Chapter 5 Shrinking
In the palace.
Zhu Jinxuan, who had only thought about helping her prince through this crisis before, had finished the show with her sister-in-law, and successfully resolved the crisis with the proof of many honored wives, and finally stopped busy and calmed down. Only after realizing that she seemed to have "miscalculated" this time.
When Bai Shier asked to return to the palace and help the emperor resolve the crisis, he not only did not raise any objection, but he didn't even have the intention to worry that she would not be able to return. At that time, because she was anxious, she did not realize that now that she had resolved the crisis and had the time and energy to recall these things, she finally realized something was wrong.
Then, she also figured out the little Jiujiu in Bai Shier's heart.
Obviously, although Bai Shier did not say it clearly, he probably felt that it would be a bit dangerous to take her together this time, so he went with the flow and agreed to her return to the palace and keep her away from this investigation into the North Pole of Tianyanmen.
After thinking through this, Zhu Jinxuan was a little moved by Bai Shier's efforts to protect her safety, but more of them were still talking about Bai Shier's "looks upon" her and treating her as a "crazy". At the same time, she made up her mind to make sure to show her good looks when this matter is over and after seeing Bai Shier again.
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After seeing off Zhu Jinxuan, the real daughter-in-law, alone and rarely enjoys the taste of "freedom". Bai Shier, who was wandering around the capital, suddenly felt a chill on his back and couldn't help but shivering.
Bai Shier, who was uncomfortable all over by the sudden chill, couldn't help but stop and look up at the sky.
In the sky, the early autumn sun is still emitting strong light and heat, without any sign of autumn coming.
The road is running in a hurry and pedestrians who will wipe their sweat from time to time have proved from the side that the power of the early autumn sun has not weakened at all.
"Hiss, it seems that the smart girl has already thought of it."
Regarding the situation where he was completely contrary to the surrounding environment and was cold on his back, Bai Shier's mind soon showed Zhu Jinxuan's pretty face when he was angry, and a bitter smile appeared on his face.
"However, this time, it's rare to come to the capital. There are so many monsters and monsters, so it's safer for you to stay behind the high wall."
However, Bai Shier naturally could not feel any regrets. Even if he had not encountered the rumor that was rumored throughout the city, he would have to find a way to send Zhu Jinxuan back to the palace to ensure her safety in the past two days.
This rumor released by someone or with some purpose has saved him a lot of trouble and caused him to die a lot of brain cells.
"It's a pity that I don't know which kind-hearted person helped me so much, otherwise, I must thank him well."
Although the words he talked to himself seemed to be grateful, Bai Shier could not see any gratitude in his eyes and face. The pronunciation that he deliberately aggravated on the two words "good" also fully exposed his true thoughts in his heart.
The thanks he mentioned were not as powerful as Ding Cai, even if they were not as powerful as Ding Cai.
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After Xuanwu was suppressed and confirmed that the news that Zhu Jinxuan had returned to the palace was indeed true, his mood, which was as stable as an old dog, was already a little bit slight. No, it should be several cracks.
Before, he thought about staying in the capital to observe the situation and control the overall situation, and even wanted to take the opportunity to completely escape from the Tianyan Sect in one fell swoop. After realizing that 90% of Bai Shier might have returned to the capital with Zhu Jinxuan, he had already had the idea of escaping from the capital immediately and avoiding the limelight.
It’s not that he was too timid, but he was frightened by Bai Shier and ran away in a panic.
After all, if he was really timid, he would not have been designated as the successor after his ex-girl Xuanwu's death. After taking over, he quickly controlled the Beiji Heaven. Over time, he had the intention to escape from the Tianyan Sect and the control of Ning Wang, and silently took action to establish Diting, a secret intelligence organization that belonged entirely to him.
Moreover, when he saw Tianyan Sect suffer everywhere and was even beaten to Jitian in his nest this year, he took advantage of the situation and sent the elites from Diting to Hongdu Prefecture, in an attempt to obtain greater benefits by cheating King Ning and further loosen himself.
The fundamental reason why he was so afraid of Bai Shier was that he was a little superstitious.
Of course, it is not entirely because of superstition.
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The Tianyan Gate has been established for many years, and nearly twenty years have passed since it was divided into five parts at the beginning, and the four divisions of the southeast, west and northwest are divided into all four directions.
During these twenty years, because Qinglong in Dongjitian was the closest servant of Lao Ning, he was in a state of isolation from other branches after Lao Ning passed away. Especially after Ning Wang took down Huanglong and replaced him with his confidant, Qinglong was completely in a state of obedience to the tune and not the preaching.
Before Lao Ning Wang Shang left, Antarctic Tianze had already been involved with the smuggling maritime merchants. In addition, Zhuque has been old and weak in recent years, and is not energetic, so he completely acts like he is left alone, even if he is constantly eroded by the new Huanglong.
As for the wilderness in the southwest, it often looks like a match-making figure. Over the years, because Prince Ning's Mansion did not expect to get any benefits from Xijitian, what the hell is Xijitian now? Everyone, including Zhongjitian, does not understand it, and does not want to understand it.
But the North Pole Sky under Xuanwu is an alien.
Over the years, Beiji Tian has been regarded as a "model student" among the four polar skys in Tianyanmen. Whenever there is a little turbulence in the capital, Beiji Tian will immediately send the news to Zhongji Tian as fast as possible.
Even if the old King Ning passed away, after the current King Ning ascended the throne, Beijitian did not have any slouching attitude.
But even Qinglong, who was born in the Ning Palace and former servant of King Ning, had already had other thoughts in his mind as the passing of the aristocratic family and the succession of King Xinning, did not come from the Ning Palace, but was completely the successor of the Lord who was "born and raised" in the North Pole Heaven. How could he be as honest as he seemed on the surface?
In fact, in this kind of thing, Xuanwu, who seems to be the most loyal to Tianyan Sect and King Ning, is the one who has gone the farthest.
Qinglong of Dongjitian just closed the door and "lived his own life". He was indifferent to the other three divisions and ignored Zhongjitian. However, in his heart, Qinglong never thought of leaving Tianyan Sect.
On the other hand, Xuanwu, who pulled Di Ting with one hand outside the North Pole, had already begun to plan to escape from the Tianyan Sect.
In order to achieve this goal of his day and night, Xuanwu sent many eyeliners to the three-pointed sky in the east, south and west of Tianyanmen, especially the closest ones and the strongest Dongjitian, paying attention to their eastward direction, hoping to make a profit from it.
It was only because he was afraid of Zhongjitian's powerful strength and the existence of the Ning Prince's Mansion that he deliberately avoided Zhongjitian. Therefore, after he obtained information from Dongjitian and Nanjitian from both sides of Zhongjitian, he immediately sent an upside-down triangular sight to inquire about the news and test Ning King.
Among the information he received from the spies of Dongjitian and Nanjitian before, Bai Shier, or rather, was the title of "Successor of the Sword of Eternal Life", appeared many times, and each time it appeared, it was accompanied by the failure of Tianyan Sect and even a crushing defeat.
Especially not long ago, the eyeliner he sent to Dongjitian came from Dongjitian's eyeliner. In order to get rid of a traitor who defected to the Six Gates, Qinglong from Dongjitian led his subordinates to sneak into Yingtian City. In the end, he died and died. Only one person barely escaped from the city and disappeared. After the news that the entire Dongjitian had completely collapsed and destroyed, he felt deeply afraid of the name "Successor of the Sword of Eternal Life".
He has always had many eyeliners in Jiangnan, but he is very clear that Qinglong, who had completely gained the upper hand at the beginning, started to lose his star masters under the successor of the "Sword of Eternal Life" one after another, and slid step by step into the abyss of collapse.
In addition, when he went to Baiyun Temple outside the city to burn incense at the beginning of this year, the real person in the temple warned him when he looked at him that he would have a great disaster this year, which should be the White Rainbow to penetrate the Ri.
The whole world of Fanfan undoubtedly made him even more afraid of the "Successor of the Sword of Eternal Life".
After all, as he had experienced the passage of the Sword of Eternity and Life in the world, he knew that the owner of the Sword of Eternity was named Bai Yujing.
This is also one of the reasons why he has been tolerant of sending it after learning that Zhu Jinxuan, the dignified Princess of Xianyou, had escaped from the palace and was mingling with a man from the martial arts world.
But who would have thought that he was very careful, even if he ignored the news that could bring huge benefits, he wanted to avoid the cause and effect with the "Successor of the Sword of Eternal Life", but he still couldn't escape this disaster.
Whenever he thought of this, more fear arose in his heart.
A strong fear of fate.
Fear that can't be avoided when he tries his best.
Of course, this may be because he sat in the position of the Lord of the North Pole for too long, because he cherished everything he had, because he didn't want to lose it.
On the contrary, if a person with nothing is known, even if he knows this, what he will probably arise in his heart is not a fear or a kind of avoidance, but anger and unwilling to fight later. What he does cannot do is like Xuanwu, but instead go straight forward and completely distinguish between superiority and inferiority and life and death.
But it has to be said that at this time, Xuanwu's practice of trying harder to shrink back because of the fear in his heart was the best practice, and it was also the most difficult and helpless way for Bai Shier to feel.
On the contrary, if Xuanwu wanted to rush out at this time, he would be afraid that Bai Shier would wake up in a laugh in his dream.
After all, although he seemed alone and weak, if he looked carefully, he would find that he would not dare to say that the entire court, at least the three major yamen of the Dongchang and the Six Gate of the Jinyiwei would definitely stand behind Bai Shier.
What's even more terrifying is that if the power of these three yamen is not enough, the emperor sitting on the dragon throne in the Forbidden City can provide him with a steady stream of support.
Unless, Xuanwu can take advantage of Bai Shier alone at the beginning to keep Bai Shier completely without giving him any chance to "shake people".
But with Bai Shier who dare not say that he is unique in the world, but at least he can rank among the top light skills and more advanced sword skills, Xuanwu can find at least four top masters with similar strength to Bai Shier, and must know Bai Shier's whereabouts in advance and ambush it. Otherwise, if he runs into a hurry, even if he is twice as many top masters, he will probably be unable to leave Bai Shier without any attention.
After all, in the capital where Jinyiwei is almost everywhere, Dongchang Fanzi and Liusanmen Constables, as long as Bai Shier can make a cry for help, several Jinyiwei, Dongchang Fanzi or Liusanmen Constables can come to support him in just a few breaths.
By then, even if Bai Shier is really stupid, it will probably be the result of "extreme one to one".
Well, Bai Shi Er alone, replaced Xuanwu's entire force.
Abbreviated as "one for one".
Xuanwu didn't want to change the limit, so he continued to shrink like a thousand-year-old turtle, not only retracting his head and all his feet into the turtle shell, but even stopping his breathing.
Those unlucky strongholds whose traces were found by Jinyiwei, Dongchang or Liushemen were directly abandoned by him as a gecko's broken tail.
Now, he no longer dares to hope to protect all his forces. As long as he can survive, even if he has limbs, he will cut them down without hesitation and throw them out as bait.
Anyway, he is not a real turtle, and his broken limbs cannot grow back, and he may die due to excessive blood loss.
On the contrary, as long as he, the Lord of the North Pole Heaven, is still alive, the North Pole Heaven still exists. No matter how many people and power are lost, there will still be a chance to recover in the future.
As for the plan to escape from the city and avoid the limelight that appeared in his mind before, he suppressed it without mercy.
A movement is worse than a quiet person.
Moving around at this time is no different from seeking death.
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Because of Xuanwu's "timidity", because he did not hesitate to abandon the people of the North Pole Tianmen who would not cause any harm to him personally. Even though the number of people of the North Pole Tianmen who were caught was increasing, the North Pole Tian was still like an evil dragon hiding in the clouds and mist, and it was difficult to see its true appearance.
The many disciples who were caught like unimportant scales on the evil dragon were not only aware of the strength of the North Pole Heaven, but also did not help catching the evil dragon.
Even Bai Shier had no choice but to face Xuanwu's behavior of completely turtling and completely stopping breathing. He had no choice but to gain nothing.
Chapter completed!