Devil’s Advent

The life of the people in Litian City over the past year can be said to be quite disturbed. When the Wen family ruled here, the Wen family always boasted that the culture of the three Jins was the best.

Compared to the Helian family whose ancestry was impure, and the Situ family who only knew how to fight and kill, Wenren's family was indeed the most elegant among the three golden flowers.

Don't talk about anything else, let's just say that in the stories of fox demons and ghosts that are circulated in the Three Jins, whenever a scholar appears in it, you have to add a sentence in front of it, such a poor scholar from Litian City, is enough to prove that the folks in the Three Jins have great respect for them. The impression of Litian City.

Wenren's family also produced a few great Confucianists and great scholars. On weekdays, there are many stories in the big family, which provided a lot of associations and creative materials for the people. It can be regarded as leisurely.

Putting it in later generations, it really has the meaning of Rongcheng in the Three Jin Dynasties.

However, when the Yan people came in and replaced the Wen family as the ruler of this area, everything changed.

It doesn't mean that the people of Yan are so vicious, because the court of Yan State really intends to manage this place as its own territory, so apart from the cleansing that should have been done at the beginning, it didn't do anything that angered people.

The taxes and punishments here are also comparable to those in Yan. It may be unavoidable that sometimes Yan people can get accommodation for breaking the law here, but the people in Jin can understand themselves. Who told their own army to be beaten to the ground? What?

But ever since Jingnanhou's Mansion was established in Litian City, the people in Litian City were really frightened every now and then.

It's like a slap on the face, it hurts, it hurts only for a while, at most add some hot continuation.

But at this time, it seems that he wants to slap you, but he also made several fake moves on you, making people fear and dodge again and again, and the psychological pressure he bears is infinitely greater than a slap.

The Nanhou of the Yan people is a legendary figure. The people of Litian City know this. They are actually prepared for him to kill people wantonly in Daxing Prison in Litian City. It is nothing more than waiting for someone to explode.

Afterwards, Madam Jingnanhou died suddenly, the eyes of the Jingnan Army inside and outside Litian City were so red that it was scary.

After finally waiting for that incident to pass slowly, just when everyone began to feel that they could relax a little bit, the incident happened again.

In a spice shop on Changchun Street, a regular customer was sitting behind the counter and accompanied the boss to distinguish the new spices while whispering:

The one in front is the second one, right?

The boss who was over fifty years old carefully picked up the teacup, took a sip, and nodded silently when he put it down.

The two of them are not secret agents or silver armored guards, but it is the high-pressure atmosphere in Litian City from time to time in the past year, which has forced the people here to be a little nervous.

Oh, this is the first time I've seen such a thing in my life.

I heard that the family is gone, and this is the first time I've seen you. The boss glanced at the old customer and tea friend.

For the people of Litian City, since their grandfather's grandfather's generation, Litian City's surname is Wenren.

Dynasty change, family collapse, don't you often hear about it in operas, but this matter, but operas dare not write like this.

The boss picked up the teacup again and nodded.

Tell me, is the Marquis Nan of the Yan people really about to turn against him?

The boss shook his head and said, I don't know.

It's all like this, why don't you go against it? The two stone lions at the gate of the Hou's mansion are red on both sides. It is said that there will be another one today.

We can't figure out some things about the Yan people, the boss said.

Hey, don't care if you are clear, if you are the emperor... if you are that, can you bear this?

We can't figure out what happened to Yanren.

You old bastard, don't give me these things that go around.

Heh, you're going out of town after you've got the goods, but I have to continue to open a shop here, the whole family is here.

What are you afraid of? To tell you the truth, I bought back the house and shop that I sold last year.

Why do you suddenly want to open the business again? Is it because the business outside is not easy?

Business is not bad. Shengle City can always produce novelty gadgets. As long as you can get the goods, you won't worry about selling them. It is said that the order list there is three months away. I rushed early. Go up and collect some.

That's why you want to move back?

It's not all because of this, I'm thinking, if that Nanhou really turns his back on us, we won't be allowed to go to Litian City, and become the emperor's footsteps again, right?

By that time, the prices of shops, houses, and land here must double!

It's reasonable, but what if you lose?

Hey, there is no such thing as a guaranteed profit in this world.

Too.

However, I am quite optimistic about this Nanhou. Look, before the Yan people used this Nanhou as their commander to fight, did they ever lose?

Not only did he not lose, but he won several times!

This time, the people of Yan suddenly changed to let the eldest prince, Laoshizi, be in command. Look, he was actually defeated by the savages.

What are savages? In the past, they were the favorite slaves bought by merchants in Sanjin. They were very cheap. That prince from Yan couldn't even beat those cheap bones. It can be seen that this prince is real. waste.

No matter what, I don't want this Nanhou to turn against him at this time. If Situ's family really can't stop the savages, those goddamn bastards will come over, hehe, look at the fate of those savage slaves in the past , our fate can be imagined.

To put it bluntly, this Nanhou was indeed scary from the very beginning, but in the past year or so, I haven't seen him do anything outrageous, and besides, with him in our Litian City, no matter what No matter how chaotic it is outside, in my heart, I am really at ease.

That's not it, the world has changed too fast.

Do you want more of your material?

Pack it up and load it.

become.

By the way, you said it was interesting or not. When I killed my family, I immediately went to prepare for the expedition. It seemed that nothing happened. Once the daughter-in-law died here, people could not come out of the mansion. It seems that the old man of this family Tied together, they are still no match for a woman... woo woo woo woo.

You can't find death. You can forget about other words. How can you say such words? You think you are nothing! If you talk like this again, I will not do your business, and you will not buy my tea in the future. Stop drinking, I am really afraid that one day I will be killed by you!

………

Send this letter to Yanjing.

yes.

After handing over the letter, Wen Yin, who is currently the leader of the prince's power Jianghu organization and is actually the secret stake of the sixth prince, silently looked out the window on the second floor.

After the defeat of the Eastern Expeditionary Army, the imperial court has already issued multiple imperial decrees, and the two most recent ones are extremely rare eunuchs who came with the imperial bestowal equal to the qualification of as if I were here in person.

But the gate of the Jingnan Hou's Mansion was still tightly closed.

The soldiers of the Jingnan Army guarding the gate explained what it means that the army only listens to the military orders of Lord Hou and does not hear the edicts of His Majesty.

There were already two eunuchs declaring the decree. After proclaiming the decree to the closed gate, they crashed into the stone lions of the Hou's mansion and died.

Because they were carrying imperial gifts, they couldn't knock on the door of the Marquis Mansion, so they couldn't let them go back in despair like the colleagues who came to announce the decree before.

The corpse was naturally disposed of, but the two stone lions at the gate of the Hou Mansion were still oozing with blood.

Throughout the ages, whenever a general responds to the emperor's order with this attitude, it is basically equivalent to directly stating that the attitude is going to be reversed.

But the court not only did not reprimand Jingnanhou, but continued to send Xuanzhi eunuchs, as if his left cheek was plucked and then he took the initiative to send the right cheek.

For a while, Wen Yin has been receiving letters from Prince Yanjing incessantly, asking him about the situation in Litian City, and even asking himself about the movement of the Jingnan Army near Litian City and the preparation of food and military supplies.

Fool.

This is Wen Yin's evaluation of the prince.

Of course, you can’t say that the prince’s reaction was wrong. As the crown prince of a country, it’s only natural to want to know the situation in advance. , still can't say it.

Speaking in the heart and speaking out are two different concepts.

Compared with the frequency of the prince's continuous sending of letters for almost two days, since this incident happened, His Highness the Sixth Highness has not sent a letter to him asking about the situation.

Come to think of it, His Royal Highness the Sixth Highness already clearly understood the flavor of the matter here, so from the very beginning, he didn't want to get involved. This is a truly wise move!

What Wen Yin didn't know was that the Little Sixth Prince had been relegated by Emperor Yan long ago to be a headhunter in a local county, and it was announced to the outside world that the Sixth Prince was ill and recuperating at home.

As for the Sixth Highness Yan Xiaoliu, it is naturally impossible to use his own intelligence network to issue and issue orders from such a distance, and he will not take the risk of doing so.

call………

Wen Yin took a sip of rice wine, squeezed a few peanuts and threw them into his mouth, then rubbed his hands together, and said with emotion:

It's getting cold.

………

A eunuch dressed in red eunuch uniform led a group of guards to enter directly from the west gate of Litian City, and went directly to Jingnanhou's Mansion without any delay.

Putting it in other places, facing this kind of eunuch who declares the decree, the local people will also gather around to watch it. Although the eunuch has lost his life, everyone knows that the eunuch who can take on this kind of errand must be a respectable person in the palace. figure.

And for these eunuchs in the inner palace, the errand of going out of the palace to announce the decree is really a scramble. It doesn't matter if you don't mention the treatment, the most important thing is No matter how high the slave in the palace is, he is still a slave after all. When he leaves the palace, he has a bag of imperial edicts in his hand. Well, he can finally enjoy being a master!

However, for Eunuch Huang who came to proclaim the decree this time, the feeling was very different. At the same time, the people who watched after entering the city looked at him not in awe, but... pity.

The closer he got to the Jingnan Hou Mansion, the more tears filled Eunuch Huang's eyes.

The miscellaneous family is bitter, but the miscellaneous family can't say it yet!

In the past, this kind of good job, everyone had to rush to go. For this, they had to work hard, and even had to pay some interests.

But the task of going to Litian City to announce the decree is something that the eunuchs in charge of the inner palace can't avoid.

If in the beginning, it was just that the Marquis of Jingnan refused to accept the order, then you would come back in disgrace and face, then you would be forced to take a job and listen to a reprimand.

The long journey from Yanjing to Litian City, after running back and forth, the bones of the body fell apart, and I didn't even get a little bit of scenery or even a little bit of waiting. It's not that I can't bear it.

But it's good now,

Since the defeat of the Eastern Expeditionary Army, the imperial court ordered the Marquis of Jingnan to assume command again, and the Xuanzhi eunuch had to carry His Majesty's token with him. This has a different meaning.

In the past, the decree was not announced, and it was nothing more than exhaustion and exhaustion. Now it is: Do you still have the face to come back?

two dead

This time, Eunuch Huang drew lots with the back of his hand, and if he won, he could only come here.

The errands for proclaiming the decree, depending on the object of the decree, the level of the father-in-law who came to proclaim the decree is also different. Those who can declare the decree for Jingnanhou must be at least the first level of eunuch in charge of the palace. Today's position is really not easy, in the palace, you can also accept those little servants and little maids as godsons and daughters;

The eunuch has only just begun,

You have to line up and draw lots to go to the guillotine,

If I had known today, why bothered to enter Lao Shizi's palace with a knife!

Therefore, before leaving Yanjing, Eunuch Huang took out his treasure from that year and handed it over to his most trusted godson;

Before entering Litian City, that is, last night, he sent another subordinate to separately enter Litian City tomorrow to buy a coffin for himself, so that he could send his body back to Yanjing to be reunited with his treasure before burying him.

Everything was arranged properly, Eunuch Huang felt that he could die, oh no, he could go to announce the decree.

Straight girl thief,

The miscellaneous family is just an eunuch without luanzi, why is it my turn to die generously?

road,

It's going to end after all.

finally,

The gate of the Jingnan Hou Mansion is right in front of you.

At the gate, there were many soldiers standing in great order.

Eunuch Huang subconsciously looked at the two stone lions at the door. There was indeed blood on the lions. You said that this Jingnan Hou Mansion is really not afraid of bad luck and taboos at all. Change two stone lions.

Immediately afterwards,

Eunuch Huang began to look elsewhere. The stone lion has already been hit by the two unlucky people in front of him. Which one should I hit?

Hit the steps?

Not so easy to exert force.

By the way, hit the pillar.

The guards behind Eunuch Huang tacitly did not urge Eunuch Huang who was in a daze,

People are about to die...then just wait.

In this matter, everyone can still compare their hearts with each other, and it seems that it is because they have already prepared themselves to die on the Huanggong Highway, so they understand that money is really something that life does not bring with death. On the way, they are often rewarded, and at the same time they will be invited to eat and fight teeth.

call………

Eunuch Huang breathed a sigh of relief,

He took out the imperial decree from his bosom.

It's clearly the sacred and inviolable will of the Son of Heaven, but here, it doesn't work so well.

Even the soldiers of the Jingnan Army at the gate of the mansion saw that he had taken out the imperial decree, but they still didn't react at all.

What about your awe!

Eunuch Huang sighed again,

Get off your horse,

Open the decree,

directly shouted:

Jingnan Houtian Wujing accepts the order!!!

finished shouting,

Eunuch Huang didn't want to wait any longer.

The first unlucky guy yelled here for the whole day, Jingnanhou received the order, yelled until he couldn't make a sound, the gate still didn't move, and finally crashed into the stone lion on the left.

The second unlucky guy yelled for a long time, and finally crashed into the stone lion on the right.

Eunuch Huang felt that since he had to die in the end, he might as well save his energy and not let himself suffer that crime again before he died.

The most important thing is that when you are ready to die, the feeling of waiting for death is really a torment every minute.

Eunuch Huang began to bend down,

Eunuch Huang began to accumulate energy,

Eunuch Huang closed his eyes,

However,

at this time,

There was only a heavy sound of friction, and the gate of Jingnanhou's Mansion opened at this time.

Eunuch Huang, who had already made all the preparations, shook his whole body immediately, he didn't know where to throw his center of gravity, and unexpectedly made a plop, leaned forward, and rolled forward on the ground, his hat fell off, his face It was covered with dust and mud.

But Eunuch Huang didn't care about these at all, he just opened his mouth a little dullly, looking at the man standing in the gate.

The man was dressed in a white python robe, his eyes were cold, like ice in the abyss.

The most shocking thing was actually his white hair.

Outside the gate of the Hou Mansion, a group of soldiers knelt down neatly and said in unison:

See Lord Hou!

See Lord Hou!

At this time, the group of guards brought by Eunuch Huang also got off their horses and knelt down one after another, without the slightest restraint from the palace.

When this man appears in front of you, you surrender almost subconsciously. This feeling is similar to meeting His Majesty...

Moreover, everyone knows that the hope of the army of the Eastern Expedition, and even the hope of the entire Yan Kingdom's foundation, lies in this man in front of him.

Eunuch Huang, who was sitting on the ground, bit his lips,

When Jingnan Hou came out and approached him,

Eunuch Huang mustered up his courage,

With a voice like pleading, cowardly, flattering,

whispered:

Hou...Hou...Master Hou, will, will.

then,

Carefully, he slowly delivered the imperial decree in his hand to the Marquis of Jingnan.

When other people's families received the decree, they would burn incense and bathe in advance, then set up the altar and incense case, and lead the whole family to kneel down and ask for the decree in fear.

Xuanzhi eunuch, as long as he holds the imperial edict in his hand, it truly represents the face of the emperor, as if I were here in person!

Where has it ever been like this,

Has there ever been a case of me begging others to accept orders like this?

But Eunuch Huang is not wronged, not wronged, really not wronged at all,

He wanted to cry, but it was moved to tears;

Compared with the previous two unlucky people, what more could I wish for, and what would I have the guts to ask for?

Hou...Hou...Hou Ye, the will.

Seeing that Marquis Jingnan didn't answer, Eunuch Huang reminded him softly that he was not so eager to curry favor with the Yuxiu palace maid when he first entered the palace for a few years.

The Marquis of Jingnan did not go to receive the order,

He just said in a voice so calm that his heart trembled:

knew.