Abandoned Woman Busy Farming

Chapter 2566: Chapter 2567: Exchange the Poison Scripture

”Back then, I was the legitimate son of the Empress, but the mother of the current Emperor plotted, using a stillborn to replace me, and had me thrown into the river. Luckily, a loyal person saved me, making me a son of the Anzhen Family; otherwise, how could I exist in this world?” Anben spoke through gritted teeth, and Bai Ruozhu could hear the sound of his teeth clenching from afar.

”Why shouldn’t I plot? The throne was rightfully mine, rightfully my son’s!” he said arrogantly.

”After you learned the truth, you could have informed the former Emperor,” Bai Ruozhu said coldly.

Anben sneered, ”I was in love with the princess, but she was to marry the soon-to-be Emperor. I planned to elope with her, which is when I learned the truth from my father. But he was about to ascend the throne, how could I shake him in the slightest? But I was not reconciled. Even if I couldn’t reclaim my identity, I could still seize back everything that was mine.”

”It’s a pity you don’t have the chance now,” Jiang Yichun spoke up, ”You shouldn’t have crossed us, and you definitely shouldn’t have harmed Master Puru.”

At this point, Anben’s expression calmed down a bit, and he sighed, ”I didn’t intend to harm Master Puru. Otherwise, with so many ninjas under my command, I could have taken his life long ago. I just didn’t expect him to almost perish in the fire.”

The Fusang people greatly respect the Buddha and hold monks in high regard. It’s clear that Anben truly did not wish to kill Master Puru, but this does not absolve him of his crimes.

”Well, I’m here now, you know everything you want, when will you release Lingzi?” Anben asked, changing the subject.

Bai Ruozhu sneered, ”Hand her over to you, so you can immediately flatten this place?”

Anben squinted, ”You think just because she’s in your hands, I won’t dare to act? She’s just a daughter!”

”You can try,” Jiang Yichun laughed and, with a motion of his hand, a stream of water vapor coiled around Anben’s neck.

”You...” Anben’s neck was choked, leaving him unable to finish speaking.

Bai Ruozhu scattered a handful of poison, saying loudly, ”If anyone dares to act, we’ll strangle him right now!”

The people in the dark did not dare to move rashly and had to retreat to the side. Just then, a ninja leapt onto the wall, asking, ”What do you want? If you dare harm our Patriarch, don’t think you’ll leave Fusang alive.”

Jiang Yichun laughed, pulling Anben in front of him, his hand clutching his neck.

Anben, with his back to him, had a glint in his eye; he was waiting for this opportunity to get close.

”I don’t mind testing whether what you say is true,” Jiang Yichun said, increasing the pressure of his hand. Anben’s face turned red with pain, yet his fingers discreetly stretched from his sleeve, flicking something at Jiang Yichun behind him.

A streak of light flashed, and a white shadow darted past, swallowing the drug powder he flicked out and biting hard at his fingertip.

”Ah!” Anben cried out, and the speaking ninja’s face changed dramatically, hurriedly saying, ”Stop, don’t hurt our Patriarch.”

Seeing Anben on the verge of suffocation, Jiang Yichun loosened his grip a bit, smiling, ”You overestimated yourself, Anben, and underestimated us.”

”Impossible, why aren’t you afraid of my poison? What was that just now? A poisonous insect?” Anben said with difficulty.

”Tell us, where did you hide the ’Poison Classic’? If you want to live, have your subordinates bring the ’Poison Classic’ in exchange,” Bai Ruozhu said, unwilling to waste words and directly laying down the terms.

Anben’s face changed dramatically, ”How do you know...”

As soon as the words were out, he realized. He’d studied the ”Poison Classic” for years; how could he not know that he only had a small part of it?

He finally realized his negligence, encountering someone who also had parts of the ”Poison Classic” and perhaps even more than he did.

In that moment, Anben felt both regret and greed. He wanted to acquire the entire ”Poison Classic.” Just having a part had made him so powerful, even allowing him to cultivate a group of Shadow Ninjas larger than those in the Emperor’s command. Acquiring more of the ”Poison Classic” could make unifying Fusang a simple matter.

But he was still in enemy hands, unless he could escape...

”How do I know if I give you the book, you’ll really let me go?” Anben cautiously probed.

Bai Ruozhu raised an eyebrow, ”We’ll exchange the book for you. If we don’t keep our promise, have your subordinates destroy the ’Poison Classic’.”

Anben thought for a moment and said, ”No one else knows where the book is hidden; let Lingzi retrieve it.”

”You have no qualifications to negotiate,” Jiang Yichun tightened his grip, and Anben’s face flushed red again. When Jiang Yichun loosened his hand slightly, Anben gasped painfully, feeling as if his lungs were being painfully drained.

Bai Ruozhu glanced to the side, saying, ”Let Lingzi fetch it, to prevent his subordinates from taking the book and running.”

Inside, Lingzi, whose acupoint was sealed by Yizi, heard the conversation outside clearly and was already in tears.

Just now her father said she was just a daughter, completely unconcerned about sacrificing her. Her father was only here now because he feared Bai Ruozhu would ruin his plans and expose his misdeeds.

She had followed her father’s commands since childhood. Her father told her to learn Ninjutsu, so she practiced hard, even breaking bones several times but gritting her teeth without a cry of pain.

Her father told her to learn Facechanging Technique, so she studied diligently. By thirteen, she could disguise herself as an old lady. But her young, tender skin became covered in rashes and even left some scars when the disguise was removed.

She had always worked hard to meet his demands, even planning to become someone else, living without a sense of self, just hoping her father would praise her once, be proud of her. But in the end, she was nothing more than a dispensable daughter, ready to be sacrificed at any time.

Lingzi’s steps were heavy as she left the room and met her father’s gaze. In those eyes, there was no love or concern, only deep disgust and anger, clearly blaming her for being incompetent and a failure.

”Bring the item; you know what to do, right?” Anben said.

Lingzi numbly nodded, ”Yes, I’ll go get it now.”

She quickly left the posthouse, her figure disappearing into the night.

On the other side, Fo Lanying, hiding, quietly asked Yuan Licheng, ”Do you think she’ll come back?”

Yuan Licheng was indifferent, ”If she doesn’t, we’ll just kill her father.”

”But Ruozhu wants the ’Poison Classic.’ Shouldn’t we send someone to follow her?” Fo Lanying was a bit uneasy.

”Her Ninjutsu is top-notch. She was among us before, and none of us realized she had Martial Arts, right? Following her will only alert her,” Yuan Licheng said.

Fo Lanying nodded and glanced at Bai Ruozhu, ”What if Lingzi runs off with the ’Poison Classic’?”