Chapter 232 The secret of the past!
"Want to leave?"
Li Bai's eyes turned cold, his figure swept away, and in the blink of an eye he floated more than ten feet away, chasing Seng Lin's figure!
Both of them are master-level warriors with endless internal strength. In just a short moment, they had already escaped from the city tower and escaped all the way!
When Xiao Longnu saw this, she quickly looked at Ning Fan, her eyes filled with requests for instructions.
"No more chasing!"
"Jiang Yu!"
Ning Fan glanced at Jiang Wei, who also had a solemn look on his face. He walked up to the body of the Barbarian Emperor. After some inspection, he said in a deep voice: "Your Highness, it is indeed the Barbarian Emperor!"
"What a civet cat for a prince!"
There was also a hint of understanding in Ning Fan's eyes. He glanced around and said in a deep voice: "Thoroughly investigate the whereabouts of the minions of the Barbarian God Temple and don't let any of them go!"
"promise!"
Jiang Wei responded and strode away with the Jin Yiwei. Dian Wei and Qin Qiong also strode to Ning Fan's side, looking around with vigilant expressions!
"Uncle Bao, you are injured, please go back to your house to rest!"
"Thank you, my lord!"
"When evil comes, deal with the aftermath. Do a good job of comforting the soldiers who died in battle, and do your best to treat the injured brothers."
"promise!"
The two of them bowed respectfully, and Ning Fan was about to take someone back home when he saw several figures riding horses at the same time on the street not far away!
"Brother Royal!"
"Second Master, how is the situation?"
After seeing the figure of the visitor clearly, Ning Fan looked slightly surprised: "Brother Emperor, Huaiyuan, why are you here?"
"Brother, are you not injured?"
"It doesn't matter!"
Seeing that Ning Fan was fine, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Ning Chen's eyes looked at the broken stone slabs everywhere, revealing a hint of coldness.
"Brother, how is the situation in the city?"
"All the remnants of the Barbarian God Temple at the northern city gate have been wiped out."
"There is no news from the East City Gate yet, but the problem is not big!"
"Second Master, where did these barbarians come from?"
"We'll find out immediately!"
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Imperial Palace, Imperial Study Room.
Wei Ying's figure fell silently into the hall, stood respectfully in front of Emperor Yu, and said softly: "Your Majesty, the old slave went a step too late, the Barbarian Emperor is dead!"
"Um?"
Emperor Yu frowned slightly and stared straight at the old eunuch: "Where is the second child?"
"Back to Your Majesty, Your Highness is fine!"
"Seng Lin has escaped from the capital, and His Highness's swordsman has already gone after him. I am worried about His Majesty's safety and dare not go far away!"
"Um!"
Emperor Yu nodded slightly, and then heard a young eunuch report softly: "Your Majesty, His Highness King Yong wishes to see you!"
"Xuan!"
Following the little eunuch's soft call, Ning Fan strode in and slightly cupped his hands: "My son, I pay my respects to my father!"
"No need to be polite."
"Tell me, how is the investigation going?"
"Father!"
"This robbery of the Man God Temple was premeditated. The warden of the Heavenly Prison is a member of the Man God Temple!"
"Five days ago, they put a group of masters from the Man God Temple into the Heavenly Prison on various charges. Yesterday, Seng Lin personally came forward to take the Man Emperor out of the Heavenly Prison."
"Now, all the minions of the Man God Temple have been killed, and the Man Emperor has also died at the hands of Monk Lin."
Hearing Ning Fan's words, Emperor Yu suddenly raised his brows, stood up slowly, looked at Ning Fan and asked, "You mean, the Barbarian Emperor died at the hands of Monk Lin?"
"Not bad!" Ning Fan nodded without hesitation and said softly: "Father, Monk Lin used the body of the Barbarian Emperor to resist the flying sword, and threatened that the real Barbarian Emperor had been secretly sent out of the capital by him!"
"Really a barbarian emperor?"
There was a trace of confusion on Emperor Yu's face, and Ning Fan said in a deep voice: "The one who died in Seng Lin's hands today was the real Barbarian Emperor. However, Seng Lin told the world that what he had in his hands belonged to the Barbarian Emperor. The substitute, the real Barbarian Emperor has arrived safely in Nanman!"
"Humph, this old fox!"
Emperor Yu also instantly understood the key to the problem. He snorted coldly, with a cold light in his eyes: "It doesn't matter whether the person who dies in his hands is the real emperor or the fake emperor!"
"As long as there is an 'Emperor' in the Southern Barbarians who returns alive, whether he is true or false, he will be real!"
"What a monastic forest and a barbarian temple!"
Emperor Yu pondered for a moment, then looked at Ning Fan and said: "Second brother, in your opinion, with the current national strength of the Southern Barbarians, can they still have the ability to march north?"
"Father, in the battle in the south, the barbarians lost 400,000 of their main troops. Coupled with natural and man-made disasters, all the tribes now have difficulty with food and clothing, and may not be able to go north!"
"However, I have received news that the Man God Temple has taken control of the wilderness state outside the pass!"
"If we give them time to recuperate, given time, they will definitely come back!"
After hearing Ning Fan's words, Emperor Yu gradually fell into deep thought. Wei Ying stepped forward to refill a cup of tea for the two of them, then silently stepped aside.
"Now that I, Dayu, have just made a truce, it is not appropriate to start another war. I will leave the affairs in the south to you."
"There have been some changes in Huainan recently. Tell your people to make plans early!"
"No matter what, I will never allow the Southern Barbarians' cavalry to wreak havoc on our border with Dayu. Otherwise, even if I use all my strength, I will destroy the Southern Barbarians!"
Emperor Yu's words were resounding, and Ning Fan nodded heavily, with a hint of contemplation in his expression.
"Tomorrow is the Heaven Sacrifice Ceremony. Let's have a good rest after we go back!"
"Go to the palace and meet your mother and concubine!"
"You have worked hard during this period. Now that the new year is approaching, you should take a proper rest!"
"Thank you, Father!"
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Ning Fan left the imperial study and walked towards Yaohua Palace.
"Your Highness!"
"Can the mother-in-law be in the palace?"
As soon as Ning Fan finished speaking, he saw Concubine Xian in palace attire walking over from the side hall.
"Greetings to my mother-in-law!"
"Okay, let's waive all the rules!"
Concubine Xian strode up to Ning Fan and said with concern: "Has the turmoil in the capital subsided?"
"Mother, do you know?"
"Hmph!" Concubine Xian snorted softly and said calmly: "Although your mother lives in a secluded palace, she is not blind."
"From now on, we can leave all risky matters like this to my subordinates. You can no longer go to the front line in person!"
"Seng Lin has been famous for a long time, and his strength is unfathomable. If he had the intention to harm you, you would never be so relaxed today."
"Concubine, do you know Monk Forest?"
Ning Fan looked slightly surprised. Concubine Xian stepped forward and made a cup of tea for him. She said calmly: "You have heard of this person's name. You should know the origin of Seng Lin, right?"
"Wuxiang Temple?"
"That's right!" Concubine Xian nodded slightly, with a hint of depth in her eyes: "Wuxiang Temple is the first of the four major Buddhist temples, and the Monk Forest is one of the five holy monks!"
"Back then, when our country was destroyed by the Great Zhou Dynasty, Monk Lin took advantage of the chaos and sneaked into our Great Zhou treasury, stole the secret treasure of Buddhism, and fought against the four great masters alone!"
"I still remember this account to this day."
"Those bald donkeys in Wuxiang Temple spend all day doing some shameful things without thinking about eating fast and chanting Buddha's name."
"Fortunately, you were not injured today. Otherwise, I would have settled the old and new accounts together, settled his Wuxiang Temple, and slaughtered those bald donkeys!"
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