Martial arts becoming a saint: starting from the royal forbidden area

Chapter 43 Chess game! [Recommended for reading and collecting]

One month later, Lizhu left with the Red Flame Army.

The reason why we waited for another month was mainly to rush to produce a batch of crossbows.

In one month, the craftsmen of the Red Flame Army rushed to make two thousand crossbows and eight giant crossbow carts.

After everything was prepared, Li Zhu said goodbye to Qin Che and left Daoshan City.

Before leaving, Li Zhu brought the general responsible for guarding Daoshan City and the forbidden area to Qin Che to get to know him.

After sending the general in charge away, Li Zhufang said to Qin Che: "Li Wu is a veteran who has always followed his father and he can be trusted."

It is difficult for Qin Che to easily trust people who he has no contact with and does not understand.

However, Qin Che didn't intend to talk about this with Lizhu.

Whatever Lizhu says is fine.

Lizhu also saw that Qin Che did not completely trust Li Wei, and Lizhu also did not persuade him.

Qin Che can always maintain such vigilance, and Li Zhu will feel more at ease when he leaves.

After Lizhu left, Qin Che's life returned to its former peace.

Although Qin Che has already been crowned king, he is also directly crowned prince.

But the newly promoted Prince Ze didn't go to court every morning, so his sense of presence was naturally almost zero.

Of course, the court's statement to the outside world was that Qin Che had been ill for a long time and was unable to go to court.

Many people who know Qin Che's situation naturally accept this statement.

Within one month, all of Jin Xiang’s accomplices in Qianjing had been arrested.

A total of 4000 people were arrested. Whether any of them were falsely accused is not important.

The important thing is that the person arrested was the newly established Embroidery Department of Emperor Ming.

A spy organization composed of eunuchs as the main body and absolutely loyal to Emperor Ming.

This month, eunuchs wearing splendid clothes have been appearing and disappearing in the streets and alleys of Qianjing.

Whenever they disappeared and reappeared, there would be anywhere from a few to dozens of bound prisoners around them.

These criminals were not just traffickers and lackeys, but also court officials.

For example, the family of the Minister of the Ministry of War and the family of the Minister of the Ministry of War had contacted Li Zhu before.

These are the third-grade or even second-grade imperial officials.

The embroidery department just broke down the door and took the person without even saying hello.

Suddenly, everyone in Qianjing was in danger, fearing that one day the embroidery department would break in directly.

At that time, I might not even dare to resist, because the Embroidery Department can kill him first and then show off.

Moreover, the eunuchs in the Embroidery Department were all highly skilled in martial arts, so they immediately gave up the idea of ​​resisting.

The people and officials in Qianjing felt the mighty power of the emperor for the first time since Emperor Ming took the throne.

Taking advantage of this majestic time, Emperor Ming directly ordered the embroidery historian to be appointed as the superintendent, and he entered the prefectures and counties to serve as supervisors.

As a result, Emperor Ming could be said to have turned over directly.

Take all the power into your own hands.

In addition, the news of Prince Yan's death spread, and the government and the public no longer had any intention of giving in.

In addition, Prince Yu made a statement and sincerely wanted to hand over his military power.

It also brought Emperor Ming's reputation to a peak.

For Emperor Ming, the only regret now is that the Red Flame Army in the southwest is still outside his control.

But this is the price he must pay. It is recognized that the Red Flame Army has unparalleled combat power.

And now the Red Flame Army only recognized Li Zhu's leadership, which left Emperor Ming completely helpless.

The last point is that Emperor Ming cannot confirm whether Prince Yan is dead until now.

Because whether it is the death of the five major gang leaders or the departure of Jin Chengxi, he will never come back.

They all suspected that Prince Yan was still alive.

This is what Emperor Ming is really afraid of.

...Royal study room!
Emperor Ming looked at Prime Minister Jin, who was wearing a prison uniform, with messy white hair, and was so heavy that his body was pressed like a shrimp, and he directly asked someone to unshackle Prime Minister Jin.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Prime Minister Jin said without any fear.

Emperor Ming looked at Prime Minister Jin and said, "How about we play another game of chess, Jin Xiang? Jin Xiang doesn't have to let me go today."

Jin Xiang looked at the empty chessboard and nodded, sitting directly opposite Emperor Ming.

The chessboard is criss-crossed, and the metal patterns are steady and steady, and Emperor Ming is following suit.

Until the last few moves, Emperor Ming's murderous intentions were revealed and a few chess pieces fell.

The golden white dragon was directly bitten by Emperor Ming's black dragon by seven inches.

Looking at the situation on the chessboard, Jin Xiang directly surrendered: "Your Majesty is really good at chess. It was the guilty minister who lost."

This time Jin Xiangshu was convinced, and he was also sincerely convinced.

In previous games with Emperor Ming, Jin Xiang thought he had control of the situation.

Every time, he guarantees that he will lose, and at the same time, he guarantees that the Emperor will not be able to tell that he is doing it on purpose.

Jin Xiang always thought that he was the operator and played the entire chess game with applause.

But he didn't know that Emperor Ming's chess skills were really superior to his.

Emperor Ming obviously wanted to win every time, but he also had to make sure that every time he won with exposed flaws, he also had to make sure that Jin Xiang couldn't see the flaws that he deliberately exposed.

"Jin Xiang, actually, neither you nor I are the winner in this game of chess.

The person who truly wins has already taken control of the situation without even making a move. "

Emperor Ming casually threw the chess pieces in his hands on the chessboard and said.

Jin Xiang naturally knew who Emperor Ming was talking about: "Your Majesty still hasn't found any news about Prince Yan?"

Emperor Ming shook his head gently: "No, I have used all my strength.

But there is still no news about Prince Yan.

It is even more impossible to prove that Prince Yan is not dead. "

Jin Xiang also fell silent after hearing Emperor Ming's words.

Jin Xiang has seen Emperor Ming's methods, and Jin Xiang also admires them.

But under such circumstances, Emperor Ming could not find any trace of Prince Yan.

There can only be two results, either Prince Yan is really dead.

Either Prince Yan is much more powerful than the two of them thought.

At this point, metallography is still more inclined to the latter.

Because apart from Prince Yan, Jin Xiang really couldn't think of anyone else who could easily break his fatal situation.

"What does Your Majesty think Prince Yan wants?" Jin Xiang was silent for a moment and asked Emperor Ming.

This is actually what Emperor Ming was confused about.

Because Emperor Ming couldn't figure out what Prince Yan wanted.

If Prince Yan wanted his own throne, then based on the situation a month ago, Prince Yan only had to come out, raise his arms and shout, and naturally there would be many followers.

If you want your own throne, it's within easy reach.

But Prince Yan did not do this, so Emperor Ming still doesn't know what Jin Xiang wants.

"Does Jin Xiang think Prince Yan is dead?" Emperor Ming suddenly asked Jin Xiang.

Jin Xiang shook his head slightly: "The guilty minister also didn't know that none of the masters who besieged Prince Yan saw Prince Yan's body.

They bluntly said that Prince Yan was seriously injured and would definitely die, that's all.

Moreover, the guilty officials did not actually believe everything they said. "

Emperor Ming nodded, thought for a while, and asked again: "Jin Xiang thinks, what does Prince Yan want?"

Jin Xiang thought seriously for a while, and finally shook his head slightly: "I don't know either. But if Prince Ruoyan is really alive, what he wants is definitely beyond imagination."

"For example?" Emperor Ming continued to ask.

(End of this chapter)