Logically speaking, at this stage, Wu Qiao should have begun to consider heading to the Capital Star Territory, but at this time he was a little backed down. He didn't dare, he was afraid that what was waiting for him was parting. For soldiers like them, death is an instant matter, and death is also an eternal matter. If Tan Yan loses deliberately, everyone will celebrate, except for himself. Only oneself knows what kind of sacrifice that person made.

Wu Qiao started to drag, always staring at the universe in a daze. The universe is so vast that it can contain everything. Only then can Wu Qiao's mood calm down.

However, this will not work all the time. The fruit of the previous victory needs him to guard, and he must strike while the iron is hot. At this time, stopping will only hand over to the world, and then all the sacrifices of everyone will be in vain.

Wu Qiao began to reorganize the army, set the time and route, and planned to go all the way to the capital.

As for Ji Yao, he will continue to expand his "territory" and strive to include more star regions. In order to defend the capital, the empire will do its best to stop Wu Qiao, so Ji Yao's pressure will be relatively small.

However, just the day before Wu Qiao planned to leave, something shocking everyone happened suddenly. This incident even forced Wu Qiao to cancel the plan.

On that day, in order to inspire the soldiers of the revolutionary army who were about to march to the capital, the "Shadow Emperor" held a grand military parade. It is not very accurate to say that it is a military parade, because its process is very different from the military parade of the imperial emperor.

This idea was proposed by Ma Latang. He told the "Shadow King" that in the recent period, the revolutionary army has added many new forces, including many of the most advanced weapons. A concentrated display of armed forces can reflect the speed of growth, boost morale, and boost military power.

The "Shadow King" readily agreed to this proposal.

Wu Qiao knew that because Ma Latang was not good at fighting but was unwilling to live under him, he liked to think of other ways to please the "Shadow Emperor" by small means other than military merit. Even though he knew this, Wu Qiao still agreed with the military parade, and Ma Latang was right.

The military parade started punctually at eight o'clock in the morning.

After the gunfire, the "Emperor of Shadows" first delivered a speech in a passionate tone, thanking all those who were willing to create an era with him. He said that since the imperial emperor himself wants to be destroyed, the revolutionary army will definitely send him to be destroyed.

As soon as the speech fell, the audience began to sing.

Emotions spread quickly, and many people shed tears.

Then the "Shadow King" took the car and laid flowers to the tombstones of the victims, and walked around the long road. During this process, the monkey strange beast on his shoulder was always there, and he fluttered several times while offering flowers. The "Shadow King" gave the monkey a slap, and the monkey immediately became honest.

The "Shadow Emperor" then walked onto the high platform, and Wu Qiao also followed the "Shadow Emperor".

At nine o'clock in the morning, the troops receiving the review began to show.

They walked in front of the "Shadow King" in an orderly manner, and everything seemed to be so smooth and beautiful.

Wu Qiao was also a little fascinated.

Just as he was secretly feeling general, he heard a strange sound, and at the same time there was a pain in his calf.

Looking down, there was a pebble on his feet. It was this thing that hit him in the leg just now.

Wu Qiao looked back in the direction where the stone came, and found that Ji Yao was beckoning to him under the stage.

Wu Qiao: "...?"

Ji Yao still didn't stop, motioning for Wu Qiao to go over, as if he didn't care that Wu Qiao was accompanying the "Shadow King" to review.

Wu Qiao ignored him, and he threw stones again.

Wu Qiao: "..."

Thinking that Ji Yao might be in a hurry, Wu Qiao bowed his head and turned to walk towards Ji Yao.

He stepped off the stage and asked Ji Yao, "What happened?"

Ji Yao looked at Wu Qiao, hesitated for a while, looking hard to tell: "It's like this..."

"Which is it?"

"Actually...hey, actually..."

Seeing his demeanor, Wu Qiao became nervous: "What the **** is going on?"

"That's...that's it...well, what should I say, it's really not easy to say, it's...that's it..."

"Ji Yao," Wu Qiao looked at Ji Yao with disbelief, "you call me off the stage if you have nothing to do?!"

Don’t know that a military parade is being held?

If you change someone else to talk to him in a hesitant tone, Wu Qiao may feel that the situation is serious, but Ji Yao is not that kind of person at all, no matter what he encounters, he will not be unfavorable—Ji Yao has always Very calm.

"..." Facing the questioning, Ji Yao sighed: "It seems all right."

"Ok?"

"It seems okay, maybe I think too much."

As soon as the last word fell, Wu Qiao heard a few shots!

Afterwards, there were terrible screams bursting out from the crowd!

Wu Qiao's expression changed and he immediately rushed back, but Ji Yao held his arm tightly.

After another round of intensive gunfire, Ji Yao let go, and Wu Qiao rushed up like an arrow that had just left the string.

He saw that the "Shadow Emperor" fell to the ground with bullet holes all over his body.

The monkey on his shoulder also had a few bullets in his body, squeaking constantly. It lay on the chest of "Shadow Emperor", and "Shadow Emperor" reached out and touched its **** fur.

The monkey's hair was brown, and now it was soaked in blood, but it showed a dark color.

Soon, "Shadow Emperor" fell into a half-faint, panting heavily, and cyanosis appeared all over his body.

"The commander can't breathe, move the monkey away!" someone shouted.

However, the monkey strange beast was unwilling to let go, and kept holding him tightly. In the end, people had to move him aside, so the monkey still put his arms around the neck of the "Shadow King" and lay on the side, sticking to the "Shadow King". It just doesn't lie on his body anymore. "Shadow King"'s hand is not easy to touch the monkey again, but he tried his best to touch it, and his arm was bent at a strange angle.

"Hurry up and call someone to rescue him!" Wu Qiao turned around and ordered others.

"Already on the way!"

Wu Qiao looked down the stage.

Over there, a soldier fell to the ground with several shots and was beaten into a hornet's nest.

Someone explained to Wu Qiao incoherently: "The man suddenly jumped out during the review and shot here. Several bullets hit the commander's body!"

Wu Qiao made no sound.

"After the commander was shot twice, the monkey slipped off the commander’s shoulder, with his arm hooked to the commander’s neck, and hung his body in front of the commander’s chest to block the gun, but it was too late, the commander’s lungs. It has been pierced by the bullet just now!"

"..."

"We shot the murderer immediately, and everything happened within twenty seconds."

"What did you kill him for?" Wu Qiao frowned, "I haven't figured out how he brought the bullet."

"what…"

"Forget it." Wu Qiao was upset. He didn't expect such a thing to happen in the military parade.

It seems that among the original imperial soldiers included, some were extremely loyal to the emperor. It is not particularly abnormal to think about it, after all, the army has been talking about loyalty.

The military parade was covered with a huge haze, the atmosphere was heavy, and the troops dispersed in depression.

Wuqiao’s expedition was forced to cancel.

They buried the "Shadow King", and they need to plan for the future together.

"Ji Yao," Wu Qiao said to Ji Yao, "I know this is inappropriate at this time, but... please help me get the position of leader of the revolutionary army... OK?"

Ji Yao smiled, still looking very charming and beautiful, "Oh?"

"I understand that I shouldn't say it, but I..." Wu Qiao's throat tightened and his fingertips trembled a little, "I think if I can replace the'Shadow King', I might be able to save Tan Yan..."

If Tan Yan doesn't succumb to "fight to the end", Emperor Yiying's violent character will definitely put him to death as a marshal of the empire. However, if you can control the revolutionary army, you may be able to save your favorite person.

In the past, Wu Qiao never dared to think about this. Now that the "Shadow King" is dead, this desire in Wu Qiao's heart is like a seed that has sprouted. No matter how it is buried, it will stubbornly break through the ground all the way up. Wu Qiao couldn't help thinking about taking over, and even faintly looked forward to it. In any case, he couldn't completely immerse himself in grief.

Ji Yao asked, "Are you asking me because of Tan Yan?" He knew very well that Wu Qiao was always unwilling to ask others.

Wu Qiao said, "...you say yes."

"..." Ji Yao thought for a while, "then, well, it's not difficult."

"...Please." Wu Qiao thought to himself, since Ji Yao said it's not difficult, it must be possible. He is now very dependent on Ji Yao. In middle school, Ji Yao was not enthusiastic about him. It was all because of Su Yiqing that Ji Yao mixed up with him politely. After Su Yiqing left, the two of them unexpectedly became true friends.

Sure enough, as they had expected before, the upper echelons of the revolutionary army began to discuss who would succeed.

In a large room, everyone was sitting around a table, and the position of the "Shadow King" was vacant.

"We must choose someone to inherit the will of the commander," Ma Latang said, "so that we can lead the revolutionary army forward without fear."

"Wu Qiao," Ji Yao smiled, "Who else can hold this position besides Wu Qiao?"

"He joined too late." Ma Latang said. No one can shake Wu Qiao's authority in the revolutionary army, so he can only deny it elsewhere.

"What's wrong with joining late? Do you still look at that?" Wu Qiao couldn't speak for himself for this kind of thing, so Ji Yao fought for him, "Wu Qiao's achievements are so great, everyone will convince him."

"I can't agree." At this time, an old man spoke slowly. He was also a person who devoted himself to the revolution very early. "The commander died very strangely. Wu Qiao was very wrong at the time. He suddenly left the reviewing stand before the incident happened."

"..." Wu Qiao looked at Ji Yao.

"Ah, I happened to be looking for him for something." Without hesitation, Ji Yao quickly replied, and at the same time gave Wu Qiao a look of relief.

"What is so important?"

"His sister was suddenly ill. I was very sick at the time. It turned out that I was wrong, and his sister was fine."

"Nonsense!" The other party was completely unbelief, and his beard fluttered with anger.

"Then what's going on in your opinion?" Ji Yao asked.

The other party pursed his lower lip, and then said again: "Wu Qiao and this matter are probably inseparable. Wu Qiao will never become a new generation leader until everything is found out."

"Why would he do this?"

"Of course it is to become the leader of the revolutionary army, so I designed to kill the previous leader!"

"...What's the logic?" Ji Yao said, "If it has something to do with Wu Qiao, Wu Qiao tells the murderer not to beat himself. Why should I run off the stage?"

"This... it would be weird to only kill the commander and let him go." Everyone knows that Wu Qiao is also very useful. Wu Qiao should also be the target of assassination or explicit killing.

"Even so, Wu Qiao can get down immediately as soon as the gunfire sounds. Anyway, the commander will be the first target."

"This...choosing to get down without protecting the commander is unacceptable."

"The commander has been shot several times, why did he get himself in?"

The other party found that the argument was no more than Ji Yao, so he simply chose to end the dialogue directly: "In short, it is impossible not to investigate."

"Okay, okay," Ji Yao made a surrender gesture, "then lock Wuqiao? Are you leading soldiers to fight? Now is the critical period, and you must go to the capital immediately. You can investigate Wuqiao and go by yourself. Deal with Tan Yan."

"That...that's not necessary." As soon as the words came out, several people immediately objected, "Wu Qiao can continue to lead soldiers to fight, but he is puzzled and it is impossible to let him be the leader." They also knew very well that they were. Can't beat that marshal.

"Oh?" Ji Yao seemed to hear something funny, "In the past, Wu Qiao wanted to be the leader, so he killed the'Shadow Emperor'... Then the question is, who will be the new leader? You have to think about it, Wu Qiao I still didn't become the leader, maybe someday I wanted to kill people again."

"..." The few people looked at each other for a while, and no one could answer this question.

They also realized that Ji Yao was right, that the leader is likely to follow the old path of "Shadow King".

However, the revolutionary army now relies heavily on Wu Qiao, and it is impossible to lock Wu Qiao. Once closed, it's all over.

In this way, no one dared to ask for that position.

Ji Yao raised his chin and asked Ma Latang, "Are you going to be?"

Ma Latang glanced at Wu Qiao, but said nothing. He was not confident that he could live forever.

Ji Yao asked another person: "Are you going to be?"

The man also lowered his head, without raising his eyes for a long while.

Ji Yao asked several people in a row, but no one gave an affirmative answer. In the end, Ji Yao made a move: "So, the answer is obvious—who is unlucky. Since Wu Qiao wants to be, let him be, so what if he wins, what is he? Official title is not important at all. Otherwise, being a leader would be either killed by Wu Qiao or the emperor, which is not worth it."

"Ji Yao!" Wu Qiao couldn't listen anymore, "That matter has nothing to do with me!"

"I know it has nothing to do with you," Ji Yao shrugged, "but they don't believe it."

"..." Wu Qiao discovered that Ji Yao also learned a lot from Su Yiqing's acting ability.

"Okay." Ji Yao said again, "Apart from Wu Qiao, who else plans to run for the election?" The way of running for yourself and voting for everyone was learned by the Revolutionary Army from the Republic. For the empires, voting is quite new, because in the past, the emperor directly appointed someone to succeed him.

As soon as Ji Yao said this, the room was full of silence—they really didn't dare to fight with Wu Qiao, and no one knew what Wu Qiao would do.

"Then there is no need to vote." Ji Yao paused, "If there is only one candidate."

"..."

"Then I will go out and announce it later. By the way, Wu Qiao is really wronged. He will be a good leader."

"..."

After the "voting" was over, Wu Qiao called Ji Yao aside.

"You want to thank me?" Ji Yao asked him.

"Well, thank you, but there is another thing."

"What?" Seeing Wu Qiao's serious expression, Ji Yao stopped being casual.

"That's..." Wu Qiao hesitated what to ask, but in the end he chose to go straight ahead, "I am also very strange about this. Why did you call me at the time?"

"..."

"Does the death of'Shadow King' actually have something to do with you?"

"I did think about it, but this time it really has nothing to do with me."

"So...?"

"I feel that there is something wrong with the light armor queue. You may not have noticed it. At the time of the'Shadow King' review, I saw on the screen that there was a stranger in that team. I can't tell the specifics, but it's not the same. "

"..." Wu Qiao knew why Ji Yao knew everything. His eyes were too poisonous.

"Does this answer your question?" Ji Yao asked again.

"Why didn't you tell the'Shadow King'?" Wu Qiao felt that this was the new focus. He obviously discovered the anomaly, but he concealed everything, pretending to be okay?

"After all, this is just my sixth sense. The'Shadow King' is reviewing the troops. It is not easy to talk nonsense about things without evidence... I just care about you, and I am afraid that in case, I will not be so nervous about him. Xi."

"..."

"And, actually..." Ji Yao's eyes floated far away again, "In my heart, I want him to die."

"..." Wu Qiao took a breath, "is it to get me to the top again?"

He really felt that the other party was too paranoid. Su Yiqing wanted to help him, it would definitely not be such a help. Su Yiqing's help is normal communication between friends, not desperate obsession.

"Well, but it's not entirely true. Most of them are not." Ji Yao still didn't look at Wu Qiao. "Just like you said. According to the character of'Shadow Emperor', Tan Yan is really going to die, and this is also true. Most often, few people have ever escaped." The military power representatives of the old dynasty, even if they were lucky enough to survive, would spend the rest of their lives in prison.

"..."

"But you are my best friend, I really don't want to... let you experience my pain at that time, and your soul is like being taken away."

"Ji Yao..."

"Moreover, the longer the time, the less willing it is. Others say that time can heal everything, but I don't see any hope for improvement."