In the palace, Li Dingbang's face is still ugly,

Sitting opposite him was a man about sixty years old, his face was full of vicissitudes, and he couldn't detect the slightest soul power from him.

The people who have a place in front of the emperor are only a handful of people in the entire Great Chu,

This man's name is Liu Xun, and his title is the Emperor's brother-in-law.

"Your Majesty, things have become complicated," Liu Xun said in a low voice: "Xiao Chen arrested more than a dozen officials, including the left and right prime ministers, and used this as a threat to exchange Chu Yue and Lin Die and others back,"

Li Dingbang held back the anger in his heart and snorted: "Are those ministers eating dry rice, or are the guards in their family eating dry rice, and they actually watched their master being kidnapped,"

Liu Xun smiled bitterly: "If Your Majesty says so, it is really wronged to them, a total of hundreds of guards have died in the homes of more than a dozen ministers, they are not not not resisting, but they have no chance to resist at all, among those who died, most of them were attacked to death by poisonous needles, and a few were cut throats......"

"Enough, what do you say about it," the Emperor interrupted him,

Liu Xun thought for a while and said: "So far, there is only one option, compromise, after all, the other party has arrested more than a dozen important ministers of the imperial court, we can't turn a deaf ear, to be honest, the Great Chu Imperial Court is really not good without these people,"

"That means we've gone from active to passive, right," the Emperor snorted unhappily,

"I have to admit that this is indeed the case," Liu Xun lowered his head and said: "In comparison, the hostages in our hands cannot be compared with the other party's hostages, whether in terms of quantity or quality, Your Majesty, the minister knows that the next words will make you very angry when you hear it, but I still have to say that in this duel, you lost, Xiao Chen won,"

Until now, no one knows which kidnapped ministers were hidden by Xiao Chen, and there is no chance of rescue.

Li Dingbang said angrily: "You are polite, not only did I lose in this duel, but I have never won before, this matter is left to you to deal with, I only have two requirements, the first must ensure the safety of the ministers, and the second is that Xiao Chen must be killed,"

"This ...... The minister ...... "Liu Xun wanted to refuse, but he didn't dare to say it clearly, after all, the emperor was angry, and if he didn't get it right, he would become a punching bag.

"I know that it is not easy to accomplish these two things, so I have decided to hand over the Blood Shadow Hall to you," Li Dingbang said in a deep voice: "In addition, I will allocate you another ten Saint Martial Realm masters, these people are all under your command, if you have any other requirements, you might as well put them forward, I will satisfy you,"

Liu Xun's body involuntarily began to tremble, not because of fear, but because of excitement,

Although Miao Zhengqing and Hua Changwen are dead, the book is still on the shelf, and the huge branch of the Blood Shadow Hall has not suffered serious damage, and it is still a force to be reckoned with.

At the beginning, Miao Zhengqing only had the four Great Hall Protectors in his hands, that is, the four Holy Martial Realm masters, and he could keep the entire organization in order, if there were ten Holy Martial Realm subordinates, it would be a piece of cake to play with the Blood Shadow Hall.

He slowly raised his head, trying to make his expression look as normal as possible, because he had to make sure that the emperor was not joking with him,

"I know that whether it's the mess of the Blood Shadow Hall or Xiao Chen, both things are troublesome enough," Li Dingbang said quickly: "The more important the matter, the more it must be handed over to someone you can trust, brother-in-law, apart from you, I really don't know who to believe, I have more than a dozen brothers, but they are either mediocre people with mediocre qualifications and are useless, or they are wolf ambitions with bad intentions, such as Li Dingguo, the king of Qin...... Forget it, let's not talk about that,"

Liu Xun was sure that the emperor was not joking, so he quickly knelt on the ground and said in a loud voice: "Your Majesty can trust Weichen, Weichen will definitely live up to your expectations, even if it is broken, Weichen will do these two things for Your Majesty,"

Li Dingbang slapped the table happily: "Okay, I'm waiting for your good news,"

Although Liu Xun is an ordinary person, he is shrewd and capable, and he has always been a person trusted by the emperor, like Miao Zhengqing, he served as the emperor's eyes and ears, and secretly did many beautiful things.

At noon, he sat in a teahouse, waiting for Xiao Chen to appear,

Two hours ago, he asked people to release the news, made an appointment to meet Xiao Chen, and negotiated with him on behalf of the emperor.

"My lord, how can you be sure that Xiao Chen will come to see you," it was his attendant who acted as Xiao Er,

"He has captured so many ministers, it is nothing more than an exchange with us as a hostage, and we must always talk about the conditions before the exchange," Liu Xun put down the teacup and said, "Tell the people around you not to approach without permission, and before you are sure of the safety of the ministers, it is not appropriate to turn your face with Xiao Chen,"

The attendant muttered: "Why are you making so much trouble, you want me to say that I will catch him directly, and then force him to ask about the whereabouts of the hidden ministers, killing two birds with one stone,"

Liu Xun shook his head: "You think Xiao Chen is simple, even an old fox like Miao Zhengqing is planted in his hands, which shows that he is an extremely difficult person to deal with, let's be careful,"

"Lord Liu is right, you are a self-aware person, you let people spread the news everywhere, saying that they want to meet me alone, but you got a follower by your side and asked him to pretend to be a teahouse guy, is this your sincerity," a voice came from downstairs, followed by the sound of the soles of shoes touching the stairs,

Liu Xun blushed and explained: "He is an ordinary person without any soul power, and he can't pose any threat to you, after all, the meeting and the next conversation between you and me are highly confidential, and it is really inappropriate to do this in front of a guy, what do you say?"

"When we meet for the first time, I'll give you a face, don't play such a clever next time," Xiao Chen climbed to the second floor, put on a proud expression, and said: "You listen well, my words are only said once, before sunset today, you send my people out of the city, they will send a signal to prove that they are safe, and then I will release your people, remember, don't be clever, otherwise those ministers will definitely die,"

After saying that, he turned around - went downstairs, without any intention of staying,

Xiao ...... Childe, you wait," Liu Xun quickly stood up and said, "I haven't even seen the ministers who were kidnapped by you, I can't be sure of their safety, and I can't reach a consensus with you,"

"I just said it, I'll only say it once," Xiao Chen continued downstairs,

"Even if I believe that the ministers are safe, and I take you out of the city, how can you be sure that they are safe, I mean, arrange for you to meet first......"

"No, we have already made an agreement, whether they are sending a safety signal or not, I can recognize it at a glance,"

Xiao ...... Childe, you wait," When Liu Xun ran to the staircase, Xiao Chen had already disappeared without a trace,

The attendant also walked over, frowned and said, "My lord, that kid is too arrogant,"

Liu Xun smiled bitterly: "Sure enough, he is a difficult guy to deal with, he firmly holds the initiative in his own hands, and he refuses to relax at all, you go and pass on my order immediately, let Shuntian Mansion Yin send someone to send the hostages out of the city, and let them go before dark, don't embarrass those people, otherwise those ministers who have been kidnapped will be really dangerous,"