Chapter 358 Big Secret
Now, Shen Xuanzhi finally understood the real reason why Huo Li suddenly poisoned Lin Pianran. The trigger was actually Prince Duan.
Otherwise, why would Huo Li and Lin Pianran suddenly attack each other when they had no hatred or grudges against each other and no intersection?
Shen Xuanzhi continued to interrogate, "Then Bai Wuji and several generals in the army were poisoned recently. Was it you who developed the poison?"
Huo Li hesitated for a moment, then spoke up, "Prince Duan took a lot of poison from me. As for who he used it on in the end, I don't know."
"But the poison in Bai Wuji's body can be confirmed to be the work of Prince Duan. After Bai Wuji was cured by Baili Qingyun, Prince Duan came to me and got very angry."
"He even said my most powerful new poison was just this powerful, and it was so easily detoxified. He said I was more of a hindrance than a help. We even had a heated argument about this."
"So, in order to prevent Baili Qingyun from ruining my plans again, I had no choice but to order my maid to bribe a killer organization to secretly kill Baili Qingyun."
So that's how it all makes sense.
Shen Xuanzhi had not expected that Prince Duan was so cruel that he actually tried to control those soldiers guarding the pass who were unwilling to submit, as well as the heroes in the army, with poison. As for the soldiers who were unwilling to surrender, he directly used poison to assassinate them to eliminate future troubles.
This Prince Duan is so despicable and deserves to be put to death.
It is a huge joke that such a person dares to covet the throne.
How can such a villain who disregards human lives in order to fight for power govern the country wholeheartedly?
He was just trying to satisfy his own selfish desire for power.
This kind of person is selfish. He has no family affection and will not love his relatives; he has no love and will not love any woman; he has no great love and will not manage the country with heart and treat the people well.
This kind of person only has himself in his heart.
Shen Xuanzhi asked solemnly, "What other important secrets does Prince Duan have? Only if you reveal something important can you save the lives of those relatives in Prince Jing's mansion."
Huo Li pondered for a moment and continued, "I've discovered that Prince Zhao is extremely fond of and supportive of his nephew, Prince Duan. He even ordered his two most trusted sons, Huo Mao and Huo Duan, to obey Prince Duan's orders."
The Prince's Mansion also found some clues about this, but the evidence was not much. After all, their private contacts were extremely secretive and it was difficult for ordinary people to detect them.
It seems that this point needs to be carefully examined again.
Then Huo Li dropped another bombshell.
"Once, I heard from a close confidant of Prince Duan that there was a secret passage between Prince Duan's mansion and Prince Zhao's mansion. They all traveled through the secret passage, and no one would discover their private collusion."
"Secret passage?" Shen Xuanzhi's teeth rolled lightly over the word, almost breaking his silver teeth, and there was some barely perceptible gnashing of teeth in his tone.
Today, Prince Zhao's mansion is as well-defended as an iron wall.
Many places in Prince Zhao's Mansion had been explored by the Black Cloud Guards. The only place they had no chance to explore was the strange courtyard of Princess Zhao.
It is also the place where the most secrets are concentrated in Prince Zhao's palace.
Perhaps by uncovering the secret of that courtyard, we can uncover the unknown secret between Prince Zhao's Mansion and Prince Duan's Mansion.
It may also be because there is a huge secret hidden in Princess Zhao's courtyard, so the defense there has always been tight, and now even a mosquito cannot fly in.
Even the young master Huo Qing could not find out the secret inside, so you can imagine how tight the defense there is.
It seems that from now on, the Prince Zhao's Mansion will have to be closely monitored.
However, if you think about it more carefully, if there is a secret passage, it will be difficult to discover their tricks even if more people are sent to monitor.
Shen Xuanzhi's eyes turned several times. It seemed that he could only place his hope on King Zhao.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has already captured the Prince of Zhao and brought him to the Crown Prince's Mansion. I'm afraid he's currently being thoroughly investigated and interrogated!
Thinking of this, a strange smile appeared on Shen Xuanzhi's face.
*****
Inside the secret cell of the Prince's Mansion.
At this time, King Zhao was also suffering severe punishment.
Inside the cell, waves of extremely shrill wails continued to emanate, echoing throughout the dungeon...
At this moment, King Zhao couldn't figure out who was this person? Who had such extraordinary means? How could they have easily robbed him from the heavily guarded King Zhao's palace?
So far, he had only seen three extremely strong guards. Since he was caught and thrown into this cell, they had been torturing him with various punishments without saying a word, taking turns.
This torture has lasted for more than an hour, but the other party still has no intention of stopping.
King Zhao felt severe pain all over his body, but he could only grit his teeth and endure it.
Whip wounds, burns, stab wounds, bite wounds...all kinds of wounds crisscrossed each other, and blood was gushing everywhere.
King Zhao felt that he was almost dying, but he was also very curious about who this powerful prince was and who had the guts to kidnap him.
He was so bold as to resort to lynching against his great prince. Even if he died, he hoped to be a clear-headed ghost and would never die in such an unclear way.
He really wanted to know who his enemy was.
Finally, after enduring another half an hour, King Zhao finally heard footsteps coming from far away outside the cell.
The footsteps were steady and powerful, and one could tell it was a warrior.
Hearing the sound, King Zhao suddenly perked up. He opened his scarlet eyes and stared at the door of the cell.
When a pair of black deerskin boots embroidered with intricate patterns slowly stepped in, King Zhao knew that the other party was definitely a person of extraordinary status.
At this time, a clear and low voice sounded.
"Uncle Emperor, are you all right?"
This voice was like a bolt from the blue, exploding in King Zhao's ears, making his ears buzz and his thoughts become confused for a moment.
He thought of several candidates in his mind, but none of them expected it to be Crown Prince Huo Yuchen.
I heard that the prince's health has improved slightly compared to before, but the two times I saw him recently, he was still extremely weak.
Is all this fake?
Did he completely deceive the world?
When this thought came to his mind, King Zhao broke out in a cold sweat.
It turns out...it turns out that the Crown Prince, whom they least cared about and felt was the least threatening, was the most cunning prince who was pretending to be a pig and eating the tiger.
"Your Highness asked the Emperor's uncle to come here, why exactly?"
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