And the guards in Jiang Li'er's palace are much stricter than before.

The previous dynasty was also turbulent, and I don't know if this mutual market caused Mobei's dissatisfaction.

The border between Xiliang and Mobei is about to move.

And according to the report from the front-line spies, Mobei's action this time is extremely large, and it is very likely that he intends to attack the border city in one fell swoop.

Everyone in the court asked for their lives repeatedly, however, considering Dao's prestige in the army and his official rank in the court, Qin Hao was finally determined.

For a while, Ning Yi and Qin Hao, who were quite prestigious in the court, would leave the capital, and some people had already realized the seriousness of the situation, but the Empress Dowager Xi now said that she was not sick, Her Majesty was still young, and many things were inconclusive, so they pretended not to know one by one, and they were wise to protect themselves.

Ruyi and Jiang An tried several times, but there was no way to deliver the message.

Ruyi only spun around in a hurry, but He Xi said calmly: "Okay, you are shaking your head in front of me and you are going to be dizzy." ”

If he saw that there were only two of them in the room, he hurriedly said, "Miss, how can you not be in a hurry?" Let's not talk about whether we can help the prince get things done this time, we are also going to be in it, and Uncle Liang has no news coming in, how can this be good? ”

He Xi held the tea and didn't speak, and suddenly she said softly: "Ruyi, you forgot about someone." ”

Ruyi was stunned, and looked at He Xi in confusion, only to see that there was some expectation in her eyes, but she didn't say anything, just said: "The situation is undecided, there will inevitably be a person who breaks the situation, let's wait and see what happens." ”

At this time in Xizhou, in an inconspicuous thatched hut outside the city, a middle-aged man was half-leaning on a pillar to rest, and a young man in tattered clothes was lying on the slot bed beside him.

All over his body were wounds from swords, but at this time, the bleeding had stopped, and dark brown scabs had formed, which was rain and snow.

He woke up with a sigh, and his blurred vision gradually became clearer, but he only stared blankly at the roof, looking dull, like a living dead.

Liang Qi saw him wake up, so he said with concern: "How do you feel?" ”

Yuxue hummed softly, and then said as if sighing, "Why do you want to save me?" ”

Liang Qi sneered, got up and walked to the window, pushed the window open slightly, and said: "I don't like to save people, I think some people live in this world and do their best, but you are the first to ask me this question." ”

Yuxue turned her head effortlessly and looked at Liang Qi, only to see him frowning, as if he was thinking about something, and then asked, "How are those people?" ”

Liang Qi sighed and said: "Are you saying that those people who assassinated you have been killed by me, what else do you want to ask, as for whether you still want to go, I have no right to care about you, you can do it yourself." ”

Saying that, he took out dry food and water bags from his arms, put them within reach of Yuxue, and planned to leave, but when he walked to the door, Liang Qi stopped and said: "By the way, those people have been following you since you left Xizhou City, until they were sure that they would not alarm the people in the city." ”

Ignoring the surprise in Yuxue's eyes, he left.

Only Yuxue was left stunned in place, and someone wanted his life? Why? He's alone, what's worth it for these people?

Could it be that Lord Zhao's accident was also caused by himself? But he had been in Qi Xiao's house for so long, why didn't he find anything abnormal? By the way, the gentleman just said that he was afraid of alarming the people in the city, was it an assassination? Who did you offend?

Thinking of this, Yuxue wanted to desperately recall what happened along the way.

But my mind was empty, but I felt as if something was faintly emerging in my mind, as if as long as I caught that clue, everything would fall into place.

Suddenly, he heard another person riding a horse outside, and then he heard Liang Qi's voice say, "You said that the prince found a clue?" Is it possible to go back to the Imperial City? ”

The man didn't know what to say, and then he heard Liang Qi's footsteps and entered the house, the man followed, but he didn't want to have anyone in the house, so he wanted to pull out the sword in his hand, but was stopped by Liang Qi and said: "He was seriously injured, and now he can't move at all, I'm going to go into the city now, you help me take care of him, and when I come back——"

The man hurriedly said, "But Mr. Liang—"

Liang Qi's footsteps did not stop, and walked straight out of the house, only to hear the neighing of horses, and then the sound of horses' hooves faded away.

Mr. Leung?

Yuxue only felt that this name was very familiar, but he couldn't think for a while, where had he heard it, he looked at the person standing beside his bed, looked carefully, and suddenly saw the regular and complicated patterns on the scabbard of the person, they were Xiliang's people.

The man saw that Yuxue was wearing just the clothes of ordinary people in the calendar, so he didn't care and said: "Mr. Liang has explained, you can rest well, and everything will be talked about when Mr. comes back." ”

On the other side, Liang Qi rode his horse wildly, he wore a wide hat on his head, making people unable to see his face clearly, and when he arrived at the city gate, he held high the token given to him by Ning Yi with one hand, but the speed of the horses under him did not slow down, and the people on the city tower saw the things in Liang Qi's hands clearly, and they were busy opening the door to greet them.

In this way, Liang Qi almost galloped all the way to Ning Yi's face, Zhao Yanchen was not in the post house at this time, and the spreading symptoms like a plague were enough to distract him too much, and he had no time to care about what kind of person Ning Yi was around.

Liang Qi handed over the horses to the soldiers guarding the door, and rushed into the meeting room almost like the wind.

At this time, Ning Yi was sitting at the head of the living room, and there were several people kneeling on the ground, all of whom were dressed as businessmen, but one person was not, his eyebrows and eyes were deep, the color of his pupils was very light, and the edges and corners of his cheeks were also very distinct, which was completely inconsistent with the appearance of Dali and Xiliang.

Liang Qi almost subconsciously lifted the man up, he had great strength, the man seemed to be a rag bag in his hand, and the few people kneeling on the ground were almost frightened and gasped, but the person who was lifted by Liang Qi in the palm of his hand did not have the slightest fear.

Ning Yi just looked at it coldly, and said faintly: "This person has been hiding in Xizhou, as if he has been observing our movements, and we have also followed him for a long time, making sure that he is the only one and has no companions." ”

Liang Qi's hand became more and more forceful, he turned his head to look at the man, and said word by word: "You are from Miao Domain, aren't you?" ”

The man just sneered, and just wanted to raise his hand, but Ning Yi seemed to have been prepared, pulled out the long sword from the waist of the guard on the side, and when the knife fell, the man's two arms were cut off by Ning Yiqi.

The faces of the few people kneeling down were hot, and their eyes were blood-red, and they were instantly frightened and incontinent.

The room was suddenly filled with a fishy smell, the man screamed, two lifeless arms lying on the ground, holding something that seemed to be an insect egg, the answer is self-evident, he is indeed a person from Miao Domain, since He Xi was poisoned, Liang Qi went to Miao Domain alone, but for a hundred years, Miao Domain has always been a mysterious existence, he has spent a lot of effort, and he has achieved nothing.

He said to Ning Yi: "This person, can you hand it over to me?" ”

Ning Yi seemed to know Liang Qi's plan, and said: "Take the person down, search his body properly, don't heal the injuries on his body, don't heal them, don't heal them." ”

Someone immediately responded, and then Ning Yi looked at the few people who were kneeling down: "It's our turn to settle accounts." ”

Those few people had never seen such a cruel and bloody thing, and the two severed arms were still lying in front of them, as if to remind them of what would happen if they had something to hide.

The man at the head kept deducting his head and said: "The prince spares his life, the prince spares his life, we really don't know who the person behind the scenes is, but the man said that as long as we send things to Xizhou, not only will the payment for this batch of goods not be collected, but the profits will also be counted as ours, and even after the matter is completed, we will also be - it is also lard that blinds the heart, and the prince spares his life." ”

Ning Yi just stared at them coldly, picked up a white handkerchief from the table on the side, carefully wiped the blood stains on the blade, and then said: "Since I can catch you, I must know something, and I want to hear something different." ”

The men looked at each other, and suddenly one of them seemed to remember something, and said, "I remember, at that time, we doubted the truth of the other person's words, and we were not willing to take risks, but the man took out something. ”

Ning Yi sat up straight and said, "What is it?" ”

The man recalled it carefully, and said: "It's the imperial seal, it's the imperial seal of Xiliang, we thought that this transaction was a private business of the imperial court, so we dared to take it, once upon a time - there was such a thing before, we didn't think much about it, until, until we found out that what we transported was poisonous food, we hid in fear." ”

Ning Yi pondered for a moment and said, "I know—"

Then he waved his hand and said, "Go down." ”

Liang Qi frowned and said: "Since it is the imperial seal of Xiliang, it is from the hand of the Queen Mother or the Emperor of Xiliang, it seems that they really want to get rid of you, what are your plans." ”

Ning Yi sipped the tea and said, "Not necessarily, although it is the imperial seal of Xiliang, but in fact, this seal is not only available to the royal family, there is another place." ”

Liang Qi didn't understand the dispute that the Xiliang royal family saw, so he looked at Ning Yi puzzled, Ning Yi sighed and said: "Ning is the national surname of Xiliang, but in fact, there are very few people with this surname, my father, the first emperor, and Prince Lao Kang, my father assisted the king, Prince Lao Kang was born and died for His Majesty several times, the friendship between them is not something we can understand, and it is precisely because of this that this imperial seal is just a Ning character of an oracle bone, but the lines are different, the wolf pattern of the first emperor, my father's python pattern, And the one in Prince Lao Kang's hand is an eagle feather. ”