Volume 5: The Case of the Five Kings Fighting the Dragon Chapter 150: Chess Pieces
"A game against the four princes?" Li Daxu looked at the five princes, his expression full of doubts.
"Yes, I have always been wondering what the other party is planning to do?" Duan Ming said: "Whether it is poisoning the prince of the Discipline Inspection Commission, a sneak attack, or whatever, it is actually impossible to really succeed. After all, several princes can
It can be said that all of them are people who have experienced hundreds of battles."
"If it's not so easy to succeed, what is the other party's purpose?"
"It's not easy to make a dragon-patterned stone carving. If you want to put it in a mine, you need to pay a huge price."
"But after the people behind the scenes did all this, apart from occasionally harassing a few princes, they didn't do anything else. This is too outrageous."
"What exactly do you want to say?" King Jubei said in a deep voice.
"What I want to say is that under this kind of thinking, I have never been able to come up with a reasonable explanation. It was not until Xu Shizhong from the Mirror Department came back just now that I finally figured it out."
"King Jubei, I originally asked Xu Shizhong to leave to investigate the attack on King Guangsheng, but Xu Shizhong was seriously injured. Why do you think it was?" Duan Ming looked at King Jubei.
"Do you suspect that this king did it?" King Jubei frowned and said in a deep voice.
"Of course not. If it is really your arrangement, Your Majesty, Lao Xu will never be able to come back." Duan Ming said: "There is someone secretly ambushing on the road, blocking all news from Jubei City to Cambrian City!"
"No, it should not only be Jubei City, but also Longchang City, Changping City, Shunjing City, Guangsheng City, and the capital city!"
"Today's Cambrian City is a city with no information! It has cut off all contact with the outside world!"
"How is this possible!" King Longchang frowned.
"Back to the previous topic." Duan Ming smiled and glanced at the faces of the princes: "What is the purpose of the people behind the scenes?"
"Now that I think about it, all the envoys sent by His Majesty to inform several princes have disappeared, and no one has been spared. Why?" Duan Ming said solemnly.
"Let us gather in Cambrian City as usual." King Changping said solemnly.
"That's right." Duan Ming nodded: "Then His Majesty learned the news and sent King Jing'an to take charge of the overall situation. As a result, King Jing'an was seriously injured and could not come. Why?"
"If we follow what you said, of course it is because we have no one to take charge of the overall situation." King Changping said again.
"That's right!" Duan Ming smiled: "No one can take charge of the overall situation. The strength of the five princes is almost the same. Only in this way can the next game be carried out."
"Then the five princes came to Cambrian City, and soon after, dragon-patterned stone carvings appeared in the mining area of Cambrian City. The stone carvings were so lifelike that people couldn't help but be tempted."
"The five princes will naturally compete for this stone sculpture, and they are bound to win it."
"Without King Jing'an, without His Majesty, and the five princes are about the same strength, there will inevitably be a stalemate here."
"The longer the stalemate lasts, the more time the people behind the scenes have."
"If King Jing'an were here, he might smash the dragon-patterned stone sculpture into pieces as soon as possible; he might send the dragon-patterned stone sculpture to the capital and hand it over to His Majesty; he might even take it for himself."
"Let me ask you, princes, what can you say in this case? You can't say anything, because the prestige of King Jing'an is there."
"That's why King Jing'an can't be in Cambrian City!"
"Then, the people at Zhenbao Pavilion came up with an idea that could determine the ownership of the dragon-patterned stone sculpture. That is to auction it, and the one with the highest price will get it."
"This method is good. But the people behind the scenes will never let it succeed."
"As a result, King Guangsheng was attacked, King Shunjing's palace was set on fire, and King Changpyeong was poisoned."
"The five princes were suspicious and hostile to each other, so the auction could only be abandoned and returned to the stage of stalemate."
"Are you saying that everything before was the work of your so-called mastermind?" King Changping said coldly.
"That's right." Duan Ming nodded: "So, if I want to break this game, the first thing I have to do is to destroy the focus of this game - the dragon-patterned stone sculpture!"
"But, Brother Duan, I don't understand, what's the point of doing this?" Li Daxu said in a deep voice.
"I thought it was pointless to do this before, so I didn't think about it at all." Duan Ming said solemnly: "I always thought that the mastermind behind the scenes was to provoke conflicts between the five princes, and even to provoke conflicts between the five princes and
Conflict between Your Majesty."
"But I just suddenly figured it out, that's not the case at all." Duan Ming smashed the dragon-patterned stone carving again: "As long as the five princes stay here, that is the greatest meaning."
Then Duan Ming looked at Li Daxe: "Brother Li, you told me before that in order to train the newcomers, most of the people brought here by the princes are newcomers, right?"
"That's right." Li Daxu nodded: "Except for our accompanying generals, almost all of them are newcomers."
"Then, what if you generals who are accompanying you all die?" Duan Ming said solemnly: "Who can protect the safety of the princes?"
"This is impossible." Li Daxu shook his head: "We..."
However, before he finished speaking, Li Daxu froze and looked at Duan Ming in disbelief.
"Yes, Mengcheng is dead, and so is Kang Shaolong." Duan Ming said solemnly: "If we weren't here, what would have happened to General Gu Hao?"
"What you mean is that the people behind the scenes are weakening us." King Longchang said in a deep voice.
"That's it." Duan Ming nodded: "Killing several generals will not only provoke conflicts among several princes, but also weaken the power of several princes."
"In fact, it is impossible for the princes to personally handle important military matters in every detail, and they will also select new generals to accompany them."
"And who is the best candidate for the new accompanying general?"
After hearing this question, several princes fell silent.
The best candidate? How could he be so close to several generals if he wasn't the best? How could he kill several generals? Naturally, it could be these people.
The person who killed the general became the general instead. If that really happened, wouldn't they be in a situation where they were left to their own devices?
"That's right, it's what the princes thought." Duan Ming said with a smile: "This is a plan that kills three birds with one stone. The person who set this up is really powerful."
"I still don't understand." Li Daxu shook his head: "Who is the person behind the scenes?"
"I originally thought it was the Immortality Cult, but the Immortality Cult never took action. Later I finally figured it out." Duan Ming said solemnly: "Brother Li, I want to ask you, how do you hide a chess piece perfectly? Let's
No one can doubt him?"
"Chess piece?" Li Daxe scratched his head.
"Put it on the chessboard." King Jubei said suddenly: "No one would have thought that a chess player would disguise himself as a chess piece!"
