Chapter 689: Alarm Bells
"Who do you think this dark chess master is?"
Xu Rui looked at Xiao Jinwu and asked in a deep voice, and when he heard this question, Li Kuang also looked at Xiao Jinwu.
Obviously, Xiao Jinwu has also thought about this question countless times, if according to Xu Rui, this dark chess master is not unwilling to leave Changxing City, but unable to leave Changxing City, then this person may have a great future.
"As a dark chess master, but for more than ten years living in Changxing City, this is indeed very abnormal, if according to what you said, this person can't leave Changxing City because of his special identity, then although the scope has been reduced, it is still very large.
First of all, the cabinet elders and the six scholars, they are high and powerful, and they are older, and every time they leave Changxing on business, they will attract attention and be very suspicious.
Secondly, several fathers-in-law in power in the inner court, including Wang Shun, could not leave Changxing, judging from the clues of Hu Miao's murder, he seems to be also connected with dark chess, and he is familiar with it, and even the opposing fathers-in-law are afraid that there are many suspicions.
Secondly, there are many powerful people among the nobles, especially several nobles, including Prince Bao, who did not act after the prince's accident, and now it looks very suspicious.
In the end, it is not excluded that the concubines around the saint, no one knows whether this dark chess master is a man or a woman, maybe it is the pillow person of the saint. ”
After listening to Xiao Jinwu's words, Xu Rui and Li Kuang were a little stunned.
His speculation is really brain-opening, especially the last point, if the dark chess master is really the concubine next to Emperor Hongwei, then this person's scheming and ability are probably even more breathtaking.
It's just that as a dark chess master, he can lurk in Changxing City for more than ten years without being discovered, what else can't he do?
Thinking about it carefully, maybe Xiao Jinwu is not exaggerating.
"Maybe there's another group of people we've overlooked."
Li Kuang said with a deep groan.
"Who are we ignoring?"
Xiao Jinwu and Xu Rui looked at Li Kuang at the same time.
Li Kuang frowned and said, "Princes! ”
The two of them were stunned when they heard this, and then listened to Li Kuang explain: "Everything here is because of the prince, and the prince can be said to be the fuse of the whole thing, and the core of the whole thing."
If you look at it the other way around, the dark chess master has been working hard for more than ten years for the sake of today's big drama of winning the heir, who would have been ready to win the heir more than ten years ago? ”
"Not bad!"
Xu Rui seemed to suddenly open up when he heard this: "If this powerful dark chess master is just trying to disintegrate Great Wei, then with the power he has now, it is enough to shake the foundation of Great Wei."
Especially in the battle of the Northwest Grassland, if he can take the opportunity to provoke chaos in the Great Wei and cooperate with the Northern Expedition of King Wuling, then the Great Wei will definitely not be able to take care of the whole thing.
Previously, we just thought that this dark chess master was dedicated to doing things for the Southern Dynasty, if he was really the prince, was it possible to take advantage of the general trend of King Wuling of the Southern Dynasty to help him ascend to the throne? ”
Xiao Jinwu smiled and said: "Your idea is good, it seems to make sense, but have you ever thought about it, the dark chess was born together with the King of Wuling."
If the dark chess master is really a dark chess established in Changxing City, then the appearance of dark chess may even be earlier than King Wuling, so it was nearly twenty years ago.
And these princes of ours, the oldest prince is only thirty and two, twenty years ago was just twelve years old, King Yu, King Liao and several other princes are less than ten years old, do you think it is possible to establish a dark chess at such an age?
Moreover, although the princes can't leave Beijing easily, they are the heirs of the Great Wei, and they are naturally inseparable from the Southern Dynasty. ”
These words were like a basin of cold water poured on Xu Rui and Li Kuang's heads.
In fact, it is also the identity of this dark chess master who is too mysterious, which makes the two of them open their brains, and even ignore the most superficial flaws.
It's just that Xu Rui always feels that there is something they have overlooked.
No matter what is in the world, no matter how deep it is hidden, as long as it is done, it will leave traces, and it will never really be seamless.
Xu Rui sighed and said: "That's it, we still have too little information at the moment, and I'm afraid there will be no results if we continue to guess like this, so let's wait until we find more clues." ”
Xiao Jinwu shook his head and said: "I have checked all the places that can be checked, except for the record that I got by accident, there are no clues, if the dark chess is so easy to check, I am afraid it will not be a mystery today." ”
Xu Rui smiled slightly when he heard this: "If there is no flaw at all, I'm afraid it won't be possible, right?" ”
Xiao Jinwu was stunned: "Do you have a way?" ”
Xu Rui smiled: "There is no way to say it, but the other party should have left more flaws, such as Hu Miao!" ”
"Hu Miao?"
Xiao Jinwu frowned.
Xu Rui said: "Hu Miao's secret chess code appeared at the door, and then he died, that is to say, Hu Miao was removed by the dark chess for some reason, and Wang Shun recently wanted to speak and stopped, it seems that he knows some insiders, but for some reason, he can't say it clearly, isn't this the direction?" ”
Xiao Jinwu sighed: "Dark chess has always been meticulous, maybe this time to get rid of Hu Miao is a bit hasty, will leave a little flaw, but they will never let the flaws always exist, maybe after tonight all traces will disappear." ”
Xu Rui said with a smile: "Even so, there will be new flaws, the reason why dark chess is difficult to find is because the enemy is dark and I am clear, now that we know that the head of dark chess is in Changxing, everything will be easy to do."
If they want to make waves, they will definitely take the initiative to attack, but at present, the situation is complicated, the world is unpredictable, and even dark chess cannot control everything.
As long as they do it, there is a possibility that there will be flaws, and we will definitely find clues as long as we keep an eye on them. ”
Xiao Jinwu nodded when he heard this: "Yes, at present, the dark chess tree has deep roots, and the power is even bigger than we imagined, and there is only one way to reverse the situation, that is, to capture the thief and capture the king first, and find out this dark chess master in order to completely solve this tumor!" ”
Li Kuang nodded, and was about to say something, when at this moment, a red light suddenly rose into the sky outside the old mansion, and then a deafening loud bang came, and the entire old mansion trembled.
The faces of the three of them changed, and they immediately rushed out of the old mansion, only to see the fire in the inner city, and thick gunpowder smoke rising into the sky.
"It's a gunpowder explosion!"
Xu Rui's face sank when he saw this.
At the same time, several screams of "chirp" sounded from all directions, and wisps of sparkling light rushed into the air, and then exploded into clouds of fireworks with "popping".
When the three of them saw these fireworks, their faces suddenly changed again.
"Jinyiwei's signal!"
Li Kuang said in a deep voice.
"There are also signals from the East Factory, the Ministry of War, the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses, and the Forbidden Army, and almost all the yamen have been alarmed!"
Xiao Jinwu said with a look of astonishment.
Xu Rui frowned and looked in the direction of the firelight, and his face suddenly became cloudy.
"Look at where the explosion is......
Li Kuang and Xiao Jinwu hurriedly looked in the direction of his finger, slightly discerning the direction, and after a little groaning, their faces suddenly became very ugly.
"That's ...... Liaowangfu? ”
Li Kuang looked at Xiao Jinwu and Xu Rui in astonishment.
The faces of the two were equally ugly.
Now that the crown prince's rebellion has been confined, if the King of Liao has another accident, then the entire court may immediately fall into a situation of heroic and powerful melee.
What's worse is that Xu Rui was pushed to the front of the stage by Emperor Hongwei in order to balance the King of Liao, if the King of Liao fell at this time, then Xu Rui may immediately become the target of public criticism, and even Emperor Hongwei can't tolerate him.
Thinking of this, the three of them suddenly turned earthy.