In the imperial city of Shuxian Kingdom in Jingzhou, "Fengya Stream". The second prince was sitting on a chair and waiting anxiously. The main hall of the house is decorated with inverted bell-like flowers, the calyx is white, the bone china is like a translucent luster, and the top of the petals is a circle of different shades of lilac, which seems to be dyed like nature.

At this time, a maidservant girl walked quickly, knelt on the ground and said, "Congratulations to the prince, I am happy to have a daughter!"

I saw the second prince smash the tea bowl in his hand to the ground! The servant girl kneeling on the ground was so frightened that she trembled, and the second prince scolded: "It's a daughter again! I've already given birth to three daughters! Can't God give me a boy?

At this time, two men approached outside the door, one tall and one short, wearing purple straight-clad court clothes, with a gold silk spider stripe of the same color tied around their waists. The two men approached the house, and when they saw the maid who was kneeling on the ground and trembling with fright, they made a color to each other. The tall man stepped forward and said, "Second brother, what's the matter, didn't you just give birth to a daughter?" Why are you angry with this maid" and then waved his hand at the maid and motioned for her to go out. It turned out that this tall and one short, wearing purple straight jackets, were both princes of Shu, namely the third prince Zhao Jin and the seventh prince Zhao Xi.

The servant girl looked up, wiped the tears from her face, and got up tremblingly and withdrew. Zhao Xi stepped forward and said with a smile: "It's the second brother, what's there to worry about giving birth to a child, second brother, you used to be trained in the barracks, and your body is hard, nine-inch golden lotus, singing every night." I can't give birth to a boy this time, and I will have another one next time. ”

When the second prince heard Zhao Jin's words, his heart was a lot more relaxed, "hehehe" sneered, put away his emotions, and said with a smile: "Third brother, seventh brother, you don't know anything, I'm not angry about this, but this time the Spirit Clan Mansion was destroyed, which really hurt my vitality." ”

Zhao Jin, the seventh prince, sat down, took a sip of tea, and said: "Indeed, I thought that the second brother and Danzhuo would become in-laws, connect the relationship with the spirit clan, and then open a silk manufacturing bureau in the Xiping region. I didn't expect to fly into trouble, and the rabbit cub who was given to the ghost king disrupted the whole rhythm, which was really hateful. ”

The third prince, Zhao Ping, received a message from the side, "Sai Weng lost his horse, and he didn't know if he was blessed." The whole family of this Spirit Clan Mansion is really pitiful, and they gave it to the ghost king to destroy the door. However, there is a good phenomenon now, the Xiping area, which was originally turbulent before, has become extremely stable after this tragedy. In fact, think about it, even if we don't marry Dan Zhuo, we can still control the power of Xiping. ”

The second prince, Zhao Xi, listened to Zhao Ping's words, felt a lot more comfortable, and nodded, "What the third brother said is that even if we marry the Shan Zhuo family and win the Xiping generation, a mess is meaningless for us, but a burden." It is more valuable for the Xiping generation to become peaceful now, but I heard that at this time, the crown prince and the fourth and seventh children are also peeping at Xiping and have the idea over there. In the past few days, the crown prince has been emphasizing the stability of Xiping in front of the Shu Emperor at any time, and he also advised the emperor to let the fourth child go to Xiping to serve as the governor of the first generation. ”

The third prince, Zhao Ping, sighed and said: "Now the government and the opposition are all suspicious people, and it can be said that they are like a mountain of evil, and the rule of officials is even more corrupt. ”

The second prince continued: "The upper and lower levels of the officials have always been in the hands of the prince, and Yan Shirong, who investigated the extermination case this time, was also recommended to the Shu Emperor by the prince, this Yan Shirong is a murderous thing without blinking. A few years ago, when he was still in the south as a brocade chief, a sudden plague in a county town infected many people, and the imperial court sent him to control the plague. He went to the village and directly ordered the entire county to be blocked, and after a month of blockade, the county was already isolated from the world, all the people in it were cut off from water and dry food, and more than 5,000 people in the entire county were killed. Seeing that all the people in the city were dead, he ordered the entire county to be burned with fire. By the time my men arrived, the entire county had been razed to the ground. ”

The most ridiculous thing is that he instead reported to the top that a meteorite fell from the sky and happened to hit the county seat. Such an absurd reason was even commended. ”

The Seventh Prince shook his short chopped body, hammered the table, and scolded: "What a miscellaneous person who will do anything to get promoted." ”

The third prince, Zhao Ping, listened to Lao Qi's words, thought in his heart, and made a "Si~" sound

The second prince asked, "What's the matter, third brother." ”

The third prince frowned at this time and replied, "Second brother, I don't know if you have a feeling that the tragedy of the Spirit Clan Mansion is not so simple. ”

Zhao Ping and Zhao Jin looked at the third prince, and the third prince picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, pursed his lips and said, "Second brother, seventh brother." You think, this time the Spirit Clan Mansion was destroyed, and the Ghost King said that it was for the Spirit Bead, but although the Spirit Bead is widely spread among the people, it is also a legend, and no one has ever really seen it. Besides, if there is really a spirit bead hidden in the Spirit Clan's Mansion, then Dan Zhuo is already unparalleled in the world of martial arts, but this Dan Zhuo is mediocre in martial arts. So I speculate that there are no spirit beads in the Spirit Clan Mansion at all. Moreover, a thoughtful person like the Ghost King would not risk rushing into Mingying City to kill a high-ranking official of the imperial court without a clear investigation. ”

The third prince took another sip of tea, and then said: "In other words, the ghost king killed the spirit clan up and down not for the spirit bead, the spirit bead is just a disguise.... Saying this, Zhao Ping stopped, his eyes moving extremely fast.

The second prince interjected and said, "Third brother, you mean that the ghost king wants people not to speculate on the real reason why he destroys the Spirit Clan. Under the guise of seizing the spirit bead, he deliberately said that he killed people for the spirit bead.

The third prince stroked the beard on his chin, his brain turned rapidly, and his expression suddenly became frightened, as if he had thought of something, and then said: "If this is true, then it can be inferred that the reason for this murder must not be known to the people of Ming Yingcheng, or not to everyone else." A reason that can't be known... It's only possible ........" Speaking of this, the third prince looked out the window, slowly lowered his voice, and muttered softly...... The two princes gradually leaned together.........

"Smack~", the teacup in the second prince's hand suddenly fell to the ground, and a terrible thought came out of his heart.

The second prince, Zhao Jin, immediately got up, pointed at the third prince, and his voice trembled: "The third one..... Old Seven.... Don't talk to anyone again when you go out! Otherwise, it will lead to murder!"