Chapter 45: The Trail of the Dragon Seal
Jing Ge's eyes narrowed, and his right hand pressed the short dagger on his waist. He didn't breathe a sigh of relief until he saw the person coming, Wei Zifu could guess that he was going out of the city, and she could guess that it was normal for her and the king of war to meet here.
The galloping white shadow was Shangguan Junyue.
She turned over and dismounted, and when she saw the King of War and Jing Ge, her expression was excited, and tears flashed in her eyes.
"Yue'er, the daughter of General Shangguan." Jing Ge carefully introduced, he didn't know what the King of War's attitude was towards her, but he was very happy to see Shangguan Junyue, who he hadn't seen for a few days.
"Lord War." Shangguan Junyue shouted in a trembling voice, with a faint sadness. She is proficient in medical Taoism, and she can see that Qin Hao has no skills to return to heaven and has little time to live.
"Yue'er." Jing Ge called softly. She respects her father, and she must also respect the king of war.
"You step back and let me talk to the War King alone." Shangguan Junyue said to Jing Ge.
"Huh?" Jing Ge looked stunned, what? Why do you want me to retreat, are you familiar with the War King?
"Hmm." Jing Ge looked at the war king, and after obtaining his consent, he simply retreated neatly.
There is a large woods between the west gate of Luoyang City and the borrowing pavilion, and there are few people on weekdays, and the scenery is good. Jing Ge walked along the path, and sensed several people coming towards him, wearing armor and swords, and he hid behind a tree.
"Gongzi Xie, will he really appear here?" Someone asked.
"Most likely, think about it, if you are the king of war, you robbed the Nine Dragons Seal, and you are about to die, who will you give him to?" The man who was called Gongzi Xie said.
"To whom?" Someone asked.
Smack, that Xie Gongzi jumped up and slapped him, "Pig, it must be for a trusted person." For him, who else is more trustworthy than that prince of Zhenguo. ”
"That's right, Childe is wise, and he is like a god." The man slapped his ass flatteringly.
"There are other kingly realm powerhouses in the imperial capital, and the seriously injured war king can't go in again, I guess that the prince has sneaked out, and the war king is a nostalgic person, and most of them will ask him to meet in the borrowing pavilion." Xie Gongzi said.
"But even if they are there, even if we are three or four rank martial artists, we won't slap the war king to death." The man said with a sad face.
"Rich and dangerous, think about it, what if that old thing of the King of War dies there. If he still has the strength to fight, we will pretend to admire his juniors, and with his temperament, he will not attack us. Stabilize him first, and then slowly figure him out, understand? Xie Gongzi said.
When Jing Ge heard this, his heart was cold, he was such a treacherous and vicious villain.
There are several people on the other side, and they are all third- and fourth-grade martial artists. Jing Ge thought about it, and the war king had no way to make any more moves now. Yue'er has excellent wisdom, but she doesn't know martial arts, she has just accepted the gift of the war king, and for a while, not only did she not grow, but she had some conflicts with the original strength, and she had not yet fused well, and I am afraid that she would not be able to keep them.
How is it good, they must not be allowed to go further, seeing Yue'er and the War King together, then Yue'er will be in big trouble. Jing Ge quietly stepped back for a while, and then walked along the path towards them. It's like he's just returned from the Borrowing Pavilion.
"Hey, Childe, look, isn't that His Royal Highness the Prince?" The sharp-eyed subordinates saw Jing Ge.
"A few big brothers, it's early." Jing Ge greeted with a smile, "Come out so early?" ”
"I've seen His Royal Highness, how could His Highness be here?" The well-dressed and dignified Xie Gongzi saluted slightly.
"Who are you?" Jing Ge said vigilantly.
"Taqing, Your Highness, don't be a fool for me, I know that you are here to see the King of War, I don't know where the King of War is now, we are the descendants who admire him, and I have come to serve the work of dogs and horses." Gongzi Xie leaned over and whispered.
"Really?" Jing Ge didn't believe it very much.
"Of course, otherwise, why a few people came, would a few of us dare to be unfavorable to the king of war? He slapped the old man, and we don't all have to be meatloaf. "Gongzi Xie said.
"Yes, to be honest, I did come to see the War King, but now his old man is gone." Jing Ge frankly admitted that dead pigs are not afraid of boiling water. He thought that if he could borrow money yesterday, it would be nothing to come out to see him for the last time today.
It's just that he didn't know that the King of War had taken away the Nine Dragon Seals, and he had heard a few people mention it before, but he didn't know what the so-called Nine Dragon Seals were, and he didn't know the reward order issued by the Empress Wu.
He's already met the War King? Several people glanced at each other, quickly and vaguely through eye contact.
"How is the old man's injury?" The leader Xie Gongzi asked with concern.
"The War King's injuries are fine, and he left after asking me about the latest situation in the imperial capital." Jing Ge replied.
"Did the War King give you anything?" Someone asked.
"Nope." Jing Ge looked directly at the person who asked him.
"Really? Do you dare us to search our bodies? Several people approached Jingge, and according to the reward order issued by Weiyang Palace, it was obvious that recovering the Nine Dragon Seals was the most important thing. If it is really in this down-and-out world, it is completely worth taking a little risk in this wilderness and doing something.
"What are you who dare to offend His Highness?" Jing Ge glanced at them coldly, a cold light flashing in his eyes.
Gongzi Xie didn't speak before, he quickly weighed and analyzed in his heart. The person in front of him is just a helpless son, Jing Qing has been dead for three years, there is not much left of Yu Wei, and there are few people in the Zhenguo Mansion, who else will stand up for him?
It doesn't matter if you offend or not, it's just that the news released by Weiyang Palace is wrong, if the king of war is really not seriously injured, most of them will not hand over such an important thing to him, you must know that he must be the target of the imperial court's key investigation. Thinking about it like this, the Nine Dragons Seal is not on him.
"Bold, how can you be so rude to Your Highness." Gongzi Xie scolded his subordinates, but his tone did not mean the slightest reproach, and he didn't even ask them to apologize to Jing Ge.
"Hmph." Jing Ge snorted coldly. Past a few people, follow the path towards Luoyang City.
"What are we going to do?" Several people looked at each other and asked Gongzi Xie in a low voice.
Xie Gongzi, who was dressed in brocade, changed his face, and finally said in a deep voice, "Let's go back too." ”
Jing Ge saw a few people coming back, his hanging heart relaxed a little, and he swayed leisurely along the way, watching the surrounding scenery with great interest.
After half an hour, Gongzi Xie followed behind, thinking about it carefully, and felt more and more that it was not quite right. If the King of War just wanted to ask about the current situation of the imperial capital, why let him take such a big risk to get out of the city, even if he didn't give him the Nine Dragon Seal, I am afraid that there was some extremely important entrustment.
He was lying, and a sneer hung on the corner of Gongzi Xie's mouth.
"Arrest him." Gongzi Xie ordered several of his martial artists to do it.
Jing Ge looked at a few martial artists who surrounded him, and he didn't make much movement. He had already expected that it was inevitable to be recognized, and he delayed for so long, firstly, to wait for the two forces in his body to merge, and secondly, to give Shangguan Junyue enough time to avoid it.
However, the two forces in his body did not merge, but were entangled and clashed in his dantian, and the expressionless Jing Ge's body was turbulent. The two light clusters collided uncontrollably in his body, overflowing wisps of energy and constantly impacting his internal organs.
He had already begun to suffer some injuries, and the pain was terrible. Although the War King sealed it away and made it gentle before pouring power into him, even so, it was difficult for ordinary people to suddenly withstand such a powerful force.
When several martial artists grabbed his arm, a trace of blood spilled from the corner of his mouth. The whole person went limp, and the martial artist who grabbed him jumped.
"Lao Xu, you don't have to be so heavy." The fellow martial artist reproached, after all, he was also a prince of the world, and he did not resist.
"No, I don't." The man was speechless.
"Forget it, no matter." The two of them put Jing Ge up.
"Take him back and give him to my father." Gongzi Xie commanded. "The rest of me will come with me to borrow the Soldier Pavilion."
"Oh, no, now that Luoyang City is heavily guarded, I guess I can't take him in now, so I'm still waiting here." He thought for a moment and said.
Jing Ge's face was as pale as snow, his body was weak, his body trembled involuntarily, his consciousness was still awake, and he couldn't help but be a little worried about Yue'er and the War King when he heard the words of Gongzi Xie. I have no choice but to turn over the river and the sea in my body, and I have no time to take care of him.
He calmed down, looked inward, and felt the sharp pain coming from the dantian, because the newly obtained energy and the original mass were constantly colliding, making the dantian full of cracks.
He dived his consciousness into it and tried to channel the two energies apart and rotate around each other, forming a stable and harmonious yin-yang taiji shape. No one had told him that he should do this, but he naturally felt that the two energies should be together like this in order to work for him.
I don't know how long it took, Jing Ge licked his dry lips, raised his head and looked at the sky, it seemed that an hour or two had passed. The two forces in his body still showed no signs of taming, and were completely uncontrolled.
The group that had gone to the Borrowing Pavilion came back with joy, carrying the remains of a body with golden hair, and their excitement was uncontrollable. Apparently they found the deceased War King in the Borrowed Soldier Pavilion.
"Hmph, I still want to deceive my son. Where is the Nine Dragon Seal, say quickly. Gongzi Xie reached out and pinched Jing Ge's neck and threatened viciously.
It seems that they didn't find Yue'er, alas. It's a pity that the heroes of the war king's generation will be insulted by such rats after their deaths.
Jing Ge narrowed his eyes, "I don't know." ”
"Don't say yes. It doesn't matter, when I bring you back to the imperial capital, I believe that the big people in Weiyang Palace have a way to make you speak. "Gongzi Xie doesn't care, the Nine Dragon Seal must have been given to him. Take him and this corpse back, and the reward will not be able to run.
Xie Gongzi led his henchmen back to the Luoyang City Gate and shouted, "I have found the traitor Qin Hao." As soon as he finished speaking, a group of gold-armored guards surrounded him.
The leader of the general was like lightning, swept over the group of people, and finally carefully confirmed the corpse, although it was different from the heroic war king in front of Weiyang Palace yesterday, but he could still identify that person.
"Very well, come with me to the Prime Minister's Office." The general said. The prime minister of Daqin can open a government to govern affairs, has great power, and is the head of a hundred officials, except for the direct officials in the Weiyang Palace and the generals in the army, other officials are bound by it. With great power comes great responsibility, and the prime minister is also responsible for such important matters as recovering the Nine Dragon Seals.
Jing Ge smiled bitterly, yesterday Kou Huai invited him to the Prime Minister's Office, and today he asked someone to tie him up, it was the creation of people.
"Where is the Nine Dragons Seal now?" Kou Huai sat in the high hall and asked indifferently.
"Looking back at the Prime Minister, the villain did not find the Nine Dragons Seal where he found the body of the traitor, and it is estimated that it was taken by His Royal Highness the Prince of the Evil Thief." Gongzi Xie knelt on the ground and said.
"Yesterday, you gave Qin Hao a gift, and I didn't care about it for your sake. But the private possession of the Nine Dragons Seal is a capital crime for the Nine Clans, do you know? Kou Huai asked. Behind him stood the quiet Mo Kun. In addition to the armor in the hall, there were many officials who came to discuss the matter.
"I didn't know before, but now I know." Jing Ge replied in a low voice.
"It is good to know, and now I offer it, and you will be forgiven." Kou Huai said expressionlessly, the most important thing at the moment is to find the Nine Dragons Seal, the treasure of the town.
"I've never seen the Nine Dragons' Seal." Jing Ge shook his head and said.
"Hmph, I'll ask again, where is the Nine Dragon Seal?" Kou Huai asked coldly, he was extremely tolerant of Jing Ge, and he didn't seem to know what to do.
"I don't know." Jing Ge replied calmly.
"Put him in prison for the time being. Send someone to fence off the Zhenguo Mansion and go to the place where the body was found to find it again. Kou Huai said.
Everyone present unconsciously lowered their heads after hearing the prison, this name made them shudder, and very few of the people who were imprisoned in the prison could come out again.
"Prime Minister, slow down."
Everyone secretly glanced at each other in surprise, which person was so bold. When I saw it, it was all right. It turned out to be that "Han fool". I really don't know whether to live or die.
The person who spoke was a member of the Ministry of Officials, named Han Zhi, as his name suggests, he is known for his uprightness in speaking and doing things, he will not beat around the bush, and he is always outspoken, such a person is naturally unsuccessful in the officialdom, and has offended many people, secretly everyone takes him as a talking point after dinner, laughs at his stupidity, and calls him a fool of Han.
"The subordinates thought that the prince was telling the truth, and the king of war took away the Nine Dragons Seal with great effort and a great price, how could he give it to him." Han Zhi glanced at Jing Ge, who was sitting on the ground and staggering, and said.
"The king of war must know that the prince who gave him a gong yesterday must be firmly targeted, what is the difference between handing it over to him and returning it directly. It will also bring him death, if you were the king of war, would you do such a thing? He looked directly at Kou Huai, who was sitting in the hall, and asked rhetorically.
"You have some truth in that, but it's impossible to let him go after you say that." Kou Huai pondered for a moment.
Han Zhi was about to say something, when suddenly, a long dragon groan suddenly came from the gate of Dongfang City. Kou Huai led everyone out of the hall, and nine huge dragon phantoms appeared outside the east gate.
An old man in the Prime Minister's Mansion appeared on the city wall of Luoyang in an instant. Looking at Weiyang Palace, a group of top masters chased the people wrapped in the nine divine dragon phantoms.
He stood on the city wall for a while, and silently retreated back to the Prime Minister's Palace.
"What's going on?" Kou Huai asked.
"It's the Nine Dragons. In the hands of a kingly powerhouse. The old man replied.
"Who?"
"Ascetic, old friend of the War King." The old man said, "The people from Weiyang Palace have already chased after them, but most of them can't catch up." ”
Kou Huai nodded thoughtfully.
"Since it is confirmed that the Nine Dragon Seal is in his hands, let's issue a wanted warrant." Kou Huai's eyes were sunken and he looked into the distance, his hands behind his back, not knowing what he was thinking.
"As for him, he has ruled out suspicion and sent him back to the Zhenguo Mansion."
"Don't bother the Prime Minister." A modest carriage stopped at the door. A dignified woman came down and nodded slightly to Kou Huai, and then helped Jing Ge into the carriage.