Chapter 139: It’s not your turn to decide his fate (Script 9)
"Zi Che..."
A gray-haired old man, trembling on a cane, said in a hoarse voice, "The revival of the dragon vein is urgent. Today is the best time."
Dragon vein...revival?
Su Yanzhi's expression instantly became alert.
Fear gradually filled his heart, and he subconsciously looked in Xiao Ziche's direction: "What's going on?"
Xiao Ziche frowned slightly. He looked at the "uninvited guest" who had suddenly barged in, and said with an annoyance that he himself had not noticed: "I have told you many times that the dragon vein is just a legend. You can't believe in rumors..."
"No."
The old man looked at Su Yanzhi, and a gleam of light suddenly burst out from his cloudy eyes. He shouted loudly: "The previous dynasty fell because the dragon vein was cut off. We must use the blood of the new emperor to reactivate the dragon vein."
Su Yanzhi's expression was slightly stern.
The new emperor's blood...isn't it referring to him?
So Xiao Ziche went through so much trouble to help him get to the top, removed obstacles for him, and did so many things for him, but his ultimate goal was... to kill him?
The moment this thought flashed through his mind, a feeling of sadness suddenly surged in Su Yanzhi's heart.
During the time he'd been with Xiao Ziche, he had come to regard him as someone he could trust the most. Although Xiao Ziche claimed he wanted him to be a 'puppet', since he ascended the throne, he had never interfered with his actions, nor would he force him to do anything he didn't like...
Su Yanzhi originally thought that the two of them had been able to "open their hearts" to each other, but he didn't expect that he actually had the intention to kill him.
Thinking of this, Su Yanzhi smiled self-deprecatingly.
He should have known this long ago...
The relationship between him and Xiao Ziche was originally one of mutual benefit, and there was no deep affection between them, so how could there be any talk of "heart-to-heart communication"?
Su Yanzhi slowly placed his hands on his waist.
"I did."
Xiao Ziche looked at the paranoid old man, and a hint of impatience flashed across his handsome eyes: "It's not your turn to decide his life."
Su Yanzhi had already grasped the sword at his waist, but after hearing Xiao Ziche's words, he stopped.
……What's the meaning?
Isn’t Xiao Ziche in the same group as them?
The old man stared at Xiao Ziche intently, and spoke in a very paranoid tone: "Ziche, this is not a rumor, but a secret technique left by the founding emperor. The dragon vein is not yet extinguished. All we need to do is sacrifice the blood of the emperor of the new dynasty to the heavens, and we can awaken the dormant dragon energy and revive our dynasty..."
At this point, the old man's voice trembled with excitement, "Tomorrow is the right time and place. All we need to do is sacrifice the new emperor's blood to heaven..."
A cold light flashed in Xiao Ziche's eyes: "His life belongs to me."
The two men remained in a stalemate for three minutes.
A smiling voice broke the deadlock in the room.
"Master, I remember I told you a long time ago that Xiao Ziche is the most difficult chess piece to control. Now you should believe it, right?"
An elegant and refined young man slowly approached them, holding a beautiful folding fan in his hand, with the corners of his eyes slightly curved upwards, looking harmless.
...National Master?
Could it be that the old man in front of me is the imperial teacher of the previous dynasty?
Su Yanzhi blinked.
The current situation has exceeded his imagination.
"Ye Wuchen."
Xiao Ziche looked at the young man who suddenly appeared and said impatiently, "Are you done yet?"
Ye Wuchen?
Could it be the Grand Tutor of the previous dynasty?
After the fall of the previous dynasty, the late emperor sent many imperial guards to search for the "remnants of the previous dynasty". The former imperial teacher and the former grand teacher were the people that the late emperor focused on searching for. However, the two of them seemed to have disappeared out of thin air, and the imperial guards found nothing after searching for many years.
It turned out that they were hidden in the Regent's Palace by Xiao Ziche.
"Master, stop talking nonsense with them."
Ye Wuchen looked at Su Yanzhi not far away with satisfaction: "As long as we get the little emperor's blood, we can revive the dragon vein and revive our dynasty."
As soon as he finished speaking, Su Yanzhi felt dizzy.
Xiao Ziche keenly noticed something unusual: "...You dare to drug me?"
"As expected of the Regent."
Ye Wuchen curved his beautiful eyes and chuckled, "This is a drug I developed specifically for you some time ago..."
His voice fell into Xiao Ziche's ears, and Xiao Ziche felt annoyed.
"Don't worry, it's just a drug."
Ye Wuchen's eyes were like a venomous snake, and he swept coldly over Su Yanzhi lying on the ground: "There is no harm to your body."
Xiao Ziche wanted to say something to Ye Wuchen, but an overwhelming sense of sleepiness quickly swept over him.
His eyes gradually became blurred.
The last scene in his memory was Ye Wuchen slowly approaching Su Yanzhi and saying in a gentle voice, "When you wake up, everything will be settled."
…
Xiao Ziche woke up again at the altar.
He and Su Yanzhi were tied up with ropes.
"Let him go."
Xiao Ziche frowned fiercely.
He knew how determined these people from the previous dynasty were to "restore the country." If they couldn't be stopped in time, the consequences would be disastrous.
Ye Wuchen raised his eyebrows slightly when he heard this: "I'm sorry to have wronged the Regent for a while today. After the ceremony is over, I will naturally apologize to you in person."
"Su Yanzhi is innocent."
Xiao Ziche stared at Ye Wuchen fiercely, his voice stern: "He is only eighteen years old this year, still a child..."
At this moment, a dozen old men dressed in the clothes of the previous dynasty suddenly walked out from around the altar, and the one leading them was the imperial teacher of the previous dynasty.
He leaned on a coiled dragon cane, his steps unsteady, but his eyes were piercing. "Your Majesty, the Regent is mistaken. The Xin Dynasty has usurped our throne for twenty years. Now the dragon veins are sounding the alarm, and the world is suffering from a severe drought. Only by offering sacrifices with the blood of the Xin Dynasty's royal family can we appease the wrath of heaven and restore orthodoxy!"
Upon hearing this, Xiao Ziche sneered, "Ridiculous! The so-called dragon vein is nothing but a lie fabricated by someone with ulterior motives! The severe drought is a natural phenomenon, what does it have to do with the dragon vein?"
The former imperial preceptor calmly pulled a scroll of bamboo slips from his sleeve. He smiled and said, "Prince Regent, please read this. This is a prophecy left in an ancient book: 'When the dragon vein is severed, the country will change; when the blood sacrifice is performed, the destiny will return.'"
Having said that, he set his eyes on Su Yanzhi: "Now the first three sentences of the prophecy have been fulfilled, only the last step is left."
Xiao Ziche glanced at the bamboo slips and alarm bells rang in his heart.
They had obviously been planning this for a long time and even prepared this so-called "prophecy".
He must find a way to rescue Su Yanzhi as soon as possible, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable.
While no one was paying attention, Xiao Ziche slowly took out a dagger from his hands that were tied behind his back.
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