Power ministers always make things difficult for me

"I didn't expect that even though His Highness the Crown Prince was in prison, he could still come out to meet Rong Qin under his eyes. He had some tricks after all." Duan Qianjun said in a sarcastic tone, walked up to Jiang Mingcang, and bowed in a pretentious manner: "Wei Chen, I have met the prince."

Jiang Mingcang was tepid. He threw away the fallen leaves he was playing with and waved his hand towards Duan Qianjun: "Gu is a guilty person. It is superfluous for Zuo Xiang to salute Gu."

"When it comes to this method, Prime Minister Zuo cannot be underestimated. Compared with Prime Minister Zuo, Gu is really nothing."

Duan Qianjun sneered secretly.

Oh, pretending to be a pig and eating the tiger.

He straightened up, glanced sideways at Zhou Luan who was kneeling on the ground, and narrowed his eyes in surprise: "Zhou... Luan?"

She was obviously dead, how could she be here in Jiang Mingcang?
Jiang Mingcang seemed to have anticipated Duan Qianjun's reaction, but he still pretended to be confused and looked back and forth between the two of them: "Does the Prime Minister know this person?"

"It's a coincidence that a few days ago, Cheng Ying went out to do business. He encountered two groups of people fighting endlessly on the road. The scene was extremely bloody, and the corpses lying on the ground were really frightening. After they finished fighting, Cheng Ying discovered There were still people among them who survived, so they were rescued and brought here."

"Unexpectedly, this woman is actually a member of the left prime minister."

Listening to Jiang Mingcang's words, Duan Qianjun's brows became more and more intense.

Zhou Luan had been in the position of general for a long time. He didn't believe that the prince didn't know Zhou Luan.

Just what did he mean by these words?
If, as he said, Jin Yiwei witnessed the attack on the Queen Mother, then does he also know where the Queen Mother was kidnapped?
wrong……

According to the location provided by Pei Qi, he immediately went to Yujiang to conduct a thorough investigation afterwards. The Queen Mother had been transferred by Rong Qin, and her whereabouts were unknown.

But even so, Duan Qianjun still asked with a hint of luck: "The prince knows the whereabouts of the queen mother?"

Jiang Mingcang smiled and said nothing, and raised his head towards the stone bench opposite him: "Sit down."

"Tonight is still very long. There is only time to answer the Prime Minister's question. Why should the Prime Minister be in a hurry?"

"Chengying, let's have some tea."

Duan Qianjun looked at Jiang Mingcang, who was smiling with a knife hidden in front of him, with complicated eyes, and felt that it was particularly different from what he had seen before.

Is he really the former prince?

After deliberation, Duan Qianjun sat across from Jiang Mingcang and watched him slowly pour tea into the cup in front of him.

The scalding tea steamed up in the cold autumn night, mixing in the eyes of the two.

After a long time, Jiang Mingcang lowered his head and looked at Zhou Luan: "Before Prime Minister Zuo came, I had a little chat with this woman. Knowing that she had some martial arts skills, I protected the Queen Mother and went to Qianfo Mountain with Prime Minister Zuo."

"I heard from her that Prime Minister Zuo was very devoted to the people of Dasheng, and he was especially pious when worshiping Buddha. Even the many monks in the temple, the donors who came to offer incense, etc. couldn't help but stop and take a look, which made Gu very admired. .”

Duan Qianjun suddenly paused in picking up the teacup, a stern look flashed in his eyes, he suddenly looked up at Jiang Mingcang, and said in a deep voice: "What does His Highness the Crown Prince know?"

"What she knows, I know, and what she doesn't know, I also know." Jiang Mingcang smiled, and in front of Duan Qianjun, he told the secret he had concealed all along: "There was a person in the history of Dasheng. According to records, the founding emperor once led troops to conquer the Western Regions in order to expand the Dasheng Empire. At the last moment when the Western Regions were on the verge of destruction, he saw a strange voodoo technique."

"It is rumored that this kind of voodoo technique uses the dead as a carrier. If you plant poisonous insects into the uncorroded corpse, you can use the mother voodoo to control its actions and turn the dead people into puppets for their own use. The Lord of the Western Regions used this kind of voodoo technique. He 'brought the dead people back to life', and then forcibly destroyed Dasheng's more than [-] troops."

"I thought that Prime Minister Zuo relied on the power of the Queen Mother to go to Qianfo Mountain and let all the officials in the court ignore it because of this Western Region Gu trick."

Feeling Duan Qianjun's growing murderous intent, Jiang Mingcang took a sip of tea calmly and continued: "Ruruogu guessed it right, the monks inside and outside Qianfo Mountain, including the people in nearby villages and towns, They have all become... puppets driven by the left prime minister."

As Jiang Mingcang finished speaking, the cup in Duan Qianjun's hand shattered and spilled all over the floor.

The Qian Ling Guards who followed them had already surrounded the Bieyuan at some point. Duan Qianjun's face was as cold as a pool of cold water. He picked up the handkerchief handed by his subordinate and wiped his tea-stained hands. He looked down at Jiang Mingcang: " Your Highness, the Crown Prince, is like this. Aren’t you afraid that I will kill you and silence you?”

"Ah."

In the distance, a sneer suddenly came from the distance.

I saw Cheng Ying leaning on the rockery, spinning a short knife in his hand, and glanced disdainfully at the Qian Ling Guards present: "You guys alone can't kill the prince."

"Cheng Ying, Gu said that Zuo Xiang has high authority and you are not allowed to act arrogantly." Jiang Mingcang stood up and said scolding words on his mouth, but there was no hint of scolding in his appearance.

His face was still gentle and gentlemanly: "Now that the Queen Mother is ill and has fallen into Rong Qin's hands, her whereabouts are still unknown. Why should the Left Prime Minister take risks and save the half-dead Queen Mother at all costs?" ?”

"Isn't it more cost-effective for the left prime minister to associate with an orphan than for the queen mother?"

With him?Duan Qianjun narrowed his eyes dangerously: "What can the prince give me?"

"Whatever the Queen Mother can give to Zuo Xiang, Gu can give it to me." Jiang Mingcang took a step forward and got close to Duan Qianjun's ear, unpredictable: "Gu even..."

"It can also help the left prime minister accumulate more puppets."

Duan Qianjun suddenly turned his head and met Jiang Mingcang's calm eyes.

It seemed like he couldn't believe that such words came out of his mouth.

Isn't he Pei Qi's disciple?Pei Qi understands justice well and hates human life the most, but the person in front of him can say such heinous things so calmly. Is he really taught by Pei Qi?
Unconsciously, Duan Qianjun took a step back under Jiang Mingcang's aura.

He stabilized his body and his Adam's apple rolled: "The prince is obviously the king who was carefully cultivated by Pei Qi. Why don't you go to her and instead come to conspire with me?"

Hearing Pei Qi's name, Jiang Mingcang's eyes darkened. He turned around and raised his head slightly: "I think Rong Qin also said in his letter to Zuo Xiang that in the future, the respected teacher Gu Na will Come and clear away all the charges against Gu, and then Gu will be surrounded by courtiers again and ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor."

"But the only shortcoming is that there is no military power. The puppets raised by Mr. Zuo in Qianfo Mountain can just make up for it."

Duan Qianjun was puzzled: "Pei Qi has a Taiwei Mansion behind him. With your relationship, isn't the military power of the Cui family yours?"

"Ha." Jiang Mingcang suddenly laughed: "After Zuo Xiang and Gu talked today, you should have understood what kind of person Gu is."

"With Teacher Gu's temperament, if she knew what Gu had done, even if she was a master and apprentice, she would do everything possible to stop Gu. How could the military power of the Cui family be used by me?"

"Teacher Lonely, I have to get rid of him after all."

When the birds are gone, the good bow is hidden.The cunning rabbit dies, the lackey is cooked...

When you ascend the throne, teacher, you are no longer useful.

Duan Qianjun came back from the shock and felt a little gloating when he recalled what Pei Qi had done to save Jiang Mingcang.

Pei Qi seemed to have always been proud of this prince.

One day, if Pei Qi knew that the students he taught wholeheartedly were more cruel than Duan Qianjun, he didn't know what his expression would be.

However, the person in front of me is very calculating and seeking skin from a tiger, so he really won’t backfire on himself.

"I can cooperate with the Crown Prince, but I still have something I want to get from the Queen Mother."

After hearing the answer he wanted, Jiang Mingcang turned around and took out a golden hairpin from somewhere.

He sat on the stone bench and played with it in his hand.

Not long after, a fleshy white insect slowly crawled out of it. Jiang Mingcang gently touched its tentacles, and then threw the insect and hairpin to Duan Qianjun.

"What the Prime Minister Zuo wants, but this?"

"This mother Gu hasn't found a host yet, so it's useless to keep it alone, so I gave it to Zuo Xiang. It should be regarded as... a meeting gift for Gu and Zuo Xiang's first cooperation."

Jiang Mingcang stretched his waist lazily and looked at the crescent moon with a faint light above his head: "It's getting late, it's time for me to go back."

"As for the Queen Mother, Guhui will help Prime Minister Zuo get rid of her."

Except the Queen Mother?

Duan Qianjun was stunned.

When he came to his senses, Cheng Ying and Jiang Mingcang had disappeared, and even Zhou Luan had been taken away.

Duan Qianjun held the hairpin and stared at it.

Jiang Mingcang's thoughts are truly terrifying.

If the Queen Mother dies, the only person he can rely on is Jiang Mingcang...

There is no possibility of rebellion.