Chapter 159 The Third Prince's Mansion
"The prince is dead!"
After Jiang Lin returned to Prince Qin's Mansion and just walked in, he heard these words.
Mr. Baihua stood in the main hall with an indescribable strangeness on his face. He did not bother to maintain his manners in front of the prince and paced back and forth in the main hall.
There was a hint of hesitation in his steps.
"We had three secret agents in the Prince's Mansion, and only after two of them were killed did this news spread."
Mr. Baihua looked at Jiang Lin and said in a deep voice, "The East Palace is now under complete martial law. No one is allowed to enter or leave."
"According to the information spread by the secret agents who risked their lives, the prince died at the hands of... the crown prince!"
Hearing this, Jiang Lin looked a little strange and couldn't help but look in the direction of King Qin.
The King of Qin was calm and expressionless. He just held the teacup in his hand and drank tea silently.
"Your Majesty..."
Mr. Baihua hesitated to speak, but finally gritted his teeth and said, "No matter what, the prince is dead now. Although it is very strange and weird, it is a fact."
"That is to say, the only successor to the emperor now is the third prince, and the third prince's mother's family has been suppressed by the emperor."
"Between the Crown Prince and the Third Prince, I think the former is more likely. The Emperor is likely to confer the title across generations!"
"Should we..."
Mr. Baihua’s meaning is very simple.
Since the only "legitimate" heirs to the throne now are the Third Prince and the Crown Prince, should the Prince of Qin's Palace take action?
If the Crown Prince and the Third Prince could be eliminated, the Emperor would have no heirs to succeed him.
That is... the younger brother will inherit the throne after the elder brother dies!
If it is really possible, then perhaps there is no need to resort to violence.
"Mr. Baihua, you are too naive."
The King of Qin smiled slightly. Baihua was absolutely loyal to him, but he had no sense of politics.
In other words, in Mr. Baihua's eyes, a coup d'état is more cost-effective than rebellion.
But in the eyes of the King of Qin, a coup d'état was too timid an approach to taking that position.
"The emperor is the one who has the strongest army and the most powerful horses."
The King of Qin smiled calmly and said, "Only weapons are the means to sit in that position. Everything else is just putting the right of choice in the hands of others."
The old emperor had more than one younger brother, the King of Qin, although the King of Qin was the eldest one.
What's more, the King of Qin was very clear about one thing.
"In the eyes of my brother, I have long been a thorn in his side."
King Qin looked at Jiang Lin and asked with a smile, "What do you think, Taoist Priest?"
Jiang Lin raised his eyes when he heard this, but did not answer. He just smiled and said, "In fact, there is one very important point that Mr. Baihua just said."
From the perspective of a practitioner, Jiang Lin actually has a better understanding with Mr. Baihua.
"Ok?"
King Qin was stunned for a moment. Could it be that this Taoist priest, who was always ruthless, also had some thoughts of appeasement?
But he still asked: "Please teach me, Taoist priest."
Jiang Lin smiled and said, "Your Highness only saw that the emperor wanted to centralize power, but he forgot one thing. Why did the emperor go to so much trouble to use such cruel means to harm his own son? Even if he wanted to centralize power, at most he would find faults, dismiss him from his post, or even make him a commoner."
"But now, the prince is dead."
The emperor made it clear that he wanted to kill his three sons, and he used the most despicable, despicable and unpresentable means.
Although the emperor's purpose is still unknown, the second prince has been deposed and the crown prince died at the hands of his own son.
Only the third prince is left.
It was obvious that the emperor was preparing something, and killing his three sons was one of them.
This easily makes people think of some evil magic.
"We don't know the emperor's ultimate goal, but what the emperor wants to do is what we want to stop."
Jiang Lin stood up and said, "So, what we have to do now is not only not to find a way to deal with the Third Prince, but to save his life."
What the emperor opposes is what I support, it's that simple.
Upon hearing this, the King of Qin did not think about it for too long. After all, it was he who told Jiang Lin the news that the emperor was preparing to centralize power.
Before, the King of Qin was still wondering that if the emperor wanted to centralize power, it shouldn’t be so troublesome. After all, the power of the three princes, including the crown prince, was granted by the emperor.
If you want to take it back, even if there are some constraints, you can't resort to such despicable means.
This is completely a case of hurting the enemy by a thousand and hurting yourself by a thousand.
If it is applied to court struggles, it is an extremely cruel measure and is indeed unreasonable.
But if we look at it from the perspective of a practitioner and take into account the possible existence of evil magic, then everything becomes reasonable.
In some sorcery methods, sacrificing relatives, especially one's own offspring, is not something that is too difficult to accept...
Instead, it is a common method that can push sorcery to the extreme.
"It is because I am confused as an authority."
The King of Qin shook his head helplessly. Since there was a limit to what a cultivator could do when it came to rebellion, he focused most of his attention on the court, or in other words, on the secular rules. Although he was ready to overturn the chessboard, he still had to keep his eyes on it, right?
Although Mr. Baihua also had insights in this area, as a servant of the King of Qin, Mr. Baihua mostly followed the King of Qin's arrangements.
Jiang Lin is different. He doesn't want to care about the court, rules, or chessboard. He just focuses on the cultivators' affairs.
"Om..."
At this moment, suddenly, a talisman appeared in Mr. Baihua's hand.
The talisman appeared in Mr. Baihua's hand and then suddenly burned.
A message emerged and was read by Mr. Baihua.
Mr. Baihua was stunned for a moment and suddenly looked up.
"My Lord, Taoist Priest, something happened!"
"According to the secret agent of the Imperial Clan House, the Second Prince is dead!"
The King of Qin frowned and asked, "How did he die?"
"I don't know. We are the only secret agent in the clan government. This is the last message he sent using the soul talisman."
Mr. Baihua shook his head helplessly.
Jiang Lin looked thoughtfully at the soul talisman that had burned to ashes.
There are usually two of this kind of talisman, one main and one secondary.
The holder of the main talisman can sense the location of the sub-talismans, and at the same time, the talisman can be hidden on the body of a mortal.
The transmission of messages between soul symbols is extremely secretive. Even a cultivator would not be able to discover any clues unless he specifically focuses on one person.
But at the same time, if a mortal wants to use the sub-talisman to convey a message to the mother talisman, there is only one possibility.
Use your own soul and spirituality to drive it.
For a mortal to manifest his soul obviously means death...
This is the ultimate means. Every burning of the soul talisman means the loss of the life of a secret agent of the royal palace.
Like the news coming from the Eastern Palace, the news from the secret agent of the Ministry of Clan Affairs was also the last before his death.
"Mr. Baihua, according to the old rules, all relatives of the secret agent must be well taken care of, and no accidents can happen."
The King of Qin let out a long sigh and gave instructions.
Even though the King of Qin had a great family and power, and was literally assisted by God, he ultimately used human means.
The King of Qin was extremely distressed to lose four secret agents who were able to get to know such secrets in the Prince's Mansion and the Imperial Clan's Mansion. "Yes."
Mr. Baihua nodded, and then asked, "My Lord, what about the Third Prince?"
"Three princes..."
The King of Qin thought for a moment and said, "Mr. Baihua, please go there in person and invite the Third Prince to come to your house for a chat in my name, and then tell him..."
"I have something to ask, Third Prince."
This can barely be considered a reason, but it is very abrupt and unreasonable.
But the King of Qin didn't care. He was already fighting with the old emperor, and both sides knew it very well. They would not completely fall out until both sides were dead or the old emperor was absolutely sure to take down the King of Qin.
In this case, the issue regarding the Third Prince will be another battle between the two sides.
It’s just that the emperor, the third prince’s biological father, is planning to kill him, while the King of Qin, who is planning to rebel, wants to save the third prince.
"Yes."
Mr. Baihua nodded and was about to leave, but he saw Jiang Lin stand up, which made him stop temporarily.
"Taoist priest?"
King Qin also looked at Jiang Lin.
Jiang Lin stood up and said to the King of Qin, "Your Majesty, I will go there myself. It is better for the Third Prince not to move now if he can."
"Master, what you mean is that you go to the Third Prince's mansion to protect him secretly?"
The King of Qin frowned. If the Emperor didn't take action against the Third Prince for the time being, wouldn't the Taoist priest have to stay on the Third Prince's side?
“Not protection.”
Jiang Lin shook his head and smiled slightly, but there was a hint of coldness in his smile.
"I don't know how the Second Prince died, but the Crown Prince died at the hands of the Crown Prince. I have some guesses."
"Rather than protection, it's better to say that I want to confirm my guess, so I have to let the Third Prince be the bait."
King Qin didn't quite understand what Jiang Lin meant, but he still chose to believe it.
"Since the Taoist priest has his own plan, I will naturally support it. Please be careful."
"Don't worry, Your Majesty."
Jiang Lin nodded, turned and left the main hall.
Arriving outside the main hall, Jiang Lin activated the cyan gold divine pattern on his Taoist robe.
The whole person was wrapped in the lapis lazuli divine light and flew up.
Kyoto naturally has means to prohibit practitioners from flying, but for Jiang Lin, that means is not an obstacle.
For practitioners in the human world, flying is an extremely rare and advanced magic.
Even for the Taoist priest in Taisu Palace who could fly on a sword-shaped flying boat, this was something that most practitioners could only dream of.
Therefore, even the means arranged by Kyoto can at most restrain the castrated version of sword flying or some magical weapons.
Unable to restrain too advanced flying techniques.
The cyan gold divine pattern on Jiang Lin's Taoist robe came from Xiao Qingluan, and were the feathers of Xiao Qingluan when it briefly burst out its true form before Nirvana.
The flying and escaping abilities of such a divine creature naturally could not be restrained by mortal means.
Of course, Kyoto also has some means that were once arranged by the gods and immortals.
But those methods were even more ineffective in front of Jiang Lin.
Once the energy of Fengdu Jiuquan's command was activated, the restrictions at the immortal and god level were just like Jiang Lin's own back door.
It won't stop Jiang Lin at all.
Jiang Lin flew in mid-air and quickly locked onto the location of the Third Prince's mansion, which was also located in Xijingfang.
"Imperial command, hide."
Jiang Lin raised his finger and cast an invisibility spell on himself.
This method is quite common, but there is more than one method of invisibility. Almost every lineage of magic has its own unique method of invisibility.
What Jiang Lin used was naturally the invisibility technique unique to the Black Law Lineage.
This method is not invisibility achieved by blocking light, blending into the environment, or interfering with the vision of surrounding mortals.
Instead, it adds a portal to the underworld on the caster's body, and lets the portal wrap around the caster.
In other words, at this moment, Jiang Lin is not in the world of the living, but also not in the world of the dead. Instead, he is in a gray area where he is in the world of the living but half-escaped into the world of the dead.
Very good, very characteristic of the Black Law lineage.
The main approach is simple and crude, things like interfering with light and changing the vision of living beings are too troublesome.
Just hide in the underworld, who can find you?
Isn't this stealth?
Of course, it's just a little too outrageous.
Jiang Lin sighed silently in his heart as his figure slowly landed on the top of a pavilion in the Third Prince's mansion.
Under the blessing of the Fengdu invisibility technique, there were no fluctuations in either the offerings in the Third Prince's Mansion or the restrictions in the mansion itself.
Jiang Lin stood on the pavilion, with the entire Third Prince's Mansion in sight, but he did not find what he wanted to see.
The death of the crown prince, at the hands of the crown prince's grandson, seemed too bizarre, even completely impossible, to others.
But in Jiang Lin's eyes, he smelled a very familiar smell.
He thought of the Taoist who had risked the world's condemnation to use the Five Demons to deal with him, and of the young master of Hangzhou Prefecture who was willing to hide it from everyone just for Zhou Mei.
That’s right, Zhou Mei.
Zhou Mei is not dead. No, it should be said that Zhou Mei’s soul has been reincarnated with the memories of her past life.
Although, logically speaking, even so, Zhou Mei is at most a newborn baby now.
But Jiang Lin doesn't think so.
Zhou Mei is still moving, and it's a seamless process.
The death of the prince was all too familiar.
The Crown Prince was definitely bewitched by Zhou Mei's charm. With just a little stimulation, and with Zhou Mei occupying his entire mind, it is entirely possible that he would do such a horrific and treasonous thing.
Therefore, Jiang Lin had reason to suspect that the Third Prince also had similar methods.
Don't forget that as early as the beginning, the King of Qin said that the three princes had already had quite a dispute over Zhou Mei.
Jiang Lin quietly glanced at the Third Prince's Mansion, with a black and gold light in his eyes, not missing any suspicious points.
"Ok?"
After a long time, Jiang Lin suddenly made a discovery.
really.
It was the aura of Asura's charm. Although it was very faint, or very well hidden, it was not too difficult to detect in Jiang Lin's eyes.
The reason why it took so long was because the energy was located within the pavilion under his feet.
"I never thought that there would be a day when I would be in trouble."
Jiang Lin smiled, and his smile was full of ferocity. He moved and entered the attic.
Since we can’t kill it in one go, let’s try again.
(End of this chapter)
