After the fairy disappeared

Chapter 1474 Check, check thoroughly

The soul-stealing mirror in He Lingchuan's arms said in a sharp voice: "Even he guessed it was Qingyang, what do you think King Yao would think?"

"Your Majesty will not believe that old trees die naturally." He Lingchuan asked Fan Shuang, "I didn't expect that Your Majesty would care so much about a pear tree."

Fan Shuang whispered, "There was an incident more than a decade ago when the pear tree's flowers became scarce and many yellow leaves grew. The king was furious and sat in Yuquan Palace all day. He even had Yuquan executed. Since then, everyone knows how much the king values ​​it."

"How did you recover later?"

"It is said that the king had a dream at night. He dreamed that a little man in white clothes was sitting on the old pear tree and told him that he was tired of staying in Yuquan Palace and couldn't bear the burden. He wanted to move to another place. The king recognized it as the pear flower spirit, so he comforted it with kind words and buried a lot of black crystals for it. Later, the old pear tree recovered."

This pear tree is indeed spiritual. He Lingchuan stroked his chin and asked, "Your Majesty, do you like old trees because they are of the same age?"

"It is said that the late king received instructions from an expert to plant a pear tree at Yuquan Palace on the day of my birth."

He Lingchuan nodded.

As people get older, they tend to believe in fate. Yao Wang believed that the tree could protect him from disasters, so he was terrified when the pear tree died.
But whether this was a coincidence or man-made, it was a pleasant surprise for He Lingchuan's future plans.

The more irrational the Yao Wang is, the more likely he is to make impulsive decisions.

After Fan Shuang got off the car, He Lingchuan took out the soul-catching mirror and checked the cracks on the mirror.

Although the mirror spirit is talkative, if it hadn't warned him today, He Lingchuan thought he would not be able to avoid the destructive force shot down by the golden monster.

There's a bit of divine power mixed into that magical ability. I'll ask Aunt Zhu about it later.

The mirror kept groaning: "Ouch, it hurts so much."

He Lingchuan was too lazy to say, you are a shield, aren't you born to deserve a beating?

He took out the ointment from his arms and carefully applied it on the cracks on the mirror.

This is a magical medicine jointly developed by Lingguang and Songyang Prefecture. The raw material is of course Emperor Liujiang, which can not only quickly heal mirror wounds, but also provide good nourishment.

He put away the box and asked, "How long do you think it will take to heal?"

"At least ten days!" The black-hearted owner was so anxious to get it to work! Forget it, considering the great tonic of the Emperor Liujiang, it didn't care.

"There's something strange about the magical power of your kind. You were able to absorb it? You've improved."

"It's not just the Ghost Town that has improved!" Mirror said sullenly, "You haven't even seen my power in the Middle Ages!"

"By the way, between He Yang and Xue Zongwu, which one do you think is harder to fight?"

"When it comes to martial arts, they are about the same." Xue Zongwu is a disciple brought up by Qi Yunsheng, and He Yang is Qingyang's disciple. Both of them have outstanding skills and no obvious weaknesses.

"But in terms of actual combat, He Yang is far inferior to Xue Zongwu. For someone who has experienced round after round of life and death trials on the battlefield, his character is tough, his will is strong, and his response is quick, which is unimaginable to ordinary people. If there is a crack in purgatory, he can crawl out even if his legs are broken." He Lingchuan said lightly, "How can one have a real body that can withstand hundreds of battles by practicing martial arts in the palace and fighting in the sect?"

"Xue Zongwu's strong Yuan power shows that he is a very good military commander. Therefore, he must die." He Lingchuan eliminated Xue Zongwu in order to intensify the conflict between King Yao and Qingyang, and to clear the obstacles for his future Shanjin plan.

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As the sky darkened and the temperature dropped, the Yuquan Palace became increasingly chilly. A layer of ice half a finger thick formed on the ochre ground.

King Yao was still sitting under the tree, exhaling white steam with every breath.

The old palace servant tried to persuade him to leave several times but failed. Instead, he was scolded by him.

Others stayed far away, for fear of bringing bad luck to the old King Yao.

King Yao certainly had treasures to ward off the cold, but after sitting under the tree for so long, as his anger gradually faded, he began to feel some pain in his muscles and bones—he had already sat for several hours at the previous birthday ceremony.

He had just stood up and stretched his arms and legs when Zhao Song rushed in from outside, holding a booklet high above his head:

"The confession has been recorded!"

King Yao stood under the tree, flipping through the pages.

This booklet records the visitors to Yuquan Palace in the past month.

Not everyone can enter the Yuquan Palace. Except for the maintenance staff of the Yuquan Palace itself, every visitor must be led by a palace servant. Therefore, the quickest way to check at the moment is to let the palace servant carefully recall the situation at that time.

In the past month, sixty-seven palace maids, three concubines, and nineteen visitors entered Yuquan Palace.

The palace ladies and concubines need to be interrogated separately, and King Yao will first look at the visitor records.

You Rongzhi, Bai Tan... these are all frequent visitors to the Imperial Study. They pass by Yuquan Palace every month. There is nothing much to say about them.

Then there were several foreign envoys.

King Yao summoned them, and most of these foreign envoys would pass through Yuquan Palace.

Soon, King Yao saw He Xiao's name.

Yes, I had just met He Xiao not long ago and decided on the plan for Youhu Villa.

Regarding He Xiao's visit to the palace, the palace servant who led the way described it this way:

When they passed by Yuquan Palace, they were amazed at the sight of the pear trees. It happened to be snowing at Yuquan, so He Xiao and Fan Shuang picked a few fallen flowers.

He Xiao did not touch the pear tree at all, and was about two zhang (more than six meters) away from the trunk.

When He Xiao came out of the imperial study and passed by Yuquan Palace again, he did not stop and left directly.

These actions seem perfectly normal.

Besides, King Yao couldn't think of any reason why this person would destroy the pear tree.

So he quickly turned over the pages and continued to look at other confessions.

Another quarter of an hour passed before he finished reading all the information and closed the book with a snap.

Of the nineteen visitors, two had touched the pear wood, so further scrutiny was required.

There is another person who has not been touched, but is more suspicious than the others:

Qingyang Regent!

She once said that the old pear tree didn't like staying by the cold spring.

What were the original words? Yao Wang clapped his hands:
I remember! "It doesn't like that cold spring, and it doesn't look like it can last much longer."

Why does Qingyang know that it “can’t last long”?
At that time, King Yao thought she was cursing him, but looking back now, it was clearly a warning!
In the past month, Regent Qingyang had come to the Imperial Study to look for Prince Yao at least seven times, and almost every time he passed by Yuquan Palace.

She had more opportunities than any other visitor to observe the tree and look for opportunities to strike.

With her means, even if she doesn't touch the pear tree directly, she will have a way to harm it, right?

The old pear blossom is growing there peacefully and has never offended anyone. What force would want to get rid of it?
And it happened to be on his birthday!
King Yao thought about it and could only think of Qingyang.

He Xiao had just killed He Yang. Qing Yang was furious and wanted revenge, so he deliberately killed his old Lihua, a life for a life?