Chapter 129: Chapter 129: Fear

Chapter 129: Chapter 129: FearThe moment the spirit dragon shook off Emperor Yuan Jing, several high-ranking warriors on the lakeside reacted, darting out like sharp arrows, and stepping on the water to create a

group of exploding vortices.

Emperor Yuan Jing stabilized his body in mid-air, tapped his toes on the water, and floated towards the shore like a feather.

Although he had given birth to children early and stopped practicing martial arts due to royal reasons, he has made great achievements in the Taoist system in recent years with the national teacher, otherwise his hair would not have turned from white to black.

Emperor Yuan Jing was both angry and surprised. He did not expect that the spirit dragon would treat him like this.

"Roar!"

After shaking off Emperor Yuan Jing, the spirit dragon was still angry and knocked away a high-ranking warrior who was coming towards him. The aura exploded in mid-air, causing the water in the entire lake to sway.

The guards took action one after another to subdue the spirit dragon that was going crazy for no reason.

"Don't hurt it." Emperor Yuan Jing shouted.

Boom boom boom...More than ten water columns rushed up from the water surface, accurately hitting the guards flying in the air or stepping on the lake. They had already entered the Copper Skin and Iron Bones Realm and were immune to damage. They were just embarrassed by the water columns and could not surround the spirit dragon.

The spirit dragon is good at controlling water and is very ferocious in the lake.

But no one expected that this spirit beast would raise its head high, roar, leave the lake and rush to the shore.

What happened? The spirit dragon seemed to be stimulated by something... Emperor Yuan Jing realized that something was wrong and said in a deep voice: "Stop it!"

Crack, crack...

The huge body of the spirit dragon rushed to the shore, breaking cedars and cypresses one by one. It rushed like crazy, and its sharp claws easily crushed the blue bricks on the ground.

Where is it going?

"Father..."

"Your Majesty."

The prince and Wei Yuan ran over.

Emperor Yuan Jing waved his hand to indicate that he was fine.

"Father, what happened to Linglong?" The prince was a little panicked. He had never seen Linglong lose control like this since he was a child.

It should have a gentle character. It was very kind to its royal brothers and sisters and never showed violence.

"It's running away!" Emperor Yuan Jing replied with a gloomy face and a firm tone.

Linglong is running away? Why did father use the word "running away" to describe it? What is it afraid of? What is it afraid of?

But where is safer than the imperial city?

His Royal Highness was confused about this. Emperor Yuan Jing did not give him a chance to ask, and ordered the guards to prepare horses and chase in the direction of Linglong's escape.

As a symbol of the royal orthodoxy, Linglong, a spiritual beast that breathes out purple air and practices, must not be lost.

Emperor Yuan Jing followed the claw marks to track him, and the guards followed closely on both sides for fear that he would make a mistake.

Soon, Emperor Yuan Jing saw a spirit dragon on an arrow tower. Its sharp and hard claws clung to the tower and were deeply embedded in the stone.

Its neck muscles swelled, shaking with a shrill roar, trying to drive away the court masters who were blocking it, while whipping its tail to attack.

The two sides were in a stalemate. The spirit dragon's scales were hard and difficult to be injured by swords. Its strength should not be underestimated when it went crazy. The guards were worried about hurting it. It was difficult to subdue it with bare hands, so they could only fight while waiting for their colleagues to bring the magic weapon that could restrain the spirit dragon.

Bang bang bang... The arrow tower kept cracking under the whipping of the dragon's tail and finally collapsed.

More than a dozen guards rushed forward.

Seeing this scene, Emperor Yuan Jing just breathed a sigh of relief and was about to warn people not to hurt the royal spirit beast.

Before he could speak, he saw the spirit dragon resisting, overturning the guards on his body, and rushing towards a certain direction with a clear goal.

Looking in that direction, Emperor Yuan Jing's pupils contracted violently.

He saw a red dress, and saw his bright and lovely daughter, his favorite Princess Lin'an.

At this moment, there were only two palace maids and Tongluo in the uniform of a night watchman beside Lin'an.

"Protect Lin'an!" Emperor Yuan Jing shouted.

.....

What kind of gentle personality is this?

Xu Qian'an didn't expect to encounter such a thing. He talked with the second princess while walking. With the conversation skills and tactfulness accumulated in his previous life, Xu Qian'an amused the second princess with his humorous and interesting language style, and enhanced their friendship.

I thought of sending her to the small lake where Linglong was, playing with her for a while, and then going back to handle the case.

As a result, I ran into this thing....

Just when Xu Qian'an was about to say "Princess, this place is dangerous, I will escort you back", Linglong tacitly bumped into him.

This spirit beast was very powerful, and its strength was definitely not lower than that of a sixth-rank warrior. Xu Qian'an subconsciously wanted to escape, but he turned his head to look at the second princess and found that the girl was scared.

Her round and charming oval face was bloodless, her eyes were frozen, and she was so scared that she lost her ability to think.

Xu Qian'an glanced around and saw the court masters flying over, Emperor Yuan Jing galloping on his horse, and the dazzling brilliance in the black button-like eyes of the spirit

dragon.

It felt like a scared child seeing his parents and jumping into his father's arms in ecstasy.

Hmm?

Didn't this guy sense that I was coming and rush out to find me?

At this moment, Xu Qian'an understood the spirit dragon's eyes. It was a spirit beast with

wisdom.

In addition to joy, there was still fear in the spirit dragon's eyes, and time did not allow him to

think too much.

The ground trembled slightly, and the spirit dragon was about to pounce.

Xu Qi'an immediately made a judgment. He took a step forward without hesitation and stood in front of Princess Lin'an, showing her a tall back.

Xu Qi'an held the hilt with one hand, bent his knees slightly, calmed down all his emotions, and after a short period of accumulation, he flicked his thumb lightly.

Clang... In the crisp sound of the scabbard, a dark golden line flashed, and a deep knife mark three feet long and two fingers wide was cut out ten feet in front of him.

A shocking scene happened. The crazy spirit dragon suddenly retracted its body, bent its four claws, and plowed a series of grooves on the ground with its toenails. It actually stopped in

front of the knife mark.

Didn't dare to cross the line?

This scene was deeply imprinted in Princess Lin'an's heart, and also fell into the eyes of

Emperor Yuan Jing, Wei Yuan and the prince.

"Ang..."

Linglong lay on the ground and cried out a little anxiously.

Xu Qian'an easily understood its emotions. The spirit dragon asked him to run away, or to be

more precise, to run away together.

It was very anxious and scared, as if it was threatened by something... But in front of me, it was calm and stable... But the fear was still not reduced... It wanted me to run with it, or it would run with me... Xu Qian'an gradually had some guesses in his mind.

"Don't be afraid, I'm here." Xu Qian'an said.

The second princess thought Xu Qian'an was talking to her, and she felt a full sense of security

in her heart.

After hearing Xu Qian'an's words, the spirit dragon was no longer anxious, and it cried

listlessly.

At this time, a group of guards finally arrived, dragging a dark golden net together.

Swish!

The big net was thrown open, covering the three-meter-long beast.

Da da da... Emperor Yuan Jing rode over and looked at Princess Lin'an carefully. Seeing that the second princess was indeed fine, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Father..." Princess Lin'an pouted, trotted to the horse, and held Emperor Yuan Jing's sleeve.

Emperor Yuan Jing was the most susceptible to this, and gently comforted her. Then, the black-haired emperor, who was over fifty years old, looked Xu Qi'an up and down. "Your Majesty, I have seen you." Xu Qi'an bowed and clasped his fists.

There is an advantage of the Dafeng Dynasty. Except for some special occasions, you only

need to bow when you see the emperor, and you don't need to kneel.

Emperor Yuan Jing nodded slightly: "Well done, what's your name?"

"Your Majesty, I am Xu Qi'an."

Emperor Yuan Jing was stunned for a moment, looked at him again, and was a little surprised:

"Are you Xu Qi'an?"

"Yes!" Xu Qi'an said, facing Emperor Yuan Jing's puzzled expression, and explained: "I encountered some difficulties when investigating the case, and I came to the city to ask Her Royal Highness the Princess."

Emperor Yuan Jing did not ask any more questions, but just nodded, his eyes fell on the knife

in Xu Qi'an's hand, "Show me the knife."

Xu Qi'an presented the black gold long knife with both hands.

The guard stepped forward to take it and handed it to Emperor Yuan Jing, who looked at it

carefully and praised: "Good knife!"

Wei Yuan came over and smiled and said: "The Supervisor gave it to me." Supervisor? Emperor Yuan Jing raised his eyebrows, probably because he didn't understand why the Supervisor would give a precious knife to a small copper gong. "Your Majesty, Xu Qi'an is proficient in alchemy and has a good relationship with the

sorcerers of the Imperial Observatory. I once saw him giving a lecture to an alchemist." Wei Yuan said casually.

Xu Qi'an saw a flash of surprise in Yuan Jingdi's eyes, but he quickly restrained it. The old

emperor smiled and said, "I remember that you demonstrated alchemy skills in the tax case." Yuan Jingdi handed the knife to the guard, who returned it to Xu Qi'an.

Wei Yuan is helping me to shape the image of a capable minister and increase my own weight... What Wei Yuan, it's Wei Dad! Xu Qi'an was slightly moved.

Princess Lin'an shook the emperor's sleeves and said in a tender voice: "Father, Xu Qi'an

saved me, you have to reward him."

"He deserves a reward." Emperor Yuan Jing nodded, stared at Xu Qi'an, and said loudly: "Xu an, has saved Princess Lin'an. He will be rewarded with a thousand

Qi'an, the night taels of gold and five hundred pieces of silk and satin." "Father!" Princess Lin'an was unwilling and pointed at Xu Qi'an and said: "He just saved my life, and I want to return his life. I ask you to spare his death." Emperor Yuan Jing immediately looked at Xu Qi'an with sharp eyes. Seeing his gentle appearance with his eyebrows lowered and his eyes pleasing to the eye, Emperor Yuan Jing restrained some of the sharpness in his eyes and shook his head and said: "I have allowed him to make meritorious service while serving his sentence. If he solves the Sangpo case, he will

naturally be spared from the death penalty. The golden words and jade words are actually changed halfway."

Lin'an was not convinced and shouted: "If he doesn't solve the case, he will still die. What's the point of rewarding him with a thousand taels of gold?"

Emperor Yuan Jing said helplessly: "When the time comes, I will handle it according to my

own discretion."

He didn't want to say these words in front of Xu Qi'an, so as to prevent him from being

fearless and delaying the investigation.

So he added: "The deadline is still half a month. If you can solve the case, I will naturally

spare your death sentence. If not, even if Lin'an pleads for you, I will not kill you, but will exile you to the border. Do you understand?"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Xu Qi'an said loudly. He saw Princess Lin'an winking at him playfully, smiling like a flower.

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matter. With Wei Yuan, Lin'an and Huaiqing, as a slave of three families, I don't have to worry

at all. Emperor Yuan Jing looked at the obedient and fearless Linglong, and was furious. He said angrily: "Drag this beast back to the lake."

Linglong looked at Emperor Yuan Jing, propped up his body with his claws, and snorted at Emperor Yuan Jing fiercely.

"Okay, go back by yourself." Emperor Yuan Jing scolded.

The guards withdrew the big net, and Linglong really went back leisurely.

After Emperor Yuan Jing comforted the second princess, he squeezed his horse's belly and

followed Linglong.

Xu Qian'an looked at Emperor Yuan Jing's back in silence.

When Princess Lin'an pleaded for me just now, he looked at me fiercely... Did he think I was

bewitching and inducing Lin'an?

The rumors were right, Emperor Yuan Jing was indeed a person with a strong desire for control... Also, emperors who desire immortality have a strong desire for power.

It's so tiring... In front of such a master of political tactics, I dare not do too many small movements. Maybe a look or a change of expression can make people guess what's in my heart... Well, my acting skills are still good, and I acted well with a fearful expression.

...

Lakeside, high platform.

Emperor Yuan Jing stood on the shore, whispering, and the spirit dragon poked its head out of

the water and rested on the edge of the high platform. After a long time of quarreling, Emperor Yuan Jing left angrily.

Wei Yuan met Emperor Yuan Jing and saw that his face was gloomy, soothing him: "Your

Majesty, why bother to be angry with a beast."

"Humph, this dog thing is increasingly looking down on me." Emperor Yuan Jing was still angry, "I talked to it, but it ignored me." Naturally, he didn't ask why the spirit dragon suddenly went crazy.

"A spirit dragon won't go crazy for no reason. Wei Yuan, pass on my order to strengthen the

defense of the imperial city. No one is allowed to enter or leave the imperial city after curfew."

Wei Yuan nodded and accepted the order. Emperor Yuan Jing walked in silence for a long time, and suddenly asked: "Why did that beast

suddenly stop just now?"

Wei Yuan shook his head: "Maybe it's done with its temper."

He had a vague guess in his mind, but it was too absurd.