Dongping Kingdom, Royal Palace.

The monarch Chen Mingda waved away the eunuchs and maids, and only he and Sun Chengwen were left in the huge palace.

Even so, Sun Chengwen still lowered his voice and said, "Your Highness, the people sent to the imperial capital have returned, and no news has been found. ”

Chen Mingda was stunned: "How can this be?"

Sun Chengwen smiled bitterly and said: "Not only did I not inquire about the purpose of Ye Yunyang's return, but I didn't even know what happened, it wasn't our people's rice bucket, but the emperor ordered it to be kept secret, and many first-class officials didn't know the inside story." ”

"What the hell is the big deal, even the court officials don't know. Chen Mingda frowned and said, "If that's the case, it shouldn't have anything to do with us." ”

Sun Chengwen also thinks so, cutting the feudal domain is a well-known thing, if it is really to deal with Dongping Kingdom, there is no need to make such a big battle, with the strength of the empire and the emperor's means, getting Dongping Kingdom is like stepping on an ant.

"Are Ye Yunyang and Dongfang Pingtai coming back, and when will they come back?" Chen Mingda asked in a deep voice.

Sun Chengwen shook his head, the people he sent had no chance to meet these two people, and they didn't inquire about the slightest news.

Chen Mingda's face became ugly, as the old saying goes, knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent will win all battles, but the current situation is that he is in the light and the other party is in the dark, and he doesn't know what the next plan is and how to do it.

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Fenglin faction, the study of the head Wu Qinglin.

The ancient book has 30 pages, one page each on the front and back covers, and the content with words is 28 pages, totaling 397 words.

Ye Yunyang had deciphered three hundred and two of the characters, and the remaining ninety-five were in the process of copying all the characters so that he could study them at any time.

Shi Fenghua smiled and said to the two uncles: "Uncle Xiao is really good, he actually knows three-quarters of the ancient texts, I believe it won't take long for him to read through the ancient books." ”

The second uncle nodded and said, "That's right, if you can unlock the cultivation methods of the ancients, it will definitely play a great role in promoting today's martial arts cultivation world." ”

The third uncle said excitedly: "At that time, the name of our Fenglin Sect will resound throughout the Holy Heaven Continent, and the sect is expected to flourish." ”

Wu Qinglin had been by Ye Yunyang's side, he clearly heard the conversation between the two junior disciples and the apprentice, and the corners of his mouth involuntarily rose, revealing a smile.

Ye Yunyang meticulously traced all the ancient texts, carefully checked and confirmed that they were correct, then he breathed a sigh of relief, looked up and saw that it was getting late outside, and said, "Everyone, it's late, I should go." ”

"Don't, it's time for dinner, eat and then leave. Wu Qinglin said solemnly: "Today is the first day of the little junior brother worshipping in our Fenglin faction, so I can drink a little wine." Although our sect has declined, the emaciated camel is bigger than a horse, and no matter how bad it is, there are three titled national teachers and seven national teachers to support the façade, and this meal must be a scene. ”

Shi Fenghua echoed: "That's right, we have to let everyone in the entire imperial capital know about this." ”

Ye Yunyang smiled bitterly and said, "I have received your wishes, what is the purpose of you pulling me into the Fenglin Sect with your tricks, everyone knows it, why bother so much." In the future, wherever I can help, I will definitely not stand idly by, you can put a hundred hearts, my mission in Dongping has not been completed, I must rush back immediately, and I will not drink this wine. ”

Wu Qinglin's face was slightly red, since Ye Yunyang had already said this, it would be no good to force him to eat, but it would cause him to be disgusted, and he nodded and said, "Since the junior brother insists on leaving, and he is under the emperor's order, the senior brother will not keep you." Zhiyuan, in the future, you will follow Uncle Xiao and be responsible for protecting his safety, if he is missing a hair, you will be asked for the teacher!"

Zheng Zhiyuan took a step forward, hugged his fists and said: "If you have an order, you must ensure the safety of the junior uncle, if anyone wants to be unfavorable to him, unless you kill me first." ”

The master and apprentice didn't ask Ye Yunyang's opinion at all, so they decided the matter, and Zheng Zhiyuan wanted to follow him out of sincerity, and he didn't have any pretentious expressions.

It's okay, there is a master of the Golden Body Realm who doesn't want to be paid, at least you don't have to worry about safety, and you can do things freely.

He nodded and agreed: "Okay, you can protect me secretly, and follow me all the time if you don't have to." ”

There are many advantages to secretly protecting, first of all, there is no need to worry about being played by the imperial historians in the court, saying that he is a scorer, just a Nanshan county duke, how can He De be protected by a national teacher-level warrior; secondly, at a critical time, you can hit the opponent by surprise, once the opponent knows that there is such a powerful person to protect him, he will definitely make some targeted actions, so that this advantage is gone.

"The master and nephew obeyed. Zheng Zhiyuan said.

Half an hour later, a medium-sized flying wing left the imperial capital, Dai Jingwei was responsible for driving, carrying Ye Yunyang, Dongfang Pingtai and Dongfang Yixue, after a period of flight, landed three hundred miles away from Dongping Kingdom, changed to an ordinary carriage, and quietly rushed back to the national capital.

Early the next morning, the carriage entered the city gate smoothly, stopped in front of an inconspicuous inn, and passed through the simple and disguised four people who stayed in the inn without attracting anyone's attention.

After breakfast, Ye Yunyang went to the vicinity of Guodu College, climbed to the third floor of a teahouse, pushed open the door of the private room on the left, Sun Shilai immediately stood up and hugged his fists at him: "Ye Gongzi." ”

He nodded and asked, "No one is following you, right?"

"No, all the subordinates let me go, this teahouse is also very safe, the shopkeeper and Xiao Er all know me, they don't dare to come up and eavesdrop. Sun Shilai said.

"That's good. Ye Yunyang sat down, motioned for him to sit down too, and said, "What happened recently?"

Sun Shilai lowered his voice and said, "The appearance of you and the young eunuch of Dongfang has put a lot of pressure on the father and son of the Sun family, and Chen Mingda is also panicking all day long, for fear that those things will be found out by you." In view of this situation, Sun Chengwen decided to attack Chen Mingda in advance in order to protect himself. ”

According to the information he sent before, the father and son of the Sun family wanted to use the murder of the royal family members to get rid of the monarch Chen Mingda, and then get rid of his heir Chen Gubai, and finally replace him.

Because of the appearance of the Qin Cha, the original plan of the Sun family was disrupted, and the father and son had to make adjustments according to the current situation.

The sudden departure of Ye Yunyang and Dongfang Pingtai made the father and son decide to take a risk, as long as they completed the plan before the Qin mission returned, they would be able to tide over the difficulties smoothly.

It turned out that Ye Yunyang's decision to quietly enter the city was a very wise choice.

Ye Yunyang asked again: "What are they going to do?"

Sun Shilai replied: "Poison Chen Mingda." ”

Ye Yun raised his eyebrows and frowned, he said in his heart, I'm afraid this is not easy, Chen Mingda is notoriously cautious, since he ascended the throne and became the king, he was afraid of being plotted to usurp the throne, he was extremely careful with all kinds of food, and it was impossible to poison his food and tea.

Sun Shilai smiled faintly: "Ye Gongzi, what if the person who started was his biological daughter?"

"Chen Guhe?" Ye Yunyang said the name.

Chen Shilai nodded and said, "That's right, it's her, she has long been on the side of Chen Gubai." Sun Chengwen used a trick to scare Chen Gubai, saying that once the true nature of the case was discovered, not only Chen Mingda would be sentenced to death, but the entire Chen family would be implicated, just like the fate of Wei at the beginning. If you want to avoid this from happening, you must take out Chen Mingda first, let him bear the black cauldron, and put all the blame on him, so as to ensure that the Chen clan continues to control the Dongping Kingdom, and at the same time avoid the threat brought by the cutting of the domain. ”

Chen Gubai felt that this was reasonable, so he offered lucrative conditions to lure Chen Guhe, Chen Guhe was responsible for Chen Gujun's death, and he was already deeply involved in it, so he had to agree to his request.

According to the plan, after Chen Mingda was poisoned, the brother and sister teamed up to fake the scene of his suicide and concocted a so-called confession, admitting that the death of the royal family member was planned and carried out by himself, and had nothing to do with anyone else, so as to escape the empire's accountability for the heir.

Ye Yunyang sneered: "Chen Mingda is too a failure to be a man, he has been calculating others all his life, and in the end, he was calculated by his own children, which can be regarded as evil retribution." By the way, I heard that you have a good relationship with Chen Guhe, how far have you progressed?"

Chen Shilai smiled embarrassedly and said: "It's just a show, without Ye Gongzi's instructions, the little one doesn't dare to have too deep a relationship with him." However, judging from her performance to me, as long as I hook my fingers, she will take the initiative to send her to the door, because for her, the biggest backer is not the third brother Chen Gubai, Chen Gubai in order to snatch the throne, he did not hesitate to kill his eldest brother and father, maybe when he will attack her, she can only rely on the big tree of the Sun family to ensure her safety. ”

Ye Yunyang smiled meaningfully: "Since people are willing to send it to the door, what are you polite about." ”

Sun Shilai's face flushed: "This is not appropriate, everyone in the world knows that she used to be Sun Shiyuan's lover, and if I get together with her, I will be gossiped about." ”

"What are you afraid of, it's a fool not to take advantage of it. Ye Yunyang smiled more meaningfully, and said: "A woman like Chen Guhe, she dares to do things to kill her father and brother, and she should be punished somewhat, so you should be doing the right thing for heaven." She's a desperate person now, and if you get her into bed, she'll be dead set on you. ”

Chen Shilai pondered for a moment, nodded and said: "Since the son explained like this, the little one just did it, although I came from a humble background, I don't like this kind of girl in essence." ”

"It's just a show, and when the matter is over, kick her away, such a woman is not worthy of pity. Ye Yunyang said in a relaxed tone.

Regarding the next task, Ye Yunyang arranged it like this: pay close attention to the movements of the Sun family's father and son, as well as the details of the entire plan, speed up to get Chen Guhe, and find out the specific time when she was poisoned.

At the same time, Chen Guhe took the poison handed over by the third brother Chen Gubai, which was a ring-shaped ring with a unique shape, hollow inside, and a poison pill the size of a sesame seed was hidden.

Chen Gujun pointed to a small button on the side of the ring and said, "As long as you press it lightly, the poison pill will fall from it, and tomorrow at noon, the monarch will have a banquet for the ministers, you can take the opportunity to toast him and put the poison pill into the wine glass." ”

"Poisoned in front of so many people, do I still have a way to live?" Chen Guhe said with a glare.

"Don't worry, the poison pill melts when it is drunk, it is colorless and tasteless, the poison will not attack on the spot, he will be poisoned at night while he is asleep, at least until tomorrow morning. Chen Gujun's smile was extremely cold: "What I promised you, I will definitely fulfill it, as long as I successfully ascend to the throne, the first thing is to give you a county seat, and recommend two of your own subordinates to be county guards." ”

One county is a fief, plus controlling the government affairs of two counties, which is a great temptation for her. According to royal tradition, the princess was rewarded with a maximum of one township as a fief after marriage, and it was the kind that was immediately returned to the state after her death.

Chen Guhe took a deep breath, held the ring in the palm of his hand, and said, "Then we'll see you at noon tomorrow, I hope Brother Wang won't break his promise, in order not to arouse the suspicion of others, I will return to the academy first." ”

Chen Gubai nodded: "Go, don't forget to get closer to Sun Shilai, and then I will rely on their Sun family to stabilize the throne." ”

A strange light flashed in Chen Guhe's eyes, and he turned to leave.