treacherous world

Zhao Pu was sitting by the fire, Gongsun glanced at him, suddenly felt a little speechless...

Originally, Zhao Pu's body, identity, appearance and accent, Gongsun estimated that he would not be able to sit in the posture of a ninety-five supreme being, at least he would be a general of soldiers and horses, but it looked good, Zhao Pu leaned on the chair, stepped on Looking forward with a Mazha, he looks more like a mountain king who occupies the mountain as the king.

Gongsun looked at the several vassal kings opposite, all of them were radiant and well-dressed, at least well-dressed.

Gongsun wanted to stretch out his hand and tug Zhao Pu lightly, to make him pay attention to the identity of the Generalissimo of Soldiers and Horses, to be a little more dignified.

But before he met Zhao Pu, the fourth son was holding the barbecue plate given to him by the shadow guard in his hand, lying on Zhao Pu's lap, "Jiujiu, do you want to eat chicken legs?"

Zhao Pu put Xiao Sizi on his lap with his belt, and opened his mouth to let him feed the chicken legs.

The fourth son took one in his own mouth, and stuffed another into Zhao Pu's mouth.

"Hmm... quite tender." Zhao Pu nodded.

The fourth son smiled and sat in his arms, gnawed on the chicken legs, and looked at the situation in front of him, just like when he was enjoying the cool in the yard in the past.

On the one hand, Gongsun is very tasty, and the fourth son is very close to Zhao Pu, and he is not soft-spoken when he calls his father. On the other hand, he also feels a little rude.Is it superfluous to want to create a glorious image for Zhao Pu?In his eyes, such things as images are simply farts.

Looking at the soldiers around him, it was strange to say, not only did they not have any objections, but they still looked up at Zhao Pu with admiration, as if they were saying——Look!Father is kind and son is filial!How calm the marshal is!

Master Bao came over with a smile and said, "The highest state of prestige is that no matter what you do, it is all prestige..."

Gongsun thought for a while, and reached out to grab Zhao Pu's chicken legs to eat. He had been busy for a long time, and he was still hungry!

Zhao Pu waved his sleeves and said to Heiying, "Bring a chicken!" His darling is still hungry!

The princes and princes at the other end are no strangers to it, Zhao Pu has never respected them.

Li Yuanhao saw that Zhao Pu didn't move, but Grand Master Pang stepped forward, pretending to be a tiger with a big mouth like that - there must be some calculations in it.

Sure enough, the Grand Master looked displeased, "Hey, let me tell you a few, what is your intention to bring a large group of people to my vicinity of Black Wind City at night? Don't disturb the people in my city."

Han Chang was sitting on the horse, but he couldn't see clearly what happened at the bottom of the sea of ​​bones surrounded by the army behind Zhao Pu.

"I just heard that the prince started construction overnight, and he didn't know what he was building, so I was ordered to take a look." Yeluming has kept a low profile since he went to Kaifeng Mansion and was taught by Zhao Pu. He was also afraid that his elder brother would harm him, so he turned a blind eye to everything on Zhao Pu's side.

In contrast, Li Yuanhao and Han Changzai were more worried.

Zhao Pu yawned to see how Grand Master Pang would answer.

Grand Master Pang laughed aloud, and waved his hands mysteriously, "Oh... so everyone is worried that we will dig tunnels and build an offensive to threaten the safety of everyone? Don't worry."

Everyone saw Grand Master Pang waving his hands and shaking his head with disdain on his face, "Why does the prince need to use such a method?"

Sure enough, as soon as these words came out, everyone on one side was happy, and everyone on the other side looked ugly.

Li Yuanhao knew what the grand master meant - who didn't know that everyone in the north was afraid of Zhao Pu, he really wanted to lead troops to fight them, why bother to do some secret tricks and other shady things? he? !

However, the facts are the facts, even if one wants to be dissatisfied with one's strength, and the purpose of Grand Master Pang's words is to make everyone speechless, as if to send them away.Many people have one thing in common, that is, if certain things are hidden from you, the more you want to see them.

Li Yuanhao had dealt with Taishi Pang before, and knew that this old crab's scheming was definitely not a fuel-efficient lamp, so he raised his head and asked Zhao Pu, "Zhao Pu, is the mirage just now related to you?"

Zhao Pu rested his chin in one hand, rubbed the head of the fourth son with the other, and said slowly, "I haven't seen you for a few days, why are you so fat but not brainy? Humans can create mirages?"

……

Gongsun secretly covered his mouth.

Li Yuanhao's face turned red and turned white, no matter how long it had been since he hadn't seen him, Zhao Pu was still so hurt.

"Ninth Prince." Han Changzai was more polite, "Can you tell me what Lian Ye is doing? I can get an answer when I go back."

Zhao Pu didn't speak, waiting for Grand Master Pang to answer.

Taishi Pang coughed, slightly mysterious, "Several people, as the so-called innate visions must have changes, everything in the world has laws to follow, and nothing happens for no reason without clear explanation. The gossip in Zhouyi is very good. , things in the world are often mutual generation and mutual restraint, and life is endless..."

Taishi Pang shook his head and began to talk about some mysterious things, which made the eyes of the three families on the opposite side widen.

Gongsun rubbing his chin here is also puzzling.

The fourth son opened his eyes wide and listened for a long time, then turned around and asked Zhao Pu in a low voice, "Jiujiu, what are you talking about? You can't understand a word."

Gongsun also leaned over to ask Zhao Pu, "When did there ever be a sentence in the gossip of the Book of Changes, that things in the world are often mutually generated and restrained, and life is endless..."

Zhao Pu gave a dry laugh.

Bao Zheng explained to Gongsun with contempt on his face, "Sir, don't pay attention to that fat man, he just wants to stun those princes."

Zhao Pu nodded, and Gongsun continued to support his forehead.

Seeing that a group of Zhao Jiajun was stupefied by Grand Master Pang at this time, everyone couldn't help thinking—oh, everyone said that Grand Master Pang was an idiot, but it wasn't true at all. I don't understand!

However, Grand Master Pang's words are not meant to fool people, or to say meaninglessly, but the speaker has a heart, and it sounds more meaningful.

The same sentence will have different content and hints to different people. The key is whether the listener has something in mind.

Grand Master Pang's nonsense nonsense was entirely based on the fact that the mirage just appeared was very mysterious. Since the other party came because of mysterious things, he said things more mysteriously and vaguely.

Sure enough, Li Yuanhao and others had strange expressions on their faces when they heard Grand Master Pang's words.

Zhao Pu has been watching them all the time, he is familiar with the expressions of these people-this time, it seems that the matter is not that simple.

At this moment, Hei Ying came to report, "My lord, Mr. Zhan and the others have come out."

"So fast?" Zhao Pu wondered, wondering if this ancient city was an empty shell or just a cover-up?How did you get in and come out?

"They said they found something." The shadow pointed down.

Zhao Pu looked down from the side, and saw Zhe Ying standing upright, shaking something at him with something in his hand.

Zhao Pu got up, put the fourth son on the chair, and went down the steep slope to the bottom of the sea of ​​bones.

Zhao Pu's move made the three families on the opposite side even more confused.

Grand Master Pang saw that Zhao Pu was gone, so he stopped talking at the right time, pretended to be curious and looked down, as if he was looking forward to discovering something.

"Grand Master, could it be that the Black Wind City has also been disturbed by strange things recently?" Ye Luming finally couldn't help asking.

Grand Master Pang and Bao Zheng looked at each other silently—oh?The key is here!

The Grand Master looked back at Yeluming, seemed to hesitate for a moment, and waved his hands, "Hey, my Black Wind City is a treasure land of geomantic omen, and it is immune to all poisons, so naturally I will not be disturbed by evil spirits."

Bao Zheng frowned slightly, paying attention to the reactions of the three families opposite.When the grand master just said the words "Feng Shui Treasure Land", the expressions of the three families changed.

The grand master probably looked at the expressions of several people and guessed it bit by bit. When he said "a hundred poisons do not invade", the faces of the three families darkened a bit, and when he said "evil demons are disturbing", Li Yuanhao raised his eyebrows slightly.

People's subtle movements often express people's state of mind, and sometimes they can't control themselves.

Li Yuanhao’s expression, in fact, many people have experienced it before. It’s like saying that I encountered a bad thing yesterday. I didn’t expect that when I talked about it today, others also encountered the same bad thing. I felt relieved and even more confused. . "Li Yuanhao's reaction gave Bao Zheng and Grand Master Pang a good idea. Could it be that the three families in the Western Regions encountered some difficult problem, so they searched for the answer in the desert?

Reminiscent of the black dwarf attack that Bai Yutang said he encountered on the way to Black Wind City before, plus the unimaginable black storm of unknown origin... It seems that something ominous is about to move in this vast desert.

But at this time, after going down the sea of ​​bones, he saw Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang's Zhao Pu, and heard Zhe Ying say something about Chen Wang.Zhao Pu didn't say much, there was a slight confusion between his brows, and an indescribable seriousness.

"It's a bit weird." Zhao Pu asked everyone to go back to Black Wind City first, then returned to Bao Zheng's side, and asked in a low voice, "Baoxiang, how is it?"

Bao Zheng said in a low voice, "It's almost done, my lord, there seems to be something strange about it, you might as well drive them away first."

Zhao Pu was puzzled.

"Don't worry." Gongsun pointed at Pang Ji, "That fat man has almost set traps for each of their families. Tonight, these three families will definitely visit separately. When the time comes, you will meet one by one. As long as they say the same thing, then Eighty-nine are inseparable, if they are all said differently, it will be more interesting."

Zhao Pu nodded, raised his hand and waved to the Zhao family troops behind him.

All the soldiers guarding around the sea of ​​bones extinguished the bonfire in unison, drew their weapons and waited in full force, with a murderous aura.

Li Yuanhao and others were taken aback.

"My lord, what's the reason?" Han Changzai asked Zhao Pu puzzled.

"It's too late today, let's all go back." Zhao Pu seemed to be preoccupied, and stretched out his arms to hug the fourth son who was dozing off on the chair, and wanted to go down the sea of ​​bones with Gongsun.

At this time, Gongsun seemed to be in a daze as he looked at the bright moon in the distance.

Zhao Pu gently pulled him, but it was useless, with an inexplicable tenderness.

Gongsun raised his head and seemed to regain his senses, so he leaned over and whispered a few words next to Zhao Pu's ear. The two of them were naturally close, their movements were natural, and they were really close. No one could hear what Gongsun said.

Zhao Pu nodded after hearing what Gongsun said, and said in a low voice, "Understood."

The two left together with the fourth son without saying anything more.

Bao Zheng also raised an eyebrow at Pang Ji, and left.

All the generals behind Grand Master Pang are waiting in formation, that way to guard the sea of ​​bones tonight, no one can get close to it.

After a while, Zou Liang walked behind Grand Master Pang with a dark face, and waved his hands at the three thousand elites behind him.The lieutenants of the Zhao family army have different characteristics. Zou Liang is more shy, quiet and good at sneak attacks. Most of the soldiers under him don't ride horses, they are good at using hidden weapons, and their martial arts are very strong.

Grand Master Pang saw Zou Liang coming suddenly, and was a little puzzled. Zou Liang was never used for defense, but for attack. Why did Zhao Pu suddenly send him here?

The soldiers and horses of the Zhao family army set up a simple military tent and pulled up the fence at the same time. It seems that no one can approach the sea of ​​bones in a short time.

At this time, Ouyang came up carrying a big Nine Dragons flag. Seeing that the people from the three families were still there, he smiled and shook his head.He and Zou Liang have a painted face and a black face, one loves to smile and has a broken mouth, and the other is silent.

"Let me say." After inserting the flag, Ouyang squatted on a sharp fence, waved his hands to the three families with his ears out, "It's all gone, the prince is upset, be careful that he vents his anger on you."

Grand Master Pang secretly agreed, although Ouyang Shaozheng is a reckless and brave general, but he has a meticulous mind, and he probably understood the way of it, so he said these words.Sure enough, it is not easy for Zhao Pu to be the commander-in-chief of the three armies. The four brave generals under his command are also wise and brave.But the Grand Master still wondered—why did Ouyang Shaozheng also come?He is a vanguard officer who only knows how to attack but not how to defend. What did Zhao Pu ask him and Zou Liang to do?

"Teacher."

Ouyang opened the fence door himself, stretched out his hand as a gesture of invitation, and said to the two soldiers behind him carrying the sedan chair, "Send the Grand Master back to the city."

Pang Ji was naturally let down, he almost died when he came here before, this time it was good, he went back in a sedan chair, and in front of Li Yuanhao and others, Zhao Pu really gave him face.

The grand master is a man who knows what to do. When he got into the sedan chair, he didn't forget to help Zhao Pu work harder, and asked Ouyang in that audible but unclear voice, "General, did you find it?"

Ouyang nodded along the way, cooperating with a very determined look.

The grand master got on the sedan chair immediately, as if impatient, and returned to Heifeng City.

The three remaining families looked at each other in dismay. Li Yuanhao, Han Changzai and Yeluming acted in unison at this moment, they all rolled their eyes and told their subordinates to retreat.The three of them retreated in different directions.

"Haha~" Ouyang yawned, squatted on the wooden fence and poked Zou Liang who got off his horse and stood in front of him like a stone sculpture, "Hey, boring stone, have you heard that Chen Wang is not dead."

Zou Liang turned his head abruptly, "Really?"

"Hey." Ouyang couldn't help clapping his hands, "I haven't seen such a shocked expression on your face for about three years, good luck!"

Zou Liang frowned, still not in the habit of joking, but asked very seriously and with some displeasure, "Why didn't you go back to the army?"

Ouyang shrugged, and beckoned to Xiao Liang who hadn't returned to the city yet.

Xiao Liang roughly said what happened in the ancient city.

Ouyang couldn't help but whistled, "All the subordinates are dead, so come back without a face..."

"Fart." Zou Liang said coldly.

"It's a bit far-fetched here." Ouyang rubbed his chin, "But Chen Wang doesn't look like a traitor at all. He is such a smart person, and the prince has the kindness to know him. Will he be so stupid that he wants to turn against him?"

Zou Liang frowned, "The prince has been looking for him all these years, and he has never seen anyone. As soon as we opened the ancient city, he came, and he is familiar with the terrain."

"Wow..." Ouyang slapped his hands and shook his head in admiration, "Today is really a hit, I have to invite Qiao Guang and Lao He to eat hot pot. You actually said a long sentence with four breakpoints in one breath. Miracle!"

Zou Liang turned his head silently and stared at Ouyang Shaozheng with a blank expression on his face.

Ouyang stretched out his hand to pinch his face without fear of death, "Come on, just smile and see, the uncle is considered to be consummated today, haven't you laughed for three months? If you don't smile, your face will die!"

Zou Liang's face was pulled by him for a long time, he didn't laugh, but frowned slightly, looking behind him.

Ouyang was slightly taken aback.

Then Zou Liang suddenly called out, "Sister-in-law."

Ouyang was startled, thinking where did the sister-in-law come from, and quickly turned around, still cursing in his stomach, could it be that Qiao Guang or Lao He got married first with shame?

But when he looked back, there was Scissors squatting behind him, licking his fur.

Ouyang turned around and looked at Zou Liang with confusion.

Zou Liang opened his mouth slowly, and said to Ouyang, "Stupid."

……

Not only Ouyang Shaozheng, but all the soldiers on the scene looked at this side with their mouths gaping - was Zou Liang just joking?He even joked about Ouyang Shaozheng!

At the same time, Ouyang pounced on Zou Liang's neck and pulled his face, "You must be pretending, pretending!"

Xiao Liang watched the two generals flirting with each other in silence, but Zou Liang was really abnormal today.

"He's in a good mood."

When Xiao Liang turned his head, Long Qiao Guang was standing behind him holding a wine gourd.

Xiao Liang's first reaction was—except for Zhao Pu, the three most capable fighters from the Zhao family army all appeared!

"You can see that too?" Xiao Liang didn't understand how to tell when Zou Liang's paralyzed face, which has remained unchanged for thousands of years, was happy and when it was not.

"It's worth celebrating." Long Qiao Guang shook the wine gourd, draping Xiao Liang's shoulders in a serious manner, "Xiao Liangzi, have you learned how to drink yet? Brother taught you?"

The corner of Xiao Liang's mouth twitched, and he asked, "Why is General Zou in a good mood?"

"Of course I'm in a good mood, isn't Chen Wang dead!" Long Qiaoguang curled his lips, "Then the prince doesn't have to blame himself so much, no matter whether he is a traitor or a loyal one, anyway, there is nothing wrong with the prince here, it is gratifying Hey!"

Xiao Liang tilted his head to consider Long Qiaoguang's words, and just tilted his head like this, vaguely... He saw the end of the wasteland in the distance, at the junction of the ground and the dark night sky, something seemed to be moving.

Xiao Liang rubbed his eyes, is it vertigo?

At this time, I heard Ouyang say to him, "Xiao Liangzi, go back to the city, the fourth son is looking for you."

"Ah?" Xiao Liang was surprised.

Zou Liang waved his hand at him, his eyes were looking at the place where Xiao Liang noticed something strange just now, "Go."

It was only then that Xiao Liang realized that the three masters did not come here by chance to chat, but to do business.He retreated obediently, and went back to Black Wind City to find the fourth son.

……

In Black Wind City, Zhao Pu was sitting in front of the Shuai desk, on which was spread out the topographical map, tapping the table rhythmically with his fingers.

Gongsun and the fourth son were sitting on the side, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were also there, Zhan Zhao was listening to He Yihang tell him about the topography of Black Wind City, while Bai Yutang was standing at the gate, leaning against the door frame and looking at the sky for a round The big and round bright moon seems to be thinking about something.

Seeing Bai Yutang's expression, Gongsun shook his head with a smile - Bai Yutang is indeed smart and subtle, it seems that he has also discovered it.

At this time, footsteps came from the door, Xiao Liang came back with scissors, and there seemed to be a tense atmosphere in the military tent.

As soon as he entered the door, Zhao Pu asked, "Did you catch it?"

Xiao Liang was puzzled.

Zhao Pu raised his head, saw that it was Xiao Liang, nodded and didn't say much, he thought it was Zou Liang and the others who came back...

Just as Zhao Pu lowered his head, Zou Liang's voice came from outside, "I got it."

Everyone looked up together, and saw Zou Liang hurried in carrying a black cloth bag, behind him was Ouyang Shaozheng, who was alive and kicking, and Long Qiaoguang was missing.

Zou Liang threw the cloth bag on the ground.

"Qiao Guang is cleaning up the mess. There are more than 30 of them in total." Ouyang replied to Zhao Pu, "According to the prince's order, one will be killed, and the others will be killed. But whether this is considered alive or not is a matter of opinion."

"Oh?" Zhao Pu frowned.

Zou Liang pulled the cloth bag away, and the contents rolled out.

Zhan Zhao saw it at a glance, raised his eyebrows, "That's the thing!"

Bai Yutang also frowned, "It's true that different people have different opinions."

At this time, Bao Zheng hurried in from outside, "My lord, Li Yuanhao is here."

Zhao Pu was amused, "He has quick hands and feet, I didn't expect to be the first to arrive."

"That's right, Xixia is the one talking about it, and the other two have to go home and ask the master for instructions." Grand Master Pang also arrived, entered the room, and sat down with Bao Zheng.

Zhao Pu nodded and asked Li Yuanhao to come in.

After a while, Li Yuanhao hurried in with only a bodyguard and no one else.As soon as he entered the door, he saw something on the ground in front of Zhao Pushuai's case, and frowned, "Sure enough..."

Zhao Pu smiled, "You, Xixia, are also considered a gathering of experts, so it shouldn't be impossible for such a few young people to solve it. Tell me, what happened?"

Li Yuanhao silently raised his head and looked at Zhao Pu, "Zhao Pu... If the situation wasn't urgent, I wouldn't have come back to look for you."

Zhao Pu raised his eyebrows, "So you have to fart quickly."

Li Yuanhao sighed, "There may be a big mess, recently..."

Before he finished speaking, Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao suddenly looked up.

Zhao Pu also raised his face to look in the direction of the roof.

Bai Yutang took out a black jade locust stone, and with a "slap", a tile fell, and everyone heard a gust of wind, Zhan Zhao had already jumped out of the roof, and his movements were not much slower than that of the black jade locust stone.

Li Yuanhao frowned secretly——Zhao Pu was already unstoppable when he came out of the mountain, but now there is Zhan Zhaohe Bai Yutang, and his combat power has been multiplied several times.

After a while, Zhan Zhao was lying on the broken roof and said to Bai Yutang, "Yutang, you are an acquaintance."

Bai Yutang was taken aback for a moment, and looked at Zhan Zhao in confusion—what acquaintance?

At this time, beside Zhan Zhao, a face...to be precise, half a familiar face appeared in front of everyone.

Bai Yutang frowned, "Dead leaves..."