Tian Ze asked, "Have you found anything around Ji Yuqi?"

The ghost crow nodded: "Ji Yuqi really wants to be unfavorable to the son, and the fact that the lady was plotted was also instructed by Ji Yuqi, but unfortunately I didn't fully get their trust at that time, and I couldn't know the news in time, otherwise I would never allow the lady to be in danger, so the ghost crow was also extremely remorseful." ”

Liu Suqing waved his hand and said, "You don't have to blame yourself, no one can predict this kind of thing, fortunately, Senior Wenxuan appeared in time, and I was not hurt, so you don't have to take it to heart." ”

When the ghost crow heard this, his heart was mixed.

He knew that for Tianze, he might just be a tool that could move, and he threw it away and abandoned it if it had no use value.

But Liu Suqing is different, in the ancient hunting forest, she is willing to quarrel with Tianze for the love between herself and the crow. Even if she was planted with a slave jade who lost her human rights, she had already treated herself as a person, and for all this, the ghost crow was already grateful to Dade.

"Mrs. Xie understands. The ghost crow continued: "I also heard a crucial piece of news, that is, Ji Yuqi intended to rebel, and he was in the Miaofeng Hall of the Emperor Palace, and he forced his subordinates to call him the Emperor Saint!"

"Call him the Emperor Saint?" Tian Ze exclaimed, "Where did he get the strength to rebel?"

"No, they're very powerful!" the ghost crow continued, saying that he had discovered the current political situation in the imperial capital.

According to the information currently known, Ji Yuqi secretly ordered people to cultivate a large number of forces in the name of the sect. At present, most of the officials in the six ministries have also been secretly subdued by Ji Yuqi, either tempted by interests, or forced by swords.

Since Qi Poyan, the servant of the Ministry of Officials, has secretly set aside the power of Ning Fangzhe, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, and now the officials of the Ministry seem to be obeying Ning Fangzhe's orders, but in fact, they are all under the command of Qi Poyan, it can be said that now the appointment and dismissal of all officials in Zhongshenzhou must be approved by Qi Poyan.

There is also the Criminal Department, because Xing Zilu, the secretary of the Criminal Department, is loyal to the current Emperor Sheng, Ji Yuqi did not dare to risk the risk of walking to invite him, so he also concocted it in the same way. Liu Guanxian in the Criminal Department is Xing Zilu's son-in-law, and everyone in the Criminal Department wants to give him face, plus the help of Lin Jixian, the waiter of the Criminal Department, seventy percent of the rights in the Criminal Department have been taken by the two.

In addition, nearly 100 family members of the household servant Lang Hao were planted by Ji Yuqi's secret forces, so that they had to obey their orders. The Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Works did not have too important powers, and were mostly responsible for the dates of some sacrificial ceremonies and the pruning of construction fortifications, and Ji Yuqi only sent people to get some of these crucial military drawings to prepare for the siege of the city in the future.

Hearing what the ghost crow said, Tianze was shocked, he didn't think that Ji Yuqi had such a skill, and then asked, "What about the military department?"

The ghost crow explained: "The name of the military department is called Changsun Hongyi, who is an old minister, and his righteous son Yi Qi was also a subordinate of Emperor Shengji Junxian when he was young. These two people are loyal to the emperor and saint, and the eldest grandson Hongyi was given the dragon whip by the previous emperor saint, if the emperor is now mediocre, the eldest grandson Hongyi can rely on this whip to kill the emperor saint, in order to be right. ”

With such a statement, Tianze was speechless in astonishment, and he returned to his senses for a long time and said: "Did I hear it wrong? What is the situation? Lao Tzu handed over the power of life and death of his son to a courtier? Isn't he afraid that the eldest grandson Hongyi will rebel with a dragon whip?"

The ghost crow also shook his head: "I don't understand this matter either, the previous emperor's move was undoubtedly to completely hand over his country to someone with a foreign surname." If I guess, there should be only one possibility, that is, the eldest grandson Hongyi has won the trust of the previous emperor, so that he is willing to hand over the country to his care. ”

Tian Ze nodded: "Only this kind of guess can make sense." ”

Tian Ze asked again: "Then do you know when they will act?"

The ghost crow groaned for a while and said, "It should be in these two days, and I don't know the specific time." In addition, Mo Bufan's master Yuxiang is also involved, this person is unfathomable and has not shown up so far. ”

Liu Suqing, who was on the side, heard this, and asked Tianze, "Husband, are we going to inform Xiao Jiu tomorrow?"

Tian Ze thought for a long time and said: "No, Xiao Jiu is simple-minded, if she knows, she will definitely inform the Emperor Sheng, and at that time, you and I will not be able to stay out of the matter." The emperor's mind, the obedient one lives, and the other dies. Whether you are against him or not, as long as you are involved and it is difficult to use it, you will not be able to end well, so we cannot tell him. As for Xiao Jiu's safety......"

Tian Ze's words gradually faded, and he didn't know how to keep Xiao Jiu out of the matter.

Liu Suqing saw Tian Ze's embarrassed expression, so she said: "Otherwise, after we arrive at the Imperial Palace tomorrow, I will invite Xiao Jiu to live with us as an elder sister to prevent her from being accidentally injured." ”

"Living together?" Tian Ze asked, "Aren't you afraid of putting sheep into the wolf's den?"

Liu Suqing glanced at Tian Ze threateningly: "If you dare to speak, even if you try, I don't guarantee that you will have the life to look at me again." ”

Seeing this, Tian Ze smiled helplessly, it seemed that he had been firmly tied to Liu Suqing's tree, so he asked the ghost crow: "Ghost crow, won't you attract suspicion when you come at this time?"

The ghost crow shook his head: "I came to assassinate my son and wife this time, and I won't arouse their suspicion, but if you want to hide it, you have to be sincere enough." ”

Tian Ze naturally understood what the ghost crow was referring to, nodded and said: "Don't worry, after you go back, you will say that you will knock my realm down to the Jindan realm, and I will be scratched on my neck, tomorrow morning, I will let the criminal department Shangshu Xingzi Road arrest the assassin in the whole city, and tomorrow's imperial palace and his party will also reveal a little to him through Xiao Jiu, so he will naturally want to believe you." ”

The ghost crow nodded, and hummed softly: "I know!

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In the early morning of the next day, half of the imperial capital was searched by the officers and soldiers, as if an evil demon was mixed in the imperial capital, but only a few people knew that it was all because of a person named Tianze.

Yuyuan was in the middle, Xing Zilu, the secretary of the Criminal Department, was sitting on the chair with a gloomy face, and Tian Ze was in pain, with thick gauze wrapped around his neck, and his fists clenched tightly.

"Xing Shangshu, you must catch that villain! It's really hateful! You dare to commit murder at the feet of the Son of Heaven, I will put him to death!"

Xing Zilu looked at the angry Tianze lightly, and there was even schadenfreude in his expression, but it was perfectly hidden, and said: "Tiangongzi, with your temperament, there should be many people who want to kill you, so this official can only do his best to arrest him, and there is no guarantee that he will be able to catch the murderer." ”

Tian Ze naturally understood that this old guy was still resentful of himself for his grandson Liu Zeng's affairs, after all, he let the ghost crow seize Liu Zeng's memory and turn him into an idiot, so Tian Ze could understand his feelings.

But understanding is understanding, Tian Ze didn't like the feeling of being stared at and hated, so he said: "Xing Shangshu, in the past, at the gate of Shengzhen Academy, you personally promised the emperor to protect me. But at this time, I was assassinated, but you said these words, didn't you live up to the expectations of the emperor saint for you, what kind of face do you have to sit in the seat of the secretary of the criminal department?"

"You ......" Xing Zilu held back the anger in his heart, gritted his teeth and said, "Hugh wants to use the Emperor Saint to suppress me!"

"I'm not that interested in you!" Tian Ze got up and sorted out his clothes, and said to Xing Zilu: "Let's go to the Imperial Palace today, are you on the same road?"

When Xing Zilu heard this, he flicked his sleeve robe: "I'm not that interested." Then he turned and left.

Tian Ze and Liu Suqing then also left the Jade Yuan Residence and walked towards the Imperial Palace.

Not long after everyone left, a yin wind mixed with a faint white light blew inexplicably in the courtyard of Yuyuanju. This wind gathers from the lotus lake, although it is slightly biting, but on the lotus leaves that are germinating, it is to give birth to fragrant lotus flowers.

I saw hundreds of flower branches like sharp arrows sticking out of the water, and the 'arrowheads' suddenly bloomed, revealing pieces of pink hibiscus petals.

The cold and yin wind turned into a curling fragrant wind and fell in the lakeside pavilion.

The breeze turned into shape, it was actually a young girl, willow leaves, new eyebrows, cherry lips, head lined with pearls and light yarn, and a small fan embroidered with Qingluan in her hand, just like a girl in the boudoir to be married.

It's just that the girl's figure is translucent, like a ghost that remains in the world.

The girl sighed lightly, sat down and leaned against the pavilion pillar, as if she sighed: "Qingluan blue clouds lock the dense fog, and the dark way of the ghost disturbs the fragrance. I slept for a while, and I didn't think that someone would disturb my quiet dream, although I didn't want to frighten you, but forgive me, it was you who disturbed me first. ”