In the face of Empress Daxi's straightforward inquiry, Shi Zhiyi could no longer dodge, in fact, he had already realized that the reason why he was invited to attend today's banquet was naturally not because of his meritorious contribution to the escort of the county lord of Ning, but because he was called by Emperor Jingchang to be a gunman.

But he didn't mind it, he had been hunted down by the Beigong family for so many days, he had already accumulated a belly of anger, and there were many colleagues of Ying Qiongwei who died to save him, even if he didn't think about himself and Yi Ning, he had to avenge those colleagues who had returned to a foreign land.

Emperor Jingchang used him as a gun to deal with the Beigong family, why wasn't he like this?

Shi Zhiyi smiled faintly, and according to what he discussed with the three princes and the county lord of Yi Ning that day, he explained how he and Yi Ning were swallowed by the dragon, how they tossed in the dragon's belly until they were spit out by the dragon, and then how they escaped from the dragon's lair.

When he said that he and the county lord of Yi Ning were chased and killed by the Beigong family, a woman in costume next to Emperor Jingchang finally couldn't help but shoot the case, and said angrily: "What nonsense!"

This woman is naturally the biological mother of the second prince Yu Zhongjing, the pearl of Beigong Yixiao, the head of the Beigong family-the noble concubine Beigong Yan.

In fact, the two most critical figures in the assassination plan of the Beigong family against the third prince are Beigong Yan and her father Beigong Yixiao.

However, in the case of the net of heaven and earth laid by Beigong Zhao and the 40,000 Gale Cavalry was torn open by Ying Qiongwei at the cost of the death of all the members of the Feng'an Branch, and then Beigong Zhao, who was fully responsible for chasing and killing Shi Zhiyi, disappeared inexplicably, this plan of the Beigong family not only completely bankrupt, but also pushed themselves into the realm of no return.

When Beigong Yan received the news that Beigong Zhao was missing and Shi Zhiyi's whereabouts were unknown, she was almost desperate. At first, she thought that it was the power of the royal Yu family controlled by her husband Emperor Jingchang who tore through the blockade of the Beigong family, and she was terrified.

However, after a period of time, she found that when Emperor Jingchang communicated with her on weekdays, his expression was not abnormal, obviously he didn't know what happened, and she couldn't help but fall into confusion, and at the same time she had a sense of happiness for the rest of her life.

However, if it weren't for the power of the Yu family of the royal family that tore apart their encirclement in the first place, who would it be? They didn't suspect Yunqi City, but in their opinion, Yunqi City was far away in the north of the Jade Belt Mountain Range, but it was just a city and a city, and it was impossible and unreasonable to extend their hands to Yongzhou, which was nearly 10,000 miles away.

And the subsequent disappearance of Beigong Zhao also confused them. Soon after the encounter between Shi Zhiyi and Beigong Zhao and the two hundred gale riders, a torrential rain fell in that area, which washed away all the blood stains and horseshoe prints on the ground, and invisibly helped Shi Zhiyi completely clean up the battlefield.

In the eyes of the Beigong family, Beigong Zhao's disappearance cannot be Shi Zhiyi's doing-even if this kid is extremely talented, he is only a sixteen-year-old peak of marrow washing, with the strength of Beigong Zhao in the late dawn period, plus two hundred gale rides, it is naturally easy to capture.

So how did Beigong Zhao disappear? The Beigong family investigated in every possible way, and in addition to finding some war horses ridden by Gale Wind, the two hundred cavalrymen seemed to have evaporated from the world and disappeared without a trace. In desperation, they could only attribute it to Jing Man's actions.

However, at this time, the Beigong family did not have the energy or strength to take the initiative to launch a war against Jing Barbarians - although wars between the Terrans and Jing Barbarians were common, but every time Jing Man took the initiative to come out of the wild forest to attack the Terrans, and if the Beigong family's army was allowed to enter the Barbarian Forest, I am afraid that it would be swallowed by those barbarians and beasts, and there would not be even a single scum left.

If the two hundred gale riders of Beigong Showa were really killed by Jing Man, then Shi Zhiyi would not be able to survive, with the bad relationship between the human race and the Jing Barbarian clan for tens of thousands of years, they naturally didn't think that the prince of Yunqi City, who couldn't fight with the Jing Barbarian clan, would get any special treatment from that group of barbarians.

However, half a month ago, Beigong Yan unexpectedly received the news that Yu Zhongqian led 3,000 Xuanlin troops to Liangzhou to meet the lord of Yining, and couldn't help but be terrified.

Although Beigong Zhao only saw Shi Zhiyi alone in the dragon's lair that day, based on their later analysis and the confession they obtained from the deserter, they guessed that the county lord of Yining, who also disappeared on the Ning Yu River, should be with Shi Zhiyi.

Now the two of them not only did not die, but appeared in Liangzhou, which means that a series of plans and secrets of the Beigong family will be made public, and this result is unacceptable to both the Beigong family and Beigong Yan herself.

Therefore, Beigong Yan urgently sent a message to her father, on the one hand, mobilizing assassins to intercept the inevitable road of the third prince's return, and fighting to the death, and at the same time, there was no evidence for the two of them, even if they returned safely, they refused to admit what they said.

It was the last effort they could make.

However, the unexpected appearance of Prince Rui Yu Lizhi made the assassination plan that originally had a great chance of success fall short, and with Shi Zhiyi and Yi Ning returning to the palace, Beigong Yan was no longer able to return to the sky, and could only insist that what the two said was framed.

"Shi Zhiyi, you said that the Ning Yuchuan Divine Dragon that attacked the Third Prince was raised by my Beigong family, is there any evidence!?" Beigong Yan asked in a fierce voice.

Shi Zhiyi seemed to take out a piece of dragon scales the size of a pot lid, which was exactly the same as the one he handed to Beigong Zhao before.

"This is what the dragon fell into the hole when he was in pain, and I picked it up. Inside the cavern, there were obvious signs of dragon impact. The location of the cave is on Wenxu Mountain outside Feng'an, the capital of Yongzhou. ”

"Prince Rui" Emperor Jingchang, who had been watching coldly before, suddenly spoke, "You ordered someone to go to Wenxu Mountain to investigate, have you ever found such a cave?"

When Beigong Yan heard Emperor Jingchang's words, her face suddenly turned white, and she felt that something in her heart was cracked.

It turned out that Emperor Jingchang had already begun to investigate secretly, but he knew nothing. This has fully explained Emperor Jingchang's distrust of her and the Beigong family.

But Beigong Yan has been riding a tiger and can only hold on to the end.

"The people we went to investigate, after the Taoist temple in Wenxu Mountain, found a huge phantom array, if there is no way to crack it, no matter what direction you enter, you will eventually be sent out of the phantom array, so we are not sure if there is a cave that Shi Shao City Lord said. But what we can be sure of is that there is indeed a secret in that location. ”

Prince Rui rose from the table and spoke aloud of the results of his men's investigations over the past few days.

In fact, having said that, the situation is already very clear. Although what Shi Zhiyi just said was so unbelievable, Prince Rui's investigation results have fully explained the existence of that cave - the cave where the dragon is raised, it is abnormal that there is no formation to cover it outside, if this kind of confidential location can allow spies to enter casually, then the Beigong family, as one of the eight great families, will become a joke.