Chapter 2159

Zhu Yanyi seemed to recall something. She took out a small bottle and handed it to the Emperor.

"Keep this for protection," she said. "It is poison. If you open the cap, no one can come within three li of you."

She then handed her a pill. "Take this. It will keep you healthy and immune to poison. You can carry the bottle with you always. If there is danger, open it. The smell will kill enemies, and it will also alert me. I am very sensitive to this scent. I can smell it from a hundred li away. I will come to save you."

"Thank you," the Emperor said. She bowed to Zhu Yanyi. She did not refuse. She was surrounded by enemies now. It was hard to tell friend from foe. This gift was truly useful.

Zhu Yanyi waved her hand. "I am afraid of trouble. I know I am a Divine Doctor. But if you are killed in a place I do not know, I cannot fly there instantly. I cannot tear space to save you yet. So, you must rely on yourself sometimes."

Zhu Yanyi looked at the young Emperor seriously.

The young Emperor smiled bitterly. She was the Emperor. Even though she had little real power, people still respected her on the surface. No one spoke to her so directly and bluntly like Zhu Yanyi.

The young Emperor did not say more. "It is time. I must go back. Fu Huai, Xuancheng City, listen to the Divine Doctor’s Seat. I will come back tomorrow night."

She left by the same path she came.

Zhu Yanyi said, "Bring me all the files. I want to see the people’s records first."

Fu Huai and Xuancheng City looked at each other suspiciously. They could not see what the woman wanted to do. They only saw her mask, not her face. But remembering the Emperor’s orders, they did not refuse. They went to fetch the files.

Zhu Yanyi rarely bothered with such tasks, but she was not incapable.

With memories from two lives, her experience was far greater than others. She needed to read the files to understand the basics of each person.

Every file described a person’s basic situation. People are never perfect. But in the list of personnel, Zhu Yanyi found three files that were too perfect.

She picked out the three files and showed them to Fu Huai and Xuancheng City.

Fu Huai looked at them and said, "The files are complete. There is no problem."

Zhu Yanyi shook her head slightly. She said nothing. She looked at Xuancheng City. "What does the Xuancheng Guard think?"

Xuancheng City looked carefully. "The files are fine. But they feel strange."

Zhu Yanyi said calmly, "Kill these three."

Fu Huai and Xuancheng City were stunned. "Kill them?"

"Kill them." Zhu Yanyi confirmed. She looked at them again. "This is the first and only time I will explain. From now on, I will not explain any of my decisions. Do not question any of my judgments. These three files are too perfect."

Zhu Yanyi pointed to the first file. "Zhang Chong. From Zhang Village. Her parents died when she was three. Her aunt sold her to a traveling performer. Ten years later, the performer died accidentally. She was freed. Then she joined your team. After ten years of training, she became an excellent member.

She completes every mission well. Even if others fail on the same day, she succeeds.

This file seems detailed. But is the person sold at age three really the same person appearing ten years later? Can a thirteen-year-old be compared to a three-year-old? Who can prove they are the same person? The people who could prove it are dead. So the proof is empty.

Also, whenever he goes on a mission with others, the others fail, and he succeeds. Do you not think this is suspicious?"

Zhu Yanyi pointed to the other two files. "Similarly, Wang Qiang and Chen Ping have the same problems. One is an orphan, not knowing her parents. The other’s parents died in a disaster. They both begged or were adopted. After joining your team, they performed excellently.

These files show they have no relatives. Their backgrounds are too clean. Their mission schedules are basically around Zhang Chong’s. In several cooperative missions, they worked in pairs or threes. Others failed, but they succeeded. Do you think this is a coincidence?

I never believe there are too many coincidences in this world. Too many coincidences are not coincidences. They are conspiracies. But if there is such a conspiracy, the people who trained them would not allow them to reveal the mastermind. So I do not want to interrogate them. Just kill them."

Hearing this, Fu Huai and Xuancheng City felt a chill in their hearts. Looking at the three files again, they realized they were indeed too perfect. A perfect life could not be so coincidental. They said nothing and went to execute Zhu Yanyi’s orders.

Zhu Yanyi wanted to solve the problem of the fifty trusted aides first. From the beginning, she killed seven people in just three days. Although she did not strike the blows herself, she gave the orders.

As people were killed, their reactions made everyone shiver. Those killed showed a state of facing death without fear. This proved Zhu Yanyi’s judgment was correct.

No one had seen the Divine Doctor’s medical skills. But her ability to calculate and predict was revealed. She identified three insiders from the files. From short conversations, she found four more. In three days, seven people were killed. It did not cause panic. It established authority and dignity.

Although she was the Divine Doctor, people behind her back liked to call her the "Female Fiend Star."

News of these deaths reached the people behind the scenes quickly.

"Young Master, the people we planted in the Emperor’s secret team have been killed. Now only those in the reserve army remain. They will not be hidden for many more days. What should we do?" The person asking was very capable.

The person called Young Master looked relaxed. He held a paintbrush and was painting.

Only after finishing the last stroke did she speak. "What kind of person is this so-called Divine Doctor’s Seat? Do we have her portrait?"

"We only know she is a woman. We know nothing else. She wears a crystal Yanluo mask when she appears. So even Fu Huai and Xuancheng City have not seen her true face. Probably only the Emperor has seen it," the man said.