Chapter 123: The Careerist
"Because I am also the promoter of the coup d'Γ©tat in Tiandu. β
Yun Xun, who was sitting on the stone bench, was silent for a moment and then raised the teacup, smiled and made a gesture to signal Ning Yi to sit down.
"In the fierce tide of the imperial city three years ago, you were not the only one who helped...... The reason why the Great Sui world has become such a situation is precisely because there are many people pushing that crumbling wall. β
Yun Xun's other hand slowly pressed his palm.
"Then, the wall collapsed. β
Ning Yi sat opposite him, took his words, and said calmly: "But what does this have to do with you?" The other two disciples of Mr. Yuan Chun, Long Huang and Ku Ce, are uncertain about their life and death, and their whereabouts are unknown, you are the culprit who killed them, and the prince is willing to spare your life because of the love of his comrades, and it is extremely difficult for the Intelligence Department to exchange blood...... Otherwise, you would have died with the staff of the West. β
Ning Yi had a cup of tea in front of him.
He didn't reach for it.
Yun Xun raised his eyebrows, a smile of incomprehensibility flashed across his feminine face, and he took the initiative to touch his glass, "The prince is willing to spare my life? β
The tip of Ning Yi's eyebrows twitched imperceptibly.
"I invited you here just to talk to you about what has happened in the Tiandu Imperial City in the past three years...... And what does my trip to the east mean. β
Yun Xun drank all the tea, and across a stone table from Ning Yi, the two looked at each other calmly.
The former high head of the chief.
Now Ning Yi came to see.
And it's just eye level.
"Ning Yi, what kind of person do you think the prince is?"
The head of the intelligence department threw out his first question.
Ning Yi gave a three-word answer.
Very simple......
"Careerists. β
The crown prince is an extremely good at forbearance, when wrestling between the east and the west, he hid the deepest, until the tide of the coup d'Γ©tat in Tiandu ignited, he appeared in Changling, and shot his brother to death with an arrow.
Now he has almost done it, in the 2,000-year history of the Great Sui, the crown prince is the only one who has completed the concentration of "imperial power" through such non-mausoleum means.
Emperor Taizong has not heard from him in the Changling Tomb, but under the scorching tide, there are embers?
Gather the northern border, sweep the southern frontier, set the west ridge, hold the eastern soil, within the four realms, there is only a lonely glazed mountain, barely sheltered under the protection of the iron law of the Red Breeze River, the planning of the past three years, has cut off all the retreats in the eastern territory.
It can be said that the outcome has been decided, and it depends on what method the prince chooses to kill Moby Dick.
"Many people think that what the prince wants is the surrender of the eastern border, the death of the second prince, and the disappearance of nectar. Yun Xun's eyes showed some complicated emotions, "If he wants to pacify the eastern realm, why wait three years? He can directly crusade against Liuli Mountain in the first year, although the iron law of the Red River is there, but the strength of the three holy mountains in the eastern realm is enough to stretch a front with Ghost Xiula, one eliminates the other, the second prince can't fight this war of attrition at all, as short as three years, or as late as ten years, and then the world will usher in the same situation." β
Ning Yi's thoughts extended downward along Yun Xun...... So, why didn't the prince do it?
It's time for the final step.
"Because he wants more. β
Yun Xun's voice was a little bitter, after seeing through the prince's personality, he felt that this young man who was born in the Great Sui royal family and could be promoted to the position of prince by Taizong was really a terrible guy.
"Let the East develop peacefully and grow up...... Because he has long regarded this world as his own. Let me ask, if the whole world were yours, would you fight an unprovoked war of internal attrition?" Yun Xun laughed coldly, "The same...... He didn't clean up the Great Sui Dynasty and didn't kill those 'sinners' because he really regarded everything in the whole world as his own. Every life, every grass, every brick in this imperial city belongs to him...... He did not kill these people, not because he forgave their sins, but because it was not yet time, and it was not too late to kill them when they were 'put to good use,' when the lackeys cooked them, and the bows were hidden. β
Ning Yi fell silent.
Li Baijiao is indeed not a tolerant and generous person.
He knew why the man in front of him had such a complicated expression, because the group of sinners in the eyes of the prince obviously included Yun Xun, the head of the Intelligence Department, who had taken the wrong position...... The prince remembers every account, so after the Taiping Qingqiu, how can he spare him when the accounts are settled?
"The prince sent me to Dongtuling Mountain, do you think it's a good thing?"
Yun Xun suddenly smiled, "All the guards I brought with me were all guards, without exception, all of them were people I trusted in the Intelligence Department...... Because there's a good chance I'll die on this road. You must know that Tiandu is the most dangerous place in the world, and it is also the safest place, at least in Tiandu, I will not die quietly and inexplicably, and if I leave Tiandu, everything will not be good. β
Ning Yi frowned and said, "You, a star monarch, are you still afraid of 'assassination'?"
With the strength of Yun Xun...... In the entire Great Sui, how many people were able to assassinate him?
"Ning Yi...... You're naΓ―ve. Yun Xun's smile became more and more blooming, "It is a very simple matter for the prince to want a person to die in this world, except for the power of the Nirvana realm and the iron law of transcending the Red River, how can other people fight against the imperial power? The killers in the underworld even have a record of successfully assassinating Nirvana...... King Chu Jiang is already the Extreme Star Monarch, if the No. 1 Killing Saint makes a move, let alone me, will the little mountain master of Shu Mountain be able to survive it?"
Ning Yi's expression sank.
"What do you want to say? Want to tell me...... One day the prince will do something to Shushan?"
Yun Xun leaned back, shook his head and said, "I didn't say that...... But you know it in your own heart. A character like the crown prince will not allow the existence of an existence that he cannot check. What would he do if one day you grew up too fast?"
Ning Yi said coldly: "I know how to deal with the relationship with the prince, and I don't need you to teach me." β
"Mr. NingβMr. Ning. Yun Xun read it twice with a smile, his face full of seriousness: "I'm not qualified to teach you, but I hope you really know it." β
"If you see me today, just to win over the camp, I'm afraid you'll be disappointed. β
Ning Yi already had the intention of getting up, "I won't camp with anyone in the Heavenly Capital. β
"No, no, no...... I just want you to clearly understand that the prince is an 'opponent' worthy of your serious scrutiny. The smile on Yun Xun's face has all disappeared, "Even if your current relationship is okay, even if he gives you a life-saving medicine......"
"Reason. β
"If I say intuition, do you believe it...... The instinct of the intelligence department. Yun Xun rubbed his eyebrows, "Telling you this, it's not good for me." β
He hesitated for a moment, and finally said something thought-provoking.
"During the three years of Tiandu, the prince had the habit of sending people into the palace to drink tea. He took a deep breath, "Tiandu Temple, but all those who are big enough have met with him to discuss state affairs, and I am naturally no exception, but when drinking tea, I feel that there seems to be some 'problems' in the tea." β
"Question?" Ning Yi frowned.
"I don't know what...... But it doesn't help my body. Yun Xun's voice was a little trance-like, "I thought I was overthinking before, but before leaving the palace, he said a word to me." β
"What?"
The prince said to me...... If the mission goes well, after returning to the capital, he will reward me with an antidote. β
Speaking of this, the voice of the head of the intelligence department trembled a little mockingly, "If you are not poisoned, why do you need an antidote?"
Poisoned in tea?
Ning Yi remained silent and asked calmly: "With your Xingjun realm, you can't feel it?"
"Colorless and tasteless, but it is indeed abnormal, and the blood is like a clear spring, but it is different from blood. Yun Xun shook his head with a gloomy face, "If the prince wants to deal with me, he will definitely not let me notice it...... By his means, give me poison, and I can only bear it. β
Ning Yi fell silent...... There is a sea of suffering in the heavenly capital that can heal the soul wounds such as the "White Emperor Killing Thoughts", and naturally there are poisons that can kill a great cultivator silently, these poisons cannot be used at all in actual combat, but in the power scheming technique, they have great lethality.
If the king gives tea, the minister will drink it to his heart's content.
No matter how powerful Xingjun is, he has not transcended the "mortals", if the meridians in his body are destroyed, or if the Divine Sea is damaged, then it will bring regression in the cultivation realm and a lot of suffering...... It's going to be a life-or-death experience.
The most painful thing is not to close your eyes and die.
Instead, I opened my eyes and watched myself lose what I cared about most.
If Yun Xun didn't cultivate, then those opponents of the former Intelligence Department and the enemies who had offended would come to the door.
The crown prince only needs to spread the news, and the imperial power of Tiandu will be used as a thrust, and he doesn't even need the assassins of the underworld to dispatch, Yun Xun will die on this journey...... In other words, if it goes well, it will be the antidote, and if it is not going well, then it is equivalent to a dead end.
The prince's understatement before leaving made the chief priest restless, and he temporarily changed the route several times on the way to the mission, and he simply went all the way safely without the slightest accident.
"Ning Yi, I already have a very bad premonition...... Even if I successfully return to Tiandu, nothing good will wait for me. Yun Xun's tone was sincere, "I came to you today, I did have the idea of 'camping', don't be in a hurry to refuse me." β
He pressed the Purple Lotus Ancient Coin, "I am indeed a sinner, because of the difference in philosophy, I chose to betray the teacher. The prince stuffed the purple lotus copper coin into my hand...... This is actually a hint that my ending is no different from that of Dragon Phoenix and Bitter Strategy. β
"Dragon Phoenix and Kuce are dead?" Ning Yi stared at Yun Xun.
"Kuce is dead, I didn't kill him...... The head of the Tiandu Law Enforcement Division is conformist, and his future will not be much better than mine. Yun Xun gritted his teeth, "I did something wrong, and I am willing to pay for it, but I can't watch the prince play me to death." β
"Getting to the point. Ning Yi stared at Yun Xun's eyes.
"Xu Qingyanβ"
The head of the Intelligence Department also stared at Ning Yi, and slowly read these three words out of his mouth.
"She's your underbelly. β
The moment the words landed, Yun Xun saw the flicker in Ning Yi's eyes.
He knew he had won the bet.