Although the time has passed,.

The dark and quiet Panlong City Imperial Palace, at this moment, the candle flame is swaying in the emperor's study, illuminating the huge study a little dim. Through the paper window, a few figures can be vaguely seen shaking in the study.

"How's things going?"

A slightly hoarse and low voice came from behind the bookcase, although the voice was flat, but it faintly carried a domineering spirit that was not angry and arrogant, and a majesty that people did not dare to resist. On the left and right of the bookcase stands a mahogany lamppost carved by a coiled dragon, and a layer of blue-yellow gauze is illuminated outside the candlelight, reflecting the figure behind the bookcase a little hazy. He was the only one sitting in the study, a rather burly man who looked to be about fifty years old, dressed in a navy blue dragon brocade robe, and a thin coat of white as snow. With black hair and beard, thick sword eyebrows, blazing tiger eyes, a high and erect nose bridge and two thin lips as thin as a blade, he couldn't help but exude a powerful aura when he sat down. Just looking at the appearance of this person, I am afraid that no one would have thought that his age would be a full thousand years old today, this person is the patriarch of the Taigu Panlong Clan, and he is also the current Beast Domain Emperor, Qiu Cheng.

In addition to Qiu Ling, who was sitting casually behind the bookcase, there were also five figures standing respectfully, one of whom stood on the left of the bookcase and four on the right of the bookcase. The person standing on the left is Qiu Lao, and the four people on the right are Qiu Ao, the commander of the Tsing Yi Guard, Qiu Han, the general of the Panlong City Military Battalion, Qiu Shaocang, the auxiliary minister of the Beast Domain, and Qiu Yao, the head of the Panlong Enclosure.

Tonight, the emperor's study is full of the ancient Panlong's clansmen, this kind of thing is not common in the Qiu Dynasty for so many years, if it is spread out, it will be a strange story.

Regarding the sudden summoning of the five of them tonight, except for Qiu Lao, who already knew the intention, the other four were all confused. Therefore, when Qiu Cheng asked, Qiu Ao and the four couldn't help but look at each other, not knowing how to answer. They didn't even know how the things Qiu Ling was asking were going, and what they were referring to.

"If you go back to the emperor's words, everything is under control. Qiu Lao nodded and smiled, "Tomorrow's birthday banquet will be moved from the Imperial Palace to the Panlong Enclosure on the western outskirts of Panlong City, where it will be the time of Ling Tian's death. ”

"Hiss!" Hearing Qiu Lone's words, the four of Qiu Ao couldn't help but gasp suddenly, and their eyes looking at Qiu Lone were also full of surprise.

Qiu Shao, the eldest auxiliary minister, asked suspiciously: "Didn't Your Majesty order that the Chitose birthday banquet should be held in the palace? Why did you suddenly turn to the Panlong Enclosure? And whose death date did the general just say? Did the old minister hear it wrong?"

"It's indeed Silence. Qiu Ao frowned and replied for Qiu Lone, "It's just that I don't know that this Lonely Ling Tian is the Beast Domain Sect Leader Lonely Ling Tian?"

"Exactly. Qiu Lao nodded solemnly, "Actually, I have secretly discussed a big plan with the imperial brother and put it into practice, but this matter is very important, so I have not revealed the slightest rumor, and now the big thing will be in urgent need of the help of the four of you, so the imperial brother will call you overnight tonight." ”

Qiu Cheng behind the bookcase squinted his eyes and nodded: "This emperor didn't tell you in advance not because he didn't trust you, but because he didn't trust whether the people around you were all loyal to my Taigu Pan Dragon Clan. At this moment, it is only a few hours before dawn, and the stakes are very high, and the emperor can only use the most trusted people of the same clan around him, and there must be no half-point difference. ”

"Please also make it clear to Your Majesty. Qiu Shaocang arched his hand.

"Do you remember the incident of the group of heroes competing for the sect leader of the beast domain after Feng Chenghuang's death?" Qiu Cheng said unhurriedly, "At that time, the emperor once summoned you to find a way to push Qiu Lao to the position of sect leader, but halfway through the killing, Ling Tian ruined the emperor's plan, and afterwards the emperor has sent someone to find out the ins and outs of this, the root of which lies in an open and secret battle between Su Xie, the descendant of the God Clan, and Lu Yifan, and even Lin Ling Tian was single-handedly pushed to the position of sect leader by Su Xie. Even this emperor thought that there was no turning point in this matter, but Su Xie was killed by Lu Yifan, and now Lu Yifan is in Panlong City, he is not here to pay homage to this emperor, but to avenge his soul sect disciples, as for who this enemy is, even if this emperor doesn't say it, you should have heard the rumors a long time ago, right?"

"It's the Sacred Realm Sect Master, Dongfang Su. Qiu Han nodded and said, "And Dongfang Su was hiding in the Qilin Mansion some time ago, and I heard that this matter was arranged by Ling Tian single-handedly." Saying that, Qiu Han also turned his head to look at Qiu Lonely, who was smiling and silent, and suddenly realized, "A few days ago, the general asked me to borrow troops to besiege Qilin Mansion, and it turned out to be Dongfang Su. ”

"To be more precise, Lu Yifan's enemies are Dongfang Su and Lonely Lingtian. Qiu Lonely said faintly, "After learning that Lu Yifan had come to Panlong City, the imperial brother and I had a wonderful plan that was seamless. I went to meet Lu Yifan in person and reached a cooperation with him. ”

The people present were all extremely smart, and as soon as Qiu Lone's words came out, the four of them had already guessed everything, Qiu Shaocang asked with a solemn expression: "Your Majesty and the general want to get rid of it by Lu Yifan's hand...... Silence?"

Qiu Ao nodded and said, "As long as Ling Tian dies, the Great General will be the best candidate for the new Beast Domain Sect Master, and it is only natural that the Great General will be in charge of the Rakshasa Gate." ”

"In this way, isn't the civil and military power of the Beast Domain in the hands of my Taigupan Dragon Clan?" Qiu Han replied quite excitedly, "I have always heard how the Lingyu Royal Clan is doing well, and we can only sigh with admiration, but I never thought that my Taigupan Dragon Clan would have such a day. ”

"It's good, it's just that Lu Yifan is not a fool, wouldn't he know that we are using him?" Qiu Shaocang raised his eyebrows and asked Qiu Lonely, "Or is this person already carried away by hatred and just wants to kill Ling Tian to vent his anger?"

"Actually, there's one more thing......"

Qiu Yao, the head of the Panlong Enclosure who had never spoken, spoke tremblingly, and as soon as the words came out, the eyes of everyone in the study converged on him, and the gazes of these people made Qiu Yao's heart beat faster and faster, and his breath became more and more nervous, and he subconsciously swallowed back halfway through his words. In this study tonight, Qiu Yao is the lowest in terms of status and official position, if it weren't for the fact that the assassination of Ling Ling Tian tomorrow would be held in the Panlong Enclosure, Qiu Ling and Qiu Yao would not have thought of calling him together. As for the Panlong Enclosure, it is actually a huge royal hunting ground, and Qiu Yao, an official, can only be regarded as a caretaker of the royal hunting ground at best. On weekdays, except when he led the emperor to hunt in the Panlong enclosure, Qiu Yao never had a chance to see Qiu Yan at all. Even if he could see it in the hunting ground, Qiu Yao could only stand far away and wait with his head down, and he was not qualified to approach at all. Today, I am fortunate to stand with the emperor and the powerful ministers in the court, Qiu Yao's mood has never calmed down since he entered the door.

"What's the matter?" Qiu asked curiously, not seemingly disdainful of Qiu Yao's status.

"There is also the fact that Lu Yifan's current identity is very special...... Qiu Yao hurriedly replied, and even forgot to answer the etiquette that should be when the emperor asked, "Lu Yifan once killed the Fengchenghuang Sect Master, and he can be regarded as the enemy of the entire beast domain. We worked with him to assassinate the Cult...... Lonely Ling Tian, I am afraid that it will not only arouse the hatred of the Qilin Clan, but also cause the dissatisfaction of the Phoenix Clan and other families in the Beast Domain......" After finishing speaking, Qiu Yao saw that several people in the study were looking at him with strange eyes, and he didn't say whether it was right or wrong, Qiu Yao's heart sank, his knees bent and knelt on the ground with a "poof", and kowtowed again and again: "It's the villain's nonsense, it's the villain's nonsense, and the crime deserves death......"

"What are you doing here?" Qiu Lone frowned and said, "You're not right, what's the crime?"

"Huh?" When Qiu Yao raised his head with a confused expression, his forehead was already covered with fine beads of sweat.

"Although it is a great thing for the Great General to be able to sit on the position of the Sect Master of the Beast Domain for my Taigu Panlong Clan, Qiu Yao's words also make sense, after all, we are royalty, and we still have to take into account the attitudes of the other families in the Beast Domain. Qiu Shaocang pondered, "If Lu Yifan can't kill Ling Tian, and the matter is revealed, then the trouble we have to face will be too great, we have to consider it carefully......"

"Even if Lu Yifan kills Ling Tian, there is still a danger that this matter will leak out. Without waiting for Qiu Shaocang to finish speaking, Qiu Lao interjected bluntly, "But do you know why I asked Lu Yifan to do this? But there is no impermeable wall in the world, even if Lu Yifan has a grudge against Shan Ling Tian, even if Lu Yifan agrees to help us deal with Shan Ling Tian, he may still leak our secrets. ”

Listening to Qiu Lone's contradictory words, Qiu Ao's eyes couldn't help but flash a trace of confusion, and he asked suspiciously: "Dare to ask the general who wants to kill Ling Tian with Lu Yifan's hand, what conditions did Lu Yifan have proposed?"

"Of course. Qiu Luo glanced at Qiu Ao approvingly, and sneered, "Lu Yifan's condition is that after I sit on the position of the Beast Domain Sect Master, the Beast Domain Sect will obey his orders and serve him as the Lord of the Five Domains." ”

"What?" As soon as Qiu Lone's words came out, Qiu Ao, Qiu Han, Qiu Shaocang and Qiu Yao let out an exclamation in unison. Qiu Shaocang hurriedly set his eyes on Qiu Cheng, who was speechless, and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, this matter must not be allowed!

"Instead of serving a foreigner, it's better to let Ling Tian continue to be the sect leader of the Beast Domain, at least Ling Ling Tian can be regarded as my own person in the Beast Domain. Qiu Ao snorted coldly.

Qiu Han looked at Qiu Lonely with a strange face, and asked in a low voice, "Could it be ...... The general has already promised Lu Yifan?"

Qiu Lao smiled: "If I don't agree to him, how can he willingly come forward to solve Lonely Ling Tian for us?"

"This ......"

"Rest easy. Looking at the four Qiu Ao with complicated faces, Qiu Lonely smiled lightly and shook his head, "Although I promised Lu Yifan's conditions, I never said that I would do this, right? Even if Lu Yifan promised to help us keep this secret forever after solving the problem of Ling Tian, I still can't trust him." You should know the temper of the imperial brother, and the last thing Your Majesty likes is to be held by someone and then endlessly threatened. I want to become the leader of the Beast Domain, the purpose is to gather the hearts of all the races in the Beast Domain, and not to cause the tribes of the Beast Domain to fall apart from now on. ”

"So Your Majesty and the Great General actually had a plan?" Qiu Shao Canghu wondered, "I don't know what the plan is for tomorrow?"

Without waiting for Qiu Lao to speak, Qiu Ling slowly waved his hand to interrupt his words, and then said in a cold tone: "The emperor has recruited you to deploy tomorrow's affairs, as for everything Qiu Lao said just now is just an explanation for you, whether you can understand this explanation or not, you must keep in mind the orders that the emperor will give me word for word." ”

"Yes!" Seeing that Qiu Cheng was about to give an order, Qiu Ao and the four of them were immediately shocked.

"After dawn, the ministers who come to pay their respects will gather in the palace, and then Qiu Shaocang will come forward to inform the ministers of the news of the temporary removal of the Panlong enclosure, and lead the ministers to the Panlong enclosure. Qiu Cheng ordered unhurriedly, "Qiu Yao, after you go back tonight, you will secretly divide the Panlong Enclosure into three areas for me, the first one will be full of tables, chairs, wine and food, waiting to welcome Qiu Shaocang and the ministers who went to the banquet. The second is a place for the Emperor and the elders of the Phoenix Clan, the elders of the Qilin Clan, and the elders of the Eight Kings Clan to play and hunt. The third was left alone for Ling Ling Tian and his escort retinue. These three areas should be cleverly divided, and they should be divided so that outsiders can't see them. Qiu Han waited for the dawn to lead 3,000 soldiers and horses to the Panlong enclosure to garrison in batches, secretly transferred troops in the name of protecting the emperor's thousand-to-se birthday banquet, and helped Qiu Yao to station the soldiers and horses at the junction of the three regions, so as to prevent anyone from accidentally breaking into the festival. The emperor of the Ming Dynasty will go to the Panlong enclosure with his ministers to attend a banquet, during which the emperor will be very interested in inviting Ling Tian and the elders of the Ten Princes' Mansion to hunt in the forest, and during the whole process of hunting, the Emperor and Qiu Lao will be with the people of the Ten Princes' Mansion, so as not to arouse suspicion. And at this time, Ling Ling Tian will be 'inadvertently' introduced into the third area, and Qiu Ling will arrange Lu Yifan to wait for the rabbit in the third area in advance, and will kill him as soon as Ling Tian arrives. Lu Yifan's fight with Lonely Ling Tian is bound to make a great disturbance to attract everyone's attention, and then the emperor will return to the ministers with the people of the Ten Princes' Mansion, and send Qiu Lao to find out what happened. Qiu Lao only had to wait until Lu Yifan solved Shan Ling Tian, pretended to know nothing and returned to the emperor, and in front of the ministers and the elders of the Ten Princes' Mansion, he made Lu Yifan's killing of Ling Tian public. The feud between Lu Yifan and Shan Ling Tian is well known, so it is only reasonable that Lu Yifan secretly infiltrated the Panlong enclosure to ambush Ling Tian, and no one will suspect that this matter is related to our Taigu Panlong Clan. ”

"Your Majesty, what about me?" Qiu Ao saw that Qiu Han, Qiu Shaocang and Qiu Yao had all received orders, but he had nothing to do, so he was inevitably a little anxious in his heart, and asked, "What do I do with Tsing Yiwei?"

"Don't worry, the emperor's words are not finished yet. Qiu Ling's eyes sank, the corners of his mouth suddenly raised a sneer, and he said faintly, "Lonely Ling Tian is definitely not a good type, Lu Yifan must pay a great price if he wants to kill Lonely Ling Tian, and after Lonely Ling Tian dies, he will inevitably be greatly injured." And when Ling Tian died, Lu Yifan had no value to us, but instead became the biggest threat. So when Lu Yifan was injured, it was the moment when your ninety-nine Tsing Yi guards appeared. ”

"Your Majesty means ......"

"I want you to unite all the Tsing Yi Guards to use the Taigu Panlong Great Array, kill Lu Yifan, and prevent future troubles! When the time comes, Qiu Lao will take the Taigu Panlong Clan's cronies and masters to wait for the opportunity to help the Tsing Yi Guard!" Qiu Cheng said this, and there was already a bloodthirsty light in his eyes.

"It's a good move, first let Lu Yifan kill Shan Ling Tian to remove obstacles for the general to sit on the position of sect leader, and then quickly kill Lu Yifan in the name of avenging Ling Ling Tian and Feng Chenghuang, and never suffer in the future. Qiu Shaocang nodded again and again, "When the time comes, the world will only say that the general is a hero who maintains the peace of the Beast Domain, not only taking the position of the sect leader of the Silent Ling Tian but also winning the hearts of all the clans in the Beast Domain. ”

"Although the strategy is good, there is no room for the slightest mistake, otherwise one will fall into a place of no return. Qiu Lonely said with a gloomy gaze, "Whether it is for Ling Tian or Lu Yifan, we must be cautious and take every step of the way." There are still a large number of masters of the Rakshasa Gate and the Qilin Clan outside Panlong City, so everything that happens in the Panlong Enclosure tomorrow must not be revealed to the outside world before it ends, Your Majesty's thousand-to-se birthday will be the time to change the fate of my Taigu Panlong Clan, the most important thing is a smooth transition, and there is no room for loss!"

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