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"Master, Master!" There was an urgent knock on the door.

Frowning intently, Jin Yueming was startled by the sound, and stood up reflexively. He got up too fast, his eyes darkened, and he almost fell down. He hit the small table next to him with a loud bang. "Ouch!" The white-browed old man yelled strangely, his nose and eyes shrunk together, and he supported his waist for a while before he recovered.

Jin Yueming stretched out his hand tremblingly and pressed his forehead a few times, limped out and opened the door, his hoarse voice scolded extremely displeased: "What's the fuss?! Didn't you say don't bother me without order?!"

Xiao Daotong, who was delivering the letter outside the door, was terrified by Jin Yueming, and quickly knelt down and raised a secret letter above his head, and reported with his eyes closed: "Yes, it's a letter from above!"

Jin Yueming frowned, took the letter from Xiaodaotong's hand, and closed the door again with a bang.Opened the secret letter and read it several times, then glanced at the mess on the cloth, rubbed his temples again, walked to the bronze furnace, burned the secret letter to ashes, stood still for a while, and rearranged his clothes , turned around and left the pill room.

The Taoist boy at the door was startled again, bowed his head and saluted: "Master, Master..."

Jin Yueming glanced at him disdainfully, and asked casually, "Where is Your Highness now?"

"Master, His Highness should be in Nanyuan at the moment." Daotong replied.

"Really?" Jin Yueming sneered when he heard it, his mood seemed to have picked up a lot, and his white eyebrows raised: "I went to Nanyuan again..." After finishing speaking, he didn't wait for Xiao Daotong to say anything, and directly supported his waist. He limped and walked to Nanyuan.

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Donggong Nanyuan is a garden located in the southernmost corner of the Prince's East Palace.Such an elegant name has nothing to do with Cao Chang Yingfei, but it is the place where people in the East Palace talk about it.Prince Zhao Kangran does not like to indulge in sex and wine. Apart from being keen on astrology and divination, his greatest hobby is killing.Maybe it's because he enjoys the feeling of being the master of life and death, trampling on people's lives like ants, or maybe it's because of his flawed and distorted personality, he has a special penchant for blood.The bright red blood and the hysterical screams can all stimulate the excitement factor in him.He likes to study the methods of torturing the tortured the most, and he can always come up with some chilling and terrifying ideas.

Jin Yueming half-limped to Nanyuan. The atmosphere here was obviously incompatible with the prosperity and prosperity of other places in the East Palace.The side of the stone road is full of flowers. It is Prince Zhao Kangran's favorite variety. The flower name is "Kujiang". Nanyuan.

The dark red flowers are paired with dead wood-like branches. Many gossiping palace people have rumored that the flowers in Nanyuan used to be as colorful as the imperial garden. Later, because the blood of a large number of "victims" was too late to be cleaned up, along the Nanyuan The cracks in the stone slabs of the main courtyard were soaked into the soil, and after the flowers withered in autumn and winter, the dry pulp that bloomed again became the current blood color, and it was undefeated for a long time, looking strange and terrifying.

Nanyuan is the forbidden area of ​​the East Palace, ordinary guests are not even qualified to approach, and ordinary palace people do not want to have anything to do with Nanyuan at all.There are a large number of prince's guards stationed here, and the continuous screams can be heard from the main courtyard.

Jin Yueming smelled the smell of blood in the air from a distance.It seems that he was stimulated by the matter of Princess Suyun, His Highness is in high spirits today.Jin Yueming stroked his long beard, straightened his body, and walked into the main courtyard of Nanyuan under the respectful salutes of several guards.

There is no house in the main courtyard. On one side of the open space, there are wooden stakes with two arms thick and two people tall, with sharpened heads. The wooden stakes have been dyed dark red by fresh blood.Jin Yueming hadn't seen it before, presumably it was the prince who figured it out recently.

Sure enough, in the far corner, several people who were about to be tortured were tightly restrained. Some of them had already collapsed because of fear, and some passed out directly. with.The two strong men who executed the torture followed the prince's order and picked out the one who seemed most frightened among those who hadn't gone mad and fainted.As the victim struggled and begged for mercy, the torturer pressed him onto a large stone slab, picked up a large pointed wooden stake and stabbed it forcefully from under the victim. The torturer stringed the victim vertically onto wooden stakes, then re-erected the wooden stakes, and put them into the circular stone trough that had been prepared earlier.Blood gurgled down the ground along the stakes and stone troughs, and the victim's body slid down inch by inch along the pointed wooden stakes due to its own weight, and was tortured to death bit by bit until the sharp ends of the wooden stakes lifted from the victim's body. The head or neck pierced out...

Jin Yueming closed his eyes for a moment, and threw out the bloody picture in his mind. The smile on his mouth became even more unpredictable. He turned his head and saw that on the other side of the gorgeous and tall stand, Prince Zhao Kangran was watching the audience The brutal scene of "lively and lively", while sipping fine wine and food.

Jin Yueming stepped directly onto the high platform, saluted the prince, and said, "Your Highness."

Leaning on a comfortable cushion, Zhao Kangran threw down the wine glass he was playing with, and spilled the remaining half of the wine in the glass, dyeing the golden tablecloth a little red, matching the color of the "human skewers" newly learned from the southern region by the audience Extremely: "Mr. Jin is here." The voice was lazy, but Zhao Kangran's thick eyebrows were not untied for a moment, and he asked casually, "What's wrong with Mr. Jin's leg."

Of course, Jin Yueming knew that the prince was just asking casually: "Poverty Dao just made another divination, and it took a lot of effort... so that he accidentally bumped into the corner of the table."

The prince sat up straight, grasped the key point and asked: "What divination did you make?"

Jin Yueming glanced at the audience, a little embarrassed.The prince immediately ordered all the audience to be evacuated, and the few people who were kneeling and waiting for torture, but those who did not go crazy or fainted, seemed to have been pardoned, their bodies seemed to be drained of strength, and even one person fell to the ground on the spot and vomited. Bai Mo was quickly cleared out of the main courtyard by the guards.

The prince turned to Jin Yueming and said, "Mr. Jin, please tell me."

Jin Yueming moved closer, and said to the prince in a low voice: "There are indeed differences in the eastern border."

The prince thought it would be about Zhao Keran, but he didn’t want Mr. Jin’s divination to find out about Dongjiang. Combined with the news he heard recently, he felt even more depressed: “I also heard Tan Xiang talk about Dongjiang a few days ago. , Today in the court, Tan Xiang's student asked his father to send someone to investigate, but before his father responded, something happened...Since the husband has already predicted the result, it must be true, so there is no need to do anything extra Let people investigate." After praising Jin Yueming sincerely, Zhao Kangran snorted disdainfully, "Dongtang, a country of ants, dares to come here to make trouble at this time! I used to think that Dongtang knew the rules, and he didn't know how to behave." Think of the same as the Yu and Jiao countries in the southern border!"

"Your Highness is right. These small countries have been coveting my territory for a long time. The two barbaric tribes of Nanyu and Nanjiao don't know the heights of the sky and the earth. I didn't expect Dongtang to insist on crossing. Recently...instead Xi Rong in the northern border has shown his favor to the big cadres many times. If His Royal Highness orders troops to attack and take command, I am afraid that both Yu and Jiao will be frightened and surrender immediately, and Dongtang will not survive a month." Jin Yueming Boasting Zhao Kangran with his head down.

Zhao Kangran obviously liked this, and said with a contemptuous smile, "Hmph, the new king of Xirong is much more knowledgeable about current affairs than his unworthy older brother."

Jin Yueming did not comment, and then changed the subject of his own words, "But...Your Highness cannot leave the capital. Compared with Nanyu and Nanjiao, Dongtang is stronger in strength after all. Without your supernatural power, if you want to do it as soon as possible Solving this problem requires both military strength and generals. I'm afraid I have to send General Lu there..."

Zhao Kangran slapped the golden lacquered armrest beside him with his palm, causing the two trusted palace servants standing next to him to kneel on the ground, angrily said: "That pedantic old stubborn! He keeps saying that he is loyal to Dagan, but he is not willing to help me! As everyone knows, this palace is the sky of Daqian!"

Jin Yueming buried his head a little further: "Your Highness, calm down. Your Highness, we might as well fight for it. If General Lu is still stubborn, His Highness can also consider tough measures. Although General Lu is stubborn, he is very foolish and loyal. , Dagan's territory is threatened, he, will not not go."

The prince pondered for a while.Dongjiang... Dongjiang!The prince had a flash of inspiration and thought of a brilliant plan. His brows that had been locked up all morning finally relaxed, and he clapped his hands and said loudly: "Yes! Yes!"

Jin Yueming narrowed his eyes: "Your Highness, you?"

The prince raised his hand: "Wait, the matter is very important! Let me think about it again..."

"But——" before Jin Yueming finished speaking, Zhao Kangran interrupted him: "Mr. I don’t bother to deal with him anymore!” Leaving this topic aside, the prince looked at the crimson stakes below the stage and said, “Let’s not talk about that, there has been news from the other side that the father has restored Zhao Keran’s status as the second prince. I rewarded them with Chitan Suyun Second Palace. Moreover, Zhao Keran's life should be completely saved." Hearing the news, Chu Chu gritted his teeth and was diluted by the blood of these ants, and now all that is left is the hatred that has settled in his heart , so he spoke fairly calmly.

Jin Yueming could only swallow what he wanted to say, feeling a little displeased and uneasy in his heart, following the words of the prince, he said: "There must be some capable people around Zhao Keran, who were able to get rid of the southern border in such a short period of time. The evil poison brought him back from death." It's like... the strange guard in the palace today.

"It shouldn't be completely lifted." Zhao Kangran snorted, "Otherwise he wouldn't dare to come to the hall and hide behind his sister."

"Well..." Jin Yueming was a little absent-minded, "Your Highness, you don't need to be too anxious, we must not mess up. Let's see how the palace is deployed over there. If there is a chance, His Highness will directly arrange some 'accidents' Just get rid of him. You are the crown prince, and in the near future, Daqian will still be yours. Chitan Suyun, after all, is not as high as the sky."

"Well. In this way, sir, let's occupy the northern star for the palace again." Just listening to what he said, Zhao Kangran couldn't feel at ease, and he hoped that Mr. Jin would give him the most credible evidence.