The devil is coming

Chapter 434: Fighting
At this time, the situation inside and outside Xiayong City was turbulent.
All the county guards had been mobilized. At the same time, a Chu army camp stationed nearby immediately dispatched five thousand soldiers and horses to approach here;
In addition, two groups of Qu's private soldiers, the "Qingluan Army", are heading here.
Under the Yupan City, Uncle Zheng passed the order for Tian Wujing and slaughtered [-] elite Qingluan troops in one fell swoop. Qu Tiannan of the Chu Zhu Kingdom also died by the Wangjiang River, but the emaciated camel was bigger than the horse. Although Qu's vitality was seriously injured. , but the remaining Qingluan Army plus the new recruits added in recent years, the combat effectiveness is definitely far from what it was in its heyday, but it is still enough for the Chu Kingdom.
In addition, other nearby slave families of the Qu family, similar to the Fan family, also received orders from the Qu family, and each family sent private soldiers to move closer to Xianyong City.
A humble city is attracting tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to gather together, like waves coming from all directions and lapping at the only reef.
The Mi family is not a traditional aristocracy of the Chu State, but two generations of the Mi family have produced close ministers to the emperor of Chu. The two generations of Mi family heads studied and grew up together with the late emperor and the princes of this generation. The current Mi family head was also appointed by the regent. He was appointed as the Minister of Household Affairs of the State of Chu, in charge of the money and food matters of the court.
Now, the eldest lady of the Mi family was picked off and her hand tendons were broken.
And the fourth princess,
Then disappeared.
This kind of thing actually happened in the territory of Chu State. It was no wonder that the royal family was not angry, and it was no wonder that the Qu family was not angry.
……
On the wall of Xiayong City, a skinny old man sat cross-legged on the battlements. Next to him stood a general holding a sword.
The skinny old man's surname is Yuan and his given name is Gangtian; the young general's surname is Li and his given name is Mu.
Among the four major countries in the East, after the contemporary Emperor Yan ascended the throne, he vigorously suppressed religious forces across the country, changing the atmosphere of "the sky full of gods and Buddhas" during the reign of the previous emperor;
Gan people have always believed in Qi refiners and feel that those people can understand the secrets of heaven and are mysterious and mysterious;
The Jin people have been divided into three families for a long time. The ancestors of the Helian family were born as barbarians and believed in Confucianism, so the Jin people did not have the most powerful beliefs;
The people of Chu believe in witchcraft.
Yuan Gangtian is one of the twelve witchcraft in Dachu. These twelve witchcraft are not divided according to strength. In fact, witchcraft is all-encompassing.
Witch culture first originated in Daxia. Witches can survey, cure diseases, divination, perform fortune-telling, write books, etc. Therefore, the twelve witchcraft of Dachu are divided into twelve natural areas. There are twelve branches separated from the original point of witchcraft.
However, these branches have new names in other countries, and they are no longer described as witches.
Simultaneously,
At that time, the Shanyue people also had their own witchcraft culture. After the Marquis of Chu opened the border under the orders of the Great Xia Dynasty, the Chu people integrated and absorbed the witchcraft culture of the Shanyue people, integrated it into themselves, and continued to develop, eventually making the witchcraft culture become the unique culture of Chu. The only mainstream belief.
Li Mu did not come from a wealthy family. In fact, like Nian Yao, he also came from the regent's palace and is currently the general of Congzhou City.
Congzhou City is located in the Qu family's fiefdom. It is the product of a compromise between the great nobles and the royal family. The royal family allows the great nobles to maintain their independence, and the great nobles also allow the royal family to keep troops in their fiefdoms.
Therefore, Li Mu's duty is to monitor the Qu family.
but now,
Those things can be put aside for now. What needs to be done now is to find the princess.
The fourth princess and Miss Mi's family left the palace and came out alone early, just to have some fun before getting married.
The current Queen Mother, the biological mother of the Prince Regent and the Fourth Princess, felt pity for her daughter who was about to get married, so she chose to turn a blind eye.
The customs of the Chu State are different from those of the Qian State. Although they are not as heroic as the women of Yan State who can bend their horses and draw their bows, they are far from the point where the women of the Qian State are bound by ethics.
Chu people are so romantic.
However, something had already happened. Someone kidnapped the princess under the eyes of a group of guards.
Li Mu sighed,
Subconsciously, he reached out and touched the handle of his knife.
Yuan Gangtian smiled slightly and said:
"annoyed?"
"Yeah." Li Mu admitted directly.
In his opinion, if a woman, even if she is a princess, is lost, just lose her. It is not worth the trouble and effort, and he, the General of Congzhou, has to come specially to organize the search.
Yuan Gangtian shook his head. He was too lazy to say anything to Li Mu about changing his temper, because it was possible that the regent admired Li Mu's temper.
Everyone thought that Nian Yao was appointed Marshal at a young age and was in charge of guarding Zhennanguan. This was the trust from the regent. However, Yuan Gangtian knew that Li Mu's favor was no less favorable than Nian Yao's.
"We, the Dachu royal family, are descendants of the Phoenix. Although we are not like the Yan people who still raise Pixiu from generation to generation, our Dachu imperial palace has the essence and blood of the fire phoenix.
Each generation of core members of the royal family will be blessed with blood essence. "
When Li Mu heard this, he said disdainfully: "It's useless."
He once asked the regent, whether the fire phoenix essence and blood can strengthen the body and increase the qi and blood?
The regent's answer was no, he could only leave a flame-like mark on his arm that would never fall off.
Since then, Li Mu has scorned the fire phoenix essence and blood.
Yuan Gangtian spread his hands, and in his palm, there was a small bat slowly spreading its wings, revealing its fangs, and its small pupils flashed with dark green light.
"This is a black bat carefully raised by me. It is extremely spiritual. Unfortunately, the bloodline of my great fire phoenix has long been cut off, so I can only reproduce with this subspecies that retains a trace of fire phoenix bloodline."
said,
Yuan Gangtian spread out his other palm and said:
"General Li, please lend me a knife."
Li Mu drew his sword and put it away.
Yuan Tiangang's palm was scratched and a bloody gash was drawn.
"call………"
Yuan Tiangang's lips trembled slightly.
"What's wrong?" Li Mu asked.
Yuan Tiangang narrowed his eyes, gritted his teeth slightly, and said:
"All it takes is a small cut on your finger."
Li Mu didn't look guilty at all, and just said: "Tell me earlier next time."
Yuan Tiangang had no choice but to turn his palm down, and blood dripped on the black bat, while silently reciting a witchcraft spell.
The hair on the black bat's body began to show a translucent color, not glowing, but the color of the hair instantly became extremely delicate, and the energy and energy suddenly improved.
"Go and find the fire phoenix breath."
The black bat flew away from Yuan Tiangang's hand and flew into the air.
Li Mu looked at the black bat flying far away and said, "Waiting below?"
Yuan Tiangang took out the golden sore medicine with some pain and began to apply it on his palms. At the same time, he said:
"How do you find it? You still have to find it. I also have my own methods. Black Bat is one of the methods, and the other method is to use the divination method in witches to deduce.
After all, the fourth princess is our royal family of Da Chu. She has a clear destiny, so she should be able to deduce something. "
Li Mu nodded and said, "You also helped Nian Yao like this, right?"
In the past, the Emperor of Chu passed away, and many princes of Chu Dynasty competed for the throne.
Nian Yao, under the command of the fourth prince, led the royal imperial army loyal to the fourth prince to suppress the rebellion, and captured three princes one after another. One of them was hiding in the Shanyue tribe and was not spared.
Li Mu knew that under the appearance of such a fast march with a clear goal, there must be external help.
For example, the method used to find the four princesses at this time. If Nian Yao had Wu Zheng helping him, he would quickly put down the rebellion by "capturing the thieves first" again and again, which would have been a bit natural, because those princes must have He was also given the essence and blood of Fire Phoenix.
Yuan Gangtian started to pinch his fingers and kept uttering obscure spells in his mouth.
Li Mu held the knife and continued to stand quietly beside Wu Zheng.
The evening breeze blew through the walls of Xiayong City, bringing the coldness of winter.
...
In the small courtyard of Fan Mansion where spring flowers are blooming,
The old woman sat there, looking alternately gloating and apprehensive.
In the separate courtyard where the main house of the family is located, Fan Zhengwen sat face to face with Weng Zanghai, sipping tea.
Now, most of the servants in the Fan Mansion and the children of the Fan Mansion have gone out to participate in the search for the princess. At the same time, the Fan family, as the first family in the lower class, has also mobilized the grain stores in the city to start preparing for the upcoming event. Soldiers and horses from all walks of life prepare food and fodder.
These are all things the Fan family should do.
Of course, they did what they shouldn't have done.
"Master, I heard that the Da Chu royal family has the blood of the Fire Phoenix."
Fan Zhengwen nodded,
He turned around and looked in the direction of the greenhouse.
Weng Zanghai asked in a low voice: "Will she take action?"
Fan Zhengwen smiled and said,
Road:
"It's just like doing business. Whoever is reluctant will have to get involved and lose money."
Weng Zanghai touched his long beard, thoughtfully, and then said:
"But after all, it is not safe to place the princess in the Fan family like this."
"The incident happened suddenly. There is no other way but to leave it at Fan's house."
Fan Zhengwen paused and continued:
"Now that we're on board, there's nothing we can do. The worst-case scenario is to ask Mr. Weng to suffer a little and come with my wife and I to Jin."
Fan Zhengwen can completely put aside the family business, because he still has a way out. As long as Xiao Liuzi can inherit the throne in the future, he still has great hope to come back, and then he can earn a bigger family business.
He is willing to give up, and he is really willing to give up. He must give up before he can gain anything.
But in the greenhouse courtyard,
After all, the old woman failed to take advantage of this silent confrontation with her grandson.
She started to stretch out her hands,
The "heavenly secret" covering the sky above Fan Mansion,
Because just now,
She sensed that someone was reaching here through deduction.
……
At the same moment,
A Ming, who habitually sat on the roof, still drinking wine in line with the mentality of a rich man who doesn't eat for nothing.
He Chunlai and Chen Daole did not continue to accompany him. They stood ready and guarded the two entrances of Qingfangzhai. In fact, there was no difference between guarding and not guarding.
A Ming drank alone and felt a little lonely.
Until he saw a bat flying in the sky.
A Ming waved,
The bat ignored him, but seemed to sense something and began to hover over Fan's house.
A Ming was unhappy,
Bared his fangs,
Let out a slight growl,
next moment,
The bat trembled, and there was a hint of flattery and fear in his eyes.
Falling from the sky,
It fell on A Ming's shoulder.
A Ming reached out and touched the bat’s head.
whispered:
"good."
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good night.
(End of this chapter)