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Imperial City, Imperial Palace.

Inside the Tai Chi Temple.

His Royal Highness Taiji, who was resplendent with gold, knelt two tortured people who couldn't see what they looked like, with blood all over their bodies, and beside these two people, there was also a group of old worshippers dressed in the official robes of the Great Zhou.

Only one man in a red robe was standing, with a short dagger of ugin hanging from his waist.

He was the one who sculpted demons in the Great Xia Dynasty.

At the top of the main hall, Emperor Zhou was wearing a nine-clawed golden dragon yellow robe, wearing a square dragon-crowned tortoise hat, and jade beads were strung together, blocking his vision.

But His Highness Taiji's people, especially the envoy of the Five Realms of the Demon Eradication Division, could still sense Emperor Zhou's gaze, as if he was under thousands of pressures, and couldn't help but want to kneel, but he didn't want to kneel.

So a moment later, the man of the Demon Slayer Division snorted, spat blood from his mouth, and knelt on one knee on the cold Taiji Hall, staring at the throne above with an unconvinced expression.

"I am the Great Xia Demon Eradication Division, the third division Lin Qian, meet His Majesty Emperor Zhou!"

Zhou Tian looked at the man quietly, didn't say flat, just silently exerted pressure, so Lin Qian's knees became more and more painful, and even the tough bones sounded a crisp cracking sound, the latter's face was pale and he didn't say a word.

Because he is the person of the Demon Exterminator Division, he came today to represent the entire Great Xia Dynasty, so he can't be subdued no matter what, even if the other party is the Great Zhou Emperor of the Human King realm!

Di Qiu knelt on the ground in embarrassment, he looked at Lin Qian with difficulty, and a few lamentations arose in his heart.

Unexpectedly, they hid in the mountains so far away, and they were still found by the royal family of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and they didn't even use the means of suicide, and they were tied up alive in this palace after clicking on the acupoints.

Zhou Tian looked at Lin Qian, who would rather die than kowtow, silently withdrew the coercion, and snorted coldly throughout the hall:

"You Xia people are like this, you always put on a proud posture on the surface, but what you do behind the scenes is all pickled things, and you don't admit your mistake when you are caught!"

The pressure disappeared, and Lin Qian suddenly felt that countless mountains had moved from his chest, but he didn't have time to breathe, and Zhou Tian's words bombarded him like a cannonball, as if implying the way of heaven, making his sea of knowledge roar.

"This is the king of men!"

Lin Qian's face was pale, he half-knelt on the ground, glanced at Di Qiu on the side and the old man who fell to the ground unconscious, and said to Zhou Tian:

"Please pay attention to your words, my Great Xia Dynasty has no intention of denying it, and we will give a reasonable explanation for what happened in the Sword Pavilion."

Zhou Tian smiled coldly and said mockingly:

"What else to explain, Mei Chuan is already dead, my soul clone has seen the murderer with his own eyes, you people from the Demon Elimination Division came to my Great Zhou to kill people, is it really true that this emperor does not dare to start a war!"

Lin Qian's scalp was numb, and he hurriedly shouted in a deep voice: "Please calm down, Your Majesty, things are definitely not what you think!" ”

"What kind of thing is that?"

Lin Qian took a deep breath, then took out a scroll from his arms and handed it to the old man on the side.

The old man squinted his eyes and examined it carefully, but found no problem, so he trotted all the way to Zhou Tian in front of the throne.

"Your Majesty Emperor Zhou, this is the peace treaty signed between your dynasty and our dynasty back then, and there are detailed rules on the exploration of secret realms and forbidden places."

"After verification by our dynasty, Mei Chuan, the lord of Plum Blossom Valley, did violate these treaties back then, but she has not been tried because there is no substantial evidence, and after the incident in the Sword Pavilion some time ago, Mei Chuan personally admitted the crime of the year."

"So Your Majesty, the people of my dynasty only killed the people who violated the covenant between you and my dynasty and should be killed, not some spies hidden in the Great Zhou Dynasty!"

Emperor Zhou didn't even open the scroll and look at it, he directly put it aside casually, squinted at Lin Qian and asked, "You mean, Mei Chuan should be damned, I caught the wrong person!" ”

Lin Qian's scalp was numb, and he forcibly nodded and said:

"This person was not arrested by Your Majesty, and you didn't know Mei Chuan's viciousness at that time, of course it can't be counted as you caught the wrong person, all this can only be said to be a misunderstanding, I have absolutely no intention of going to war with Da Zhou, and I hope Your Majesty Haihan."

"Misunderstanding." Zhou Tian laughed twice, and said casually, "Let's not talk about whether Mei Chuan violated the treaty or not, but you did break the rules." ”

"According to the convention, if there is a dispute between the two dynasties, it should be investigated and resolved through the way of the palace messenger, and sneak into the Great Zhou to retaliate privately, no matter what the reason, it is impossible for me to spare you!"

Zhou Tian was angry and shouted:

"If everyone is like the two of them, does that mean that our masters of the Great Zhou Dynasty, who are enshrined in the imperial court, can also go to your Great Xia Dynasty to kill people because of some inexplicable personal grievances?"

"If you kill the right one, then you will kill it first and then hope that Your Majesty Haihan, if you kill it wrongly, then deal with it according to the process of killing the wrong, in short, all this is their personal grudge, and it has nothing to do with my Great Zhou Dynasty?"

"Of course not!" Lin Qian said hurriedly, and then quickly changed his words, "I mean, of course this way is not advisable. "Your Majesty is right, whether Mei Chuan is guilty or not, we should deal with it according to the agreed process, Di Qiu and the others sneaked into the Sword Pavilion in private to retaliate, which itself violates the regulations, and we must punish it severely."

Lin Qian said, turning his head sideways to look at Di Qiu, who was covered in blood, the two of them had not seen each other for more than ten years, looking at the embarrassed appearance of this old friend, Lin Qian's heart seemed to be dripping blood, but he knew that now was not the time to feel distressed and reminisce, the top priority was to save Di Qiu's life!

"You bastard, don't apologize to Your Majesty soon!"

Lin Qian stood up and slapped Di Qiu to the ground, his expression made an extremely angry look, but his eyes were full of distress.

Di Qiu lay on the ground with his face on the ground, did not look up at Lin Qian and Emperor Zhou, just smiled calmly, and said lightly to himself:

"Now, the revenge has been avenged, and I have no other nostalgia for the world." Di Qiu looked up at Lin Qian, and also at Emperor Zhou, and said calmly and sadly: "I know that I have violated the rules of the Great Zhou, so please ask Your Majesty to execute the two of us according to the rules, and do not affect others." ”

"What nonsense!" Lin Qian's pupils shrank, and he suddenly became a little anxious, and he came to Di Qiu's side and said with an ugly face, "I sent Da Zhou to save you!" ”

"The adults in the division know that you have been hiding in the Great Zhou Dynasty for a long time, so there are some questions to ask you, you are just dead like this, how can I go back and deal with it!"

Di Qiu was a little stunned when he heard this.

He didn't react until now, Lin Qiantang was the seat of the Five Realms of the Demon Eradication Division, and personally sent the Great Zhou, and he actually ran over to save him!

Zhou Tiangao sat on the throne, seemed to see something boring, a trace of inexplicable smile rose on his mouth, and said: "Then according to Zhou Law, it is good to put you in the heavenly prison, but before that, you have to take the other four together???????????????? Guy position offered out. ”

"There were six of you that day, I saw it with my own eyes, don't think about getting by!"

Di Qiu's body trembled slightly, thinking that Xu Mu and the others seemed to be still in the imperial city now, he couldn't help but turn his head to look at Lin Qian a little nervously.

It doesn't matter if he is dead or alive, Xu Mu must live!

"It's okay if you don't confess, maybe they've been arrested now." Zhou Tian saw the old eunuch kneeling outside the palace, his eyes narrowed slightly, and said: "The young people of this generation are very bold, dare to hide in the imperial city, really think that those sons of mine are eating dry rice?" ”

"Since you took the initiative to ask for death, then according to the law of Zhou, I will execute you all together, and I will also give the Demon Exterminator a face."

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"Never!" Di Qiu raised his head suddenly, looking at Zhou Tian with an ugly face, he didn't expect that even the whereabouts of Xu Mu and the others would be exposed, and it was very likely that he had been arrested at this time, he could die, Xu Mu and they couldn't die, that was the hope of the new generation of the Great Xia Dynasty!

Zhou Tian sneered: "Just now you took the initiative to deal with it according to the law, and now you say no, otherwise you will sit on this dragon chair?" ”

When Di Qiu heard this, he knelt on the ground on his knees, and had nothing to say, so he could only turn his head sideways and look at Lin Qian.

Lin Qian didn't want Di Qiu to die, took a deep breath, knelt down on one knee and said respectfully:

"Your Majesty Emperor Qiyu, the case of the Sword Pavilion, although the impact is bad, but it is indeed Mei Chuan's fault first, I let the law break later, and now that Mei Chuan is dead, please Your Majesty stop creating unprovoked killings."

"On behalf of the Xia Dynasty, the Demon Eradicator is willing to express his deep apologies to the deceased Sect Master Mei Chuan, and compensate for the brocade silk, gold and silver horses according to the wartime pension, and properly handle the aftermath."

Emperor Zhou did not speak.

The atmosphere in the Taiji Hall was extremely depressed, and the invisible mountain shrouded everyone's hearts like a shadow.

Emperor Zhou's eyes were calm, he killed a domain lord in his territory, and just compensated some gold, silver and cloth to bring people back, how could this be possible?

Lin Qian's forehead was dripping with white sweat, and he stubbornly said: "On behalf of the Demon Exterminator, I would like to privately compensate Your Majesty for 30 million high-grade spirit stones, a set of magic weapons in the Five Realms, and a set of heart methods." ”

Zhou Tian calmly spoke:

"Not enough."

Lin Qian's face was ugly, the price he paid was added together, and it was enough to buy the lives of five domain lords in the Great Xia Dynasty, and now he just wanted to bring a lord back, but Zhou Tian still didn't like it enough, why is this?

The man regained his composure and was silent for a long time, and then asked lightly: "It seems that Your Majesty already has a bargaining chip in his heart, you might as well say it directly." ”

"There will be three more exchange study places between the Demon Exterminator Division and the palace from now on, and the ownership of the border secret realm will be redistributed according to the results of the military competition."

"It can't be!"

Lin Qian shook his head and refused, the so-called study exchange quota means that every year the two dynasties will send some people to each other's countries for exchange and study, and the clothing, food, housing, transportation, and protective measures during the period will be carried out according to extremely high specifications, which is time-consuming and laborious.

And their Great Xia Dynasty, as the most powerful country on the entire continent, naturally there are countless people who go to study here, and in previous years, the geniuses sent by the Great Zhou Dynasty to study in the Demon Exterminator Division can only have two places every five years.

Those two people will accept the unreserved inheritance of the Demon Eradication Division, and they can learn as much as they can, and they may become their enemies in the future, although the geniuses sent by the Xia Dynasty can also accept the inheritance of the Great Zhou Dynasty, but the Demon Eradicator is the strongest force in the world, and it is a considerable loss if it is replaced like this!

"I can't be the master of the exchange study quota, so I can't promise you." Lin Qian shook his head slightly, and said seriously to Emperor Zhou, "As for the distribution of the border secret realm, I am in charge of the three secret realms, and I can agree to your conditions." ”

"It's not enough to have three secret realms, what I want is everything, and I'll redistribute it." Emperor Zhou shook his head slightly, the space of the border battlefield was disordered, and there were countless Jedi secret realms, but most of them were occupied by the Xia Dynasty, how could he be willing.

"I don't have the authority to say yes either."

Lin Qian shook his head slightly, his eyes were a little cold.

He just wanted two people, and Emperor Zhou actually directly raised the conditions to the level between the two dynasties, and his appetite was so big that it was heavenly!

"Then go and ask for instructions, anyway, it's still early before the next batch of exchange students will be dispatched, and there will be more than half a year for the whole army to practice martial arts, so I'll wait."

"However, until the results come out, these individuals will be locked up in the prison of my Great Zhou Dynasty all the time, and they need to serve their sentences every day in accordance with the provisions of the law, and if anything happens during this period, they will not be responsible."

After Zhou Tian finished speaking, he took a light sip of tea, and the Taiji Hall regained its calm.

Lin Qian stood below, thinking for a long time with an ugly face, and finally looked at Di Qiu, who was seriously injured and dying, and the old man, and sighed a little helplessly.

"The price of saving a few of you seems to be too great, but who gave the death order from above."

Lin Qian gritted his teeth, looked up at Zhou Tian, and said word by word: "The number of exchange students, increase by one at most, the matter of dividing the secret realm between the military and military is too complicated, and it needs to be discussed in the future, but the premise of the discussion is that I must take the people away!" ”

When Zhou Tian heard this, he said lightly:

"The number of exchange places has been increased to two, and you have allowed ???????????????? Nuo's compensation is also indispensable, as for the matter of the secret realm, since you said that you can discuss, then I will personally write to Emperor Xia. ”

When Lin Qian heard this, he nodded silently and agreed, and at the same time, Di Qiu on the side also knelt on the ground very sadly, and his tears couldn't stop flowing on the noble and cold Taiji Hall.

The price of saving them back is too great, just with the quota of those two exchange students, after the geniuses sent by the Great Zhou Dynasty to study the Demon Eradication Division, it is a sure thing to enter the Five Realms in the future, and if the war resumes, Daxia will suffer from the backlash of the geniuses he has personally cultivated, and that kind of price can be said to make him die a hundred times He can't afford it, not to mention the precious secret realm on the border!

Lin Qian finally saluted Emperor Zhou, then helped Di Qiu and the old man up, turned around and slowly left the Taiji Palace.

Turning around and facing the sun, a smile slowly appeared on Lin Qian's ordinary and cold face, as if an iceberg had been melted into droplets by the sun.

All the conditions just opened have actually been under his control, and it seems that the Zhou Dynasty has taken advantage, but in fact it is not.

The geniuses of the Great Zhou Dynasty can indeed learn a lot from the Demon Eradication Division, but relatively low, they are also easily influenced by the Demon Eradication Division, even if they are not rebelled into traitors, they may not really be able to fight each other on the battlefield in the future, but they are very likely to be used by them.

As for the redistribution of the secret realm on the border, there is no need to worry, the young genius generation, even if there is a Zhou Yuan in the Great Zhou Dynasty, what if there are still gods of the Ancient God Sect in the rivers and lakes, how could they have been afraid in the Xia Dynasty, they had Ji Chang back then, and this time, they can come out with a genius who is even more demonic than Ji Chang, how can they lose!

"Thank you, Lord Siza, for saving me, and paying such a heavy price, I'm really ashamed." Di Qiu sighed and said as he staggered, "In fact, if it weren't for the two little guys, I would rather die on the Taiji Hall than let Zhou Tian Lion open his mouth." ”

"It doesn't matter."

Lin Qian smiled faintly and said:

"Actually, I came to save them from the beginning, and saying that I was going to ask you about it was just an excuse to confuse Zhou Tian."

When Di Qiu heard this, his expression was slightly stunned, and he couldn't help but ask curiously, "That little guy...... Who the hell is it? ”

When Lin Qian heard this, he couldn't help but shake his head and sigh when he remembered the boiling fire biting incident in the Demon Elimination Division a while ago.

"His name is Xu Mu, and he is the one who is favored by the governor."

"For some reason, he had to leave the Demon Exterminator Division and leave Great Xia, and now he is named to let him come back, so he will send an envoy to look for him."

Lin Qian thought of the legend about Xu Mu, and thought of the holy relics of the Elven Kingdom and the Dark Palace, and couldn't help but have a scorching heat in his eyes, but the scorching heat was quickly covered by him.

"Where is Xu Mu now?"

When Di Qiu heard this, he said silently:

"I don't know."

"I've lost contact with him since many days ago, but he should be involved in the matter at the city gate today, but didn't Zhou Tian say that he could be caught, can't we ask the court directly?"

Lin Qian nodded slightly, got into the carriage parked outside the palace, and was about to give the coachman something, but saw a demon slayer wearing a red official robe, and said to him with a serious expression:

"My lord, Xu Mu is gone!"

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