532: Chapter 532 A Secret Game

[ Mingxiu, 34 years old, General Manager of Moon Worship Cult Yue Prefecture spies, former maid of Consort De, Aptitude: mystic grade ]

[ Ancestral Home: Great Peacock Kingdom ]

[ Traits: Master of Disguise (Special), Assassin, Spy ]

"Heh..."

Lin Xiao changed back to his own voice: "Who I am, can you not tell?"

As soon as he spoke, Liao Meier's delicate body trembled, her face filled with disbelief.

However, the fake Leng Bingyan looked confused: "What does Your Excellency mean? Have we met?"

Liao Meier suddenly turned her head to look at "Leng Bingyan", immediately realizing something was wrong!

"Lady Leng, you can't tell?"

Liao Meier was not a fool after all; at this moment, she completely understood that she had been deceived!

Thinking about how she had been used and nearly lost her life in the Ghost Market, she was about to explode with rage!!

"I... what should I be able to tell?" Mingxiu realized something was wrong, but didn't know where the problem lay.

Lin Xiao took off his mask, revealing his own appearance.

Although Liao Meier had heard it earlier, seeing Lin Xiao up close again made her legs go weak.

Thinking that Lin Xiao had just saved her twice, she was even more overwhelmed with excitement!

"The Prince really does have me in his heart!"

Mingxiu had seen portraits of Lin Xiao; at this moment, her pupils constricted, and she was so scared she turned and ran!

"Pfft!!"

Lin Xiao casually unleashed a sword aura, directly shattering the kneecap of one of the woman's legs.

Accompanied by a scream, Mingxiu dragged her bleeding leg on the ground, retreating bit by bit.

She actually possessed decent martial arts skills, otherwise, she could not have deceived Liao Meier.

But this level of skill was, in front of Lin Xiao, equivalent to nothing.

"Pr... Prince, spare me! We were also doing this for the Prince's grand ambition..."

Lin Xiao said coldly: "Where is my Yaner? What have you done to her?"

Thinking that Leng Bingyan might be in danger, Lin Xiao wanted to tear this imposter apart!

Last time they went to Nanling, Leng Bingyan had almost met with disaster; could it be that this time, she had encountered another tribulation!?

"Prince... Prince, if you still want to see the eldest Miss Leng, then let me go..."

"Liao Meier!!"

Lin Xiao roared: "Interrogate her! Use all your means to make her spit it out!!"

"Yes! Prince!!"

Liao Meier had been waiting for this moment. A cold, sinister look appeared on her charming face as she swayed forward and took out the two medicine jars she carried with her.

"Bitch, you shouldn't have done it, you shouldn't have used my sincere heart for the Prince..."

Mingxiu's face turned as white as paper, "Don't... don't come over... no!! — —"

Inside the room, a few wails sounded, but soon, her throat was silenced by something, and there was no more movement.

Less than half a cup of tea later, Liao Meier came before Lin Xiao.

"Prince, I've asked her. Lady Leng is fine. They hid it from her and borrowed her identity."

Lin Xiao breathed a sigh of relief. In fact, he also felt that Leng Bingyan should not be so easily harmed.

After all, the woman's strength had greatly improved, and she carried many medicinal pills he had given her.

Unless she encountered a Great Grandmaster level expert, ordinary Martial Arts Grandmasters could not keep Leng Bingyan.

"Where is Yaner now?"

"It is said... in Yangliu County south of Yue Prefecture City, where the general headquarters of the Moon Worship Cult's Yue Prefecture intelligence network is located."

Lin Xiao did not hesitate, struck and killed Mingxiu with one palm, and then made her corpse disappear instantly.

He did not want to alert the enemy; this whole matter was definitely not done by Mingxiu alone.

Behind this, there was likely an even greater conspiracy.

"Come with me to Yangliu County and tell me how you were deceived."

"Yes, Prince!"

The two immediately headed south out of the city.

On the way, Lin Xiao learned from Liao Meier that half a month ago, Leng Bingyan wrote to her, asking her to meet in Yue Prefecture City.

At that time, Leng Bingyan was in this courtyard, asking her about the reconstruction of the Ten Thousand Poison Cave and the general situation in the Southern Frontier.

Liao Meier told her everything she knew, and after the conversation ended, the people of the Moon Worship Cult asked her to wait two more days before leaving.

As a result, the next day, Leng Bingyan found her again and mentioned the assassination of the Prince of Wu to her.

And she even took out some items from the Xuanji Sect to prove that the Prince of Wu was plotting to create weapons and raise an army to deal with the Zhenbei Army.

"Looking back now, the first time I saw her, it was likely the real Lady Leng, but the ones I saw later were all imposters..."

Liao Meier said with sorrow and grievance: "These thieves, they knew that I was wholeheartedly trying to serve the Prince, so they used me like this. It is truly hateful."

Lin Xiao felt disdain in his heart; you don't want to serve, you want to be the Princess, or even the Empress!

However, that being said, this woman had been back in the Southern Frontier for so long, and yet she still fantasized about flying onto a branch to become a phoenix; she was truly inspirational.

"By the way, where is that brat Kong Sen?"

At the mention of that man, a look of disgust appeared in Liao Meier's eyes.

"I let him go study the weapons of the Xuanji Sect to see if he can do something for the Prince."

"Prince, I only care about the Prince's kindness. If it weren't for the fact that the Prince still finds Kong Sen useful, I wouldn't even want to see him..."

Lin Xiao couldn't be bothered to reply, thinking to himself, your twisted relationship has nothing to do with me?

Several hours later.

The sky was turning bright, and Lin Xiao found the Moon Worship Cult stronghold.

It was a seemingly ordinary restaurant, with an inn in the back.

Lin Xiao pushed open a guest room door and walked straight in.

"Who!? ... Husband!?!"

Leng Bingyan, who was reading by candlelight, had her beautiful figure barely concealed by a moon-white nightgown. Her long hair reached her waist, and she was as beautiful as a fairy.

It was the first time Lin Xiao had seen Leng Bingyan buried in a pile of books; after all, the woman was usually a martial arts heroine, so it was quite novel.

"Husband, why did you come here?"

Leng Bingyan threw herself into the man's arms, excitedly hugging the man's waist.

"Eh? Liao Meier? Why are you here too?"

Upon discovering the envious woman behind, Leng Bingyan was even more confused.

"It's a long story. Yaner, have you been here for these past few days?" Lin Xiao asked.

"Yes, didn't I say that I wanted to thoroughly investigate the Moon Worship Cult's intelligence network? These are the intelligence records and personnel lists of Yue Prefecture for many years. I have been looking through and organizing them these days."

Leng Bingyan frowned: "Husband, the intelligence of this Moon Worship Cult is very suspicious. I always feel that something is hidden under the surface; it is inexplicably strange."

Lin Xiao pulled the woman to sit down and said: "Your feeling is correct. Behind this Moon Worship Cult, besides Crown Prince Xiao Shian, there are actually the forces of Consort De and Yalan..."

Immediately, Lin Xiao recounted what Liao Meier had encountered one by one.

Leng Bingyan was shocked when she heard this: "What!? That Mingxiu impersonated me and asked her to assassinate the Prince of Wu!?"

"Yes, Lady Leng. I almost fell for it. If it weren't for the Prince's keen observation, I fear I would have already been captured by the Prince of Wu's Mansion..." Liao Meier said aggrievedly.

"Husband, I asked her to come because I wanted to inquire about the situation in the Southern Frontier. Because she is not a member of the Moon Worship Cult after all, and she knows the various sects in the Southern Frontier quite well..."

Leng Bingyan slapped the table: "Right, it was Mingxiu who hinted and made me remember that there was a person named Liao Meier, otherwise I really didn't intend to contact her."

"Damn bitch, she actually used me as a chess piece. If she had really succeeded, and it spread that Husband wanted to assassinate the Prince of Wu, wouldn't he be ridiculed by the people of the world!?"

Lin Xiao nodded. This made sense; it was likely that before Consort De died, she had already been plotting something in secret.

Now that Consort De was dead, her subordinates and secret chess pieces were still operating.

"Yaner, don't spread the news of my arrival. Go find An Ya and have her gather all the intelligence personnel within the Moon Worship Cult."

Lin Xiao remembered that the last time he looked at An Ya's information, that girl was very clean and had no problems.

If he hadn't misread it, then Consort De had deliberately kept An Ya out of it, so An Ya was also just a puppet.