When Qi Ning and others boarded Zhuo Xianer's boat, Zhuo Xianer was already waiting on the deck.
After not seeing her for a long time, Zhuo Xianer still looked so beautiful and charming. Qining could clearly see a hint of joy from between her eyebrows.
Mr. Xiao put his hands behind his back and glanced around. Then he looked at Zhuo Xian'er and looked at Qi Ning with a smile on his lips and deep meaning in his eyes. Qi Ning was a little embarrassed and ordered: "Xian'er, prepare a quiet room." Room, I want to drink and talk with these guests."
Zhuo Xian'er agreed, immediately ordered him down, and personally led several people to the elegant room on the second floor of Huafang. He said softly: "Master Hou, this is the quietest place. No one will come to disturb you. If Master Hou has instructions, Just scream."
Qi Ning nodded slightly, Zhuo Xianer did not waste any time and led the people out. Qin Ning and others entered the room. It was indeed very elegant inside, with only a faint fragrance floating in the air. There was an exquisite small table in the middle. There were some snacks, melons and fruits, and a few embroidered futons beside it.
Entering the house, the middle-aged man turned around and closed the door. Mr. Xiao went over and sat down at the table. He looked at Swing Yi and asked with a smile: "Your Excellency is the world-famous Jiuxi Poison King Swing Yi." ?”
Zhu Qianyi took a step forward, cupped his hands and said: "Zhu Qianyi has met the emperor!"
Mr. Xiao was startled and said with a smile, "Have you seen my identity?"
"Jin Yihou has always had eyes higher than his head. The emperor is young, but Jin Yihou has respect for you. Qiu is not blind." Zhuo Qianyi did not appear restrained in front of the little emperor, and said calmly: "And he arranged for Qiu to Apart from the emperor, there should be no one Qiu wants to meet here."
This Young Master Xiao is naturally the current Emperor Longtai, and the middle-aged man is none other than the palace swordsman Xiang Tianbei.
At this time, Xiang Tianbei walked to Mr. Xiao's shrine, sat down cross-legged, held the sword in his hand, and said nothing.
"The Poison King is indeed the Poison King, and he has very good eyesight." Long Tai smiled and said, "But this meeting was not arranged by Jin Yihou, but by me personally." He raised his hand and said, "Sit down and talk."
Zhuo Qianyi glanced at Qi Ning and was not polite. He stepped forward and sat down opposite Longtai, stared at Longtai, and sighed: "Qiu admires the emperor's courage very much."
Longtai smiled and said, "You mean I dare to meet you here?"
Zhuo Qianyi also smiled and said: "People in the rivers and lakes avoid me. Even the masters of the sect dare not approach me, for fear that they will die silently in my hands. Your Majesty dares to meet me here." , this kind of courage is naturally beyond the reach of those sect masters."
Qi Ning coughed and said: "Poison King, the emperor is the most powerful person in the world, how can we compare with the emperor with those sect masters?"
Swing Yi smiled and said nothing.
Longtai smiled and said: "Swing Yi, I know a little about you, and I also know very well that the person you want to find most right now is called Duan Qingchen!"
Zhuo Qianyi's body trembled, he frowned and said, "That thief cheated and defected to the court. Of course the emperor knows where he is."
Long Tai shook his head, and then nodded again. Zhuo Qianyi and Qi Ning didn't understand the meaning for a moment, but they heard Long Tai say: "Duan Qingchen did not seek refuge in the imperial court, but I do know where he is now."
Swing Yi moved his body and asked urgently: "Where is it?"
He moved, and Xiang Tianbei behind Longtai flashed a cold light in his eyes. He tightened his grip on the sword hilt, but still kept his posture motionless.
"In the battle of Qianwu Ridge, the gang led by Shenhou Mansion turned danger into disaster and escaped the poison you cast." Longtai said slowly: "After that, a group of people unexpectedly found a path that they should not have known about. The road suddenly reached the mountain peak, am I right?"
Swing Yi said: "Not bad."
"But all this is not within the plan of the Shenhou Mansion." Longtai said: "I can tell you that the Shenhou Mansion is also very surprised by this. There is someone else who knows and arranges everything. Swing Yi, I am like this Say, do you understand?"
Zhu Qianyi frowned and said: "The person who led the people to the mountain suddenly was... Lu Shanghe from Zhongyi Village!"
Longtai smiled lightly and said: "So if you want to find Duan Qingchen, you can look for Lu Shanghe. If there is anyone in the world who knows Duan Qingchen's whereabouts, it can only be Lu Shanghe."
Qining and Zhuo Qianyi were both surprised.
Long Tai didn't wait for Zhu Qianyi to speak, and continued: "Several unbelievable things happened in Xichuan. The Black Rock Cave was slandered by others and was almost destroyed by the court as a traitor. It was also at that time that the Miao family's seventy-two caves were jointly worshiped. The King of Damiao was also harmed by others, and was even blamed on Jin Yihou, but fortunately the truth finally came to light." His eyes became stern: "Swing Yi, according to your opinion, these two things happened almost at the same time, and the other two things happened at almost the same time. What’s the purpose?”
Zhu Qianyi said: "It goes without saying, of course there are people who want the Miao Family's Seventy-Two Cave to rebel."
Longtai smiled and said: "If the Miao family's 72nd cave really rebels, what will be the result?"
Zhuo Qianyi knew that the little emperor came to meet with him in person today, and of course he did not have nothing to do to chat with him. Every word the other party said naturally had its purpose. He frowned and said: "Once the Miao family's seventy-two holes When the troops are raised, the officers and soldiers will of course send out troops to encircle and suppress them. The terrain of Xichuan is steep, and although the imperial troops are strong and strong, once the Seventy-Two Dongs work together, even if they are ultimately defeated, the imperial court will definitely be severely damaged."
Longtai said: "So in your opinion, the purpose of someone wanting the Miao Family's Seventy-Two Cave to rebel is to seriously injure the imperial court?"
"This is naturally one of the goals." Zhu Qianyi said: "Being able to deliberately plan and make the Miao people rebel is naturally because they are dissatisfied with the imperial court and want to target the imperial court."
Longtai smiled slightly and said: "What you said is not bad. Then let's look back and think about it. During this period, a horrifying thing happened, which is closely related to you."
"Your Majesty, are you talking about the epidemic in the capital?" Zhu Qianyi frowned.
Longtai said: "Yes, the epidemic spreading in the capital has been found to be related to you, the Poison King of Jiuxi, in a short period of time, directly involving the Black Lotus Sect. What do you think of this?"
Zhu Qianyi sneered and said: "Although I kill people like crazy, I have never killed an unarmed civilian."
"The epidemic incident in the capital, the sword pointed directly at the Black Lotus Sect, and combined with those two incidents, don't you think that all of this is directed at the Miao Family's Seventy-Two Holes?" Long Tai's expression became serious: "Many people I think these incidents are all aimed at the imperial court, but if you think about it from another perspective, don’t you think that all these incidents are aimed at putting the Miao family’s 72nd Dong to death?”
Swing Yi was startled, his thick eyebrows furrowed, and he said, "Are you coming for the Miao family's seventy-two holes?"
"These incidents are all related to the Miao family." Long Tai said: "Duan Qingchen is a member of your Black Lotus Sect. If he really betrays the Black Lotus Sect, the best place to seek refuge is of course the imperial court, but he did not Instead of doing this, he told Lu Shanghe all the secrets of the Black Lotus Sect, which caused the Black Lotus Sect to almost suffer disaster." He sneered and said: "Jiuxi Poison King, someone is playing tricks in this to let the court It’s incompatible with the Miao Family’s Seventy-Two Cave, don’t you understand?”
Qi Ning heard this and was greatly surprised. He never expected that Longtai, who lived in the deep palace, would be so thorough about these things.
Longtai picked up the tea cup, but only shook it slightly, and said: "Fortunately, nothing happened. If things go according to their plan, Heiyan Cave will be destroyed by the court first, and then King Damiao will be killed, and the blame will be placed on Jin Yihou. Once Someone took the opportunity to add fuel to the flames, and the Miao family's 72 caves would inevitably rebel. In this case, the imperial court would have to send troops to collect troops. As you said, if the Miao family's 72 caves work together, the imperial court may not be able to wipe them all out. But once a war breaks out, the imperial court will Although there are heavy casualties, the Miao family's seventy-two holes will definitely be filled with blood... And you, the Black Lotus Sect, eight gangs and sixteen sects are bloodbathing Qianwu Ridge. This series of killing moves is all aimed at killing the Miao people. life."
Zhu Qianyi's face turned dark, he clenched his hands into fists, and said coldly: "Your Majesty, with all due respect, the attack on the Black Lotus Sect is the Shenhou Mansion... Hehe, it was Ximen Wuhen who made it happen. Could it be that all of this is yours?" What did Lord Ximen do? What grudges do the Miao people have against him? Why would he set up such a vicious plan?"
Longtai said calmly: "I'm just worried that even Ximen Wuhen is involved in this conspiracy."
Swing Yi was startled again.
"The Eight Gangs and Sixteen Factions are getting stronger day by day. Ximen Wuhen is old. He controls the Jianghu forces for the imperial court and works in his position to do his own thing." Longtai said solemnly: "There is an epidemic in the capital, and you have the Jiuxi Poison." Wang was involved, and Ximen Wuhen took this opportunity to summon eight gangs and sixteen factions to attack the Black Lotus Sect. Regardless of success or failure, the power of both sides would be greatly reduced, and the world would remain peaceful. From the perspective of the court, what Ximen Wuhen did was not wrong."
Zhuo Qianyi's face was rather ugly, but the emperor did not hide it and was so frank. Although he was surprised, he also felt that the little emperor had no ill intentions towards him.
When Qi Ning heard what the little emperor said, a chill ran down his spine, and he asked: "Your Majesty, in other words, from the beginning of the epidemic in the capital, those people expected that the Lord Ximen would take this opportunity to attack the Black Lotus Sect? "
"Not bad...!" Zhuo Qianyi suddenly laughed strangely: "With this excuse, no matter whether it is true or false, Ximen Wuhen will not let it go, so from the beginning, Qianwuling was attacked by eight gangs and sixteen factions. It is destined to be inevitable." He took a deep breath and said: "So if it is true as the emperor said, the other party's decision on Ximen Wuhen has been certain from the beginning, and Ximen Wuhen has also been completely calculated."
"Your Majesty, what you said does make sense." Qi Ning thought for a while and then said: "But someone set up such a trap and completely targeted the Miao people, isn't it... isn't it a bit unbelievable. Those people have something to do with the Miao people. What kind of hatred is going to put Miao Family Seventy-two Holes to death? I always thought... Li Hongxin was planning behind this...!"
"Even if Li Hongxin is involved, he will only play a small role." Longtai said: "The Miao family's Seventy-two Holes rebelled. Once Xichuan is in turmoil, everyone knows that Li Hongxin will have a good chance to make a comeback." He smiled coldly and said : "But ever since Lord Jinyi conquered Xichuan and Li Hongxin surrendered to the imperial court, the imperial court has been taking strict precautions against this person. In addition to the official supervision of the Xichuan governor, my father also arranged many eyes behind his back to watch him day and night. He, I might as well tell you, in his palace of Prince Shu, there are at least five or six pairs of eyes and ears arranged by the imperial court. These people are so hidden that no matter how smart Li Hongxin is, he will not doubt them."