Fast Travel: A Record of Unusual Creatures

Two months later, Qu Jie's tour of Jiubian ended.

Four of the nine frontier kings died.

More than a hundred new areas have been added to the puzzle area.

As for the remaining five frontier kings, there is really no way to destroy them, and there is no reason to destroy them.

The King of Dian basically didn't care about anything. Instead of oppressing the people, he compiled medical books, learned from Shen Nong and tasted hundreds of herbs. Now he is compiling Materia Medica for the Famine Years. Qu Jie shouldn't open his eyes and tell lies and get people killed.

Although King Yan killed a lot of people, he killed all foreigners. Every time he led troops to defend against the enemy, he took the lead. At the same time, he also treated the people under his rule very well. It is not too much to say that he should defend the powerful enemies from outside and govern the people from inside. .

Prince Ning is incompetent and a bit ridiculous, but the main reason is that he is ridiculous and does no harm to anyone. At the same time, Princess Ning helps him wipe his butt and deal with the aftermath. If he goes too far, he will be slapped by Princess Ning. Recently, he was even beaten by Princess Ning. He is so scared that even if he does good deeds every day and accumulates virtue, there is also no reason to kill him.

As for the last Prince Ping and Prince An, they had no bad deeds, so naturally they couldn't be killed at once.

They are all princes and have about the same amount of power.

But there are some people who are famous enough to go down in history.

Some people are worse than animals.

By the time the nine-side inspection was over, the vast majority of sober-minded people no longer believed in the lies propagated by the authorities. After all, most people still have the ability to distinguish good from evil. Some people even privately called Qu Jie Yin. The Son of Heaven, the Empress of Yama, or Nv Qingtian.

It’s just that I don’t dare to offer sacrifices in public.

Many people even began to wait and see and speculate, thinking about whether Emperor Wude could survive, and if not, who would be most likely to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor.

Is it the crown prince or one of the surviving princes?

Or maybe it's Princess Qin's soul itself.

……

On the border of northern Xinjiang, Prince Yan's Mansion.

It wasn't until it was completely confirmed that Qu Jie had left his fiefdom that King Yan finally breathed a sigh of relief:

"Great, she's finally gone!"

After rejoicing that he was fine, King Yan quickly guessed who Qu Jie's next target would be and became worried:

"Wait a minute, did the guy who just reported back say that he saw Princess Qin walking south in a coffin? Could it be that after her nine-sided tour, she really wanted to go straight to Kyoto to kill the king?"

"I'm afraid that's true, but it's also possible that she will visit other feudal lords' fiefdoms before heading to the capital. But no matter what, her final destination must be the capital. After all, she clearly carved it on the coffin. That was the burial place she prepared for His Majesty.

Your Highness, King Yan, you must make preparations early! "

Yao Hui, the chief staff officer of the King of Hell, immediately took over the conversation.

"What are you preparing for? Rescue him?" King Yan was still a little confused at this time and didn't seem to understand what Yao Hui meant.

"Be prepared for His Majesty's death. Although Princess Qin only killed four of the nine frontier kings, which seems reasonable, your Majesty should be on his must-kill list now. Therefore, if Princess Qin cannot be stopped.

Then it may be difficult for Your Majesty to survive. "

Although it sounded a bit presumptuous to say this, Yao Hui really thought about King Yan after all, so he still said without hesitation: "In addition, if I am not wrong, I am afraid it will be difficult for His Royal Highness to survive!"

"How is that possible? My eldest brother has always been kind. This is recognized by the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty. Why would she want to harm my eldest brother, if my eldest brother hadn't actively dissuaded her?

The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty did not have to die as many times as they wanted. "

King Yan himself also recognized that his own father might be on Princess Qin's must-kill list. After all, not only Princess Qin was sent to death by his father Bai Ling, but Princess Qin's family was also ordered to be killed by his father. Thinking about it, if there are any Ability, who can not try to take revenge!

To be honest, he thought it was amazing that the other party could let go of these vassal kings who didn't oppress the people very much.

But now Princess Qin can even let them go.

Why can't the prince with a better reputation survive?

This is unreasonable!

"Your Highness, I'm afraid that the second thing Princess Qin hates is His Highness the Crown Prince. Don't forget that the reason why you and the other princes think the Crown Prince is good and kind is mainly because he is willing to propose marriage to His Majesty when you make mistakes.

Since you have received benefits and will not be punished, you naturally feel that he is a good prince and a good elder brother. Your Majesty is also very happy to see success and is happy to see you as brothers and sisters.

But according to the information collected so far, before Princess Qin knew that her family was exterminated, what she hated most was actually King Qin himself. When King Qin was impeached by officials twice, the prince helped to intercede. There were rumors before It is said that Your Majesty even wanted to depose the King of Qin and demote him to a commoner, all because the prince refused to eat or drink, and knelt down to beg for mercy.

Although I don’t know whether it’s true or not, I don’t know if the prince did it deliberately, or whether the prince and his majesty jointly did it.

But as Princess Qin deeply hated King Qin, after knowing this, it would be difficult not to hate the prince as well.

You think the prince's intercession for you is kind, and your majesty thinks it's brotherly harmony and a good thing, but in Princess Qin's opinion, it's clear that he is aiding the evil and covering up evil! "

How else to say that bystanders know better.

Yao Hui could see clearly now!

Speaking of the benevolence of the prince, anyone who is not a royal family will want to sneer twice. Yes, he is so good. No matter how many people his brothers kill, he still asks for mercy. After all, how can the lives of a group of untouchables be compared with those of his brothers? Compared to that?

Even if he may be doing it for show, it may be to show brotherly harmony and stabilize the throne.

But why should those victims think he is kind?

Hearing this, King Yan couldn't help but remain silent. From their point of view, the eldest brother was indeed very good. No matter how big a mistake they made, he would always say good things for them.

Those people who died because of King Qin and other vassal kings.

What's wrong?

Who can redress their grievances on their behalf?

No one, not even the emperor or the prince, should care about it. They have to handle it with care. Which official would dare to take care of it?

"So, you mean..."

After a long time, King Yan asked in a hoarse voice.

In fact, he may have guessed it, but he was too embarrassed to say it directly and wanted to hear the advice of his own staff.

"Your Highness, if His Majesty's Crown Prince is no longer here, you are actually the eldest son. As long as Princess Qin does not compete with you for the throne, you are actually the most qualified to inherit the throne among the remaining vassal kings, aren't you?

There are some things I think I might as well take a risk on.

For example, allow the people to build temples in your fiefdom to worship the Princess of Qin. If it is possible to contact the Princess of Qin, promise to rehabilitate their family and enshrine their dead as gods. Until the Princess of Qin acquiesces, and even supports her, I see no problem with you taking the throne. "

Originally, as the fourth oldest brother, King Yan, there was definitely no possibility of inheriting the throne, but now two of his three older brothers were killed by Princess Qin, leaving only one prince, who most likely would not be able to survive. And if the emperor He also died, leaving no legacy or anything.

He is undoubtedly the first legal heir.

If I can get Princess Qin's acquiescence again.

Then the throne is basically a certainty.

Therefore, Yao Hui's words actually have no problem at all, and can even be said to be a very realistic statement.

"It's not appropriate, it's too risky..."

"I'm not asking you to do it right away, but there are some things that you can prepare in advance. You can only take action after there is news from the capital."

"Then who should we send to contact Princess Qin?"

"Didn't Princess Qin leave twelve mysterious realms in your fief? There are still many souls left in the mysterious realms. We can try to communicate with them."

"Okay, then you can do it..."