Your Majesty the Empress, I am really not a traitor!

"I know."

Xia Yuxiao sighed.

Only she can talk about this matter, and Qin Ji can't do it—he is indeed a powerful minister of Daxia, but after all, a powerful minister is not the emperor in diplomatic situations. There are many things to talk about, and it is more convincing to talk between the emperor and the emperor a little.

No.17 Chapter Dinner

At the dinner party, the host and guest enjoyed themselves.

The Weixi Empire specially made dishes that represent the country's characteristics and provided them to Xia Yuxiao. Looking at the steak and exquisite seafood in front of him, Xia Yuxiao picked up a piece and tasted it.

The taste was actually pretty good, but for Xia Yuxiao, it was more about the freshness than the deliciousness of the dishes - she wasn't used to eating these dishes in the first place.

She and Emperor Fei Te sat in the two seats of host and guest, facing each other. It seemed that the other party did not intend to talk about too serious things at this time, but kept talking about the interesting things that happened between the two countries, by the way Evaluate the exchange of talents between the two parties.

Taking this opportunity, Xia Yuxiao observed the ministers of the Weixi Empire who accompanied him at the banquet.

Many of them are not interested in these topics that can promote relations between the two countries. Instead, they mutter in a low voice, and at the same time look at themselves from time to time; while some are drinking without saying a word; A few people seem to be trying to join the dialogue between the two emperors, so as to set off the dialogue.

Sure enough, no matter what kind of country you are in, differences of opinion are inevitable.However, judging from the current situation of the Weixi Empire, the emperor of the Weixi Empire is the real core of power. According to Xia Yuxiao's own judgment, the few dukes under his control may no longer be the kind of people who are second only to the emperor. of the "lord".

When she was chatting and trying to get those officials who tried to join the conversation and seemed to be more friendly to Da Xia to enter the topic, she suddenly found that Qin Ji had disappeared.

Today's banquet, Qin Ji had already made excuses to leave several times.In a diplomatic setting, this is not a wise thing to do.

But here, it is not good for her to directly ask questions like "Where is my captain?" in public, so she can only continue to have a good chat with Emperor Fei Te.

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Of course, Qin Ji didn't just ignore his majesty when he was halfway through eating.

Just now, a follower of the dragon guard found him and told him some news.

"The capital of the Weixi Empire is not stable. Through our investigation, it seems that there are still various forces in their city waiting to disrupt the situation. This time His Majesty's visit here in person has stimulated those forces even more."

This dragon guard took off his helmet, and his long black hair fell down, revealing that delicate face.

"How is the defense of the Weixi Empire doing?"

"The defense has been strengthened a lot. What I heard is that the emperor attaches great importance to His Majesty's visit this time, so he doubled the defense. But the strengthening of the defense does not mean that there are no loopholes in the defense. We cannot expect outsiders to come Protect Your Majesty's safety."

The dragon guard handed over the defense map of Wittnan City that she had detected. It can be said that the Weixi Empire really attaches great importance to this security work. The number of mobile guards on the street has increased by at least half, not to mention Said to protect the guards around Luoxing Palace and Triya Palace.

But this city is very big, even if the defense force is strengthened, if there is really someone who deliberately wants to cause trouble, it will be difficult to thoroughly investigate the other party in time.

"Tomorrow's review site, have you seen it?"

"Look, the site has been cleared in advance, and most of the buildings have been emptied. But I'm still worried."

"You are right to worry." Qin Ji frowned. "I also observed it. The urban area of ​​Wertnan City is huge, with intricate streets, dense buildings and dense population. It is difficult to guarantee safety."

"My lord, what are you going to do?"

"Tomorrow, I will be by His Majesty's side, and I will never leave." Qin Ji patted the saber on his waist, "It just so happens that I will present Da Xia's bronze sword as a gift to Emperor Fei Te in tomorrow's inspection session. If there is an accident, they will also ask the military chief to give His Majesty a weapon as a gift. As military officers, you and I also have the right to carry a weapon, so you must tighten your nerves and make no mistakes."

"I see," the dragon guard agreed, "Tonight, before His Majesty returns to Luoxing Palace, we will secretly investigate the hidden dangers around and protect His Majesty's safety."

"It's better to do it in a hidden way. It's better to disguise it before going out, so as not to give people a bad impression."

"Understood, I will not cause trouble to Your Majesty."

She agreed to this request without hesitation.

"Okay, you guys go on with the mission, I'm going back. However, I didn't expect you to come to me to talk about this matter. I remember that in Suilongwei, you, the chief envoy, seemed to be quite disgusted with me. coming?"

Qin Ji stood up, straightened his clothes, and asked by the way.

This envoy is the leader of Suilongwei, a few years older than Qin Ji, but he is the best fighter in Suilongwei.At the same time, he is also a trustworthy person arranged by Xia Yuxiao's side.

If General Bai was loyal to Great Xia, then the chief envoy was completely loyal to the emperor.

It is precisely because of this position that she has always had a lukewarm attitude towards Qin Ji, and Sui Longwei was not under Qin Ji's command (Sui Longwei is independent from the Great Xia army and is only under the emperor's command. Command), Qin Ji and her at most just met and chatted about some painless things.

Now, this guy can actually take the initiative to find him, it is really the sun that came out from the west.

"It's about His Majesty's safety, I dare not neglect," she gave him a cold look, "Master Taiwei, I don't think you want His Majesty to make any mistakes here, so it's okay to ask you for advice now." of."

"That's it."

Sure enough, this guy was very wary. If he hadn't inferred that he had no reason to harm Xia Yuxiao at this time, this guy would probably have adjusted his defenses on his own initiative.

"If there's nothing else, I'll leave."

After finishing speaking, the Dragon Guard disappeared in front of Qin Ji.

Tsk, how should I put it, as expected of Xia Yuxiao's confidant, the level of wariness is full.

But... tsk tsk, so what?This elder sister wouldn't really naively think that Suilongwei is monolithic, right?

Ahem, I shouldn't have thought so much, it's too evil!

Qin Ji stood up and returned to the banquet scene.

"Oh, Mr. Qin, come here, come here, we have been waiting for you for a long time!"

Pushing open the door of the banquet hall, several officials said excitedly.

Qin Ji looked at these old and cunning guys, and couldn't help sighing—they were waiting for him with good wine in their hands.

There is going to be another very wonderful drinking conference, I hope that the drinking intensity of this group of people will not be as vigorous as that of the Great Xia army...

Chapter 18 Midnight and Morning

In the middle of the night, the vast majority of people in Wertnan City fell into a deep sleep. Even those vendors who traded at night, many of them had already laid down on their beds to rest at this time.

However, in the alleys in the north of Wertnan City, there are people walking alone.

The man was wearing a black robe with a cross hanging on his chest.

In the dark alley, the cross made of swords occasionally reflected sporadic lights not far away.

The man walked towards the depths of the dark alley, as if he had stepped into a bottomless abyss, and in the abyss, the creepy chewing sound was coming, accompanied by the sound of tearing.

The man's footsteps were getting closer and closer to the sound. As the sound got closer, he flicked the cuff of his black robe, and a dagger slipped into his hand.

"I praise the glory of the Lord, as if he had come into the world."

As soon as the words fell, the man sprinted towards the depths of the alley.

And at this moment, from the darkness, a blood-stained orc roared and rushed towards him!

The dagger in his hand came into contact with the orc's sharp claws, but the seemingly slender dagger released a faint light at the moment of contact, and the orc's sharp claws that could penetrate the iron were all cut off.

But he didn't stop there. Almost at the moment when the dagger cut off the opponent's claw, he clenched his left hand and hit the opponent's abdomen fiercely.

The muscular orc paused for a moment, the severe pain in his abdomen drove him crazy, he screamed and rushed at the human in front of him, trying to tear him to pieces.

However, this idea was not realized at all. The moment the orc's arm touched the man, he felt that one of his arms was firmly grasped, and his body felt light, and he was thrown nearly ten meters away!

The orc who fell heavily on the ground couldn't understand that the guy in front of him...was obviously just a human being.

There was severe pain from the abdomen, and the orc lowered his head and looked at his abdomen, where a sharp dagger was inserted—half of the dagger.And the other half is in the hands of the person just now.

When did it come in?

Looking at the figure in black robe, the orc realized a problem: this is not an opponent he can deal with.

Then stop hunting first, anyway, you have already eaten a prey, and you only have one life.

Thinking of this, the orc clutched the wound in his abdomen, and took big strides towards the distance.

The man in black looked at his running back and raised the remaining half of the dagger in his hand.

He grasped the hilt of the sword, then slammed his hand in the direction of the orc.

The remaining half of the dagger made a slight cracking sound in the air, and then accurately hit the orc's ankle.

The orc roared and struggled, but his ankle had been pierced, and he was unable to continue running.

The man walked towards him step by step, he swung his arm again, and a brand new dagger slipped into his hand.

The orc, who didn't pay much attention to the man, finally felt the danger at this time. He tried his best to drag his almost disabled leg back, using his remaining magic power to try to speed up the recovery of the wound, but the man had already come to him .

"Wait! I am willing to cooperate with you! I accept the trial of the church! I will also obey the summons of the Holy Tribunal...Your trial must at least go through the process, right?"

He struggled, trying to give himself a glimmer of life.

The man didn't say anything, he threw out the dagger in his hand, and nailed the opponent's other foot to death, completely cutting off the opponent's dream of trying to attack him in close quarters with an instant burst of one leg.

Then, he pulled out the sword at his waist. Compared with the short sword before, this sword was sharper, and it shone with the brilliance of tone.

"May the Lord grant you rest."

Blood spattered, and the hot blood of the orcs stained the ground red.

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Qin Ji had a dream.

In his dream, he dreamed of countless people running and howling.

On the battlefield, countless dead bodies were lying on the ground, all of them were surprised, and some even kept their smiles when they were alive.

What made them die was not swords, guns, swords and halberds, those strange weapons dissipated the moment they pierced the human body.

Qin Ji stood up and looked around.

The whole world seems to be muttering something:

"Fight for me... defy..."

Qin Ji froze there, standing quietly on the battlefield, those sad people died one by one, the "raindrops" that fell from the sky took away countless lives, and he was in the middle of the battlefield, witnessing everything that happened in front of him .

In a blur, he heard someone calling his name.

"Qin Ji... Qin Ji..."

He turned around and looked, froze in place.

Xia Yuxiao stood there covered in blood.

She walked towards her step by step, but Qin Ji felt a little danger.

In the sky, the "raindrops" that were about to fall on people's heads all flew towards Xia Yuxiao as if they had received some orders...