Chapter 5 The Imperial Secret

The four cultivators from Lancangyuan arrived. The handsome short-haired woman named Han Xue. Just by looking at the sword that she was shocked, the man holding the gun looked shocked. She knew that her cultivation was not bad, the highest among the people, and was at the sixth level of Tianxuan. The tall young man was named Chu Wei, and he possessed some extremely domineering physical skills. His cultivation was around the seventh level of Tianxuan, and the young man who had previously held the charming woman was named Baisen. His body movements were extremely flexible and obviously had great strengths in this regard. However, his cultivation seemed to be the weakest among the people. He had just climbed through the threshold of Tianxuan and was at the ninth level of Tianxuan. The last Confucian scholar who held the book was called Tao Ziyi, who was at the seventh level of Tianxuan.

But talisman art is the most difficult practice method that emphasizes understanding. Tao Ziyi can practice to be prepared for both offense and defense. In fact, among the four, perhaps if you are prepared for battle, you may be the strongest among the four.

After finding out the situation of these four people in a short time, Yang Ze couldn't help but think of the four people who came to assassinate this time. The four people should be powerful men from Donglu, the man with guns, the "giant bear" Meng Si, and the charming woman, all of them are the cultivation level of the lower level of Tianxuan. Only the swordsman with double swords was indeed elusive for a while. The other party seemed to have deliberately suppressed his cultivation. If as expected, the strongest link of the four people assassinated was on him. If the battle continued to make him careless, the black-peng double swordsman showed his true cultivation and suddenly killed people. This would probably become a real tactical killing move. If it was not Yang Ze who was escorting the car formation but others, it would be a foregone conclusion that the other party succeeded.

When assassinating a Queen of Qingping, four masters in the Tianxuan realm were used, and people like Meng Si could take on the danger of provoking the empire and work hard for him. The power behind this was really very powerful.

Seeing the skills and cultivation displayed by Han Xue, Chu Wei, Bai Sen and Tao Ziyi, Yang Ze couldn't help but sigh. You must know that in Da Ye and in the Earth Sea, a cultivator in the Tianxuan Realm was already quite amazing. And before entering the prosperous Tang Empire, cultivators in the Tianxuan Realm had already appeared in large numbers.

It turns out that I often heard that the empire is strong, but now Yang Ze understands what the strong is. Although it may not be as exaggerated as Tianxuan walking all over the ground, in the important part of Shengjing, the proportion must be extremely high.

The appearance of the four cultivators seemed to inject an alternative vitality into Da Ye's escort team. Perhaps because the other party was from the Emperor of the prosperous Tang Dynasty, Da Ye became relatively restrained and humble.

Regardless of whether the other party is younger than him, even the proud Qiudaoyuan practitioner who was the supreme holy place of practice in Daye, facing the four people in Lancangyuan at this time, they were all teachers at each other.

Although the practitioners are highly skilled, it is still a bit awkward to see the teachers of Qiudaoyuan who are so solemn and respectful to Han Xue and others. Although Da Ye is only a medium-sized country compared to the empire, it is obvious that some etiquette is still sufficient for the first time when they meet. Lancangyuan, as the Imperial Cultivation Academy, the development of some practice lines has also been spread to Qiudaoyuan. Strictly speaking, Qiudaoyuan can be said to be a branch of Lancang Academy. Everyone in Qiudaoyuan is proud to be able to enter Lancangyuan to study. Therefore, the difference in generations among the Qiudaoyuan has given respectful titles by Qiudaoyuan, and there seems to be no problem.

But it was obvious that Han Xue, Chu Wei and others seemed extremely awkward. They wanted to refuse but could not refuse Sheng Qi, the cultivator of Qiu Daoyuan. Seeing this funny scene, Yang Ze couldn't help but smile.

But as soon as the smile on the corner of her mouth overflowed, it was noticed by Han Xue in the distance with extremely keen senses. She turned her head and looked at her and happened to see the smile on Yang Ze's face that seemed to be sarcastic and could not tell clearly. So she frowned, and her two beautiful eyes that were perfect willow leaves were slightly closed, and then a ray of light shot out of her eyes and swept her body. This slightly cold eyes were fleeting. Her eyes moved away.

Yang Ze was stunned, a little amused... This girl just now... hated herself and threatened him?

After a conversation between Queen Qingping and the four Lancangyuan cultivators, everyone realized that the four were secret guards specially sent by the Imperial Lancangyuan. They were originally planning to pick up everyone at the border of the Empire after Aoki Castle, but their driving schedule was about two days later than expected. The four of them could not bear the loneliness, so they entered the land of Aoki Castle and met along the way.

Hearing this, everyone on Daye felt the danger. If they hadn't been in a hurry to rush, they would have been two days late by accident. They would have entered the ambush circle of each other, but this time there would not be four people from Lan Cangyuan who came to help. The situation might be very different.

The ambush place chosen by the other party is also carefully selected, because before this, the convoy would have a high degree of vigilance. And the place where Aoki Fort was almost unavailable, the jungle was lush and the forest was quiet and peaceful. In addition, it was the end of the journey before the empire, so it was easy for people to relax their vigilance, and then attack, and the success rate would be increased straight. If the convoy had not acted cautiously, Yang Ze himself would have become the most conspicuous target in the formation, and the other party mistakenly got the sub-car. I am afraid that Queen Qingping's current safety is still unclear.

The car driver took a short rest, abandoned some heavy luggage, and met with the four empire cultivators including Han Xue. This time he headed towards the border entrance of the empire.

Yang Zewo was in the carriage of Queen Qingping. He was responsible for the safety of the queen this time. He did not exceed the disobedience if he needed to join the carriage.

Sitting in the simple and unpretentious car, Yang Ze lifted the curtain and saw Han Xue, Chu Wei and others riding in the car, Chu Wei, Baisen and Tao Ziyi, who were riding around, nodding to Yang Ze in a respectful way. Only Han Xue glanced at him, turned her head and turned her head. Her slightly brown pupils looked straight at the road ahead, as if she turned a blind eye to him. She also avoided saying hello to him.

In fact, when the other party takes action, they already arrived. During this period, they used a method of closing their breath for a short time to avoid leaking and being assassinated to learn that they did not take action from the side. The reason why they did not take action was to see the other party's reality and then launch an attack when the other party's flaws were revealed.

So Han Xue saw the whole process from beginning to end. After knowing Yang Ze's identity, she didn't expect that such a guy who didn't look very good could be responsible for the safety of Queen Qingping? In comparison, she also admired Zong Shou who punched the huge rock beside him, and the old wine chef who had excellent skills in controlling the true energy of wine.

She is a person who can't hide things. Since she has a bad impression of Yang Ze, there is no need for her to greet him in a false way. She seems to have no intention of greeting Yang Ze.

Close the curtain of the car, Yang Ze gathered his words into a line and sent it into Queen Qingping's ear, "The other party is not from the Orthodox sect."

In the battle before, Yang Ze said that the assassination was not a member of the sect, but now, he is very sure that these are not people from the Orthodox sect.

"The news of the Queen's departure from Beijing is extremely secret, and even I only knew it first. And I had the jade token of the Heavenly Prison in my hand, so the Queen knew this, so I could know a lot of things, including how many people would know about the Queen's departure, and then who have these people seen and whether they have leaked it. If there is no error in my website, then the only thing that can be known is that the leaked information must come from the interior of the prosperous Tang Empire."

"Because the queen's route was passed to the Imperial Lancang Cultivation Academy through the unique contact information of the Akita Temple, and then presented it to the Imperial Emperor. The emperor, your father, arranged this matter... But there must be some mistakes on the way... It can be said that the empire mastered the queen's entire return plan. This can also explain why the other party was able to choose the land of Aoki Castle and launch a final assassination raid on us. It can also avoid the respondents sent by the Imperial Academy. So it is very likely that in the empire, some people do not want to see the queen return to the empire... Some people do not want to see, queen, you are still alive."

It was probably the thrilling of the assassination, probably the thought of the empire that she regarded as her motherland, gradually returning home but someone wanted to erase her. So even with the strength of Queen Qingping, her face turned slightly pale at this time. Her hands were tightly clenched, and her knuckles were too hard and protruded.

"So I wonder, who are these people?"

The queen grinned, "The third prince is making things difficult for me. How do I know who will be the one who will assassinate the queen?"

Yang Ze looked into her eyes and said seriously, "I am responsible for the safety of the queen. The Qiudaoyuan cultivators outside, the elite generals of the Daye army, the personal guards sent by the emperor, and even the four young practitioners outside of Lancangyuan, must bear your safety. It is equivalent to their fate and is firmly tied to the queen. If something happens to you... each of them will be destroyed at the same time."

After looking at Yang Ze Jingmang for a while, the queen finally opened her head gently, sighed, and said, "If someone wants to kill me, it is naturally because of my return, which will bring disadvantages to the other party, so the other party doesn't want to see..."

"One of these aspects is most likely from the Prime Minister Liu Shulou."

Yang Ze frowned and said, "Uncle Liu?"

"Liu Shulou is the prime minister of the empire. He controls a large amount of government affairs and has the power of the world. He can almost compete with the imperial power. The prime minister Liu Shulou is a rare talent. If the emperor is strong, he will naturally be the most capable assistant. However, the disadvantage is that if the emperor declines, the power of the prime minister will slowly rise. The empire has been in trouble for so many years. The father has no son, so the issue of inheritance has become a big problem. Now that the father is getting older, his desire for government affairs is not as good as before. He is like a lion. Although he still has wild ambitions, he will be tired due to his age...

.This led to the Prime Minister taking the opportunity to take over the government affairs... However, the military power is still unbreakable in the hands of the father! Even so, the Prime Minister would never want to see that because of my illusory reason, the Emperor of Tang prepared for a war against the Gaowen Empire. Once the war was prepared, the sleeping lion of the imperial power would wake up, and then he would take back the power that should have been held in the hands of the lion. The empire was in a state of war readiness, and the imperial power and military power would be supreme. At this time, even Liu Shulou, as the Prime Minister, would be suppressed and unable to raise his head when the imperial power was raised."

The queen exclaimed and said, "So, after being laid out for so many decades, how could she be willing to put the empire into a state of war because the Gaowen Empire had a small chance of launching a war against the prosperous Tang Empire, so he had to remove me quietly to maintain his power. This is one of the possibilities."

Yang Ze nodded, thinking that this is indeed the ruthlessness of those who hold power. Queen Qingping, who is in a high position, can naturally understand the power struggles at the top. If it were someone else, I would be afraid that I would die countless times and still don’t understand what was going on.

"This is a very likely thing. You said this is just one of them, is there any more?"

"The second one is that the four great wealthy families of Song, Qi, Liang and Chen in the empire, perhaps one of them, or perhaps the four wealthy families... don't want to see them come back alive."

The four great lords have already existed since the empire was established and are likely to exist forever. The change of imperial power will not affect any changes in the deep-rooted four lords. Because every emperor must consolidate the interests of the four great lords as a result of the throne. Prime Ministers must also take into account their interests, because often they have the right to speak, which affects the stability of the empire.

If the emperor controls the imperial power and the prime minister grasps the government affairs, then the four major clans will grasp the upper class of the entire empire. There are extremely strict families among the four clans, forming a large clan of the four clans, which is hidden deep in every nerve and blood of the empire, unbreakable, and will exist forever.

However, there is a variable.

That is Queen Qingping.

"The four great wealthy valuations...why?"

The queen looked at Yang Ze quietly for a while, and the look made his back feel a little cold. Then she said, "Because something happened back then."

"Four great wealthy lords have been deeply rooted in this land since the birth of the empire and are deeply rooted. The four great wealthy lords also understand the way of moderation and self-protection. They often only penetrate into every inch of the empire's bloodline, faintly controlling the economic pillars, resources and cultivation power behind it, but they rarely interfere with the government or imperial power..."

"Because the four great lords understand that their way of survival lies in deeply merging with the land of the empire and every inch of the empire."

"The largest mineral vein in the empire must have their background, the vast resources of the empire, and they must be involved behind the scenes. Most of the powerful cultivators in the empire must be from the Four Valves. This is the way to survive, so that the empire cannot cut off the flesh of the four Valves... instead of interfering with the decision of the emperor or the prime minister."

"But thirteen years ago, the four great lords gathered their strength rarely. They moved the energy that had been hidden in the empire for thousands of years, and affected the entire empire..."

"The purpose is to let the emperor kill his favorite daughter."

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