The first county magistrate in history

Rumble, thunder, the sky is covered with dark clouds, it is about to rain.

On the official road three hundred kilometers away from the imperial capital, one hundred green-clad knights were galloping on their horses.

On the leading black horse was Qin Zheng, who was wearing an olive green uniform, a military cap, red collar badges, red epaulettes, and a red five-pointed cap badge.

Following closely behind them were Wu Xiaoyou, Tao Yong, and a group of a hundred people, all dressed like this.

They carried scimitars on their backs and had cowhide holsters on their waists, with black muskets in the holsters.

Some people left the border town and rode their horses without stopping. They traveled a long distance, running day and night, and only arrived here today.

At this moment, Qin Zheng had not seen Xia Bitu yet.

Qin Zheng's expression was stern. It seemed that the old fox knew that the small town could not stop him, so he must have been rushing back day and night. Therefore, he did not catch up.

When he left the town, he had already released the pigeons...

I hope the Empress can trust me this time!

At this time, in the imperial palace.

"Your Majesty, Qin Zheng falsely conveyed the imperial edict, killed Liang Heng, and exterminated other regional kings. He also secretly hid Cao Qingzhi. He is planning a rebellion!" As soon as An Dehai received the intelligence from the spy, he hurried to report it to the empress.

At this moment, Andehai's face was ashen, and he seemed extremely angry!

Empress Xia Mochu's expression also looked ugly: "Does the Five Elements Sect really want to replace my Daqian?" She didn't believe it, but all signs pointed to this answer.

At this moment, Xia Mo Ning, who was sitting next to him, was also confused.

Unexpectedly, her sister summoned her into the palace because of this incident.

"My master is definitely not that kind of person. He must have his own motives." Xia Mo Ning firmly refused to believe it. "He must be doing this for our own good."

"Princess, you still trust him now?" An Dehai was furious. If it weren't for the princess, he would have slapped him twice to wake him up.

Yuan Shiqing lowered his head and said nothing. He didn't believe it either, but it was true that human hearts were unpredictable.

"Your Majesty, Qin Zheng destroyed the four kings but did not touch Xia Bitu. It seems that he is optimistic about him. Maybe he wants to support Xia Bitu to take the throne and turn Xia Bitu into a puppet of the Five Elements Sect so that Qin Zheng can rule the country from behind the scenes. After all, if the guardian god takes away the Daqian kingdom, the impact will be extremely bad!" An Dehai firmly believes in his judgment.

At the end of summer and the beginning of the next year, it is difficult to tell the true from the false.

"Can we compete with the Five Elements Sect? If so, even if we fight to the death, we won't be able to change anything!" Xia Mochu was extremely anxious at this moment.

An Dehai seemed to have made plans and said, "Your Majesty, regardless of whether it's true or not, we must take precautions. Kill Xia Tianjiao and Xia Jinzhong, and cut off Xia Bitu's escape route. He's already old, so how could Qin Zheng really let him become emperor? It would be a transition. Qin Zheng is likely favoring the God of War Xia Tianjiao and Xia Jinzhong. I've always suspected that these two sons are Xia Bitu's sons."

Xia Mochu was hesitant, and she also had such doubts.

Suddenly, Li Qiuhan rushed in in a panic: "Your Majesty, the Fifth Prince sneaked into the imperial capital and has been captured by us. He wants to see Your Majesty!"

An Dehai's face changed drastically, with anger flashing in his eyes. He cursed in his heart, "What a bunch of trash, you can't even get rid of a fifth prince?"

"Your Majesty, given the Fifth Prince's ruthlessness, he might be plotting something treacherous. He may have been captured on purpose in order to get close enough to assassinate Your Majesty. Your Majesty, don't forget that he's skilled in the use of poison!" An Dehai warned.

"In my opinion, just kill him!"

Xia Mochu frowned slightly: "Search him thoroughly, and then I want to see him. I want to ask him why he is still refusing to give up even though our father let him go!"

An Dehai had no choice but to say, "It's time to meet him."

In a large hall.

Xia Mochu felt a chill in his heart when he saw Xia Qiming, who was tied up and had a distorted face.

She knew that Xia Qiming was almost burned to death, but she didn't expect that he would turn into an ugly monster.

Xia Qiming's clothes were tattered and bloodstained, and he had several knife and sword wounds that were still bleeding. It was obvious that he had been through a fierce battle.

Xia Mo Ning's face also turned pale when she saw Xia Qiming's appearance.

But at this moment, Xia Qiming looked at the empress and Xia Mo Ning with a smile.

Xia Mochu suppressed his fear and said, "Qiuhan, guard outside the door!"

"Yes!" Li Qiuhan stepped back.

Xia Mochu looked at Xia Qiming and sighed: "Fifth Uncle, after all these years, you still can't let go?"

Xia Qiming: "You don't understand. I don't want to explain. I'm not here to assassinate you, nor to rebel against you. I came to the imperial capital just to see you. But, your men seem to be afraid of me seeing you. If the people I brought with me weren't quite strong, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to see you."

Xia Mochu was stunned: "My people won't let you see me?"

Xia Qiming looked at An Dehai.

An Dehai snorted coldly, "You've exiled a criminal, left Ningguta without permission, and now you want to enter the imperial capital? Who knows what your intentions are? I'm already showing some mercy by not killing you."

He then said to Xia Mochu, "Your Majesty, I didn't report this because the current situation is complicated and I didn't want to distract Your Majesty."

Xia Mochu nodded, but he knew in his heart that Uncle An had wanted to kill the Fifth Prince for a long time. Now that the Fifth Prince had come to him, how could he not take action?

It seems that I failed.

Xia Qiming looked at An Dehai and said with a sinister smile, "An Dehai, you stopped me because you're afraid I might say something, right?"

An Dehai's face changed, and he angrily said, "What are you trying to say? To sow discord, or to deceive the people? Do you really think Your Majesty is a three-year-old child?"

Xia Mochu waved his hand: "Uncle An, let him talk. Uncle Wu, you want to see me, what's the matter?"

Xia Qiming ignored An Dehai and looked at Xia Mochu and said, "I just came to tell you that Xia Tianjiao and Xia Jinzhong are your father's biological sons, but you have the same father but different mothers..."

Xia Mochu was shocked.

Xia Mo Ning was also confused.

"Nonsense, you must be colluding with Xia Bitu to deceive the emperor. I will kill you!" Andehai raised his hand and was about to shoot the red silk.

"Uncle An!" Xia Mo Ning stopped An Dehai and looked at Xia Qiming: "Fifth Uncle, this trick won't work on me. How many descendants my father has, how could I not know?"

Xia Qiming smiled and said, "Believe it or not, I'm just here to tell you the truth. This news was indeed told to me by Xia Bitu. Although I don't believe it either, it doesn't matter to me. But you are different. If they are really your father's bloodline, killing them would be fratricide. But if this is false..."

"I'm sure you've also considered that one of these two sons could be the true prince and the other the son of Shabitu. Or perhaps both are the sons of Shabitu. If you don't kill them, they will kill you."

Xia Mochu didn't believe it at all. How could this be possible?

"Do you have any evidence?" Xia Mochu asked calmly.

Xia Qiming said: "I didn't believe it at first, but Xia Bitu told me that they had tokens proving their identities."

Xia Mochu was shocked, but Xia Qiming didn't look like he was lying.

An Dehai suddenly sneered: "Are you trying to delay time? Wait for external help? Xia Jinzhong is in the imperial capital, ready to come at a moment's notice, and Xia Tianjiao is in the northern border... Your Majesty, don't be fooled. The longer the night, the more trouble there is. Kill him!"

Xia Qiming sneered, "Xia Mochu, I'm just here to cause trouble for you. I can also tell you that I originally wanted to verify my identity so that I could kill them both, but I heard that Xia Tianjiao has returned to the court! He should have arrived in the imperial capital by now."

Xia Mochu was horrified.

Xia Qiming looked at An Dehai: "An Dehai, it was you who forged the imperial edict, right?"

An Dehai's face changed: "Nonsense, you are making a false accusation."

As he spoke, he bowed to the empress and said, "Your Majesty, I did not forge the imperial edict. If you wanted to kill him, you would have summoned him back to the court. We also have people in the northern border. How come we didn't get the news?"

Xia Qiming sneered: "You don't know yet, do you? Outside the city, there are 300,000 private troops of Xia Bitu. Can you possibly defeat them?"

Xia Mochu and the others were shocked.

"Impossible!" An Dehai simply didn't believe it: "If a large army was approaching, how could the Imperial Guards not know about it..."

"Report!"

Suddenly, a palace guard came running over, shouting, "Your Majesty, urgent military information! Three hundred thousand troops suddenly appeared outside the imperial capital, forming a siege... and are about to attack the imperial capital."

Xia Mochu was horrified.

An Dehai's face changed drastically.

Suddenly, he raised his hand and a red thread shot towards Xia Qiming's eyebrows.

Xia Qiming looked at Hongsi and smiled without even moving his head.

His mission accomplished.

He did come to kill Xia Jinzhong and Xia Tianjiao, but the men he brought were no match for Xia Bitu's men and were captured alive.

Xia Bitu had actually returned and discussed a plan with him.

He thought it was a good way to take revenge.

Xia Tianjiao had indeed returned to the court. Whether it was by imperial decree or not, he didn't know, but being able to drag An Dehai into this was good news.

He suddenly changed his mind and chose to walk into the trap just to upset the empress.

Puff, the red thread shot into Xia Qiming's eyebrows and went out from the back of his head!

This gave Xia Mochu and Xia Mo Ning a big scare.

Before Xia Mochu could ask any more questions, An Dehai had already fled, leaving behind only his voice: "Your Majesty, I killed the Fifth Prince. I will bear all consequences. I will come back to apologize after I have crushed the rebels."