After listening to his words, the old king heard Caitong tell about the unknown thieves who came to the tomb of the king of heaven, forced the people of Xiling to work for him and captured the Xiling scholars, so he nodded and said to her: "The widow knows, the widow will send someone to investigate this matter, and he will definitely give you an explanation." ”

After speaking, he looked at the extraordinary young man in front of him and asked, "You just said that you want to leave the bandits in our country first, and then come back to bring people after you participate in the Fengyun Pavilion Ring Competition?"

"Exactly, I know this request is a bit rude, but at the moment I really have no other way, after all, I have a heavy responsibility on my shoulders this year, and I must represent my family, but I can't bear to watch them being sent to Tianqi to feed the Burning Ghosts, after all, they are also poor and poor people. Han Lingxiao said with some embarrassment.

"Young man, you know that sometimes it is not possible to be too kind," said the old king, squinting his eyes and rubbing his chin with his hands, his hands covered with jeweled rings of different colors and styles, "I am very interested in the story of your 'black mule king', you said that the bandits regard you as the reincarnation of Yan Luo, the incarnation of the dragon?"

"That's just nonsense, the villagers have never read a book, and they have heard some folk tales to add fuel to the fire and spread rumors, and I only use them to gather them and go back to where they should be. ”

"Hmph, interesting, you're quite willing to meddle in your affairs! There's no pay, and no one knows, so you plan to send people back to Wuguo so silently, and then go back silently?"

"Sending them back to China is also to protect the people of our country, so I only do my part. Han Lingxiao insisted.

"Really?" the old king snorted coldly again, and turned his head to look at the man in green who had been sitting next to him and listened silently, "National teacher, what do you think about this?"

The middle-aged man with a black mustache and a shrewd look on his face, he looked at Han Lingxiao and said: "If this matter is handed over to the royal family of Yuguo, there will be only two results, one is to arrest this group of bandits and send them to Tianyi to be executed, and the other is to continue to let them plague the people in the mountains and forests." This young man is indeed courageous, and he can take responsibility for the great affairs of the world, so the old man thinks that his approach is still commendable. ”

"Thank you!" Han Lingxiao also nodded to him in a salute.

"As for the girl from Xiling, please rest assured, we will send someone to investigate this matter and give you another explanation. The man in green glanced at the old king before he said to Caitong again.

"Yes, that's right," said the old king, standing up, "it's not too early, and you've had a hard journey all the way, so let the servants take the two of them to the guest room to change their clothes and rest, and then talk about it in the evening." ”

Han Lingxiao was slightly displeased when he saw that the old king deliberately delayed, but he didn't show it, but followed the servant to the guest room.

Later, he only vaguely remembered that he felt a feeling of fatigue when he walked into that room, and he fell asleep on the bed......

When he woke up again, he found himself lying on the cold stone floor, and when he was fully awake, he found himself in a cell......

"Hey, come on!" Han Lingxiao got up and grabbed the iron railing in front of him and shouted angrily, "Hey! What the hell is going on!"

"Young man, are you awake?"

A voice came from the corner, and Han Lingxiao realized that it was the middle-aged man in green.

"What are you doing here?" asked Han Lingxiao as he glared at him.

"I am Xue He, the national teacher of Ji State, the Xue family is the only family in Ji Country that focuses on martial arts training, but even so, there are only two people in our family who are on the martial arts list, and Ji Country is now surrounded by enemies, but the military is weak and cannot compete with other countries. ”

"Since ancient times, Ji Guo has valued literature rather than martial arts, knowing that all countries in the Xuan Realm respect martial arts, but they still insist on going their own way, and even close themselves to themselves, they deserve this fate!" Han Lingxiao looked at him coldly and said unceremoniously.

"Haha, you kid has a bit of backbone, and you're still so rampant on other people's boards?" the man in green showed a mysterious smile that was incomprehensible.

"Now that you have locked me up, if you really want to kill me, no matter how nice I say, it is useless, and now, everyone will tell the truth, what are you doing this for?" Han Lingxiao looked directly into his eyes, and there was no trace of fear in his eyes.

"First of all, it's to dispel the idea of you going to the ring," Xue He saw him like this, so he also said bluntly, "You have been asleep for seven days, and now even if you want to rush to the ring, I'm afraid it's too late." ”

"I'm afraid this reason is difficult to convince," Han Lingxiao said coldly, "Even if I don't participate in the ring, you Jiguo probably won't be able to produce anyone who can make it into the top ten." ”

Xue He was not angry when he heard this, but became a little interested, "You are to the point, but there is another reason why you are trapped here," he suddenly said seriously: "Our Ji country is located in the center of the Xuan Realm, adjacent to Yu Country in the north, Wu Country in the east, facing Yasukuni across the Chilong River in the southeast, bordering Yi Country across the central border in the west, and closely connected with Heng Country in the southwest. ”

"The Ji Kingdom is like a high wall, erected in front of the two countries of Wu and Yue, blocking the two great powers that want to expand their power - the Yi State and the Heng State - for them. In recent years, because of our close exchanges with Yasukuni, Yi and Heng have not dared to act rashly against us. ”

"But now that the Yue State is invading the Wu State to the west, the empress of the Yue State is brutal and belligerent, if the Wu State is really annexed, I am afraid that the next one to suffer will be us; recently, our people have received news that our ally Yasukuni has recently had very close contacts with the Yi State, and the Ji State is sandwiched between the Yi and Jing countries, and if the two big countries really join forces, then we will not have any possibility of struggling; besides, if the Heng State knows that Yasukuni has abandoned us, I am afraid that it will also take the first step, and at that time, our Ji Guo will really be a fish on the board, and we will be slaughtered by others... ...”

"So what?" Han Lingxiao looked at him a little inexplicably, "What are you telling me about?"

"Your father Han Xiaotian is the person who was ranked into the dark list by the Fengyun Pavilion, and your mother is the princess of Yuguo, it stands to reason that you are the only heir to the throne of Yuguo. ”

"If you want to threaten the royal family of Yuguo, you are very wrong," Han Lingxiao sneered, "I haven't seen my father a few times since I was a child, and the Han Mansion doesn't want to see me in the first place, and the royal family of Yuguo is even hiding to dissociate themselves from me, so I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint you!"

"Really?" Xue He also smiled coldly after hearing this, "Then do you know that according to the laws of the Seven Kingdoms of Ziyun Mountain, anyone who damages Yan Luo's reputation will be sentenced to death?"