king array

So Ling Xun had no choice but to order people to attack the "Zhanfeng Pass" in the sand table, which is also strange. The stone array under Wu Qing's cloth looks ordinary and seems to have loopholes everywhere, but the stones arranged according to the strange art of Dunjia, They can actually take care of each other, if one of them falls down, the other one will make up for it immediately, and once you try to force your way in, you will be firmly trapped by the stone formation and cannot escape.

Even Ling Xun felt that the stone formation was very ingenious, let alone ordinary people who knew nothing about the formation.

Seeing that her stone formation was unbreakable, Wu Qing couldn't help showing complacency until the person who simulated the siege on the sand table had no other way and couldn't think of any other way to crack it, so she said to Mu Jiu: "It seems Mr. Mu really can't break through my stone formation."

Zhong Lishan said: "Your stone formation can't be breached, and Mr. Mu's magic circle can't be breached either, so it's a tie, right?"

"Master, this kind of judgment is unfair. Although the stone formation is comparable to the magic circle on the surface, as long as my stone formation is completed, it can be done once and for all, while Mr. Mu's magic circle needs to be built by him every month. Reinforcement. From this point of view, doesn't it mean that my magic circle is better?"

Some students from the Formation Academy were about to refute, but Mu Jiu cupped his hands at Wu Qing and said, "Mu Jiu lost this time, and I would like to replace the copper pillar to make way for the stone formation."

"Mr. Mu, you don't have to be like this..." Zhong Lishan wanted to speak, but was interrupted by Mu Jiu.

"General Zhongli, Master Wu's words are not unreasonable. After all, my lord and I are just guests living in Qingping Mountain, and we cannot stay for a long time. Once I leave, there are no other formation mages in the mountain who can support this formation. If it is used, it would be more appropriate to replace it with Master Wu's stone formation."

At this point, there is no need to hesitate anymore, Wu Qing's Stonehenge was finally replaced at the Zhanfeng Pass. Nearly a hundred huge boulders with a height of two or three people stood at the Zhanfeng Pass. The internal mechanism of the stone formation was completely supervised by Wu Qing himself, and no one except Wu Qing and Zhong Lishan knew where the final mechanism switch was.

Ling Xun still couldn't let go of his doubts about Wu Qing, he hesitated for a long time, and then made up his mind to go to Zhong Lishan and tell all kinds of doubts about Wu Qing.

"Although I know that brother Zhongli and Erdang Wu have always had a good relationship, there are some things I shouldn't have said, but when elder brother was trapped in Beijing, Erdang Wu didn't send help to rescue him as planned. If it wasn't for elder brother who happened to bump into me On, maybe it has already become the soul of the executioner's knife."

As Ling Xun said, he took out the evidence that he had sent someone to collect secretly, and put it in front of Zhong Lishan. For a moment, he suddenly thought of the scene when Yue Qing handed over Mu Jiu's suspicious evidence to him, and he couldn't help feeling that this scene It was surprisingly similar.

Zhong Lishan sat by the candlelight, the flickering light made his face half-bright and half-dark, he didn't speak, he didn't look at the evidence Ling Xun gave him, he just sat quietly, showing no emotion.

"Also, I once suspected that the headache that brother Zhongli suffered from a few days ago was also caused by human beings." Ling Xun said, and took out a book from his sleeve, "This is the account book I found from the kitchen and the shopping place. , it records the daily food expenses of people above the rank of captain. I found that since Brother Zhongli stopped drinking, he often took the sobering medicinal diet sent by Wu Erdang's family. That is, from that time on, Brother Zhongli often felt unbearable headaches ..."

"Okay, Wuge, you don't need to talk about it." Zhong Lishan interrupted Ling Xun suddenly.

Ling Xun looked at Zhong Lishan and had no choice but to keep silent.

Zhong Lishan supported his forehead, closed his eyes and let out a long sigh, and said, "Do you still remember how I raised doubts about Mr. Mu to you not long ago? How did you answer me at that time?"

Ling Xun was silent. He just knew that Mu Jiu and En Gong were the same person, and they were formation masters with matching five elements. Naturally, he couldn't allow others to say that Mu Jiu was half-bad.

"Actually, I am the same for Wu Qing. Although others doubt him, as long as I believe in him, it is fine. Others cannot understand this kind of feeling. Even if everyone in the world wants me to die, he is the only one who won't. These There is no need to mention it later.”

Seeing that Zhong Lishan's attitude was so firm, Ling Xun didn't want to say anything else, so he could only leave and leave, but he was thinking in his heart that he trusted Mu Jiu so much at the beginning, and in the end he proved himself wrong.

I hope Zhong Lishan has a better vision than him, and don't be blinded by emotions.

After Wu Qing's Stonehenge was completed, more than a month passed. During this period, Ling Xun suggested to Zhong Lishan that it would be better to take advantage of Qingpingshan's accumulated strength and send troops to assist Hanzhong, lest Chen After the ice captured Hanzhong, the war was directly ignited on Qingping Mountain.

However, as soon as this idea was put forward, it was strongly opposed by a group of Qingpingshan elders headed by Wu Qing.Many people thought that since Qingping Mountain had to fight Chen Bing in the end, why not wait for work with leisure, wait for three to five months, wait for the city of Hanzhong to be broken, Liangzhou soldiers and Hanzhong soldiers to lose both, and then send troops to fisherman to benefit.

In the end, this proposal was dismissed, but Ling Xun didn't know why, and often stood on the plank road at the west foot of Qingping Mountain, looking in the direction of Hanzhong, feeling a little uneasy in his heart.

On this day, Ling Xun stood on the plank road again, only looking at the giant stone formation of Zhanfengguan, frowning and standing silently for a long time.

The mountain is already cool, even in the dog days, it is cooler than outside, not to mention it is the end of September, and it is still a bit cold at night.

The soldiers on guard changed one after another, and from time to time someone came forward to ask if Master Feng had anything to explain, but Ling Xun just shook his head and told them to leave, saying that he just had no sleep at night and was just walking around here.

Why are you so preoccupied and unable to sleep?

I'm afraid Ling Xun himself can't tell, maybe it's because of the approaching wedding date that he doesn't know how to treat Mu Jiu, or maybe he's worried that Hanzhong will change, and Qingping Mountain's short-term peace and comfort will be broken, or maybe, It was because there was another hour, after midnight, that would be his real birthday.

In order to hide his identity, in addition to changing his name and surname, he even changed his birth date. After living for 19 years, since he started running Jinxiu Building, he has made a big fuss every year on his birthday, inviting a lot of friends, but his real birthday is only Spend it by yourself, quietly kowtow to the deceased parents and relatives, and forget about it, not even daring to eat a bowl of longevity noodles.

Usually it's nothing, but this year happens to be his 20th birthday.

In the year of weak crown, however, he has no elders to crown him, no brother to bring him into the Taimiao, he is not allowed to worship his ancestors, and he is not allowed to offer sacrifices to heaven and earth, so it is inevitable that he will feel depressed.Feeling desolate in his heart, he felt even colder in his body. The mountain wind blew past, and Ling Xun suddenly shivered.

At this moment, someone put a cloak on behind him.

Ling Xun didn't need to look back, he also knew who this person was, because this was the only person in the world who could make him feel something.

"Why are you here?" Ling Xun asked lightly, without turning around to look.

"I'll accompany the lord." Mu Jiu answered frankly.

"What do you do with me?"

"Celebrate my lord's birthday."

Ling Xun paused for a moment, and finally turned his head to look at Mu Jiu, nodded and said to himself, "Yes, you should know my real birthday."

Mu Jiu stepped forward at this time, and Ling Xun realized that he was actually carrying a food box in his hand. He put the food box inside the plank road, then backed away, and stood still at a position a little further away.

Ling Xun couldn't help sniffing his nose, "What is that?"

"birthday noodles."

Ling Xun's heart moved slightly, and he felt his cold body warm up, but he didn't show it, he just said indifferently: "There is still an hour, it's too early for you to prepare this birthday noodles, I'm afraid the time is up, the noodles It's getting cold."

Mu Jiu was noncommittal, just looked at Ling Xun and smiled faintly.

Ling Xun felt awkward, turned around and wanted to leave, "Okay, I'm going back, I'll accept your wish."

"My lord is going back now, how should I perform the crown ceremony?"

Ling Xun stopped in his tracks, "What do you mean?"

Then Mu Jiu stepped forward slowly, took out a wooden box from his wide sleeve, and handed it to Ling Xun.Ling Xun took it suspiciously, and when he opened it, he found a fine white jade hairpin lying inside.

"This is the general's relic, and it was used by the sons of Zhennan in the crown ceremony."

Ling Xun's hand holding the wooden box trembled slightly. He lowered his head and stared at the jade hairpin with sore eyes. He closed the wooden box with a bang and choked up, "So what's the point of this? Everyone is gone, only one object is left. Do you think I would be grateful to you! If it wasn't for your father..."

"There were a lot of people who killed the general back then, including the greedy royal court, dignitaries in the court, and even the emperor himself. My father was just one of the pawns."

"So you think your father is innocent?"

Mu Jiufu opened his clothes and knelt down in front of Ling Xun, but looked up into his eyes, and said word by word: "He is not innocent, and I am not guilty either. I am the son of the lord's enemy, so I can only be an enemy? How innocent am I?"

This is exactly the problem that Ling Xun can't face himself. Mu Jiu's father killed his whole family, but what does this have to do with Mu Jiu?But if he was asked to get along with him completely without any grievances, he couldn't do it.

"Get up, I don't blame you."

Mu Jiu got up, remained silent for a moment, and said to Ling Xun, "I know that my lord has a difficult heart to solve, so I came here today, one is to return the jade hairpin to the owner, and the other is to say goodbye."

Ling Xun's heart twitched suddenly, "Farewell? Where are you going?"

"Since the lord will arouse pain in his heart every time he sees me, not to mention marriage, even if it is just to maintain the relationship between the lord and minister, it must be very difficult. I think if this is the case, it is better to go our separate ways and never see each other again."

Ling Xun stared at Mu Jiu, seeing that he didn't seem to be lying, suddenly turned his heart away, turned his back to him, "Alright, then you can go! Don't send me off!"

After standing for a long time, he knew that the man was still there, and the anger in his heart had dissipated a bit. He glanced back secretly from the corner of his eye, and asked, "Why don't you leave?"

"Since we are leaving, you and I will no longer be ministers. Seeing as I have enlightened you, I can be regarded as half a teacher."

"Leave if you want, what are you talking about with such nonsense!" Ling Xun couldn't bear it any longer, even burst out with foul language, turned around and glared at Mu Jiu, but Mu Jiu was staring at him deeply.

"Young period, you will become an adult tomorrow, and I want to crown you."