As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and took the wet jade pendant from Xie Wuyi's hand, but as soon as he held the jade pendant, the familiar feeling of dizziness and tingling instantly hit his mind, and he hardly had time to react, and then Already his body went limp and he leaned back.

He felt that Jie Wuyi stretched out his hand to support his back, as if laying him flat on the bed, and then his physical sensations gradually blurred and finally disappeared completely.

Sink, keep sinking.

It was that feeling of falling into the abyss again.

This time Ji Qinglin was already prepared, but still felt at a loss because of the empty silence and boundless darkness.

Finally, the feeling of falling stopped suddenly, Ji Qinglin concentrated on feeling it for a moment, and everything in front of him gradually became clear.

This is a bright hall. It doesn't look like today's architectural style, but it is the same as the post house in Zhong Zangchan's memory, which is the style of more than 1000 years ago.

Nearby in front of Huo Jue was a main case, on which was a list of gifts, and four small cases on the left and right in front of the case. There were eight people seated behind the case. They looked like they were not dressed like ordinary people, but from the military. Soldiers.

There is a big banner standing on both sides of the hall door, Ji Qinglin couldn't help being slightly taken aback when he saw the embroidery on it clearly.

The embroidered pattern is two symmetrical curved bows, the bow strings are juxtaposed in the center, the eagle spreads its wings above, and a big "Huo" character is embroidered in the middle.

If the word and eagle were removed, the pattern would be exactly the same as the hidden sign of Jingjuemen.

Could it be that these people in front of him were the original shocking people?

Ji Qinglin was puzzled, but at this moment everyone in the hall was chatting with each other, as if they were discussing important matters, so he could only temporarily put aside the doubts and calm down to listen carefully to what they were saying.

After a while, Ji Qinglin finally pieced together an outline of Huo Jue's identity and his current situation from their sporadic words.

Huo Jueyuan was the general of Baihe, who was relegated to guard the frontier at the Maitian Pass at the junction of Baihe and Zhongling because of his repeated disobedience to the lord.

Five years ago, Baihe's country was broken, and now Zhongling has been captured by Daluan, but the Maitian Pass sandwiched between the two countries is still in Huo Jue's hands.

This is not because Daluan's army lost to Huo Jue, but because Huo Jue has always been known among the people as "a slingshot can shock geese, and a whip can shock tigers". He has always mastered a group of elite soldiers who are brave and good at fighting-the Huo family army.

The three generations of the Huo family have been generals, and the Huo family army has been famous since more than a hundred years ago. It is said that they are not only outstanding in martial arts, but also loyal and righteous.

With such a shocking general and such a loyal and elite army, Da Luan had no choice but to take them into his command.

However, although the fierce general is fierce, he is difficult to tame. If he is too tight, it is impossible to guarantee that he will not lead the Huo family army to fight to the death, and this is not the result that Daluan wants.

Therefore, Da Luan simply changed coercion into lure, and forced attack into reward. Not only did he issue an edict to directly seal the wheat field pass that was originally in Huo Jue's hands, but he also gave him a title and rewarded him with food, grass and military pay, in an attempt to get Huo Jue back. Absolutely surrender.

However, Huo Jue and Huo Jiajun didn't buy it. They never saw Daluan's envoys and refused all the things they sent. They had only one sentence - fight if you want to fight, and vow not to surrender to the death.

At this time they gathered here precisely because Daluan sent someone to deliver something again today.

The group who gave the gift didn't know if they were afraid of being intimidated by the random arrows on the city like the previous few times. After arriving, they handed over the gift list and left in a hurry, but dozens of vehicles transporting food, grass and military pay were still parked outside the city gate.

"General, those things..." A general near the right door asked for instructions.

Huo Jue glanced disdainfully at the gift list on the table in front of him, snorted coldly, grabbed it and threw it forward like throwing away a pair of shoes: "Burn it."

The general nodded without any hesitation, and immediately got up to execute.

The rest of the generals were not surprised by Huo Jue's decision, as if the same scene had happened countless times, and they had long been accustomed to it.

After the general left, Huo Jue turned to look at the chief on the left and asked, "Luo Xuan, how is the recruiting going?"

The general named Luo Xuan seemed a little hesitant when he heard the words, he cupped his fists and said: "General, He Yun and I are not very satisfied with most of the candidates who came to apply for the recruitment recently, and many of them were sent away directly."

Huo Jue frowned and said, "Why?"

Luo Xuan sighed softly, and said: "General, you know that since Daluan changed the military system, it has become much more difficult for us to recruit people. Now all soldiers who are selected by Daluan to enter the army can be exempted from tax and corvee at home. We can't give this condition. So now those who are willing to come to us are either the remnants of the Daluan election, or the displaced people without land and land, or the desperadoes who commit crimes. A good one? Some people even come here just to make a living, and it’s useless to raise them, and they waste food for nothing.”

After hearing what he said, Huo Jue nodded and said, "Queue is better than abuse."

After a moment of silence, he asked again: "How much food and money do we have left?"

Luo Xuandao: "We have been counting the past two days, and the final count has been counted by He Yun. I don't know if he has done the calculation. I will ask him later when he comes back."

Huo Jue nodded and didn't say any more, but at this moment, the general who had just gone out to carry out the order hurried back from the door.

Luo Xuan was surprised and said: "The burning is finished so quickly? It just so happens that the general is asking about the accounts. You can tell the general in detail."

It was only then that Ji Qinglin realized that the He Yun Luo Xuan was referring to was him.

He Yun seemed to be sprinting here, panting heavily at this moment while waving his hands and said: "It hasn't been fired, a few people came from outside the city, and they won't let me burn it."

Huo Jue narrowed his eyes and said, "Do they still dare to come back?"

He Yun continued to wave his hands: "No, it's not them. We know one of these people."

Luo Xuan was slightly taken aback, and then sneered: "Oh, Da Luan is really sloppy, what's the matter? It's not enough to lure him for profit, and now send an acquaintance to tempt him with affection?"

After hearing this, He Yun's expression became very strange, he frowned and opened his mouth, as if he couldn't explain clearly, he shook his head and waved his hands and said: "No, no, no, that person is... yes That... the guide!"

As soon as these three words came out, there was no sound in the hall, all the generals stared at each other with wide eyes in surprise, Huo Jue stood up suddenly and said: "Really?"

He Yun nodded and said pleasantly: "Really, I am absolutely right!"

Huo Jue waved his hand and said, "Go, go and have a look."

Everyone got up immediately and followed Huo Jue to go out to the tower.

When approaching the city gate, Huo Jue raised his chin, He Yun immediately understood, and shouted at the city gate guards: "Open the gate!"

The defenders obeyed the orders and opened the gate of the city with a "squeak".

Looking around, I saw four people standing beside dozens of cars piled up with goods on the other side of the moat.

The god of the water mirror, the solution is not shifted, the wine is released, Ulanda.

At this moment, Ji Qinglin finally sorted out the specific time of this memory.

Previously in Zhong Zangchan's memory, he had already learned that after Zhong Ling destroyed the country, the four Shenzun found the Zhong family brothers and sisters in Luandu and went with them to the Qi country to save Chi Ruogu. After that, the Zhong family brothers and sisters were arranged Leaving Chi Ruogu to take care of the handicapped, the four gods left for Baihe.

At that time, Ji Qinglin didn't know why the gods and the others went to Baihe, but now it seems that they are very likely to come here for Huo Jue in the middle of the wheat field.

When Huo Jue saw the four people clearly, he naturally saw him on the other side, and saw Shui Jing Shenzun patted the cart of food and grass beside him and said with a smile: "General Huo is so rich, so much food and salary, he is willing to give it up." Is it on fire?"

Huo Jue ordered the men to put down the suspension bridge, led the generals to the opposite bank, cupped their hands and said, "I don't know if your Excellency is coming, but I am far away to welcome you."

Shui Jing Shenzun said with a smile: "Where is it, I will come here uninvited, and I hope General Huo will not blame him."

Huo Jue didn't seem to be good at exchanging greetings, so he glanced at the other three people immediately after seeing the ceremony, and asked, "I wonder who these three are?"

Shui Jing Shenzun raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "General Huo is planning to let me stand here and declare my family name?"

Huo Jue was slightly taken aback, then turned sideways and raised his hand and said, "Please."

A group of people crossed the bridge and entered the city. Huo Jue sent people to take their horses away, and then led them to the meeting hall just now.

Along the way, from time to time, soldiers looked at these four people from both sides of the road. To be precise, they cast their gazes at the Shuijing God Venerable. There was surprise and confusion in their eyes, as if they had seen the God Venerable before. At this moment, he was wondering why he came here.

Ji Qinglin didn't know the origin between them, but judging from the reaction of the generals in the Cai Hall, they all seemed to know a "Guide", and this "Guide" was probably the Shui Jing God.

After arriving in the hall and sitting down to watch tea, Huo Jue asked straight to the point: "Why are you here today?"

Shuijing Shenzun also didn't mince words, and said bluntly: "Come and recruit the general into the gang."

Huo Jue frowned slightly, narrowed his eyes and said, "Join the group?"

"Exactly," Shui Jing Shenzun pointed to Xie Wuyi and the others, "They both have old grudges with Daluan, and the general also regards Daluan as an enemy. Since they are people of the same path, why not go together?"

Huo Jue exchanged glances with several generals, all of them were a little unbelievable, not because of anything else, but because the words of the god were too casual, not like a proposal, but like a joke.

Shui Jing Shenzun also saw their doubts, and said with a relaxed smile: "General, there is no need to rush to make a decision. After all, in terms of numbers, the general has more people under his command, but since I have the nerve to come to recruit the general, I naturally have a bargaining chip." Hand, may the general listen to it first?"

Huo Jue nodded and said, "All ears."

Shui Jing Shenzun casually raised his finger and pointed at Ulanda, "This is Ulanda, the leader of the Lanzhao Ulan Tribe who is said to have defected from Daluan."

All the generals were taken aback, Huo Jue also looked at Ulanda in surprise and said, "You are Ulanda?"

Ulanda cupped his hands and said with a smile, "I've heard about General Huo's reputation for a long time, it's a great honor to meet you."

Huo Jue waved his hand, and after a moment of silence, he said with emotion: "When Daluan attacked Sang, you proposed to me, Baihe, to take the opportunity to attack the northern border of Daluan. I tried my best to persuade the king to agree to this matter, but I couldn't Success. If the cooperation between our two countries was reached at that time, maybe the pattern of the world will be different now."

Ulanda smiled wryly when he heard the words, shook his head and said, "General Huo doesn't need to be emotional. Even if you agreed to cooperate back then, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to fulfill the contract."

Huo Jue frowned suspiciously: "How do you say that?"

Ulanda didn't hide anything, and directly told the truth about Tukebaan's imprisonment and frame.

After listening, the faces of several Huo family generals showed both shock and anger. Luo Xuan even beat the table and said indignantly: "It's really despicable and shameless!"

Huo Jue also believed it deeply, and commented: "It is unwise to initiate internal strife before the foreign enemy is clear, and it is unrighteous to lay down black hands to achieve the goal. Such a stupid villain, even if he lives for a while today, he will surely be killed in the future." Eat the fruit."

After finishing speaking, he suddenly remembered something again, and asked, "I have always heard that Lan Zhao has a horse whistle that can command thousands of horses. I don't know..."

"You are asking the right person."

Ulanda smiled when he heard that, took out the horse whistle from his bosom, raised his hand and threw it in front of Huo Jue.

Huo Jue stretched out his hand to grab it, and looked down. Several generals in the hall seemed to be very curious, and quickly got up and moved closer to him to look at the imperial horse post.

After looking at it carefully, Huo Jue raised his head from among several people, looked at Ulanda with interest and said, "You are so bold, just throw it to me like this, are you afraid that I will not return it if I take it?"

There was a moment of silence in the hall, you know, Maitianguan is Huo Jue's territory, if he really wants to seize the horse post, what can the four people in front of him do to him?

Ulanda raised an eyebrow when he heard the words, and asked as if he didn't care: "Is General Huo such a person?"

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