Earth Immortal Righteous Path

Chapter 215 Diversion
The convoy traveled not far from the small valley, and the horses in front reported back.

"There is a strange fog in the valley for no reason, and there is still fire?"

The captain dismounted, took out a long telescope from a bag on the side of the horse's back, lifted it up, and looked into the distance.

Sure enough, the valley was shrouded in a white mist, and there was a faint flash of fire.

"The sky is bright and the sun is bright, how come there is such a vision?"

"There has been no peace along the way."

The captain is also depressed, it seems that since he took this errand, there has never been a day when he is out of trouble.

The horse at the post station was drugged, the bridge was broken, and there was a mudslide on the way...
From time to time, I will meet a few spies who try to sneak into the convoy... They traveled in disguise as merchants before.

Later, they simply stopped covering up, played the banner of the imperial envoy openly, and distributed official documents all the way, asking for the king's order cards and imperial edicts. This stopped for half a month.

But after setting foot in the south of the Yangtze River, the other party no longer concealed it. Assassins, bandits, Wang Yang robbers, scattered people from the rivers and lakes, they took turns one by one...

"The Zhen family! Hmph! There is a way to kill! Not killing is not enough to appease anger!"

The captain put down the copper binoculars and carefully put them away in a box padded with several layers of thick cotton cloth.

This is an imported product, it is inlaid with polished crystals, it is very valuable, even though he has a lot of salary, he is only willing to buy one.

Although the warlocks who follow the army also have spells, they can see farther, but the gang of warlocks may not be willing to waste mana for it, so it is better to use this and not ask for help.

Thinking of warlocks, the captain suddenly had an idea.

Call the soldiers and talk to them.

"Go and ask the warlocks who are accompanying the army to come over and ask what's going on!"

When the soldiers got the order, they ran to the back.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the captain ordered the horse to rest temporarily and feed water and fodder to the horse.

This kind of stop and go is the daily routine of marching, because the road is bumpy and bumpy, so we have to be more cautious.

The warlock who accompanied the army came over soon, he looked like an old Taoist priest with gray hair, unshaven, unkempt, almost like a beggar, but fortunately, the clothes on his body were well-groomed and there was no peculiar smell.

When the old warlock saw the captain, he just cupped his hands in a disrespectful manner, and said:
"Master Captain."

Xiaowei Li didn't think he was disobedient towards this warlock's attitude, obviously this kind of thing is commonplace.

Immediately, I briefly talked about the abnormal situation ahead.

"How, what does Zheng Gong think? Is there an ambush?"

It is related to the safety of a group of people and cannot be confirmed again and again.

The death of more than [-] people in the previous battle was already a great mistake. You must know that this group of people has their own backgrounds, and many of them came from famous families. The death of one of them is a great loss.

This old sorcerer has real skills in his hands, and I don't see him doing much, but he just released a few small paper cranes and flew out.

Manipulating paper cranes through techniques can play a role in detecting the enemy's situation.

Having learned the lesson from the previous ambush, Lieutenant Li deliberately talked to the warlock with the army for a long time before he got the permission.

The paper crane flew into the white mist and plunged headlong into it. Then the old warlock's expression changed and he said in surprise:

"Formation, this is the Immortal Gate Formation. There are formations ahead, and my paper crane is lost!"

"The paper crane can't detect the area isolated by the formation. Just now my paper crane entered, maybe it has been discovered!"

Afterwards, the old warlock solemnly bowed his hands and said to the captain:

"Master Captain, the formation is dangerous, don't trespass, it's better to go around!"

Lieutenant Li didn't make a decision immediately, but rubbed his chin and thought about it.

"Could it be aimed at us?"

Without even thinking about it, the old warlock replied firmly:

"No way!"

"The prosperity of the Zhen family was only at the beginning of the founding of this dynasty. The Emperor Gaozong accepted the daughter of the Zhen family as his concubine. From this, he became a relative of the emperor from a businessman. It is only more than sixty years ago. It is impossible to arrange such a fairy family formation! This is not something that ordinary warlocks can do!"

Emperor Gaozong, the holy ancestor, actually never proclaimed himself emperor when he was alive, but only proclaimed him a marquis. He is the ancestor of entrepreneurship, not the ancestor of the founding of the country.

The predecessors planted trees and the descendants enjoyed the shade.

Today he inherits the great power, but he has only been gaining momentum for three years, just like the autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves, leveling the princes from all walks of life in the world, unifying the Central Plains, and establishing the foundation of the dynasty.

When the Zhen family was in Gaozong, it was just a family of big merchants at that time. They were lucky enough to send a female superior, and they did not hesitate to become a concubine.

Half a year ago, this concubine, who was over 82 years old, and two concubines from the Zhen family were enjoying the flowers in the imperial garden. They got caught in the rain and got cold.

For this reason, the capital stayed in plain sight for three days.

Xiaowei Li was born in a famous family in the capital, so he naturally knew this.

Even he knows a little bit more.

I heard that on that day, the three Zhen's wives were drenched in the rain for a day and a night...

It is said that on that day, the Imperial Garden was actually closed...

It is said that the lock in the palace was locked half an hour earlier than usual...

Think carefully and fear...
In the past dynasties, the secrets of the imperial palace, inexplicable gossip, and all kinds of gossip have always been irresistible, often drowning out the truth.

Captain Li didn't dare to speculate, but one thing was clear, the daughter of the Zhen family was not to be seen, the Zhen family was about to collapse!

"This path has been chosen by us many times... This path is the safest, and it is not easy to be plotted against."

After thinking about it, he hesitated.

"However, since we have to make a detour, let's go and inform the two envoys."

The soldiers ran out and quickly brought back a reply.

After receiving the replies from the chief envoy and the deputy envoy, Colonel Li issued a military order.

"detour!"

In the valley, white mist filled the air, and fire and lightning flickered.

Standing in the mist, riding the clouds, the young man with his long hair loose, and with a flick of his sleeves, three small origami cranes fell into the palm of his hand.

The formation isolated the inside and outside, and the paper crane with mana lost control of its original owner, so it could only linger in vain until it lost its power.

But no matter how the paper crane struggled.No matter how much he flapped his wings, he couldn't fly within three inches of his palm.

"This is the paper crane commonly used by the Curse and Forbidden Division, the court's military warlock?"

He looked out of the valley, where the imperial envoys were, and despite the fog formed by the formation, it still couldn't block his sight.

Seeing the convoy stop not far away, they turned around and avoided this place.

"It's okay to take a detour, it will take a while to finish here."

Zhou Xun looked at Gu Zhong, there was a strange formation he had temporarily set up here.

There are nearly [-] masters in the valley, all of them are vigorous and experienced.

There are also some casual cultivators and warlocks among them, the number is not large, only more than [-] people.

(End of this chapter)