Bian Xiaohan looked carefully and saw that the place where the black flag fell was exactly the spring hunting ground in Kyoto.

After the New Year, the weather quickly warmed up and the snow on the road gradually melted. The people in Kyoto could not wait to send troops to the western border.

Ning Rongzhang and his party also rushed to Kyoto at full speed.

Kyoto was heavily guarded, and they were too big to be admitted, so they could only hide in the spring hunting grounds outside the city.

Just as Ning Rongzhang guessed, Ning Huaixuan dressed up and went out, and after offering sacrifices to the heavens and ancestors, he went to the spring hunting site outside the city.

Empress Xian was pregnant and had difficulty traveling, so she stayed in the palace. He Wei led the imperial guards to cordon off the hunting ground to ensure the emperor's safety. All officials and children of aristocratic families were inside the hunting ground.

According to Bian Xiaohan, it is indeed an ideal place to catch a turtle in a jar.

The sun rose, and the faint sunlight fell on people's faces. Asan squatted in the grass, closely observing the movements ahead.

There will be a tough battle today.

The emperor's sedan chair flashed by in the distance and then disappeared. Outside the main tent there were a few small tents scattered around, which must have been where the other guards lived.

The hunting ground was large. Ning Huaixuan sat high up, looking at the nobles below with a smile on his face. "Today's hunting will give a generous reward to the winner!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

The horse shot out like an arrow from a bow and gradually disappeared into the jungle.

Ah San retreated cautiously and walked around to Ning Rongzhang, "Master, the hunt has begun."

The man was wearing a dark green robe and had a handsome face, as if he was attending a grand banquet. At last, he moved his lips, "The hunt begins, and I will give them a satisfactory answer."

"Then let me tell them to take action."

Ning Rongzhang nodded and stood on the hill outside the hunting ground. He only needed to lower his head to have a clear view of the hunting ground below.

Ji Yuanzheng and Bian Xiaohan stood behind him, their robes rustling in the spring breeze on the hillside. A flock of crows flew over from high above, leaving behind bursts of crow calls.

He still held the tiger talisman in his palm. The bronze metal shone faintly in the sunlight. When he lowered his head and looked at it, it seemed as if he could look down on the world.

His people have infiltrated the entire hunting ground inside and out. After Asan has control of the entire hunting ground, his troops will come to Kyoto quietly. By then, the entire palace will be leaderless, and he will have won a bloodless victory.

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Inside the hunting ground, wild deer and rabbits appear from time to time, leading people to go deeper.

Wang Ping saw a fox with white fur hiding in the bushes. He looked back and knew it was a top-quality prey. If he could hunt prey like this, he might be among the top three. Wang Ping whipped his horse and drove it deeper.

The people guarding in the dark were closely watching Wang Ping's movements. Just before he drew his bow and shot an arrow, a man suddenly fell from the tree, put a hood on him from behind, and before Wang Ping could struggle or resist, he knocked him unconscious with a palm.

Ah San dragged the man and threw him to the secret guard behind him, and gestured to him, and the secret guard dragged the man and continued to walk. It was not until he saw the prince's son who was also knocked unconscious that he threw him on them without mercy.

Great, another one solved.

He moved like a ghost, and without leaving any trace, he killed half of the children of the noble families. These people could naturally be used to threaten the officials present. Wei Zheng leaned over and felt that the man's figure was somewhat familiar. He took off the black hood and said, "Hey," "It turned out to be Wang Ping. When he was in Kyoto, he harassed the girl from the Ji family a lot."

Ning Rongzhang lowered his eyes, and his gaze fell lightly on Wang Ping as if he was looking at a dead object. He took a few steps forward, and stepped on his hand with his black boots, crushing it mercilessly. "When this is over, I will definitely deal with him properly."

Asan and the Hydra leader lurked in the hunting ground all the way, first dealing with those useless and unsightly children of noble families, and then the secret guards around them quietly dealt with several imperial guards around the big tent as dusk fell.

The only thing to blame is that He Wei's arrangements were too lax. He subconsciously thought that after Ning Rongzhang and the Luanzhou tribe were gone, the entire Kyoto and the entire Dali would be a peaceful place. But in fact, it was not the case.

The entire hunting ground was eerily quiet except for the sounds of some animals. Ning Huaixuan sat in the big tent. Apart from a few maids guarding the main tent, he could not sense any sign of life.

All the maids stood silently on one side, like decorations who could only hold trays and candles.

Suddenly, a sense of foreboding came over him. Normally, when the sky was so dark, how could there be no palace servants coming in to light the candles? Ning Huaixuan called out, "Come here, light the candles."

There was no sound outside for a long time.

"Somebody come!"

He called out again, and it seemed that there were guards coming from outside. They stopped in front of the big tent, and two people beside them lifted the tent curtain.

Three figures appeared.

"What...who are they?!" Ning Huaixuan stood up and stared at the three people who appeared outside the big tent. Unfortunately, it was a little dark and he could only see their general outlines.

"It's been a long time since we last met. Your Majesty, don't you remember me?"

Ning Rongzhang was horrified, his face turned pale in an instant, "You, Prince Changyou? Impossible! He's dead!"

He stepped in, his black boots carried slightly damp soil into the warm tent, leaving a trail of footprints on the precious carpet.

"Someone come! Someone come quickly! There's an assassin!" No matter how Ning Huaixuan yelled and threw all the furnishings in the tent to the ground, he didn't call anyone. "Ning Rongzhang, you're not dead?"

"Your Majesty, have you seen it? I have survived this calamity and will definitely repay your Majesty for the kindness you have shown me."

Turning to the other side with a dull look, Ning Huaixuan pointed at him and said, "Ji Yuanzheng, you are not dead either?"

The news of his death had clearly spread from the north. During the battle with the Luanzhou tribe, he fell off a cliff and his body was not found. The Ji family even held a funeral for him, but it turned out to be a lie.

"Thanks to your majesty's care, I am now alive again." Although the words were still respectful, the look in his eyes and tone were no longer the same as before. He had been in the border counties for many years and always thought that as long as he could win the battle, he could save thousands of people. But later he realized that the current majesty was the root cause of the people's suffering.

Ning Rongzhang was dressed neatly in a dark green robe, as if he was going to attend a banquet at someone's house. He was unlike Ning Huaixuan, whose clothes were in disarray and looked like a lost dog.

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