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Shi Sang said: "After all, divination is the ability of our family, and it doesn't count as a result, so I still feel a little uneasy."

Kong Zhu frowned slightly: "Does it have to be this time?"

It's not that she doesn't want to, but since this spell is extremely powerful, the backlash is also serious. After a period of time, the caster will fall into a period of weakness for a long time.Now their situation is not safe, if they can't even protect themselves, even if there is any result of divination, they may not be able to see it.

Only then did Shi Sang realize what she was worried about, and said with a smile: "Do I look that stupid? Don't worry, I have already notified the elders in the clan to come over, and we will make plans after they come over."

Kong Zhu nodded helplessly, "Okay...presumably they should have woken up by this time, the general should have known about us. If my predictions are correct, he will send someone to invite us over soon."

Shi Sang responded, "Is that still according to the previous plan?"

Kong Zhudao: "Well, we have heard a lot of rumors along the way. According to the rumors of the common people, Yan Feng guessed that the person guarding the Floating Light City will most likely be Gudu."

"Gudu?" Shi Sang frowned and thought for a moment, barely finding a trace of this person's existence from his memory: "The Gudu who was exiled by the emperor because he supported Yan Feng's reform of the military system?"

"The emperor punished him for the crime of treason, and all his family members were beheaded. He himself was exempted from death because of the iron certificate of the emperor's alchemy, but he still could not avoid the fate of being exiled by the emperor. The ancestors of the ancient family followed the Ming emperor to fight on the battlefield. Dachang was established for 200 years. Since then, the ancient family has produced a large number of talents, and there has never been a mediocre person in the direct line.

Most of Dachang's military power has always been in their hands. The emperors of all dynasties regarded them as thorns in their eyes and thorns in their flesh.Especially in this generation, the emperor was narrow-minded and suspicious, but Gudu became famous at a young age.He stayed in the Western Region border for 20 years, step by step from a small soldier to a general, all relying on the accumulation of military merits.

In a peaceful and prosperous age, Dachang does not need famous generals who are good at fighting.Especially when the general is still highly respected by the general.A Yan Feng has been feared by the emperor, but Yan Feng is loyal to the emperor after all, and Gu Du is different, Gu Du is only loyal to Dachang and Mingjun.

Yan Feng also said it.Gu Du is a very good general, loving the people like a son is a phrase that every general will use to buy people's hearts, but he really did it.The soldiers he brought treated him like a brother like a father, respecting him even more than respecting the imperial power.

When Gu Du first went to the Western Regions, he was just a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy, and the royal family's view of him was more of a spectacle mentality.They didn't expect Gudu to really succeed, and he did better than his parents.His fathers at least got their current position through the shelter of their ancestors, and he only relied on his own ability from beginning to end.It is precisely because of this that the more the emperor understands his ability, the more he will be feared by the emperor. "

Kong Zhu continued: "A few months ago, the emperor called Yan Feng back to the capital. As usual, Yan Feng mentioned the matter of rebuilding the army in the early court. Gu Du argued for him. After that, Yan Feng was sent by the emperor to the Western Regions He went there precisely because he succeeded Gu Du. Gu Du was sentenced to exile during that period of time. The prison car and the imperial envoy who were escorting them, based on the distance calculation, they should have arrived in southern Xinjiang just during this time, and caught up with this time. Field turmoil.

Floating Light City has no wars all year round, and there are not many people who can use it. According to Yan Feng's investigation, Gudu gathered the turbulent army by virtue of his personal ability. The first wave of enemy attacks.Otherwise, given Dachang's unprepared situation at the time, the skeleton army was not under Fuguang City, but Fuxi City, or even Modu City. "

Kong Zhu shook his head, his expression slightly sarcastic: "Even though he has made such great achievements, I am afraid that the emperor only saw his prestige in the army higher than the imperial power. It is well known that Gudu was exiled, but the soldiers are still willing to obey his orders. In the eyes of the emperor, it is obvious that he can't use this to offset the merits. Taking charge of the army privately is even a crime of a higher crime. But if Gudu's crime is punished in this way, the people and soldiers he saved in Fuguang City at that time They would definitely not agree. He wanted to give up the dilapidated Floating Light City, and the people and soldiers in the Floating Light City who were in collapse. The most important thing was that he knew that Gudu would never abandon these poor people and escape safely. "

All the previous doubts were completely solved at this moment.Shi Sang said: "Under the current situation, the emperor doesn't want to retreat from the enemy. Instead, he wants to do everything possible to send the generals to the underworld. He will not hesitate to sacrifice a whole city of people and soldiers for this. As long as we find a suitable opportunity to spread the word , it will definitely chill the hearts of all the soldiers and ministers, under internal and external troubles, Dachang will surely perish!"

Kong Zhu smiled slightly: "Yes, it won't be long... Dachang will die soon." She raised her eyes slowly, looking in the direction of the devil city, and in her light gray pupils, there was an unknown complex light flowing .With the flow of killing thoughts in his heart, the cinnabar on the center of his eyebrows was so red that he almost bleed.

After a while, Gu Du really sent someone to invite them over.By the way, Kong Zhu called for Su Gewen and others to come over, and the group of people, together with the four guards, followed the messengers to the general's mansion.

They had just traveled a short distance when they were suddenly stopped by someone.

"Hey, stop!" The person who spoke was surrounded by a large group of soldiers, and there were at least a hundred soldiers in this group.They all looked murderous, as if they had just come down from the battlefield, all of them were wounded, and their clothes were still stained with the blood of their companions.

The man in the lead looked sloppy, his military uniform was loosely worn on his body, his standing posture was crooked, and his weapon was casually slung on his shoulders.Slanted eyes, a pair of small eyes full of disdain.If you take off this military uniform, you will look like a full-fledged roadside gangster.He was the one who yelled the words just now.

The messenger who led the way frowned and said, "Qian Su, quickly take your brother and leave. This is not a place for you to make trouble. The adults behind me are of high status, and they are not people you can run into."

Qian Su curled her lips, and said in a disdainful tone: "At least my lord, I earned my position on the battlefield with my own hands, what about them?" He took the weapon off his shoulder, as if holding a scepter that symbolized imperial power. stick.As if trying to judge, he arrogantly pointed the tip of his weapon at Kong Zhu, and the orderly and four guards on the side were scared out of their wits, and they immediately stood in front of them.

The young general who was the first to talk to Kong Zhu at the gate of the city before, was among the four guards at this moment, and said angrily: "Qiansu! You really dared to be bold? Even the general's distinguished guest dared to rude!"

"The general's distinguished guest?" Qian Su was taken aback, and her tone softened a lot.He gently moved the weapon away an inch.But before the few people on the opposite side could breathe a sigh of relief, he sneered and pointed the tip of his weapon at the young soldiers, and said sarcastically: "Shu Hua, if it wasn't for the general's order, you would have thought that you bastards would be able to do this!" Are you showing off your power in front of the master? If it wasn't for the general, I would have led my brothers to destroy you trash a long time ago!"

There were still traces of the battle on the weapon. Although the skeletons were all bones, many of them carried the flesh and blood of the soldiers they killed.This weapon was stained with blood, and even had a slight chip from time to time.Obviously it was bumped by the skeleton's hard body.

Facing the fierce look in his eyes, Shu Hua took a step back involuntarily, avoiding his eyes as if he was wronged.

Qian Su sneered and walked away from him, and bumped into him deliberately when passing by him.Shu Hua staggered when he was hit, and before he could stand still, the brothers behind Qian Su also followed, and when they had all passed by, the five soldiers including the orderly soldiers all fell to the ground , covered in bruises, unable to climb up.

Qiansu's wanton laughter could be heard from a distance, Shu Hua gritted his teeth in humiliation, barely supported the ground, and tried to stand up again.This is their own internal matter, so Kong Zhu and others have been standing by and watching, without any intention of helping.Seeing that the matter was over now, Su Gewen reached out to give Shu Hua a hand and helped him stand up.

Shu Hua helped the others up as well. Several young soldiers were covered with scars, their heads were bowed, and their expressions were extremely embarrassing.Shu Hua respectfully pleaded guilty: "It's all the fault of my subordinates, I disturbed my lord, please forgive me."

Kong Zhu thoughtfully glanced at the direction where Qian Su and the others left, and said indifferently: "The enemy is now, are you guys still busy with internal fighting?"

Several officers and soldiers became nervous, and they all knelt down in panic, saying repeatedly: "This subordinate dare not!"

"Then what happened?" Kong Zhu asked back.

Several people looked at each other, and Shu Hua finally calmed down: "My lord, I believe you are different from the adults sent by the emperor before. They never take us soldiers and common people seriously, but I feel that you It's different from them. Anyway, we are the ones who deserve to die. If we don't tell the truth, even if we survive in the end, we will never be able to hold our heads up in front of others."

Kong Zhu was startled, her mind reading technique consumes a lot, and she doesn't use it often.Facing small soldiers like Shu Hua, she didn't expect them to know any secrets at all, so naturally she would not directly use mind reading skills on them.But now that they were all ready to speak out, she became a little more vigilant, and the color of her light gray eyes became more intense without leaving any trace.It's just a simple mind reading method to judge whether what he said is true or not.

Shu Hua's tone was heavy, and his delicate face was full of guilt and remorse: "My lord, you must have noticed that those guarding the north gate and those staying in the general's mansion are all young soldiers. Everyone knows that if the floating The City of Light can no longer be defended. The farther you are from the South City Gate, the greater your chances of survival. The enemy soldiers are not afraid of pain, they have no sense, they don't know the feeling of fear. These guys have been attacking the city for more than a month, and we don't know how many The brothers died at their hands, and then quickly became one of them. They are so powerful that their bows and arrows can directly hit the brothers on the city wall. After every siege battle, our number will drop a lot.

We are all young lieutenants in the army. The general took pity on us to fight on the battlefield at a young age, and we all have military merits, especially after knowing that we still have wives and children at home, he decisively transferred us from the battlefield and came to Beicheng On the door.We all know that he wants to let us live!There is no way to repay the general's great kindness, but in the eyes of others, we naturally become deserters.Whenever I see the brothers who are fighting bloody battles under the Nancheng Gate, and see their disdainful eyes, I feel very, very uncomfortable in my heart. I am grateful for the kindness of the general, and I don’t want them to look down on us... We are not cowards! "

Shu Hua's voice slowly choked up: "My lord, I am really afraid of death. I was drafted into the army in a hurry on the third night of my wedding, and I didn't have time to react. After being transferred here, I suddenly saw a living, moving Skeleton, I was so frightened that my liver and gallbladder were torn apart. How could such monsters exist in this world. The first time I faced them on the battlefield, my hand holding the weapon was trembling.

A few days ago, a letter came from my family, saying that I have a child. The doctor saw that it should be a son. It has been more than three months. Our Shu family has a child!You have no idea how excited I was, not even afraid to see those damned skeletons on the battlefield.My subordinate and his wife have been childhood sweethearts for 23 years, and both families do not agree with our marriage. She is an innocent and good girl. I dragged her off for 23 years before finally marrying me. I know all the gossip she endured outside .I, I haven't loved her well, and I haven't fulfilled the vows I made. I want her to live a good life in the future, and I won't let her suffer. I want to see our unborn son... "

He almost couldn't cry, he knocked his head heavily on the ground, tears dripped onto the dirty ground, and wet the land under his head.He clenched his fists tightly: "This subordinate is not reconciled. Although this subordinate is afraid of death, when the enemy comes, this subordinate will never back down! My comrades are all desperately fighting on the battlefield, but I can only watch them from a distance now They fell one by one.

When my son is born in the future, I don't want others to tell him that his father is a deserter and a coward!I think someone told him how many enemies his father killed with his own hands, and his father was a heroic soldier.I want him to be proud of having me as a father, not be his shackles, his shame.If I really leave like this, my son will be stabbed in the back for the rest of his life, and he will not be able to lift his head up for the rest of his life! "