The sharp blade that silently slashed through the yellow mist approached Shen Fei's throat step by step, and the owner of the blade contracted his pupils as a result. It is said that when a person achieves a goal, his breathing becomes short, his pupils dilate, and his heart beats faster. After long-term training, the killer can make the shortness of breath and the change in heart rate almost zero, but the dilation of the pupil cannot be overcome, but it does not have much impact on the assassination itself.

The blade silently passed through the smoke and approached Shen Fei, and when he was about to hit the target, Chao Huaxi picked up the sword and stabbed into Qianqian's body first, piercing her heart. Shen Fei forced his gaze over, his eyes were cold, every time he killed someone, he would have a trace of unbearability in his heart, but this time there was no at all, the right hand that pierced into the chest was very stable and steady, and his gaze was cold and firm from beginning to end, holding the hilt of the sword with one hand, and pressing it on Qianqian's forehead with the other, covering her eyes: "The mystery of the immortal law mortals will never understand, from the moment your killer group dares to start a war against the immortal world, the decline of the killer group has been a certainty." ”

With a hard push of her left hand, Qianqian's body leaned back, and she fell on the mottled stone road, the short knife in her hand landed first, and bounced far away from her, and the face that covered her face that did not belong to her completely lost its blood, and was blown by the wind and turned into ashes, revealing a terrifying face that only had only tendons and flesh left, and it looked a little like the unique facial features of a person who had been severely burned after being demobilized from injury.

At this point, the Faceless Killer Group 33 has been wiped out!

On the seventh day of the seventh month of the 31st year of the emperor's reign, two things happened at the same time overnight, which caused an uproar in Kyushu.

The first one, Shen Fei, the messenger of Shushan, in the process of fighting in the ring, openly defeated Chu Xie, the third son of White Bird Peak, who is known as the number one martial idiot since the creation of the Shushan Sword School; 。

As soon as the two things came out, the apparent peace of the imperial capital was completely broken, and the princes who were fighting each other immediately understood that Tuoba Lie, who had never asked about political affairs, had already announced with his actions that he had joined the battle for the throne, and successfully allied with Daozong, becoming the agent of Daozong in the human country. It is conceivable that in the near future, he will inevitably become a strong contender for the throne, fighting against his half-brothers and brothers.

In the blood-stained battle for the throne, only one person will survive to the end.

The Imperial Capital Guangming Palace, long live today, is known as the first Ming Jun in ancient and modern times, the proud Long Live Lord Tuoba Gui sits alone on the bright and bright Light Palace, and the first courtier kneels on one knee to tell him about things, and the five-clawed golden dragon that symbolizes the majesty of the royal family is lifelike behind the old emperor, staring at the courtiers below with his own unique cold gaze. Although the five-clawed golden dragon is a dead thing carved on the chair, the carver's technique can be called a ghostly workmanship, which has to be admired.

After the next person finished speaking, the old emperor took a heavy breath, "So, Lie'er has formed an alliance with the Dao Sect and has joined the battle for the throne with an iron heart. ”

"Your Majesty, judging from the information we have now, His Royal Highness the Eleventh Prince does have this will. "The person kneeling in His Highness respectfully reported that he was dressed differently from ordinary courtiers, not lenient enough, more than capable, he looked like a practitioner, very spiritual, the last time His Majesty the Emperor was recruited here, he was the one who saw him.

"Have you ever exchanged letters with Zhen'er recently?" the old emperor continued to ask.

"Your Majesty, our people have been monitoring the Lie Emperor day and night, and have found that His Royal Highness the Prince and the True Prince have not exchanged any letters. ”

"Are you sure?"

"Head guarantee. ”

"Zhen'er is becoming more and more mature, and she knows what my taboo is. The old emperor rarely smiled, "Wait and see, Lie'er's recital is estimated to be coming soon, and I will judge whether to allow him to return to the court through his description of the cause and effect of the case." ”

The person under the head moved forward and said: "With all due respect, the biological mother of the prince is the concubine Niang Lingyi, who is firmly seated as the second lady in the harem today, and his wife is An Linglong, the only daughter of the An family. ”

"Are you worried that Lie'er and Zhen'er are of the same mind?"

"Whether it is a heart or not, the appearance of the Lie Emperor will break the original balance of power, because there are too many interest groups that can be inextricably linked with him. The An family will marry their only daughter to Prince Lie, and they will not think about these things in advance. ”

The righteous words spoken by the courtiers at the head were loyal, but the old emperor waved his hand disapprerovingly and said: "The balance has long been broken, Zhen'er is pressing on Yuanji step by step, if I hadn't protected it, Yuanji would have been defeated a long time ago, and now Lie'er has appeared, but it is an opportunity, an opportunity to recreate the balance, so that the three forces can compete for a new balance in a position." Therefore, the report of Lie'er is very important, and I will decide whether to allow him to return to the court from the content of his message to me. ”

"Your Majesty, you seem to have completely retracted your suspicions about Prince Lie. ”

"I was worried about it before. ”

"Why did Your Majesty say that?"

"Don't hesitate to offend the state religion of the empire to form an alliance with Taoism, Lie'er's intention to fight for the throne has been decided, in this case, he can't be willing to be subservient to others, and Zhen'er will not be of the same mind. ”、

"Your Majesty is aware of everything, and Weichen has been taught. ”

"Wait and see, the content of the proclamation in Lie'er's recital will determine his future, but don't let me down, my child!"

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At the same time, the eldest prince Tuoba Yuanji was having fun in the pool in the backyard. The prince's mansion is spacious and magnificent, with unique garden courtyards one after another, forming a dense trend of stars, one of which is a pond, the pond water is clean, the lotus flowers are in full bloom, the frogs are chirping, the cicadas are singing, and the song and dance are leveling.

From time to time, huge fishtails cross the water, slapping snow-white waves, and the laughter like silver bells makes people's bodies hot.

His Royal Highness the Prince was soaked in the water, his back leaned against the shore, and a beautiful woman with a fishtail massaged his shoulders behind him, five fingers were green and delicate, and his handsome face was refined as if it was carefully carved by a skilled craftsman, and his body was naked, and a collar made of steel was fixed on his neck, and the pattern of the collar was special, which could be seen to have been carefully polished by skilled craftsmen, and the end was attached to a thumb-thick iron chain, like a dog, which was tethered to the owner's side.

For mermaids, being able to live like dogs is the happiest thing in life, and most of them will not live to adulthood at all.

There are several of the same mermaids, all frolicking and playing in the water, the fishtail from time to time across the water, splashing snow-white waves, the sound of clever laughter is like a burst of silver bells, and the hearts of the hooked people are itchy. The eldest prince Tuoba Yuanji was the favorite of mermaid slaves, and this pond was specially used to store them. Other courtiers also followed to have fun together, or went into the water to swim, or leaned on the shore to talk and chat with His Royal Highness the Prince, or drank and had fun, and there were beautiful women behind them, but they must not touch the merman, and the mellow aroma of wine shrouded the lotus pond.

While enjoying himself, a discordant voice broke the beauty here, and a red-clothed guard hurriedly ran over, "Report ......" while running, he stretched his tone and reported loudly, the voice followed all the way to the shore, and the guard knelt on his knees, holding a letter in his hand: "Inform His Royal Highness the Prince, the six hundred miles from Jinling City have arrived in a hurry." ”

"Six hundred miles in an emergency?" With the sighs of everyone, the drumming suddenly stopped.

The eldest prince Tuoba Yuanji frowned slightly as he looked at the letter in the guard's hand, recently, every time the news came from Jinling, it was not a good thing, so that as soon as the letter arrived, he felt worried and had no fun.

I really hate my tenth brother, if it weren't for him pressing step by step, his life would be a hundred times more comfortable than now.

"Wow!" His Royal Highness the prince came out of the water, the merman maid wrapped him in a dirty robe, and the other staff members who were attached to the prince followed the prince out of the water together, and their uniform movements were as if they had been trained in advance.

Standing on the shore, Tuoba Motoyoshi grabbed the end of the chain that the merman had handed over to her neck and led her all the way, frowning deeply as he walked to the seat next to the pond. After sitting down, he hung the chain on the fastening that had been designed, leaned back, and stepped on the merman's back with one foot, and the latter was hunched and prostrate on the ground, motionless.

As Tuoba Yuanji frowned and read the letter, the others all stood behind him, waiting with bated breath. The rockery and the terrace stand on the opposite bank of the pool, and scantily clad dancers and musicians perform and play on the terrace, seeing that the owner's expression is not good, they all stop their movements, waiting for the master to give further instructions.

His Royal Highness the Prince read the letter line by line, everyone saw that his eyebrows gradually brightened, and his gloomy heart also cleared, and when His Royal Highness the Prince finished reading the letter and handed it over to Shen Teng, the others couldn't wait to come forward to ask.

"Your Highness, there's good news from Jinling?"

The letter said that the culprit who killed the third brother was caught. Tuoba Yuanji drank sake to moisten his throat, "It is the hand of the well-known faceless killer group in the rivers and lakes, and the mastermind behind it has not yet been found, one thing is for sure, it is to buy a murderer." ”

"The Faceless Killer Group?" the staff gasped at the mention of these six words, "I didn't expect that even they were pulled into the water." ”

At this time, Shen Teng finished reading the letter, and with a slight flick of his right hand, a fire broke out, and the letter burned, turned into ashes, and was blown away in the wind by the wind. Then he bowed forward and said very respectfully: "Your Highness, the Faceless Killer Group deliberately offered a sky-high price for the heads of the princes, in order to prevent its organization from intervening in the royal family dispute for no reason and being resented, and now even they are involved, which is not a good thing for us." ”

"Oh?" Originally, the problem was solved, Tuoba Yuanji was still very happy, and when he heard Shen Teng say this, he realized the seriousness of the problem, and his face immediately became gloomy.

Shen Teng continued: "The current Faceless Killer Group almost represents the killer rankings, as well as the entire killer world, their intervention indicates that the strength of our opponent has become unbelievably strong, for today's plan, I think Your Highness, you can only take the initiative, if you continue to wait for the opponent to continue to expand the sphere of influence, it will only become more and more unfavorable to us." ”

Tuoba Yuanji's face was gloomy, and he kicked the thin-skinned and tender-fleshed merman away, and sat upright, his slightly yellow eyes rolling in his sockets, "You mean, Tuoba Zhen has formed an alliance with the killer group?"

Shen Teng lowered his head, revealing a worried look, he had taken off his turkey-like clothes, his muscles were strong, but he was covered with large and small scars, and at first glance, he had experienced the days of licking blood from the tip of the knife: "This is very likely, after all, Your Royal Highness, your main competitor now is the Ten Princes Tuoba Zhen, and the death of the Third Prince is likely to be deliberately blamed on us." ”

"In that case, that's a really serious problem. Tuoba Yuanji looked at Shen Teng pleadingly, "According to Shen Aiqing's meaning, how should we deal with it now." ”

"The minister thinks that the first thing Your Highness should do is to ask your uncle to confirm that the content of the report of the prince has nothing to do with us; When Shen Teng spoke, the others listened quietly with serious expressions.

"I'll write back to my uncle. "Prince Tuoba has a lot of trust in Shen Teng. Deep in the wine pond meat forest, the monks of Lingyin Temple fasted and practiced, stopping outside, accompanied by the civil forces headed by Shen Teng, and also the most lacking supporters around Tuoba Yuanji, compared with his younger brother, the civil forces who support Tuoba Yuanji are really few and pitiful, except for Shen Teng, most of them are some guys who are not in the stream.

"Now that the contents of the report submitted by the Fierce Prince have been implemented, I think it would be better for you, Your Royal Highness, to unite a group of princes and ministers to question the masterminds behind the hiring of the Faceless Killer. Rather than passively defending, it is better to take the initiative to attack, and if the incident continues to ferment, the spearhead of suspicion will still point at you, after all, the death of the third prince seems to be your Royal Highness on the surface as the biggest beneficiary. Before the spearhead of suspicion falls on you, if someone can explain the relationship sonorously and forcefully, and explain that the matter is not as simple as it seems, and that it is someone with ulterior motives who wants to kill people with a knife, I think that even if it cannot completely eliminate His Majesty's suspicion of you, it can leave a bottom in his heart, so that His Majesty will not deal with the problem simply. ”

"It makes sense, what Shen Aiqing said is really reasonable, let this king suddenly open up, hahaha. Tuoba Yuanji suddenly brightened, laughed and clapped his hands, and the courtiers who accompanied him also laughed, and there was a high-sounding name for these people, called three escorts. That is, to eat, drink, and laugh together.