Volume 6: Demons Rise from the East Sea Chapter 384: The Wise Split
After Xu Zun made such an inference, Shen Xingran did not get excited and argue, and did not even say a word.
However, his expression gradually became gloomy and dark.
"In this attack," Xu Zun continued, "your mission should be to work with other accomplices on the Tianfu giant ship to ensure that the Tianfu giant ship takes the Crown Princess away from the scene of the incident and cannot return to Daxuan.
"Going a step further," Xu Zun said solemnly, "The bow of the Tianfu giant ship has multiple layers of reinforcement. Even the Daxuan frigate probably can't blow it up, right?"
"Then..." Shen Xingran narrowed his eyes, "What do you think?"
"Of course... you guys blew it up yourself!" Xu Zun gritted his teeth and said, "Although I didn't see the scene, I have seen the structural diagram. I'm afraid that the Tianfu warship can only cause irreparable damage if it explodes from the inside.
"I guess," Xu Zun looked at Shen Xingran, "you should have carefully designed it so that the Tianfu ship would be lost and unable to return to Daxuan, but not enough to capsize on the sea, right?"
"Ji Ying ," Shen Xingran lowered his head and pondered for a while before saying, "Are you really so sure?"
Xu Zun looked straight in the eyes and gave an affirmative answer with his eyes.
"Why?" Shen Xingran asked three words.
“Because…” Xu Zun said, “After interrogation, Hei Boyu’s men confirmed that they set up an ambush at Niwan Beach and were waiting for us.
“However, when we were in the Banshee Country, we did not reveal any information, and after we left, we headed east and then took a detour to the Niwan Beach.
"This means that someone on our ship leaked the secret that we were going to capture Hei Boyu!"
"Then..." Shen Xingran asked again, "Why me?"
"Method of elimination," Xu Zun said, "I have sent people to monitor all the people on the ship from Gufeng Island.
"The warriors are fine, the musicians are fine, the dancers are fine, and the Crown Princess is even less likely to be a problem.
"But there was only one person," Xu Zun looked at Shen Xingran dimly, "because I respected him as a person, so I didn't monitor him at all."
"..." Shen Xingran's cheeks trembled slightly, and there was an indescribable bitterness on his face.
"Brother Shen," Xu Zun asked, "I have not let you get off the boat. How did you reveal the news to the prince?"
"..." Shen Xingran remained silent.
"Since you can pass on the message," Xu Zun said again, "that proves that you know the prince is in the Banshee Kingdom. You should be a senior confidant of the prince, right?"
Shen Xingran opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but no sound came out.
However, his reaction was enough to prove that Xu Zun's speculation was correct.
"The Crown Princess told me that you were Princess Ronghua's man," Xu Zun said, "but now it seems that you did it on purpose to confuse the Crown Princess, right?
"From the beginning to the end, you have always been the prince's man!"
"Ha, hahaha...hahahaha..." Finally, Shen Xingran spoke. He smiled bitterly, nodded and said, "What a great judge, Jiying. You really impress me!"
Seeing Shen Xingran admit it, Xu Zun closed his eyes in pain, feeling a slight pain in his heart.
Although he found out another truth, he couldn't face it calmly.
"The court is dangerous, and the wise are divided," Shen Xingran turned his head and looked at the warships of the Banshee Kingdom that were burning in the distance and said, "Father planned factions for us brothers and sisters a long time ago.
"My father was the backbone of the royalist faction, and I was assigned to the prince's staff," Shen Xingran said, "Although the second son became a lawyer, my father had already made arrangements and he would enter the Qian Xiangfu in the future.
"The third brother is honest, so he can only be assigned to the army. It would be best if he could serve as a general at the frontier in the future.
"And the one who actually followed Princess Ronghua was not me!"
"Shen Qian!" Xu Zun felt goose bumps all over his body, "She followed the princess?"
"Jiying, do you think," Shen Xingran shook his head bitterly, "that our Shen family is a joke? The wise have their own way. Father has made arrangements for all of our family members, but the one with the greatest power has no one!"
Queen Mother!
Xu Zun was so smart that he immediately understood what he meant.
Shen Tiande arranged for his entire family to join various factions, except for the Queen Mother's faction. Since the Queen Mother was the one in power, she was naturally the strongest party.
"Perhaps..." Shen Xingran raised his head and said, "This is the innate stubbornness of the censors! The hen crows at dawn, this is the fact they cannot accept the most."
"Shen Qian..." Xu Zun frowned, "Followed Princess Ronghua? How come I... don't know?"
Xu Zun's meaning was obvious. Don't forget that Shen Qian was his future fiancée. If Shen Qian followed the princess, then what would be the result if he really married Shen Qian?
"This is also a helpless move," Shen Xingran said, "Father doesn't want my little sister to participate in the court struggle, but letting her follow Princess Ronghua is like an extra insurance, and it's also for her own good."
Hearing this, Xu Zun's face darkened and he naturally thought of the accident in the Xinye County Government Office.
If Shen Qian was the princess's man, then Lord Shen's death...
"Jiying," Shen Xingran said, "If I want to become the prince's direct descendant, I must obey his orders. The prince has great ambitions, and he is the only bloodline of the Li family. It is only natural for him to inherit the throne. This can also be regarded as fulfilling my father's lifelong wish!"
Yeah?
Xu Zun secretly complained that the prince, in order to complete his plan, did not hesitate to let thousands of people from the Daxuan delegation die in the sea.
After the heavenly tribulation failed, he killed all his men on the frigate without hesitation. Such despicable means are really hard to believe.
"So," Xu Zun asked, "the entire frigate has long been bought by the crown prince?"
Xu Zun asked this because he naturally wanted to know which frigate had rebelled.
"Ji Ying," Shen Xingran shook his head faintly, "Too many people have died, don't involve more innocent people!"
Tsk tsk…
Xu Zun frowned, but he still agreed with Shen Xingran's words in his heart.
Once Shen Xingran tells which frigate it is, there will undoubtedly be another bloody massacre.
Even though the officers and soldiers on the frigate had been silenced by the Crown Prince, once the Queen Mother knew the details, the families of these people would inevitably be in disaster.
"You guessed right," Shen Xingran said again, "It was indeed me who led the men to blow up the Tianfu warship . Our original plan was to go to Gufeng Island and pretend to be in a shipwreck, and then return to Daxuan after the prince's plan was finalized.
"If the calamity succeeds, it goes without saying. If it fails, we will be witnesses that the prince has been eaten by the sea monster!
"It's a pity... Man proposes, God disposes," Shen Xingran shook his head helplessly, "No one could have imagined that when we arrived at Gufeng Island, we would all be corroded by the lemon toxin and become like this.
"If I hadn't been obsessed with Yingying and hadn't gone up to the stage to fight every day, and if those warriors hadn't shown mercy, I'm afraid I would have died there long ago!"
"Brother Shen, haven't you figured it out yet?" Xu Zun shook his head and sighed, "This is not God's plan, it's man's plan!"
"ah!?"
Shen Xingran suddenly realized, and felt his hair stand on end, and his back went cold...
