After rebirth, I became a treacherous minister Black Moonlight

"I heard that there was a quarrel between the Governor's Office and the Prime Minister's Office, so I came here to see what happened."

Zong Zhengxi asked with a bewildered look on his face.

Xun Qi helped the Prime Minister up: "Your Majesty..."

"His Majesty!"

The Miao King interrupted him in time, turned around, and blocked Xun Qi with his big body, "The Prime Minister's Mansion arrested my grandson, and I went to the door to ask for his return in a hurry, but I didn't expect to run into someone pretending to be the Prime Minister! Since Miaojiang surrendered to the court, I have been loyal to the court. One thing is one thing, the Prime Minister's Mansion arresting my grandson is unforgivable, but someone pretending to be an official of the court, I will not sit idly by!"

Zong Zhengxi hesitated and said, "Ah, that makes sense."

"What nonsense!"

Xun Qi supported the Prime Minister and walked to Zong Zhengxi. He bowed to him first and said, "Your Majesty! The Miao King brought people to the Prime Minister's residence early in the morning to cause trouble. He used the name of the Gu worm to make things mysterious and frame us. Please understand, Your Majesty!"

The Miao King put his hands on his hips and said indifferently: "Tell me, how did I frame you?"

Xun Qi snorted coldly: "You said that you put a Gu on Chen Long, and the Gu guided you to the Xiangfu to look for someone. Then I would like to ask, did you find him?"

King Miao weakly moved closer to his daughter and asked, "Did you find it?"

Liu Qingyun whispered: "How should I know?"

Xun Qi sneered: "Humph, how about letting the Minister say it himself?"

He turned his head and looked at the gate of the Prime Minister's Mansion that had been kicked down, "Sir Minister?"

The assistant minister of the Ministry of Justice stepped out, walked down the steps, and bowed to Zong Zhengxi: "Your Majesty, we have not been able to find Chen Long."

"Where's my grandson?"

The Miao King asked.

"This……"

The assistant minister of the Ministry of Justice shook his head in embarrassment, "It's gone."

Xun Qi smiled and said, "Sir, you must have seen it wrong, right?"

The assistant minister of the Ministry of Justice lowered his eyes and said, "I was mistaken. That man only resembled the Grand Commander in spirit, but upon closer inspection, he was not the Grand Commander himself."

Yu Zichuan looked at him and said, "You are lying."

Xun Qi smiled coldly: "Yu Zichuan, you were the one who carried the person away. Did you realize halfway that you carried the wrong person, so you left him behind and walked away alone? Otherwise, how could a few palace soldiers stop you?"

"Xiaochuan, come here."

Liu Qingyun said to Yu Zichuan.

"Oh."

Yu Zichuan obediently walked to Liu Qingyun.

Liu Qingyun whispered to King Miao: "Have you figured out what's going on?"

King Miao glanced at the Minister and said with a chuckle, "He was bribed."

Liu Qingyun frowned: "In such a short time, you can bribe a minister, what a skill!"

King Miao sighed, "We can't expect everyone to be like Minister Xing. If the water is too clear, there will be no fish!"

In a situation where almost all the civil and military officials in the court have been infiltrated, it is not easy to have a criminal officer who always sticks to his original intentions.

How much pressure did the brat have to endure and how much effort did he have to put in to retain a few honest officials under the infiltration of Prime Minister Xun?

Liu Qingyun asked slowly, "Prime Minister, what do you think of your martial arts? Have you been deceiving the emperor?"

Prime Minister Xun said to Zong Zhengxi: "I dare not deceive the emperor. In my early years, I followed the late emperor on a secret visit and suffered many dangers. After returning to the capital, I secretly learned some self-defense skills. It is not worth mentioning."

Liu Qingyun said with a smile: "You and my father almost fought to a draw just now, and you call this a self-defense skill?"

Zong Zhengxi nodded: "Yes, Lord Xun, the Miao King is very powerful."

He had seen the power of the Miao King during the autumn hunt - the tiger that the three armies had failed to capture was used as a mount by the Miao King and ridden back to the garden.

Xun Qi smiled and said, "We have to ask King Miao why his martial arts are only able to tie with our Central Plains self-defense skills?"

What a great phrase! We in the Central Plains have invisibly turned the personal grudge between King Miao and Prime Minister Xun into a regional confrontation between the Central Plains and the Miao region.

You have to know that all those present are from the Central Plains.

Prime Minister Xun said sternly: "Xun Qi, you must not be disrespectful to King Miao. King Miao was yielding, and he did not use his real skills against me."

Xun Qi looked indignant, and reluctantly bowed to King Miao: "It is my fault, thank you King Miao for showing mercy to my adoptive father."

Looking at the injuries on the Prime Minister's body, it doesn't look like he will show mercy.

But after the two of them said this, it seemed that King Miao was relying on his martial arts to maliciously hurt people.

Liu Qingyun snorted secretly: "What a thousand-year-old fox."

The Miao King said frankly: "I hurt you for a reason! Who told you to capture my grandson? Who told you not to explain clearly?"

Prime Minister Xun showed no sign of anger, and said earnestly, "Prince Miao, the Ministry of Justice has searched the mansion, but Chen Long and Lu Yuan were not found, so I think there must be some misunderstanding."

The Miao King waved his hands, put his hands on his waist and said: "I don't trust you! Do you dare to let me search?"

Xun Qi said: "Miao Wang, are you questioning the ability of the Ministry of Justice to handle cases?"

In just a few words, King Miao and the Ministry of Justice were put on opposite sides.

Liu Qingyun glared at him and said, "You can't talk to others unless you talk about it, right?"

Xun Qi said seriously: "I am just discussing the matter at hand."

Liu Qingyun: “Bullshit!”

Prime Minister Xun asked King Miao, "What if we don't find it?"

King Miao said: "I didn't find it. I will kowtow to you and admit my mistake in public!"

Prime Minister Xun said in a dignified manner, "Miao Wang, you caused a big scene in the Prime Minister's residence, ruined my reputation, and nearly killed me. Now you are searching my residence in front of Your Majesty. Is it as simple as just kowtow and admit your mistakes?"

Miao King: "What do you want?"

Prime Minister Xun: "If Lu Yuan is not found, you must leave the capital immediately and never leave Miao territory again!"

Liu Qingyun's eyes changed slightly.

The old thief Xun is so confident, could it be that his son is really not in the prime minister's residence?

King Miao took a big step forward and said majestically: "Okay! I promise you!"

He turned to Zong Zhengxi and said, "Your Majesty, please be a witness!"

Xun Qi said sarcastically: "Miao King, you are not going to cheat again, are you? After all, this is not the first time you have done this."

The Miao King smiled and took out the Miao Imperial Seal from his bosom: "Take this seal as proof. If I break my promise, Your Majesty, please take back my position as the Miao King!"

Liu Qingyun opened his eyes wide: "Dad!"

"My dear Xun..."

Zong Zhengxi hoped that Prime Minister Xun would not be serious about it.

However, Prime Minister Xun clasped his fists and bowed solemnly: "Your Majesty, please keep the seal of Miaojiang for me!"

"My dear Xun."

Such a prime minister suddenly made Zong Zhengxi feel unfamiliar.

Xiao Dezi took the seal with both hands and handed it to Zong Zhengxi.

King Miao sighed to the sky.

Xian'er, for that brat, I've staked my throne.

If I become penniless, you little brat will have to rely on you in the future.

-

The secret room is pitch dark.

Chen Long slowly woke up from his coma.

He moved his eyelids, and a feeling of weakness swept over his body.

Suddenly, he heard a slight noise and immediately reached for the sword case on his back, only to find it was empty.

"Don't even think about it. Your sword has been taken away."

It was Lu Yuan's voice.

Chen Long asked suspiciously, "Why are you here too?"

Lu Yuan blew up the tinder, and pointed behind him using the light from the fire: "I was originally in the other room, but when I saw you were still unconscious, I came to look for you."

Chen Long was puzzled: "Another room?"

Lu Yuan curled his lips: "I just discovered that my godfather has more than one secret room."

Chen Long pondered and said, "So this is indeed the secret room of the Prime Minister's Mansion. Then I don't understand, how did you get in?"

Lu Yuan said lazily, "That idiot Xun Qi messed up everything. I was about to be taken away by the people from the Ministry of Justice. The person who brought you into the secret room also locked me in."

Chen Long frowned: "Is all this your plan?"

Lu Yuan did not deny it. He smiled and moved closer to him: "How do you feel after reading the military books all night and finding out that it was useless? Why don't you become my disciple? I will teach you the art of war. I guarantee that it will be more useful than the military books. No one in the world can defeat you except me."

Chen Long locked his throat with his backhand and pressed his dantian with his other hand: "I don't need a military book to kill you."

"As expected, he is the best master of the Twelve Guards."

Lu Yuan smiled, "If you kill me, neither of us can get out. It's okay for me, after all, I'm the son of the Prime Minister, but I'm afraid your fate is hard to say. Don't you think this secret room is different from the secret rooms you've seen before?"

Chen Long concentrated his mind and gathered his energy, and suddenly heard a sound of water: "Water prison!"

Lu Yuan smiled and said, "Yes, this is a water dungeon. When the sound of water stops, it means the dungeon is full. Chen Long, the risk you pose to the Prime Minister is greater than your value. The Prime Minister wants to silence you. Although he doesn't want to kill me, he doesn't plan to let me out either."

Chen Long said coldly: "What you mean is——"

Lu Yuan spread his hands: "We are both imprisoned."

Chen Long was not too surprised in comparison. He had long experienced the ruthlessness of the Prime Minister.

He thought for a moment and asked, "Where is your secret room? Didn't you say that the Prime Minister didn't want to kill you? Then hide in your secret room first."

Lu Yuan sighed: "Unfortunately, after I came to see you, I found out that your secret room can only be opened from the outside."

Chen Long stood up.

Lu Yuan said: "Don't waste your energy. I have already looked for it three times and there is no mechanism."

"Then use brute force."

Chen Long said.

Lu Yuan said, "Forget about it. The secret room is made of Panlong Stone. Even if you use up all your strength, you can't shake it at all. Don't expect any movement on the top. It's impossible."

Chen Long frowned: "You mean, we are going to die here?"

Lu Yuan glanced at the dragon boots on Chen Long's feet leisurely: "Yes, you are about to die. If you have any last words, please tell me now."