“I really didn’t expect that Zhao Changying would use such a move.
"He went into seclusion in a secret room, and we didn't know his life or death at all, let alone when to deal with Zhao Yan. What if he suddenly came out of seclusion and found that we were against his daughter, what should we do? "
Zhao Yu clenched his hands tightly, his face was gray, and he was pacing restlessly in the room.
"Especially that Chong Li, who actually left the matter of coronating the new king to that boy Gu Xu.
"Now his prestige in the eyes of Vulcan believers is far greater than before. They almost regard him as a living god!"
Zhao Yu's father, Zhao Changqi, was sitting on a chair by the wall with his head lowered and his chin in his hands. Although he said nothing, his solemn eyes still revealed that he was not in a happy mood.
After a while, he took a deep breath and slowly said:
"Zhao Yan is really not easy to deal with now. After all, Zhao Changying is a powerful 'True King', and his ability is too difficult to predict. He is likely to have the ability to sense all crises that happen to his daughter.
“But Gu Xu must not stay in Dayan.
"If he stays here, people's hearts will continue to gather towards him, and we will gradually be marginalized."
"Then what if he refuses to leave?" Zhao Yu chuckled, "Now, Chong Li is serving him, Zhao Yan is devoted to him, and Da Qi's envoys don't dare to come and arrest him easily again. For him, there is nothing in the world But there is no safer or more comfortable place than Dayan. If it were me, I wouldn’t want to leave."
Zhao Changqi was silent for a long time and said calmly: "In this case, we can only find a way to let him die."
"The people regard him as the incarnation of God. If we kill him, will it cause public outrage?"
"You are not smart enough. We don't need to let everyone know that it was us. We can completely blame the Daqi court - after all, the Daqi court has been trying every means to hunt him down recently.
"When he dies, we can pretend to mourn for him. Maybe we can also take this opportunity to win the support of the Fire Temple and the people."
Hearing his father's words, Zhao Yu had to sigh silently in his heart, Jiang is still hotter with age.
"Then Father, do you have any specific plans now?" he asked.
Zhao Changqi smiled faintly, took out a small blue and white porcelain vase shaped like a gourd from the storage magic weapon, and placed it on the table.
"What this bottle contains is the juice extracted from the 'Soul-stealing Grass'," he pointed at the bottle and introduced. "This poisonous herb is colorless and odorless and difficult to detect. It only grows on the islands in the South China Sea. It is my He sent someone to buy it from Dou Yinian, the governor of Nanhai in the Daqi Dynasty.
“Once this poison is taken, no matter whether it is an ordinary person or a practitioner, the soul will disappear silently in sleep.
"Only those who are saints and above can be immune to its poison."
"Letting that kid die so comfortably is so easy on him." Zhao Yu snorted.
However, even though he said this, the image of Gu Xu lying on the bed and losing his breath had already appeared in his mind, and the more he thought about it, the more excited he became.
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When Zhao Yan changed from princess to King Yan, Gu Xu's daily life did not change much. He spent most of his time in his room, refining his true energy, drawing talismans, exploring more uses of the "astrology chart", and also studying the "power of incense" from Vulcan believers.
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Recently, he discovered that not only can the power of faith be directly converted into his true essence through the "Hui Lu" rune, but also in areas like Jicheng where Vulcan believers gather, the power of his fire attribute spells will also be obtained. Substantial enhancement.
For example, using the same real energy, he could only light a pile of dry firewood in Luojing, but in Jicheng he could make a forest burst into flames.
He planned to say goodbye to Zhao Yan after she adapted to her new identity, and go to the vast East China Sea to find the next fragment of the "astrolabe".
Now that Zhao Yan has become the King of Yan, it is natural that she can no longer accompany him all over the world as she promised him before.
He can only go forward alone.
Later that day, when he finished his meditation and opened his eyes, a thin maid appeared in front of the door of his room, carrying a teapot and teacups on a tray.
"My lord, the king wants to treat you to tea," she said in a timid voice. "This is a mountain rhododendron unique to Dayan. It can help you relieve fatigue after practicing. She knows you like it, so she called me specially Brought for you to taste.”
Gu Xu stood up from his seat and walked to the door. He felt a light fragrance wafting in the wind, which was refreshing.
"Thank her for me," he said.
At the same time, he sighed in his heart that Zhao Yan was really considerate today. She had been busy dealing with messy affairs in the conference hall all day, but she still didn't forget to send someone to bring him tea.
However, the moment he took the tray from the maid's hand, his movements suddenly stopped and the expression on his face became serious.
"Sir...what's wrong with you?" the maid asked anxiously. Her face turned slightly pale, and she seemed to be frightened by Gu Xu's actions.
Gu Xu did not respond immediately.
Since he obtained the "Xuanwu" fragment of the "horoscope", he has mastered the ability to deduce a person's fate through the ruler of his life palace.
Naturally, he could also use this to foresee the crisis that might happen to him.
After his repeated practice in recent days, this skill has been continuously strengthened and has almost become an intuition for him.
At this moment, he felt very clearly that there was danger hidden in the teapot - a danger that could kill him.
"This pot of tea cannot be sent by King Yan," he frowned, placed the tray on a wooden table next to him, and asked in a cold voice, "Tell me the truth, who asked you to put it Sent to me?"
Hearing his words, the maid couldn't help but shiver, but she still said with a slightly trembling voice: "That's... the king."
"Lying is a bad habit," Gu Xu said as he took out a rusty copper coin from his pocket, "You may not know that I am not only a talisman master, but also an amateur fortune teller.
"Whether you are telling the truth or not, I will know once I try."
He silently recited the names of "Tai Shang Haotian" and "Emperor Zi Wei" and threw the copper coins into the air.
When it fell back into his hand, the back was facing up.
"God told me that you just lied to me," Gu Xu looked at the trembling maid with half-smiling eyes, "I will give you another chance to tell the truth."
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The little maid didn't say a word, but turned around and ran away.
But as an ordinary person with no cultivation, how could she run away easily under Gu Xu's eyes?
Gu Xu took out a "Binding Talisman" from "Xianyunju" and threw it at her, instantly tripping her to the ground and tying her into a rice dumpling.
At this time, the guards from Dayan Palace hurriedly arrived.
They looked at the little maid twisting and struggling on the ground, and then looked at Gu Xu standing aside with surprised eyes.
"Sir, what just happened?"
"She was instigated by someone with evil intentions and wanted to harm me." Gu Xu replied.
Before he finished speaking, the little maid no longer tried to hide it, but cried in a hysterical voice with tears in her eyes: "You are a bastard who colludes with ghosts and monsters, a public enemy of the Qi people! You killed my people in Luojing! I want to Go to hell!"
The guards looked at the little maid, then at Gu Xu, and felt that the hatred between Gu Xu and Da Qi was so deep that even a minor girl would try every means to deal with him.
The leading guard stepped forward, pulled the rope, and lifted the little maid up from the ground.
"Sir, it is our dereliction of duty that such a situation occurred today," he said with a respectful nod to Gu Xu, "The king once gave us an order to do our best to ensure your safety. We will take her here right away. Dungeon interrogation.”
"I think this matter is not that simple," Gu Xu narrowed his eyes slightly, "If she was ordered by the Daqi court, then this plan would be too clumsy. With the style of Princess Zhaoning in Luojing , if she wants to deal with me, she will definitely send a large group of monks from the fifth and sixth realms to surround me, and maybe even invite saints and strong men to suppress the formation, so as to ensure that nothing goes wrong.
"Why did you only send a lonely little girl?"
Having said this, he walked to the table next to the door, opened the lid of the teapot, and observed it carefully.
The tea is made from flowers and exudes a light sweet aroma. It has no strange color or odor and seems to have no problem at all.
If Gu Xu was just an ordinary fourth-level monk, without the intuition of danger given to him by the "astrolabe", he would most likely be attacked without realizing it.
But when he once again performed divination on copper coins, the divination results clearly showed that the tea was poisoned.
Gu Xu is well-read and knows that almost all colorless and odorless poisons in the wilderness are extremely rare.
For example, the "Tears of Beauty" in the northwest desert, the "Spring of Rebirth" in the southern valley, and the "Soul-stealing Grass" in the South China Sea Islands, etc., are all rare and hard to buy.
"If this little maid took it upon herself to kill me out of personal hatred, how did she obtain this expensive poison?"
Gu Xu thought secretly and felt that there must be a rich or noble mastermind behind this matter.
The man had an extraordinary identity and didn't want to expose himself, and he didn't know much about Gu Xu's methods.
"Who is the one?"
An answer quickly emerged in Gu Xu's mind.
A few minutes later, Zhao Yan came from the other end of the corridor with several personal guards in black.
She walked in a hurry, her eyebrows were furrowed, and her beautiful eyes were full of worry.
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"Are you okay?" As soon as she saw Gu Xu, she looked him up and down, for fear that he was missing an arm or a leg. "I just heard a report that someone wants to harm you."
