Volume Five: The Case of the Five Kings Fighting the Dragon
"You mean, the mastermind behind the scenes is among us." King Changping exhaled a long breath and said in a deep voice.
"That's right." Duan Ming nodded: "But don't worry. Before I reveal the true face of the mastermind behind the scenes, there is one more thing I haven't said yet."
"That's why we have to keep the five princes here."
"Isn't it to weaken our strength?" King Jubei said solemnly: "Is there any other purpose?"
"Of course." Duan Ming nodded: "To be honest, even King Jing'an could be attacked and severely damaged, so if the other party goes all out and wants to keep one or two princes, it is not completely impossible.
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"Especially since the forces in the hands of princes are relatively scattered recently. They have to guard the palace, guard the Treasure Pavilion, and patrol the city."
"The princes are currently the weakest, which is why General Mengcheng and Kang Shaolong fell into the trap of the traitor."
"But at this time, no one directly took action against the princes, but continued to weaken the power of the princes. Do you know why this is?"
"Why?" King Guangsheng asked.
"Because of the other party's biggest purpose, these princes must not die here!" Duan Ming said solemnly: "Their purpose is not to kill these princes at all, but to control their armies!"
"Previously, Xu Shizhong risked his life to bring back a letter from Jubeicheng. There were only three words in the letter - 'Border chaos'."
"But why is there chaos at the border? Why is there chaos?" Duan Ming looked at Li Daxe: "Brother Li once said that if there is any problem at the border, then the imperial court will definitely send someone to notify it, and your Majesty may even come in person."
"But if none of these conditions exist, then there is only one possibility: civil unrest at the border, and people outside don't know about it at all."
"Although I don't have any evidence, I can guess that the princes' stations have been turned into a mess." Duan Ming said solemnly: "Please return to the station as soon as possible and clean up your respective territories."
"Haha, that's ridiculous!" King Guangsheng snorted coldly: "What you said is just alarmism."
"Are you really being alarmist?" However, this time, Duan Ming directly pushed back: "King Guangsheng, don't you know it yourself?"
"Now let's talk about the last question, who is the person behind the scenes!" Duan Ming's eyes were fixed on King Guangsheng: "It's you!"
"Haha, hahahaha!" King Guangsheng was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then raised his head and laughed: "Nonsense! Come on, get him!"
"Let's see who dares!" At this moment, Xing Qianqiu suddenly took a step forward and said in a deep voice: "Master Mingjing, listen to the order!"
"Here!" As Xing Qianqiu finished speaking, a group of mirror officers in black clothes rushed over, the steel knives in their hands shining with a frightening light.
"Xing Qianqiu, what are you going to do!" There was no change in King Guang Sheng's face, and he did not take the people of the Mirror Division seriously at all.
"I want to hear what Mr. Duan has to say." Xing Qianqiu said solemnly.
"Actually, I really didn't suspect you, Prince, at first, but what you did was too obvious." Duan Ming said solemnly: "Every prince comes here with his most trusted generals.
,Excuse me, King Guangsheng, where is your general?"
King Guangsheng seemed to have been prepared for this, and sneered: "With my bravery, I don't need to bring it with me at all."
"It's not that there is no need, but your accompanying general is leading the army to surround Cambrian City at the moment!" Duan Ming said solemnly: "The one that injured Xu Shizhong was the army's standard arrow. The entire Cambrian City has such weapons.
Apart from the prefect, there are only five princes' troops."
"The prefecture is weak, so I ruled out the possibility of the prefecture at first. Then there are only five princes left." Duan Ming said solemnly: "In order to deceive others, this army must not go in and out of Cambrian City often, especially
It’s at such a tense moment.”
"Therefore, there must be a general guarding the city with his troops to block the news."
"But the list of people coming to Cambrian City must be submitted to the court for review early. It is not only dangerous but also very difficult to bring an extra general."
"Kang Shaolong under King Longchang and Mengcheng under King Shunjing are all dead. Li Daxu under King Jubei and Gu Hao under King Changping have always been in the city. So the most likely person is you, the general under King Guangsheng.
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"When the suspicious eyes fell on you, King Guangsheng, many things that Duan had been puzzled about before were solved."
"You were intercepted on the road, and they said that they found King Jubei, and those were King Jubei's men. But if it was really King Jubei who took action, there must be a complete plan, and he would never get burned by this thing.
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"But if it wasn't King Jubei who took action, who would it be? The mastermind? This is undoubtedly the most likely possibility."
"But the mastermind behind the scenes was able to sneak attack even King Jing'an, causing King Jing'an to be seriously injured. Why didn't you, King Jing'an, get even a minor injury?"
"Furthermore, you encountered a surprise attack in the city. You knew that the situation in the city was special, but you still went to live in a state of intoxication without leading any soldiers. This is not what an experienced general would do."
"There is only one possibility to explain these problems, and that is that you are the mastermind behind it. So you are not worried about attacks at all from the bottom of your heart."
"Only in this way can we explain why you are so careless."
"That's it? You just rely on a little guess to doubt me?" King Guangsheng suddenly laughed: "Are you trying to make me happy?"
"Some things are easier to handle as long as you can guess a little bit." Duan Ming said solemnly: "Do you know why I have to choose this time and this place to reveal this?"
"The purpose is not to give you too much preparation time."
"When you learn that Xu Shizhong is back, you will definitely make preparations as soon as possible, either to further weaken the power of several princes, or to directly destroy all the evidence here."
"But when I threatened with the dragon-patterned stone sculpture, you had no choice but to come as soon as possible in order not to expose your flaws."
"In this case, your preparation must be incomplete." Duan Ming rubbed his forehead: "Let me guess, did you ask your general to lead the team directly and surround Cambrian City, just waiting for your order?
Just rush in?"
After hearing Duan Ming's words, King Guangsheng narrowed his eyes slightly and said nothing.
"Damn it, Li De, do you want to rebel?" King Jubei looked at King Guangsheng's expression and said in a deep voice, already understanding everything.
"Since you have already guessed it, why do you dare to say that?" King Guangsheng did not care about King Jubei, but looked at Duan Ming: "Indeed, judging by time, Yunhe's soldiers should have arrived nearby at this moment.
As long as I give the order, you will all be shot into a sieve."
"Although I didn't want to kill you princes, I have no choice but to blame it on Mr. Duan!"
Then, I saw silhouettes jumping onto the surrounding houses one after another, sharp arrows pointing directly at everyone...
