. In the blink of an eye, Zuo Chen appeared on a wide street.

The bright moon was shining on the road. It had been curfew for a long time and there should have been no one on the street, but there were two conspicuous figures at the end of the street.

A soldier in black armor and a disheveled young man covered in water.

Zuo Chen’s gaze fell on the black-armored soldiers.

The aura was strange, not like that of an ordinary person. There was a ball of burning flame in his dantian, which was quite amazing.

In the memories of the capital, this group of black-armored soldiers followed the nobles riding in sedan chairs, forming a team that was terrifyingly silent and awe-inspiring.

At that time, Zuo Chen wanted to catch one and study it carefully.

He took a big step, stood behind the black-armored soldier, stretched out his hand, and gently pinched the blade that was about to fall.

The black-armored soldier seemed to have sprained his waist. He stepped on the ground with his right foot and leaned forward with his left foot, and almost fell to the ground.

The long sword in his hand could not move at all, as if it was stuck in the mountain.

The black-armored soldier, who was originally full of vigor, turned his head stiffly and looked behind him.

Zuo Chen thought for a moment and waved his hand:

“Hi.”

Then Zuo Chen watched as the fire in the black-armored soldier’s dantian suddenly went out, and he fell directly to the ground with a loud thud.

It looks like a big lump of iron, lifeless.

“Tsk.” Zuo Chen raised his eyebrows.

Interesting.

He reached out and grabbed the black-armored soldier’s helmet, pulling it upward with all his strength.

“Boom~”

The black-armored soldier’s head was directly pulled off by Zuo Chen.

Putting his head in his hands, Zuo Chen had a look of “as expected” in his eyes.

Only then did he realize that there was no flesh and blood beneath this black armor.

It is clearly a mechanical man made of a mixture of iron and wood!

This is clearly a unique technique of controlling objects, exactly the same as the paper figurine technique that the nobleman was good at using.

I’m afraid that the operator of this black-armored soldier directly cut off the energy in the soldier’s body. Without energy supply, this black-armored soldier would naturally be like a useless lump of iron.

Waving his Taoist robe, Zuo Chen directly put the black-armored soldier into his sleeve, intending to take it back and study it carefully.

After doing all this, Zuo Chen raised his head and looked at the young man in front of him.

He has seen this man before.

When they broke into the mansion and kidnapped someone in broad daylight, this young man was sitting in the main seat.

Unexpectedly, he was attacked by black-armored soldiers.

The eldest young master of the Lu family was sitting on the ground in a mess at this moment. Looking at the Taoist priest in front of him, he couldn’t help but feel a dreamlike confusion in his heart.

He actually survived.

Then, a feeling of desolation surged into his heart, blurring his vision, as if his vision was obscured by mist.

The Lu family’s great cause, with its third-rank officials and ancient secret treasures, was like the ashes left after a firecracker exploded in the struggle in Kyoto.

After tonight, there will no longer be any Lu family, and only Lu Yang will be left.

Time is unpredictable.

“Thank you, Taoist Master, for saving your life.”

Lu Yang forced a smile and kowtowed three times and five times towards Zuo Chen.

“What’s wrong with you? Why are they chasing you?”

Hearing Zuo Chen’s questions, Lu Yang sighed deeply, tears streaming down his face, and told Zuo Chen everything that had happened at home.

Zuo Chen listened to Lu Yang’s words silently, and soon recalled the third-rank official who seemed hesitant to speak when he saw him.

It was obvious that he wanted to tell Zuo Chen about the noble man at that time, but for some reason he gave up.

Zuo Chen estimated that at that time, the grandfather of the Lu family probably wanted to reveal the secret to him, but did not want to openly break off relations with the nobleman.

They wanted to walk between the two sides, but they didn’t expect that the nobleman would take direct action and send out his black-armored puppet soldiers to directly massacre their entire family.

It’s hard to comment on other things, but Zuo Chen can feel it:
The nobleman became anxious.

The information this young man has might be really useful.

“Master, my family is destroyed now, and I have nowhere to go,” Lu Yang kowtowed three more times, “My grandfather told me the whereabouts of the nobleman before he left. I am willing to tell you everything. I only hope that you can provide me with protection and prevent the thieves from taking my life.”

“If what you said is true, I will naturally protect your safety.” Zuo Chen said: “Do you know the true identity of that noble man?”

“In fact… Grandfather has not seen the noble man’s face yet.” Lu Yang said: “But Grandfather has met the noble man many times and knows a lot of inside information. It should be able to help the Taoist priest investigate the noble man.”

“You say.” Zuo Chen waved his hand and took out two chairs from the Changxian Hidden House on his sleeve. He sat on one chair and gave one to the young master. Then he started talking openly on the street.

Lu Yang sat on the chair cautiously, feeling uneasy:
“The black-armored soldiers that the Taoist priest just dealt with are called the Black Army by your Excellency. He has thirteen men under him, and they are extremely powerful.

“The Black Army is unique. Even if they lose some, they can be quickly replenished. My grandfather once thought that the Black Army had some special training method that could pass on the soul from the body to the soul. As long as the soul lamp is not extinguished, it can be passed down from generation to generation. Now it seems that these thirteen generals are not living people at all. They are clearly nobles who can only control thirteen puppets at most.”

After sighing and introducing the black army that massacred his family, Lu Yang continued:
“The second thing is the true identity of the nobleman.

“No one has ever seen the nobleman’s face, but he is occasionally accompanied by officials when he goes out, sometimes to various states for business, and sometimes to the imperial palace.

“My grandfather once did an investigation and found that the nobleman had a close relationship with the hidden sect Wu Xiangwang, and it is very likely that he is the great leader of Wu Xiangwang. “On the other hand, the nobleman has never appeared with the left and right prime ministers, so the nobles speculated that the nobleman is most likely one of them. But one time when my grandfather was doing business in the palace, he saw the nobleman riding a sedan chair and going to the back garden of the palace.

“At that time, the two prime ministers were in the main hall, discussing the famine in Xuzhou with His Majesty the Emperor.”

Zuo Chen frowned slightly when he heard this:
“Were there any high officials not present at the time?”

“Almost all of them were in the court. Even those officials who were unwell and did not come to the court, according to my grandfather, he also investigated later. They were indeed not in the palace at that time.”

After Lu Yang finished speaking, he paused for a few seconds:

“In my humble opinion, I’m afraid that the main reason why you came to silence my Lu family today is because of this.”

This is Lu Yang’s rhetoric.

He actually didn’t know why the nobleman would react so violently and slaughter his entire family, but tying the news to the demise of his own family would always add some weight to the news.

Besides, it makes sense logically.

Zuo Chen could hear the trick in Lu Yang’s words, but he didn’t care.

As long as Lu Yang’s information is useful, that’s enough.

After thinking it over, Zuo Chen took out a talisman from his arms.

Writing a letter brings good fortune.

He slapped Lu Yang’s back directly, and the talisman stuck to Lu Yang’s clothes.

“Go directly to Yaochi Tower and ask their owner to book a room for you and have a good rest.”

Hearing Zuo Chen’s words, Lu Yang became anxious:
“Master, won’t you come back with me?”

“I have to go to the palace, so I won’t go back with you for now.”

Zuo Chen could see Lu Yangxian’s worried expression, so he patted his shoulder and comforted him: “Don’t worry and go boldly. No one will stop you on the road.”

Lu Yang looked embarrassed.

Taoist priest, you have great skills and are not afraid of sneak attacks or ambushes by thieves, but this won’t work!

Any random soldier in black armor is enough to chop off my head.

After hesitating for a long time, he finally nodded stiffly.

Zuo Chen turned around and walked away in the moonlight, disappearing on the street in the blink of an eye. Only Lu Yang was left around.

A cold wind blew at night, and Lu Yang shivered subconsciously. According to his memory, he hurried towards the Yaochi Tower.

He was terrified all the way, fearing that a black-armored soldier would jump out from the dark corner and chop off his head.

He walked cautiously on the street, and the shadow cast by the moon would scare him so much that he trembled.

It was not until he saw the Yaochi Tower that Lu Yang finally let go of his worries.

However, he also felt a strong curiosity:
No one actually came to attack him?

This wonderful method is truly mysterious.

……

Zuo Chen flew over the wall and landed in the back garden of the imperial palace.

This was the second time he had run into someone else’s palace in the middle of the night.

The first time I went to someone’s ancestral grave, the second time I went to someone’s backyard.

I always feel that what I did was somewhat unkind.

Touching his nose, Zuo Chen took a step forward and walked forward with big strides.

The palace was naturally different from the streets. Even in the middle of the night, there were still guards with swords and armor patrolling to protect the safety of the palace.

However, they did not have the means to see through Zuo Chen’s hiding place skills. Even if Zuo Chen walked in front of them in a swagger, they did not react at all.

In this way, Zuo Chen arrived at the back garden very smoothly.

Under the bright moonlight, Zuo Chen looked around.

Compared with the back garden of the Daliang Palace, the other mansions were indeed not too big. Apart from the necessary flowers, plants and trees, Zuo Chen could also sense that the magical patterns on the door used to prevent thieves were surrounding the nearby stone lanterns, rockery and ancient trees.

As long as thieves with ill intentions sneak in here, these magical patterns will make noises and attract guards around.

Under the moonlight, these protective spells glowed faintly and looked somewhat dreamy.

Looking around, Zuo Chen began to ponder.

What was the nobleman in the sedan chair looking for here at that time?

Leisurely and elegant to enjoy the scenery?

still is……

Suddenly I saw the middle of the back garden.

Under the slanting moonlight, a small house is easily visible.

Zuo Chen has been here.

That was where he first met the little emperor.

Royal study room.

If you come to this back garden, the most likely place you would go is the imperial study.

He walked straight to the door of the study and pushed it open.

The moonlight fell into the room and reflected on the books.

As if they are waiting for someone to read them.

(End of this chapter)