Yaocheng.

March has passed, it is the late spring of Qian Kingdom, and spring in Yaocheng, the imperial capital of Liang Kingdom, has just begun.

It was just after noon when Qiu Cong and Qiu Jing entered the city. They traveled day and night, and when they arrived at the place, they disguised themselves and went straight to the largest restaurant in Yaocheng and ordered a large table of wine and food.

After downing half a bottle of strong wine, Qiu Cong sighed comfortably, feeling that his tired body relaxed a lot.

Qiu Jing only tasted a small cup and didn't drink more. He has an average drinking capacity and is afraid of getting drunk and causing trouble.

The windows were open, and the wind blowing in was very cool. People were coming and going on the streets below. They were not affected by the war in the distance at all. There was no sign of any nervousness in the most prosperous capital city of Liang Kingdom, unlike those near the border. The people in the city seemed to be living in a different world.

Qiu Cong saw a plump man wearing gold and silver holding a plainly dressed girl with red eyes appearing in his sight. He looked like a noble from the Liang Kingdom, and he looked disgusted.

Qiu Jing also saw it and said calmly, "That's the nephew of the former queen, a lustful ghost." He basically knew the members of the Liang Kingdom's royal family.

Seeing Qiu Cong raising his hand, Qiu Jing frowned and did not say anything to stop him. After a moment, the fat man suddenly hit the ground like a mountain of meat, causing a cloud of dust. The girl under his control screamed and shrank into the corner. A group of followers rushed forward and shouted "Master", lifted him up with difficulty, and headed towards the medical clinic across the street.

An old man with patched clothes walked through the crowd, picked up the girl and ran away. Qiu Jing didn't hear the sound, but judging from her mouth shape, the girl was the old man's granddaughter.

Some people in the restaurant were talking about it, thinking that the fat man suddenly became ill due to drinking and sex, but no one saw Qiu Cong's hidden weapon.

"Grandpa, you might be able to arouse the enemy." Qiu Jing looked calm and poured another glass of wine for Qiu Cong.

Qiu Cong picked it up and drank it all in one gulp, then hummed, "That's better! Let's see where Situ Xie can hide his useless children and grandchildren!"

Since Qiu Jing didn't stop him, he knew it was no big deal. The only thing I need to worry about is whether the girl will be angry afterwards, but it's not a big problem. Because their grandparents planned to take action tonight to avoid a long night of dreams. As an emperor, and in this tense period, it was impossible for Situ Xie to hide.

After the grandfather and grandson had eaten and drank enough, they paid the bill and left the restaurant. They walked around the street for a while, turned into a dead end, and disappeared.

Peng Mansion.

Peng Fan held a military book in his hand. He didn't turn a page for a long time. He closed the book and was about to go see his mother when he saw two black shadows flashing in front of him and two strangers in the room.

Peng Fan looked shocked, turned around and took off the long sword hanging on the wall, his eyes wary, "Who are you?"

"Why are you panicking? I am Xiaoliang's master!" Qiu Cong introduced himself.

Peng Fan was stunned for a moment, "Su Liang? Is the senior Su Liang's master?" Then his expression relaxed and he put down the raised sword.

Qiu Jing looked calm, "Aren't you afraid that we are liars?"

"You...are General Qiu?" Peng Fan knew Qiu Jing's identity as soon as he heard his voice. They had met each other before.

Seeing Qiu Jing nodding, Peng Fan quickly asked, "How are my grandfather and my father?" He just received the news that Yi Chong had exchanged Peng Wei for Yi Chong. Although Peng Fan knew that Peng Wei would not be harmed if he entered Xuanbei City, he still could not feel at ease. He was even more worried that Peng Qian who stayed in Nanping City might be persecuted by the Yi family and his sons.

"Everything is fine." Qiu Cong said and sat down. "Nothing happened at home, right?"

Peng Fan nodded, "Everything is fine at home."

Then Qiu Jing said, "We are here to assassinate Situ Xie."

Peng Fan was stunned for a moment and nodded, "Oh." Very calmly. He was still young and would only be more dissatisfied with the royal family of Liang Kingdom than Peng Wei and Peng Qian. Moreover, he had already mentioned that the Peng family might as well move to Qian Kingdom. But it's not that Peng Wei is unhappy, it's that there are so many people in the family, old and young, and even servants have to be considered. It's almost impossible to leave from under the eyes of the royal family and go to Qian Kingdom safely.

"Is there anything you need me to do?" Peng Fan asked.

Qiu Jing asked back, "Aren't you afraid that if we fail, the Peng family will be implicated?"

Peng Fan smiled, "This senior is Su Liang's master, how could he fail? I believe in your strength."

Qiu Cong stared at Peng Fan, "You kid, do you also like my disciple?"

Peng Fan nodded, "Appreciate, admire."

"You're a good boy! Find us a place to sleep!" Qiu Cong said. When I came to Peng's house, I was entrusted by Peng Wei to report that I was safe and to find a place to stay and rest.

Peng Fan quickly tidied up and let Qiu Cong and Qiu Jing sleep in his bedroom and study respectively.

In the palace, Situ Xie, who received bad news one after another, calmed down after scolding Situ Jing, but no matter how hard he racked his brains and thought, he really couldn't find a way out in this situation.

At this time, it is certainly feasible to threaten Qian Guo by taking hostages, but it will take time to catch them immediately. Secondly, there are many experts in Qian Guo, and they will definitely retaliate. Unless Situ Xie can teleport to the Su Mansion in the capital of Liang Kingdom and kidnap Gu Ling's precious daughter, but this is impossible...

In the past, wars between the Liang Kingdom and the Qian Kingdom always restored peace quickly after the end, as if nothing had happened. Because the Qian Kingdom was afraid of the Yan Kingdom in the south, it never dared to attack the Liang Kingdom and always chose to settle the matter.

But, this time it's different. Yan Guo, who had stayed neutral for the past few decades, chose to form an alliance with Qian Guo, which suddenly eliminated any strategic weaknesses in Qian Guo.

And precisely because Situ Xie guessed that Ji Yuebai's abnormal choice was related to Gu Ling and Su Liang, he had to believe that Yan State was sincerely cooperating with Qian State, and Ji Yuebai was not a "normal emperor."

The people in the royal family, regardless of whether they spoke a word or not, looked at Situ Xie with the same question: What should we do next?

Situ Xie didn't know the answer. And the reality he couldn't avoid was that the one who really defeated him and ruined the future of Liang Country was his direct grandson, and one of his biological grandsons.

This made him feel sad and ironic at the same time. He felt that everything he pursued in this life was like a joke.

Situ Xie sat alone in the imperial study room quietly. The memorials piled up on the dragon desk for several days had not been dealt with, and he did not want to open any of them. He heard someone talking outside the door, it seemed to be Situ Jing. He slowly came to his senses, closed his eyes and opened them again, and saw Situ Jing coming in.

"Grandfather, drink some hot soup." Situ Jing placed a cup of steaming soup in front of Situ Xie, "Taking care of yourself is the most important thing."

"What happened outside just now?" Situ Xie opened the lid. It was his favorite soup. Situ Ning always made it for him before she got married. Later, Situ Yao also made it very well.

Situ Jing shook his head, "It's nothing. My grandson has already taken care of this trivial matter."

It was the fat man who was knocked down by Qiu Cong on the street and was carried home and has been unconscious since then. His father came to the palace gate and asked to see Situ Xie. He wanted to hire the best imperial doctor. He said that his son had been plotted by a mysterious person. The guards did not dare to embarrass the former uncle, so they came to ask Situ Xie for instructions, but were stopped by Situ Jing.

Situ Jing didn't believe that some mysterious person was plotting against him at all, because he didn't think that fat loser had any value. Even if he was plotted against, it was because he had been retaliated against for bullying men and dominating women in Yaocheng over the years, and he deserved to die.

So, Situ Jing angrily reprimanded the guards and told the former uncle to get out, and felt that there was no need to tell Situ Xie about such nonsense.

After Situ Xie drank half the soup, he put down his spoon and looked at Situ Jing, "Is there any news about Yao'er recently?"

Situ Jing was stunned for a moment and shook his head, "No. Duanmu Chen is very strict. There has been no news from my sister for a long time. But she should be fine. She is pregnant and raising her baby in the Qianguo Palace." In fact, Situ Jing has not been seen for a long time. I remembered Situ Yao.

"I really shouldn't have married Yao'er back then." Situ Xie showed regret, "We shouldn't have married Ning'er to Qian Country. Otherwise, there wouldn't be that evil obstacle like Gu Ling! He was born to defeat us. Situ’s!”

Situ Jing deeply believed in this. What he dared not say was that Situ Xie was "indispensable" for Gu Ling's restoration of status in Qian Kingdom and Qiu Jing's growth to where he was today. I still remember that Situ Xie said more than once that Gu Ling was useful and Qiu Jing was useful. Situ Jing had to admit that Situ Xie's vision of people was indeed "excellent". Those two were indeed very powerful, beyond their abilities. The prediction was completely beyond Situ Xie's control...

"Grandfather, do we still have hope of suing for peace with the Qian Kingdom? Since the Qian Kingdom has not counterattacked so far, could it be that their alliance with the Yan Kingdom is not strong and everything will go back to the way it was before..." Situ Jing asked cautiously.

This time, Situ Xie was very calm, shook his head and said, "It's impossible. You all should be careful next time."

Situ Jing frowned, "Be careful...what does Grandfather Huang mean?"

"Qian Guo does not want to fight, otherwise we would have received the news that Nanping City has been captured by now." Situ Xie sighed deeply, "Next, someone will definitely come to assassinate me, and I know who it will be."

"Situ Jing?" Situ Jing blurted out.

Situ Xie nodded, "With his grandpa."

Situ Jing wanted to say something else, but Situ Xie waved his hand and said, "Now that things have happened, I know what's going on. You can go back."

After Situ Jing left, he felt more and more uneasy. He felt as if he was being watched while walking on the road. After returning to his residence, he ordered the guards to guard him closely and never came out again.

That night, Qiu Cong and Qiu Jing secretly sneaked into the Liang Palace and approached the illuminated imperial study.

Qiu Jing felt that there might be a trap. With Situ Xie's mind, he had probably guessed that someone would come to assassinate him, and he even guessed that it would be them.

Qiu Cong had wanted to kill Situ Xie for a long time, but now he finally had the opportunity. He didn't want to worry about it so much, lit the fire fold and threw it at the window of the imperial study.

The night wind blew, and the fire quickly grew bigger. The guards began to put out the fire in a hurry, and Situ Xie walked out of it.

Qiu Jing looked at Situ Xie and felt that something was not right. Qiu Cong had already taken out the nail gun given by Lao Mu and aimed it at the center of Situ Xie's eyebrows. He came here to kill for revenge, and was not interested in saying another word to Situ Xie.

The extremely fast nail was illuminated by the firelight and sank into Situ Xie's head from between his brows. No blood flowed out. His body stiffened and he fell to the ground amid exclamations, motionless.

"emperor!"

"Assassin! Rescue!"

"Call the doctor quickly!"

There was chaos inside and outside the imperial study, but those people didn't even see the shadows of Qiu Cong and Qiu Jing.

Qiu Cong muttered, "It's so simple..."

Qiu Jing stared at Situ Xie's body, which was surrounded by people, and felt that things were going so smoothly that it was unreal. Situ Xie could not be so unsuspecting, and there was no expert protection around him, so there must be something wrong.

Maybe it was a substitute... This thought came to Qiu Jing's mind, but he left the Liang Kingdom Palace with Qiu Cong without saying much.

Qiu Cong was about to go back to Peng's house, but Qiu Jing pulled him back, "Grandpa, let's go to the original Yue Prince's Mansion to have a look."

"That's fine." Qiu Cong thought about visiting the place where his daughter grew up.

After Situ Xie became emperor, there were not many people left in the Yue Palace, but everything remained the same.

Qiu Jing went straight to Situ Xie's study in the palace. He had been here before, and Situ Xie always handled important matters here, and there was a secret room in the study.

There was no one guarding the study at this time. Qiu Jing asked Qiu Cong to watch from outside. He opened the door and entered Situ Xie's study.

It was pitch dark inside, with only the moonlight coming from outside. Qiu Jing took out a luminous pearl, glanced around to make sure no one was there, and then walked towards the bookshelf.

After searching for a while, Qiu Jing found the mechanism of the secret room. He twisted it and the bookshelf moved slowly, revealing the secret room behind it.

After standing at the entrance of the secret room and waiting quietly for a moment, Qiu Jing was about to step in with one foot, then frowned and took it back. If there is no one inside, there is no need to go in and take a look. If there is someone, it must be a trap.

The luminous pearl in Qiu Jing's hand was shaking. He was about to go out when a cold light flashed before his eyes. Four black shadows came out of the secret room and attacked Qiu Jing with murderous intent!

When Qiu Cong realized something was wrong, he saw that Qiu Jing had been forced into the secret room, and the door of the secret room, which opened very slowly, quickly closed, cutting off his sight!

"Jing'er!" Qiu Cong rushed in and hit the bookshelf with his palm. The bookshelf shook but did not fall.

When Qiu Cong finally found the mechanism and opened the secret room, there was no one inside. Obviously, there was a secret passage in the secret room, and even though Qiu Jing was careful, he still fell into a trap.

Qiu Cong couldn't find the entrance to the secret passage, and he was afraid that there were traps waiting for him. He turned around and left in anger, and rushed to the palace again.

Qiu Jing fell into the secret passage while he was awake. At this moment, he was somewhere underground in Yao City, with four swords on his neck, and not far in front of him was a silver-haired old man with cold eyes. , surprisingly it was Situ Xie who "died" in the palace not long ago!

That is indeed a substitute... Qiu Jing thought to himself. He guessed what Situ Xie would do, and similarly, Situ Xie also calculated exactly what he would do, and prepared a trap waiting for him.

However, Qiu Jing was very calm at the moment. He looked at Situ Xie and said calmly, "You can't find substitutes or hide them for all your children and grandchildren. If you don't let me go before dawn, my grandpa may hack you to death." Some grandson."

When Situ Xie heard this, he sneered, "How can I still care so much about things now? Grandson? Grandson? Either you are a waste, or you are against me. You don't even want to call me grandfather again."

Qiu Jing's lips curled up slightly, her smile not reaching her eyes, "This is all your blessing."

"You think I won't kill you?" Situ Xie asked coldly.

Qiu Jing shook his head, "Of course not. You have tried so hard to capture me as a hostage, and you still expect to use me to make a comeback. However, you don't have any chance."

Situ Xie's eyes shrank, he strode over, raised his hand high, and slapped Qiu Jing several times until blood bleeded from the corner of his mouth before he stopped. The anger that had been "betrayed" by Gu Ling and Qiu Jing for a long time was finally relieved a little at this moment, but looking at Qiu Jing's calm eyes, Situ Xie's anger that had just subsided was burning again.

Situ Xie came closer, strangled Qiu Jing's neck, his eyes were cold and stern, "When you were born, I should have thrown you to death!"

The four masters who originally held Qiu Jing hostage all stepped aside. Qiu Jing suddenly sneered. When Situ Xie sensed something was wrong, he felt something small pierce through his body...

Situ Xie felt his body become paralyzed quickly, and when he fell to the ground, he heard Qiu Jing's cold voice ringing in his ears, "I didn't expect you to set a trap and wait for me in person, because I thought that since you arranged a substitute, I would I will run farther away, hide deeper, and wait for the opportunity. You should run farther away, because I am here to kill you. If you insist on seeing me, then the only choice is to fight to the death!"

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