Shen Du's retreat took more than a month.

In fact, when you reach the Yuan Shen Realm, sometimes it is common to retreat for half a year or a year.

However, Shen Duben didn't just want to really retreat, his real purpose was just to hide people's eyes.

In the past month, Shen Du has reorganized what he has learned, made his strength more integrated, and also has a new understanding of his own martial arts.

In the room, Shen Du silently adjusted his breathing and ran the exercises.

The true qi of the whole body is boiling, like a volcano erupting!

Rumble!

The qi and blood dragon roared, and the qi and blood of the whole body seemed to be ignited, and the muscles and bones roared together.

The beard is wild, and the strength continues to rise!

After reaching a certain peak, a roaring sound erupted from the body.

[Genshin Realm Six! ] 】

[Kill Point - 12 Million]

Everything fell into place, and nothing stood in the way.

Ascending from the fourth level of the Yuan Shen to the sixth level of the Yuan Shen did not give him the feeling that it was as big as when he was promoted to the fourth level in one fell swoop.

At least not that feeling of being reborn.

Perhaps only after breaking through the sevenfold can there be a greater improvement.

In fact, the Yuan Shen Realm is more on top of the Yuan Shen and the perception of heaven and earth, and the elevation of true qi is secondary.

The genius disciples cultivated by the major Jianghu sects have also improved their strength rapidly from this.

As long as they have enough perception of heaven and earth, and are assisted by various rare medicinal materials and pills, it is not difficult to quickly improve their strength.

This is also the foundation of their inheritance, but there are too few such people.

Like Shen Du, he has reached the sixth level of the Yuan Shen in just a few years, which is extremely rare, and there may only be one or two in hundreds of years.

Silently adjusting his breath, Shen Du got up and pushed the door out.

Liang Ying, who was on duty outside the door, saw Shen Du and hurriedly saluted.

As Shen Du's confidant, since Shen Du announced his retreat, he has been regularly on duty here every day.

"Your Excellency!"

Shen Du bowed his head slightly and asked, "What are the big things in Beijing recently?" ”

Liang Ying said respectfully: "There are no major events, but Lord Zhan has succeeded to the position of God Hunt." ”

"Zheng Shenzhu announced the retreat."

Shen Du chuckled, and there was no surprise in his heart.

In the past, Yan Jingyi was there, and Zheng Fu and the others had great authority in the six gates, but now that Zhan Hongyan has succeeded to the throne, the situation has been reversed.

As long as Zheng Fu is not stupid, he will not openly confront Cui Jingsheng and them.

Anyway, in order to block the secluded public mouth of the outside world, Cui Jingsheng and they would not easily move Zheng Fu, otherwise the imperial history and cabinet in the court would not agree.

It is the best choice for him to protect himself at the moment.

"Anything else?"

Liang Ying thought for a while and said: "Recently, many people have come to Shaolin in Beijing, and there have been many conflicts with some Jianghu forces in Beijing. ”

"There have been a few fights between the two sides, but they have all been restrained."

"The Nine Emperor Princes found a temple outside Beijing and placed most of the monks in it."

Shen Du chuckled: "Those monks still can't change their nosy problem. ”

There are many famous and decent people in the world, but there are not many righteous gentlemen who can really be called heroes.

Although Shaolin prides itself on the right path of the rivers and lakes, it is not necessarily much fairer, at least they will still favor their disciples.

Anyone who mixes the rivers and lakes always has some problems on their bodies, but people in Shaolin can't tolerate a little sand in their eyes.

Contradictions are inevitable.

Liang Ying said respectfully: "My lord, someone came from the East Palace a few days ago and said that you were invited to go to the East Palace, but at that time you were in retreat, and the attendant of the East Palace left. ”

A hint of surprise flashed in Shen Du's eyes, and he said in a deep voice: "Prepare the horse!" ”

"I'm going to the East Palace!"

……

Shen Du left the Gyeonggi helm and rode straight to the East Palace.

However, along the way, it has attracted the attention of many people.

Around the restaurant and teahouse, there are people from the rivers and lakes who look strange one after another.

Shen Du didn't stay long, and quickly came to the East Palace.

After getting the consent of the eunuch of the East Palace, Shen Dufang entered the East Palace New Year's Prayer Hall.

The carbon fire in the hall burned quietly, adding warmth to this cold winter.

Behind the table, there sat a figure wearing a thick coat, holding a pen in one hand, looking down at the recital on the table.

Lu Chengen's eyes were slightly closed, and he respectfully served aside.

Only when Shen Du came in, did he open his eyes slightly, and a vague qi locked Shen Du, and he was extremely cold.

Even Shen Du was extremely vigilant in his heart.

What happened a few days ago must not happen again.

Shen Duyan glanced at it, slightly shocked in his heart.

Today's prince is very different from what he has seen in the past.

The sick feeling in the whole person can no longer be concealed.

As a martial arts practitioner, he is the most sensitive to breath.

At this moment, the prince's breath is obviously weaker than ordinary people, and the qi and blood in his body are faintly showing signs of decay.

For a long time, Jingzhong has been rumored that the prince is not in good health, but the prince he saw in the past only felt a little weak.

But today's situation of the crown prince shocked him.

Shen Du didn't speak, just stood in the hall and waited quietly.

After a while, Xia Jingyi put down the pen in his hand, and then looked up at Shen Du and smiled slightly.

"Sit down!"

"Your Highness!"

Shen Du bowed and sat down on the side.

Xia Jingyi glanced at Shen Du and chuckled, "The Giant Spirit Gang has done a good job. ”

Shen Du shook his head and arched his hand: "This matter is not my work, and the lower officials did not do anything, it is all the credit of Lord Cui." ”

"Huh!" Xia Jingyi smiled and said, "With a strong magic elephant in his hand, Lord Shen is now famous." ”

"Not only my Yan Kingdom, but even the rest of the countries are rumoring about this, and it can be regarded as giving me a long face for Dayan."

"Lord Shen doesn't have to be modest, Cui Jingsheng has already made it clear about you."

"My Dayan has such a handsome man, and I am very relieved to be lonely."

Shen Du humbly politely asked, "I don't know if His Highness came to me a few days ago, but what's the matter?" ”

Xia Jingyi sighed lightly, stood up with his hands in his hands, and said lightly: "Shen Du, can I trust you?" ”

Shen Du was stunned.

Without waiting for Shen Du to answer, Xia Jingyi shook his head and said, "Forget it, you don't have to answer." ”

"You're an ambitious person, and I've long seen that."

Shen Du's eyes narrowed slightly, and a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes.

Xia Jingyi said lightly: "Do you know? ”

"Just a few days ago, the concubine who had been with Gu for decades actually assassinated Gu."

Shen Du's heart was shocked.

No wonder Xia Jingyi will look like this today.

Even if Xia Jingyi's body is not good, there are all kinds of treasure medicines and palace doctors, it will not be like this.

Those princes will have to wait at least five or six years.

But why should you tell him such a confidential thing?

This is already a royal scandal.

Xia Jingyi laughed at herself and said lightly: "It seems that some people have felt that they have been living alone for too long." ”

People who have been together for decades are a secret buried by others.

Shen Du could only remain silent.

What can he say?

This kind of royal thing, it is not right to say anything.

However, the prince summoned himself to come here, did he want to find out about the matter?

As far as he knew, the prince accidentally fell into the water when he was young, and he heard that he had injured his foundation.

To put it simply, he is still a man, but he will not be able to give birth to children in the future.

Therefore, there have been no heirs in the East Palace, and several heirs born to the crown princess in the early years also died unfortunately.

The eldest lived only two years before dying mysteriously.

Because of this incident, the crown princess finally died of depression, and the position of the crown princess of the East Palace has been vacant.

Few people in Beijing dared to talk about this matter, and even the vast majority of people did not know about it.

It was only after he served as the chief arrester of Gyeonggi that he learned about these things.

This is also one of the reasons why the courtiers switched to the princes.

But if there is a queen in the East Palace, the current situation will not be like this.

After all, once the prince is sick, he doesn't even have a successor.

Shen Du felt that those things were not simple at the beginning, but the identity of those who could do things in the East Palace was obviously not simple.

This assassination of the prince, on the surface, seems to be a revenge against the prince against the Djinn Gang.

On a more detailed level, this matter can also be related to the three princes.

After all, the Giant Spirit Gang has already taken refuge in the Three Princes, and now that the Prince has sent troops to destroy the Giant Spirit Gang, how can the Three Princes have no resentment in their hearts.

Fair and reasonable!

But it was this kind of thing that anyone could think of, but Shen Du felt that it was too much of a coincidence.

It cannot be ruled out that this matter is the handiwork of the three princes, but there is no third party.

This person uses this chess piece, which is more like blaming the three princes.

As soon as the crown prince died, there were too many gainers.

Xia Jingyi turned to look at Shen Du and said lightly: "You just returned to Beijing, and this matter should not have been let you go." ”

"But if you think about it, it's best for you to do it."

There are many people in Dayan, but there are very few people who can use him.

Many suitable people had already been recruited by his younger brothers, and the matter was not easily known to outsiders.

And the identity of the four gods is extraordinary, and it is an eventful time at this moment, because of the matter of the Giant Spirit Gang, the various major sects are extremely vigilant, for fear that the imperial court will do it again, if they go out of Beijing again, it will definitely attract attention.

Xia Jingyi glanced at Lu Chengen, Lu Chengen understood, took a secret letter from the table, and handed it to Shen Du.

"There's your mission this time, just destroy it after watching it!"

Shen Du took the letter and bowed his hand: "The minister retires!" ”

Xia Jingyi bowed slightly, but did not stay.

……

Leaving the East Palace, Shen Du went all the way back to the Gyeonggi Helm, and then took out the letter.

Opened and swept one by one, the pupils shrank!

The contents of this letter were a bit out of his mind.

The crown prince's side concubine is named Wei Yiting, who was born in the Wei family and is one of the great families in the world.

It is not uncommon for princes to marry into various families.

One is to stabilize Dayan's rule, and the other reason is to get the support of the family.

Dayan originally relied on the family gate valve to start, and the original Taizu was able to achieve success because of the support of various families.

Except for the crown princess, who was born in a commoner, the prince's side concubines were all born in a family.

Of course, his ostensible task this time was to escort Princess Xichu back to China, and the other task was to thoroughly investigate the Wei family.

The deeper task is to check the officials of the state along the way.

This is - Jingcha!

This is the real purpose of the prince, the first two are just a cover.

Shen Du has a new understanding of this prince.

Of course, the real Jingcha naturally can't be so simple, this matter is just a prelude, and it is an excuse for the prince to restart Jingcha.

If something really goes wrong, the crown prince will have a reason to restart the Jingcha and inspect the world, and even if there are people in the court who oppose it, it will be difficult to say anything.

So even if those people didn't have anything to do this time, he had to find out something.

"What a big task!"

Shen Du shook his head and smiled, and a flame ignited in his palm, completely destroying the letter.

Three things together, neatly.

(End of chapter)