My Lord, the princess doesn't want you anymore.

After seeing Li Mo's face clearly, the prince shuddered and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead: "I am not here to cause trouble to you this time."

"But I want to cause trouble for His Royal Highness. Tell me what to do?"

"What do you want?" The prince gritted his teeth, "I have a lot of silver, more than I can spend... After I ascend the throne, I will allow you to be second only to me and above everyone else..."

Li Mo burst into laughter, which was full of uninhibitedness and a little self-deprecating.

After he stopped laughing, a deep chill covered his face.

The prince shuddered, "Li Mo, no matter who you are, I warn you that if you dare to attack me, you will be the enemy of the entire Chang State."

"Do you think I care?" Li Mo's voice became increasingly cold and piercing.

His cold lips almost touched the prince's ear. "Don't you always want to know who I am? Today, I can tell you everything you want to know."

These words made the prince feel even more fearful. His lips trembled, and he couldn't utter a word.

Li Mo whispered in his ear, "Actually, I am..."

“Ah?… No, no, it’s impossible…” The Prince of Changguo shuddered all over and opened his mouth in disbelief.

He looked at Li Mo, and with trembling hands, he slowly pointed at him, "You, you...you actually..."

His voice gradually became hysterical: "You, you are a ghost, you died a long time ago, you are a ghost now, a ghost..."

"Ghost? Haha..." Li Mo's face turned cold, and the temperature of the whole room seemed to drop by a few degrees. "No matter if I am a ghost or a human, since you know my secret, you must die today, or live a life worse than death. Why don't you choose one for yourself?"

The prince gritted his teeth and said, "Humph, if you kill me, my father will not let you go. And don't even think about getting a single word out of me! You will never know the truth, ever...hahahaha."

"Oh, really? You should know better than me how you got the position of crown prince." Li Mo smiled wickedly and whispered a few words in his ear.

The prince's laughter suddenly got stuck in his throat, and the disbelief on his face became even more intense. He stared at Li Mo with a pair of terrified eyes, and after a long while he blurted out, "How did you know?"

"What's so surprising about this?" Li Mo changed his posture, with a look of disdain on his face. "After all, a rotten vine can't produce any good melons. It can only produce crooked melons like you. If you think about it along this line, won't everything make sense?"

"You, you dare?!"

"What do you think there is that I'm afraid of?" Li Mo chuckled, lifted the prince's collar and pushed him against the wall.

He stared at the prince with a ruthless and cruel gaze, "What I like most is to see people living in a state worse than death. Your Highness, do you want to give it a try..."

When Li Mo left, the prince still maintained this posture, his eyes wide open, filled with disbelief and fear.

The Prince of Changguo died on a flower boat in the capital of Dazhen.

……

In the city, Muring Lane, the headquarters of the Tiegu Gang.

Lord Ye, who was wearing a green-faced fang mask, repeatedly looked at the imperial seal in his hand, his eyes flashing with a sharp light, and he couldn't suppress his excitement, "You actually found it."

Du Zheng kept lying on the ground with his head down, not daring to look up. "It was just a coincidence, but I can't tell the authenticity for now. The master must have a way to find someone to authenticate it."

"Of course I have to find someone to authenticate it." Lord Ye looked at the imperial seal carefully, and in his heart he was almost certain that it was the real thing.

He has studied Mo's craftsmanship.

A smile appeared on the corners of his lips under the mask, "How did you get it?"

Du Zheng asked in return: "Does your Excellency know Prince Gui?"

Lord Ye was startled. "In the 13th year of Qingfeng, the Prince Gui who failed in his rebellion?"

Du Zheng nodded. "Prince Gui is the elder brother of the late emperor. He has spent his entire life wanting to ascend the throne, and has also spent his entire life searching for the imperial seal. Back then, he heard that the imperial seal appeared in the northern border, so he ordered a few of his confidants to take some people to look for it."

Lord Ye sneered, "I have heard about this as well. However, Prince Gui is a waste. He failed to usurp the throne and instead lost his life. He was torn into pieces by the late emperor."

Du Zheng continued, "What he himself didn't expect was that those people stayed in the northern border for more than half a year. Although most of them were killed or wounded, they really found the imperial seal. However, on the way back to Dazhen, they encountered an avalanche and all the people traveling with them died. Only a confidant named Luo Kai survived, and he brought the imperial seal back to report to Prince Gui and ask for credit. But things are unpredictable. When he returned to the capital, the capital had changed. Prince Gui had been torn into pieces by five horses, and more than 300 people in the mansion were all killed. Countless people were implicated. Luo Kai didn't dare to show up, so he took the imperial seal and lived in seclusion in the mountains near the capital. He even married a village girl and had a daughter, and lived a simple life."

"Has he never thought of offering this treasure?"

Du Zheng shook his head. "He is the confidant of Prince Gui. If the late emperor knew of his existence, he would not spare him. If he gave this treasure to other princes, he would be worried that he would be silenced. In short, he did not want to gamble his life on the glory and wealth of the rest of his life. Moreover, after so many years of fighting and killing, something unexpected happened after he returned to Beijing. He was tired of his previous life."

Lord Ye: "Hiding in the mountains, this Luo is not stupid."

"He hid the imperial seal in the belly of a Buddha statue, waiting for the right time. Such an ordinary Buddha statue would not attract attention in anyone's home, let alone such a poor farmer's family. It just so happened that Luo Kai died of a sudden illness a few days ago. His wife and daughter could not make ends meet, so they took the Buddha statue to the pawnshop to pawn it for one or two taels of silver. This pawnshop happened to be owned by the Tiegu Gang. The shopkeeper felt that the weight of the Buddha statue was different, and after a careful inspection, he found the imperial seal."

Hearing this, Lord Ye couldn't help but sigh, "Prince Gui is really a scapegoat. Although he is stupid, he is still a great hero. But I will verify what you said."

"Of course." Du Zheng apologized with a smile, "That's how it happened. The fact that you have obtained this imperial seal is enough to prove that you are the chosen one."

Lord Ye weighed the imperial seal in his hand again and suddenly asked, "Why is your voice a little hoarse?"

Du Zheng looked up at the man and lay down again. "I haven't slept for two days in order to get this imperial seal, and I caught a cold. Please forgive me, my lord."

Lord Ye took out a porcelain bottle from his bosom and threw it on the ground. "You did a great job. I'll give you an extra antidote!"

"Thank you, my lord..." Du Zheng's eyes showed ecstasy. He quickly crawled over and held the porcelain bottle tightly in his hand. His voice was trembling with excitement.

Lord Ye snorted in satisfaction and left.

After a long time, Du Zheng slowly stood up.

He slowly pulled off a human skin mask from his face, a smile forming on the corner of his mouth.

It turned out to be Hua Lao Er.

The gang leader's words about the imperial seal were absolutely perfect. These people, these things, and the Buddha statue all really existed. However, it was just an ordinary Buddha statue, and there was no treasure hidden in its belly.

Even when Lord Ye went to check, he could still see Luo Kai's wife and daughter, still living alone and struggling.

They know nothing.