When the first rays of dawn are cast on the head of Wuping Mansion, it seems to indicate that today is an excellent weather.

In the north, the climate is getting colder and colder, and there has been no sunlight in recent days, and the soldiers guarding the city feel very depressed even because of the weather.

When the morning sun rises in the east, the soldiers bathed in the first ray of sunlight feel lifted.

A soldier stretched lazily, holding a spear, approached the edge of the battlements, and looked into the distance, the mountains are like ink, the earth is flat, and the mountains and rivers are swallowing clouds and spitting out the moon.

The soldier withdrew his gaze from afar, fell not far from the city, his brows suddenly tightened, frowned, leaned out and looked out, and soon, his face suddenly changed color, he looked back, shouted twice, his voice was full of horror, the soldiers behind him approached one after another, the soldier raised his hand and pointed to the city, and all the soldiers looked at the fingers, and they all changed color.

Emperor Dingwu Xuanxiang was by a window at this time, the window was open, and a cold air floated in from the window, he sat on a chair, his legs were covered with blankets, his hands were clasped on his chest, his eyes were closed, his expression was serene, the cold air floated in from the window, but Dingwu didn't seem to feel the cold, his breath was even, at first glance, it seemed that he had fallen asleep.

There was silence all around, but outside the window was a depressed scene.

Hearing footsteps from behind, Dingwu opened his eyes slightly and said, "Liuli, the weather is already cold, you need to add more clothes!" Speaking of this, he suddenly stopped, a strange look appeared on his face, from behind, of course, it was not Liuli, but another palace maid with a delicate appearance, hearing Dingwu's words, the palace maid had already said respectfully: "Shengshang, Mrs. Liuli didn't come back, it was Xuanyuan Commander who arranged for the slaves and maids to come over and dress the saints!" ”

Dingwu frowned and muttered, "She'll never come back!" He raised his hand and said, "You can retreat first, I don't have to wait!" ”

The palace maid hurriedly said: "Holy Lord, General Xuanyuan is waiting outside for summons!" ”

"Oh?" Dingwu frowned slightly, and said, "Pass him in." ”

When Xuanyuan Shao came in, his face still looked quite haggard, without brilliance, obviously he hadn't recovered from his injuries last night, but his bright armor still made him look very heroic.

After Xuanyuan Shao saluted, before he could speak, Dingwu had already got up from his chair, put his hands behind his back, turned around, and asked, "Did you find their whereabouts?" ”

Xuanyuan Shao shook his head and said: "Back to the Holy Lord, the minister has ordered the blockade of all gates of Wuping Mansion last night, strictly prohibiting leaving the city, and mobilized some people to assist the Shenyi Guard in searching for the whereabouts of the demon of the Heart Sect. The bearded man has a conspicuous appearance, once he appears in the city, it will be easy to be discovered, but the area of Wuping Mansion is too large, and two of them are injured, and they should have been firmly hiding at this time, and their traces have not been found for the time being. He added: "The minister is worried that even if he finds them, with their martial arts, it will be difficult for anyone to be their opponent, so the minister has distributed all the fast crossbows in the warehouse, and with crossbows and bows in hand, they may be able to pose a threat to them." ”

Dingwu bowed slightly: "The Dao Sect has also sent Dao Sect disciples to search for their whereabouts, although they are strong in martial arts, but after all, there are not many people, and two of them are injured, and they can't get out of the city at all for a while." Seeing Xuanyuan Shao's brows tightened, his face looked very solemn, and asked, "Do you have anything to say?" ”

Xuanyuan Shao arched his hand and said: "Holy Lord, the ministers have urgent matters to report. ”

"Oh?" Dingwu frowned and said: "You have always been a calm and calm person, but your current expression looks very bad, could it be that something has changed in the battle situation in Yanshan?" ”

Xuanyuan Shao's expression was grim: "Holy Lord, I am afraid that this matter is more serious and urgent than the accident on the front line!" ”

When Dingwu arrived at the head of the city, the head of the city was already full of soldiers, hearing that the emperor arrived, the soldiers scattered one after another, in an orderly manner, Dingwu came obviously a little urgent, and did not change into a dragon robe, just wore a yellow brocade suit, wearing a golden coat, seeing the legendary emperor with leg disease suddenly strode meteor appeared in the city, the soldiers were a little surprised.

When Dingwu was still the crown prince, Zhang Bang sought medical treatment, everyone in the world knew that the prince of the empire was a cripple with a leg disease, and these soldiers who defended the city also knew in their minds that the current emperor could only give orders in a wheelchair.

The small imperial court in Hexi can not be compared with the original Great Qin Empire, many soldiers know that now even the court meeting has become a rare thing, not to say that ordinary soldiers, that is, high-ranking officials and ministers, want to see the emperor, it is not easy, in everyone's imagination, the emperor is a cripple in a wheelchair who is thin and dry and even dying.

It was only at this moment that they saw Dingwu appear, and the soldiers knew that although their emperor looked a little haggard and a little thin, his face was angular, his eyes were shining, his steps were steady, and he was striding a meteor.

Of course, Dingwu didn't have time to take into account the feelings of the soldiers at this time, several guards at the head of the city had come forward, kneeling in front of Dingwu and saluting, Dingwu raised his hand to order a few people to get up, and then walked to the edge of the battlements, put his hands on the stiff and somewhat cold stone, Xuanyuan Shao, who was following Dingwu, raised his hand and pointed not far from the city, Dingwu looked over, although the distance was not very close, and the head of Wuping Mansion was extremely high, and there was a considerable distance from the ground, but Dingwu still clearly saw the scene under the city.

I only saw the open ground outside the city, at this time, there were more than a dozen long bamboo poles lined up, these dozen bamboo poles appeared outside the city is rare, the most amazing, but each bamboo pole has a human head hanging on it.

Dingwu's gaze swept over, and there were a total of thirteen bamboo poles lined up, and each bamboo pole hung a human head, which was exactly thirteen human heads.

Dingwu martial arts cultivation is not shallow, others may only be able to tell that the head is hung on the bamboo pole, but they can't see the appearance of the person stealing, but Dingwu can see it very clearly.

The hairstyles of the thirteen human heads were very different, and he could tell at a glance that they were all barbarian heads.

Thirteen bamboo poles hanging the heads of barbarians were inexplicably erected outside the city, which was of course a rare thing.

Dingwu was already constricting his pupils, his expression was gloomy and scary, he suddenly turned his head, looked at Xuanyuan Shao, and asked in a deep voice: "Have you confirmed it over there?" ”

Xuanyuan Shao's expression was solemn, and he arched his hand and said: "Back to the saint, the minister got the news and knew the number of heads, so he thought of it for the first time, in order to determine the situation, the minister personally went to the post house to check!" ”

"The result?"

"Thirteen barbarian chiefs, none of them were spared, all of them were killed, and all of them left only corpses, no heads." Xuanyuan Shao's voice was low: "If nothing else, the thirteen heads outside the city are those barbarian chiefs. ”

Dingwu clenched his fists and said, "You mean, the thirteen barbarian chiefs were taken by people in the middle of the night, but the people guarding the post house didn't know anything?" ”

Xuanyuan Shao nodded, "It's a dereliction of duty." And he said, "Most of the thirteen chiefs died in their own beds, and these chiefs have lately been fond of gathering at night to drink and have fun, and after resting in the middle of the night, they often do not get up until noon the next day, so that none of the servants who serve them dare to disturb them until they get up." ”

Ding Wu suddenly thought of something, frowned, and muttered: "I understand, it turns out that she meant this!" ”

Xuanyuan Shao didn't understand for a while, and asked cautiously, "Holy Lord, what are you talking about?" ”

"Do you remember, last night, Ruri said something very strange." Dingwu sighed lightly: "In order to ensure that nothing goes wrong and can wipe out all her cadres, I secretly mobilized all the gods and guards in the city, and all of them were used to surround them, but Liuli said that strange thing last night!" ”

Xuanyuan Shao's memory is amazing, and he immediately understood, and said softly: "The minister remembers, she seemed to say at the time, if all the gods and guards are transferred, the rest of the place will be empty, if there is an assassination, who can resist it?" ”

"Not bad." Dingwu said: "Although I thought it was strange at the time, but I didn't take it to heart, his target was me, I only thought that there was no need for him to attack anyone else except me, and now it seems that I was too confident and committed this fatal negligence!" ”

Xuanyuan Shao hurriedly said: "Holy Lord, the assassination of the thirteen chiefs must have been planned by the Growth Heavenly King, she should not have thought in advance that we would mobilize the Divine Guards to round her up, so the minister thought that no matter whether or not the Divine Guards guarding the post house were transferred, their plan of action would not change, and the Divine Guards were transferred, which would just make it more convenient for their actions." ”

Ding Wu pondered, pondered for a moment, and then said, "Have you checked then, when did these barbarian chieftains die?" ”

Xuanyuan Shao immediately said: "Back to the Holy Lord, the minister has already arranged for someone to check it, and those corpses in the post house were all stabbed just after the time of the child, and the death time between the thirteen people is no more than half a pillar of incense!" ”

Dingwu's brows tightened even more, "At that time, Liuli was still in that room, that is to say, the assassination of the post house was almost the same time as our siege and killing of Liuli?" ”

Xuanyuan Shao nodded and said, "That's right." ”

"In a short period of time, it was easy to evade the guards of the post house and sneak in, and within half a pillar of incense, all the thirteen chiefs were killed, and they didn't even alarm anyone, killing someone and taking away the head, Xuanyuan, such a rigorous action, of course, it can't be done by one or two people?" Dingwu clenched his fists.

Xuanyuan Shao said: "Before going to see the saint, the minister carefully examined, the thirteen chiefs died differently, judging from the wounds and techniques, at least six people made a move, that is, there were at least six people who sneaked into the post house last night. ”

A sneer appeared on Ding Wu's lips: "In this way, there are still many Heart Sect disciples lurking in this city, and their people are not only three of them that we saw last night!" The light flashed in his eyes, "I'm afraid that Wuping Mansion has become a gathering place for the disciples of the Heart Sect, and there are guests from afar, so it seems that I have to entertain them well." ”