Looking at the back of Qin Wuxian leaving, the emperor had a trace of doubt and incomprehension in his eyes, what did the other party mean by that sentence just now? He sat down slowly, quietly recalling the scene just now.

"Gu Lin!" he suddenly shouted, only to see a man in black armor walk in, this man was the commander of the Praetorian Guard who appeared in the Nine Seals City during the day.

"The minister is here. ”

"Tell me what happened in the past two days. About the Nine Sealed Cities, especially related to the crown prince. Gu Lin sighed in his heart, whether this is good or bad, and he didn't know where to start for a while.

"Your Majesty, I don't know where to start. Gu Lin knelt on the ground and whispered, he didn't dare to guess the emperor's thoughts, he didn't have any good fruit to eat if he guessed right or wrong, and if he didn't say well, he would be beheaded, he couldn't talk nonsense.

"Let's start with what happened in the Nine Lockdown City. The emperor said with his hand on his forehead.

"Yes!" Gu Lin breathed a sigh of relief, it seems that His Majesty is concerned about the matter of the Nine Sealed Cities.

"Here's the thing, there was a group of people who entered Jiufeng City, and then after the prince received the news, he asked his three brothers to go to Jiufeng City, and arrested the daughter of the Du family and Tang Yan of the Tang family. At that time, the prince said that when we arrived, he would directly go forward to arrest Bai Xia and others, but after we arrived, the prince seemed to be a different person, not only did he not admit that he let us make a move, but also looked like he didn't know anything, looking at that appearance, as if the relationship between him and Bai Xia was not very clear, and along the way, he also asked the minister a lot of previous things. Gu Lin didn't dare to hide it, and told what he knew.

"You just said that the prince's guest, the three brothers of the dragon, tiger and leopard, but how come I have never heard of these three under him?" the emperor asked with a frown as he looked at Gu Lin.

Gu Lin looked at the emperor with a strange expression, "Your Majesty, are you teasing the ministers?"

"Do you think I'm idle and bored?" Suddenly, the emperor's face changed, and he said coldly, and the coercion suddenly made Gu Lin unable to raise his head.

"The minister doesn't dare, it's just that the minister feels that His Majesty is weird today. ”

The emperor's heart sank, "Tell me, what's wrong with me today?"

"The three dragon, tiger and leopard brothers have always been by the prince's side, has Your Majesty seen them?" Gu Lin's words made the emperor a little confused for an instant, when had he seen those three people.

"It's three bald men with patterns tattooed on their chests. Gu Lin's words made the emperor's face change suddenly, where are these three people the prince's guest, these are clearly the three people who entered the Nine Seals City that day, and the prince actually colluded with these three people, and he didn't know anything about it.

"What you said is true?" He suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart.

"It's true, but before the minister arrived, those three people seemed to have been killed. ”

"Killed, by whom?" the Emperor hurriedly asked.

"It should be Bai Xia and them, and the specific ministers haven't seen it either. His expression was strange, and he didn't know what was wrong with the emperor today.

"Don't talk to anyone about this, rot me in my stomach, okay, you go back first, I'm a little tired. Gu Lin hurriedly retreated.

"It's weird to come back today without injury, and the three people that Gu Lin said in his mouth are the people who entered the Nine Seals City in Shangshu's mouth, so that means that someone has already started to attack Daqin in private, which really gives me a headache, it seems that it is time to go to you." Said that the whole person disappeared into the main hall.

The emperor changed his clothes and went out of the palace, the streets at night were full of lights, the crowds of people, it was not lively, the shouting and cheering resounded throughout the night, the lanterns were hung high, the flames jumped, and a prosperous scene.

A figure lowered its head and weaved through the crowd, heading towards a temple ten miles away from the palace.

There are two stone lions in front of this temple, with a stone ball in their mouths and a stone ball under their feet.

The figure raised its head and looked at the temple gate without a plaque, and paced at the door with a deep groan, never daring to enter.

"If you're here, come in. A calm woman's voice came from within, calming her restless heart in an instant. Pushing open the door, I saw two people sitting next to a chessboard made of stone, one person, one son, one black and one white, and the voice sounded again, "You came to me, you must have encountered something difficult to solve, right?"

"yes, I have a lot of headaches. As he spoke, he sat down next to the nun with a hint of comfort on his face. With her by his side, he can let go of everything on his body.

"You lost!" The woman fell, looked at the man opposite and said lightly, "You have made great progress, the pattern is much better than before, you haven't come to see me for more than ten years, why did you suddenly want to find me today?"

The man on the opposite side raised his head and smiled miserably, but he didn't speak, but the side of his face looked particularly sharp under the moonlight, like a sharp sword out of its sheath, revealing a deep chill.

"You have hatred in your heart, but you don't know which direction to cut the knife in your hand. You are confused and have come here to find an answer. The woman's face was still calm, without the slightest ripple.

The man sitting opposite the woman was Qin Wuxian, he lowered his head and looked at the chess pieces on the chessboard, "At this moment, I am like a sunspot on this chessboard, further dead, and there is no way to live if I take a step back." ”

"You are too pessimistic, you need to know that this is how you can live. I saw the woman stretch out her hand to move a sunspot, and the situation on the chessboard where the original sunspot was certain to die instantly appeared a trace of vitality, Qin Wuxian looked at the sunspot with a flash of light in his eyes, "You just can't let go of everything in your hand, but after all, they are foreign objects, they can help you, but they are enough to implicate you, some things should be given up, and if you hold on to it, you will only hurt yourself." ”

"Thank you mother. Qin Wuxian stood up and saluted the woman, and said respectfully, this remark made him suddenly pause.

The woman just smiled and didn't speak, then turned her head to look at the man, "You're like him, I've already said what I should say, let's go!"

The man's eyes froze, he sighed and stood up, and said softly, "Manxi, losing you is the most regrettable thing in my life." ”

"Man Xi is dead, there are only forgetful laymen in this world, let's leave!"

The man glanced at Qin Wuxian and turned to leave.

"Mother, my uncle is dead!" Qin Wusheng said with some sadness after the man left. I saw that the woman's immobile body couldn't help but tremble, lost her mind for a while, and then regained her clarity.

"The development of the gaffe is not controlled by others, this is the will of God, he didn't listen to me at the beginning, and he insisted on going his own way into the court, but now he has ended up like this. The woman shook her head, her voice a little choked, "I just don't know what happened to his two children." ”

"They're fine, my aunt is still alive, but they're very hostile to the dynasty. Qin Wuxian's heart was full of entanglement, he didn't know what to do.

"To untie the bell, you have to tie the bell, wait and see what happens!"

The two sat in the courtyard like this for a night, and when it was dawn the next day, the woman held a bowl of white porridge in her hand and put it in front of Qin Wuxian, "After all, your Qin family owes them, and you can't stop the revenge of destroying the door." ”

Qin Wuxian drank all the white porridge and stood up, "The child knows what to do." "Then he left.

"You take this, it can save your life when it is critical. A bag was thrown over, and Qin Wushu caught it and put it in his arms.

Above the court, the emperor stared coldly at the people in the hall, "Now that Bai Xia occupies the Nine Sealed City, what should you do with it?"

"Your Majesty, Jiufeng City is the land of Great Qin, how can it be given to this kid, the minister should send troops to fight and defend the dignity of my country's land. "The old minister played.

"The minister thinks that it is impossible, Bai Xia already has a grudge against the dynasty because of his father's affairs, if he sends troops to encircle and suppress, the other party will definitely fight with us to the end, and then we will lose more than we gain, thus attracting the covetousness of neighboring countries. Shang Shu said.

"You mean that you can't give up the Nine Sealed Cities to the other party?"

"The old man never said that. Shang Shu looked at His Majesty the Emperor and said righteously, "This Bai Xia always wants to avenge his father, as long as His Majesty makes a decree to rehabilitate Zheng Chao, and then give Bai Xia an official position, Jiufeng is naturally still the land of Daqin, and at the same time, I can add a few tiger generals to Daqin, why not?"

"Hehe, isn't Shangshu thinking too well, not to mention the matter of rehabilitating Zheng Chao, but the old man who gave Bai Xia the official dare not agree, my Daqin's disciples died in his hands, and if we didn't do anything, wouldn't it be the truth of others, and let people feel that we were afraid of Bai Xia. ”

"Your Majesty naturally understands what is powerful, and as for how to do it, Your Majesty decides. ”

"What you said is very reasonable, but if you follow what Shangshu said, then who will go to the Nine Seals City to do this?" the emperor pointed his finger at the crowd and said, "Is it you? or you?"

"The Minister of Civil and Military Affairs of the Full Palace, none of them are useful, and even a little Bai Xia can't deal with it, what about your blood, courage and ambition?" Everyone bowed their heads and said nothing, only Shangshu raised his head and closed his eyes, as if the emperor said that there was no him among the people.

"Marquis Guan Wu, order you to lead an army of 3,000 to take the nine sealed cities, and those who block it will be killed. After speaking, he retreated, Guan Wuhou's face was extremely ugly, what kind of fucking errand was this, and he actually left it to himself like this.

In the Nine Sealed City, the three days returned to its former appearance again, Bai Xia stood in the attic of the City Lord's Mansion and watched the scene of people coming and going on the street, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

"Second brother, where did you say Tang Yan found this kid?"

"Hell, it doesn't matter where the people come from, the important thing is that this time you and the dynasty will tear their faces, they will definitely not give up, and then we have to prepare. Zhao Yang looked into the distance and said, "It's going to be windy." ”