I just reached the maximum level, and you want me to be a puppet emperor?

Chapter 124: Are you here to ask me to spare your lives? (Please subscribe and vote)
Xiao Ming recently received a task from the Minister of Justice Pang Jin to start investigating Li Yang, the prince of Jing'an.

But after investigating for a long time, no results were found. This guy really pretended to be a playboy, without any flaws.

But Xiao Ming's intuition told him that there must be something fishy going on, so he went out of the city to investigate the case of the Jing'an Palace's forced seizure of fertile farmland.

The remnant soul of his master, the Saint, felt that this was totally irrelevant, but the Son of Luck was awesome and actually found some clues for Xiao Ming.

Those fertile fields were indeed returned to the local farmers in accordance with the emperor's instructions, and Prince Jing'an also paid a lot of money as compensation.

But by chance, Xiao Ming found the people who had forcibly requisitioned the fertile land, and learned from one of the small leaders that he actually used to follow the prince, and after the prince's death, he followed Prince Li Yang.

Recently, Prince Li Yang has set his sights on a mine and is about to start work.

The more Xiao Ming investigated, the more he found it strange. Why did Li Yang need so much money?

Xiao Ming has been following this little leader and going to places he often goes to.

As a result, he actually found some clues.

The purchase list of this little leader was very complicated, but with Xiao Ming's ability, he was still able to judge that the most important items were military horses, food, weapons and equipment, elixirs, etc.

Xiao Ming and the remnant soul of the saint immediately thought that Li Yang must be keeping a private army in the nearby area.

What kind of army is this that can make Li Yang spend so much money?

As for this matter, did the prince know about it during his lifetime?

Xiao Ming wanted to continue investigating, but this little boss was only responsible for making money and purchasing, and he didn't know anything else.
Xiao Ming had no idea where the private army was hiding or whether there was any force supporting it in the imperial capital, so he prepared to come back and report first to see if Lord Pang, the Minister of Justice, had any other clues.

Now that he has returned to the imperial capital, Xiao Ming wants to see Lin Yue'e first.

It has been a few days since they last saw each other. As a bootlicker, he has no motivation at all when he can't see the goddess.

In the past, I would spend my days hanging around Chu Ruoyan like this.

Anyway, the Ministry of Justice was very close to the yamen, so he arrived at the yamen with ease.

But as soon as I got here, I found that Lin Yue'e was entangled with a handsome man.

This man continued to give gifts to Lin Yue'e, his flattering look clearly visible.

As expected, Lin Yue'e refused the gift, which made Xiao Ming very relieved. He knew that Lin Yue'e was not that kind of person.

Even so, Xiao Ming still felt unhappy.

When he was a bootlicker for Chu Ruoyan in the past, there were too many outstanding competitors and he could never win over anyone, which led to the goddess being chosen as a concubine by the emperor.

I finally met a woman who doesn't have many bootlickers, is a decent person, and has a cultivation level similar to mine.

He thought he could be the only one by Lin Yue'e's side, but the "rival" came, making Xiao Ming more and more angry the more he thought about it.

He hated this kind of handsome guys the most. Although the man in front of him was not as handsome as the last man who stole his goddess, he had already touched Xiao Ming's bottom line.

What happened last time cannot continue like this. I have to find a way to make a change, even if I have to use my authority to get rid of my opponent.

Xiao Ming was helpless before, but now he is an officer of the Ministry of Justice, and a man of the Minister of Justice Pang Jin. He feels that this is the time for him to make use of his status.

Master asked me to join the Ministry of Justice, isn't that so that I can take control of the power?
If the remnant soul of the saint knew what he was thinking, he would definitely give him a thumbs up, saying that this kid finally got it.

After Zou Yi left the yamen, Xiao Ming followed him to an inn.

He had practiced this tracking skill, and Zou Yi didn't even notice it.

In this inn, Xiao Ming discovered a white jade coffin kept by Zou Yi.

When Xiao Ming felt strange, the knowledgeable saint's residual soul said: "Hey, isn't this the 'living coffin'?"

Xiao Ming asked in confusion: "Master, what is a 'living coffin'?"

The remnant soul of the saint explained that some secret techniques could make a person appear dead, and no one could find any clues, as if they were really dead.

Only by being placed in this kind of coffin and undergoing 49 days of secret treatment can one be resurrected.

Ordinary saints may not know this, but the remnant soul of a saint was not an ordinary person in the past.

Xiao Ming now understood, which meant that his "competitor" had some unknown secrets.

As long as I can find a way to get hold of this handle, I can make it impossible for my competitors to stand up!
But Xiao Ming was also afraid that he had made a mistake. What if this person was Lin Yue'e's relative or subordinate? If he dealt with him, he would offend Lin Yue'e.

So he returned to the yamen and found Lin Yue'e who was working.

Lin Yue'e asked him where he had been these days and whether he had any clues recently.

If the remnant soul of the saint hadn’t stopped him, Xiao Ming would have almost said it directly.

He said that he had received a task from Pang Jin and was investigating a case, but he was not able to disclose the details.

Lin Yue'e also works in the government and expressed her understanding.

Then Xiao Ming said, "I saw someone go out just now. He was the one you were chatting with. Who was he? Was he the one who assisted you in the investigation?"

Xiao Ming has mastered certain chatting skills, and as long as he talks about business with Lin Yue'e, she will mostly tell him.

If I simply ask this man who he is to me, wouldn't I seem to be meddling in other people's affairs?

This is the advantage of being a clerk, you learn a lot.

As expected, Lin Yue'e said casually: "Oh, you mean him? I'm not very familiar with him. He is the nephew of the Queen Mother. He came to ask me about the Prince of Zhennan."

Hearing this, Xiao Ming felt relieved. Since he is not your man, don't blame me for taking action.

Moreover, this guy's method of picking up girls is similar to mine. He approaches Lin Yue'e through official business. It's really shameless!
Continuing to talk about the recent events in the imperial capital, Xiao Ming also learned from Lin Yue'e that the second prince had failed and his accomplices had been arrested.

Xiao Ming sighed for a while. He never expected that the Second Prince, who was once so powerful, would end up like this.

What he didn't know was that he also had a share of the credit for the Second Prince's complete defeat.

When Lin Yue'e said to continue working, Xiao Ming said goodbye and left.

He planned to report back to the Ministry of Justice first, and then concentrate on dealing with the Empress Dowager's nephew.

In the past, Xiao Ming would have no idea how to deal with such a powerful person. But now, he would not allow the powerful person to snatch his woman away again!

After Xiao Ming left, Lin Yue'e changed her clothes and left the yamen. She arrived at the agreed location nearby in advance, waiting for Li Chen to appear.

Even though there was still some time before the agreed time, Lin Yue'e did not dare to delay.

After waiting for almost half an hour, Li Chen appeared at the agreed time, and a hint of excitement flashed across Lin Yue'e's face.

"Are you here early?" Li Chen asked.

"Your Majesty, it's not very early." Lin Yue'e replied respectfully.

In fact, she wanted to say that she had just arrived, but she felt that saying so was a bit like "deceiving the emperor", so she could only answer like this.

The reason why Li Chen discovered that she came early was because there were many traces of her left underground. If she had just arrived, there wouldn't be so many.

Following Li Chen's instructions, Lin Yue'e retrieved the formation that Li Chen had left in the Manghuang Mountains.

Of the three formations, Li Chen only used one, and that one was in Li Chen's hand. Lin Yue'e also knew where the remaining two were, and it was very convenient for her to retrieve them using the method Li Chen taught her.

Li Chen took away the 'Void Shackle Realm Array', left the 'Sword Demon Slaying Array' to Lin Yue'e, and taught her how to use it.

When she heard that Li Chen was going to give her such a precious thing, she felt like she was dreaming. Li Chen had given her so much that she couldn't imagine that this was reality.

Whether it's the emperor's waist badge, the inner elixir of the ancient monster Black Scaled Ghost Snake, or the formation stone of this 'Sword Demon Slaying Formation'.

Every item released is a priceless treasure, a magical object that practitioners dream of.

I can get it by helping Your Majesty investigate the case.

If this were to be made public, it would probably make countless people jealous.

She is the person who has the simplest tasks and the most generous rewards in the Tiance Dynasty.

If Xiao Ming, Xu Zifeng and others are the sons of destiny, they are the prides chosen by God.

Then Lin Yue'e is the chosen son of God, and Li Chen is her God!
The place where the two agreed to meet was a forest, where few people came.

In the past, before the rise of martial arts schools in the imperial capital, there were quite a few people practicing here, and there were many decorations nearby.

However, the scale of the construction of the Yunyin Street martial arts school has been accelerated. Not only is there guidance from professional masters, but there is also a venue for intensive training.

There are even many open training areas built to provide practitioners with a place to compete and exchange ideas, so most of the practitioners are concentrated near Yunyin Street.

The reason why they agreed to meet here at this time was that Li Chen wanted to keep his promise and personally teach Lin Yue'e.

It is a great opportunity for Lin Yue'e to have a saint to personally guide her.

The strength of this opportunity is no less than obtaining the inheritance of a strong man in a mysterious cave.

Moreover, the inheritance of the strong is dead, but the strong man Li Chen is alive.

Li Chen asked Lin Yue'e to demonstrate her cultivation methods and skills she had learned, and he slowly adjusted and guided Lin Yue'e.

"Attack me as your opponent. Do not hold back. This way I can see your specific strength."

"Then your majesty, I am sorry for the offense!"

Lin Yue'e was not pretentious or polite here. With Li Chen's strength, she could not hurt Li Chen at all. If she deliberately showed respect, it would actually show her distrust of the strong. She just did what Li Chen said.

Soon, the area was filled with the sword energy displayed by Lin Yue'e. While Li Chen was blocking it casually, he could also see that Lin Yue'e's basic skills were very solid. She could graduate from Xinhuo Combat Academy with good grades, so she would not be bad at all.

Li Chen has very high requirements for Lin Yue'e, not as casual as Li Sining.

Because Li Chen has certain expectations of her, if she works hard on her cultivation, it will be beneficial to herself.

This training and guidance lasted for two hours and ended when the sun set.

Lin Yue'e gained a lot, and her understanding of swordsmanship and cultivation gradually began to approach Li Chen's.

This is because normal practitioners rigidly imitate the experiences of their predecessors, thinking that since others have practiced in this way and reached that level, it will definitely be fine if they practice in the same way as well.

Especially for someone like Lin Yue'e who came out of a combat academy, normal training methods have become her instinct.

Li Chen taught her some unusual things, such as sword techniques are not bound by form, and after mastering them, one should forget about the moves and do whatever is comfortable for her.

In this way, the core of the sword moves remains unchanged, but the moves are more changeable. Your opponent doesn't know which move you are going to make and how to counter it.

The prerequisite for achieving all this is that Lin Yue'e must have a thorough understanding of the knowledge. It is not recommended to do this if you only have a superficial understanding of it.

As long as you do these, you will have a huge advantage in battles of the same level, and you can even challenge opponents of higher levels.

The next step is the key, which is also the core of what Li Chen said, that is, the strong level advantage, that is, combat power.

Instead of taking risks to challenge stronger opponents, it is better to become a stronger one and give the risks to others.

This is what Li Chen himself did.

What is practiced in this world is the art of pulse diagnosis, which is to use one's own meridians as a guide.

Many cultivators, when practicing, are afraid that their meridians will not be strong enough when they are about to break through, which may lead to failure in the breakthrough or even serious injury.

Therefore, one stays in each realm for a long time, and even practices at a lower level to consolidate the realm.

Li Chen didn't say that this method was wrong, but human life span is limited. It is indeed very solid to keep suppressing the level, but there is no point in dying.

Talent determines the upper limit of a practitioner, while understanding and resources determine the speed at which a practitioner reaches that upper limit.

This body can be cultivated to the Saint level, but due to insufficient comprehension and limited resources, it is difficult to reach the upper limit before the end of life.

Li Chen has an incredible comprehension, abundant resources, and not too much interference, so his speed is terrifying.

Li Chen observed for a while. Lin Yue'e was a genius picked out of a million. Her talent should be enough, but her comprehension was not good enough, and she did not have enough resources. Under normal circumstances, it was impossible for her to reach the Saint Realm, and even the Heavenly Abyss Realm would be difficult.

These were all trivial matters that she couldn't understand, so Li Chen helped her understand them. For example, if there was a sentence that Lin Yue'e couldn't understand, Li Chen would chew it up and feed it to her.

Resources are even a small matter. Li Chen is the emperor and is in charge of a country's resources. He will provide resource assistance according to Lin Yue'e's needs.

As long as Lin Yue'e remains obedient as always, he will treat this as a development game.

Many sons of luck have plug-ins that can increase their cultivation speed.

Now Lin Yue'e also has it, and her plug-in is Li Chen.

After instructing Lin Yue'e to practice diligently, Li Chen returned to the palace.

On the way back to the palace, Li Chen was thinking that he seemed to have quite a few trumpets to practice.

In addition to Lin Yue'e and Li Sining, Li Chen felt that Chu Ruoyan's body was also very special, and her recent cultivation speed was also very fast.

These are all people around me. Once they have mastered the skills, they will definitely be loyal to me.

Next are some of the 'large sizes' that were grabbed.

For example, Fairy Youlan, the saint who was snatched away by Li Chen.

Without the soul-controlling needle, he couldn't ask her to work for him for the time being.

If you have five copies of "Emperor Dragon Bible", you can grab more big names. Isn't that how the founding emperor of the previous dynasty got the world?

Li Chen did not urge Li Ran. He was not in a hurry about this matter. After all, he was young.

The next one is Wu Nanzhi, who is a bit special. Even though the holy tiger is being tortured badly by Li Chen, it would be a disaster if it were released. It can be said to have first-class combat power.

Li Chen felt that he could find more women of this type to enrich his harem.

Then this matter can be handed over to Fairy Youlan, and she can list the powerful women in the major sects who do not have a Taoist partner.

Of course, those who have Taoist partners can also be listed.

This is not a big problem. Since she has already started it, it won’t make any difference to others.

Li Chen had just returned to the palace, and before he even reached his own bedroom, Eunuch Cui came over and said softly, "Your Majesty, an envoy from the northern tribe has requested a secret audience."

This surprised Li Chen a little. He came before the fight even started?
It seems that the Northern Royal Court is not so united, no wonder the Khan of the Royal Court has not returned.

"Let him come to see me in the imperial study." Li Chen treated it as overtime.

Arriving at the imperial study, Li Chen waited for a moment, and Eunuch Cui quietly entered the imperial study with a mysterious envoy in a hooded coat.

He walked lightly, his face half covered by a mask, revealing only a pair of vigilant eyes.

After seeing Li Chen, the envoy immediately knelt down and acted respectful.

"Your Majesty, I am Wa Ganbu, an envoy of the Ice Bear Tribe, and I have something important to tell you."

The envoy's voice was low and hoarse, revealing a suppressed emotion.

Ice Bear Tribe? Li Chen had indeed heard of this.

That was six hundred years ago. The royal court in the north was called the Ice Bear Royal Court. It was defeated by the army of the Tiance Dynasty and finally hid in the mysterious area of ​​the snowy mountains.

Since then, the Ice Bear King's Court has collapsed.

Li Chen still remembered that the ancestor of Liu Hao's family was the great hero that time.

That is why the Liu family achieved such status as a noble family in the imperial capital.

Li Chen raised his eyes slightly, looked at the envoy in front of him, and said nonchalantly: "Oh? Ice Bear Tribe? Why are you visiting so late at night?"

This is the case of asking questions even though you already know the answer, but you still force the other person to say it.

Wa Ganbu felt the emperor's terrifying power and trembled slightly, but then calmed down and said, "Your Majesty, although my Ice Bear tribe is a member of the Snow Eagle Royal Court, we really don't want to be involved in this meaningless war. My tribe is stationed close to the border between the two countries. Once the war breaks out, we will be the first to bear the brunt and suffer a devastating disaster."

The Ice Bear Tribe has a population of tens of millions and is a relatively large tribe in the north. The royal family of the Snow Eagle Royal Court is the Snow Eagle Tribe, which has a population of tens of millions and is stronger than the Ice Bear Tribe in both numbers and combat effectiveness.

However, the Tiance Dynasty has a population of billions and an army that is countless. If they were to attack, the Snow Eagle Royal Court would be in great trouble.

The Snow Eagle Royal Court certainly does not want to inflict heavy losses on its own tribe, so it plans to let the Ice Bear Tribe and other tribes fight first so that it can preserve its own strength.

The Ice Bear Tribe did not want to be the first to get involved, but their base was very close to the border between the two countries. If a war broke out, they would definitely be implicated. So the leader of the Ice Bear Tribe sent an envoy, Wa Gambu, to come secretly.

The reason they didn't come some time ago was because they were waiting for the Third Prince to take action, so that if the Tian Ce Dynasty was disrupted, they could counterattack the Tian Ce Dynasty.

A very wonderful quantum entanglement appears here.

The condition for the third prince Li Yu to take action is that the second prince Li Xian successfully usurps the throne.

Once Li Xian succeeds, he will definitely withdraw the order for the Northern Expedition, and will definitely deal with Li Yu next.

Li Yun had no choice but to take action, and even had to take action first.

Then Wang Ting Khan and Prince Zhennan can continue to attack, so they won't be affected by the main firepower.

Wang Ting Khan didn't reply and even sent a master to Li Yu, telling him to go first and not to be timid!
But the problem is that Li Xian failed, and Li Yu's strategic layout changed directly.

In his opinion, Li Chen is a buddy after all. Li Chen ignored it when the army was dispatched last time, so Li Chen will definitely not be the first one to deal with him.

Moreover, Li Chen has already announced that he will attack the Northern Royal Court. Even the manpower is ready and the army is almost mobilized. So Li Yu can wait until the war in the north starts before taking action.

In this case, the main firepower of the Tiance Dynasty will not be with him.

Why should he seek excitement?

Prince Zhennan had the same idea, and he was not in a hurry to rebel.

What's more, his son was actually sent to the northern front, which made Prince Zhennan puzzled.

According to Li Chen's habit of calculating, if there is a great victory in the north, the next one to be dealt with will be the Prince of Zhennan, so the third prince Li Yu will not be in a hurry. After all, among the three of us, Li Chen will deal with me last, so I won't be the first to take action.

So if the war breaks out in the north, the Prince of Zhennan will have to take action no matter what, and Li Yu will get the advantage in the end.

He went straight from being the one who took the brunt of the firepower to being the one hiding at the back.

The leader of the Ice Bear Tribe came to beg Li Chen for cooperation because he saw that the army of the Tiance Dynasty was preparing to attack.

Li Chen could see that they were forced to cooperate. If he attacked King Zhennan and the Third Prince first, the Ice Bear Tribe would immediately become the vanguard of the Snow Eagle Royal Court and attack.

The Ice Bear Tribe has developed for six hundred years, and they just want to preserve themselves and gain more benefits. There is no need to risk their lives.

Hearing this, Li Chen raised a playful smile: "So you came here this time to ask me to spare your lives?"

Wa Ganbu took a deep breath and said as the leader instructed: "Your Majesty, I came here this time because I am willing to cooperate with the Tiance Dynasty. As long as your majesty's army arrives, my Ice Bear tribe is willing to make way. I only ask your majesty not to attack my tribe. The leader is willing to lead the entire tribe to submit to your majesty."

As he spoke, Wa Gambu knelt on the ground with his hands on the ground, with a humble and respectful attitude.

(End of this chapter)