At the speed of Lin Yan and others, even if they rushed towards Shengle City at full speed, it would still take some time. What's more, Lin Yan is still injured, so his speed has slowed down a bit.
But now that I have offended the "Bone Sect" and managed to escape from the hands of a being like Dugu Ye, I naturally dare not slack off and have made many arrangements along the way. Even if there are pursuers coming, it will take a lot of effort to catch up with them. Some hands and feet.
Once Lin Yan and others enter Shengle City, even if their whereabouts are leaked, they will not be able to recover for the time being.
Most of Lin Yan's injuries were caused by battles, while poisonous injuries were considered an "old problem". Even if Miao Miaomiao obtained the true inheritance of Medicine King Sun, he was unable to solve it and could only try his best to recover. This was considered excellent.
I gained a lot from this trip, and more importantly, I got a bad breath! Even the clay figurine has a lot of anger. He has been plotted and provoked by people from the "Bone Erosion Sect" several times. Lin Yan has long wanted to find their bad luck, but now he has a clear idea!
But the consequences of this are not small, not to mention that Lin Yan swept all the good things on the fourth floor of the alchemy room, and no matter how many people from the "Bone Sect" died due to the spread of the poison, just The fact that he refused the solicitation of the sect leader Duguye was enough to make him hold a grudge.
Moreover, Lin Yan always felt that the stone pages on the fifth floor of the alchemy room were not mortal things, otherwise the stone fish would not be allowed to guard the fifth floor. Now that he has taken it away, I'm afraid it will be another disaster!
But as the saying goes, "If you have too many lice, you won't be itchy; if you have too many debts, you won't have to worry." Anyway, the grudges between myself and the "Bone Corrosion Sect" are irreconcilable, so there is no need to care whether it is one thing or several things that annoys the other party. The result will always be the same. Not much different.
It is obviously unrealistic to just use the power of a few people to confront the entire sect of the opponent. This matter needs to be considered in the long term. What needs to be done now is more prevention.
As time passed, the group of people gradually approached Shengle City. They did not see Dugu Ye chasing them along the way, which made Lin Yan relieved.
Since his debut, he has never felt that kind of powerlessness when facing Dugu Ye. Even though his strength has greatly increased now, he is still far behind when facing the top warriors of this kind.
If it weren't for the sudden slashing of the black knife, Lin Yan might have been crushed to death by Dugu Ye like a little chicken!
He never wanted to experience this feeling of powerlessness again, thinking to himself: "We still need to solve this toxin problem as soon as possible and break through to the innate realm!"
Now that I think about it, in the past, I was indeed a bit "a newborn calf not afraid of tigers". With the meager strength at that time, I dared to face the Xuantian Sect. It is a miracle that I can survive safely until now!
Of course, this is not all due to luck. The most important thing is that Qiu Lao is always by his side to help him resolve misfortunes.
This incident of Black Knife left Lin Yan puzzled. Originally, Black Knife's recovery was a surprise, but later Lin Yan discovered that things might not be that simple.
Because if Mr. Qiu wakes up, he will never say a word, and he will fall silent immediately after taking action. This can only mean that Mr. Qiu has not fully recovered. He may just sense that Lin Yan is in a life-or-death crisis, so he takes action forcefully.
Lin Yan had no better solution for the moment. He could only look for an opportunity to see if there was any treasure that could speed up Qiu Lao's recovery, so as to awaken him as soon as possible.
Unconsciously, I had arrived outside Shengle City, but I saw that the capital city of the Southern Dynasty was much different from the previous time. The most obvious one was the many white silks floating on the city gate.
Having this thing means that someone has died, but who is qualified to make the whole city turn white after death?
Looking carefully, the soldiers under the white silk were also wearing mourning clothes outside of their armors, and an uneasy feeling suddenly surged into Mingya's heart.
problem occurs!
In such a big battle, there is a high probability that someone from the royal family will be involved in the accident. What Mingya knows is that her father has been seriously ill for a long time. Could it be...
Not only Ming Ya was like this, but Fei Qian's expression changed slightly and he felt uneasy.
Although he was anxious, the matter was not yet clear, but it was not easy to reveal too much, otherwise once the city guards discovered something strange, it would only increase the trouble.
The carriage was too carefree, so everyone simply abandoned the carriage, walked into the city, and disguised themselves, so as to avoid interrogation.
Monk Chen, Guo Toad, Lin Yan and others dispersed into the city to prevent the target from attracting too much attention, and then regrouped after entering the city.
I don’t know if I didn’t expect that Mingya, the “princess on the run,” would return to the city on her own, so I didn’t feel like I was on guard against her. Or perhaps the royal family felt that this matter should not be publicized, so the soldiers below did not know about it, and there was no way to talk about interrogation.
But Lin Yan had a feeling that when they entered the city, the city guards had a murderous aura about them. I don't know why?
As they entered the city, a faint smell of blood entered their noses, making Lin Yan frown slightly. Turning to look at Fei Qian, he saw his brows furrowed, obviously he had discovered this.
Not only that, if you look carefully, you can also distinguish a bit of bright red color on the stone slabs on the street, which makes people wonder.
"Have weapons been used here before?" Lin Yan couldn't help but have this thought in his mind, but Shengle was the capital of the Southern Dynasty after all. Who is so bold and dares to use weapons here? This is a serious crime of confiscating the family and exterminating the clan!
The group originally planned to go straight to the imperial city. Although they were suspected of falling into a trap, now that the situation was special, they could not control so much.
However, contrary to expectations, the outside of the Imperial City was heavily guarded. Different from the past, anyone who intended to approach the Imperial City would be noticed by heavily armed soldiers, and then captured without any explanation.
Seeing this situation, I was afraid that it would be impossible to go in directly. I could only see if there was any chance to sneak in at night.
Now the alert level in the Imperial City has increased several times compared to before. Something big must have happened, but I don’t know where the trouble came from?
Although she knew that Mingya was very anxious, she could only suppress her thoughts for the time being and wait for dark while gathering some information.
A group of people walked into a restaurant, ordered some food and sat in the lobby on the first floor. With such a big thing happening in Shengle City, people are bound to talk about it. Maybe they don't even need to deliberately investigate, the information will automatically come to their doorsteps.
Sure enough, within a moment, Lin Yan and others heard a discussion at the next table, the main content of which was the strangeness of Shengle City today.
After listening for a while, Lin Yan and others basically figured out the source of this change - the Barbarian Emperor died!
This news was like a bolt from the blue to Mingya. Tears welled up in her eyes, and the next moment they burst out of her eyes. Her inner sadness could not be increased.
Lin Yan hurriedly stepped forward to comfort her, while also avoiding attracting other people's attention. Mingya's face was now covered by a gauze veil, so others could not see clearly. In this Shengle City, there were no crouching tigers, hidden dragons, but no one came forward to cause trouble without opening their eyes.
Continuing to listen, one of the lean men said: "I have heard that His Majesty the Man Emperor is seriously ill, but I didn't expect it to be so sudden. Alas, now that our Southern Dynasty has lost the backbone of His Majesty the Man Emperor, what should we do? OK?"
Another fat man who looked slightly rich said: "It is true that he is seriously ill, but who is His Majesty the Barbarian Emperor? This matter is very strange!"
The lean man asked: "Brother, what do you mean by this?"
The rich and fat man looked around and lowered his voice: "Does my dear brother know that the new emperor is going to ascend the throne?"
The lean man nodded. This matter was already public news and he naturally knew it.
The rich and fat man continued: "Do you know who the successor is?"
The lean man said: "Of course it is His Highness the Second Prince. Speaking of which, His Highness has always been smart and capable, and has a shadow of the Barbarian Emperor. With His Highness in charge of the power, I, the Southern Dynasty, can feel at ease!"
The rich and fat man sneered and said: "In ancient times, the virtuous were not established by the virtuous, but now His Majesty the Barbarian Emperor has passed away and the eldest prince is nowhere to be found. This is also interesting!"
"Brother Xian just came back from outside. I didn't know that the city was full of elite soldiers under Murong's command a few nights ago. The blood stains are still wet!"
The lean man's face changed drastically when he heard this, and he said, "Brother is talking about usurping..."
The rich and fat man had quick eyesight and quick hands. He covered his mouth with a sharp look and said: "Silence! Do you want to kill me?"
The lean man also knew that he had made a mistake. The more he thought about it, the more frightened he became. He broke into a cold sweat unconsciously, and the clothes on his back were instantly wet with sweat.
The topic the two discussed was quite sensitive, so they looked around for fear of being caught by someone with ulterior motives.
Lin Yan and others were there and didn't pay attention to their side at all. The rest of them were talking among themselves. The first floor is already noisy, and it is not easy to distinguish what the other guests are talking about in this environment. This is why the rich and fat man chose this place.
But after thinking about it, I finally felt uneasy, so I called the lean man and left in a hurry.
To be able to say these words, these two people are definitely not as simple as ordinary people. It's just that Lin Yan is unfamiliar with the place and has no way of telling them apart.
Mingya wiped away her tears and said to Fei Qian: "Uncle Fei, are what they said true?"
Fei Qian remained silent. He knew in his heart that the second prince Yangguang had been secretly cultivating his own power and was very close to the Murong family, the backbone of the military. To say that Yang Guang has no idea about the throne, he absolutely does not believe it!
However, although His Majesty the Barbarian Emperor was seriously ill, there was no way he would pass away so suddenly. The eldest prince who was supposed to inherit the throne also disappeared. What a coincidence!
There are not so many coincidences in the world, some are just careful calculations.
It's just that Fei Qian still can't believe it, or even think in that direction.
Is it true that someone can commit regicide to seize the throne?
Facing Ming Ya's question, he couldn't answer it. He could only know the answer after entering the palace in person.
Lin Yan said: "Xiaoya, don't worry, if someone plots against your father, I will not let him go no matter where in the world he is!"
Ming Ya nodded, the only way for them to find out the truth was to find out on the spot.
As night fell, three figures in black shuttled through Shengle City, then quietly escaped into the Imperial City and disappeared...
