When the first light of dawn hits the city of Wuping Mansion, it seems to indicate that today is an excellent weather.

In the north, the climate is getting colder and there has been no sunshine in recent days. The soldiers guarding the city even feel very depressed because of the weather.

When the sun rises in the east, the soldiers bathed in the first ray of sunlight feel excited.

A soldier stretched lazily, holding a spear in his hand, approached the battlements, and looked into the distance. The mountains were as bright as ink, the earth was flat, and the mountains and rivers were sweeping away the clouds and the moon.

The soldier took his gaze from afar and landed not far from the city. His brows suddenly tightened, frowned, leaned out, looked out, and soon, his face suddenly changed color. He turned his head and shouted twice. His voice was full of horror. The soldiers behind him approached one after another. The soldier raised his hand to point at the city. The soldiers looked at the fingers and all of them changed their colors.

Emperor Dingwu, Xu Xiang, was at this time by a window. The window was open, and a cold air floated in from outside the window. He sat on a chair, covered with a blanket on his legs, his hands were pressed against his chest, his eyes were closed, and his expression was peaceful. The cold air floated in from outside the window. However, Dingwu did not seem to feel the cold air, and his breath was evenly symmetrical. At first glance, he seemed to be asleep.

There was tranquility around, but there was a depressing scene outside the window.

Hearing footsteps coming from behind, Dingwu opened his eyes slightly and said, "Liuli, the weather is already cold, so I need to add more clothes!" Hearing this, he suddenly stopped and a strange look appeared on his face. Of course, it was not Liuli, but another beautiful palace maid who was handsome. When he heard Dingwu's words, the palace maid said respectfully: "Master Liuli has not come back. It was Commander Xuanyuan who arranged for the servants to come and dress the emperor!"

Dingwu frowned and murmured to himself: "She will never come back!" He raised his hand and said: "You retreat first, I don't have to serve you!"

The palace maid hurriedly said, "Master, General Xuanyuan is waiting for summons outside!"

"Oh?" Dingwu brows slightly and said, "Tell him to come in."

When Xuanyuan Shao came in, his face looked quite haggard and unlucky. Obviously, he had not recovered from his injuries last night, but his bright armor still made him look very heroic.

After Xuanyuan Shao saluted, before he could speak, Dingwu had already gotten up from the chair, carried his hands on his back, turned around and asked, "Have you found their whereabouts?"

Xuanyuan Shao shook his head and said, "Report to the lord, I have ordered the blockade of all the gates of Wuping Mansion last night, and strictly prohibited from leaving the city. I have also mobilized some people to help the Divine Yiwei search for the whereabouts of the demons in the Heart Sect. The bearded man looks conspicuous, and once he appears in the city, he will easily be discovered. However, the Wuping Mansion is too large and they are injured. They should have been hidden firmly at this time. No trace of their traces have been found yet." He also said, "I am worried that even if I find them, with their martial arts, it will be difficult for someone to be their opponents, so I distributed all the fast crossbows in the warehouse. If there is a crossbow in my hand, it may pose a threat to them."

Dingwu nodded slightly: "The Dao Sect has also assigned the disciples of the Dao Sect to search for their whereabouts. Although they are very skilled in martial arts, there are not many people after all, and the two are injured. They can't get out of the city for a while." Seeing Xuanyuan Shao frowning, his face looked very serious, he asked, "Do you have anything to say?"

Xuanyuan Shao bowed and said, "Master, I have an urgent matter."

"Oh?" Dingwu frowned and said, "You have always been a calm person, but your expression now looks very bad. Could it be that something happened in the battle in Yanshan?"

Xuanyuan Shao looked grim: "Master, this matter is probably more serious and urgent than an accident on the front line!"

When Dingwu arrived at the city, soldiers were already gathered on the city. When he heard the emperor's arrival, the soldiers scattered one after another, orderly. Dingwu was obviously a little urgent. He did not change into a dragon robe, but just wore a yellow brocade suit and a golden cloak. When the legendary emperor suffering from leg disease suddenly strided and appeared on the city, the soldiers were all surprised.

When Dingwu was still the prince, he went to seek medical treatment. Everyone in the world knew that the prince of the empire was a disabled person suffering from leg disease, and the soldiers guarding the city also knew in their minds that the current emperor could only sit in a wheelchair and give orders.

The small court in Hexi cannot be compared with the original Qin Empire. Many soldiers know that even the court meetings have become rare now. Not to mention ordinary soldiers, even high-ranking officials, it is not easy to see the emperor. In everyone's imagination, the emperor is a thin, dry and even dying disabled person sitting in a wheelchair.

Only at this moment did the soldiers realize that although their emperor looked a little haggard and thin, his face was clear, his eyes were shining brightly, his steps were steady, and he strided hard. Under the fluttering of the golden cloak, he was handsome and extraordinary.

Dingwu certainly had no time to take into account the soldiers' feelings about him at this time. Several guards on the top of the city had already come forward and knelt down in front of Dingwu to salute. Dingwu raised his hand to ask the few people to get up. Then he walked to the edge of the battlement, put his hands on the stiff and somewhat cold stone. Xuanyuan Shao, who was following Dingwu, raised his hand and pointed at the not far below the city. Dingwu looked over. Although the distance was not very close, and the city of Wuping Mansion was extremely high and was quite far from the ground, Dingwu still clearly saw the scene under the city.

I saw that on the empty ground outside the city, there were more than a dozen long bamboo poles lined up in line. These dozen bamboo poles were rare to appear outside the city, but the most amazing thing was that a human head was hanging on each bamboo pole.

Dingwu's eyes swept over, and there were thirteen bamboo poles in a row, and each bamboo pole was hung with a head, which was exactly thirteen heads.

Dingwu's martial arts cultivation is quite good. Others may be able to tell that the head is hung on a bamboo pole, but they can't see clearly the appearance of the person stealing, but Dingwu can see it very clearly.

The hairstyles of the thirteen human heads were very different. He could tell at a glance that they were all the heads of the Yi barbarians.

Outside the city, there were thirteen bamboo poles hanging on the heads of Yi barbarians for some reason, which was of course a strange thing.

Dingwu's pupils had already contracted, his expression was so gloomy that he looked scary. He suddenly turned his head, looked at Xuanyuan Shao, and asked in a deep voice: "Have you confirmed that there is the inn?"

Xuanyuan Shao looked solemn and bowed: "Report to the emperor, I received the news and knew the number of heads. I immediately thought of it. In order to determine the situation, I went to the inn to check it out!"

“What’s the result?”

"No thirteen Yi Barbarian Chiefs, all of whom were killed, and only corpses were left without heads." Xuanyuan Shao's voice was deep: "If nothing unexpected happens, the thirteen heads outside the city will be those Yi Barbarian Chiefs."

Dingwu clenched his fist and said, "You mean, the thirteen Yiman chiefs were taken to the head in the middle of the night, but the people guarding the inn knew nothing?"

Xuanyuan Shao nodded, "It's my dereliction of duty." He also said: "Most of the thirteen chiefs died in their beds. These chiefs have liked to gather to drink and have fun in the evening recently. After resting in the middle of the night, they often get up at noon the next day, so before they get up, the servants who serve them dare not disturb them."

Dingwu suddenly thought of something, frown tightly, and murmured: "I understand, it turns out that what she meant!"

Xuanyuan Shao didn't understand for a moment and asked carefully: "Master, what are you talking about?"

"Do you still remember that last night, Liuli said a very strange thing." Dingwu sighed lightly: "In order to ensure that everything is foolproof and can catch all her people in one go, I secretly mobilized all the divine guards in the city to surround them, but Liuli said that strange thing last night!"

Xuanyuan Shao had an amazing memory and immediately understood it and said softly: "I remember it. She seemed to say at that time that she would mobilize all the Divine Uniform Guards, and other places would be empty. If there was an assassination incident, who could resist it?"

"Yes." Dingwu nodded and said, "Although I felt strange at the time, I didn't take it seriously. His target was me. I only thought that he had no need to attack others except me. Now it seems that I was too confident and committed this fatal negligence!"

Xuanyuan Shao hurriedly said, "The Lord, the assassination of the Thirteen Chiefs must have been planned by the King of Growth. She probably didn't expect that we would mobilize the Divine Yiwei to round her up. So I think that no matter whether the Divine Yiwei guards guarded in the inn were transferred away, their action plan would not change. The Divine Yiwei was transferred away, which was only more convenient for their actions."

Dingwu thought for a moment and thought for a while before saying, "Have you checked, when did these barbarian chiefs die?"

Xuanyuan Shao immediately said: "Report to the emperor, I have arranged for someone to check. The corpses in the inn were stabbed just after midnight. The death time between the thirteen people is no more than half a stick of incense!"

Dingwu's brows tightened even more, "At that time, Liuli was still in that room, which means that the assassination in the inn was almost the same as our siege of Liuli?"

Xuanyuan Shao nodded and said, "That's exactly what it is."

"In a short time, it was easy to escape the guards of the inn and sneak in. In the time of half an incense stick, all the thirteen chiefs were killed, without even alarming anyone, killing people and taking the head. Xuanyuan, of course, such a strict action could not be completed by one or two people?" Dingwu clenched his fist.

Xuanyuan Shao said: "Before I went to see the emperor, I carefully checked that the thirteen chiefs had different ways of death. Judging from the wounds and techniques, at least six people took action. That is to say, at least six people sneaked into the inn last night."

Dingwu showed a sneer on his lips: "It seems that there are many disciples of Xin Sect lurking in this city. Their people are not only three of them we saw last night!" A sharp light flashed in his eyes, "I'm afraid that Wuping Mansion has become a gathering place for Xin Sect disciples. Since guests come from afar, I think I need to treat them well."
Chapter completed!