Wu.

Wu Palace.

Zhang Renjie slowly opened his eyes and woke up from a coma, greeted by a thick and luxurious bedside curtain. He lifted his eyelids weakly to see an elderly imperial physician sitting beside him, taking his pulse attentively.

The imperial doctor glanced at him, with a happy look on his face, and said, "Master Zhang, are you awake?"

Zhang Renjie's head was in chaos at this time, and his limbs were still very numb. He couldn't help but move, but he still couldn't use his strength.

"Master Zhang, your serious injuries have not healed, don't move, lie down quickly. The Imperial Doctor said busily.

Zhang Renjie glanced at him weakly, and asked softly, "I...... Where is this?"

The imperial doctor said: "Master Zhang, you are back to the palace, let's rest, I will go to face the saint, the emperor knows that you are injured, and he is very worried about it." ”

With that, he got up and hurried away. Zhang Renjie sighed slowly, lying on the bed and quietly feeling the flow of internal force in his body. Sure enough, the meridians up and down his body seemed to be sealed, and the flow of internal force was stagnant, and he couldn't use it to probe his injuries at all. And his limbs had no feeling, as if they were in heavy shackles, and the slightest movement would cause a sharp pain of numbness.

It seems that the injury is not small, and it will take at least half a year to recover. But I finally got my life back.

Zhang Renjie thought about it, and his mind gradually cleared up. After a while, a high-pitched voice came from outside the house.

"The emperor has arrived—"

A burst of messy footsteps followed, and Zhang Renjie squinted his eyes and waited quietly. After a while, King Wu came to his bedside wearing a light brocade robe, followed by many important ministers of the court, and the entire room was crowded in an instant.

King Wu's vicissitudes of life were full of anxiety written on his old face, he quickly approached Zhang Renjie's side, looked at him carefully, and said, "Aiqing, are you awake?"

Zhang Renjie opened his chapped lips and said, "Your Majesty...... I don't dare to ...... my humble position."

King Wu hurriedly stretched out his hand, tucked the quilt for him, and asked with concern on his face, "Aiqing, what's going on?"

"Back to the emperor...... It's a long story......," Zhang Renjie said hoarsely.

"Don't worry, Aiqing said slowly, I heard that you have been killed by traitors, how can it be?" asked King Wu.

"Your Majesty ......" Zhang Renjie tried his best to stabilize his mind and said, "That night, the person who came was the killer of the Tianshu Pavilion of the Yan Kingdom. I had already taken precautions, so in order not to reveal my identity, I could only fake my death, deceive them, and then secretly investigate the origin of the Yan thief. ”

"Yan thief?" King Wu frowned when he heard this, and said, "No wonder, I suspected that the black hand behind it must have something to do with Yan Guo." ”

Zhang Renjie felt a surge of blood in his chest, couldn't help coughing a few times, and said, "Your Majesty...... In the past few days, as a beggar on the side of the road, he has secretly investigated the ins and outs of the Yan thief and has some clues. As early as a few years ago, after the army that invaded Yan was defeated, King Yan had already begun to have a plan. They bribed the important ministers of our military department in the DPRK with a lot of money, and they wanted to steal a large amount of our armaments. ”

"You're talking about the important minister, but Lu Wenjie?" asked King Wu.

Zhang Renjie nodded faintly and said, "Exactly." The emperor, the intelligence agency under the Yan court, Tianshu Pavilion began to prepare after receiving the order, and sent several groups of people to our Dawu in batches, dredged a transaction chain of stealing and selling armaments, and stole a large number of our armaments, so as to make up for the current situation of the shortage of armaments in the Yan army. ”

After hearing this, King Wu's face became more and more solemn, his eyes looked away, and said: "Yes, when the military camp below reacted that the armament replenishment was not timely, I had already arranged for the Criminal Department to start the investigation, but at that time, it was obstructed by Lu Wenjie's arrangement. I didn't expect the swallow thief to be so bold this time......"

"Your Majesty," Zhang Renjie continued, "When you cleaned up the interior ......of the imperial court this time, Tianshu Pavilion had already heard the rumors in advance, and after burning the county government of Pingxiang County, it had secretly withdrawn from the border. But as this matter became clearer, the Yan thief was afraid that the theft and sale of armaments would be known to the world, so he sent a master to Dawu ......"

His words surprised King Wu, and he hurriedly asked, "Who is the master?

Zhang Renjie coughed violently for a while, but couldn't cough up anything. He lay back, took a deep breath, and said, "This person's name is Yan Wuming, and he is a guest under the throne of Yan, and he is given the surname of the country." Yan has three days and six no nine knives for the world to know,. In three days, there was the Tianshu Pavilion of the Yan Kingdom, the Heavenly Wolf Army, and the newly established Skynet. The six non-acts are impermanent, nameless, mournless, desireless, ruthless, and lifeless, all of which are the chief guest under the throne of Yan, and they are all given the surname of Yan Guoguo. ”

King Wu's face changed, and he muttered, "It's actually a guest to send a guest ...... He, Yan Ren, is just a guest, how can he move?"

Zhang Renjie shook his head weakly and said, "The emperor should not be underestimated. At that time, the guest secretary of Chu State was feared by the world and no one was invincible, and the six nothings of Yan State, although they were not shown to others, but their strength was only after Chu State. Yan Wuchang is the descendant of King Yan, and he is the person who assassinated Li Qiuhan, the commander of the Chu State Expeditionary Force. Yan Wuming's seat is only after him, he has been hidden by King Yan for several years, and he has cultivated one of the three forbidden techniques, Gu Technique, and now he has become a great success. He raised a vampire Gu in the country of Wu and used a woman as a host, and I finally tracked him down that night, but I was injured by his Gu technique......"

At this point, he couldn't hold back any longer, raised his head, and coughed violently into the ground.

Seeing this, King Wu tapped him on the back again and again, and asked with concern, "Aiqing, how are you?"

Zhang Renjie swallowed a mouthful of blood gushing out of his throat, gasped, and said, "Emperor Xie...... I'm afraid that I have fallen for his Gu technique, and I can ...... after recuperating for a while."

King Wu nodded and said, "Aiqing, do you have anything else to say?" I will go back immediately and will not disturb your rest. ”

"Your Majesty ......" Zhang Renjie tried his best to open his eyes wide, looked at King Wu, and said, "Over the years, I have been in the position of guest secretary in the Wu Palace, and the emperor's grace is vast, and my humble position cannot be rewarded...... At that time, the Chu army attacked Yan, burned, killed and looted, and I was exiled to the country of Wu, but you never asked me about my life experience......"

After hearing this, King Wu smiled faintly and said: "I admire you, back then, you killed hundreds of Chu troops alone, who in the rivers and lakes could do it? I immediately recruited you as a guest, if you had two hearts, you would not have given up your life to save me from danger." ”

After that, although the king of Wu did not know what he meant by this, he saw that he was getting weaker and weaker, and it was difficult to speak, so he wanted to get up and leave, without delaying him to recuperate in bed. But Zhang Renjie tried his best to widen his eyes at this time, panting, and said to King Wu: "Your Majesty...... Humble duty must be repaid...... Yan Wuming's trip is menacing and should not be underestimated...... The emperor must be careful in everything...... I'm afraid he's just coming for the assassination......"

"I understand, I know in my heart, Aiqing doesn't have to worry. I also have a lot of guests around me to protect him, even if he is wild and presumptuous in the capital, if he dares to enter the palace, he will definitely be able to go and never return. King Wu said solemnly.

Zhang Renjie shook his head and gritted his teeth, at this time his body somehow began to gradually become paralyzed again, and a trace of sharp pain crawled all over his body.

"Your Majesty...... The lowly duty must be accounted for to you...... My background. Otherwise...... I ......"

"Aiqing is worried, if the situation is serious, will the two countries go to war?" King Wu asked, "It's okay, although Aiqing is from the Yan Kingdom, she has done a lot of things for the Great Wu, I have treated you as my own, and your family will find a way to settle in the Wu Kingdom." ”

Zhang Renjie sighed heavily and said, "Thank you for the emperor's grace." I have long lost my family, I grew up in a remote village in the Miao nationality of Yan country, and there is a Miao knife method passed down by my ancestors, which has continued until now, and has become one of the nine knives of Yan country, and I am the successor of the Miao knife method. My Miao people hate Gu art, that kind of evil art is not shallow, but it is also spread among my Miao people. My Miao elder was entrusted by the first emperor to ban Gu art, and he has never been with outsiders. But my own brother, because of his greed, secretly learned Gu art, and was also appreciated by King Yan, who has always coveted Gu art, and recruited him as a guest secretary, and gave him the surname of the country, and since then he has soared to the ......"

After hearing this, King Wu frowned and asked, "According to you, you have no name with this Yan, and you have dealings?"

Zhang Renjie nodded weakly, and continued: "When the Chu army attacked Yan, the Miao people were wiped out and moved around, and countless clansmen, including my family, died and lived adrift. At that time, he was ordered by King Yan to plunder a large number of Gu refining techniques from the Miao people and cultivate them to fight against the Chu army. Later, the Chu army was defeated and retreated to destroy the country, but he never stopped refining Gu, and until today, his Gu technique has been greatly accomplished......"

King Wu's expression was grim, he stood up, put his hands behind his back, and said in a deep voice: "Gu art is one of the three evil arts that make people in the world shameful, and everyone will be punished for it. According to you, not only did King Yan not prohibit the spread of Gu magic, but instead used it for it. If it spreads, then does he Yan Kingdom want to be the enemy of the world?"

Zhang Renjie said: "What the emperor said is very true. But the harm of these three evil arts is widespread. Illusion destroys a person, Gu spell destroys a country, and poison destroys the world. The purpose of Yan Guo wanting to secretly refine Gu art is probably not trivial, and the emperor must not underestimate it because of Yan Guo's lack of military strength. ”

When King Wu heard this, he couldn't help but fall into deep thought. The whole room fell silent, and a tense atmosphere permeated the air.

After thinking for a long time, he spoke: "The matter of Yan Guo's use of Gu, the people from the Criminal Department of the Central Committee of the DPRK have already reported it to me, and I will immediately go to the DPRK to discuss countermeasures. Aiqing, you will be able to recuperate, and you will be of great use in the future. ”

"Your Majesty, Emperor. Zhang Renjie spit out a few words, exhaled heavily, and said.