Star Trace Gate

Chapter 12

Failed?

impossible!

It doesn’t make sense!

In the side room, seeing the woman whose mother Gu exploded and died, she was filled with shock. She carefully reviewed the entire plan in her mind, but she couldn't figure out the reason for its failure.

In the dormant stage, the soul-controlling Gu has no energy and no vital signs. It is like a dead thing and is extremely concealable.

There were only a few capable people around King Huai, but he was also a vulgar and reckless man. How did they realize that there was a poison in the palace?

Did you miss something beforehand?

It's also impossible. The person who cast the poison was randomly selected by himself. Before the action, he didn't even know what he was going to do. How could he be exposed?

After thinking about it, there is only one possibility, and that is that the useless King Huai has a way to save his life that he could not think of.

Then...will he be a player?

Although the mechanism of Star Trace Gate is very fair, even if it is a plot-playing gameplay, players will generally not be allowed to play roles such as princes and emperors, because such a perspective is too high. However, this possibility cannot be easily ruled out. The world view of this star gate is very grand and the content is strange and unpredictable, which cannot be measured by common sense.

It seems that I have to treat this "game" more carefully.

After the review was over, the woman changed into a large, hooded black robe in the side room and left.

She has an excellent figure, stunning appearance, and alluring charm in every gesture. Even in Kyoto, where there are so many beauties, she can still compete with the courtesan.

……

At Haishi, night enveloped Prince Huai's Mansion, and everything was silent.

A line of soldiers on night duty, holding lamps and wearing armor, passed by the gate of Liyuan of Prince Huai Palace.

Suddenly, the soldier leading the way stopped and asked, "You...can you hear the woman's moans?"

As soon as he said this, the soldiers behind him also stopped and listened.

After a while, someone responded with a vulgar expression: "I heard it, it was so loud."

"Someone must have gone to Liyuan to have fun again."

"Can this sound carry so far?"

"Hey, the sound of comfort is hard to control."

"...!"

Everyone was talking a lot, and while they were talking, they were already lying on the wall of Liyuan, wanting to take a peek.

Liyuan was originally a place for King Huai to seek pleasure. It housed hundreds of singers and beauties with special skills. But now it is difficult for King Huai to survive. He has long been reduced to a caged bird of the imperial court. This place has also become a fitness club for those "treacherous ministers". Every midnight, there are always people coming here to have a tryst with each other.

While the soldiers were peeping obscenely, the woman in black robe left from the side door without attracting anyone's attention, as if she had become invisible.

At midnight, the woman in black robe left the palace in the darkness and came to a hut in the mountains.

After entering the room, the candlelight was dim, and the woman in black robe saw an old Taoist priest sitting on the bed, and she saluted: "I have met Master Xu Tianshi."

Xu Laodao was an aide to the current emperor. He arrived at Qingliang Mansion yesterday because of the Heaven's Pardon, but he did not show up in the palace.

"Have you been bewitched?" Xu Laodao asked expressionlessly.

"My servant carefully planned the poisoning, but I don't know what means the useless King Huai used to save his life, and he discovered the poisonous insect. Someone should have blocked it for him." The black-robed woman responded in a neither humble nor arrogant manner.

After the words fell, the hut became quiet. Xu Laodao asked without anger, and the black-robed woman did not appear frightened because she failed to cast the poison.

"The Holy Spirit orally."

Xu Laodao suddenly spoke.

"My slave accepts the order, long live my emperor!" The woman in black robe knelt down.

"The person who was destined to die has awakened, and it is imminent to open the tomb of Princess Qianchao. I order Liu Ling'er to sneak into the Jingxin Hall quietly, and within two days, find the map of the tomb passage in King Huai's secret room, and find out the secrets hidden there." Xu Laodao looked indifferent, paused and asked, "Can you hear me clearly?"

Liu Ling'er frowned, and the sound of the Star Mark Gate sounded in her ears.

[You have received a new mission, to find the tomb passage map hidden in King Huai’s secret chamber, and to investigate the secrets hidden there. The mission is limited to: before leaving the star gate; failure penalty: the emperor will think you are useless, and he will kill you about you. 】

Upon hearing this "reminder", Liu Ling'er's face turned livid, and she gritted her silver teeth and replied: "I accept the order."

"Pindao has other things to do. It is not convenient to show up at the palace at the moment. If it comes to pass, you can use the disc order to inform me."

"Yes." Liu Ling'er stood up and responded.

"Go." Xu Laodao said indifferently, then closed his eyes and said no more.

Liu Ling'er turned around decisively and left the hut with a gloomy face.

……

In the palace of King Huai, in an inconspicuous and unused wing, the lights went out and it was dark.

Ren Ye was lying on the hard wooden bed, his eyes wide open and not sleepy at all.

Er Leng held the famous sword Yao Yue in his arms and sat on the wooden chair on the right side of the door. He was breathing evenly and listening to the goings on around him.

Ren Ye originally didn't want Er Leng to "sleep" with him, but after the bewitching incident just happened, he was really a little panicked. He could only be forced to share a room with this burly and reckless man, and even invited him to sleep with him. The urge for personal protection.

"I'm stunned, is there any movement around me?" Ren couldn't help but ask.

"Except for the two mice looking for food, there is no other movement." Er replied in a daze.

Ren was also a little surprised: "Can you hear the sound of mice?!"

"People who practice martial arts should first train their five senses, and then train their body. Within fifty meters, no sound can reach the ears and eyes of my subordinates." Er was a little complacent, and at the same time he licked: "But compared with the previous king, this It's just a trivial skill. On the battlefield in southern Xinjiang, I once saw the late king exuding powerful energy and frightening an enemy general without moving. This is the highest state of martial arts."

Ren didn't pay attention to the late king's arrogance, and just asked with a clear mind: "So...if I talk to any of my concubines at night by candlelight, you can hear it?"

"I can't hear it." Er Leng shook his head.

"Huh? Didn't you say that I can't hide it from your eyes and ears within fifty meters?"

"Your Highness took a very short time, and it was over before I even heard it." He replied bluntly, "That's why I couldn't hear it."

"You dare to insult me? I will chop you down!" Ren was also offended by this sentence.

"Haha!" Er Leng smiled heartily.

Ren also took a breath and asked carefully: "Have you finished spreading the incense ash that I asked you to spread in the corridor just now?"

"It's done."

"Is there anyone guarding the palace gate?"

"Lian'er is here." Er Leng rushed to respond: "Even in His Highness Chugong's hut, I have set up a simple mechanism. If a thief sneaks in, it will be triggered."

"Ah."

Ren also nodded slowly.

The wing was calm again, but not long after, Ren Ye suddenly sat up: "By the way, there is still gas! This palace is ventilated everywhere, if someone releases poisonous smoke...!"

"Don't worry, Your Highness, I have ordered all the eunuchs and maids to live beside the four corridors entering the palace. Even if there is really poisonous smoke, they will be the first to be alert." Er Leng responded patiently: "If Your Highness is still not worried, tomorrow will be I will select eight dedicated drug addicts to guard at the entrance of the palace."