I use my daughter's body to cut down the rivers and lakes

Chapter 366 Old acquaintance
The noise outside the bedroom gradually died down. It seemed that Eunuch He had persuaded the imperial concubine to leave.

"Since you ran into Zhu Weitong in Danyang Lake, his Saint King Jade Sceptre should have fallen into your hands." Hearing the footsteps fading away outside, Xiao Qifeng's brows instantly relaxed, then he picked up the wine glass, took a sip and said softly.

Liu Qi silently took the jade sceptre out of his arms and presented it to Xiao Qifeng.

Xiao Qifeng slightly turned his eyes to the side, looking at the jade sceptre lying quietly in Liu Qi's palm, then reached out to take it, and looked at it carefully in front of his eyes.

Although Liu Qi's gaze was not on Xiao Qifeng, he could sense the extremely subtle fluctuations of his true energy.

In less than ten breaths, Xiao Qifeng returned the jade sceptre to Liu Qi, and then said in a deep voice: "The Cang Hai Juan Yun Blade has been with me for nearly twenty years. Although Zhu Weitong insisted that this blade is one of the Nine Cauldrons, I have not noticed any difference between it and ordinary weapons."

Xiao Qifeng paused for a moment, then said firmly: "Perhaps the so-called reunion of the Nine Cauldrons can make up for the imperfections of the Heavenly Dao, which is just Zhu Weitong's imagination. Your cultivation has reached this point now, and you should know that if we can't keep our self-awareness, we will only be backfired by our cultivation. At that point, we don't know what the will of heaven will drive us to do."

After saying this, Xiao Qifeng slowly turned his head and looked at Liu Qi with a serious gaze, as if waiting for Liu Qi to respond.

"Zhiwei." Liu Qi looked at the dishes on the table without blinking, and uttered two words in a flat tone.

"Zhi Wei..." Xiao Qifeng silently recited these two words after hearing this, and then nodded slightly, "These two words are very appropriate."

"Yesterday, Prime Minister Fu sent an urgent letter from Jiangnan, eight hundred miles away. The letter said that Sun Jiyun had found the whereabouts of the imperial seal and was sending people to seize it."

Liu Qi: "Shouldn't the imperial seal be in your hands?"

Xiao Qifeng shook his head: "The Imperial Seal has been in the hands of one person for more than 20 years."

Liu Qi's eyes moved slightly, and then he whispered a name: "Zhou Mi."

This former empress dowager actually brought such a treasure out of the palace!
Wait, could it be that she knew that the imperial seal was one of the Nine Cauldrons and that’s why she secretly took it out of the capital?

Liu Qi calmed down a bit, then asked Xiao Qifeng seriously, "Can you still live to three years from now?"

Xiao Qifeng nodded expressionlessly: "It shouldn't be difficult."

"That's good." Liu Qi nodded with confidence, and then stretched lazily, "I made this trip today just to see if my opponent three years later is safe and sound."

Xiao Qifeng glanced sideways and asked, "What's the result?"

Liu Qi held his chin in his hand and pondered for a moment, then said seriously: "He is still alive, but..."

Liu Qi turned around, met Xiao Qifeng's gaze, and said softly: "It's like trapping the ocean in a small room, or imprisoning a tiger in a cage..."

Although Xiao Qifeng's face was calm as usual, there seemed to be a strange light flashing in his eyes, which disappeared in an instant.

Liu Qi retracted his gaze and slowly stood up, saying softly: "I hope that next time I see you, I can still see the vast ocean."

After saying that, Liu Qi turned around and walked out of the bedroom.

Outside the bedroom, Eunuch He stood bowed near the steps.

Suddenly, a skirt appeared in his sight.

Eunuch He's pupils trembled slightly, and he suppressed the urge to look up. He bent his body a little more, then slightly sideways to make way.

Shanqun, who was in his sight, did not stop for a moment and walked straight past him and down the stairs.

Eunuch He followed Liu Qi's skirt with his eyes until she completely disappeared.

Ok?
But just as his gaze returned to the front, he saw a pair of boots. The light and dark dragon patterns on the boots made him tremble, and then he hurriedly said respectfully: "Your Majesty."

Xiao Qifeng ignored Eunuch He beside him. He stared at the direction where Liu Qi disappeared and pondered for a long time. Then he said, "Her martial arts skills are very high. Don't provoke her in the future."

I?
Provoke that guy named Liu?
Eunuch He couldn't help but complain in his heart.

If he had known that the other party was the notorious Liu Qi in the martial arts world, he would not have dared to attack him even if he had ten times the courage!

Besides, isn't this to show my loyalty to you? Who knows that they are here as guests?

It's true that when the devils fight, the little devils suffer.

Eunuch He had a lot of grievances in his heart but couldn't express them.

"Also, you have something to do tomorrow." Xiao Qifeng instructed calmly.

Of course, Eunuch He could only bow and respond: "Your Majesty, please give your orders."

"Send the imperial concubine back tomorrow and tell her family to choose another husband for her."

what?
Eunuch He clenched his hands into fists instantly. He could hardly believe his ears.

Xiao Qifeng didn't pay attention to Eunuch He's abnormal behavior. Instead, he frowned and pondered for a moment, then continued, "Send the other ladies in the palace back home as well, and let their parents choose new husbands for them."

Eunuch He: ...

Would you like to listen to what you are saying!
However, Xiao Qifeng did not calm down. He seemed to have figured something out. The heavy expression on his face suddenly relaxed, and he said in a light tone: "As for the queen..."

When Eunuch He heard the word "Queen", his body shuddered and his heart almost rose to his throat.

"I'll go talk to him in person." Xiao Qifeng said this, then turned around and walked towards the palace gate, leaving no room for Eunuch He to refuse.

"Old slave..." Eunuch He pondered again and again, raised his head and saw Xiao Qifeng's figure walking into the palace gate. He had to swallow back the words he had prepared.

Send all the concubines in the palace back home, and inform their parents to find new husbands for them...

Eunuch He looked at the brightly lit palace gate with tears in his eyes.

Your Majesty, if you want me to die, just kill me with one blow. Why let me do such a dead end?
Of course, Eunuch He could only complain secretly in his heart.

He could only sigh silently, then turned around and walked down the stairs dejectedly. Looking at his desolate figure from behind, he seemed to have aged by ten years.

……

Outside the palace, on the long, quiet and deserted street.

Liu Qi was walking leisurely in the night with his arms folded in front of him.

The main purpose of today's trip to the palace was, as she had said in front of Xiao Qifeng, to see if her future opponent was still safe.

Now that I think about it, ever since I killed Jiang Jiyu, it was as if a door had been opened for the entire martial arts world. The top master who was once high and mighty like a god would actually die!
Of course, people will eventually die.

But natural death from old age and sudden death are completely different.

Except for the turbulent years before the founding of the Great Qi, there has probably never been another era in the martial arts world in the past two hundred years where top masters died one after another like they do now.

Jiang Jiyu, Shen Lin, Zhu Weitong... two of them died at the hands of Liu Qi.

Thinking of this, Liu Qi couldn't help but stop and scratched the back of his head. After all this time, it turned out that he was the one who destroyed the environment!

With this realization, Liu Qi instantly discarded all the distracting thoughts in his mind.

Why think so much!

With a knife in hand, the world is mine.

Anyway, no matter how turbulent the situation in the world is, Liu Qi only needs to hold the sword and watch quietly. Whoever dares to dance in front of her will be killed with a single blow.

All conspiracies and tricks are nothing but paper tigers in the face of absolute strength!

Thinking of this, Liu Qi instantly felt her thoughts become clear, and even her body became a little lighter. Suddenly, an idea flashed through her mind, and she turned around at an intersection and walked into the dark night fog.

After a while, Liu Qi stood in front of a separate house.

Land in the capital is very expensive and Xicheng is where dignitaries gather. To own such a private house in Xicheng requires more than just money.

This was the first stop for Liu Qi when he came to Beijing. It was the residence of Lord Liu Zongxun, the former Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Works.

After the turmoil in the palace, the general's family completely disappeared in the long river of history. Although Liu Zongxun, the "Infernal Affairs", played an ignominious role in it, fortunately his family was finally saved. Liu Xiangxiang and his mother Zhou went to Sihai Villa.

As for Liu Zongxun, Liu Qi only heard that after leaving the capital, Zhou chose to divorce him, and there was no news about Liu Zongxun afterwards.

Yes, if it weren't for the relationship between Zhou and the general, a small figure like Liu Zongxun would be just a speck of dust in the long river of history.

At this time, there were two red lanterns hanging on the door, which obviously indicated that the house had a new owner.

After all, it was the place where he lived when he was "living under someone else's roof". Liu Qi originally wanted to revisit the place, but when he saw that the house had a new owner, he lost interest and was about to turn around and leave.

suddenly!

Liu Qi, who had already turned sideways, suddenly stopped, then slightly turned her eyes to look at the gate of the mansion. Then she looked up suddenly, as if she saw something in the pitch-dark night sky.

After a moment, Liu Qi retracted his gaze and murmured, "Isn't he dead?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Liu Qi's eyes suddenly darkened. He turned around and faced the gate of the former Liu Mansion. Then he jumped and disappeared into the night sky.

The layout of the mansion remained unchanged. Liu Qi went straight to the main house in the backyard. The yard of the main house was brightly lit, and the ending was not bad.

Liu Qi landed on the roof silently and just glanced at the window of the main house. Then a thoughtful look appeared in his eyes.

In the main house, a middle-aged man with gorgeous clothes and a plump figure was leaning on a soft couch with his eyes closed. On each side of his back stood a young woman in a light gauze dress, with two pairs of soft and boneless hands gently kneading the man's shoulders.

"Ah, this noble in the capital is really hard to serve!" The man suddenly opened his eyes and sighed, "Just a few words and we have to stay up all night to serve him!"

"Isn't the master a noble?" The woman behind him approached the man intimately, and then said coquettishly, "Just because you said so much, didn't we sisters rush over to serve you without even sleeping?"

"Humph!" The man snorted rather complacently, then stretched out his hand and pinched the soft part of the woman's body fiercely. Listening to the sweet cries that came into his ears, he grinned and said, "Nonsense, don't you pay me enough every month?"

The man's smile faded as he spoke, and he slowly closed his eyes and sighed, "Sometimes I wonder how long I have to climb up like this before it will end!"

A stunning face suddenly appeared in his mind.

The man thought, if it were her, she wouldn't be able to survive in the cracks like him, trying to please both sides!
"Hey……"

The man sighed and slowly opened his eyes. A shadowy figure seemed to appear in front of him.

The man was stunned for a moment, then he sat up straight. He rubbed his eyes hard and looked forward. The face in front of him was perfectly integrated with the stunning face in his mind.

"Bang!" The man almost jumped up.

"Manager Zhang, it seems that you are living a good life." Liu Qi said softly, then slowly raised his eyes and looked at his subordinates when he was in the capital.

Zhang Cheng.

"Who are you? Don't you know that this is Mr. Zhang's residence?" The woman behind Zhang Cheng also came back to her senses from her shock. When she saw Liu Qi's face, she suddenly felt an inexplicable hatred and sense of crisis in her heart, and then she shouted at Liu Qi.

When Zhang Cheng heard what the woman behind him said, his face turned pale instantly. He gritted his teeth, turned around, raised his hand high, and was about to slap the woman.

But his arm suddenly seemed to be firmly clamped by something. No matter how hard Zhang Cheng tried, he couldn't swing his raised right hand down.

"Manager Zhang, they are just poor people, why make things difficult for them?"

When Liu Qi's voice reached Zhang Cheng's ears, he realized that it was Liu Qi who had done something. His face darkened and he shouted at the two puzzled women in front of him, "Get out of here!"

The two young ladies in light gauze and silk dresses hurriedly left the room. Zhang Cheng, who had closed the door, immediately turned around and bowed to Liu Qi, who was already sitting on the couch. "Subordinate Zhang Cheng greets... the master!"

Like Chunyan, Zhang Cheng also hesitated briefly when addressing Liu Qi.

Liu Qi curled up on the comfortable couch and said without raising his head: "Who just left your house?"

Zhang Cheng's face changed slightly when he heard that. He licked his dry lips and was thinking about how to explain when suddenly he heard a "buzzing" in his ears.

"hiss--"

Zhang Cheng took a deep breath and quickly covered his ears with his hands, trying to relieve the pain in his eardrums.

"It's been a long time since we last met. Butler Zhang has learned to choose his words carefully. Just tell me, who was it that just left your house?" Liu Qi still lowered his head and spoke in a neutral tone.

As soon as Liu Qi finished speaking, the clanging sound in Zhang Cheng's ears disappeared instantly.

boom!
He sat down on the ground, gasping for breath with a pale face. After a brief moment of unconsciousness, he seemed to realize something and hurriedly raised his head and said, "It's Duke Qing!"

Liu Qi's eyes narrowed slightly when he heard this, and then he slowly raised his head, his cold eyes met Zhang Cheng's horrified eyes, and then he said coldly: "Zhang Cheng, you really won't cry until you see the coffin."

Zhang Cheng's eyes widened when he saw this, and he shouted hysterically: "It's the Duke of Qing. I really didn't lie. It's the Duke of Qing..."

Liu Qi saw the fear on Zhang Cheng's face, so she raised her eyebrows and whispered, "When did Yinglong and Duke Qing get involved?"

Just now, she recognized the person leaving the mansion by his breath and found that he was Yinglong, one of the four generals of Tianzun who was supposed to be dead.

But now Zhang Cheng said that the person who just left the mansion was Duke Qing.

From Zhang Cheng's expression, Liu Qi was sure that he was not lying to her.

It was even less likely that her own perception would deceive herself.

Then there is only one possibility.

Not only did Yinglong not die, but he also used some unknown means to become the current Duke of Qing!
(End of this chapter)