Chapter 401 The Prince Rebelles

Northern Palace.

Study.

Lu Chen sat at the desk and carefully sorted out the information about the disappearance of Daxia warriors in the past month.

According to the statistics of Jinyiwei, the number of missing people has exceeded 20,000.

These are more than 20,000 warriors above the fifth rank.

This incident shocked the major dynasties. Now some forces in Daxia have been scared to migrate to the Northern Kingdom or other dynasties.

As the crown prince who supervised the country, Lu Yi had sent many people to investigate this matter a long time ago, but he found nothing. These people seemed to have really disappeared out of thin air.

Of course, the people Lu Yi sent out to investigate were not from his faction. Now the situation in the capital is getting more and more dangerous. His own people have to stay in the capital or near the capital. If he sends his people to do other things, what if something happens?

The court is not concerned about this matter, which makes the forces behind this matter completely unrestrained. They become more and more rampant, and even warriors in the capital have begun to disappear.

Lu Chen looked at the intelligence on the table and wondered, could it be that his father had learned a similar technique to the Absorbing Power Technique like him, so he captured so many warriors and absorbed their power?

But then again, even if Emperor Xia really learned the Absorbing Power Technique, he couldn't become a celestial being through it.

To become a celestial being, one must pass the test of this world. This is a hard condition. Even Lu Chen, who has a system plug-in, can't bypass this condition. Lu Chen doesn't believe that Emperor Xia can bypass the world test.

Of course, it is still possible to temporarily improve a person's strength to the celestial being realm through some means.

Lu Chen thought to himself, maybe his father was worried that the Northern Kingdom would go south to compete for the throne one day, so he prepared a way to deal with the Northern Kingdom's celestial being in advance?

At this time, Lu Chen's eyes fell on a piece of intelligence, which mainly talked about the Jiangnan heavy cavalry.

After the investigation of the Jinyiwei, it was basically confirmed that the heavy cavalry went south to transport something, but because the Jinyiwei who investigated were only people below the fifth rank, it was difficult to find out what the heavy cavalry were transporting.

Not to mention that the Jinyiwei didn't know, even no one in the court knew why the heavy cavalry went south. People only knew that this was an order from Emperor Xia. As for why Emperor Xia gave such an order, I'm afraid only Emperor Xia himself knew.

However, there have been many rumors in Daxia recently. Some people say that Emperor Xia found an island in the sea, where immortals live, and the heavy cavalry actually transported elixirs.

As long as Emperor Xia takes the elixir, his body may recover.

This rumor made the princes more agitated. If Emperor Xia's body recovers, it will be more difficult for them to seize the throne.

They finally waited until Emperor Xia was about to die, but at this time, it was reported that Emperor Xia could be saved. How could they not be anxious?

Lu Chen put down the information in his hand, raised his hands, and rubbed his temples.

Now the warriors above the fifth rank in Daxia are too dangerous, which has restricted the actions of the Jinyiwei. It is not an easy task to investigate whether the disappearance of those warriors is related to Emperor Xia.

However, Lu Chen had a vague feeling that the large number of missing warriors might be related to the thing that Emperor Xia asked the heavy cavalry to transport from Jiangnan to the capital.

Because these two things happened to collide with each other, it was doubtful, but he had no concrete evidence, and everything was just speculation at present.

At this time, he said to himself: "Forget it, no matter what he is doing, I will lead the troops to the south immediately after Yaoyao and Nanyan's child is born."

Lu Chen thought that after Yelu Nanyan and Xiao Wenyao's child was born, the system would most likely reward him with some troops and strong men. With more soldiers and strong men, he would be more confident in going south.

"Your Highness, Commander Liang wants to see you!"

After hearing the maid's voice, Lu Chen came back to his senses and said, "Come in."

Liang Zong immediately entered the study. Before Liang Zong saluted, Lu Chen asked, "Is there any news from the capital?"

Liang Zong replied, "Your Highness, our people still haven't found out what the heavy cavalry is escorting. I brought other news today."

Lu Chen asked, "What news?"

Liang Zong put the note on Lu Chen's desk. Seeing it was a note, Lu Chen knew it was a pigeon letter. It seemed to be very urgent information. Lu Chen immediately picked up the note and glanced at it.

Seeing the content on it, Lu Chen frowned.

Two nights ago, Emperor Xia was poisoned and assassinated, but the assassin failed. After investigation, more than a hundred people were found to be directly related to this incident. In the end, all the evidence pointed to the Lin family.

Now everyone in the Lin family is under house arrest. No one is allowed to leave the Lin family. Lin Gaoyuan and Lin Xiuming were both arrested and taken to Tianlao, waiting for interrogation.

This incident happened only two nights ago, but in less than a day, all the people involved in this incident were found out. This is too fast.

The key is that the mastermind behind the scenes is Lin Gaoyuan?

This is obviously a frame-up.

Lin Gaoyuan had long since defected to the Northern Kingdom. Since the crown prince became regent, he has been relatively low-key in the court. How could he possibly get involved in such a thing?

It is obvious that someone thinks that the Lin family is an obstacle, so they want to get rid of the entire Lin family.

Lu Chen pondered for a moment, wondering who was most likely to push this incident to happen, the crown prince? Or other princes?

But there is a high probability that he is still the prince.

Lin Gaoyuan has not yet made his position clear. For the prince, Lin Gaoyuan is still from Emperor Xia's side. Since Emperor Xia became ill, apart from the Imperial Master and the people around Emperor Xia, there are only Lin Gaoyuan and Zhao Wenhan. The two prime ministers were able to see Emperor Xia.

Zhao Wenhan has clearly turned to the prince. For the prince, Lin Gaoyuan is his biggest threat in the court, so he just took this opportunity to get rid of Lin Gaoyuan together.

In this way, apart from the Imperial Master, only Zhao Wenhan could see Emperor Xia, which prepared them in advance for what they might do in the future.

For example, falsely conveying an imperial edict, or changing a posthumous edict or something like that.

Liang Zong asked at this time: "Your Majesty, do we need to save the Lin family?"

Liang Zong is the commander of the Jin Yiwei. He is the person who has access to the core information, so he knows very well that Lin Gaoyuan is from the North King. Now that Lin Gaoyuan is in jail, the Jin Yiwei should probably take action.

Lu Chen thought for a moment, and then said: "No need for the time being, my father cannot see Lin Gaoyuan being eliminated, but if their lives are in danger, the Jin Yiwei will find a way to take the Lin family out of the capital."

Emperor Xia is not a fool, Lin Gaoyuan is a minister without a position. As long as Lin Gaoyuan does not side with any prince, then Lin Gaoyuan will be Emperor Xia's man.

Now that the prince wants to get rid of his people, how could Emperor Xia agree? Therefore, Emperor Xia will most likely come forward to save the Lin family. Emperor Xia is just pretending to be ill and is not really dead.

Liang Zong said: "I understand."

"If there is nothing else, I will leave."

"Okay, go and do your work."

…

A few days later.

Daxia Dynasty, capital, Tianlao.

Lin Gaoyuan and Lin Xiuming were locked up in cells next to each other. Although they were locked up, the jailers were very polite to them and did not dare to do anything to them.

Lin Xiuming sat cross-legged on the ground and asked, "Dad, what should we do now?"

Lin Gaoyuan lay on the bed, closed his eyes and said lightly: "Keep waiting."

Seeing that Lin Gaoyuan didn't look anxious at all, Lin Xiuming said in confusion: "Dad, it's already this time, why are you not anxious at all? The crime of assassinating the emperor will definitely be punished by the nine tribes."

Lin Gaoyuan laughed and said: "What's the use of being anxious now? Do you still want to escape from prison? If you really escape from prison, I'm afraid the charges against our Lin family will be confirmed directly."

Hearing Lin Gaoyuan's words, Lin Xiuming was stunned for a moment and stopped talking.

At this time, he clenched his fist and punched the ground. A crater was instantly made on the ground.

Lin Xiuming was very unwilling. The Lin family did nothing, but in the end they were labeled as regicide.

Is it possible that they can only wait to die in the prison?

Seeing that his son was so impetuous, Lin Gaoyuan said directly: "Xiu Ming, you don't really think that you can destroy our Lin family with just that little evidence, do you?"

Hearing his father's words, Lin Xiuming was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Dad, that is the crime of regicide, and so much evidence was found in our house. Isn't that evidence enough to convict us? "

Lin Gaoyuan sneered and said, "Your Majesty will not believe their frame-up methods."

Lin Xiuming said: "But now your Majesty..."

Lin Xiuming did not continue. He wanted to say that Emperor Xia was almost dead, so the Lin family could still be taken care of. The next person to judge them would most likely be the prince. The prince probably had no intention of keeping the Lin family at all.

Lin Gaoyuan said: "Dad, I know what you want to say, but I'm afraid things are not as simple as you think. Didn't you find that Daxia's heavy cavalry went to Jiangnan?"

"Don't you think about whose hands the heavy cavalry is now."

Lin Gaoyuan actually thought that Emperor Xia might have gone crazy at first, but he did not think that Emperor Xia would die so soon.

When he learned that Emperor Xia had mobilized heavy cavalry, he became more convinced of his guess. Emperor Xia was probably fine at all, but was plotting something.

So even if the Lin family is framed, Lin Gaoyuan is not panic at all. He is one of the few ministers who has not yet taken sides. He does not belong to any prince's faction now. He is a member of Emperor Xia. Emperor Xia cannot look at the Lin family. Get rid of by the prince.

Next, something happened to the prince's faction. They poisoned Emperor Xia and tried to seek power and usurp the throne. Lu Yi, the prince, was finally done.

At this moment, the sound of chains jingling was heard not far away.

Realizing that someone else had come in, Lin Gaoyuan stopped talking.

The next moment, familiar figures appeared in front of Lin Gaoyuan and his son.

Zhao Wenhan was wearing a prison uniform, and his whole body, feet and hands were all shackled.

Seeing this scene, Lin Gaoyuan laughed loudly, and then said: "Master Zhao, why did you come in to accompany me?"

Hearing this, Zhao Wenhan glared at Lin Gaoyuan fiercely, and then Zhao Wenhan sneered and said: "Lin, don't be too proud, the King of the North has already sided with the prince, even if you go out now , you will come in sooner or later!"

At this moment, the cell leader came to the door of the cell where Lin Gaoyuan was imprisoned, opened the door, nodded and bowed to Lin Gaoyuan and said: "Prime Minister Lin, the matter has been cleared up, you can go out."

Lin Gaoyuan got up from the bed without hesitation and walked out directly. After he walked to the corridor, he said to Zhao Wenhan: "Master Zhao, dragons have reverse scales, and you will die if you touch them. You have followed His Majesty for decades. Could it be that this Don’t you understand?”

"After you come in this time, if you want to go out again, I'm afraid you will go to the execution ground."

After saying this, Lin Gaoyuan walked directly outside, ignoring Zhao Wenhan's curses.

In the next few days, the Lin family was rehabilitated, and Lin Gaoyuan returned to the court. However, the prince's group was killed and arrested.

Although Lu Yi's crown prince has not been deposed and he is still in charge of the country, Lu Yi already has a very strong sense of crisis.

If the rumors are true and there really is a so-called elixir, then if he continues to wait, his father will definitely return to the court, and he, the prince, will definitely be deposed!

no! He can no longer sit still and wait for death!

He was going to get to that position no matter what!

In the next month, Lu Yi tried his best to get close to the royal family's grand master while trying to win over Situ Ce, and then won over some military generals.

In order not to end up like the eighth prince, Lu Yi also contacted Lu Chen in advance. Once he failed, he would flee to the North Kingdom.

Finally, after Lu Yi felt that everything was ready, one night he rushed directly into the palace with his troops.

...(End of chapter)