I will hunt down this world

Dong Xiao finally got out of the huge shock, and then countless questions came to his mind.

From her perspective, she couldn't see Li Shun's inner struggle and game. She only saw the hooked nose holding her hostage, and invading into the depths of the bank like no one else.

Now, the bronze door disappeared, and the huge steel roulette hidden behind the door at the entrance of the treasury was directly displayed in front of the two of them.

"Here, this is the deepest part of Chang'an Bank... I heard that the secret vault left by the first generation of sages is here. Yes, I understand! You, you did it on purpose, your target is not me, you We aimed here from the beginning!"

Dong Xiao suddenly realized that at this moment, the severe pain in her body still did not subside, which made her unable to bring up her anger, so what remained was only the deepening fear.

"It's over, you're over... Beast, do you know what you're doing?? This is a place where no one dares to set foot. You're provoking the bottom line of the entire Chang'an, you're crazy..."

"...Yuansu Nine Monarchs, the Heavenly Gathering Formation, the Void Spirit Battle Group...This city will all be against you!"

A strong sense of subversion formed by the provocation of deep-rooted authority, mixed with the accompanying secret stimulation that cannot be revealed, completely dominates the senses of this rebellious and perverse woman in her bones.

Dong Xiao's eyes were wide open, and she pointed at Li Shun tremblingly. She was so excited that she couldn't choose a sentence to fully express her meaning.

Li Shun just sneered.

The mysterious seal between the eyebrows, Huang Quan's lingering knife.

The blade flars.

【Yan Liu·Dream Knife】

The void was cut wantonly, the cast iron collapsed like a fragile block of tofu, and the roaring blast lifted the hunter's black clothes, and he flicked his slender index finger on the handle of the knife.

This was the last view of Dong Xiao's back before he fainted.

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Chapter 190 The Empress Makes a Gamble, Chang'an Dreams

Driving Xuan Ming to control Yan Liu's saber technique often brings Li Shun a feeling of comfort mixed with beauty, the agitation reverberating in the coldness, the feeling that nothing can be cut off and everything is under control, attracting people. immerse.

Even though he has practiced Yan Liu for 20 years and has integrated every move and style into his instincts, Li Shun still doesn't feel that he has mastered all three flavors.

Reminiscing about the aftertaste of the mysterious arc of the Great Dream Knife, Li Shun stepped into the vault with a flick of his sleeves.

There is nothing wrong with Dong Xiao here, her value as bait and cannon fodder has been played very well, and Li Shun doesn't even need to do anything to her, she has already suffered from physical damage due to successive excessive mental stimulation and killing stones. He fell into a deep coma due to the torture, and it would probably take a day or two before he woke up again.

Li Shun pressed the knife to confirm the time.

9:13

After the episode of Dong Xiao, the outside was much more lively than expected.

Dong's riding a tiger is hard to get off, the official house is pushing the boat, Kang Jinlong calms down, Sanyuan waits for an opportunity, and more people and more aspects are watching with cold eyes. A sudden robbery has become the epitome of all living beings in Chang'an.

At this time, if the strange thief Ye Shen reappeared in Chang'an Bank and stole the master, it would really add fuel to the fire.

Su Xingliu was probably responsible for the first wave of full fire from the Chang'an people full of anger.

Come on, big brother with a long gun!

Li Shun mourned for Su Xingliu for a second.

Fortunately, he didn't have to carry it for too long. All of this will completely cease to exist from the moment Li Shun opens the Legacy of the Sage.

At that time, all the existing elite forces in Chang'an will all press towards him alone, and no one will have the intention to attack Su Xingliu.

Su Xingliu, Luo Lizhi, and even Dong Xiao all reminded him to varying degrees of the dangerous consequences that would be brought about by prying on the Legacy of the Sage. Li Shun is not stupid, of course he understands this.

And he knows far better than Dong Xiao, Luo Lizhi and even Su Xingliu where this danger comes from.

Dong Xiao will not talk about it, she is just a little princess, with some family influence, she knows the importance of the legacy of the sage in general, but she can't say why.

Although Luo Lizhi was smart, she was still not high enough to accurately determine the real cause of the danger.

Su Xingliu is a sensible person, with a high position and a good structure, but he concentrates on the ghost market, and his participation in the overall situation in Chang'an is relatively shallow.

And as a "monster thief", his vision inevitably focuses on treasures or secret treasures. He may really think that there are such things as the design blueprints of the [Xutian General Realm] and the [General Plan of the Sky City] hidden in the Legacy of the Sage.

Whether it really exists, no one knows, in Li Shun's view, there is a high probability that it does not.

Li Shun would be targeted by Quan Chang'an after touching the Legacy of the Sage, and it would definitely not be because of any coveted treasure inside the Legacy of the Sage.

The underlying logic is rule.

No matter what is in the legacy of the sage, not opening it is the best choice for the current ruling class in Chang'an.

After 30 years of evolution, Chang'an's political ecology has formed the current structure of the council and the official building.

The board of directors relies on its orthodox status to lead Chang'an's major policies, foreign strategies, technology research and development, and other fields, while the official cabinet relies on the official system to manage the four major star domains, promote internal development, and deeply explore Chang'an's own value. 】 Coordinating the distribution of benefits, the overall relationship is a competition and cooperation.

Both the council and the official cabinet have their own armed forces. The council is composed of the three major battalions of royals, and the official cabinet is composed of 28 veteran generals.

Over time, this city in the sky has gradually formed such a relatively stable pattern of confrontation between the two poles.

This kind of ecology of fighting without breaking is something that Chang'an has spent 30 years exploring. Generally speaking, it is a relatively positive ecology.

Although in the end, the law of long-term must be combined cannot be escaped, but at least for now, the current method of benefit distribution can satisfy most people.

At this time, Legacy of the Wise became an uncertain factor.

This is the treasury left by the last great sage of the age of sages, the Taiyo, 20 years ago.

The Sage Organization had a strong control over Chang'an at one time, and its technical ability was also outstanding. Perhaps the sun did hide something important in it, which is why the council and the official cabinet once wanted to jointly open it.

But no matter what is opened, Chang'an will never return to the era of the original sage organization.

Because the era of sages does not meet the desires of most vested interests today.

The era of pioneering, ideals and hopes has long since faded. The current Chang'an is built entirely of interests, and has become purely a tool in the hands of local + foreign interest groups.

That being the case, instead of affecting the current structure due to an uncertain factor, it is better to simply suppress it and not open it. This is the tacit agreement reached by the council and the official cabinet after trying to open it and mastering the Legacy of the Sage to no avail.

It may be important, but without it, it is more important to us.

This is the real reason why Li Shun is in danger.

A purpose-built bronze door of killing stone is the best proof that neither the council nor the official cabinet intends to completely overturn the current Chang'an structure.

And this point, Li Shun has already captured in the negotiation with Luo Fengyin.

That's right, although she didn't say it clearly, Li Shun has already noticed that even if she has the specific information about the ghost market and has a basis for cooperation with external forces, Luo Fengyin, or the entire star field bureaucracy behind Luo Fengyin, has not taken advantage of it. The idea of ​​​​eradicating the council and establishing a new order in Chang'an.

The way she/they intend to attack the council is nothing more than clearing the Dead Sea Ruins City, breaking the ghost market, and then using this as an excuse to drastically reduce the power of the council at the [Yuansu General Collegiate Council].

From the perspective of Luo Fengyin/the official cabinet, she/they still believe that the governing council is an indispensable part of Chang'an's ruling structure. For various reasons, it is necessary for its existence. Power, not for political reform.

But in Li Shun's view, these are all excuses.

Because I was afraid, I made excuses.

Yes, even though the crisis hidden under the appearance of prosperity in this city has become acute to the point of almost white-hot, and the bottom-up contradictions between the ever-expanding bureaucracy and the council have accumulated to the point where it is impossible to ignore it and it is completely irreconcilable, but Chang'an This city, bred in peace, is unfamiliar with all-out war, and even subconsciously fears it.

This is human nature.

The peace of 30 years and two generations made many people grow old and die, made many people good at calculation, and made many people completely forget.

Perhaps it is precisely because of this that many people in Chang'an will accept Dong Pingchuan's "Chang'an future". Once became the general trend.

It's no wonder that the ancestors of Chang'an left a great foundation and created great conditions for the city, which gave Chang'an people the right to imagine.

Li Shun had no illusions about this.

If peace is sought through struggle, then peace will exist; if peace is sought through compromise, peace will perish, and a peaceful home will inevitably be born in the training of blood and fire.

The Night Mansion will not make peace with the newly born guilds, nor will the poisonous miasma and ferocious beasts in the wild south make peace with the hunters. The hunters' guild has started a never-ending struggle from the first day of its birth. The will of the hunter is more deeply imprinted on the body and mind of every hunter than the inheritance of blood.

From the beginning of his journey as a hunter, Li Shun broke all illusions. He clearly saw that under the veil of false and weak order, the law of the jungle is the unchanging reality of this world.

Therefore, he, who was on the sidelines, had only been in touch with the situation in Chang'an for a long time, and he clearly realized that Chang'an would definitely be in chaos, and it was only a matter of time.

And before the people in Chang'an, who were sitting on the gunpowder barrel and dreaming, really realized and had to accept this result, the careerists from Shenzhou and Yuan Yaojie were already gearing up and waiting for their positions.

For example, Empress Li Zhao.

In fact, Li Shun has no intention of participating in the political reform of Chang'an. These people have nothing to do with him. He is just a hunter who will be involved in it by chance. He should have been just a bystander.

But before he knew it, he had already walked to the center of the vortex step by step, and even became the core role in maintaining the alliance of multiple forces.

It was Li Zhao who moistened things behind the scenes and silently promoted all this to happen.

This unpredictable female emperor has never planned to let go of her good brother from the very beginning. It is rare to have such a useful person. She will definitely squeeze out all the value of Li Shun.

Whether it is Li Shun seeking more help from external forces in Chang'an to deal with the pursuers behind Lian Linxi, or the bond that gradually developed between him and Shenzi Ming Kong, all are under Li Zhao's control.

It has to be said that she really knows and trusts Li Shun too much. She seems to believe that as long as there is a little wind and rain, Li Shun will definitely turn Chang'an upside down.

Li Shun never figured out Li Zhao's real purpose from the beginning to the end, until Li Zhao brought up the matter of Guangmo Gong Wei Qiongqi and tried to get acquainted with him, and Li Shun finally got a glimpse of her true intentions.

Li Zhao wants to overthrow the existing order of the city, and then seize the greatest benefits for the imperial party in the chaotic situation, and even... wait for an opportunity to swallow the whole of Chang'an.

The existing order in Chang'an, in other words, Chang'an's "orthodoxy".

Yes, Li Zhao's real purpose is to destroy the [Chang'an General Council] organization.

She clearly knew that Li Shun was already uniting with the Luo family and more people, preparing to use the power of the bureaucracy as the main force to launch an impact on the council, but she still felt that it was not enough and had to increase it.

Because she has a clear understanding of the situation in Chang'an, and she has been planning for it several years ago. She knows very well that the people in the official room will not do things absolutely, and this is not what she wants.

She asked Li Shun to gain Guangmogong's trust by rescuing Mingkong, in order to detonate the conflict between Sanyuan, who is leading the council, and the external forces in advance. Once the conflicts come together, they will continue to expand, and all the forces involved in Chang'an will be destroyed. Involved in it, let alone the official room, it will be impossible for anyone to be alone.

In the end, it is an all-out war for the immortal.

In order to cover up his plot against Chang'an, Li Zhao even planned a personal expedition to the sea with great fanfare, so that all forces concerned about the imperial party would exclude her from this gluttonous feast in advance.

After thinking through all this, Li Shun can be [-]% certain that the so-called offshore expedition to the ibis that the imperial party made so much fanfare must be just a cover to divert everyone's attention.

Li Zhao knew him well, and Li Shun also knew her well enough.

It's just that there is one more point that Li Shun can't figure out.

Why did Li Zhao dare to bet so heavily on him?

Lian Linxi, Mingkong...these factors that Li Zhao uses to restrain herself are that, in Li Shun's view, she has already succeeded, and she has really controlled her psychology to death.

But from Li Zhao's perspective, it shouldn't be enough, right?

Does she trust these factors so much?

If he, Li Shun, made an unplanned move in a fit of rage, simply ignored all of this and ran away, then Li Zhao's plan so far would fall short and be declared a failure.

Li Shun has become the most critical part of Li Zhao's plan. If Li Shun hadn't been in the middle to mediate and collude with him, the resultant force that was formed to target the council would be like sand blowing in the wind, and might dissipate at any time.

Why?

Why did Li Zhao think that he would never let go?

She is betting?

A scheming person like her would bet on the odds on such an important matter?

Li Shun couldn't figure it out.

Fortunately, this did not prevent him from launching a counterattack against Li Zhao.

In combat, it is difficult for opponents to reveal their flaws when they are concentrating on probing and consuming. Only when they launch a fierce attack and give up their defense will they reveal the biggest flaws in the field. Many defensive and counterattack martial arts are based on this concept And was born.

The same is true for the game between Li Zhao and Li Shun.

At the moment when Li Zhaotu saw her, Li Shun caught her imperceptible flaw and launched a counterattack.

Li Zhao wanted to divide the council and the official cabinet, making the council a target of public criticism, but Li Shun wanted to do the opposite. He wanted to give the council and the official cabinet a chance to join forces.

Of course, Li Shun rekindled his anger towards the company/council after he discovered the Bronze Gate of the Killing Stone, but he still thinks that destroying Li Zhao's layout is a priority for him. After all, the company was ten years ago. The harm Li Zhao inflicted on him was right in front of his eyes.

Doing this will not change the fundamental contradiction between the council and the official cabinet, but it will have a considerable impact on Li Zhao's layout, let her know that he has seen through her calculations, and make her no longer able to think that she can fiddle with everything from above .

Li Zhao still has to maintain the expedition to the coastal waters on the surface. There are countless eyes staring at her both on the surface and in the dark. Except for An Su who was wandering away at first, she can't influence Chang'an through other means in a short time.

That's right, Li Zhao will have to pay a price if he wants to use him!

991019.

Li Shun silently recited this string of extremely familiar numbers and stepped into the key console, suddenly feeling inexplicable uneasiness flashed in his heart for no reason.

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Chapter 190 IX Like the Corona, Like the Sun