The light of day flashed, and a glimmer of dawn was sprinkled on the Qingquan River in the "Fengdu City". The Qingquan River is clear and sparkling, and it goes around the city, and there are always ordinary people who sew and mend the pulp here on weekdays. As the saying goes: "The autumn light is sunny and the weather is good, and the rainy day is empty and the rain is strange", the scenery here is beautiful, the scenery is pleasant, and it attracts many young handsome men and women to have a tryst here.

However, today's "Qingquan River" bank is a little different from the past, and at this moment it is surrounded by hundreds of men, women and children, among which dozens of guards with knives from the "Imperial City Division" are shuttling in the middle. The head is a heroic female general, this woman is the commander of the "Imperial City Division" Yan Qingqiu, the imperial court is on the official position, and the status is second only to the Zhonglang general Hai Qingyue. Duwei Liu Chengfei is a fourth-grade official, and his official position is under Yan Qingqiu. However, Liu Chengfei's grandfather is Ma Tianhou, the prime minister of the dynasty, and Qingqiu's aunt is Quan Feiluan, the concubine of the dynasty. In other words, she and Princess Sun are cousins. Among the three, except for Haiqingyue, who counterattacked from the grassroots, Yan Qingqiu and Liu Chengfei were the second generation of imperial relatives and officials. On weekdays, Liu Chengfei looks down on Hai Qingyue, who has no family background, and in his eyes, Hai Qingyue is a bun. He and Yan Qingqiu are also tense, have a very poor relationship, and are also arrogant and domineering in the "Imperial City Division" on weekdays, offending many lower-level team leaders, and is a character who is hated and underwhelmed. Qingqiu treats his subordinates with rewards and punishments, and he is also close to everyone on weekdays, and is respected and supported.

Early in the morning, Yan Qingqiu received a report from his subordinates that the body of a man was found on the bank of the "Qingquan River". And the deceased turned out to be Ming Quan, the nephew of the old prince Ming Hongying of the "Nanling Palace". This Ming Quan's parents died when he was a child, and he was brought to Ming Hongying's mansion by his relatives very early to make a living. It's a pity that this kid has never studied well, he loves to go to gambling houses and kilns, and he hasn't started a family when he is almost forty. Now that he was suddenly murdered on the riverside, many people who knew him speculated that he owed gambling debts and couldn't pay them, and then he was killed.

A thumb-sized hole was opened in the center of Ming Quan's eyebrows, and the blood had already coagulated. Except for the sword wound in the center of the eyebrows, there was no wound on the whole body.

There was a rush of horses' hooves outside the crowd, and then the crowd surrounding the corpses suddenly dodged to both sides. The old prince Ming Yinghong walked up quickly with Ming Zhanxiong, Qian Qunxiao and others.

"Mingquan"

The old prince screamed sadly, stepped forward tremblingly, and stroked his nephew's body with tears. Although the nephew is not angry, he has been raised by him for more than ten years, and suddenly it is gone, which is really difficult to accept for a while.

Yan Qingqiu knelt down on one knee to meet the "King of Zhenbei" Ming Zhanxiong. Although they haven't seen each other for three years, they have had a lot of contacts, and this time they heard that Zhanxiong is back, so naturally they can't suppress their joy.

Ming Zhanxiong stretched out his hand to pull Yan Qingqiu up, and after a few brief greetings, he asked what was happening in front of him. It's a pity that Yan Qingqiu didn't give too many useful answers, early in the morning she received a report from her team leader, saying that a male corpse was found in the "Qingquan River", and the deceased was Ming Quan, the nephew of Ming Yinghong, the "King of Nanling". Yan Qingqiu didn't dare to stay after hearing this, so he immediately led people to the "Qingquan River" and sent someone to inform the old prince.

"Who was it, who killed my nephew?"

The old prince got up tremblingly, and roared hoarsely at the crowd around him.

"Wow"

A huge water uproar covered the old prince's voice. Immediately after that, a huge whirlpool suddenly appeared in the middle of the Qingquan River. The vortex spun rapidly, getting faster and faster, and finally soared upwards and rushed directly into the air.

"Ahh

There was a burst of exclamation from the crowd. What's going on? This phenomenon has never been seen in the "Qingquan River", and no one has ever seen it anywhere else.

"What's going on, what's going on?" "Water Demons, there are Water Demons."

There were screams one after another, and Ming Yinghong was also stunned by the strange scene in front of him. It's the first time I've seen such a strange thing when I'm almost buried in the ground.

Qian Qunxiao and Dongfang Danyu flew in front of the old prince, and they had already reacted to the danger that might arise at any time.

A moment later, a stone tablet suddenly appeared in the whirlpool, the stone tablet was about one zhang high, and several big characters were suddenly engraved on it: "The wind and clouds are rising, and the world returns to the stars." ”

"The world is in turmoil, and the stars return from all over the world."

Everyone was like a wooden chicken, and many people muttered to themselves, what the hell does this mean.

Qianqunxiao's heart moved, why not the heart of the world, but the stars? Suddenly, a name popped into his mind: Bright Thorn Star.

Thinking of this, Qian Qunxiao secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, the same word, if it is instigated by people with ulterior motives, there will be chaos in the palace.

Not only did he think so, but some people at the scene began to whisper the name of the second prince, Ming Thorn Star. Obviously, quite a few people have discovered this as well.

"Everyone, go home"

After the old prince Ming Yinghong finished speaking in a low voice, he hurriedly turned around and left with everyone.

Shi Yanqingqiu, the commander of the "Imperial City Division", commanded his subordinates to disperse the crowd, and then carried the body back to the "Imperial City Division" for the wound to be identified.

In a small forest more than ten zhang away from the "Qingquan River", Qian Haiying, the master of the Fengdu Altar of the "Blood Jade Flying Sky", Yun Kaixian, the master of the Deputy Altar, the "Black and White Twin Demons" and the middle-aged beauty who had appeared in the "Feiluo Palace" with a sword bag on their backs slowly walked out. The figure who walked in the last cloak was none other than the Miao Jiang Wizard Regional Venerable. This person appeared many times, and a few days ago he ordered Chen Mingxiu to give the old prince a trick, but unfortunately the plan was ruined by Chen Mingxiu, who was on the verge of defection.

Qian Haiying looked into the distance again, and said with a grim smile: "How did His Holiness calculate that there must be such a strange phenomenon in the river today? ”

The Venerable of the Region said with a solemn face: "The Venerable came to observe the celestial phenomena overnight, and calculated that there will be a wonder of the Tengu swallowing the moon five days before the night of the full moon of this month, and what will follow is the tide formed by the gravitational pull of the lunar eclipse. So I ordered someone to arrange a stone tablet with this inscription under the water......"

Everyone frowned when they heard this, and Situ Yun, the "black demon" who was the most hot, couldn't help it at first, and said in a weird way: "Can you speak human words?" We don't understand that. ”

When Qian Haiying heard this, he immediately motioned to stop him, but the Venerable of the Regions said to himself as if he hadn't heard it, "You can implement the next plan." ”

Hearing this, Qian Haiying waved and led everyone back to the grove, and disappeared after a while.

In less than two hours, the news of the strange phenomenon of the "Qingquan River" and the stone monument spread far and wide, and in an instant, it spread throughout the entire "Fengdu City", and the eight words "the world is in chaos, and the four seas return to the stars" are even more disturbed, and the air becomes inexplicably tense.

At the same time, in the study room in the East Palace, Prince Ming Chengxuan smashed his fist on the desk made of golden silk nanmu.

"What a 'chaos in the world, return to the stars from all over the world', Ming Thorn Star, is the world going to be yours? This prince is the prince. ”

"The Prince's Anger"

Lian Jingcheng, the soldier standing next to the prince, immediately stepped forward and said softly: "This matter has not yet been investigated whether the second prince deliberately confuses the public and deliberately arranges it, and it needs to be sent to verify it again." ”

Ming Chengxuan pondered for a moment when he heard this, and suddenly shouted at Qiu Shaohan, the commander of the guards at the door: "Go, check the water and stones."

"Yes"

Qiu Shaohan took the order and turned away.

Ming Chengxuan snorted coldly in his nose, and his voice was as cold as if it came from hell: "No wonder my father has not ordered this palace to participate in confidential government politics for a long time...... Could it be that there is another selfish motive? ”

A cold glint flashed in Ming Chengxuan's eyes, and then disappeared after a while.