Li Benxin suddenly showed his dragon power, which scared everyone. Xue Yang also saw it, and Li Benxin was annoyed that he had just promised to give King Xiao an additional 100,000 troops. But he also expected it and had his own plans for the next step.
After throwing the tea cup, Li Benxin pointed at Li Zihai and cursed: "Trash! Why aren't five thousand people enough? A few hundred Luofan people can kill all of Yin Shaozheng's fifty thousand guards. Why can't you? It seems that we have to deal with the four major forces." The family really can’t live without this living Yama. Go down!”
Li Zihai resigned, and Li Benxin looked back at Xue Yang and sighed: "Hey, Prime Minister Xue. Although we now have the commoner army and the guardian king of Fucheng, our military strength is still far inferior to that of the kings and major families. Now again We need to add 100,000 troops to King Xiao. Where will this annual military expenditure of over one million come from? How can the four major families and the kings be integrated into one? How can I break it? Thinking of this, I can't sleep at night."
Xue Yang, however, looked calm, stroking his beard calmly, and laughed: "King, don't be anxious. Since I can promise to give King Xiao one hundred thousand troops, I will naturally think of a way. I have already thought of a plan, and these one hundred thousand We can gather a large army without any effort on our part, and we don’t need to worry about military expenditures, and as long as this is done, the four major families will no longer dare to act arrogantly and will definitely bow to the King of Tiandu."
"Oh, what kind of strategy can be so effective? Tell me quickly and let me hear it?" Li Benxin immediately became happy and asked eagerly.
"I have drawn up the charter for this plan, and I will present it to Prime Minister Wen in a few days. But now that the time has come, I dare not reveal the secret. Please wait for a few days." Xue Yang said
"Oh, so cautious. It seems that Prime Minister Xue does have a clever trick. Okay, I'll wait and see." Li Benxin nodded, looked back at Long Xilin and said: "Xilin, why are you here? Have Wang Luochuan and the others noticed it? ?”
Long Xilin raised the dragon's head spun gold rope with both hands and said: "King! After the analysis of Thunder God Catcher and God Catcher King, this dragon head spun gold rope is a fake!"
"What? Fake? How is it possible! This faucet rope has been placed beside my bed and has never been taken out of the bedroom for three years! How could it be fake?" Li Benxin looked shocked and hurriedly walked over to take the faucet rope in his hand to observe .
Long Xilin added: "They said that this rope should have been imitated in recent years, and it cannot be 150 years old. The Divine Catcher King has the Qi Watching Technique, so his eyesight should be good."
"But how is this possible! Not many people know that the golden rope spun by the dragon's head can open the Sun and Moon Well. Moreover, the craftsmanship of the dragon's head rope is complicated. It is impossible to completely imitate it without taking away the real thing and spending several days. We can do it! Does anyone dare to sneak into my bedroom and steal it? What does the person who stole the key want to do? "
Li Benxin blushed with anger, and felt a chill in his heart. If the dragon's head rope is counterfeit, it means that the Sun Moon Well mechanism has not failed. Wouldn't the thief who stole the key be able to enter and leave the palace freely?
"Fortunately, we already know that the key is a counterfeit. Then as long as the Sun Moon Well is sealed, there will be no danger. As for the faucet lock, we still need to find someone to investigate." Xue Yang said.
"Yes, it's a good thing that we hired the Chief Inspector to investigate the case, otherwise it would be too dangerous for the key to the secret passage to be stolen by thieves. Let's just keep this dragon's head rope with me, and I'll find the goldsmith in the palace to check it out right away. You go back and continue investigating the case. Maybe the thief who sneaked into the palace to commit the crime really came down from the well. If he can be caught, everything will be clear," Li Benxin said again.
In the Huaxian Palace, Xie Xu took out a map and assigned tasks to everyone, planning to stay there for two or three days, waiting for the thieves to take the bait. Luofan was lying in the pavilion, seemingly asleep.
"Hey, this is such a great immortal. He dared to beat people in the palace, and he is still asleep now? How dare he?" Li Qilin turned around and asked.
"Do you want me to call him?" Ye Tan looked at Xie Xu and asked.
"Stop shouting and let him sleep. I heard that after chasing Feng Laijiang for five days and five nights, his body is probably still recovering. Luofan is smart and has strong mobility. Let him move freely. Let's do ours. Dinner There are still two hours left, so everyone continues to collect clues. After dinner, we will prepare to take turns on duty to keep vigil," Xie Xu said.
Everyone nodded unanimously and went off to do their business. Only Zhao Xue stood motionless not far from the pavilion, holding her sword.
"Second sister, what are you doing? Come on, let's go for a walk?" He Mingming and Ye Tan came over and asked.
"You go, Luofan is not asleep, I will guard him!" Zhao Xue.
"Ah! Why are you guarding him?" Both of them were confused.
"There are many enemies in the world. I'm afraid someone will do something bad to him." Zhao Xue.
"Oh, Second Sister, you are so kind to Luofan! We don't get the same treatment. We have to sleep and be lazy, and still have to be protected. He is much more blessed than the King of Tiandu." He Mingming said with a smile. .
"That's right! What if I don't defend King Tiandu anymore!"
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At dusk, the clouds are setting, the sky is covered with red clouds and the waves are rising, and the coolness gradually emerges from the ground. Li Benxin walked over with Jin Jiawei and laughed.
Xie Xu and others hurriedly gathered around and saluted. Li Benxin smiled and said: "You guys have worked hard for a day of investigating the case. I heard that you have to be on guard duty at night, so I will personally reward you."
Xie Xu cupped his hands and said, "As a minister of the king, you should do your best. How dare you talk about hard work. King Tiandu has many things to do every day and is busy with court affairs, so you have to worry about it."
"Hey! That's right. With so many elites in the Shenjing Division, there's no need to worry about solving this case. Everyone, let's go into the palace together. I ordered the imperial chef to prepare good wine and food." Li Benxin said.
Entering the front hall, the palace servants laid out the banquet. Li Benxin looked back and said, "Hey, why isn't the second sister here?"
Li Qilin spoke quickly and said with a smile: "Hey, King Tiandu must know that our swordsman Qin Wu regards that Luofan as a treasure. He slept for an afternoon, and she followed him to guard him all afternoon. If not You know, I thought she was attracted to her."
"Hey! King of Tiandu, don't listen to Vice President Li's nonsense. The second sister repays her kindness. Luo Fan saved her life. Naturally she has to repay this kindness." Ye Tan was annoyed and explained.
"Hey, it doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. I know my second sister's temperament, she is brave and courageous, and she doesn't stick to trivial matters. Let's eat first."
Everyone started eating and drinking. Halfway through the meal, Li Benxin looked at Xue Yuran again and said with a smile, "Yuran, how was your day? The view of my palace is pretty good, isn't it?"
"The blessed land of the king naturally has its own unique atmosphere." Xue Yuran returned.
"Well, that's good. I'm also afraid that you'll be lonely in the house alone, so I specially invited you to come to the palace to play for a few days. By the way, this afternoon, the little concubine also told me that she wanted you to stay with her for a few days. Are you willing?" Li Benxin said suddenly.
When everyone heard this, I am afraid it was not Concubine De who kept the person, or Li Benxin who wanted to keep the person, right?
"I am an outsider who dare not disturb the purity of the palace. After my father has finished handling his official duties, he will take me home." Xue Yuran refused directly.
"Hey! Mr. Xue has a lot of official work today. I'm afraid he will be busy until late at night. Besides, don't you like reading ancient books? Tomorrow I will send you to the Tianwen Pavilion. There is a collection of ancient books in the world. It will be an eye-opener for you. ." Li Benxin smiled again.
"Hey, in that case, thank you King Tiandu." Seeing that Li Benxin was like this, Xue Yuran had no choice but to agree.
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In the pavilion, Luo Fan was sleeping when he suddenly opened his eyes and sat up.
"Are you awake?" Zhao Xue asked, seeing Luo Fan's eyes red as if he was in a daze.
"The water is cold!" Luo Fan suddenly turned to look at Riyuejing!
"Is the water cold? It's not steaming anymore! Is the hot water going to turn into ice water? Then the thief is going to appear! I'll notify my brother and the others immediately!"
Zhao Xue hurriedly ran into the palace. Everyone heard that the water in the Sun Moon Well had begun to change, and they all stood up in a hurry. Xie Xu cupped his hands and said, "Please leave King Tiandu quickly so that we can prepare a trap to capture the murderer."
Li Benxin stood up unhurriedly and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, okay. Just halfway through the meal, things changed. When the prisoner is caught, I will treat you to a good meal. Yuran, it's dangerous here. , I will personally take you to the Imperial Concubine’s Palace!”
Everyone left the front hall and walked into the courtyard.
When he came to the yard, Li Benxin stopped, looked at the Sun and Moon Well, and sighed: "The Sun and Moon Well for 150 years, unexpectedly, it hid a thief. When the thief was caught, I ordered people to dig the well and put it there." Landfill here to avoid future worries.”
Just as he was talking, there was an explosion, and the well water exploded into a wave of ten feet high! Then I saw a black shadow jumping out of the water! When the black figure appeared, he had red eyes, was covered in tatters of cloth, his hair was disheveled, and his face was covered by a long beard. He was no longer a human being, he was clearly a madman, beggar and savage!
"Protect the King of Tiandu! Protect the King of Tiandu!" When the Jinjiawei saw the visitor, they hurriedly shouted loudly and surrounded Li Benxin!
"Catch the thief!" Xie Xu shouted, leading a group of masters to surround the black shadow.
"King of Tiandu! King of Tiandu! Kill! Kill! Kill!" But when the lunatic heard the words Tiandu King, he shook his head crazily!
"Roar!" Suddenly the madman slapped Xie Xu and the others with both hands. Hearing the roar of the dragon, twelve golden dragons instantly swept across the entire courtyard!
"Ah! Crazy Lion Palm! Retreat!" Upon seeing this, everyone was immediately frightened out of their wits!
Even if Xie Xu's skill is intact, he can only hit eight golden dragons at most, but this madman can hit twelve golden dragons in one shot, which shows that his skill is terrible. Xie Xu hurriedly used all his skills to fight out two golden dragons to protect everyone! With a bang, Xie Xu was blown away and landed heavily on the ground. Zhao Xue and Wang Luochuan were also seriously injured and flew out! Immediately afterwards, I saw that the black image was like a murderous god, smashing thousands of golden armored guards with the palm of my hand and charging towards Li Benxin's direction!
"Go back! Go back!"
The secret guard leader Li Longxin, Zhang Tianjun, and Long Xilin hurriedly protected Li Benxin and Xue Yuran as they fled out of the palace gate! However, the madman behind was unstoppable, crushing corpses everywhere, and in a few blinks he was already in front of Li Benxin! Where the other golden armored guards dared to block him, they all shouted and ran away.
"Heaven is going to kill me, God is going to kill me! Someone come and save me!" Seeing that his life was in danger, Li Benxin was so frightened that he cried for help, without the dignity of a king.
