The night was quiet, and there was silence in the camp, after all, the emperor was beside him, and he was still copying Buddhist scriptures, so the ministers naturally did not dare to make a noise at such a time to alarm His Majesty the Emperor.

After dinner, Qi Ning practiced freely in the tent.

Since getting the luck method to show Baiying, Qi Ning will breathe whenever he has free time, and after each breath, his limbs and bones will feel extremely relaxed, and the whole person will be more energetic, Qi Ning naturally knows that this is of great benefit to the body.

Strange to say, at the beginning, although Qi Ning clearly felt the existence of the cold ice true qi in his dantian, unless the body was attacked by an external force, that cold ice true qi would spontaneously flow through the meridians, and he usually wanted to transfer that cold ice true qi but could not get it.

That icy true qi was like an independent existence in his body, and he was not dominated by himself, and only took the initiative to help when his body was in trouble.

But the last two times, Qi Ning vaguely felt that when he was lucky, he seemed to be able to extract a trace of the cold ice true qi and flow through the meridians in his body, although that cold ice true qi could not be completely dominated by himself, but it seemed that there were already signs of being able to control that true qi.

It's just that if you don't adjust the cold ice true qi, once you transfer it, even if it is just a trace of cold ice true qi flowing in the meridians, the whole body is extremely cold, and now it is the height of summer, but the internal force of pranayama is like being in the cold winter wax moon, and the whole body is cold.

Qi Ning couldn't help but think in his heart, if the cold and icy true qi of the dantian was completely mobilized by himself and wandered in his meridians, the cold would inevitably be doubled, and he might not be able to withstand it, but it was a trace of cold qi that he barely transported, which was within the range that he could withstand.

He couldn't help but think that the cold qi knew the condition of his body, and knew that too much luck would bring harm to him, so he could only let himself transfer a little bit of it, if this was the case, it would be a bit unbelievable.

However, Qi Ning also understood that since he had this cold ice true qi in his body, this true qi did not cause any harm to himself, but at critical moments, this true qi often burst out with powerful power to help him tide over difficulties, at least for now, this cold ice true qi of unknown origin is a friend rather than an enemy.

This true qi came very suddenly, and Qi Ning still can't figure out where he came from.

When it was time to finish, the camp was even quieter, Qi Ning thought that there would be a sacrificial ceremony tomorrow, and it would not be over in a while, but he also had to recuperate, and was about to rest, when he suddenly heard a voice outside: "Hou Ye, the last general Chi Fengdian, I don't know if Hou Ye is going to bed?" ”

Qi Ning was a little surprised, secretly thinking that Chi Fengdian suddenly found what he was doing, tidied up his clothes, went out of the tent, and saw Chi Fengdian in armor standing outside the tent, and when he saw Qi Ning coming out, Chi Fengdian immediately gave up his hand and said with a smile: "I'm disturbing the Hou Ye." ”

Qi Ning said: "Is there something wrong with Commander Chi?" ”

"Master Hou, someone from the Hou Mansion in Jinyi came over, saying that there was an urgent matter to report to Lord Hou." Chi Fengdian said: "It's just that the Holy Ascending Camp is important, and no one is allowed to enter without permission, and the last general dared not let him in, but he claimed that he had to see Hou Ye tonight, and the last general thought for a while before coming over to talk to Hou Ye." ”

"Oh?" Qi Ning asked, "Where are the people?" ”

Chi Fengdian pointed to the east and said, "It's not far from there." ”

Qi Ning said: "There is Lao Chi in charge. Then he went over there, Chi Fengdian followed by his side, went out of the camp, and walked a little longer, and saw a person on the road in front of him leading a horse and waiting there, and several Yulin elite soldiers with spears guarding on the side.

Qi Ning stepped forward and saw that it was Qi Feng, Qi Feng also saw Qi Ning, stepped forward quickly, and arched his hand: "Master Hou!" ”

"Qi Feng, why are you here?" Qi Ning frowned and said, "Commander Chi said that there is an urgent matter over there in the Hou Mansion?" ”

Qi Feng hurriedly said: "Master Hou, it's the third lady who has something urgent to find Master Hou, saying that the matter is very important, please Master Hou must rush back to the mansion tonight." ”

Qi Ning said: "Sanniang is in a hurry to find me?" Do you know what's the urgency? ”

"The third lady didn't say anything, and now she is only waiting in the mansion." Qi Feng said: "Master Hou, the third lady is very anxious, it seems that Master Hou has to go back." ”

Qi Ning turned his head to look at Chi Fengdian, Chi Fengdian arched his hand and did not speak, Qi Ning hesitated for a moment before asking: "Commander Chi, at this time, I suddenly returned to Beijing, is it not in line with the etiquette?" ”

"The last general doesn't know what to say." Chi Fengdian said respectfully: "It's just that you can't disturb the emperor tonight no matter what, whether the Hou Ye returns to Beijing or not, it's not good to pay tribute to the emperor." ”

Qi Ning thought for a while, and then said: "It's only a hundred miles back to Beijing from here, the sacrificial ceremony starts tomorrow, and there is still time in between, I will return to Beijing immediately now, and rush back before tomorrow's sacrificial ceremony." ”

Chi Fengdian just gave it up and didn't say much.

Qi Ning knew that Chi Fengdian would naturally not risk offending himself to prevent him from leaving, after all, Chi Fengdian's main duty was to guard the safety of the emperor and his ministers, and if the marquis of the dignified empire wanted to leave, it was not that he could stop it, nor would he talk nonsense, so Qi Feng waited for a while, and he went over and took his own horse to fold over, and then said to Chi Fengdian: "If someone asks, they will say that there is an urgent matter in the house, and this marquis will go back quickly, and he will not delay the sacrificial ceremony." ”

"Hou Ye waits, and the last general will immediately allocate manpower to escort Hou Ye back to Beijing." Chi Fengdian said respectfully.

Qi Ning shook his head and said, "No need." Without waiting for Chi Fengdian to say more, he had already shook the reins of the horse, and the horse was like an arrow off the string, galloping away in the direction of the capital.

Qi Feng had already turned over and followed suit.

Chi Fengdian listened to the sound of horses' hooves, and watched Qi Ning's figure disappear into the darkness from afar, his eyes narrowed slightly.

Qi Ning galloped his horse and galloped out of ten miles together, only then did he slow down the horse, Qi Feng also followed at this time, Qi Ning glanced at Qi Feng and said, "What the hell is going on?" But the beggars asked you to find me? ”

After he saw Qi Feng, he had already guessed that what Qi Feng said was just a pretext, and at this time, it must not be that Gu Qinghan was in a hurry to find himself.

"Master Hou, the beggars who helped the ghost golden sheep rudder find me." Qi Feng Zhengse said: "They wanted to look for Hou Ye directly, but they knew that Hou Ye came to the imperial tomb with him, and they couldn't see Hou Ye, so I rushed to find Hou Ye overnight, and the white helmsman asked him to bring a message to Hou Ye, saying that the one called the gray crow had appeared, so I must report to Hou Ye." ”

Qi Ning's heart sank, and he didn't ask any more questions, urging the horse to go.

The horse galloped, naturally not as slow as during the day, there were more than ten miles away from the city gate, Qi Ning thought that Ma Lan of the Zhenguo Company would set up a tent on the side of the road to heal during the day, and he paid attention, but until he got under the city gate, he couldn't see the tent temporarily erected during the day, Sima Lan was no longer on the side of the road, it was already late at night, the city gate was closed, Qi Ning restrained the horse, saw the guards at the head of the city, and shouted loudly: "I am Jinyi waiting for Qi Ning, open the door quickly." ”

Someone at the head of the city looked down, and after a long while, a small door was opened at the city gate, and a few people came out of it..... Are you a brocade waiter? ”

"If you don't believe it, go and call Xue Lingfeng over." Qi Ning knew that the soldiers defending the city were from the Tiger God Battalion, and said in a deep voice: "Ben Hou has important things to do, and he must not delay. ”

A few people didn't dare to stop them, and let Qi Ning enter the city, Qi Feng said to Qi Ning: "Master Hou, Lord Bai Helm said that Master Hou knows where to see him." ”

The emperor left Beijing, the capital curfew, so at this time into the city was a dead silence, occasionally there were officers and soldiers of the Tiger God Battalion patrolling from the streets and alleys, Qi Ning encountered several teams of Tiger God Battalion soldiers along the way to block, but after revealing their identities, the Tiger God Battalion soldiers immediately withdrew.

He and Bai Shenghao had an agreed place, went straight to the premises, turned over and dismounted, threw the reins of the horse to Qi Feng, went over and knocked on the door, the door creaked open, Bai Shenghao was behind the door, saw Qi Ning coming, didn't say much, dodged and let Qi Ning enter the house, and after Qi Ning entered the house, he immediately closed the door, but Qi Feng was locked out.

Bai Shenghao led Qi Ning to walk back, and when he arrived at the back hall, Qi Ning saw several beggars holding wooden sticks in front of the door of a room, and saw Bai Shenghao coming, and the beggars immediately separated, Bai Shenghao stepped forward and gently pushed the door open, signaling Qi Ning to enter, Qi Ning entered the house, and saw an old wooden table in the middle of the house, an oil lamp was placed on the wooden table, and on the wall in the corner of the room, two lamps were hung, and three oil lamps were enough to illuminate the house very brightly.

Under the oil lamp in the corner of the house, there was a bed, at this time an old beggar was standing by the bed, Qi Ning saw that the back was very familiar, close to the past, and immediately recognized that it was Zhong Li, Zhong Li turned his head to look at Qi Ning, and did not speak, just nodded, but he was holding a silver needle in his hand, and there was a copper basin on the side, which contained water, but the water had changed color.

At this time, it was already clear that there was a person lying on the bed, wearing only a pair of shorts on his body, and his body was already full of silver needles, Qi Ning leaned in slightly, took a look, and recognized that the person lying on the bed was the gray crow.

The gray crow's skin was slightly blackened, the color of his face was very dark, and there were many scars on his chest and shoulders, and his skin was open, but he had already applied medicine to stop the blood.

The air was filled with the smell of blood and medicinal herbs.

When Qi Ning saw the appearance of the gray crow, he knew that this person must have gone through a tragic battle before, and seeing him like this, he didn't know if he would be able to live.

Zhong Li took the needle from the gray crow at this time, and cleaned the silver needle in the copper basin, and then continued to prick the needle on the gray crow.