March has passed, and it is the late spring of the Qian Kingdom, and the spring in Yaocheng, the imperial capital of the Liang Kingdom, has just begun.
It was just after noon when Qiu Cong and Qiu Jing entered the city. They traveled day and night. When they arrived at the place, they disguised themselves and went straight to the largest restaurant in Yaocheng and ordered a large table of wine and food.
After downing half a bottle of strong wine, Qiu Cong sighed comfortably, feeling that his tired body was much relieved.
Qiu Jing only tasted a small cup and did not drink more. He had an average capacity for drinking and was afraid of getting drunk and causing trouble.
The windows were open, and the wind blowing in was very cool. People were coming and going on the streets below, and they were not affected by the war in the distance at all. There was no sign of any nervousness in the most prosperous capital city of Liang Kingdom, unlike those near the border. The people in the city seemed to be living in a different world.
Qiu Cong saw a fat man wearing gold and silver holding a girl with plain clothes and red eyes appearing in his sight. He looked like a noble from Liang Kingdom, and he looked very disgusted.
Qiu Jing also saw it and said calmly, "That's the nephew of the former queen, a lustful ghost." He basically knew the members of the Liang Kingdom's royal family.
Seeing Qiu Cong raising his hand, Qiu Jing frowned and did not say anything to stop him. After a moment, the fat man suddenly hit the ground like a mountain of meat, causing a cloud of dust. The girl under his control screamed and shrank to the corner. A group of followers rushed forward and shouted "Master", lifted him up with difficulty, and headed towards the medical clinic across the street.
An old man with patched clothes walked through the crowd, picked up the girl and ran away. Qiu Jing didn't hear the sound, but judging from her mouth movements, the girl was the old man's granddaughter.
Some people in the restaurant were talking about it, thinking that the fat man suddenly fell ill due to drinking and sex, but no one saw Qiu Cong's hidden weapon.
"Grandpa, you might be able to arouse the enemy." Qiu Jing looked calm and poured another glass of wine for Qiu Cong.
Qiu Cong picked up the drink and drank it in one gulp, humming and saying, "That's better! Let's see where Situ Xie can hide his useless children and grandchildren!"
Since Qiu Jing didn't stop him, he knew it wasn't a big deal. The only thing he needed to worry about was whether the girl would be angry afterwards, but it wasn't a big problem. Because their grandparents planned to do it tonight to avoid a long night of dreams. As the emperor, and in In this tense period, it is impossible for Situ Xie to hide.
After the grandfather and grandson had eaten and drank enough, they paid the bill and left the restaurant. They walked around the street for a while, then turned into a dead end and disappeared.
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Peng Mansion.
Peng Fan held a military book in his hand, and he didn't turn a page for a long time. He closed the book and was about to go to see his mother when he saw two black shadows flashing in front of him and two strangers in the room.
Peng Fan looked shocked, turned around and took off the long sword hanging on the wall, his eyes guarded, "Who are you?"
"Why are you panicking? I am Xiaoliang's master!" Qiu Cong introduced himself.
Peng Fan was stunned for a moment, "Su Liang? Senior is Su Liang's master?" Then his face relaxed and he put down the raised sword.
Qiu Jing looked calm, "Aren't you afraid that we are liars?"
"You...are General Qiu?" Peng Fan knew Qiu Jing's identity as soon as he heard his voice. They had met each other before.
Seeing Qiu Jing nodding, Peng Fan quickly asked, "How are my grandfather and my father?" He just received the news that Yi Chong had exchanged Peng Wei for Yi Fu. Although Peng Fan knew that Peng Wei would not be harmed if he entered Xuanbei City. Although he was hurt in any way, he still couldn't feel at ease. He was even more worried that Peng Qian who stayed in Nanping City might be persecuted by the Yi family and his son.
"Everything is fine." Qiu Cong said and sat down, "Nothing happened at home, right?"
Peng Fan nodded, "Everything is fine at home."
Then Qiu Jing said, "We are here to assassinate Situ Xie."
Peng Fan was stunned for a moment and nodded, "Oh." He was very calm. He was still young and would only be more dissatisfied with the Liang royal family than Peng Wei and Peng Qian. Moreover, he had already mentioned that the Peng family might as well move with the whole family. Qian Kingdom. But it's not that Peng Wei is unhappy, but there are so many people in the family, old and young, and even servants have to be considered. It is almost impossible to leave from under the eyes of the royal family and go to Qian Kingdom safely.
"Is there anything you need me to do?" Peng Fan asked.
Qiu Jing asked back, "Aren't you afraid that if we fail, the Peng family will be implicated?"
Peng Fan smiled, "This senior is Su Liang's master, how could he fail? I believe in your strength."
Qiu Cong stared at Peng Fan, "You kid, do you also like my disciple?"
Peng Fan nodded, "Appreciate, admire."
"You are a good boy! Find us a place to sleep!" Qiu Cong said. He came to Peng's house because he was entrusted by Peng Wei to report that he was safe and to find a place to stay and rest.
Peng Fan quickly tidied up and let Qiu Cong and Qiu Jing sleep in his bedroom and study respectively.
…
In the palace, Situ Xie, who received bad news one after another, calmed down after scolding Situ Jing, but no matter how hard he racked his brains and thought, he really couldn't find a way out of the current situation.
At this time, it is certainly feasible to threaten Qian Guo by taking hostages, but it will take time to catch them immediately. Secondly, there are many experts in Qian Guo, and they will definitely retaliate. Unless, Situ Xie can teleport. Go to the Su Mansion in the capital of Liang Kingdom and kidnap Gu Ling's precious daughter, but this is impossible...
In the past, wars between the Liang Kingdom and the Qian Kingdom always restored peace quickly after the end, as if nothing had happened, because the Qian Kingdom was afraid of the Yan Kingdom in the south, and never dared to attack the Liang Kingdom, and always chose to keep things quiet.
But, this time it was different. Yan State, which had stayed neutral for the past few decades, chose to form an alliance with Qian State, which suddenly eliminated any strategic weakness.
And precisely because Situ Xie guessed that Ji Yuebai's abnormal choice was related to Gu Ling and Su Liang, he had to believe that Yan State was sincerely cooperating with Qian State and Ji Yuebai was not a "normal emperor".
The people in the royal family, whether they spoke or said nothing, looked at Situ Xie with the same question: What should we do next?
Situ Xie didn't know the answer. And the reality he couldn't avoid was that the one who really defeated him and ruined the future of Liang Country was his direct grandson and one of his direct grandsons.
This made him feel sad and ironic at the same time. He felt that everything he pursued in this life was like a joke.
Situ Xie was sitting alone in the imperial study room quietly. He had piled up the memorials on the table for several days, but he did not deal with them and did not want to open any of them. He heard someone talking outside the door, it seemed to be Situ Jing. Slowly coming back to his senses, he closed his eyes and opened them again, and saw Situ Jing coming in.
"Grandfather, please drink some hot soup." Situ Jing placed a cup of steaming soup in front of Situ Xie, "Taking care of yourself is the most important thing."
"What happened outside just now?" Situ Xie opened the lid. It was his favorite soup. Situ Ning always made it for him before she got married. Later, Situ Yao also made it very well.
Situ Jing shook his head, "It's nothing. My grandson has already taken care of this trivial matter."
It was the fat man who was knocked down by Qiu Cong in the street. He was carried home and remained unconscious. His father came to the palace gate to ask to see Situ Xie. He wanted to hire the best imperial doctor. He said that his son had been plotted by a mysterious man. The guards did not dare to embarrass him. The former uncle came to ask Situ Xie for instructions, but was stopped by Situ Jing.
Situ Jing didn't believe that some mysterious person was plotting against him at all, because he didn't think that fat loser had any value. Even if he was plotted against, it was because he had bullied men and dominated women in Yaocheng over the years and had been retaliated for all kinds of evil. He deserved to die.
Therefore, Situ Jing angrily reprimanded the guards and told the former uncle to get out, and felt that there was no need to tell Situ Xie about such a stupid thing.
After Situ Xie drank half the soup, he put down his spoon and looked at Situ Jing, "Is there any news about Yao'er recently?"
Situ Jing was stunned for a moment and shook his head, "No. Duanmu Chen took it very seriously. There has been no news from my sister for a long time. But she should be fine. She is pregnant and raising her baby in the Qianguo Palace." In fact, it was Situ Jing who had not seen her for a long time. I remembered Situ Yao.
"I really shouldn't have married Yao'er back then." Situ Xie showed regret, "We shouldn't have married Ning'er to Qian Country. Otherwise, there wouldn't be that evil obstacle like Gu Ling! He was born to defeat us. Situ’s!”
Situ Jing deeply agreed with this. What he did not dare to say was that Situ Xie was "indispensable" for Gu Ling's restoration of status in Qian Kingdom and Qiu Jing's growth to where he is now. I still remember that Situ Xie said more than once However, Gu Ling was useful and Qiu Jing was useful. Situ Jing had to admit that Situ Xie's vision of people was indeed "excellent". Those two were indeed very powerful, beyond their expectations and completely beyond Situ Xie's. control……
"Grandfather, do we still have hope of seeking peace with the Qian Kingdom? Since the Qian Kingdom has not counterattacked so far, could it be that their alliance with the Yan Kingdom is not reliable and everything will go back to the way it was before..." Situ Jing asked cautiously.
This time, Situ Xie was very calm, shook his head and said, "It's impossible. You all should be more careful next time."
Situ Jing frowned, "Be careful...what does Grandfather Huang mean?"
"Qianguo does not want to fight, otherwise we would have received the news that Nanping City had been captured by now." Situ Xie sighed deeply, "Next, someone will definitely come to assassinate me, and I know who it will be."
"Situ Jing?" Situ Jing blurted out.
Situ Xie nodded, "With his grandpa."
Situ Jing wanted to say something else, but Situ Xie waved his hand and said, "Now that things have happened, I know what's going on. You can go back."
After Situ Jing left, he felt more and more uneasy. He felt as if he was being watched while walking on the road. After returning to his residence, he ordered the guards to guard him closely and never came out again.
That night, Qiu Cong and Qiu Jing secretly sneaked into the Liang Palace and approached the illuminated imperial study.
Qiu Jing felt that there might be a trap. With Situ Xie's mind, he had probably guessed that someone would come to assassinate him, and he even guessed that it would be them.
Qiu Cong had wanted to kill Situ Xie for a long time, but now he finally had the chance. He didn't want to worry about it so much, so he lit the fire fold and threw it at the window of the imperial study.
The night wind blew, and the fire quickly grew bigger. The guards began to put out the fire in a hurry, and Situ Xie walked out from inside.
Qiu Jing looked at Situ Xie and felt that something was not right. Qiu Cong had already taken out the nail gun given by Lao Mu and aimed it at the center of Situ Xie's eyebrows. He came to kill for revenge and had no interest in talking to Situ Xie anymore. One word.
The extremely fast nail was illuminated by the firelight and sank into Situ Xie's head from between his eyebrows. No blood flowed out. His body stiffened and he fell to the ground amidst the screams, motionless.
"emperor!"
"Assassin! Rescue!"
"Call the doctor quickly!"
…
There was chaos inside and outside the royal study, but those people didn't even see the shadows of Qiu Cong and Qiu Jing.
Qiu Cong muttered, "It's so simple..."
Qiu Jing stared at Situ Xie's body, which was surrounded by people, and felt that things were going so smoothly that it was unreal. Situ Xie could not be so unsuspecting, and there was no expert protection around him, so there must be something wrong.
Maybe it was a substitute... This thought came to Qiu Jing's mind, but he left the Liang Kingdom Palace with Qiu Cong without saying much.
Qiu Cong was about to go back to Peng's house, but Qiu Jing pulled him back, "Grandpa, let's go to the original Yue Prince's Mansion to have a look."
"That's fine." Qiu Cong thought about going to see the place where his daughter grew up.
After Situ Xie became emperor, there were not many people left in the Yue Palace, but everything remained the same.
Qiu Jing went straight to Situ Xie's study in the palace. He had been here before, and Situ Xie always handled important matters here, and there was a secret room in the study.
There was no one guarding the study at this time. Qiu Jing asked Qiu Cong to watch from outside. He opened the door and entered Situ Xie's study.
It was dark inside, with only the moonlight coming in from outside. Qiu Jing took out a night-light pearl, glanced around to make sure no one was there, and then walked towards the bookshelf.
After searching for a while, Qiu Jing found the mechanism of the secret room. He twisted it and the bookshelf moved slowly, revealing the secret room behind it.
Qiu Jing stood at the entrance of the secret room and waited quietly for a moment. He was about to step in with one foot, but frowned and took it back. If there is no one inside, there is no need to go in and take a look. If there is someone, it must be a trap.
The light and shadow of the luminous pearl in Qiu Jing's hand shook. He was about to go out when a cold light flashed before his eyes. Four black shadows came out of the secret room and attacked Qiu Jing with murderous intent!
When Qiu Cong realized something was wrong, he saw that Qiu Jing had been forced into the secret room, and the door of the secret room, which opened very slowly, quickly closed, cutting off his sight!
"Jing'er!" Qiu Cong rushed in and hit the bookshelf with his palm. The bookshelf shook but did not fall.
When Qiu Cong finally found the mechanism and opened the secret room, there was no one inside. Obviously, there was a secret passage in the secret room. Although Qiu Jing was careful, he still fell into the trap.
Qiu Cong couldn't find the entrance to the secret passage, and he was afraid that there would be a trap waiting for him. He turned around and left in anger, and rushed to the palace again.
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Qiu Jing fell into the secret passage while he was awake. At this moment, he was somewhere underground in Yao City, with four swords on his neck, and not far in front of him was a silver-haired old man with cold eyes.
, surprisingly it was Situ Xie who "died" in the palace not long ago!
That is indeed a substitute... Qiu Jing thought to himself. He had guessed what Situ Xie would do. Likewise, Situ Xie had also figured out exactly what he would do and had a trap ready and waiting for him.
However, Qiu Jing was very calm at the moment. He looked at Situ Xie and said calmly, "You can't find substitutes or hide them for all your children and grandchildren. If you don't let me go before dawn, my grandpa may hack you to death."
Some grandson."
When Situ Xie heard this, he sneered, "How can I still care so much about things now? Grandson? Grandson? Either you are a waste, or you are against me. You don't even want to call me grandfather again."
Qiu Jing's lips curled up slightly, her smile not reaching her eyes, "This is all your blessing."
"You think I won't kill you?" Situ Xie asked coldly.
Qiu Jing shook his head, "Of course not. You have tried so hard to capture me as a hostage, and you still expect to use me to make a comeback. However, you don't have any chance."
Situ Xie's eyes shrank, he strode over, raised his hand high, and slapped Qiu Jing hard several times until blood bleeded from the corner of his mouth before he stopped. The anger that had been "betrayed" by Gu Ling and Qiu Jing for a long time was now felt.
Finally he got some relief, but looking at Qiu Jing's calm eyes, Situ Xie's anger that had just subsided burned again.
Situ Xie approached and strangled Qiu Jing's neck, his eyes were cold and stern, "When you were born, I should have thrown you to death!"
The four masters who originally held Qiu Jing hostage all stepped aside. Qiu Jing suddenly sneered. When Situ Xie sensed something was wrong, he felt something small pierce through his body...
Situ Xie felt his body become paralyzed quickly, and when he fell to the ground, he heard Qiu Jing's cold voice ringing in his ears, "I didn't expect you to set a trap and wait for me in person, because I thought that since you arranged a substitute, I would
I will run farther away, hide deeper, and wait for the opportunity. You should run farther away, because I am here to kill you. If you insist on seeing me, then the only choice is to live or die!"