In the early morning, Ding Ning opened the shop door of the wine shop at about the same time as usual, and walked out of the shop door with a large coarse porcelain bowl in his hand, but just as he took a step, he thought of something, went back into the shop, and took another A big bowl, and then I went to the noodle shop where I usually eat breakfast noodles.
The eaves on both sides have begun to hang small ice edges, but the shop on that side is too small to accommodate the tables, so a shed is just built at the door, with some cotton cloth to block the wind.
The white water vapor swirls in the shed, although it can't really drive away the cold, but at least it makes people look warm.
Ding Ning saw Xue Wangxu sitting inside from a distance, so he trotted over, seeing that there was no bowl in front of Xue Wangxu, he couldn't help laughing.
"Boss, a bowl of spicy noodles with red oil." Xue Wangxu also smiled, and then greeted loudly.
Ding Ning also wanted a bowl of noodles that was exactly the same, and when the noodles were ready, he came out with two bowls and handed one to Xue Wangxu.
After eating the noodles, the two looked at each other's slightly sweaty forehead, and then Ding Ning asked, "It's so early today, where are you planning to go?"
Xue Wangxu thought for a while, but still said: "Today we are going to the Northern Army Camp of the Tiger Wolf Army."
Ding Ning was silent for a moment, then said, "Who are you looking for?"
Xue Wangxu said honestly: "General Liang Lian."
Ding Ning's eyebrows trembled slightly.
His gaze unconsciously fell on the final foil at his waist.
He felt more and more that this broken sword was like a thread in the dark, entangled more and more things and people. Or it is like a curse... When the sword did not appear, it seemed that many things were very far away from me, even though I had been planning and inquiring about certain things, but after the sword appeared , many grievances and grievances came one after another, and it seemed impossible to get rid of them.
Is this the will of God somewhere
It's not that I'm too anxious, but that the time has really come
Xue Wangxu looked at him with a strange expression, and asked, "What's wrong?"
Ding Ning raised his head and asked softly, "Is it what the empress means? Did you go to listen to her last night?"
Xue Wangxu was slightly taken aback, then he still nodded.
"Because I am looking forward to your performance at the Minshan Sword Festival, and I also think that if you can really win the first place, then it will be truly magnificent. Originally, a few more years of life and less years of life are not as important as an old face, But for this... I have to go and hear her."
After a slight pause, Xue Wangxu continued gently: "At first, she didn't want you to know that this was her arrangement, but for me, I actually didn't want you to know that it was her arrangement, because what she said was true. Yes, if you have hatred for her and those people in the court, it will not be a good thing for your future growth in Changling. But I also know that you are too smart, even if you don't tell you, you will I can guess it."
Listening to these words, Ding Ning didn't express any opinion on the queen, but said: "No matter what reason she is dissatisfied with Liang Lian, if Liang Lian is only a six-level practitioner, she won't have to go through such troubles at all."
"So Liang Lian must have reached the seventh realm."
"You will die. She wants me to watch you die with my own eyes... What she means is that she wants you to find an excuse, a reason why you have to challenge Liang Lian, so that even if I hate you, I hate you at most." Liang Lian's body. It doesn't matter if the courtiers hate each other, after all, they are only the swords of the Great Qin Dynasty, and they are all His Majesty's private property, and they can also restrain each other."
After saying this, Ding Ning was silent for a moment, and then said: "I know she is cruel, but I never thought she would be so cruel."
Xue Wangxu had been listening calmly. Hearing this, he shook his head and said, "You're still too smart."
"When it comes to knowledge of power, not only those mountain people in Zhushan County are not as good as you, but most people in Changling are not as good as you. But if you are really smart, you should understand that you'd better pretend not to see these things. "
He looked into Ding Ning's eyes, emphasized his tone, and warned very seriously: "Even if you really have a trace of hatred for her and Chaotang in your heart, you should at least pretend that you don't."
"Because this at least shows an attitude of bowing your head and obeying." Ding Ning said in a cold voice: "Now she and Your Majesty don't care whether Daqin practitioners have their own ideas, but only care about whether we obey sometimes. "
"A powerful dynasty must abandon some people's interests and ideas. After all, we are only a very small number of people. And to be honest, everyone in the current Great Qin Dynasty lives and works in peace and contentment. Your Majesty is indeed the most powerful and wise emperor in the history of Great Qin." Xue Wangxu smiled slightly, and said: "It's good if you can understand, even if her thoughts are very cold, but what we asked at the beginning, the requirement of being able to watch the Minshan Sword Club will be met. From this point of view, in fact, we She should be grateful."
Ding Ning remained silent.
Xue Wangxu, however, saw through what he was thinking, laughed, and said gently: "Actually, you should change your mind. You really annoyed an opponent who was simply unmatched, but this opponent gave me a choice, leaving me Sufficient time. And I can guarantee that I will not spend this time in pain. If you think about it this way, you won’t think it is a particularly cruel thing for her to want you to watch me die slowly. And you at least Being able to witness the real duel above the seven realms with your own eyes may be of some use to your future practice."
"You're right."
Ding Ning put away the two bowls, his face regained his composure, and he said this. However, his heart was extremely cold, and he said slowly, it's a pity that she thinks like this after all, it's a pity that without these things, I can't forgive her for being cruel after all.
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The morning light is getting stronger, but the sky in Changling is becoming more and more hazy, because another snowstorm has started to fall.
This time it was no longer a light snow, but the kind of heavy snow with goose feathers.
Liang Lian walked on the martial arts field of the Tiger Wolf Army.
His military boots creaked softly as he stepped on the snow, and he was very satisfied to see that there were many formations in another martial arts field not far away, and they were already meticulously charging and killing the tiger and wolf army chariots in the practice.
However, at this moment, he felt a strange breath.
This is an aura that is enough to attract the attention of any practitioner in Changling, and this aura involves the vitality of the world outside the camp, and involves countless flying snowflakes, and slowly pulls up a big banner between the sky and the earth.
Feeling the snow flag formed in the air, Liang Lian frowned deeply. Without hesitation, he walked steadily through the snow and walked out of the camp.
As he walked, many practitioners in the camp also felt something strange, they walked out of the camp one after another, and fled towards the outside of the camp in the snowstorm in shock.
In the wind and snow all over the sky, a big butter paper umbrella floated slowly.
This umbrella is very big, and there are two figures, one big and one small, under the umbrella.
The wind and snow fell on the shiny umbrella surface without sticking, but floated upwards.
In the air above the umbrella surface, there was some refraction of light faintly, revealing the outline of a large flag.
Looking at Liang Lian walking out of the camp gate, the white-haired old man under the umbrella smiled peacefully and said, "General Liang Lian, I want to challenge you."
Liang Lian silently looked at Xue Wangxu and Ding Ning under the umbrella, he was a little puzzled in his cold eyes, but when he heard this sentence, he instantly understood a lot of things.
All the wind and snow that was coming towards him instantly separated towards his sides in fear.
His figure suddenly became clear in the snowstorm.
Then he stretched out his palm and made a fist behind him.
All the practitioners who fled from the barracks stopped when they saw his gesture, and did not take a step out of the barracks.
"good."
Then he looked at Xue Wangxu and nodded, and said indifferently: "I accept your challenge."
Ding Ning saw Liang Lian clearly in the wind and snow.
He was sure that what Song Shenshu said was correct.
He didn't say anything, and started backing away silently.
Liang Lian's eyes suddenly fell on Ding Ning. He seemed to remember something, and said expressionlessly, "Your student is interesting."
Xue Wangxu smiled slightly, and said: "From now on, General Liang will need to train him."
Liang Lian didn't answer, but looked away from Ding Ning.
Then his body seemed to start to swell, and it seemed that there was an iron mountain standing at the gate of the barracks.
Xue Wangxu smiled and said, "General, please take the sword."
The moment he uttered these words, many snowflakes flying in front of him were suddenly drawn by the countless strands of heaven and earth energy gushing out of his body, and condensed into countless ice threads in the snowstorm.
Each of these ice lines is a rune line.
Liang Lian's indifferent face suddenly became serious.
He suddenly looked up.
In the extremely high sky above, the looming banner suddenly changed, and countless ice lines and turbulent snow streams instantly formed a huge snow sword.