In the imperial capital, Song Zining returned from the nursing home to the inn where he temporarily lived. After having dinner in the room, he read documents under the lamp.
When everything was silent, there was a knock on the door of the room, and no one waited for Song Zining to speak, and pushed the door open and entered.
He carefully closed the door, came to Song Zining's table and sat down, and said, "Shuai Song asked me to come here secretly, what is your order?"
The person sitting at Song Zining's table was obviously Wen Yuangong. During this period of time, he has been staying in the imperial capital, waiting to go through the formalities of paying off crimes for military merit.
Song Zining said, "Mr. Chen made some contributions a while ago."
Chen Tongqi said: "It's Lord Qianye who took the lead, and I'm just picking up some leftovers after you. It's not a great contribution."
Song Zining nodded, and said, "Mr. Chen originally committed the felony crime of ransacking his family and killing his family. This time he was born and died in the Black Sun Valley, and made a lot of contributions. Originally, he wanted to erase the crime, but it is almost enough."
Duke Wen Yuan was startled, and said: "Why, there are still variables?"
Song Zining said: "Of course there are variables, it just depends on how you do it. I don't know what Duke Wen Yuan thinks of Lord Qianye."
Chen Tongqi said: "Master Qianye is truly a genius in the world, and he is also very affectionate. After you and Marshal Jundu were seriously injured, it was only thanks to your arrival that the empire was able to win successive battles. Although I am also a general, I am not as good as Qianye My lord, I am afraid that he is not the enemy of his three strokes."
After a pause, Chen Tongqi said with emotion: "To be honest, Master Qianye almost killed through the countless defense lines of the dark race with his own strength, and went straight into the central area. With more than 2,000 people, he forced a hundred times the enemy to dare to step on it." Take a step out of the fortress. Why do you have to erase such unworldly martial arts? Wouldn’t it chill the hearts of the three thousand dead men in the Black Sun Valley?”
Song Zining knocked on the table and said, "Mr. Chen, with all due respect, you have not been fully cleared of your crimes. If you continue to talk nonsense like this, you may be in serious trouble."
Chen Tongqi said: "Isn't my trouble enough? Are you afraid that there will be more? Besides, if you don't even dare to talk about Master Qianye's achievements because you are afraid of trouble, then what is the spirit of us warriors?"
Song Zining didn't answer but instead asked: "Qianye sent Liu Chengyun back to the country that day, and wanted to cut off his military achievements. But when you and Ming Haigong and others came back later, he had a handwritten order to share a lot of his own military achievements with you. Why is this?"
"Is Shuai Song going to interrogate me?"
"This question is indeed related to your future. Please tell the truth."
Chen Tongqi thought for a moment, and then said: "Master Qianye was recruiting men who dared to die, but Liu Chengyun retreated first. Before that, he also disobeyed military orders many times, so he should be severely punished. Lord Ming Hai and I fought with you to the end. I have never been timid and cowardly at all. My lord wants to reward me with military merits, and I dare not refuse to accept it. My lord wants me to return, but I dare not not return. If I stay, I will probably be a burden to my lord."
Song Zining nodded and said, "This is why you were convicted."
Chen Tongqi was puzzled, and said, "I don't know where the crime comes from?"
Song Zining put a document in front of Chen Tongqi. Chen Tongqi opened it, and immediately exclaimed: "Collude with foreigners, lie about military achievements?!"
He was furious, slapped the document on the table, and shouted: "Who is the alien? Who did I collude with?"
The surrounding scenery suddenly changed slightly, and Song Zining had already set up a domain, isolating internal and external communication. When everything is safe, he said: "The foreign race is... Qianye."
Chen Tongqi was taken aback, his face changed several times, and he immediately stood up, pointed at Song Zining and said, "How unreasonable! Lord Qianye has made great contributions to the empire, and now that he is dead, you are treating him like this! You, you still have a little bit left!" Conscience?! Without adults, there is no place for you in the Black Sun Valley!"
Song Zining looked calm and said, "This document was written by Liu Chengyun, and it has already been rejected."
Chen Tongqi's face gradually became gloomy, and he said coldly: "Old Liu is getting impatient. Originally, thanks to your lord, he can still live for a few more years. Now I don't mind sending him on the road with my own hands!"
"Why bother?"
"This kind of villain, it's enough to slander me, but also to slander the adults! It is unfair to the adults to allow him to live an extra day."
Song Zining said slowly: "Mr. Wen Yuan, although you have such determination, you should also pay attention to the strategy in your actions. If you were not impulsive back then, you would not have been convicted. As far as I know, you did not participate in the core conspiracy of the King of Longevity back then. .”
Duke Wen Yuan's face changed again and again, and finally heaved a long sigh, and said: "All these years, I have been bad-tempered. The King of Longevity had kindness to me back then, how could I let him down? , I just refused to say half a word, and it turned out to be what I am today."
Song Zining retracted the document and said, "There is another person behind this incident. Liu Chengyun just happened to be pushed to the stage as a gunman. But in your previous case, the current charges can only be reduced. If you want to It is difficult to get rid of the crime completely.”
Wen Yuan said fairly: "Shuai Song must have a secret case, can you give me some pointers?"
Song Zining said slowly, "My suggestion is to fully admit the crime."
Duke Wen Yuan was startled, and said: "What about... my family?" The crime of treason is not easy to admit.
"Your family is actually not many, and the core lineage is only a hundred or so. Although the crime remains the same, the military merits of the New World are enough to modify the punishment. There is no need for forced labor and exile, and you will continue to be in the army. Take the crime and make the meritorious deeds."
"Exile? Exile to where?"
"Neutral ground."
Duke Wen Yuan understood a little bit, thought for a moment, and said, "So, it's all up to Shuai Song to take care of him."
He also figured it out, the neutral land was actually Song Zining's territory. When the family members get there, although they won't suffer much, they are still in the hands of Song Zining. For Song Zining to do this, he must have a handle in his hand, so that he can be assured that he can do something.
Sure enough, Song Zining said: "You are very familiar with the Black Sun Valley, and this commander will transfer you to take up the post later. Then, there are other arrangements for you, and you will know when the time comes."
"You should obey your orders." Duke Wen Yuan bowed his hands and saluted, and then left.
Song Zining took out a piece of paper with several names written on it, and Wen Yuangong Chen Tongqi was also on it. Almost everyone on the list is now marked, except for the last two.
He looked at it, crossed out Ji Tianqing's name, and said to himself: "Let the old prince talk about this matter. Whatever he wants to tell you, that's what it is."
He set the list on fire, burned it to ashes, and then put on his clothes and went to bed. As soon as he lay down, Song Zining opened his eyes, and there was already a water-blue sword on his neck.
Song Zining didn't panic, and said, "I was still thinking about when to find you, but I didn't expect you to come first."
Li Kuanglan's face was cold, "Originally, I should have cut off your dog's head with a single sword, but there are still some things I haven't figured out, so I will spare your life for now. I will ask you to answer later, if there is something that makes me dissatisfied, You don’t even want to see the sun tomorrow!”
Song Zining pushed the sword back a little, turned over and sat up, and said, "You can ask."
"Qianye... already left?"
Song Zining pondered, and said slowly: "No one saw it with their own eyes, but the Heavenly King of the Empire was present at that time. According to them, Qianye should have left."
"I don't want to listen to it, I just want to know if he has..."
Song Zining said, "Shouldn't you ask your mother about this matter?"
Li Kuanglan's hands trembled slightly, and he said, "I don't know if she is really doing it for my own good, for my child's good. I don't know at all! I heard you're back, so I just came to look for you."
Song Zining sighed, and said, "Actually, I don't know much, not necessarily more than you. It's just that, just after Qianye left, someone wanted to take advantage of his foundation."
A cold light flashed in Li Kuanglan's eyes, and he said, "Who is it?"
"I can't tell you yet, I will deal with it first, and I will tell you when I need help."
"Okay, I believe you."
She had always acted vigorously, and seeing that Song Zining couldn't find anything to ask, she turned and left.
Song Zining couldn't fall asleep at this time, and stood in front of the window, looking at the bright moon in the sky, dazed.
A quiet voice suddenly sounded behind him, "You didn't talk nonsense just now, it's not bad."
Song Zining turned around, smiled wryly, and said, "Your Majesty, this is the capital of the empire. It's not very good for you to come out in the middle of the night."
Appearing behind him was Empress Li. She changed into casual attire, but she still couldn't hide her overpowering beauty.
She said: "Now this imperial capital, as long as I avoid those two or three old guys, where can I not go?"
Song Zining respectfully said, "Congratulations to your great success in Heaven's Mystery Technique!"
Empress Li sighed: "So many things have happened, if I don't have a breakthrough in the secret technique, I don't have to sit in the back seat. You have planned a lot of things in the past few days, and I have seen them all. Just don't worry about it." It's too much trouble, otherwise, I can't help you."
Song Zining said: "I didn't realize it at all. It seems that I am still far inferior to you in terms of Tianjishu."
Regarding Song Zining's self-effacement, Empress Li didn't know whether she believed it or not, she just smiled and said, "Three thousand floating leaves, three thousand great ways. What you have cultivated is not inferior to what my Li family has learned, and it is not difficult for you to surpass me in the future. It’s just that since you have chosen this path, there will be no descendants of the empire’s Great Expansion Secret Art.”
Song Zining said: "Dayan Tianji Jue is really a magical technique. There have been practitioners in the history of the empire. I think only a peerless genius like Lin Shuai can practice it to the extreme. My aptitude is still a level behind. It is extremely difficult to practice this technique." .”
Empress Li sighed: "Your aptitude is not inferior to that of Lin Dazai. But since you don't want to take this path, no one can force you."
"Maybe one day in the future, I figured it out, and it's possible."
"hope so."
Song Zining said: "Your Majesty came to see me late at night. I think she has something important to do. I don't know what to order. If I can do it, I will definitely not refuse."
Li Houdao: "Of course there are things, and you can't refuse. Our Li family has a child with extraordinary talents. After thinking about it these days, I think it's better to find him a teacher. What our Li family has learned, after all, the structure is still limited. point. Would you like this position?"
Song Zining was startled, and said, "Could it be that child?"
Empress Li was very straightforward, "It's the child of Qianye and Kuanglan."
Song Zining looked serious, and said, "Whether Qianye or Kuanglan, martial arts talent is extremely high. This kid must be extremely talented in this area, why did he find me?"
"Your martial arts are not bad either." Empress Li glared at Song Zining, and said, "That child from the Ji family must have laid the foundation for him to devote himself to martial arts in the future. In this respect, we probably cannot compare to the old prince. But, I hope that he can live a more intelligent and calm life in the future, and don't do stupid things like his father in his life."
Song Zining bowed deeply, and said, "Since Your Majesty entrusts me with this important task, Zining will go all out and live up to the entrustment!"
"The Black Sun Valley is still dangerous. You must be careful when you go here, and you must come back alive. I don't want to become a dead person just after finding a qualified teacher."
Song Zining said seriously, "Don't worry, ma'am, if I don't want to die, there are really not many people who can kill me."
Empress Li sighed: "You beat the fox by skating, there are not many people who can trick you. It would be great if Qianye could be half as cunning as you. Alright, I've finished talking, I should go back."
Song Zining stopped her and said, "Ma'am, is Qianye... really dead?"
Empress Li's face suddenly turned pale for a while, her breath suddenly weakened, and a stream of blood leaked from the corner of her mouth, she sighed: "I also tried to prove this, and this is the result."
Song Zining smiled wryly, and said, "I thought I didn't underestimate Yetong, but I didn't expect her to be so powerful. Who was her previous life?"
"Her existence must have been before the empire. There was very little information about that era, and we have no way of tracing it."
In the era when the empire was not created, the dark race seemed to be in a strange state of slow development. It is rare for the whole society to have significant changes for thousands of years, and the historical records are incomplete. The deeds of the real big men are more like myths and legends than official history.
It wasn't until the rise of Taizu and the founding of the empire that the two camps of Yong Ye and Li Ming formally formed a confrontation. Many emerging technologies of the human race were applied to the battlefield, and then flowed into Eternal Night through war as a medium. Suddenly, all races underwent drastic changes, countless new technologies emerged, and social forms were also affected accordingly.
The split between the Blood Race New Party and the Ancestors faction began at that time. Inside the werewolves, marked by the establishment of the peak of the group, they formed a confrontation with the ancestors. The great wizard of the demons gradually disappeared from the battlefield. Nerubians hardly changed.
Generally speaking, for thousands of years, even the scale of national wars between camps has been much less intense than before, and it has almost never happened that after a war, no life can survive in several provinces.
Therefore, in the history books of the empire, the era before its establishment is collectively referred to as the Dark Ages. This is not to discredit, but it is true. The history of the Eternal Night camp seems to be covered by a huge black curtain.
Looking at the history of the Dark Race from the perspective of the Empire has always had a weird feeling. Those long-lived species don't know if their lives are too long, so that their memory is wrong. There is always a problem with the part that is not recorded in writing but just passed on orally.
The most serious thing is the blood clan, who actually forgot the replacement of an entire clan and the second generation of ancestors. In this way, it is really impossible to verify if the awakened Yetong is a certain important figure in the dark age.
After Li left, Song Zining didn't have the mood to sleep, and began to read the battle report documents until dawn.
In the early morning of the next day, a special person came to pick him up, and sent Song Zining to the airship take-off and landing site, and returned to the Black Sun Valley. In the car, the adjutant next to him quietly handed over an envelope. Song Zining took a look at it and saw the mark of King Dingxuan on the corner of the envelope, so he knew it.
He opened the envelope, browsed through the contents of the letter, and then held it with his hand, and even the letter and the envelope were thrown into ashes and annihilated at the same time. The adjutant watched silently without making a sound.
After a while, the floating ship soared into the sky and flew into the distance. Song Zining sat in front of the window, watching the fleeting scenery, and sneered slightly, "You really dare to send someone, very good, very good! I really think the world is full of idiots like Wei Yezhu!"
In the corner of the imperial capital, "Jiangjunfang", a group of small buildings with exactly the same appearance are arranged neatly like a military camp.
This place is a military-controlled area, there are no idlers, and the generals who have the right to live in all go to the New World or the combat preparation areas of various continents, and there is not even a single person in the big block.
A standard military off-road vehicle stopped in front of one of the small buildings, with only the driver and passengers on board. The passenger was dressed in the uniform of the Imperial City Garrison, with a hooded field cloak over it.
Passengers got out of the car, pushed open the courtyard door familiarly, and walked into the small building, as if they were residents here.
The rooms on the second floor are almost the same as the dormitories in the military camp, distributed on both sides of the corridor, each room is the same size, and there are almost no furnishings.
The passenger walked into one of them and took off his hooded cloak, and it turned out to be His Majesty the Emperor of Great Qin. And there is another person in the room, with long robes and wide sleeves, who is making tea, it is Qingyang King Zhang Boqian.
This small building was the dormitory that Zhang Boqian was assigned to when he was Admiral of Guozhu. Later, when he became the commander-in-chief, he was already the Duke of Dan, and he had his own mansion in the imperial capital. He did not change his residence in the military area, and it has been preserved to this day.
Emperor Hao didn't hesitate to sit down in front of Zhang Boqian. The latter did not speak, but concentrated on making tea, then poured a cup and pushed it in front of Emperor Hao.
"How is King Zhang injured?"
"It doesn't matter." As he said that, a ball of gray energy popped out from Zhang Boqian's hand, and he threw it into Haodi's hand.
Emperor Hao took it and looked at it, released a wisp of blue-black original force, wrapped up the gray energy, felt it carefully, and said after a while: "The rules of the new world are indeed strange."
At this time, the gray energy cluster has shrunk by half, but it gives people a more solid feeling. Emperor Hao put away the energy ball, and said again: "Will King Zhang gain anything from this trip?"
Zhang Boqian said: "It's a blood race again."
"As expected." Emperor Hao briefly stated the content of Fang Qingkong's report before, and also mentioned the situation at Tianji Academy.
Zhang Boqian frowned and said, "The Devil Emperor?"
It is very difficult to find traces of the Dark Holy Mountain in the world of Eternal Night. In the new world, the rules are alienated and the environment is complicated, so it is almost undetectable after a while.
But Zhang Boqian quickly put the matter aside and asked, "Are you going to be fully prepared?"
Emperor Hao said: "Yes, there is also Tianwang's defense. I want to change positions with Zhang Wang."
"reason?"
"The teacher's 'Blue Bird' is with me, and there is no problem with its mobility. I have summoned Uncle Linjiang to enter the imperial capital, and the 'King Realm' will be handed over to him to control."
Zhang Boqian raised his eyebrows, took a deep look at Emperor Hao, and said, "What else?"
"Back then when Taizu raised an incident in Luoshui, he once said: On the road to dawn, my Ji family will be the forerunner."
Zhang Boqian was silent for a moment, then said in a deep voice, "Is it the end of the day?"
Suddenly there was a little mockery in his eyebrows, "You are really a good student taught by Lin Xitang, and you like to court death."
Emperor Hao said: "In the records of battles thousands of years ago, half-plane weapons appeared, but now I can't understand them just by imagination. If I am lucky enough to see them, it will be very worthwhile. Therefore, King Zhang, please guard the capital for the empire. "
Zhang Boqian narrowed his phoenix eyes, stared at Emperor Hao for a while, and said: "Okay, I agree to change defense." He took out two official documents that had been folded several times, and said: "How did you return the two documents sent by the military department?" thing?"
Emperor Hao took it, unfolded it and looked at it, not surprised.
Zhang Boqian said: "Even if there is news about Lin Xitang in Xilu, it shouldn't be spread from there first, right? And the speed of spreading the rumor is really not slow. It only takes two days from Younan Province to the imperial capital. If the rebels have such Efficiency has long been more than two provinces."
"The Zhao Clan now has a family of four men and one handsome man, so they are thinking about reserve positions again."
"What's the matter with Lin Xitang? When did he intervene in the reserve position?!"
Emperor Hao said indifferently: "Back then, when there was a storm in the Weiyang Palace, the teacher avoided the apocalypse, and invited himself to go to the West Land to suppress the rebellion, and expanded the war zone in Si. The Zhao Clan thought that the teacher's move was to suppress them. Chu, this matter is blamed on the teacher again."
Zhang Boqian looked gloomy, and said coldly: "I have warned him several times, don't meddle in such nosy business!" He suddenly raised his head, stared sharply at Emperor Hao and said, "What happened to the Red Scorpion accident back then, why? Afterwards, he refused to enter the emperor for half a year to see you."
Emperor Hao still looked indifferent, and said: "The child's identity has been exposed in the underworld, and some people think that the teacher adopted him to crack down on the family's meddling in the position reserve. So if there is an accident, if you come to the scene, you can still find the child who is related to the blood family." If the grand duke colluded with the proven accident, he could make a felony for the teacher."
"The major general in charge of the documents of the Beifu Legion is the clan son. He used the teacher's military orders and seals to send action instructions to the Red Scorpion Legion. The teacher didn't know about this until I saw the copy of the military department's record. At that time, the mission was over. Execution time, and I don’t know what’s going on, how could I let him go to the scene like this? I detained him in Weiyang Palace, and let him go after five days.”
Having said that, Zhang Boqian already knew the following things, "It was you who erased all public records."
Emperor Hao said: "That's right, once this matter is put on the table, all the evidence will be ready unless someone from Yongye's side testifies against the water. I also admire the Zhao family and the Li family, both of which have daughters in the palace , but it is rare for them to be like-minded in the matter of framing the teacher. Fortunately, after all, they have ulterior motives for each other, and there is no shortage of independent actions, otherwise, with the ancestors watching, I am afraid I will not be able to suppress this matter."
"I executed the major general without questioning or interrogating him. I also summoned the commander of the Red Scorpion Corps to speak out about the matter, confiscated all the written files, and sealed everything up. He himself was transferred to defense three months later. A copy of the military department's record Naturally, they will not be returned to them, and some records in the circulation process will become isolated evidence, which is irrelevant. It’s just that there are many factions in the military department, and the rumors cannot be suppressed. Soon after, there are rumors that the imperial party intends to cut down the vassal. "
Emperor Hao thought for a while, and showed a gentle look, "Maybe the teacher has always been suspicious of me?"
Zhang Boqian was attacking the Heavenly King Realm at that time, and he seldom cared about other things except his own war zone. Only now did he realize that the fact that Lin Xitang had a hard time governing during the period when he left the imperial capital to stay in the war zone was all because of the position reserve.
No wonder some rumors even pulled him out as the banner of the clan to oppose Lin Xitang.
He suddenly realized something, frowned and said: "This time you summoned Linjiang King to supervise the country, but you didn't set up a heir?" Unfamiliar, immediately thought of several possible consequences.
Emperor Hao said slowly: "The so-called emperor's family is just the co-lord elected by the family. In the final analysis, the family still governs itself, so let the family govern itself, isn't it good?"
Zhang Boqian was silent for a long time this time, Fang said: "You should know that Lin Xitang and I have always had great differences in politics."
Emperor Hao nodded and waited for the next sentence.
Zhang Boqian said: "But I want to say that if he was still around, he would not have done this."
Emperor Hao didn't speak.
Zhang Boqian shook his head and said: "Forget it, this is His Majesty's housework, you and King Linjiang should know it well."
Emperor Hao said: "Uncle Linjiang arrives in the imperial capital in two days, of course I have to explain clearly to him."
Zhang Boqian took out one of the official documents from Emperor Hao, took a pen to write a line of words on it, handed it back to Emperor Hao, stood up, and said: "Your Majesty, I will take my leave first."
Before Emperor Hao got up, Zhang Boqian's figure disappeared.
Emperor Hao sat on the spot for a while, took a sip of cold tea, and then opened the official document to look at it. Under the military department's request for instructions on the new engraving of the Palace of Heavenly Honor, it was written impressively: If you don't want to be placed under the name of a powerful family, you should be included in the family.
Emperor Hao couldn't help but smile, put away the official documents, put on a hooded cloak, and left as quietly as when he came.