Chapter 293 The whole story!!
“wrong.”

The empress shook her head calmly:

“Duke Cao Jiang Chengxi, I consider him as my confidant.”

“But he does not have the qualifications to enter the palace without reporting.”

“There are numerous guards along the way from the palace gate to the imperial study. It is impossible for him to come here quietly and steal the necklace.”

The Queen’s answer.

Zeng Anmin just nodded indifferently.

He looked up at the empress and said something shocking:

“What if the person who stole the necklace was not Duke Cao, but someone else?”

“Who is it?” The empress frowned.

When she asked this question, she didn’t expect Zeng Anmin to be able to accurately identify the thief.

“Gu Yuqing.”

A fat little kid appeared in Zeng Anmin’s mind.

There was an extremely strange and profound look on his face.

“who??”

After hearing this, Gu Xiangnan was slightly startled, then looked at Zeng Anmin with a mixture of laughter and tears and said:
“You are insane…”

But the words got stuck in his throat halfway through.

Because she met Zeng Anmin’s extremely solemn gaze.

“What do you mean? Although Gu Yuqing is called the Northern King, he is just a naughty child. How dare he…”

Listening to the empress’s extremely indifferent voice.

Zeng Anmin sighed inwardly.

Actually, you can’t blame her for saying such things.

After all, the child grew up with the empress.

But it was precisely because of this that the empress had the illusion that she knew him very well.

“You also said that you want to pass the throne to Gu Yuqing after your death, which proves that in your heart, he is the most suitable candidate for the next emperor.”

“You think so in your heart, but others don’t think so?”

Zeng Anmin looked at her indifferently.

“You mean, Duke Cao has been secretly connected with Gu Yuqing for a long time?!” The empress’s eyes flashed with deep sharpness.

There was also a hint of anger in her voice.

It was obvious that these two were extremely important confidants in her eyes.

If these two people both have second thoughts about her…

“hehe.”

Zeng Anmin raised his head and looked out the window with a fake smile, his voice was strange:

“I think it was Duke Cao who was recruited by Gu Yuqing a long time ago.”

“This is impossible!!”

The empress spoke directly, with a very firm tone:

“He is less than thirteen years old, a young boy.”

“Jiang Chengxi is a third-rank warrior, how could he surrender to him?”

This is true.

Indeed, a class of young children.

How could he have the courage to succumb to a third-rank warrior?

Unless he is also a time traveler…

Zeng Anmin frowned.

“Your Majesty, the book you requested.”

A respectful voice sounded.

“Send it in.”

The empress sighed, then raised her head calmly.

Not long after, a young eunuch respectfully placed several books with blue covers in the imperial study.

Seeing these books, Zeng Anmin glanced at the empress.

The Empress said, “Didn’t you say that if we want to find the thief, we have to start from the thief’s methods?”

“I sent someone to the Royal Library to get some curiosities.”

“I hope we can find some clues.”

“What do you mean?” Zeng Anmin frowned.

“Let’s read together. I hate reading the most.” The empress winked at Zeng Anmin.

Zeng Anbian couldn’t help but twitch the corner of his mouth.

He sighed.

There is no choice but to work late into the night.

He came to the desk, sat down and picked up a book at random.

Eastern Religion

“Xuanzhensi”

“South China Sea”

“Fu Zong”

Sword Sect

Looking at the piles of books made his scalp tingle.

“After reading so many books, the thief would have run away long ago.”

Zeng Anmin complained weakly.

“As long as we can lock onto the thief, no matter how far he runs, I can catch him back.”

There was an extremely cold light flashing in the empress’s eyes:
“Thief, you have touched my bottom line!”

That’s all for this.

Zeng Anmin had no choice but to pick up the book in his hand, open it and read it slowly.

“Fu Zong”

There is a way to capture souls.

Below is the divine talisman for dismembering limbs.

In addition to refining evil zombies for combat, the most powerful offensive method of the Fu Sect is “Fu.”

It is also known as the one who can rule the world.

Legend has it that there was once a great man named Fu Zong who spent his entire life’s work to refine a soul-capturing talisman that could control the destiny, move the stars, take away people’s vitality, and capture their souls.

…………

Zeng Anmin felt a little dizzy after watching this.

He touched his chin, feeling powerless.

The various records of Jiang State are really too exaggerated.

Although it is similar to some records in the secret archives of the Holy Dynasty Imperial City, there are always some parts that make people feel speechless.

Apart from other things, just the “Soul-catching Talisman” mentioned in the book just now.

It’s blown too hard.

Can it also move stars? ?

Do you really think this place is Journey to the West?

Zeng Anmin laughed secretly.

Just as he was about to turn the page, he saw that the empress had put down the book in her hand and continued to read the next one.

“Have you finished reading it?”

Zeng Anmin looked at the book thrown away by the empress with a confused look on his face.

“I don’t need to read Dongfang’s teachings any more.” The empress nodded: “Just go through it once.”

“So that’s how it is.” Zeng Anmin breathed a sigh of relief.

After all, he is a Confucian scholar. How could it be possible that he reads slower than a crude warrior?

He continued to flip through the book in his hand.

“Wow~”

The imperial study became quiet.

There was only the sound of two people flipping through books.

“Pap~”

Almost at the same time.

They both put down the books in their hands.

“The demon tribe doesn’t have it.”

“Not in the South China Sea.”

There was a hint of fatigue on the empress’s face.

“Fu Zong…it seems like there is.” Zeng Anmin blinked.

He looked into the book in his hand.

【Puppet Talisman】

Zeng Anmin moved the book in his hand in front of the empress and pointed at the words on the book.
“The Fu Sect has a mysterious talisman that can mimic a person. If you stick the talisman on a straw man, the straw man will transform into the person you mimic.”

“This talisman doesn’t last long, only a quarter of an hour.”

“Fu Zong!!” After the empress saw the puppet talisman in the book, a cold light flashed across her face.

“You are such a scoundrel…”

“Do you know Fu Zong?” Zeng Anmin raised his eyebrows and looked at the empress.

“Of course.” The empress frowned and said in a cold voice:

“Fu Zong once fought with our Jiang State’s Taizu.”

“The original leader of the Fu Sect was at the second level.”

“While our Great Jiang Ancestor was in seclusion, he wanted to use the soul-stealing talisman to seize the body of our Great Jiang Ancestor.”

“My great ancestor discovered it and killed him.”

As she spoke, the Empress’ eyes revealed cruelty: “I thought they would behave themselves after that loss, but I never thought they would dare to attack again…”

As she said this, a hint of murderous intent slowly emerged from her.

“and many more……”

Zeng Anmin frowned tightly, and looked towards the empress:

“You mean, the Soul-stealing Talisman has the effect of taking over another’s body??!”

His eyes were fixed on the empress.

The empress nodded gently: “This is a secret of our Jiang Kingdom. It is normal that you don’t know it.”

“That’s right!”

Zeng Anmin’s eyes suddenly narrowed:

“If that’s the case, then I might already know the truth of the matter.”

The empress was stunned.

He stared at Zeng Anmin blankly:
“What truth??”

She didn’t quite understand.

I just read a few books and chatted a few words…how did it become the truth? ?
Zeng Anmin looked at the dazed empress.

He sighed in his heart, his eyes revealed a deep meaning:

“In this world, if you eliminate all impossibilities, what remains, no matter how incredible it is, is the truth.”

His voice continued slowly:

“Today, besides you and me, only two people have come to the Imperial Study.”

There was a clarity in his eyes:
“Do you still remember when Princess Wencheng disappeared?”

“After noon.” The empress replied immediately.

“At that time, Jiang Chengxi had already left the imperial study.”

Zeng Anmin took a deep breath, looked at the empress solemnly and said:

“He saw the Extreme Sky Necklace in the Imperial Study.”

“I know.” The empress narrowed her eyes slightly.

“Besides him, there is another person you have overlooked.”

Zeng Anmin was calm.

“Gu Yuqing.” The empress paused for a moment, then slowly raised her head and looked at Zeng Anmin and asked:
“When I heard that Wencheng was missing, I was anxious and left first.”

“Yes.” Zeng Anmin nodded with a faint smile on his face:

“After you left, I followed you towards the Qianqing Palace, but as soon as I walked out, I remembered that I didn’t know the way to the Qianqing Palace.”

“So, I went back and returned to the imperial study, and saw the little fat man still in the imperial study.”

Speaking of this, Zeng Anmin said with a sharp look:
“I noticed his face at the time. I have to say that even though he was only in his early teens, he acted out the fear caused by Wencheng’s disappearance to perfection.”

“Now that I think about it, this guy is probably very cunning, even not inferior to the old foxes who often mingle in the officialdom.”

“This is unreasonable.”

The empress shook her head:

“He is too young to have the mental capacity to do this.”

“He has been under my control since he was a child. I pay attention to all his actions every day. After so many years, if he really wanted to be this smart, he would have revealed his flaws long ago, unless he was born knowing it.”

“This is as bizarre and unreasonable as Wencheng’s disappearance.”

Zeng Anmin did not have any resistance because of the empress’s denial.

Instead, the smile on his face became even more intense:

“It’s precisely these two irrationalities that are mixed together.”

“It makes the whole incident more reasonable.”

At this moment, Zeng Anbian’s face revealed an extremely strange confidence.

His entire body radiated an inhuman glow.

The empress was impressed by his unparalleled demeanor at first sight.

She didn’t speak.

Just looked at Zeng Anmin quietly.

“Soul-catching Talisman!!”

Zeng Anmin’s voice revealed a hint of certainty.

He looked at the empress and said:

“Gu Yuqing…has been possessed by someone!!”

When it comes to this.

Zeng Anmin breathed a sigh of relief.

so far so good.

Not another time traveler.

If it was another time traveler… I would be socially dead immediately.

Copying poems is really an extremely vulgar act.

And…I am also a Confucian practitioner.

This is even more uncomfortable.

As soon as these words came out.

The empress’s body trembled violently.

She raised her head suddenly and looked towards Zeng Anmin:
“You mean…”

“If Gu Yuqing was possessed by someone, the one living in his body would actually be an old monster.”

“Then everything that happened today becomes reasonable!”

Zeng Anmin’s eyes were filled with determination:

“Duke Cao is not secretly controlling Gu Yuqing.”

“Instead, Gu Yuqing recruited Duke Cao!”

At this point, he spoke very quickly:
“So, after Duke Cao left the imperial study, he revealed to Gu Yuqing the news that the Extreme Sky Necklace was here.”

“He acted decisively and knocked Wencheng unconscious after playing with him in the house.”

“Afterwards, he used the puppet talisman of the Fu Sect to create a fake Wen Cheng. It was this puppet talisman that made Niu Baiye so sure that he had seen Wen Cheng!!”

“After doing all this, he came to the imperial study and revealed the news of Wencheng’s disappearance to you.”

“Because he determined that your heart would be in turmoil only if it concerned Wencheng, and he also determined that after hearing the news of Wencheng’s disappearance, you would definitely not care about the Imperial Study or him.”

“After you left, he took the fake necklace off the table in a blatant manner…”

“But, he calculated everything except me.” Zeng Anmin’s voice became extremely solemn when he said this.

“And he had no intention of letting Wencheng disappear completely.”

“Because you are still alive. As long as you are alive, you will definitely frantically investigate Wencheng’s disappearance.”

“Then he would be at great risk of being exposed…”

“So, guessing…”

“The old monster living in Gu Yuqing’s body…”

He paused for a moment and said faintly:
“It could be… the leader of the Fu Sect!!”

“Only he, Duke Cao, a third-rank warrior like Jiang Chengxi, would be willing to be commanded by him!”

The empress was stunned.

She stared blankly at the man in front of her.

This man unraveled the entire incident and connected it all together.

“How…are you sure that he is the leader of the Fu Sect?”

The empress’s throat felt a little dry.

Zeng Anmin looked at her deeply.

“Do you remember that after I came to Jiang Kingdom with the Holy Dynasty’s envoys under the identity of Zheng, I was robbed by a group of men in black?”

“The leader of that group of men in black is a man from the Fu Sect named Wuwei.”

“I heard a word from his mouth.”

Zeng Anmin tried hard to recall what happened that night, and finally said slowly:

“He said: Master is in the north…”

“Then his head exploded.”

“I didn’t think much about it at the time. I just thought that the leader of the Fu Sect he mentioned was in the north…”

“Today, I think it shouldn’t be the North, but… the King of the North!!”

“And Gu Qingyu is the King of the North!”

Zeng Anmin stared at the empress.

“Ah this…”

The empress’s mind was completely confused.

She still couldn’t accept this fact.

“You didn’t see this incident with your own eyes, so it’s normal to have some doubts in your heart.”

Zeng Anmin looked at the empress solemnly:

“I’ll tell you about something you saw with your own eyes.”

“What?” the empress asked blankly.

“Pan Eighteen!”

Zeng Anmin said a person’s name, speaking faster:
“That night at the Jiaofangsi, you and I saw with our own eyes that he was talking to a black-robed dwarf who was less than five feet tall, and he even called him Master…”

“Now that I think about it… that person should not be the Eastern Religion person I thought at that time.”

“But, Gu Yuqing!!”

“A child under the age of twelve is naturally less than five feet tall!”

“boom!!”

The empress just felt a buzzing in her head.

Then she raised her head suddenly and looked towards the direction of the Qianqing Palace.

“Gu Yuqing… is the… leader of Fu Sect?”

(End of this chapter)