kvmb Chapter 491 Game within a game
Chapter 491 Game within a game
The officials had many complaints about the Northern Qi emperor's arrangements.
The wise king is still carrying legal troubles.
The Northern Qi emperor, however, ordered the virtuous prince to investigate the case.
They know perfectly well what they're thinking.
However, the Northern Qi emperor miscalculated.
Even if the wise king solves the case, he cannot regain the hearts of his subjects.
The wise prince received the imperial decree and, accompanied by the imperial guards assigned to him by the Northern Qi emperor, went to Lord Wang's residence.
The entire household, over a hundred people, were killed overnight.
The wise prince stood at the entrance of the Wang residence.
The bodies of men, women, and children lay scattered on the ground inside the mansion.
Bright red blood stained the blue brick floor.
This horrific scene deeply affected the wise king.
His face turned pale.
The commander of the Imperial Guards was already used to the situation inside the mansion.
Seeing that the Prince Xian was standing motionless at the door, he asked, "Your Highness, what are your orders?"
The wise king shook his head, calmed his discomfort, and ordered, "Go in and search."
"Your subordinate obeys." The commander of the Imperial Guards led his men inside to search.
The stench of blood in the mansion was so strong that even when the Prince Xian stood at the door, he could still smell a trace of blood, making his stomach churn and feel like vomiting.
The wise king stepped back a few paces and stood at the bottom of the steps waiting for the imperial guards.
After an unknown amount of time, someone suddenly shouted, "Your Highness, I have found a clue!"
The wise prince looked up into the mansion and saw the imperial guards walking quickly toward him.
"Your Highness, your subordinate has discovered two more bodies of the murderer inside the manor." The imperial guard handed a token to the Prince: "This token was found on the murderer's body."
The wise king took the token, examined it carefully, but couldn't figure out what it meant.
At this moment, the commander of the Imperial Guards walked over.
The wise prince handed it over, asking, "Do you recognize this token?"
The commander of the Imperial Guards' expression changed immediately when he saw the totem on the front of the token, which resembled a sea of clouds supporting a rising sun.
"Your Highness, this is a totem personally drawn by the former emperor for the former crown prince." The commander of the Imperial Guards pointed to the rising sun on the token: "Because the former crown prince's name contains the character 'Chang,' which means the eternal sun, this rising sun symbolizes the former crown prince's identity."
"So, it was the remnants of the previous dynasty who slaughtered Lord Wang's entire family?" The wise prince asked gravely. "Why did they do this? Could it be revenge for Lord Wang's betrayal?"
The commander of the Imperial Guards said in a deep voice, "Lord Wang is not the only courtier who has supported the new emperor. Does the remnant of the previous dynasty intend to kill all the ministers of the old dynasty?"
The wise king was about to speak.
Another group of imperial guards rode up and reported to him: "Your Highness, we have found clues about the murderer and followed them to the murderer's hideout, which is located in an abandoned old house a few dozen miles away from the National Temple."
The wise king immediately ordered, "You will all come with me to hunt down the murderer."
The group rode swiftly to the hideout where the murderer was being held.
The wise king reined in his horse and looked at an abandoned old house not far away.
The emperor of Northern Qi summoned him before the morning court session.
Tell him about the plan.
It turned out that the Northern Qi emperor planned to exterminate the entire Wang family in two days and frame the remnants of the previous dynasty.
Last night, the Emperor of Northern Qi received some news.
The secret guards who have been investigating the remnants of the previous dynasty have already found out about them.
Because remnants of the previous dynasty instigated a popular uprising, some clues were left behind.
Following these clues, the secret guards located their hideout.
The Northern Qi emperor immediately dispatched additional troops to wipe out the remnants of the previous dynasty.
At the same time, the Northern Qi emperor exterminated the entire Wang family and deliberately left behind a token symbolizing the identity of the former crown prince, confirming the crime of the former dynasty's remnants in wiping out the Wang family.
Afterwards, the Northern Qi emperor arranged for some death row inmates to impersonate remnants of the previous dynasty and hide in this old house.
After all, Zhao Yi had once found the private seal of the former crown prince and traces of their life in the cave at the foot of Guosi Mountain.
Nowadays, the remnants of the previous dynasty are hiding in an old house dozens of miles away from the national temple, which would not arouse suspicion.
At that time, he followed the 'clues' to find the old house, killed the death row inmates hiding there, and claimed to the outside world that he had wiped out the remnants of the previous dynasty.
When the secret guards returned with the head of the former crown prince.
He then took the head of the former crown prince to report back.
The wise king composed himself, dismounted, and led the imperial guards into the mansion.
Suddenly, he stopped, sniffed, and smelled a bloody odor.
The imperial guards behind him also sensed something was wrong, drew their long swords from their waists, and kicked open the tightly closed door.
Several bound death row inmates lay in pools of blood.
The Imperial Guards' expressions changed drastically: "Protect His Highness—"