Daily Intelligence System: Don't Kill Me, Honey!

Chapter 1585: Chapter 364: Bright Peak (Happy New Year) (3)

”Ouch!”

Chen Jie covered his face, realizing that if it were an ordinary human skin mask, the pinch just now would have made the entire mask fall off. But after checking, Chen Jie’s face was indeed real.

This was just like when Chen Jiusi checked Liu Caidie before; they couldn’t have imagined a Martial Arts Treasure that could alter one’s appearance.

Elder Shu glanced at Chen Jie again, then turned around and walked to the carriage.

At this moment, he lifted the curtain of the carriage.

”Ah~”

Inside the carriage, ’Third Miss Zhao’ was immediately startled, her expression changed drastically. Elder Shu took a look and found the girl quite beautiful.

After another glance, he paid it no mind and said, ”Come out.”

’Miss Zhao’ then came to the edge of the carriage, and Chen Jie immediately stepped forward and brought over the stepping stool from the carriage, saying, ”Miss, be careful.”

Elder Shu didn’t pay attention to the two of them and instead inspected the carriage. He saw some birthday gifts inside.

Then, Elder Shu tapped the carriage board to confirm there was no hidden compartment and looked underneath the carriage. No one was hiding at the bottom; the entire carriage was thoroughly checked.

Elder Shu’s understanding was this: Chen Jiusi was poisoned by the Blood Devouring Poison from the Tang Sect. He knew about this poison, and Second Master Tang also mentioned that Chen Jiusi was poisoned, severely injured, unable to stand.

Therefore, we must pay attention to any vehicles passing by, checking for hidden compartments or anyone tied beneath the carriage.

Clearly, this carriage had no issues.

Elder Shu then glanced at Liu Caidie and said, ”It’s quite a distance from Huai’an to Chang’an. Are you traveling alone, just master and servant?”

Upon hearing this question, both Chen Jie and Liu Caidie were calm, as it was part of their plan.

Liu Caidie timidly replied, ”I, I am an illegitimate daughter of the Zhao Mansion, with only an old servant accompanying me since childhood.”

Upon hearing this, Elder Shu said, ”Oh, from Huai’an to here, it’s quite far. There are many bandits, horse thieves, and robbers along the way. Did you encounter any danger with just the two of you?”

”Reporting to this official, the young one knows some martial arts enough to protect the Miss along the way. Besides, we traveled lightly, with nothing worth robbing.”

Chen Jie replied.

”Oh, you know martial arts?”

Elder Shu sized up Chen Jie and, not detecting any Gang Qi emanating from his body, asked, ”What kind of kung fu do you know?”

”Learned some cross training when I was young, nothing significant.”

Chen Jie said, and Elder Shu suddenly struck out at him.

Hm!

Seeing Elder Shu’s sudden move, Liu Caidie was startled, thinking perhaps Chen Jiusi was exposed. But at that moment, Chen Jie quickly executed a strike with the Stone Breaking Hand.

Bam!

Tap, tap, tap...

Chen Jie was forced into a frenzied retreat by the strike, but Elder Shu was likely just testing, as he didn’t intend to kill. Chen Jie retreated several steps before stopping.

Elder Shu nodded slightly and said, ”You have some skills. Just with cross training, you’ve reached Energy Transformation level; it seems you were quite gifted back then.”

Chen Jie smiled bitterly, ”The official is too kind. In my youth, I was reckless and lost a leg in a fight, which destroyed my desire to continue practicing martial arts.”

Elder Shu said, ”It’s a pity. Practicing the external without the internal ultimately means nothing.”

Chen Jie remained silent, and Elder Shu expressed his lament casually, then said, ”Alright, off you go.”

”Thank you, official.”

Chen Jie immediately helped Liu Caidie onto the carriage, then took the reins and drove the carriage forward.

Watching the carriage depart, Elder Shu said, ”Check carefully, each of you. Chen Jiusi was poisoned by the Tang Sect’s Blood Devouring and is severely injured, unlikely to walk. Hence, pay attention to the vehicles passing by; don’t let them slip by without thorough inspections like I did, checking the carriage inside and out meticulously.”

”Especially inside the carriage, under it, and look for any secret compartments,” preventing him from hiding inside. Got it?”

”Yes.”

The group of government soldiers responded immediately. Listening to the latter words, Liu Caidie inside the carriage said, ”These fools didn’t even realize it’s us they’re looking for.”

Chen Jie remained silent for a moment and replied, ”If they did, they’d have detained us already. Alright, hold on tight.”

Giddy up, giddy up...

Chen Jie drove the carriage and departed swiftly.

After Chen Jie left, Lantian County and the surrounding offices continued under strict inspection, thoroughly checking all passing vehicles but found nothing. Chen Jiusi and the ugly girl seemed to vanish into thin air.

Weeks passed with no leads. The people who locked down Lantian County gathered together.

Qi Chun, though unwilling, eventually said, ”We’ve searched every household and passing commerce convoy in Lantian County. We mobilized over fifty thousand local troops, thoroughly scouring Lantian, yet still haven’t found a trace of Chen Jiusi and others.”

”Does anyone have any suggestions? Could Chen Jiusi and the ugly girl possibly vanish into thin air?”

After these words, everyone was silent. After a while, Chang Xuzi said, ”Is there any overlooked area? Maybe he’s hiding in the woods?”

Upon hearing this, a guard from King Qi Residence responded, ”Absolutely impossible. We sent out ten thousand people to search the mountains; we can say these mountains near Lantian County were combed thoroughly. There’s no way Chen Jiusi is hiding in the woods.”

”What about households within the city and villages?”

The same guard said, ”We’ve secured the city gates, conducting body checks on every person, and found no trace of Chen Jiusi or the ugly girl. Moreover, we dispatched personnel to search door-to-door but didn’t find Chen Jiusi or the ugly girl.”