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    Fallen leaves return to their roots

    A carriage was speeding south. The driver wore a curtain on his head and white clothes embroidered with green bamboo patterns.

    Soon, a team of more than thirty people caught up on horseback and stopped in front of the carriage.

    They were all dressed in silver armor. They were the newly formed silver armor guards of the emperor who had just ascended the throne. They only took orders from the emperor himself.

    The person being embraced by the silver-armored guards was wearing a black dragon robe with gold patterns, and you could guess who it was with your toes.

    “I am so lucky that the emperor himself comes to chase me.”

    Gu Xunzhu jumped off his horse, spit out the dogtail grass in his mouth, smiled and corrected, “Oh, it’s not my reputation, but the reputation of the person inside. It’s a pity, he is already dead, why do you keep a corpse for your majesty?”

    King Jiang was already the Nine-Five Supreme, the master of the world. Gu Xunzhu thought that he would talk to him condescendingly. However, the man quickly got off his horse and walked up to him. He bowed deeply before looking back at Gu Xunzhu with firm eyes.

    “I want to bury him in the imperial mausoleum, and he will share the coffin with me a hundred years later.”

    Gu Xunzhu raised his eyebrows, and then smiled sarcastically, “If you don’t cherish your life, what’s the use of pretending to be dead. Your Majesty, you are rich in the world. You can’t get anything you want. Why don’t you kick him out of life just like you did when you exiled my senior brother before, and this matter will be over.”

    Jiang Wang repeated without comment.

    “I want to bury him in the imperial mausoleum, and he will share the coffin with me a hundred years later.”

    “Uh…” Gu Xunzhu almost laughed angrily.

    “If you don’t return him to me, I will send Zuo Songqing’s head to Xuanhui Valley as a big gift to you.”

    “You!” Gu Xunzhu finally got rid of Zuo Songqing and ran away secretly. He really didn’t expect that the two of them could have such a “bond”.

    Sure enough, the world is boring, and dying early is the right thing to do.

    He is quite envious of his senior brother.

    “Does that look on your face mean you regret meeting me…”

    A more familiar voice appeared next to Leng Buding, which was much colder than usual.

    The silver-armored guard who spoke took off his mask, and Gu Xunzhu was surprised.

    “Aqing…”

    “He is right here, one person for another. If you don’t give him to me…” Jiang Wang took out his sword and put it on Zuo Songqing’s neck, “I will kill him for you.”

    “No, no, no!” Gu Xunzhu stretched out his hand to stop him, with a look of helplessness on his face, “Your Majesty, could you please take a moment to speak?”

    Jiang Wang didn’t think Gu Xunzhu could still pull out flowers, so he nodded and waved his hand, and the silver-armored guards, including Zuo Songqing, stepped aside.

    “Your Majesty…” Gu Xunzhu rubbed his hands, “Did Senior Brother give you a wolf hair?”

    Jiang Wang’s eyes flashed sharply, “I will never give you what he gave you.”

    “That’s not what you mean. I don’t want it. It’s just…” Gu Xunzhu stopped smiling, “You take out the wolf hair first.”

    Jiang Wang hesitated for a moment, and seeing that Gu Xunzhu really had no intention of taking it for himself, he took out a red string from his neck, and hanging on the red string was the wolf hair.

    “Your Majesty, there is a protrusion in the middle of this wolf hair. Please press it and try.”

    “I know that when the switch is pressed, a silver blade will appear. This is a murder weapon. After Han Hao was killed, Han Zhong showed it in court.”

    “No. That’s the mechanism at the tail. Press the mechanism in the middle.”

    Jiang Wang rubbed it with his hand, found the uneven spot in the middle, and pressed it.

    With a “click” sound, the wolf hair “broke” into two pieces. Jiang Wang’s heart trembled, thinking that the wolf hair was broken. In the next breath, he found the paper hidden in the middle of the wolf hair.

    King Jiang slowly unfolded the thinly rolled paper, imagining how the living Qin Zhi hid this little thing in advance.

    “This wolf hair is the ‘Xuanblade’ token. With this token, you can get help from Xuanhui Valley for thirty years. The resources in the valley can be used at your disposal until the next opening of the valley.”

    In a daze, Jiang Wang seemed to see Qin Zhi solemnly handing the wolf hair to his palm, and said meaningfully – “When the dust settles, Your Majesty will naturally know what this means.”

    It turned out that this was his answer.

    Jiang Wang felt a throbbing pain in his heart, and his heart was beating uncontrollably. He couldn’t tell whether it was because he was moved or because he felt distressed.

    He thought that it would be difficult to forgive Qin Zhi after he was used like that, but he didn’t know that Sanque had even thought about stabilizing the imperial court in advance for him.

    The world has just stabilized, and a large amount of money and materials are needed to rebuild a prosperous and prosperous era. The accumulation of Xuanhui Valley over the past dynasties is undoubtedly the biggest help.

    Jiang Wang had no reason to refuse.

    But he knew that there would be a price for this.

    “So?” He waited for Gu Xunzhu to tell him the conditions.

    “The rules of Xuanhui Valley are that after the winner is born, he or she will return as a person or as a token. Only one of the two can be…taken.”

    “I have no intention of taking away senior brother’s merit, so he is the winner this time. I believe you, Your Majesty, can’t bear to take away his title of winner.”

    “If you admit that senior brother is the winner, then one of the people and tokens must be returned. Now, it is your turn to make a choice.”

    Gu Xunzhu’s eyes were blazing, as if he was looking forward to it.

    Yes, as a king who has just aspired to dominate the world, it is self-evident what to choose.

    “I choose Qin Zhi.”

    Jiang Wang didn’t hesitate for long before he answered.

    Gu Xunzhu was speechless.

    Does this make sense?

    There is no other way.

    Gu Xunzhu took out a letter from his arms and said, “These are senior brother’s last words.”

    Jiang Wang was stunned, took it, and opened it.

    There are only four words in it——

    “Falling leaves return to their roots.”

    It turns out… Jiang Wang sighed quietly, “This is your answer.”

    The carriage continued south, and the Silver Armored Guards and their emperor watched the carriage go further and further away, until only a blurry point remained.

    In addition to the four-character last words in Jiang Wang’s hand, there was also a letter begging for bones.

    “Go back.” The young emperor flew into the saddle, led his army, and embarked on a journey back home that was destined to be lonely…

    Banxia novel, a lot of fun

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