Qi Ning's arrow was extremely sharp, piercing the air, and went straight towards Xiao Shaozong, and he was about to hit Xiao Shaozong, but when he saw Xiao Shaozong wave his hand, the arrow went in the wrong direction and shot into the body of a soldier next to him.

Qi Ning was slightly shocked in his heart, secretly thinking that Xiao Shaozong's skills were really not weak, and saw that he had passed through the crowd and had arrived at the bottom of the city, and the soldiers at the head of the city received an order to stop shooting arrows at the city, Xiao Shaozong arrived at the city very easily, his body swept up, and he had reached the top of the cloud ladder, and then he was like a skyscraper, stepping on the cloud ladder and climbing to the top of the city in an instant.

The Xuanwu battalion retreated on all fronts, but Xiao Shaozong went in the opposite direction and climbed to the top of the city alone, Qi Ning really didn't know what this person's intentions were.

As soon as Xiao Shaozong went to the city, the soldiers of the Yulin Battalion were stunned at first, and then all the soldiers around rushed towards Xiao Shaozong.

Xiao Shaozong grabbed the nearest soldier with his hands, and rushed to the inner city with the soldier, without saying a word, he actually threw the soldier from the city, and in the scream, Xiao Shaozong stretched out his arms and jumped down from the city like an eagle.

Xiao Shaozong's move not only surprised the surrounding soldiers, but even Qi Ning was shocked and discolored.

The walls of the imperial city are high and thick, even if you have a light achievement, if you want to jump down from the city, it is also a life of nine deaths, Qi Ning's current skills are rarely matched in the world, even so, Qi Ning did not dare to jump off the city like this, his figure flashed, when Xiao Shaozong jumped down, he had already arrived at the side of the inner wall, and saw Xiao Shaozong in the air, with the falling Yulin soldiers falling together, there was still a distance from the ground, only to see Xiao Shaozong stepped on the soldier's body with one foot, the soldier fell faster, and Xiao Shaozong took advantage of this step, If most of the falling power is unloaded.

Only then did Qi Ning understand, only to see Xiao Shaozong fluttering to the ground, he didn't look back, and went straight to the palace.

Yu Beigu was shocked and ordered: "Enter the palace and chase it!" ”

Qi Ning raised his hand and said, "Wait! Wei Yi groaned, and then said: "You welcome the emperor, I will go after Xiao Shaozong!" ”

Qi Ning got off the city, went straight to the palace, entered the middle palace, in front of the empty square, in the middle of a road leading straight to the majestic Chengtian Palace, that is the place where the emperor convened the hundred officials to meet the court, the eunuchs and palace maids in the palace are hiding in the inner palace, and the soldiers who can fight have already ascended to the city, the square in front of the palace is empty, and there is not even a guard.

Qi Ning stopped, looked at the Chengtian Hall in front of him, and finally walked forward.

In the empty square, Qi Ning's figure seemed lonely and small, and walked straight to the steps in front of the hall, Qi Ning stepped on the steps step by step, and walked to the main gate of the Chengtian Palace.

The eastern canopy was already red, and the sun was rising, and the sun shone on the golden and brilliant Chengtian Temple, making this most majestic and sacred hall of the empire glow with brilliant brilliance.

Qi Ning walked slowly into the main hall, and saw Xiao Shaozong standing on the Jinluan Hall from a distance.

Xiao Shaozong seemed to be observing the main hall, with one hand behind him, and the other hand was gently caressing the bronze crane in the Jinluan Palace, with gentle movements, as if he was caressing his favorite woman.

Qi Ning walked His Royal Highness Jinluan, Xiao Shaozong didn't look at Qi Ning, as if he expected Qi Ning to follow, and said with a smile: "When I was very young, I heard about Emperor Taizu's wisdom and martial arts, and it was very strange at that time, father and son inheritance, why grandfather."

of the throne, not the father sitting on it? When I got older, I realized that there are many things in this world that don't need to be reasonable. Justice is not in the hearts of the people, right and wrong care about strength, you don't have the strength, the baby in your hand is guilty, you have the strength, not only your things belong to you, not your things, but also belong to you! ”

Qi Ning smiled faintly and said, "The throne has never been a thing, but a human heart!" ”

"People's hearts?" Xiao Shaozong was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "You mean to say that those who win the hearts of the people win the world?" ”

"That's what I meant." Qi Ning said calmly.

Xiao Shaozong laughed, walked slowly to the side of the dragon chair, stroked the dragon chair, turned around and sat down, and said with a smile: "You still don't understand, many times, it is not those who win the hearts of the people who win the hearts of the people who win the hearts of the people, but those who win the hearts of the people who win the hearts of the people." As long as I sit in this position, there will be many hearts in the heart of me, you see, there are not many people in the world who are truly generous and loyal, but there are many filthy people who tend to be angry and swaying with the wind, and this time you win, but if you lose, do you know what the result will be? ”

Qi Ning didn't answer, just looked at Xiao Shaozong.

"Those so-called courtiers who are loyal to Da Chu will respect me as the Son of Heaven." Xiao Shaozong said: "Even if they suspect in their hearts that there are many strange things that happened this time, for their own future, no one will say it. Raising his hand and pointing at His Royal Highness Jin Luan: "They will kneel at my feet, shouting long live, and they will spurn you Qi Ning as a peerless thief who has never been seen before, and there will definitely be people vying to help me clean up the Jinyi Qi family, right?" ”

Qi Ning nodded and said, "If you win, it is likely to be such a result." ”

Xiao Shaozong smiled slightly and said, "Qi Ning, in fact, I admire you very much, the only lucky thing about Xiao Guang is that he has a helper like you." Leaning forward slightly, he said, "If I hadn't left you that only weakness, who do you think would have the last laugh this time?" ”

Of course, Qi Ning understood what Xiao Shaozong's "only weakness" was, and said very sincerely: "If the emperor is really killed by you, maybe the ending will be different." ”

"Maybe you're laughing at my stupidity in your heart." Xiao Shaozong smiled and said, "Obviously, you can achieve your goal without flaws, why do you have to leave a chance to fight back?" He propped his elbows on the handle of the dragon chair, supported his left face with one hand, looked at Qi Ning and said, "I know you want to gamble in the end, but I didn't expect that you could really see through my hole cards." ”

"That night, you asked Mo Ying to lead people to surround and kill me in the Hongyun Teahouse, that was your biggest flaw." Qi Ning sighed.

Xiao Shaozong frowned and said, "I didn't understand!" ”

"You wanted to put me to death that night, but you were the best of your best." Qi Ning said: "Those people are your hidden strength in the capital, and if you do something like that, you don't even use the people from Kyoto Mansion and Shenhou Mansion, so naturally you won't mobilize troops and horses." ”

Xiao Shaozong let out an "oh", and Qi Ning continued: "If you just let them surround and kill me, it won't be a flaw, it's just that the weapons in the hands of those people have exposed some things. ”

"Weapons?"

"Most of the weapons used by those people were obtained from the Qinhuai Legion." Qi Ning said slowly: "The weapons of the officers and soldiers of the battalions in the garrison capital are all made of high-grade stainless steel, which is stronger than the Qinhuai Legion on the front line, and the two weapons can be seen almost at a glance. But this is also a matter of course, stainless steel

Forging weapons not only require good steel, but also very troublesome to forge, if the 100,000 troops of the Qinhuai Legion are equipped with such weapons, it is almost impossible. I have seen the swords of the soldiers of the Qinhuai Legion, and I remember it vividly, and that night, many of the weapons in the hands of the group of people under your command were the same as those used by the Qinhuai Legion. ”

Xiao Shaozong seemed to understand: "You guessed that these weapons were smuggled out of the Qinhuai Legion?" ”

"The imperial court has already issued a sword hunting order, even if it is the residence of high-ranking officials in the court, the weapons used are also restricted, and they are also registered, of course, even if there are weapons in the palace of the capital administrator, it cannot be the kind of Qinhuai Legion, at least it is made of stainless steel." Qi Ning said: "So it seems simple to collect such a batch of knives in the capital, but it is not easy. I know that in the Qinhuai Legion, there are some scum who eat inside and out, and secretly smuggle out the weapons of the general, but their whereabouts are unknown. The capital is heavily guarded, and these weapons have to be transported from the front line to the capital, and they also have to pass through the heavily guarded city gates, so how can this be done? ”

Xiao Shaozong smiled: "So you thought of Ding Yitu. ”

"Ding Yitu was originally a member of the Qinhuai Legion, although he was expelled, there must be people he knows well in the army." Qi Ning sighed: "People die for money, birds die for food, if Ding Yitu buys off the people in the army, and then smuggles the weapons back to the capital, it will not be difficult for him." He under the banner of the dart bureau, in and out of the capital, it is inevitable that some benefits will be given to those soldiers guarding the city on weekdays, and the time is long, the goods in and out of the capital of the Rising Sun Dart Bureau will naturally not be as strict as others, since you want to make waves in the capital, it is inevitable that a batch of weapons will be secretly stored in case of emergency. ”

Xiao Shaozong gave a thumbs up and said, "It's really smart, not everyone can think of this." ”

"Since Ding Yitu has such a close relationship with you, he is naturally involved in your plan." Qi Ning said: "You are the prince of the Huainan Palace, generally speaking, it is difficult to connect you with a mere dart game, and it is impossible for anyone to think that you will put the emperor under house arrest in the dart game, so you think that the emperor's whereabouts must be extremely secret, and no one will think of it." ”

Xiao Shaozong sighed: "But in the end, it was guessed by you, you should really open a casino." ”

"My gambling luck doesn't always go this way." Qi Ning sighed: "If you make a mistake this time, you will lose everything, and it is impossible to turn the situation around." ”

Xiao Shaozong sat on the dragon chair, thoughtful, pondered for a moment, and then said: "When I was a child, I was sent to the palace to read to him, do you know what it means to read with him?" It is to be by his side, always subservient to him, the knowledge that the teacher said, before he understands, I will never be able to understand, I will always be aware of it, and I will always understand those knowledge later than him. At that time, I kept thinking, why did I have to pretend not to know in front of him when I knew all the knowledge, and why he condescendingly pointed fingers at me, why did he make a mistake and need me to be punished in his place? Later, I knew that because he was the crown prince, he was the one who wanted to inherit the throne, and he was the one who wanted to rule the world, so I had to be like a dog, and I could never object to what he said, and in the face of him, no matter how painful my heart was, I had to smile with a smile, because if I was angry, if I couldn't make him happy, it was a bad idea. With a smile still on the corner of his lips, he said calmly: "I only used three months of the books he finished reading in three years!" ”

(End of chapter)