In Qiu Zhensheng's case, Fang Zhenqi's performance was very normal. He had been following the orders of the royal family of Eastern Qi and was a loyal character.
But Chu Xiu had guessed from the beginning that General Fang was actually on the second prince's side.
Chu Xiu's cheapskate father and a few other Imperial Guard soldiers who had died in the Chu clan were all from the Vanguard Battalion. Twenty years ago, they had already begun to gather treasures for the second prince.
It could be said that the Vanguard Battalion was the second prince's private army. This was not a big secret in Eastern Qi.
The Dragon Riders were the army that belonged exclusively to the royal family of Eastern Qi. Naturally, some of them were directly under the command of the emperor of Eastern Qi. The rest of the princes also held some power in their hands.
At present, the second prince's influence in Eastern Qi was thirty percent stronger than that of the crown prince. It was not strange that he had a battalion of the Dragon Riders under his command.
Moreover, the second prince had been paying attention to Qiu Zhensheng's case.
Qiu Zhensheng had already pledged his allegiance to him, but now Qiu Zhensheng had died an unnatural death in a strange way. The Second Prince, of course, had to pay attention to this kind of thing at all times. He was responsible for himself, and he also wanted to let the others who had pledged their allegiance to him see that those who followed him, whether dead or alive, would be accounted for.
When Chu Xiu arrived at the manor, he found that Qiu Dongmao and the Five Freaks of Jiangdong had not left. They were still guarding outside.
Seeing Chu Xiu coming, the Five Freaks of Jiangdong did not have a good attitude toward Chu Xiu.
Chu Xiu was cruel and ruthless. They did not have a good impression of him in the first place.
Moreover, Chu Xiu had attacked Wu Tiandong, which made them even more hostile.
However, Chu Xiu had no intention of competing with them. He directly entered the manor. Before leaving, he gave Qiu Dongmao a deep look, which made the latter's hair stand on end. Only then did he enter the manor.
He asked a Dragon Rider to take him to see Fang Zhenqi. As soon as he opened the door, Fang Zhenqi said in a deep voice, "Is there any progress in the case?"
Chu Xiu didn't answer the question and said directly, "I want to see the Second Prince."
Fang Zhenqi frowned and asked, "What do you mean?"
Chu Xiu said, "Of course it's just the literal meaning. I've found a lot of interesting things. Strictly speaking, the death of Qiu Zhensheng was implicated by the Second Prince. Don't you want to know? The thing in my hands will not make the Second Prince regret it. "
Fang Zhenqi furrowed his brows and said, "Wait here, I'll go ask the Second Prince."
The Second Prince had clearly instructed him to investigate this matter thoroughly. He did not know whether what Chu Xiu had said was true or not, but it would not be wrong to report to the Second Prince first.
Fang Zhenqi was one of the second prince's trusted aides, so he naturally had a way to contact the second prince.
Chu Xiu waited in the manor for a day before Fang Zhenqi walked over and said in a deep voice, "Chu Xiu, the Second Prince invites you over."
As he said this, Fang Zhenqi directly led Chu Xiu to a manor outside the Ji State Capital.
As the Second Prince of Eastern Qi, Lv Longguang owned many properties in Eastern Qi, and this manor was one of them.
To be honest, Chu Xiu was a little curious about Lv Longguang. After all, this prince was very famous in Eastern Qi.
It was said that Lv Longguang and Crown Prince Lv Longji were born only 15 minutes apart, but it was this 15 minutes that made one of them the Crown Prince and the other the Second Prince.
After he grew up, Lv Longguang was naturally very dissatisfied with this kind of thing, and he would compete with the Crown Prince for everything. Of course, he was indeed qualified to do so.
The world worshipped martial arts, and everything was based on martial arts. The royal family of Eastern Qi was no exception.
Crown Prince Lv Longji's strength in martial arts could only be said to be average, about the same as his father. Even with countless elixirs and the guidance of experts, he only reached the Inner Invulnerability Realm after the age of 30.
On the other hand, Lv Longguang's martial arts talent was amazing, and he had already reached the Innate Stage before the age of 20. Later, he followed the Eastern Qi military on expeditions, and had a very strong reputation in the military.
In terms of ability, Lv Longji was only average. As the Crown Prince, he held a lot of power, but most of it was handled by his subordinates.
Lv Longguang, on the other hand, was experienced and experienced, which made his subordinates gasp in admiration.
It could be said that if Lv Longji did not have the identity of the Crown Prince, he would almost be completely crushed by the latter.
However, Chu Xiu vaguely remembered that in the original plot, the Kaiyuan Emperor Lü Hau Chang was already over 100 years old, but he had no intention of abdicating the throne.
Of course, now that the plot had changed a lot, it was unknown whether the second prince would be able to ascend the throne.
Fang Zhenqi knocked on the door of a room and led Chu Xiu in. He said respectfully, "Your Highness, I have brought Chu Xiu."
At this time, there were only two people in the room. One was sitting, and the other was standing.
The one sitting was a young man in his thirties with a beard and a masculine appearance. He wore a golden robe and had a powerful aura.
This person was the second prince of Eastern Qi, Lv Longguang. His actual age should be in his fifties, but because he was only in his thirties when he stepped into the Three Flower Realm, his current appearance had always been the same.
Behind Lv Longguang, there was an old eunuch with a pale face staring at Chu Xiu like a tiger watching its prey. This person was also a great expert in the Unity of Heaven and Man Realm.
"Fang Zhenqi said that you wanted to talk to me about the cause of Qiu Zhensheng's death. What is going on? If you don't give me a reasonable explanation today, even if you're from the Guanzhong torture room, Guan Siyu won't be able to protect you! "
As Lv Longguang spoke, a strong pressure also came over.
The second prince was famous for being strong. He was not joking. If Chu Xiu was really playing with him, even Guan Siyu wouldn't be able to protect Chu Xiu.
Chu Xiu didn't care about the second prince's attitude. He just said in a deep voice, "Since I dared to ask General Fang to invite the second prince, I naturally have the real thing. I have already found out about the cause of Qiu Zhensheng's death. I believe the second prince also wants to know who killed the man you recruited recently, right? "
Lv Longguang narrowed his eyes and said with a cold expression, "Who told you that Qiu Zhensheng is my man?"
Chu Xiu said faintly, "Second Prince, don't worry. This is not a problem within the second prince, but I found out about it."
Chu Xiu didn't want to beat around the bush when dealing with someone as domineering as Lv Longguang. Instead, he told him everything directly. However, he ignored Mr. Lu's role in all of this. He simply said that he had found out everything by himself.
After listening to him, Lv Longguang's face was already gloomy. He said coldly, "My brother is really scheming. He actually secretly colluded with Jiang Wenyuan. He really doesn't know what's good for him!"
If the relationship between the Crown Prince and Jiang Wenyuan hadn't been exposed by Chu Xiu today, he would probably still be in the dark.
Although Jiang Wenyuan couldn't help the Crown Prince succeed, it was very easy for him to ruin his plans.
Lv Longguang looked at Chu Xiu and asked in a deep voice, "Where is the evidence?"
Chu Xiu said, "Of course I have the evidence, but Second Prince, you don't think that I will give it to you for nothing, do you? If that's the case, I might as well directly give the evidence to Eunuch Wang Jin and let him report to His Majesty. At least I will be rewarded by His Majesty. "
"How dare you threaten me?" Lv Longguang's face darkened. The pale and beardless eunuch behind him also snorted coldly, and a strong momentum attacked Chu Xiu.
However, the current Chu Xiu was no longer the Chu Xiu of the past. Even a great master in the Oneness of Heaven and Men Realm could not scare him away. Facing the eunuch's momentum, Chu Xiu said in a deep voice, "It's not a threat, but a deal. It's only fair to give and take, isn't it?
Second Prince, with all due respect, what Eastern Qi needs now is stability. It's useless for me to hand in the evidence that Jiang Wenyuan killed Qiu Zhensheng. Jiang Wenyuan will only be reprimanded.
On the contrary, if I hand in the evidence that Jiang Wenyuan colluded with the Crown Prince and intended to provoke internal strife in the Eastern Qi royal family, then Jiang Wenyuan will be killed!
It's official business for me to hand in the evidence, but if it's handed in by you, Second Prince, it can become a tool to attack the Crown Prince. Isn't this deal worth it?
Of course, you are the Second Prince of Eastern Qi, and I'm just a small Jianghu detective from the Guanzhong Torture Room. I can't do anything if you want to rob me.
But Second Prince, you are a generous person, so I don't think you would do such a thing? Moreover, I have more than one piece of evidence. "
After hearing Chu Xiu's words, Lv Longguang's face darkened. He was a strong-willed man. If Chu Xiu took the initiative to hand in the evidence, he might reward Chu Xiu for this. But in the end, Chu Xiu threatened him to make a deal, which was what Lv Longguang hated the most.
However, the evidence was currently in Chu Xiu's hands, and Chu Xiu even said that he had another piece of evidence. If he were to snatch it by force, it would be hard to say whose hands that piece of evidence would end up in.
Although Lv Longguang didn't know whether what Chu Xiu said was true or not, he urgently needed this evidence to make his brother, the Crown Prince, look bad. So he temporarily swallowed his anger and said coldly, "Say it, what do you want?"
A strange look appeared in Chu Xiu's eyes as he said, "I heard that Your Royal Highness has the Heaven Extinguishing Earth Obliterating Oblivion Killing Fist from the Great Sorrow of Yin and Yang of Heaven and Earth. What I want is this technique!"
In the original plot, there were only a few martial arts in the Great Sorrow of Yin and Yang. The Forget-Self Killing Fist of the Great Sorrow of Yin and Yang was the most famous one, and it was also a martial art with great lethality.
This martial art was not only practiced by one person, but many people, and its source was in the hands of this Second Prince.
As the name suggested, the Forget-Self Killing Fist of Heaven and Earth was a martial art that condensed the Way of Killing to the extreme, and it was most suitable for martial artists in the army to practice.
After the Second Prince obtained this martial art, he often used it to win over the experts in the army. Chu Xiu was still thinking about how to get this martial art. He didn't expect that the opportunity would come now.
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