the enlightener says

When he said that, everyone present naturally agreed, after all, the depth of Zhuge Wanling's mind had been fully revealed over the years.

Even his enemies have to admit that building a world-renowned powerful country in just a few years by one's own power is beyond human capabilities.

Deng Li looked at Zhou Gongjin's frowning expression and continued to ask: "My lord, you have always been trusted by the prime minister. Didn't the prime minister leave you any clues?"

"I thought you were praising me." Zhou Gongjin curled her lips, suddenly seemed to think of something, and thought carefully, "...It's not that I don't have a clue, I remember that the prime minister left me something before."

"What?" Deng Li's breath was a little short.

Zhou Gongjin was about to speak, but suddenly raised her head vigilantly. Although it was dark, the powerful perception of the little master master could still detect that something was about to move.

"Even if there is such a thing, there is no sunshine or stars in the ground, and the compass has lost its square inch, so I can't find the direction at all. What's the use of knowing it? I have to go out first and then make a long-term plan." Zhou Gongjin lowered his voice and brought All the people hid in the shadow of the stone.

"So your lord is worried about this?" Deng Li laughed after being startled, and waved his hand, "Then there is no need to look back, I can know the direction."

As he spoke, he closed his eyes and thought for a while, and counted each word in detail: "Since I entered the cave, I have gone through five forked roads and traveled about [-] steps. I remember the direction of each forked road. It is not difficult to calculate our position."

This can be said to be another village, Zhou Gongjin's eyes lit up slightly: "You still have such abilities?"

Facing everyone's eyes, Deng Li blushed a little: "Ashamed, my background is in surveying and mapping. When I was young, I also traveled with my father. The mountains, rivers and rivers are clear at a glance. In addition, I made a lot of marks along the way, which is naturally better than you remember. Be clearer."

"It's not just clear, general, your ability will make me unable to hold my head up in front of adults in the future." Yin Lu smiled from the side.

"Let's stop talking nonsense." Zhou Gongjin cursed with a smile, and then his expression returned to seriousness, "It's not too late, we're leaving now."

Even so, Zhou Gongjin never told Deng Li the location of Zhuge Wanling, and Deng Li, who had to calculate the location along the way, had to give Zhou Gongjin a headache at the same time.

And he kept making suggestions to Zhou Gongjin: "My lord, if you tell me the direction, maybe we can go faster."

"No." Zhou Gongjin said very seriously, "It's a very important matter, and only I know it."

Although everyone was puzzled by Zhou Gongjin's almost stubborn prudence, as a subordinate, he could only obey his orders and follow his footsteps.

The road was still as dark as before, and the flames of the torches were almost extinguished, but the group of people had never encountered a karma, which could not but be said to be a kind of luck.

"Stop." While walking, Zhou Gongjin suddenly spoke, and the firelight painted countless faces on his face, his eyes were dark and deep, like a deep well.

Everyone subconsciously stopped and looked at Zhou Gongjin.

Zhou Gongjin didn't care about the eyes of everyone, just looked at Deng Li, and said coldly and calmly: "When did it happen? You are in the royal family, who is your leader?"

The secret agents of the school office were startled, and their gazes at Deng Li became murderous.

Yin Lu buried his face in the shadows. Of course he knew what the royal family's name represented, so he had already grasped the handle of the knife with one hand, and he might pull out the sheath at any time and slash towards Deng Li.

The scene immediately became tense.

Deng Li stood there slightly startled, as if he didn't understand Zhou Gongjin's sudden question. He smiled and said, "What did you say suddenly? What kind of royal family? What kind of leader? Where does Jingwu have any royal family? Even the Liu family It's just a side branch of King Ye..."

"At this point, why bother to pretend anymore." Zhou Gongjin squinted his eyes and looked at Deng Li, "If I'm not wrong, that man in black is just your puppet, and you... are the ones who really control the industry. people."

Deng Li was stunned, and said with a dumb smile: "My lord, what is the matter? If I am the manipulator behind the scenes, why should I send someone to invite you to this cave? Wouldn't it be better to just cover it up?"

Zhou Gongjin sneered: "Yes, but if I don't come, how will you get the position of the center of the formation? Do you know where your problem lies?"

"Please tell me, my lord." Deng Li wanted to take a step forward, but immediately two secret agents drew their swords out of their sheaths, so they had to retreat back.

Zhou Gongjin said indifferently: "Everything is too coincidental. From the time we entered the cave, we were chased and killed by Ye Moth, and then we saw the mark you left, and finally met the man in black and you. And you said that you were with me. Those people separated, happened to avoid the ending of those people, and then met the karma and happened to break through and survived, and happened to be able to find their way in this hidden cave, is there really such a coincidence?"

"First, I do have a background in surveying and mapping. It is not surprising that I have such abilities. Second, my subordinates in the army know that I have been standing in front of the threshold of the little master for many years, and it is always just a chance. Between life and death today, my Breaking through is logical, isn't it?" Deng Li, who was intercepted, shook his head and denied.

"Then why do you know that these karmic moths are 'looking for something'? Unfounded speculation can make you so convinced, maybe there is something hidden behind it?"

Deng Li gritted his teeth and defended again: "As I said, I'm just guessing. After all, these moths dig like headless chickens. They don't seem to be building nests, but they are deliberately controlled by humans."

"Man-made control. Hmph, you are finally telling the truth." Zhou Gongjin stroked the hilt of his sword with his right hand.

"If my lord decides this is the case, I have nothing to say." Feeling the increasingly tense atmosphere, Deng Li said with reddened eyes, sad and indignant, "But if it's just empty talk and white teeth, I'm condemned, I'm afraid to say it It’s also hard to convince people.”

"Convincing the public? Do you need it?" Zhou Gongjin seemed to have heard the funniest joke in the world, "Even if I let you go, you wouldn't let us go out alive. If that's the case, are these opinions important?"

"Big……"

"I don't know the location of the center of the formation at all, and the prime minister has never left anything for me. I lured you here because it is easier to do it." Zhou Gongjin took a deep breath, and spoke in the most stern tone Interrupted him, "I've said what should be said, what should not be said, and now are you going to continue pretending?"

For a while, everyone was silent, and Zhou Gongjin was staring at Deng Li. The corner of this man's mouth was slowly curving, showing sarcasm and disdain.

Deng Li slowly opened his arms and stretched his waist vigorously to relax his body. At this moment, he seemed to be completely stripped from a character. Under the mask, there was a face that no longer needed to be concealed.

"My lord is worthy of being the person in charge of the school affairs office. It's a pity that my lord is so loyal, but I still can't get the full trust of the prime minister. Don't you feel sad?"

Deng Li smiled presumptuously at Zhou Gongjin.

Chapter 825 Black Robe Monster

In fact, it is not that no one has said these words to Zhou Gongjin on weekdays.

Because from the perspective of onlookers, Zhuge Wanling seemed to have always regarded Zhou Gongjin as a firefighter, and used it whenever something happened, without considering the future development of his loyal minister at all.

Whether it's dealing with the internal affairs of the Jingchu Gang after the reorganization, the case of destroying embankments and flooding the fields, or Gao Changgong's going north to supervise the army when he went out for an expedition...it's all thankless work.

Jing Wu went up and down, he ran all the way, the official is not very big, but the responsibility on his body has never been taken lightly.

Finally, he sat on such an important position as the school affairs office order, and he saw that all the hardships are coming.

However, the court at this time is no longer the old days, and the school affairs office has long been a thorn in the side of the gentry group, and they can't wait to burn this evil government office that has been "persecuting" them to ashes immediately with a torch in hand.

As the young faction headed by Sun Ji'an gradually came to the stage, the old people added to the flames, and waves of undercurrents slapped on his particularly unsightly reef.

But even so, everyone was shocked to find that Zhuge Wanling always had reservations about Zhou Gongjin, wouldn't it be chilling?

But Zhou Gongjin just shrugged his shoulders and smiled at Deng Li: "To sow dissension? Even if I really have a different intention, will I let you go just because of your few words?"

Then he sighed again: "You can say such a thing, it proves that you don't understand me, the prime minister, and us old people from the Jingchu Gang."

Jingchu Gang.

Although Zhou Gongjin can be said to be one of the first people to leave the gang and enter the court, once these three words are mentioned, his voice is full of emotion and nostalgia.

"We are willing to become pawns, not because of anyone, but because we are all fed up with this world of sons of a bitch, and the prime minister has proved that he can break this world, so why not be used?"

During the brief silence, Zhou Gongjin's hand on the handle of the knife suddenly tightened, his voice suppressed the light of the knife, and he slashed forward in no particular order!

Deng Li frowned.

This was the first time for him to personally experience Zhou Gongjin's knife-drawing technique. The light from the spatula came out of nothing, but only for a moment, like a stream of light in the sky, completely ignoring the distance of nearly ten steps.

A nearly perfect side cut!

Both Jing and Wu Chaotang knew that Zhou Gongjin was not a martial artist who was good at fighting, but this kind of knife was enough to show that he had been tempered day after day, so that when he cut through the air, the blade did not tremble at all.

A strand of hair on his forehead began to fall down in a sound that was so slight that it was almost inaudible, and Deng Li narrowed his eyes.

The endless and deep darkness was like nothing in front of him.

He could clearly see every detail of the blade's light, including the hidden blade that really contained the killing intent, and Zhou Gongjin's falcon-like eyes.

He chuckled.

With the stamping of his legs, the whole person swept back lightly, and the iron-blooded temperament of the military suddenly retreated from his body, and then was replaced by a gloomy and strange aura.

Zhou Gongjin was about to catch up and hand out the knife, but when he listened attentively, it seemed as if something cracked in the quiet dark cave, and the soil exploded, and the two exclamations turned into screams of pain.

Deng Li's laugh was joking, and it came from afar: "Master Zhou, since I, Deng Li, dare to do these things, won't I hold back?"

Zhou Gongjin didn't have time to catch Deng Li's position, and the first moment he turned his head, he saw two shadows that were moving at a strange speed.

In just one breath, two powerful secret agents of the school office were flying in the air, but it wasn't because they had wings, but because they had their legs chopped off!

It turns out that Deng Li's assistant never left from the beginning to the end, but has been hiding in the deep underground!

"Light it up!" Yin Lu had just caught a seriously injured colleague, and was about to fight with a knife, but the two shadows moved faster than he thought, and they entangled like ghosts in a blink of an eye.

The fluttering black brushed Yin Lu's cheeks, and he felt a soft and smooth texture, and this thing was actually made of silk.

Looks like he's still a rich man.Yin Lu showed some smiles, but he was actually very desperate.

But even so, he raised his long knife and sealed the edge in front of him, not to survive, but to give his colleagues a chance as much as possible.

Countless sharp lights flickered under the black robe, and there seemed to be countless sharp edges wrapping around him.

"Karma..." There was a grinding sound, and the blade of the long knife rubbed against the sharp edge in front of it.

The huge force coming from ahead hit Yin Lu's arms, and the slippery soil on his legs made him lose control and fall on his back.

But he still stared at the red eyes, and roared like a beast in his throat.

And just as he was waiting for the sharp rays around him to split his body, the silk black robe suddenly shattered, exposing ferocious insect feet and a sharp sword.

Zhou Gongjin's face was flushed, and the surging energy and blood flowed through both arms. With a loud shout, he pulled his left hand back suddenly.

The surrounding sharp edges brushed over Yin Lu's body.

Yin Lu felt as if he had been "bitten" all over his body, and his eyes lit up, Zhou Gongjin actually tore the monster off!

"Fire!" Zhou Gongjin yelled again, and the secret agents of the school affairs office finally lit the torches again, and the fiery flames dispelled the darkness again, and even illuminated the ghost's whole body.

Only then did Yin Lu see the true appearance of the ghost.

It was a man in a black robe, more than six feet tall, even in front of many tall and strong spies from the school office, he still stood out from the crowd.

What is even more shocking is that under his broken black robe, a carapace as jagged as a mountain wall was exposed.

A pair of arms that should be dexterous and soft have completely turned into twin knives like praying mantises, shining with a cold and stern light.

If you keep looking down, you can still see countless tentacles on his waist and thighs swinging one after another like blades, and the wrinkled abdomen and navel open and close, like a disgusting blood Basin big mouth.

Under the hood, a deep compound eye on the right side was exposed, staring at everyone.

Presumably, this is what the soldiers called the "black-robed man". As for the invulnerability, it's because these things can't be guessed by common sense, just like those weird and terrifying moths.

Yin Lu felt a slight chill in his heart, knowing that his life was completely taken back by Zhou Gongjin.

Although the long knives he had just blocked the "knives" on his arms, the sharp blades around his waist were still enough to cut his flesh and blood into pieces.

And what he saw was Zhou Gongjin's bloody right hand, and he could see the smooth cuts in the palm, blood was continuously flowing downward.

"My lord!" Yin Lu was busy trying to get up, but felt pain all over his body, and couldn't help moaning.

Zhou Gongjin grinned and glanced at his left hand.

In that urgent situation, he could only choose to pay some price. At least in terms of the results, it was already very worthwhile to exchange this small injury for the life of a subordinate.

But what he cares more about now is that the strength and speed displayed by the black-robed monster in front of him is no less than that of the strong opponents among the little grandmasters, not to mention that this darkness itself is their lair.

For a short time, one of the black-robed monsters had already disappeared into the boundless darkness.

"Form the formation." The five flames gradually gathered into a group, the secret agent of the school affairs office and Zhou Gongjin stood back to back in a circle, and even the two wounded surrounded by them covered their mouths so as not to disturb them by making any noise to the judgment of colleagues.

Their heavy panting and the airflow flowing underground became the only sounds in the entire cave.

But Zhou Gongjin's eyes fell on the black-robed monster who had never been hiding in front of him.

This monster seemed to be watching him as well, with two restless tentacles sticking out of the black robe and trembling.

"Preemptive attack." Zhou Gongjin bowed his head and said to Yin Lu beside him.

He knew very well that this underground was almost a nest of karma moths.Although it is said that the number of the moth group has lost a lot in the army confrontation, if they really come, it is always possible to consume them to death.

Then, we must act first, break the deadlock, and then respond!

With a change of mind, Zhou Gongjin held the handle of the knife with both hands, raised the long knife upright, and the tip of the knife reached the tip of the nose, and the blood spurted out, mobilizing the whole body.

The distance of only ten steps was crossed in an instant!

Chapter 826 Old Man and Head

The flame of the torch swayed violently in the sharp wind of the knife, and the two shadows intertwined like monsters, transforming into various shapes.

Although Zhou Gongjin's timing was hasty, he showed no fear. Holding the long knife with both hands increased the strength of the long knife, and it was able to push the monster back for a while, and the spies of the school affairs office also followed closely behind. Protect his flanks desperately.

Yin Lu's eyes kept scanning the surroundings, as if he wanted to grab something from the deep darkness.

"Right!" Suddenly, Yin Lu let out a roar, accompanied by a black shadow flying from the darkness, the firelight illuminated its black robe, and even more illuminated its exposed insect feet like sharp knives.

The two agents of the school government on the right responded almost without hesitation.

One person was in the front with a long knife and cut like lightning, while the second person was in the back, but he was not in a hurry to swing the knife, but his right hand suddenly shook from his waist, and a metal rod was suddenly connected to the handle of the long knife, and the long knife flew out of thin air. It grew four feet, and it was the first to come first, and it went straight to the shadow's eyeball!

After all, it is Jing Wu's school office with strong hands like a cloud. After finding out the shape of the enemy, he quickly calmed down.

If it were the bandits, guards, and people from the rivers and lakes that they dealt with on weekdays, they would probably have died within one round.

However, this monster's strength is extraordinary, so naturally it won't give in so easily. In a moment of ups and downs, this monster turned around, avoided two deadly sharp blades, and slammed into the spy who was about to help.