Chapter 1354: Changes in the Imperial City
"It is rumored that there is an organization in the martial arts world called the Five Stones Society. Compared with the martial arts sects, this organization is very mysterious. It never publicly recruits disciples, and the location of the sect is also erratic. Without the guidance of an insider, no one can find the location of the Five Stones Society."
"The most special thing about the Five Stones Society is that its disciples behave strangely. The techniques they practice are very different from those of ordinary martial arts. It is said that its disciples are good at repelling insects and controlling beasts, making mechanical puppets, and some of them can even control water and fire, and even summon thunder."
"The weapons they used were also bizarre and unusual. It's just that the Five Stones Society members act in secret and don't often walk around in the secular world, so they are not well-known."
"If we have to find a sect or organization that is similar to this hunchback, the Five Stones Society is a good possibility."
Li Qingyuan said.
"Wushi Club?" Zhang Tuohai pinched his chin and chewed on the name over and over again.
Judging from Li Qingyuan's narration, the Five Stones Society is quite appropriate.
It is very consistent with the style of a sect of immortal cultivation.
"But if this hunchback is really from the Five Stones Society, then why would he serve Prime Minister Cao?"
Zhang Tuohai was a little confused about this question.
If an immortal cultivation sect wants to obtain worldly resources, shouldn't the best target be the emperor? Why would they be around a prime minister?
Moreover, this Prime Minister Cao is simply a trouble attractor. Apart from the Five Stones Society, he is also accompanied by a cyborg produced by the Visca Military Industry Group. Judging from the current results, there are at least two forces eyeing Prime Minister Cao.
Thinking of this, Zhang Tuohai looked at Li Qingyuan with sympathy.
What she had worked so hard to inherit turned out to be such a mess.
I wonder if she will regret it when she ascends the throne.
"Send someone to find out about the Five Stones Society. Prime Minister Cao may have some connection with the Five Stones Society."
Zhang Tuohai said to Li Qingyuan.
"I see."
Needless to say, Li Qingyuan asked someone to investigate the news of the Five Stones Society.
Zhang Tuohai led his men to continue exterminating the entire family and ransacking the property in the Prime Minister's Mansion.
All the people in the Prime Minister's Mansion who were personally involved in the case were beheaded on the spot without leaving a single one alive.
As for the slaves, those of higher status were all beheaded, while the lower-ranking cleaning servants were imprisoned in prison, awaiting their fate.
Naturally, all the property in the mansion belonged to Zhang Tuohai and Li Qingyuan.
On the one hand, Zhang Tuohai sent people to organize manpower to transport the corpses out of the Prime Minister's Mansion and burn them into ashes in a mass grave. On the other hand, he sent people to clean the courtyard and count the property.
This project is huge.
Because the Prime Minister's Mansion was so huge, even if Li Qingyuan called all the accountants in the mansion, it would be difficult to check everything clearly at once.
When daybreak came, they were able to barely find out that there were 9 million taels of gold and silver, and more than 30,000 antiques and treasures of various kinds, whose value was difficult to estimate. There were an estimated 20,000 acres of fertile land, and the land under the name of others was ten times as much, and there were more than 2,000 shops.
This is only what can be seen on the surface , and we don’t know how much wealth is hidden.
"How did he get so much wealth?"
When Li Qingyuan saw the preliminary list of wealth, his face turned blue.
Even though she was the crown prince, she didn't have so much wealth. How could a mere prime minister, a retainer of their family, acquire so much wealth?
Isn't this just putting his family's wealth into your own pocket?
Zhang Tuohai glanced at the list and said calmly, "Add 200 sets of armor and a dragon robe."
"But it's clearly not on the list," said Li Qingyuan.
"Now I have it."
Zhang Tuohai threw the list aside.
"Anyway, the only person who can refute our case, Prime Minister Cao, is already dead. No one can refute us. Now what we say is what counts. Since Prime Minister Cao must die , what's wrong with charging him with a more serious crime?"
Zhang Tuohai said calmly.
"Okay, just fill it in like this."
"By the way, now follow me to see the emperor."
Zhang Tuohai straightened his clothes and said.
"What are you going to do now?"
Li Qingyuan was somewhat reluctant to go see the emperor now.
"I just killed the Prime Minister. I have to give an explanation."
"Besides, we always have an advantage if we act first, otherwise those court officials will find out and lose the advantage of being the first to act."
Zhang Tuohai said this and rushed towards the palace with Li Qingyuan.
At the gate of the palace, Zhang Tuohai still saw the eunuch.
"His Majesty is still in seclusion, Your Highness, please go back." The eunuch said with a smile.
"How about we go back first and wait until His Majesty comes out of confinement?"
Li Qingyuan whispered in Zhang Tuohai's ear.
"Okay, then we'll take our leave."
Zhang Tuohai smiled and bowed, and the eunuch also bowed in response.
As a result, the next second, Zhang Tuohai tapped the ground with his toes, rushed to the eunuch like a whirlwind, and tapped the eunuch on the forehead with one hand.
A burst of energy shot out and directly pierced the eunuch's head.
There was no blood or brain matter flying out of the hole in the head. Instead, a metal skeleton and wires emitting sparks appeared.
"The smell of motor oil hasn't even dissipated yet, and you're coming out to see me?"
Zhang Tuohai snorted coldly.
The last time he came, he smelled the smell of motor oil on the other person.
At first, Zhang Tuohai didn't take it seriously, thinking it was contaminated by oil such as lamp oil.
However, after seeing the robot beside Prime Minister Cao again, Zhang Tuohai thought of a possibility: Could it be that this eunuch was also a robot?
When he tried it, it was just as he expected, it was really a cyborg.
"Demon from outside the domain, this eunuch is actually a demon from outside the domain. Guards, listen to my order, follow me to protect His Majesty! Kill the demon from outside the domain lurking around His Majesty!"
Zhang Tuohai raised the eunuch's head and shouted loudly to the nearby imperial guards.
When the imperial guards saw the eunuch's head, their expressions suddenly changed.
If His Majesty is in danger, they, the imperial guards, will be the first to be implicated.
If they could follow the prince, even if the emperor died, as long as they supported the prince to ascend the throne, they would be able to have the merit of following the dragon.
For a moment, the imperial guards looked at each other and immediately followed Zhang Tuohai.
"Close the gate! No one is allowed to enter or leave! The rest of you, follow me and protect the emperor!"
Zhang Tuohai led the imperial guards to close the gate, leaving some people to guard it, and the rest rushed into the imperial city.
"Is it really okay for us to just rush in like this?"
Li Qingyuan asked worriedly.
"Your Majesty may have other extraterritorial demons around him. If they want to cause trouble, Your Majesty may be in danger. We are here to protect him."
As Zhang Tuohai spoke, he took the lead and led his men to rush in.
Zhang Tuohai was holding the eunuch's head in his hand, and with his status as the crown prince, no one in the imperial guards dared to stop him along the way. Zhang Tuohai actually rushed to a high tower in the inner city of the imperial palace without a fight.
"This is the forbidden place where my father was in seclusion, the Star Picking Tower."
Li Qingyuan pointed at the nine-story building and said.
