I'm not a fortune teller.

Chapter 87 This Time
"They left?"

"They're gone." Hong Lie whispered beside him.

"Haha," Princess Yunyang sneered, "Whose world is this?"

Hong Lie remained silent upon hearing this and looked across. The lords from military families all avoided his sight.

The Jin Dynasty was a dynasty with checks and balances between civil and military officials, and warriors had the highest status in the dynasty. Especially after the imperial court incorporated the martial arts world, took over the national competition, and set up local military governors, the status of warriors was unprecedentedly improved. But many people knew that they were still no match for sorcerers, especially in Kyoto.

The existence of the Guardian Yin God is such that even a warrior who has reached the highest level of martial arts: the Grandmaster, cannot directly contend with it. However, the Guardian Yin God cannot leave his garrison easily, while the Grandmaster is very free. If an all-out war breaks out, the Grandmaster's assassination ability will be a headache for the sorcerer.

But in a head-on battle like the one now, they didn't even dare to suggest going to break into the Suzaku Gate together, because they knew that this group of sorcerers would definitely take the opportunity to kill them at the Suzaku Gate!
Although the other party had the Yin God in their hands, they had no confidence at all in killing these warlocks. This was the gap.

This group of sorcerers have the capital to rebel, but they don't. Even the emperor relies on magic as his bottom line. In this era, their martial arts are ultimately limited.

Hong Lie sighed, patted the princess on the shoulder, and just looked at the backs of the group of sorcerers.

Your Majesty is a rare lord in a century. Whether you can change this situation depends on this time.
Hong Lie looked at the princess with a downcast face, and suddenly realized that this time the risk was extremely high, and he must find a way to protect the princess.

"Princess, come here." Hong Lie whispered.

The princess was stunned, but her expression remained unchanged. She knew that Hong Lie was a straightforward person and rarely acted in secret. She then stood up slightly and said, "Let's go over there. Looking at these people, my eyes widen."

Military commanders: “.”

Hong Lie glanced at his colleagues embarrassedly, and then took the princess to move slightly towards the female guest area.

"Why did you send me here?"

"Your Majesty has a plan. We need to hide you in a safe place first."

"Your Majesty?" The princess trembled all over. She knew that this Majesty was not a simple person.

When she was very young, she noticed that the emperor, who seemed to be a good guy, actually had talents that even his grandfather did not have. How could he have been in power for so many years without taking any action?

"What does he want you to do?" The princess looked at Hong Lie with some concern.

This matter must be extremely secretive, and given the current situation, if Your Majesty had planned it in advance, it would be equivalent to a gamble, and it might be a winner-takes-all situation.

But no matter what, those who carry out secret plans are at the greatest risk!

"His Majesty has asked me to prepare people to assassinate Jiuqing outside of Jiuqing Yamen and take back Jiuqing Seal!"

"Are you kidding?" The princess was anxious: "With you?"

With so many levels of first-grade sorcerers, even with the military merits just now added together, I'm afraid they wouldn't be able to do it, not to mention that they all have Yin Gods with them.

"Of course not by me." Hong Lie said faintly: "Your Majesty has had a chess piece a long time ago."

"Who is it?" The princess' heart skipped a beat and she had a rough guess.

Hong Lie was about to say something, but suddenly he sensed something and turned around abruptly: "Who?"

"Greetings to the commander-in-chief, Her Royal Highness the Princess."

Hong Lie's muscles were tense, and he protected the princess behind him with extreme vigilance.

When she turned around, the man was already within ten feet. If he had attacked her suddenly at this distance, she would have been dead. This woman...
The princess was also extremely solemn. Compared to Hong Lie, she was almost facing the opponent head-on, but she didn't feel when the opponent approached. If Hong Lie hadn't been alert, she might not have been able to react even if the opponent got close to her face.

"It's the girl. Has the girl found His Majesty?"

The person who came was Zhang Rui!
At this time, Zhang Rui also looked at Hong Lie in surprise. It seemed that the fish eyes were not completely useless in front of the top warriors. They could be felt at such a long distance.

"Found it." Zhang Rui said in a low voice.

"Oh?" Hong Lie turned around with an incredulous look on his face: "Are you sure? Where is it?"

"Imperial Study"

"Then why didn't Your Majesty come?" Hong Lie didn't believe what the other party said at all.

"Because His Majesty is under control." Zhang Rui said honestly. "You are spreading rumors to confuse the people!" Hong Lie looked at him unkindly.

"Alas," Zhang Rui sighed, "Grand Commander, think about it carefully. If these four spirits are controlled by your majesty, whether you want to exorcise the evil spirits or do something else, who can stop you?"

"Miss, what you said is correct." Before Hong Lie could speak, the princess spoke first: "Then the most urgent thing is to save His Majesty first."

"If I could save him, I would have done it just now. But your Majesty is in such a condition that he cannot be saved."

"Can't save him?" The princess frowned: "Then according to what the girl said, what should we do?"

"First of all, I am quite interested in the plan that His Majesty just told you to do. Would you like to share it with me?"

"No comment!" Hong Lie looked at the other party vigilantly, ready to take action at any time.

"Let me guess." Zhang Rui said faintly, "Did His Majesty tell you that he prepared a master figure to assassinate the heads of the families who were about to come to the Nine Ministers' Office?"

"You..." Hong Lie's pupils shrank. If the woman in front of him hadn't been too mysterious, he really wasn't sure and almost took action just now!

The princess also looked at the other party in surprise, then looked at her own man, and immediately knew that the other party's guess was correct.

"Miss, did you know this a long time ago, or did you just guess it?" the princess asked.

"Guessed." Zhang Rui said lightly.

"Who are you? Why do you know this?" Hong Lie said gloomily.

He didn't believe the nonsense the other party was talking about. How could he guess it with such few clues?
"It's not hard to guess." Zhang Rui said calmly, "A Nine-Minister-level sorcerer, with the Yin God in hand, ordinary warriors can't get close to him. The strength of the Grandmaster lies in his speed, which can keep up with the Yin God. The Yin God can't kill them, but they have the opportunity to threaten the Yin God sorcerer. That's why the sorcerer families in the world strictly control the number of Grandmasters. Every Grandmaster is an extreme threat to them. If Your Majesty wants to succeed, the Grandmaster must win over one person."

"Do you know who that girl is?" the princess asked quietly.

There are five great masters in the world: Master Yi from the East China Sea, Master Zi Yang, the leader of the Tianyi Sect in Nanyang, Master Ku Xiang from the Longxiang Temple, Mr. Ye from Wanxiang City, and King Jin Li Qingtian who guards the southern border!
Among the five great masters, except for Master Yi who was clearly against the Great Jin, the remaining four at least ostensibly obeyed the imperial court. Among them, the one who was closest to the imperial court and most obedient to orders was the Crown Prince Li Qingtian.
The only master of the Li family, he guarded the southern border for two hundred years and never made any mistakes. But his disadvantage was that he could not leave and was too far away from the capital. All the noble families had spies monitoring each other's movements, so it was impossible for him to come to the capital silently. When an emergency occurred on the side of Emperor Hongzhi, this imperial uncle was too late to rescue him in time.

Among the remaining three, Master Kuxiang of Longxiang Temple is the easiest to talk to. He has also fought for Your Majesty several times and assassinated the general of Beihuang. Mr. Ye is the closest. His Taoist temple is in the capital. He was just a scholar back then. He turned to Taoism through Confucianism and became the only mortal who was not from a family of sorcerers but could become one of the three highest officials. He was the prince's tutor of Emperor Hongzhi at that time and was quite close to the royal family.

However, his whereabouts have been elusive in recent years and he has been severely targeted by the aristocratic families. It is said that he has not returned to Beijing for thirty years.

The princess had searched for him many times, hoping that he would help find the murderer, but she had never found him. So she was very curious, if His Majesty really used a master, who would it be?
"Master Yi from the East China Sea." Zhang Rui said directly.

"How is that possible?" The princess frowned, "Isn't your guess a little far-fetched?"

But she felt something was wrong the next moment, because she saw that her man was stunned. He looked like he had never expected that the other party could actually guess it!
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At the Suzaku Gate, raging flames lit up the night sky, brighter than the rising sun, but a group of people escaped from the horrific flames using a black curtain. A huge black curtain enveloped several people, and above the black curtain, raging rage was chasing them relentlessly.

But at the critical moment, the oncoming flames were blocked by a huge ghost hand, and everyone successfully escaped with the help of the black curtain.

After leaving the Suzaku Gate, the terrifying pressure just now disappeared instantly. For a moment, all the sorcerers, including the elders of the Jiang family, collapsed to the ground with weak legs. This feeling of surviving a calamity was really too exciting.

Even though they had discussed several plans before, and the probability of escaping during the discussion was very high, they were still not completely sure. For the elders of these aristocratic families, when they reached this position, the battle of life and death had long been far away from them, and many of them had not fought for at least more than ten years.

There is a huge gap between imagination and reality, but fortunately I was able to escape successfully.

"The Wei family's Ghost King Arm is well-deserved of its reputation!" Elder Jiang looked back and remembered the huge ghost arm just now, which actually blocked the Suzaku head-on. The Wei family has only been supporting their own Yin God for a hundred years, and the quality of that arm is really amazing. I don't know where it came from.

"Lin Feng, go and activate the Yin Shen of the Ministry of Personnel immediately!" Elder Jiang said hurriedly.

Jiang Linfeng nodded and was about to take action, but he felt uneasy in his heart. He always felt that everything seemed to be going too smoothly.

"What's wrong?" Elder Jiang frowned and looked at his son.

"Dad, do you think this is a trap?"

"What do you think this trap is?" Elder Jiang frowned. "It has come to this. The generals who were sent to guard against us in various places are trapped in the palace. Without the hindrance of the army, as long as we activate the Yin God, the entire capital will be under our control!"

The other elders also looked at Jiang Linfeng in confusion. In this situation, they had already won 90% of the battle. Who could have set any traps?
Jiang Linfeng himself couldn't figure it out. Under the current circumstances, each family also had Yin Spirits protecting them. Who could stop them?
But I always feel a little bit of disobedience in my heart.——
At the same time, outside the capital, Shen Yuan, Shaoqing of the Dali Temple, rode a ghost horse that had been blessed by magic and rushed towards the capital desperately.

Praying in his heart that his father would not fall into the trap, after arriving in Xijing, he investigated all the way to Jiangnan. Through the feedback from many noble families, he found an astonishing clue. If his guess was true, the owner of the painting market had planned a big plan, which was probably being played out in the capital at this moment.

When he received the letter from the Jiang family, he knew that things were going to be bad. Even a wise man like his father could fall into this trap. If he wasn't careful this time, several major families in the capital might disappear!

(End of this chapter)