The Great Wei Music Bureau

Chapter 399 The prince returns to court

Chapter 399 The Crown Prince Returns to Court

Last time, we talked about Yu Jiu and Zhang Hongchen coming to Mount Emei. They have already delivered the Heavenly Fire to Baozhu Faluo and Wei Lue. So how will the story develop next? Let's read on.

Yu Jiu brought Zhang Hongchen to land in front of Li Yi, who asked in confusion, "I'm curious about how you found me."

Zhang Hongchen looked at Lan Ze and replied casually: "Sister found you by following your scent. How about it, isn't it amazing? Is this your new love? A good soul, but it hasn't recovered yet." Zhang Hongchen raised his hand to lift Lan Ze's hat.

Li Yi stopped her and said coldly, "Be more respectful! Have you done what I told you to do?"

Zhang Hongchen shook off Li Yi's arm and said, "Humph, you are such a heartless little brother. Do you want to throw me aside after using me?"

Li Yi stretched out his hand to grab Zhang Hongchen's neck and said coldly: "This mountain is now the dojo of Guangsheng Bodhisattva. He may appear at any time. If you don't obey, don't blame me for not protecting you! Yu Jiu, let's talk business!"

Yu Jiu bowed and said, "Sir, the Shenxi Army will be able to reach Xijing in seven days, and Xiong Zhu has already arrived in Baidi City secretly."

"What do you mean by arriving in secret?"

"This was discovered by chance. He returned without any ceremonial guards and secretly. He did not return to the Crown Prince's Mansion, nor did he go to the Royal Palace. He seemed to be looking for something."

"What is he looking for? He knows Baidi City very well, what can he be looking for?"

"He went to a place with a gazebo and many laurel trees."

"Zhuqing Pavilion? He went to find the Wu Gu Cult! Where did he go after that?"

"Leaving the city, we followed her out of the city. Sister Hongchen insisted on looking for the Master, so we stopped following her, so..."

Yu Jiu glanced at Zhang Hongchen and then shook his head. The latter said unhappily: "He asked you a question, why are you looking at me!"

Li Yi sighed and said, "Forget it. It seems that my days of hiding away are over. I will go back to Baidi City. The old fox of the Qu family will definitely be waiting for me."

So Li Yi took the three of them back to Xijing. Zhang Hongchen naturally went to the Duke's Mansion, and after Li Yi made arrangements for Lan Ze, he accompanied Qu Xia back to her parents' home. Qu Xia also specially brought Yu Jiu along.

In the main hall, Qu Zhi looked at Yu Jiu and asked, "Such a child has such a high level of cultivation! How did you teach him, Wei Le?"

"Father, there is a saying in my hometown that martial artists should not mess with immortals. Yu Jiu is a Nine Sun Fire Spirit Child, and he is born with strong spiritual power. If he attacks with his soul, it will be difficult for a martial artist to resist. Therefore, Yu Jiu can be said to be invincible against Xiong Zhu."

Yu Jiu asked doubtfully, "Sir, I didn't use my soul power to bully him."

Li Yi gave Yu Jiu a slap on the face and said, "You have no right to speak here. You have no manners at all!"

Qu Xia pulled Yu Jiu to her side and said sternly, "Yu Jiu, stay away from them. This room is full of cunning people. They have a plan for every word they say. As long as they don't ask us, just listen from the side."

"I didn't hear any calculations, did I?"

"Silly boy, seeing how strong you are, my father wanted my husband to take another descendant of the Qu family as his apprentice, but my husband thought it was too much trouble and didn't want to work hard, so he found an excuse to refuse."

After being exposed by Qu Xia, Qu Zhi and Li Yi smiled awkwardly.

Qu Zhi waved his hand and said, "Let's talk business first. According to the intelligence, Xiong Zhu should be staying in Tuyuhun to recuperate. Why did he hide his whereabouts and quietly return to Beijing?"

Qu Zhi said, "I guess it's because he lost his sword and he's afraid we'll have to ask him for it."

Qu Zhi waved his hand and said, "I don't think so. It is very likely that the king has noticed something and asked Xiong Zhu to come back to discuss countermeasures first."

Li Yi interrupted, "If the king notices anything, Xiong Zhui will definitely inform me. He is my man now."

Qu Zhi was surprised and asked, "Wei Le, you even subdued Xiong Zhui? How did you do it?"

"It's just the most common honey trap."

"How can the beauty trap win over Lord Wangbei? There are so many beauties in his house!"

Qu Xia interrupted, "What he sent over was not just any beauty, but a femme fatale that even I can't beat!"

"Zhang Hongchen! Your half-sister?"

"Uh, father-in-law, you should not mention her name. I'm afraid my mother-in-law will come out again."

Qu Xia snorted coldly and turned her head away.

Qu Zhi said sternly: "If even the great chief of the royal family can obey orders, then this matter will be much easier to handle."

"I wonder what my uncles are going to do?"

"Xiong Zhu's broken arm is not a good manner. How can there be a one-armed king in this world? Just based on this, we can contact the court officials to persuade the king to change the crown prince."

Li Yi waved his hand and said, "I guess Xiong Zhu went to find the Wu Gu Cult. Do they have a way to regenerate severed limbs?"

Qu Zhi stroked his beard and said, "The Bamboo Green Pavilion has been destroyed, and there are no more Gu Masters in Baidi City. If he wants to reattach his limbs, he has to go to other branches. If so, wouldn't he become a member of the Wu Gu Cult? How can he inherit the throne? Would he do such a stupid thing?"

Qu Zhi brushed his beard and said, "There are two possibilities. One is that he wanted to regenerate his broken limb. He deliberately concealed his whereabouts in order to deceive the world. Or he was looking for a way to advance, such as the Soul Gathering Pill, and wanted to use the immortal body of the martial arts to regenerate an arm."

Li Yi said seriously: "Uncle's analysis is correct, but the immortal body can only reconnect bones at most, and cannot be reborn. Xiong Zhu wants to be promoted in order to repair his soul."

Qu Zhi asked: "Repair the soul? But if the soul is damaged, it won't live long."

"I asked Yu Jiu to castrate him, but the kid was even more ruthless and burned his spirit. If I can be promoted to an immortal body, I can use the power of the Heavenly Soul to gather my spirit again."

"I see. How could we know such a thing? But now that we have guessed Xiong Zhu's purpose, we can take targeted actions."

"No, instead of going to the nearby branches of the Wu Gu Cult to look for him, we might as well take this opportunity to let Xiong Zhu suffer the consequences of his actions."

"what do you mean……"

"Just pretend we don't know and wait for Xiong Zhu to come back openly..."

Li Yi told everyone about his plan, and everyone was very satisfied...

The local war launched by Western Chu against Northern Wei has come to an end, with both sides suffering losses. Chu's initial plan was to use the souls of the Northern Wei army and civilians to refine soul-gathering pills, and the main battlefield was in Wei territory, so the Northern Wei civilians suffered nearly 150,000 casualties, and the army also suffered 50,000 casualties.

The only casualties of the Chu State were naturally the army. None of the 50,000 Baiyu soldiers survived, and 40% of the 100,000 Shenxi soldiers were lost. Especially when passing through the Tuyuhun trade route, Xiong Zhu ordered the seriously wounded to be abandoned and left there forever.

However, the Shen Xi army only had twenty days to adjust after returning to Baidi City, after which they had to travel far to Miao Territory, and this battle would only be more dangerous.

Half a month later, the procession of Prince Xiong Zhu returned to Baidi City, and the King of Chu and his court officials welcomed them at the gate. When Xiong Zhen saw his son was safe and sound, he burst into tears and repeatedly checked on his son.

"Father, my son is fine! Not only is he fine, he's even stronger than before!"

Looking at Xiong Zhu with all his limbs intact, Li Yi raised the corners of his mouth slightly and winked at Qu Zhi and Xiong Zhui, who understood what he meant.

This Xiong Zhui was naturally Zhang Hongchen in disguise. She walked up to Xiong Zhu, patted his shoulder and said, "I'm glad you're back safely. I heard that you were assassinated, which scared the king! Go to the Jingtian Temple every day and pray to God to keep you safe."

Xiong Zhu bowed to the King of Chu and said, "I am an unfilial son and I have made my father worried!"

"Why are you talking to Zhu'er about this!"

"Since God has blessed the prince to return safely, the prince should go to the Jingtian Palace to express his gratitude!"

Xiong Zhen nodded and said, "That's true! But we should go back to the palace to meet your mother first. She misses you more than I do!" After that, he took Xiong Zhu's hand and walked back together.

After the welcoming ceremony was over, Xiong Zhui, the Grand Master of the Imperial Clan, accompanied the King of Chu and the Crown Prince to the Imperial Observatory to offer sacrifices to the heavens and fulfill their vows.

But they did not go to the Jingtian Temple, so Xiong Zhui asked, "Father, didn't we always offer sacrifices to heaven in the Jingtian Temple in the past? Why did we change the location?"

"Your Highness, you don't know that a remarkable person has come to our Great Chu. He is not only a great scholar of heaven and earth, but also a third-rank extraordinary martial artist! He has set up a sky-reaching magic formation in the Jingtian Palace to pray for blessings and longevity for the king, so we have to go to the Guantian Terrace to offer sacrifices."

"Such a powerful person? How come I have never heard of him before?"

The King of Chu smiled and said, "Let's go to offer sacrifices to the heaven first, and then go to the Jingtian Temple to have a look."

After the sacrificial ceremony, the King of Chu brought the Crown Prince and Xiong Zhui to the Jingtian Hall. But the moment Xiong Zhui stepped into the hall, the smoke from the thirty-six small lamps and seven large lamps gathered together to form the image of the Gushen grass, and then a gust of evil wind blew up and extinguished all the lamps!

The King of Chu looked confused, Xiong Zhu looked panicked, and the maids guarding the lamps looked even more panicked. Only Xiong Zhui, who had transformed into Zhang Hongchen, immediately said, "What...what...what's going on? Someone, go find Wei Le and call him here! Quick!"

Soon, Li Yi arrived at the Jingtian Hall. At this time, only three bears were left in the hall. Without waiting for the King of Chu to ask, Li Yi turned to the King of Chu and saluted and asked: "Your Majesty, where are the maids guarding the lamps?"

Xiong Zhui immediately replied: "Don't worry, Wei Le, the king let those maids go. Do you see what happened?"

Li Yi took a look at the extinguished light array, then looked around, and finally his eyes fell on the bear pillar.

Xiong chased forward and introduced: "Prince, this is the Wei Le I just mentioned. He is now the Doctor of Baiyue and works in Tianshuyuan."

Xiong Zhu bowed and said, "Doctor Wei looks younger than me, but he has such a high level of cultivation. He is truly a god."

Li Yi waved his hand and said, "Even though I am a divine guard, I never expected that the prince would choose to join the Wu Gu Cult and serve the Wu God."

Xiong Zhui shouted, "How dare you! Wei Le, what do you mean by that!"

The King of Chu turned his head and looked at Li Yi, who immediately bowed and said, "Your Majesty, do you really not know about this?"

"What do you know? Wei Le, please explain clearly!"

Li Yi pointed at the bear pillar and said, "I can clearly feel the poisonous insects on the prince's body. This whole arm is full of them! The king has issued an order not to allow the prince to use the Soul Gathering Pill to advance to the extraordinary realm. It seems that the prince did not listen. Not to mention the poisonous insects on the prince's body, even his soul has been contaminated by the Soul Gathering Pill they refined, and is full of evil spirits! Why is the prince like this?"

Xiong Zhu put his hands behind his back and argued, "Wei Le, what nonsense are you talking about! How could there be a poisonous insect in my body!"

"Zhu'er, is what Wei Le said true or false?"

"Father, he is lying! I didn't do that!"

"Your Majesty, I have a way to prove the truth of this matter, but I am afraid it may be a bit offensive to the Crown Prince."

"Father, you must trust me!"

Xiong Zhen had seen with his own eyes how the green smoke gathered into a Gu worm, so he had his doubts in his heart. But Xiong Zhu was the successor he had worked so hard to train, so he couldn't make a decision for a while.

"Your Majesty, my method is to use the Human Emperor Dragon Qi and you will know the answer after a try."

"No need! I believe in the prince!"

"Your Majesty!"

Just as Li Yi was about to say a few more words, Xiong Zhui immediately reached out to stop him.

"Wei Le, the Seven Stars Lantern went out today because of Gu Jingtian's dishonesty. It has nothing to do with the Crown Prince or the maids and guards. This matter ends here. We are about to send troops to Miaojiang, and you still have a lot of things to do, so hurry up and get busy."

Xiong Zhui took Li Yi to bow and say goodbye, then left the Jingtian Temple.

Seeing the two men leave, Xiong Zhu bowed and said, "Sending troops to Miaojiang, is there another rebellion in Miaojiang? I am willing to share your worries and lead the troops to the battlefield."