Chapter 130 – Fear (Added for the ally “The boy wants to”)

The moment the Spirit Dragon shook down Emperor Yuan Jing, the several high-grade powerhouses around the lake reacted, scurrying out like sharp arrows, the soles of their feet stomping on the surface of the water to create an exploding vortex of water.

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

Although he had given birth to an heir early because of the royal family and cut off the martial arts, he had cultivated with the State Master over the years and had made quite a name for himself in the Taoist system, or else he wouldn’t have had his flashy hair turn to auburn hair.

Emperor Yuan Jing was both angry and surprised, not expecting Spirit Dragon to treat him like this.

“Roar!”

After shaking down Emperor Yuan Jing, the Spirit Dragon’s anger did not diminish as it headbutted an oncoming high-grade martial artist. The qi exploded in midair, causing the water of the entire lake to sway.

The guards stepped in to subdue the spirit dragon that had gone berserk for no reason.

“Don’t hurt it.” Emperor Yuan Jing drank.

Boom boom boom …. The surface of the water rushed up more than ten water columns, accurately hitting the guards who were in the air or stepping on the lake, and they who had long stepped into the realm of copper skin and iron bones were immune to the damage, but they were only being rushed by the water columns in a lousy shape, and they were unable to create an encircling force on the Spirit Dragon.

Spirit Dragons are good at roaming water and are ferocious in the lake.

It was just that no one expected that the spirit beast raised its head high and with a roar, it actually left the lake and rushed towards the shore.

What’s going on? The Spirit Dragon seems to have been stimulated in some way …. Emperor Yuan Jing realized that something was wrong and said in a deep voice, “Stop it!”

Click, click, click…

The Spirit Dragon’s huge body rushed onto the shore, crashing through a cedar and dragon cypress as it rampaged madly, its sharp claws easily grasping the paving bricks.

Where is it going?

“Father ….”

“Your Majesty.”

The crown prince and Wei Yuan flew over.

Emperor Yuan Jing waved his hand, signaling that he was fine.

“Father, what’s wrong with Spirit Dragon?” The Crown Prince was a bit alarmed, since he was a child, he had never seen Spirit Dragon lose control like this.

It was supposed to be docile in character, treating its several royal siblings with great kindness and never displaying violence.

“It’s running away!” Emperor Yuan Jing replied in a tone of certainty with a sullen face.

The Spirit Dragon is running away? Why did Father use the word flee to describe it, was it afraid of something, dreading something.

But what place is safer than the Imperial City?

His Royal Highness was perplexed by this, but Emperor Yuan Jing didn’t give him the chance to ask, ordering his guards to prepare their horses and chase after him in the direction where the Spirit Dragon had fled.

As a symbol of the royal family’s orthodoxy, a spirit dragon, a spirit beast that gulped in purple qi to cultivate, was something that could never be lost.

Emperor Yuan Jing pursued along the paw prints, and the guards followed closely on either side lest he should slip up.

Not long after, Emperor Yuan Jing saw the Spirit Dragon on an arrow tower, its sharp, hard claws climbing the tower and embedding themselves deeply into the stone.

The muscles of its neck swelled and vibrated with a mournful roar as it tried to drink back the palace masters who were in its way, whipping its tail to attack as it did so.

The two sides are in a stalemate, the spirit dragon scales and armor hard, swords and knives difficult to injure, launched wild strength can not be underestimated. The guards were worried about hurting it, and it was difficult to subdue it with their bare hands, so they could only tangle with it while waiting for their colleagues to fetch a magic weapon that could bind the Spirit Dragon.

Bang Bang Bang …. The tower of arrows continued to crack under the dragon’s tail’s whip and finally collapsed.

A dozen or so guards swarmed the room.

Seeing this scene, Emperor Yuan Jing just breathed a sigh of relief, intending to voice out a reminder not to injure the royal spirit beasts.

Before he could say anything, he only saw the Spirit Dragon rise up and overturn the guards on top of him, charging in a certain direction with a clear goal in mind.

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

He saw a red dress, and saw the bright and lovely daughter, his favorite princess of Lin’an.

And at this moment, Lin An was surrounded by only two palace maids and a gong in a night watchman’s messenger’s uniform.

“Protect Lin An!” Emperor Yuan Jing shouted.

…..

What the hell kind of meek character is that?

Xu Qi’an did not expect to encounter such a thing, he and the second princess walked and talked, with the conversation skills and eight-sidedness accumulated in his previous life, Xu Qi’an amused the second princess with his humorous and interesting style of language, enhancing the friendship between them.

The idea was to send her to the small lake where the Spirit Dragon was, play with her for a while, and then get back to the case himself.

And it just ran into this ….

Xu Qi’an was just about to say, “Princess, this place is dangerous, my humble servant will escort you back,” when the Spirit Dragon tacitly crashed headlong into him.

This spirit beast was very powerful, its strength was definitely not lower than a sixth grade martial artist, Xu Qi’an subconsciously wanted to run away, and after twisting his head to look at the second princess, he realized that this girl was scared silly.

The round, flirtatious googly eyes were bloodless, their eyes were frozen, and they had lost the ability to think in fear.

Xu Qi’an’s afterglow swept around, saw the crowd of court experts who had swooped over, saw Emperor Yuan Jing who had galloped his horse furiously, and saw a piercingly strange color glowing in Spirit Dragon’s black button-like eyes.

It felt like a scared child meeting a parent and jumping ecstatically into their dad’s arms.

Hmm?

This bastard didn’t sense me coming and rushed out to find me on purpose, did he?

In this instant, Xu Qi’an read the Spirit Dragon’s eyes; it was a spirit beast that possessed intelligence.

Unless there was exhilaration, there was still fear lingering in the Spirit Dragon’s eyes, and time didn’t allow him to think about it much.

The ground trembled slightly, and the Spirit Dragon was about to pounce in the twinkling of an eye.

Xu Qi’an immediately had a judgment, and without hesitation, he took a step forward and blocked in front of Princess Lin’an, giving her an upright back.

Xu Qi’an pressed down on the hilt of the blade with one hand, his knees slightly bent, and after settling all his emotions and briefly storing up his strength, he flicked his thumb.

Clang ….. In the crisp sound of sheathing, a thin line of dark gold flashed by, cutting out a deep blade mark that was three feet long and two fingers wide one foot in front of his body.

A shocking scene occurred, the berserk Spirit Dragon fiercely closed its stance, its four claws bent, its toenails plowed a furrow in the ground, and it actually did stop in front of the blade mark.

You’re afraid to step out of line?

This scene was deeply imprinted in Princess Lin’an’s heart and also fell into the eyes of Emperor Yuan Jing and Wei Yuan as well as the Crown Prince.

“anon ….”

The Spirit Dragon slumped to the ground and gave a slightly anxious yelp.

Xu Qi’an easily read its emotions, and the spirit dragon told him to run away, together, to be precise.

It was agitated and scared and seemed threatened by something …. But in my presence, it was much calmer and more settled …. But the fear still hasn’t abated …. It wants me to take it and run with it, or it will take me and run with it …. Xu Qi An gradually had a guess in his heart.

“Don’t be afraid, I’m here.” Xu Qi’an said.

The second princess thought that Xu Qi’an’s words were addressed to her, and her heart instantly gained a full sense of security.

Hearing Xu Qi’an’s words, sure enough, the spirit dragon was no longer anxious as it gave a listless cry.

At that moment, a group of guards finally arrived, combining their efforts to drag a large dark golden net.

Brush!

The large net flung out and covered the three-meter-long beast.

Da da da da …. Emperor Yuan Jing rode over and carefully scrutinized Princess Lin’an, seeing that the second princess was indeed unharmed, he sighed in relief.

“Father ….” Princess Lin’an’s small mouth deflated as she trotted to her horse and took Emperor Yuan Jing’s sleeve.

Emperor Yuan Jing ate this up the most and gently comforted her with a few words.

Then, the emperor, who was over fifty years old and had dark hair, scrutinized Xu Qi’an up and down.

“Your humble servant has met Your Majesty.” Xu Qi’an bowed and clasped his fists.

The Dafeng Dynasty had one advantage, except for some special occasions, usually when you see the emperor, you only need to salute, no need to kneel.

Emperor Yuan Jing nodded slightly, “Well done, what is your name?”

“Back to Your Majesty, humble servant Xu Qi’an.”

Emperor Yuan Jing froze for a moment, scrutinizing again, somewhat surprised, “You are Xu Qi’an?”

“Yes!” After Xu Qi’an finished, he met Emperor Yuan Jing’s puzzled expression and explained, “I encountered some difficulties while investigating the case, and I purposely went into the city to ask Your Highness the Eldest Princess for advice.”

Emperor Yuan Jing didn’t pursue the question, just nodded, his gaze falling on the knife in Xu Qi’an’s hand, “Show me the knife.”

Xu Qi’an presented the long black and gold sword with both hands.

The guard stepped forward to receive it and handed it to Emperor Yuan Jing, who scrutinized it carefully and exclaimed, “Good sword!”

Wei Yuan walked over and answered with a smile, “Supervisor Zheng sent this.”

Supervisor? Emperor Yuan Jing raised his eyebrows, probably not understanding that the Supervisor Zheng would send a precious sword to a small gong.

“Your Majesty, Xu Qi’an is well-versed in alchemy and has a good friendship with the warlocks of the Si Tian Supervisor. I even saw him giving another lecture to an alchemist one time.” Wei Yuan said in a casual tone.

Xu Qi’an saw Emperor Yuan Jing’s eyes flash with surprise, but quickly converged as the old emperor laughed, “I remember, you showed your alchemy skills in the tax and silver case.”

Emperor Yuan Jing handed the sword to the guard, who returned it to Xu Qi’an.

Wei Yuan this is to help me shape the image of the capable minister and increase the weight of my own …. What Wei Yuan, it’s Papa Wei! Xu Qi’an was slightly touched in her heart.

Princess Lin’an shook the emperor’s sleeve and delicately said, “Father, Xu Qi’an saved me, you have to reward him.”

“It is time to reward.” Emperor Yuan Jing nodded, gazed at Xu Qi’an, and said aloud, “The night watchman Xu Qi’an, who was meritorious in rescuing Princess Lin’an, is rewarded with a thousand taels of gold and five hundred pieces of damask.”

“Father!” Princess Lin’an was reluctant, pointing at Xu Qi’an, “He just saved my son’s life, and my son wants to return the favor. My son asks you to absolve him of his death sentence.”

Emperor Yuan Jing instantly looked sharply at Xu Qi An, seeing his low brow and docile appearance, Emperor Yuan Jing converged a few points of the sharpness in his eyes, shook his head and said, “I have already permitted him to wear his sins and make meritorious achievements, and after solving the case of Sang Po, he will naturally be exempted from the death penalty, and the golden words can’t be altered halfway.”

Lin An was unconvinced and yelled, “Then if he didn’t solve the case, he’s still dead, what’s the use of rewarding him with a thousand taels of gold.”

Emperor Yuan Jing helplessly said, “When the time comes, I will deal with it at my own discretion.”

He hadn’t wanted to say these words in front of Xu Qi’an, so that he wouldn’t be emboldened and delay the investigation.

So added: “The period is still half a month, if you can solve the case, I naturally exempt you from death, if not, even if there is Lin An pleading, I do not kill you, but also to exile you to the border. Do you understand.”

“Thank you, Your Majesty!” Xu Qi’an exclaimed, and he saw Princess Lin’an winking playfully at him, her smile as bright as a flower.

This investment earns a lot, even if the final failed to find out the mastermind behind the Sangpo case, I do not have to die, at most, be exiled, hey, exile such a small matter, there Wei Yuan has Linan has Huaiqing, as a slave of the three family names, I am not worried at all ah.

Emperor Yuan Jing glanced at the peaceful and emboldened Spirit Dragon, his anger flared, and he angrily said, “Drag this beast back into the lake for me.”

The Spirit Dragon glanced at Emperor Yuan Jing, its claws propped up its body, and snorted fiercely towards Emperor Yuan Jing.

“Fine, get yourself back.” Emperor Yuan Jing scolded.

The guards withdrew the large net, and the Spirit Dragon indeed went back leisurely on its own.

After Emperor Yuan Jing pacified the Second Princess, he clipped his horse’s belly and followed Spirit Dragon.

Xu Qi’an looked at Emperor Yuan Jing’s back in silence.

When Princess Lin An pleaded for me just now, he looked at me with a stern gaze …. Is this thinking that I am compelling and enticing Lin An?

The rumors are correct, Emperor Yuan Jing is indeed a man with a strong desire for control …. It was also true that emperors who longed for immortality had a strong desire for power.

Really tired ah …. In front of this kind of power master, I completely dare not do too much small action, may a look, a change of expression, let people guess the inner thoughts ….. Well, my acting skills are still OK, the expression of fear and trepidation is not bad.

……

Lakeside, high platform.

Emperor Yuan Jing stood on the shore, speaking in a low voice as the Spirit Dragon poked a head out of the water and rested on the edge of the high platform.

After a long time of one person *** flowing, Emperor Yuan Jing angrily whisked his sleeve away.

Wei Yuan greeted Emperor Yuan Jing, and seeing his gloomy face, he said in relief, “Why should Your Majesty be angry with a beast?”

“Hmph, this dog is getting less and less concerned about me.” Emperor Yuan Jing’s residual anger was not yet gone, “I spoke to it, and I love to answer it.”

Naturally, he didn’t ask the reason for the Spirit Dragon’s sudden frenzy.

“Spirit dragons don’t go crazy for no reason, Wei Yuan, pass on my decree to strengthen the guarding force of the Imperial City. No one is allowed to enter or leave the Imperial City after curfew.”

Wei Yuan nodded his head and led the way.

Emperor Yuan Jing walked in silence for a long time and suddenly said, “How did that beast suddenly rest on fire just now?”

Wei Yuan shook his head, “It might be that the sex has finished.”

He had a vague guess in mind that was just too absurd.