The moon hangs high in the sky, and the night is sultry.

Xu Hexian straightened his clothes, stepped over the threshold, and a figure appeared in front of him, holding a knife in his arms.

He looked at Xu Hexian, who was visiting late at night, and said softly: "Xu Sishou wants to pull Jiang Tingyu off the horse, but he is a little anxious, although he is in the court, but the rivers and lakes have already had his legends, if you want to be an enemy, the most important thing for Xu Sishou is to know what kind of person Jiang Tingyu is." ”

Xu Hexian frowned slightly and said, "Could it be that even Grandmaster Song is afraid of Jiang Tingyu?"

The grandmaster in this statement and the martial arts master of the secular rivers and lakes are not the same, in the world of cultivation, if there is a certain skill that reaches the peak, it can also be called a grandmaster, but most of them are from the mountain monks, just a kind of title praise for the strong.

This Grandmaster Song is holding a knife in his arms, so his sword skills must have reached the pinnacle of perfection, at least he is one of the few figures in the same way.

Although he faced the head of the dignified Xuanzheng Division, Xu Hexian, who was known as the strongest among the four realms, he also took it calmly, which showed that his own cultivation realm would not be much weaker than Xu Hexian.

Grandmaster Song came out of the mountains, and he knew more or less about some secrets in the world, and he was far from being able to compare with Xu Hexian, who sat in the temple and didn't ask about the affairs of the rivers and lakes.

After all, the Xuan Zheng Division is a criminal and political agency, although there are also special intelligence officers, but their hands are not stretched too long, and those things that have happened in the cultivation world are only to understand the surface, and they can't explore deeper things.

And it's just something that Xu Hexian knows, Jiang Tingyu once walked in the world, arrogant for a while, one person and one sword almost fought all over the strong people who were in the highest position at that time, but in the end, because of the appearance of a big man in a quiet place of mountains and seas, Jiang Tingyu suffered the first defeat in his life, and it was also a very miserable defeat.

Since then, Jiang Tingyu has suddenly come from the rivers and lakes to the temple, and his past fame has gradually been forgotten by the world over time.

The most credible rumor is that Jiang Tingyu was beaten to the fall by the peerless powerhouse in the quiet land of mountains and seas and lost his Dao heart, but after all, he was once a famous powerhouse, and it was also a very common thing to be recruited by His Majesty the Emperor and live in the temple.

Under this kind of cognition, Xu Hexian does not take Jiang Tingyu in his eyes, but it is reasonable, and it is reasonable to say that it is good to say that he is valued by His Majesty the Emperor, and has become the head of the Heavenly Council outside the Five Divisions, and controls the most important intelligence agency of Jiang State, but it is difficult to say that Jiang Tingyu was just beaten too badly, hiding in the temple like a dog, pretending not to ask about the world, it is really not worth saying, how can he be afraid?

Sect Master Song looked at Xu Hexian very calmly, and said: "I'm not afraid of him, but he did make people feel afraid, the so-called skinny camel is bigger than a horse, not to mention Jiang Tingyu's position in the court, Xu Sishou should not really be so convinced that Jiang Tingyu is not the Jiang Tingyu he once was." ”

Xu Hexian said: "I have never walked in the world, and many of the great things in the world have only heard of them, and they have not seen their true faces, but if you say that in the capital, in addition to Your Majesty, who is the most terrible person, Jiang Tingyu is afraid that he will not be ranked first, and it is a big problem whether he can even enter the top five." I admit that there are many inappropriate things in the process of this failure, but it does not mean that I completely lost to Jiang Tingyu. ”

He said with some interest: "I have heard that Jiang Tingyu walked in the world when he was young, and if he still has that strength, he will not hide in the capital all the year round, and he will not even take a step out." Grandmaster Song may have been too profound about Jiang Tingyu's former prestige, and his thoughts have been somewhat suppressed, this game has just begun, and no one can know in advance what the outcome will be. ”

Sect Master Song thought that although Jiang Tingyu was no longer walking in the world, there might really be some problems in his body, but Jiang Tingyu was Jiang Tingyu after all, even if Jiang Tingyu had become very weak, it was not so easy to deal with.

The so-called words are not speculated for more than half a sentence, Xu Hexian and Grandmaster Song have different ideas, and there is no point in tangling more.

Xu Hexian said: "I came late at night because I had a very important matter to inform His Royal Highness King Lu. ”

Grandmaster Song said: "His Royal Highness King Lu is in the study, and Xu Sishou can go there by himself." ”

Xu Hexian bowed slightly, and walked towards the study of King Lu's mansion very familiarly.

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Prince Lu Qin Chengyi, handsome in appearance, not confused in his income, is in the age of strength, and has some good names outside, which is regarded as a normal dignitary prince who has no too commendable merits, and in the eyes of ordinary people, he is also a normal dignitary prince with no bad deeds.

Qin Chengyi was once the fourth prince, and he was the brother of His Majesty the Emperor of the current dynasty, inheriting the fine blood of the first emperor and the queen mother, and he can be called a beautiful man.

Being good-looking may not be a good thing, but it is indeed not too bad in the eyes and first impression, unless it is originally viewed with colored eyes, so although it is powerful, it can be regarded as a good prince in the eyes of the people.

Xu Hexian pushed open the door of the study, the candle flame in the room flickered, and the candlelight flickered and flickered with the light breeze that opened the door and squeezed in.

Qin Chengyi looked at the book very attentively, he didn't seem surprised by Xu Hexian's arrival, he didn't even raise his head, and said in a flat voice: "I originally thought that Jiang Tingyu was a figure after all, and I wanted him to work under my command, but he seemed to be very loyal to His Majesty, and if he could easily betray the original owner, I wouldn't worry, but in the end, I didn't think about opposing him, you can be said to have directly identified and declared war with Jiang Tingyu this time, which disrupted my original thoughts." ”

Xu Hexian stood aside respectfully, was silent for a moment, and then said softly: "I'm sorry for disturbing His Highness's mind, but I don't think Jiang Tingyu is a person who can be obedient and obedient, he can gain His Majesty's trust, it is his ability, it is his ability to keep the Heavenly Council in order, and to spy on all the major dynasties." ”

"But Jiang Tingyu is just a wolf tired in the field after all, he is not suitable for the court, nor is he suitable for His Highness, if he can't be used by His Highness, then he should be eradicated, all he needs is a method. My plan this time was indeed a bit too naïve, although I didn't cause any trouble to Jiang Tingyu, but I also found something unusual. ”

Qin Chengyi raised his eyes and glanced at Xu Hexian, and said calmly: "I don't care about Jiang Tingyu, how you and him are doing, it's your own business, but it's best not to make too much trouble, lest you can't clean it up in the end, and I have to come forward to solve it." ”

Xu Hexian bowed slightly and said, "Your Highness, rest assured, no matter what Jiang Tingyu and I do, it will not involve Your Highness." ”

Qin Chengyi silently read the book for a while and said, "What is your so-called unusual unexpected discovery?"

Xu Hexian's expression became a little solemn, and he said in a low voice: "In my action against Jiang Tingyu, I originally planned to use that Sword Academy disciple Li Mengzhou as a pawn, because in addition to his identity as a disciple of the Sword Academy, he is also a new Qingjiu in the Heavenly Academy, but in my investigation to confirm the evidence of Li Mengzhou's guilt, I found something unusual. ”

Qin Chengyi's fingers tapped on the table, motioning for him to continue.

Xu Hexian's expression was also a little hesitant, and said: "Although I have not been able to confirm the charge of Li Mengzhou's murder of Taijing, I can basically confirm that Li Mengzhou is indeed inextricably involved, and it is likely that my so-called blame is very coincidental to find the real murderer." ”

In addition to Taijing, Li Mengzhou was also involved in the accidental death of the general named Zhang Chong in the military department before the year, which is not a big problem in itself, it can only be said that Li Mengzhou is very bold and dares to kill the imperial court officials in the capital. ”

Li Mengzhou went to Gentle Township since he first arrived in the capital, and then he frequented it, so Zhang Chong's death can still be attributed to the girl in the gentle township, just because Li Mengzhou wanted to save people, and he was even more bold to kill Zhang Chong directly in order to prevent future troubles. But why Li Mengzhou wanted to assassinate Taijing, he couldn't find any credible reason. ”

Speaking of this, Xu Hexian paused, and his expression became more and more gloomy.

Qin Chengyi raised his eyebrows slightly and said, "Taijing is my subordinate, although I am about to gradually forget him. ”

Xu Hexian bowed his head and said: "Your Highness's mind will naturally not be placed on this kind of little person, but I think Your Highness should have completely forgotten a person." ”

"Oh?" Qin Chengyi said with some arrogance: "The person you said who I forgot is the general who died in the military department?"

Xu Hexian said: "Your Highness is really wise, it is this person. ”

Qin Chengyi muttered Zhang Chong's name in his mouth, there were too many people he promoted in his early years, some of them were indeed very useful to him, and some of them were just a little useful at the time, and it was not worth him to remember everyone deeply.

After all, he didn't remember who Zhang Chong was, but he also realized that Zhang Chong might have been a person under his command, but he was an extremely unimportant pawn, if he looked at it from this point of view, it would not be an ordinary thing for Taijing and Zhang Chong to be killed one after another.

Qin Chengyi's thoughts were deep.

He quickly thought of a lot.

If the real purpose of the person who killed Taijing and Zhang Chong was him, then what was the point of finding a pawn who had completely forgotten about him to kill?

Maybe Qin Chengyi can't remember who Zhang Chong is at all, but it is a fact that he once brought Zhang Chong, not everyone in the capital can forget this trivial matter, and it is not very difficult to investigate it.

And it is indeed not easy for Qin Chengyi to detect killing such a person, but the fundamental reason is the meaning of killing.

A cold glint flashed in Qin Chengyi's eyes, and he said softly: "If the death of Taijing and Zhang Chong is aimed at me, then the other party may not only target me, but kill everyone related to me." Such a complex and terrifying action is not something that a little person with no background can do, and he must not dare to think about it. ”