In the imperial capital, Song Zining returned from the sanatorium to the post station where he lived temporarily, and after having dinner in his room, he flipped through the documents under the lamp.

When everything was silent, there was a sudden knock on the door, and no one waited for Song Zining to speak, but pushed the door in.

He carefully covered the door, came to Song Zining's table and sat down, and said, "Song Shuai asked me to come secretly, I don't know what to order?"

Sitting at Song Zining's table was Gong Wen Yuan. During this time, he has been staying in the imperial capital, waiting for the formalities of military merits to be redeemed.

Song Zining said: "Chen Gong made some contributions some time ago. ”

Chen Tongqi said: "Those are all the pioneers of the Thousand Nights Adult, and I am just waiting to pick up some leftovers and cold rice behind the adults." It's not a great achievement. ”

Song Zining nodded and said, "What Chen Gong originally committed was a felony of raiding the family and the clan. This time, he was born and died in the Black Sun Valley, and he made a lot of contributions, and he originally wanted to erase the crime, but it was almost enough. ”

Wen Yuangong was taken aback and said, "What's the matter, there will be variables?"

Song Zining said: "Of course, there are variables, it just depends on how you do it." I don't know what Wen Yuangong thinks of Lord Qianye. ”

Chen Tongqi said: "Lord Qianye is really a genius in the world, and he is very affectionate. After you and Marshal Cointreau were seriously injured, it was only thanks to the arrival of the adults that the empire was able to win successive battles. Although I am also a god general, I am really not as good as Lord Qianye, I am afraid that I am not the enemy of his three moves. ”

After a pause, Chen Tongqi sighed with emotion: "To be honest, Lord Qianye almost single-handedly killed through the countless defense lines of the dark race and penetrated directly into the central region. With more than 2,000 people, the enemy was forced to a hundredfold, and he did not dare to step out of the fortress. Why should such an immortal martial art be erased? Wouldn't this chill the hearts of the three thousand dead soldiers in the Black Sun Valley?"

Song Zining knocked on the table and said, "Gong Chen, with all due respect, you haven't completely cleared your charges now, and if you talk nonsense like this, I'm afraid there will be big trouble." ”

Chen Tongqi snorted: "Isn't my trouble enough? I'm afraid of coming more? Besides, if I don't even dare to say anything about the merits of Lord Qianye because I'm afraid of trouble, then where is the spirit of our martial artists?"

Song Zining didn't answer and asked: "I sent Liu Chengyun back to China that day, and wanted to cut off his military exploits. And later, when you and Ming Haigong and the others came back, he personally gave you a lot of his own military exploits. Why is that?"

"Is Song Shuai going to interrogate me?"

"This question is really relevant to your future now. I hope to tell you the truth. ”

Chen Tongqi pondered for a moment, and then said: "Lord Qianye recruited those who dared to die at that time, but Liu Chengyun took the lead in retreating, and he had also disobeyed military orders many times before, and he should be severely punished. Narumi and I both fought with the adults to the end, and we never flinched or cowardly. Adults want to reward military merits, and I dare not accept it. The adults asked us to return, and I didn't dare not return. If you stay, most of them will become an adult. ”

Song Zining nodded and said, "This is the reason why you were convicted." ”

Chen Tongqi was puzzled, and said, "I don't know where the crime comes from?"

Song Zining put a document in front of Chen Tongqi. Chen Tongqi opened it and looked at it, and immediately exclaimed: "Collusion with foreign races, lying about military exploits?!"

He was furious, slapped the document on the table with a snap, and shouted, "Who is the alien race?

The surrounding scenery suddenly changed slightly, and Song Zining was already in the realm of cloth, isolating internal and external contact. When everything was safe, he said: "The alien race is ...... A thousand nights. ”

Chen Tongqi was stunned for a moment, his face changed several times, and he immediately took the case, pointed at Song Zining and said: "How can this be reasonable! Lord Qianye has made immortal feats for the empire, and now that the adult has died, you treat him like this! You, do you still have a little conscience?! Without adults, how can you still have a foothold in the Black Sun Valley!"

Song Zining's expression was calm, and he said: "This document is from Liu Chengyun's hand, and it has been rejected. ”

Chen Tongqi's face gradually became gloomy, and he said coldly: "Liu Lao'er is impatient. Originally, thanks to the blessing of adults, he could still live for a few years, but now my father doesn't mind sending him on his way by hand!"

"Why bother?"

"This kind of villain, it's not just a matter of destroying me, but also slandering an adult! Allowing him to live one more day is unfair to adults. ”

Song Zining said slowly: "Gong Wen Yuan, although you have such determination, you should also pay attention to your strategy. If you hadn't been impulsive, you wouldn't have been guilty of this. As far as I know, you didn't even participate in the core plot of the Immortal King back then. ”

Wen Yuangong's face changed again and again, and finally he let out a long sigh and said, "Over the years, I have been bad at a bad temper. The Immortal King had the grace of knowing me back then, how could I bear him? No matter how much I tried to tempt me at that time, I just wouldn't say a word, and the result was what I am today. ”

Song Zining took back the document and said: "There is another promoter behind this matter, Liu Chengyun is just the right thing to do, and he was pushed to the front as a gunman." But in your previous case, the current crime can only be mitigated, and it is difficult to get rid of the crime completely. ”

Wen Yuan said fairly: "Song Shuai must have a belly case, can you give me some advice?"

Song Zining said slowly: "My suggestion is to completely admit the crime." ”

Wen Yuangong was taken aback and said, "This ...... What about my family?"

"You don't have much family, and there are only more than 100 people in the core lineage. Although the charges remain the same, the military exploits of the New World are enough to modify the punishment. There is no need for hard labor to fill the army, but it will be changed to exile and distribution, and you will continue to make meritorious contributions in the army. ”

"Exile, where to exile?"

"A neutral place. ”

Wen Yuangong understood a little, pondered for a moment, and said: "In this way, it will all be up to Song Shuai." ”

He also figured it out, the neutral place was actually Song Zining's territory. When the family arrived there, although they would not suffer much, they were also in the hands of Song Zining. Song Zining did this, he had to have a handle in his hand, so that he could rest assured that he would do something.

Sure enough, Song Zining said: "You are very familiar with the Black Sun Valley, and Ben Shuai will transfer you to take office later." Then, there are other arrangements for you, and you will know then. ”

"Do your bidding. Gong Wen Yuan bowed his hand and left.

Song Zining took out a piece of paper, on which several names were written, and Wenyuan Gongchen Tongqi was also on it. Now that almost everyone on the list is marked, only the last two remain.

He looked at it, crossed out Ji Tianqing's name, and said to himself: "This matter is up to the old prince, what he wants to tell you, that's what it is." ”

He set the list on fire, burned it to ashes, and went to bed with his clothes closed. As soon as he lay down, Song Zining's eyes opened, and there was already an extra water blue sword blade on his neck.

Song Zining was not panicked, and said, "I was still thinking about when to look for you, but I didn't expect you to come first." ”

Li Ranglan's face was cold, "Originally, I should have beheaded your dog with a sword, but there are still some things I haven't figured out, so I'll spare your life for the time being." I'll ask you in a moment, if there's something that dislikes me, you don't want to see the sun tomorrow!"

Song Zining pushed the sword edge a little farther away, turned over and sat up, and said, "You ask." ”

"A Thousand Nights...... Already gone?"

Song Zining pondered and said slowly: "No one saw it with their own eyes, but there was a Heavenly King present in the empire at that time. According to them, Qianye should be gone. ”

"I don't want to listen, I just want to know, whether he has ...... or not"

Song Zining said: "Shouldn't you ask Niangniang more about this matter?"

Li Yanlan's hand trembled slightly, and said, "I don't know if she is really good for me and my child." I didn't know at all! I heard that you were back, so I had to come to you. ”

Song Zining sighed and said, "I don't know much, not necessarily more than you." It's just that as soon as Qianye left, someone wanted to beat him up. ”

A cold glint flashed in Li Ranlan's eyes, and he said, "Who is it?"

"I can't tell you yet, I'll deal with it first, and I'll tell you when I need help. ”

"Well, I believe you. ”

She has always been resolute, and when she saw that she couldn't ask anything from Song Zining, she turned around and left.

Song Zining couldn't sleep at this time, standing in front of the window, looking at the bright moon in the sky, stunned.

A quiet voice suddenly sounded behind him, "You didn't talk nonsense just now, it's not bad." ”

Song Zining turned around, smiled bitterly, and said, "Niangniang, this is the imperial capital." You ran out in the middle of the night, and something wasn't good. ”

Appearing behind him was Queen Li. She changed into casual clothes, but she still did not hide the beauty of the country and the city.

She said: "Now in this imperial capital, as long as you avoid those two or three old guys, where can I go?"

Song Zining said respectfully: "Congratulations to Niangniang for the success of the Heavenly Machine!"

Empress Li sighed: "After so many things, if my Heavenly Skill doesn't break through again, I don't have to sit in the back seat." You've been planning a lot of things these days, and I've seen them all. Just don't make too much trouble, or I won't be able to help you. ”

Song Zining said: "I actually don't realize anything, it seems that I am still far inferior to you in the Heavenly Machine Technique." ”

Regarding Song Zining's self-humility, Empress Li didn't know whether she believed it or not, so she only smiled and said: "Three thousand floating leaves, three thousand avenues." What you have cultivated is not under what my Li family has learned, and it will not be difficult to surpass me in the future. It's just that since you have chosen this path, there will be no successors in this generation of the empire's Great Yan Heavenly Technique. ”

Song Zining said: "The Great Yan Heavenly Skill is really a divine technique, and it has also been cultivated in the history of the empire, and only a peerless genius like Lin Shuai can cultivate to the extreme." My qualifications are still one level behind, and it is extremely difficult to cultivate this technique. ”

Empress Li sighed: "Your qualifications are not below Lin Dazai. But since you don't want to go down this path, no one can force you. ”

"Maybe one day in the future, I figured it out, and it was possible. ”

"I hope so. ”

Song Zining said: "Niangniang came to see me late at night, I think there is something important, I don't know what to order, I can do it, I will not refuse." ”

Li Hou said: "Naturally, there are things, and you can't excuse yourself." We have a child in the Li family who is very talented, and after thinking about it these days, I think it would be better to find him a teacher. What our Li family has learned, after all, the pattern is still a little limited. Would you like this position?"

Song Zining was stunned and said, "Could it be that child?"

Empress Li is very direct, "It's the child of Qianye and Raglan." ”

Song Zining's face was solemn and said: "Whether it is a thousand nights or a raging tide, martial arts talent is the best. This kid must be very talented in this area, why would he come to me?"

"Your martial arts are not bad either. Empress Li glared at Song Zining, and said, "That child of the Ji family, presumably, will begin to lay the foundation when he is born, and he will devote himself to martial arts in the future." In this regard, most of us can't compare to the old prince. However, I hope that he will be able to live a smarter and more relaxed life in the future, and not be like his father, who did stupid things in his life. ”

Song Zining bowed deeply and said, "Since Niangniang has entrusted me with this important task, Zining will go all out and live up to the trust!"

"Over there in the Black Sun Valley, there is still danger. Be careful when you go, and make sure you come back alive. I don't want to just find a qualified teacher and become a dead person. ”

Song Zining said with a straight face: "Don't worry, if I don't want to die, there are really not many people who can put me to death." ”

Li Hou sighed: "You are better than the fox, there are indeed not many people who can pit you." It would be nice if Qianye could be half as cunning as you. Alright, that's all said and done, it's time for me to go back. ”

Song Zining stopped her and said, "Niangniang, a thousand nights...... Is it really dead?"

Empress Li's face suddenly turned pale, her breath weakened suddenly, and a wisp of blood oozed from the corner of her mouth, and she sighed: "I also tried to confirm this, and then this is the result." ”

Song Zining smiled bitterly and said, "I didn't think I underestimated the night pupil, but I didn't expect her to be so powerful. Who was she in her previous life?"

"Her existence, surely preceded the Empire. There is very little information about that era, and we have no way of going back. ”

In the days before the creation of the Empire, the Dark Race seemed to be in a strange state of slow development. It is rare for the whole society to change significantly for thousands of years, the historical records are incomplete, and the deeds of the real big people are more like myths and legends than official history.

Until the rise of Taizu and the creation of the empire, the confrontation between the two camps of Eternal Night and Dawn was officially formed. Many of the new technologies of the Terrans were applied to the battlefield, and then used war as a medium to flow into the eternal night, and suddenly all the races underwent drastic changes together, countless new technologies emerged, and the social form was also affected accordingly.

The split between the New Blood Party and the Ancestor Faction began at that time. The werewolf is marked by the establishment of the top of the peak, forming a confrontation with the ancestor faction. The Great Wizard of the Demon Descendants is gradually disappearing from the battlefield. The spider demon has barely changed.

Overall, for thousands of years, even if the intensity of the war between the factions is much smaller than before, there is almost no longer a situation where no life can survive in the area of several provinces after a war.

Therefore, in the history books of the empire, the era before the establishment is collectively referred to as the Dark Ages, not to discredit it, but to do so. The history of the Eternal Night camp seems to be overshadowed by a great black veil.

Looking at the history of the dark race from the perspective of the empire, there has always been a strange feeling. The immortals don't know if their lives are so long that their memories are wrong, and the part that is not written down, but just passed down by word of mouth, always seems to be a bit problematic.

The most serious thing is the blood clan, which actually forgot the replacement of an entire clan and the second generation of ancestors. In this way, if the night pupil awakens a certain big man in the dark ages, it is really impossible to verify.

Empress Li left, and Song Zining had no intention of sleeping, and began to flip through the war report documents until dawn.

Early the next morning, someone came to pick him up and sent Song Zining to the floating boat take-off and landing field and return to the Black Sun Valley. In the car, the adjutant next to him quietly handed over an envelope. Song Zining took it and saw that there was a mark of King Dingxuan in the corner of the envelope, so he knew it.

He opened the envelope, read the contents of the letter, and then shook it with his hand, and the letter paper and envelope were wiped out at the same time. The adjutant watched silently and remained silent.

A moment later, the float ship took off into the air and flew into the distance. Song Zining sat in front of the window, looking at the flying scene, and sneered slightly, "You really dare to send someone, it's very good, it's very good! It's really like this world is full of idiots like Wei Yeboar!"

In the corner of the imperial capital, "General's Square", a number of small buildings with the same appearance are neatly arranged like military camps.

This place is a military area, there are no idlers, and the generals who have the right to stay are all going to the New World or the war preparation areas of various continents, and there is not even a single figure in the huge block.

A military SUV of a standard model stopped in front of one of the small buildings, with only the driver and passengers on board. The passenger was dressed in the uniform of the Imperial Capital Garrison, with a field hooded cloak draped over it.

Passengers got out of the car, pushed open the courtyard door familiarly, and walked into the small building, just like the original residents here.

The rooms on the second floor are not much different from the barracks dormitories, scattered on both sides of the corridors, each of the same size, with little furnishings.

The passenger walked into one of the rooms and took off his hooded cloak, which turned out to be His Majesty the Emperor of Great Qin. And there was another person in the room, with a long robe and wide sleeves, who was making tea, but it was Zhang Boqian, the king of Qingyang.

This small building is also Zhang Boqian's dormitory assigned during the period of the national pillar, and later when he was in charge, he was already the Duke of Danguo, and he had his own mansion in the imperial capital, so he did not change the residence in the military region, and it has been preserved to this day.

Emperor Hao was unruly and sat down in front of Zhang Boqian. The latter didn't speak, concentrated on making tea, and then poured a cup and pushed it in front of Emperor Hao.

"How is Zhang Wang's injury?"

"It doesn't matter. As he spoke, a cloud of gray energy popped out of Zhang Boqian's hand and threw it into Emperor Hao's hand.

Emperor Hao took it and looked at it, released a wisp of blue-black force, wrapped the gray energy, and after a while, he said: "The rules of the new world are indeed peculiar. ”

At this time, the gray energy mass shrank by half, but it gave people a more condensed feeling. Emperor Hao put away the energy group and said, "King Zhang's trip is rewarding?"

Zhang Boqian said: "It's the blood clan again." ”

"As expected. Emperor Hao briefly said the content of Fang Qingkong's report before, and also mentioned the situation on the side of the Heavenly Machine Academy.

Zhang Boqian listened, frowned, and said, "Demon Emperor?"

The traces of the Dark Sacred Mountain are difficult to catch in the Eternal Night World, and the rules in the new world are alienated and the environment is complex, and it is almost imperceptible after a while.

However, Zhang Boqian quickly put the matter aside and asked, "Are you going to be fully prepared?"

Emperor Hao said: "Yes, there is also the Heavenly King to adjust the defense." I want to switch positions with Zhang Wang. ”

"Why?"

"The teacher's 'Blue Bird' is with me, and there is no problem with mobility. I have summoned Uncle Linjiang to the imperial capital, and the 'King's Domain' will be handed over to him to control. ”

Zhang Boqian's eyebrows moved, he glanced at Emperor Hao deeply, and said, "What else?"

"When Taizu started in Luoshui, he once said: The road of dawn, my Ji clan is the forerunner. ”

Zhang Boqian was silent for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "Is it the end of the day?" ”

He suddenly showed a slight mockery between his eyebrows, "You are really a good student taught by Lin Xitang, and you like to look for death." ”

Emperor Hao said: "In the battle records of thousands of years ago, there were more than half of the dimensional weapons, but now it is incomprehensible just by imagination. If I'm lucky enough to see it, it's worth it. Therefore, King Zhang, please guard the capital for the empire. ”

Zhang Boqian's phoenix eyes narrowed slightly, stared at Emperor Hao for a while, and said, "Okay, I agree to change the guard." He took out two official documents that had been folded several times, and said, "What happened to these two pieces sent by the military department?"

Emperor Hao took it, unfolded it and looked at it, not surprised.

Zhang Boqian said: "The rumor in the Western Continent, even if there is news of Lin Xitang, it shouldn't have been spread from there first, right? And the speed of this rumor is really not slow, it is only two days from Younan Province to the imperial capital, if the rebels are so efficient, they will already be more than two provinces." ”

"Zhao Valve is now a handsome, four princes and one handsome, so he is thinking about the storage position again. ”

"What's the matter with Lin Xitang? When did he meddle in the storage position?!"

Emperor Hao said lightly: "Back then, the Weiyang Palace was in turmoil, and the teacher avoided the apocalypse, invited himself to the Western Continent to quell the rebellion, and expanded the war zone in Yusi. Zhao Valve thought that the teacher's move was to suppress them. Later, I said that I would not establish a reserve within ten years, and the matter was counted on the teacher's head. ”

Zhang Boqian's eyebrows were gloomy, and he said coldly: "I warned him several times, don't care about this kind of nosy!" He suddenly raised his head, stared at Emperor Hao fiercely, and said: "What happened to the Red Scorpion accident back then, why did he refuse to enter the emperor to see you for half a year afterwards." ”

Emperor Hao still looked indifferent, and said: "The identity of that child has been exposed in Huangquan, and some people think that the teacher adopted him to attack the gate valve to interfere in the storage position. So if you have an accident, you can find clear evidence of collusion with the Grand Duke of the Blood Clan at the scene, and you can fabricate a felony for the teacher. ”

"The major general in charge of the paperwork of the Beifu Legion is Zongmuzi, and he used the teacher's military order and seal to send an action order to the Red Scorpion Legion. The teacher only found out about this when I saw a copy of the military department's record. At that time, it was time for the mission, and I didn't know what was going on, so how could I let him go to the scene like this? I detained him in Weiyang Palace, and only let him go after five days. ”

Speaking of which, Zhang Boqian already knew the rest of the matter, "It was you who erased all public records." ”

Emperor Hao said: "Yes, once this matter is put on the table, unless someone on the other side of the eternal night testifies, all the evidence is ready." I also admire the Zhao family and the Li family, both have daughters in the palace, but it is rare to be like-minded in framing the teacher. Fortunately, after all, they have ghosts in each other's hearts, and there is no lack of their own actions, otherwise there is an ancestral king staring, I'm afraid I can't suppress this matter. ”

"I will execute the major general without questioning, without trial. He also summoned the commander of the Red Scorpion Legion to tell him about the matter, collected all the text files, and all the staff were closed, and he himself was adjusted three months later. Naturally, the copy of the record of the military department will not be returned to them, and some records in the process of circulation will become orphan evidence and irrelevant. It's just that there are many factions in the military department, and the rumors can't be suppressed, and soon after, rumors of the imperial party's intention to cut the feudal domain are rampant. ”

Emperor Hao thought for a while, revealing a gentle look, "The teacher may have been a little suspicious of me all along, right?"

Zhang Boqian was attacking the Heavenly King at that time, and he rarely cared about other things except his own war zone, and only then did he know that Lin Xitang was struggling to govern during the period when he left the imperial capital and was stationed in the war zone, and the root cause was because of the storage position.

No wonder some rumors also pulled him out as a gate valve banner to oppose Lin Xitang.

He suddenly realized something, frowned, and said, "You summoned the king of Jiang to supervise the country this time, but you didn't establish a prince?" Zhang Boqian is a disciple of the gate valve, born as a son of the world, he is tired and lazy about this kind of thing, but he is by no means a stranger, and immediately thought of several possible consequences.

Emperor Hao said slowly: "The so-called imperial family is just the co-owner of the family, in the final analysis, it is still the autonomy of the family, so let the family be autonomous, isn't this good?"

Zhang Boqian was silent for a long time this time, and said: "You should know that Lin Xitang and I have always had great differences in politics. ”

Emperor Hao nodded and waited for the following.

Zhang Boqian said: "But I want to say that if he was still here, he would not do this." ”

Emperor Hao did not speak.

Zhang Boqian shook his head and said: "That's it, this is Your Majesty's family matter, you and King Linjiang know it in your own hearts." ”

Emperor Hao said: "Uncle Linjiang will arrive in the imperial capital in two days, of course I have to explain it to him clearly." ”

Zhang Boqian took out one of the official documents from Emperor Hao's hand, took a pen and wrote a line of words on it, handed it back to Emperor Hao, stood up, and said, "Your Majesty is at your own convenience, I will leave first." ”

Without waiting for Emperor Hao to get up, Zhang Boqian's figure disappeared.

Emperor Hao sat in place for a while, took a sip of cold tea, and then unfolded the official document and looked at it. Under the military department's request for instructions on the new engraving of the Tianxun Palace, it was written: If you don't want to put it under the name of the gate valve, you will write it into the family.

Emperor Hao couldn't help but put away the official documents, put on a hooded cloak, and left quietly as he came.