The capital, Bufu.

In the pavilion in the courtyard, a man and a woman are sitting quietly on wooden benches.

The female is slender, wearing a pink dress, with a beautiful face, about twenty years old, and her leaf-like willow eyebrows are slightly frowned, as if she is thinking about something. The man was a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy, with a delicate appearance and a childish face.

These two people are Xia Yun and Bu Ying, since they separated from Xiong Qiang a year ago, the two of them came to the capital, and this Bu Mansion is Bu Fang's eldest brother, and you are the mansion of the Beijing Master Jinyi Wei and Bu Ying.

"Sister Xia Yun, don't worry too much, my eldest brother has already sent someone to find Brother Xiong, and there will be news soon. Bu Fang saw that these days, Xia Yun looked a little haggard for Xiong Qiang's affairs, and could only be so relieved.

Xia Yun raised her head slightly, looked at the sun that was about to set, and said with low interest: "It's been another three months, more than half a year ago, it was said that Xiong Qiang died, and not long ago, it was said that Xiong Qiang appeared in Wumeng Valley, but after so many days, he actually lost his news again." Where the hell is he?"

"Don't worry, Sister Xia Yun, with Brother Xiong Qiang's ability, he will never be fine. Killing God and the Qiankun Sword in his sleeve were born, the masters on the black gold list appeared in the rivers and lakes, Duanmu Xiong slaughtered all the people in Wumeng Valley, and now the rivers and lakes are completely chaotic, many sects in the rivers and lakes are looking for Duanmu Xiong, and Duanmu Xiong and the mysterious organization behind him must also be looking for Brother Xiong. In the case of being alone, perhaps, Brother Xiong Qiang has also gone into hiding, waiting for an opportunity to make a comeback. ”

"Bu Fang, why don't you ask your eldest brother again!"

Bu Fang nodded, and when he was about to get up, a tall and heroic figure was already less than a foot behind him, standing there like an iron tower.

"Big brother!" looked at the figure, Bu Fang said.

Xia Yun also turned around, looked at the person in front of her with bright eyes, slowly stood up from the bench, and didn't speak, just quietly looked at the person who came.

Bu Ying, a man in his thirties, was dressed in a loose Confucian dress at this time, with a high bun tied with a crown of jade on his head, a cleanly shaved beard, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and he was outstanding.

"Master Bu, is there any news about Xiong Qiang?" Xia Yun asked softly.

Bu Ying shook his head, his brows furrowed, and his face was a little gloomy.

"Zhou Ru is dead!" he said lightly, with a trace of sadness and loneliness on his face.

"Brother Zhou Ru is dead? How is this possible? Brother Zhou's martial arts are so strong, who can kill him?" Bu Fang was the first to speak, with a look of disbelief on his face.

"He died, in the birch forest in the western suburbs of Jining, with multiple stab wounds on his body, the fatal wound was a knife straight into the heart. Bu Ying sighed slightly, as if he was explaining, but his tone was full of regret.

Xia Yun's expression also became solemn, Zhou Ru died, and her hopes were also dashed. Because she knew that Zhou Ru was one of Bu Ying's strongest martial arts henchmen, and he was also the person directly responsible for investigating Xiong Qiang's news and that mysterious organization, and now that he was dead, it meant that the hope she got from Bu Ying was also dashed.

"Who did it?" Xia Yun asked.

Shaking his head, Bu Ying said: "I don't know for the time being, but I think it's very likely to be Qinglong, I have never dealt with Qinglong, and he has a good reason to do such a thing." ”

"Qinglong? Lord Yibu and Qinglong are incompatible, he may indeed do such a thing, but Qinglong shouldn't know about this, right?Why don't you suspect that it is the mysterious organization?" Xia Yun said.

Bu Ying nodded again and said, "Maybe! Although Zhou Ru has never sent back information about the mysterious organization, it doesn't mean that the people of the mysterious organization will not find out about his movements, maybe I hate Qinglong too much, so I am a little emotional, and I attribute everything to him!"

"Then what are you going to do next?" This is what Xia Yun is most concerned about.

"I don't know, when Zhou Ru set off, I felt that things were very tricky, and I didn't know the bottom of my heart, and this is why I delayed for half a year before I asked Zhou Ru to investigate. I always feel that my every move seems to be stared at, as if everything I do is under the surveillance of that person, Zhou Ru is dead, there are very few people in the brocade guard who can be fully trusted, all of them are towards Qinglong, I have to say, this is my sorrow. Bu Ying said a little lonely.

Xia Yun also sighed shallowly and said: "That mysterious organization slaughtered Wumeng Valley, which has caused turmoil in the rivers and lakes, and it must have attracted the attention of the imperial court, Qinglong or Xu have already made some moves. ”

Bu Ying glanced at Xia Yun coldly and said, "I know, but I won't join forces with Qinglong." After saying that, he left silently.

Seeing that Bu Ying's attitude was so tough, Xia Yun didn't want to say anything more, although Bu Ying was a fellow of Jinyi Wei and a civil official, but he was a civil and military all-rounder, and he could be called a Confucian general. He and Qinglong belonged to the emperor's most trusted figures, otherwise the emperor would not have handed over a guard directly under his command to the two of them.

In other words, there is also a nine princes in this court, who is the younger brother of the emperor's mother, and the emperor's favor for the nine princes is even more unrepeated, not to mention that the nine princes have a clear and exquisite heart, although the emperor is very fond of him, but he is not proud of his favor, about anything in the court, he is wise to choose not to ask, not to touch, just to be a happy prince.

And in private, Qinglong has an extremely good relationship with the Nine Princes, these are well-known things. But the Nine Princes knew that the reason why the emperor allowed Qinglong to have a close personal relationship with him was actually sent by Qinglong to monitor him, after all, as an emperor, he was responsible for the whole world, although the Nine Princes were his younger brothers, and it was often this kind of person who had the same bloodline inheritance as him that was the most threatening to him.

Therefore, on the one hand, the emperor appeased the Nine Princes in the most favored way, and on the other hand, he sent Qinglong to have a deep friendship with the Nine Princes. Let the Nine Princes always remember that as long as he makes any changes, then this Qinglong, who has a close personal relationship with him, will immediately stab him in the back.

How could the Nine Princes not know the emperor's thoughts? Therefore, he wisely chose to do nothing, and apart from befriending Qinglong, he would not have deep contacts with other court officials. Even if it is social, he will inform Qinglong and accompany him.

Every time the Nine Princes went, met with someone, and talked about something, Qinglong would show the emperor one by one, and in the long run, the emperor's wariness of the Nine Princes gradually disappeared, and he was more favored by the Nine Princes, and on the other hand, he was more trusting of Qinglong.

Because Qinglong was far more trusted in front of the emperor than Bu Ying, he began to slowly suppress Bu Ying in the Jinyi Guard, and almost all of the captains of the David team in the Jinyi Guard were Qinglong's henchmen, including the commander's servants.

Qinglong is in charge of the Jinyi Guard, and Bu Ying, as the commander of the Tongzhi, has completely lost his restraining role. Although at the beginning, he had also explained this matter to the emperor, but the emperor said with a smile: "Qinglong, the minister of my heart and heart, is my right-hand man with you!"

Hearing the emperor say this, Bu Ying knew that the emperor's preference for Qinglong was far greater than his, and he never mentioned it again, and after Qinglong heard this from the little eunuch beside the emperor, his hatred for Bu Ying also arose, and probably from that time on, he began to suppress Bu Ying without fear.

In this regard, Bu Ying can only swallow his anger everywhere, whether it is in the Jinyi Guard or the relationship with those dignitaries in the court, he can't compete with Qinglong, not to mention that the emperor has a kind of attitude towards Qinglong, so in the face of Qinglong's step-by-step suppression, he has to back down.

In order to be able to attract the emperor's attention again, Bu Ying urgently needs to do something earth-shattering, and the mysterious organization has become Bu Ying's bargaining chip to arouse the emperor's attention to him, so he will definitely try his best to complete this matter, and complete it before Qinglong, lest this great credit be robbed by Qinglong.