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Chapter 694 Capture the Dragon Banner
"What a coincidence? They're all here!"

Wang Qing, who was dressed in bodyguard uniform, with a sword hanging on his waist and emerald green leaves and golden flowers on his head, also came over.

Wang Qing didn't know Deng Yuanjue, but he recognized Tian Ding. This was the young man standing behind Tian Hu when they met that day. Needless to say, he knew Tian Hu's subordinates.

"Wang Qing!"

Tian Ding was shocked again, he didn't expect that it was Wang Qing who came.

"Wang Qing?"

Deng Yuanjue looked at Wang Qing and frowned. The appearance of Tian Ding was already troublesome enough. Now that another Wang Qing came, it might not be so easy to win tonight.

"Huh? How did you, a monk, get into the palace?"

Wang Qing looked at Deng Yuanjue suspiciously. From Tian Ding's alert action, he could tell that this monk was not Tian Hu's subordinate. The current emperor practiced Taoism. Although Buddhism was not destroyed, monks were still rare in the palace.

"Amitabha, where there are believers, there will naturally be monks!"

Deng Yuanjue performed a Buddhist ceremony and said.

The emperor likes to have fun, likes art, and likes to do whatever he wants. Buddhism pays attention to hard practice and asceticism, which is not attractive to the emperor at all.

But the emperor is not the only one who has power in the palace. There is also the empress dowager in the harem. This kind of elderly women believe in Buddhism the most. This time he and a group of monks were invited into the palace to explain Buddhism to the empress dowager. The empress dowager listened When they were happy, they left them to practice the scriptures and pray for blessings.

"Haha, it's exciting! It's exciting! Only Sun Lei is missing, where is this guy hiding?"

Wang Qing laughed and looked left and right, trying to find the trace of the Liangshan man.

"No? This Sun Lei has no guts at all!"

Seeing that no one came out, Wang Qing shook his head and said.

Deng Yuanjue in front of him entered the palace as a monk, Tian Ding was wearing official clothes, pretending to be an official, and he himself was wearing the clothes of the foreman of the guards, pretending to be a guard.

The ideas of the three parties are similar, they all changed their identities to sneak into the palace, the emperor's whereabouts are not a secret, today is the emptiest day for the palace guards, and it is also the best chance to seize the dragon flag.

"Since we met, what shall we do?"

Wang Qing looked at Deng Yuanjue and Tian Ding and asked, since the three parties met, the ownership of Longqi would be a little troublesome.

After Tian Ding heard this, he turned and entered the Daqing Hall without hesitation. He is not good at martial arts. If Deng Yuanjue and Wang Qing fight, he has no chance of winning. What he can do now is to strike first.

When Wang Qing and Deng Yuanjue saw Tian Ding entering the Daqing Palace, their expressions changed, and they quickly followed.

At this time, there were only sporadic lights in the Daqing Hall, and the position of the flags on the Daqing Hall could not be clearly seen through the square.

"Do you think you can get the dragon flag?"

Wang Qing walked quickly, ran to Tian Ding, pressed the knife at his waist and said with a sneer.

"Aren't you afraid of me shouting?"

Tian Ding is unarmed now, but he is not afraid when he is in the palace.

"Haha, why are you afraid? You're a traitor! I'm a bodyguard! I'll kill you and claim credit for your reward!"

Wang Qing laughed, it is good for guards to dress up, at least not to be suspected at the first time.

"you……"

Tian Ding was too frightened to move.

"Amitabha Buddha came here for the dragon flag. Now the dragon flag is killing each other before seeing it. Why do the two benefactors do this?"

Deng Yuanjue looked at Wang Qing and Tian Ding and said, the identities of the three of them cannot be exposed, and it is best not to make trouble here unless it is absolutely necessary, otherwise no one will get any benefit.

"I'll give you, the big monk, a face!"

Wang Qing let go of the hand holding the knife at his waist.

The three of them were on guard against each other and walked towards the Daqing Palace. The journey was quiet, they didn't meet guards, eunuchs, or maids, and they arrived at the porch of the Daqing Palace smoothly.

"Sun Lei's people haven't shown up yet, are they playing tricks on us? He doesn't dare to come?"

Wang Qing looked left and right, but still didn't see Sun Lei's person, so he said, today is the best chance before the Lantern Festival, if Sun Lei wants to capture the flag, he will never let this chance go.

"Benefactor Sun keeps his promises, so naturally he won't lie to others."

Deng Yuanjue said that he knew Sun Lei very well. Sun Lei was not the kind of liar, let alone a person without courage.

"Haha, Master Deng really understands!"

The voice of time shifted.

"Who!"

Wang Qing and Tian Ding watched the surrounding darkness warily.

"The dragon flag is already in my hands! You don't have to think about it anymore!"

Shi Qian appeared on the top of the Daqing Hall, holding a flag embroidered with a five-clawed golden dragon in his hand.

"Dragon Flag!"

Wang Qing, Deng Yuanjue, and Tian Ding were all surprised, they didn't even find the location of the dragon flag, but Shi Qian had already got it.

"Hand over the dragon flag!"

Wang Qing drew out the knife at his waist and stared at Shi Qian threateningly.

"Haha, do it here? Do you dare?"

Shi Qian laughed and looked at Wang Qing, he was no longer the thief he was back then, and he would not be intimidated by a little threat.

"What dare you not!"

Wang Qing's eyes were full of murderous intent.

"Haha, I can escape from the palace, how about you?"

Shi Qian squatted on the top of the Daqing Hall and looked down at Wang Qing. He had already got the dragon flag, and he could leave whenever he wanted. Everything in the city had been arranged, and Sun Lei had already left the city, so he had no worries at all.

Wang Qing was so angry that his teeth were itching, but he had nothing to do with Shi Qian, except that he came in person, the rest of them were dispatched, so naturally he would not die with these unknown people.

"I still have something to do, so I'll leave first, everyone, please go ahead!"

Shi Qian turned around with a smile and disappeared on the top of the Daqing Hall.

"Go away!"

Tian Ding let out a low cry, but the Daqing Hall was about seven or eight feet high, and he couldn't go up there at all.

"Who's where?"

At this moment, a guard's voice sounded. Tian Ding's shout just now was heard by the patrolling guards passing by outside the hall, and they ran over holding lanterns one by one.

"Damn!"

Wang Qing gave Tian Ding a vicious look, this was not enough to accomplish anything, and it was more than a failure, which directly put everyone in danger.

"Amitabha!"

Deng Yuanjue performed a Buddhist ceremony, turned around and left quickly.

"Thieves and bald donkeys!"

Wang Qing cursed and turned around and ran outside.

This sudden change made Tian Ding a little overwhelmed, but the fear in his heart still made him run outside.

A group of guards carrying lanterns quickly arrived outside the Daqing Hall, but they searched around but found nothing.

"Palm the lamp!"

The leading guard immediately ordered that the unlit lamp holes around the Daqing Hall will be lit up soon.

"No, Long Qi... Long Qi is gone!"

A guard pointed in horror at the flagpole in front of the hall, the five-clawed golden dragon flag was gone.

"There are assassins, block the palace!"

The captain of the guard immediately shouted.

The sound of the gong resounded in the palace, and soon the entire palace was filled with roars of arresting assassins.

"Hey, let's make a fuss!"

Outside the palace, Shi Qian laughed and listened to the voice, he kept walking, and walked quickly to the outer city.

Deng Yuanjue returned to the resting place arranged by the empress dowager, sat cross-legged on a futon, and recited the scriptures with other monks who closed their eyes and chanted.

Wang Qing carried a lantern and searched the palace with a group of guards. He has been in Tokyo for many years and made friends with many guards when he was in the army. It is not a problem to pretend to be a guard.

And Tian Ding ran to the Youwen Hall, and stood with the group of officials who ran out of the palace and were at a loss.

(End of this chapter)