A gentleman riding a red dust smile

Besieged by monsters outside the city, and changes in the royal palace inside the city, the development of the situation really exceeded Song Lingshuang's expectations.Ai Zixuan's urgency to enter the city is not difficult to understand.

Changsun Jue: "We will go with you."

Changsun Jue knew that King Jiangyang and Mr. Chang might also be involved in the mutiny, and Ai Zixuan would definitely not be able to stand idly by even if he broke away from the imperial status.But after all, he has a special status, and it is inevitable that something will happen. It is always safer to have him go with Song Lingshuang.

Ai Zixuan hesitated a little.Song Lingshuang knew what he was worried about.Practitioners are not allowed to interfere in government affairs. Ai Zixuan can't stay out of it because of his relatives, but he doesn't want to drag himself and Changsun Jue down.

Song Lingshuang said with a smile, "Do you think the two of us care about conventional etiquette?"

The situation is urgent, Ai Zixuan no longer refuses, and nods in agreement.

From the city gate to the palace gate, the refugees fled along the way, and there was a mess everywhere. In some places, traces of the guards fighting with monsters could be seen.Judging from the sound in the distance, the battle should still be going on.

The huge imperial city, but only a few days, the old prosperity has disappeared

However, compared with outside the palace, the chaos inside the palace is even worse.It's just that it's not because of the monsters, but because of the life-and-death fight between the guards and the imperial guards.

The three avoided as much as they could, and even if they were implicated and had to make a move, they tried not to hurt others, so they rushed to the front of the hall.

Song Lingshuang had never been in the palace, and this was the first time he saw the main hall of the palace.

The hall is magnificent, with golden plaques hanging high.However, at this moment, the senior ranks outside the palace were stained with blood, and the endless fighting had already caused him to lose the dignity and majesty he deserved.

Not far away, Chang Yuan held a long sword and was entangled with dozens of forbidden soldiers.Behind him are a few guards who look capable but covered in blood, forming a circle and drawing their swords to block the feathered arrows that fly from time to time.

The middle-aged man who was protected by them seemed to be injured, his right hand was hanging powerlessly aside, and the bright red blood between his fingers dripped to the ground.Although he is born with brilliant hair, he is heroic and does not appear old at all.

Song Lingshuang had never seen this man before, but it was not difficult to guess from the embroidered gold dragon robe he was wearing that this man was the current emperor.

Standing leisurely behind the Imperial Army who fought Chang Yuan was a young man with an extraordinary temperament.He has a slender figure, a green brocade hidden pattern robe, a high silver crown, and a handsome appearance. If you look closely, you will find that he is somewhat similar to that middle-aged man.He is the Prince of the Eastern Palace, and also Ai Zixuan's cousin, the Ninth Prince Ai Zijing.

There are also several bloodstains on Chang Yuan's body, whether it is the enemy's or his own.He counts as one enemy, no one can kill him this barrier.But if you look closely, you will find that his hand holding the sword is trembling slightly, presumably because his physical strength is reaching its limit.

Ai Zijing looked at Chang Yuan, "Mr. Chang, or should I call you Uncle Seventeen?"

There was a bit of teasing in his indifferent eyes, "The royal family never gave you anything, so why are you bothering?"

Chang Yuan's long sword swept across, forcing all the imperial guards around him to retreat, gaining a gap.

He looked at Ai Zijing coldly and said nothing.

Ai Zijing shook his head, seemingly helpless, "Cultivators have better physique than ordinary people. You can fight ten or a hundred with one. But without spiritual power, can you still fight a thousand or ten thousand? Even if you can, What about [-]? I have more than [-] troops in my hands plus the guards who have taken refuge in me."

"He is my elder brother." Chang Yuan whispered, different from his tired expression, his voice was calm and firm.

"Oh?" Ai Zijing seemed to have heard something interesting, "Uncle Seventeen wants to tell me that you want to protect my father?"

"He is my elder brother." Chang Yuan said it again, without any wavering in his expression or tone.

He always remembered that before his mother concubine died, it was his fifth elder brother who had become the emperor who sent someone thousands of miles away to find him, so that he was able to see his mother for the last time.It was also his fifth elder brother who resisted all opinions and arranged him into the funeral procession. Although he could not walk at the front as a son in a fair manner, he could at least send his mother and concubine to the last journey.He remembered this kindness in his heart.

"The mantis is like a car, and the cockroach is shaking the tree. Are you talking about my Seventeenth Uncle?" Ai Zijing smiled contemptuously, "How can you stop my 10 people by yourself?"

Song Lingshuang happened to hear this sentence when he came over.

Not to mention that Chang Yuan is Ai Zixuan's master, and also the savior of himself and Changsun Jue. In his life, he can't bear to be bullied by others!So he turned over and jumped in front of Chang Yuan, and kicked hard.A forbidden soldier nearby was kicked out, and then overwhelmed a group of people who were about to rush forward.

Song Lingshuang looked provocatively at the Ninth Prince who met him for the first time, raised his eyebrows slightly, "That might be true."

Those who come are unknown, and those who come are not good.

Ai Zijing raised his hand to signal the imperial army to suspend the attack, and looked at the arrogant man in front of him with interest, "Who is your Excellency?"

He had never met Song Lingshuang, so he naturally didn't know who he was.However, when he noticed Changsun Jue and Ai Zixuan who followed him, he looked at Song Lingshuang again with a strange look, "Are you the orphan of the Song family?"

Song Lingshuang generously admitted, "It's me."

Ai Zijing chuckled, "You didn't let me withdraw the enchantment of the imperial city, and you kept saying that it was to abide by the Immortal Emperor's Deed. But the Immortal Emperor's Deed that you have been thinking about expressly prohibits cultivators from participating in the affairs of the imperial court."

He glanced at Song Lingshuang a few times, and finally fell on Chang Yuan, "In order to obey the rules, but broke the rules. Don't you think it's ironic?"

Song Lingshuang was baffled, "The imperial city is about to be leaked, and you rebelled at this time to withdraw the barrier?"

Ai Zijing glanced at him, then suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed, that smile was extremely mocking, but also had a hint of bitterness.

He looked at the emperor, "Father, guess, if they know your secret, will they still stand by your side?"

Song Lingshuang was still puzzled: "What secret?"

Ai Zijing: "If I told you that there is a way to wipe out the monsters in the imperial city, what would you think?"

Song Lingshuang: "Is there such a good thing?"

Emperor: "Shut up!"

Ai Zijing seemed to find his father's reaction very interesting, but he didn't intend to stop, he borrowed Song Lingshuang's words, "Father, 'the imperial city is about to be leaked', you still care about your only point Pass down the secret of the lineage?"

He replied to Song Lingshuang, "It's just such a good thing. Back when the emperor built the imperial city, in order not to be infested by monsters, he set up a demon formation in the imperial city. Monsters below the second rank would immediately turn into fans when they entered the formation. Even if the first rank It is also difficult for monsters to wreak havoc like they are now. And the monster twisting formation is just under the barrier of the imperial city."

Song Lingshuang said immediately after hearing the words, "With such a convenient formation, the barrier should be withdrawn first? Wouldn't it be better to activate it after the monsters are gone?"

The emperor said solemnly, "Once the enchantment of the imperial city is lifted, it cannot be restored."

Song Lingshuang couldn't help shouting: "This is too bad!"

The emperor looked at Ai Zijing sternly, "This is the determination of the emperor to stick to the deed of the emperor."

Ai Zijing ignored him, but glanced at Ai Zixuan, and said with a smile, "It seems that my cousin also knows. Father, you really have your reasons for guarding against Uncle Wang. Jiang Yang Wang even told him about this." The son said it."

Ai Zixuan didn't want to take the basin of dirty water, he stared back fiercely, "My father didn't tell me! I overheard it myself."

He was ignorant when he was a child, so he sneaked into the study and overheard the conversation between the emperor's uncle and his father.

Ai Zijing had a joking expression on his face, "Cousin, don't worry. My father is very contradictory. He is guarding against his elder brother while expecting him to come to rescue him!"

His eyes moved to the emperor again, "Only this time, he can't come."

Ai Zixuan asked anxiously: "What did you do to my father?"

"Prince Jiangyang is very good, but I have to stay in the palace for a while." Ai Zijing said leisurely, "It's like my concubine mother, who is also very good."

As soon as the words fell, the soldiers behind Ai Zijing stood on both sides to make way.

Concubine Xie came forward under the duress of several imperial guards, she pursed her lips and looked solemn.

"Tang'er!" The emperor's expression changed slightly.

Chang Yuan's expression also changed.

Ai Zijing took something from the imperial guards around him, stepped forward, and threw the things at the emperor's feet, "Father, since the people in the imperial city can't impress you, then, your brother, your Concubine, what about your sons?"

Only then did Song Lingshuang see clearly that the badges were thrown on the ground.He didn't know the details, but judging from Ai Zijing's words just now, these badges should belong to King Jiangyang and his concubines and princes.

Song Lingshuang noticed that Changsun Jue looked strange, as if he was thinking about something, but this was not the time to ask.

The emperor looked at him with complicated eyes, "They are also your relatives..."

Ai Zijing's expression did not change at all, he just looked at the emperor and waited for an answer.

The emperor frowned and said nothing, and finally said after a while, "Once the barrier is released, the imperial city will become a place of disputes. The imperial power will be overthrown, the war will be rampant, and the court will also be home to those with high cultivation. The royal family will just become another A family of immortals. Is this the peace you want for the people of Chizhou?"

Ai Zijing laughed again, "Father, don't you want to say that the emperor □ established the court to provide opportunities for poor people to stand up? How many poor families are there in the court? Whether it is the fairy sect It's still the imperial court, and it's all made by the aristocratic family. Father, you don't really know, do you?"

He glanced at Ai Zixuan and Chang Yuan, his expression suddenly turned cold, "Just because you were born in the royal family, you have to give up your ancestral home, your family, and even change your name if you want to cultivate. Don't you think it's unfair? Father, Do you really want to tell me these things that you and I know are only used to deceive foolish people?"

Emperor: "You want to remove the barrier, but after the barrier is removed, are you sure you can still be the master of this palace?"

Ai Zijing gave a wink, and a sword was lifted to Concubine Xie Guifei's neck.

He said coldly: "The royal family has stood on its laurels for thousands of years. If I, Ai, don't have this ability and are eliminated by history, what's wrong?"

"You..." The emperor stared at his son for a long time, and finally said, "Since you think so, well, I'll take you there."

Song Lingshuang was puzzled, and asked Ai Zixuan softly, "Where are you going?"

Ai Zixuan looked serious, "Probably the eyes of the enchantment formation."

Everyone never expected that there would be a mechanism hidden under the dragon chair in the Jinluan Hall.The dragon chair slowly fell backwards, revealing a long ladder leading to the depths.

Ai Zijing signaled the emperor to go down, but the emperor stood still.

Emperor: "People who are not members of the royal family are not allowed to enter."

Ai Zijing once again showed a mocking look on his face, "Father, it's already this time, do you think I will go down with you two?"

The emperor's face was slightly dark, and after a short silence, he walked into the secret passage with a gloomy face, followed by the guards who had just protected him.

Ai Zijing picked a small group of elite soldiers to go down with Concubine Xie, and ordered others to guard the entrance of the secret passage.

Ai Zijing turned his head and smiled and said to Song Lingshuang and the others, "If you have free time, you might as well go together."

Song Lingshuang and the others didn't intend to leave, so they naturally followed.

A group of people walked down the long ladder for a long time, and finally arrived at a relatively open stone room.There is a pool in the center of the stone room. The water in the pool glows with light blue fluorescence, and in the center of the pool floats a palm-sized spirit bead.

Song Lingshuang instantly understood that the Lingzhu was the eye of the imperial city barrier.

Ai Zijing took a few steps forward to observe, he seemed to have discovered something, and tentatively stretched out his hand forward.The moment his hand touched the edge of the spirit pool, there was a flash of inspiration, and he was bounced back a few steps by some kind of force.

Song Lingshuang reacted, a little surprised, and looked to the side.

Changsun Jue slightly nodded in affirmation, "That's right, it's the world within the world."

Setting up another enchantment in the enchantment, although this kind of formation is difficult, it is not uncommon.However, the function of the barrier in the imperial city is to isolate the resonance of spiritual power, and it is not possible for everyone to establish a barrier that is maintained by spiritual power in such a barrier.This is why Song Lingshuang was surprised.Huang □□ is worthy of being a magic genius.

Ai Zijing was obviously dissatisfied.

He glanced at the imperial guards beside Concubine Xie, and then at the emperor, "Father, it seems that you still have something to say."

The sword placed on Concubine Xie Guifei's neck by the Imperial Army who received the master's instruction moved a little closer.Although Concubine Xie's expression did not change, there was a thin bloodstain on her neck.

"She is your concubine mother!" The emperor standing by the pool scolded coldly.

"It's also your favorite concubine." Ai Zijing took his words without showing any weakness.

The emperor looked even more stern, but he could only grit his teeth and remain silent.

He calmed down a bit, and said, "You let Concubine Xie go, I'll tell you."

Ai Zijing: "You tell me first, and I will release him later."

But at this time the emperor did not back down anymore, "I am still an emperor after all! You are not joking, since I have promised you, I will not break my promise. Let me go first, and I will tell you."

Ai Zijing raised the corner of his mouth slightly, as if he had heard something extremely absurd.

He sneered, "Father, you and I both know that you may not keep your word just because you are the emperor. But I am still willing to trust you."

He looked at the Custodian.The imperial army withdrew their swords and pushed Concubine Xie out.

As soon as Concubine Xie returned to the emperor, he was pulled behind her.

Seeing the emperor's actions, Song Lingshuang couldn't help thinking that when she married into the royal family, there were many people who felt sorry for the young Concubine Xie, but now it seems that at least the emperor is sincere to her.

Ai Zijing: "Father can speak now."

The emperor: "This spiritual pool is the enchantment that protects the eyes of the formation, and it is not allowed to enter unless the water of the pool is stained red with the blood of the royal family."

Ai Zijing drew out his long sword without hesitation, stroked the blade with his left hand, and the blood in his palm dripped into the pool.He tried to stretch out his hand again, but it was still bounced back in the next instant.

Ai Zijing was a little annoyed, "Father, it's not good to half-talk."

Emperor: "I have told you what I should tell you."

Ai Zijing seemed to be enraged by him, and was about to inform the imperial army to launch an offensive, but heard a cold voice saying, "The water in the pool has not been dyed red."

It was Chang Sun Jue who spoke.

Song Lingshuang thought the same as Changsun Jue, whether he could not tear his face or not.At this moment, there are not many people in the underground prince, and they may not have no chance of winning, but there are tens of thousands of imperial troops above.If the crown prince gave an order and the imperial army attacked, they would be the turtles in the urn in this closed underground space.

Ai Zijing is not a fool, he looked at his father again, "How much blood do you need?"

The emperor sneered and said: "What no one has done, naturally no one knows. One drop is not enough, or ten drops, or even one person's blood may not be enough. Zijing, you want to untie the barrier, but you do Are you ready to unravel its consciousness?"

Seeing this, Song Lingshuang thought to himself, this son and I are all virtuous, fortunately he was not born in the emperor's family.He took a sympathetic look at Ai Zixuan, who was a little puzzled.

Ai Zijing frowned slightly, but soon seemed relieved.He chuckled, "Perhaps, it may not be that I need to make this realization."

Before the words fell, a dagger pierced through the heart.

The emperor turned his head in disbelief, looking at the man who stabbed the dagger into his heart from behind.

"Tang... son?"

Concubine Xie's sudden attack made everyone dumbfounded.With no expression on her face, she pulled out the dagger decisively and pushed the emperor into the pool. The water in the pool turned red at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Without hesitation, Concubine Xie took out a short bow slightly larger than the palm of her hand from her sleeve, and made an arrow with a dagger. Concubine Xie pulled the bowstring and aimed at the panacea in the pool.

I heard that Concubine Xie was best at archery before the golden core was destroyed, Song Lingshuang had a bad heart.The others were also extremely astonished, but no one had time to stop them.

When everyone's attention was on the short bow in Concubine Xie's hand, Chang Yuan saw something that others did not see.

He yelled, "Xie Tang!"

Concubine Xie turned her head, looked at the man who was rushing towards her with a look of despair, and smiled.The smile was pure and relieved, as if the ending had already been predicted.But it was only for a moment before she turned her head away.

The dagger left the string, and the panacea in the pool shattered into stars.

At the same time, the long sword pierced through the Chinese clothes and passed through the chest.

At that moment, time passed, and Chang Yuan seemed to see that summer, the girl in green veil tied the broken hair behind her ears, and said to the boy who was studying alchemy with a smile like a flower, "My name is Xie Tang." ,May I have your name?"

The boy only glanced at her, and couldn't look away anymore.

"Xie Tang!" Chang Yuan hugged the fallen Concubine Xie into his arms.

The long sword was still stuck in her chest, and the rapidly spreading blood stains dyed the green brocade on her body black.

Chang Yuan had tears in his eyes and a painful expression, "...why are you doing this?"

Concubine Xie struggled to maintain her sanity, with a smile still on the corner of her bleeding mouth, "I...don't regret it."

Chang Yuan: "From the very beginning, you were there for him?"

Concubine Xie did not answer.

Chang Yuan: "Not worth it!"

Concubine Xie swallowed the blood gushing out of her throat with difficulty, and said softly, "I don't regret it."

The smile froze on her glamorous face, those once clear and then deep eyes had been watching from afar for a lifetime, now they were closed, and never opened again.

Everyone was still immersed in the shock of the emperor being killed and the barrier destroyed, but they didn't want to suddenly vortex the spirit pool, and at the same time, the ground shook.

Song Lingshuang was alert, "No, this place is going to collapse."

Presumably the barrier has something to do with this secret room. Now that the barrier is destroyed, the secret room can't support it.

He quickly checked the structure of the dome and shouted, "Ah Jue, prism!"

Chang Sun Jue understood the sentence without beginning or end.

The moment the Lingzhu was destroyed, Song Lingshuang felt that her spiritual power had recovered.The light of the two runes suddenly rose and shot at the prism supporting the dome.There are six prisms in total, and the two use both hands. At this moment, they can only strengthen four, which can barely support the stone chamber.

Not far away, Ai Zixuan was desperately trying to pull away Chang Yuan, who was in a daze holding Concubine Xie's body.

At this moment, Song Lingshuang noticed a boulder falling from the dome and hitting the two of them.It was too late to tell them to leave, so Song Lingshuang had no choice but to shoot a talisman light with one hand to smash the falling boulder into the air.

The gravel fell, and Ai Zixuan had no time to use defensive skills, so he could only protect Chang Yuan with his own body.Fortunately, the stone was not big, and at most it was just a few bruises.

Song Lingshuang was heaving a sigh of relief when he subconsciously sensed the danger and turned slightly sideways.

A stabbing pain came from his chest.

He looked down, and a long sword with blood pierced out from his collarbone.Before he could react, he was kicked hard behind him.He was not far from the spirit pool, this kick just kicked him into the spirit pool.

In the vortex, Song Lingshuang felt himself sinking rapidly.

One second before he lost consciousness, he was still thinking that Ah Jue should be angry again...

The author has something to say:

Chang Yuan and Concubine Xie are all hard-working people who cannot love.

Chang Yuan and his brother are just ordinary brothers, don't get me wrong~