Chapter 400: The Disappearance of a Warrior From Daxia

Northern Palace.

Fengyun Courtyard.

Fengyun Courtyard, where Lu Chen lived, was the largest courtyard in the Northern Palace. Lu Chen had a piece of land in the courtyard transformed into a small paddy field these days.

Then he planted some spiritual rice in it.

Seeing Lu Chen walking around and looking around the small paddy field, Mu Zixuan came to Lu Chen curiously and asked, "Prince, what are you planting here?"

Lu Chen replied, "A kind of rice."

Hearing Lu Chen say it was rice, Mu Zixuan was a little puzzled why Lu Chen attached so much importance to this small paddy field that he had to observe it several times a day.

"Is there something special about this rice?" Mu Zixuan asked.

Lu Chen turned his head to look at Mu Zixuan and smiled and replied, "Of course, if it was ordinary rice, I wouldn't sow it myself and take care of it myself."

Hearing this, Mu Zixuan became even more curious about what was special about this rice, but Mu Zixuan suddenly thought of the dragon and phoenix tree.

Since Lu Chen said that this rice is special and needs to be taken care of personally, it means that this is probably the same as the dragon and phoenix tree, and it is a rice seed given by an immortal.

Since it is given by an immortal, it is better not to ask too much, so as not to leak the secret.

Thinking of this, Mu Zixuan did not continue to ask. Seeing that Mu Zixuan did not continue to ask, Lu Chen smiled and said: "My beloved concubine, are you curious about what is special about these rice?"

Mu Zixuan smiled slightly, and then said: "Since this rice can be taken care of by the prince personally, it must be very precious. I'd better not ask too much to avoid leaking the prince's secret."

Hearing Mu Zixuan's words, Lu Chen smiled and said: "We will know whether it is precious or not after it is planted."

The system has already reminded him that spiritual rice needs to be planted in a place with relatively abundant spiritual energy. Because of the dragon and phoenix tree in the Northern Palace, the spiritual energy is more abundant than outside, but Lu Chen does not think that this concentration of spiritual energy can meet the needs of spiritual plant growth.

But it's okay to give it a try. After all, there is no place with abundant spiritual energy in this world. It's impossible to keep the three pounds of spiritual rice seeds there. It's useless to leave them there. It's better to give it a try, just in case they can grow them.

At this time, a maid entered the yard and said, "Your Majesty, Commander Liang wants to see you!"

Hearing this, Lu Chen went straight to the study without saying anything.

Entering the study, Liang Zong first saluted, then immediately handed the tablet in his hand to Lu Chen, and reported at the same time: "The situation in the capital has been very unstable recently. All the princes have been assassinated, even the prince has been assassinated, and many warriors have disappeared in the counties of Daxia. I don't know where these people have gone."

Lu Chen frowned slightly while listening to Liang Zong's report and looking at the information in his hand.

If the struggle in the capital intensified, he could still understand it. After all, his father pretended to be dying, and those princes couldn't bear it anymore and wanted to fight for the throne.

What really made Lu Chen puzzled was the disappearance of warriors in the counties of Daxia.

According to the intelligence, the missing warriors in various counties are basically warriors of the fifth rank or above.

Although the fifth rank warriors in the North Country are now everywhere, in the vast Daxia, there are not many fifth rank warriors in the crowd.

Moreover, there are not only fifth rank warriors among the missing people, but even ninth rank warriors. The warriors who can become ninth rank warriors are basically backed by big forces, such as certain organizations, or noble families, big landlords, etc.

If someone targets those ninth rank warriors, the forces behind those ninth rank warriors will definitely not sit idly by, but not only someone is targeted, but all forces are targeted.

From the report of the Jinyiwei, there is only one rule for the missing warriors, that is, above the fifth rank, no matter which force the warriors are, basically there are missing warriors.

The missing warriors case has now caused panic among the major forces in Daxia. Originally, those forces were not afraid of the rebellion of the vassal kings, after all, they could turn to the side of the winner at any time.

But now there is a force that targets everyone indiscriminately, and they don’t know anything about the hidden force.

They didn't even have a way to negotiate with that force. They could only watch their own people suddenly disappear one by one. How could they not be terrified?

Lu Chen asked at this time: "Didn't you find out who did this?"

Liang Zong replied: "No, the Jinyiwei didn't find any clues. Those warriors seemed to have disappeared out of thin air."

Lu Chen fell into deep thought. Who did it? Even the Jinyiwei couldn't find it.

Liang Zong continued: "In addition, several of our people disappeared, and there is no news so far."

There are many fifth-grade warriors in the Jinyiwei. The other party targets warriors above the fifth grade, so naturally the Jinyiwei are among them.

Lu Chen's brows raised again, wrinkled into a "chuan" character.

Even the Jinyiwei disappeared.

Who did it?

Lu Chen said: "Continue to investigate. For the next period of time, the Jinyiwei of rank 5 and above will remain silent for the time being and not take any action. Let the Jinyiwei below rank 5 investigate the situation."

Liang Zong said: "I understand!"

Lu Chen continued: "Go and give this information to the Grand Secretary now."

Liang Zong took the information from Lu Chen, bowed and said: "I'll take my leave!"

After Liang Zong left, Lu Chen sat down at his desk and fell into deep thought again.

Who is targeting warriors above level five?

I wonder if similar things have happened in other dynasties?

Thinking of this, Lu Chen immediately said to the maid: "Xiao Huan, go ask Mrs. Wang to come to the study and tell her that I have business with her."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

After a while, Wang Qingci appeared in the study. After she entered the study, she did not flirt with Lu Chen. At this time, Lu Chen looked at the map on the desk with a serious face. It was obvious that Lu Chen was looking for something for her. Serious business.

Wang Qingci immediately asked: "Does the prince have any mission to find the slave family?"

Lu Chen said directly: "Let the people from Tingyulou investigate and see if there have been any large-scale disappearances of warriors in other dynasties in recent times."

Hearing this, Wang Qingci was slightly stunned. She didn't understand why Lu Chen asked Tingyulou to investigate this matter. Now Jinyiwei has taken over most of the intelligence work. Even Tingyulou has people from Jinyiwei. Lu Chen has been there for a long time. There are no more investigation tasks assigned to Tingyulou.

Usually, Tingyulou collects some information and then reports it to Lu Chen.

Seeing Lu Chen's face so serious, Wang Qingci knew that this matter must be very important, so she immediately said: "The Nu family knows, the Nu family will ask the people in Tingyu Tower to take action."

Just as Wang Qingci was about to leave, the maid's voice came from the door, "Your Majesty, the bachelor wants to see you."

Lu Chen said directly: "Come in!"

The next moment, Zhuge Zhongguang opened the door and entered. Wang Qingci realized that they might have something important, so he said to Lu Chen: "Your Majesty, the slave family has to withdraw first."

Lu Chen said: "Don't worry, I just want you to listen to what's going on."

Wang Qingci said: "The slave family knows."

After Zhuge Chongguang entered the study, he saluted and said, "Old minister, I pay my respects to the prince."

Lu Chen nodded and said, "Has the Grand Master read the information?"

Zhuge Chongguang replied: "I've finished reading."

After hearing the conversation between the two and seeing their expressions, Wang Qingci was a little curious as to whether something big was going to happen soon. Otherwise, Lu Chen and Zhuge Chongguang's expressions would not be so serious.

Lu Chen asked: "Does the bachelor have any guesses?"

Zhuge Chongguang replied: "I have no clue at all. It stands to reason that no force would dare to offend so many forces at the same time."

"And those warriors didn't even leave their bodies behind. I don't know whether they are dead or alive now."

Lu Chen's eyes fell on Wang Qingci at this time, "We have just received information that many fifth-grade and above warriors have disappeared in Daxia recently. These warriors seem to have disappeared out of thin air. No one knows where they have gone. Even the investigating Jinyiwei soldiers have disappeared a lot."

Hearing Lu Chen's words, Wang Qingci instantly understood why Lu Chen asked Tingyulou to investigate whether there were any missing cases of warriors from other dynasties.

Tingyulou is a commercial organization on the surface, and there are not many strong people. Unlike Jinyiwei, there are many warriors above the fifth rank of Jinyiwei. Tingyulou is asked to investigate the situation of other dynasties. It is obvious that Lu Chen is afraid that people from Jinyiwei will return. Something happened.

Wang Qingci said: "The slave family understands what the prince means. The slave family will try to let people below the fifth rank participate in the investigation of this matter."

At this time, Lu Chen's eyes fell on Zhuge Chongguang again, "Grand Bachelor, do you think this matter may be related to the Demon Cult?"

After hearing this, Zhuge Zhongguang thought for a moment, and then said: "There is a high probability that those people did not do it. Although the people of the Demon Sect seem to be fearless, they do not dare to offend so many forces at the same time."

Lu Chen said: "What happened this time is actually a bit strange. A large number of warriors have disappeared in various counties in Daxia, but not in the Northern Kingdom."

Hearing what Lu Chen said, Zhuge Chongguang asked, "What does the prince mean that the forces secretly doing this do not dare to extend their hands into the Northern Kingdom?"

Lu Chen said: "No, I even suspect that the influence of that force is only in Daxia, south of the North Kingdom, so they can remain unnoticed. If they leave the influence of their influence and arrest people, it will be very difficult. Someone else might find out."

Zhuge Chongguang fell into deep thought again. After thinking for a while, he suddenly thought of someone, and then said: "My lord, I'm afraid this matter has something to do with the royal family."

Hearing Zhuge Chongguang's words, a smile appeared on Lu Chen's serious face, "It seems that the great scholar and this king have thought of going together, and I also suspect that my father is responsible for this matter."

When people disappeared suddenly without anyone noticing, the first thing Lu Chen thought of was the Shadow Guard's methods, so he thought it was probably his father who was up to something.

"It's just that I can't figure out what he's doing by arresting so many warriors. Even if he captures these warriors together, they won't be able to serve him."

Zhuge Chongguang guessed: "Could it be to practice some kind of evil skill?"

Lu Chen was startled, he couldn't tell for sure. If those warriors were really caught by Emperor Xia, they might really be practicing some evil skills.

Now that the Northern Kingdom is so powerful, especially with the blessing of firearms, Daxia's traditional army has no resistance at all. Emperor Xia probably felt that he could not be promoted to heaven through normal methods, so he engaged in some crooked ways.

Lu Chen said: "If it was really my father who arrested those warriors, then maybe they were doing it to practice some kind of evil technique. I just don't know what evil technique requires so many warriors."

After the words fell, Lu Chen and Zhuge Chongguang fell into deep thought again. Wang Qingci glanced at the two of them and felt that there was nothing wrong with her standing here. She said again: "Your Majesty, the slave family already knows about the matter. There is no slave family here anymore. What's going on? Why don't we just leave now?"

Lu Chen said: "Okay, go and do your work."

Just as Wang Qingci left the study, the maid's voice came from the door again, "Your Majesty, Commander Liang wants to see you!"

Um?

Lu Chen was stunned for a moment.

Didn't Liang Zong leave not long ago? Why did he come back so soon?

Lu Chen immediately said: "Come in."

Liang Zong immediately entered the study and said, "Meet the prince!"

After the words fell, Liang Zong handed the letter in his hand to Lu Chen, "Your Majesty, this is the information that just came from Jiangnan. The Jin Yiwei who sent the letter said it is very important, and my subordinates haven't had time to read it yet."

Upon hearing this, Lu Chen immediately took the letter from Liang Zong, tore it open and read it carefully.

Seeing the contents of the letter, Lu Chen frowned again.

Seeing that Lu Chen's face looked a little ugly, Zhuge Chongguang asked: "My lord, what happened?"

Lu Chen handed the letter in his hand to Zhuge Chongguang, and then said: "Recently, there is a heavy cavalry in the Jiangnan area, and they are the heavy cavalry directly under my father. They seem to be protecting something to go to the capital, and even the royal family's grand master has been dispatched. "

Emperor Xia had not taken any action for a long time since the defeat of Dawu in the North. This time he suddenly sent heavy cavalry to Jiangnan, and even the royal family's grand master was sent to Jiangnan. It always felt like he was brewing a new conspiracy.

Coupled with the fact that so many warriors have disappeared in Daxia recently, I'm afraid something big is going to happen next.

After Zhuge Chongguang read the letter, he fell into deep thought again. Even Zhuge Chongguang was not sure what Emperor Xia was doing at this time.

After a while, Lu Chen said to Liang Zong: "Let the Jin Yiwei find a way to investigate why the heavy cavalry went to the Jiangnan area."

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

…

Within a month after Lu Chen received information about a large number of missing warriors in Daxia, many warriors above the fifth level were still missing in Daxia. Moreover, these people were neither alive nor dead, as if they had disappeared out of thin air.

This matter is not only being investigated by the Jin Yiwei of the Northern Kingdom, but also by all the major forces in Daxia. The rebellion of the vassal kings has already made the people panic, and now the warriors of the major forces have disappeared inexplicably. This is Making an already chaotic situation even more confusing.

The results of Tingyulou's investigation were soon sent to Lu Chen. After Tingyulou's investigation, it was found that there were not so many missing cases of warriors in other dynasties. One or two cases were considered too many, unlike Daxia where seven disappeared in one county. Eight warriors of rank five or above.

The strangest thing about this disappearance case is that the warriors disappeared too completely. The key is that the warriors have nothing in common except that they are all fifth-grade warriors or above. They are also mutually exclusive. do not know. (End of chapter)