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After destroying a stronghold, the big figures of White City were in no hurry to take revenge, nor did they kill anyone in search of Flying Fish. There was only silence that frightened Li Ye, Deng Xihu, and the others.

"Still no leads today?" Li Ye looked at Deng Xihu and asked in a low voice.

Deng Xihu shook his head, but he also did not find any clues. He did not know if those spies were involved in any big movements or if those spies were dead. He did not know anything about them, so these questions made his head spin a few times.

Standing on the side, Zhu Gufeng looked at the duo who were puzzled. He did not know the importance of this information and casually said, "Having no leads means that these spies are in pain, they won't come out for a while!" "Why are you all in such a hurry? As long as we are prepared, it doesn't matter whether he has any clues or not."

Deng Xihu held his forehead. He had nothing to say to Ma Da Ha, so he could only rub his aching temples and helplessly shake his head. Li Ye also had a strange look on his face as he looked at Ma Da Ha, shaking his head helplessly.

Zhu Gufeng could tell from the reactions of the two that what he said just now might be special. His face turned red and his right hand scratched his head. He messed up his black hair and mumbled, "Is my words too silly?"

"You're not stupid, your words are true." A clear voice came from outside the door, Zhao Zijin brought Zhao Ning and walked towards Deng Xi Hu, looking at the three people who frowned, he laughed and said: "Can't find any clues? "This line is a clue, but no clue was found. It means that Qingzhou's spies are doing something even more important than clearing out all of you."

Deng Xihu looked at Zhao Zijin who walked up to him and said in a low voice, "Why are you here? What are you doing in this muddy water?"

Zhao Zijin smiled as he patted Deng Xihu on the shoulder and said, "How could I not come? I am also a citizen of the Great Wei. If Qingzhou is going to fall into chaos, I also want to help stabilize the political situation!"

With that, Zhao Zijin chose a good seat and sat down, and said to the three of them, "I have something bad to say, why did they solve their problems first and not you guys? It's all because you're too small a threat to them. They won't put you first. "

Li Ye nodded, showing his support for Zhao Zijin's point of view. He pricked up his ears and listened to Zhao Zijin's next words, "If Qingzhou is going to rebel, it's going to be chaotic. What are they going to do first?" Zhao Zijin waved his fan and asked the two of them with a smile.

Li Ye understood Zhao Zijin's words and immediately replied, "You mean that their main focus right now is not us, but the government officials who might disrupt their plans?"

Zhao Zijin nodded and smiled towards Li Ye. At least Li Ye and the others knew what they had to do, so he smiled and said, "Like what that person said just now. Don't act in a hurry. Prepare yourself before you can save him."

Deng Xihu also knew what Zhao Zijin wanted to say. He looked at him and asked in a low voice, "Then, who should we protect first?"

"We should protect whoever threatens these people the most!"

"..."

In the west side of White City, there was an ordinary small courtyard. Upon entering the courtyard, there was an azure gray stone road that led straight to the hall. There were four dark red doors, the two in the middle slightly open. The fringed windows on the side porch were open, clean and bright. There was a marble table in front of the porch, three inches from it, and a large, rough cylinder, the water already stained black.

As usual, Xia Xingping was practicing his calligraphy at home. The brush in his hand was long gone, but he picked up the brush and dipped it in ink. On the white paper, he wrote the word "Esteemed".

The words were appropriate, but they were clearly defined. Just like Xia Xingping himself, he treated everything with clarity. He would definitely do what he needed to do, and he wouldn't touch anything that shouldn't be done.

However, this time, he did not want to write the flawless calligraphy from before. His mind was in a mess, and as he looked at the words written on the paper, his expression became somewhat complicated. Suddenly, he closed his eyes and thought of the conversation he had last night.

Last night, Li Hao had a long night of conversation with him, but halfway through the conversation, it ended unhappily. Xia Xing Ping was unable to sleep, so he woke up very early the next morning, writing a few words in the courtyard to calm his mind.

"Xing Ping, I advise you not to tell the things that happened in the Azure Province to my third brother. The things that happened in the Azure Province should be resolved by me and myself." Li Hao said in a low voice with his back facing Xia Xinping.

Xia Xing Ping looked at the back of Duke An Yue and said indignantly: "Since there's trouble in the Azure Province, I should report it to the imperial government as the Lang Ya Prefecture Grand Guard. This is my rule, how can I help myself?"

"Then what if This King forces you to go against your own principles?" Li Hao turned around and looked at this Great Guard, who was famous for his righteousness, and said in a stern voice.

"Then this official can only use his death to force you." Xia Xingping didn't feel any fear from Li Hao's threat. He straightened his chest and righteously replied.

Li Hao looked at the righteous County Official and sighed in admiration. He approached Xia Xinping and whispered into his ear: "Is this king going to use your family's life to force me to death?"

After Xia Xingping finished listening, his wrinkled face turned ashen in an instant, and his hands trembled as he pointed at Li Hao, unable to say a word. He furiously flung his sleeves and left, leaving behind a sentence, "Allow this official to think about it."

He didn't say a word, but his expression was one of pain, as if he had made an extremely painful decision. He was originally an old man in a flowery robe, and his waist was already slightly bent.

He slowly walked into his study and took out a roll of thin silk. He took out a calligraphy brush that he had not used for a long time, stuck some ink on the inkstone, and wrote a few lines of small characters on the thin silk.

After he finished writing, he blew out a cloud of foul air, dried the ink, and stamped his seal on it. Carefully putting the silk away in a small box, he shouted to the servants behind him, "Men, send this to Si Li!"

"Leader Xia, don't yell anymore. There's only the two of us left in your home." There was no familiar sound coming from behind him, but a high-pitched voice instead. A skinny man was playing with a bloodstained dagger in his hand as he smiled sinisterly.

Xia Xing Ping looked at the person in front of him, then at the bloodstains on the person's body. His face was ashen as he muttered to the person in front of him: "Prince An Jing really wants to rebel." He closed his eyes and waited for the dagger to strike.