Taishang Immortal Brigade

Chapter 27 Prince's Mansion

Facing the temptation, Xia He still said calmly, "Your Majesty, please state clearly what is the matter. Let me explain first. The ancestors of the Su Nie family are not something I can handle. Please also ask Your Majesty to put forward some special conditions."

Emperor Dawei smiled and said, "You don't have to worry, I don't want you to deal with two old immortals, you are only at the eighth level of Qi refining, I will let you do what you can, what I want you to do is very simple , is to monitor the prince"

Xia He asked curiously, "The prince is just an ordinary person. His Majesty can just send some ordinary innate experts there. Why would you think of sending me to monitor the prince?"

Emperor Dawei said, "My good son betrayed me, bought many immortal cultivators, and acted in secret without telling me. Ordinary innate masters can't sneak into the prince's mansion. Only you can help me and keep an eye on the prince. Don't make him do stupid things."

Xia He looked at the concerned look in Emperor Dawei's eyes, knowing that Emperor Dawei still missed Prince Li in his heart, nodded, and said, "I will definitely live up to your Majesty's entrustment. Once the Crown Prince takes any action, I will notify His Majesty in time."

Xia He sneaked into the prince's mansion, so he couldn't wear a suit of armor. Instead, he changed into an ordinary blue robe, escaped the guards of the prince's mansion who were patrolling around, and finally followed a little eunuch to find the study of Prince Li.

Prince Li was talking to three people. These three people were, the old-fashioned eunuch with long white eyebrows, Eunuch Dongfang; .

To Xia He's surprise, all three of them were immortal cultivators with varying levels of strength. Father-in-law Dongfang was the strongest, at the ninth level of Qi training, while Master Zhang and General Chang were both at the eighth level of Qi training. They all discussed with Prince Li as subordinates.

Prince Li said fiercely, "Father is such an idiot, he refuses to believe that Su and Nie's family want to rebel. I went into the palace and made repeated remarks, but Father kicked me out. Sir, persuade Father to take action to eradicate Su. The Nie family, this strategy will not work."

Master Zhang stroked his long beard on his chest, and said with confidence, "Your Majesty's reaction is within my expectations. Since His Majesty's strength cannot be borrowed, we can only stand still and accumulate strength. The aristocratic family believes that the crown prince is a member of the royal family, standing on the righteousness, and people of insight will definitely come to help."

Prince Li nodded, and said unwillingly, "The two old men of the Su family and the Nie family have made things difficult for me in the court many times, and also framed many loyal people who have taken refuge in me. I will definitely not want to fight with them. Let it go." After finishing speaking, Prince Li said to Chief Dongfang, "Old Dongfang, what happened to the dead soldiers you and General Chang trained in the mansion?"

Director Dongfang bowed his head and said, "If you go back to the prince, those dead men are innate masters summoned from the rivers and lakes. They are naturally invincible when used in battle, but it is not enough to fight against the practitioners of the Su Nie family."

Prince Li said annoyedly, "I know, but apart from the three of you, I don't have any immortal cultivators that I can use. I wanted to borrow a few immortal cultivators from my father, but my father hates me very much and won't help me." I, among those aristocratic families, there must be some immortal cultivators hidden, but they dared not offend the Su Nie family, and even claimed that they did not, if they were loyal, why would they not send the immortal cultivators in my family to work under my command."

Prince Li thought of something, and then said, "By the way, the armored priest I asked you to inquire about, do you know his origin?"

The Chief of the East nodded and said, "My servant heard that the Iron Armor Enshrined was brought into the palace by His Majesty two months ago. It is said that His Majesty trusts him very much. He also issued an imperial decree saying that the Iron Armored Enshrined is only subordinate to His Majesty in the palace. .”

Prince Li slapped the desk angrily, "Damn it, Father is so confused, he trusts an outsider so much, yet I, as his son, am scolded wantonly by him."

Eunuch Dongfang persuaded, "Prince, please be careful. According to the eyeliner in the palace, the armored priest must be a cultivator, and his cultivation level is not low. Otherwise, how could His Majesty value him so much?"

Prince Li sighed, "It's another immortal cultivator. Father's strength is really unfathomable. If he is willing to help me, how can I be so embarrassed? If I want to kill a few disobedient officials, I have to do everything possible."

Lord Zhang persuaded, "His Royal Highness, Your Majesty is a wise ruler who has not come down for a thousand years, and he has his own calculations. As ministers, we should do our best to share the worries of the emperor, and we must not complain."

After hearing this, Prince Li said solemnly, "Father and I are both monarchs and ministers as well as father and son. Naturally, we have to share worries and solve problems for Father. I know that the biggest troubles of Father's confidantes are the Su Nie family. I want to eradicate these two cancers for Father. , and ask the three of you to help me."

When the three of them heard that it was Prince Li asking them to show their loyalty, they quickly got up and saluted, "Swear to serve the prince to the death."

At this moment, a guard stumbled into the study, his face covered in blood, and shouted loudly, "Your Highness, it's not good, there are rebels, there are rebels, the rebels have already entered the mansion, brothers resist desperately, The casualties were heavy."

General Changchang, the guard, lifted up the bodyguard in his hand, and shouted sharply, "Who rebelled? Tell me quickly, who are these people, how many are there, which door did they come in from, and who led them?"

The guard said incoherently, "There are enemies in all directions. There are everyone. We were killed and scattered without seeing clearly. We only heard the screams. They are all our people. I ran out desperately."

Prince Li turned pale with anger, wrung his hands together, and said, "It's terrible, who dares to attack the mansion of the prince of a dignified country, who is so bold, you follow me out."

General Chang turned around and saluted, "The prince can't go out, the enemy situation is unknown at the moment, let the last general be the vanguard, and make some inquiries for the prince."

Xia He was originally hiding outside the prince's study room, but he had heard the shouts of killing in the distance, and a few spiritual energy rose from the place of the fighting, Xia He knew that something was wrong with Prince Li this time, and among the people who came to attack and kill were immortals By.

General Chang rushed into the front yard with a double-edged long-handled axe. The attacking assassins and the prince's guards had already fought together, but from a high place, one could see that the prince's guards were killed and fell back on the ground. Nine out of ten of the dead bodies were the prince's guards. The attackers were well-organized, regular in action, and extremely powerful, and had already occupied most of the front yard.

At this time, General Chang came with the dead soldiers who were secretly trained. The new force came down the mountain like a tiger, and retreated again and again after killing the attackers. Some people fell down continuously, but they were all lifted and dragged away by the people behind. Even if these people retreated It is also in order.

General Chang killed the enemy out of the front yard, called out loudly, and said, "Who are you? How dare you attack the Prince's Mansion? Don't you know that this is a serious crime to exterminate the nine clans? Confess the mastermind immediately, abandon your weapons and surrender, and I can send you off lightly." .”

No one among the attackers spoke, and suddenly the crowd parted like a wave, and one person walked out. General Chang saw him and shouted loudly, "Su Chengxiu, do you want to rebel? Lead so many people to attack the Prince's Mansion, and kill so many guards, what are you doing?" Do you want the Su family to be wiped out?"

"And me." Then another person came out. Although Xia He didn't know this person, he could tell from his voice that he was Nie Wupeng who was talking with Nie Tiantong that day. Nie Wupeng was a middle-aged man. The appearance is also a cultivator.

General Chang shouted loudly, "One of you surnamed Su and the other surnamed Nie participated in this attack on the Prince's Mansion. Does this mean that your two families, Su and Nie, conspired to kill the Prince? .”

Su Chengxiu shook his head and said, "Of course not. My Su family is loyal to His Majesty, so how could I cause him to rebel? I came here today to clean up your Majesty's house and capture Prince Li who plotted to usurp the throne."

At this time, Prince Li had already rushed into the front yard, and when he heard Su Chengxiu's words, he said angrily, "What are you talking about, this prince has always been loyal and filial to his father, why did you have the ambition to usurp the throne? "

Nie Wupeng said, "We already have evidence that the prince is plotting to usurp the throne. The prince should not deny it. He should bind his hands and let us confront the imperial court. We will convince the prince."

Prince Li subconsciously asked, "What evidence?"

Su Chengxiu said with a smile, "Of course it's evidence that the crown prince secretly raised dead soldiers and recruited soldiers."

Prince Li retorted, "This prince has not."

Su Chengxiu pointed to the dead man behind General Chang and said, "The prince doesn't need to make excuses, just look back and see who those are."

Prince Li knew that they brought people to attack, and forced him to use hidden dead soldiers in the end. He had already got his handle, but he was still unwilling, and said, "They are not dead soldiers, but warriors I recruited to pretend to be Guard."

Nie Wupeng continued, "Prince, we have witnesses."

Prince Li asked, "Who?"

Someone behind him called out, "Me."

Prince Li looked back and was furious. The person who spoke turned out to be General Changchang, his most trusted bodyguard. General Chang swung the double-edged long-handled axe, and a large number of dead soldiers behind him fell down. Director Dongfang and Master Zhang jumped up before making a move, and rushed to the side of Nie Wupeng and Su Chengxiu.

Su Chengxiu talked eloquently, "General Chang was able to rein in the precipice and turn to the light. It's really a wise move. Tell me, how the prince secretly recruited the dead and conspired to usurp the throne."

At this moment, General Chang did not have the loyalty and bravery he had shown just now, and said with a look of reformation, "The crown prince entrusted the task of recruiting masters and outlaws to his confidant Dongfang, and then I will be responsible for training these dead men. The prince said that these people will be useful in the future, and he also promised me that if I help him ascend to the high position, he will definitely be promoted and rich in the future, and his future will be limitless."

When Prince Li heard this, he was trembling with anger. What General Chang said was true, but he said it in such a way, combined with Su Chengxiu's accusation just now, it just confirmed his crime of raising dead soldiers and plotting to commit crimes. The general scolded, "You despicable villain, you betray your master."

General Chang didn't feel ashamed when he heard it, but he said plausibly, "Don't blame the prince. After all, the general is still loyal to the court. It's just that Prime Minister Su and Grand Master Nie represent the court, not the prince. So please forgive me, the prince. I will not be able to go to the dark with you, I can only feel sorry for the prince."

Mr. Zhang was not angry, and said to Prince Li, "Prince, the situation is not good. The other party seems to have premeditated, and we fell for it."

Of course Prince Li knew that he had fallen for the trick. Now that the two armies of Sunie and Nie are suppressing the situation and slandering him for wanting to usurp the throne, he wants to refute it, but he can't say that I raised these dead men to destroy your two families, right? On this point, General Chang, a traitor, acted as internal support, so he entered the Prince's Mansion recklessly.

(End of this chapter)