Outside the woods west of the capital, Yi Kongting looked at the three horses under the night light indifferently, knowing that the biggest crisis in his life was right in front of him. He didn't care about his life or death, but he was worried that the four secret letters given to him by the emperor could not be given to the four people in time...

Yi Kongting knew that the weight of these four secret letters was His Majesty’s last plan before leaving, and it was related to the future of the royal family in Dayan. These four secret letters could not fall into the hands of these people, but also had to be delivered to the hands of those four.

Among the three riders, one of them slowly came forward. Under the night, the face covered by the hat seemed dim and difficult to tell, but the voice seemed a little old: "Master Yi, in the middle of the night, you went out of the city to the west, but you didn't know what you wanted to do? If you have urgent needs, it would be better to leave it to us for your own sake. The emperor cannot do without you."

Yi Kongting said lightly: "You group of hawks have more sensitive noses than dogs!"

"It was General Manager Yi who took us underestimated." The man said calmly: "General Manager Yi is cunning to lure the enemy, but I am extremely obedient and follow the horse's hoof marks. However, when I passed by the woods, I found that the originally uniform horse's hoof marks suddenly became much lighter, and it was obvious that there were fewer people on the horse's back."

Yi Kongting made his hands into palms. Although his skills were greatly damaged, he would not be worried if he only faced several ordinary warriors. However, the person who spoke in front of him was obviously not an ordinary person.

And he knew very well that since the other party sent someone to chase out of the capital, the people he sent must be elite. The old man with an old voice was obviously the leader of this group of people. Even if his martial arts skills were not as good as his peak, facing his own only two successful powers, the other party's chances of winning would definitely be much higher.

"Mr. Yi, I don't say much nonsense. You will naturally go to see someone when you leave the city late at night. I'm afraid you have something on your back. We won't make things difficult for you. As long as you hand over the things, we will never hurt you." The old man's voice was calm.

Yi Kongting shook his head and sighed, "Since you are chasing me, you naturally know that our family's skills have been damaged. Our family has nothing, and only this life is left. If our family persists, we are afraid that even this life will be lost."

The other party smiled and said, "Mr. Yi is indeed a master of knowledge of the times!" He stretched out his hand and said, "Mr. Yi, leave the things to me!"

"You must keep your word." Yi Kongting said in a deep voice: "If you go back on your word, our family will not let you go even if you are a ghost!"

The old man nodded and said, "Don't worry, Manager Yi."

Yi Kongting hesitated slightly, finally reached out to his arms, took out something, raised his hand, and hit the old man with a few cold stars. However, the old man seemed to have expected that his body leaned back and turned sideways, and had already slipped off the horse. His figure did not stop. The moment he slid down the horse, his whole body was like an arrow that took off the string, pounced towards Yi Kongting, and said sternly: "I knew it was not that simple for a long time...!"

The two riders following the old man had already urged him to step forward, clenched the cold knife in his hand, and attacked him from left to right.

Yi Kongting knew that today was a good fortune, but his duty was that he was afraid to face the old man, and his right hand formed a palm, cutting the fist that the old man was hit by.

The other party did not hold his fists, and the fists and palms met. Both of them were shocked, and the tiger's mouth hurt slightly. The old man had already shouted: "It's true that's a good skill!" Another fist had also hit him.

The two men with swords and hats didn't care about fighting with more and hitting less, and they had already swung their swords from both sides.

Yi Kongting fought against three with one. If it were the past, he would probably not be at a disadvantage, but after fighting today, he would be in danger. If he hadn't had strange martial arts, he would have difficulty dealing with the three of them.

Needless to say, the old man's martial arts skills are not weak either. The three of them work together, Yi Kongting is already at a disadvantage.

He knew that if this continued, it would not take long for him to lose to these three people.

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"It seems that Han Aiqing believes that the assassination of Huanglinyuan was a carefully designed game." In the imperial garden of the palace, the emperor was playing chess with Han Xuandao while talking about some topics in a seemingly peaceful manner. From the faces of the two, there was no hostility at all, just like two chess friends talking about their thoughts.

"In the Soul-breaking Strategy, the first step is to take the life of the emperor. As long as the emperor is killed, the capital will be in chaos and the entire Yan will be in chaos. This is the situation that the Ye and Wu families want to see. So under the guidance of Shangguan Qing, Ye Wuxun, on the one hand, consolidated the army in Bozhou to prepare for war, and on the other hand, ordered the family officials in the capital to assassinate the emperor and reverse the city of Yanjing." Han Xuandao said slowly: "The Soul-breaking Strategy was planned by the emperor, and for the steps of the emperor."

Suo naturally knew it. In order to make the strategy smoothly, the Master even used a body of thousands of gold as bait to guide the beginning of the Soul-breaking Strategy. The Master went to Huanglin Garden to hunt, which was the best opportunity for Ye and Wu families to assassinate. The Guardians were attracted by the Ye family and planted assassins in the guard team. This was done by the Lord. It was definitely not that Guardians betrayed the Lord. He died and was defeated, but just to be loyal to the Lord!"

The emperor's face did not change color or spoke.

"As far as I know, the gang leader of the sect, according to the orders of the sect, was nominally meant to allow his own people to identify each other, and to make the assassins mark their bodies. In fact, the signs they identified each other made them reveal their identities. The assassination in Huanglinyuan sounded thrilling, and it was indeed a fight, but everything was under the control of the sect. Those assassins could not pose a threat to the sect." Han Xuandao gently twisted the chess piece with his fingers: "After the assassins were wiped out, the sect did not block the news as soon as possible, and even ordered the sect leader of the sect to release a flying pigeon and spread the news of the assassin's failure to assassinate to the Ye family. It was precisely because of this that the Ye and Wu families fought against each other and gathered their followers to block the sect.

At Dongzhimen, he intended to kill the zombies in front of Dongzhimen, but the soldiers from the Langjia Camp and the Volcano Camp arrived quickly and smashed the conspiracy of the Ye and Wu families. In fact, I now understand that Changde Hou and the Crown Prince of the Wolf Armor Camp must have known in advance that the rebels of the Ye and Wu families would plan things at Dongzhimen, so they made preparations in advance. Otherwise, it would be impossible for these two battalions to arrive quickly in such a short time. "He smiled indifferently, "Why are the five imperial camps in Yanjing that appearing in Dongzhimen? The reason is also very simple. Changde Hou and the Prince are both royal families. The plan is of great importance. For the sake of all, the emperor can only be cautious and use the royal family members to do this matter so as not to leak the news!"

"Han Aiqing said that I deliberately exposed a gap to let the Ye and Wu families implement assassination plan, thereby igniting the fire of the Ye and Wu families' rebellion?" the emperor smiled.

Han Xuandao nodded and said, "I think so, and the next thing is just as the emperor expected. The assassination of Huanglinyuan failed. The first step taken by Ye and Wu families ended in failure. However, they had to raise the anti-flagship and raise the army from Bozhou. Ye Wuxun ended up dead and was killed. He didn't know until his death. All of this was given by the emperor!"

"Ye Wuxun is also the leader of the clan after all. It is not surprising that he has such a result." The emperor said lightly.

Han Xuandao smiled and said, "Actually, in my opinion, Ye Wuxun has some light-hearted beliefs, but the reason is that this person is always ambitious and arrogant. The emperor performed a scene with Shangguan Qing and arranged Shangguan Qing to join Ye Wuxun as a secret son. After nearly ten years of hard work to gain Ye Wuxun's trust and finally offered the strategy of breaking the soul. This is to see Ye Wuxun's weakness in his temperament and know that he would be able to use Ye Wuxun's weakness in his personality to accomplish great things sooner or later. At that time, the emperor was still young and had such eyesight and plan. I forgive me for saying that when I think of it at night, I only felt cold all over, sweating prone, and I couldn't sleep well."

The emperor sighed, "But I think about you, the great families, around you every night, and your eyes are full of fierce light. I can't sleep well."

"So when the emperor was just the prince, he made up his mind to eliminate the nine major families, and the Ye family was the first goal chosen by the emperor." Han Xuandao said softly: "Ye Wuxun is so happy with his achievements and is self-righteous. In his heart, he felt that with the strength of the Ye family, plus the Wu family, he would definitely be invincible. When Lord Shangguan offered the strategy of cutting off the soul, he must have exaggerated some things and deliberately concealed many hidden dangers." He stroked his beard and said lightly: "Lord Shangguan must tell him that when the emperor dies, the ministers avoid chaos, and other major families will definitely fight together and will never form a joint force to deal with the Ye Wu coalition. But Lord Shangguan will definitely not tell him that if the assassination fails and the emperor lives well, then the Ye Wu family can only raise an army, but the court can raise the banner of the emperor, unite the other major families together to suppress them together."

The emperor said calmly: "When Ye Wu raised an army, I naturally found an opportunity to wipe out them, but other major families also wanted to take this opportunity to eradicate these two major families. With my will, you seven major families naturally couldn't get it. To form a family army, it was finally put down the Bozhou rebellion in one fell swoop."

"It is precisely because the emperor had already decided that Ye Wu would be defeated in the uprising, so he had already made arrangements for the funeral of Bozhou and trained many officials in advance. When he arrived in Bozhou, he immediately took Zhao Xiqiao as the leader, and even filled a large number of officials in his hand, holding Bozhou County as quickly as possible." Han Xuandao sat upright and no longer bent. "Although the cabinet later tried to arrange a lot of officials from various major families, they were soon squeezed out by Zhao Xiqiao and his group, even if there was a stay.

The ones who were given up had no real power. I have carefully investigated that the reasons that were excluded were irrefutable, and many of them were extremely clever. I was very surprised. Although I knew that Zhao Xiqiao was quite talented, I did not expect that his methods were so clever. In the capital, Zhao Xiqiao was an official in the Censorate, with an upright temperament and an admirable character. But when it comes to being an official, it seems that he may not be too clever. Why did he become so smart when he arrived in Bozhou?"

"Since Han Aiqing said that, he must have found the answer!"

"Yes!" Han Xuandao nodded and said, "I dare not hide the priest. I have indeed found the answer. Bozhou County can be held in the hands of the priest. Everyone thinks it is Zhao Xiqiao's contribution, but few people know that Zhao Xiqiao has made great contributions, but the real hero is hidden behind Zhao Xiqiao. Zhao Xiqiao is decisive in his work, and has accumulated strength in Bozhou County and has a huge reputation. However, in fact, he is just a person who does things openly. He really makes plans and holds Bozhou County as the priest, and there is someone else who has taken the initiative to hold Bozhou County!"

"Who is it?"
Chapter completed!