I'm not a fortune teller.

Chapter 24 There is only one possibility
"Your Highness, I am sorry for not welcoming you."

At the dock, Yuchi Hong, a tough guy, smiled like an old man selling goods. Facing the third prince Li Yu who came with the imperial edict, he was very humble.

"The Yuchi family is so powerful," Li Yuzhan said with a smile at the bow, "Even the imperial edict cannot get past the soldiers of your Yuchi family."

Yuchi Hong's eyelids twitched. This kid was young, but his words were very vicious. He was indeed a wolf cub.

"Your Highness, you are joking. These soldiers received orders to block the docks and obeyed military discipline. The Yuchi family has never forgotten the rules that Your Majesty set in the north, and neither have the Yuchi family's soldiers. Your Majesty is wise and powerful, and he knows the importance of military discipline. Otherwise, anyone with the so-called imperial edict could have sent the guards away, and the northern border would have been lost long ago."

"The general looks like a warrior, but his words are more slick than those civil officials." Li Yu laughed immediately: "You mean, I forged the imperial edict?"

"I dare not." Yuchi Hong saluted and said, "I just emphasized that it is the duty of soldiers to obey military discipline. Although my behavior of stopping Your Highness just now was offensive, it was not wrong."

"How dare you!" The Governor of the Northern Border suddenly turned pale and shouted angrily. He had heard that the Yuchi family was unruly, but he did not expect it to be to this extent. He did not know what His Majesty was thinking, that he would support such arrogant and powerful generals.

Facing this governor who was one rank higher than himself, Yuchi Hong was not even interested in looking at him. If it were not for the imperial order, as a governor transferred from outside, he would not be able to bring a single soldier to Beihai without the word of the Yuchi family!

"The Yuchi family is indeed overbearing." Li Yu put away his smile and raised the imperial edict: "Now that the emperor has issued an order to open Beihai City and welcome back the prince, I wonder if your Yuchi family will accept the order or not?"

"I can't answer it," Yuchi Hong shook his head.

"You" Li Yu was stunned. He expected the other party to refuse, but he didn't expect the other party to be so bold?

"Do you want to resist the decree?"

"I dare not." Yuchi Hong sighed: "Your Highness, there is a reason for this."

Li Yu waved his hand and said, "No matter what the reason is, the imperial decree has been issued. General Yuchi, please open the door immediately and return His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to us. Otherwise, you will be charged with treason!!"

He came here this time to force his royal brother, and he would not give the other party time to delay.

After all, Yuchi Hong had fought bloody battles in the northern border for many years, so he would not be easily frightened by a few words from a young boy. A mere prince could not make the decision on such a matter as sentencing the Yuchi family to treason.

"I heard that this imperial decree was personally requested by Your Highness?"

Li Yu frowned: "I am just worried about my brother's safety."

"Your Highness's feelings for your brother, I naturally understand. I only have one question to ask." Yuchi Hong stepped forward, his face darkening instantly: "The gate of Beihai City can be opened, but I was forced to open it by Your Highness. Once it is opened, what will happen? As the executor, are you willing to bear all the consequences?"

"What do you mean?" Li Yu's face suddenly changed.

"I mean it literally." Yuchi Hong pointed behind him and said, "What happened in Beihai City can shake the fate of the country. Your Highness can force it open with the imperial edict, but I have dissuaded you many times. If Your Highness still wants to force it open, the consequences will be borne by my Yuchi family. I am just reminding Your Highness, please think twice! "

Li Yu: “.”

Sure enough! !
Yuchi Hong felt a little relieved when he saw Li Yu, who looked unhappy but no longer as aggressive as before.

Chen Xiao and the others came back with at least one useful piece of information, that is, the Third Prince Li Yu was not the one who set up the Crown Prince's murder this time. The reason why he was pressing on step by step at this time was just to add insult to injury.

He was not the one who set up the trap. Yuchi Hong followed the advice of Mr. Luo San and was betting on the fact that the other party did not have enough intelligence!

He didn't know the situation in the city, so he didn't dare to take any risks.
"The general is quite good at bluffing." Li Yu's face was gloomy, no longer as relaxed as before. People outside said that the second master of the Yuchi family was a reckless man, but now it seems that is not the case. Under the appearance of a warrior, he is obviously a cunning person.

"I'm not trying to scare Your Highness, this is the truth!"

"Really?" Li Yu said coldly: "I know that the prince is here to help with the epidemic. Now that Beihai City is under blockade, does it mean that the epidemic inside is out of control? The general won't let me in, so how can I know the safety of His Royal Highness the Prince?" "I didn't say that Your Highness is not allowed to go in." The voice of Master Luo San sounded faintly from behind.

Li Yu looked over and bowed with a smile: "Mr. Luo San"

The Military Advisor of the Northern Territory. When my father was invincible in the Northern Territory, this gentleman played a crucial role. My father always respected him when he met him. He was the most difficult person to deal with in the Yuchi family. Sometimes he might be more troublesome than the head of the family, Yuchi Peng.

"Your Highness is so polite." Mr. Luo San hurriedly returned the greeting, still speaking in a very calm tone: "Your Highness is naturally concerned about the emperor's brother. It is not our fabrication that the Crown Prince is inconvenient to leave the city. Our Yuchi family does not have the courage to do so. If Your Highness does not believe it, you can go into the city to confirm it, but the army cannot enter the city. The epidemic in the city is out of control. If too many people go in and let the epidemic spread, it will harm the entire northern border and even further. Our Yuchi family will never redeem ourselves!"

Li Yu's smile completely faded as he stared at the other party. Of course he could guess the situation in the city, and the other party's reasons were very legitimate. The army was noisy and it would be easy for the epidemic to spread if they went in. The prince's condition was not convenient for him to leave the city, so he could go into the city to confirm, but did he dare?

Li Yu didn't think that Yuchi would not dare to take action if they went into the city directly without the protection of a large army. If the prince's condition was really dire, the Yuchi family would be forced into a desperate situation and it would not be surprising if they did anything.

"That's right." Master Luo San smiled and said, "How can we let Your Highness take such a risk? I see the governor is here too. How about letting him go into the city to understand the situation first and then make a decision?"

The governor standing by his side suddenly looked gloomy. He felt that he would be blamed this time, and his premonition turned out to be correct! !
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In Beihai City:

Led by the guards of the Yuchi family, Zhang Rui and his party quickly came to the prince's villa. After numerous checks and confirmations, Zhang Rui finally met the prince who died young in his writings.

The prince's face was distorted at this moment, and his skin was bloody from the struggle. He looked like a devil. How could he have the demeanor of a crown prince?
Zhang Rui had a complicated expression. The crown prince who had the most stable position in his writing died early because of the plot. Now he, the culprit, had to rely on the other party to save his own life. It was really fate that played tricks on him.

"Why did His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's illness worsen so quickly?" Chen Xiao's face changed. The Crown Prince was fine before he left, and the previous epidemics would not have gotten to this stage so quickly.

"I'm afraid it's because of the forbidden spell." One of the sorcerers guarding the prince sighed and said, "Borrowing life from the heavens has its own side effects. With a weak body and then infected with the disease, it's not easy for Your Highness to hold on until now. It's just that we don't understand. After the last experience, we are all extra careful. Everything Your Highness touches will be checked again and again. Why is Your Highness still..."

"Because the way this disease is transmitted is very unusual." Chen Xiao also sighed. Who would have known that this disease would be spread in such a strange way.

He quickly repeated the way Zhang Rui had mentioned earlier about the transmission of the epidemic.

After hearing the whole story, everyone's faces were filled with horror. How could there be such a strange way of spreading disease in this world?
"So that's it!" Mr. Luo San, who had hurried back from the dock, suddenly realized what was going on. He quickly walked up to Zhang Rui and saluted, saying, "No wonder we couldn't stop the epidemic despite all our efforts. It turns out that the transmission method is so bizarre. It would have been great if Mr. Zhang could have come to Beihai earlier."

"I am ashamed."

"Since Lord Zhang knows the origin of this thing, do you have any way to treat it?" Yuchi Hong, who had rushed back, asked hurriedly.

Now, not only the prince, but most of the people in Yuchi's family have been infected with this damn disease, even his father and elder brother have not been spared. When he heard that the other party really knew the origin of the disease, his heart was immediately filled with hope.

"There is only one way to cure it, and that is to kill the source." Zhang Rui looked at the other party: "The source of the disease is an evil spirit. If we find it, everything can be solved."

"Evil spirit?" Master Luo nodded. "We have thought about it before. It should be some kind of sorcerer's trick. But now the forbidden magic has been used. Everyone in the city has died. Only the Yuchi family and a few affiliated families are left. The origins of every living person can be traced clearly. There is really no suspicious person to be found!"

Yuchi Hong also said, "When we were counting the bodies in Beihai before, we did find a few strange beings, but they were already dead. Could it be that the person who cast the spell is dead, and the epidemic can still persist?"

"It can't be maintained." Zhang Rui shook his head. "This kind of thing must have someone as a medium, so there must be a caster. If your blockade is really airtight, then he should be in Beihai City."

"Impossible." Yuchi Hong frowned. "We have searched all over Beihai City. If it is really a living person, we would have dug him out even if he was hiding three feet underground!"

"Then there is only one possibility," Zhang Rui looked at everyone and said, "The source's host is someone in this Yuchi Mansion!!!"

　Please read this, please read this, I beg you to read this, this is very important, please!!

　　
　
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