There was a heavy rain in Fengri City, but the sun was blazing over the Imperial City. The ground was continuously exposed to the sun and you could fry an egg. There were almost no salesmen shouting on the road. Only the waiter in the shop was leaning against the door and greeting the few people with weak eyes. guest.
In this weather, the people wandering outside at noon are desperate, and the bright sun will burn them to death.
But there are quite a few people walking around in the scorching sun on the road. Either it’s about making a living, and I have no choice; or I have an errand that I can’t shirk.
Those who are struggling to make a living are ordinary people or people who work hard. And those who have to run around under the scorching sun for errands are public officials. For example, people from the Major Case Department of the Ministry of Punishment.
Those with higher cultivation levels, such as Xue Gui and Li Qing, are better off. After all, they can rely on the Qi mask to isolate themselves from most of the heat waves. Although it is very stuffy, it is much better than being exposed to the sun. Those with low cultivation level, or those with no cultivation level at all, would feel very uncomfortable. They could only rely on cups of herbal tea to cool themselves down. Their whole bodies would be soaked to the point of dripping from the inside out in a day.
The death of King Jing completely brought the "big test" to the later stage.
King Jing, King Qian, and King Lu, who were highly favored by everyone before, were killed one after another. Now the strongest among the four remaining princes is the Seventh Prince Ling Wang Shu, who was least favored before.
The remaining King Shou, King Wu, and King Qi, although these three are not weak, they will definitely not be the opponents of the now prosperous King Ling in one-on-one situations. That is bound to be another joint siege situation.
The first time King Qian died, the emperor was furious. The second time King Lu died, the emperor only asked. The third time King Jing died tragically, the emperor didn't even bother to ask. He just issued an order for the Ministry of Punishments to follow. Law investigation...gone.
The emperor's attitude showed that all the fig leaves could be torn away at this time. The "big test" between the princes will also begin a bloody stage within a limited scope. As long as they don't touch the people in the city, the fight between the princes is considered tacitly approved by the emperor. But the premise is to leave one behind.
King Jing's death is essentially different from the previous deaths of King Lu and King Qian. That means the impact is too bad.
King Lu died in his own palace, and King Qian died in the prison of the Ministry of Punishment. To the outside world, it was just "it seems that a prince died." But King Jing’s death was different. Not only in broad daylight, but also on the street, the death was miserable. Although there were not many pedestrians on the road at that time, there were still people who witnessed the whole process. This was similar to the two previous cases. Big difference.
Witnessing the tragic death of a prince in the street is not a glorious thing in any way.
What's more, the topics of "I saw it with my own eyes" and "A friend of mine saw it with my own eyes" are definitely much more topical than the previous cases of King Lu and King Qian.
Of course, this kind of blatant assassination put great pressure on the Major Case Division of the Ministry of Punishment.
"You mean King Jing was invited to drink tea at Fuji Teahouse? Who invited him?"
"A piano player named Fu Ji. We saw today's invitation. This Fu Ji should be just a cover, because King Qi and King Wu were also invited."
Xue Gui was sitting in a temporary shed outside the tea house. Opposite him was Adjutant Li Qing, who had just completed the first situation survey and reported back.
The three princes met together to drink tea and listen to music... No matter how they looked at it, they were having a secret meeting under the pretext of "listening to music and drinking tea". They must have something important to discuss, right?
"Why did you choose here?" Xue Gui pointed to the signboard of the tea house in confusion. This Fuji Tea House is indeed very famous in the upper class circles of the imperial city, but behind it is the imperial merchant "tea", and the actual controller of the imperial merchant "tea" is Lingwang Shu. Not to mention King Wu and King Qi, King Jing is probably incompatible with King Ling, so why would he come here to drink tea?
Faced with Xue Gui's inquiry, Li Qing replied: "To tell you what my lord, I heard that the place was decided by King Jing."
"This teahouse ordered by King Jing?" Xue Gui's brows furrowed and his heart was racing. It took him a while to understand the twists and turns here.
According to Xue Gui's idea, King Jing deliberately chose to meet King Qi and King Wu in King Ling's store. The purpose should be a warning and demonstration. The meaning is: You can see, what is the use of complaining everywhere? My alliance remains solid!
The results of it? As soon as he arrived at the door of Fuji Tea House, his neck was cut by five masters who suddenly came out.
Seeing that Xue Gui didn't say anything, Li Qing continued: "According to the memories of the waiters in the teahouse, King Qi and King Wu arrived first and drank tea in the innermost wing. At the same time, the piano master Fu Ji also played a song to cheer up." The king came later. At that time, the waiter stood at the door and saw King Jing's carriage from a distance. He was about to step forward to greet it when the murderous intention arrived.
The sightings are basically consistent with our on-site inspection. First, the Earth Burst Technique destroyed the carriage that King Jing was riding in, and then the Ground Trap Technique and the Soul-Suppressing Technique delayed the reaction of the guards following King Jing. Then three of the five assassins targeted the two royal guards close to King Jing, and another Ming used three flying swords to attack the surrounding guards, and the remaining one went straight to King Jing.
After succeeding, the five of them resisted three combined attacks from the surrounding guards with combined attack techniques, and then broke out of the encirclement before being surrounded, using earth escape and Qi Condensation Talisman to escape.
The whole city is currently under martial law, and all the people in the yamen who can escape have gone out to trace the murderer, but no one has been found yet. "
As the saying goes, one can kill the tightly guarded King Jing in broad daylight by taking advantage of others. The cultivation of these five murderers is unanimously believed to be at the ninth level of Yuan Dan Realm, and may even be perfect, and they have extremely superb concealment. means. He was escaped at that time, and it would be too difficult to find him out later. Li Qing didn't say it, but she really didn't think that traces of the five murderers could be found later.
Xue Gui nodded. He personally participated in the on-site inspection. There was nothing to say about the traces. Only the remnants of the spells left by the five people at the scene were special. With an eerie feeling.
This is not an illusion caused by Xue Gui's sensitive nerves, but a very common residual phenomenon of magic. It is difficult for ordinary monks to detect it, but those who have reached the Yuan Dan realm and have perceptual expertise can tell the difference and clues.
On the one hand, the residue of magic is the residue of the power of heaven and earth driven by magic. For example, water vapor will remain after the spell of the Five Elements Water attribute is released, and the dissipation time is related to the strength of the spell. The stronger the spell, the slower it dissipates, and vice versa. In addition, in addition to the remnants of the power of heaven and earth, there is also the remnant of the true energy or true energy of the caster who triggered the power of heaven and earth.
Zhenqi or zhenyuan energy varies widely, mainly different from exercises. Xue Gui cannot detect the subtleties, but in general he still has experience to support it. For example, Xue Gui can generally tell the difference between normal five-element exercises, some partial charm techniques such as Love Flower Valley, or evil techniques known for their yin and evil qualities.
Xue Gui felt cold. He secretly thought that those five people might have used evil spells, or were they directly evil monks?
