Volume 6: Demons Rise from the East Sea Chapter 339: Unbelievable
According to what Shen Xingran said, Xu Zun secretly sorted out the whole story of the Iron Coffin Case and felt that he had a new understanding.
First, Qiu Dingtian, the 100-year-old imperial teacher, knew a royal secret about Empress Dowager Lin, and was therefore hunted down by the Empress Dowager.
As a last resort, Qiu Dingtian fled to Xiazhou and sought refuge from the Ruan family.
However, the Nguyen family was afraid of the Queen Mother's power, so they had to kill Qiu Dingtian, placed his body in an iron coffin, and secretly escorted it back to the Holy City by the inner guards.
Since Ku Niang was hidden at the bottom of the iron coffin and her martial arts were similar to those of the Ruan family, it is possible that Ku Niang was a bodyguard sent by the Ruan family.
Or maybe... there is some other purpose.
Next, an accident happened. The iron coffin was robbed in Xinye County, the internal guards were killed, Ku Niang was imprisoned, and the whereabouts of Qiu Dingtian's body was unknown. This led to everything that happened later.
Since the person who imprisoned Ku Niang was Mr. Shen Shen Tiande, then Shen Tiande must have been involved in the iron coffin robbery.
So... the question is, why did Shen Tiande want to steal Qiu Dingtian's body?
Could it be that some secrets are still hidden in Qiu Dingtian’s body ?
However, Xu Zun could roughly judge that the person who instructed Shen Tiande must want to know the big secret that Qiu Dingtian knew.
From this, it can be seen that the secret must be very important. Once it is mastered, it will most likely threaten Empress Dowager Lin’s regime.
However, it was obvious that these people did not get what they wanted. Either they did not find the secret from Qiu Dingtian's body, or there was no Qiu Dingtian's body in the coffin at all.
Otherwise, they would not have imprisoned Ku Niang for two years and tortured her severely.
Logically speaking, Ku Niang should be the one who knows best whether Qiu Dingtian's body is inside the iron coffin or not. But now that Ku Niang has lost her memory, she probably won't be able to know the answer for the time being.
Thinking of this, Xu Zun remembered another thing. That was when he personally asked Empress Dowager Lin about the iron coffin case, Empress Dowager Lin's reaction seemed a little extreme.
It seems that the big secret hidden behind the Iron Coffin Case is definitely important enough.
Otherwise, Queen Mother Lin would not have made arrangements in Yonghui to try to put pressure on the Ruan family of Xiazhou.
Got it. Xu Zun arranged them simply.
Shen Tiande and the forces behind him should not be from Xuanmen, so it is very likely that they are a force that wants to overthrow the Queen Mother's regime.
Shen Tiande retired because he was a member of the royalist faction. It seems that the royalist faction wanted to get the big secret that Qiu Dingtian knew in order to overthrow Empress Dowager Lin.
call……
Xu Zun exhaled deeply, feeling that the court was even more dangerous than he had imagined!
If you miscalculate at any step, you will be doomed!
So... right now, I have to find the prince.
"Brother Shen," thinking of this, Xu Zun asked Shen Xingran again, "Do you think there is something strange about the attack on the prince?"
"Strange?" Shen Xingran paused and asked, "Why do you ask? Jiying, things like sirens are incredible. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, it would be hard to believe!"
"I..." Xu Zun thought for a moment and said, "I'm not talking about the sea monster. I mean, after your Tianfu ship was attacked, it drifted on the sea for ten days.
"What happened in these ten days?"
"Ah? You..." Shen Xingran frowned, his face full of doubt, "Don't you believe me? The hull was severely damaged, and the voyage was uncontrollable. We could only go with the flow. Although Wei Pu and others tried their best, the ship still crashed into Gufeng Island."
Hearing this, Xu Zun's expression became solemn and he said nothing.
"What's wrong? Jiying?" Shen Xingran felt something and asked, "Do you think it's illogical that I'm the only one left after Gufeng Island came out?"
Xu Zun still didn't speak, but looked at Shen Xingran very seriously.
"Jiying," Shen Xingran said angrily, "What do you mean?"
"Brother Shen," Xu Zun finally spoke and asked, "Yingying, what's going on?"
Yingying is the beautiful woman wearing red clothes and dancing the rainbow dance.
"Yingying?" Shen Xingran was startled and said, "Oh, she...she is a court dancer. She and I...um...there was nothing between us."
"So you were willing to risk your life for her on Gufeng Island?" Xu Zun asked.
"Well, okay," Shen Xingran said helplessly, "At the beginning of the mission, Yingying and I fell in love with each other, but unfortunately her identity is sensitive and we cannot make it public.
"Later, when we arrived at Gufeng Island, ah..." he said painfully, "Watching the woman you love being taken away by different men every day, do you know what it feels like?
"However, my strength is not good enough, and I am no match for those warriors." Shen Xingran said, "In order to save Yingying, I insisted on fighting every day. I think... this is the motivation for me to survive, right?"
Shen Xingran's words were full of helplessness and bitterness, and it was indeed a painful thing.
Moreover, those who once took Yingying away are now on the same ship, so it is inevitable that it will be awkward when they meet.
However, those warriors did not do it on purpose. It was all due to the lemon poison, so Shen Xingran was even more helpless.
"Then..." Xu Zun could feel Shen Xingran's pain, and immediately changed the subject and asked, "What about the Crown Princess? I can't understand. As a distinguished Crown Princess, she must have maids and servants around her, right? But why is she the only one?"
"Well..." Shen Xingran recalled carefully, and replied after a few seconds, "The Crown Princess had six personal maids around her. I saw them during the ten days of drifting, but... it seems that I haven't seen them since we entered Ancient Wind Island.
"How about..." he suggested, "Why don't we ask the Crown Princess herself? She should know, right?"
"I have sent someone to ask," Xu Zun said, "The Crown Princess was taken away by Wang Dian as soon as she entered Gufeng Island, and her maidservant's whereabouts are unknown. Didn't you see it either?"
Shen Xingran shook his head: "I was so confused at the time that I couldn't remember many details! Could it be that... those maids were also..."
"Then..." Xu Zun asked, "Do you have any impression of those people who gambled?"
"It's also very vague," Shen Xingran said with a bitter face, "The gambling place is inside the palace, and I rarely see them.
"My attention was completely focused on Yingying at the time, so... so... ah..."
Shen Xingran pinched his forehead, as if in pain.
" Brother ," Xu Zun tried to persuade him hastily, "If that's the case, then don't drink any more! Lemon toxins stimulate the mind. Although I didn't stay there for a long time, when I think back on it now, it feels like a big dream.
"What's more, you have been affected for so long?"
"Jiying..." Shen Xingran said, "I don't know what to say about the search for the prince!
"You still don't believe in the existence of sirens?"
"No," Xu Zun took a sip of wine and said, "It's not that I don't believe in sirens, but I don't believe in human hearts!"
"Brother Shen, if the prince was really attacked by a sea monster, then why were the survivors who went back to report the news silenced?"
