A Clash of Gods - Chapter 1410

[Chapter 1399 On the Spring and Autumn Period in the Golden Palace]

Qi Ning’s arrow was extremely sharp, piercing the air, and heading straight for Xiao Shaozong. Seeing that he was about to hit Xiao Shaozong, when Xiao Shaozong waved his hand, the arrow deflected and shot into the body of a soldier next to him.

Qi Ning was slightly startled, thinking that Xiao Shaozong’s skill was really not weak, and seeing him pass through the crowd, he had already reached the city, and the soldiers at the head of the city were ordered to stop shooting arrows at the city. Xiao Shaozong was very easy to get to the city. The figure swept up and had already reached the top of the cloud ladder. Then, like a sky rat, stepping on the cloud ladder instantly climbed to the top of the city.

The entire Xuanwu camp retreated, but Xiao Shaozong went in the opposite direction and climbed to the top of the city alone. Qi Ning really didn’t know what his intentions were.

As soon as Xiao Shaozong went to the top of the city, the soldiers of the Yulin camp were stunned for a moment, and then all the soldiers around rushed towards Xiao Shaozong.

Xiao Shaozong, however, grabbed a soldier who was closest to him, and carried the soldier to the inner city. The exhibition has already jumped down from the city head like a falcon.

Xiao Shaozong’s move not only surprised the soldiers around him, but also Qi Ning’s discoloration.

The walls of this imperial city are tall and thick. Even if he succeeded in doing light work, it would be a life-and-death experience to jump off the city head. Qi Ning’s skill is few in the world today. Even so, Qi Ning would not dare to jump off the city like this When Xiao Shaozong jumped down, he had already reached the edge of the inner wall and saw Xiao Shaozong in the air, falling with the falling Yulin soldiers, still some distance from the ground. I only saw that Xiao Shaozong stepped on the soldier with one foot, and the soldier fell faster, but Xiao Shaozong used this step to relieve most of the falling power.

Only then did Qi Ning understand that after seeing Xiao Shaozong fluttering to the ground, he did not look back and went straight to the direction of the palace.

Yu Biegu was extremely surprised, and ordered: “Enter the palace to pursue it!”

Qi Ning raised his hand and said, “Hold on!” After a moment of pondering, he said, “You welcome the emperor, I will go after Xiao Shaozong!”

Qi Ning went down the city head, went straight to the palace, and entered the middle palace. The front was an empty square, and a road in the middle led directly to the majestic Chengtian Hall, which was where the emperor convened the meeting of all officials. The eunuchs and maids were all hiding in the inner palace, and the soldiers who could fight had already climbed to the top of the city, so the square in front of the palace was empty, and there was not even a single guard.

Qi Ning stopped, looked at the Chengtian Hall in front, and finally stepped forward.

In the empty square, Qi Ning’s figure seemed lonely and small. He went straight to the steps in front of the hall. Qi Ning stepped up the steps step by step and walked to the main entrance of Chengtian Hall. The hall door was wide open, and there was no meeting in the hall.

It is even more terrifyingly deserted.

The eastern sky is already red, the sun is rising, and the sun shines on the splendid Chengtian Hall, making the most majestic and sacred hall of the empire glow with splendid brilliance.

Qi Ning walked slowly into the hall, and saw Xiao Shaozong standing on the Golden Palace from a distance.

Xiao Shaozong seemed to be observing the main hall, with one hand behind his back and the other hand gently stroking the bronze crane in the Golden Palace. His movements were gentle, as if he was stroking his favorite woman.

Xiao Shaozong didn’t even look at Qi Ning when Qi Ning walked to His Royal Highness Jinluan. He seemed to have expected Qi Ning to follow him and said with a smile, “When I was very young, I heard about Emperor Taizu’s wise and wise martial arts, it was very strange at that time, Father. Ye Zicheng, why

didn’t the grandfather sit on the throne? When I was a little older, I realized that in this world, many things do not need to be reasonable. Justice does not depend on people’s hearts, right or wrong depends on strength, you have no strength. , the treasure in your hand is a sin, and if you have strength, not only your things belong to you, but your things will also belong to you!”

Qi Ning smiled lightly and said, “The throne is never a thing, but a human heart. ”

People’s hearts?” Xiao Shaozong was stunned for a moment, then he smiled and said, “You mean that those who win people’s hearts win the world?”

“That’s what I mean.” Qi Ning said calmly.

Xiao Shaozong laughed, walked slowly to the dragon chair, stroked the dragon chair, turned to sit down, and said with a smile: “You still don’t understand, many times, it is not the one who wins the hearts of the world, but the one who wins the hearts of the world. As long as I sit In this position, many people’s hearts have surrendered to me. You must understand that there are not many truly generous and loyal people in the world. There are many filthy people who are swaying in the wind. This time you win, but if you lose Now, do you know what the outcome will be?”

Qi Ning didn’t answer, just looked at Xiao Shaozong.

“Those so-called courtiers who are loyal to Great Chu will respect me as the emperor.” Xiao Shaozong said, “Even if they suspect that there are a lot of strange things that happened this time, for their own future, no one will say it. “He raised his finger and pointed at His Royal Highness Jin Luan: “They will kneel at my feet, shouting long live, and they will cast aside you Qi Ning as an unparalleled murderer, and there will definitely be people vying to help me clean up the brocade. Home, are you right?”

Qi Ning nodded and said, “If you win, it is likely to be the result.”

Xiao Shaozong smiled slightly and said, “Qining, in fact, I admire you very much, Xiao Guang is the only lucky place. I have a helper like you.” He leaned forward slightly and said, “If I didn’t leave you with that only weakness, who do you think will have the last laugh this time?”

Of course Qi Ning understood what Xiao Shaozong said, “The only one What is his weakness?” He said sincerely: “If the emperor is really hurt by you, maybe the ending will be different.”

“Maybe you are laughing at my stupidity in your heart.” Xiao Shaozong smiled: “Obviously there is nothing wrong with it. If you achieve your goal with flaws, why do you still have a chance to fight back?” He rested his elbow on the handle of the dragon chair, one hand on his left face, looked at Qi Ning and said, “I know you want to bet in the end. One, but I didn’t expect that you would actually be able to see through my cards.”

“That night, you let Mo Ying lead someone to surround and kill me at Hongyun Teahouse, that was your biggest flaw.” Qi Ning sighed.

Xiao Shaozong frowned and said, “I didn’t understand!”

“That night you wanted to put me to death, but you could be regarded as the best.” Qi Ning said: “Those people are your hidden strength in the capital, and you don’t even have people in the capital and the Shenhou mansion to do such a thing. If I

use it, naturally I won’t mobilize the troops.”

Xiao Shaozong said “oh” before Qi Ning continued, “If I just let them besiege me, it’s not a flaw, it’s just that the weapons in those people’s hands have exposed something.”

“Weapons?”

“Most of the weapons used by those people were obtained from the Qinhuai Army.” Qi Ning said slowly: “The weapons of the officers and soldiers of the battalions in the garrison capital are all made of high-grade steel, which is stronger than the frontline battle. Qinhuai Legion, two types of weapons, can be seen at a glance. However, this is also a matter of course.

Weapons forged by stainless steel not only need high-quality stainless steel, but also very troublesome to forge. It is almost impossible to equip such a weapon. I have seen the saber of the Qinhuai Legion, and I still remember it fresh. That night, many of the weapons in your hands were the same as those used by the Qinhuai Legion.”

Xiao Shaozong seemed to understand Come over: “You guessed that these weapons were smuggled out from the Qinhuai Army?”

“The imperial court has long since issued a saber hunting order, even in the residences of high-ranking officials, the weapons used are restricted, and they are also registered. Of course, Even if there are weapons in the capital management mansion, it cannot be the kind of Qinhuai Army Corps, at least they are made of fine steel.” Qi Ning said: “So it seems simple to collect such a batch of knives in the capital, but in fact it is not easy. I know that in the Qinhuai Army, there are some scum who eat inside and out, and secretly smuggle weapons out of the generals, but their whereabouts are unknown. When I saw the weapons of the Qinhuai Army appearing in the capital that night, I immediately knew what was wrong. The capital was heavily guarded. , these weapons have to be transported from the front line to the capital, and they have to pass through the heavily guarded city gates, how can that be done?”

Xiao Shaozong said with a smile: “That’s why you thought of Ding Yitu.”

“Ding Yitu was originally a member of the Qinhuai Army. Although he was expelled from the army, there must be people he knew in the army.” Qi Ning sighed: “People die for wealth, and birds die for food. If Ding Yitu bought the army. It is not difficult for him to smuggle the weapons back to the capital. He enters and leaves the capital under the banner of the escort bureau, and he will inevitably give some benefits to the soldiers who guard the city on weekdays. Naturally, the goods in the capital will not be as strictly scrutinized as other people. Since you are going to make waves in the capital, it is inevitable that you will secretly store a batch of weapons in case you need it.”

Xiao Shaozong gave a thumbs up and said, “It’s really smart, this is not true .

Anyone can think of it.”

“Since Ding Yitu is so close with you, he naturally participates in your plan.” Qi Ning said, “You are the heir of the Huainan Palace. Generally speaking, it is difficult to associate you with mere mortals. If you are connected with a security guard, it is even more unlikely that anyone would think that you will put the emperor under house arrest in the guard, so you think that the whereabouts of the emperor must be extremely secret, and no one will think of it.”

Xiao Shaozong sighed: ” But in the end, you still guessed, you should really go to open a casino.”

“My gambling luck is not always this good.” Qi Ning sighed: “If you bet wrong this time, you will lose everything. It’s

impossible to turn the situation around.”

Xiao Shaozong sat on the dragon chair, thoughtfully, and pondered for a moment before he said, “When I was young, I was sent to the palace to read with him, do you know what it means to read with him? It is to stay by his side, always subservient to him, the knowledge that the teacher said, before he understands it, I absolutely cannot understand it. At that time, I kept thinking, why do I have to pretend I don’t know in front of him when I know the knowledge, and let him point and point me down, why did he make mistakes and need me to be punished instead of him? Later I found out that because he is the crown prince, he is the one who wants to inherit the throne, and the one who wants to rule the world, so I have to be like a dog, what he says is what, I absolutely can’t object, and face him , no matter how painful my heart is, I have to have a smile on my face, because if I am angry, if I can’t make him happy, then I have ulterior motives.” He still had a smile on his lips, and said calmly: “The books he has read in three years, I only had it for three months!”

(End of this chapter)