Looking at the 500-year history of the Dajin Dynasty, and even in the entire history of the development of human civilization, the emperor of the Jinguo Dynasty is the most special one.

Because he was the only one who gave himself a nickname while he was still alive.

There is no doubt that when a hundred years later, the three words "Emperor Jinren" will be left for him in the history books.

At the same time, regardless of whether or not our Emperor is really benevolent enough, at least he is the longest-lived emperor in human history so far.

At an age of more than 200 years, even in the entire cultivation world, it is an extremely long-lived existence.

But there are not many heirs under Emperor Ren's knees.

To be more accurate, he had only nine sons and four daughters in total.

Zhao Rui was the first son of Emperor Ren.

And Zhao Chen is the youngest son of Emperor Ren.

Undoubtedly, they are all qualified to be called "Your Highness".

But if Xia Sheng appeared on the bank of the Shuo River at this time, he would definitely be able to understand at the first time who the so-called "His Highness" in the mouth of the Sword Emperor meant.

Because the three emperor-level powerhouses who intercepted Kong Sen and Li Tianhu before Shuohe today have all been seen by Xia Sheng!

In the Forgotten Forest!

I still remember that there were a total of five people who ambushed Zhao Chen, the Nine Emperor Princes, in the Forgotten Return Forest.

Two Sword Emperors, two Spirit Emperors, plus a noble man with a hidden head and tail.

One of them, Chang Ming, died under Xia Sheng's daytime fireworks killing sword, and the other nobleman with mysterious whereabouts was captured by Xia Sheng through Wei Qiuyuesheng in the battle of Osmanthus Lane, escorted to the Weining Marquis Mansion, and handed over to Ning Zheng to take care of.

As for the last three remaining people, Xia Sheng has never been able to find their whereabouts, but he has never thought about them. It will appear on the bank of the Shuo River today!

Therefore, the "Your Highness" in the other party's mouth naturally refers to the current prince, Zhao Hao.

But there's a problem.

Kong Sen and Li Tianhu's identities as disciples of the Spring and Autumn Academy, as well as the news of their departure from the Jinyuan Secret Realm. How did it reach Zhao Hao's ears in such a short period of time?

Xia Sheng always knew that in the territory of the Dajin Dynasty, the most powerful intelligence network was built by the Qin Family Shan Tang.

But he always ignored that in fact, there are two forces that are not much weaker than Shantang for intelligence collection!

One of them is the most chilling house in Luoyang City, which exudes a cold and bloody atmosphere all the time.

The house is located on Zhakou Street in the east of Luoyang City. On the stele at the door, Emperor Gaozong personally mentioned nine big characters:

All major events in the world cannot be decided!

The adjudication department is in charge of the criminal cases of the Dajin Dynasty, and has the right to arrest, tried, and convict, whether it is against ordinary people or cultivators, and its authority is rare in the world. The first Qin Nian was only under the orders of His Majesty the Emperor. In a way, it's really one person. Above 10 million people!

Therefore, in terms of the degree of well-versity in all kinds of news in the world, in addition to the Qin Family Shan Tang, it may be the Adjudication Division.

Otherwise, how did Shantang's search for and arrest of demon clan spies in Dajin be cut off in advance by the people of the Adjudication Division?

For most of the year, the adjudication division seems to have been much more low-key than before. There was also a lot of silence, except for the time when he went out to catch the murderer who killed Huai'an, the entire adjudication department seemed lifeless.

Even when the second master of the Qin family died, and when the Osmanthus Lane case broke out. None of the adjudication divisions deployed too many personnel to conduct the search.

Many people are speculating whether it was Huai'an's death that caused internal turmoil in the adjudication department.

In fact, this is only one aspect.

More importantly, the loss of the Stygian Banner has dealt a very heavy blow to the Adjudication Division.

Even Qin Nian, the head of the Adjudication Division, has already issued an announcement, whoever can retrieve the Underworld Banner will be promoted to the new Banner Leader!

Therefore, during this time, all those who coveted the position of holding the flag were searching the world for the treasure that should have belonged to the Adjudication Division.

Unfortunately, no one was able to get anything.

Of all these careerists, there was only one who, from the very beginning, did not make the Banner of the Underworld his primary goal, but took a more long-term view.

After all, in a way, he is the closest person to the position of the flag bearer.

Yin Shizhen.

Because of Huai'an's death, and because of Huai'an's reputation as the first confidant before his death, Yin Shizhen has now been promoted to the deputy envoy of the Ruling Division, temporarily replacing Huai'an's first position.

But no one would have thought that at this time, he was neither in the ruling department on Zhakou Street, nor did he go to find the whereabouts of the Evil Flag, or even continue to investigate the truth of Huai'an's death, but quietly drank tea leisurely in the private room of an unknown teahouse.

Yin Shizhen was not alone, opposite him, there was also a young man, dressed in a purple robe embroidered with green lines, covered with a bright silk milky white cardigan, black hair combed in a neat bun on the top of his head, set in a delicate white jade hair crown, hanging from both sides of the jade crown pale green silk crown band, tied with a flowing knot on the lower forehead.

It's none other than the prince of the dynasty who had a relationship with Xia Sheng outside the imperial study of the palace, Zhao Hao!

And that's where things get interesting.

How can two people with very different identities and statuses intersect?

I have to say that the picture of them sitting and drinking tea looks quite weird, or very unruly, after all, the prince is just a prince, as long as he does not ascend the throne for a day, he is not allowed to make friends with the real power of the adjudication department in private, which is a royal taboo!

But if you stand in Yin Shizhen's position, this scene is very understandable.

Because he wants to sit in the position of the flag bearer, he needs the support of many forces.

Prior to this, he had already befriended the eldest young master of the Mo family in Jiujiang County, Mo Yuan, and formed a deep friendship with the other party.

In this way, at least in terms of money, Yin Shizhen can get the strong support of the Mo family at any time.

But that's not enough.

In the world of practitioners, money is not everything.

If you can make the secular imperial power your backer, then why is it difficult for a small ruling to be in charge of the position of the flag envoy?

After all, the adjudication department was originally a minion of the Dajin royal family.

And Yin Shizhen, after much consideration, chose His Royal Highness the Prince.

In order to show his sincerity and gain the trust of the other party in the shortest possible time, Yin Shizhen brought a generous gift to the prince.

For example, the news of Kong Sen and Li Tianhu, as well as the whereabouts of Zheng Rong, Shen Hui, Zhou Bo and other teachers and students of the Spring and Autumn Academy.

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PS: Thank you for the 100 tip from 'Suddenly Separated from the World 9', and thank you for the 100 tip from 'Biluo Huangquan XII.'. (To be continued.) )