Devil’s Advent

At this time, inside and outside Xiayong City, it can be said that the wind and clouds are surging.

The county guards had all been mobilized, and at the same time, a large camp of the Chu army stationed nearby immediately dispatched 5,000 troops to approach here;

In addition, Qu's private soldiers are also known as Qingluan Army, and there are also two groups of soldiers and horses marching here.

Under Yupan City, Uncle Zheng delivered an order for Tian Wujing, and slaughtered 40,000 elite Qingluan troops in one fell swoop. Qu Tiannan, the Great Chu Zhu Kingdom, also died by the Wangjiang River, but the emaciated camel was bigger than a horse. , but the remaining Qingluan Army plus the new recruits added in recent years, the combat effectiveness must be far from that of its heyday, but it is still enough in the territory of Chu State.

In addition, other nearby Qu family servant families similar to the Fan family also received orders from the Qu family, and each family sent private soldiers to move closer to Xiayong City.

A Xiayong city is now attracting tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, like waves coming from all directions to hit the only reef.

The Mi family is not a traditional aristocrat of the Chu state, but two successive generations of the Mi family have produced close ministers of the emperor of the Chu state. The heads of the two generations of the Mi family grew up studying with the former emperor and the princes of this generation. The current head of the Mi family has also been regent. Appointed as Minister of the Ministry of Households of Chu State, in charge of the court's money and food matters.

Now, Miss Mi's family has had her tendon broken.

And the four princesses,

Then disappear.

This kind of thing happened in the territory of Chu State, the royal family could not help but the Qu clan could not be angry.

...

On the wall of Xiayong City, a thin old man sat cross-legged on the battlements, and beside him stood a general with a knife.

The thin old man's surname is Yuan, and his name is Gangtian; the young general's surname is Li, and his name is Mu.

In the four eastern countries, after the contemporary Emperor Yan ascended the throne, religious forces were suppressed throughout the country, changing the smog of the sky filled with gods and Buddhas when the former emperor was in power;

Gan Ren has always believed in Qi refiners, thinking that those people can understand the secrets of heaven, mysterious and mysterious;

The Jin people have been divided into three families for too long. The ancestors of the Helian family were descended from savages, and they heard that they believed in Confucianism, so Jin did not have the most powerful belief;

But Chu people believe in witches.

Yuan Gangtian is one of the twelve shamans of the Great Chu. These twelve shamans are not divided according to their strength. In fact, shamans are all-encompassing.

The shaman culture first originated in Daxia. The shamans can survey, cure, divination, transport, and write, etc. Therefore, the twelve shamans of Dachu are divided into twelve natural Twelve branches from the original point of witchcraft.

It's just that these branches have new names in other countries, and they are no longer described as witches.

at the same time,

Back then, the Shanyue people also had their own witchcraft culture. After the Marquis of Chu was ordered to open borders by the Great Xia, the Chu people integrated and absorbed the Shanyue people’s witchcraft culture, integrated it into themselves, and continued to develop it, eventually making the witchcraft culture a part of Great Chu. The only mainstream belief.

Li Mu did not come from a rich family. In fact, like Nian Yao, he also came from the Prince Regent's mansion and is currently the general of Congzhou City.

Congzhou City is located in Qu's fiefdom, which is a product of the compromise between the great nobles and the royal family. The royal family allowed the great nobles to maintain their independence, and the great nobles also allowed the royal family to keep garrisons in their fiefdoms.

Therefore, Li Mu's duty is to monitor Qu's family.

but now,

Those things can be put down first, what needs to be done now is to find the princess.

The fourth princess and Miss Mi's family left Xingyuan and came out early, in order to play around freely before getting married.

The empress dowager, the birth mother of the regent and the fourth princess, felt sorry for her daughter who was about to marry, so she chose to turn a blind eye to this.

The culture of Chu State is different from that of Qian State. Although it is not as bold as the women of Dayan, it is far from the point where the women of Qian State are bound by etiquette.

Chu people are so romantic.

However, something has already happened. Someone, under the eyes of a group of guards, kidnapped the princess.

Li Mu sighed,

Subconsciously, he reached out and touched the handle of his knife.

Yuan Gangtian smiled slightly and said:

annoyed?

Yeah. Li Mu admitted directly.

In his opinion, if a woman, even if she is a princess, is lost, she should be lost. It is not worth the trouble, and he, the general of Congzhou, has to come and organize a search.

Yuan Gangtian shook his head, he didn't bother to say anything to Li Mu to change his temper, because maybe the regent admired Li Mu's temper.

Everyone in the world thought that Nian Yao was named the Marshal at a young age, guarding Zhennan Pass, this was from the trust of the Regent, but Yuan Gangtian knew that Li Mu's favor was no lower than Nian Yao's.

My royal family of Great Chu is a descendant of the phoenix. Although it is not like the people of Yan, they still raise Pixiu from generation to generation, but the essence and blood of the fire phoenix are treasured in the palace of Great Chu.

Each generation of core members of the royal family will be blessed with blood essence.

Hearing this, Li Mu said disdainfully, Useless things.

He once asked the regent, can the essence and blood of the fire phoenix strengthen the body and increase the energy and blood?

The regent's answer was no, he could only leave a flame-like imprint on his arm, which would never fall off for a lifetime.

Since then, Li Mu has sneered at the blood of the fire phoenix.

Yuan Gangtian spread out his hand, and in his palm, a small bat was slowly spreading its wings, revealing its fangs, and a dark green light shone in its small pupils.

This is a black bat carefully raised by the old man. It is very spiritual. It is a pity that my great Chu Huofeng bloodline has been cut off long ago. I can only reproduce with this subspecies that retains a trace of Huofeng bloodline.

talking,

Yuan Gangtian spread out the other palm and said:

General Li, borrow a knife.

Li Mu drew his saber, but withdrew it.

Yuan Tiangang's palm was drawn with a bloody gash.

call………

Yuan Tiangang's lips trembled slightly.

What's wrong? Li Mu asked.

Yuan Tiangang squinted his eyes, gritted his teeth slightly, and said:

Just a small cut in the finger.

Li Mu didn't show any guilt, he just said, Say it earlier next time.

Yuan Tiangang had no choice but to turn his palms down, blood dripped on the black bat, and at the same time he silently recited the witch spell.

The hair on the black bat's body began to show a translucent color, not luminous, but the color of the fur became extremely delicate in an instant, and the spirit was lifted all of a sudden.

Go, find the breath of the fire phoenix.

The black bat flew away from Yuan Tiangang's palm and flew into the air.

Li Mu looked at the black bat flying far away, and said, Next, just wait?

Yuan Tiangang took out the golden sore medicine in pain and began to apply it on his palm, and said at the same time:

How do you find it, or how do you have to find it? As for me, I also have my way. The black bat is one of the ways, and the other way is to use the divination method in witches to deduce.

After all, the fourth princess belongs to my great Chu royal family, and her fate is clear, so she should be able to deduce something.

Li Mu nodded and said, You guys helped Nian Yao in the same way back then, didn't you?

In the past, when the Emperor of Chu passed away, many princes of Great Chu fought for the throne.

Nian Yao, under the command of the fourth prince, led the imperial guards loyal to the fourth prince 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 this fast march with a clear goal, there must be external help.

Just like the method used to find the four princesses at this time, if Nian Yao had Wu Zheng to help him, it would be a matter of course to capture the thief first and capture the king to quickly quell the rebellion again and again, because those princes must be He was also bestowed with the blood of the fire phoenix.

Yuan Gangtian began to pinch his fingers, and kept uttering obscure spells from his mouth.

Holding the knife, Li Mu continued to stand quietly beside this Wu Zheng.

The evening wind blows over the walls of Xiayong City, bringing the chill of winter.

…

In the small courtyard of Fanfu's warm spring flowers,

The old woman sat there with a look of schadenfreude and anxiety for a while.

And in the separate courtyard where the owner's main house is located, Fan Zhengwen sat in the house, facing Weng Zanghai, sipping tea.

Now, more than half 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. Soldiers and horses from all walks of life prepare food and grass.

These are what the Fan family should do.

Of course, what shouldn't be done, they did.

Patriarch, I heard that the royal family of Great Chu has the blood of the fire phoenix.

Fan Zhengwen nodded,

He turned around and looked in the direction of the greenhouse.

Weng Zanghai asked softly, Will she make a move?

Fan Zhengwen smiled,

road:

It's the same as doing business. Whoever is reluctant will have to get involved and lose money.

Weng Zanghai stroked his long beard, thoughtfully, then said:

But after all, it's not safe to place the princess in the Fan family like this.

The incident happened suddenly, there is no other way but to leave it at Fan's house.

Fan Zhengwen paused, and continued:

Since I've boarded the ship, there's nothing I can't let go of. In the worst case, it's nothing more than asking Mr. Weng to get tired and come with my wife and I into Jin.

Fan Zhengwen can completely put aside the family business, because he still has a way out, as long as the little six can inherit the general rule in the future, he still has a great hope to come back, and then he can earn a bigger family business.

He is willing, and he is really willing. First, there is willingness, and then there is gain.

But in the small courtyard of the conservatory,

After all, the old woman failed to take advantage of this silent confrontation with her grandson,

She began to reach out,

The secret that covers the sky over Fan's mansion,

Because just now,

She sensed that someone was extending here by deduction.

...

at the same moment,

A Ming, who habitually sat on the roof, was still drinking with the mentality of eating rich people and not eating for nothing.

He Chunlai and Chen Daole didn't stay with him any longer. They stood guard at the two entrances of Qingfang Zhai. In fact, there was no difference between guarding and not guarding.

Ah Ming drank alone, feeling a little lonely.

Until he saw a bat flying from the sky in his line of sight.

A Ming waved,

The bat ignored him, but seemed to have sensed something, and began to hover over Fan's residence.

A Ming is not happy,

bared his fangs,

let out a slight growl,

next moment,

The bat trembled, and there was a hint of flattery and fear in its eyes.

falling from the sky,

It landed on A Ming's shoulder.

A Ming reached out and touched the bat's head,

softly said:

good.

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Good night.