Changsheng: Peak at the Beginning

Chapter 1484: Legend of the Hidden Sea 4

Originally, Zang Hai hoped that during the period of rest and renovation of the imperial mausoleum, he might have the honor of meeting Prince Qinghe, but Prince Qinghe had not shown up for more than two months. However, it seemed that he had no shortage of people to do the work. Every time he came to check the accounts and progress, the person was different, but it seemed that each of them was more useful than the staff of Pingjin Marquis' Mansion.

With the intervention of the Qinghe Palace, even if Zhuang Luyin, under the instigation of Yang Zhen and Chu Huaiming, wanted to take the opportunity to have Zang Hai and other craftsmen buried alive, he did not dare to act rashly.

Zhuang Luyin himself knew very well that although he seemed to have no connection with the Qinghe Palace on the surface, the Qinghe Palace took in those soldiers who retreated from the battlefield, and the Qinghe Prince had many supporters of military generals. Even the fact that Zhuang Zhifu's previous corruption did not implicate the Pingjin Marquis' Mansion was the result of Emperor Zhenshun's leniency for the sake of the Qinghe Prince's face.

Therefore, Zhuang Luyin really did not dare to deceive King Qinghe, which also gave the craftsmen led by Zang Hai a glimmer of hope.

No one in the court would care about the life or death of a few craftsmen unless they could make a profit from it.

In his early years, Xiao Jinyue could not stand the empress dowager squeezing the people's wealth, and now he was too lazy to go out to welcome her coffin, and by the way, he also missed the scene where the civil and military officials opened the tomb for the late emperor.

Xiao Jinyue was a woman after all, and she didn't even have the qualifications to go to the imperial mausoleum to pay homage. In previous years, she went to the Taimiao with the support of Emperor Zhenshun, who allowed her to attend in the name of an angel. Today, Emperor Zhenshun did not issue a special decree, so of course she didn't have to go to the imperial mausoleum.

Emperor Zhenshun himself stayed in the palace to pray for the late emperor, using the excuse of being too sad and unwell, and did not come.

During these three months, Zang Hai thought of many ways to bring his father Kuai Duo's former subordinate Ji Qun and other craftsmen back alive, but he did not expect that no matter how hard he tried, he could not defeat the King of Qinghe who never showed up from beginning to end.

All the craftsmen did not have to be buried alive with the emperor. Instead, Yang Zhen and Chu Huaiming worked together to finish off the whole incident. The imperial mausoleum was leaking water because the late emperor needed Yang Zhen, a person with a compatible horoscope, to be buried alive with the emperor. However, Chu Huaiming, the Imperial Astronomical Observatory, concealed the horoscope of Yang Zhen due to private substitutions, and almost misled many ministers of the court. He had to pay the price for this.

Zang Hai has tried to survive in extreme situations many times. Originally, Zhuang Luyin would not tolerate such a dangerous person. But now that his eldest son has been deposed, he still cannot directly promote his second son Zhuang Zhixing to the position of the crown prince for the sake of Jiang Xiang's face. A smart man like Zang Hai will undoubtedly be a good escort for the Pingjin Marquis' Mansion.

Times have changed, and Pingjin Hou no longer has the glory he had ten years ago when he defeated Dongxia and returned triumphantly with his army.

That night, Zang Hai went to see Master Gao Ming again and explained his plans to take a further step in front of Pingjin Hou.

Gao Ming saw that Zang Hai was somewhat out of control, so he quickly reminded him, "If you want revenge, I have no reason to stop you, but if you are not absolutely sure that you can escape unscathed, don't easily have the intention to kill. Zhuang Luyin is a general who has fought in wars of all sizes, and he is more sensitive to murderous intent than people like you and me."

"And if you fail to hit him with one strike, all that awaits you is your death."

Zang Hai finally spoke after a while: "Master Gao Ming, don't worry, I will be careful and cautious."

Gao Ming couldn't tell whether Zang Hai had really listened to him or whether he had not given up on assassinating Zhuang Luyin. Seeing that Zang Hai didn't want to continue the topic, Gao Ming could only talk about something else: "You said before that you wanted to follow the path of King Qinghe. Now that you have the opportunity to get close to King Qinghe's men, you didn't do anything?"

When Zang Hai heard this, his gloomy face suddenly brightened up like the sky after a rainy day. "I have also asked about the Queen of Qinghe, but I heard that she was spoiled and difficult to be a minister, and she was greedy and competed with the people for profit. But I have been repairing the imperial mausoleum for three months, and just by looking at the people under the Queen of Qinghe, I know that she is definitely not as bad as the rumors say."

Gao Ming sighed in his heart, feeling sorry for Cang Hai. If his family had not suffered that disaster back then, he might have been able to inherit the family business and take over his father's position. He would have been more likely to gain the favor of King Qinghe. After all, King Qinghe was a princess, and Cang Hai was not bad-looking and capable.

However, Gao Ming had not yet realized that Zang Hai would use Prince Qinghe to test him. He felt sorry for his little disciple and told him the secret about Prince Qinghe that no one else knew: "Prince Qinghe was only the eldest daughter of the royal family back then. Before she was canonized, she dared to pick up a chessboard and kill the first prince of Linzi. Do you think she is a good person?"

Zang Hai was horrified and almost couldn't hold back his expression. However, Gao Ming noticed that he looked different and didn't doubt it. Instead, he smiled and said, "You also find it incredible, right? Princess Qinghe is not an ordinary princess. She is also the only child of the emperor. There are countless people who want to follow her path."

"However, Queen Qinghe always follows her heart and hates being deceived the most. Even if you are standing in front of her, if you can't confess everything at the first time, there will be endless troubles."

Zang Hai had already sorted out his thoughts and expressions, and smiled flatteringly: "Master Gao Ming, I didn't expect that you and my benefactor are so well-informed that you even know the news of His Royal Highness Prince Qinghe. Why don't you think of a way to let me attend the banquet at the Qinghe Palace? As long as I can be remembered by His Royal Highness Prince Qinghe, I may be able to escape unscathed even if I kill Zhuang Luyin directly."

Gao Ming was also somewhat alert at this moment, deeply hating himself for saying the wrong thing. He carefully observed Zang Hai's expression and saw that he did not seem to have any doubts and even automatically made up for him a lot. So he pretended to be annoyed as usual and lightly scolded: "You think we are gods!"

"We can get some information about the Queen of Qinghe, but how can a person like her allow others to take advantage of her power?"

"Let's not talk about the fact that I don't have a way for you to get in touch with King Qinghe. Just talking about the price you have to pay, can you afford it?"

"Zang Hai, there is little hope for King Qinghe. We should focus on the present first."

Cang Hai understood the truth, but he felt that he had some face in front of the boss of Zhenlou Xiang An Tu, and perhaps he could use Zhenlou's power to find a way to climb up to the Qinghe Palace.

After Zang Hai left, Gao Ming thought it over again and again, and finally did not explain his mistake today to the masked man, nor did he mention Zang Hai's interest in Qinghe Palace. He only reported that Zang Hai was a little anxious for revenge because he had had several more contacts with Pingjin Marquis.

Xiao Jinyue was not interested in Dongxia Proton Xiang Antu, but Xiang Antu had seen many of her great deeds and admired her very much. She had always wanted to get in touch with her, but she never gave Xiang Antu this opportunity.

She was well aware of Xiang An Tu's actions and knew that the other party must be looking for the Gui Xi. After all, this thing was the sacred object of the Dongxia Kingdom. The previous emperor was defeated by Dongxia because of this Gui Xi that created the Yin soldiers and led to the defeat of Dayong.

Xiao Jinyue had also seen the real thing and felt that it was full of yin energy and a little familiar. However, since this world did not have much spiritual energy and could not support any magic, she was not interested in it. She just warned Emperor Zhenshun that this thing had too much yin energy and long-term contact would damage his qi, blood, and essence, and hinder his lifespan.