Chapter 751 If You Ask when You Will Return

"Use both kindness and force, and accept him as a dog."

The dark clouds that can't see the edge are as dark as ink, immersing the distant sea, like an abyss that chooses people to devour.

Since Li Yunqing came to this port city, the rain seems to have never stopped. There is a light rain every two days and a heavy rain every five days. At first, I thought the winter rain by the sea was beautiful, but after watching it for a long time, I couldn't help getting tired of it. But today I have finally gotten used to it. After all, who made him live under the eaves?

Throwing the received secret letter into the charcoal stove beside him, he looked back at the envoy sent by the lord of this place and sighed:

"The methods left by the ancestors will never be outdated. They can be used for love between men and women, for servants, and even for giants like the Sword Sect. But Mr. Qi, I am leaving soon, why do you still report these bad things to me?"

Although the affairs of the Tianyuan General Assembly are confidential, they still cannot be concealed from those who are interested. As a person who once held the Imperial Shadow Guard, Li Yunqing was lucky to become one of them.

Through a former subordinate, one of the ten thousand captains of the Imperial Shadow Guard.

The man named Mr. Qi, Xiao Mochen, was about thirty years old, with an upright figure, a handsome face, and a bit of coldness and depth between his eyebrows. He wore a black robe with dark golden cloud patterns embroidered on the lapels and cuffs representing the Imperial Shadow Guard, and a black jade belt tied around his waist, which made him look calm and mysterious. At this moment, he sat upright and said respectfully and solemnly:

"Dayan is the beginning of the world. What happens in it will radiate to the surrounding areas in thousands of ways, so I think this news is useful to Your Highness."

"Tell the truth."

"There is something unclear, so I'm asking Your Highness."

"Sure enough."

The fingertips tapped the wooden table, making a clattering sound.

After a murmur, Li Yunqing remained silent and did not answer immediately.

He could probably guess what the other party wanted to ask.

Ask about the direction of the world.

Who will control the rise and fall of the vast land?

In addition to the two or three pilots, whether ordinary people or nobles, they are all looking for a way out of the chaotic season, and the senior member of the Imperial Shadow Guard in front of him is no exception.

Li Yunqing's position, the people he has met, and the information he has learned allow him to give the other party some advice, but he does not want to answer this question.

Because he is no longer the person the other party is loyal to, and he has no obligation to lead the other party to the other side of chaos.

It's a pity that looking at this once loyal subordinate, he finally sighed:

"Ask."

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Mr. Qi knelt upright and bowed his head:

"According to the latest news from the Tianyuan Festival, the logic of the hidden sects is quite strange. They could have used this blow to defeat the Sword Sect, but they stopped at the critical moment. Not only did they not go deeper into the oppression, but they began to protect the interests of the Sword Sect to a certain extent, and even had the intention of splitting the sect alliance."

The firewood crackled.

Li Yunqing collected his thoughts and asked with a smile:

"Do you think it's strange?"

"Yes."

"I don't think it's strange at all."

"I'd like to hear your teachings."

"Because Prime Minister Xu and my father have put too much pressure on the Hidden Sect, forcing these Hidden Sects to play both sides. They have to suppress the Sword Sect to seize control of the Sect Alliance, but they can't afford the losses caused by the Sword Sect's desperate counterattack, so they can only hang on like this."

"."Mr. Qi.

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In silence, Li Yunqing got up and walked to the terrace and looked out the window.

The attic where the two of them were was built on the top of a mountain facing the sea, isolated from the world. From then on, looking down, climbing high and looking far, you can overlook the majestic city built by the sea below and the endless sea level.

After staring at this scene for more than ten breaths, Li Yunqing suddenly murmured to himself:

"Oh, no, this should also be due to that guy's contribution."

"That guy?" Mr. Qi said.

"Of course it's Xu Changtian."

Li Yunqing half-squinted his eyes: "Sometimes I really wonder, if he hadn't come out of nowhere, where would the world go in the future?"

Mr. Qi was a little surprised:

"Are you comparing this third young master with... those two?"

Li Yunqing looked out the window at the huge city under the rain, his eyes as dark as the abyss:

"At the beginning, I thought the same as you do now, because whether it was from the temperament and conversation, or the way he dealt with things, Xu Changtian was just a successor, a capable person standing on the shoulders of giants, far from being able to stand shoulder to shoulder with those two. But the parties involved are confused, and the bystanders are clear. Since I jumped out of the world of Da Yan and looked back from a new perspective, some things are really too coincidental."

Mr. Qi looked serious and listened quietly.

Li Yunqing pondered for a long time and spit out a year:

"The forty-fourth year of Jiajing.

"As one of the ten thousand captains of the Imperial Shadow Guard, you should know how much the intelligence information on the Hidden Sect changed before and after this year. "

"Before this, our royal family had almost nothing to do with the Hidden Sect, and no news of their misconduct was reported.

"After this, first the Jiantian Pavilion proved that the Hidden Sect wanted to come out, and then the Zhenxi Prefecture incident exposed its intention to seize the world, and now it is directly staged Tianyuan's power grab."

"And coincidentally,

"Xu Changtian also began to show his edge in the 44th year of Jiajing."

Hearing this, the information in his heart was matched one by one, and the emotion called shock quietly rose from the bottom of his heart.

The information is like a snake in the grass, and the veins are hidden for thousands of miles. Even if the Hidden Sect hidden in the dark side of Da Yan is exposed, it should be gradual, but around the 44th year of Jiajing, the information on the Hidden Sect side directly increased by dozens of times.

Stabilizing his mind, Mr. Qi chose his words carefully:

"Is it Xu Changtian who forced those hidden sects to reveal their moves in advance?"

Li Yunqing broke the solemn atmosphere with a chuckle:

"Although I don't want to admit that guy has such ability, there seems to be no other explanation. In short, no matter how small the matter is about Xu Changtian, we need to pay attention to it."

Mr. Qi bowed his head and said solemnly:

"I will remember it."

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Li Yunqing exhaled a breath of turbid air and sighed:

"Hurry up and prepare. In my opinion, the future war between the dynasty and the sect alliance will most likely not evolve into a protracted and chaotic battle with nine out of ten houses empty. It will be determined in a few months at the shortest and two years at the longest."

"."Mr. Qi didn't say anything.

Li Yunqing seemed to have expected this, and sat back in the recliner, tapping the back of the chair with his fingertips, speaking slowly:

"You don't seem to agree with this? Indeed, no one would play with military and national affairs. The struggles for changing dynasties in history were all timed in ten years, or even sixty years. While preserving their own strength, they consumed their opponents bit by bit, and then sought an opportunity to dominate the dynasty when they had the advantage.

"But Mr. Qi, the times are different now.

"The Hidden Sect used this Tianyuan event to show the world how powerful they are, but at the same time, they also exposed their inadequacies.

"Before this, they were able to make steady moves and even quietly, without being discovered by either my emperor or the prime minister, but what methods are they using now?

"Ran Jianli's death was indeed a brilliant move, clearing many obstacles for them, but the means they used to seize power right after that were so cheap that it made people feel sick - using money."

Speaking of this,

Li Yunqing couldn't help but grin and chuckle, as if he had told a big joke:

"Their approach directly turned the originally stable behemoth, the Zongmeng, into a deformed monster, a more deformed monster than the emperor in the court today."

"Of course, I'm talking without any pain. The Hidden Sect wants to speed up the process of Zongmeng's centralization, and directly using money is undoubtedly the most practical and efficient. But in this way, they will inevitably not be able to delay. The power gained by giving up profits cannot last for a long time. After a while, they will fall apart."

The cold wind gently stroked the hair, and the room was silent for a while.

Mr. Qi's eyes were full of strange colors, and he asked in a low voice:

"So if we just drag it out, the clan alliance will collapse on its own"

"Stop daydreaming."

Li Yunqing's eyes sharpened, shook his head and said softly: "What an outsider like me can think of, how can the Hidden Sect, as the decision maker, not notice it? The great changes that I just said are not just about the clan alliance. After all, the one in our palace is really dying."

Mr. Qi took a breath of cold air, his eyes were suspicious:

"Is the clan alliance betting that the Saint will take action against the Prime Minister's Mansion?"

"It's not a bet, it's inevitable."

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Li Yunqing calmed down a little and broke the silence:

"I am The future has been judged, and it may not happen. What path you want to take depends on you. "

Mr. Qi asked suddenly:

"Your Highness, are you really ready to leave?"

Li Yunqing chuckled:

"Are you asking this because you are reluctant to let me leave?"

Mr. Qi stroked the mysterious pattern on his sleeves with his fingertips:

"I just think that with your ability, you shouldn't do it."

"I have no second master."

Li Yunqing interrupted the other party, feeling a little sad, but still reminded him sternly:

"Your behavior has crossed the line a bit. If my second brother hears it, he will inevitably have a gap in his heart."

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Mr. Qi was silent for a moment and replied:

"If you are a human being, you should be grateful. If you are not grateful, what is the difference between you and the beast? Your Highness, you have never forgotten us when you left, so we should take your fate as yours."

"I have no second master!"

Li Yunqing interrupted again and repeated, half-closed his eyes and waved his hand:

"You are just a deal between me and the second brother."

Mr. Qi was unmoved, his voice was flat and respectful:

"It is your Highness's business how the superiors plan, but for us, your actions have given us a way out. If it weren't for your Highness to make a connection, we, as your inner ministers, would most likely sink into the abyss with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

As an intelligence agency directly loyal to the royal family, the Imperial Shadow Guard has always had few opportunities to stand on their side.

Either be loyal to the emperor honestly and regard the prince who was airborne as a puppet.

Or be loyal to the prince in charge directly and win the merit of following the dragon.

And this term's Imperial Shadow Guard chose the latter.

They bet on Li Yunqing.

Thinking of this, Li Yunqing sighed and smiled, saying:

"Even if the second brother ascends the throne, he will not kill you. He was ordered to do so in a critical situation, and many things are based on maintaining stability."

"That is not going to happen for the time being. You gave us a chance to let His Royal Highness the Second Prince trust us."

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Silence.

Li Yunqing took a deep breath and said faintly:

"The opportunity to win trust is not so easy to find. It seems that some big things have happened in Di'an City recently. Stop, you don't have to report this. I finally got out, so I can't step in again."

Mr. Qi's eyes, covered by his robe, showed a trace of regret. He lowered his head, bowed his hands, and said:

"Yes."

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After staring at each other for a few breaths, Li Yunqing leaned back in the rocking chair behind him, glanced out the window, and said in a low voice:

"I'm sorry, Mr. Qi."

The drizzle was drizzling, the ink clouds kept surging in the sky, and the cold wind overturned the dead trees.

Yuyingwei threw chips on him who had nothing early, but as the leader, he felt ashamed of this trust.

Upon hearing this, Mr. Qi raised his eyes and glanced at Li Yunqing, and suddenly asked:

"Do your Highness still remember the "current situation and hero" between me and you back then?"

Li Yunqing recalled a little, remembered her original self, and asked with a smile:

"Why should I mention it again when it's all old and dirty?"

Mr. Qi whispered:

"That day my subordinate insisted that everything in this world was "heroes created by the times", but now it seems that my subordinates lost."

Li Yunqing looked stunned and asked a little strangely:

"Why did you say this suddenly?"

Mr. Qi carefully used the words and said in a stern voice:

"The national master's death has a greater impact on the Sword Sect than I expected. The Sword Sect should be glad to the unity between their senior leaders. If there are one or two people with impure minds among the six sword masters, the Sword Sect will be grateful for. The overthrow of the clan may have begun.

"But even if the top leaders are like this, some people in the middle and lower classes of the Sword Sect have begun to contact us and want to wait for a price. This is still the case with our royal family. From this we can see that the Sword Sect contacts the Hidden Sect and wants to turn against us. There will only be more people."

Speaking of this,

Mr. Qi paused for a moment, with a sigh of sarcasm:

"And your Highness, these are just the influence of the national master's death within the Sword Sect. Looking at the sect alliance, many of the original fans of the Sword Sect have already questioned whether the Sword Sect can protect their interests."

Li Yunqing probably heard it, and a trace of disdain flashed in his eyes:

"You want to say that if the national teacher is still there, these things will not happen?"

"At least it won't be so popular."

"This makes you think it's "heroes create the times"?"

"yes."

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The fire is roasted around the stove, and the drizzle is drizzling.

After a little silence, Li Yunqing suddenly laughed:

"Ran Jianli is not enough."

Gliding at the black ash transformed from secret boxes in the stove, Li Yunqing reached out to feel the heat and warmth in it, and firewood crackled inside:

"Mr. Qi, the life and death of the national teacher is actually not important. Even if he still exists in the world, he can only delay the decline of the Sword Sect at most and cannot reverse this decline.

"I have never liked grand narratives because it will simplify an extremely complicated thing, summarize thousands of reasons and turn it to the result, but in this matter, the death of the national teacher is indeed It is just a bait, which is the bait that leads the Prime Minister into the water.

"And the heroes I said back then were the ones who could make the world prosperous and the people died in one thought, and would never be the ones who would become bait for others."

Looking at the hot fire reflected in the deep dark eyes of the third prince, Mr. Qi suddenly smiled softly, with a sigh and a smile in his eyes:

"Your Highness, you have never changed."

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Li Yunqing was stunned when he heard this, and was silent for a few breaths, and laughed and scolded:

"You bastard dare to trap this king's words?"

Most capable people in the world are arrogant because of their talent. When he first saw this prince who came here in the air, he also disdained his views.

Most of the senior executives of the Moon Guard don’t like the other person’s cynicism, and even more so, they don’t like the other person’s frivolity when they encounter things, thinking that the other person is a waste who only relies on his noble bloodline.

Until that time and the argument of heroes.

That day,

He saw in the eyes of the prince that he was bound to win.

The "hero" he said is bound to win.

It starts with ambition and returns to talent.

Mr. Qi bowed silently and said with a solemn voice:

"Your Highness, we are willing to be loyal to you, but we are good birds and trees to live there. Now that the times are here, it is just a fate to make people mess with each other. However, as you said, there are no two kings, and our Imperial Shadow Guard will be in the second prince. My subordinates are waiting for you to return.”

"I probably won't return here."

"If there is no return date, I will wait for you for the rest of my life."