All five carefully selected dead soldiers died.

For King Ning, although this news was not like a bolt from the blue, it also caused a considerable shock to his heart.

Because in his heart, there was no difference between Xuanwu and the dead Qinglong and Huanglong, they were both the same waste. With the five dead soldiers he sent and the direct intelligence base that had already gained a foothold in the capital, they were enough to carry out the beheading mission and assassinate Xuanwu.

As for the future, the North Pole Heaven and Di Ting's dragons were without a head, it was the time for him to implement his next plan.

But with the bad news coming from the capital, King Ning had to start looking at Xuanwu, an opponent who had not taken seriously and was even regarded as the dog of the boss.

In this way, he was not taken seriously before, but was more like a stronger and stronger ant-like Wu Jian. The importance of the Wu Jian was undoubtedly greatly increased in an instant.

But because of this, in order to gain the advantage, he seemed to be more and more despising Wu Jian, and even turned from an ant to dust.

At the same time, he ordered the blockade of the news from the capital, and was careful not to become fearless after Wu Jian heard it.

In this way, after the news came from the capital, King Ning hung Wu Jian for several days.

The long distance from the capital city to Hongdu Mansion gave King Ning enough time to deal with Wu Jian like this.

After all, even if Xuanwu was annoyed, it would take at least half a month to send people to Hongdu Mansion to take revenge.

King Kenning obviously still failed to learn from the lessons of despising Xuanwu before, or in other words, in his heart, the pride and conceit of being a royal family of the vassal kings still firmly occupy his heart. Even though he was reminding himself as much as possible not to despise the enemy Xuanwu, deep in his heart, that kind of despising is deeply rooted in his bones.

The lion fights the rabbit with all his strength.

Any act of despising the enemy will be punished, no matter how noble your identity is or how huge the power difference between you and your enemy is.

What's more, in terms of violent means, is the gap between King Ning and Xuanwu really that big?

...

"Bang!"

In the quiet late night, a muffled sound awakened the entire Ning Palace from the silence, and the guards of the palace became extremely awake in an instant, because the feeling of sleepiness that was about to be bright and disappeared without a trace with the sound of this life.

Except for the guards who opened the gate, patrolled other places. The guards of the royal palace all gathered in an instant to the place where the muffled sound came to investigate the situation.

When they arrived, the scene that caught their eyes made all of them look sober that they looked extremely embarrassed.

What appeared in their eyes was a charred scene, and in the charred area, it was similar to the impact ripples formed by explosions, as well as cracked and crushed walls, which made them immediately guess the traces caused by what was caused by it.

gunpowder.

Although from the scene, the gunpowder thrown into the royal palace this time is almost the same as the fireworks and firecrackers that exploded during festivals, at most only 20% or 30% more, the real meaning of this explosion is obviously not how much destructive it caused, but the meaning behind this explosion.

Someone actually dares to tease the tiger beards of the Ning Prince’s Mansion?!

...

The news was soon reported by the escort leader to the ears of King Ning, who was also awakened from his sleep by the explosion.

Although this incident was a dereliction of duty by their guards, the escort commander naturally did not dare to hide it at all when the explosion was enough to wake up Ning Wang from his sleep.

Even if he knows in his heart that he will be unlucky after the report is over.

"Okay, I know, you guys go down first."

But what the commander of the Ling Guard and his hundreds of households did not expect was that when they reported the news tremblingly and were ready for punishment in their hearts, King Ning just nodded, signaled that he had learned the news, and waved his hand and signaled that they could go down.

"After going back, check the palace carefully around and beware of undetonated gunpowder."

The only thing that King Ning could barely express his dissatisfaction was the last order before they left.

"Yes, my subordinates have surrendered."

Although I don’t know why King Ning didn’t even have a look of anger or dissatisfaction on his face this time, the guard commander and a few hundred households who escaped by chance would naturally not go up and beg for King Ning to punish him. After hearing what King Ning said, he naturally "escaped" the room as if he had been amnesty. He went back and took his subordinates to start searching for possible gunpowder around the palace, especially near the wall.

...

"Shi Guan, this time the situation is quite different. The county government office, government office and other messy government offices will definitely get news soon, so they will trouble you to send it."

Looking at the backs of the guards and the hundred households who were running for life, a trace of displeasure flashed in King Ning's eyes, but immediately he suppressed the displeasure in his heart and looked at Guan Yi, the head of the royal palace who was also awakened and standing beside him, was very polite, and more like asking for instructions.

"The lower official obeys the order."

Dealing with the government is Guan Yi's responsibility, so he naturally will not refuse.

As for the reason for sending the government to inquire, King Ning didn't say it. But he didn't need Ning Wang's advice. After all, if he had to think about such small details in person, then there would be no need for him as the chief minister to continue.

Seeing that nothing happened and knew what was going on in his heart, King Ning didn't want Guan Yi, whom he knew, immediately took a tactful retreat and went back to take a break.

When King Ning saw that he knew how to advance and retreat, he couldn't help but feel relieved.

Although Guan Yi, the chief minister of the royal palace, is also considered his subordinate, because of his special identity, King Ning obviously cannot have full trust in him.

Especially when it is possible to involve things that he has been doing secretly.

...

"Go and call that Kang Jinlong."

When he saw the guard at the door signaling him that Guan Yi had indeed returned to his room, King Ning's face finally turned completely dark and he ordered the guards beside him.

He knew very well that this explosion was 90% possible, which was the revenge arranged by Xuanwu after being assassinated, otherwise, time would not have been so coincidental.

And he believed that Wu Jian could guess this.

This undoubtedly means that after receiving the bad news from the capital, his intentional way of hanging Wu Jian was completely failed.

King Ning, who was already unhappy because of the news of failure from the capital, saw that his plans were destroyed one after another, how could he not feel gloomy?

That is, Guan Yi, the "outsider", was just right. Otherwise, I'm afraid he had already completely exploded and scolded his subordinates and other subordinates.

"suck!"

However, as the guard left, counting the time, Ning Wang, who felt that Wu Jian should be about to arrive, took a deep breath immediately and barely suppressed the displeasure in his heart for a while, making his face not look so gloomy.

Obviously, he didn't want to show this appearance in front of Wu Jian.

Because such a look undoubtedly represents failure and weakness.

For him who urgently needs to use Wu Jian now, the more he faces such an unfavorable situation, the less he can show even a slight weakness, because what his weakness will definitely bring about Wu Jian's gains.

The two consecutive lessons seemed to finally make him put away his contempt for these subordinates who were once looked down upon by him.

...

"Caomin Wu Jian, I have met the prince."

Although it has been more than half a month since he was taken into the royal palace by Ye Xiao, this is the first time Wu Jian has seen King Ning.

Because he had been under house arrest before, he had no way to leave the small courtyard where he was. The huge enough Prince Ning Mansion, let alone only one person under house arrest, even if three or four more people came, it would be enough for them to avoid meeting each other.

What Wu Jian didn't expect was that Ning Wang, who was much more threatening than Xuanwu in his heart before, looked very young. He looked just as if he had just won the crown. His hands and face, which were well-maintained, looked a little pale. Although he was a little tired because he was woken up from his sleep, his aura that had always been in a high position still brought a sense of oppression to Wu Jian.

"Get up."

Wu Jian was looking at King Ning, and King Ning was also observing Wu Jian.

He wanted to see what strange things were like for the guy who had caused his subordinates to be defeated twice and even for the third time, even when he had already mentioned it in advance, he still took the initiative without any trace and brought Wang Qi, that idiot to his own rhythm. If it weren't for Ye Xiao's actions, he might have escaped again.

However, the moment he saw Wu Jian, he was a little disappointed.

Because Wu Jian looked like there was nothing worthy of his attention. His ordinary height, slightly dark skin, thick and rough-looking hands, looked a lot of wind and frost. If he had not known in advance that he was Wu Jian, but had thrown him into the coolie pile in the city, King Ning probably would have been afraid that he would not be able to find the other party at all.

Ordinary, really too ordinary.

A trace of disappointment flashed in Ning Wang's eyes.

Obviously, some Ning Wang, who judges people by his appearance, even though he knew about what Wu Jian had done before, he could not be interested in Wu Jian.

However, King Ning also understood in his heart that the current situation was obviously not the time to consider these things. In order to deal with Xuanwu's possible crazy revenge, he had to rely on Wu Jian's identity and ability.

"I guess you have heard the sound just now, right?"

King Ning, who covered up the disappointment in his eyes, did not think of striking around the bush and beating indirectly after Wu Jian stood up, but went straight to the point.

"Yes, the villain heard it very clearly."

Wu Jian also had no intention of covering up, and even deliberately increased the pronunciation of the word "Ten".

A trace of displeasure flashed in King Ning's eyes, but immediately, he was replaced by helplessness.

Although he looked down on Wu Jian, Wu Jian obviously would not really become unbearable because of his dislike.

On the contrary, Wu Jian's deliberate approach to adding the pronunciation to the word "Ten" has proved that he is a smart person and a difficult guy.

"Since that's the case, it's time to reflect the value you boast about before."

Since he could no longer hide it, King Ning was too lazy to continue to hide it with his efforts and admitted it very happily.

"Ahem, Prince, the villain has been a guest in the palace for more than half a month. Regarding the situation outside..."

In theory, King Ning has shown a great dislike of Wu Jian. Even if it is not for the future, even if it is just for his own life, he should respond to King Ning's request without hesitation, so as to be able to change his mind through outstanding performance.

But when he faced King Ning who had already looked unwilling, he actually talked about the conditions, which made King Ning, who was already unhappy, finally frowned.

Fortunately, he had all the subordinates around Ning Wang had been scattered by him at this moment. Otherwise, they would have been rushing to express their loyalty to Ning Wang by expressing their dissatisfaction with Wu Jian.

"Can."

However, although King Ning frowned, he finally endured it, nodded, and agreed to Wu Jian's condition.

"But if I still don't see any results after ten days..."
To be continued...