"If the proceeds from the secret palace are lost from your hands, you will be responsible for recovering them. If this matter continues to fail, I will punish you."
Qingyang Hou came out of Prince Qi's palace, as if Prince Qi's orders were still echoing in his ears.
"Master Hou."
A deep voice came from behind Qingyang Hou.
A middle-aged man wearing a purple robe, tall and sturdy, but not tall, walked quickly towards him.
"Mr. Tian." Marquis Qingyang bowed respectfully.
The man coming from behind was Tian Dan, Lord Anping, a famous and capable minister in Daqi.
Tian Dan was actually in the Qi Palace just now, but he was sitting behind a low seat with an expressionless face and said nothing the whole time.
What's the purpose of catching up again at this time... Qingyang Hou was a little afraid of Tian Dan.
He has learned how powerful this person is over the years.
"The Marquis of Qingyang thinks that the income from the secret palace of the Yin and Shang Dynasties was robbed. Who did it?" Tian Dan's voice was calm.
Qingyang Hou's heart skipped a beat, "It is most likely that the Yue Women's Sect will be combined with the Seven Emotions Tao."
After hesitating for a moment, he added: "But the Qin people cannot completely rule out the suspicion."
Tian Dan: "My judgment is exactly the opposite of yours. The Qin people are the most suspicious, followed by the Yue Nu Cult and the Qi Qing Tao."
Qingyang Hou was taken aback and expressed his dissatisfaction: "Why did Prime Minister Tian say that?"
"That's Xianyang, the heart of the Qin Dynasty. If you were the Yue Nu Cult, would you do this in Xianyang? How would they transport the things away afterwards? It's not the right time to start in Xianyang." Tian Dan said calmly.
Qingyang Hou retorted: "Although what Tian Xiang said is reasonable, it does not prove that the Qin people are more suspicious. Who knows that it is not the Yue Nujiao and Qiqing Tao who have scruples about us, and are worried that if they start too late, we will be
Da Qi's plan.
So when they find an opportunity, they take action first, and they don’t care whether it’s Xianyang or not?”
After a pause, he said: "Actually, I have thought of killing everyone in the Yue Nu Cult and bringing all the proceeds from the Yin Shang Secret Palace back to me, Da Qi.
But before I had a chance to take action, I was robbed first."
Tian Dan shook his head slightly, he firmly believed that the Qin people were more likely to take action.
However, the suspicion of Yue Nu Cult and Qi Qing Tao cannot be ruled out, and since he is not a person who has experienced it personally, he is not prepared to argue with Qing Yanghou about something with an uncertain outcome, saying:
"The king has asked Qingyang Hou to deal with the Yue Nu Cult and the Qi Qing Dao, you must be careful.
The Seven Emotions Dao is inherited from ancient times, so it may be quite dangerous."
"Thank you Tian Guang for your concern."
Qingyang Hou secretly thought that if I go to clear out the Yue Nu Cult and the Qi Qing Tao, if I can't find the proceeds from the secret palace, even if I dig the ground three feet, I will scrape out enough harvest from these two houses to satisfy the king...
Tian Dan suddenly asked: "When you go to Xianyang and meet Zhao Huaizhong, the prince of the Qin Dynasty, what is his appearance like?"
"Having only met him a few times, I can't yet determine his intelligence and temperament, but I can be sure that this person is extremely talented.
When I met and talked with him, I secretly activated the Zongheng technique and included it in my verbal conversation, trying to influence him, but unfortunately it had no effect. This shows that his level of cultivation is far above mine." Qingyang waited.
Tian Dan hummed, turned and left without saying anything.
Qingyang Hou stood there and did not move for a long time.
He suddenly thought of a possibility. If Tian Dan's judgment was correct and the items in the Yin Shang Secret Palace were really stolen by the Qin people, it was impossible for Zhao Huaizhong not to know about it, and it was even more likely that Ye Yufu had done it.
Then I met with Zhao Huaizhong several times for interview, but he didn't reveal anything and said nothing unusual.
Xi Ying's disappearance and other things were probably arranged by Zhao Huaizhong, with the purpose of... leading me, Da Qi, to fight with Qi Qing Dao.
This is a strategy that kills several birds with one stone.
Qingyanghou, as Zhao Huaizhong's tool, suddenly woke up and broke out in a cold sweat.
A gust of wind blew, chilling my spine.
If everything was really done by Zhao Huaizhong, the ruthless methods and the depth of the palace of this prince of the Qin Dynasty, who has not yet reached the crown, are really frightening.
Once Qingyang Hou had this idea, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that what Xianyang was going through was all arranged by Zhao Huaizhong.
But it was too late at this moment. Qingyang Hou looked back and thought, even if he saw Zhao Huaizhong's conspiracy in advance, in order to reduce his responsibility, he had to make the same choice as before and try to divert the dirty water to Qi Qingdao.
This is called picking the weak persimmons. He can't be allowed to take people to Xianyang to settle accounts with Zhao Huaizhong. What's the difference between that and committing suicide?
What a painful realization.
Qingyang Hou stood there for a long time, and his expression gradually became firm again: "Qiqing Tao, Yue Nu Cult, you are so lucky, who can blame you?"
After saying this, he left the Qi Palace with a steady step.
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The golden autumn of October.
At noon, the warm sunshine slanted in from the window and fell on Zhao Huaizhong's face, giving him a warm feeling.
Opposite him, Mu Qingkong and Xia Xin had already arrived, but the people who were going to take Xi Ying to prison hadn't arrived yet.
"Xia Xin, you have been very happy since you came in. Let me tell you what you want." Zhao Huaizhong said.
Xia Xin bowed and responded: "It is said that the prince is born with a divine eye that can detect everything. It is indeed true. The prince saw through my thoughts at a glance."
He glanced at Mu Qingkong beside him.
"The prince asked, what do you think I am doing?" Mu Qingkong's face showed no emotion.
Xia Xin said: "In recent days, I have cooperated with Mu Qingkong and made a lot of money from other people in the house.
The reason is that Mu Qingkong is proficient in the art of ghostly dreaming. In the past few days, we have relied on his dreaming method to push dreams to many people in the house, allowing them to have fun in their dreams... and get paid for it."
Mu Qingkong added on one side: "This move is truly a cowardly move, and it is not what I want. But I was entangled by them and had no choice, so I still agreed."
Zhao Huaizhong understood that Mu Qingkong could push dreams to others.
But there is everything in the dream, and you can sleep with whoever you want.
Mu Qingkong is a treasured skill. People who have tasted dreams will probably enjoy it. From the looks of it, Xia Xin must have made a lot of money.
Zhao Huaizhong did not intend to interfere with the fun of his subordinates, and gave up after asking.
While they were talking, Xiying was brought in, still dressed in red, with a slim figure and long thighs.
She was operating secretly in Xianyang, and her biggest plot was to sleep with the Crown Prince of Qin.
Zhao Huaizhong felt that her crime was not worthy of death, so he did not kill her.
The Xiying who was brought in looked good, but she had the experience last time and knew that Zhao Huai had a cold heart and could decide her life or death at every turn.
Seeing each other again at this moment, Xiying felt a little scared and stood with her head bowed, avoiding Zhao Huaizhong's piercing eyes.
"Take out your treasure." Zhao Huaizhong said.
Xiying was stunned for a moment and almost thought wrong, but then she realized that Zhao Huaizhong was talking about a bone mirror.
After a while, Xiying took out the bone mirror again.
Zhao Huaizhong took it in his hand and compared it with the Kunlun Mirror in his other hand.
The two mirrors are both no bigger than the palm of your hand. They are made of bone-colored bronze with an ancient charm. The back is densely covered with incantations. The mirror surface is dark blue, which contains supernatural powers.
The Kunlun Mirror is also made of bronze, but it has a hint of spiritual light. The surface of the mirror is moon-silver, like calm water, and occasionally blurry majestic mountains and colorful vegetation appear.
This is also the reason why the Kunlun Mirror got its name.
It is said that what appears in the mirror is the legendary Kunlun Wonderland.
What surprised Zhao Huaizhong was that the traces of cracks on the surface of the osteoscope actually showed signs of recovery.
"Can the damage to your osteoscope be repaired by itself?"
Xiying said respectfully: "As long as the primary mirror is not damaged and the secondary mirror is placed in the body and slowly warms up, there is still the possibility of gradual recovery."
"This mirror was opened by Shi Jinxu last time, revealing his face. Can you also contact him and see each other through the mirror?"
The reason why Zhao Huaizhong looked for Xiying was to find out why they could see each other in the bone mirror.
"My glasses cannot communicate with the main mirror, so the initiative lies in Shi Jinxu's hands.
The ancient magic circle is sealed inside the bone mirror, and they are also one main and one pair, so the faces in the main and auxiliary mirrors can reflect each other," Xi Ying explained.
"In other words, if you want to study the secret of the bone mirror, you must get the master mirror in Shi Jinxu's hand."
Zhao Huaizhong handed the bone mirror to Mu Qingkong: "Take it and let Lao Sikong study it to see if the magic circle inside can be peeled off."
Xiying watched with distress as the bone mirror was taken away, her lips twitching, but she did not dare to ask for it.
In the afternoon, Zhao Huaizhong stayed at Ye Yu's Mansion, and in the evening, he came to Mu Yangjing's Flower and Grass Residence.