Chapter 20 Chapter Two Sword Five

"My daughter has an audience with His Royal Highness," the woman knelt at the bottom of the steps. The lord of the country with a nine-panel black hood and a green robe and belt slowly turned around by the window, staring at the woman silently for a while. "Get up," the lord waved to the eunuchs who were surrounding him, "you all go down." There were only two people left in the side hall, and the king's fingers were slowly clasping the window sill, as if clasping it on the heart of a person, and he did not speak for a long time. "The lord wants to ask about Youyin, right?" the woman said.

The king snorted heavily: "You still know! I heard that you are not allowed to pay homage to his father's spiritual tablet, and you took away the finger?" "The lord of the country should know the power of that sword. Ordinary people can't step into its circle. Youyin can walk in, but his father's soul lodged in the sword is guarding him, but that sword has always been owned by demons. Jian, no one knows how long his father's soul can protect him. He is already very impatient, if you push him again at this time, you will push him to a desperate situation."

"But didn't the leaders of Tianqi from generation to generation gain the approval of the Suzerain Council by pulling out the ancient Cangyun tooth sword?" "Then you must subdue that sword. Only the most steadfast person can restrain the soul in the sword. You Yin is not the right candidate. If this continues, he may..." "Possibly what?" "Could turn out to be downright crazy." The lord was silent for a moment, then waved his sleeves and sighed: "Someone told me that I can give Youyin an official position, but I cannot give him an understanding of life and death. I am not convinced, but after thinking about it, I think it is true. He is a guerrilla general, but I can't let him understand the bravery of a real hero. The so-called hero can either succeed or fail, and how can he achieve great things without taking great risks? A person would rather die as a hero than die. Born a coward, isn't that how his father picked up the Cangyun Ancient Toothed Sword?"

"So his father died." The king looked at the sky outside the window with his hands behind his back: "Although death is the death of a hero!" "But he just hopes that his son can grow up safely, marry a wife and have children." "You are talking nonsense!" The king was furious. The woman knelt at the bottom of the steps quietly, without a trace of expression on her delicate face.The two confronted each other silently. The inner eunuch rushed in and knelt beside the woman: "My lord, please ask the general to see you." "General Xi? Is there something urgent?"

The inner eunuch leaned close to the king's ear and lowered his voice: "It's a big deal, it's a dead person!" The king's eyebrows trembled, and he nodded: "Biography!" He took a deep breath and went down the steps to help the woman up. The woman shrank her shoulders slightly to prevent him from touching him. The king frowned, but he didn't get angry: "I still have something to do, you should step back. You have to do it yourself, I pity you for thousands of miles to come to me with You Yin, and I have always believed in you. Under the pressure of Baili's family back then, I did not keep You Changji, and I still have regrets to this day. You Yin is my nephew, and I, like you, hope that he will inherit his father's ambition and become a hero who draws his sword."

"My daughter...understand." The woman bowed deeply and withdrew from the curtain. The general in black walked in quickly, turning his head slightly as he passed her by.The woman kept her head down, and the general only saw her slender back. "General, what's going on?" Xi Yan withdrew his gaze: "One of the three teams of Fenghu scouts that reported to the king a few days ago has been killed. If measures are not taken as soon as possible, it is hard to say how long the remaining two teams can survive." Baili Jinghong's whole body was shocked: "How did you kill it? Who did it?"

"I don't know yet," Xi Yan shook his head slowly, "It seems to be Tianluoshantang's technique." "These gangsters haven't died yet?" "Not only did they not die, but I'm afraid they are living well. There is a word in Tianluo called 'Cicada Life', which means that they will hide in the crowd and wait for the opportunity when they are in danger, just like cicadas will hide in the soil and live. Wings don't grow until spring. When they think it's time, killers will pour out." "So which side are they on?" "I don't know," Xi Yan shook his head, "Emperor Qiangwei's ability to win the world is related to Tianluoshantang's defection at a critical moment. So far, no one can explain why Tianluo did that. The reason they pursue is only their own." Survive, and have no other preference."

"what should we do?" "The Ghost Bat Battalion has been dispatched, but we may not be able to keep these wind tigers. We are unprepared for Tianluo's attack. Since their target is on the Chunguo Fenghu, why don't they directly point it out to Marquis Changchang?" , saying that we don’t want their people to be active in Nanhuai, if Marquis Huangchang is still unwilling to tear up the superficial friendship, he will definitely save some face for our country.” "No!" Baili Jinghong gritted his teeth and slapped the table fiercely, "Ao Taiquan died in battle, the orphans and widows of Chunguo, the ugly tiger avoided disaster and cultivated and collected valleys in Dangyang Valley, Liang Qiusong is already a fact The lord of the Chun Kingdom above! He has now bared his fangs, and I dare not say whether he will save any face for Xia Tang. Liang Qiu, like a vulture, only eats dead food and not live animals. If he makes a move, It's just that the other party is powerless to resist. I only hate Ao Taiquan, a brave man, who gave his neck to Ying Wuyi's blade in vain. At the beginning, I thought that Chunguo had Ao Taiquan in power, even though Liang Qiu was a poisonous snake, I didn’t dare to get out of the ground in the end, and now I still let him stand out. I wish I hadn’t gotten rid of him earlier!”

"Then our response is..." "If Tianluo wants to kill them, let them kill them! Since Liang Qiu doesn't care about these people's lives, why should we care?" Baili Jinghong sneered. "Yes! But this time Liang Qiu dispatched a large number of scouts into Nanhuai. What is the purpose? Chunguo does not border us. Could it be that Liang Qiu will have plots against our country?" Baili Jinghong hesitated for a moment, then shook his head: "I don't know the truth about this either." "However," he added, "when the soldiers come, they will block the water and cover them with soil, and let the wind and tigers run rampant. I have a general to guard them, so I can sleep peacefully."

"It's a blessing to serve the lord." There was a faint smile on the general's lips. There was a noise outside, and the king showed a displeased expression: "The East Palace is important, who is making noise outside?" The inner prisoner came in and kowtowed: "My lord, probably... probably the children of the imperial army are there again... practicing." "Is it a fight?" Xi Yan smiled. The inner warden was speechless. "A bunch of useless things! Xiatang was destroyed by these dandies, and sooner or later this imperial army must be repaired!" The king resented.

"I said that even if the boy paid for it, he wouldn't be able to make him feel better. We must strip him naked and throw him into the pond, so as to offend our brother!" Lei Yunzhengke, the young chief of the imperial army, patted the table. He is the second son of Lei Yun's family, which is also the family of military forces in Wanzhou for generations. His older brother, Lei Yun Menghu, followed General Tuoba as a lieutenant general and went to Beilu as an envoy. He is the idol in the hearts of ladies in Nanhuai city.Lei Yunzhengke also quarreled with his parents about joining the army, so he was sent to the East Palace. "Where can that poor boy afford money?" Fang Qizhao, who was opposite Lei Yun, snorted, "He is so poor, I checked, he was born by the little wife of the Ji family, a concubine, no family property portion!" Fang Qizhao's family is not an aristocratic family, but the Fang family is one of the ten surnames of the Wanzhou Chamber of Commerce, monopolizing the transportation and forging of the entire Nanhuai City.The most important thing in his family is money, and the most important thing is money.On the day he joined the army, he put on the biggest ostentation. He invited more than forty teenagers from families of the imperial guards to drink flower wine and listen to songs in the most expensive Tingtao Pavilion on Ziliang Street.It was also that night that the teenagers rubbed on the girls, and vaguely knew what men and women were like. With this, Fang Qizhao became famous in the Forbidden Army of the Eastern Palace. "I am this kid who is purely looking for death. I stole our limelight in front of so many people, and dare to enter the East Palace? If I had already run for my life!" Peng Lianyun shook his head. "I just want him to come, so good to come!" Fang Qizhao smiled evilly, "How can we deal with him if he doesn't come? Today is his first day in the army, and it's not so easy to pass three letters and two courtesy." "What's your idea?" "We'll just wait here, someone will bring him to the door!" Fang Qizhao grinned. "Your kid is the most insidious!" Lei Yunzhengke knew that he had already prepared, so he slapped him on the head. "Hmph! If you want me to say that unless...unless the girl that boy hangs out with him presents and runs naked from one end of the East Palace to the other, nothing can make him look good!" Fang Qizhao smiled with Obscene. "Bah!" Peng Lianyun spat at him, "If that's the case, you can still run to the East Palace? You have already robbed me halfway!" There was a commotion outside, Fang Qizhao jumped up: "It was him or him, the brothers must have snatched this kid on the way." "Hey, you didn't poke a hornet's nest, did you? This kid is hard to deal with!" "It's okay, I've arranged for more than ten brothers," Fang Qizhao pushed the door open. All three were stunned.The moment the door opened, the figure at the gate of the barracks jumped up. The wooden knife in his hand was used as a short spear, and he stabbed straight into the air to hit the last young warrior holding an iron chain.He landed, put the wooden knife behind his back instead of a wooden knife, swept around the circle of mourning people, and suddenly turned his gaze to Fang Qizhao and the other three in the distance.The shadow of the camp gate covered his whole body, but it couldn't hide his gaze, the black eyes like a tiger. "Big brother... where is big brother?" Fang Qizhao's voice was distorted. "I haven't seen him since morning..." "Quick...quick...close the door!" The flames rose and fell, as if following his breath.The heavy darkness was pressed down, and there seemed to be the voices of many people screaming loudly in my ears, but when I listened carefully, I felt that it was just a breeze sweeping through the hall. "They are there, they are calling me... calling me!" You Yin thought. His hands were shaking.His vision blurred, only his hand and the huge piece of blue metal in front of him, and then the skeleton, it didn't move quietly, but its expression seemed to be changing, it seemed to be smiling, and it looked at You faintly. open arms.You Yin stretched out his hand hard, and at this moment he felt that every inch he pushed was difficult.He felt uneasy without the wrench on his finger, which he had always thought would protect him. Metal, fire, and the smile of a skeleton seem to be slowly merging together.You Yin took a deep breath, and stretched out his hand with all his might! The world was spinning, and he was pushed back by the scorching force, and his whole body was in hot pain as if he had been burned by fire.He curled up on the ground and howled, clamping his painful hands between his legs. After a long time, he took out his hand, and saw two iron-gray marks on his palm that had been burned. He rushed up and kicked out the brazier, and sat in the dark panting.