Gu Qinghan frowned a little. After thinking for a while, she said in a low voice, “Canghai, give a strict order. From now on, no one in the Mansion shall go out without a good reason. If they need to purchase groceries, they shall be cautious while they are out.” Then she said to Qi Feng, “Qi Feng, you have acquaintances in Capital Bureau. You may ask them about what has happened.”
Both of them lifted their hands and answered yes. Qi Feng said, “Third Lady, the policemen of Capital Bureau are just patrolling as instructed, therefore, if anything has happened in the palace, they properly don’t know exactly what is going on.”
“I agree with Qi Feng,” Duan Canghai said, “Black Sword Camp has been sent into the Imperial City, and the defending force of the Imperial City has been shifted, which means that they wanted to block information from the palace. At this moment, it is difficult to inquire about what has happened in the palace.”
After a brief
Things in the capital Jianye went on, in the way Duan Canghai had speculated. Black Sword Camp was sent into the Imperial City, replacing the defending force there, while the original defending force, Royal Guard Camp was sent out of the capital, stationed fifteen li away in the north of the city.At that night, a curfew was imposed in the city.If it was not in critical condition, a curfew would not be imposed even in a frontier town, let alone a capital of a state. A curfew would mean that something huge was about to happen.While Black Sword Camp was defending the Imperial City, Tiger God Camp was defending the gates to the outside of Jianye City. Besides, Tiger God Camp sent out some troops to assist Capital Bureau patrolling all the streets in the capital.It had been many years since the last time Jianye City experienced such a solemn atmosphere.By the time they held the funeral of Qi Jing, the Marquis of Honor,
If that eunuch was in a bowing position like others, Yang Ning would never notice him. However, his eyes were scanning Yang Ning’s face, so Yang Ning looked back at him and saw that eunuch was pale with no beard, but his eyes were fierce. He looked familiar at the first sight. When Yang Ning got to see clearly, he immediately recognized that the eunuch looked almost the same with the old man in gray robe, who he had met in the tavern.On that day, Yang Ning was escaping from the tavern with Xiao Guang, while that older in gray robe was trapped by the Mysterious Flying Cicada Ninjas. After that day, Yang Ning had thought about that man. He didn’t know for sure whether he was still alive or not, but he had a feeling that the old man was unlikely to survive.Trying to make a living in the Mansion of the Marquis of Honor for these days, Yang Ning almost forgot about the old man in gray robe, so he really didn’t expect to see him in such an occasion.
The face of the servant in black changed immediately, and his eyes turned fierce. He turned over his wrist and clenched Yang Ning’s wrist.Yang Ning sneered. As he and the servant in black were clenching each other at the wrist, he made a fist with the other hand and planned to punch in the face of the servant in black.He didn’t know that the servant in black was really skillful. The servant leaned back and dodged a punch from Yang Ning. As Yang Ning was about to take the chance of lowering his hand to grab the servant’s face, he felt tingling pain in his palm, like he got stung by a bee. Yang Ning knew this might be bad. Just in an instant, the servant in black had quickly moved behind him.Yang Ning didn’t expect this guy was so good at martial arts. As he was about to sweep his leg backward, he saw something shiny. It was a piece of finest wire aiming at his neck.Just in a split second, Yang Ning raised his right hand to prote
Duan Canghai scanned the room after getting in. His face slightly changed when he saw the long line formed with people. He hurried forward and drew the sword from the sheath, hacking.As the sword flashed by, the arm, which was stuck to Yang Ning, got cut off. Blood spurted. Duan Canghai was now holding Yang Ning by the arm and retreating at a rapid rate.It took him only a second to draw the sword and take Yang Ning away. He did it without any hesitation nor fear.After that arm got cut off, all those guards leaned backward. They were all exhausted and suffered the soreness of muscle. At this moment, none of them could manage to get up.Yang Ning was involuntarily taking in the flows of strength. The flows of strength were getting smoother. The route from the Qihai acupoint to his belly was already broken through, but his belly was extremely upset, like it was burning inside. Every time a wave of strength flowed in his body, it wa
Hearing the words of Duan Canghai, Yang Ning knew that he had figured out something. Yang Ning was aware that it would get worse if he kept lying, since Duan Canghai had already seen through it somehow.Besides, Duan Canghai’s comment was correct. At this time, what worried Yang Ning the most was how to get rid of the burning sense in his belly.He knew that the burning sense in his belly must be the result of sucking internal power from others. He was familiar with combat moves and even the meridian and skeleton of human body, but before the time travel, he had never dealt with anything like internal power.The internal power he had sucked was stored up in his belly, while Yang Ning had no idea about how to regulate them.He was a clever guy, knowing that it would be harmful if he couldn’t properly regulate all the internal power he had sucked, which was stored up in his belly.Duan Canghai was a good martial artist,
Lying in bed, Yang Ning was tired but he couldn’t fall asleep.Duan Canghai had temporarily fixed the internal power issue for Yang Ning, but the assassination tonight had left Yang Ning thinking deeply.Apparently, the assassination tonight was elaborately arranged. The man behind this was very familiar with Yang Ning’s schedule, and the assassinating process was also elaborately planned.If Yang Ning hadn’t seen through the servant in black, Yang Ning might have drunk that cup of tea. According to the test Zhao Wushang had performed after the accident, the tea was extremely poisonous.Apparently, the assassin was planning to poison Yang Ning at first, but he didn’t expect Yang Ning to be so sharp seeing through the assassin, so the assassin adopted the second assassinating plan.Now thinking about it, if it was the real earl, being careless, he would be easily taken down by that assassinAs to the man be
The breakfast was brought to Yang Ning by a maidservant in the mansion, instead of Gu Qinghan. Yang Ning knew that Gu Qinghan certainly had noticed his vacant face. Yang Ning thought that the beautiful young woman was not flirty, so he had to be more careful in the future.It was true that Yang Ning admired how Gu Qinghan dealt with people. To be honest, the beauty was loved by all. Due to her pretty face and curvy body, Gu Qinghan was attractive to almost every man. However, Yang Ning also knew that if he acted recklessly, it would lead to an estrangement between Gu Qinghan and him somehow.Gu Qinghan cared for Yang Ning so much, like a considerate elder sister. Deeply inside, Yang Ning actually enjoyed the caring of Gu Qinghan, so he didn’t want to ruin their relationship for certain things.After breakfast, Yang Ning decided to walk around the mansion.Since he had made up his mind to continue faking himself as the earl, he cert
Qi Yu’s face was twisted, and the muscles on his face were twitching. He said with a sneer, “You…you are seeking personal revenge. You…you are in power currently and you want to get back at me.”Yang Ning smiled and said, while clapping his hands, “Well said. You are a smart guy, like I said. You are right, I am seeking personal revenge, and I am getting back at you.” Yang Ning stepped forward and said with a sneer, “I like the way you look right now, unhappy and helpless. So what? What are you going to do to me?” Seeing Qi Yu was clenching his fists, Yang Ning said, “It seems like that you are going to pick up a fight. Come on and bring it. I will never fight back. I will love it if you are going to give me a reason to drive you out of the mansion.”Hatred showed in the eyes of Lady Qiong. She said in a cold voice, “Qi Yu, he is the earl. If he wants you to salute to him, you just make the salute.”“Mother…!” Qi Yu turned and saw Lady Qiong sl