Chapter 13 Wishful Thinking
At this time, the Third Prince and the Fourth Prince were standing on the bank of the long river of time. The air was filled with a large amount of water vapor condensed from time. It was difficult for the two to stand here with their cultivation levels.
The two of them walked upstream together. The river of time was vast and each drop of water represented a period of time in a certain area. It was a pipe dream to find a specific drop of water in the river of time. Fortunately, they were in Qingcheng. The geographical blessing reduced the difficulty of finding water drops. Finally, they located a drop of water from ten days ago and saw that Chief Jiang and City Lord Zeng conspired to send people to destroy the time and space node under the cover of night.
The two men went upstream again and found the drop of time where Jiang Yixing had sacrificed the child's blood. However, their magic power was limited, so they could only see things that happened three years ago. It was difficult to see what happened before that.
During these three years, Jiang Yixing sacrificed blood of children every year, from the late Nascent Soul stage to the peak of Nascent Soul stage. The piles of corpses beside the altar spoke volumes.
It is already very clear that Jiang Yixing was practicing the magic way. After the incident, Chief Jiang and City Lord Zeng teamed up to cover up the evidence.
From the moment they entered the long river of time, the time in the outside world was frozen for the two of them. Therefore, in the eyes of everyone, the two princes disappeared and reappeared immediately, without even a breath of interval.
"I have already investigated the matter. Jiang Yixing did not practice magic, and City Lord Zeng did not destroy the evidence. Are you two satisfied with this conclusion?" The third prince stood in the air, looking down at Jiang Li and Yuan Wuxing. The fourth prince stood aside, silent.
As a supervisor, keeping silent means agreeing with what the third prince said.
As soon as the Third Prince said this, Chief Jiang and the others knew that the matter was settled, and they began to think about how to take revenge on Jiang Li and Yuan Wuxing. These two people almost put them in danger of death, and if they didn't torture them severely and then kill them, they would not be able to get rid of the hatred in their hearts!
Jiang Li pointed at the slightly trembling black-robed man in a relaxed tone and said, "It doesn't matter whether the two of us are satisfied, but I'm afraid this brother doesn't agree with the result you gave."
Seeing that the man in black robe showed signs of anger, Yuan Wuxing quickly hid behind Jiang Li.
It's not shameful to hug someone's thigh.
"You two disgraceful fellows, get off my feet right now!"
The grand and domineering aura centered on the man in black robe, sweeping in all directions. There were many spiritual masters present, but it was impossible to tell the depth of the owner of this aura.
A familiar voice rang in the ears of the two princes, like a bolt of thunder out of the blue, frightening them so much that they almost fell to the ground without controlling the spiritual energy in their bodies.
Fortunately, both of them reacted quickly and landed in front of the man in black robe, kneeling on the ground neatly.
"Your son pays respect to His Majesty, Father."
Zhou Huang Jizhi lifted her hood with a sneer: "So you still have me, your father, in your eyes."
Seeing this, everyone immediately knelt down and shouted "Long live the emperor". Yuan Wuxing hesitated for a moment and also knelt down.
The kneeling Jiang clan leader and the others were trembling with fear, their backs were cold. Why was His Majesty here? Why was he standing on Zhang Li's side? Why was his tone so unfriendly? All signs showed that things were developing in a direction that was not favorable to them.
Apart from Princess Zhou, Jiang Li was the only one still standing in the room. Everyone was confused, but no one dared to speak. The Third Prince felt guilty, so he wanted to take the initiative and divert Emperor Zhou's attention.
"How dare you, Zhang Li, not kneel before your father!"
"Shut up! Isn't this embarrassing enough?" Princess Zhou yelled. The Third Prince was so scared that he dared not speak. He turned around and said to everyone, "Stand up."
"Let me ask you, what exactly have you seen in the long river of time?" Princess Zhou asked.
The Third Prince hesitated and said nothing. The Fourth Prince was less afraid and replied, "Father, there are too many people here. Can you let me go back and report to you later?"
"There's nothing shameful to say. Just say it here, in front of everyone. I don't remember teaching you to be so secretive every day!"
The fourth prince hesitated for a moment, then said, "My third brother and I saw Jiang Yixing sacrifice children to practice magic. Clan leader Jiang and City Lord Zeng colluded to cover up the evidence."
"Why are you lying? Do you know that once you let Jiang Yixing go, these two people will be trapped in endless revenge, and by then there might not even be corpses left?" Princess Zhou pointed at Yuan Wuxing who was kneeling on the ground and Jiang Li who was watching the show, assuming that Jiang Li was really only in the Nascent Soul stage.
"I am worried that this matter will involve Emperor Jiang, which will be detrimental to the country and Emperor Jiang. For the sake of the overall situation, I chose to conceal it."
"You are so considerate of the overall situation, but you don't know that Si'er's overall view has surpassed mine." Princess Zhou sneered, "Tell me, what kind of overall view made you do something that harms the fate of the country?"
The fourth prince told all that he knew and speculated.
"The Emperor practices the magic way, and you have come up with this? Your imagination of Emperor Jiang's behavior is totally different from the facts."
The fourth prince was also desperate, saying something he would never dare to say normally: "Father, how can you be sure that Emperor Jiang Ren has not practiced magic?"
The Third Prince knew that he had no chance of becoming the Emperor after he had lied about the time travel. He also said, "Jiang Yixing is the cousin of the Human Emperor. Without the Human Emperor's permission, how dare he practice the magic way?"
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"How can I be sure? Just because Emperor Jiang personally arrested Jiang Yixing and sent him to us for trial!" Princess Zhou was so angry at the remarks of her two stupid sons that she laughed.
It was obvious that the truth would be revealed if they just asked him, but the two stupid sons insisted on making rash decisions in an area they were not familiar with.
"Emperor Jiang Ren believes that the Great Zhou is a country ruled by law, and any crime will be brought to justice. But what have you done? You deceived your superiors, formed cliques, and did everything you could to cover up Jiang Yixing's affair. Do you know that Emperor Jiang Ren has watched our Great Zhou's monkey show for ten days?"
The last words of Princess Zhou were almost shouted out, and the magical beast Xiezhi, which was the condensation of the country's destiny, was looming and roaring silently. The third and fourth princes had never seen their father so angry.
Wait, Jiang Renhuang arrested Jiang Yixing?
Everyone suddenly realized that Emperor Zhou's words seemed to contain a lot of information.
"Brother Ji, calm down. What happened in the past few days is worth reflecting on. I didn't treat it as a joke. If the person who applied for time travel was not me, but an ordinary person, how could I be treated like this? Brother Ji, there is still a long way to go in governing the country by law." Jiang Li sighed.
He revealed his true face, and immediately there were exclamations of surprise.
People only feared Princess Zhou Huang, but respected Jiang Li, the Human Emperor.
The people of Qingcheng are very familiar with this face. As soon as you enter the city, you can see a bronze statue of this face.
The third prince just stood there in a daze, all his words of refutation to his father gone like water.
It was impossible for Yuan Wuxing to find Jiang Yixing with his ability. Jiang Li caught Jiang Yixing and sent him to the government. This fact itself shows that Jiang Li had no idea about this before and had never practiced magic.
It turns out that helping Emperor Jiang keep the secret was just wishful thinking on my part.
(End of this chapter)