"At first, I just couldn't figure out how a person who clearly had flesh and blood could die so cleanly."
"So I thought back bit by bit, and finally, I thought of prison, this issue that we chose to forget."
"Lin Kuang, how did you get out of the imperial edict?"
"This matter should be far less important than magical power, right?"
"But why is it that Lin Kuang is even willing to teach magical powers, but he keeps avoiding mentioning the imperial edict?"
"I think it's not that he didn't want to mention it, but that he simply couldn't make up a reasonable way to escape from prison."
"You can put yourself in someone else's shoes. If our Fang family caught someone with such magical powers, we would definitely be gentle at first and try to subdue him as much as possible."
"But the further you get to the back, the tougher you will become. At the same time, you will be more prepared to prevent him from escaping."
"If Lin Kuang had a way or a chance to escape from the imperial edict, it would have been during the first few years of his imprisonment, not now more than twenty years later."
"When you think about it, everything makes sense."
Fang Lezhong's tone was decisive, "It's not Lin Kuang who found a way to escape from the imperial prison, but Emperor Yongtai who found a way to force Lin Kuang to confess!"
"No, it doesn't have to be a forced confession."
Fang Shuyue shook his head with an ugly expression, "It could also be a transaction."
"cooperate?"
Fang Manxia had just recovered from the shock, and when she heard this, she immediately believed it: "Yes! As long as Yongtai's son tells Lin Kuang that the news was revealed by our Fang family... Lin Kuang can't wait for the revenge of being imprisoned for twenty years.
It would be best if our Fang family died."
Fang Lezhong nodded, obviously thinking about this aspect, "If I guessed correctly, Lin Kuang used his magical power as a bargaining chip and asked Emperor Yongtai to help him take revenge."
"One more question."
Fang Shuyue suddenly asked: "Even if Yongtai kid sneaked into the Chunqiu Tomb, how could he solve the problem of suspended animation?"
"This has no basis and can only be pure speculation."
Fang Lezhong was a little helpless, "The most likely possibility is that he concealed part of his incarnation's abilities, and that kind of suspended animation is the embodiment of this ability."
"Then don't worry about this for now."
Fang Manxia was eager to give it a try, "If your guess is correct, then he must be disguised as a member of our Fang family using Wu Xiangyi. As long as we convene a meeting with the whole clan and investigate one by one, we can find him out soon..."
"It's not urgent."
Fang Shuyue interrupted Fang Manxia and signaled to Fang Xianzong: "Continue talking."
"yes."
Fang Lezhong nodded and continued his analysis.
"After I realized that a member of the clan was replaced by the fake Lin Kuang, I was wondering when he replaced the Fang family."
"Is it after Lin Kuang's identity died, or before?"
"If it is later, then the most likely candidates are Fang Jingyan and Fang Letian."
"For Fang Letian, it shouldn't be possible."
"Because Fang Letian is in the Dharma Realm, even if Dou Tianyuan comes, it is impossible to kill him without causing the slightest movement, not to mention that there is Fang Jingyan watching next to him."
Fang Lezhong said in a deep voice: "The biggest possibility is Fang Jingyan."
"Having said that, it's impossible to replace Fang Jingyan in front of Fang Letian..."
Fang Shuyue's eyes turned cold, "Unless Fang Letian has reached some kind of cooperation with him?"
"I've thought about it too, but with the soul-locking mark around, it's unlikely... Just be a little wary."
Fang Lezhong shook his head, "Then, I thought, if Lin Kuang replaces our Fang family members before his identity dies, when will that happen?"
"The first thing I thought of was Fang Jingyan."
"In Fang Letian's description, Fang Jingyan took the initiative to find Fang Xianzong in panic after seeing him die. Only then did he covet the magical power, and Lin Kuang died."
"Fang Jingyan came out of the underground training hall and went to the foot of the mountain to see Fang Letian. He had to pass by the mountainside pavilion."
Having said this, Fang Manxia couldn't help but be confused and asked aloud.
"But the pavilion is surrounded by your thunder nets. How did he get out of the thunder nets, kill Fang Jingyan and replace him?"
After Fang Manxia finished speaking, seeing that her brother had no objection, she continued to add: "If he can ignore the thunder net, why wait until now?"
"Indeed."
"If he can ignore my thunder net, according to the habits of our Fang family, any clan member who appears alone outside the mountain may be replaced by him. There is no need to wait for Fang Jingyan."
"It's just that in this way, we can only take the risk of not knowing the strength and weakness of the enemy and launch a family-wide investigation... I am not willing to do so."
"So, I tried to make sure he couldn't break through the thunder net first, and then looked for the possibility of him replacing the clan members."
"In the end, I really found it."
Having said this, Fang Lezhong showed a wry smile and slowly uttered three words: "Fang Xianzong."
"Yes..."
Fang Manxia suddenly realized, "You once left Fang Xianzong and Lin Kuang alone."
"Yes, apart from me, Fang Xianzong is the only person who has been alone with Lin Kuang...in order to give Liufang an advantage."
Fang Lezhong was extremely depressed, "Now it seems that everything was just Lin Kuang's plan, and Fang Xianzong behind him was always pretending to be him."
"So, you think that Fang Xianzong has died a long time ago, and Fang Jingyan, the one who allegedly discovered Fang Xianzong's death..."
Fang Shuyue slowly said his final conclusion, "Is it the incarnation of Emperor Yongtai?"
"Yes, only in this way can everything be explained."
Fang Lezhong nodded, "Continue to carry Fang Xianzong's identity, and soon he will no longer be able to refuse the teaching of magical powers, so he chose to let both Fang Xianzong and Lin Kuang die at the same time."
"Fang Jingyan!"
Fang Manxia became excited, "Now that we have a specific target, we are more confident. We only need to summon many kinds of thunder to attack, capture him in one fell swoop, and then obtain Wuxiang Yi from him..."
"No."
Fang Shuyue interrupted Fang Manxia again.
Fang Manxia was stunned.
"The Tianxuan Chronicles handed down from our ancestors do not hide the past at all. Why? It is just to make us, the descendants, stay alert enough to Daqing."
Fang Shuyue's tone was slightly cold, "Think about it, if he is really Emperor Yongtai, since he dares to enter the Spring and Autumn Tomb alone, he must have prepared means to deal with possible exposure."
"Brother is too cautious."
Fang Manxia didn't notice her brother's tone and said to herself, "So what if Emperor Yongtai is stronger? He is really the only one. If he was really strong enough not to be afraid of the Fang family, he would have taken action long ago.
Already..."
"Shut up!"
Fang Shuyue scolded sternly, "Indeed, he remained hidden because he could not use personal force to deal with the entire Fang family, but have you ever thought about how much it cost us to control him? And this price is the Fang family's.
Is it bearable at the moment?”
"..."
Fang Manxia's face froze suddenly, and she muttered for a long time, but she did not dare to say anything more.
"If he is really Emperor Yongtai, it is best not to face him head-on unless absolutely necessary."
Fang Shuyue glanced at the two of them.
"Is it possible to let him hide like this in the Fang family?"
Fang Manxia asked unwillingly, "He still has the Wuxiang Yi that we urgently need..."
"actually……"
Fang Lezhong suddenly said, "There is a way to verify Fang Jingyan's identity, and if my guess is correct, this method will not be noticed by him... Use the Soul Locking Seal to directly kill the ray of soul belonging to Fang Jingyan!"
Fang Shuyue raised his eyebrows, "Do you know what the consequences will be if Fang Jingyan is not someone else?"
"If this is the case, Qifang will never rest with me."
Fang Lezhong nodded.
"You think too simply."
Fang Shuyue looked deeply at Fang Lezhong, "The existence of the Soul Locking Seal, in addition to ensuring the cohesion of the Fang family, is also, to a certain extent, a sharp sword hanging in the hearts of all the Fang family."
"The reason why our Fang family can still maintain cohesion is because the Soul Locking Seal never moves lightly."
"Once it is used without any conclusive evidence and results in the innocent death of a clan member, not only the seven families, but the entire twelve families of the Fang family and tens of thousands of direct descendants will surely be alienated."
"If it were normal times, that would be fine. The soul-locking seal could forcefully suppress this matter and let time dilute everything, but now..."
As the patriarch of the ancient clan, Fang Shuyue must look at the overall situation and find the best choice for the current Fang family. It is impossible to listen to the one-sided words of any clan member.
After all, the intrigues between the twelve rooms never stop.
"There's one more thing you shouldn't forget."
Fang Shuyue said in a deep voice, "The dead Fang Xianzong knew that the Chunqiu Tomb was about to collapse."
According to Fang Lezhong's inference, if Fang Xianzong knew it, that meant Emperor Yongtai also knew it.
Fang Manxia was shocked, "In this case, shouldn't we kill him as soon as possible?"
"No……"
Fang Lezhong's face was extremely ugly, and he had obviously reacted.
"Why?"
Fang Manxia frowned.
Fang Shuyue said coldly, "Because the external incarnation is magical power."
"Even imperial edicts and prisons cannot restrict magical powers, let alone forbidden dharma coffins."
"What makes you think that Emperor Yongtai, who is now far away in the capital of Daqing, cannot know the movements of the Spring and Autumn Tomb through his clone?"
"You think we got the Wuxiang Yi and then captured the Baicao Garden quickly."
"Or is it faster for Emperor Yongtai to directly inform Ji Qingzhi?"
!!!
Fang Manxia finally understood and was instantly sweating.
"Once Ji Qingzhi knows in advance that the Chunqiu Tomb is about to collapse, even if we get the Wuxiang Clothes from Emperor Yongtai's clone, we will never be able to capture the Baicao Garden."
Fang Shuyue continued, "Even the Zheng family and the Lin family will look at us covetously and come up to take a bite at any time."
"so."
"Even if it is now confirmed that he is really the clone of Emperor Yongtai, there is nothing we can do against him...On the contrary, we must try our best to avoid him, not to let him see any clues, and let him stay peacefully in the Spring and Autumn Tombs
."
"In this case, at least while he still needs to use the Chunqiu Tomb, we don't have to worry about anything."
Speaking of this, both Fang Manxia and Fang Lezhong looked as if they were mourning for their heirs, with expressions of depression on their faces.
Fang Lezhong gritted his teeth for a long time, then suddenly knelt down with a thud: "I am responsible for this, please punish me."
"Your original intention was also for the family. What's more, the original action of arresting Lin Kuang was discussed by the clan elders meeting. I also nodded."
Fang Shuyue waved his hand, and an invisible force lifted Fang Lezhong, "What's more, this matter is not unsolvable."
"Um?"
They both raised their heads.
"There are two ways that will not affect our family's feelings and can resolve this dilemma."
Fang Shuyue waved his hand confidently, "The first one is to pretend not to know anything and wait for the end of Li Xiangxue's six-month period. At that time, Fang Jingyan will be arranged to escort Li Xiangxue to meet Ji Qingzhi..."
"Once they start fighting, we will attack secretly..."
Fang Lezhong's eyes lit up, "No! We can pretend to help Ji Qingzhi, take advantage of Ji Qingzhi's unpreparedness, kill people and seize the cave!"
"The risk is that we don't know whether Fang Jingyan will be interested in Ji Qingzhi. If he doesn't cooperate, or if he directly kills Li Xiangxue after leaving the Chunqiu Tomb, we will lose this important way to plan the Baicao Garden... Don't forget
, he also knows our purpose of making friends with Li Xiangxue."
Fang Shuyue shook his head, "In the eyes of Emperor Yongtai, our Fang family must be a greater threat than Ji Qingzhi. He definitely doesn't want to see our Fang family get a new cave."
"really……"
The excitement they had just felt dissipated.
"The second method is more certain, but the losses our Fang family will face may also be greater."
Fang Shuyue continued.
"What is it?"
The two listened attentively.
Fang Shuyue narrowed his eyes: "Look for Ji Qingzhi and tell him that Emperor Yongtai has magical powers and his avatar is in the Spring and Autumn Tomb!"
"!!!"
Fang Manxia and Fang Lezhong's scalps were numb.
"Use Emperor Yongtai's magical power to lure him, and use the great justice of Taiping Dao to suppress him."
Fang Shuyue's tone was extremely deep, "And Ji Qingzhi doesn't know that we are plotting against him, so there is a high probability that he will take the bait."
"Once Ji Qingzhi also enters the Spring and Autumn Tomb..."
Fang Manxia then added, "We can completely trap him in the cave while looking for the Baicao Garden outside."
"That's it. As for the price I mentioned..."
Fang Shuyue nodded, "As long as Ji Qingzhi enters the Spring and Autumn Tomb, Emperor Yongtai's clone will definitely guess our plan. In order to prevent us from succeeding, he will most likely join forces with Ji Qingzhi... The advantage is that if Ji Qingzhi is wary and refuses to come,
, we still have a chance to act according to the first method."
"Brother's plan!"
Fang Manxia sighed sincerely.
"Strike is a helpless move due to insufficient strength or insufficient conditions."
Fang Shuyue waved his hand, "What I just said is all based on the fact that 'Fang Jingyan is the clone of Emperor Yongtai.' I hope that there is nothing about Emperor Yongtai from beginning to end."
"Because the best and safest way is to secretly obtain a Wu Xiang Yi and assassinate Ji Qingzhi."
"So, we have to wait for the results from the capital before considering this matter."
As he said that, Fang Shuyue looked at Fang Manxia: "Is there any new news?"
"There are some."
Fang Manxia answered sternly, "Now it is basically certain that Wei Wuxie is Duan Wuxie. The problem is that the crown prince Cheng Guogong doesn't know much, and his memory may have been tampered with. So Leshan is planning to go to the capital in person to capture Cheng Guogong.
"
"Is this so..."
Fang Shuyue thought for a moment and said: "Lezhong, you should go too. It would be best if you can get the Wuxiang Yi. If you really can't get it... I will go find Ji Qingzhi myself."
"personally?"
Fang Manxia was shocked, "Brother, you..."
"Don't worry."
Fang Shuyue waved his hand carelessly, "I have a fifth-level golden body, plus a fifth-level Dharma form. My lethality may be slightly less than that of you two, but in terms of survival ability, there are very few in the world who can surpass me.
"
That's how things settled.
at the same time.
Almost at the moment when Fang Shuyue and others made their decision, 'Fang Jingyan', who was tempering his body, suddenly felt a strange feeling in his heart.
"Yangshen warns!"
Xu Chong's heart trembled, "My identity has been exposed?!"
The moment just now was somewhat similar to the feeling before the alarm bell sounded.
But it appeared extremely suddenly and disappeared extremely quickly, and the alarm bell didn't really sound.
"No, probably not."
Xu Chong thought for a moment, then shook his head, "If the Fang family discovers my identity, this feeling will not disappear so quickly... It should be Fang Lezhong, who became hostile to me because Fang Xianzong died. In the end
He quickly gave up targeting me."
After much deliberation, this is the only possible explanation.
Unless the Fang family can create a means of shielding the induction inside the Chunqiu Tomb like the forbidden method coffin... To be honest, there is no need.
If you really find out his identity, just kill him directly.
So Xu Chong didn't pay too much attention and continued to temper his body.
"Soon."
"The golden body turns around..."
…
…
Beijing.
In a dark room, the ‘bamboo pole’ version of Duan Yuanyang looked anxious.
Opposite him, two old men sat.
It is Fang Leshan and Fang Lezhong of the Fang family.
"It means that you are sure that your nephew Duan Wuxie and brother Duan Yuanming are both dead, but you don't know whose hands they died at?"
Fang Leshan asked in a deep voice.
"If you make false claims, my Duan family will have no descendants!"
Duan Yuanyang immediately expressed his stance, speaking very simply, and then immediately changed the subject: "If anyone can know, it must be my father..."
"He knew but didn't tell you?"
Fang Lezhong's tone was threatening.
"My lord, my lord!"
Duan Yuanyang hurriedly explained, "You are a great hero of Taiping Dao. You may not know much about things in Beijing... That old guy has always looked down on me since I was born. He only has eyes for his treasure.
Second son, and precious grandson.”
"I know this."
Fang Lezhong stared at Duan Yuanyang closely, "But the problem is, now that your brother and nephew are dead, you are the only heir to Duke Cheng, and he has no choice at all."
"He has no choice?!"
Duan Yuanyang suddenly jumped up, his face full of resentment, "That old guy has so many choices!"
"You two adults may not know how many women there have been in Duke Cheng's mansion in the past few years."
"Have you seen what I look like now? I look like a refugee who is about to starve to death!"
"A few years ago, I wouldn't even have been able to squeeze in through this door!"
"Guess what?"
"Just squeeze it dry!"
"Two adults, I have already washed my body for the first time. I have washed my body for the first time!"
"Although he is not as strong as the two adults, he can still be considered a master, right?"
"I almost died on a woman's belly!"
As Duan Yuanyang spoke, his resentment faded and he began to cry miserably: "That old guy, he drugged me!"
"As soon as I opened my eyes, I drank the medicine. As soon as I drank the medicine, I lost consciousness...Does he treat me as his son?"
"No! This is treating me like a stallion!"
"If it's to continue the Duan family's popularity, I'll just bear with it."
"But that's not all he's doing!"
"His real purpose is to directly skip me and pass the title of Duke to the other male members of the Duan family besides me!"
"Ha! Why did I say that?"
"Because in the past few years, the old man himself has been among the women!"
Duan Yuanyang burst into tears and spit, "Bah! You're an old and disrespectful person, and you trampled on the Duke of Ma. It's such a disgrace that the whole city knows about it!"
This was such an output that the two elders of the Fang family were stunned for a moment.
After a long time, Fang Leshan finally spoke: "Is he in the Duke's Mansion now?"
Upon hearing this, Duan Yuanyang immediately changed his face and started to smile.
"It's at the Duke's Mansion, but you'd better wait until I print it out."
Duan Yuanyang said quickly, "When you reach the level of the Duke, your house is guarded by legal soldiers created by the Ministry of Industry. This kind of legal soldiers have some early warning capabilities. It would be bad if he escapes. Then we will all
He is going to die, so we have to find a way to trick him out, preferably outside the city, so that we can ensure that we kill this old thief without alerting anyone."
"..."
Fang Leshan was speechless for a while and said, "Tell me about your plan."
"This starts with those women."
Duan Yuanyang's expression was a little disdainful, but also a little proud, "In the past few years, I have added a few girls to the Duan family, but there is no movement at all from him. He is really a waste..."
"Tell the important point!"
Fang Lezhong's eyes already contained anger.
For a person who has been instilled in him family justice since he was a child, if he hadn't taken advantage of Duan Yuanyang, he would have wanted to slap him to death right now.
"Uh, yes, yes."
Duan Yuanyang quickly restrained himself, "In short, there is no third male in the Duan family now. As long as I lie to him, I already have a son outside the city, and he will definitely come with me... It just so happened that a year ago I
I once sneaked out and spent the night in a small village sixty miles west of the city."
"It's doable."
Fang Leshan thought for a moment and nodded, "However, if you don't want to miss any flaws, you have to think more carefully..."
In this way, the three of them plotted carefully.
Under the cover of the Fang family's hidden power in the capital, no one knew about this meeting.
In the eyes of the outside world, Duan Yuanyang, a dirty guy, just went shopping in Goulan again and tortured and killed two craftsmen women.
Duan Rufeng thought so too.
So, as soon as Duan Yuanyang returned home, he was forcibly held down and forced to drink a bowl of medicine...
One week later.
Duan Yuanyang, who had lost a little weight again, was able to leave Duan's house.
But this time, he did not stay in the capital for fun, but took a carriage and left the city with a large team of servants.
After driving around for half a day, the convoy arrived at the small village that Duan Yuanyang had visited half a year ago.
Soon, a servant happily rode out and ran towards the capital.