The Spirit World

Chapter 986 Shadow Falling (Twenty-two)
I suddenly realized this problem...

Even in today's rapidly changing world, humans are becoming more and more tolerant of their partners. Even if they no longer love only one person in their lifetime, they will only like a few specific people.

If you don’t like something, you will never like it again.

How can I not always like these people if I keep looking at their strengths?

My king... so many people love you...】

"There is only one thing that can prevent me from taking these two people to the imperial capital."

Tan Mingqiu, the commander of the Imperial Guard, faced Ning Ji with a very upright posture. Although he was wearing a gorgeous robe instead of armor, he stood straight, with his fists on his back. Three white lines between his black hair cut his uprightness and sharpness.

He is already a true leader in the entire empire. The Imperial Guards are the highest military combat unit in the empire. They are super combat units that can directly call upon military units without going through any local military system. As its commander-in-chief, Tan Mingqiu naturally has extremely high arrogance and unruly.

He was not as young and handsome as Ning Ji, but as the Lord of Bai Ling, Ning Ji naturally made him respect him.

"But, this is something that you, Lord Bai Ling, cannot possibly accomplish, so I won't tell you about it."

Tan Mingqiu was over 1.8 meters tall, and his gorgeous clothes were decorated with red and black edges, a style unique to the commander of the Imperial Guards. He looked too tall and majestic in front of Ning Ji, who was only eleven or twelve years old. His words were full of authority, but one could also hear a hint of joking in them.

Ning Ji only reached Tan Mingqiu's waist. The Lord of Bai Ling's gorgeous clothes were soft and fluttered behind him without wind, as if it did not dare to face Tan Mingqiu directly.

However, Ning Ji did not expect to alarm Tan Mingqiu and come over, so he was quite surprised. He could only bite the bullet and hold his head high. They stood outside the Bailing Pavilion. Since Tan Mingqiu did not enter the Bailing Pavilion, the open space in the Bailing Pavilion became a little more spacious. The short Li Lusheng stood solemnly by the side, not daring to breathe, so Ning Ji's voice became even louder.

There were only the three of them here, and the trees and flowers all suddenly seemed empty.

"Oh, I was thinking, it turns out that there are loopholes in this unreasonable detention. Lord Tan Mingqiu, I'm sure you also feel that being too nervous will cause too many unnecessary stupid things."

Ning Ji said something that Li Lusheng couldn't understand, but Tan Mingqiu understood it all at once. He calmed down a little and looked at Ning Ji's childish appearance. What he said was earth-shattering.

"You never stop saying something shocking. The family business of so many generations in Bailing Mountain, in your words, is it really worthless?" Tan Mingqiu took a detour. He knew what would hit Ning Ji's heart first.

The Lord of Bai Ling, the Ning family, one of the five major families, has two twins, two only children. Even though they inherited the title of "Lord of Bai Ling" and the world-famous "Wutong Division", these two little kids are still too immature.

It doesn't matter what is restraining you. You are carrying an unprecedented huge mountain on your back. How can you give it up easily?

Ning Ji was speechless. He had a vague feeling that Tan Mingqiu understood what he said, but he was unexpectedly speechless because of what Tan Mingqiu had just said.

"Master Ning Ji, I think there is no need for us to continue our conversation. There is no need for you to be stubborn. The emperor's order cannot be disobeyed."

Tan Mingqiu quietly placed his hand on Ning Ji's shoulder. He needed to bend down, and his movement was natural, without the embarrassment of squatting and bending sideways. Then he saw Ning Ji's eyes and withdrew his hand in an instant.

Ning Ji stared at him almost greedily.

It was a tiny tiger beast, staring at its huge prey, shooting a warning from its eyes. Tan Mingqiu also understood that it was impossible to bring people back from Ning Ji and Wutong Si with just such an irresistible reason.

"Did they make a mistake?"

Ning Ji rectified his voice again.

"His Majesty the Emperor wants to take their lives?" "Ning Ji..." Li Lusheng next to him shook his head after hearing this.

"This is not a case of beheading first and reporting later. Young Master Bai Ling released the people and took the suspicious people to the imperial capital, and then we will know their crimes."

Tan Mingqiu showed no sign of weakness. He could easily accuse them of espionage, attacking a state official, and resisting arrest. He could punish them for all three crimes. There must be a place for them in the Viper Prison.

But he thought it was meaningless to say these things. Moreover, if such a stubborn Lord of White Spirit was really involved, the consequences would be disastrous.

He still needs to be wary of Ning Ji's "youth" or "unprovoked protection."

You have to know that the Lord of the White Spirit can have prophetic dreams. When the prophetic dreams of the Lord of the White Spirit in successive generations come true, they almost always do things that ordinary people cannot understand.

The same is true now.

Why would Ning Ji protect two people who fell from the sky for no reason...

Tan Mingqiu realized this from the beginning, but the two of them didn't need to talk nonsense anymore. In a sense, humans will never be able to have prophetic dreams in their entire lives. If the future can be obtained from dreams, then everything about this person will change unprecedentedly.

This was Ning Ji's first change. According to Tan Mingqiu's later recollection, Ning Ji now looked like a righteous man who wanted to protect what belonged to him.

That thing was naturally not Chu Yue, but Chang Yinglan.

This is indeed the case. Only when Tan Mingqiu grew old, time had already proved the importance of Chang Yinglan to Ning Ji and the empire. Therefore, both His Majesty the Emperor and Ning Ji had different [delusions] about Chang Yinglan!
"The Wutong Division has investigated the background and causes of these two people, and has already compiled them in the account book of Master Tan. If you have any objections or doubts about these two people, you can go to the Wutong Division to verify. If not, you can immediately return to the imperial capital to restore their innocence and bring justice to the world."

Ning Ji spoke with ups and downs, full of confidence and a neutral tone, without showing any weakness.

He finally said something very thought-provoking: "The world can only be controlled by the emperor!"

This sentence shocked everyone. Ning Ji actually said something terrible that could be interpreted by anyone as a rebellious statement.

Although Tan Mingqiu and Li Lusheng would not write down or spread this sentence, they had never seen Ning Ji be so bold as to even make the Emperor mock and admonish him.

They haven't thought about the idea that Ning Ji must know something yet, but when they really know what Ning Ji knows, it's too late.

The darkness is coming too fast... and the remaining light must make a final struggle.

Everything from beginning to end cannot escape the appearance and departure of a person.

That is Chang Yinglan.

Ning Ji's future wife.

She is now like a child who has run away from home. She has experienced some hardships in a foreign land, but it is difficult for her to become a leader or do anything earth-shaking.

On the way to the Tongtian Viper Prison, she was wondering why this young master Ning Ji was also being taken to the Tongtian Viper Prison.

After all, he really didn't need to fight so hard for two strangers.

Is it hard to disobey the emperor's order?
(End of this chapter)