In fact, Li Yu really didn't know how the task was going.
On the one hand, the bandit came suddenly, and he ran out desperately in the middle. Although he simply made some cover up, what if someone discovered it? But he didn't care so much at the time.
On the other hand, the system did not give any hints, which, in his experience, meant that it was in progress, not a failure. The main story failed, the system said that it would turn into fish bones and fish ashes. He can now switch between mermaids and mermen freely. Well, no news is the best news.
King Jing re-hung the amulet for Li Yu and guarded him for the remaining hours. During Li Yu, he turned into an octopus and stuck to King Jing. He made up his mind that even if Tianwang Laozi was outside, he would never be fooled. King Jing punished him by rubbing his head, which made him even more embarrassed.
If it wasn't for him, King Jing would definitely be able to wipe out all the bandits very soon. After all, he dragged King Jing back, making King Jing worried, and he wanted to make up for it.
"By the way, Your Highness, don't forget to check that military advisor."
Li Yu overheard a lot of news about the military advisor from the bandits. Apart from covering his face, he did not know his name. This military advisor could use babies and golden swaddles as bait, which was completely different from the bandits. It was for him and King Jing.
It is well known throughout the Western Frontier that King Jing only got four young sons. The golden swaddles are also reserved for big treasures. Ordinary people don’t usually use this color.
Li Yu's suspicions are not without reason, and King Jing also holds the same opinion.
The bandits were almost wiped out in this contest, and the few survivors remained in the bandits' den and were not dispatched. King Jing ordered the guards to torture them, and ordered them to be recruited as military advisers.
The sergeant gave him a strange sense of familiarity.
Throwing white powder at him, thinking that he was hit in the eye and turned to attack his leg. This move seemed redundant, but King Jing himself knew that if he had acted before, he would have hidden a dagger in his boot. , just in case. This time he also brought a dagger, but after killing the red eyes, he casually put the dagger into his sleeve, which was the dagger he used to counter-kill.
The strategist attacked the place where he once stored the dagger. Could it be to prevent him from pulling the dagger out
In any case, the strategist must know something about him, otherwise he would not be tempted by the baby, but why does he even know where he hides the dagger
Apart from this time, he has only publicly used a dagger once, that is, the time when he was assassinated in the palace and was rescued by Xiaoyu!
It was because of that loss that King Jing was particularly careful when fighting people in close quarters, so that he avoided the smoke ball in time, and even managed to disguise his eye injuries.
The strategist also used powder, which was similar to the way he remembered who attacked him. In addition, he knew that he had the habit of hiding daggers. King Jing had reason to believe that this strategist was the one who attacked him that time!
"His Royal Highness, I accidentally saw marks of being bitten by animals on the hands of military advisors..."
Li Yu said a clue, although I don't know if it's related, I said it anyway when I thought of it.
When he mentioned this, King Jing immediately remembered that the person who attacked him in the palace always covered his hand that day, as if he was injured.
King Jing wrote down the events of that day in detail, but Li Yu did not know that King Jing's eyes were injured by quicklime, and there were such details behind it.
"Could it be that His Highness suspected that the military advisor was the one who attacked His Highness at that time?" Li Yu asked with a touch.
King Jing nodded his chin.
In the Western Frontier, apart from the bandits, there was nothing against him. The military advisor had only come to the Western Frontier for a long time. Before that, he was not a bandit. It was only possible that it was related to the imperial city.
Li Yu thought about the scars on the strategist's hand, and then thought about what happened that day besides King Jing's eye injury, wouldn't it be so coincidental
"His Royal Highness can still remember that that day, Xiongfeng and I also met the masked man, the one who poisoned the fish food... He was bitten by Xiongfeng, and it was in his hand!"
When Li Yu talked about Xiongfeng, King Jing was obviously stunned for a moment, and then he realized that he was talking about his experience when he was a fish, and Xiongfeng was Ye Qinghuan's dog.
Suddenly hearing Xiaoyu call another name affectionately, King Jing felt a little uncomfortable, but he quickly turned his attention to business.
At the beginning, the person who poisoned was bitten by Ye Qinghuan's dog, and there were traces of animal bites on the hands of the military advisor, so they could be completely matched.
The strategist was indeed from the imperial city, and had dealt with them a long time ago, that is, the person who poisoned the fish food, turned around and attacked him.
"...Yes, Second Prince?" Li Yu asked tentatively.
When the masked man poisoned the fish food, the second prince was conspiring against the Duke Cheng'en's mansion, and ordered someone to buy arsenic. King Jing and the prince therefore believed that the poisoner was sent by the second prince, and the second prince wanted to vent their anger.
At that time, the second prince was indeed the most suspicious, but now the situation has already changed. The second prince was taken care of by King Jing and became unconscious. A person who has been out of power for a long time, how could his accomplices emerge, and Is this person the masked man who poisoned him
This doesn't make sense. King Jing also kept someone from the second prince. He knows what Mu Tianzhao's situation is. It must not be the second prince who continues to make troubles, so there is only one possibility. They all thought wrong before and poisoned them. The person was not sent by the second prince, and the second prince took the blame for the poisoning.
If it is not the second prince, it can only be the third prince or the sixth prince.
Before the release, King Jing might have suspected the third prince, but now the third prince himself cannot be guaranteed. Some people use the name of the third prince to pass news between the western border and the imperial city, and the emperor finds out, but it is the third prince who is unlucky.
With such a method, is it somewhat similar to making the third prince take the blame
King Jing pondered for a long time, then picked up a pen and wrote a "six" on the paper that penetrated the back of the paper.
Xiaoyu was right, Mu Tianxiao was indeed his rival.
And he has been plotting against him for so long.
"It was him..."
Li Yu sighed softly, if all this was done by the scheming Sixth Prince, it could be explained clearly.
The strategist is the sixth prince's person. At this time, only the sixth prince can come to the western frontier to do bad things.
In the past, the sixth prince hid behind the third prince, and there was the second prince in front. No one would think of this unfavorable transparent body.
Now that the sixth prince has killed the third prince, he has become "the emperor's only adult prince who remains in the imperial city". Although he has made a big splash in the court, he has also brought himself to the bright side.
In front of him, there is no more shield.
After discovering that it was the sixth prince, King Jing was not polite. A month later, the person who stayed behind in the palace of King Jing in the imperial city received a secret letter from the prince.
There is only one line on the secret letter: move him.
Who he is, and other sources told him that this is the rule of King Jing's mansion to pass secrets.
These people were born and died with King Jing, but now they are guarding the huge mansion, and they are in a panic when they are idle.
Soon, Zheng Jing, the minister of the Ministry of Works, made a performance, impeaching the sixth prince for accepting bribes when he was in charge of repairing the Zhong Cui Palace, as a shoddy one.
Mu Tianxiao's face changed greatly, and he denied it, saying that he was just doing things according to the regulations.
Zheng Jing confronted him with righteous indignation, and took out the previous drawings of Zhong Cui Palace. It was the Zhong Cui Palace that was repaired by the sixth prince. Although the appearance was exactly the same as the original, the actual wood used did not match the drawings. wood, even the beams.
The emperor was greatly shocked, and immediately ordered the beams of the Zhongcui Palace to be dismantled to check the correctness, and searched for more than a dozen carpenters to identify them. One is not to say that the wood does not match the original drawing.
In fact, the actual repairs are different from the drawings, and they have not been done before. It can be explained by looking for a reason, but the bad is the bad. It's one set, and the actual implementation is another set. Where does the difference in the middle go
What kind of wood is used for repairs, it is also the responsibility of the supervisor, and the sixth prince can’t argue about it. Moreover, the sixth prince gets married a month ago. , was organized by King Jing himself, and the rest of the prince's weddings were all handled by the Ministry of Rites, and there was no difference in regulations. However, I heard that the sixth prince privately gave a lot of gifts to his fiancée who was about to pass the house, the direct daughter of the Duke of Dingbei, all of which were added to his daughter's dowry by the Duke of Dingbei and carried all the way to the Sixth Prince's Mansion.
The Duke of Dingbei loves to show off, and he has long shouted out what the prince's son-in-law has given him. Anyone with a discerning eye can see what the sixth prince has given. Gold and silver jewelry are the most inconspicuous, as well as pearls, agate, coral, jade, and ivory. Starting from two, there are countless ancient books and ancient paintings, and the Sixth Prince is on the Longevity Festival, but he claims that he can't even prepare a decent birthday gift.
So the question is, why did the sixth prince get so much money in less than a year? You must know that according to the prince's proportion plus the salary of the errand, it is absolutely impossible to make up these, and the sixth prince's biological mother was a palace maid, and the family was poor and poor, otherwise the sixth prince would not have been so poor before.
Either they lied and deceived the king during the Longevity Festival, or the money came from an incorrect source.
In fact, some courtiers doubted it, but the emperor had such an adult prince by his side, and the status of the sixth prince had risen, and the courtiers really couldn't make it difficult for the sixth prince who was very likely to ascend the throne in the future.
And Zheng Jing also dared to impeach the sixth prince after he thought about it repeatedly after obtaining the evidence that the sixth prince accepted bribes.
Zheng Jing was familiar with the sixth prince's mission in the Ministry of Industry. He learned that the wood used for the renovation of Zhongcui Palace was different from the drawings, but the sixth prince never mentioned it. , you can figure it out with a little scrutiny.
Zheng Jing ordered people to follow the servants of the sixth prince, and reposted that in the days when the Zhong Cui Palace was being repaired, the sixth prince had asked people to go to a pawnshop to pawn a few mahogany boxes. There are several heirloom treasures in the merchant's family, so it can be seen where the sixth prince's money comes from.
Zheng Jing used the pawn bills kept by the pawnshop as evidence, as well as these worthy treasures, the emperor questioned the sixth prince, and the sixth prince was killed by his confidant, who took money without authorization, and coaxed him when he was working as a supervisor. It's shoddy, and he didn't doubt it out of trust, in short, he pushed it clean.
The emperor's face was frosty, and he stared at the sixth prince. The sixth prince felt that he had nothing to hide from the emperor's cold eyes, and he gritted his teeth and continued to pretend to be innocent.
The emperor accepted the sixth prince's explanation.
But because of this, everyone around the sixth prince was replaced.
This is all for later.
Li Yu finally got to the last moment of "protecting fish pets".
The long-awaited sound of the system sounded, but instead of notifying him whether the task was completed or not, he was allowed to enter the system to check for himself, which was different from the usual pit fish system, which made Li Yu feel up and down.
I'm really afraid that the mission is a failure.
After briefly explaining King Jing, Li Yu immediately entered the system.
The main line "postpartum care" is still on, and in the step of "protecting fish pets", there are small squares that constantly change colors in the judgment.
Does this step also depend on judgment
The system said: "This mission was originally a tyrant guarding the fish pet. If the fish pet in its changed form is discovered, it will be regarded as a failure..."
Li Yu defended: I actually covered it up, they didn't see my true face, shouldn't it be counted as being discovered
The system said: "It doesn't count. But two bandits were executed by the tyrant after seeing the host's mermaid form. This task can neither be counted as a success nor a failure, and can only be judged based on what the tyrant did. ."
so close. Li Yu breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, he was not directly counted as a failure. He had been judged several times before. King Jing was always sloppy, so there should be no problem this time.
Li Yu stared hard at the small square that symbolized the result. Green means success and red means failure. I remember once the small square became colored. What color will it be this time
The color of the small squares changed faster and faster, and finally stopped abruptly.
is yellow.
Li Yu: "..."
This unexpected other color!
Recalling what he and King Jing had done during the mission, Li Yu couldn't help but complain, did the system think he and King Jing were too violent