Chapter 288: Neutrality in the Dark Pavilion
At this time, outside the tent, in the forest a little farther away, a trivial sound suddenly sounded, and a carriage appeared there suddenly and quietly, slowly driving towards the tent. When www.biquge.info I got closer, I realized that the person pulling the cart in front of the carriage was not an ordinary white horse, but a unicorn with a conical horn on its forehead. As the carriage approached, the guards scattered around the tent did not react, but just watched quietly as the carriage drove into the encirclement and approached the tent. Then four people stepped down from the carriage and went straight into the tent.
"It's you. At this time, Zhao Jian looked at one of the four people who suddenly walked in with a shocked face, with a look of disbelief.
"Don't make such a fuss, how to make a big deal," the man said lightly. I saw that this person was handsome, but with a little evil spirit, it was Li Lan, the crown prince of the Gusang Empire. In the ring, Li Lan was beaten into a waste by Lin Feng, and after a few days of recuperation, he seemed to be much better, but his face was still pale and a little terrible. The other three were naturally Li Lan's three guards, Gong Fatzi, Xie Ri and Old Man Feng.
"His Royal Highness Li Lan has agreed with me that when we become queens in northern Xinjiang, he will provide us with the necessary food, gold coins and all other needs. In order to show sincerity, His Royal Highness Li Lan also helped a lot in this rescue," Qin Zhen said with a smile. It turned out that the reason why Zhao Jian and the queen were rescued from the palace so smoothly and escaped here safely all the time, there was also the shadow of Li Lan, more precisely, the shadow of the palace fat man and the other three.
"Why are you helping us?" asked Zhao Jian.
"Because Zhao Yi and Lin Feng are in the same group, as long as I can cause even a little damage to Lin Feng, I am willing," Li Lan said with a chill flashing in his eyes. Lin Feng broke the meridians of Li Lan's lower abdomen, and the matter of being beaten into a waste had already spread all over the world, and Zhao Jian naturally no longer doubted it. After another conversation, Li Lan returned to the carriage with the support of the three of them, and finally left. After that, Shen Lei and Shen Liang also respectfully withdrew from the tent, and at this time, only Zhao Jian and the three of them were left in the tent.
"Brother, that Prince Li Lan is so enthusiastic about helping us, I'm afraid it's not just as simple as making Lin Feng unhappy," the queen said vigilantly. Hearing this, Qin Zhen took a sip of hot tea and said with a faint smile: "Of course it's not only, he just wants us to stand more stable, so as to split the Loulan Empire, once we and Zhao Yi are both defeated, he will wait for the opportunity to take advantage of the fisherman." ”
"Then we still cooperate with him?" Zhao Jian asked puzzled.
"Because Northern Xinjiang is indeed not strong enough, it needs Li Lan's help, even if this help is full of hidden dangers. We also had to make ourselves strong first, and then think of the next solution after we had the strength to protect ourselves. Qin Zhen said lightly. In fact, Qin Zhen was right, the reason why Li Lan chose to help them was indeed with the idea of splitting the Loulan Empire and then reaping the benefits of the fisherman. In fact, the original purpose of Li Lan's visit to the Loulan Empire this time was to marry a little princess and marry the Loulan Empire. But later, I heard that the queen wanted to poison Concubine Kang because of poisoning, and finally failed and was imprisoned in the cold palace, and the eldest prince was anxious for his mother, and wanted to rebel and force the palace, but in the end the second prince Zhao Yi made arrangements in advance and failed. Li Lan, who was deeply thoughtful, felt uneasy when he heard these things, and later heard some news through the spies planted in the Loulan Empire by the Gusang Empire, and finally determined that this was the conspiracy of the second prince Zhao Yi after speculation. Li Lan knew that Qin Zhen was the elder brother of the empress, the uncle of the eldest prince, and had a lot of power in the Loulan Empire as a prince, but after learning the news of the empress and Zhao Jian, he never came back, Li Lan guessed that Qin Zhen was a very powerful person, and knew that once he returned to the imperial capital, he would be arrested by Zhao Yi for an excuse, so he had been waiting for an opportunity outside. Li Lan didn't care about this situation at first, he was just happy to watch this kind of separatist and rebellion drama staged, all he thought about was defeating Lin Feng and marrying the princess to marry the Loulan Empire. In the end, what he didn't expect was that he was beaten into a waste by Lin Feng, and the plan to marry the princess to achieve marriage was in vain, Li Lan had already hated Lin Feng in his heart, so he immediately made up his mind to secretly help Qin Zhen become independent and bring down the Loulan Empire.
At this time, it was already late at night, and Qin Zhen and the three of them chatted a few more words, and then rested separately. Not long after, before the sky was dark, Qin Zhen took Zhao Jian and the empress to embark on the road to the northern frontier again. At this time, it was not far from northern Xinjiang, but Zhao Jian needed to enter northern Xinjiang as soon as possible and then claim the king. A day later, the twenty-six cities of northern Xinjiang and five other small vassal states bordering northern Xinjiang suddenly declared independence, and the news of supporting Zhao Jian as king quickly spread to the imperial capital and to the ears of Zhao Yi and others.
In the main hall of the palace, Zhao Yi looked at the scroll in his hand, his face gloomy. What is written on the scroll is that Zhao Jian ascended the throne as emperor in northern Xinjiang, and then issued an edict to write countless charges against Zhao Yi and vowed to denounce Zhao Yi. At this time, on both sides of the main hall below, Mr. Wolong, Lin Feng and Lin Batian sat respectively.
"You've all seen the news, right, tell me what we should do?" Zhao Yi said calmly.
"I didn't expect Qin Zhen to have such a big force in Northern Xinjiang, and he was really an old fox," Mr. Wolong said with a slight frown. Zhao Yi and Mr. Wolong's original plan was calculated, but Qin Zhen's hidden forces in the northern frontier were the biggest negligence.
"Although most of the city lords have already submitted to Your Majesty, but with the Gusang Empire and the Ghost Rain Empire eyeing you outside, we can't fight a civil war," Lin Batian also said with a solemn face.
"Lin Qing's family is right, but we can't fight, what should we do, it's hard to see Zhao Jian become big," Zhao Yi said.
Lin Feng, who was sitting on the side at this time, also spoke: "The nominal allegiance in the northern frontier is Zhao Jian, and the secret allegiance is Qin Zhen, the so-called snake without a head is not good, as long as we send the super strong man in the secret pavilion of the Wending Pavilion to infiltrate the northern frontier and kill Zhao Jian, Qin Zhen and the queen, when the time comes, there will be no owner in the northern frontier, and it will naturally be submissive to Your Majesty." ”
Hearing this, Mr. Wolong immediately said, "This is indeed a good method. But at this time, Zhao Yi frowned slightly, showing a look of worry.
"Your Majesty might as well say it directly," Lin Feng immediately asked when he saw Zhao Yi's sad face.
Hearing Lin Feng's question, Zhao Yicai said with a little disappointment: "I won't hide it from you, when I got Zhao Jian to be the king in the northern Xinjiang, I contacted the Dark Pavilion." However, the reply was that the Pavilion remained neutral and did not interfere in the royal family's affairs. ”
Hearing this, Lin Feng and the others all showed a wry smile. The purpose of the establishment of the Pavilion is to protect the royal family of Loulan, so as long as the Loulan Empire exists, the Pavilion will exist. On the surface, the Winning Pavilion was the highest holy place for cultivators in the Loulan Empire, but the most terrifying thing was the power in the Dark Pavilion. Lin Feng has only been in contact with the Dark Pavilion personnel so far, and there are only five people including Feng Yu. However, it was these five people, and the strength of each of them was not below the deputy pavilion master Dou Qianshi on the bright side of the Winning Pavilion. This is only the five people hidden in the palace, and how many strong people like or more powerful than Fengzu are in the dark pavilion, Lin Feng can't say clearly. And no one knows what kind of terrifying realm the strength of the old pavilion master who has almost never appeared. If the Dark Pavilion is willing to send a few strong men to assassinate Zhao Jian and Qin Zhen, it will definitely be able to complete the task. But such a terrorist force organization is reluctant to take action at this time.
"Why is the Dark Pavilion unwilling to be loyal to Your Majesty?" Lin Feng asked.
"Because there are two emperors in the Loulan royal family at this time, the dark pavilion chooses to be loyal to the royal family and remain neutral," Zhao Yi said lightly, a trace of dissatisfaction flashed in the corners of his eyes. Hearing this, Lin Feng also heard the true thoughts of the Dark Pavilion from it. When Zhao Jian rebelled half a month ago, there was only one emperor in the Loulan Empire, and that was Zhao Guang. Therefore, in order to ensure the long-term peace and stability of the Loulan royal family, even killing the rebellious prince is within the scope of consideration. But at this time, Zhao Guang was dead, and although Zhao Yi ascended the throne and became the emperor, he was not very orthodox after all. At this time, Zhao Jian was also the king of Northern Xinjiang, and Zhao Jian was also the nominal prince, so the way of the brothers Zhao Yi and Zhao Jian was not orthodox and upright, so the dark pavilion that had existed for thousands of years naturally chose neutrality very wisely. The purpose of the Dark Pavilion is to protect the Loulan royal family, so only when Zhao Yi and Zhao Jian finally divide the winners and losers, will the Dark Pavilion choose to stand on the winning side and then protect the continued development of the royal family. As for whether this kind of civil war will kill a lot of ordinary people, and whether it will greatly damage the vitality of the Loulan Empire, this is not within the scope of consideration of the Dark Pavilion. Because the dark pavilion has proud capital, as long as Zhao Jian and Zhao Yi divide the victory and defeat, no matter how far the Loulan Empire declines, they can keep the royal family and Loulan, this is the self-confidence that can only be possessed after the strength reaches a certain level. At this time, Lin Feng also felt the confidence of the Dark Pavilion.