The poorest member of the Imperial Guard, the Empress begged me to embezzle.

Time flies.

Before we knew it, three days had passed.

For the next three days, the entire Great Zhou Dynasty was peaceful and calm, as if nothing had happened.

However, the news that Qin Yu, the number one swordsman in the world, was defeated by Qi Tianchen with a single sword strike and then assassinated in the residence of the Vice Minister of Rites spread throughout the entire Great Zhou Dynasty and was known to almost everyone.

Everyone was secretly speculating that the person who assassinated Qin Yu was very likely Chu Xiu, the Marquis of Champion and Commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard!

Because Qin Yu's journey to the capital to challenge Qi Tianchen was only his first step.

The second step should be to kill Chu Xiu.

Because Qin Yu's two sons, his eldest son Qin Feng, on whom he had placed great hopes, both died under Chu Xiu's sword.

only……

Qin Yu didn't even have time to take the second step before he was severely injured by Qi Tianchen and assassinated in the Ministry of Rites' residence, a place teeming with experts.

The reason for speculating that it was Chu Xiu's doing is naturally related to the fact that Chu Xiu once infiltrated the prefectural governor's mansion of Yuejun County, killed the rebellious Murong Zhi, and then quietly infiltrated the demon army commanded by Jiang Tiansheng, the patriarch of the Jiang family, killed Jiang Tiansheng in the army, and also slaughtered the demon army by himself with a sword.

In the entire world, perhaps only Chu Xiu could sneak in and kill someone without alerting the many experts in the Ministry of Rites's office.

What shocked the world was that after learning of Qin Yu's murder, the Qin family of Huaiyin did not avenge Qin Yu, the most brilliant and talented patriarch in the history of the Qin family. Instead, they summoned all the members of the Qin family in the number one manor in the world and announced to the world that all the direct descendants of the Qin family of Huaiyin would be confined to the Qin mansion to reflect on their mistakes and were not allowed to go out.

Furthermore, they severed all ties between the Qin family of Huaiyin and the number one manor in the world.

It must be said that this event caused a huge uproar throughout the entire Great Zhou Dynasty!

The Qin family of Huaiyin became a laughing stock for everyone.

After all, the Qin family mansion of Huaiyin was located outside Huaiyin city, in a very remote area.

Therefore, no one knew that Qi Tianchen went to the Qin Mansion and killed Qin Yuan, the Grand Elder of the Qin Clan of Huaiyin, as well as Qin Hu, a direct descendant at the Human Immortal Realm.

Such a thing was extremely shameful for the Qin family of Huaiyin, and naturally they did not want anyone to know about it.

As for Qi Tianchen, he naturally wouldn't reveal this matter.

This day!

Master Wuque, the monk who had been stationed at the armory of the Embroidered Uniform Guard headquarters, stepped out of the armory for the first time and entered the Imperial Observatory.

The headquarters of the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

hall.

"Greetings to the Marquis."

Li Jingtian and Lin Huaiyu bowed to Chu Xiu.

"No gift."

Chu Xiu waved his hand and said.

"Thank you, Lord Marquis."

Li Jingtian and the other man bowed and expressed their gratitude.

Chu Xiu nodded slightly, remaining silent.

"Reporting to the Marquis, it must have been the Imperial Advisor who went to the Qin family of Huaiyin and suppressed them, which is why the Qin family of Huaiyin has been shutting down ever since."

After considering for a moment, Lin Huaiyu spoke respectfully to Chu Xiu.

"That's not surprising."

Chu Xiu smiled slightly and said, "How did the number one manor in the world react?"

"Qin Yun, Qin Yu's eldest disciple, has inherited the position of the head of the number one manor in the world and is currently inviting martial arts figures to hold a martial arts conference."

"The response from the martial arts world is like a cloud."

"If I'm not mistaken, he must be planning to assassinate the Marquis to avenge Qin Yu."

Lin Huaiyu hesitated for a moment before speaking to Chu Xiu.

"To avenge Qin Yu?"

Chu Xiu said with a hint of amusement, "These people do have some backbone; they're not afraid of death?"

"My lord, Qin Yun was adopted and raised by Qin Yu."

"Apart from the ordinary guards, the true core members of the Number One Manor under Heaven are all Qin Yu's disciples."

"Qin Yu has dozens of personal disciples and hundreds of nominal disciples."

“Every one of the direct disciples has reached the Celestial Realm, and Qin Yun has even reached the Human Immortal Realm.”

"Even the hundreds of registered disciples have already reached the Immortal Ascension Realm."

“These people are the most loyal to Qin Yu, and most of them were adopted by Qin Yu.”

Lin Huaiyu said with a solemn expression, "If these people are not eliminated, they will inevitably cause endless trouble in the future."

Should we mobilize our elite Imperial Guards to completely raze the Number One Manor under Heaven and prevent it from holding this martial arts tournament?

Why should we stop it?

"It's actually easier for us to kill these martial arts figures when they're all gathered together!"

"Now the whole world knows that Qin Yu died by my sword."

"Qin Yun convened a martial arts conference, yet these people from the martial world still dared to go to the Number One Manor in the World, which means that they have no respect for our Embroidered Uniform Guard, or even our entire Great Zhou Dynasty!"

"The more of these lawless and reckless江湖人士 (jianghu figures) we kill, the greater the benefit to the people of the world!"

Chu Xiu shook his head, a glint of light flashing in his eyes, and said in a deep and powerful voice, "I would love for this martial arts tournament to be as grand as possible!"

"My subordinate understands."

Lin Huaiyu said with a look of sudden realization.

Chu Xiu nodded slightly, looked at Li Jingtian, and was about to speak.

Li Jingtian has been busy investigating the water conservancy situation recently, and his visit today should have brought a thorough investigation.

Although Chu Xiu had previously instructed Li Jingtian to investigate the matter as quickly as possible.

However, he also knew that investigating the entire Great Zhou Dynasty, even though the Jinyiwei's intelligence network was now several times better than before, would still be an extremely difficult task to truly understand the situation.

Therefore, Chu Xiu never urged Li Jingtian.

Li Jingtian cupped his hands in greeting, just about to speak.

however!

at this time!

A Jinyiwei captain strode into the hall, knelt before Chu Xiu, and said in a firm voice, "Reporting to Your Lordship, Qin Lie, the elder of the Qin family of Huaiyin, has come to pay a visit!"

"Qin Lie, an elder of the Qin family of Huaiyin?"

Chu Xiu said with a hint of amusement on his face.

After a pause, Chu Xiu looked at the Jinyiwei captain and said, "Leave him out for now, don't go out so quickly."

"Bring this man to the main hall to see me again in a quarter of an hour."

"Yes, I obey."

The Jinyiwei captain understood immediately and said...

After speaking, the Imperial Guard captain walked out of the hall and chatted with the Imperial Guard captains guarding outside the hall.

"My lord, Qin Lie has come to visit, is he trying to reconcile the hostility between the Qin family of Huaiyin and you?"

"What exactly did the Imperial Preceptor do at the Qin family in Huaiyin that made them so afraid?"

Li Jingtian said with a look of surprise and doubt.

"Turning hostility into friendship is definitely not going to happen."

"The Qin family of Huaiyin is only frightened by the Imperial Preceptor and dares not make any rash moves."

"But they may not be willing to swallow this insult."

Chu Xiu smiled lightly and looked at Li Jingtian, saying, "Alright, let's not talk about this for now. You'll understand his purpose when you meet Qin Lie later."

"Li Jingtian, you've come to see me today, has the matter I entrusted to you been thoroughly investigated?"