Logically speaking, at this stage, Wu Qiao should start thinking about heading towards the Capital Starfield, but at this moment he is a little bit flinching. He didn't dare, he was afraid that what awaited him would be life and death. For soldiers like them, death is a momentary thing, and death is also an eternal thing. If Tan Yan loses on purpose, everyone will celebrate, except himself. Only you know what kind of sacrifice that person made.
Wu Qiao began to procrastinate, often staring at the universe in a daze. The universe is boundless, as if it can contain everything. Only then can Wu Qiao calm down a little.
However, it won't work all the time. The fruit of victory before needs to be guarded by him, and he must strike while the iron is hot and advance all the way. If he stops at this time, he will just give it back to the world. In that way, everyone's sacrifices will be in vain.
Wu Qiao began to reorganize the army, set a time and route, and planned to go all the way to the capital.
As for Ji Yao, he will continue to expand his "territory" and strive to include more star fields. In order to defend the capital, the empire will do its best to stop Wuqiao, so the pressure on Ji Yao will be relatively small.
However, just the day before Wu Qiao planned to leave, something that shocked everyone happened suddenly, which even forced Wu Qiao to cancel the plan.
On that day, in order to inspire the soldiers of the revolutionary army who were about to march to the capital, the "King of Shadows" held a grand military parade. It is actually not very accurate to say that it is a military parade, because its process is very different from that of the imperial emperor.
This idea was proposed by Ma Latang. He told the "King of Shadows" that recently, the Revolutionary Army has added many new forces, including many state-of-the-art weapons. A concentrated display of armed forces can reflect the speed of growth, boost morale, and boost the military's might.
The "King of Shadows" readily agreed to this suggestion.
Wu Qiao knew that because Ma Latang was not very good at fighting but he was unwilling to be inferior to him, so he liked to think of other ways to please the "Shadow King" with small means other than military exploits. Even though he knew this, Wu Qiao still agreed with the military parade, and Ma Latang was right.
The military parade started promptly at 8:00 am.
After the gunfire, the "King of Shadows" first gave a passionate speech, thanking all those who are willing to create an era with him. He said that since the emperor himself wanted to be destroyed, the revolutionary army would definitely send him to be destroyed.
As soon as the voice of the speech fell, the audience began to sing.
Emotions were quickly contagious, and many people shed tears.
Then the "King of Shadows" took a car to present flowers to the tombstone of the victim, and inspected a circle along the long road. During this process, the monkey beast on his shoulder was always there, and it fluttered a few times when presenting flowers. "Shadow King" slapped the monkey, and the monkey became honest immediately.
The "King of Shadows" then walked up to the high platform, and Wu Qiao followed the "King of Shadows" all the time.
At nine o'clock in the morning, the received troops began to display.
They passed in front of the "King of Shadows" in an orderly manner, and everything looked so smooth and beautiful.
Wu Qiao was also a little absorbed in watching.
Just as he was feeling secretly, he heard a strange sound, and at the same time there was a pain in his calf.
Looking down, a stone fell by his feet, and it was this thing that hit his leg just now.
Wu Qiao turned his head to look in the direction Shi Zi came from, and found that Ji Yao was waving to him under the platform.
Wu Qiao: "...?"
Ji Yao still didn't stop, signaling Wu Qiao to go over, as if he didn't care that Wu Qiao was accompanying the "King of Shadows" to review.
Wu Qiao ignored him, and he threw stones again.
Wu Qiao: "..."
Thinking that Ji Yao might really be in a hurry, Wu Qiao lowered his head and turned to walk towards Ji Yao.
He stepped off the stage and asked Ji Yao, "What happened?"
Ji Yao looked at Wu Qiao, hesitated for a moment, and seemed to be unable to speak: "It's like this..."
"What kind?"
"Actually... hey, actually..."
Seeing his expression, Wu Qiao became nervous: "What's the matter?"
"That's it... that's it... well, how should I put it, it's really hard to say, it's just... that's it..."
"Ji Yao," Wu Qiao looked at Ji Yao with unbelievable eyes, "You called me off the stage for nothing?!"
Didn't know there was a military parade going on
If someone else talked to him in a hesitant tone, Wu Qiao might feel that the situation was very serious, but Ji Yao is not that kind of person at all, no matter what he encounters, his words will not be unfavorable—Ji Yao has always been very calm.
"..." Faced with the questioning, Ji Yao sighed: "It seems to be all right."
"Ok?"
"It seems to be fine, maybe I think too much."
As soon as the last word was written, Wu Qiao heard several gunshots!
Afterwards, there were terrifying screams bursting out from the crowd one after another!
Wu Qiao's expression changed, and he wanted to rush back immediately, but Ji Yao held his arm firmly.
After another round of intensive gunshots, Ji Yao let go, and Wu Qiao rushed up like an arrow that had just left the string.
He saw that the "Shadow Emperor" fell to the ground with bullet holes all over his body.
The monkey on his shoulder was also hit by several bullets, screaming and screaming continuously. It lay on the chest of "Shadow King", and "Shadow King" reached out and touched its bloody fur.
The monkey's hair was brown, but now it was soaked in blood, but it showed a pitch black color.
Soon, the "Shadow Emperor" fell into a half-consciousness, gasping for breath, and his whole body appeared cyanotic.
"The commander can't breathe, move that monkey away!" Someone shouted.
However, the monkey beast was unwilling to let go, and kept hugging it tightly. In the end, people had to move him aside, so the monkey still put its arms around the neck of the "King of Shadows", lying on the side, close to the "King of Shadows", Just stop lying on top of him. It was not easy for the "King of Shadows" to touch the monkey again, but he tried his best to touch it, and his arms were bent at a strange angle.
"Hurry up and call someone for rescue!" Wu Qiao turned around and ordered others.
"Already on the way!"
Wu Qiao looked down the stage.
Over there, a soldier was shot several times and fell to the ground, already beaten into a hornet's nest.
Someone explained to Wu Qiao incoherently: "The man jumped out suddenly when he was being inspected, and shot in this direction, and all the bullets shot into the commander's body!"
Wu Qiao didn't make a sound.
"After the commander was shot twice, the monkey slid down from the commander's shoulders, hooked his arms around the commander's neck, and hung his body in front of the commander's chest to block the gun for him, but it was too late, the commander's lungs It has been pierced by the bullet just now!"
"..."
"We shot the killer right away, and it all happened within 20 seconds."
"Why did you kill him?" Wu Qiao frowned, "I still haven't figured out how he brought the bullet."
"what… "
"Forget it." Wu Qiao felt upset. He never thought that such a thing would happen in the military parade.
It seems that among the recruited former imperial soldiers, some were extremely loyal to the emperor. It's not particularly abnormal when you think about it, after all, the army has always talked about loyalty.
The military parade was cast in a huge haze, the atmosphere was heavy, and the troops dispersed in depression.
Wu Qiao's expedition was forced to be cancelled.
They have buried the "King of Shadows", and they need to plan the future together.
"Ji Yao," Wu Qiao said to Ji Yao, "I know it's inappropriate to say this at this time, but... can you help me get the position of leader of the Revolutionary Army... okay?"
Ji Yao smiled, still looking very charming and beautiful, "Oh?"
"I know I shouldn't say it, but I..." Wu Qiao's throat tightened, and his fingertips trembled a little, "I think, if I can replace 'Shadow King', maybe I can save Tan Yan..."
If Tan Yan does not surrender and "fight to the end", Yiyinghuang's violent character will definitely execute him, the marshal of the empire. However, if he can control the revolutionary army, he may be able to save his favorite person.
In the past, Wu Qiao never dared to think about this. Now that the "Shadow King" is dead, this desire in Wu Qiao's heart is like a germinated seed. No matter how buried it is, it will tenaciously break through the ground all the way up. Wu Qiao couldn't control himself thinking about taking over at all, and even vaguely looked forward to it, but he couldn't completely immerse himself in sadness no matter what.
Ji Yao asked: "Are you asking me because of Tan Yan?" He knew very well that Wu Qiao was never willing to ask others.
Wu Qiao said: "...you say yes."
"..." Ji Yao thought for a while, "Then, well, this is not difficult."
"... Please." Wu Qiao thought to himself, since Ji Yao said it was not difficult, it must be possible. He is very dependent on Ji Yao now. In middle school, Ji Yao was not enthusiastic about him. It was all because of Su Yiqing that Ji Yao mingled with him politely. After Su Yiqing left, the two of them unexpectedly became true friends.
Sure enough, as they had expected, the upper echelons of the Revolutionary Army began to discuss who would take over.
In a large room, everyone sat around a table, and the previous seat of "King of Shadows" was vacant.
"We must choose someone who will inherit the legacy of the commander," Ma Latang said, "so that we can lead the revolutionary army forward without fear."
"Wu Qiao," Ji Yao smiled, "Who else can hold this position besides Wu Qiao?"
"He joined too late." Ma Latang said. No one can shake Wu Qiao's authority in the revolutionary army now, so he can only deny it from other places.
"So what if you joined late? Do you still watch that?" Wu Qiao couldn't talk about this kind of thing, so Ji Yao fought for him, "Wu Qiao has made great achievements in battle, and everyone respects him."
"I can't agree." At this moment, an old man spoke slowly. He was also a person who joined the revolution very early. "The commander died very strangely. There was something wrong with Wu Qiao at the time. He left the reviewing stand suddenly before the incident happened."
"..." Wu Qiao looked at Ji Yao.
"Ah, I happened to have something to look for him." Without hesitation, Ji Yao replied quickly, and at the same time gave Wu Qiao a reassuring look.
"What is so important?"
"His elder sister suddenly fell ill. At that time, I thought she was seriously ill. It turned out that I was wrong. His elder sister is fine."
"Nonsense!" The other party didn't believe it at all, and his beard fluttered with anger.
"Then what do you think is going on?" Ji Yao asked.
The other party pursed his lower lip, and then said again: "I'm afraid Wu Qiao has something to do with this matter. Before everything is found out, Wu Qiao will definitely not become the leader of the new generation."
"Why would he do that?"
"Of course it is to become the leader of the revolutionary army, so I designed to kill the previous leader!"
"...What kind of logic is this?" Ji Yao said, "If it has something to do with Wu Qiao, Wu Qiao just told the murderer not to beat himself, why did he run off stage?"
"This...it would be strange to kill the commander but let him go." Everyone knew that Wu Qiao was also very useful, and Wu Qiao should also be the target of assassination or explicit killing.
"Even so, as soon as the gunshot rang out, Wu Qiao should just get down on the ground immediately. Anyway, the commander will be the first target."
"This... choosing to get down without protecting the commander is not acceptable."
"The commander has already been shot several times, why did he put himself in?"
The other party found that Ji Yao couldn't argue, so he simply chose to end the conversation: "In short, it's impossible not to investigate."
"Okay, okay," Ji Yao made a gesture of surrender, "Then lock up Wuqiao? Are you leading troops to fight? Now is the critical period, and you must go to the capital immediately. You should investigate Wuqiao and go by yourself." Deal with Tan Yan."
"That... that's not necessary." As soon as these words came out, several people immediately expressed their opposition, "Wu Qiao can continue to lead troops to fight, but he is suspicious and puzzled. It is impossible to let him be the leader." They also knew very well that based on their Can't beat that marshal.
"Oh?" Ji Yao seemed to have heard something funny, "In the past, Wu Qiao wanted to be the leader, so he killed the 'Shadow King'... Then the question arises, who will be the new leader? You should think about it, Wu Qiao I still haven't become the leader, maybe one day I want to kill again."
"..." Several people looked at each other for a while, and no one could answer this question.
They also realized that what Ji Yao said was right, the person who is the leader is likely to follow the old path of "Shadow King".
But the revolutionary army is now very dependent on Wu Qiao, and it is impossible to lock Wu Qiao up. Close it, and it's all over.
In this way, no one dared to take that position.
Ji Yao raised his chin and asked Ma Latang, "Do you want to be?"
Ma Latang glanced at Wu Qiao, but didn't make a sound. He didn't have the confidence to live forever.
Ji Yao asked another person: "Do you want to be?"
The man also lowered his head and didn't raise his eyes for a long time.
Ji Yao asked several people in a row, but no one gave an affirmative answer. In the end, Ji Yao spread his hands: "So, the answer is obvious-whoever becomes who is unlucky. Since Wu Qiao wants to be, let him be, so what if he wins, what is he? Official titles are not important at all. Otherwise, if you are a leader, you will either be killed by Wu Qiao or the emperor, so it's not worth it."
"Ji Yao!" Wu Qiao couldn't listen anymore, "That matter has nothing to do with me!"
"I know it has nothing to do with you," Ji Yao shrugged, "but they don't believe it."
"..." Wu Qiao discovered that Ji Yao also learned a lot about acting from Su Yiqing.
"Okay." Ji Yao said again, "Aside from Wu Qiao, is anyone else planning to run for the election?" The way of running for the election and everyone voting was learned by the Revolutionary Army from the Republic. For the imperial people, voting is quite new, because in the past, the emperor directly appointed the successor.
As soon as Ji Yao said this, the whole room fell silent—they really didn't dare to argue with Wu Qiao, and no one could figure out what Wu Qiao would do.
"Then there is no need to vote." Ji Yao paused, "If there is only one candidate."
"..."
"Then I'll go out and announce later. By the way, Wu Qiao was really wronged. He will be a good leader."
"..."
After the "voting" was over, Wu Qiao called Ji Yao aside.
"You want to thank me?" Ji Yao asked him.
"Well, thanks, but there's one more thing."
"What?" Seeing Wu Qiao's serious expression, Ji Yao was no longer casual.
"That's right..." Wu Qiao hesitated for a moment on what to ask, but in the end he chose to go straight to the point, "I'm also very surprised about this matter. Why did you call me?"
"..."
"Could it be that the death of the 'Shadow King' is actually related to you?"
"I did think about it, but this time it really has nothing to do with me."
"So… ?"
"I feel that there is something wrong with the formation of the light armored soldiers. You may not have noticed. When the 'King of Shadows' was reviewing, I saw on the screen that there was a strange person in that team. I couldn't tell the specifics, but it was different. "
"..." Wu Qiao seemed to know why Ji Yao knew everything, this man's eyes were too poisonous.
"Does this answer your question?" Ji Yao asked again.
"Why didn't you tell the 'Emperor of Shadows'?" Wu Qiao felt that this was the new focus. He obviously discovered the anomaly, but he concealed everything and pretended to be okay
"After all, this is just my sixth sense. The 'King of Shadows' is reviewing the troops. It's not easy to talk nonsense without evidence... I just care about you, and I'm afraid of what happens. I won't be so nervous about him Xi."
"..."
"And, actually..." Ji Yao's eyes seemed to drift far away again, "Deep in my heart, I hope he dies."
"..." Wu Qiao took a breath, "Is it for me to go to the top again?"
He really felt that the other party was too paranoid. Su Yiqing wanted to help him, but she definitely wouldn't do it in such a way. Su Yiqing's gang is a normal interaction between friends, not a desperate obsession.
"Well, but not entirely, most of them are not." Ji Yao still wasn't looking at Wu Qiao, "It's just like what you said. According to the character of 'Shadow King', Tan Yan is really going to die, and so is this one. The most common thing is that very few people have been able to escape.” Even if the military representatives of the old dynasty survived by chance, they would spend the rest of their lives in prison.
"..."
"But you are my best friend, I really don't want to... let you experience my pain at that time, it's as if your soul has been sucked away."
"Ji Yao..."
"Besides, the longer the time, the more unwilling it is. Others say that time can heal everything, but I can't see any hope of improvement."