Judge of the Lamp

Chapter 185 Weird Clues

Chen Shuncai asked again: "Where is the prince?"

Xu Zhiqiong never answered, and now he doesn't believe anyone.

Chen Shuncai didn't ask any more questions, and rushed directly to the black-clothed assassin.

The black-clothed assassin unleashed his awe-inspiring righteousness, blocking Chen Shuncai's footsteps.

Chen Shuncai waved his hands, tore a gap in the awe-inspiring righteousness, and came to the side of the assassin.

The two fought each other several times, Chen Shuncai was the one attacking, the assassin could barely parry, the speed difference between the two sides was too big, the clothes on the assassin's body were shattered in a blink of an eye.

Chen Shuncai's tactic is very simple, through intensive attacks, the opponent's fourth-grade skill - Moderate, has no time to transfer the damage, and even has no extra space to transfer the damage.

It stands to reason that a third-rank Confucian was approached by a third-rank eunuch, and this battle should be resolved, and the Confucian would not have any chance.

Xu Zhiqiong was wrong, he knew too little about Confucianism.

During the fight, the black-clothed assassin suddenly stopped parrying and let Chen Shuncai attack.

Chen Shuncai's several attacks were ineffective, so he quickly retreated.

This is the Confucian third-grade skill, destiny willful!
This skill is indeed very willful. A third-rank Confucian cultivator believes that he is favored by Tianming, and when he uses the skill of willfulness, within a few breaths, all the enemy's attacks will be ineffective.

That is to say, you can only hit others by yourself, and others cannot hit yourself.

The maintenance time of the skill is short and the energy consumption is high, but it is very effective against eunuchs.

Because the eunuch's defense ability is extremely poor, he relies on fierce offensive output to make up for the lack of defense during the battle.

Once the attack fails, the eunuch is easily killed in seconds.

The Confucian used the third-grade skills, and Chen Shuncai could only retreat temporarily.

At the same time, the Imperial Army surrounded them.

The situation was very unfavorable for the assassin, taking advantage of the third-grade skill, the assassin used the Huairen skill to force everyone back, touched the ground with his feet, and disappeared in front of the East Palace gate.

Is this another Confucian skill?
Chen Shuncai stepped forward to investigate, and shouted to a group of servants: "Monkey boy, come here who knows Yin Yang!"

An eunuch touched the ground and said to Chen Shuncai, "Bingbi, there is a yin-yang magic circle here!"

It turned out that the assassin escaped through the yin and yang circle.

Chen Shuncai said angrily: "Call that bastard Lu Yunxi here! Someone is setting up a formation in front of his door, and he doesn't know at all?"

Not long after, someone brought Lu Yunxi, who was covered in bruises, and Chen Shuncai saw that he was dying, but he didn't criticize him too much: "You trash, what can I say about you? Where is His Royal Highness now?"

Lu Yunxi said: "Hey, be with Xu Denglang."

"This little bastard, I just asked him, why didn't he say it!" Chen Shuncai turned around to look for Xu Zhiqiong, but Xu Zhiqiong had disappeared.

……

Seeing the assassin run away, Xu Zhiqiong immediately went back to the cellar.

In dealing with Chen Shuncai, both the prince and the princess are more experienced than Xu Zhiqiong.

Liang Yuyao tremblingly said to Xu Zhiqiong: "Outside, outside, who are there outside?"

Xu Zhiqiong said: "Chen Shuncai brought some servants, and the Imperial Army has also arrived."

Liang Yuyao shook her head again and again: "Forbidden, forbidden army, here I am, but I can't get out, I need a piece of clothing."

Lin Qianniang took off Xu Zhiqiong's coat and handed it to the princess.

The princess snorted coldly: "Here, he gave it to you, I don't care about it!"

The prince sneered and said, "It's not rare, just go out naked!"

With a look of resentment, the princess took Xu Zhiqiong's coat, put it on her body, and climbed out of the ice cellar first, followed by the other three.

After seeing the prince and princess, Chen Shuncai hurried forward to salute, before he could speak, Liang Yuyao scolded and asked: "Chen Bingbi, you are late, do you understand?"

Instead of being questioned by Chen Shuncai, it is better to join him first, this is Liang Yuyao's experience.

Chen Shuncai hurriedly pleaded guilty: "Your Highnesses, the old slave saw the flames flickering in the sky, and immediately led people to the East Palace. He didn't dare to delay at all. The old slave is incompetent, and the old slave deserves to die. The two Highnesses were shocked."

Liang Yuyao asked again: "Did the assassin catch it?"

"Uh," Chen Shuncai pondered for a while, "the old slave is incompetent, the assassin escaped along the yin-yang circle."

"When was this yin-yang magic circle set up? Are all the guards in the East Palace blind?"

"Your Highnesses, go back to the palace to rest. This old servant will definitely investigate this matter and give your Highnesses an explanation!"

The prince hid behind Liang Yuyao and said, "I dare not go back to this East Palace!"

Liang Yuyao said: "Tonight the prince will rest in Yuyao Palace first, and tomorrow we will meet Emperor Father together."

Chen Shuncai said with a troubled face: "I'm afraid it's not appropriate for the crown prince to live in Yuyao Palace..."

Liang Yuyao said angrily: "What's wrong? If Chen Bingbi is worried, he should watch in my palace and see if there are any unspeakable things about our sister and brother."

"The old slave dare not, the old slave has no such intention."

Liang Yuyao sneered: "I'm not good at catching assassins, but I'm interested in picking rules. You should check carefully in the East Palace to see if there are any traps!"

Liang Yuyao took the crown prince, Xu Zhiqiong and Lin Qianniang to Yuyao Palace.

The crown prince didn't want Lin Qianniang to reveal her identity, and settled for a place for her to live in first.

Xu Zhiqiong wanted to live with Qianniang, but Liang Yuyao refused and insisted on bringing Xu Zhiqiong to discuss things together.

"Tonight is your fate!" Liang Yuyao said to the prince, "If Xu Zhiqiong hadn't been clever and hid you in the ice cellar, you would definitely die tonight!"

The crown prince shook his head and said, "I'm not the only one with a big fate. Didn't my sister also escape the catastrophe?"

"Nonsense!" Liang Yuyao said angrily, "If you hadn't insisted on running to my palace to hide from disaster, why would the assassin come to my door?"

"Sister, do you know why I am going to Yuyao Palace?"

Liang Yuyao sneered: "You don't need to ask, but you can't think of me when it's a good thing, and you want to take me with you when you encounter a life-threatening thing!"

The prince shook his head: "Sister thinks too much of me. When I escaped into Yuyao Palace, the assassin was still fighting with Lu Yunxi in the front yard. I wanted to hide in Yuyao Palace. If the assassin couldn't find me, I left naturally. I went, but I didn’t expect him to go straight to Yuyao Palace, what do you think is the reason for this?”

Liang Yuyao was also stunned: "You mean that there is an inner ghost in the East Palace? They told the news to the assassin?"

The prince still shook his head: "Zhiqiong's movements are extremely fast, and his actions are secretive. The East Palace is in chaos, and no one will see it. The assassin walked in from the main entrance of Yuyao Palace, and he didn't jump in from the wall. You said it was What reason?
Sixth sister, he clearly came here for both of us, if he can't find me, he will kill you, we both have a share! "

Liang Yuyao thought about it carefully, and what the prince said made sense.

"Don't ask, King Huai did it!" Liang Yuyao gritted her teeth, "Kill you, then kill me, no one will compete with him for the throne anymore!"

The prince looked at Xu Zhiqiong and said, "What do you say?"

Xu Zhiqiong looked blank: "Strange, this thing is too strange!"

Liang Yuyao said, "Why is it so strange?"

Xu Zhiqiong said: "The assassin itself is strange. Among all the sects, Confucianism is the least suitable for an assassin."

Confucianism's single-kill ability is not strong, and its skills are not flexible enough. Once the skills are used, the range is too wide, which is equivalent to a sniper carrying a Maxim machine gun.

The key to an assassination operation is secrecy, and Confucian practitioners do not have the qualifications to be assassins.

The prince nodded: "What Zhiqiong said makes sense."

Liang Yuyao said: "Although it is Confucianism, it still has a third-rank cultivation. No matter what kind of Taoism, when it reaches the third-rank cultivation, there are few people in the world who can match it. It is not a bad idea to let him be an assassin."

What the sixth princess said is also reasonable, a third-grade cultivator does have such confidence.

But Xu Zhiqiong still felt strange.

First of all, this assassin came strangely.

According to common sense, if an assassin wants to kill the prince, he should sneak into the palace quietly and try to kill him with one blow.

But this assassin walked straight in from the main entrance with a murderous aura and righteous aura, planning to kill the prince after everyone was knocked down.

Is this an assassination, or is it here to kick the field?
This kind of arrogant behavior is very different from what an assassin should do.

And the assassin walked in a strange way, he used a magic circle and left the palace easily.

Is the yin-yang magic circle so useful?

I don't know how many traps there are in the palace, like the chakra wheel, there are so many magic tools that can limit Yin-Yang spells, just a magic circle can come and go freely?Even Taibu doesn't have such ability.If he had such ability, he wouldn't need Xu Zhiqiong to save Tao Huayuan.

Liang Yuyao said: "Anyway, the clue is already clear, it was King Huai who did it!"

The strangest thing is this clear clue.

This clue is too clear!All doubts point to King Huai.

Why is King Huai crazy?

Do things recklessly?
I found someone who shouldn't be an assassin, attempted to assassinate him twice, and left so many hands!

The more Xu Zhiqiong thought about it, the more confused he became, but Liang Yuyao didn't think about it so much. The next day, at dawn, she took the crown prince and Xu Zhiqiong to see Emperor Zhaoxing.

Emperor Zhaoxing knew what had happened, and with a sad face, he sighed: "It's really a misfortune for the clan to cause Xiao Qiang!"

Upon hearing this, Liang Yuyao didn't need to say any more: "Father, you also know that this matter was done by King Huai. If Xu Zhiqiong hadn't been astute and brave last night, the lives of the prince and I would have been lost!"

Emperor Zhaoxing nodded and said, "Xu Zhiqiong has meritorious service and should be rewarded."

The prince said: "It is indeed a reward, that guy Shi Xun has nothing to do, and he doesn't look like a capable person, so let Xu Zhiqiong be the lighthouse."

Emperor Zhaoxing pondered for a moment: "But Shi Xun has no serious faults in the end, and he cannot be removed from his position at will."

The crown prince said: "Why don't you send him to the Imperial City Department and do some idle work?"

Emperor Zhaoxing thought over and over again: "This matter has to be discussed with the cabinet and the Ministry of officials."

Liang Yuyao touched the prince beside him, signaling him to distinguish between priorities.

Xu Zhiqiong should be rewarded, but now is not the time to talk about this!
"Father, if you don't punish King Huai severely, I'm afraid he will become more unscrupulous in the future, and the lives of your sons and ministers are at stake!"

Emperor Zhaoxing nodded: "When I come to Japan, King Xuanhuai will enter the palace, so I can persuade you!"

"Persuade?" Liang Yuyao was dumbfounded, "Father, the matter has come to this, but you still want to persuade?"

Emperor Zhaoxing frowned and said: "The affairs of the clan should be based on the overall situation. I have my own opinions on this matter. You can step back!"

Liang Yuyao left angrily, and the crown prince and Xu Zhiqiong followed suit.

After about half an hour, Gongsun Wen came to the secret pavilion and bowed to Emperor Zhaoxing.

Emperor Zhaoxing raised his hand and signaled Gongsun Wen to get up: "I have to thank you for what happened last night."

Gongsun Wendao: "But it's useless to try my best. It's just that I saw two things in the East Palace last night, and I have to report them to Your Majesty!"

"Aiqing, please speak."

"One is that Xu Zhiqiong has very close contacts with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Princess Yuyao, and there is no distinction between superiority and inferiority. This thief is thoughtful, treacherous and cunning. If things go on like this, he may cause trouble!"

Emperor Zhaoxing nodded and said, "I already know about this matter."

Gongsun Wen went on to report: "Secondly, when I left the palace last night, there was a high-quality cultivator who secretly watched outside the palace. Although I didn't make a move, I was very afraid."

"Gaopin?" Emperor Zhaoxing asked, "How high is Gaopin?"

Gongsun Wendao: "Yichen deduces that it should be the third grade!"

"Three grades!"

Emperor Zhaoxing called Chen Shuncai and asked, "How was Zhong Shen last night?"

"Zhong Shen sleeps soundly in Longtu Pavilion, and there are servants accompanying him day and night, never leaving him."

"How is Taibo?"

"Tai Bu is studying magic in the Department of Yin and Yang, and has never left the house."

It's not Zhongshen, nor Taibu, who will this third grade be?

Emperor Zhaoxing smiled: "It's a good time for this person to come! Gongsun Aiqing, you should rest well and have a banquet at Prince Huai's mansion tonight."

(End of this chapter)