When Qu Xiaocang entered the palace to see Xiao Shaozong, Qi Ning was looking at Xiang Tianbei.

Qi Ning knew that Tang Nuo's medical skills were good, but in just three days, he made the dying Xiang Tianbei recover a lot of spirit, which really made Qi Ning admire, although Xiang Tianbei couldn't walk on the ground for the time being, but he was able to sit up, and the fallen leaf sword was placed in his hand from beginning to end.

Elder Suzaku knew that the Ghost Golden Sheep rudder was being targeted, so he quietly moved the place.

People say that there are three caves of cunning rabbits, and there are really many places where this beggar gang can hide.

Although the environment of the transferred place is not very good, it is private enough, there is a basement dug under a coffin shop, and almost all of this street is a funeral business, and coffin paper money and other shops are all over the street.

Of course, ordinary people here will not come close, it is a place of bad luck, it is not that someone in the family has died, no one is willing to step into this street half a step, even the officers and soldiers patrolling the city at most only go to the street and leave, walking on this street, the gloomy atmosphere is panicked.

The beggar gang is a big gang, and to maintain a huge gang, of course, it is not just about begging, but also secretly the beggar gang will also do some business, which is not known, and no one can find out that the beggar gang is running behind these shops.

Elder Suzaku knew that this place was safe enough, and although it was a little unlucky, it was the best place to hide at the moment.

After moving here, Qi Ning has not taken the initiative to find Xiang Tianbei, he does not want to affect Xiang Tianbei's recovery because of himself, one of Qi Ning's biggest advantages is that in the most severe moment, he often has extraordinary resilience and patience.

It wasn't until today that Xiang Tianbei took the initiative to come to him, he stepped into the house, Tang Nuo was very smart, knowing that Xiang Tianbei and Qi Ning had something to say, he fed Xiang Tianbei a pill, and went out by himself, and took the door with him.

"This girl has excellent medical skills, I thought I would definitely die, but I couldn't imagine ......!" As soon as Qi Ning sat down, Xiang Tianbei sighed: "Little grandfather, thank you and Miss Tang this time." ”

Qi Ning shook his head and said, "If Mr. Xiang hadn't appeared that night, I might not have been able to leave alive." ”

Xiang Tianbei's lips moved, and he stopped talking, and finally said: "Xiao Shaozong wants to usurp the throne, you must have guessed it." ”

Although he didn't have a lot of breath when he spoke, his words were still very clear, and his face was bloody.

Qi Ning nodded, didn't talk nonsense, and asked directly: "How is the emperor now?" ”

"Although I don't know where Xiao Shaozong locked up the emperor, ..... The emperor must still be alive! Xiang Tianbei said softly: "Xiao Shaozong has endured for so many years, just to suddenly usurp the throne one day, in his heart, he must feel that the throne belongs to him, since he wants to regain the throne, before he ascends the throne, he will definitely not attack the emperor, but want the emperor to watch him sit on the dragon chair with his own eyes." ”

Qi Ning frowned and said, "Are you so sure?" If he thinks that the emperor's life is a hidden danger just in case, is it possible to do it? ”

Xiang Tianbei smiled faintly and said: "One of the most important purposes of him doing this is to let the emperor see it with his own eyes, he finally sang a play, if there are no spectators, wouldn't it be very disappointing?" ”

Qi Ning groaned slightly, and then said, "Is the emperor still in the palace now?" ”

Xiang Tianbei shook his head and said, "I can't be sure." After the Qinhuai army went north, Xiao Shaozong was always in the palace, and he always pretended to be terminally ill, so as to deceive the emperor's trust, and this person did have a strategy to help the emperor formulate a strategy to go north in the palace. After a slight pause, he continued: "That night, the emperor suddenly summoned me, and gave me imperial wine, and the emperor rewarded me, so I naturally couldn't help but drink, but...... At that time, I thought that the emperor was a little strange, so I thought that the imperial wine did not enter all the stomach, but even if only a little bit entered the abdomen, the toxicity would attack immediately. ”

Qi Ning immediately said: "That emperor is a fake. ”

"Not bad." Xiang Tian lamented: "I never thought that the emperor had been replaced, Xiao Shaozong found a person who was very similar to the emperor to pretend to be the emperor, and he was going to use poisonous wine to poison me. ”

Qi Ning sneered: "You are the commander of the palace guards, Xiao Shaozong wants to control the palace, the first thing is naturally to get rid of you." ”

"Xiao Shaozong is insidious and cunning, although he failed to poison me with poisonous wine, he arranged an ambush around at this moment." Xiang Tianbei said: "I desperately broke through, fortunately, I am very clear about the terrain in the palace, and I escaped from death, and soon Xiao Shaozong borrowed the name of the emperor and gave me the name of rebellion, and the palace guards were controlled by him." The guards didn't know that the emperor had been replaced, and they really thought that I rebelled against the emperor and became a tool used by Xiao Shaozong. After a moment of silence, he said: "I don't know where the emperor was locked up by Xiao Shaozong, and he stayed in the palace, once he was exposed, he couldn't get out, so he looked for an opportunity to leave the palace, and then found a hidden place in Beijing to heal." ”

He said it lightly, but Qi Ning knew that he could escape from the ambush arranged by Xiao Shaozong, and it would definitely be a tragic bloody battle.

"How did you know I was going to be at the Fortune Teahouse that night?"

Xiang Tianbei said: "Your family members are all locked up in Kyoto Prefecture, if you return to Beijing, you will definitely do everything possible to rescue your family members." Almost all of the killers who ambushed near Kyoto Prefecture that night left, and I knew they had discovered you. ”

Qi Ning said: "So you've been staring at Kyoto Mansion as well?" ”

"Instead of me looking for you myself, it's better to let them help, keep an eye on them, and sooner or later find out your whereabouts." When Xiang Tianbei said this, he immediately coughed, Qi Ning hurriedly got up, and Xiang Tianbei had already raised his hand and said, "I'm fine, but the internal qi has not completely smoothed out, and my body is fine." ”

Qi Ning nodded, pondered for a moment, and then said, "Do you know that Xiao Shaozong rebelled and didn't tell others?" ”

"I have been guarding the emperor in the palace, and there are only a handful of people who know me in the Manchu Dynasty." Xiang Tianbei said: "And I have no evidence, no matter who I find, no one will believe it, and the most important thing is that even if someone believes it, if they don't have enough strength, how can they dare to fight against Xiao Shaozong?" ”

"The entire capital has been controlled by Xiao Shaozong." Qi Ning's expression was solemn: "The palace guards, the Yulin Battalion, the Shenhou Mansion, the Tiger God Battalion, and the Kyoto Mansion are all at his disposal, if nothing else, Xiao Shaozong can also mobilize the Black Knife Battalion and the Xuanwu Battalion." ”

"The emperor is controlled by him, the jade seal is in his hands, and he is now holding the Son of Heaven hostage to order the princes." Xiang Tianbei's expression was also grim and abnormal: "As long as the emperor's whereabouts cannot be found, and the emperor does not come forward in person, no one will believe that Xiao Shaozong is plotting rebellion." He smiled faintly: "Even if someone in the court sees the clues, they can only pretend to be deaf and dumb, and they will never dare to be an enemy of Xiao Shaozong." ”

Qi Ning bowed slightly, Xiao Shaozong now holds great power, and the soldiers and horses inside and outside the capital are in his hands, and even he has no good way to fight against him, let alone other ministers.

"Xiao Shaozong has used the fake emperor to rehabilitate Xiao Zhang, and he has inherited the throne of the king of Huainan." Qi Ning frowned and said, "The next step is naturally to ascend to the throne." ”

Xiang Tian said sadly: "I already know the news that he inherited the title. This man did all this to pave the way to the throne. If Xiao Zhang's charges are not cleared, he is the son of a traitor, and even if he uses conspiracy to ascend to the throne, he will not be convinced. But now that Xiao Zhang has become a loyal minister, he has become the blood of a loyal minister, and he is also the grandson of Emperor Taizu, if he ascends to the throne for some reason, even if some people are not convinced, they can't say anything. ”

"He will find a reason for the false emperor to issue an edict to abdicate and make way for the virtuous." Qi Ning said: "There are rumors that the emperor is sick, this is naturally the news that Xiao Shaozong deliberately released, and in time, he will abdicate under the pretext that the emperor is sick and unable to manage the government, and he can sit on the dragon chair openly." ”

Xiang Tian said sadly: "This must be a means that he has planned a long time ago." Sneered: "This person is really scheming, he has been hiding his head and showing his tail for many years, and no one has noticed him, who knows that he is constantly moving in secret." ”

Qi Ning sighed: "He has hidden from the world. This person secretly colluded with the Dongqi people, and the East China Sea family was in turmoil. There is also the Xichuan Rebellion, and even the beggar gang snatched the position of the gang leader, and there is a shadow of this person behind them, but it is a pity that we have never suspected this person. After a pause, he continued: "When I went to the East China Sea to investigate the death of the governor of Tangtai, I found out that the Donghai family was ordered by the so-called hidden master, and I always thought that the hidden master was from Dongqi, but not long ago I learned that the hidden master was the prince of Huainan. The hidden master is hidden so deeply! ”

"Little grandfather, if you want to reverse the situation, there is only one way to do it, and that is to find the emperor and rescue the emperor." Xiang Tianbei said: "Without the emperor coming forward, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty would not dare to act rashly, and all the soldiers and horses could only obey Xiao Shaozong's orders." ”

Qi Ning nodded and said, "I naturally know this truth, but where is the emperor now?" The emperor is in the hands of Xiao Shaozong, Xiao Shaozong is such a scheming person, how can he not know the importance of the emperor, he must have locked the emperor in an unexpected place, and he will inevitably send people to guard him strictly. Locked his eyebrows: "And time is pressing, once Xiao Shaozong ascends the throne, he will inevitably attack the emperor, so before he ascends the throne, we must find and rescue the emperor." Suddenly thinking of something, he took out a bag from his arms, then untied the bag, took out the silver sword that Xiang Tianbei handed over to him a few days ago, lit up in front of Xiang Tianbei's eyes, stared at Xiang Tianbei and asked, "Mr. Xiang, what is this?" ”

Xiang Tianbei saw the silver sword, a bright color crossed his eyes, and he immediately said: "This thing was handed over to me by the first emperor, it is extremely important, and it is also an important thing to deal with Xiao Shaozong this time." ”