Why My Domineering Prince Regretted Filing for Divorce?-Chapter 689 - 541: Every Bowl Poured Out is Silver
Guanghan Guest!
Upon hearing these three words, Pei Xingyuan’s expression grew more astonished: "Didn’t you say this person has always been elusive, and you haven’t seen him?"
Shen Wuzheng replied gravely: "I indeed haven’t seen him in person. That day at the poetry competition, he stayed hidden in a private room, and the poem was delivered by someone else for the competition. I don’t even know whether the person is male or female."
"Then—"
"However, because the poem was exceptionally brilliant, I did become interested in the person who could write such a magnificent piece, so I paid attention to the room he was in."
"So, what did you see?"
"Although that Guanghan Guest left through the back door right after winning the poetry competition, his servant gave some reward money to the servant boy before leaving."
"Reward money?"
Pei Xingyuan’s eyes brightened: "Could it be—"
Shen Wuzheng nodded: "It was at that moment that I saw the money pouch from a distance."
"..."
"However, I didn’t see the money pouch clearly at the time, only seeing something dark in the person’s hand with a patch of moon-like white from afar, which looked familiar, but I didn’t associate it with that money pouch, nor did I link these events together."
"..."
"Now that I think about it—" 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺
He spoke these words with a calm tone that already faintly revealed a hint of chilliness.
Although he has made countless guesses and assumptions about the current situation and the ’enemy’ facing Shang Ruyi and the others, he never thought that the Guanghan Guest, who outshone him at the poetry competition and whom he admired for his sharp intellect, was the same person who, with foreknowledge, plunged Yu Wenye and Shang Ruyi into adversity recently!
Shen Wuzheng considered himself someone who could strategize and even handle significant matters on the imperial court within his calculations, but at the moment, he was still evidently in a passive position compared to the other party. That ’Guanghan Guest’ didn’t even show his face, yet within just a few months, he managed to put them on the brink of life and death several times!
Even Shang Ruyi almost—
Thinking of this, Shen Wuzheng’s gentle yet profound eyes darkened slightly, and a sharp light flickered across his gaze.
Standing beside him, Pei Xingyuan also fell into deep thought.
It was only at this moment that he realized for the first time the terrors of the opponent. Previously, he merely recognized their adversary as a strategic master, but now, he even felt that there was a mysterious power surrounding the opponent.
Otherwise, how could an ordinary person have such abilities?
He couldn’t help but sigh: "There really are such people in the world!"
Hearing him say this, Shang Ruyi’s mood grew even heavier.
Indeed, there really are such people in the world.
But unfortunately, this person was their enemy!
On their way back to Daxing City, he used falling rocks and even tried to harm them with sulfur nitrate, with the intent of burying them in that narrow mountain valley;
When they returned to Daxing City, as everyone’s attention was focused on the Dayan Temple’s ceremony, he started searching for all medicines capable of curing the plague in Daxing City, then expanded the search range to almost the entire Guanzhong Region, causing Yu Wenye to fall ill in the Battle of Fufeng, nearly becoming untreatable;
Afterward, at the poetry competition hosted at the Divine Tired Pavilion, he overpowered Shen Wuzheng with an extraordinary work to seize the championship. But that poem, while seemingly describing the Battle of Fufeng, in fact entirely erased the presence of Yu Wenye and Shang Ruyi in the battle;
Now, during the plague, when Yu Wenquan divided the entire Daxing City into East and West cities for his two sons to govern separately, he only dispensed medicine in Yanzuo Square under East City’s jurisdiction.
Step by step, each move was directed at them!
And all of this was done by this one person.
Guanghan Guest!
In an instant, the shadow that had been hidden behind the fog these days, making Shang Ruyi feel a thorn in her throat and a nightmarish presence, suddenly became clear.
She instinctively turned her head to look at Yanzuo Square not far away. Although the two markets were adjacent, they were separated by Vermilion Bird Street, which now seemed even more like an insurmountable chasm. Moreover, the person in question wasn’t even willing to reveal his name while dispensing medicine, much less easily show himself.
Finding him wouldn’t be easy.
At this moment, Wo Xue seemed to have sensed something too. Observing Shang Ruyi’s furrowed brow and the two gentlemen’s serious expressions, she suddenly said softly: "Young Madam, should I go over and investigate again? Maybe I can find some clues?"
