At the same moment, Xiao Qianye grabbed the crow that was leading the way and crushed it into pieces in his hand. The crow condensed by the illusion let out a low cry, and after a while, it flapped its wings and started flying in front of his eyes again.

It was his first time to come to Chang'an. Even if Yun Shu briefly mentioned the direction of Cizang Temple to him, it was impossible for him to figure out which road in this metropolis leads to where overnight.

Now, he was standing in a completely unfamiliar place. The breeze was blowing with the refreshing fragrance of flowers. There was a large sparkling lake not far away, and the outline of the palace was vaguely visible. The environment of this place looked like a forest garden, but on both sides of the road

The palace was already crowded with imperial guards who were waiting in full formation, and the air was filled with tension. In just a few minutes, he saw ministers wearing various court uniforms walking in one after another with fearful expressions on their faces.

Before he could draw his sword and chop into pieces the crow that was leading the way, Silver Crow's voice came from it. He let out a few embarrassing laughs and quickly explained: "Master, please don't get me wrong. This is the direction to go to Cizang Temple."

, but last night, shortly after the prince returned to the palace, news came from Fengluan Palace that the Empress Dowager was assassinated. Before dawn, Guo Youan used this as an excuse to seal the city gate. Now the whole city is on guard to prevent entry and exit. The front is not far away.

It is Fengluan Palace, built on the island in the middle of the lake in the middle of the imperial garden. Not only the prince and Guo Youan, but also the emperor were alarmed and went over to visit."

"That's your business." He squeezed the crow again impatiently. Seeing the crow deformed in his hand, Silver Crow reminded in a low voice, "The Empress Dowager is seriously ill and dying. Even the doctors said that

She was dying soon. How could an assassin bother to kill her at this time? This was clearly a trick directed and performed by Guo Youan. Now the emperor was furious and summoned all the ministers here, saying that he wanted to personally interrogate everyone about their whereabouts last night.

, the Royal Forest Army was also deployed here by Guo Youan. The prince suspected that Guo Youan wanted to catch them all in one go, so he had to order me to temporarily change the route and bring you here."

Afraid that he wouldn't believe it, the crow flew into the sky tremblingly, using the magic to quietly transfer everything it saw into Xiao Qianye's eyes. In the courtyard by the lake, the emperor was sitting in the main hall, Xian Xian.

The prince and Prime Minister Guo sat calmly and calmly, looking at everything in order, but in fact they were already at war with each other. Black cats were tiptoeing through the grass, and crows were closely watching from high in the sky. The entire imperial garden was like a volcano about to erupt.

No one dared to say anything, and even the palace maids and eunuchs, who knew nothing, broke into cold sweat on their hands and lowered their heads to hold their breath.

Prince Xian was drinking tea, and his energy, which was a little tired due to a sleepless night, was restored the moment he stepped into the imperial garden. Bai Ya was the adoptive mother of the late crown prince, but because of Guo Youan's suspicion, she was treated as a doctor ten years ago.

She was moved to the renovated Fengluan Palace due to illness. The little emperor might have had feelings for her when he was a child, but the child was too young to remember anything. Coupled with the ten years of unfamiliarity, the negligible feelings had also disappeared.

It had all been spent long ago, and now the emperor, who had been controlled by Tsangshenglu for more than a year, suddenly came to the imperial garden in person, and immediately summoned his ministers to catch the murderer. No matter how you thought, Guo Youan's instructions should be behind this.

He snorted calmly and was not in a hurry to say anything. He just watched with cold eyes. Guo Youan looked over meaningfully. The old man who was nearly eighty years old had a strong body and still had strong black hair. He followed.

He took a sip of the tea at hand and said deliberately: "The trees in the imperial garden are getting better and better as they grow, but they still need to be taken care of by the gardener, so as to attract some pleasing birds such as magpies and orioles.

The sky is filled with crows flying darkly, which is unlucky and also spoils the scenery, is that right, Your Majesty?"

Prince Xian nodded casually and followed Guo You'an's words slowly: "What the Prime Minister said is very true. Those flowers and plants should be properly trimmed. There are so many wild cats running around inside. It would be bad if many people are hurt.

"

The tone of both of them was extremely calm, but just a few words sent chills down the backs of the ministers below. Although the feud between Prime Minister Guo and Prince Xian was not a matter of a day or two, the two ministers

Senior officials holding heavy military positions were really sitting together. Even a seemingly casual conversation would arouse endless reverie. Just when the atmosphere was at a stalemate for several times, the lake suddenly set off a strange ripple. Before everyone could react, a gust of breeze came from

The sky was blowing slowly, and there seemed to be some fleeting blue light that flickered in the eyes, and then disappeared in an instant.

Prince Xian frowned, and Guo Youan also stood up and looked at the Fengluan Palace in the center. After a short silence, a black cat jumped out of the grass and knocked over the tea on the table, while another crow jumped from the clouds.

Swooping across everyone's faces, the shocking news caused the two people who were facing each other to change their expressions at the same time. The two opponents who had been facing each other for many years looked at each other with their own confusions in their eyes, and immediately raised their eyes in confusion.

Staring at the palace in the distance, soon, an incredible news spread throughout the imperial garden - the Empress Dowager was missing!

Guo Youan breathed out silently, looked at the silent Prince Xian with sharp eyes, and asked slightly sarcastically: "Which drama is your prince acting in?"

Prince Xian came back to his senses and smiled, and asked calmly: "The Prime Minister is so puzzling. He arranged for so many people to come here. Is it for acting or watching a show?"

The moment the two people's eyes met, they clearly realized one thing from the suspicious look in each other's eyes - the other party didn't know?!

The cunning Prime Minister Guo and Prince Xian, who had other agendas, stood side by side by the lake. Their two pairs of eyes were staring at Fengluan Palace on the island in the center of the lake in the distance, showing different expressions. The weak and invisible blue light had completely disappeared.

, and what disappeared at the same time was the dying woman in the palace. Who could directly cross the heavily guarded imperial garden in full view of everyone, and kill a living person silently in an instant that the black cat and the crow didn't even notice?

Take away?

While the surroundings were noisy, Guo Youan quietly sat back in his seat. While calling the guards to row the ferry boat over, he seriously recalled what he had brought back from Liuyun Temple last night from Shenmeng Pavilion and Liuyuding.

Shocking news, the defeat of Shenmeng Pavilion was originally expected. After all, Prince Xian had indeed been protected by several extraordinary masters for so many years. However, Liu Yuding, who had been hired with a lot of money, also failed, which really shocked him and tossed him around all night.

In the past few years, the two of them have been fighting openly and secretly, and the killers around them have changed one after another. Unfortunately, he has a Miao man who is proficient in magic, and a swordsman with excellent swordsmanship. Even if he kills many of his confidants, only Prince Xian

I am always as steady as a mountain.

More than a year ago, he learned from Lei Gongmo that the demon sect that fled westward fifty years ago seemed to be making a comeback. The cult king even arranged for the saint Wei Liya to go to Dunhuang to preach, but Wen Zhaoqin was a fierce general.

, he soon discovered the clues of the Demon Cult and began to order the hussars to carry out encirclement and suppression. This news made his heart surge in his heart far away in the capital. Before that, he had been secretly in contact with the Huihe Khan for many years, even the emperor had

The ambitions of his puppets will never be satisfied. The closer they are to the top, the more eager they will be to climb to the top.

He decided to take this opportunity to realize his greatest ideal in life, to dethrone his great-grandson from the throne and change the world's name!

The first thing he did was to replace the loyal Dunhuang guard Wen Zhaoqin, and he was sentenced to death in just two months on trumped-up charges, and then he promoted Lei Gongmo to the throne. He never expected this.

Sun Hongyu, the governor of Anxi, noticed that he was obviously a confidant and a fierce general trained by his subordinates. He would rather die than surrender at such a critical moment. However, he did not want the changes in Anxi to alarm the court so quickly. After all, he knew that Prince Xian also had many informants, and there was no absolute

You must not act hastily.

He used the drug given by the Demon Cult to control Sun Hongyu. Anyway, that guy had a useless prodigal son. Within a few years, he was sure that the abnormalities in the four towns of Anxi would not be noticed by anyone. The only person he did not trust was the Demon Cult.

Although he had never met this religious king, his failed actions fifty years ago were really puzzling, so he deliberately kept a close eye on him and secretly asked the Uighur Khan to conceal his involvement in it.

Originally, everything was perfect. After the emperor was controlled by reincarnation, he secretly transferred a lot of wealth and armaments in the name of rewarding Lei Gongmo. He only waited until the time was right to join forces with the Uighur army to capture the four towns of Anxi, and then went straight to Huanglong to force the emperor.

After abdicating the throne and making way for the worthy, he could cede Dunhuang to the Huihe Khan and only ask him to pay a tribute of money every year. But at this time, Dunhuang was suddenly disrupted!

When the news came, he pretended to be calm and suppressed the incident and ordered the informant to secretly transfer Lei Gongmo. However, the person who intervened this time seemed to have arrived in Kyoto. He was afraid that the Huihe incident would be completely exposed soon. He had to do it.

Before that, we must completely get rid of Prince Xian, who has been fighting for many years, and then seize the throne in one fell swoop to have a chance of winning.

For this reason, he finally used the power of Liu Yuding. He originally thought that he could spend money to buy peace of mind. Unexpectedly, an unidentified master came to Liuyun Temple again, causing Liu Yuding's will to retreat, and the other party gave him

The explanation is even more confusing. It is said that Prince Xian's assistant is carrying "the arrogance of the gods". Liu Yuding does not want to be an enemy of the people in the God Realm, but he can wait until this person leaves before attacking Prince Xian.

What gods, devils and monsters are all nonsense in the eyes of a veteran minister who has been mediating in political conflicts for decades. If you lose, you lose. It is simply ridiculous to talk about such nonsense!

But after all, he spent a lot of money, and naturally he can't speak too eloquently when dealing with this kind of person. If he ran away with the money, wouldn't he have lost his wife and lost his army? Anyway, that woman Bai Ya refused to let go of the story about Queen Wen Zhao and Empress Wen Zhao.

The real cause of the crown prince's death was that he was almost tired of ten years of hard work, so he just took the opportunity to stage an assassination drama to find the emperor and Prince Xian together. The emperor was present, and even the emperor's uncle and prince could not bring their guards.

As long as he found an excuse to let the two of them visit the Empress Dowager alone, he could immediately issue an order and have them killed on the spot.

But at this moment, the Empress Dowager was kidnapped right under her nose?

Guo Youan's pupils shrank - had he noticed it? But looking at Prince Xian's expression just now, it seemed that he really had no knowledge of this matter?

While he was deep in thought, the ferry boat had already rowed to the shore. Guo Youan recovered his thoughts and watched the emperor jump onto the boat anxiously. He pretended to be in a hurry and followed him, not forgetting to turn around and urge Prince Xian who was still hesitating: "Your Majesty, hurry up.

Come on, maybe there are clues!"

Prince Xian hesitated for a moment. Stepping on this ship was equivalent to stepping into Guo Youan's trap. Fengluan Palace was originally the place where he specially rebuilt the white crow, and there must have been a dragnet waiting for him and the emperor to walk over and die!

"Uncle!" The emperor turned around and called him. The eyes of this nephew, whom he had hated for many years, were full of worry, as if the nominal imperial grandmother really made him worried.
Chapter completed!