I'm not a fortune teller.

Chapter 26 What did you say?
"what?"

Yuchi Hong was stunned when he heard this, and subconsciously asked: "Didn't you just say that Li Yu almost died in the painting market? Someone who almost killed him wants to cooperate with him?"

"I think he will." Chen Xiao coughed weakly and said, "I have not been in the capital for long, and the number of times I have been able to meet His Royal Highness the Third Prince is limited, but I can still clearly feel that His Royal Highness Li Yu is a proud person. Such a proud person would not think that he is worse than His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. What he lacks is just an opportunity, a fair opportunity. Unfortunately, this opportunity has never belonged to him from beginning to end."

"Chen believes that the Third Prince will not refuse this opportunity. He is such a proud person. As long as there is a chance, he will not think that he is weaker than anyone. Whether it is the Crown Prince or the hidden ghost prince, he will not think that he will lose!"

"This..." Yuchi Hong was stunned, but Mr. Luo Sanye beside him clapped his hands and laughed, "No wonder His Royal Highness the Crown Prince values you so much, Mr. Chen is indeed a smart man."

"Thank you for the compliment, Third Master." Chen Xiao quickly returned the compliment.

Mr. Luo San took a deep look at the other party, then turned to Yuchi Hong and said, "Let's go. If Mr. Chen's guess is correct, then Li Yu will knock on the door forcefully soon. We don't have much time."
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At the Beihai City dock, on the treasure ship Silver Dragon, just as Chen Xiao predicted, a green-eyed woman holding a black umbrella came to visit the Third Prince Li Yu.

Without any cover-up, he handed over a secret letter and asked Li Yu to meet the other party in person.

Inside the cabin, everyone was evacuated, leaving only the most powerful Qin Fang by his side. Li Yu looked at the woman with green eyes with great interest.

"Won't my lovely brother come in person?"

"Although my Lord is of the same generation as you in this life, he was also of the same generation as Taizu in the past. It is unlikely that Your Highness can regard himself as the elder brother. If we talk about seniority, you are not qualified to call me the ancestor."

"Really?" Li Yu smiled immediately: "Then I am really honored to be a half-brother with such a senior."

The woman's eyes turned cold: "How long will your highness continue this childish provocation?"

"No way," Li Yu shrugged. "I was tricked and almost lost my life. Now that I can't take revenge, at least I can get some verbal advantage, right?"

"It seems that what my Lord said is right. Your Highness is really a boring person."

"Oh!" Li Yu's eyes lit up: "It seems that this mysterious brother of mine has a good relationship with me, otherwise he wouldn't know what kind of person I am."

The woman frowned. As expected, although Li Yu looked like a playboy, he was actually a scheming man. He managed to get a lot of information out of her through jokes.

"Tell me, how does my brother plan to cooperate?"

"Your Highness knows that we are here to cooperate with you?"

"Then did you come to talk to me about love?" Li Yu sneered, "I dare not go in easily, but I also know that as long as we are deadlocked here, my lovely brother will definitely not stand by and watch after spending so much energy. As long as His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is not dead, he will never have a chance. This is a rare opportunity. If we miss this opportunity, who knows when the Crown Prince will reveal his flaws?"

"Isn't it the same for you, Your Highness?" The woman sneered, "If the prince doesn't die this time, he will be more careful after returning to the capital. The current emperor is weak and can't hold on for a few more years. If you miss this opportunity, my lord will have a long life and can wait for the next opportunity. I'm afraid you will really have no hope in this life."

"You are quite eloquent." Li Yu was not angry. He looked at the other party playing with the blood of the painting spirit in his hand and said, "Tell me, what do you want me to do? What kind of benefits can you offer? Don't say that I also want this opportunity. Since it is a cooperation, there must be some sincerity."

"Your Highness, don't worry. My lord is naturally sincere." The woman took out a scroll and presented it with both hands.

Qin Fang glanced at Li Yu, and after the other party nodded, he stepped forward to take it, opened it, and his pupils suddenly shrank.

There were drops of scarlet crystals in the scroll. Although separated by the scroll, Qin Fang could still clearly feel the majestic energy and blood!

"What a generous move!" Li Yu narrowed his eyes slightly.

"This blood essence is extremely pure, it is squeezed out of thousands of innate warriors and gathered together. My lord has been collecting it for many years. Is your highness satisfied with this sincerity?"

"No wonder Taizu was able to conquer the world as a farmer's son." Li Yu's eyes flashed with a fiery light: "The painting market is simply the most unreasonable thing in the world."

Essence and blood can be traded. Just based on this point, the painting market is terrifying enough, and it is also an excellent tool for the emperor. The world is so turbulent because the warriors are too powerful. The knights break the law with force. Warriors who are too powerful often don't like to obey the rules, including the rules set by the court. Just like Master Yi, one of the five great masters, who openly mocked the emperor, but his father could do nothing about it.

If all warriors in the world can be controlled by the imperial court, how can the barbarians from all over the world have the qualifications to spy on the Central Plains?
If the painting market could be controlled, then the warriors could be controlled with their essence and blood. The Taizu back then was still too conservative and actually wanted to close the painting market.

"The most unreasonable thing in the world?" The woman smiled slightly when she heard it: "That's because Your Highness has never seen it. There are more terrible things in this world than you can imagine."

"Oh?" Li Yu immediately became interested: "There are many strange things recorded in the royal secrets. I don't think there is anything more terrifying than the painting market in this world." "Your Highness." The woman said faintly: "The Great Jin Dynasty has only been around for a thousand years. The secrets recorded by your Li family are nothing in this world."

Li Yu: “.”

"Let's talk about business." The woman didn't seem to want to continue talking about this topic. She changed the subject and said, "Your Highness doesn't need to do anything. Just get into Beihai City as soon as possible and catch the Yuchi family doing something."

"Really?" Li Yu put away the scroll Qin Fang handed over and asked, "What did the Yuchi family do?"

"Forbidden technique!" the woman said coldly, "In order to revive the prince, they sacrificed the people of the entire Beihai city!"

Li Yu was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter: "Is there such a thing? The Yuchi family is really crazy!!"

"But this makes sense." Li Yu laughed and stood up. "The Yuchi family is now sailing against the current and can only advance but not retreat. If it were me, I would also choose to do whatever it takes to protect the prince. So that's why. No wonder, no wonder!!"

"But your highness should pay attention to one thing."

"what's up?"

"The source of the disease cannot be released"

"Oh?" Li Yu put away his smile and frowned: "You can't control the epidemic that the Yuchi family is helpless against?"

"If it was something that could be easily controlled, the Yuchi family wouldn't be so helpless." The woman sighed, "Your Highness, weren't you just asking if there was anything in the world more terrifying than the Painting Market?"

"That is one of them. If we can't kill that thing in Beihai City, believe me, the destructive power it will cause after it gets out will be far beyond what Huashi can compare to!"

Li Yu: “.”
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"Are you sure this record is correct?" Yuchi Hong frowned after receiving the record from the recorder.

"Take it out and let us see it." Mr. Luo said directly.

Yuchi Hong hesitated for a while, and finally showed the list to everyone present.

"This..." All the staff in the Prince's Mansion were stunned.

According to the list, General Yuchi Peng returned to Beihai City on the 14th day after receiving the news, and did not show symptoms of physical discomfort until the end of the month. During the period when General Yuchi Peng came back to take charge of the overall situation, the person he met the most was his eldest son Yuchi Jing!
"Brother." Yuchi Hong shook his head: "Impossible!!"

Master Luo San looked at Zhang Rui and said, "It doesn't mean that whoever sees the most is definitely possessed by the evil spirit, right?"

Zhang Rui nodded: "Yes, that's not necessarily true."

"But in the list, the people that the Patriarch sees the most are still the relatives around him."

Everyone nodded. The people on the list that appeared every day included the eldest son Yuchi Jing, the fourth son Yuchi Lie, and the head of the family's wife Yan, all of whom were very important people in the Yuchi family.

But it makes sense. As the head of the family, he was originally stationed at the northern border. After something like this happened at home, the people he cared about the most after he came back were naturally his family members. Of course, the people who Yuchi Peng could take care of day and night were also his family members.

"The host is unaware of the evil spirit possessing him, right?" Chen Xiao looked at Zhang Rui and asked.

Everyone's face was solemn, if this was the case, it would be troublesome, the suspects in the list were all very important people in the Yuchi family, if the host was unaware, it would be difficult to find the evil spirit from these important people in the Yuchi family, because you can't use any extreme means, if you don't use extreme means, it will take time to find the evil spirit, but what you lack most now is time!

The Third Prince Li Yu might break in at any time. If he reveals the forbidden technique before the Crown Prince is rescued, there will be no chance of recovery.

Just when everyone was worrying about how to persuade the Yuchi family to sacrifice their own family for the sake of justice, Zhang Rui's next words left everyone dumbfounded!
"No," Zhang Rui looked at everyone and said quietly, "If the evil spirit possessed him, as the host, he would know it!"

"Forehead?"

"What did you say???"

(End of this chapter)