The early morning sun shines on the streets of Haiyan City.
The open city gates welcome the distinguished guests.
Prefect Haiyan stood by with a smile on his face, but he couldn't even see the master. He only received cold words from the guards.
"Eunuch Su said that the prefect is very busy and has a lot of government affairs to deal with, so I won't bother you with the itinerary."
"Please go back, Lord Governor. As the father and mother of a state, Lord Governor should still focus on state affairs."
This dry and cold sentence made all of Hai Yan's flattery go to waste.
Only after the team of imperial guards had gone away did the officials of Haiyan Prefecture who were waiting on the roadside breathe a sigh of relief.
Everyone praised: "Lord Su Wen is worthy of being a pillar of the country. His style of doing things is decisive and efficient, which makes us admire him."
"It is precisely because of this that Lord Su has been able to achieve numerous feats and live up to the emperor's grace."
"We should also follow Lord Su's example and focus on government affairs..."
At the city gate, all the officials praised the eunuch who had come from afar in unison. Their voices were neither too loud nor too soft, and seemed to be admiration from the bottom of their hearts.
On the second floor of Heshun Restaurant inside the city gate, Lu Li looked at the team entering the city on the street below with a sneer on his face.
"This old eunuch is quite low-key..."
Although the trip was made by imperial guards, the streets were not cleared of martial law and the people were still able to move around freely.
The dozens of imperial guards dressed in their daily clothes, carrying swords, came from outside the city gate, escorting a sedan chair. They looked more like some wealthy businessman from other places, and they didn't look like the most popular person in front of the current empress at all.
When ordinary people saw such a team, they would never have imagined that the shabby sedan chair would contain Su Wen, the most important eunuch in the court.
After the sedan had gone far away, the tattooed burly man sitting at the same table with Lu Li asked in a low voice.
"Master, Su Wen has arrived. Should we still proceed as planned?"
At Lu Li's table, there were three other people besides Lu Li.
They were a burly man covered in black tattoos, an old man with a haggard face and sinister eyes, and a frail scholar.
After the sturdy man spoke, the remaining two also looked at Lu Li.
But Lu Li nodded and said, "Of course we have to act according to the original plan."
"Although this old eunuch arrived faster than expected, the arrow is on the string and has to be shot."
"My brother has been locked up in there for three days. If we delay any further and wait until the three great slayers of the Night Walk gather together, we will have no chance."
After saying that, Lu Li looked at the three people in front of him, with the corners of his mouth slightly curved, as if smiling.
"If you are afraid of death, you can also quit."
"Although you have sworn allegiance to me, it is human nature to be afraid of death. I will not blame you."
As soon as Lu Li finished speaking, the three of them trembled all over, as if they were in some kind of fear.
The weak scholar was the first to speak up and express his loyalty: "Master, you are joking. Master, you have been so kind to us, how dare we not die for you?"
The tattooed burly man scratched his head and said, "The Sect Master saved my life, so my life belongs to the Sect Master. I will do whatever the Sect Master tells me to do."
The remaining old man remained calm, only frowning as he said, "But it is rumored that the great eunuch Su Wen has reached the Great Perfection of the Great Void Realm. With him in the Night Walk Office, even if our Heavenly Demon Sect sends out all its might, it will be difficult to shake us."
"After all, the sect master is only at the middle stage of the Summoning God Realm..."
The old man said seriously: "We have to find a way to lure this old eunuch out of the Night Walk Division, then we will have a chance of success."
The Tianmo Sect has been passed down from generation to generation in a single lineage, and the sect's power has been built entirely by the successor himself.
The three people in front of him were the demon cultivators that Lu Li had tamed in the Western Regions. However, their cultivation was only at the initial stage of the God Summoning Realm.
Apart from these three people, the rest of the people in the sect are even worse, with most of them in the middle to late stages of the Transcendent Realm.
Although this strength is considered strong, it is nothing but a small shrimp compared to a behemoth like the Central Plains Divine Dynasty.
Not to mention that the imperial guards accompanying Su Wen on this trip were all martial arts masters.
Even if Su Wen did not take action, with only the group of imperial guards left, the current power of the Demon Sect would probably not be shaken.
But Lu Li looked confident and smiled coldly.
“More people may not be helpful.”
“No matter how strong a fortress is, it can be breached from the inside.”
"Back then, Yan Song was able to disrupt the Central Plains and depose and enthrone emperors. Although I am not as capable as he is now, it is still easy for me to save a person."
Lu Li said: "Go back and tell your men to act according to the original plan tonight."
"As for Su Wen and his group of palace guards, leave them to me. I just recognized my brother, how could I let him fall into the hands of that old witch!"
Lu Li was full of confidence.
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Outside the Yexingsi Yamen, Tie Xuan, one of the three great divine slayers, led a group of subordinates and stood at the door, waiting for the arrival of the eunuch Su Wen.
Among the eight departments of the imperial court, the Night Walk Division and the Group of Immortals Pavilion only care about practitioners and do not care about worldly affairs. For the cultivation world, Tie Xuan, one of the three great gods of the Night Walk Division, is the top figure in the world.
Even if you go to the three holy places, the lord of the holy place needs to come out to greet you personally.
But no matter how arrogant Tie Xuan was or how high his cultivation level was, he did not dare to act rashly in front of the most popular eunuch in front of the empress.
In addition to Su Wen's overwhelming power, his cultivation is said to have reached the Great Perfection of the Great Void Realm, not inferior to the masters of the three holy places...
Therefore, when Su Wen arrived, Tie Xuan did not dare to be negligent in the slightest, and led a group of subordinates to wait outside the yamen of the Night Traffic Police early in the morning.
However, what arrived at the end of the street was not the shabby sedan chair, but an imperial guard in casual clothes with a sword slung over his waist.
He went straight to the front of the Night Travel Division, bowed to Tie Xuan Shen Zhan who was in the lead, and said, "Greetings to Lord Tie and all the lords. The eunuch said that he will not come to the Night Travel Division today, so you don't have to wait for him."
Tie Xuan knew the imperial guard who came to deliver the letter.
Therefore, he was surprised: "My father-in-law is not coming to the Night Walk Department?"
It was clear that before the chief eunuch came, he had sent a special message, asking everyone to immediately interrogate the bloodline of Emperor Li and to prepare in advance.
Why did you suddenly change your itinerary
The palace guard said: "The eunuch originally planned to come to the Night Travel Department first, but after entering the city, he met an acquaintance, so the eunuch went to visit his old friend first."
After saying this, without further explanation, the palace guard turned and left.
Everyone outside the Night Watch Office looked at each other in bewilderment.
"Did you meet someone familiar after entering the city? Does Eunuch Su still have old friends in Haiyan City?"
This was an unexpected event that no one had expected.
As the Night Watchman who oversees the gods of the Divine Dynasty, the three holy places, and many practitioners, he has always had a keen sense of intelligence.
But no one had heard that any of Eunuch Su’s friends had come to Haiyan City.
And he was an old friend who was able to stop Eunuch Su and make him change his schedule temporarily... There are probably less than three such people in the entire Central Plains who are friends with Su Wen, right