Chapter 2687 — They Would Not Dare
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
What had happened today gave Yuning an unreal feeling, as though happiness had come too fast and too suddenly. She was afraid of losing it, and only by holding Wei Zhao and leaning against him could she clearly feel that he was really there.
"Little Wind, take us to Tianyu Town. Here's the map." Wei Zhao pulled up the navigation map on his phone and showed it to the Wind-Thunder Purple Lightning Beast.
"Roar, roar—" The Wind-Thunder Purple Lightning Beast nodded after looking, indicating that it had memorized the route, and then raced off in the direction of Tianyu Town...
At the hidden Zhao family, Uncle Zhu did not drive this time. Instead, he found a friend of the hidden Zhao family who was familiar with the area and borrowed a private plane to send Zhao Qibing back to the hidden Zhao family estate.
Much as he would have liked Zhao Qibing to be turned into a eunuch—or better yet, to drop dead—he was a nail Wei Zhao had driven into the hidden Zhao family. Until he was exposed, he had to do his utmost for Zhao Qibing and avoid arousing suspicion.
Especially after this incident—if Zhao Qibing did not suspect him of leaking information, that would be stranger still. So Uncle Zhu put on a show of great zeal.
The Zhao family's old master had learned early on from Uncle Zhu's own mouth that Zhao Qibing had been kicked into a eunuch by Wei Zhao. Shocked and enraged, he and the Medicine King hurriedly brought Zhao Qibing into the hidden Zhao family estate.
"Grandfather... I never thought Wei Zhao would actually go... hiss... it hurts so much..." Zhao Qibing said, grimacing in pain.
"Medicine King, examine Qibing's injuries!" Though the Zhao family's old master was deeply worried, he still gave the order with a calm face.
"Yes!" The Medicine King nodded hurriedly and began examining Zhao Qibing's injuries...
It was only then that the Zhao family's old master said, "Uncle Zhu, what happened? How did Wei Zhao learn of this matter?"
"That... I have no idea either!" Uncle Zhu looked utterly bewildered and indignant. "Who knows how that Wei Zhao found out? It's truly bizarre. I only learned the truth of the matter the moment before I set out on the mission to seize Yuning—could someone else have known before I did? A mole, there must be a mole, absolutely! Old Master, I think there's something fishy about this whole affair. We have to investigate, investigate ruthlessly!"
"A mole?" The Zhao family's old master had originally suspected Uncle Zhu of selling them out, but hearing him say that he had only learned the truth the moment before seizing Yuning made him hesitate again. And looking at the man's righteous indignation, he did not seem like the one who had leaked the information. Could there really be a mole?
Only Yushan, himself, and Old Mian knew of this matter—and, of course, Zhao Qibing, the party involved. He and Zhao Qibing could not possibly have leaked it. Yushan had taken part in the operation, and leaking it would have done him no good whatsoever. That left only Old Mian. Could something have gone wrong with Old Mian?
At this thought, the Zhao family's old master turned to look at Old Mian.
"Old Master, you must believe me! There's absolutely no way I would leak anything. I've been at your side the whole time—how would I even have the chance to leak it?" Old Mian was startled and hurried to explain.