I was just solving crimes, how could I become an immortal?

Chapter 176 Xiaojiu reinforcements?

Prince An, the fourth son of Emperor Wan Jing, voluntarily gave up the fight for the crown prince and took the title of idle prince.

Speaking of which, Mu Bai had reminded Cao An back then to be careful of King An.

He was afraid that there was also a deal between the demon clan and King An, but because of their different positions, it was not convenient to tell him the details, so Mu Bai gave him a hint from the side, hoping that he would understand.

"But that bastard King An actually put on a big show in front of me and deceived me. I completely ignored him for a time."

The only meeting between Cao An and King An was at a banquet.

At that time, a group of gangsters pretended to be sea merchants transporting fire oil and poisonous weeds. Then they pretended to be actors and came to the banquet to release poisonous smoke in an attempt to assassinate the officials present.

Cao An was very strange at that time. He felt that the opponent's moves were all aimed at Pang Shi and King An.

But as everyone in the Imperial City Department knows, is it really necessary to pay such a high price for a prince who is idle? Where is the other party’s profit point?
  Now Cao An understands that the other party's real purpose is the prince's son.

"That group of people acted carefully. It is impossible not to know that the guards around the prince are strong. If the prince himself had some strength, the assassination would not be successful. The purpose is to poison the prince."

"But the prince is only six years old? What's the use of killing him?"

"Can you confirm the prince's easy-going character and give him the opportunity to sneak into the court."

Retreating bravely does not mean that you have no ambition, it may also mean that you are secretly planning big things, such as usurping the throne.

Judging from that night alone, Cao An's impression of King An was that he loved his son and was assassinated innocently.

But now that I think about it, the assassin at the dinner party was basically arranged by King An himself.

Even his son was deliberately brought out to die.

In addition to reflecting his aloofness, the death of his son can further intensify his character and give him an excuse to contact officials to facilitate formality.

If he could kill Pang Shi, he could even go to the emperor and ask for the post of Imperial City Secretary.

Thinking that he usually kept such a low profile and used revenge for his son as an excuse, Emperor Wan Jing wouldn't be too suspicious, and that was his first step into the center of power.

Ying Huorong listened on the side, and couldn't help showing resentment on his face: "That bastard, for the sake of becoming emperor, he even killed his son!"

"That's not his son, that's Qiao Yundong's son. From the very beginning, the identity of the princess and the prince was false, and there is no so-called conscience."

Cao An once checked Qiao Yundong's past. His family background was not very good since he was a child. He left home seven years ago and traveled around the world to learn martial arts.

In recent years, he has become successful in his martial arts. He returned to Shangjiang City and joined the Six Sects, and then gradually became famous.

The records that travel to various places do not seem to be fake.

If Cao An guessed correctly, the princess at that time was in love with Qiao Yundong. Unfortunately, Qiao Yundong was young and inactive, and his in-laws did not agree with the marriage, forcing Qiao Yundong to leave.

The reason why the princess married Prince An was because she suddenly discovered that she was pregnant and her family wanted to abort it. It happened that Prince An offered a lot of money to ask for a child, so they hit it off, saving time and effort.

Later, Qiao Yundong returned from his travels and found out what happened back then. He also understood that the princess married Prince An in order to save her son. There was no love in the marriage, but it was already irreversible, so he could only guard her silently.

"So, is Qiao Yundong loyal to the princess and the prince? Not loyal to King An?"

The melon-eating crowd finally came to their senses.

Qiao Yundong was a very twisted person. He was obviously loyal to his master, but yet he kept giving trouble to their Tsing Yi Department. This made it clear that he was not loyal, but had to be loyal.

The only child Cao An ever saved was that day after the banquet, he helped the prince test for drugs, thereby saving the child's life.

Immediately afterwards, Qiao Yundong appeared, shouting that he wanted to repay his kindness, but he refused to tell the reason.

He knew that Cao An was very smart and would definitely guess the result once he told the prince's life experience.

And if King An's guilt is exposed, the Nine Clan will be killed, and his beloved and son will suffer. On the contrary, if King An can succeed, at least his wife and children can live and enjoy glory and wealth in the future.

This was his incompetent father's final compensation for his mother-in-law.

Everyone was amazed at Qiao Yundong's emotional dilemma and Wang An's forbearance.

If we count it from the perspective of time, King An ten years ago had already guessed Emperor Wan Jing's ambition and knew that he would not be able to wait for the succession of the throne in this life, so he took in [Huangquan Dao] after the war and began his plan to retreat bravely.

Nanchu has still been very noisy over the years. The reason is that King An used the name of Daxing to stir up trouble there.

He was waiting for opportunities to amass money and cultivate power, and at the same time he was creating hatred for Daxing and diverting Emperor Wan Jing's attention.

After ten years of hard work, I finally waited for today's explosion.

"So, what do we do now?"

Once you know who the enemy is, it will be easier to deal with it. You can call the department at home, rush forward, and directly knock King An to the ground and hammer him. The Tsing Yi Department is best at this. However, Cao An pondered for a moment and said, "I think what we should do now is to think of a way to get out of this place."

"Ah?" Everyone was stunned and quickly looked up. It was so dark that they couldn't even see their heads.

Yes!

They jumped into the abyss and solved the crisis. How should they get up now?

After losing the blessing of Huangquan, the little ghosts like A Kong can only maintain the simplest ghost body now. They can fly up by themselves, but it is impossible to drag them.

The red fox only has one soul and cannot drag them up.

The only chance seemed to be to crawl.

The smooth cliff is full of traces of formation lines. As long as they stagger these lines and carve out some stepping positions on the cliff, they may not be unable to climb up given their strength.

But the problem is, if they slowly crawl back, Shangjiang City will be reduced to ruins.

How to do it?

Just when everyone was at a loss, a figure appeared.

He was about one meter tall, wearing a black cloak, and his exposed little face looked very cute. He quickly walked over with his short legs and a world-weary look on his face.

"Xiaojiu! Why are you here?" Everyone was shocked on the spot.

Although Cao An heard from Jian Zheng that this person was the reincarnation of Ksitigarbha Spirit Son, and his strength was by no means ordinary.

But you suddenly appeared here, something is obviously wrong! When did you follow?

Xiaojiu glanced at them, as if he knew they would be in big trouble. He turned his head and tried to pass by them pretending not to see them.

However, he was stopped by Ying Huorong, picked him up, and was forced to stop.

"Xiao Jiu, it's very dangerous here. Why did you sneak over here?" Ying Huorong scolded Xiao Jiu as if he was holding a pet.

Xiaojiu knew she had good intentions, but when she was suddenly stopped, she could only sigh helplessly: "I'm just here to close the door and leave as soon as I'm done."

"close the door?"

"Well, close the door."

Xiaojiu jumped out of Ying Huorong's arms, and then quickly came to the stone wall just now, clasped his palms together, and a ten-foot-high Ksitigarbha statue exploded behind him.

The majestic aura made everyone's hearts tighten. Is this Xiaojiu's hidden strength?
  As expected, the Tsing Yi Department is full of monsters! Even children are no exception.

Xiao Jiu was obviously in a hurry and did not give any explanation. Instead, he directed the eight arms on the dharma image to move up and down together to carve the formation on the mountain wall.

There is no doubt that the formations all over the mountain were carved by Xiao Jiu. This person is indeed the reincarnation of Ksitigarbha Reiko, silently doing his own work to maintain the stability of the underworld.

Monk Sanyang was already excitedly kneeling on the ground to worship the Bodhisattva, while Cao An's eyes lit up and he came up with a good idea.

"Xiaojiu, you just came from the ghost market, right? That can connect to this place!"

Xiao Jiu glanced at him expressionlessly and nodded his cute head: "Yes, this door is always opened, so it needs to be locked tighter this time."

"Good job, Xiaojiu, can you take us back to the ghost market?"

"No." Xiaojiu objected without hesitation.

After all, she is Ksitigarbha Reiko, and will always be bound by Buddhist rules. Her cold temperament seems to have nothing to talk about.

"I'll give you 5 candied haws!"

"No."

"10?"

"I said no. I don't want to have any entanglement with the human world with my power."

"50!!!"

"make a deal."

"..."

(End of this chapter)