Chapter 190 : Chapter 190
Chapter 190: What Is Wrong with Me? Who Am I? Who Is Me...
Great Qian Capital.
Beside the imperial palace, before the Imperial Prison.
Ning Dingyuan jumped down from a luxurious carriage, his heart filled with incomparable worry over Ning Cen’s situation.
Cheng Yu was a madman.
When he acted in Jiangnan, he had already been extremely insane, killing people like scything hemp. He simply could not be predicted, and there was no guarantee that he would not truly take Ning Cen’s life!
More importantly.
Behind this matter, there was absolutely someone else’s handiwork!
Just then.
The brothers Zhang De and Zhang Fen also hurried over from not far away, their faces filled with panic.
“Lord Duke Dingguo!”
When the Jinyiwei guarding the entrance of the Imperial Prison saw this formation, they felt dizzy.
What exactly was going on today?
It had merely been their turn to guard the gate, yet why had so many great figures come to the Imperial Prison, a place that almost no one cared about on ordinary days?
They quickly saluted the three men and made way.
When Ning Dingyuan saw that it was these two brothers who had tipped him off.
He immediately asked, “How is my son? Who exactly wants to harm him?”
The moment they heard this question.
The Zhang brothers both froze, and inexplicable embarrassment appeared on their faces.
“It is that Cheng Yu from Jiangnan.”
“I know of this man. What I am asking is, who is targeting Cen’er, daring to offend my Duke Dingguo’s Estate?”
Ning Dingyuan was incomparably furious.
Cheng Yu was a Jinyiwei Commandant who had only just arrived, yet he dared plot against Duke Dingguo’s only son.
There had to be someone directing him from behind!
Zhang De glanced at his younger brother and found himself at a loss for words.
“Er... We should hurry and take a look at Young Lord Ning’s condition first.”
The two brothers were also extremely puzzled. This matter was far too strange, and they had no idea who wanted to deal with Duke Dingguo.
As for this matter.
The only evidence that could be found.
Happened to be the person Zhang De had sent to contact Ning Dingyuan. In the plan, this was originally meant to shift the blame onto the Great Qian Emperor.
But now, the man had already set out.
The situation with Ning Cen was urgent, and there had been no time to call that man back. The matter had become troublesome.
According to Zhang Fen’s original plan.
Ning Cen would not have suffered an accident. They were fabricating a threat in order to win over Duke Dingguo.
But at this moment.
It had instead turned into a chaotic attempt to shift blame after the incident had already occurred, slandering the emperor!
The nature of the matter had completely changed!
All safety had been lost.
If Ning Dingyuan, in a fit of rage, went to question the Great Qian Emperor, then they would be dead for certain!
Now they could only hope that they would be able to explain everything clearly first when the time came...
Inside the Imperial Prison.
Ning Dingyuan and the other two hurried toward Ning Cen’s cell, wanting to rescue him as quickly as possible.
But the surroundings were incomparably quiet.
There was only the movement of the prisoners shrinking back.
This made the three of them feel inexplicably panicked.
Had Zhang Fen not said that Cheng Yu was torturing Ning Cen? There should have been screams, right?
Now there was no sound at all.
Could it be...
Ning Dingyuan hurriedly extinguished the worry in his heart. Not waiting for the other two, he quickened his steps and rushed forward, finally seeing a familiar figure.
“Cen’er!”
Duke Dingguo, whose heart ached for his beloved son, became excited when he saw this scene and rushed forward.
Thank goodness!
His son Ning Cen was still alive!
The matter had not developed to an irreversible point.
But when he looked more carefully.
The overjoyed Ning Dingyuan discovered that something was wrong. Why was Cen’er so obedient?
He was not shouting or screaming, and was half-kneeling before the two Jinyiwei.
With Ning Dingyuan’s understanding of his son.
Should his son not be wailing like a ghost, begging for mercy and threatening them at this moment?
While Ning Dingyuan was feeling doubtful, he again saw the traces of torture on his son’s body. At once, he could no longer care about anything else.
He rushed over and embraced Ning Cen.
“Cen’er, Father was worried to death about you!”
Cheng Yu was still reclining as he sipped tea. Watching this scene of paternal love as weighty as a mountain before him, he revealed a mysterious smile.
He did not care at all that Ning Dingyuan had appeared and taken Ning Cen back.
What should have been said, and what should not have been said.
Ning Cen had already said all of it just now.
Moreover, some people seemed to still be alive, yet they were worse off than dead.
Cheng Yu beckoned, letting the somewhat worried Song Nian hide behind him. This was a rare talent, and he had to protect him properly.
“Cen’er! Tell Father what they did to you. Father will avenge you!”
Extreme fury appeared on Ning Dingyuan’s face, and he stared fixedly at Cheng Yu.
The terrifying Internal Energy of a Ninth-Rank expert erupted.
The entire Imperial Prison shook violently.
They actually dared torture and interrogate Ning Cen like this. He absolutely would not let Cheng Yu off!
But in the next moment.
Ning Cen’s face was still frozen with an expression of terror and despair. Even though his father had appeared and saved him, there was not the slightest change.
He did not answer his father’s question.
Instead, he began trembling madly.
One terrifying scene after another continuously flashed before his eyes.
He screamed hideously, “Ah! Do not kill me! I was wrong! I was wrong!”
He wanted to push Ning Dingyuan away with all his strength, but because the tendons in his hands and feet had been severed, he could not exert any strength.
It looked utterly ridiculous.
“Cen’er! What exactly is wrong with you?!”
“What is wrong with me? Who am I? Who is me... Ah! Do not kill me!”
Ning Cen’s gaze was unfocused, and his face twitched madly.
Seeing his perfectly fine son turned into this state, Ning Dingyuan felt the world spin around him.
His son had been... tortured into madness!
The only bloodline of Duke Dingguo.
Had gone mad!
A boundless roar erupted from him.
“Cheng Yu! What did you do to my son? I want your life!”
A Ninth-Rank martial artist’s Internal Energy erupted wildly, crushing toward Cheng Yu.
A blood debt had to be paid in blood. He wanted revenge!
A disdainful cold smile flashed through Cheng Yu’s eyes. He stood and drew the Dragon-Dethroning Xiuchun Saber at his waist.
He slashed out.
The sinister and terrifying aura within the entire Imperial Prison was immediately mobilized, turning into a giant dragon formed from dense black smoke.
Top-Grade Earth-Rank, Nether Dragon Break!
The System’s reward, the Jinyiwei’s top-tier inheritance, combined with the special nature of the location.
It erupted with an unimaginable and terrifying might.
The black dragon roared and lunged out, viciously tearing apart Ning Dingyuan’s Internal Energy before suddenly vanishing.
Ning Dingyuan’s eyes widened as he looked at this scene in disbelief.
Although he had not used much strength.
He had never expected that Cheng Yu would actually be able to withstand it!
At the same time.
The Zhang brothers also caught up. They had seen the Imperial Prison shaking just now, but had not known what had happened.
When they arrived.
The auras of Cheng Yu and Ning Dingyuan had already dispersed.
“What happened just now?”
Ning Dingyuan’s face was filled with shock and fury. He roared at the two brothers who had rushed over.
“Look at what your Jinyiwei man has done! Hurry and help me kill him!”
Before he could finish speaking.
Cheng Yu’s incomparably majestic and resonant voice drowned him out again. “This bandit intends to attack the Imperial Prison and rob it of a prisoner. You two, quickly assist me in killing this man!”
Only then did the Zhang brothers understand the situation clearly.
Cheng Yu and Ning Dingyuan had fought!
Although they did not think Cheng Yu would be a match for a Ninth-Rank expert, their faces immediately turned extremely cold.
Duke Dingguo was too anxious!
He actually dared attack a Jinyiwei inside the Imperial Prison. The nature of this was simply far too vile, and he even wanted to drag the two of them into the pit!
Was Ning Cen not still perfectly alive?
Was there any need for this?
When Ning Dingyuan saw that the Zhang brothers did not act, he was furious beyond measure, but he also calmed down.
This was the Imperial Prison.
If he truly killed Cheng Yu here to take revenge, he would not be able to walk away unscathed either!
He could only look at Cheng Yu viciously.
“You just wait. I absolutely will not let you off. Your family will all die without a burial place because of you!”
After saying this, Ning Dingyuan, carrying incomparable hatred, picked up Ning Cen and walked toward the outside of the Imperial Prison.
But at that moment.
Cheng Yu spoke again. “This man is robbing the Imperial Prison of a prisoner! If you two lords still consider yourselves the emperor’s personal troops, how can you stand by and watch?”
As he spoke, he even forced a mouthful of blood from his mouth.
He was no good. He could not stop him!
He would let these two properly suffer some difficulty!
“Who goes there?!”
At the same time, many Jinyiwei heard Cheng Yu’s shout about someone robbing the prison and hurried over, one after another, to block Ning Dingyuan’s path.
When Zhang De and Zhang Fen saw this, they froze, and panic flashed across their faces.
Something had gone wrong!
Now, the two of them either had to offend Duke Dingguo, or leave a huge handle against themselves in the hands of the other Jinyiwei!