The empress is wild and cool, and I'll help her secure her throne

The Qianqiu Festival is over.

It is already early morning.

Ye Qianxuan, the Nine Gates Admiral Duan Zhenggang, and the Jinyiwei Tongzhi Mimiyan rode in the same carriage on the road back to Fengshi Street.

Ye Qianxuan was in a good mood, not only because he had received a great reward from the empress, but also because the side effect of the King of Hell's appearance this time was just a cold sweat!

All the pretense I put on today was in vain!

"Master Ye, you said before that not only would the Empress not punish us, but she would also reward us for solving the case. What's going on?"

Duan Zhenggang and Mimi saw that the carriage had reached a deserted place, and both of them made bitter faces and asked quickly.

"I think the appearance of gunpowder in the palace this time is related to the death of General Fan Yangqi." Ye Qianxuan said directly:

"What do you mean?" Both of them frowned, not understanding what he meant.

"As the Minister of the Imperial Guard, Fan Yangqi is in charge of the Imperial Guards. His basic duty is to lead the guards and protect the four main gates of the Imperial Palace, right?"

Ye Qianxuan said calmly, "The capital is so vast, with nine city gates and countless secret passages. It's simply a fantasy for Old Duan to want to prevent all gunpowder from entering the city!"

"It's a simple matter for them to transport gunpowder into the capital!"

"The most difficult thing is how to transport it into the palace."

"So, Fan Yangqi played a crucial role."

"Add to that the fact that the Third Princess bribed Fan Yangqi before, and her rebellion today, and everything makes sense!"

Duan Zhenggang nodded, and seeing Ye Qianxuan's excuse for him, he agreed deeply:

"But where did they get their gunpowder?"

"In the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, only the Ministry of Works was qualified to produce gunpowder!"

"It's impossible to produce such a large amount of gunpowder just by relying on some small workshops!"

He also looked at Ye Qianxuan with squinting eyes, he had the same question in his mind.

Ye Qianxuan said:

"I got a secret from my Third Uncle of Tianzong!"

"According to the Beiliang Embroidered Clothes Envoy's investigation, the demon tribe once transported a large amount of gunpowder into the Sword Qi Great Wall!"

At that moment, Duan Zhenggang and Mimiyan looked at Ye Qianxuan with shocked expressions!

"How could a corpse-sewist like you have such a close relationship with the Third Master of the Beiliang Tianzong?"

"Not only is the other party willing to give you the Tianzong Ziwu Hairpin, but they've even told you this secret that could be considered a state secret of Beiliang?"

Even if Ye Qianxuan is a genius and has great personal charm!

But the Third Uncle from Tianzong had only been in Dongzhou for a few days, so how could he be conquered by Ye Qianxuan?

"Basic operation, keep a low profile." Ye Qianxuan kept his achievements and fame to himself, and continued:

"At the same time, the Third Princess lives in the palace for a long time. To connect with the demon clan, she must have an intermediary!"

"Furthermore, the demon race's gunpowder manufacturing technology is not well developed, and the production efficiency is extremely low. They should not be able to produce gunpowder with such a large yield."

"So I have a bold guess." Ye Qianxuan paused:

"I'm afraid that Li Youming, the Embroidered Uniform Envoy of Southern Wu, has been involved in this entire incident!"

"I suspect he was not only involved in the supply and delivery of gunpowder, but was also the intermediary between the Third Princess and the demon race!"

"You know, the one who killed Fan Yangqi was a tenth-level combat demon standing with Li Youming!"

"The Second Prince was killed by Nan Wu in collusion with the demon clan."

"It seems that the relationship between Nanwu and the demon tribe is not so incompatible. There are even many cooperative relationships!"

When Mimiyan and Duan Zhenggang heard this, they suddenly took a deep breath!

Then it all makes sense!

But this is too scary!

It’s okay for the third princess to rebel on her own!

But if we join forces with Southern Wu to rebel, the crime would be too great!

It can be called the first royal scandal in the history of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty!

The two stared at Ye Qianxuan, feeling both admiration and emotion in their hearts!

Only a guy like Ye Qianxuan can deduce so many things based on just a few pieces of information!

Moreover, Ye Qianxuan must have regarded them as real brothers, so he dared to tell them "The Third Princess conspired with Southern Wu to rebel", something that could kill nine generations of the family!

At this moment, the carriage suddenly stopped, and the sharp voice of Eunuch Cao came from outside:

"Admiral Duan, His Majesty summons you to the palace tonight!"

Duan Zhenggang looked at Ye Qianxuan gratefully, then nodded to Mimiyan, strode out, lifted the curtain, and shouted "Yes" with full energy!

Eunuch Cao looked confused!

The admiral should know that the empress wanted to call him over to question him for his negligence!

How could he be so happy?!

Eunuch Cao couldn't figure it out, so he simply stopped thinking about it. Anyway, he had fulfilled the duties he had conveyed, so he just assumed that Duan Zhenggang was scared crazy by the impending accountability!

But Eunuch Cao had no idea that Ye Qianxuan had given him great confidence, allowing him to escape punishment in front of the empress and even seek credit!

The carriage set off again.

"Why did Your Majesty only summon Old Duan and not you?" Ye Qianxuan asked curiously, looking at the squinting eyes.

"I'm just a Tongzhi, not a commander. If the sky falls, there are people taller to hold it up." He shrugged with narrowed eyes, looking indifferent.

"Then why were you and Old Duan looking so sad just now!" Ye Qianxuan was confused.

He squinted his eyes and glanced at Ye Qianxuan: "This is called social etiquette."

"6!" Ye Qianxuan couldn't help but bow.

Whoosh!

The moment Ye Qianxuan bowed his head and saluted, he heard the whistling of an arrow!

Then an arrow grazed his scalp and pierced into the carriage!

Then, more arrows shot in!

"No! There's an assassin!"

Mimiyan immediately drew out the Embroidered Spring Sword and deflected the incoming arrows. Then he pulled Ye Qianxuan and jumped out of the carriage!

Whoosh whoosh!

More arrows came, and the horses neighed in fear. The groom hid beside the horses in fear, comforting the frightened horses while watching the rain of arrows flying around!

"Take care of yourself!"

He narrowed his eyes, gritted his teeth, and stood up to face the arrows, deflecting all the incoming arrows with his Embroidered Spring Sword!

At this moment, Ye Qianxuan suddenly felt his heart tighten and he turned around abruptly!

But he found that a guy wearing a black cloak and a black ghost mask on his face was holding a dagger and was less than three meters behind him!

When the assassin saw Ye Qianxuan discovered him, his eyes instantly turned cold. Without saying anything, he suddenly leaped forward to kill him, and his black cloak made a rustling sound!

"Ye Qianxuan!"

Squinting his eyes, he noticed the situation here and immediately panicked!

He had witnessed how Ye Qianxuan lost strength after he used "The King of Hell Appears" to strike with a knife last time. At this moment, he naturally thought that Ye Qianxuan had no ability to protect himself, so he immediately turned around to rescue him!

"Don't worry about me! Focus on those arrows!"

Ye Qianxuan shouted at the squinting eyes, then pulled out the black gold ancient knife from the storage ring, and quickly stabbed it into his body, "The King of Hell appears!"

Facing the black-robed man rushing towards him at high speed, Ye Qianxuan laughed and said:

"Want to kill me? You're not worthy!"

Then, he slashed with a knife!

Stab it!

This knife pierced through the cloak of the man in black, startling the assassin and causing him to step back to the wall three meters away!

There was a tear in his black cloak, revealing a white tail!

The assassin looked at Ye Qianxuan suspiciously through the ghost mask, obviously not expecting this result. He then turned around and disappeared into the night.

Ye Qianxuan was shocked—is this a demon? !

Do you want to silence me while I'm weak?

Wait a minute!

Something is wrong!

How do the demons know that they will become weak after using the King of Hell’s Reappearance?

As soon as Ye Qianxuan had this thought, his back was immediately soaked with cold sweat!

not good!

There is a traitor around me!