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"He is my friend!" Luo Yao retorted loudly.

Seeing Luo Yao's serious expression, Bei Zhenting felt a little relieved. Fortunately, they were just friends. Otherwise, considering Luo Yao's feelings for Bei Zhenqing, he would have had a strong rival in love!

"You believe him, but I don't. Just because he once poisoned you, I can't possibly believe him. His words are insufficient evidence. They only provide us with a direction for investigating the case. Don't publicize them."

"Jia Shen...I will personally send someone to investigate."

"Then what happens next?"

"Let's go to Little Ghost Village first. The terrain is dangerous and hidden deep in the mountains. The villagers of Little Ghost Village are scattered, and no one probably knows that some of the people of Hualin Village are hiding in the mountains outside of Little Ghost Village. After we go to Little Ghost Village, we can wait for the secret guards to find out the whereabouts of the hot air balloon."

"Yuan Zhaoling is a member of the Songwu Yuan clan. I found the young master of the Yuan clan who had run away from home for many years and saved his life. We cannot let those greedy killers get away with it. Let the Yuan clan bring information to ransom him and investigate the events in Tanlin County, Tanlin Commandery, on our behalf."

Yuan Zhaoling, who was arguing with Li Er, sneezed violently.

"I don't care. I want to follow you and follow Prince Yong'an to investigate the case of the ghost village!"

Li Er: "Your injury has healed, get out of here now. I don't want to say this again!"

Yuan Zhaoling held onto the quilt tightly, refusing to let go. "This is the tent Prince Yong'an gave me. You are the one who should leave!"

Li Er was so angry that he wanted to hit him, but a guard came in through the curtain.

"Master Yuan, the prince invites you over."

Yuan Zhaoling rolled his eyes at Li Er and followed the guards out, and Li Er followed.

"Your Majesty? What do you want from me?"

Bei Zhenting winked at the guard following Yuan Zhaoling, and the two guards quickly controlled Yuan Zhaoling.

Li Er reacted and subconsciously drew his sword, but found that he was too vigilant and put the sword back.

"What is the prince doing?" Yuan Zhaoling glanced back and forth at the prince and princess' faces.

Bei Zhenting drank tea leisurely and ignored him. Luo Yao on the side pretended that he was air and was not in the same group as the black-hearted Bei Zhenting.

He didn't know what these two people were planning, but his intuition told him that they were up to no good...

A completed letter flashed before his eyes, blocking his view. Li Qingyun's voice was extremely cold: "Mr. Yuan, please write your name."

"What is it?" Yuan Zhaoling stretched his neck to look at the letter.

It listed a bunch of unfair terms, such as that Xindian had to provide him with clues free of charge, the Yuan clan had to send people to investigate the situation in Qinlin County, and that both factions of the Yuan clan had to assist him...

"Dream on! My father won't help you! He'll just send people to hunt you down!"

Bei Zhenting: "Oh?"

"Who do you think is faster, your father or my Lingxiao Sword?" Bei Zhenting looked at the sword at Li Er's waist.

Yuan Zhaoling hadn't expected Bei Zhenting to let Li Er deal with him. He had seen Li Er's skills before. Not to mention him, even if his father came in person, he wouldn't be able to defeat Li Er...

And... there is more than one Li Er by the princess' side. I heard there are three now!

It’s so scary, Bei Zhenting is really a dog!

Yuan Zhaoling angrily signed the unequal treaty and shouted fiercely, "Just wait for my father to send people from both factions to hunt you down!"

Bei Zhenting ignored his harsh words and said, "Li Er, you will be the one taking care of him from now on."

Li Er glanced at Luo Yao standing beside him, and seeing that Luo Yao didn't show any reaction, he accepted the difficult task.

"Okay, okay, let him go." Luo Yao tried to smooth things over.

Seeing that the princess had spoken, the two guards let go of Yuan Zhaoling.

Yuan Zhaoling flexed his arms and said, "I never thought that the dignified Prince Yong'an would do such a thing. My father is not someone you can easily mess with."

Bei Zhenting: "Then I'll have to ask Master Yuan for more cooperation. Doesn't Master Yuan also want to investigate the case of Ghost Village?"

"I have already sent someone to take away the evidence on human traffickers that Young Master Yuan had hidden in the tunnel of the Ghost Village ancestral hall. I am just waiting for your father to send someone to take over the case."

Yuan Zhaoling: "What about those children?"

Bei Zhenting: "The situation is unclear right now, so we can only let them continue to live in the Ghost Village. I guess someone will come to investigate the Ghost Village in a few days. The Little Ghost Village is not safe, so we must send people to guard it."

"That sounds good, but how can we defend it? You don't have many people under your command. If the Little Ghost Village is really discovered by those people, everyone will die!"

"Then we'll have to see who's faster, us or them! If Master Yuan is truly worried about the safety of those children, why not send a message to your Yuan clan? The Yuan clan has spies all over Dacheng, so it shouldn't be difficult for Master Yuan to dispatch some personnel!"

Yuan Zhaoling remained silent. Although it was easy for him, he really didn't want to use the power of the Yuan family.

He recalled the time when he had an argument with his father and ran away from home, proudly saying that he would rely on himself in the future. He really didn't want to bow to the old man...

However, this was not a time for him to act on impulse. Yuan Zhaoling planned to write letters to his brothers and sisters tonight, asking a few of them who were on good terms with him to come and help him without telling their father.

By the time everything was done, the sun had already set. By the time Wei had packed up and set off, it was already late at night when the group arrived at Daoya, the little ghost village.

A bonfire was lit in the Xiaogui Village, and the villagers prepared vegetables and meat to welcome them up the mountain.

Two days later, the secret guards who went out to investigate brought back information about the "moon".

The location of the "moon" is far away from the Little Ghost Village, hidden in the deep mountains.

At the same time as the location of the "moon" was discovered, the brothers and sisters from both the black and white factions of the Yuan family who were summoned by Yuan Zhaoling were also rushing to the Little Ghost Village.

The capital city at night was shrouded in a bright and flawless moonlight. In the Star Hall of the Dacheng Palace, the young imperial teacher was drinking alone under the moonlight, holding a glass of the capital's new sweet wine.

A year ago, he was observing the stars at night and accidentally discovered that an alien star had fallen and landed in Dacheng.

He had never seen a star fall before, and for a moment he was unable to comprehend the mystery and profound meaning within. Unable to grasp the mystery, he retreated to his own country, reading through the histories of past dynasties and the works of the great masters throughout the ages, and finally gained some understanding.

The fall of alien planets has always been a symbol of natural and man-made disasters. This year, the drought in Dacheng Kingdom expanded, the people were living in misery, and there were also rebels in chaos, which almost destroyed the country.

During this period, he noticed a person who did many things and indirectly prevented the country from being destroyed.

Observing the person's life star, he found that it was particularly strange. It showed two colors, which were separated from each other and combined with each other. It looked very similar to the soul-one vision recorded in ancient books, but the national teacher understood that there was a big difference.

The vision of a single soul only lasts for a short time; when a wandering soul returns to its master, it's called a single soul. However, this person's two souls seemed unable to merge and become one, penetrating each other yet remaining isolated. This didn't seem like a naturally dispersed soul.

Shaking the red wine in the glass, a possibility came to the mind of the national teacher.

The alien star fell and dissipated, but this time the alien star fell back to its original state. Thinking of this, the young national teacher hurriedly entered the Wanxing Pavilion.

"If you don't remember, the trajectory of the alien planet's fall..."

The Imperial Master drew a line on the two stars and said, "So that's it! So that's it!"

No wonder that person is so special! The Imperial Master looked at the changing astrological signs he had drawn earlier, and after a brief moment of excitement, his brows furrowed. "But why is this... unprecedented..."

The Imperial Preceptor gazed at the strange constellation and summoned the guards. "From today on, I will be in seclusion. If Your Majesty asks about that person again, I will inform Your Majesty of my seclusion."

The guard responded and closed the door of Wanxing Pavilion.

It was late at night and the Longxin Hall was deserted. After the war, the emperor reduced the number of guards in the Longxin Hall. The huge Longxin Hall now only had two guards at the gate and the eunuch chief Zhu Shengyuan who served the emperor.

Bei Zhenming hadn't seen Xiao Bi for a long time, so long that he had even forgotten how long it had been.

Xiao Bi hadn't left him any token of his love, as if Xiao Bi didn't exist. Sometimes he felt that the person in his memory didn't really exist, but was just a dream he had.

Bei Zhenming thought about putting himself in danger to force Xiao Bi to show up, but as the king of a country, he knew that it was irrational and his identity was absurd, which was totally unbecoming of a king.

Where is Bier and what is he doing?