It is a long journey from Baima Town to Luoyang City, even if it is non-stop along the way, day and night, it will take nearly half a month.

Of course, this is for the average person.

And Xia Sheng and the others are not ordinary people, they are cultivators.

If Qin Yan used the speed of the Qingyan Bird, Kang Wuwei walked with the sword, and Xia Sheng accelerated with the winding of the vines of the poor mulberry, they would be able to rush to Luoyang City in less than five days.

But Xia Sheng can't do that.

It's not just because by the side of the three of them, there is also a Ning Zheng who doesn't know how to practice.

The more important reason is that Xia Sheng doesn't want to attract too many people's attention.

Especially the prince's people.

According to the news that Kang Wuwei received from Shantang, Ye Xiao'e had confirmed that he had returned to Luoyang, but nothing was found about the whereabouts of the Nine Emperor Princes, that is, His Royal Highness King Ning, and Zhao Chen.

In this way, there needs to be a big question mark over whether the killers who were in the forgotten forest that day have returned to Beijing.

Even if the person who kidnapped Xia Hong was not an assassin sent by the crown prince, but that night in the forgotten forest, Xia Sheng and the four emperor-level powerhouses, and even the mysterious big man, all had face-to-face, Xia Sheng believed that as long as the other party was willing, he would soon find out his identity.

At that time, Xia Sheng will fall into a very dangerous situation, just Kang Wuwei, who will definitely not be able to protect him!

The assassination of the prince is by no means a trivial matter, if the East Window incident happens, it will inevitably cause the government and the opposition to shake, Long Yan will be furious, and even the status of the prince will not be guaranteed!

But after Ye Xiao'e returned to Beijing, there was no movement at all in the Weining Marquis Mansion, and there was not much change in the court, as usual, as if nothing had happened.

Why?

"Obviously, Ye Shuai has no evidence in his hands, the matter involves the seizure of the heir, if he rashly advances, with His Majesty's suspicious character today, it is likely to suspect that the Hou Mansion is involved in the party dispute, so, it will backfire, everything must wait for His Royal Highness King Ning to return to Beijing before making a decision!"

Along the way, Xia Sheng had already trayed out of the previous causes and consequences of forgetting to return to Lin's battle, not simply to show his trust in Qin Yan and the others, but he didn't want them to put everyone in a dangerous situation because of their wrong judgment of the situation.

But I never thought that it was not Qin Yan, the eldest lady of the Qin family, who was the first to speak, nor the old fox Kang Wuwei, but Ning Zheng.

Before that, Kang Wuwei and Qin Yan didn't know much about Ning Zheng, and they didn't understand why Xia Sheng had to bring this person with him, but just his words had already made Kang Wuwei look at him differently.

Xia Sheng nodded: "Yes, this is basically consistent with my judgment, so to a certain extent, my existence has become the most critical evidence in this assassination, if my prediction is correct, I am afraid that our journey back to Beijing will not be too peaceful." ”

Kang Wuwei gently unfolded the map in front of him, pointed to a certain place, and said: "I have already informed the family, as long as we arrive in Yingchuan, there will be brothers from Shantang to come to pick us up, if it is really as Mr. feared, the prince's men are chasing us, then the most dangerous time has actually passed, since the moment we left White Horse Town, it has almost become impossible for the other party to catch up with us again." ”

In this regard, Xia Sheng was noncommittal, but turned his head and asked Xiang Ning Zheng: "What do you think?"

Ning Zheng shook his head slightly: "I have the opposite opinion of Lord Kang, I think that the most dangerous moment has just begun. ”

Kang Wuwei raised his eyebrows: "What do you say?"

"Mr. Kang has overlooked a very important matter...... "Ning Zheng stretched out his hand, pointed out the places where Luoyang and Baima Town were located on the map, and then lightly drew a horizontal line in the middle of the two places.

"If I were the crown prince, I wouldn't need to spend manpower to track down the whereabouts of Xia Gongzi, and the simplest and most direct way would be to cut off all the passages from White Horse Town to Luoyang!"

"Not only can checkpoints be set up on official roads to check passers-by, but also increase the supervision of the gates of major towns, so that as long as Xia Gongzi can't reach Luoyang, then his life and death will be meaningless. ”

Kang Wuwei couldn't help laughing and said: "You may have forgotten that the crown prince is only a prince after all, as long as he does not ascend the throne for a day, he will not have such great rights, if he really does this, it will only make His Majesty wary of him!"

Ning Zheng sighed slowly: "If it were under normal circumstances, of course His Royal Highness the Crown Prince would have no reason to wantonly hunt for Xia Gongzi, but what if Xia Gongzi unfortunately became a criminal of the imperial court?"

Hearing this, Xia Sheng's eyes condensed slightly, and he said in a deep voice: "What do you mean?"

Ning Zheng looked bitter, took out an official document from his arms, and said: "A few days ago, because Xia Gongzi kidnapped Xiao Yong, the town chief issued an arrest document to the outside world, although I have ordered someone to withdraw it afterwards, but if the prince's people want to take advantage of this matter, it will be easy. ”

After a pause, Ning Zheng continued: "The eldest prince who openly hijacked the mayor's mansion, this matter can be big or small, not to mention, later Xia Gongzi also killed that Xiao Yong with his own hands in front of everyone, Lord Xiao may not dare to continue to pursue this matter for the time being, but it does not mean that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will not use this as a handle to turn Xia Gongzi into a criminal of the imperial court!"

Kang Wuwei was stunned for a moment, and then said: "If this is really the case, then isn't there no threat to the crown prince anymore? How could Your Majesty believe the testimony of a court criminal?"

This time, Ning Zheng did not answer, but Xia Sheng said coldly: "Your Majesty's mind is beyond anyone's control, but a dead person is undoubtedly the safest." ”

Kang Wuwei suddenly fell silent.

I never thought about it, but at this time, Qin Yan, who had never spoken, said a word coldly.

"I'm not interested in these so-called succession and party struggles, and I don't know any intrigues and conspiracies, but I know that if anyone really wants us to die on the way back to Luoyang, among all of them, only Mr. Kang may save our lives. ”

Qin Yan looked directly into Xia Sheng's eyes unabashedly, and said solemnly: "Although I don't want to admit it, if there is really someone who has a way to further improve Mr. Kang's strength in the shortest possible time, that person can only be you." ”

Xia Sheng narrowed his eyes slightly, and after a moment, he turned his head to Kang Wuwei and said, "The last time you asked me, is there a way for you to win a Spirit Emperor within the same rank, and the answer I give you now is, no." ”

Hearing this, a flash of disappointment flashed in Kang Wuwei's eyes, however, Xia Sheng's voice continued.

"But I can teach you a sword, so that you can retreat under the siege of the four emperor-level powerhouses......"