Mortal Mage

He thought for a while and then continued, "I was just bewildered for a moment."

"Then why did the prince say that he framed Qi Yuanqinghe in order to protect Qi Yuanqinghe?" Zhang Mingxuan retorted with a puzzled look on his face.

"What the prince said is true, but the false accusation memorial that Li Si received was submitted by me first, because the memorial submitted by the prince later also said that Qi Yuanqinghe killed innocent people and took credit for the crime, which is consistent with what I said, so it became an ironclad case."

"The prince framed Qi Yuanqinghe. On the one hand, he wanted to protect me, and on the other hand, he wanted to let me take the position of Minister of War, so he withheld the spiritual stones sent to Xuanshi Pass."

"Xuanshi Pass needs 600 spiritual stones every year to maintain the guard formation, but I actually deducted all of them. I gave half to Bu Dazhen and the other half to the prince. Since I became the Minister of War, Xuanshi Pass has not had a single spiritual stone." Li Xucheng looked tired, took a breath, and continued, "Bu Dazhen has been planning a rebellion for ten years. I am his confidant and the Minister of War, so I know everything. The original plan was for me to mobilize the troops of the guards to assist the Xichang Feather Guard, but for some reason Zhang... Your Majesty... suddenly wanted to fight corruption, and arrested me first. I guess that's why they took action in advance."

"Alright, I'm afraid that if you don't kill me, it won't be enough to appease the public anger." Zhang Mingxuan stood up, walked down the steps slowly, and asked calmly, "I'll give you a chance to live."

"If I can survive, I will try my best." Li Xucheng's tired look showed some spirit.

"You might be able to move the trap in your yard to another place?"

"That was arranged by my ancestors. I am ambitious but my skills are incompetent." Li Xucheng shook his head and replied.

"Show it to him." Zhang Mingxuan pointed at Li Xucheng and instructed Xiao Feizi who was standing behind him.

Xiao Feizi took out a piece of rice paper from his arms and spread it in front of Li Xucheng.

"This is the original trap in your courtyard. I simplified it." Zhang Mingxuan paused and continued, "and upgraded it... so it shouldn't require too complicated spiritual power control techniques. Take a look first, and help me if you can do it."

Zhang Mingxuan paced beside Li Xucheng.

On a table-sized piece of rice paper, densely packed lines were drawn with charcoal pencils in a criss-cross pattern. The lines were interspersed with large and small winding runes. Each rune was marked with small characters indicating the technique required, the amount of spiritual power to be introduced, and the five elements of the rune. Many precautions were also noted, and the content was extremely detailed.

Several high-level runes indicate the approximate level of cultivation and attributes required to draw together.

Li Xucheng looked disdainful at first, but then he gradually focused on it. The tiredness in his expression gradually disappeared, and he looked at it in a trance for a long time.

He knelt down and laid in front of the rice paper, his face gradually becoming focused.

He looked up suddenly, only to find that except for a group of feather guards beside him who were eating with a wooden lunch box, Zhang Mingxuan and a group of eunuchs had disappeared.

"Where is your Majesty!"

"You've been looking at it for the whole morning. His Majesty went to eat early. Do you understand it?" A small flag squatted beside him with a very unhappy tone.

"I want to be your disciple, Your Majesty! I want to be your disciple! I want to see Your Majesty!" Li Xucheng was so excited that he yelled madly in the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

"Please wait a moment. Your Majesty is busy."

"You even want to worship His Majesty as your master. Don't you think about who His Majesty is? He is someone who can kill Li Si." A small flag of the Feather Guard muttered in a low voice, his tone full of sarcasm.

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