Because of the sword theft incident that happened before, the current imperial court is actually extremely cautious and sensitive.

The originally complicated audience ceremony has also been simplified to probably one form, not to mention that one of the two sides in the final is still the prince of the Dahua Dynasty, so many steps can actually be skipped directly.

However, all in all, this time the audience is still a great honor, and it is only afraid that many people will not be able to achieve it in their lifetime to communicate with Emperor Yang at such a close distance.

Emperor Yang didn't seem to be in high spirits, perhaps because of the previous turmoil.

After all, up to now, there is still no trace of the evildoers, and in the past two days, many officials and personnel have been imprisoned one after another, and the relevant personnel and their successors can be said to be in danger, for fear that the next one will be their turn.

However, even so, Emperor Yang still painfully praised the performance of the princes and Lin Qiyingli, perhaps gave a lot of awards, and then expressed his high hopes for these young people, but these things will not be fulfilled one by one until the end of the martial arts competition.

On the side of the prince, as the prince of Dahua, and in the center of power, he didn't care too much about rewards or anything, but he paid more attention to Emperor Yang's evaluation of himself, and Lin Qi and Firefly didn't have much pursuit of power and wealth, one felt that it was enough to be able to eat enough, and the other felt that it was enough to let the other eat, such a simple dream did not require too many material needs.

However, with the activity of its own disciples, Yutian Sect also got the opportunity to become famous, which may be a better reward for Lin Qi and Firefly.

Having said that, the thirst for honor is the same on both sides, so the final must be a wonderful showdown.

Because the game will be held in the morning of the next day, Lin Qi and Firefly, who came to meet Emperor Yang, also lived in the palace.

For tomorrow's game, the contestants will also choose to rest early, but tonight's Lin Qi is destined to spend a sleepless night.

In fact, the sword god Zhang Xiao had a conjecture, he thought that the recent series of events in the capital, including the invasion of the gray-clothed swordsman, the special event of the martial arts conference, the sword theft incident in the imperial city, and so on, were actually inextricably linked by the Heavenly Demon Gate.

The Sword Pavilion has also given full play to the capabilities of its own intelligence agency, but it didn't expect to get nothing, you know, with their ability, the entire intelligence agency has completely covered the capital and its surrounding areas, if this is still nothing, then there is only one possibility.

If there is a place in Beijing that even intelligence agencies cannot penetrate, it is only the Imperial City!

The imperial city of Dahua was rebuilt and strengthened on the basis of the imperial city of the previous dynasty, and as the place where the emperor lived and walked daily, this place was of course the top priority, and many of the designs were top secret.

However, as the master of the Sword Pavilion, Zhang Xiao still knows some little-known rumors, for example, in the imperial city, there is a legend about a dungeon!

Under the imperial city of Dahua, there is an underground palace, this underground palace is left by the previous dynasty, a place specially used to collect peerless secret treasures, if it really exists, then the person Zhang Xiao and Lin Qi are looking for must be hidden in this place.

However, Zhang Xiao only gave Lin Qi an approximate range, and the specific entrance required Lin Qi to find it himself, although it was a bit of a needle in a haystack, but Zhang Xiao still gave Lin Qi a more useful information.

If you want to go to the underground palace, you have to go underground to find it, where in the imperial city leads to the underground, of course, it is the heavenly hell!

In the dead of night, Lin Qi sneaked out of his residence, and he was the only one to go tonight.

In fact, Lin Qi didn't tell Firefly about this matter, and this is also what Zhang Xiao meant, wait until tomorrow morning, Firefly will still go to the competition as promised, although Lin Qi may not be able to come back tonight, but Lin Qi also left a back hand in case of emergency.

Because of the theft of the Nioh Sword before, during this time, the garrison of the imperial city has also increased significantly, there are people standing guard everywhere, and there are patrol teams everywhere, which also caused certain difficulties for Lin Qi's stealth.

However, Lin Qi's light body kung fu is actually more suitable for stealth, although he stops and goes, and the sneak is a little slower, but he is not discovered at all, as for the heavenly hell, Zhang Xiao also provided a sketch, it is said that the place is heavily guarded, if you want to sneak in, it does take some effort.

Tonight, dark clouds cover the moon, although there is the light of the lights, but the entire imperial city is still dark, which actually provides a lot of convenience for Lin Qi, taking advantage of the unprepared guards, Lin Qi's feet are full of movement, suddenly turned into a bolt of lightning, and quickly rushed through a control field, these days he also asked Chen Zizheng some questions about the body, although it can't be done to the point of Chen Zizheng, but at this time it is enough.

However, Lin Qi was still negligent, he believed in Zhang Xiao's sketch too much, so much so that as soon as he passed through the control field, he hit the defense area of countless people!

In fact, Zhang Xiao also forgot, because of the theft of the sword, the commander of the forbidden army guards has also changed several times, and the defense of this place has actually undergone several changes, who knows which commander of the forbidden army, there are so many guards at the gate of this empty courtyard that no one uses!

"Who!"

The ears were sharp, and the sound had already been heard, and when Lin Qi wanted to make amends, the guards who had been alarmed by the shouting looked at him.

Lin Qi is dressed in night clothes and covered face, of course he will not be recognized, but if he misses and is caught, it will be a crime of killing his head, and Zhang Xiao also reminded him before that if he is caught, he will definitely not come out and take responsibility for him, and at that time, he will be left to fend for himself.

Although Zhang Xiao is the master of a generation of sword pavilions, he can do things, but he is far less reliable than Chen Zizheng, and he has not even discussed with Lin Qi before planting a sword, if he knew this, Lin Qi would not easily accept it, but with the kindness of planting a sword, Lin Qi wants to refuse again, but it is not so easy.

Before the guards had fully come to their senses, Lin Qi turned around and left, and at this time, there were exclamations and scolding behind him!

"Grandpa, I'll stop!" "Don't go!" "Someone, the sword thief has appeared!" ......

Although he didn't know who he was responsible for, Lin Qi couldn't say anything at this time, and he could only take advantage of the fact that the imperial city had not completely made trouble, and first found a place to avoid the limelight.

Lin Qi's figure is outstanding, and he disappeared in a moment, listening to the noise in the distance, it seems to be a little loud, but where can Lin Qi still take care of those.

However, the imperial city is indeed very complicated, Lin Qi was in a hurry, but he couldn't find his way back at all, and at this time, in order to avoid the patrolling guards, Lin Qi could only temporarily jump into a mansion.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he landed, a murderous aura hit the courtyard, and in an instant, a black shadow suddenly killed, which made Lin Qi break out in a cold sweat!

"Who dares to break into Qingyun Yuan at night, you don't know ......"

Before the visitor finished speaking, he was slashed to the ground by Lin Qi's hand knife.

It's that simple?

Lin Qi was stunned for a moment, he really didn't expect this person to be so bad, he even thought that he had fallen into someone's trap, but he didn't expect that he was still too careful.

There was no moon in the sky, and the courtyard was dark, Lin Qi could only slowly cast the Great Ace Tongxuan, carefully exploring the situation in the courtyard, and at this moment, a faint fire in front of him still attracted Lin Qi's attention.

Don't sleep so late?