"Cao Haotian was indeed brought to Jinling by my Jinyi Guard, but he disappeared as soon as he arrived in Jinling. And those who brought them back were killed. Ning Wuji persuaded Mu Daoyan to return to the banquet and sighed, "This matter is also something that the old man has been worried about recently. ”

"What!Su Yue, are they dead?" Mu Daoyan was stunned for a moment when he heard this, thinking that he had heard it wrong, but there was no deception in Ning Wuji's eyes.

"When you first arrive in Jiangnan, I will definitely do my best to be a landlord. Of course, you lovers, I don't dare to provoke. Ning Wuji smiled bitterly, he recalled that Night Star and the others had done in the Zhenfu Division and Ning Mansion was very embarrassed.

When it came to the disciples of the eight major factions, the heads of the various factions raised their interest, and Lingxu Zhenren drank a cup of tea, stroked his blue and white beard with his hand, and said lightly, "I don't know if my inferior disciple has caused trouble for Commander Ning." ”

The heads of the other factions also asked about the current situation of their disciples in Jinling, Ning Wuji took a long breath, and secretly said in his heart, fortunately, the jade tassel stopped him at that time, and it was no big deal for them to fight with their subordinates. If he started with the disciples of the eight sects in the mansion, it would be difficult to say today.

"Nothing, nothing. Ning Wuji laughed dryly and said to everyone, "It's just..."

"It's just... What?" The first time Night Star came down the mountain, when Qing Xuzi was in Luoyang, he heard the disciples of Tianxiang Building say that Night Star actually had a conflict with the eldest lady of the Murong family, and this time he went south, he was even more worried all the way, and when he heard Ning Wuji's squeak, he hurriedly asked.

"Nothing... Nothing... Everyone, please have breakfast first. Ning Wuji originally wanted to inform everyone present about the relationship between the disciples of the Eight Great Sects and the Swordless Villa, especially the fact that Fei Ming, Night Star, and Ye Lin, the owner of the Swordless Villa, appeared in the Ning Mansion together, but he was worried about affecting the alliance between the imperial court and the Eight Great Sects, so he prevaricated a few words, and then went to the table to offer tea to the heads of the various factions.

Murong Yuexi sat next to the Yun family brothers and sisters since he entered the tent, and when he heard that Cao Haotian was missing, he was angry, and wanted to ask Ning Wuji on the spot, but he was dragged by Yun Junxi beside him.

"This matter will be handled by Elder Lu and them, and the young lady can sit in peace" Yun Junxi's face was straight, and he nodded to Murong Yuexi and whispered.

After everyone finished breakfast, Ning Wuji got up and clenched his hands into fists and arched his hands to everyone, "It's not a secret, you are the head of the family, Miss Murong and the six elders of Tianxiang Building came to Yuhang in person, and Ning is extremely honored." Cao Haotian is ashamed, and the old man must give everyone a satisfactory answer. ”

"Commander Ning was able to go out of the city for a hundred miles to greet a few of us old bones, I'm afraid it wasn't just for Cao Haotian. Lu Tai snorted extremely coldly, just because of the face of the head of the eight factions, he has always been kind and pleasant. But Cao Haotian's matter involves the survival of Tianxiang Building, and the life and death of the owner of Murong Mansion must not be sloppy.

"It's not a secret, today the old man got a secret report, and the barbarians in southern Xinjiang are revived, and the court hopes that the eight factions can go to southern Xinjiang together to exterminate the barbarians and restore stability to the people. Ning Wuji's gaze swept over the heads of the factions in the tent, stayed on Lu Taiji, and arched his hand again, wanting Tianxianglou to take the lead in making a statement.

"Southern Xinjiang?" Lu Taiji coughed dryly, hearing the resurgence of the barbarians in Southern Xinjiang in Ning Wuji's mouth, coupled with what happened to everyone in Luoyang and the tragic massacre of Shaolin, everyone present knew it in their hearts, but they didn't expect the imperial court to send Ning Wuji to wait for them here.

It's just that the primary target of everyone's visit this time is Cao Haotian, and only by catching Cao Haotian can they know the whereabouts of the owner of Murong Mansion from his mouth. Lu Taiji glanced at the people of all factions, nodded slightly, and returned the salute to Ning Wuji, "Since the imperial court has something to ask us, then please ask Ning to command the envoy to hand over our traitor Cao Haotian of Tianxianglou first, otherwise other matters will not be discussed." ”

Lu Taiji has already said this, the heads of the various factions are not easy to say, and everyone also understands very well that if they can't rescue the owner of Murong Mansion, even if they join forces, it will be difficult to completely dispel the miasma in southern Xinjiang. Everyone turned their attention to Ning Wuji, the person was taken away from Luoyang by Jinyiwei, so naturally he had to hand him over.

Ning Wuji looked helpless, he knew very well in his heart that Cao Haotian's matter was obviously done by King Qing, but he had no evidence to prove it. Even if Jade Tassel had been to King Qing's courtyard, it still couldn't be confirmed that the matter was related to King Qing. But the matter of forming an alliance with the eight factions to go south was urgent, and he had to look at everyone with a wry smile.

"In this way, you and Ning will go to Jinling first, Cao Haotian's matter, I will definitely do my best, as long as he is still in Jinling, I will definitely find out." Ning Wuji made up his mind at this time, even if he completely offended King Qing, he would find out Cao Haotian, and he had already ordered someone to closely monitor King Qing's Mansion when he left the city.

"Well, that's great. Lu Taiji glanced at the people in the tent, threw up his sleeves and walked out, and everyone in Tianxianglou also walked out of the tent one after another. After the head of the eight factions exchanged pleasantries with Ning Wuji, he also walked outside the tent, and Ning Wuji ordered people to gallop quickly and drive the people on the official road to both sides. He led the team to Jinling with the people of the Eight Major Sects.

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Inside the Jinling Imperial City, outside the Wuying Palace, the Jinyi Guards and the Forbidden Army were guarding around the main hall, and the martial arts arena and Jinshui Bridge in front of the palace were full of officials from various ministries in Beijing. Feng Han, Lu Chengying and others stood on both sides of the main entrance of the main hall with embroidered spring knives in their hands, looking down on the many courtiers outside the hall.

On the Wuying Palace, after everyone knelt three times and knocked nine times. Chen Jinglang said, "There is a book. ”

As soon as Chen Jing's voice fell, no one in the hall dared to speak, and they all knelt on the ground. The Shangshu in the front row looked up at the three empty wooden chairs on the side, and wiped the cold sweat from their foreheads.

The sudden silence made Emperor Taizu a little uncomfortable, he opened his eyes slightly, his eyes swept over the ministers in the hall, and he left his gaze on the six Shangshu, and said coldly, "Why don't you see the prince?"

Everyone in the hall was relieved, Tang Duo, the secretary of the Criminal Department, arched his hand, he turned his head to look at the ministers in the palace, sighed, and got up helplessly, "Your Majesty, this year, the Criminal Department will verify the list of people who will be beheaded after the autumn, and ask Your Majesty to make a holy judgment." ”

Chen Jing stepped forward and took the notebook from him, and the rest of the books also handed over the notebook in their hands.

"Murder again?" Emperor Taizu took the notebook from Chen Jing's hand, looked down at everyone, and said lightly, "No one knows where the prince went?"

"This—" Everyone whispered in private, but no one dared to step forward and reply.

"What's the matter in the Prince's Mansion?" Emperor Taizu glanced at the transcript of the Shangshu of the Criminal Department, then threw it down, and said sharply, "The matter of punishment should be handed over to the prince."

Wu Qingliang, the secretary of the Prince's Mansion, hurriedly stepped forward from the crowd, knelt down in the hall, and picked up the manuscript from the ground, "The minister obeys the order." Emperor Taizu's thunderous anger frightened him into cold sweat on his forehead.

"I'm asking you!"

"What's the matter, Your Majesty... I don't know what His Majesty is asking... What's the matter" Wu Qingliang was so frightened that he dropped the notebook in his hand to the ground.