Chapter 384 Ambition
Looking at the five hundred years of history of the Dajin Dynasty, even in the entire history of human civilization, the current emperors of the Jin Kingdom are the most special.
Because he was the only one who gave himself a posthumous title when he was still alive.
There is no doubt that a hundred years later, the three words "Emperor Jinren" will be left for him in history books.
At the same time, regardless of whether our emperor is really kind enough, at least he is the longest-lived emperor in human history so far.
Even if he is in his 200s, he is extremely long-lived even in the entire world of practice.
But, however, Emperor Ren did not have many descendants.
If he wants to be more accurate, he only has nine sons and four daughters in total.
Zhao Rui was Emperor Ren’s first son.
Zhao Chen is the youngest son of Emperor Ren.
Undoubtedly, they are all qualified to be called "Your Highness".
But if Xia Sheng appeared on the bank of Shuo River at this time, he would definitely be able to understand who the so-called "Your Highness" in the sword emperor's words meant.
Because Xia Sheng has seen these three emperor-level powerhouses who intercepted Kong Sen and Li Tianhu before Yu Shuohe today!
In Forget Returning to the Forest!
I still remember that there were five people who ambushed the ninth prince Zhao Chen in the Forgetful Forest.
Two sword emperors, two spirit emperors, and a noble man with his head and tail exposed.
One of them, named Chang Ming, died under Xia Sheng's Day Fireworks Killing Sword. The other nobleman with a mysterious whereabouts was captured by Xia Sheng by Wei Qiuyue in the battle of Guihua Lane and escorted to Weining Marquis' Mansion and handed over to Ning Zheng for custody.
As for the last three people, Xia Sheng had never found their whereabouts, but he never thought that they would appear on the bank of the Shuo River today!
Therefore, the "Your Highness" mentioned by the other party naturally refers to the current crown prince Zhao Hao.
But there is a problem here.
How did Kong Sen and Li Tianhu's identity as disciples of the Chunqiu Academy and the news of their departure from the Jinyuan Secret Realm reach Zhao Hao's ears in such a short time?
Xia Sheng always knew that the most powerful intelligence network in the Dajin Dynasty was created by Qin Jia Shantang.
But he always ignored that there are actually two forces, and the collection of intelligence is not much weaker than Shantang!
One of them is the house that is the most terrifying in Luoyang City, and is always emitting a scent of coldness and blood.
The house is located on Zhakou Street east of Luoyang City. On the stone tablet at the door, Emperor Gaozong personally mentioned nine big words:
All major events in the world cannot be judged!
The Judgment Office is the chief executive of the Dajin Dynasty to take charge of all criminal cases and has the right to arrest, trial and conviction. Whether it is targeted by ordinary people or practitioners, the importance of authority is rare in the world. The first Qin Nian is only obeying His Majesty the Emperor. From a certain perspective, he is really under one person and above tens of millions!
Therefore, in terms of the level of understanding of various worldly news, except for the Qin Family Shantang, perhaps the Judgment Office is the Prison Office.
Otherwise, how did Shantang intercept the spies of the demon clan in Dajin when he was searching for the raiders in advance by the people of the Judgment Office?
During this half year, the Judgment Office seemed much lower-key and quieter than before. Except for the time when the elite were released to capture and kill Huaian'an's murderer, the entire Judgment Office seemed dead.
Even when the Second Master of the Qin family died and when the Guihua Lane case broke out, the Judgment Office did not dispatch too many people to search.
Many people are speculating whether Huaian's death caused chaos within the Judgment Office.
In fact, this is just one aspect.
More importantly, the loss of the Mingsha Banner brought a very heavy blow to the Judgment Office.
Even Qin Nian, the head of the Judgment Department, has issued an announcement that whoever can recover the Mingsha Banner can be promoted to the new Flag Commander!
Therefore, during this period, anyone who covets the position of the palm flag is looking for the treasure that should have belonged to the Judgment Office all over the world.
Unfortunately, no one can get anything.
Among all these ambitious families, there is only one person. From the beginning, he did not regard the Mingsha Banner as his primary goal, but instead looked at it longer.
After all, to some extent, he is the person closest to the seat of the palm of the flag.
Yin Shizhen.
Because of Huaian's death and the reputation of Huaian's first confidant during his lifetime, Yin Shizhen has now been promoted to the deputy envoy of the ruling department, temporarily taking over Huaian's power.
But no one would have thought that at this time, he was neither in the judging Si Zhengya of Zhakou Street nor searching for the whereabouts of Mingsha Banner, nor even continuing to investigate the truth about Huaian's death, but quietly drinking tea leisurely in the elegant room of an unknown teahouse.
Yin Shizhen was not alone. A young man sat opposite him, wearing a purple robe with green patterns, covered with a milky white double-breasted jacket with bright silk face, and his black hair was combed neatly on the top of his head, and was placed in an exquisite white jade hair crown. A light green silk crown belt was hanging from both sides of the crown, and a flowing flower knot was tied to his forehead.
It’s none other than the crown prince of the dynasty who had met Xia Sheng outside the imperial study room of the palace, Zhao Hao!
So things became interesting.
How could two people with different identities and statuses have intersections?
It has to be said that the picture they were sitting and drinking tea looked quite strange, or very inconsistent with the rules. After all, the prince was just the prince. As long as he did not ascend the throne for a day, he would not be allowed to make private contact with the powerful figures of the Judgment Office. This is a taboo in the royal family!
But if you stand in Yin Shizhen's position, this scene will be easy to understand.
Because he wants to take the position of the Palm Flag Envoy, he needs the support of many forces.
Before this, he had made friends with Mo Yuan, the eldest son of the Mo family in Jiujiang County, and had formed a deep friendship with the other party.
In this way, at least in terms of money, Yin Shizhen could get strong support from the Mohist school at any time.
But that's not enough.
In the world of practitioners, money is not omnipotent.
If secular imperial power can be made their backer, then what is the difficulty of a small ruling to take charge of the position of the flag envoy?
After all, the Judgment Department was originally the minion of the Dajin royal family.
After many considerations, Yin Shizhen chose His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.
In order to show his sincerity and gain the other party's trust in the shortest time, Yin Shizhen brought a generous gift to the prince.
For example, the news about Kong Sen and Li Tianhu, as well as the whereabouts of Zheng Rong, Shen Hui, Zhou Bo and other teachers and students of the Chunqiu Academy.
Chapter completed!