"What kind of son is this?"
Chu Yu was still holding the box in his hand, and he didn't even raise his eyelids. "Grand Minister of Agriculture, please forgive me."
"The prince has been hiding from me for more than ten years. It's really hard to find him." Cao Mingyuan didn't care about his words at all and continued to talk to himself, "But it's also thanks to the prince that we were able to discover the meteorite."
More than 20 years ago.
The Prince of Qi, the second son of the late emperor, was accused of treason by the current emperor and died unjustly. All his family members and subordinates were also executed.
Cao Mingyuan's family was among them.
His father, a close confidant of the King of Qi, was executed along with his entire clan, and he watched helplessly as all his relatives died before his eyes.
At that time, Cao Mingyuan was still a young man who had just passed the age of twenty. He was rescued by the loyal old subordinates of the King of Qi and escaped with the King of Qi's eight-year-old legitimate son.
They are like rats crossing the street, hiding here and there.
Finally, he used a trick to escape, bought a child who was about the same age and had a similar body shape to the prince, and escaped by taking advantage of a fire.
The eight-year-old prince witnessed the child die in the fire with his own eyes. He was trembling all over and questioned why they killed innocent people.
But no answer was received.
Cao Mingyuan only wanted revenge, his heart and eyes were filled with hatred, so how could he care about the life of a mere civilian.
It was the parents who sold the child to them just for a few taels of silver. In his opinion, it was not him who took the child's life, but the child's biological parents.
Cao Mingyuan didn't take it seriously at all, and even felt that the child deserved to die.
Because His Majesty learned that the only descendant of the King of Qi had died, the worries were gone, and the pursuit of the King of Qi's old subordinates gradually weakened over time. Later, the people who were chasing them were no longer seen.
At that time, they knew it was time to implement their revenge plan.
But if they want to overthrow the world, they alone are not enough.
The former subordinates of King Qi began to contact other old people privately and founded the Shifang Sect to expand their own strength.
If you want revenge, there is no better way than to become an official.
For this purpose, Cao Mingyuan did not hesitate to destroy his own appearance and disguise himself as another person. After the change of appearance, he spent a large sum of money as a member of the Cao family and was assigned as a middle-rank official.
The high-quality products were too conspicuous, so they initially had no choice but to keep a low profile.
As for the Zaichuan Cao family of Qingzhou, they were a prominent local family that had received favors from the King of Qi in their early years. After being coerced and lured by them, they were afraid that revealing what happened in the past would lead to the extermination of their clan, so they had to join them and arrange new identities for them.
But Cao Mingyuan still felt unsafe, so he planned to kill the direct descendants of the Cao family and successfully take control of the family.
As long as the prince is still here, there is hope.
Once something happens, there is no way back.
Have to be cautious.
They had been fleeing in a panic for a long time, and during those days of escape, they were always pursued by soldiers. The group became increasingly suspicious, and everyone they dealt with on a daily basis seemed to them to be a lackey of the court.
In order to avoid exposing their identities, they killed many people under the pretext of worrying about the prince's safety.
Including some followers who they consider untrustworthy.
Unexpectedly.
The prince they were talking about had grown up and was extremely intelligent. "I am just a chess piece in your hands."
Cao Mingyuan initially didn't take it seriously. "How could you say that, Your Highness? After this is accomplished, the world will belong to Your Highness. Your subordinates and I are solely dedicated to redressing the injustice for you, and we have absolutely no second thoughts!"
That's true, at that time he just wanted revenge.
Cao Mingyuan entered the officialdom with a new identity, and with the help of the old subordinates of King Qi and the Cao family's full resources, his official career went extremely smoothly. He was about to be promoted to a Beijing official and step into the power center of Kyoto.
He was busy with government affairs and had no time to care about the concerns of a young man.
Young Chu Yu did not refute when he heard this and let these people manipulate him. He was very smart and watched coldly as he was gradually blinded by power.
Initially, Chu Yu also wanted to avenge his parents, but when he saw so many people die because of him, he gradually developed a feeling of disgust.
Does revenge necessarily mean the loss of lives?
He could not find relief even if he took revenge after stepping on the corpses of so many people.
He was waiting for an opportunity, an opportunity to escape from the control of these people.
The opportunity will come soon.
Cao Mingyuan's career was flourishing, and he was promoted and transferred to Kyoto. In order to avoid the exposure of his identity as the crown prince, it was impossible for him to take anyone with him. The rest of the old subordinates of King Qi were busy developing their power in secret, and gradually ignored the young man Chu Yu who was hidden in their villa.
Chu Yu secretly arranged all the escape routes, hid it from everyone, and left in a cool manner.
It is conceivable that when the old subordinates of the King of Qi discovered that the Crown Prince was missing, they were all in a panic.
They were wary of everyone except their own young master. The prince had unknowingly created a rift between them and sneaked away when they weren't paying attention!
It's so dangerous out there. What if someone recognizes me and reveals my identity?
The safety of the prince is related to the great things they are planning. Without the prince, what is the point of everything they do!
A plan that should have been implemented ten years ago was forced to stop.
All the religions in the world are helping to find him.
But the person seemed to have disappeared from the face of the earth and could not be found anywhere.
Until the 24th year of Tianyuan.
Cao Mingyuan has been promoted to the Grand Minister of Agriculture. He received news that there was a counselor beside the King of Changsha in Jingzhou, who seemed to be the crown prince.
No wonder they couldn’t find the person. It turned out that he was hiding in the fiefdom of the vassal king.
Cao Mingyuan immediately sent people to Jingzhou, but unexpectedly discovered that a meteorite had fallen...
The people sent out soon discovered that those who touched the meteorite turned into man-eating monsters.
It was such an unexpected turn of events that I found a great treasure!
With this meteorite, it would be easy to overthrow the world.
But Cao Mingyuan knew that once the prince learned the secret of the meteorite, he would definitely obstruct it.
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