Star Trace Gate

in the palace.

When the third prince saw that the eunuch did not respond, he took two almonds from the plate and chewed them.

He has a thin face, black hair, and delicate facial features. He is a very handsome man. He has the air of a playboy, and his behavior is somewhat different from that of ordinary people.

The palace lanterns swayed and the breeze blew gently outside the window.

The Third Prince sat lazily on the couch, slowly picked up the teapot and commented: "This little Prince Huai is shameless and vulgar, greedy for money and lustful, and his mouth is full of lies. He is simply... cast in the same mold as me. A bosom friend, a bosom friend!"

When the eunuch heard this, he thought to himself, "Your Highness, you are so smart, and your evaluation of yourself is so accurate..."

"Where did he go?" The third prince's language style was dominated by contingency and uncertainty. He abruptly changed the subject while drinking tea.

"I heard that he has passed Loushan Pass and should be heading towards Hezhou Prefecture now." The eunuch replied.

The third prince touched his chin with his slender fingers, and revealed a very "wise" look: "Tomorrow you go to Haitang Tower and select dozens of new tribute girls with both talent and beauty. Then let those experienced procuresses teach them everything they know and improve the skills of these girls. Oh, and let Halimu prepare some treasures and toys."

"Your Highness. His Majesty mentioned some time ago that your health is not as good as before. The original intention is to make you pure-hearted and free from desires..." the eunuch advised tactfully.

"You know nothing." The third prince said faintly, "The more my father forbids me, the more I will do it."

"...!"

The eunuch was speechless and thought to himself that the greatest advantage of his master was that he had no advantages at all.

There is no crown prince in the court, and other princes are trying their best to show off, but he is the only one who is rebellious, often making the emperor angry and causing him to curse at him, and his words are as ugly as they can be.

"Tap!"

There was a sound of footsteps outside the hall, and another eunuch walked in quickly.

"How many people died?!" the third prince asked excitedly.

After the eunuch bowed, he replied softly, "Your Highness is indeed as good as a god. Xu Liang was dragged out of the palace and beheaded for neglecting his duties and failing to investigate the case. The other officials were sentenced to thirty or fifty strokes of the cane. And when I heard the news, the eldest prince had already entered the palace to see the emperor."

The Third Prince rubbed his chin with his hand, his wise eyes rolling around: "Oh, Xu Liang is as stupid as a pig, and the eldest prince got the advantage for nothing. If he takes over the task of thoroughly investigating the case of Bulao Mountain, then his hands will be extended to the Imperial Supervisory Office."

The eunuch was stunned for a moment when he heard this: "Your Highness, the Emperor asked the eldest prince to enter the palace. It doesn't seem to be to investigate a case."

The Third Prince looked up at him: "No? Then what's the matter?"

"I don't know about that." The eunuch shook his head: "But the person who took over the post of Tongyou Envoy was a capable general under Xu Liang, named Yin Guang."

The Third Prince blinked and whispered, "Xu Liang? Yin Guang? Haha, interesting, these are two names with the same way of death."

……

Late at night, the beginning of the midnight hour.

The eldest prince, who had been talking with the emperor for nearly half an hour, was now hurriedly walking out of the Taiji Hall.

Soon, he came to the outside of the palace and got on the carriage, and whispered, "Return home."

Compared with the third prince who has a weird and unpredictable personality, the eldest prince looks much calmer, and perhaps because of commanding troops, his personal temperament is also filled with an indescribable sense of oppression.

As the carriage moved forward, the staff sitting on the side asked softly, "Why did His Majesty summon you so urgently?"

The eldest prince pondered for a while, then suddenly asked, "Where is the young Prince Huai?"

"We have passed Loushan Pass and are heading towards Hezhou Prefecture." The elderly aide replied while sitting in the shadow of the car.

"Ah."

The eldest prince nodded slightly, and then remained silent for a long time before adding softly, "Father has judged that something big may happen in the three regions of Lingnan."

"Send troops?" The staff was surprised.

"It hasn't come to that point yet. It's just a reminder for me to prepare early." The eldest prince said worriedly, "It's hard to guess what my father is thinking. Perhaps we can only see something when the little prince Huai arrives in Beijing."

The aide pondered for a long time and sighed, "That's right. Now the entire court may be waiting for him to enter the capital."

"Ah."

After the eldest prince nodded slightly, the two of them said no more.

The carriage traveled quickly at night, and as it passed through the palace, the scenery along the way, although full of royal style, looked extremely cold.

……

One day later.

Lingnan Prefecture, somewhere.

Guan Feng was sitting in a dimly lit room, with his hands behind his back, looking at the scenery outside the mountain.

"Tap!"

The sound of footsteps resounded, and Xu Ersan stepped in, clasped his fists and said, "Witch Master, the monk is back...!"

When Guan Feng heard this, he turned around with a slightly excited expression and said, "Quick, let him in."

Not long after, a slightly fat monk with a kind face and a somewhat solemn look walked into the room alone.

"Monk Peng, nice to meet the witch master." The monk bowed slightly.

"No need to be so polite, just take a seat." Guan Feng greeted him politely and sat on the wooden chair with him.

After sitting for a while, he asked softly, "I asked you to lead people to ambush around the Bulao Mountain and wait for the little prince Huai to leave the secret realm, then ambush and capture him. But after coming out, there is no trace of you, and the letter did not mention the specific reason. Where did you go?"

"According to the witch master's instructions, I had led people to hide in the Bulao Mountain, but I didn't expect to receive a secret letter on the way. So I rushed to Hezhou Prefecture in a hurry." Monk Peng smiled and replied: "When I was in Hezhou, I was worried that the secret letter would be intercepted by spies in Kyoto, so I didn't dare to mention it in the letter."

"Whose secret letter is this?!" Guan Feng asked.

"It's a letter from Kyoto." Monk Peng looked at him and said in a hoarse voice, "The person in Kyoto...is not very satisfied with our layout around Bulao Mountain."

Guan Feng frowned and fell silent.

"But he feels that there is still room for maneuver." Monk Peng pulled out a secret letter from his sleeve, placed it on the table and said, "This is what the person asked me to pass on to you. You must open it yourself."

Guan Feng picked up the secret letter and opened it while asking quietly, "Where is the wiggle room he mentioned?"

"He said that we can only see the clues after the young prince Huai arrives in Beijing." Monk Peng paused for a moment and said, "According to the time, the young prince Huai should have passed Hezhou Prefecture by now."

Guan Feng nodded slightly and began to read the letter carefully.

After a long time, he burned the secret letter and said softly: "When the little prince Huai enters the capital, we will also meet with Han Chan and do another important thing."

"He hasn't left yet?" asked Monk Peng.

"Hey."

Guan Feng sighed, stood up and walked to the window: "After all the planning and effort, who can be willing to not see the final chapter?"

Monk Peng slowly stood up and said, "No matter what, I am willing to obey the orders of the witch master..."

……

After passing Hezhou Prefecture, there was an inn on the official road.

After lunch, Ren Ye sat alone on a stone bench in the yard, writing and drawing.

"Good brother!"

Fatty Wu walked over and called softly.

Ren also looked up at him and greeted him, "Brother, you look very good today. I think the young lady from Hezhou Prefecture last night... must be a person with superb skills and a good understanding of the ins and outs."

Fatty Wu waved his hand: "Don't mention it. Money is used to open the way, and the process is perfunctory. It's far worse than the sisters-in-law at home... the wives who have shared the hardships with me."

"That's regretful."

"No problem, no problem. As long as the penis is still alive, there will be a time to meet a worthy opponent." Fatty Wu said very smoothly, and then he also took out a letter: "This is a letter from Mr. Huang of Qingliang Mansion, entrusted to my leader in the mountains. Take a look."

"it is good."

Ren Ye took the letter eagerly and began to read it.

In Brother Huang's letter, two things were mainly mentioned, and one of them surprised Ren very much.

First, the plague issue has been completely resolved. Most of the people have recovered, and only about 200 seriously ill patients died before the antidote formula arrived in Qingliang Prefecture.

More than two hundred lives!

Watch the wind, I’m on duty early!

Ren Ye cursed in his heart, but he could do nothing about it.

He has done what he can, but there will always be regrets in life and things that are beyond one's control.

Even if you are a god, there are people who are hard to save.

The second thing is about Tang style.

Since he got the inheritance of desire, he quickly completed the promotion task from level one to level two. However, because he had accumulated a lot of overflow experience before, he was directly at level eight after entering the second level.

Therefore, in order to catch up with everyone's average level, he also urgently needed to upgrade himself to the peak of the second grade. However, now all his reliable teammates followed King Huai to explore the frontier situation in southern Xinjiang. There was no one around him to use, so he returned to the migration area again and found A Pu.

I don’t know whether Tang Feng took off his pants in front of A Pu or used some “extraordinary” means.

In short, he actually tricked the honest man A Pu into traveling with him to explore the star gate of the migration site, and specifically selected tasks above level S to accumulate experience.

After reading it, Ren Ye couldn't help but sigh: "This person who can be both a man and a woman... has an easy life. She can easily trick a strong man into doing things for her."

After putting down the letter, Fatty Wu chatted briefly with Ren Ye and then stood up to say goodbye.

In the yard, Ren Ye sat on a stone bench, picked up the small notebook in which he had just written and drawn, and prepared for his first attempt.

In his current mission of "The Rise of King Huai", there is a very important main task, which is to determine the true identities of the other five people in the secret realm of Mount Bulao.

He had just made some deductions and felt that the identities of the other five people were already clear, so he was ready to communicate with Tiandao and submit this task.

After a little preparation, Ren closed his eyes, began to recite the Way of Heaven carefully, and called out the names of five people in his heart.

Big Fat Dragon = Second Prince of Southern Xinjiang.

Poison wine pot = Han Chan.

Ghost-head knife = Young Master Guanfeng.

Weng Sanren = Fenglin Taoist.

Baihuaxian = ...