25: Li Xinghe's discovery! It turns out that Big Brother also wants to broaden his horizons...

“Oi, kid, what are you yelling about in the middle of the night?”

Li Shengyuan appeared behind Li Xinghe, who had fallen to the ground in fright.

Looking at his younger brother, who was scared witless, the smile on his lips was impossible to hide.

The invisible reflective barrier and the female ghost that Li Xinghe saw were both drawn by him using the Cangsheng Brush.

It could only be said that it was simple and effective, and the backlash wasn't strong.

Ding!

“The host’s prank scared his younger brother half to death, granting one opportunity to convert into a plunder entry. Does the host wish to convert?”

“Convert!”

Li Shengyuan directly agreed; the day was almost over, and keeping it would just be keeping it.

“Congratulations to the host for gaining one opportunity to plunder a white entry.”

“Eight-Grade Blood Qi Pill + 1.”

These rewards were all within Li Shengyuan’s expectations, after all, he only scared his younger brother a little.

At this moment, after seeing his elder brother, Li Xinghe immediately seemed to see a life-saving straw. He struggled to get up and tightly hugged Li Shengyuan’s thigh.

He cried bitterly, lamenting, “Big Brother… boo hoo hoo… you finally came. Why is the mansion haunted? Quickly catch it, boo hoo hoo…”

Looking at his younger brother Li Xinghe, who was thoroughly scared, a helpless expression appeared on Li Shengyuan’s face. Was it that scary?!

He hadn't expected that in this world where strength reigned supreme, there would still be children afraid of ghosts; this was something Li Shengyuan hadn't anticipated.

He patted his shoulder and said helplessly, “Alright, where do you see a ghost here?!”

“Quickly stand up. The dignified Second Young Master of the Li family is sitting on the ground crying, looking like a wretch. What kind of decorum is that?”

Li Xinghe stopped sobbing. Perhaps with his elder brother as his backing, he slowly stood up, but still timidly hid behind his elder brother, pointing ahead and saying,

“Big Brother, there really is a ghost in our yard! The female ghost I saw looks exactly like what you described! And there’s a ghost wall here, I can’t get past it no matter what…”

“Our grandfather is a Second-Grade Grand Confucian. With Grandfather’s righteous aura, what kind of ghost dares to act wild here? You must have been mistaken!”

“Ye… you’re right…” Li Xinghe scratched his head. What his elder brother said did make sense.

“However…” Li Shengyuan, however, kept him in suspense, a hint of slyness appearing in his eyes.

“Big Brother, however what? Don’t scare me!”

“However, you came back so late from outside. It’s possible you picked up some evil aura while messing around outside, and then it followed you back,” Li Shengyuan said, talking nonsense with a serious face.

“Ah?” Li Xinghe’s mouth dropped open, and he stood frozen in place.

Seeing his appearance, Li Shengyuan immediately felt something was off. What was going on? Could it be that he really caused trouble outside?

So he frowned and said, “Confess honestly, what were you messing around with outside?!”

Li Xinghe denied with a somewhat dull gaze, “No… I didn’t do anything…”

Then he fell into thought, “It’s just that tonight, a junior from the academy said that his elder brother kept several extremely beautiful human pets and fox women from the Western Regions, and took us to broaden our horizons…”

After hearing this, Li Shengyuan slapped him on the forehead, saying with a look of disappointment,

“You’re so young, your hair hasn’t even fully grown, yet you’ve learned to get involved in these things? And looking at fox women and human pets to broaden your horizons? Do you want to keep a few yourself?!”

Li Xinghe covered his head with a wronged expression, “I didn’t! I really just hadn’t seen them and wanted to take a look to broaden my horizons.”

“And then?” Li Shengyuan frowned.

“I have a magical artifact here that Grandfather gave me to shield my aura. We were originally going secretly because that junior of mine also accidentally discovered his elder brother’s secret.”

“But we didn’t expect that as soon as we followed that junior’s secret passage to the underground secret chamber, just as we were about to enter, we found that someone was already inside. So we decided to go back and look another time,” Li Xinghe recalled.

Then a panicked expression appeared on his face, and he swallowed, saying,

“But the people inside said they wanted to distribute some corpses throughout the capital to create panic, blame it on His Majesty’s elder sister, and then join forces with the Demonic Cult to start an uprising…”

Li Shengyuan’s expression completely darkened upon hearing this.

Li Xinghe secretly observed his elder brother’s face, then whispered,

“Those two juniors and I were afraid of being exposed, so we ran back early.”

Li Shengyuan, at this moment, fell into deep thought. If what his younger brother said was true, this matter truly could not be underestimated.

If a large number of corpses, tragically killed by the Demonic Cult, suddenly appeared in various corners of the capital, it would inevitably cause panic!

Then, if someone fanned the flames and attributed all of this to the Divine Phoenix Empress’s incompetent governance, leading to the rampant Demonic Cult, and then with Prince Yan of the Northern Border raising an army to rebel, he would certainly gain a large amount of popular support!

After all, since ancient times, female emperors have been few and far between. With a little guidance to twist right and wrong, the ignorant common people could be made to question this Divine Phoenix Empress…

Li Xinghe looked at his elder brother’s gloomy expression and weakly said,

“Big Brother, please don’t tell Grandfather and them about this, okay?”

“If Grandfather finds out, I’ll definitely be finished, and I’ll certainly be grounded at night from now on.”

After speaking, Li Xinghe drooped his face, looking at Li Shengyuan with pleading eyes.

Li Shengyuan sneered coldly, “You know fear now? What were you doing earlier then? No wonder you were scared half to death, turns out you had a guilty conscience yourself!”

Li Xinghe looked crestfallen, feeling that he was definitely finished.

But his elder brother’s next words made him see hope.

“Not telling Grandfather is fine, but you must cooperate with me, understand?!”

Li Xinghe nodded repeatedly without thinking, saying excitedly, “Yes, yes, Big Brother can make me do anything!”

Li Shengyuan nodded in satisfaction, then asked, “Besides you, who are the other two people who know?”

“One is Zhang Ping, the youngest son of the Minister of Rites. The other is Sun Xing, the youngest grandson of the Minister of Justice. It was his house we went to tonight,” Li Xinghe cooperated perfectly, betraying his two juniors in one breath.

“The Minister of Justice, that’s a high-ranking official!” A cold glint appeared in Li Shengyuan’s eyes.

In Great Gan, the Ministers of the Six Ministries were Second-Grade high-ranking officials!

There were very few positions and powers above them.

And this Minister of Justice, Sun Ruian, was usually a loyal supporter of Chief Assistant Grandfather and Divine Phoenix Empress Senior Sister!

He hadn’t expected… this guy actually played a double-cross!

If he truly was Prince Yan’s man, then over these past few years, he had probably already sent a large amount of secrets and intelligence to Prince Yan.

If his investigation into Prince Yan’s matters in the Northern Border was reported to Prince Yan by him, then what awaited him would be a den of dragons and a tiger’s lair!

It seems that before going to the Northern Border, he must first eradicate these traitors and spies!

This person must not be allowed to live!

If he truly colluded with Prince Yan, once confirmed, Li Shengyuan wouldn't mind executing him in the identity of Asura!

He didn’t have time to wait for him to be slowly tried…

Li Shengyuan’s eyes gleamed with cold light, and then he asked his younger brother Li Xinghe,

“Xinghe, do you remember how to get to that underground secret chamber?!”

Li Xinghe nodded repeatedly, “I know, you can go from that kid Sun Xing’s yard. If Big Brother also wants to broaden his horizons, I can lead the way.”

Li Shengyuan’s eyes lit up as he patted Li Xinghe’s shoulder, encouraging him,

“Good!”

“If this succeeds, not only will you not be blamed by Grandfather, but you will also become a great meritorious minister and receive rewards from Grandfather and His Majesty the Empress!”

Li Xinghe looked excited, winking and saying, “So Big Brother also wants to broaden his horizons, no need for rewards, just don’t let Grandfather hit me.”

Li Shengyuan immediately gave him a slap on the head in annoyance.

“Get out of here, Big Brother is going to do something serious!”

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