The moment the spirit dragon shook off Emperor Yuanjing, several high-grade powerhouses on the shore of the lake reacted, rushing out like arrows, and the soles of their feet stepped on the surface of the water to create clusters of exploding water vortices.

Emperor Yuan Jing stabilized his body in mid-air, his toes tapped lightly on the surface of the water, and floated towards the shore like a feather.

Although he gave birth to an heir early and cut off the martial arts because of the royal family, he has made great achievements in the Taoist system with the cultivation of the national teacher over the years, otherwise he would not have turned into a black hair.

Emperor Yuan Jing was both angry and surprised, he didn't expect Linglong to treat him like this.

"Roar!"

After shaking off Emperor Yuanjing, the spirit dragon was furious, and he crashed headlong into an oncoming high-grade martial artist. The gas machine exploded in mid-air, causing the water to sway throughout the lake.

The guards struck one after another, subduing the spirit dragon that went berserk for no reason.

"Don't hurt it. Emperor Yuan Jing shouted.

Boom boom boom .... More than ten water columns rushed up from the water surface, accurately hitting the guards who were in the sky or stepping on the lake, and they were immune to damage when they had already stepped into the copper skin and iron bone realm, but they were embarrassed by the water pillars, and they could not cause an encirclement of the spirit dragon.

Linglong is good at resisting water, and is very fierce in the lake.

It's just that no one expected that this spirit beast raised its head high, roared, and actually left the lake and rushed towards the shore.

What's going on?The spirit dragon seems to have been stimulated in some way.... Emperor Yuan Jing realized that something was wrong, and said in a deep voice: "Stop it!"

Click, click, click...

The huge body of the spirit dragon rushed ashore, breaking the cedars and dragon cypresses, and it went on a rampage like a madness, and its sharp claws easily crushed the green bricks on the ground.

Where is it going?

"Father...."

"Your Majesty. ”

The crown prince and Wei Yuan rushed over.

Emperor Yuan Jing waved his hand, signaling that he was okay.

"Father, what's wrong with Linglong?" The prince was a little panicked, since he was a child, he had never seen Linglong lose control like this.

It is supposed to have a docile personality, and treats several of its royal brothers and sisters very kindly, and never shows violence.

"It's running away!" Emperor Yuan Jing replied with a calm face and a determined tone.

Why did my father use the word "escape" to describe it, what was it afraid of, what was it afraid of?

But where is safer than the Imperial City?

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was puzzled by this, and Emperor Yuan Jing did not give him a chance to ask, and ordered the guards to prepare their horses and chase in the direction of Linglong's escape.

As a symbol of royal orthodoxy, the spirit dragon is a spirit beast that swallows purple qi and cultivates, and there is absolutely no room for error.

Emperor Yuan Jing pursued along the paw prints, and the guards followed closely on both sides for fear that he would make a mistake.

Not long after, Emperor Yuan Jing saw a spirit dragon on an arrow tower, its sharp and hard claws clinging to the tower, deeply embedded in the stone.

The muscles in its neck swelled, and it vibrated into a terrible roar, trying to repel the court masters who stood in its way, whipping its tail in attack.

The two sides have reached a stalemate, the spirit dragon scale armor is hard, the sword is difficult to hurt, and the strength of the launch madness cannot be underestimated. The guards were worried about hurting it, and it was difficult to subdue it with their bare hands, so they could only grapple while waiting for their colleagues to get the magic weapon that could bind the spirit dragon.

Bang bang bang.... The arrow tower continued to crack in the whipping of the dragon's tail, and finally collapsed.

More than a dozen guards swarmed up.

Seeing this scene, Emperor Yuan Jing just breathed a sigh of relief, and planned to remind him not to hurt the royal spirit beast.

Before he could speak, he saw the spirit dragon resist, overturning the guards on his body, and rushing in a certain direction with a clear goal.

Looking in that direction, Emperor Yuan Jingdi's pupils contracted violently.

He saw a red dress, and saw a bright and lovely daughter, his favorite princess Lin'an.

At this moment, there are only two palace maids by Lin'an's side, and one is wearing a gong in a worse suit.

"Protect Lin'an!" shouted Emperor Yuan Jing.

.....

What kind of docile personality is this Nima?

Xu Qi'an didn't expect to encounter this kind of thing, he and the second princess said while walking, with the conversation skills and eight-sided exquisiteness accumulated in the previous life, Xu Qi'an amused the second princess with a humorous and interesting language style, and enhanced the friendship between them.

Thinking of sending her to the small lake where Linglong is located, playing with her for a while, and then going back to handle the case himself.

And I just ran into it....

Xu Qi'an just wanted to say, "The princess is dangerous here, and I will escort you back", but Linglong tacitly bumped into him.

This spirit beast is very powerful, and its strength is definitely not lower than that of a six-rank martial artist, Xu Qi'an subconsciously wanted to escape, turned his head to look at the second princess, and found that this girl was scared silly.

The round and charming goose egg face was bloodless, and his eyes were frozen, and he lost his ability to think in fright.

Xu Qi'an swept around, saw the palace masters who flew over, saw Emperor Yuan Jing galloping over on a horse, and saw the black button-like eyes of the spirit dragon glowing with dazzling brilliance.

It was like a scared child seeing his parents and jumping into his father's arms with ecstasy.

Well?

Didn't this thing sense me coming and rushed out to find me, right?

At this moment, Xu Qi'an understood the eyes of the spirit dragon, it was a spirit beast with wisdom.

Unless he was happy, there was still fear in Linglong's eyes, and time did not allow him to think about it.

The ground trembled slightly, and the spirit dragon was about to pounce in the blink of an eye.

Xu Qi'an immediately made a judgment, he took a step forward without hesitation, blocked in front of Princess Lin'an, and gave her a tall back.

Xu Qi'an pressed the handle of the knife with one hand, bent his knees slightly, precipitated all his emotions, and after a short period of accumulation, his thumb flicked lightly.

Qiang ..... In the crisp sound of unsheathing, a thin line of dark gold flashed, and a deep knife mark three zhang long and two fingers wide was cut out in front of him.

A shocking scene happened, the crazy spirit dragon violently retracted his body, his four claws bent, and his toenails ploughed out furrows in the ground, and he really stopped in front of the knife marks.

Don't dare to take a step beyond the thunder pool?

This scene was deeply imprinted in the heart of Princess Lin'an, and also fell into the eyes of Emperor Yuan Jing, Wei Yuan and the crown prince.

"Aang...."

Linglong lay on the ground and screamed a little anxiously.

Xu Qi'an easily understood its emotions, and the spirit dragon asked him to escape, to be precise, together.

It was agitated, scared, and seemed to be threatened by something.... But in front of me, it was much calmer and more settled.... But the fear has not abated .... It wants me to run with it, or it runs with me.... Xu Qi'an gradually had a guess in his heart.

"Don't be afraid, I'm here. Xu Qi'an said.

The second princess thought that Xu Qi'an was saying this to her, and she suddenly gained a full sense of security in her heart.

Hearing Xu Qi'an's words, sure enough, Linglong was no longer anxious, and it screamed listlessly.

At this time, a group of guards finally arrived, dragging a large dark golden net together.

Brush!

The large net was thrown away, covering the three-meter-long beast.

Da Da Da Da .... Emperor Yuan Jing rode over, looked at Princess Lin'an carefully, and was relieved to see that the second princess was indeed fine.

"Father...."Princess Lin'an pouted, trotted to the horse, and grabbed Emperor Yuanjing's sleeve.

Emperor Yuan Jing ate this set the most, and gently comforted her a few words.

Then, the emperor, who was over fifty years old and had black hair, looked Xu Qi'an up and down.

"I have seen Your Majesty. Xu Qi'an bowed down and clenched his fists.

One of the advantages of the Great Feng Dynasty is that except for some special occasions, when you see the emperor, you only need to salute, and you don't need to kneel.

Emperor Yuan Jing bowed slightly: "Very well done, what's your name?"

"Back to Your Majesty, humble Xu Qi'an. ”

Emperor Yuan Jing was stunned for a moment, looked at it again, and was a little surprised: "You are Xu Qi'an?"

"Yes!" Xu Qi'an finished speaking, facing Emperor Yuan Jing's puzzled expression, and explained: "I encountered some problems when I was investigating the case, so I specially went into the city to ask Her Royal Highness the eldest princess. ”

Emperor Yuan Jing didn't ask, just nodded, and his eyes fell on the knife in Xu Qi'an's hand, "Show me the knife." ”

Xu Qi'an presented the black and gold long knife with both hands.

The guard stepped forward to take it and handed it to Emperor Yuan Jing, who looked at it carefully and exclaimed, "Good knife!"

Wei Yuan walked over and answered with a smile: "The prison is sending it." ”

Emperor Yuan Jing raised his eyebrows, probably not understanding that Jian Zheng would give a treasure knife to a small gong.

"Your Majesty, Xu Qi'an is proficient in alchemy and has a good relationship with the warlocks of Si Tianjian. Wechen once saw him give another lecture to the alchemist. Wei Yuan said in a casual tone.

Xu Qi'an saw a flash of surprise in Emperor Yuanjing's eyes, but he quickly relented, and the old emperor smiled: "I remember, you showed your alchemy skills in the tax and silver case. ”

Emperor Yuan Jing handed the knife to the guards, and he returned it to Xu Qi'an.

Wei Yuan is helping me to shape the image of a capable minister and increase my own weight.... What Wei Yuan, is Father Wei! Xu Qi'an was slightly moved in his heart.

Princess Lin'an shook the emperor's sleeves and said coquettishly: "Father, Xu Qi'an saved me, you have to reward him." ”

"It's the reward. Emperor Yuanjing bowed his head, stared at Xu Qi'an, and said loudly: "Xu Qi'an, the watchman, has a meritorious service in saving Princess Lin'an, and rewards a thousand taels of gold and 500 silk and satin." ”

"Father!" Princess Lin'an was reluctant, pointed at Xu Qi'an and said, "He saved Erchen's life just now, and Erchen wants to give him back." Son-in-law, please forgive him the death penalty. ”

Emperor Yuan Jing suddenly looked at Xu Qi'an with sharp eyes, and seeing his docile appearance with low eyebrows and pleasing eyes, Emperor Yuan Jing retracted the sharpness in his eyes a little, shook his head and said: "I have already allowed him to make meritorious service and solve the Sangbo case, so I will naturally exempt him from the death penalty. ”

Lin An was not convinced, and shouted: "Then if he doesn't solve the case, it's not a dead end, what's the use of you rewarding him with a thousand taels of gold." ”

Emperor Yuan Jing said helplessly: "When the time comes, I will deal with it as appropriate." ”

He didn't want to say these things in front of Xu Qi'an, but he had nothing to fear and delayed the investigation.

So he added: "The time limit is still half a month, if you can solve the case, I will naturally spare you from the death penalty, if not, even if there is a plea for Lin'an, I will exile you to the border if I don't kill you." Do you understand? ”

"Your Majesty Xie!" Xu Qi'an said loudly, he saw Princess Lin'an winking at him playfully, smiling like a flower.

This investment has made a lot of money, even if I can't find out the mastermind behind the Sambo case in the end, I don't have to die, at most I will be exiled, hey, exile is such a trivial matter, there are Wei Yuan, Lin'an and Huaiqing, as a slave of the three families, I don't have to worry at all.

Emperor Yuan Jing looked at the spirit dragon who was safe and guarded and fearless, and he was angry, and said angrily: "Drag this beast back to the lake for me." ”

Linglong glanced at Emperor Yuan Jing, propped up his body with his claws, and snorted at Emperor Yuan Jing.

"Okay, you go back yourself. Emperor Yuan Jing scolded.

The guards withdrew the big net, and the spirit dragon went back leisurely by himself.

After Emperor Yuan Jing appeased the second princess, he clamped the horse's belly and followed behind Linglong.

Xu Qi'an looked at Emperor Yuan Jing's back silently.

When Princess Lin'an interceded for me just now, he looked at me sharply.... Is this thinking that I am bewitching and inducing Lin'an?

The rumors are true, Emperor Yuan Jing is indeed a person with a strong desire to control.... Also, the emperor who longs for immortality has a strong desire for power.

I'm so tired.... In front of this kind of power master, I don't dare to make too many small movements at all, maybe a change in my eyes and expression will make people guess what is in my heart..... Well, my acting skills are still okay, and my honest and frightened expression is good.

......

Lakeside, high platform.

Emperor Yuan Jing stood on the shore and whispered as the spirit dragon poked out a head from the water and pillowed on the edge of the high platform.

After a long time, Emperor Yuan Jing angrily flicked his sleeves and left.

Wei Yuan greeted Emperor Yuan Jing, and when he saw his gloomy face, he said with relief: "Your Majesty, why should you be angry with a beast. ”

"Hmph, this is getting less and less interested in me. "Emperor Yuanjing's anger has not subsided," I talked to it, and I ignored it. ”

Naturally, he didn't ask the reason why Linglong suddenly went crazy.

"Linglong will not go crazy for no reason, Wei Yuan, spread my will and strengthen the garrison of the imperial city. No one is allowed to enter or leave the Imperial City after curfew. ”

Wei Yuan nodded in agreement.

Emperor Yuan Jing walked silently for a long time, and suddenly said, "Why did that beast suddenly stop the fire just now?"

Wei Yuan shook his head: "It may be that the temperament is over." ”

He had a vague guess in his mind, but it was too absurd.