People in Douluo, the mastermind behind the scenes

Chapter 174 174. It’s actually aluminum copper!
"You two siblings, please shut up. It's already this late, why are you still making such a fuss?"

At this moment, Xu Ming, dressed in a black robe, walked into Hanxing Palace. Looking at the brother and sister who were fighting in front of him, the disgust on his face was beyond words.

"You, Xu Qiuyu, are such a grown-up, but you still act like a little girl, beating your brother at every turn. Jiawei is now the emperor of the Xingluo Empire, the face of the royal family. It's fine if you just hit him, but you hit him on the face. Have you learned everything I taught you?"

"And you... Xu Jiawei! As a grown man, stop shirking responsibility all the time. What kind of man are you if you take out your anger on a woman?"

Xu Mingping scolded both the siblings equally. As the ancestor of the royal family, he would not favor anyone except Xu Jiujiu.

Faced with the rebuke from their ancestor, the brother and sister dared not refute and could only lower their heads in shame.

Xu Ming waved his sleeves and sat down on the main seat. "Tell me, which force do you suspect was behind the assassination of Jiujiu this time?"

Ah this...

"The Holy Spirit Church." Xu Qiuyu curled his lips and said unhappily, "Except for the Holy Spirit Church, I can't think of any other force that can do such a rule-breaking behavior. Now that the situation in Douluo Continent has gradually stabilized, some rats hiding in the dark can't sit still and want to stir up trouble in the continent in this way."

Xu Qiuyu's analysis, well... does make some sense. Once the external threat is gone, the three empires will certainly put their internal affairs in order. By then... the branches of the Holy Spirit Church hidden in the dark will surely be eliminated one by one.

But the question is... will the Holy Spirit Church really do this? Even if the assassination is successful, what can it bring to the Holy Spirit Church?
After hearing what Xu Qiuyu said, Xu Jiawei frowned and said solemnly: "The existing intelligence is not enough to determine who did it. It is meaningless to continue discussing it. It is better to send a group of people to investigate secretly. Assassinating a country's crown prince is not a trivial matter. There is a high probability that there will be tails left in Xingluo City. Once something is wrong, arrest them immediately and interrogate them strictly!"

Xu Ming thought about it, and finally... nodded.

……

The scene changes to a room on the top floor of the Starlight Hotel.

Ma Xiaotao was sitting on the ground with a beautiful woman in a tea-green dress, drinking the spiritual tea that was a specialty of the Far North.

"Master Ma, according to the news from the palace, the Xingluo officials have sent many Title Douluo and high-level Soul Douluo to various places in Xingluo City to prepare... for a secret investigation. Should we proceed with the next plan?"

The beautiful woman took a sip of the spiritual tea and spoke slowly.

"No need." Ma Xiaotao said thoughtfully, "We did it very cleanly and didn't leave any clues. The Xingluo officials can't suspect us for the time being. At this stage... there is no need for us to fight to the death with the Xingluo officials."

Hearing this, the beautiful woman moved her mouth as if she wanted to say something, but she finally swallowed the words.

Ma Xiaotao is the commander-in-chief of this operation. There is no need for her to interfere. Even if the sky falls, Ma Xiaotao will be there to hold it up.

After a friendly exchange, the beautiful woman said goodbye to Ma Xiaotao and left the Starlight Hotel. Just as she passed an intersection and was about to leave the Xingluo Plaza area, she was stopped by a small team of silver-armored guards.

The captain walked quickly to the front of the beautiful woman, performed a standard knight's etiquette, and slowly said, "Madam, two hours ago, Her Royal Highness the Princess was assassinated in front of the Imperial City. Under the order of His Majesty, we are here to thoroughly investigate a series of suspicious persons in the Imperial City area. Please cooperate."

The beautiful woman didn't think anything was wrong and directly revealed her identity. "My name is Zhu Mu, the same as in bathing, and I'm the third daughter of the Netherworld Zhu family." Netherworld Zhu family?

Hearing this, the captain frowned. What he feared was bound to happen. After the Xingguan Xu family came to power, the Xu, Dai, and Zhu families had been intermarrying for generations. The Miss Zhu in front of him was a royal relative through and through. He was just a small guard, so... it was not easy to offend her.

There was no other way. The captain of the guards had to bite the bullet and ask, "Then... Miss Zhu San, may I ask... where were you and what did you do during these two hours?"

"What do you mean?" Zhu Mu frowned and said unhappily, "According to seniority, His Majesty and Princess Jiujiu should call me aunt. Are you doubting me... that I personally assassinated my own niece?"

Zhu Mu was very confident. Her second sister was the youngest concubine of the previous emperor and Xu Jiujiu's biological mother. She was still alive and well. She often went to the palace to visit her. It would be abnormal if she was not arrogant.

After hearing these words, the captain of the guards felt like his head was about to explode. Just let him go... If something happened in the future, he would lose his head.

But if they don't release him, people will report to Jiujiu and complain... Oh no, there's no need to complain at all. With Miss Zhu San's identity, it would be easy for her to just give a few notifications to the relevant departments and deal with a small captain of the guards.

"Miss Zhu... Third Miss, if you have nothing to hide, please explain the situation. We are all following orders, not acting on subjective assumptions. Of course, I can also invite His Majesty to come over, but if that happens... it will be embarrassing for everyone."

At this moment, Tiansha Douluo Huang Jinxu walked out from the side and looked at Zhu Mu with cold eyes.

Zhu Mu stamped his feet, deliberately made an angry expression, and shouted loudly: "During these three hours, I was in a room on the top floor of the Starlight Hotel, doing that kind of thing with Ma Xiaotao from Shrek City on the bed. The bed sheets have not been changed yet. If you have any doubts, we can just do it again for comparison."

After saying that, Zhu Mu gave Huang Jinxu a blank look and walked away without looking back.

After Zhu Mu's figure disappeared from everyone's sight, the captain of the guards came to Huang Jinxu's side, swallowed his saliva, and asked: "Sir, should we go and check it out?"

Huang Jinxu said angrily: "Check it out! Miss Zhu San is the aunt of the current crown prince of our Xingluo Empire. Who is she to lie in such a situation? You can be worse than her!"

Facing Tiansha Douluo's reprimand, the captain of the guards just sniffed and stood back in his position.

"A little girl is just a little girl. She can mess up such a small matter. I have to clean up the mess for you."

On the way to the palace, Huang Jinxu kept thinking about how to break the impasse.

There are many soul masters who are dissatisfied with the current martial soul system. Tiansha Douluo Huang Jinxu is one of them. He was born a lonely star, and although this halo cannot work on Titled Douluo, but... no one is born a Titled Douluo.

He had a wife who was a Titled Douluo. Their first child died in the womb, and their second child exhausted all the mother's strength and could not even survive three months. Both mother and child died together.

Qin Ningyun didn't waste much effort at all. In exchange for washing away the halo of the evil star, he recruited Huang Jinxu into his team.

(End of this chapter)