Standing in the clouds and fog, the white fox fur is piled like piles of snow.
Jiang Wuqi's face had a trace of gloss that was rarely seen in the past, and his noble yet cold eyes gently swept around, as if looking at his mountains, rivers and land.
"Equal countries are plotting against each other, and they should be punished!"
Every word is like a broken silver vase, like the sound of swords and guns.
He shouted in a long voice: "Who else is coming?"
He was talking about this time, not just this time.
Zhang Yong's Crying Temple was a conspiracy by the Ping Ping Kingdom to slander the emperor's name. He was implicated in it and was unable to recover. His foundation lies in the court, and more importantly in the favor of the emperor. Losing the emperor's heart is almost equivalent to losing everything.
And today is Jiang Wuqi’s counterattack!
At this time, there was no sound in the surrounding fields, the clouds stopped and the wind became quiet.
He turned his palms to suppress the majesty of the two gods, as if even this Yunwu Mountain was intimidated.
"Your Highness, you accidentally hurt me!" Li Yougui's voice sounded in the palm of his hand.
Without saying a word, Jiang Wuqi turned around and walked down the mountain through the clouds and mist.
The powerful man from the Equality Country chose to assassinate today, and Li Guilin, who "happened" to be on duty in a nearby area, could be innocent?
Even the records of Li Youyun's adjustment of the rotation area were already in Jiang Wuqi's hands.
Of course, Li Yougui can have many reasonable explanations...
But he didn't listen.
He, Jiang Wuqi, used his body as bait, and of course there were more people to catch. This line was going to spread throughout Qi State... The Changsheng Palace was fully prepared for today!
But at this time here in Yunwu Mountain, these are the only harvests.
After all, what he has always shown is his inner palace cultivation. Even if he is the master of the Palace of Immortality, the fish he can catch directly can only be at this level. The bigger the hook, the bigger the fish.
So he turned around.
The plank road under their feet was empty. Qiao Er and Li Yougui were both suppressed by the gods.
At that time, the morning sun was just rising, and the rays of rays were haloing on the horizon, making me ashamed to see the beautiful young man in the world.
The noble man from Tianhuang, clad in white fox fur, stepped into the air and the clouds and mist dispersed for him.
It is difficult to see each other again in heaven and on earth.
All the extraordinary monks in Yunwu Mountain who witnessed this scene were speechless!
Everyone knows that Jiang Wuqi, the eleventh prince of Da Qi, is a peerless figure. With perseverance and talent that is unimaginable to ordinary people, and under the innate restrictions of the cold poison, he has reached his current position as the master of the Palace of Immortality.
But the world doesn’t know that Jiang Wuqi is actually such a genius!
One step from the inner palace to the Divine Presence. Once entering the Divine Presence, he can easily fight one against two and suppress two powerful Divine Presence Realms with the flip of his palm!
Is this really humanly possible?
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The same morning light falls in different places in Linzi.
It awakened some people's dreams and soothed some lost hearts.
The scenery is always similar, but the people are different.
Xiujia is the most magnificent house in Jinxianfang. It was built because of its distance, but also because of its distance, the house was deserted.
Still the quiet room, still the pot of tea.
Yan Tu and Xiu Yuan are still sitting opposite each other.
The same ordinary background, the same amazing talent, the same joining the army, the same rise to success.
These two commanders of the military hall, whose life experiences were so similar, established an enviable friendship early on. Counting the years, it is hard to count.
Their tacit understanding is unparalleled, and they can talk more freely in private than with others.
But today there was a long silence.
Until a shout from two blocks away
"Grind the scissors"
Although it was so far away, this sound was naturally heard by Yan Tu.
He picked up the tea cup and drank it all.
Snapped!
The tea cup stood on the table.
"Don't drink anymore, you'll make me feel useless!"
Yan Dadu stood up: "Let's go!"
But Xiu Yuan was still sitting there upright, looking down at the teacup. In the white cloud-patterned teacup, an upright tea leaf bloomed like a branch, floating and dancing in the boiling water.
He seemed to be staring at it sinking, but the tea leaf never did.
"The operation failed, right?" Xiu Yuan asked.
Yan Tu, who had already reached the door, suddenly turned around: "What do you mean?"
Xiu Yuan gently turned the rim of the cup with his thumb and index finger: "I have been thinking, why do I value Cui Zhu so much? Why can he always agree with me before the gift of the master? He is obviously not that kind of person.
But it seems that a person was molded exactly according to the mold I admired."
He didn't look up, but asked: "Can you tell me the answer, Brother Yan?"
Yan Tu's face darkened: "We have been friends for so many years, and you doubt me?"
"Yes... we have been friends for so many years." Xiu Yuan sighed: "With your help, Cui Zhu can certainly do what I want. Because of our friendship with me, no one can give you guidance like yours."
What are you thinking about? It happened that the Zhanyu Army was on duty in Gyeonggi, so even if the Xia Kingdom sent high-level figures from the Pingguo State, the clues would be cut off quickly. Beiya teamed up with the Zhanyu Army to search the whole city, and all they caught were some unscrupulous people.
A role that doesn’t hurt..."
"With such random talk, I can pull out hundreds of different people. Don't you think it's far-fetched?" Yan Tu was furious: "Xiuyuan, is your brain damaged?"
"Far-fetched?" Xiu Yuan finally looked up at him, with a very unfamiliar look in his eyes: "I just feel sad. We have been friends for so many years, and you have always been wearing a mask on me? Even now that I have been imprisoned, you still have to
Come and use me to clear away the suspicion. Although the Zhanyu Army is on duty in Gyeonggi, when something happened to His Highness, the commander of the Zhanyu Army was drinking tea at my house! Do you think it is appropriate, Brother Yan?"
"I don't know what you are talking about, and I don't know who you are bewitching. But Xiuyuan, you have disappointed me so much today! Is our decades-long friendship just to make you suspicious?" Yan Tu was heartbroken.
He turned around and said, "Just calm down for a while!"
"I am calm, but you are not calm enough." Xiu Yuan said coldly: "You have lost your sense of proportion."
Yan Tu stood still, took a deep breath, and pointed, and he actually cut off a corner of the strong skirt.
clang!
It hit the ground and made a sound of gold and iron.
"Since you have never trusted me, it's okay if you don't do this as a friend!"
Xiu Yuan looked at his extraordinarily heavy back, couldn't help but shook his head, and laughed at himself: "His Majesty said that you are both rough and fine, but you are more than rough and fine. Your face is like an iron tower, and all living beings are carved inside.
Cow horse.' Even at this moment, when I saw your performance, I actually doubted myself for a moment. Yan Tu, Yan Tu, if His Highness hadn't reminded me, I really wouldn't have noticed. My cultivation is far better than yours, Yan Tu.
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During the years when they became friends with each other, no matter whether they were drinking, practicing troops, or fighting, Xiuyuan never refused to lose and always fought for precedence.
What he said most often was
To express a long distance, the word "yuan" comes first and the word "tu" comes after.
Today he said he was not as good as he was, and what was worse was naturally his disposition to use decades of friendship as a bargaining chip.
That's why his laughter is so sad.
"Unreasonable!" Yan Tu's face was as heavy as water and he was about to leave.
"Grind the scissors"
Xiu Yuan suddenly shouted from behind him. Every word and every tone was exactly the same as the voice two blocks away.
In other words, Xiuyuan also heard it.
In other words, the seal on Xiu Yuan... has long been released.
This is a game, a game specifically targeted at him!
Danger signals exploded in his heart, and Yan Tu quickly realized what the problem was.
Xiu Yuan said that it was the Eleventh Prince who reminded him that he began to realize something was wrong.
That means that everything that happened today was under Jiang Wuqi's control. This opportunity to assassinate Jiang Wuqi was given by Jiang Wuqi himself.
They were already in trouble when they had the idea of assassinating Jiang Wuqi.
Mastering Jiang Wuqi's whereabouts, understanding the defense situation of the Changsheng Palace, mobilizing forces to make seemingly natural cooperation for this operation, from the Qingpai headhunting to the coordinated response of the troops on duty in Gyeonggi... all these actions,
They can indeed be very covert. The organization has always acted cautiously and without leaving any traces.
But if this process is watched closely by a pair of eyes, there will be flaws everywhere!
What a cruel person.
Ping Ping Guo implicated Jiang Wuqi in the case of Zhang Yong's Crying Temple. Jiang Wuqi turned around and used him as bait to uproot Ping Ping Guo's arrangement in Qi State!
Yan Tu was very sure that there was no ambush on the Yunwu Mountain side. As a senior executive of the Daqi Military Hall and in charge of the garrison affairs of the entire Gyeonggi region, what big move could be hidden from him?
Jiang Wuqi really threw himself into a dead end, so that he could really catch the big fish.
Otherwise, he would not agree to this action, and King Zhao, who was temporarily in charge of the affairs of the Eastern Region, would not approve it either.
How did Yunwu Mountain fail?
A God-like Qiao Er is responsible for the attack and killing, and a God-like Li Yougui helps control the field as Qingpai and blocks the rescue. It is difficult to capture Jiang Wuqi alive and leave. Killing an inner government should be foolproof.
Is there any real person who was not in Linzi who was lurking to take action? Or is there even a real person watching over there?
Why did he, as the commander-in-chief of the Nine Soldiers garrisoned in the capital, not receive any news?
Could it be that, as Xiu Yuan said, he had already been suspected beforehand?
These are questions that Yan Tu must think about. Only by thinking clearly can he make fewer mistakes in his subsequent responses.
Of course, now, there are not many choices before him.
Yan Tu walked out the door calmly, without any reaction to Xiu Yuan's words, and only said: "Xiu, you and I are righteous today, and we will do our best in the future!"
But his military boots stopped after taking only one step.
Because right in front of him, a white lantern penetrated the space and came out.
"General Yan, please stay." The blind old man standing in front of him said.
The body is obviously rickety, but it seems to fill the sky. It is obviously trembling, but it is like a deep and sea.
The watchman who takes orders directly from the emperor!
Functional Inspector General Ye, punish all evil and sycophants.
Suddenly facing this blind old man, few people in the entire Qi country could not help but be frightened.
But Yan Tu instead took a step forward and said with great momentum: "I am the commander-in-chief of the Nine Soldiers. I have fought for the country all my life and am ranked in the Military Academy of Qi! You guys dare to take me for no reason?"
The old man holding the white paper lantern said slowly: "Then I will tell you."
"The man who was grinding the scissors was normal. He just had a dream last night. That dream affected him. When he passed by the fried dough sticks stall, he saw three or five fried dough sticks, and the cries of them were different.
Speech speed and emphasis.
The person selling fried dough sticks was also normal, except that a man happened to be passing by at that time and bought a lot of fried dough sticks, leaving only three fried dough sticks on his shelf.
The person who bought youtiao was also normal. Someone gave her a knife and asked her to buy just that much. After she bought the youtiao, she went to find the person who asked her to help, but that person had disappeared.
Our clues also stopped at this link, and we did not find the person who gave her the knife money... It is really a very cautious organization."
"It sounds complicated." Yan Tu said: "But what does this have to do with me?"
The blind old man asked: "What message do they want to convey when you say they go to so much trouble? What does that cry mean?"
Yan Tu replied: "How do I know?"
"We don't know what it represents, but what is certain is that it definitely has its meaning and is by no means ordinary."
The blind old man said calmly: "Focusing on the scissors grinder, we investigated everyone in the three nearby blocks. In order of cultivation, there were only a total of only 10 people who happened to hear that sound during that time period.
Four hundred and seventy-one people..."
Yan Tu looked at the blind old man in front of him holding a white paper lantern, and he felt that it was like a swaying, soul-calling flag, swaying in his eyes.
And the old man's voice continues to ring in my ears
"As you can imagine, we have investigated all four hundred and seventy-one people in detail. So far, only three people have not been able to rule out suspicion, and you, General Yan, are one of them."
Yan Tu shook his head and expressed his admiration: "What a wonderful process."
"His Royal Highness Eleven has a saying that I deeply believe in: 'The smartest person cannot hide in the face of the stupidest method. Because smart people are only used to dealing with smart people.'" The blind old man said: "So we used this
I tried a stupid way to find a smart guy like you."
"To be honest, your guess is very exciting, and His Highness Eleven is also very smart. But are you taking it too much for granted?" Yan Tu said angrily: "A scissors grinder had a strange dream, and it changed slightly.
A hawking tone. Just because I, the general, have extraordinary cultivation and can hear it from such a long distance, can a dignified commander of nine soldiers be suspected of colluding with the equal country? It is simply unbelievable and makes people laugh!"
"Don't you understand yet? It's not that you are suspected because of this matter. It's just that His Highness Eleven has been doubting you for a long time, and today's incident has just verified your suspicion! I'm not afraid to tell you and listen to myself.
After the case, His Highness Eleven has been investigating your organization, and you are just one of the objects of suspicion. General Yan, I am not responsible for answering questions. If you still have any questions, you might as well ask them in the sky prison."
The blind old man said, turned around and walked forward: "Come with me, don't waste any more time."
There was a wall in front of him, but he just walked into the wall.
It was as if I had walked from one world to another. It seemed that I was not afraid of Yama's escape at all.
Yan Tu did not choose to escape, but he finally couldn't say anything to defend himself.
At least at this moment, there is no point in defending this blind old man. It is better to think about how to sue yourself in front of the emperor.
There was no way to escape. Since the blind old man had appeared in person, resistance was useless. Although his Zhanyu Army was currently on duty in Gyeonggi, it was not enough to be relied upon at such a moment.
The Qi court allowed each family to establish clan troops within a certain range. Each county governor had great autonomy, and the clans within the territory also had freedom under the constraints of Qi laws.
Only the highest power of the Nine Soldiers was firmly grasped by Qi Ting.
The elite nine soldiers are the nine soldiers of Qi, not the nine soldiers of a certain family or a certain surname.
For example, when Chu Liang of Chongxuan mobilized the Qiu Killing Army, the imperial court would also need to issue a tiger talisman.
The Ruchun Death Army was personally controlled by Cao Jun. In the earlier battle at Jianfeng Mountain, Jiang Mengxiong mobilized them as soon as he said they would.
After all, the nine soldiers are loyal to Qi, not to a certain commander.
Without orders from Qi Ting, he, the commander of the Zhanyu Army, could mobilize no more than a thousand troops.
Yan Tu never thought that he would be identified because of an extremely clever information transmission. In order to confirm his suspicion, the watchman even investigated everyone in the three nearby blocks at once!
Originally, the success or failure of Operation Yunwu Mountain would not affect him.
When was Jiang Wuqi discovered?
Yan Tu thought for a while, then stopped thinking and walked forward.
The past was full of storms, but he had no regrets in his heart.
But he didn't know why, at this moment, the first picture that came to his mind was the rainy night seventy-six years ago.
That dense and sad rain...
At that time, Qi State was not yet the overlord of the Eastern Region, and Jiang Shu had not even ascended the throne. He was only fighting on the battlefield as the prince, but he had already begun to show his majesty. As a core member of the Ping Dynasty, he joined Qi State's iron heel to conquer the Eastern Region.
middle.
It was a difficult rainy night. He was beaten to the point where he lost all his armor and was separated from the army. In a cave, he met Xiu Yuan who was also in a state of embarrassment.
When two very nervous people met for the first time, they greeted each other with swords and guns, and each of them fought with their injured bodies. In the process of fighting to the death, they learned each other's identities and turned their hostility into friendship.
The two of them hid in the cave for five days, and the rain didn't stop for five days.
Until one day, they heard a very bright bird call, and when they walked out of the cave, it was already clearing up after the rain.
It was much later that he learned about that bird, which was called "Negative Rain".
According to records of exotic beasts: There is a bird named "Negative Rain" with three-colored feathers and nine-foot-long wings. It rises in the wind and flies carrying the rain. When this bird crows, the clouds disperse and the rain collects.
He also told Xiu Yuan about this incident, but Xiu Yuan said that the one calling outside the cave that day was just a sparrow...
The wall in front of me seems to be blocking everything. I can't see the way forward, and I can't find memories.
Before stepping in, Yan Tu sighed: "The empty valley bears the rain, can I hear it again?"
Then he took a step forward and disappeared into the Xiu family.
But behind him, there was no response.
Ever since the watchman leader appeared, Xiu Yuan had not said a word, but slowly turned the tea cup in his hand and silently watched the confrontation between the two.
It was only at this moment that he shifted his gaze and looked at the piece of skirt armor lying on the ground, remaining silent for a long time.
Others cut off their robes, and Yan Tu cut off his armor.
Xiu Yuan shook his head.
He didn't know how many times he had disliked Yama Tu's cows chewing peonies, but now he raised his glass and drank this exquisite tea in one gulp.
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Ziji Palace.
The court meeting has dispersed, and all civil and military officials have withdrawn.
Emperor Qi was still in the palace.
Above the tall Danbi is a huge and gorgeous dragon chair.
The majestic hall was empty.
The Emperor of Da Qi rarely reviewed the memorials today, nor did he do anything else. He just sat there.
After a long time, he sighed: "Am I sitting too high?"
Of course, the one standing by at this moment can only be Han Ling.
He didn't answer, because the emperor didn't need any answer.
Snap, snap.
The sound of footsteps echoed outside Ziji Hall and in the huge white stone square.
It's not really heavy, but it's very clear to their ears.
The emperor held on to the handrail, stood up, and walked towards His Majesty Dan.
The dragon boots touch the ground and are stable and powerful.
The emperor walked very slowly, because every step carried the weight of the country.
The footsteps outside the hall were gentle and regular.
Within the scope of "ritual", do not slow down.
When Emperor Qi finally stepped down from his throne, he stood in the hall of Ziji Palace, standing at the front of the usual lineup of courtiers.
The thin figure wrapped in white fox fur also stood in the huge door of Ziji Palace.
The huge portal, like a heavenly palace, made the man even thinner.
In the morning light falling behind him, people and fur were like snow.
It brings a chill that freezes the heart.
"My son, please pay homage to your father!"
Jiang Wuqi pushed up the golden mountain, toppled the jade pillar, and bowed down in the majestic Ziji Palace.
He could have gone to the emperor's palace to meet him, but today he was a son meeting his father, and he was also a minister meeting the king.
So I chose Ziji Palace.
Emperor Qi did not stop his great gift. The pearls hanging down from Pingtian's crown obscured the emotions of the Supreme Emperor of Qi.
But the swaying bead curtain clearly said that his mood was not calm.
In the end the emperor just asked: "Why bother?"
Jiang Wuqi stood up in a polite manner. Now he stood in front of the Emperor of Da Qi. Finally, as a son, he could look at his father equally.
This is the special grace granted by Emperor Qi.
But he kept his courtesy, lowered his eyes, and said seriously: "Father, the great cause is imminent, and there must be no hidden dangers in the army."
The emperor said: "We have plenty of time..."
Jiang Wuqi said: "Time waits for no one."
"Wu Qi." The emperor only called once and then fell silent.
Han Ling stood behind the emperor without saying a word, standing like a silent sculpture, but his face was sad and his eyes were filled with tears.
Only Jiang Wuqi was smiling.
He smiled like a snowflake blooming in the Ziji Palace.
Rarely in his life had he had such a bright, brilliant smile.
Because when he was born, he had already carried too much. Even in his infancy, his fate was already determined.
In the frozen soil of life, where can any flowers bloom?
"Father, do you trust me?" Jiang Wuqi asked.
The emperor was silent for a long time, and finally said: "The emperor must not doubt."
Jiang Wuqi's pale and handsome face still had a bright smile: "Now you can trust me."
He seemed to be determined to let Emperor Qi remember his brilliant appearance.
That's why he smiles so brightly.
"I just hope you believe me."
"Father, I will never go against my will!"
"Please return the piece of white jade that was taken away to your son."
"My son has never felt that he is so healthy. This feeling...is very good..."
And his smile just solidified.
In the early morning of October, there was autumn frost.
