Chapter 960: Chapter 960

This is the record concerning No. 2, the White Water Egg.

The information on No. 2 is particularly missing, but there is one point that might have been overlooked by whoever tampered with it, or perhaps they simply didn't know.

No. 4, who is now the New No. 5, only came to know about it after taking charge of the whole organization.

The gatekeeping spirit monster, besides verifying identities, also records simple information like when each person returns to and leaves the base.

In Yu Ziqing's hands are the exact times No. 2 returned and left the base each time.

Actually, it was the Gatekeeper Hungry Ghost who reminded him; in the Gatekeeper Hungry Ghost's eyes, that gatekeeping spirit monster was nothing but an exquisite little piece of trash.

If it were some other minor role, the Gatekeeper Hungry Ghost wouldn't have noticed, but facing a fellow professional, it couldn't resist.

Because of this, Yu Ziqing gave a reminder to the New No. 5, and it indeed bore fruit.

Yu Ziqing cross-referenced the movements of the three ministers, tracing back to the farthest point.

Soon, the Minister of Justice was the first to be ruled out.

This guy was practically the king of multitasking; just in the last hundred years, he had handled over fifty thousand cases.

On average, he was busy every day, and in his spare time, he was in the Capital City pursuing cultivation.

At his position, meeting people daily and making countless public appearances, it's impossible for him to be No. 2, as he had absolutely no free time.

No matter how effectively he managed his time, it would be utterly impossible.

According to the records, the longest No. 2, the White Water Egg, stayed at the base was a full year.

Following that, the Minister of Rites was also excluded; thirteen hundred years ago, when No. 2 was at the base, it coincided with a Daqian festival, and the Minister of Rites couldn't possibly be absent. Moreover, in such a setting, drawing forth the Divine Dynasty's power and the Divine Dynasty's fortune would wash over, leaving no room for anyone to disguise as the Minister of Rites.

The third, the Minister of War, could also be excluded.

Eight hundred years ago, while No. 2 was at the base, the Minister of War personally took the field, overseeing the East Sea and clashing with the Sea Clan there.

Such genuine battles between strong forces at the forefront can't be faked.

All at once, the three ministers were entirely excluded.

Yu Ziqing estimated that the bigwig from the Ministry of Defense was probably also unlikely. He was quite old, and his status high enough that even without precise movement records, he could be generally ruled out.

Therefore, the most probable suspects were the Crown Prince and the Second Prince.

Yu Ziqing was somewhat surprised because he initially thought these two were the least likely suspects.

Members of the Imperial Family, bearing the destiny of Daqian Country—how could they be replaced by the White Water Egg?

Moreover, they would have to face the Emperor Qian. How could they disguise themselves, and what method did they use?

For a moment, Yu Ziqing wondered if he had misunderstood.

Could it be that the information about No. 2 was concealed deliberately to mislead him, or that No. 2 wasn't even within Daqian's borders?

Is there a possibility that one of these people was simply turned?

Or is it just a relationship of deep cooperation for mutual benefit?

Putting away these materials, Yu Ziqing pondered for a moment and still trusted his judgment.

Even No. 2 didn't know that, even after a thousand years, some of his movements were still recorded by a small gatekeeping spirit monster.

Underestimating the minor characters could have exposed a flaw.

Just wait and see, tell Song to take his time with other records; the movement records can be prioritized.

After passing the message, Song agreed immediately.

Seeing Yu Ziqing lost in thought, Song secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Sure enough, giving him something important to do made Yu Ziqing overlook the minor issues with Stone.

He cheerfully went off to work on tracking movement records; with his authority, it was too simple.

After all, once in a high position, hiding movements isn't normally feasible.

If it were simple and without flaws, Song would have found time long ago to stroll around Jinlan Mountain or Dazhen, running into his grandson or son by chance.

In just half a month, Song Chengyue contacted Yu Ziqing and obtained the movement records of the remaining three people.

Following Yu Ziqing's requests, the records were traced back over two thousand years.

He didn't understand why they had to be traced so far back—what use it served. He just followed orders without asking why, nor did he want to know why.

Yu Ziqing took the records and compared them year by year.

As expected, the elder from the Ministry of Defense was directly ruled out.

Tracing back five hundred years in the Second Prince's records, Yu Ziqing's expression slightly tensed as, up to now, it indeed matched.

Continuing to trace further back over a thousand years and still matching, but beyond fifteen hundred years, it completely mismatched.

Twice while No. 2 was at the base, the Second Prince was leisurely visiting Emperor Qian.

Regarding the Crown Prince, the recent hundreds of years didn't match, but the further back, the more they matched.

Whenever No. 2, the White Water Egg, was at the base, the Crown Prince was either in retreat or conveniently out for a celestial patrol, away from the Capital City.

The further back he traced, the more pronounced it became.

As long as No. 2 was at the base, the Crown Prince either had no recorded movements or was coincidentally out on official duties.

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Yu Ziqing carefully recalled what Yang had told him; at that time, neither the Crown Prince nor the Second Prince had the majesty they hold now.