The person that Xu Jinhuan was thinking about was currently continuing to consume the Heavenly Power from Lei Tingjun.
Although Zhou Ziheng knew that the power in Lei Tingjun would slowly dissipate after half a year, he could not wait any longer. He wanted to get rid of Lei Tingjun as soon as possible and then go find Jinhuan.
When Zhou Ziheng found out that the Wu family intended to expose the affair between the crown prince and Concubine Rou, he guessed that they wanted to force the crown prince to rebel hastily, so he went along with it and helped them.
He also took the opportunity to let his people in the court recommend Lei Tingjun as the main general to suppress the rebels. Since he couldn't touch Lei Tingjun, there were naturally people who could do something to him.
Sure enough, Wu Daoyi and a group of ministers recommended the fourth prince, and in this way the two princes were assigned positions by the emperor.
Zhou Ziheng originally wanted to use the Fourth Prince's sword to consume as much of Lei Tingjun's strength as possible, but he did not expect that not long after the two armies started fighting, news of the Fourth Prince's death spread.
According to the spies at the front, the arrow was meant to hit Lei Tingjun, but for some reason it suddenly turned and pierced the fourth prince's breastplate.
The Fourth Prince not only wears armor made of fine iron, but also wears gold silk armor that Wu Daoyi specially bought from a martial artist. It is said that the gold silk armor is waterproof, fireproof, and invulnerable to swords and guns.
The Fourth Prince himself was extremely confident in the golden armor, so even though he was knocked back a few steps by the force of the arrow, he was not worried about getting hurt.
But the accident still happened.
He happened to retreat to the vicinity of Lei Tingjun, and the one fighting with Lei Tingjun was a poison expert whom the prince had hired at a high price.
When that person saw that he couldn't beat Lei Tingjun, he threw out his secret poison powder.
The Crown Prince has said that whoever can kill the Fourth Prince and the Fifth Prince in this melee will be rewarded with ten thousand taels of gold, and he will definitely take the money!
But at the moment when the poisonous powder was scattered, a gust of wind suddenly blew over, blowing all the poisonous powder onto the face of the Fourth Prince who was not far away...
Just like that, the unlucky Fourth Prince forgot to wear a mask despite taking all precautions, and ended his unfortunate life.
Zhou Ziheng was not very surprised. After investigating Lei Tingjun for so long, he already knew the speed at which bad luck spread to Lei Tingjun.
"It seems that we can speed up..." Zhou Ziheng muttered while tapping the table.
After Wu Daoyi learned the cause of his son's death from the assassin, he hated Lei Tingjun to the core. Unfortunately, Lei Tingjun's strange physique made the assassins he sent out return empty-handed.
But Wu Daoyi was not someone who would give up easily. He quickly contacted Roupin in the rebel army and told her about Lei Tingjun and the incident that had happened to her family.
After Roupin's pillow talk, the rebels doubled the bounty for Lei Tingjun. A big reward will always attract brave men, so in every battle, Lei Tingjun is always surrounded by dense rebels.
Even though Lei Tingjun possessed the power of Heaven, he could not withstand such intensive consumption. Soon, the wounds on his body increased, but none of them were fatal.
This has already surprised Zhou Ziheng a lot. According to this consumption rate, Lei Tingjun will definitely die in his hands within half a month.
Therefore, after the death of the Fourth Prince in the capital, the old emperor not only had to quell the Crown Prince's rebellion, but also had to deal with the civil strife in the court. His already poor health soon showed signs of fatigue.
He hurriedly said, "Let the Sixth Prince be the regent, and Prime Minister Wu assist him," and then fainted.
It was this sentence that made the Sixth Prince, who had been wandering outside the court, become a favorite among all the ministers.
Lei Tingjun certainly would not allow anyone to touch his things, so he fought against the rebels while battling the Sixth Prince.
Lei Tingjun originally thought it would be easy to get rid of the Sixth Prince, that idiot. However, he didn't expect that there seemed to be a master standing behind the Sixth Prince. Every time he came up with a move, that person would quickly crack it.
This also made it increasingly difficult for him to multitask, he suffered more and more injuries on the battlefield, and the strength in his body was consumed at a very fast rate.
"Sir, thank you for helping me, otherwise I would not be able to defeat the fifth brother. Sir, is there anything you want? Just tell me, and I will satisfy you."
After the Sixth Prince finished speaking, he bowed respectfully to Zhou Ziheng.
After Zhou Ziheng drank a sip of tea, he said in a gentle tone: "Sixth Prince, I am sorry for what you said. I am helping you only because I don't want to be controlled by evil people. I don't ask for anything else."
Having said that, what he was thinking in his heart was, of course he didn't ask for anything else, he was just lending her this seat for a while, and when she came back from having fun, he would clear away all obstacles and help her get to the top.
But the Sixth Prince had no idea what Zhou Ziheng was thinking at the moment. He only thought that he had really met the famous scholar in the book who was indifferent to fame and fortune, and a hint of satisfaction flashed in his eyes.
It's good to be indifferent to fame and fortune. I just hope that after I ascend to the throne, this person will not forget his original intention and I can give him a position. Otherwise...
Zhou Ziheng naturally saw the calculation in the Sixth Prince's eyes. He lowered his eyes to conceal the expression in his eyes. It was no wonder that the Sixth Prince's older brothers didn't want to play with him.
With this qualification, if some of them had not rebelled, died, or become eunuchs, the old emperor would probably not want to let the Sixth Prince be regent.
"Sir, what should we do next? Should we continue to target Lei Tingjun? But didn't the imperial physician say that he has become a eunuch? Why do you have to kill him?" asked the stupid Sixth Prince.
Zhou Ziheng chuckled and said, "Sixth Prince, you may have heard about what happened before the Fourth Prince died?"
The Sixth Prince was stunned when he heard this. Wasn't this talking about Lei Tingjun? Why was his dead fourth brother being brought up again?
But now he still needed this aide, so he couldn't act like a prince and replied obediently.
"I only heard that Fourth Brother was poisoned to death by the Crown Prince, bah, by the rebel leader."
Zhou Ziheng looked at the Sixth Prince speechlessly. This guy really hasn't developed any power at all over the years, and all the news he got was hearsay.
"I heard that the arrows shot at the Fifth Prince on the battlefield suddenly turned and hit the Fourth Prince for some reason, and the poison master who threw the poison powder originally targeted the Fifth Prince."
Zhou Ziheng paused here and continued to guide: "If these things were processed and spread to the people, and then passed on by word of mouth, do you think Lei Tingjun is the true dragon emperor?"
Although the Sixth Prince was a little stupid, how could he not understand what Zhou Ziheng had said so clearly, so he asked anxiously.
"Sir, what should we do? Is God really helping Lei Tingjun?"
Zhou Ziheng smiled and shook his head, "Don't panic. Right now, the one who wants Lei Tingjun to die the most is not us, but Prime Minister Wu. Sixth Prince, you just need to follow Prime Minister Wu and add fuel to the fire."
Just like that, the Sixth Prince and Wu Daoyi briefly joined forces to deal with Lei Tingjun together, which made the already irritable Lei Tingjun extremely annoyed.
The power in him was becoming weaker and weaker.
"It's almost there..." Zhou Ziheng murmured, looking towards the north.
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