211 · Crowning Ceremony (II)
"Esoteric Sect?" Zhong Yan Pang Zheng fidgeted, his fingers constantly wandering over the dossier, as if he could cover up the truth by stamping these words. He knew the secret religion, and there were indeed rumors about those mysterious killers in the rivers and lakes. After much hesitation, he said to the unfathomable political enemy: "I have heard of the Esoteric Sect. ”
"Is that true?" Bian Liangtu looked at him in surprise as he didn't know about his past with the Esoteric Sect.
"I once had a life of exile in the market, and I must have heard of Zong Zhengqing. He told the story mechanically, but his mind was thinking about the princess. He carefully recalled the impromptu conversation, the princess asked the little emperor if he wanted to play outside the palace, the little emperor thought about it again and again and asked to go to the platform, where the foggy scenery made him linger, the princess agreed to his request, during which the princess did not make any hints, it was completely the little emperor's spontaneous place.
The princess should have nothing to do with the assassination of the little emperor...... Should.
"I met a dear friend at that time, and we survived many cold winters together, and then we joined the local gang – long since gone down – and fought to the death for turf with other gangs—" Zhong Yan Pang Zheng suddenly stopped, realizing that he had said too much.
Why do you have to talk so much about your past with your political opponents?
"Anyway, that's when I first heard of 'Esoteric Religion', and so far the only time. He ended the story hastily, wondering what the Flat Beam Diagram would say.
"How many years ago?" Bian Liangtu didn't seem to care about his past.
"It's been fifteen years. ”
"......Sure enough," Bian Liangtu said, "I didn't care when I first heard about Bodhi Village, after all, there were too many unfounded rumors circulating in the rivers and lakes, but after discovering Bai Yao's dossier and other clues, I realized that there may indeed be a killer city in this world, and then I found this 'secret religion' after further investigation, and the rumors of the secret religion first appeared seventeen years ago, which is roughly the same time as you heard about it, and I estimate that the secret religion was established at that time." ”
"The Esoteric Cult and Killer City are the same thing?"
Bian Liangtu shook his head: "At present, the Jinyi guard who went to Bodhi Village has not returned, and the specific situation over there is unknown." I feel that although they are connected, they are not the same thing, the Esoteric Sect is the Esoteric Sect, and the Killer City is the Killer City, but no matter which side you start investigating, you can find clues from one side to the other. ”
Zhong Yan Pang Zheng looked at this old minister who was twice his age, and his heart suddenly wavered. He didn't understand the cause of this vacillation, but he felt that he couldn't stay here any longer, or he would be disintegrated by a force.
"Zong Zhengqing, I still have something to do, so I left in advance. He dropped the sentence abruptly, propped his hands on the table, and stumbled to the ground
Before he could say anything, he saw the dwarf man disappear into the room with his head down.
He sighed, as if nothing had happened, and immediately picked up the brush and continued his work.
Moments later, the bookcase behind him was slowly pushed open, and a heavily armed guard stepped out, the armor of which was burdensome to the thin body, and the sun's rays lingering on it.
Bian Liangtu immediately turned around and looked at the member of the Gonglian team who had become his own.
The polished helmet completely obscured his face, and even if Zhong Yan Pang Zheng killed a horse pistol, he would only think that he was an ordinary guard.
"It was so sudden. The armoured man's voice came out of his helmet, with a cold, metallic sound, and it sounded very sharp and sharp.
"It came suddenly. Bian Liangtu wiped the sweat from his neck, "Do you think you can pull him in?"
"Zhong Yan Pang Zheng is a smart person, after you say this, he will definitely suspect the true purpose of Princess Tilting Lotus, we can use this to inspire his distrust of the princess little by little, when he finds out that Princess Tilting Lotus is not the person he thinks is not at all who he thinks, he will completely fall to us, and help us move to the princess. ”
Bian Liangtu nodded slowly, and then said in a sincere tone: "You and I have cooperated for so long, and you still don't want to tell me, what is the real purpose of the princess?"
"It's not that I don't want to tell," the man in armor let out a helpless sigh that swirled out of the armor like a large crowd sighing, "I've only gotten a glimpse of the tip of the iceberg. I'll help you kill the princess, but you'll also have to find out whether you want to overthrow her yourself, or if you're induced by her to overthrow her—I can't be sure. ”
"Again," Bian Liangtu thought very ridiculous, "of course I want to overthrow her and save this little life." He patted his chest, "You know that the princess is jealous and hateful to me, I sent her to the throne three years ago, and I was going to blackmail the princess to dominate the country, but she bit me back." My feud with the princess is so clear, why do you think that I was induced by her?"
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The man in armor sat on the chair that Zhong Yan Pang Zheng had just sat on, and the solid armor and fluffy cushion pressed out many deep marks.
"Zong Zhengqing, you have to believe me, Princess Tilting is not as simple as you think. ”
"Of course I do. Bian Liangtu frowned unhappily, "In terms of imperial power, I have been placed by her." She is certainly not simple, on the contrary, she hides deeply. ”
"No, no......" The helmet shook and made a crisp sound.
Flat Beam saw a sight shoot out of the hole in the helmet.
"You are still underestimating the princess's abilities," he whispered, as if she would have heard her louder, "and what is terrible about her is not the cunning of the royal power, but something else, I have served the princess for more than four years, and she knows more than anyone else in the world, as if she were omniscient." ”
"You've told me that, too. "If she is really omniscient and omnipotent, why did she let the little emperor be assassinated?" ”
"Alas—" the armored man sighed, "be careful. ”
There was a knock at the door, and the two of them were about to talk, and the man in armor immediately made a gesture of getting a task, and knelt down on one knee in front of the flat beam table.
"Come in. Flat beam diagram said loudly.
A brocade guard rushed in in a panic, he saw that there was another soldier in the house, and said, "Zong Zhengqing, report urgently." ”
"You go out. The flat beam figure waved.
The man in armor was silent and walked out of the room respectfully.
Say. ”
"The four brocade guards sent to Bodhi Village have all died, and the others threw their bodies in the forest ten miles away from the west gate of the capital, and were found by a woodcutter, who has been taken to Dali Temple for interrogation. ”
Flat beam figure put down the brush.
Is there no 300 taels of silver here, or is there something else going on? No matter what aspect you consider, there is no doubt that there is a problem with Bodhi Village.
"You go and get some horses ready first. ”