Black Fairy, the master is a female ghost

On the long staircase, Lu Xunhuan and Yu Shangshu walked down slowly side by side.

He shook his head and said, "What the Minister said in the court just now was really trying to force Lu into a corner."

Minister Yu said, "Hey, Prime Minister, what are you talking about? The Crown Prince is adamant and I'm here to help you out."

Lu Xun Huan smiled bitterly and said, "Are you trying to save me? Are you reminding the Crown Prince to take my military power away immediately?"

Minister Yu shook his head: "I absolutely do not want the Crown Prince to take over the Prime Minister's military power."

Lu Xun Huan said, "So, you're pushing me into a corner."

"After the Crown Prince leaves court today, he will definitely try every possible means to wrest control of the Imperial Guard from him. If he succeeds, the palace will be flooded with blood."

Minister Yu smiled and said, "One person bleeding, or thirty-three people bleeding? You decide for yourself, Prime Minister."

Lu Xun Huan also smiled: "Minister Yu, that's brilliant! You reminded the Crown Prince, and he is so grateful to you."

Minister Yu tugged at his sleeve and whispered, "So, after this is over, you have to hurry up. Otherwise, when you lose your military power, many people will die."

Lu Xun Huan looked at the rolling clouds in the sky and said, "My mentor is right. Serving the emperor is like serving a tiger. What's the point of talking about ideals and ambitions? It's better to be a free and unrestrained crane."

Minister Yu asked, "Is the Prime Minister planning to resign?"

He then whispered, "Prime Minister, if you give up now, what will become of the treasure merchants? If you leave, I guarantee that none of them will have a good ending."

Lu Xunhuan turned around: "Shangshu, you..."

Minister Yu released him and said, "I won't say any more. You've worked hard all night. Go back and rest."

After returning to the mansion, Lu Xunhuan secretly circulated his spiritual power and circulated it several times.

He confirmed again that after obtaining the divine bone, he gained some power, which had helped him break through to the ninth level of Huiyang Realm.

If he completes the foundation building, he will be able to achieve a major leap and enter the Qianyuan realm.

In this world, any cultivator who enters the Qianyuan realm is regarded as a top master.

Of course, that is the Qianyuan Realm in the eyes of countless people looking up at me.

In everyone's mind, people who can cultivate to the Qianyuan realm are extremely rare and are considered top masters.

In fact, there is still a difference of nine levels of strength when entering the Qianyuan realm.

Zhou Fenqing was a master of the third level of Qianyuan at that time. In front of the masters of the eighth and ninth levels of Qianyuan, he could only be crushed. This is the real gap.

After feeling the strength, he called out the protective dragon body and felt it.

Sure enough, after obtaining the second piece of divine bone, the dragon energy body protection was upgraded to level two.

But he still didn't know how much attack the second level of Dragon Qi Body Protection could withstand.

After checking his strength and the dragon energy protecting his body, he went to find Meng Tian and asked for the piece of stick.

He looked at the stick for a while, called Li Susu over, handed the stick to her, and asked her to wrap it in cloth and keep it properly.

After Li Susu left, he changed his clothes and lay down on the bed.

But his mind was in a mess and he couldn't fall asleep for a while.

Now that the divine bone has been obtained and the mystery of Jingming Lake has been solved, he can indeed resign and leave without worrying about the affairs of the Southern Liang Dynasty.

But the threatening words from Minister Yu made him very uneasy.

He can leave, but what about the treasure merchants?

Originally, the treasure merchants responded to his call and came to Yingzhou City to do business, which had nothing to do with any royal struggle.

But if he didn't follow Minister Yu's wishes and help Concubine De and Prince Jie, Minister Yu's warning would be no joke.

He believed that when that interest group failed or ultimately gained nothing, it would inevitably take its anger out on others.

Who should he vent his anger on? Naturally, it was Lu Xunhuan who was unwilling to cooperate.

But Lu Xunhuan had the halo of a sage, and those people couldn't do anything to Lu Xunhuan, so the ones who had to suffer on his behalf were only those poor treasure merchants.

Lu Xunhuan has been in Yingzhou City for such a long time, but has never been to Lu Pan's shop. He is deliberately distancing himself from this relationship.

Whether he advanced or retreated in the court, he tried his best not to affect them.

But the tree wants to be quiet but the wind doesn't stop.

He now understood what it meant to be caught in a dilemma.

Originally, he could have just walked away after obtaining the divine bone, but now, in order to prevent the treasure merchants from getting hurt, he couldn't leave for the time being.

He thought hard.

How to do?

He didn't know when he fell asleep or how long he slept, but he was awakened by a knock on the door.

Li Susu said outside the door: "Prime Minister, an official is looking for you."

Lu Xunhuan hurriedly got up and opened the door.

Outside the door stood a chief of the Governor's Office. Upon seeing him, he quickly saluted and said, "Prime Minister, the Crown Prince wants you to go to the Governor's Office."

Lu Xunhuan asked, "What's wrong?"

The chief said, "After the portrait of the deceased was posted throughout the city, he has been recognized. The governor's office is now arresting those involved. The prince asked you to prepare for the interrogation."

Lu Xunhuan nodded slightly: "Okay, then who is the deceased?"

The chief replied, "He's from out of town. I heard he's been in Yingzhou City for three months and has been staying at the Yuelai Inn."

After an incense stick of time, Lu Xunhuan arrived at the governor's office.

On the high hall sat the prince.

Admiral Guan, standing on the side.

Inside, there were two rows of fully armed yamen runners, and many people were kneeling on the ground.

He walked in, stood on the other side, and asked the prince, "Your Highness, is there any progress?"

The prince said, "I will wait until you come and ask you."

After answering Lu Xunhuan, he spoke to the group of people kneeling in the hall.

"If you provide useful clues and reveal the truth of the case, you will be cleared of all charges and be innocent."

"But if you can't provide any clues, then that person will stay in your inn for a long time. Everyone in the inn will be implicated, and everyone's entire family will be exterminated."

"Can anyone tell me who he's been in contact with recently, what he's said, and what activities he's been involved in?"

The innkeeper kowtowed and said, "It's unfair! Although he lives in our inn, he leaves early and comes back late, and rarely talks to us. How would we know who he is?"

The prince slammed the table and said, "Just say what you know, understand?"

The innkeeper shuddered with fear: "His... registered name is Ma Wu, and his registered birthplace is Shu'an City."

"He took the best room in our inn and stayed there for three months. He never owed any money, and no one ever came to visit him."

"Also... he goes out early every morning and comes back at night. He rarely speaks and goes to sleep as soon as he closes the door..."

He kowtowed again: "I have finished speaking."

The prince asked, "Anything else to add?"

A waiter said: "He left the morning before yesterday and never came back."

The prince stroked his fat chin and said, "He left the day before yesterday morning... This means he might have sneaked into the palace the day before yesterday. Who was guarding the palace gate at that time? Is he a traitor?"

What he meant was that the guards were bribed by a certain prince and secretly let Ma Wu into the palace and hid him in a certain prince's mansion first.

Until last night, when they showed up and blew up his residence.

He asked again, "Anything else to add?"

Another guy said, "I see he usually carries a magic sword, he must be a cultivator from some sect."

The prince pondered for a while and said, "Should we call all the leaders of the sects in Shu'an City to come and accept him as a disciple? But even if a sect accepts him as a disciple, will they know who he is colluding with?"

He asked Lu Xunhuan, "Prime Minister, what do you think?"

Lu Xunhuan said, "He has been living in Yingzhou City for three months. Obviously, someone has been planning this for a long time."

"It took so long to finally let him into the palace. He must have had a thorough plan to enter the palace, and it's not necessarily that he bribed the guards on duty."

The prince asked, "How did you get in? Did you follow the goods in?"

On the other side, Admiral Guan said, "Report to the Crown Prince, at noon the day before yesterday, a batch of goods entered the palace from the west gate, including five-carbuncle flowers."

"If that person hides among the flowers and plants, it would be difficult to find him."

The prince asked, "Whose flowers and plants are these?"

Admiral Guan bowed and said, "Please allow me to whisper to you."