Chapter 650: Chapter 644: Three-character Bone Book: The "Heart" Section (Part 3)
The Seventh Prince’s complexion gradually turned pale.
He had once fought on the border for ten years.
When it came to matters other than warfare, he might have been an outsider, but in military affairs, he was truly an expert.
He hadn’t realized the change Lin Xiaosu was speaking of because his focus was always solely on the war itself and never beyond it.
Now, with Lin Xiaosu’s reminder, he realized it!
Ten years ago, there was a turning point from the father’s reign to the Crown Prince Hong Ding’s reign.
During Hong Ding’s governance, the Fourth Realm was peaceful.
The entire country was living a fairly good life, and everyone praised the Crown Prince for his prestige shaking the foreign country, and the whole nation was basking in heavenly grace.
Could this be the unorthodox methods deliberately creating momentum for Hong Ding?
If so, it’s terrifying.
This signifies that Yan Country is also under the control of unorthodox methods; otherwise, how could they decide when to start and stop wars between the two countries?
The Seventh Prince suddenly stood up:
"Mr. Li, I... I’m afraid I have to enter the palace again!"
Qing Ying, just having sent General Xuelong out the mansion and returned, was dumbfounded.
My heavens, every time the Seventh Prince sees my master, he goes to the palace once.
Master, are you enlightening him on purpose? And each time it’s a significant moment of enlightenment...
Lin Xiaosu also stood up, suddenly his gaze was cast toward the city!
His eyes were extremely sharp.
The Seventh Prince was slightly surprised, his gaze also directed to where Lin Xiaosu was looking.
That place was the "Wenhua Pavilion"!
What is the Wenhua Pavilion, if placed in modern society, it would be called the National Archives, specifically used for storing the most valuable information.
Suddenly, a golden light shot up from the pavilion’s roof, straight into the sky.
The Seventh Prince’s face changed dramatically: "Something happened to the Wenhua Pavilion! That’s the storage place for Heart Pavilion’s information!"
Upon hearing this, Lin Xiaosu’s face also changed: "Let’s go take a look!"
"Go!" The Seventh Prince raised his hand, and a King Seal suddenly rose in his palm, its light lifting him and Lin Xiaosu, silently and seamlessly sending them to the Wenhua Pavilion.
This was the power of the King Seal.
In terms of the Official Seal’s power, the Imperial Seal was naturally the most powerful, the Crown Prince’s East Palace Treasure Seal the second, and the King Seal the third.
The Seventh Prince rarely used the power of the King Seal, as his title of Prince always brought mockery to him, so he preferred to be drawn by a Dragon Horse leisurely on the Great Dao, rather than use this nominal but not practical King Seal to display princely might.
But today he was in a hurry, directly using the King Seal to traverse through space, sending him into the Wenhua Pavilion.
Because the Wenhua Pavilion was the storage place for Heart Pavilion’s information.
And because he had just truly realized the unparalleled potential value of these materials, for instance, Lin Xiaosu had just captured the information "Yan Country’s army might be controlled by unorthodox methods" from these materials.
The Heart Pavilion’s information mustn’t have any loss.
When they arrived, the Wenhua Pavilion was in chaos, and an old man’s loud cry came from within: "Why did this happen? Why?"
Bang!
A sound of bookshelves being overturned.
And a row of people kneeling simultaneously.
Swish, swish!
More than ten Official Seals simultaneously pierced through the air.
Official Seals have a strict ranking, with the saying "below fifth rank touches the earth, above fifth rank touches the heaven’s might," hence, only an Official Seal above fifth rank has the power to pierce through space, while those below fifth rank cannot send people directly to the sky.
And those who arrived were all above fifth rank.
The Seventh Prince and Lin Xiaosu stepped into the Wenhua Pavilion and immediately saw an elderly man with white hair holding materials, crashing them down.
"Erased!"
"All erased!"
"Still erased..."
Thud!
A bundle of materials heavily smashed at the Seventh Prince’s feet, and Lin Xiaosu’s Heavenly Tao Wisdom Eye swiftly scanned, startling him as well. This type of material paper was very special, indeed the Heart Pavilion’s, yet the originally dense records had completely vanished, turning into blank sheets!
Not only this bundle—within his sight, all the materials were without a trace of writing, having become whiteboards.
Heart Pavilion!
Mental Path!
The unorthodox methods really possess bizarre means.
They could gently erase the records on a room full of materials.
What kind of Divine Skills is this?
The Seventh Prince shouted loudly: "Lord Yin! What exactly happened?"
The old man, eyes red, suddenly fixed his gaze on the Seventh Prince’s face, shouting: "Your Highness! This old minister deserves to die... deserves to die, the records of the Heart Pavilion have all inexplicably been erased!"
The Seventh Prince’s heart jumped, reaching out and picking up a document, indeed, it was blank.
Another one, still blank.
Thump, thump!
Multiple officials landed simultaneously, the foremost one was surprisingly the Minister of the Ministry of Justice, Song Lifu, his face as grim as water: "Daring to erase evidence in broad daylight! Cursed!"
He slapped down heavily on the document in front of him.
Suddenly, the room was filled with brilliant golden light.
A mass of light and shadow appeared out of thin air.
Within the light and shadow, a figure of unparalleled majesty gradually appeared.
It was none other than His Majesty seated on the dragon throne.
Behind His Majesty was a study room.
"Salutations to Your Majesty!"
With a loud noise, everyone knelt in the dust-laden room.
"Why has the Wenhua Alert been issued?" asked His Majesty.
The Wenhua Alert, the highest level of alert, directly reaches the deep palace. His Majesty immediately connects through the Imperial Seal, projecting to this Wenhua Pavilion.
"Your Majesty!" reported Wenhua Pavilion Master Yin Ti, his voice trembling: "The information just found from the Heart Pavilion has been completely erased by thieves through secret methods..."
"Completely erased?" His Majesty uttered four words, eerily cold.
Yin Ti’s back suddenly wetted by a large patch: "This old minister was preparing to initiate the highest-level array protection from tonight, but did not expect, the thieves dared to act in broad daylight, such a crime, this minister deserves to die a thousand times!"
He kowtowed desperately.