I just want to torture you to death, don't force me to beat you to death

The man stopped.

Looking at Chu Ning, there was no awe on his face, but a fierce look on his face.

"Sir, although my official position is not as good as yours, I have been fighting on the battlefield for many years, and more Routu soldiers have died in my hands than I can count."

"I just didn't know that your Excellency lived in this courtyard before, why would you hold on to me?"

"You are impudent. As a junior officer, you dare to be disrespectful to your superior officer. For this reason alone, this captain will kill you. No one can say anything wrong. I will give you one last chance."

Chu Ning shouted loudly, and the sound was so loud that it could be heard out of the courtyard.

"If you think you have this ability, you might as well give it a try."

Wang Shi's eyes were filled with fierceness. He was already at the peak of the seventh-level martial arts master, but the Ji Yang in front of him only relied on bows and arrows to become a captain. He was not afraid at all without bows and arrows.

If he really dares to take action, he will let Ji Yang know what it means to humiliate himself.

As for the following offenders, there was naturally someone behind the scenes to explain for him. Anyway, it was Ji Yang who did it first, so he had to fight back and wait to be killed.

"Stubborn!"

Chu Ning sneered and punched out.

"Your Excellency wants to kill me. Please forgive me for having to save myself."

Wang Shi was smart enough to yell, but the moment his fists collided, his expression changed.

There was disbelief and shock in his eyes.

The sound of cracking bones came from his fist, and then his whole arm hurt. Before Wang Shi could cry out in pain, a hand was already pinching his neck.

"Give you a chance to tell me who is behind this, otherwise you can die."

Feeling the murderous look in Lieutenant Ji's eyes, Wang Shi had no doubt that his words were false. This look... was too murderous.

"Yes...it was Colonel Su who asked me to do this. He said that Captain Ji had taken away his younger brother's position as captain, and asked me to test you on purpose and vent his anger on his younger brother."

Test?

Chu Ning sneered, probably just to vent his anger.

Lieutenant Su?

If I remember correctly, among the dozen or so captains who came back together this time, there was one named Su, but the other party did not show any hatred towards him along the way.

Is it a good hiding, or is this not Captain Su?

"Sir...Sir, I offended you because of my blindness. I will never dare to do it again. Please let me go."

Kill this king?

After thinking about it for a while, Chu Ning decided to let this guy go. This time he went to the capital and after redeeming his military merits, it was time to break through to the realm of a military commander. Letting this guy go would instead be able to cause trouble for those who want to cause him trouble. A warning.

"roll."

Chu Ning withdrew her hand from Wang Shi's throat. Wang Shi breathed a sigh of relief, bent over and retreated toward the door flatteringly.

When he doesn't kill the king, it's not because he has a good heart.

But going to the royal library is the most important thing now, and other things can be dealt with later.

Half an hour later, people from the military hall arranged dinner. The attitude of these people was obviously much more respectful than before. Even the steward came to ask in person whether the dishes were to their liking.

The next day.

The sun rises in the east.

Chu Ning left the military hall and headed to the south gate of the palace according to the route informed by the military hall steward yesterday.

There were four gates in the Liang Dynasty palace. Officials entered the palace through the east gate, while members of the royal family generally left the palace through the west gate. The library and arsenal were not far from the south gate of the palace.

In addition to salaries, Daliang officials also have contribution points, which are the same as military merit points in the army. With contribution points, they can go to the library and arsenal to exchange for items.

Chu Ning came to the south gate of the palace. The three-foot-high old city wall stood. The wall was smooth and smooth, and was paved with white jade. Ordinary martial arts masters could not climb up at all, but if a strong military commander did not use secret strength to pierce the jade stone, I'm afraid I won't be able to go up if I use it to exert my strength.

Although it is impossible to guard against generals, anyone who climbs over the city wall will definitely leave traces.

And every sixty breaths, a group of patrolling soldiers inspected the city wall. With such tight defenses, unless one was a master-level expert, anyone who dared to sneak into the palace would risk death.

South Gate.

The two tall stone pillars standing on both sides of the palace gate show the nobility of the palace.

A group of soldiers guarded the palace gate, led by two generals.

Chu Ning handed over his identity badge and the military merit points settlement document. One of the generals read it carefully and said, "Why are you here so early? The imperial court hasn't rewarded you yet."

"Sir, my humble position has reached a bottleneck. I would like to go to the library first to see if I can find a way to break through."

Chu Ning's answer brought a smile to the general's face. Those who practice martial arts diligently are welcome wherever they go.

"What's the number of people entering the palace?"

"0588!"

This number was given to Chu Ning by the General's Mansion before he came to the capital, and it was also his identity verification code.

This is to prevent anyone from entering the palace by pretending to be someone else.

When he saw this string of numbers, the General's Mansion would also use flying pigeons to send everyone's verification codes to the palace.

Another general took out a booklet from his arms, flipped through a few pages and nodded.

"Go in, go to the library, enter the palace gate and go right, go to the arsenal and go left. Remember, stop immediately when you encounter the yellow line. If you dare to step over the yellow line, you will be killed without mercy."

"Thank you, sir, for reminding me. Please keep your humble position in mind."

Under the eyes of two rows of seventh-grade martial arts masters, Chu Ning strode into the palace gate, walked to the right, and soon saw the library pavilion.

The attic with a height of tens of meters stands in front, which is extremely spectacular and brilliant.

The door is also guarded by military officers.

Just like entering the palace, Chu Ning was let in after showing his waist badge and military merit documents.

Climbing up the stairs, as soon as I stepped into the library pavilion, a faint fragrance of ink hit my nostrils.

The library has six floors.

But with Chu Ning's official position, he can only search for books on the three floors below.

The first floor of the Library Pavilion was the largest and had the largest collection of books. Chu Ning did not rush to find the skills related to the Burning Blood Technique, but walked to the row of bookshelves on geography.

Geography is not only a book about the geography of the Liang Dynasty, but also a book on world history.

After some searching, Chu Ning found two books he wanted.

One is the history of the founding and development of the Liang Dynasty. Although this kind of history book compiled by the contemporary imperial court is a little crooked, there is still something to be learned from it.

In addition, there is another book called "History of the Development of Martial Arts in the Liang Dynasty", which records the martial arts forces of the Liang Dynasty, including the four major sects and the eight major surnames.

There was no time limit in the library, so Chu Ning was not in a hurry. She took two books to the desk and sat down to read them slowly.

An hour later, he finished reading the first book.

Two hours later, both books were finished.

Chu Ning had a thoughtful look on his face. These two books have a very unique feature: they are dated!

The history of the development of the Liang Dynasty only vaguely refers to the dynasties before the Liang Dynasty as the former dynasty. It records the deeds of Taizu of the Liang Dynasty who overthrew the previous dynasty, but there is extremely little description of the previous dynasty.

After Taizu, there were no records related to the previous dynasty in the books.

The same problem applies to the history of the development of martial arts. The four major sects and the eight major surnames recorded in it are all after the emergence of Taizu.

The four major sects and the eight major surnames seemed to have appeared together with Taizu of the Liang Dynasty. Before that, martial arts seemed not to exist in this world.

Did the writer deliberately conceal the previous dynasty?

That's not right. It would be fine if the book on the development history of the Liang Dynasty concealed the previous dynasties, but it is completely unnecessary to talk about the four major sects and the eight major surnames.

Those who can come to the library are loyal to the royal family. Writing more details about the origins of the four major sects and the eight major surnames will be more friendly to those who want to check it out.

In other words, the more detailed and secret contents are on the floors above the library.

In addition to doubts, Chu Ning still gained something. The latter book has records of the martial arts techniques of the four major sects.

Only then did he understand why the original fourth-grade military general of Wushuang Sect could pose a threat to him even though he had only become a fourth-grade military general not long ago.

The martial arts skills of the four major sects are all top-notch skills, and the power of An Jin is far beyond that of ordinary martial arts skills.

As he had guessed at the beginning, the purity of An Jin would be much higher.

At the same level, the disciples of the four major sects are almost invincible.

After reading these two books, Chu Ning found another book on martial arts elixirs, finally knowing the origin and effectiveness of the two elixirs he found from the Wushuang Sect disciples.

The martial arts disciples take the Bone Tempering Pill, which is also available in the other three sects and is unique to the four sects. After taking it, the bone strength can be improved.

The stronger the bones, the easier it is to build a strong body.

What the generals take is called Body Tempering Pill, which is a body-tempering pill that can stimulate the body's potential and make the energy and blood stronger than those of people in the same realm.

"This is a good thing, especially the Body Tempering Pill. If combined with the longevity fruit, my energy and blood will increase again."

In six years, Chu Ning also knew the urinary properties of longevity fruit.

The energy released by the longevity fruit is related to the energy limit that your body can bear. It does not mean that the longevity fruit will release your body's limit energy, but it will release a certain proportion according to the limit that your body can bear.

If your body's strength increases, the energy released by the longevity fruit will also increase.

With the first goal achieved, Chu Ning began to search for martial arts techniques related to Burning Blood Kung Fu or related martial arts notes.

There are none on the first floor.

Neither does the second floor.

There are fewer books as you go up, which makes Chu Ning's search easier.

It took Chu Ning a quarter of an hour to find a useful book on the third floor.

It's not the secret book of Burning Blood Kung Fu, but the martial arts notes of a grandmaster, but only the first half of the notes are there.

A grandmaster's martial arts notes are of extraordinary value. Normally they would not be placed on the third floor, but on a higher floor, but this grandmaster is somewhat special.

This grandmaster is a master who has achieved a breakthrough in the Tiancan technique. There are too few people practicing the Tiancan technique, so the value of this notebook is naturally greatly reduced.

But this is not the main reason. The main reason is that this grandmaster practices a kind of Tiancan technique that will cause him to lose his mind. The more he goes on, the worse his mind becomes, and in the end he becomes completely crazy.

A madman's notes naturally have little reference value, even for a master.

But for Chu Ning, this is a priceless treasure.

On the first floor of the library, Chu Ning took this note to register. The old man in charge of the registration looked at the book and said in surprise: "Although this was written by the master, this person was already crazy when he wrote this note. You Are you sure you need to spend 3,000 military credits to redeem it?"

"To be honest, sir, humble position is also a Tiancan skill practiced."

After listening to Chu Ning's words, the old man sighed softly and walked into an inner room. After a while, he held a book in his hand, which was the second half of the grandmaster's notes.

"Return it after three days. It must not be shown to others, and it must not be destroyed."

"yes."

Holding the upper and lower volumes of the Grandmaster's Notes, Chu Ning left the library without picking any other books, and walked directly towards the palace gate.