At this time, things inside and outside Xiayong City were turbulent.
All the county guards have been mobilized. At the same time, a Chu army camp stationed nearby immediately dispatched five thousand soldiers and horses to approach here;
In addition, Qu's private The soldiers are the "Qingluan Army", and there are two teams of soldiers and horses heading here.
Below Yupan City, Uncle Zheng sent an order for Tian Wujing and slaughtered 40,000 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 a horse. Although the Qu family was seriously injured, the combat effectiveness of the remaining Qingluan Army plus the new recruits added in recent years is definitely far from what it was in its heyday, but it is still sufficient within the territory of Chu State.
In addition, other nearby Qu family's slave families 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 lower 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 of the Emperor of Chu. Both generations of Mi family heads grew up studying with the late emperor and the princes of this generation. Contemporary The head of the Mi family was also appointed by the regent as the Minister of Household Affairs of the Chu State, in charge of the court's money and food matters.
Now, the eldest lady of the Mi family was picked off and her hand tendon was broken.
The fourth princess,
has disappeared.
This kind of thing actually happened in the territory of Chu State. It is no wonder that the royal family is not angry and the Qu family is not angry.
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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.
In the four great Eastern countries, 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;
Qian people have always believed in Qi practitioners feel that those people can understand the secrets of heaven, and are mysterious and mysterious;
The people of Jin have been divided into three families for a long time. The ancestors of the Helian family were born as barbarians and believed in Confucianism. The people of Jin do not have the most powerful belief;
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, it is said that the twelve witchcraft of Dachu are divided into There are twelve branches branching off from the original point of witchcraft.
However, these branches have new names in other countries, and they are no longer described as witches.
At the same time,
The Shanyue people also had their own witchcraft and blessing culture. After the Marquis of Chu opened the border under the Order of the Great Xia Dynasty, the Chu people integrated and absorbed the witchcraft and blessing culture of the Shanyue people. Integrated into itself and continued to develop, eventually making witch culture the only mainstream belief in DachuYang.
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. .
So, Li Mu’s duty is to monitor Qu’s 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, so that they could have fun freely 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 very romantic.
However, something has already happened. Someone kidnapped the princess under the eyes of a group of guards.
Li Mu sighed,
subconsciously reaching out and touching the handle of his knife.
Yuan Gangtian smiled slightly and said:
"Are you tired?"
"Yes." 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 kindness was not as good as that of Nian Yao. Low.
“I, the Da Chu royal family, are descendants of the Phoenix. Although they are not like the Yan people, they still raise Pixiu from generation to generation, but I, the Da Chu imperial palace, have the essence and blood of the fire phoenix.
Each generation of core members of the royal family will be blessed with essence and blood."
Hearing this, Li Mu said disdainfully: "It's useless."
He once asked the regent. King, can the fire phoenix essence and blood strengthen the body and increase 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 for the rest of his life.
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, exposing its fangs, and at the same time, dark green light flashed in its small pupils.
“This is a black bat carefully raised by me. It is extremely spiritual. Unfortunately, the bloodline of my Great Chu Fire Phoenix has long been cut off, so I can only reproduce with this subspecies that retains a trace of Fire Phoenix bloodline. ”
Speaking,
Yuan Gangtian opened his other palm and said:
"General Li, borrow a knife."
Li Mu drew his knife. , put away the knife.
A bloody gash was drawn out of Yuan Tiangang's palm.
"Huh..."
Yuan Tiangang's lips trembled slightly.
"What's wrong?" Li Mu asked.
Yuan Tiangang squinted his eyes, gritted his teeth slightly, and said:
"Just make a small cut on your finger."
Li Mu didn't look guilty at all, he just said: "Tell me earlier next time."
Yuan Tiangang had no choice but to turn his palm down, blood dripping on the black bat, while silently reciting a witchcraft spell.
The hair on the black bat's body began to show a translucent color. It was 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 that was flying far away and said, "Now, just wait?"
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 witchcraft. Let’s deduce.
The fourth princess is my royal family of Dachu, and she has a clear destiny, so she should be able to deduce something.”
Li Mu nodded and said, “You were like this back then. Are you helping Nian Yao?"
In the past, when the Emperor of Chu died, 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 begin 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 clear goals, there must be external help.
Just like the method used to find the fourth princess at this time, if Nian Yao had Wu Zheng helping him, he would quickly put down the rebellion by "capturing the thief first" time and time again. Because those princes must have been 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 cold winter air.
In a 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 food in the city. pave, start for the upcomingThe arriving soldiers and horses 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 Dachu royal family has the blood of Fire Phoenix."
Fan Zhengwen nodded,
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:
"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:
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"But after all, it is not safe to place the princess in the Fan family like this."
"The incident happened suddenly, and there was no choice but to place the princess in the Fan family."
< p>Fan Zhengwen paused and continued:"Now that we are on the ship, there is nothing we can do or not do. The worst case scenario is just asking Mr. Weng to suffer a little and follow me. Joining the Jin Dynasty with his wife."
Fan Zhengwen can completely put aside his 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 of returning. At that time, you can earn a bigger family fortune.
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 small courtyard of the greenhouse,
the old woman failed to take advantage of the silent confrontation with her grandson.
She began to stretch out her hand,
The "heavenly secret" covering the sky above Fan Mansion,
Because just now,
she sensed that someone was extending here using the method of deduction.
......
At the same moment,
A Ming, who habitually sits on the roof with the mentality of a wealthy eater who doesn't eat for nothing, is still drinking. liquor.
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 from 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,
showed his fangs,
let out a slight growl,
The next moment,
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The bat trembled, and there was a hint of flattery and fear in its eyes.
It fell from the air,
and landed on A Ming's shoulder.
A Ming reached out and touched the bat’s head,
softly said:
“Be good.”
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Good night.