Xiao Ding was attending a dinner party in the Gao Wang's Mansion and was getting drunk when he heard someone outside the hall shouting to arrest the assassin. Everyone was shocked, and they all got up and ran out of the hall.

Everyone followed the direction of the sound and came to the main house in the backyard of the palace. I saw five or six men in black, fighting with the family members.

Most of the guests were military generals, and soon they all drew their swords and sabers at their waists and rushed over.

The five or six men in black tried to run away when they saw that the situation was not good, but they were stopped by these guests. But the martial arts of these black-clothed men are not weak. A man in black fought two or three people, and still did not fall behind.

Xiao Ding also pulled out the sword given to him by Yongzhou Zhizhou, but unfortunately he didn't know any swordsmanship at all, he only knew how to pick it up and slash and stab indiscriminately.

His unconventional style of play has blinded the man in black. I didn't know how to crack Xiao Ding's sword moves for a while, so I retreated again and again.

What Xiao Ding didn't know was that his style of playing with no tricks to win with no tricks invisibly implied the mystery of Dugu Nine Swords that had been mentioned in martial arts novels. I didn't expect it to work wonders. In addition, Xiao Ding's strength and speed have increased greatly now, it is not too easy to play a sword, the same is a sword, the strength and speed of his sword are hundreds of times stronger than the same sword of others.

Although the man in black has strong martial arts, his two fists are difficult to defeat with four hands, and there are many guards in the Gao Wang's Mansion, plus these guests are all military generals, it didn't take long for the man in black to be a little overwhelmed.

The first to be beaten down was the man in black who fought against Yang Yueling. Yang Yueling, Yue Yunfeng and Yue Yunyu fought against a man in black. The man in black didn't pay attention, and was kicked on the back butt by Yang Yueling, and then he fell to the ground, and was restrained with a sword by the family who rushed up, and tied up.

The man in black who fought with Xiao Ding immediately afterwards was also quickly subdued. This guy was a little unlucky, the first time he encountered a swordsmanship like Xiao Ding, he was robbed by Xiao Ding at the beginning, and after being circled, he was intercepted by two palace guards. As a result, Xiao Ding's swordsmanship not only did not follow common sense, but while he was playing, he suddenly used hand-to-hand combat again, which was the hand-to-hand combat skill he learned in the army before he crossed over.

The man in black had been guarding against Xiao Ding's unconventional sword moves, and suddenly Xiao Ding bullied himself in front of him again and suddenly punched him. The man in black couldn't dodge, and was punched in the chest by Xiao Ding, and stumbled to the ground, and the guards immediately stepped forward to restrain him.

The remaining three or four men in black had also been beaten by the group at this moment, and seeing that two of their companions had been caught, they did not have the courage to continue fighting. Several people whistled at each other, and at the same time sprinkled a handful of poison powder, then climbed onto the wall, jumped onto the roof of the house, and fled into the night.

The people who surrounded these men in black all jumped backwards in order to avoid the drug powder, just giving the men in black a gap to escape. And most of these generals and the guards of the royal palace will not work lightly, so they can only watch this group of people flee.

"Shoot the arrows!" The old prince Gao, who had been watching the battle from the sidelines, immediately gave a decisive order. So the guards all bent their bows and arrows, and chased after the men in black on the ground.

Xiao Ding knew that even if these guards chased them, they would not be able to catch up. He had seen the light skills of Li Wantong, the national teacher of the Great Xia Kingdom, and at that time, Li Wantong was still able to escape from under his hands when he was hit by an arrow in the ass, which is enough to show the gap between those who can do light work and those who can't.

The more you know a kind of kung fu, you have one more means to save your life, and you don't press down, that's right.

The crowd returned to the hall. When something like this happens, everyone is in no mood to continue the dinner. Now what Old Prince Gao is most concerned about is the purpose of these black-clothed people breaking into the palace at night.

As for how to interrogate the two men in black, Xiao Ding suggested to the old prince Gao that the two must be interrogated separately, and the two must not be allowed to confess together. During interrogation, it is possible to claim that another person has confessed, and if you do not confess, you will be tortured. In this way, usually both of them will confess from the truth, unless they encounter a strong-willed hard bone, which is torture and intimidation.

It's a pity that these two men in black are not hard bones, and after chopping off one of the fingers of one and cutting off one of the other's ears, both of them confessed.

It turned out that they were people from Jiangzhou Disha Valley, and they broke into the palace at night to steal the soul beads of the Gao Wangfu. Because they colluded with the people of Xuzhou Spirit Castle, they used evil magic to plot against Yuan Caiyi, the owner of Yangzhou Jinxiufang, and now Yuan Caiyi's true soul is damaged and needs soul beads to save his life. Now that they have learned that the people of the Splendid Workshop want to come to the palace to steal the Soul Suppression Bead, they want to come over in advance to steal the Soul Suppression Bead to prevent the people of the Splendid Workshop from getting this pearl.

After listening to the confessions of the two black-clothed people, Old Prince Gao silently muttered: "Could it be that the three black-clothed women who came to the palace last night are from the Splendid Workshop?" ”

Xiao Ding was stunned for a moment, and suddenly remembered the three women living next to his inn, so he asked, "Old prince, the three women who came to the palace last night, but one of them was shot with a bow and arrow?" ”

"But that's the case, General Feitian has seen those three people?" Gao Zhengde looked at Xiao Ding suspiciously.

"Oh, I just saw these three on the street during the daytime shopping, and I saw them walking in the direction of the outside of the city," Ding lied. He didn't tell Gao Zhengde the truth, because in his heart, he felt that these women were also very pitiful, the owner of the workshop was plotted, they came to steal the soul bead in order to save the owner, and they were injured by a bow and arrow, and now they are dying. If he told Gao Zhengde, maybe he would send someone to the inn to arrest the three people, and the three people would be difficult to live.

The crime of breaking into the palace at night is not small. So Xiao Ding lied.

"Why do these people know that you have this town soul bead in your house?" Xiao Ding asked strangely.

"It's a long story, about ten years ago, I once led troops into an ancient tomb, and this town soul bead was found in that ancient tomb. At that time, there was a lot of rumors about it, and many people already knew about it. It's just that this soul bead is only useful for those whose true souls have been damaged, and it is useless for everything else. Therefore, there are very few people who can use this bead, and the palace is heavily guarded, so over the years, few people have come to the palace to covet this bead. Gao Zhengde explained.

"I see. Since the people of Jinxiufang have been plotted and need to use this pearl, the prince just lent them it, so what's the matter? As the saying goes, 'Saving a life is better than building a seventh-level floating slaughter'! Xiao Ding persuaded.

"Actually, if the people from Jinxiufang come to borrow it and explain the reason, the old man will not be unreasonable. It doesn't hurt to lend them for use, this soul bead is useless in the hands of the old man, as you said, it's better to lend it to them to save people! However, instead of borrowing it, they sneakily came to check it in the middle of the night, wanting to steal the pearl, and the old man could not forgive them! Gao Zhengde said.

"That's just as well." Xiao Ding listened to Gao Zhengde's explanation, and felt that he was also very reasonable, and said that if he changed to himself, others would steal his own things, and he would definitely be unhappy.

Now that the matter has been clarified and the dinner party can no longer continue, Xiao Ding offered to leave. The other guests also said goodbye.

After the Gao family politely retained everyone, everyone said goodbye and left the palace.