Night.

Homes.

"This palace is fine, thank you Gongzi for coming to the rescue."

"I didn't expect Childe's swordsmanship to be so fast, accurate, and ruthless."

Li Jingyao shook her head lightly, looked at Li Wuji with some gratitude, and said with a faint hint of surprise in her eyes.

This is the first time she has seen Li Wuji make a move, but she didn't expect that in addition to her amazing talent, she also has such a strong skill.

"Your Highness is serious, and it is your natural duty to protect Your Highness."

"Besides, I brought His Highness here, if His Highness has an accident, then the crime will be big."

Li Wuji smiled and said half-jokingly.

"Okay, let's not talk about this, let's find out what happened here as soon as possible."

Li Jingyao chuckled lightly, and as she spoke, she turned to look at the remaining two survivors again.

But when I turned my head to look, I found that the two survivors who were kneeling on the ground just now had already fallen in a pool of blood at this time, and they were all hit by hidden weapons in their necks!

"Search!"

Li Jingyao frowned and said in a deep voice.

Tong Zhuo agreed, put away his sword, glanced at Li Wuji, and left to start a search of the house.

"Your Highness, there is a situation!"

After a while, Tong Zhuo quickly ran out of a room and said to Li Jingyao, his face solemn.

Li Jingyao glanced at Li Wuji and walked inside quickly.

Li Wuji also followed.

"Gunpowder?!"

When Li Jingyao walked into the house, she couldn't help but exclaim in surprise and was stunned.

I saw that in the wide room, not a single piece of furniture was placed, but dozens of half-human-high wooden barrels were placed, and the barrels were full of black gunpowder, exuding a pungent smell!

"That's right!"

"Your Highness, so much gunpowder, if it is detonated, the consequences will be unimaginable!"

Tong Zhuo nodded and said with a solemn face.

Li Wuji couldn't help frowning, and visually inspected the number of barrels, about touching all the gunpowder combined, it was enough to weigh hundreds of kilograms!

If it is detonated, it can affect almost half of the capital!

Such a huge amount of gunpowder is enough to be used to attack the city!

"Childe, it seems that it is really as you said, the Qianguo delegation entered Beijing this time, and it is really a bad intention!"

Li Jingyao's face sank, and she said in a cold voice.

"Your Highness, this place is too dangerous, you better leave here first!"

Li Wuji frowned and said seriously.

"Your Highness, what Wuji Gongzi said is right, you better hurry up and evacuate here first!"

Tong Zhuo took a step forward and said worriedly.

"We're all gone, what to do with all this gunpowder? What if there's a bad guy lurking nearby?! ”

"You quickly go and notify the Du Yingwei and the Five Elements Division, and order the Du Yingwei to clean up all the gunpowder, and strictly inspect all parts of the capital to prevent anyone from hiding gunpowder and plotting against him!"

"Let the Five Elements Division surround the Huitong Pavilion, until the matter is clarified, no one in the mission is allowed to leave the capital for half a step!"

Li Jingyao said coldly with a calm face.

"Yes!"

"Your Highness, then you..."

Tong Zhuo agreed, his face hesitant.

"Commander Tong, rest assured, with me, Your Highness will be fine."

Li Wuji smiled and said slowly.

Tong Zhuo nodded and left immediately.

"You come with me."

Li Jingyao glanced at the room full of gunpowder, turned around and walked out.

"Your Highness, where are you going?"

Li Wuji asked slowly as he followed.

"Come with me to meet Shen Qingshan for a while!"

As she spoke, she had already walked out of the courtyard.

"Lao Cao, you stay and watch here!"

Li Wuji told Cao Zi'an, took Lu Yuan, and followed Li Jingyao straight to the Tongtong Hall.

...

Huitongkan.

When Li Jingyao personally knocked on the door of the Huitong Hall, the junior official who opened the door was directly frightened and knelt on the ground, not knowing why His Royal Highness Taiqing suddenly came to the door at night.

The Huitong Pavilion is a place dedicated to receiving the embassies of various countries, as long as there are missions to the capital to pay tribute, clothing, food, housing and transportation are arranged by the Huitong Pavilion.

"What about the people of the Qianguo Mission?!"

Li Jingyao asked coldly with a calm face.

"Returning to Your Highness, in... Inside... I guess I've fallen asleep..."

The junior officer replied nervously, still a little confused.

"Let everyone in the mission gather in the front yard and order Shen Qingshan to come to see me immediately!"

Li Jingyao coldly dropped a sentence and walked straight in.

"Yes..."

The petty officer shuddered and agreed, and immediately rushed to the backyard.

The main hall of the front yard.

Li Jingyao sat quietly in the first seat, without a trace of expression on her face.

Li Wuji sat on the first chair in his right hand, observing Li Jingyao intentionally or unintentionally, and Lu Yuan stood behind him without saying a word.

After a while, a middle-aged man in some disheveled clothes staggered in, his face full of panic.

The envoy of the same embassy, Shen Fang.

"The lower official meets His Royal Highness Taiqing!"

"I don't know that His Highness is coming late at night, and the officials have missed the distance, and I hope His Highness will forgive his sins!"

Shen Fang knelt down and saluted, and said with trembling lips, not forgetting to peek at the unfamiliar Li Wuji as he spoke.

"I'm disturbing Lord Shen's dream!"

Li Jingyao looked at the disheveled Shen Fang and said coldly.

"Your Highness is serious, you can torture the lower officials, and the lower officials know their mistakes..."

When Shen Fang heard this, cold sweat instantly oozed from his forehead, and as he spoke, he hurriedly tidied up his clothes.

"What about Shen Qingshan?!"

Li Jingyao snorted coldly and asked in a deep voice.

"The lower official has already ordered someone to call, and it should be there soon."

Shen Fang swallowed his saliva and hurriedly explained.

As he spoke, footsteps sounded outside, and dozens of people from the Qianguo delegation had all gathered in the courtyard.

Shen Qingshan, the deputy envoy of the Wenshu Monastery of Liguo, coughed, and slowly walked into the main hall with his four disciples, one of whom was still being supported, it was Tong Zhi who was vomited blood by Li Wuji in the Xuanhua Palace.

"I've seen His Royal Highness Taiqing!"

After Shen Qingshan approached, he knelt on the ground respectfully and said loudly.

With Shen Qingshan's movements, the four sons of Manjushri and those people in the courtyard also knelt on the ground and spoke in unison.

"Shen Qingshan! Are you guilty?! ”

Li Jingyao looked coldly at Shen Qingshan on the ground and asked word by word.

"The foreign minister is ignorant, I don't know what His Highness means by this?"

Shen Qingshan was stunned for a moment, showing a blank face, and asked puzzledly.

"So far, you're still stubborn?!"

Li Jingyao slapped the table vigorously and asked loudly.

"Your Highness, the foreign minister really doesn't know what crime he has committed, and I ask His Highness to make it clear."

Shen Qingshan still looked at Li Jingyao blankly, and said suspiciously.

"Someone in the mission is secretly lurking in the houses in the east of the city, secretly hiding a large amount of gunpowder, intending to carry out large-scale destruction of my departure from the capital, isn't it at your instigation?!"

Li Jingyao glared at Shen Qingshan, raised her voice, and shouted.

Listening to Li Jingyao's words, the whole delegation was in an uproar, and their faces were surprised and pale.

Even Shen Fang, who was kneeling on the side, couldn't help but be shocked, glanced at Li Jingyao, looked at Shen Qingshan next to him in horror, and subconsciously moved to the side, keeping a safe distance.

"Your Highness, there is no such thing!"

"Since Qianguo has surrendered to leaving the country, how can he do such a bold thing?! Besides, the foreign minister has never left the Huitong Pavilion since he returned from the Xuanhua Palace, how could he send someone to hide gunpowder privately and endanger the capital?! ”

"The foreign minister has been wronged, please ask Your Highness to learn clearly!"

Shen Qingshan looked at Li Jingyao with a frightened expression and explained with a bitter face.

"Renbengong has been caught, the evidence is conclusive! How dare they make their own decisions if they don't have the instructions?! ”

Li Jingyao snorted coldly and asked disdainfully.

"Your Highness, there is no such thing! Please believe that if you make trouble in the capital of Liguo, Liguo and Qianguo will definitely go to war again! That will inevitably bring disaster to the country, how can the foreign minister be so ignorant? ”

"Besides, since last night, not only the foreign ministers, but also no one in the embassy has left the embassy without permission, it must be a misunderstanding!"

Shen Qingshan kept shaking his head and patiently explained.

"You still dare to deny it if you have stolen goods?!"

Li Jingyao's face was blue, and she had lost her patience.

"Your Highness, it's not the foreign minister's denial, what the foreign minister said is true!"

Shen Qingshan explained helplessly.

"Since Deputy Envoy Shen claimed that no one in the mission had ever left, then you might as well count the number of people and check it out."

Li Jingyao just wanted to make trouble, but Li Wuji, who was sitting on the side, suddenly said slowly.

"Good! Check it now! ”

"Ziqing, go and count the number of people quickly! Look who's not in the courtyard! ”

Shen Qingshan glanced at Li Wuji, paused, and turned his head to say loudly to Jiang Ziqing, who was kneeling behind him.

Jiang Ziqing agreed, immediately got up, and walked quickly to the courtyard...