In the tea shop on the shore of Tianmu Lake on the outskirts of Beijing, Haoxing Mingrui put a cup of warm tea in the hand of Shui Xinying, who had just arrived, and said softly: "Xin'er, take a sip of tea first and go to the heat." ”

Shui Xinying smiled, picked up the cup of tea and took two sips.

Haoxing Mingrui saw that there were still fine beads of sweat on her forehead, and couldn't help but say with some distress: "At this hour, the heat is still strong outside, so I hurriedly asked you to come over——"

"Do you think of me as a weak little woman?" Obviously sweet in her heart, Shui Xinying's mouth still replied to him with disgust.

Haoxing Mingrui laughed, "As soon as the Xiuyun Sword of the Water Woman came out, he was determined to bow to the wind, where would he dare to look down on you?"

Shui Xinying looked at him carefully, shook her head and said, "This flamboyant skill, but you taught that cold one?"

"Huh, why are you like my seventh uncle, thinking that all of Yu'er's bad things are learned from me?"

Haoxing Mingrui's face suddenly showed a look of great grievance.

Shui Xinying gave him a blank look, "Although Xiao Yu was slippery in the past, he still knew how to be polite in front of me. And now that he has come back from the cold ice, he will only blindly talk about it, and Luo'er has been deceived by his nonsense. If he didn't learn this from you, who did he learn it from?"

Haoxing Mingrui thought about it, nodded with a smile, and said, "This is indeed a credit to me as an uncle!"

Shui Xinying couldn't help but smile and shook her head, and finally asked the topic, "Then you are in such a hurry to see me today, but for the sake of cold ice?"

At this time, Haoxing Mingrui also put away his jokes, nodded and said, "Our people found Zheng Yong out of the palace earlier today, but the traitorous eunuch was slippery and couldn't follow him. I suspect that he may have the emperor's secret decree on him, so I want to ask you, is there any unusual movement in the Loyalty Alliance?"

Shui Xinying immediately shook her head and said, "Since I heard from you that the emperor may send people from the Loyalty Alliance to ambush Han Bing, I have always paid attention to the movements over there. But until he came here, no one from the palace had ever come to the helm, let alone seen Zheng Yong's shadow. However, I have asked Luo'er to follow her teacher, and if there is a situation, she will come here to report immediately. ”

Haoxing Mingrui couldn't help frowning and said: "This is strange! According to the emperor's heart, he will not let go of this kind of opportunity to kill multiple birds with one stone - first borrow the hand of the Loyalty Alliance to remove the ice, and then blame the Loyalty Alliance, so as to regain control of the Loyalty Alliance."

But now that the time has passed, the Loyalty League has not yet received its will. If it was too late, when they had gathered their men and then set off to ambush outside the Jishi Temple, I am afraid that they would not be able to intercept him before Han Bing entered the temple. ”

"Maybe the emperor wants to do it when Han Bing leaves Jishi Temple?"

"No, probably not. ”

Haoxing Mingrui shook his head resolutely and said, "Since the emperor cares so much about that secret, how can he give Han Bing a chance to find out about that secret? Besides, if the emperor wants the Zhongyi Alliance to make a move, he must lie to the Xue Sect Master that someone wants to threaten the safety of Jishi Temple." Then, it is only right that the people of the Loyal Alliance should be allowed to stop them before they enter the temple. ”

Shui Xinying listened and couldn't help nodding, "Your analysis is indeed reasonable." From this point of view, the emperor may still not be at ease to let the Loyal Alliance take action. Presumably, he was also worried that if the people of the Loyalty League found out that the person he fought with was actually Han Bing, they might think that it was a misunderstanding, and terminate the operation himself, so that his plot to kill people with a knife would be frustrated. ”

"Well, that's a possibility. Maybe the emperor finally felt that it was more reassuring for him to use Ouchi's master to deal with cold ice. In this way, it also reassured me a lot. ”

Haoxing Mingrui's tone was slightly relaxed: "With the skill of cold ice, sneaking up on those big internal masters in the dark should have a great chance of winning. But if you want to deal with the Xingyuntang killer who is already good at sneak attacks, the situation is a little dangerous and unpredictable. ”

"But I think that Master, she will not easily believe the emperor's words and send the killers of the Cloud Hall to set up an ambush outside the Jishi Temple. ”

Shui Xinying couldn't help but defend her master.

"Wouldn't that be even worse? If the Snow Sect Master resisted the order, it would bring great trouble to her and the entire Xiuyun Sword Sect! And the Loyalty Alliance would also fall back into the hands of the Emperor and continue to be his eagle dog minions. ”

Speaking of this, Haoxing Mingrui habitually gently pinched the tea table in front of him with his two fingers, and thought: "However, His Majesty the Emperor has always liked intrigues and tricks, and this time he did not take advantage of the Loyalty Alliance, so he must have been unwilling. Xin'er, you still have to remind Sect Master Xue more to beware of the tricks of the emperor and Zheng Yong and others. ”

"Okay, Mingrui, I will always remind Master. But I'm more worried about the cold kid. ”

Hearing Shui Xinying say this, Haoxing Mingrui couldn't help but say with a heavy face: "Actually, I've been worrying about it all the time. The more anxious the emperor was to get rid of the ice, the more it showed how important the secret on the pillar of the protector god was to him.

If his killing operation fails this time, there will definitely be another trick. Even in a fit of rage, he may tear off the mask of the Holy Lord Mingjun and use all means to harm Han Bing. Or simply give Han Bing a trumped-up charge and directly order him to be arrested.

So I thought, after finishing tonight's anti-traitor operation, let Han Bing go to the north to hide for a while. There are Chen Yingcheng and others from the Loyalty and Righteousness League over there, and the northern army will not be embarrassed because of Song Xingye's relationship. And the emperor's hand should not be able to reach that far. ”

Shui Xinying listened, and just nodded silently.

"Also—"

Haoxing Mingrui paused, and then looked at Shui Xinying with an inquiring gaze and said, "I also want Luo'er to go with Han Bing." ”

"I'll tell Luo'er about this, but-" Shui Xinying hesitated slightly, "It's just that Han Bing will agree to your arrangement?"

Haoxing Mingrui couldn't help but sigh, "That kid has always been stubborn, and he clearly told him that it would not work, and he could only use tricks to take him away." That's why I wanted Luo'er to go with me, if it was for Luo'er, Hanbing might have been fooled. ”

Shui Xinying couldn't help but sigh and said, "No matter what, if I can let these two children go to a safer place, my heart can finally be put aside for a while." ”

"Yes, ever since the emperor knew that Han Bing had the key, he had been trying to get rid of him, which made the situation immediately tense. Watching that child go to danger alone again and again, my uncle's heart is also worried.

However, as things stand, the time is not yet ripe for further action.

Although the power in the hands of the emperor has been greatly weakened, our strength is still not enough to compete with it. Only after Song Qingfeng firmly controls the forbidden army in his hands, and Sect Master Xue can lead the Loyal Alliance and completely occupy our side, will we have a chance of winning. ”

"Well, with the 100,000 forbidden army as the backing, it will be able to completely suppress the 10,000 guards in the hands of the emperor, and the Loyal Alliance is also easy to fight against those masters of the Great Interior. But other forces must also be guarded against, Zheng Yong, the Yan family, and the northerners. ”

"If they go their separate ways, it won't be difficult to break them all down. However, Zheng Yong's taking in that northerner Gong Yan always gave people a feeling of ill-intentionedness, and I really don't know what his idea was.

With his cunning, he naturally understood that taking refuge in a foreign enemy would not bring him any benefit. But his move of letting Ouchi's secret agent find out the key in Jishiji Temple is really a little unsettling. Could it be that his purpose is also the pillar of the protector of the country?"

Seeing Haoxing Mingrui's frowning and thinking look, Shui Xinying didn't say anything more, just gently took his hand and silently accompanied him to think about his thoughts.

Haoxing Mingrui suddenly realized that he had neglected the people around him, so he couldn't help but smile apologetically, patted Shui Xinying's hand and said, "I only thought about my side of things, but I forgot to ask you." Xin'er, how did you find out about the discovery of the Hemostatic Pill on the Tianxiang Sect?"

"Which side are we going to be on now?"

Shui Xinying first smiled softly at Haoxing Mingrui, and then continued his words: "I have checked all the Xiuyun Sect disciples here, and I really found that there is a problem with a female disciple who often goes out to buy.

At the beginning, she was the ** incense of the Tianxiang Sect, and was deceived by the thief, and because she was ashamed to speak to people, she was completely committed to him.

Thankfully, we found out in time, and she only revealed some of the less important secrets in the pie. And before the thief could run away, he was killed by Gu Ning. ”

Speaking of this, she couldn't help frowning slightly, "It seems that for the sake of Gongyu Sarong, the Tianxiang Sect and the Liang Zi of the Xiuyun Sword Sect have come to an end. Now that the Loyal Alliance and King Ji are also involved, the situation has become more and more complicated. ”

Haoxing Mingrui turned his gaze to the window, looked at the sky that suddenly became gloomy, and said in a firm voice: "Although the black clouds are pressing down on the city at this time, the storm is coming. But no matter how violent the storm is, it will eventually pass. In this land of abundance, there will still be a clear sky. ”