Luck entry, starting from the Nine Dragons' succession

Chapter 53 Shang Hongye: Mother-in-law, how is the Ninth Prince? (Two in One)

Shang Hongye, dressed in red, with a sword at his waist.

She has a heroic spirit that ordinary women do not have.

When she arrived in Dingling County, Fang Heng was outside the mine, discussing follow-up matters with Jian Bingyang.

Seeing Shang Hongye coming in person, Fang Heng was slightly stunned and a look of surprise appeared on his face.

Not only Fang Heng was surprised, but Jian Bingyang and Tian Sheng were also surprised.

In other words, Xiao Luoyu, who had no political sense, did not feel strange.

Emperor Yuanchu asked Shang Hongye to work in the God-Slaying Division, probably with the intention of making her a mascot.

But no one expected that Shang Hongye would actually take over the case of Shen Xie.

The God-Slaying Department is not a good government office.

Externally, stand on the front line of fighting against the evil gods.

Over the years, among all the major government offices in the imperial court, this department suffered the most casualties.

Internally, it was a sharp sword in the hands of Emperor Yuanchu, monitoring all civil and military officials.

His reputation in the court was terrible.

Shang Hongye actually thought of himself as a member of the God-Slaying Division.

It's really weird.

Suppressing the surprise and astonishment in his heart, Fang Heng bowed.

"Princess Anyang, I didn't expect you to take over this case."

Shang Hongye flicked her sleeves gently, and sat down gracefully and calmly.

He looked at Fang Heng seriously, smiled slightly, and said lightly with eyes as clear as water.

"Your Highness, this case involves the evil god Huang Quanzhu, and it is of no small importance."

"As a captain of the God-Slaying Division and a loyal minister to Your Majesty, I naturally have to go there in person."

The phrase "your Majesty's loyal and devoted minister" made everyone present look very strange.

Everyone knows how much the current emperor fears the King of Zhenbei.

"Thank you for your help, Miss Shang."

Fang Heng nodded slightly and said with a bow.

No matter what Shang Hongye's plan was, it was always a good thing to have her, the legitimate daughter of the King of Zhenbei, take over the case.

Don’t underestimate the King of Zhenbei’s lair, it is in the northern border of Daqian.

But the resources that Shang Hongye can mobilize are far greater than those of an ordinary thousand-householder in the Zhushen Division.

"Your Highness, rest assured. Before coming to the mine, I had already sent people to secretly surround Dingling County."

"I think it won't be long before good news comes."

“So best!”

After the two exchanged greetings.

Shang Hongye held a white porcelain teacup in her hand, the tea lid gently tapping against the rim of the cup, and a look of concern appeared on her handsome face.

"Your Highness, how is the current status of the Ten Deadly Poisons in your body?"

Her question seemed to have a deep meaning, which made Fang Heng slightly stunned.

He picked up the teacup, took a sip, and answered indifferently.

"Thank you, Princess Anyang, for your concern."

"With my master treating me, the Ten Deadly Poisons haven't caused any major trouble over the years."

"Your Highness, you have already broken through to the Dao realm. Perhaps you have a way to completely eliminate the Ten Deadly Poisons."

"Thank you for your kind words, Princess."

Fang Heng pondered in his heart, but his expression remained calm.

Seeing that Fang Heng was tight-lipped and couldn't get much information out of him, Shang Hongye stopped asking.

She changed the subject and said.

"Your Highness, I have taken over this case and will handle the subsequent matters."

"If necessary, Your Highness, please provide assistance."

"Princess Anyang, if you need anything, please let me know." Fang Heng took a sip of spiritual tea and nodded.

Just then, hurried footsteps were heard from outside.

I saw a God-Slaying Guard rushing over, exuding a strong murderous aura.

Like a general who walked out of a sea of ​​blood and corpses, wrapped in his horse's hide.

The temperament of this God-Slaying Guard was very different from the ones Fang Heng had seen before.

Obviously, this God-Slaying Guard is an old soldier brought by Shang Hongye from the northern border.

"Princess, the Liu family has been razed to the ground. Over three hundred people, including the Liu father and son, have been apprehended."

"Only the second young master of the Liu family was doing business in another place. He slipped away early after hearing the news."

Capturing the head and young master of the Liu family was a great victory.

It's just a pity that the second young master of the Liu family escaped and the mission was not fully accomplished.

Shang Hongye frowned slightly and snorted coldly.

"Pass the order, arrest the second young master of the Liu family and bring him to justice!"

The God-Slaying Guards acted decisively and took the order and left.

Shang Hongye bowed slightly and said goodbye to Fang Heng.

"Your Highness, I will first interrogate the Liu family father and son. If there is any progress, I will discuss it with Your Highness."

"Princess Anyang, please do as you wish." Fang Heng bowed.

Shang Hongye turned and left with her long, beautiful legs.

She walked steadily and her back exuded a heroic air.

Fang Heng watched her leave, thinking to himself.

What is the purpose of this legitimate daughter of the King of Zhenbei, who is concerned about the ten deadly poisons in her body?
After Shang Hongye left the mine, he did not immediately go to the Heavenly Prison of the God-Slaying Division to interrogate the Liu family father and son.

Instead, he secretly communicated with Grandma Tao in his mind.

"Mother-in-law, how is the Ninth Prince doing?"

"I'm afraid the world has underestimated this Ninth Prince!"

Granny Tao spoke in a quiet tone with emotion.

Just one sentence surprised Shang Hongye greatly.

"Mother-in-law, what did you see? What's so special about the Ninth Prince?"

"If I am not mistaken, this Ninth Prince should have cultivated a poisonous tradition."

"Could it be that the Ten Deadly Poisons have been neutralized by the Ninth Prince?"

Shang Hongye opened her red lips slightly, and a look of deep surprise appeared on her pretty and heroic face.

"That's not true!"

"The Ten Deadly Poisons are still in the Ninth Prince's body."

"However, the Ninth Prince's lifespan may be longer than we expected."

"In the future, there may still be hope of completely solving the Ten Deadly Poisons."

After hearing what Grandma Tao said, Shang Hongye bit her red lips tightly, with a hint of stubbornness in her tone.

"Who can predict the future?"

"There are too many variables. Perhaps the Ninth Prince could even become the Emperor of Daqian."

Shang Hongye's tone was joking.

But Granny Tao was familiar with the girl in front of her and could still hear a hint of heaviness in her tone.

……

Less than a cup of tea passed after Shang Hongye left.

Someone from the Ministry of Works also came.

The evil point was destroyed and the Netherworld Cold Iron was contaminated by evil spirits.

The Ministry of Industry attaches great importance to this matter.

Pei Yunqian, a doctor from the Yuheng Qingli Division, personally led the team to the secret realm of Daishan.

Pei Yunqian was about forty years old, with a thin face and sharp eyes.

Judging from the appearance alone, he has the character of a scholar.

After seeing Fang Heng, he bowed and then said.

"Your Highness, I have been ordered to investigate the mine contamination."

"Please do as you wish, Lord Pei." Fang Heng nodded.

"I want to see the details with my own eyes. I'd like to trouble you to lead the way, Your Highness."

"It doesn't matter!"

Fang Heng took Pei Yunqian to inspect the evil cave and the contaminated mineral veins.

After a careful inspection, Pei Yunqian's face became solemn.

It's like the weather in June, you can squeeze out water.

"Master Pei, what's the situation?"

"The Liu family is not a human being!"

Pei Yunqian sighed, his tone filled with regret and anger towards the Liu family.

"Your Highness, the evil spirit in this evil cave is the Yellow Spring Yin Sha."

"Yellow Springs Yin Sha?"

"Could it be the first-grade evil spirit?"

Fang Heng raised his eyebrows and exclaimed in surprise, with a look of deep regret on his face.

"exactly!"

"First-grade evil spirit!"

"For their own selfish interests, the Liu family stole the evil spirit and destroyed the evil cave, causing the evil spirit to leak out."

“If mined in an orderly manner, this evil energy can be mined for at least a hundred years.”

"Now, only one out of ten Yellow Springs Yinsha remains. They are all wasted in vain."

Pei Yunqian shook his head helplessly.

He wished he could cut the Liu family father and son into pieces.

But even so, the loss of the evil point cannot be recovered.

Fang Heng was also in a heavy mood and sighed.

Huangquan Yinsha is ranked first.

The quality of evil spirits varies and is divided into nine grades, with grade one being the highest and grade nine being the lowest.

After the cultivators in the Jade Liquid Realm integrate Yin Sha into their magic power, their killing power is greatly increased.

However, the effects of different grades of evil spirit on Jade Liquid Realm cultivators are also different.

There are several first-grade evil points in Daqian.

However, the Daqian court does not have the Huangquan Yinsha.

If the evil cave had not been destroyed, it would have been able to cultivate at least a thousand Jade Liquid Realm cultivators with great potential for Daqian within a hundred years.

As for now...

It is a great luck to be able to keep the evil point.

"Master Pei, can the evil point be repaired?" Fang Heng asked hopefully.

Pei Yunqian shook his head and sighed.

"The evil point has been destroyed, and the chance of repairing it is less than 50%."

"I will do my best to seal the evil cave, but whether it can be completely repaired depends on God's will."

"Besides, before the seal is opened, the Yellow Spring Yin Sha in the Sha Cave cannot be mined."

"It will take an estimated ten years to repair the seal."

Other people in the Ministry of Works shook their heads and sighed.

This means that within ten years, the cultivators of Daqian will not need the Huangquan Yinsha.

The loss is huge!

"Just do your best, Lord Pei!" Fang Heng comforted him.

Pei Yunqian nodded, and then led a group of Ministry of Works officials towards the depths of the evil cave. In his hand, he held a bronze compass, rusted and full of the weight of history.

The needle on the compass trembled slightly, sensing the flow of evil energy.

Pei Yunqian's eyes were as sharp as torches, carefully examining every detail of the evil spot.

From time to time, he would use his fingertips to draw a few runes in the void.

The rune flashed with a faint golden light and then dissipated into the air.

It took Pei Yunqian a quarter of an hour to complete the survey.

Then, he spoke to everyone in the Ministry of Works in a steady and powerful voice.

"Nine Palaces Sealing Evil Formation!"

"Set up the formation!"

Officials from the Ministry of Industry took immediate action.

Each of them took out the formation flag, formation plate and spirit stone from the Sumeru Ring.

Their movements were skillful and coordinated well, and it was obvious that they had practiced it countless times.

Everyone inserted nine formation flags at different locations of the evil spot, vaguely and secretly responding to each other.

Pei Yunqian stood in the center of the evil point, forming seals with his hands.

Rays of golden light condensed on the fingertips.

As he moved, golden light intertwined into complex patterns in the air and slowly merged into the ground.

Then, a mysterious formation appeared in the evil cave.

The formation is composed of nine flags, corresponding to the nine directions.

The flags are connected by golden patterns, forming a complete sealing system.

At the center of the formation is a crystal clear spirit stone, which contains tremendous spiritual power and provides a constant source of energy for the formation.

With the seal of the Nine Palaces Sealing Evil Formation, the Yellow Springs Yin Evil in the evil cave finally stopped leaking out.

Whether or not a full recovery can be achieved depends entirely on God's will.

"What about the contaminated Netherworld Cold Iron?"

"If the Liu family sells these problematic Netherworld Cold Iron, it will probably cause quite a stir." Fang Heng frowned and asked.

Pei Yunqian cupped his hands and said, "Your Highness, rest assured. The Ministry of Industry will continue to investigate these contaminated Netherworld Cold Irons."

"That's good!"

"Sorry to bother you, Master Pei!"

After setting up the formation, the people from the Ministry of Works left one after another.

After dealing with the matter of the Netherworld Cold Iron Ore Vein, Fang Heng returned to Sinongyuan.

Whoosh!
Tuxingsun quietly emerged from the ground.

"Tuxingsun, you have occupied the evil acupoint for so long, don't tell me that you don't have the Yellow Spring Yin Sha in your hand!"

"Master, I usually use all the Yellow Springs Yin Sha for cultivation, so there isn't much left."

Not much, that means there is still some.

Fang Heng gave a look, and although Tuxingsun was reluctant, he still handed it over obediently.

Then, he opened his mouth and spat out a ball of dark evil.

This ball of Yellow Spring Yin Sha is enough for ten Jade Liquid Realm cultivators to practice.

Fang Heng quickly took out the jade bottle and put the Huangquan Yinsha into it.

"Don't worry, I won't let you down."

As he said that, Fang Heng gave the "Five Ghosts' Scripture of the Netherworld" to Tuxingsun.

After Tuxingsun obtained the "Five Ghosts Sutra", he felt like he had found a treasure and immediately began to practice.

Seeing this scene, Fang Heng touched his chin.

It seems that the ghost inheritance of "Five Ghosts Sutra" is more powerful than he expected.

Keep the jade bottle.

Just now.

Fang Heng's heart moved, and good fortune came to him.

A feeling of breaking through a bottleneck came over me.

"This is about to break through!"

Fang Heng's eyes lit up and he was ecstatic.

As expected of a "born immortal," he has been busy these days with the affairs of the Sinong Yuan, writing military books, practicing alchemy, and refining foreign poison pills.

I haven't been very hard-working in cultivation.

Even so, breaking through the bottleneck is still as easy as eating and drinking tea.

Fang Heng did not return to the palace, but went into seclusion in the Sinongyuan.

He gave an order to Jian Bingyang and Xiao Luoyu.

"I will be in seclusion for a few days. If there is anything important, please notify me."

……

The East Palace is solemn and dignified.

It is located deep in the imperial city and is surrounded by towering palace walls.

In front of the palace gate, two huge stone lions stand majestically, their eyes wide open, full of majesty.

In the study room.

The prince sat at his desk with a gloomy expression.

Standing in front of him was a middle-aged man, who was none other than Liu Qi, a guest official of the Eastern Palace.

Some time ago, Liu Qi was a favorite of the prince, and was highly favored and received many rewards.

However, the favorite person in front of the prince today had sweat on his forehead and looked nervous.

"Liu Qi, I asked you to find the second rare copy of the Art of War. Why haven't you heard anything yet?"

The prince shouted in a cold tone.

Just a loud shout caused the temperature in the study to drop by more than ten degrees.

Liu Qi only felt a tremendous pressure pressing on his shoulders.

It seemed like a catastrophe.

At this moment, Liu Qi had a deeper understanding of the saying "To serve the king is like to serve a tiger."

Even if the prince has not yet ascended the throne, he is already a young tiger.

"I am incompetent. Please punish me, Your Highness!"

Liu Qi bowed his hands and apologized.

Since then, other princes have also sent military books to Shang Hongye.

All the princes are back at the same starting line.

But the prince was not reconciled and wanted to give another rare copy of the military strategy as a gift.

Liu Qi had experience, so naturally this important task fell on him.

He went to the City of Life and Death to purchase a rare copy of the Art of War.

only……

This time, God did not favor him.

For several days in a row, I failed to purchase any satisfactory military books.

"Waste! All of them are waste!"

"What's the point of raising you?"

"I want you guys, are you calling me incompetent?"

"I want you to share my worries!"

The prince slammed the table and shouted loudly.

The anger in his heart burst out like a volcano erupting.

His face is ferocious, like a Shura.

Liu Qi was so frightened that he fell to his knees and kowtowed repeatedly:

"Your Highness, calm down. I will do my best to find the military manual as soon as possible!"

At this time, Mr. Wu's voice came from behind the screen.

"Your Highness, please be patient!"

"I have a plan that may help Your Highness obtain the military manual."

Looking at the middle-aged scholar walking out from behind the screen, a hint of gloom flashed in Liu Qi's eyes.

It’s Mr. Wu again.

Everyone in the entire Eastern Palace, from top to bottom, knew that Mr. Wu was the prince's most trusted guest official.

Colleagues are enemies, so Liu Qi naturally hated Mr. Wu.

The prince looked up at Mr. Wu and spoke in a slightly slower tone.

"Please, Mr. Wu, teach me."

Mr. Wu walked up to the prince and spoke slowly, neither hurriedly nor slowly.

"Your Highness, when it comes to the art of war, who in this world can compare to the twenty-four divine generals of the Yuntai Pavilion?"

There was hesitation on the prince's face.

The twenty-four divine generals of Yuntai Pavilion.

They were the twenty-four generals who had followed Emperor Taizu of Daqian in his campaigns across the country and had made great contributions.

These twenty-four generals have made great military achievements, and their military books are naturally profound and abstruse.

However, the military books of the twenty-four generals of Yuntai Pavilion were inherited by their descendants and are a secret that is not passed on.

Even though he was the crown prince, he could not make the descendants of the twenty-four generals of Yuntai Pavilion hand over the military books.

Once a quarrel broke out, they went to complain to their father.

He will definitely be punished by his father.

"Mr. Wu, we'll discuss this plan later."

"The twenty-four divine generals of Yuntai Pavilion are of great importance. Rong Gu..."

"Don't worry, Your Highness!" Mr. Wu chuckled, as if he had already anticipated the prince's reaction.

"What I want to say is that Yuntai Pavilion still has a twenty-fifth divine general!"

There are twenty-five of the twenty-four divine generals.

Very reasonable!

When the prince heard this, he immediately reacted.

Huo Polu!
One of the generals who followed Taizu back then.

In terms of achievements, they can all be ranked among the top five among the twenty-four generals of Yuntai Pavilion.

However, after the Daqian Dynasty was established.

However, Huo Polu decided to retreat at the right time and refused Taizu's reward.

He retired from the army and lived in seclusion in the mountains.

Because at the end of the previous dynasty, Huo Polu's parents died at the hands of the county magistrate at that time.

In order to avenge his parents, he followed Taizu in an uprising and overthrew the previous dynasty.

He did not revolt for fame and fortune.

After fulfilling his obsession, he retired to the mountains.

"Mr. Wu, what do you mean?" asked the prince.

"During my last trip to Jiangnan, I happened to discover the descendants of General Huo."

"General Huo's descendants are now in decline."

"As long as the prince is willing to lend a hand, I think the Huo family will be willing to offer military books."

"it is good!"

"This is a great plan!"

After hearing Mr. Wu's suggestion, the prince was overwhelmed with emotion and the gloom in his heart was swept away.

Then, he ordered the guards of the Eastern Palace and Liu Qi to go to the south of the Yangtze River to recruit the descendants of Huo Polu.

(End of this chapter)