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North Palace.

Fengyunyuan.

Fengyun Courtyard, where Lu Chen lives, is the largest courtyard in the North Palace. Lu Chen had people transform a piece of land in the courtyard into a small paddy field these days.

Then some spiritual rice was planted inside.

Seeing Lu Chen walking around and looking around the small paddy field, Mu Zixuan curiously came to Lu Chen and asked, "My lord, what are you planting here?"

Lu Chen replied: "A kind of rice."

Hearing that Lu Chen said it was rice, Mu Zixuan was a little confused as to why Lu Chen attached so much importance to this small paddy field that he had to observe it several times every day.

"Is there anything special about this rice?" Mu Zixuan asked.

Lu Chen turned to look at Mu Zixuan and replied with a smile: "This is natural. If it were ordinary rice, I would not sow it with my own hands or take care of it myself."

Hearing this, Mu Zixuan became even more curious about what was special about this rice, but Mu Zixuan suddenly thought of the dragon and phoenix tree.

Since Lu Chen said that this rice was special and he wanted to take care of it personally, it means that it is probably the same as the dragon and phoenix tree. It is a rice seed given by an immortal.

Since it was given by an immortal, it is best not to ask any more questions, lest the secret be leaked.

Thinking of this, Mu Zixuan stopped asking. Seeing that Mu Zixuan stopped asking, Lu Chen said with a smile: "Aren't you curious about what's so special about these rice?"

Mu Zixuan smiled slightly and then said: "Since the prince can take care of this rice personally, it must be very precious. I'd better not ask any more questions to avoid revealing the prince's secret."

Hearing Mu Zixuan's words, Lu Chen said with a smile: "You can only know whether it is precious or not after it is planted."

The system has reminded him that spiritual rice needs to be planted in a place with relatively abundant spiritual energy. Because there are dragon and phoenix trees in Beiwang Mansion, the spiritual energy is more abundant than outside, but Lu Chen does not think that this concentration of spiritual energy is enough. The need for spiritual plants to grow.

But there is no problem in giving it a try. After all, there is no place in this world that is full of spiritual energy. It is impossible to leave those three kilograms of spiritual rice seeds all the time. It is useless to leave them. It is better to try them in case they can be planted. Woolen cloth.

At this moment, a maid entered the courtyard and said, "Your Majesty, Commander Liang wants to see you!"

Upon hearing this, Lu Chen went directly to the study without saying a word.

Entering the study, Liang Zong saluted first, and then immediately handed the tablet in his hand to Lu Chen. At the same time, he reported: "The situation in the capital has been very uneven recently. All the princes have been assassinated, and even the prince has been assassinated. And most of them Many warriors have disappeared in various counties in Xia, and I don’t know where these people have gone.”

Lu Chen frowned slightly while listening to Liang Zong's report and looking at the information in his hand.

He could understand if the struggle in the capital intensified. After all, his father pretended to be dead, and the princes could no longer hold back and wanted to compete for the throne.

What really puzzled Lu Chen was the disappearance of warriors in various counties in Daxia.

According to the information, the missing warriors in various counties are basically fifth-grade warriors or above.

Even though the fifth-grade warriors in the Northern Kingdom are now on the streets, in the vast country of Daxia, there are not many fifth-grade warriors in the crowd.

And among the missing people, there are not only fifth-grade warriors, but also ninth-grade warriors. Behind the ninth-grade warriors are basically powerful people, such as certain organizations, aristocratic families, big landowners, etc.

If someone targets those ninth-grade warriors, the forces behind those ninth-grade warriors will definitely not sit back and do nothing. But it is not only someone who targets them, but all the forces.

Judging from the reports from Jin Yiwei, there is only one pattern in the cases of missing warriors, that is, warriors of fifth grade and above, regardless of which force they are, basically all warriors are missing.

The disappearance of the warriors has now caused panic among the major forces in Daxia. Originally, those forces were not even afraid of rebellion by the vassal king. After all, they could fall to the winner's side at any time.

But now suddenly there is a force that targets everyone indiscriminately, and they don't understand the force hidden in the dark at all.

They couldn't even negotiate with that force. They could only watch their own people suddenly disappear one by one. How could this not frighten them.

Lu Chen asked at this time: "I haven't found out who did this?"

Liang Zong replied: "No, Jin Yiwei couldn't find any clues. Those warriors seemed to have disappeared out of thin air."

Lu Chen fell into deep thought. Who did it? Even Jin Yiwei couldn't find it.

Liang Zong continued: "In addition, several of our people have also disappeared, and there is still no news at all."

There are many fifth-grade warriors in Jinyiwei, and the opponent is targeting warriors above fifth-grade, and naturally those Jinyiwei are among them.

Lu Chen's brows raised again, forming the character "Chuan".

Even Jin Yiwei's people are missing.

Who did it?

Lu Chen said: "Continue to investigate. For the next period of time, the Jin Yiwei of the fifth rank and above will be silent for the time being and do not take any action. Let the Jin Yiwei below the fifth rank investigate the situation."

Liang Zong said: "I understand!"

Lu Chen continued: "Go and hand this information to the Grand Bachelor now."

Liang Zong took the information from Lu Chen, bowed his hands and said, "My subordinates, please resign!"

After Liang Zong left, Lu Chen came to his desk and sat down. He fell into deep thought again.

Who is targeting warriors above level five?

I wonder if similar things have happened in other dynasties?

Thinking of this, Lu Chen immediately said to the maid: "Xiao Huan, go ask Mrs. Wang to come to the study and tell her that I have business with her."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

After a while, Wang Qingci appeared in the study. After she entered the study, she did not flirt with Lu Chen. At this time, Lu Chen looked at the map on the desk with a serious face. It was obvious that Lu Chen was looking for something for her. Serious business.

Wang Qingci immediately asked: "Does the prince have any mission to find the slave family?"

Lu Chen said directly: "Let the people from Tingyulou investigate and see if there have been any large-scale disappearances of warriors in other dynasties in recent times."

Hearing this, Wang Qingci was slightly stunned. She didn't understand why Lu Chen asked Tingyulou to investigate this matter. Now Jinyiwei has taken over most of the intelligence work. Even Tingyulou has people from Jinyiwei. Lu Chen has been there for a long time. No investigation tasks have been assigned to Tingyulou.

Usually, Tingyulou collects any information and then reports it to Lu Chen.

Seeing Lu Chen's face so serious, Wang Qingci knew that this matter must be very important, so she immediately said: "The Nu family knows, the Nu family will ask the people in Tingyu Tower to take action."

Just as Wang Qingci was about to leave, the maid's voice came from the door, "Your Majesty, the bachelor wants to see you."

Lu Chen said directly: "Come in!"

The next moment, Zhuge Zhongguang opened the door and entered. Wang Qingci realized that they might have something important, so he said to Lu Chen: "Your Majesty, the slave family has to withdraw first."

Lu Chen said: "Don't worry, I just want you to listen to what's going on."

Wang Qingci said: "The slave family knows."

After Zhuge Chongguang entered the study, he saluted and said, "Old minister, I pay my respects to the prince."

Lu Chen nodded and said, "Has the Grand Master read the information?"

Zhuge Chongguang replied: "I've finished reading."

After hearing the conversation between the two and seeing their expressions, Wang Qingci was a little curious as to whether something big was about to happen. Otherwise, Lu Chen and Zhuge Chongguang's expressions would not be so serious.

Lu Chen asked: "Does the bachelor have any guesses?"

Zhuge Chongguang replied: "I have no clue at all. It stands to reason that no force would dare to offend so many forces at the same time."

"And those warriors didn't even leave their bodies behind. I don't know whether they are dead or alive now."

Lu Chen's eyes fell on Wang Qingci at this time, "We have just received information that many fifth-grade and above warriors have disappeared in Daxia recently. These warriors seem to have disappeared out of thin air. No one knows where they have gone. Even the investigating Jin Yiwei soldiers have disappeared a lot."

Hearing Lu Chen's words, Wang Qingci instantly understood why Lu Chen asked Tingyulou to investigate whether there were any missing cases of warriors from other dynasties.

Tingyulou is a commercial organization on the surface, and there are not many strong people. Unlike Jinyiwei, there are many warriors above the fifth rank of Jinyiwei. Tingyulou is asked to investigate the situation of other dynasties. It is obvious that Lu Chen is afraid that people from Jinyiwei will return. Something happened.

Wang Qingci said: "The slave family understands what the prince means. The slave family will try to let people below the fifth rank participate in the investigation of this matter."

At this time, Lu Chen's eyes fell on Zhuge Chongguang again, "Grand Bachelor, do you think this matter may be related to the Demon Cult?"

After hearing this, Zhuge Zhongguang thought for a moment, and then said: "There is a high probability that those people did not do it. Although the people of the Demon Sect seem to be fearless, they do not dare to offend so many forces at the same time."

Lu Chen said: "What happened this time is actually a bit strange. A large number of warriors have disappeared in various counties in Daxia, but not in the Northern Kingdom."

Hearing what Lu Chen said, Zhuge Chongguang asked, "Does the prince mean that the forces secretly doing this do not dare to extend their hands into the Northern Kingdom?"

Lu Chen said: "No, I even suspect that the influence of that force is only in Daxia, south of the North Kingdom, so they can remain unnoticed. If they leave the influence of their influence and arrest people, it will be very difficult. Someone else might find out."

Zhuge Chongguang fell into deep thought again. After thinking for a while, he suddenly thought of someone and said immediately: "My lord, this matter may have something to do with the royal family."

Hearing Zhuge Chongguang's words, a smile appeared on Lu Chen's serious face, "It seems that the great scholar and I have thought of going together, and I also suspect that my father is responsible for this matter."

When people suddenly disappeared without anyone noticing, Lu Chen's first thought was the Shadow Guard's methods, so he thought it was probably his father who was up to something.

"It's just that I can't figure out what he's doing by arresting so many warriors. Even if he captures these warriors together, they won't be able to serve him."

Zhuge Chongguang guessed: "Could it be to practice some kind of evil skill?"

Lu Chen was startled, he couldn't tell for certain. If those warriors were really caught by Emperor Xia, they might really be practicing some evil skills.

Now that the Northern Kingdom is so powerful, especially with the blessing of firearms, Daxia's traditional army has no resistance at all. Emperor Xia probably felt that he could not be promoted to heaven through normal methods, so he engaged in some crooked ways.

Lu Chen said: "If it is really my father who arrested those warriors, then maybe they really did it to practice some kind of evil skill. I just don't know what evil skill requires so many warriors."

After the words fell, Lu Chen and Zhuge Chongguang fell into deep thought again. Wang Qingci glanced at the two of them and felt that there was nothing wrong with her standing here. She said again: "Your Majesty, the slave family already knows about the matter. There is no slave family here anymore. What's going on? Why don't I just resign first?"

Lu Chen said: "Okay, go and do your work."

Just as Wang Qingci left the study, the maid's voice came from the door again, "Your Majesty, Commander Liang wants to see you!"

Um?

Lu Chen was stunned for a moment.

Didn't Liang Zong leave not long ago? Why did he come back so soon?

Lu Chen immediately said: "Come in."

Liang Zong immediately entered the study and said, "Meet the prince!"

After the words fell, Liang Zong handed the letter in his hand to Lu Chen, "Your Majesty, this is the information that just came from Jiangnan. The Jin Yiwei who sent the letter said it is very important, and my subordinates haven't had time to read it yet."

Upon hearing this, Lu Chen immediately took the letter from Liang Zong, tore it open and read it carefully.

Seeing the contents of the letter, Lu Chen frowned again.

Seeing that Lu Chen's face looked a little ugly, Zhuge Chongguang asked: "My lord, what happened?"

Lu Chen handed the letter in his hand to Zhuge Chongguang, and then said: "Recently, there is a heavy cavalry in the Jiangnan area, and they are the heavy cavalry directly under my father. They seem to be protecting something to go to the capital, and even the royal family's grand master has been dispatched. .”

Emperor Xia had not taken any action for a long time since the defeat of Dawu in the North. This time he suddenly sent heavy cavalry to Jiangnan, and even the royal family's grand master was sent to Jiangnan. It always felt like he was brewing a new conspiracy.

Coupled with the fact that so many warriors have disappeared in Daxia recently, I am afraid that something big is going to happen next.

After Zhuge Chongguang read the letter, he fell into deep thought again. Even Zhuge Chongguang was not sure what Emperor Xia was doing at this time.

After a while, Lu Chen said to Liang Zong: "Let the Jin Yiwei find a way to investigate why the heavy cavalry went to the Jiangnan area."

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

…

Within a month after Lu Chen received information about a large number of missing warriors in Daxia, many warriors above the fifth level were still missing in Daxia. Moreover, these people were neither alive nor dead, as if they had disappeared out of thin air.

This matter is not only being investigated by the Jin Yiwei of the Northern Kingdom, but also by all the major forces in Daxia. The rebellion of the vassal kings has already made the people panic, and now the warriors of the major forces have disappeared inexplicably. This is Making an already chaotic situation even more confusing.

The results of Tingyulou's investigation were soon sent to Lu Chen. After Tingyulou's investigation, it was found that there were not so many missing cases of warriors in other dynasties. One or two cases were considered too many, unlike Daxia where seven disappeared in one county. Eight warriors of rank five or above.

The strangest thing about this disappearance case is that the warriors disappeared too completely. The key is that the warriors have nothing in common except that they are all fifth-grade warriors or above. They are also mutually exclusive. do not know. (End of chapter)