At night.

In the dark alley.

"Lord Leng? Lord Luo? The two of you appeared too timely, right? ”

Li Wuji looked at Leng Yue and Luo Ping, who came to the front quickly, and said coldly, without a trace of expression on his face.

"Master Hou, listening to what you mean, it seems that there is something in your words?"

Leng Yue frowned and asked in a deep voice.

Luo Ping silently saluted Li Wuji, standing aside and not daring to say a word.

"Tell her!"

Li Wuji snorted lightly, turned his head and said loudly to the group of golden dragon guards.

"Yes."

"If you return to Lord Leng, according to the news from the commander, we have successfully found three batches of remnants of the Ning Kingdom, adding up to seventy or eighty people, and these are the last ones."

"But the other party has a top master, we are not opponents at all, and Lord Jiang Shangjiang was also killed because of this."

One of the Golden Dragon Guards agreed, turned around and said slowly to Leng Yue.

"What about the man?!"

Leng Yue frowned and asked in a deep voice.

"Ran away..."

The Golden Dragon Guard said helplessly.

Hearing this, Leng Yue's brows furrowed even tighter, and her face was a little solemn.

"If Lord Leng can put all his mind on the matter of arresting the remnants of Ning Guo, he can appear earlier, and no one will escape!"

Li Wuji looked at Leng Yue, whose face was solemn, and there was a trace of obvious dissatisfaction between his words.

Listening to Li Wuji's words, Leng Yue gritted her teeth, and stopped talking, not knowing how to refute for a while.

In fact, this night, she was indeed leading people everywhere to track down Li Wuji's whereabouts, because she was sure that Li Wuji must have found something, but she didn't expect it to be a big loss.

But she was extremely unwilling in her heart, because her three subordinates were obviously killed by Li Wuji, and at this time, she was accused by Li Wuji, how could she be happy.

"Lord Luo, don't be stunned, why don't you quickly mobilize the capital guards to guard the city gates everywhere, I hope that person is still in the capital."

Li Wuji no longer paid attention to Leng Yue, turned his head to look at Luo Ping, and said in a deep voice.

"Yes."

Luo Ping agreed, and hurriedly took the opportunity to turn around and take people away.

Li'an Hou and Leng Yue have always been at odds, and everyone in the court knows it, he doesn't want to wade into this troubled water, after all, no one can afford to offend.

"Except for the one who escaped, will the rest of the rebels still have fish that have slipped through the net?"

Li Wuji looked at the Golden Dragon Guard and asked in a deep voice.

"Returning to the commander, only one person escaped, and the rest of the rebels have been ambushed!"

The golden dragon guard bowed and replied in the affirmative.

"Good!"

"You've been working all night, are you tired? Go back and rest, and leave the rest to the others who have nothing to do! ”

Li Wuji nodded with satisfaction, and glanced at Leng Yue as he spoke.

"Yes!"

A group of golden dragon guards immediately saluted respectfully at Li Wuji and evacuated one after another.

Leng Yue had a calm face and didn't say a word, she knew that what Li Wuji said just now was deliberately said to her, but she was powerless to refute it.

"Let's go, Lord Leng, since the remnants of Ning Guo have been removed, it's time to enter the palace and report to Your Majesty."

Li Wuji said coldly, turned around and walked in the direction of the palace.

Leng Yue clenched her fists and watched Li Wuji leave, then glanced at the dozens of corpses on the ground and squinted her eyes.

"Take the corpses back! Check their identities! I want to know all the origins of these people! ”

Leng Yue pondered for a moment, gave a cold order, and turned around and walked in the direction of the palace.

The sky was already dawning, and the morning sun was rising, illuminating the entire capital.

...

Cloud Palace.

Li Wuji and Leng Yue stood quietly in the main hall, separated from each other by a distance, and neither of them paid attention to the other.

Leng Yue's face was still ugly, and there was a trace of worry between her eyebrows, for fear that she would throw dirty water on herself after leaving An Hou for a while.

On the other hand, Li Wuji looked relaxed, carrying his hands behind his back, closing his eyes and recuperating.

After a long time, the sound of footsteps came, and the empress, who had learned that she had entered the palace after leaving Anhou and Leng Yue, slowly walked into the main hall.

"See Your Majesty!"

Seeing the empress appear, Li Wuji and Leng Yue hurriedly saluted and greeted her.

"Let's be flat."

"I heard that all the remnants of the Ning Kingdom in the capital have been eradicated?!"

The empress waved her hand and said impatiently.

Although Li Wuji and Leng Yue had just entered the palace, what happened in the city had already been reported to the palace.

This night, the empress was unable to sleep peacefully because of this incident, and the stone in her heart was finally put down at this moment.

"Returning to Your Majesty, I am ashamed."

"Although dozens of rebels were exterminated, they were not all eradicated after all, and one person still escaped."

"In addition, the former deputy commander of the Golden Dragon Guard also died in battle."

Li Wuji bowed his hand and said with some self-reproach.

"It's okay, only one person escaped, and with him alone, it will be difficult to set off any big waves."

"I limited you to complete the task before noon, but you have already completed it before dawn, it is worthy of leaving Anhou, I really didn't misunderstand you!"

"This errand is good, the two Aiqing have worked hard, let's say, what reward do you want?"

The empress waved her hand and said indifferently, with a smile of approval on her face.

"Your Majesty, although only one person escaped, but after all, it is not considered to have completed the task, and I have failed Your Majesty's entrustment, and I dare not ask for extravagant rewards, I only ask Your Majesty for forgiveness."

"If you want to be punished, you can punish me alone, it has nothing to do with Jin Longwei!"

Li Wuji shook his head, looked at the empress with a serious face and said.

"When did I say I was going to punish you? As I said just now, it doesn't hurt to escape a single person, not to mention that you can almost wipe out this gang of rebels in such a short period of time, and I am already very pleased. ”

"The reward must be rewarded, this errand, Liqing should be the first merit, and Leng Qing is also indispensable."

The empress looked at Li Wuji and Leng Yue with a look of relief, and said slowly.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Leng Yue bowed respectfully and replied softly.

"Your Majesty, since you refused to receive the reward, then Lord Leng deserves this reward."

Li Wuji pursed the corners of his lips and said coldly.

If you have revenge, you are not a gentleman!

Hearing Li Wuji's words, Leng Yue's face changed instantly, and she couldn't help but clench her fists.

"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness Taiqing has arrived!"

But at this moment, a voice suddenly came from outside the hall.

Immediately afterwards, Taiqing walked in from outside the hall from Jingyao quickly, full of spring breeze.

"See Your Majesty!"

Li Jingyao walked quickly closer, saluted respectfully, and said loudly.

"Why are you here?"

The empress raised her hand and asked with a smile.

Originally, it was a violation of the rules for Li Jingyao to break in directly without being communicated, but she was happy today, so she didn't care.

"Erchen heard that Li'anhou has led the Golden Dragon Guard to eradicate all the remnants of Ningguo lurking in the capital, so he specially came to congratulate Your Majesty, and at the same time congratulate Li'anhou on his new achievements."

Li Jingyao smiled, and as she spoke, she looked at Li Wuji.

The New Year is approaching, and there are many affairs in the DPRK and China, so Li Jingyao has been staying in the palace to help the empress deal with court affairs recently, and she has not seen Li Wuji for a while.

After hearing the news that Li Wuji had entered the palace, he immediately rushed over.

"That's right, this errand is indeed well done by Anhou, I was about to say that it would be rewarded to him, but he refused one after another."

The Empress nodded, a relieved smile on her face again.

"Oh? And what's going on? ”

"Minister of the court, which one is not in a hurry to get His Majesty's reward, but you, this is not the first time that you have refused Your Majesty's reward."

"Childe, you are really a clear stream among the hundred officials of my court!"

After listening to this, Li Jingyao turned her head to look at Li Wuji with a smile, and said helplessly, but her eyes were full of appreciation.

"Your Highness has an overreputation, and I am really ashamed to be there, although I have exterminated most of the rebels, there is still one person who escaped."

Li Wuji sighed and said with some self-reproach.

"What can one person achieve? As long as the danger of the capital is solved, the son should take the lead! ”

Li Jingyao waved his hand indifferently and said affirmatively.

Li Wuji shook his head, still looking helpless and self-blaming.

"By the way, Liqing, what did you mean when you said that Leng Qing should not receive the reward even more than you?"

The empress paused, looked at Li Wuji, and asked with some curiosity.

Hearing the empress's words, Li Jingyao was also immediately interested, and she didn't know what was going on.

On the other hand, Leng Yue was already frowning, anxiously thinking about countermeasures...