MM Racing Chapter 485 Li Lun
Chapter 485 Li Lun
After Gong Shangjiao gathered his troops and returned to Jiao Palace, he rushed to Zheng Palace without stopping. Unlike when Jin Fulai was blocked outside, Gong Shangjiao walked into Zheng Palace unimpeded.
"Brother! You're back!"
Gong Yuanzheng was sitting in a waterside pavilion in the Zheng Palace courtyard, discussing medicine prescriptions with a group of veteran doctors. Out of the corner of his eye he caught a glimpse of Gong Shangjiao walking towards him.
Gong Shangjiao looked at his brother as he walked, and only after he found that he was not injured anywhere did he feel relieved.
"Yuan Zheng, as soon as my brother came back, he heard that you were beaten up!"
"Don't be afraid of the expedition! Brother is back! Brother has already sought justice for you!"
Gong Yuanzheng looked at Gong Shangjiao with sparkling eyes, "Who is that kid? How come he is so powerful? Is he Wufeng's man?"
Gong Shangjiao led Gong Yuanzheng to the old doctors and said, "Those are people from the back mountain. Since you are not yet an adult, I have not told you about the back mountain."
The moment Gong Shangjiao raised his head, he made eye contact with someone on the big locust tree in the courtyard.
The old doctors were not the ones who didn't understand, so they took their leave and went to the small pharmacy in Zheng Palace to study new prescriptions.
Gong Yuanzheng was pulling at Gong Shangjiao's clothes, and his little mouth was chattering non-stop.
"Brother! Let me tell you, I was just passing by Yugong that day, and that man suddenly jumped out and beat me up. Luckily Li Lun arrived in time, otherwise I would have been bullied by him!"
Gong Shangjiao just listened to Gong Yuanzheng complaining about Xue Chongzi, and then he complained about Gong Ziyu, that poor guy, and then he complained about the three elders from Gong Ziyu.
"Yuanzheng, Xue Zhongzi is the mountain guard at the back of the mountain. Your brother offended him in order to support you. He said that when you come of age and go to the Three Realms Trial, if he lets you go, his name will be written backwards."
Gong Shangjiao drank tea while secretly observing Gong Yuanzheng.
Gong Yuanzheng said contemptuously, "Then let's write his name backwards, Zi Chongxue."
Gong Shangjiao looked at the arrogant Gong Yuanzheng and said, "Yuanzheng, don't worry. There won't be a day like that. Will my brother let Xue Chongzi beg you to pass the trial?"
Gong Yuanzheng looked at Gong Shangjiao with sparkling eyes, "Brother is the best to me!"
Gong Shangjiao stroked Gong Yuanzheng's head and lifted up one of his braids. "Yuanzheng, these little bells on your head are old. Didn't you bring the ones I brought back last time?"
Gong Yuanzheng pinched one of the braids and fiddled with the small ornaments tied to it. "I have kept all the gifts my brother gave me. It's just that I am nostalgic. I have used this set of silver ornaments for a long time."
"Yuanzheng, if you weren't here, I wouldn't have any motivation to make money. The money I make is enough to support four or five Yuanzhengs, so don't be nostalgic."
Gong Shangjiao touched Gong Yuanzheng's braid with heartache, and found a few small bells that had turned black.
"These little bells have turned black and can't be used anymore!" Gong Shangjiao pulled Gong Yuanzheng towards his bedroom, "Come on, I'll help you put on your makeup again."
Li Lun waited until there was no one in the courtyard before he jumped down from the tree. He left a leaf on the table and turned into a flying leaf and left Zheng Palace.
Li Lun had a small cloth bag on him, which contained the gold and silver coins that Hua Yu had given him. "Take this. If you want to buy anything, eat anything, or wear anything, take it from this small cloth bag."
At that time, he was still wondering, "Why are you so nice to me?"
He only remembered Hua Yu chuckled, "Why do I need a reason to be nice to someone?"
"But aren't you all good people? Nothing happens for no reason, right?"
Hua Yu tapped his forehead, "But I'm not a human! So, I don't need a reason to be nice to you, I just want to be nice to you!"
Li Lun wanted to speak again, but a sickly sweet candy was stuffed into his mouth. "I'm not a child anymore. I still want candy!"
Hua Yu just raised her hand and ruffled his hair. "You are a child to me, so why can't you eat candy? First bitter, then sweet. Haven't you been suffering for eight years? So now you should get double the sweetness."
Li Lun was like a ghost, quietly wandering in the old dusty valley. In his left hand he held a small windmill tightly, in his right hand he held a bag of exquisite cakes, and in his wide sleeves he hid a few pieces of sweet maltose.
When Li Lun returned to Zheng Palace again, he first walked into Gong Yuanzheng's room lightly and carefully placed the cake in his hand on the table, as if it was an invaluable treasure. Then, he turned around and left, walking lightly towards Jiao Palace.
"What do you want from me?" Li Lun stood in front of Gong Shangjiao, his posture was straight, his head slightly raised, revealing a sense of arrogance. His eyes were like torches, but he lowered his eyes and looked coldly at Gong Shangjiao who was kneeling on the ground.
Upon seeing this, Gong Shangjiao hurriedly bowed his head and said softly, "Thank you for saving Yuanzheng a few days ago!"
Li Lun's mouth corners slightly raised, revealing an imperceptible smile, "Just for this matter?" He stayed in Zheng Palace because he was entrusted with the responsibility of protecting Gong Yuanzheng's safety.
Gong Shangjiao hesitated for a moment, as if he had something else to ask, but he finally mustered up the courage to say, "There is one more thing I would like you to give me an answer for."
He knew very well that if anyone in the entire palace knew the most, it would undoubtedly be the great monster in front of him whose roots spread throughout the entire valley of the old city.
"Do you want to know how many Wufeng people there are in the palace? Or some other secret?"
Gong Shangjiao shook his head and said, "I know how many Wufeng people there are in the palace. I just want to know what happened on the day Gong Hongyu died."
Li Lun looked at Gong Shangjiao in surprise, "I thought you were planning to let this matter go."
Li Lun sat opposite Gong Shangjiao at his invitation. "I wasn't there that day, but I can only say that Gong Hongyu was indeed poisoned to death. Gong Huanyu is not dead and he is hiding in your ancestral hall."
When Gong Shangjiao heard that Gong Hongyu died of poisoning, his heart suddenly skipped a beat. But then he heard from Li Lun that Gong Huanyu, who was pierced through the heart by a sword, was not dead, and was hidden in the ancestral hall.
"You should know best how powerful Gong Yuanzheng's poison is. How could the assassin who was fed Gong Yuanzheng's poison and interrogated have the ability to kill a healthy person with high martial arts skills?"
Gong Shangjiao suddenly thought of Ming Wuji, who went to the ancestral temple every now and then. She told others that she was paying homage to her deceased husband, so no one thought there was anything wrong with what she said.
"It was Ming Wu Ji who hid him, but at that time Ming Wu Ji was also poisoned. How could she leave under the watchful eyes of everyone in the clinic?"
Li Lun then released another piece of news, "What if Ming Wu Ji was not poisoned from the beginning? Didn't she also eat the Herb Extract made by Gong Yuanzheng?"
Gong Shangjiao retorted: "But, isn't there something wrong with Old Zhiren's Herb Extract? Then..."
Gong Shangjiao was indeed a man of great intelligence, and he quickly figured out the flaw. "When Lao Zhiren died of poisoning, everyone thought that the Hundred Herbs Extract taken by everyone in Yu Palace was ineffective. They never thought that only Lao Zhiren's Hundred Herbs Extract was ineffective."
Li Lun took a sip of tea, stuck out his tongue, and silently pushed the teacup away.
"There are only a few people who can get access to the old blade holder's Baicao Cui, Mingwuji and Gong Huanyu, and the servants who received Baicao Cui from Zheng Palace. But the servants don't need to exchange Baicao Cui. Gong Huanyu and Mingwuji can take Baicao Cui to him on the pretext of inspection, and the other can directly get access to Baicao Cui as his bedmate."
Gong Shangjiao seemed to have grasped something, but it disappeared in a flash.