The Marquis' Mansion in Shajiang City is located in the south of the city, the Marquis of Zhenyuan was originally a prince of the countryside, the Marquis Mansion occupies a small area, except for the residence of the Marquis of Zhenyuan and the place where the guests are met, the Qingshuiju built later knocked down one or two rows of old buildings, accounting for almost half of the remaining boundaries of the Marquis's Mansion. Therefore, Di Yuan bought several houses near the Hou Mansion and incorporated them into the boundaries of the Hou Mansion as the annex of the Hou Mansion.

In front of Xiao Qi is a medium-sized courtyard, after entering from the main entrance and passing through a clearing, there is the main hall, and there are several rooms from both sides of the main hall laid out, which should be residences. It was already night, but the courtyard was brightly lit, and many people were standing guard outside the main hall or door.

Xiao Qi and Mu Changsheng slowly approached behind the eaves, and before they got close to the main hall, Mu Changsheng couldn't help but muttered in a low voice: "The people of Yunzhou deserve Di Yuan's attention so much? Such a courtyard, there are more than ten people inside and out, and it is not much worse than the manpower of the main courtyard of the Hou Mansion." ”

Xiao Qi glanced at the guards below and said, "This is so tightly surrounded, it doesn't necessarily mean that ...... is important."

Before he finished speaking, Mu Changsheng suddenly drank in a deep voice: "Someone!"

Before Xiao Qi could react, he suddenly heard the sound of breaking wind, and caught a glimpse of a burst of air, just like a thick mist, but it was tighter than the fog, and it also emitted a faint yellow light, making people unable to see the situation in the fog, only faintly seeing a little sword light at the front of the fog.

The most bizarre thing is that this yellow light ball rose from the other side of the courtyard, and the cannonball jumped up suddenly, straight through half of the courtyard, leaving yellow traces in the air, without any focus on the middle, shooting straight towards Xiao Qi and Mu Changsheng. This is a jump distance that ordinary people can't imagine, and even Mu Changsheng can't reach it.

The corners of Xiao Qi's eyes twitched, looking at the ball of light, like lightning flowing through his body.

"Internal Strength!"

In this remote Shajiang City, Xiao Qi couldn't help but sigh with emotion, how many secrets Di Yuan was hiding in the dark.

His toes tapped on the eaves, his body flashed to the side, the sword light wrapped in a yellow halo had arrived in front of him, Mu Changsheng drew his sword out of its sheath, and was blocking the yellow sword in front of him.

The Emperor Sword's "Heart" was clear and cold under the moonlight, and even the yellow light group was a little lighter. The two swords met, and in the sonorous sound, the yellow light suddenly dispersed, turning into a little rain of light, and sprinkled towards Mu Changsheng. Mu Changsheng held the scabbard in his left hand and turned it around in his hand, just in front of the light and rain. He took advantage of the momentum and leaped backwards, a few distances away from the man.

Xiao Qi and Mu Changsheng finally saw the appearance of the person in the light and shadow. He had dark skin, triangular eyes, and a short-sleeved shirt that was almost a piece of cloth draped over his body, revealing his toned abs. He stood by the eaves with a sword in his hand, and the yellow light around him appeared and disappeared.

"The sword is good. He looked at Mu Changsheng, but he didn't look at Xiao Qi.

Mu Changsheng saluted him seriously and said, "Your Excellency is actually practicing the Tao of Internal Strength, and you have really gained insight today. ”

That person was the same as Mu Changsheng, his eyes were full of fighting intent, and his whole body was full of light, pouring into his right-handed sword like a torrent, striding forward and stabbing at Mu Changsheng, Mu Changsheng's eyes flashed, and he also swung his sword to meet it.

Xiao Qi was left out in the cold for a while. It was really impossible for that person to fight, and the guards below quickly surrounded him, but they could only see Mu Changsheng in the light, and Xiao Qi in the dark was ignored.

His heart moved, and he followed the shadows and slowly leaned towards the back room. With Mu Changsheng's skills, if he can't help that person, then he can't help much, instead of making trouble on the side, it's better to do some serious things.

He gradually moved away from the crowd, and in front of him was a two-story house, the only two-story building in the courtyard, and the lights on the second floor were still on. On the roof, it was inconvenient to sneak with a spear, so Xiao Qi only carried a dagger to break his soul. He touched the broken soul hidden in his boot and slid through the window.

Flipping into the room, a man in his thirties was sitting at a desk, holding a book and reading it carefully. His desk was facing the window where Xiao Qi turned over and entered the room, it was impossible not to notice Xiao Qi, but he didn't even raise his head, as if he was immersed in the book.

Xiao Qi was undecided, thinking about what this guy was doing, but he heard the man say: "Bo Yu knows that Your Excellency will come to the door sooner or later." Come and sit here. ”

Xiao Qi hesitated, looking around the room, worried that someone was ambushing. But there was silence all around, except for the sound of the man flipping through the scroll. He finally stepped up and sat down across from the man's desk.

"You are Wei Boyu, the prince of Weiguo?"

Wei Boyu was still staring at the scroll in his hand and said, "What do you call Your Excellency?"

"Xiao Qi. ”

"Oh. Wei Boyu showed a sudden look, "It is said that King Chengji received a righteous son in Yuzhou, according to the age, it should be Your Excellency, right? The third brother met Your Excellency in the abandoned temple that day, and said that Your Excellency once fell into the Zhongnan Gorge and was fortunate to survive, Your Excellency is really blessed." ”

Xiao Qi frowned, he even knew his origin, it was hard to say that he hadn't investigated himself. Ignoring Wei Boyu's words, he continued: "How much power does Yunzhou have in Shajiang City?

"Bo Yu is dull, he only likes to read some idle books, he doesn't know anything about martial arts, what internal skills, Bo Yu doesn't know, but if you are talking about Yan Chen, it has nothing to do with Yunzhou. That was the head of the guards under Di Hou Ye, Hou Ye specially ordered to take care of it, since the abandonment of the temple, Di Hou Ye has been on guard against Yunzhou. ”

He smiled slightly, and continued: "Now the people in Yunzhou in Shajiang City, but Bo Yu and a few attendants are already there, but there is no need to be careful, but Bo Yu guesses that Di Hou Ye suspects that Yunzhou has another collusion, maybe what he is guarding against is Your Excellency? ”

Xiao Qi was a little twisted by what he said, and saw that he always looked down at the book, and he didn't look at himself, he was unhappy, and said coldly: "Since you have read so many books, why did you help Wei Zhuo Xi seek power and usurp the throne, and the disloyal monarch did not abide by his responsibilities, which was also taught to you in this sage book?"

In fact, Xiao Qi doesn't know anything about reading, although he has been literate since he was a child, and he has also spent some days in the palace school, but when it comes to reading, he is really a first two big, Wei Boyu's book "Theory of Sage Words" He has never even heard the name, but he guessed what the legendary sage said, so he asked casually.

Wei Boyu finally raised his head, looked at Xiao Qi, and slowly spoke: "The so-called monarch, minister, father, son. Now the king is not a king, and the minister can not be a minister. ”

Ignoring the inexplicable look on Xiao Qi's face, he said eloquently: "The Ye family of the Longyuan royal family has been accumulating shortcomings for a long time, the atmosphere in the court is becoming more and more outdated, and the emperor is doing nothing and letting maggots eat at him. In this way, instead of painstakingly tinkering, it is better to set things right and tear down and rebuild. ”

"This new emperor has been on the throne for less than a year, why do you firmly believe that he will do nothing?" Xiao Qi couldn't help but sneer: "It's just under such a banner that he is trying to gain power." ”

"Now that the monarch is weak and the ministers are strong, it is difficult to change, and the collusion of the ministers is the barrier between the king and the people. The people's requests shall not be heard by heaven, and the king's decrees shall not be cast into the seas. In such a situation, as long as such a court is still there, it doesn't matter who sits in the emperor's position. ”

Xiao Qi didn't like his crepe tone, and he couldn't tell how much he understood, knowing that he would never be an opponent if he argued, so he only sneered and stopped talking. He was so dazed by Wei Boyu's words that he completely forgot the purpose of his trip, and after the two were silent for a while, he suddenly remembered and asked: "Yunzhou abandoned the temple that day, and it was also for the matter of Dark Feather?"

He directly and honestly told the matter of Dark Feather because he was sure that Yunzhou must have nothing to do with this matter.

Sure enough, Wei Boyu put down the scroll in his hand and replied, "Not bad." On the day that Cloud City was lost, it was General Suo Pingzhangsuo who revealed the existence of Dark Feather to us, so we sent people to search for several days in the city's sparsely populated and deserted northern city. Until that day, in the ruined temple, I met Your Excellency and others. ”

"Whose hand is that dark feather?" Xiao Qi looked into Wei Boyu's eyes to see if there was a sly look in his eyes. I saw that Wei Boyu's eyes were always as quiet as autumn water, without any waves.

He said calmly: "Bo Yu originally thought that such a powerful force was naturally in the hands of Di Hou Ye, but after the abolition of the temple, Di Hou Ye's behavior was a little strange, if it was really him, all kinds of things in the meantime would be too unreasonable. ”

His speculation coincided with Xiao Qi, Xiao Qi remained silent and continued to ask: "Then who do you think it is?"

Wei Boyu didn't answer, only quietly stared at Xiao Qi's eyes, looking at each other.

"Your Excellency's search for Dark Feather is related to the Wing Clan girl next to you?"

Gu Wanyi was seen by Wei Shuxun that day, Xiao Qi was not surprised, and nodded: "I still have some festivals with Dark Feather, but I don't know why Yunzhou is struggling to investigate Dark Feather since it is in alliance with Shajiang City?"

"Can't Your Excellency guess it? The Desert Wolf Camp is just that, if Shajiang City still has such a secret power as Dark Feather in its hands, but it is kept secret, too strong an ally is not a good thing for my Yunzhou. No matter who is behind the scenes, perhaps your Excellency and Bo Yu have the same wishes. Although Your Excellency is from Benhai City, Bo Yu guarantees that at least in Shajiang City, it will not be unfavorable to you. Rather than letting others get in the way, it's better to support each other. Wei Boyu smiled shallowly.

The word "others", Xiao Qi believes that what Wei Boyu refers to must be the same person as he thinks in his heart. For some reason, compared to this "bystander", he is inexplicably more inclined to believe in Wei Boyu. Maybe it's because of his heart-to-heart tone, or his light-hearted attitude. Although Xiao Qi knew very well in his heart that due to the conflict of positions, it was impossible for the other party to have any kindness to him.

"You should know that Benhai City and Yunzhou will not be able to stand on a united front in the future, why do you want to cooperate with me?"

"Why do others want to look for Your Excellency, Na Boyu's reason is the same. In order to achieve great things, all kinds of things on the road are just stepping stones. Wei Boyu said indifferently.