Zu An said: "I didn't know anything about it later."
emperor:"???"
Zu An hurriedly explained: "At that time, I saw how powerful the octopus monster was. I knew that I was invincible, so I hurriedly covered the prince and princess to leave. Who knew that the octopus monster chased me, and I resisted with all my strength, but I was still killed by its tentacles.
I was knocked unconscious, and when I woke up, only the prince and princess were left, and the octopus monster was nowhere to be found."
The emperor fell into silence. Bi Linglong's previous statement was inconsistent with what he said in many places, but it was generally consistent.
If the story was the same everywhere, he would suspect that the two of them had colluded to confess.
Bi Linglong mentioned before that after Zu An was knocked unconscious, the octopus monster's countless tentacles rushed towards the two of them. When she was desperate, she suddenly saw a golden light coming out of Zhao Ruizhi's body, and then she was shocked by a powerful shock wave.
She fainted and had no idea what happened next. When she woke up, she saw that the prince was covered in injuries and the octopus monster had disappeared without a trace.
"It seems that my split soul and that octopus monster died together." The emperor thought for a while and felt that this was the most reasonable explanation. He also knew that the split soul's way of thinking was the same as his own. With his character, he really
When Zu An was about to be exposed, if Zu An was still awake, he would never be left alive.
On the contrary, if it is Bi Linglong, she can be knocked out in advance and save her life. After all, this beautiful and capable daughter-in-law makes her very satisfied in many aspects. At the same time, the family forces involved behind her are also very complicated. It would be difficult to change to another crown princess.
Quite troublesome.
But what kind of octopus monster can make my divided soul die with it?
Zhao Hao always found it incredible, and then asked for some details, including how they triggered the formation and so on.
Zu An answered one by one. He did not directly tell the truth about the whole matter, but asked the emperor to deduce Xu Fu's identity and relationship with the ancient dynasty from various information.
People are like this. You will subconsciously be defensive about what others say, but you will most likely believe the answer you guessed.
Sure enough, based on various information, the emperor deduced that the octopus monster was an ancient power and had created such an evil formation in order to achieve immortality.
"No wonder it allows me to die with him. It's a pity that the secret realm is destroyed. Otherwise, I can go to the scene to see how the other party plans to live forever." The emperor pondered for a long time and asked many details.
Seeing that his main concern was the yin-yang and five-element formation, Zu An immediately understood what he was thinking, but there was nothing to hide. First of all, it was difficult to find a suitable five-element body, let alone a pure yin-yang body.
Moreover, the formation is so complex that many things have been lost until now, and it is impossible for the emperor to reproduce them.
At this moment, Eunuch Wen's voice came from outside: "Your Majesty, the things have been brought."
"Come in." The emperor said calmly.
Soon Eunuch Wen walked in with small steps holding a jade pendant. He didn't even look at Zu An on the stretcher during the whole process.
Zu An frowned slightly, why did he feel that this jade pendant looked familiar.
The emperor took the jade pendant and asked at the same time: "How is the prince's condition?"
Eunuch Wen replied: "He suffered some injuries. People from the Tai Hospital have treated him, but he seems to have been very frightened. I'm afraid he will have to recover slowly."
Zu An's head jumped. He finally remembered why this jade pendant looked familiar. It was the prince's personal jade pendant. Why did the emperor take this?
At this time the emperor spoke: "Let him have a good rest first and don't disturb him."
"Yes!" Seeing that the other party had no other instructions, Eunuch Wen exited the room and thoughtfully closed the door.
The emperor played with the jade pendant in his hand and suddenly said: "I put this jade pendant on the prince specially. I originally thought that if something happened to him, I could record who hurt him. I originally thought that I would never use it.
I didn’t expect to use it today.”
Hearing this, Zu An felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar. He was doomed. He never expected this. If this jade pendant recorded the situation at that time, he would not be able to die even if he had ten lives.
He also reacted quickly and said hurriedly: "Your Majesty is really far-sighted, and we all admire him endlessly."
While speaking, he tried his best to control his body's reaction. Even his heartbeat was not too abnormal.
He did not dare to use his vitality during the whole process, otherwise the emperor would definitely notice it, so he could only rely on his strong mentality to calm down.
Speaking of which, it was thanks to the many things he had experienced that his nerves had become extremely strong and tough. Otherwise, if it had been anyone else, the suspicious emperor would have discovered the abnormality long ago.
The emperor looked at him for a while, then slowly said: "So I want to ask you one last question, is there anything untrue in what you just said?"
Zu An hurriedly said: "The ministers are afraid and dare not deceive the emperor."
Are you kidding me? If you confess, you will be sentenced to a lenient sentence and will go to jail, but if you resist a strict sentence, you will go home to celebrate the New Year. How can you admit it at this time?
The emperor nodded slightly and looked back at the jade pendant in his hand, seeming to be hesitating about something.
At this time, a drop of sweat began to appear on Zu An's temples. The emperor immediately raised his head as if aware of it: "Are you nervous?"
Zu An replied: "I feel severe pain all over my body. I don't know what medicine the imperial doctor gave me just now. Now I feel a little uncomfortable in my stomach. I am worried that I will lose my dignity in front of the palace."
The emperor frowned, but he was familiar with various methods in the palace, and he immediately realized that the people below were probably feeding him some tiger and wolf medicine specially in order to get him to come and answer.
"Then please step aside first." The emperor waved his hand and noticed that he was still on the stretcher, so he called two young eunuchs to come in.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
After being carried out of the royal study by two young eunuchs, Zu An secretly breathed a sigh of relief. The reason he was sweating just now was because he was worried that the other party would play back Yu Perry's content in front of him.
In that case, no matter what was captured in the jade pendant, he would be silenced.
Now that the other party has let him out, it proves that they still believe his previous words for the time being. As long as there is nothing detrimental to Yu Perry, then he has passed the test.
Well, as long as there's nothing bad in it...
To be honest, at this point, he has done what he should do, and the rest is left to fate.
At this time, in the imperial study room, a golden light flashed from the emperor's fingertips and touched the jade pendant. Then the jade pendant flew into the air and then projected a picture like a projector.
I saw a huge octopus wrapped around Zhao Ruizhi, with tentacles all over the sky. Even through the screen, I could feel the terrifying pressure.
Zhao Ruizhi was glowing with golden light and was resisting the attacks of those tentacles.
However, as the golden light bloomed, Yu Perry's projection also stopped.
The emperor was speechless. It seems that the strength of both parties was so strong that it destroyed the jade pendant's continuous recording function.
But the scene he just saw was enough to explain the problem. The emperor could naturally see that his split soul had been forced to use all its strength.
"Hey, man is not as good as God, how could he know that such a peerless evil thing is hidden in a small secret realm?" The emperor's face changed, and he suddenly looked up in the direction of the college, "That secret realm usually belongs to the college.
People are in charge, so the old guy offering wine sacrifices really doesn’t know or has deliberately set up a trap.”
Zhao Hao was suspicious by nature, and at that moment many possibilities came to mind.
Then he immediately issued an order to summon his closest ministers to the palace to discuss matters.
At this time, Zu An, who was on the stretcher, raised the corners of his mouth slightly because he knew that he had passed the test.
If the emperor had really seen something he shouldn't have seen in that jade pendant, he would have been chased out and crushed to ashes by now.
At this time, the two young eunuchs said: "Master Zu, the emperor has specially prepared a guard room for you to live in the palace. This is a great holy family."
"Yes, yes, many foreign ministers are not qualified to stay in the palace. It seems that the emperor was sympathetic to the fact that Lord Zu was seriously injured in order to save the prince and the princess, so he specifically allowed it."
…
The two young eunuchs talked gibberish, obviously they felt that Zu An had made such a big contribution this time, and he would definitely be a popular figure in front of the emperor in the future, so they naturally wanted to sell well.
Zu An secretly sneered. The emperor's move was obviously to put him under house arrest in the palace to prevent the news from leaking out.
But this is fine, staying in the palace has its advantages.
He pointed to the east: "Don't go back to the guard room yet, I'm going to the East Palace."
This chapter has been completed!