The night is quiet, and the candle shadow is red.

Inside the Tai Chi Palace, it was very quiet, and there was a faint atmosphere of despair flowing in the palace.

At this time, Emperor Du Zhen should have returned to the harem to rest, sometimes with the queen, sometimes with other concubines, but recently, he has basically returned to his bedroom to be alone.

When a person knows that death is imminent and irretrievable, most of them do not want to see anyone at that time.

However, tonight Du Zhen stayed in the Taiji Palace, did not review the twists and turns as before, and deal with political affairs, but sat alone on the couch, alone, and the hall was empty except for Ling Hu Xingzhi standing aside and waiting.

The expression on his face was a little tired, and there was some trepidation in his eyes.

This morning, the crown prince Du Tao went out of the city to carry out the river sacrifice ceremony, which is commonly known as the summer festival, and was attacked by assassins from the Fan Yang Lu clan on the Tianjin Bridge, and the two grandmaster-level powerhouses joined forces, causing heavy casualties.

However, the two powerful assassins were not successful.

They were blocked by the two grandmasters beside Du Tao, among them, Du Tao's own grandmaster Lu Gong from the Fengxiang Guo family gave up his life and gave a heavy blow to the sword master, but the worship sent by the imperial court was tied with the peach blossom lady, and he failed to leave the peach blossom lady, the reason why this is so is that when the reinforcements in Chang'an City arrived, the prince Du Tao suddenly went crazy.

Du Tao turned into a madman, turned into a cloud of black gas, and killed people unscrupulously.

Most of the guards who guarded him did not die at the hands of the assassins, but at his hands, he was like a murderer who had lost his mind, killing people when he saw them, not only killing the guards who were guarding him, but also rushing into Wannian County, where there was only killing.

The strong grandmaster who was born in the desert wind and sand gate had to let the peach blossom lady leave and stop Du Tao's killing, however, Du Tao, who was originally only in the innate realm, became extremely strong, and his cultivation was even more powerful than that of the grandmaster.

indiscriminately killing innocents, and turning into demons in broad daylight, no matter what, it is impossible for Du Tao to keep the position of the crown prince.

It's just that he doesn't need it anymore.

In the end, Du Tao exploded and died, like a balloon that had been inflated too much to burst completely, his body turned into a mass of flesh and blood, and his soul turned into a ball of black gas and died in the void.

There is a report on this.

A well-informed grandmaster came to the conclusion that Du Tao's cultivation of the Western Demon Sect's Asura Demon Skill is a demon seed, I don't know what stimulated it, the demon seed was stimulated, Du Tao's divine soul could not suppress the madness of the demon seed, so he went mad and became a murderous demon who killed people when he saw them, and in the end, because he was restricted by the three grandmaster powerhouses, his body could not withstand the outbreak of the demon seed, so he was wiped out.

Son!

Knowing all this, Du Zhen will not be sad about Du Tao's death.

It's just an arrogant guy!

This is what happens when a person comes into contact with forces that he cannot control for the sake of ambition.

The emperor was worried and even despaired.

After the incident, knowing that the assassin was from the Fan Yang Lu clan, he was one of the four great generals of the Taishan Divine Monarch, and the emperor also knew the seriousness of the matter, and the only one who could contend with the great grandmaster was the great grandmaster.

Therefore, he immediately sent someone to Xuanzhen Temple to ask Gu Daoren, on the other hand, he went to the small courtyard, wanting to beg Liu Qianfan to get out of the customs, some time ago, he visited Liu Qianfan, Liu Qianfan had promised him to become the backer of the heir of the empire, no matter which one he chooses to take the throne, Liu Qianfan will fully support, and the eunuch group will stand on the side of the heir he chooses.

Of course, he will also pay many costs for this.

Relying on the eunuch group's own son, he will definitely not be able to control the huge power of the eunuch group, and gradually, the eunuch group will override the supremacy of the imperial power, and maybe, he will do the thing of abolition, as long as Liu Qianfan wants to.

All he did was to quench his thirst by drinking.

However, compared to those family gate valves, the eunuch group is still trustworthy.

In any case, these eunuchs have no descendants, and it is basically impossible to seek a dynasty to usurp the throne, for tens of thousands of years, there has never been a eunuch as the emperor's dynasty, and if the dynasty has no successor, it will be meaningless.

However, this time the emperor went to the small courtyard to visit Liu Qianfan.

The small courtyard was empty, and Liu Qianfan was nowhere to be found.

How so?

Du Zhen was a little panicked at that time, and after that, bad news came.

That is, in the Xuanzhen Temple, there was no trace of Gu Daoren, listening to the Taoist of Xuanzhen Temple, suddenly, Gu Daoren went out, leaving no message, and just walked away.

So, Du Zhen was a little desperate now.

He didn't know what was going on, now, it was equivalent to not having a single great grandmaster in Chang'an City, even if there was a protective array, even if there were at least ten strong grandmasters in the city, once it was used, plus the protective array, even if the great grandmaster came, he was not afraid, the emperor was still afraid, after all, things were beyond his control, and he could only wait passively.

Yes, he has a sense that something big will happen.

It's just that this big incident is very unfavorable to him and the Tang Empire.

He has been staying in the Taiji Palace, the Taiji Hall has the hub of the palace array, originally, this hub is in the hands of Liu Qianfan, controlled by Liu Qianfan's trusted eunuch, after Liu Qianfan disappeared, Du Zhen also transferred the eunuch away, replaced by his own people, he has a mage who lit two soul lamps under his hand, this mage is from Longhu Mountain, it is impossible to take refuge in Liu Qianfan.

For the sake of safety, he did not leave the Taiji Hall.

After a while, the sound of footsteps came from outside the hall, and in the dead of night, the footsteps were very clear.

Linghu Xingzhi glanced up at Du Zhen, Du Zhen nodded, Linghu Xingzhi bowed and saluted, walked back, and only after a dozen steps did he turn around and came to the outside of the main hall.

The footsteps came from the little eunuch who passed the message, Ling Hu Xingzhi whispered a few words to him, and the little eunuch turned around and left, Ling Hu Xingzhi waited for the little eunuch to leave before stepping into the main hall and coming to the emperor again.

Du Zhen didn't ask, just stared at Ling Hu Xingzhi.

Ling Hu Xing's heart understood, he bowed his head slightly, and said softly.

"Your Majesty, the princes have all entered the palace......"

After Du Tao's assassination, coupled with the sudden disappearance of the two great masters Gu Dao and Liu Qianfan who were sitting in Chang'an, the emperor hurriedly ordered that all the princes who left the palace enter the palace.

"Where's Lao Jiu?"

The old nine in Du Zhen's mouth is Du Hu, the Nine Emperor Sons with the blood of the Fan Yang Lu family.

In the emperor's opinion, the reason why the enemy assassinated Du Tao may be to remove obstacles for Du Hu, the son of the Nine Emperors, so he is more related to Lao Jiu, and it is best to hold this chess piece in his own hands.

Linghu Xingzhi nodded.

"The Nine Emperor Princes have also entered the palace!"

"Hmm!"

Du Zhen frowned slightly.

This answer surprised him a little, that is to say, the Nine Emperor Princes were also a chess piece abandoned by the Fan Yang Lu clan?

Fan Yang Lu assassinated Du Tao, what was his intention?

Gu Daoren and Liu Qianfan suddenly disappeared, what is the reason?

For a while, the emperor couldn't find an answer, and his heart was confused.

"All the princes have already entered the palace? Including Du Rui? ”

The emperor subconsciously asked, thinking nothing in his heart, and asked unintentionally.

"Yes, Du Rui, the king of Zhao, has also entered the palace......"

After hesitating for a moment, Ling Hu Xingzhi still said.

"Your Majesty, the eldest prince has also entered the palace, and all the princes are now resting in the East Palace!"

Du Xian?

The Emperor's brow furrowed even deeper.

In his mind, there is no difference between this prince who has become a waste person and does not exist, when he gave the decree, he let all the princes enter the palace, so the people below invited the abolished prince Du Xian into the palace, in fact, he didn't have that idea at that time, at that time, he didn't think of Du Xian at all.

"His body?"

The Emperor asked.

"The eldest prince was brought in, but the slave maid has already asked the imperial doctor to see a doctor, and the imperial doctor said that it is not a big problem!"

"That's good!"

The emperor looked at the corner of the hall and said in a trance.

This sentence made the fox no longer need to respond.

After that, the hall was quiet again, and it was not until a quarter of an hour later that it was broken by the sound of hurried footsteps, which came from outside the hall, and listened to the footsteps of a group of people, although rapid but regular.

The emperor's eyes rolled in his sockets, his body trembled slightly, and he looked at Ling Hu Xingzhi.

At this time, Linghu Xingzhi also turned around and looked out of the hall.

"The queen drove to ......"

Outside the hall, there was a shrill cry of eunuchs wafting.

……

On the Wei River, a light boat.

On the light boat, two Taoists sit opposite each other, one is wearing a green coat, one is wearing an iron crown, one is extraordinary, the other is majestic like a mountain, between the two, there is a chessboard, the chessboard floats in the void, and there is an unfinished chess game on it.

The two people are like sculptures, motionless.

When it comes to the realm of the great grandmaster, it has become the last stream to move hands and feet, and it is a mutual temptation to do this, even if it is not a fight of life and death, as long as it is a real move, the decision will directly use divine thoughts to fight.

Of course, you can also use your divine thoughts to set off and drive the aura around you, overwhelming the mountains and seas, and shaking the earth......

It's just that in that case, you will be rejected by the will of the Heavenly Dao, and this world will not allow the two great masters to do it with all their might, so there will definitely be a heavenly curse, just like to repel the foreign objects that have invaded the body.

If the will of the world reacts, the result will not be good for either of them.

Therefore, Gu Dao and Taishan Divine Monarch were just a pure confrontation of divine thoughts at this time.

At this moment, the minds of the two turned into chess pieces, immersed in the chessboard, and this chessboard became a secret realm, as long as the power that blocked the secret realm did not collapse, they would not be rejected by the will of the Heavenly Dao.

It's a long fight, and if the two are evenly matched, it's not impossible that the fight will continue for a year or two.

Win over lose!

Life and death!

It's just a game of chess!