The third watch has passed, and in the Funing Palace, the emperor Haoxing Xiaoqi is still sitting on the dragon chair, and when he hears the thunderstorm outside, he is just like his state of mind at the moment, with an urge to destroy everything.

"What the hell is going on?!"

He stared at Zheng Yong, who was kneeling at the bottom of the stairs, and there was obvious anger in his voice.

Zheng Yong trembled, and repeatedly kowtowed to plead guilty: "The old slave should die!

Haoxing Xiaoqi had completely torn off the mask of the Holy Lord Mingjun at this time, and shouted in a loud voice: "Bastard! dare to mistake my big thing, how can you not be damned! If you don't make it clear again, I will immediately ask someone to cut off the head of your old minion!"

"Your Majesty, you must calm your anger! And don't hurt the dragon's body! Otherwise, even if the old slave is cut by a thousand knives, it will be difficult to atone for his sins......"

Zheng Yong said as he knelt forward and climbed a few steps, his face already full of old tears.

Hao Xingxiao Qi saw his situation, and he couldn't help but feel soft in his heart, remembering that he had served him wholeheartedly for so many years, and his face slowly softened.

"Now that you slave is convicted of sin, tell me clearly where the sin is!"

"Yes, the old slave said—"

Zheng Yong wiped the snot and tears from his face with his sleeve, still knelt there, and spoke one by one.

"Early this morning, the old slave was ordered by His Majesty to go out of the palace to the Loyal and Righteous League to deliver the decree. Because it was a secret decree, the old slave did not dare to bring anyone with him at that time.

As soon as he left Jingyang City, the old slave found that he was being targeted. The old slave was worried that the secret decree on his body was missing, and he suspected that the person was coming for the secret decree, so he immediately turned back along the same route, wanting to return to the palace to gather some more people to protect the holy decree.

But the man seemed to be aware of the old slave's intentions, and even showed up to intercept the old slave before he could enter the city.

The old slave fought with him for several moves, knowing that he was not his opponent, so he could only retreat while fighting, and finally escaped into the city by luck.

After returning to the palace, the old slave did not dare to disturb His Majesty, and was afraid that he would miss the decree, so he hurriedly gathered thirty Ouchi guards and went out of the city with me.

Unexpectedly, seeing that there were so many people guarding the old slave around him, that person was still a thief, and he appeared several times to sneak attack the old slave, and even twice the old slave was almost injured by him.

At that time, the situation was very dangerous, although the old slave's own life was nothing, but if the secret decree on his body was taken away by him, wouldn't he have the trust of the saint?

Therefore, the old slave discussed with the deputy commander who led the thirty Ouchi guards, and let one of the guards pretend to be the old slave, and all of them continued to march in the direction of the Loyal Alliance.

The old slave hid and took a detour from the other direction to rush to the Loyal Alliance to deliver the decree.

However, because he had been disturbed by the man several times before, he had already been delayed until late, and it took some more time to take a detour.

When the old slave arrived at the Zhongyi League, it was already past the unitary hour. And by the time the people of the Loyal Alliance arrived at the Jishi Temple after receiving the order, the cold ice had already entered the temple.

Although this series of events happened for a reason, the old slave did not deliver His Majesty's will in time, so that His Majesty's major events were mistaken. The old slave really deserves death!"

Speaking of this, Zheng Yong kowtowed again and again.

Haoxing Xiaoqi pinched the painful eyebrows, while listening to Zheng Yong's long-winded words, and as the pain in the eyebrows eased a little, his anger towards Zheng Yong gradually subsided.

However, with his suspicious character, it is impossible to fully believe Zheng Yong's explanation without reservation.

"Since that person's martial arts are very strong, he must not be lonely and unknown in the rivers and lakes, have you never seen him?"

Zheng Yong seemed to have just remembered, and said repeatedly: "It's the old slave who is confused! I forgot to tell Your Majesty, that person has been masked when he appeared, and the old slave has no way to see his true face." ”

"Face-covered?" Haoxing Xiaoqi's face showed a thoughtful look, "So, this person is not only not a lonely and unknown person, but should also be well known-"

Zheng Yong nodded, and said a little hesitantly: "Actually...... In fact, the old slave had already guessed the true identity of the man, but he couldn't find evidence for a while, so he didn't dare to say anything in front of His Majesty......"

Haoxing Xiaoqi couldn't help frowning and reprimanded: "It's come to this time, what else do you old thing dare not say! If you have anything to say, say it quickly! If you can catch that bold thief because of this, I may spare you this time!"

According to the report of the spies of the old slave faction who were in charge of monitoring outside the Jishi Temple, just after the end of the day, a black-clothed masked man sneaked into the Jishi Temple. Soon, a large number of masters also followed into the temple.

Since then, there has been no movement in the temple, and no one has entered the temple. But an hour later, Han Bing walked out of the temple alone—"

Haoxing Xiaoqi was stunned when he heard this, and said in a deep voice: "You mean, those guards actually entered the Jishi Temple, and the black-clothed masked man they chased was Han Bing?"

"The old slave did suspect that the person who sneaked up along the way was Han Bing. But why those Ouchi guards were introduced by him into the Jishi Temple, the old slave is unknown. ”

Zheng Yong sighed as he spoke, "The old slave originally thought that even if Han Bing had entered the Jishi Temple first, when he came out, he would not be able to escape the attack of the Loyalty Alliance. Who knows-"

Hearing him say this, Haoxing Xiaoqi suddenly snorted angrily and said, "The Loyal and Righteous Alliance has long since stopped taking me, the emperor, in its eyes! I see that Gu Ning is already impatient!"

Speaking of this, he couldn't help but ask Zheng Yong with some annoyance: "Since those guards have already chased into the temple, why did they let that cold ice escape from the temple again?

Zheng Yong grinned and replied cautiously: "The spy who came back to report the news only saw Gu Ning let go of the cold ice, but he didn't see any trace of those Ouchi guards. According to the old slave's guess, those guards are afraid that they have been killed by the monks of Han Bing and Jishi Temple-"

Hao Xingxiao couldn't help frowning when he heard this, knowing that Zheng Yong should be right, those guards were indeed more than lucky.

But he thought about it, and suddenly shook his head and said, "I'm afraid that only Han Bing was the one who killed people, and those monks in Jishi Temple wouldn't do it." ”

Seeing that the look on Zheng Yong's face seemed to be a little disbelieving, Haoxing Xiaoqi couldn't help but sigh helplessly, but he didn't immediately explain, but said to Zheng Yong, who was still kneeling on the ground: "You get up first." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty. ”

Zheng Yong wiped the sweat from his head and stood up tremblingly.

"Hui Nian is originally a personal disciple of the Yin Kingdom Master, and he has the responsibility of being in charge of the key to Qiankun, how can he be easy to be with him?

The last time I tried to use the Endless Pill to take his life, it had already made him wary of me, so how could he easily let me grab any of his handles?

Although those guards were rash to break into the temple, as long as Hui Nian came forward, they would naturally see their identities and understand that this was my will. As a result, not only could he not do anything with the guards, but he even had to help them get people.

Therefore, the wisest thing for Hui Nian to do is to pretend not to know and let Han Bing kill people. And he and Jishiji can stay out of it completely, so that I can't blame him-"

Speaking of this, Haoxing Xiaoqi couldn't help but pause, and then asked with some confusion: "Zheng Yong, don't the thirty guards have a special waist card on their bodies?"

Zheng Yong was shocked when he was asked, his eyes rolled, and he hurriedly explained: "At that time, these thirty guards were not on duty, and the old slave was in a hurry to go out of the palace to pass the decree, so he didn't have time for them to go to Commander Zhu to get the waist card to leave the palace. ”

When Haoxing Xiaoqi heard this, he didn't suspect it at all, but sighed and said, "This is the reason why those guards haven't heard from them since they entered the Jishi Temple.

Without Ouchi's waist tag as proof, Hui Nian would never admit that he knew their identities, and of course, it would be impossible for him to send their bodies back to me. ”

Hearing what the emperor said, Zheng Yong couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief, knowing that he had completely believed his words, and would no longer pursue the truth that the thirty Ouchi guards died in Jishi Temple.

He peeked at the emperor who was still sitting on the dragon chair and frowned, knowing that the emperor was still worried about the cold ice escaping, and it must be difficult to sleep tonight.

His thief's eyes couldn't help but turn secretly, thinking to himself, the emperor was obviously out of order at this time, why didn't he take this opportunity to hurry up and start the next move?