out of time

Chapter 480

The hall was quiet.

Whether it is Juncheng or Yaohou here, or the two palace lords of Fengxing and Xinglu, they all know some battle reports, but they are far less comprehensive than the sword holding palace.

After all, the master of the Sword Holding Palace is temporarily acting as the county guard, and everything will be taken over by the Sword Holding Palace during the war, so the news here is naturally the most complete.

"Did you hear that?" The Master of the Sword-holding Palace spoke slowly with a blank expression on his face.

"Juncheng, it's not that I don't want to use better means to let those foreign races send out strong men, but I don't have time."

The governor was silent.

"Yao Hou, [-]% of the alliance's allied forces, why haven't they dispatched? It's so courageous to ask for a huge amount of supplies!" The voice of the master of the Sword Palace revealed a hint of fear.

"As for the more than 400 ethnic group forces that refuse to send out strong men, what will happen to them if there is chaos in Fenghai County at this time? Yaohou, have you ever thought about it!"

"Now that the two major battlefields are at stake, and Fenghai County has reached such a level, why should Kong kill some foreigners, so why do you come and babble!"

The Master of Sword Holding Palace's tone was cold, and the whole hall became cold.

"What if those foreign races join forces to resist?" Yao Hou frowned, looking gloomy, and looked at the Master of the Sword Holding Palace.

"Kill." The Lord of the Sword Holding Palace said the word lightly.

"Send strong men to turn against each other and cause chaos on the battlefield? Have you finished killing them!"

"Xu Qing, inform the four major deacons to continue exterminating the clan. I'll see who dares to disobey." The master of the Sword Holding Palace spoke slowly, ignoring Yaohou.

Xu Qing nodded and recorded it.

"Kong Liangxiu, you are self-willed. If you do this, if Fenghai County can't hold it, then those foreigners..." Yaohou stood up and stared at the master of the Sword Holding Palace.

The Lord of the Sword-holding Palace looked at Yaohou coldly.

"If Fenghai County is destroyed, why do I still think about these foreigners?"

Yao Hou stared at the owner of the Sword Holding Palace, flicked his sleeves, turned and left.

"Yao Tianyan, when will the foreign clans of the Alliance start?" the Lord of the Sword Palace closed his eyes slightly, and spoke lightly.

"One day!" Outside the main hall, Yao Hou snorted coldly.

Jun Cheng sighed, stood up and bowed to the master of the Sword Holding Palace, and left in the same way. As for the other two palace masters, they stood up blankly and left the hall.

Soon, the entire hall fell silent, only Xu Qing and the Palace Master were there.

"Palace Master, this subordinate will leave." After waiting for a while, but seeing no other orders from the Palace Master, Xu Qing bowed lowly and left the hall.

After everyone left, the palace lord was silent for a long time, took out a jade slip, squeezed it lightly, raised his head to look in the direction of Yao Mansion, and slowly frowned.

"is it him?"

At the same time, Yao Hou left the Sword Holding Palace, his expression was filled with anger, until he returned to his mansion, in the secret room, the anger on his face disappeared, turned into a deep gloom, and he murmured.

"It shouldn't be Kong Liangxiu, so who murdered the sheriff..."

Time passed slowly, and ten days passed.

During these ten days, Xu Qing didn't have any time to rest at all, and more and more battle reports from all sides gathered every day, especially as the troops from the two major battlefields in the northwest arrived one after another, the battle with the Shenglan tribe began to be fierce carried out.

Battle reports come in all the time.

Among them, Yaohou, he did what he said that day. After only one day, he didn't know how to communicate and sent out those alliance foreigners.

And he himself, along with most of the people in the Yao Mansion, also went to the northern battlefield.

Before leaving, he saw no one.

But Xu Qing saw the palace lord walking out of the hall, looking in the direction where Yao Hou was going.

And the actions of the four major deacons, and even the arrival of the two deputy palace lords, under the forceful push, finally deterred all the foreign clans who did not participate in the war, so that the strong in their clan had to obey the decree of the sword holding palace and be killed. Scattered among the armies in different states.

So in today's Fenghai County, apart from the battlefield, there are no monks of Guixu with Lingzang.

Even criminals.

The arrest operation of the Sword Palace is carried out from top to bottom. The higher the cultivation level, the more they will be arrested first. As for the weaker criminals, although many of them escaped, the strong ones have all been beheaded. .

So soon, the sword holders who went out began to return, and finally on the tenth day, all returned to the county capital.

At this time, the crisis on the battlefield has also reached a critical moment.

The battle reports that Xu Qing received were endlessly tragic, and the number of casualties was shocking every day, and more and more, until late at night on the tenth day, he received simultaneous emergency calls from the west and the north.

The blockade of the taboo magic weapon in Fenghai County is about to collapse, and it cannot last for too long. Once it collapses, the army of the Shenglan tribe will rush into Fenghai County like a mountain torrent.

But the reinforcements from the human race still haven't arrived.

Even Xu Qing knew through the battle report that the imperial domain and other counties, which are extremely far away from here, have also encountered similar situations, and the Heitian clan... made a big move.

All the dependent clans under his command also broke out, and the entire territory of the human race was in danger for a while.

When Xu Qing handed over the battle report to the palace lord, the palace lord obviously knew that he was wearing the battle armor alone in the hall.

This battle armor is black and consists of hundreds of pieces, any piece of which exudes terror.

Seeing Xu Qing, his expression was as serious as ever, and he waved to him.

"Come on, help me get on the armor."

Xu Qing walked silently, picked up the battle armor, and put it on for the Palace Master. The Palace Master stood there, looking at the sunset in the distance, and suddenly smiled.

"The last time I was promoted, my eldest son was by my side. It has been many years."

Looking at the palace lord who had obviously aged a lot during this time, Xu Qing remembered what Guishou had told him about the death of the palace lord's heir in battle.

"My eldest son committed suicide. Back then, I arranged for him to sneak into the Shenglan clan. After completing his mission, he revealed his identity. In order not to affect my decision, this child committed suicide." The palace lord said calmly.

Xu Qing was silent, picked up another piece of armor, and continued to put it on for the Palace Master.

"I also have a second son, who is too straightforward, emphasizing love and righteousness, but also romantic, very contradictory, so he was easily plotted to death."

"But no one knows, he still has heirs left, my grandson... very good." The palace lord smiled, Xu Qing had never seen a smile on the palace lord's face, this was the first time.

As for the grandson he was talking about, after Xu Qing knew the palace master's surname Kong a few days ago, he had already guessed in his heart.

However, the smile disappeared from the Palace Master's face after Xu Qing put on the last piece of armor for him.

His expression was serious again, giving off a rigid and harsh personality. He took the helmet handed over by Xu Qing and spoke in a deep voice.

"Xu Qing, order the Enforcement Palace and the Criminal Law Palace, and invite the masters of the two palaces to go to the northern war zone and be sure to guard them!"

"And I will lead [-] sword bearers to the western battlefield. I will go to see how much the cultivation of the old guys of the Shenglan clan has increased."

Xu Qing respectfully accepted the order.

"Palace Master, when are we going to leave, I'll go and prepare."

"You don't need to go to the battlefield, I will arrange a substitute for you to be seen in your place." The palace master turned his head, looking at Xu Qing with deep eyes.

Xu Qing was stunned for a moment, he looked at the Palace Master in front of him, after wearing the pitch-black battle armor on the other party, a strong evil spirit surged up into the sky, vaguely as if the roars of countless ferocious beasts echoed around him, even more On the battle armor, countless ferocious souls emerged.

"I have other arrangements here, you are going to carry out a secret mission." The palace master's eyes fell on Xu Qing's eyes, as if he wanted to look at them more carefully.

"After you burn the incense, set off, head to Zhaoxia Prefecture, go to the secret place of the Sword Holding Palace there, and secretly investigate something for me!"

After finishing speaking, the palace lord raised his hand and handed a jade slip to Xu Qing.

This jade slip was exactly the slip that he was holding in his hand alone in the hall a few days ago.

Xu Qing took the jade slip with a dignified expression and did not speak.

The palace lord turned her head and looked at the sunset sky outside the hall. After a long time, she spoke slowly with a hoarse voice.

"Half a month ago, the sky was also like this, and the sheriff... fell."

"Xu Qing, if I die in battle this time, you hand over this jade slip to the new governor who will be appointed after the arrival of the human reinforcements."

"The Jade Jane is what I have investigated during this period of time. The clues about the sudden death of the old sheriff..."

Xu Qing was shocked and looked at the Palace Master.

The palace lord still looked at the sunset sky outside, and let out a deep voice calmly.

"The death of the old sheriff is full of weirdness. This matter is far from being as simple as the assassination by the Shenglan clan. How could the old sheriff fall silently without any resistance, if I didn't know him well?" , I thought he did it on purpose!"

"But the old sheriff has really fallen. His death...is a big problem."

"But time is running out, and I don't have time to pursue it further."

"I don't know who the Emperor will send to Fenghai County, but you can just give it to him."

"And the reason why I gave it to you is because I don't trust anyone here, and my grandson is even more impulsive and not suitable for this!"

"Yao Tianyan, the county magistrate, the lord of the criminal law palace, and the executor of the palace palace, they may all be the culprits behind the scenes. The death of the old county guard and the collapse of the prison department must have been done by his own people in the county capital. In my eyes, I am the most suspicious!"

"The person behind this scene is hiding too deep. If we don't dig it out, Fenghai County will be in turmoil...Xu Qing, I believe that you are not the other party's person, not because of your background, but because of your brilliance."

The Palace Master spoke softly.

Xu Qing was short of breath, these words of the Palace Mistress caused great waves in his mind.

"I'll give you another token. This token will allow you to go to any secret place of the Sword-holding Palace in Fenghai County. It doesn't require military exploits, and it won't cause fluctuations in the formation of the secret place. You can sneak in to investigate."

"In addition, this token also contains the right to kill with a taboo magic weapon in the county capital to ensure your safety during investigation."

The palace lord took out a blue token and handed it to Xu Qing. Then he turned and walked outside the hall until he reached the door. With his back to Xu Qing, a deep voice suddenly came out.

"Xu Qing, do you still remember the first sentence I uttered when I saw you in the Prison Department a year ago?"

"Remember!" Xu Qing looked at the Palace Master.

"Read it."

"As a sword holder, everyone is a sword of the human race, and we must always be prepared to die for the human race." Xu Qing said loudly.

The palace lord laughed when he heard the words, put on the battle armor helmet, and the moment he stepped out of the hall, his voice echoed in Xu Qing's ears.

"I am also the sword bearer!"

(End of this chapter)