Traveling to Ancient Times: My Space Contains Weapons

Chapter 253 Listening to Secrets in the Imperial Study

"Wait, something's not right. Feng Xiuyuan, find out where Zhou Heng is."

After listening, Chu Chen muttered to himself.

It's unusual for a merchant to inquire about the prince's information out of the blue.

In this era, merchants held a low social status, so why would they want to establish a relationship with this prince?

That was the high and mighty Eighth Prince; this man was merely a merchant.

Could it be that Chi Yanfei of the Tongtian Divine Sect has already fled to Andu?

So Chu Chen quickly picked up the walkie-talkie again and carefully questioned Qingshan about that time.

Shi Qingshan didn't hide anything and told Chu Chen in detail how he met Feng Xiuyuan and how Feng Xiuyuan asked him to find out Zhou Heng's whereabouts.

Chu Chen immediately sensed something amiss.

He quickly sent another message to the capital, informing him that Zhou Heng was being watched and warning him to be careful.

It would be best to change the time of your trip to Andu.

Meanwhile, Zhou Heng in the capital fell into deep thought after receiving the message.

Immediately afterwards, he said to Old Qin, who was delivering the message, "Return this message to your young master and invite him to the capital for a chat."

Clearly, Zhou Heng still didn't quite believe the authenticity of this information.

Or perhaps he feared that transmitting this information would reveal his plans.

Shortly after, Chu Chen listened to the message coming from the walkie-talkie and fell into deep thought.

He thought to himself that Zhou Heng was up to something again, and it seemed that his peaceful days were about to end.

Then he strode downstairs: "You drunkard, off to the capital..."

Chen Qingxuan was holding a deck of cards, engrossed in playing against Xiao Lan and Xiao Tao.

"Get lost, don't interrupt my card game!"

Oh no, I'm completely addicted to this.

So he stepped forward, glanced behind Chen Qingxuan, and then turned around and walked behind Xiaolan.

He whispered in her ear, "The drunkard still has four eights left, you should play it like this."

Xiao Lan looked up at Chu Chen in confusion after hearing this, but she immediately understood.

A moment later, Chen Qingxuan reluctantly took out a handful of loose silver from his bag and handed it to Xiao Lan and Xiao Tao.

"Come on, let's continue!"

Winning or losing is normal!

In the second round, Chen Qingxuan had just finished taking the landlord role.

"Hey, you drunkard, you have four threes, a king, and a pair of twos, not even a straight, and you dare to rob the landlord?"

Chu Chen's voice rang out loudly behind him.

"You idiot, do you want to die?"

“Wine… Master Qingxuan, Young Master Chen, it’s no fun playing here. I’ll take you to the capital and we can win against Zhou Shixun.”

After listening, Chen Qingxuan looked at the bad hand he had.

Instantly, I realized that what Chu Chen said made sense.

He simply slammed the cards down on the table and said, "Xiao Lan, Xiao Tao, this Taoist priest has business in the capital, so this round doesn't count."

After saying that, he dashed outside in a flash.

Seeing Chen Qingxuan suddenly cheat on them, the two little girls were helpless and could only watch as the money bag disappeared.

"Alright, you guys go find someone else to play with."

After saying that, Chu Chen also left their card table.

He walked over to Li Qinglian and Mu Xueqin's table, told them to be careful, and that he was going to the capital. He told them to contact him via walkie-talkie if they needed anything.

The people at the card table all hummed in agreement and continued playing.

Seeing this, Chu Chen really regretted bringing this thing out.

He shook his head helplessly, walked outside, and jumped into the BJ80 parked at the door.

Chen Qingxuan was already sitting in the passenger seat.

He was smoking a cigarette and deep in thought.

Chu Chen started the car and drove slowly towards the village entrance.

Watching the old men at the information exchange center having a great time, and the booming music filling the auditorium.

Chu Chen stepped on the gas and left Mashan Village.

"You drunkard, how do you fare against that young lady?"

"She's only a near-ninth-rank, I can take her down in a minute."

When Chu Chen heard Feng Xiuyuan inquiring about Zhou Heng, he was already analyzing the situation in his mind.

Logically speaking, now that Old Hei is dead, Chi Yanfei shouldn't have many trump cards left.

The only truly top-tier power probably belongs to that fourth young lady.

However, with his ninth-rank strength, he still has a chance to capture Zhou Heng among those guards.

Therefore, on this trip, we must bring along a drunkard.

Although the Zhou family has Eunuch Wei, it's impossible for him to go and protect Zhou Heng.

Therefore, Zhou Heng is not protected by any martial arts masters this week.

This is the real reason he came to the capital.

Zhou Heng asked him to go; he could guess what Zhou Heng wanted to do with his toes.

As the car entered the capital, soldiers at the gate greeted the group and led them toward the imperial palace.

At the palace gate, Eunuch Wei received the report and appeared at the palace gate in a flash.

"Young Master Chu, we meet again."

"Haha, Eunuch Wei, how have you been lately?"

Chu Chen exchanged pleasantries as he walked toward Eunuch Wei.

"Haha, thanks to you, everything is fine. Let's go, His Majesty and His Highness are both in the Imperial Study."

After saying that, he led the two of them toward the Imperial Study.

Upon entering the Imperial Study, Chu Chen bowed to Zhou Shixun and Zhou Heng.

"Chuwazi is here, please have a seat!"

Chu Chen didn't stand on ceremony and plopped down in a chair: "Uncle Zhou, Master Zhu told you when he came back, right? That Chi Yanfei is Zhou Shiji."

"I already know, but there's one more thing. Have you seen that little girl next to Zhou Shiji?"

Zhou Shixun asked Chu Chen eagerly, seemingly wanting to find out more information about Xiao Si.

"I've met him. He's good-looking, fair-skinned, but has a fiery temper. I've had contact with him before, and he doesn't seem to be very bright."

Chu Chen described the girl without restraint, and the image of her reappeared in his mind.

"Is your brain not working properly?" Zhou Shixun frowned after hearing this.

Immediately afterwards, he waved for all the maids and guards in the imperial study to leave.

Then he looked at Chu Chen with a serious expression: "Chu boy, this matter concerns a royal secret, and I shouldn't tell you, but since you are Zhou Heng's sworn brother, it's alright for you to know."

What the hell? Royal secrets? I don't want to hear it.

Chu Chen felt a strong aversion to this; the less he knew about it, the better.

Immediately afterwards, Zhou Shixun expressed his doubts to Chu Chen.

Many years ago, Zhou Shixun and Zhou Shiji fought for the throne. Zhou Shixun used forceful means to drive him out of Daxia.

But just as Zhou Shiji was about to leave, he conspired with Lao Hei to kill one of Zhou Shixun's concubines.

And they snatched a crying baby girl from her hands.

Immediately afterwards, they fled the capital.

At this moment, Zhou Shixun heard the description of the little fourth girl next to Zhou Shiji from Zhu Liuxiang and Chu Chen.

The age matched perfectly, so Zhou Shixun suspected that the fourth girl was very likely the child that Zhou Shiji had taken away back then.

However, there is one thing that doesn't quite fit, which is that Chu Chen said his brain isn't working very well.

After listening, Chu Chen thought, "It's that cliché plot again. It seems this is getting more and more interesting."

So he quickly asked Zhou Shixun.

"So, Uncle Zhou, what should we do now?"