In the north of the capital, the bell of the pothos Zen temple is carried by the north wind, pouring into the prosperity of the city, and the twilight has arrived.

It also arrived late at night when no one was around.

Although the streets are lined with festive red lanterns, there are many laneways crisscrossing the forest as if you would get lost as soon as you enter.

In the shadows, several groups of masked black-clothed people clinged to the walls in the shadows of the deep alleys, and under the black clothes were holy white fabrics, or a few wisps of relief embroidery outlining lotus petals.

They don't need to look, they also know that out of the alley, and after running fifty-six steps, they can see the largest and most expensive inn in the capital: Yunju World Building.

Seven dragons flying and phoenixes dancing in wild cursive on a mahogany plaque, hanging high in the center, illuminated red by two rows of unextinguished red lanterns.

Festive.

Also bloody.

As the night deepened, a sudden fire attacked this rich inn, the flames were blazing, the passers-by of the inn were woken up by the smoke, shouting, and the shopkeeper and Xiao Er also woke up from the table in a hurry, looking at the falling flame plaque.

The seven big characters of the first heavy building in the world were falling to the hard stone threshold and were broken by the waist.

"It's water!!!!

"Little Er, there is a water tank full of water behind the hall!"

"It's too late, run, the fire is too big. ”

"Help, help!"

The fire invaded, and the waves swept into the door with the wind, and climbed up the house with the heavy oil on the wall.

Many of the passers-by were not even dressed neatly, they rushed out of the door, and the people who could live here were all dignitaries and nobles, but at this time they were all embarrassed.

It wasn't safe outside, as they were greeted by a still heavy rain.

Arrows rained down.

Hundreds of arrows and thousands of arrows are fired at the same time, and it is heavy rain!

The masked group of men held repeating crossbows in both hands, firing in an orderly manner without interruption.

Those who ran in front of them could not dodge, but they were immediately shot by arrows and fell into the fire, becoming corpses in the way.

The occupants were a little frightened, but the flames were so great that the people in the fire still ran forward instinctively, even with the arrows fired indiscriminately.

But the group of masked men is also strange, whoever comes forward will shoot whomever they want, and those who stay in the fire will be spared.

It seemed to force the group to stop in the fire.

Among them, there are also people in the rivers and lakes who are good at kung fu, but as soon as they drew their swords, they scattered a few arrows and were shot through the calf, and then an arrow pierced the skull, probing the bloody tip from the back of the head.

The swordsman's eyes widened, and his face slammed into the icy street.

The fire soon attracted the patrol of the capital, and the group of masked people were also decisive, turning their heads and running, and their body speed was all very fast.

Originally, this matter would only touch Taishou and alarm several gods, which was the procedure of detecting, investigating, and solving the case.

However, there were a few people in the inn, a few people who should never be here.

When the patrolling head saw the Heavenly Saint with a sword, messy hair, and a black face walking out of the flames, and an arrow still dangling on the shoulders of the future king of the Fusang Sunset, his heart jumped suddenly, and then he secretly said "It's over."

Long Yan's fury soon came.

The stakes are high.

Soon after, a foreign king was assassinated in the capital, which was usually the trigger for a war between the two countries.

When Xia Zhi heard the news, he didn't say a word, hurriedly got up from Concubine Rong's bed, put on a dragon robe, and shouted, "Xiaoshanzi, call the tiger guard, get out of the palace!"

Paralyzed, it is not enough to be tossed by the anti-kings recently, if you are fighting with this Fusang, but you will suffer from the enemy on your back and start a war on multiple fronts.

"Black Tiger" Zhang Yanren is guarding Bashu, controlling Yanshan Pass, resisting the dogs.

The "Red Tiger" Guan Sandao is a desperate Great Wall stationed in the north, guarding against collusion with foreign races and the desire of the former dynasty to move.

"Shihu" Huang Sheng stayed in the capital because of his old age.

Zhao Huo and Ma Jin, who are "gold and silver tigers", are leading the two armies of "remnant soldiers" and "lone soldiers", which are bounded by the Rose Mountain, which stretches for tens of thousands of miles, and send troops to the Rose Pass, commanding the cities outside the pass to meet the anti-king army.

If at this time, if there is another war with Fuso, Xia Zhi doesn't know who to send.

So, there can be no war.

Therefore, the Heavenly Sage cannot have an accident.

At this time, even if it is out of the palace to condole, even if there may be risks, even if it is to lure the snake out of the hole, even if...

He also had to go.

Because, this is a matter of national social welfare, and he has no choice.

However, after thinking about it, this kind of sudden occurrence usually has a conspiracy, and Xia Zhi was born by playing conspiracy, and he only took seven steps, and he went through all the enemies in his mind.

I went through all the possibilities again,

It's nothing more than an assassination.

So, Xia Zhi said again: "Xiaoshanzi, call Ouchi and Huwei as well, gather outside the palace, I... Come later. ”

Outside the door, there was a sharp "chirp!" from the mountain father-in-law.

Xia Zhi didn't like his father-in-law talking like this...

But after all, he has been shouting like this since ancient times, and he can't help it for a while.

"Your Majesty, what's wrong?"

Concubine Rong slept in a daze, the peachy spring color on her face was still like rippling water, her clothes were half lifted and the snow peak was half gone, and she could vaguely see a touch of red the size of a fingerprint.

"You rest first, I won't be back tonight. ”

Concubine Rong suddenly sobered up, stopped her coquettish thoughts, and had already rushed to the throat with a snorting "Emperor", and became "The wind is cold on a winter night, husband pay attention to take care of the dragon body." ”

If you are mixed in the palace, how can you talk casually?

Concubine Rong scored ninety points for her wit.

Xia Zhi took a deep look at the woman on the bed and said, "Okay!"

Then he was wrapped in a golden dragon robe and pushed the door out.

Outside the door, it was the wind chill and festivity not long after the New Year.

He didn't want to do this, and hurried to the imperial study, then closed the door, pushed the bookshelves in a certain order, and then a dark door appeared.

At this time, the more anxious you are, the more you can't panic, and there is usually a big conspiracy in the strangeness.

So the emperor decided to call the Black Son of Heaven.

He showed a painful expression and shouted softly: "Imperial sister, are you sleeping?"

No one responded.

Xia Zhi took a few steps forward and said, "Imperial sister, it's a mission!"

Still no one responded.

Xia Zhi only felt that ten thousand horses were running wildly in his heart, no wonder this kind of thing happened in the capital, if Xia Zhi hadn't left so suddenly, the capital would be impregnable.

A few steps further, he saw that the black-gold stone table was filled with dense small strips of paper, rolled up, tied with silver threads, and ununfolded.

There are dozens of such notes...

Xia Zhi knew that these were important messages from the "eyes" of the Shadow Imperial Court.

He finally couldn't help but let out a long sigh, and when this time the matter passed, he said that he would change the rules of succession of this black emperor.

Thankfully, someone responded to him.

"Father, why did you come here late at night?"

Xia Yan, who had clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, and his body had begun to take on the posture of "tiger's back and bear's waist", looked at the Son of Heaven who came here and asked curiously.

After asking, Xia Yan immediately understood that something was wrong, his expression flickered slightly, and he said, "Lord Heitianzi is in retreat." ”

Retreat...

It's a sleep that no one is allowed to disturb, right?!

Xia Zhi never noticed his son's different color, and gritted his teeth, "Take me there!"

Before bringing a stone gate, the Son of Heaven first asked Xia Yan to turn back, and then encouraged two words such as "The future of the Great Zhou Dynasty will depend on you" and "Father has high hopes for you".

When there was no one, he directly turned on the opening and closing of the stone door.

Not surprisingly, Xia Jiejie was really sleeping, and the solemn and quiet retreat place in the stone house was like a pig's nest.

Xia Zhi couldn't help but think of what Xia Dian said at the beginning, "Xia Jiejie is very talented" and something like that, and he suddenly felt that he had made the most wrong decision in his life.

"Black Heaven!"

His voice was cold.

Xia Jiejie on the bed is no longer the appearance of the bean sprouts at the beginning, with a lovely face, lying on the stone bed with folded legs, her face is ruddy, and her saliva is drooling.

The dark gold dress wrapped the girl's delicate body, her white legs were extremely long, tightly and without gaps, and her toes were hanging out of the bed with her shoes, which was really as unsightly as it was.

Don't say it's royal, even if you're outside, you'll be scolded for being uneducated.

Xia Zhi snorted coldly, it seems that the nutrition of the Shadow Imperial Court is good, and in just four years, the skinny yellow-haired girl has made up for the lack of development.

The girl who was already eighteen years old heard the voice, her eyelashes moved, and then she suddenly got up and said: "Who is the thief, who dares to attack my Shadow Court, do you know who I am... Hey, Brother Huang, why are you here?"

Xia Zhi wanted to say, "You continue to sleep, I am so blind that I let you dominate the Shadow Court", but now that there is a fire in the middle of the night, the capital is in chaos, and the assassin is still equipped with a military crossbow, and the Heavenly Saint was attacked and injured, and he saw blood.

The Black Son of Heaven is in the capital, but there is a powerful elite assassin who is always on standby, called Sparrow, which can even directly destroy a large sect.

Thinking of this, Xia Zhi forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart, and told the young black emperor about the matter.

Xia Jiejie asked, "Can you ask someone else to go?" I know both of them, so I'm going to call them. ”

Xia Zhi said: "I can't. ”

Xia Jiejie said again: "Can you go again tomorrow morning?" I woke up in the middle of sleep, I felt very uncomfortable, and it would affect my performance." ”

Xia Zhi said: "I can't. ”

Xia Jiejie let out a helpless "oh", and then reluctantly put on a dark gold robe and put on a pure black mask, the mask was close to her face, and the sides were carved with a dragon-like texture.

Pick up a seedling knife placed on the stone table.

The Miao knife is said to be the famous demon knife of the Shadow Imperial Court, grinding teeth and sucking blood, killing people like hemp, and the blade is like wildfire burning corpses, horrified and messy, full of violence.

The blade is like a snake swallowing, and the snake's tail is like a slender blade, like an immortal holding a pen and ink on the horns of an antelope in the sky, or a deep ditch mixed with lava in hell.

The snake's mouth spits out a black hilt, and the snake's teeth are concave and convex and spiral against the long handle, which can be held with both hands.

Knife name: Village Prime Minister Great Flame Snake.

Commonly known as the Great Snake Knife.

It is said that the use of this knife hides the spirit of a real ghost snake, and will bewitch intelligent, greedy, and ambitious people, making them sword slaves, until they eventually fall into madness, lose their minds, and distinguish between friend and foe.

And the reason why the Shadow Court still has it is precisely because it is rumored to be a real demon sword, and it contains the secrets of a unique inheritance.

Hei Tianzi had all his strength to choose a weapon, so Xia Jiejie chose this one.

In addition to taking advantage of it, the new black genius in history also felt that this knife was fierce enough.

In this way, it is more worthy of yourself.

She straightened her well-developed breasts.

I'm fierce too!

Equipped with a big snake knife, a dark gold robe, and a dragon-patterned black mask, Xia Jiejie suddenly became eerie and terrifying, and her momentum was definitely not bad.

"Brother Huang, do you know how I got over the past four years?"

Xia Jiejie justified her name and said loudly, "Four years!"

Xia Zhi ignored this living treasure, just looked outside and said: "Don't say anything, let's go, you hide in the shadows, you and I will pay attention to safety when the time comes, tonight... I always felt a little strange.

At the critical moment, you make another move. ”

Xia Jiejie said: "Brother Huang, I understand what you said, but you wait for me first." ”

After saying that, she began to rummage through the cabinets, taking some small metal cylinders, black gourds and other things and stuffing them into the dark gold robe.

Xia Zhi looked at her and suddenly felt even more uneasy.