Thousands of miles away, in the majestic and magnificent imperial palace in the capital, there are a few birds parked on the treetops in early spring, happily pecking at the unmelted snowflakes on the branches, and chirping.
In the queen's palace, a court lady was lowering her head to smear Kodan on a beautiful woman in a palace costume.The finger is like a white onion, and Koudan is bright red, which makes the woman's skin white as snow.
"That's the cry of magpies outside, I'm happy on the branch, congratulations, good things will happen recently." The maid said flatteringly.
Empress Zong looked young and well maintained, she couldn't tell her original age, but her eyes seemed to be bottomless, which added a bit of majesty.
"There's no happy event, I think it's all bad things lately." Empress Zong lazily raised her painted Kodan hand, feeling that it wasn't red enough, and asked the maid to continue painting.
As soon as the maid lowered her head, she heard the queen above her head ask her again: "Did you find out about His Majesty's whereabouts today?"
The palace maid shook her head and replied: "Your Majesty's whereabouts have always been a mystery, his martial arts are so high, it is easy to get rid of those guards and hidden guards."
"Forget it, then let our people withdraw first. Your Majesty doesn't like to be disturbed when he is practicing. If he finds out about sending people secretly, he will lose his temper again." Queen Zong said.
"Yes, the servants will let them withdraw later." The maid said.
"Where is the second prince?" Empress Zong asked lightly.
The palace lady looked hesitant, she took a careful look at the queen, and replied: "The second prince has been in the study these few days, presumably he listened to your empress and is willing to study."
"To be honest." Empress Zong closed her eyes lightly, as if feeling a little tired, "Chengye was born to me, and I know his character well. He would rather eat books into his stomach than suddenly fall in love with him. Go read."
As she said that, Empress Zong opened her eyelids again, and looked at the maid probingly: "Or, do you want to sell something to your future Majesty, and exchange for a bright future in the future?"
The maid immediately knelt down on the ground: "Li Xia dare not."
Empress Zong sneered, "He's not even a prince now, so it's too early to start dreaming of becoming an emperor."
Lixia's head was covered with tiny cold sweats, she tried not to let her voice tremble and said: "His Royal Highness the Second Prince recently got a picture scroll, and he is very obsessed with the beauties on it, so he is in the study every day..."
"Painting scrolls?" Empress Zong frowned slightly, "Could it be those made by Tianxia Bookstore?"
"No, I heard that it came from the north." Li Xia said tremblingly, "There is only one side face in the painting, which was drawn by an anonymous female disciple of Master Danqing, and His Highness got it somehow."
As soon as she heard that she was looking at a picture of beauties, Empress Zong lost the interest to continue asking, and said: "You guys just look at him a little bit, it's nothing to look at the portrait, if you have any thoughts about the person in the picture, then make a decision. The absurd things come, this palace will not spare you."
"Yes." Li Xia hurriedly bowed his head and answered.
After the maids left the dormitory in a hurry, Empress Zong leaned on her soft couch, biting Koudan on her nails, and said: "Things that cannot be supported by mud."
……
As for Tang Ning and others in the far north, taking advantage of the warmer weather, they set off from the Fox Clan Valley and set foot on the snow-covered snow field.
As the weather got warmer, even the wind and snow seemed to have become much gentler, and they didn't get lost because of the snowstorm when they were on the road. The journey went smoothly, and they would be able to walk out of the snowfield in a few days.
"If today goes well, we will be able to reach the nearest town, which will be full of snow." Si Wuxiu looked at the map and said to Tangning.
"How far is it?" Tangning asked him.
"It's only a few miles away." Si Wuxiu judged according to the map, "You don't need to go until dark, you will arrive soon."
"However, the roads in this area are quite difficult to walk. They are all mountains." Tangning glanced at the rolling snow hills around them. Before setting off, Si Wuxiu mentioned that there are many hills in this area and it is easy to get lost.But when they came, they had Hu Xiyun leading the way, so they didn't find it difficult to walk, but when they left, they felt a little inconvenient, and often had to take a long detour.
Si Wuxiu helped him to push back the shattered hair that had been blown by the wind, and pinched Tangning's ears habitually. The feeling was no longer fluffy, which made him feel a little nostalgic.
"With Aning's array and my map, it's good enough not to get lost." Si Wuxiu said.
Tangning nodded, "That's right. We don't have Xiyun's ability to go through mountains and dig holes at any time, so we can only take detours. As long as we find the right direction, we shouldn't be too impatient."
Even though both of them said that they are not in a hurry, the young people who are in love with each other will be able to get married soon. It is impossible for anyone to be calm. Naturally, they can't wait to put a pair of wings on themselves, hoping that they can be married in a flash. Fly out of the snow field.
Brother Tang led a few disciples to patrol around, and suddenly shouted: "A Ning, that wolf king is here again!"
On the snow hill, a giant wolf that was so white that it was almost the same color as the snow was stepping on the snowdrift with its forelegs, its chin still seemed to be stained with blood.
The wolf king yelled at Tangning, then turned around and flicked his tail lightly. When he turned around again, he had a human head in his mouth.
The disciples picked up their weapons one after another and aimed at the wolf king, worried that it would suddenly charge towards them.
"Wait a minute, everyone, don't attack it!" Tangning heard a different meaning from the wolf king's cry, and hurried forward to stop everyone, "It is not hostile to us!"
The disciples looked at Tangning suspiciously, and saw Tangning nodded to the Wolf King with pure trust in her eyes.
The wolf king loosened his mouth biting the human head slightly, and the head rolled down the hillside and rolled in front of everyone.
However, no one dared to go forward to see what was going on. Everyone was afraid of the wolf king, and did not understand its intention behind this move.
The Wolf King yelled at Tangning again, then turned around and jumped down the snow hill, hiding his figure in the snow again and leaving.
Everyone was vigilant for a long time, but they didn't wait for the wolf king's sneak attack, but they didn't dare to relax, so they had to maintain their defensive formation and stand still.
Only Tangning pulled Si Wuxiu up to the head, and the two carefully flipped the head over.
Si Wuxiu said: "If Ah Ning is afraid, leave it to me."
"I've come here. It's not like I haven't seen worse scenes. How could I be afraid?" Tangning shook her head, carefully released her scorpion, and found Xiao Hei lying on the dead man's mouth, showing a little excitement.
"Did this person be poisoned?" Tangning asked.
Si Wuxiu looked at the cut on the neck of the human head, and said: "Probably not, it was bitten to death by wild animals. You see, the cut is uneven, presumably the wolf king tore it open."
"What does the wolf king mean by giving us this head?" Tangning was puzzled.
"Didn't Ah Ning say that it wasn't hostile to us just now?" Si Wuxiu propped the deceased's mouth open with a branch, pinched his nose and looked in, "I think it might be warning us."
"What should I say?" Tangning saw that his face was pale, and there was a hint of confidence in his expression, so she knew that he must have thought of something again, and asked, "What exactly is the wolf king trying to tell us?"
"A-Ning, let's see." Si Wuxiu pursed his lips, and gently turned the branch in his hand.
I saw that the branch opened the mouth of the deceased a little more, just enough for Xiao Hei to crawl in.The Soul Broken Scorpion, which had been fed and raised by countless poisons, happily rushed in, and then dragged out a black soybean-sized lump of poison with its pincers.
After Xiao Hei dragged the poisonous lump out, he lay down on the side and gnawed slowly, his tail curled up slightly, and he seemed to be eating very hard.
Tangning finally understood and asked in surprise, "This person has poison hidden in his mouth?"
"Ah Ning is right." Si Wuxiu threw away the branch, wiped his hands on the hem of his clothes, "The people who can do this are mostly dead men. If assassination fails, they will commit suicide, and they will not reveal the employer's affairs."
"Isn't this the assassin sent by those people in the harem!" Tangning stared, "The blood on the assassin's neck is still fresh, which means that those people are nearby and are about to attack us, so the wolf king came to report for us! "
After Tangning figured it out, she quickly stood up and got everyone ready to face the enemy.
Second Brother Tang held two knives, and said to the disciples behind him: "In the past, we were always caught off guard by those bastard sons, and now it's our turn to ambush in advance, waiting for them to fall into the trap! Brothers, fight! Come on, don't embarrass us Tangjiabao and Weijiazhuang!!"
The disciples responded in unison, and all raised their weapons. Everyone automatically formed a battle formation and waited with bated breath.
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Tangning and Si Wuxiu put aside the human head and planted a trap, ready to wait for the enemy to come to their door.
They were always lucky on the way back, they didn't meet the assassin, and they didn't find any trace of the assassin.At first, I thought that I would never meet the killer of the harem in the snow field until the human race's territory, but I didn't expect that the one who should come would still come.
Of course, Tangning and the others were not afraid. Although there were a large number of these assassins, they were not as powerful as the group Zong Wenjun personally selected.
What's more, the weapons in the hands of the assassins are not as powerful as before without Hua's Thunderbolt.
With the experience of the previous two times, this time the battle formation is specially arranged for the weapons that the assassins are good at, and the right medicine must be prescribed, so that those assassins can also taste the taste of being specially targeted!
Sure enough, after everyone had set up their formation, countless gray-clothed assassins rushed out from the vicinity of Xueqiu. Their faces were all covered by the same gray cloth, and their eyes were extraordinarily indifferent.
The disciples had been waiting in formation for a long time. First, the archers and those who were good at concealed weapons made long-range attacks. When they got closer, some disciples who were good at wielding knives, guns and sticks blocked the opponent's attack.
One piece and one relaxation, tacit cooperation.
Whether it is the disciples of Tangjiabao or Weijiazhuang, they all have a tacit understanding, and it is impossible to see that they belong to the two sects of the two families.
Even Lei Peng was in the mix, he was the core of the formation he was in, and he became the main attacker with a Dan-level cultivation base.The rest of the people are already very familiar with his moves, and they can perfectly cooperate with him, so that Lei Peng's attack can show full momentum!
The eyes of the assassins who always seemed aggressive and prepared were a little more surprised.
This time they deliberately wore gray assassin robes, which they bought specially for the purpose of being able to hide themselves in the snow after learning the lessons from the past.
Before, they followed Tangning all the way without being noticed, so why did they suddenly set up a battle formation to deal with them?
Could it be that there are spies among them?
The assassins don't have time to think so much, even if the seeds of doubt have been planted in their hearts, they still have to focus on the battle in front of them.
Because the people in Tangjiabao can't let them go so easily!
The assassins would never have guessed that their whereabouts were not spies inside, but because of Tangning's small act of kindness, which made him form an inexplicable friendship with the Xueyuan Wolf King.
If Tangning had to say it himself, he wasn't sure if he and the wolf king were friends, and he probably didn't need Tangning's thanks.
"kill!"
"Kill--!!"
The people on both sides shouted in unison, fighting hand to hand, and all shots were unreserved.
This fierce battle came and ended quickly. Although the assassins had been lurking for a long time, they failed to sneak up on them. Instead, Tangning and the others joined forces and cooperated to eliminate them all.
None of the assassins was able to leave the snowy field, and most of the assassins saw that the situation was taking a turn for the worse, so they all crushed the poison sac hidden in their teeth, and committed suicide by taking the poison.
"These grandsons are really cunning. They killed themselves as soon as the situation was gone, and they didn't even give us a chance to capture them alive." Brother Tang spat unhappily, and wiped the blood from his knife on the assassin's clothes , and retracted the two scimitars to his waist.
"We're going to Man Xuecheng soon, these assassins don't dare to attack us in the town, I'm afraid they are the last batch of assassins we meet in the snow field." Si Wuxiu said.
Tangning looked at his second brother and said, "Isn't it a good thing that the assassins don't come? Could it be that second brother still wants them to come and harass us often?"
Brother Tang quickly shook his head: "Of course not."
Even if you want to practice your skills, you don't have to fight with assassins. There are plenty of opportunities and ways. Only fools look forward to having assassins every day.
"That's right." Tangning was about to ask if anyone was injured in the battle just now, but saw another group of people approaching them in the distance, but they were all riding horses, and they didn't look like assassins at first glance. ,"That is……"
"Brother Si, long time no see, Mr. Tang!"
The person who came was none other than General Zong, Zong Wenjun, who had separated from them more than a month ago!
Tangning looked at the other party in surprise, "General Zong, haven't you returned to the Xuanwu Army?"
"Yes, but I received a secret report that you will be assassinated near here, so I brought someone over to have a look." Zong Wenjun got off his horse and bowed his hands to everyone, "You guys came out later than I expected, But what happened in the territory of the Fox Clan?"
They never told Zong Wenjun about the matter of alchemy and transformation, and even the matter of looking for jade ginseng fruits was used as an excuse to sort out their internal strength, so Zong Wenjun didn't know that they had other important things to do in the fox clan.
"The road was blocked by heavy snow, so we couldn't go out, so we had to spend the winter in the Fox Clan." Si Wuxiu said with a calm expression, "Besides, the paradise and the pleasant scenery, Aning and I were a little bit reluctant to leave, so we left late some."
Brother Tang also said: "That's right, we eat and drink at the Fox Clan every day, and we are reluctant to leave. If it weren't for the cold spring and heavy snow to seal the mountain immediately, we would like to stay for a few more days! General Zong has a lot of work, no What a blessing, what a pity!"
Zong Wenjun's face was slightly embarrassed. He didn't care about the one or two meals of mountain delicacies, but wondered whether they had other purposes in the extreme northern snowfield.
Now it seems that he is just being overwhelmed.
Zong Wenjun came back to his senses, and said to the crowd: "It's my regret that I failed to appreciate the enthusiasm of the fox clan. However, I also prepared a reception banquet for you in Manxuecheng, and there are other things I want to say to Brother Si , and give everyone a face."
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"It seems that the general wants to say more than three or two sentences." Si Wuxiu glanced at Zong Wenjun, then glanced at his accompanying guards in the distance, one of them was a heroic woman in men's clothing looking Very familiar.
Tangning followed his gaze, feeling a little surprised, "Isn't that Miss Zhao Lan?"
This Deputy General Zhao, if he remembers correctly, they once found her token from the assassin, and suspected that she leaked the code left by Zong Wenjun to the assassin.
"This is exactly one of the things I want to explain to you." Zong Wenjun's expression suddenly became serious, "Someone in my Xuanwu Army has secretly joined the harem. In addition to Zhao Lan's father and brother, there are several others I have already dealt with all the confidantes who have followed the clan for a long time."
When Tangning heard the phrase "deal with it", she couldn't help but feel a thump in her heart.It sounds like an understatement, but the smell of blood hits my face.
I'm afraid Zong Wenjun has no free time for more than a month.
"After Zhao Lan found out what his father and brother had done, he killed his relatives without saying a word and tied them up in the dungeon, waiting for me to return." Zong Wenjun said, "She is still loyal to me and the Xuanwu Army, so this time I took the risk to leave The Xuanwu Army is stationed, I will still leave the travel arrangements to her."
Zhao Lan in the distance seemed to know that they were talking about him, and bowed to them on horseback, his demeanor was still as rigid as ever.
However, Si Wuxiu keenly grasped a word from Zong Wenjun's words: "Adventure? This northern land is the territory of General Zong. If you want to leave the station to go anywhere, isn't it as simple as taking a walk in your back garden? Why use the word adventure?"
"Everyone will know what's going on when the city is full." Zong Wenjun smiled bitterly, without explaining in detail.
Tangning felt that seeing General Zong this time, he looked weather-beaten and his face was more mature, and he didn't know what he had gone through.
Tangning imagined the scene of being betrayed by a trusted person who was so angry that he vomited blood, and finally cut off his robe to judge his justice. He felt deep sympathy for General Zong.
With General Zong leading the way, Tangning and Si Wuxiu just saved the time of fiddling with the array and looking at the map. The two rode on the same horse and whispered to each other.
"I don't think General Zong's face is very good-looking, is it because of those traitors?" Tangning asked Si Wuxiu.
"Maybe his wife ran away with someone?" Si Wuxiu had always disliked Zong Wenjun, so he would hurt Zong Wenjun whenever he got the chance, anyway, he was telling his daughter-in-law.
Who made him have no daughter-in-law, but he has one?
Tangning gave him a speechless look. If you followed the original book, General Zong's wife might be you... But Tangning didn't dare to tell the other party such a shocking incident, regardless of whether the plot he knew actually happened or not. Yes, he only knew that if classmate Si found out, he would definitely be at odds with Zong Jiang immediately.
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And as far as the present is concerned, General Zong doesn't seem to like Si Wuxiu's appearance very much. He always seems to be a bit jealous of Si students, so although he is on good terms with them, he never speaks clearly.
It's not as real as the wolf king.
"I have a bad feeling." Tangning frowned slightly, "Did you see that Lieutenant Zhao's boots, and other people's boots and trousers were somewhat stained with blood. I don't think General Zong is going out this trip. Safe, I'm afraid he wasn't exaggerating when he said 'adventure'."
Si Wuxiu nodded: "I see, there must have been a lot of things outside during this period of time, and it's not something that Zong Wenjun can control."
The clothes were still stained with blood, indicating that they either came out in a hurry and didn't have time to change.Either it is useless to change, and there will be assassins and rioters on the road, and they can't be killed, so I don't bother to change.
Especially Zhao Lan is still a girl, even if her personality is no different from that of a man, she is still a girl, so she still has a bit of cleanliness.
Just like Yuhe, even though she hangs out with a group of men every day and struggles in the snowy field, she always tidies herself up after the battle.
"If we want to know the truth, it seems that we can only find out when we go to Snow City," Tangning said.
It just so happened that they also planned to rest in Mansyracuse for a few days.
Zong Wenjun must have guessed that they would set Manxuecheng as the first stop when they left the snowfield, so he came here non-stop to meet them in time.
"Here we are, there is Man Xuecheng in front of us." Zong Wenjun said from the front.
The city gates of Manxue City were wide open. It seemed that the gate guards knew that the Marshal of the Xuanwu Army was here, and they had calculated that they would enter the city at this time.
"General!!"
As the crowd approached on horseback, Tangning heard uniform shouts from the top and bottom of the city gate, which further confirmed her previous guess.
"Manxue City originally had a general guarding the city, but for some reason, I directly sent troops to take over here. Now there is no general guarding the city, and heavy troops must be sent inside and outside to guard it. I hope you don't mind." Zong Wenjun turned his head and said.
"What happened to the north?" Brother Tang frowned, and said bluntly, "Before we entered the snowfield, we also came to Snow City, and it wasn't like it is now..."
Everyone rode into the city, only to see that the last important town in the northern region, compared to the prosperity a few months ago, seemed much more depressed.There was not even a single person setting up a stall on the street, and every household closed their doors tightly, only a few pairs of eyes full of fear and vigilance were exposed from the windows and door cracks, looking at the passers-by.
It was still daytime, and it was different from the situation when they entered Linxue City that night. It was really surprising that they looked so desolate and desolate in broad daylight.
Tangning also felt that the atmosphere was very heavy, and asked, "Has there been a war here?"
Not only was there almost no pedestrians on the street, but also many houses had collapsed and burned down. Even though rebuilding was underway, Tangning could still see the charred foundations.
"This level of damage shouldn't be the work of horse thieves, right?" Si Wuxiu said.
Although horse thieves will set fire to houses, they will not set the whole town on fire, otherwise where else can they go to grab things in the future?
"Everyone, please follow me. I will explain to everyone when we arrive." Zong Wenjun smiled wryly again, and led them to the largest house in the city.
There is a plaque of "Zhang's Mansion" hanging on the door of the house, but soldiers from the Xuanwu Army are guarding inside and outside, and there are no people inside. It can be seen that this house is probably "temporarily taken over" by General Zong.
"This house belongs to a friend of mine, and his family has moved south." Zong Wenjun explained to them while leading them into the living room.
A young man in armor made tea for them, and after making the tea, he returned to the door to stand guard.
Then several other soldiers came up with pots and dishes. Although the dishes were just a few over and over again, the plates were very large and full.
Several dishes are made of monster meat, and the cooking method is also a little single. They are all eaten with barbecue and sauce.
"Man Xuecheng has just gone through a battle, and the ingredients are limited. I hope you don't mind." Zong Wenjun held up a wine jar, patted off the mud seal, filled the wine with a bowl for everyone, and took the wine bowl and poured it down in one gulp.
"General Zong can tell us now, what happened outside in the past few months?" Si Wuxiu looked coldly at Zong Wenjun's behavior of drinking away his sorrow, and broke the desolate atmosphere with his words.
Zong Wenjun coughed dryly, sat down and said, "To be honest, when I returned to the station a month ago, I was almost betrayed by my subordinates. Fortunately, Zhao Lan was in charge of the overall situation for me at that time, and all those subordinates were arrested and sent to prison. , I will not catch fire in the backyard."
"And then?" Si Wuxiu knocked on the table impatiently, "General, please tell me the key points."
"Then I learned from Zhao Lankou that not only the Xuanwu Army, but also people from the Qinglong and Suzaku armies also turned to the harem, trying to seize military power." Zong Wenjun looked at Si Wuxiu seriously, "I'm afraid that apart from the credit In addition to the large Northwest White Tiger Army, accidents have occurred in all the troops."
Tangning asked, "Why did someone seize military power at the same time? Did something happen in the palace?"
"Young Master Tang is right. Something happened in the palace, but it was the people who started it." Zong Wenjun said.
"folk?"
"You all should have heard of the world rankings, right?" Zong Wenjun glanced at Tang Ning and Si Wuxiu, and said to them, "Tianxia Bookstore has released a new book recently, but this time the content is no longer the world rankings. , but to tell an old story."
Zong Wenjun saw that everyone's expressions were still unclear, and he said bluntly: "I saw that you have sealed demons along the way, so I must be no stranger to demons. A shocking secret revealed by Tianxia Bookstore is related to demon gods. Legend The founding emperor of the Yue Kingdom relied on the power of the Demon God to become the Ninth Five Lord, and he still keeps the Demon God in the palace, and all the martial arts of the Yuan clan also got from the Demon God."
"The Yuan Clan's throne did not come rightly. A thousand years ago, the Moon Kingdom should have been ruled by a demon god named Moon Demon. The Yuan Clan usurped the position of the Moon Demon, and even built a blood pool to strengthen his body with the flesh and blood of living people. , it’s really unreasonable.”
"Tianxia Bookstore has always spoken fairly, so many warriors are willing to believe it, and some aristocratic families who disobeyed Yuan's rule questioned it in the court and asked to search the palace to see if there was really a blood pond..."
"Bullshit!"
Tangning slapped the table and stood up. She couldn't help interrupting Zong Wenjun's words, "Tianxia Bookstore is clearly framing it. How come the demons are the victims instead. Thousands of years ago, the human race was harassed by the demons, and countless people died. , the first Emperor Yuan was one of the six saints who sealed the Demon God back then!"
He saw the memory of Fairy Shanlai with his own eyes, knew that the truth back then was not the case at all, and even lamented the tragic love between the ancestors of the Yuan family and Yue.
Unexpectedly, Tianxia Bookstore would not even let the two dead people go, and even made up a so-called "shocking secret" that was completely distorted from the facts.
Zong Wenjun glanced at Tangning in surprise. Tangning had always given him the impression of being lively, innocent and gentle. He had never seen Tangning so angry.
Si Wuxiu put his hand on the back of Tangning's hand, and comforted him softly, "A'Ning, sit down first and listen to General Zong's talk about what's going to happen next. In the face of the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, he admitted that the Yuan family's virtues were deficient."
The heat on Tangning's face subsided a little. Seeing that everyone was still staring at her, she felt a little embarrassed, so she quickly sat down, "I'm sorry, General Zong, you can continue talking."
"That's right." Zong Wenjun saw that Tang Ning's mood had been calmed down, and continued, "Your Majesty didn't admit anything, he just said that these rumors are just nonsense. But those casual warriors and ambitious families don't think so , They incited the warriors and the common people, and they all made the voice of wanting to crusade against the Yuan clan. Although there are defenders everywhere, they can quickly put out the unrest, but it still caused a lot of influence. "
Just like this city of Syracuse, which was originally a prosperous and important town, has now been looted by the flames of war, and the common people are afraid to go out.
Zong Wenjun continued: "Now the court is divided into three factions. One faction, headed by the Gongliang family, demands that the Yuan clan completely leave the imperial city and give way to virtuous ministers. The other faction believes that it is not necessary to let all the Yuan clan members move out, as long as Yuan Zhan abdicates. , Choose a new emperor to ascend the throne, let the new emperor destroy the blood pool, and change the old habits. The last faction is the royalist faction, standing firmly behind the Yuan emperor."
"Then which faction do you belong to?" Si Wuxiu gave Zong Wenjun a meaningful look.
Zong Wenjun made a taiji speech: "Which faction does Brother Si stand in, I belong to that faction. With Brother Si's ingenuity, no matter how I choose, I think I won't be at a disadvantage."
Tangning took another look at General Zong, and he realized that using "pragmatic" to describe this person was really correct.Even though General Zong didn't like Si Wuxiu, he still recognized Si Wuxiu's talent very much, so when he saw that the wind was going wrong, he came to ask Si Wuxiu's opinion.
"Anyway, this has nothing to do with me, I choose to wait and see." Si Wuxiu is also a cunning person, and he didn't give him an accurate word.
Zong Wenjun looked at him and shook his head: "I'm afraid some things can't be done just by staying out of it."
"I'm still in a hurry to go back to Tangjiabao to get married with Aning. I won't take care of outside affairs as long as they don't hinder me." Si Wuxiu said indifferently.
Zong Wenjun saw that Si Wuxiu refused to show any inclination, so he had to stay here first, and then think of other ways to test him: "It's getting late today, everyone might as well rest here, I have already asked people to prepare the guest room .”
Even if Si Wuxiu himself doesn't have the intention to compete for the throne, Zong Wenjun can still get some insights on the situation in the court from him.It is rare to be a smart person, Zong Wenjun also wants to listen to more opinions so that he will not be on the wrong team in the future.
General Zong was careful in his work. He specially reserved the room that Zhang Yuanwai and his wife used to live in for Tangning and Si Wuxiu. This room was bigger than others, and the bed was twice as wide!
Sitting on it, Tangning felt a little embarrassed, "Why do I feel like General Zong is trying to curry favor with us?"
"Naturally, he is now at a time when he is at a loss, and he needs an expert to guide him." Si Wuxiu took off his robe, "Don't talk about providing us with delicious food and drink, even if he wants to cut his own flesh, I'm afraid he would be happy too."
"What do we need his meat for..." Tangning frowned, "Can't you use another analogy?"
"Then let me say something again." Si Wuxiu thought for a while, and said, "Even if he is asked to let out his unmarried daughter-in-law, he will grit his teeth and nod?"
Tangning said angrily, "Why do you keep mentioning other people's daughter-in-law!"
"Hey, it's my fault." Si Wuxiu quickly stepped forward to hold Tangning's hand, and added, "I don't want him even if he comes to my door. Is it okay?"
"That's more or less the case." Tangning nodded, and said not to list some weird assumptions, it sounds really wrong.
Si Wuxiu kissed him on the lips: "I think Guangming is calling your wife, so I'm always thinking about it, Ah Ning, don't be angry with me."
"Don't forget, you still have the status of a Demon Empress. Who is whose daughter-in-law?" Tangning raised her eyebrows at him.
"Then in front of the monster race, you call me daughter-in-law, and in front of the human race, I call your daughter-in-law, is that okay?" Si Wuxiu blinked.
Sounds like it's fair enough.
But Tangning thought about it again, and felt something was wrong, "But my family and your subordinates are all human, so in front of my family, I'm still the 'daughter-in-law'?"
"A-Ning is so smart, he is more thoughtful than me..."
"You said that on purpose!" Tangning glared at him.
The corners of Si Wuxiu's mouth curled up, his eyes filled with a smile, and he looked at Tangning with a hint of slyness.
Tangning knew that she had been duped again, and wanted to argue with this guy again, but her mouth was gagged.The lips and teeth were entangled, and the air between the two was gradually warming up.
After the kiss was over, Tangning put her hands on his chest and gasped, "Back then you told me that there must be a big conspiracy behind Tianxia Bookstore, and now this conspiracy has officially surfaced."
He looked at Si Wuxiu worriedly.
At that time, they guessed that after so many years of Tianxia Bookstore's layout, there must be a big event, but they didn't expect this big event to be so big-enough to shake the foundation of the Yuan Clan and overthrow the entire Yue Kingdom!
Tianxia Bookstore has always displayed fairness and mystery in front of everyone, and everyone is very convinced by the things the bookstore announced.
They have spent decades building a gold-lettered signboard of "what is said is the truth", and it turns out that one day they will publicize the existence of the moon demon.
What's more, it turned black and white, portraying Moon Demon as a victim, while Yuan Shi became a villain instead.
Emperor Yuan originally suffered from old injuries due to backlash from his practice, but now that the government and the public are in such turmoil, his situation is even worse.
"I've said it before." Si Wuxiu lowered his head and said to him, "I don't think about anything now, I just want to be with Aning—"
Before he could finish his sentence, Si Wuxiu's ending sound overlapped with a cat's meowing, so that Tangning couldn't hear the second half of his sentence clearly.
Tangning walked to the window and pushed it open. A black cat nimbly slipped through the gap, landed at Tangning's feet, and rubbed against him.
"Are you... the cat in the Wang family's mansion?" Tangning looked at the cat in surprise, and the black cat also raised its head and meowed a few times, as if it was acting like a spoiled child.
Si Wuxiu's face turned as black as the bottom of a pot for a moment, and he picked up the black cat and threw it on the windowsill: "The origin of this cat is unknown, it's better for Aning to stay away from it."
"Why is the origin unknown, this is my cat!" Someone pushed open the door of their room.Seeing the lock on the ground, it can be seen that this person has the skill of picking the lock with one hand.
Tangning felt that this voice seemed familiar, and when he saw the person coming, he was even more surprised: "Scholar?!"
The scholar grinned at them: "Long time no see, you two look even more loving!"
"Why did you come to the north? Doesn't it mean that there are turmoil in Yue Kingdom, if you don't help General Bai and sneak out again, you won't be afraid that he will suspect you again?" Tangning asked.
"I was ordered to leave the barracks this time, and the general has already agreed." The scholar was finally able to straighten his back and carry out the task.
Si Wuxiu looked at him coldly: "Emperor Yuan sent you to find me again?"
The scholar smiled mysteriously: "It's not that His Majesty asked me to come to you, but I have someone who I want you to meet."
"Who is it?" Tangning looked curiously.
The scholar stood aside, his expression instantly became extremely respectful.
Behind him, a tall man in a cloak stepped into the door
In the queen's palace, a court lady was lowering her head to smear Kodan on a beautiful woman in a palace costume.The finger is like a white onion, and Koudan is bright red, which makes the woman's skin white as snow.
"That's the cry of magpies outside, I'm happy on the branch, congratulations, good things will happen recently." The maid said flatteringly.
Empress Zong looked young and well maintained, she couldn't tell her original age, but her eyes seemed to be bottomless, which added a bit of majesty.
"There's no happy event, I think it's all bad things lately." Empress Zong lazily raised her painted Kodan hand, feeling that it wasn't red enough, and asked the maid to continue painting.
As soon as the maid lowered her head, she heard the queen above her head ask her again: "Did you find out about His Majesty's whereabouts today?"
The palace maid shook her head and replied: "Your Majesty's whereabouts have always been a mystery, his martial arts are so high, it is easy to get rid of those guards and hidden guards."
"Forget it, then let our people withdraw first. Your Majesty doesn't like to be disturbed when he is practicing. If he finds out about sending people secretly, he will lose his temper again." Queen Zong said.
"Yes, the servants will let them withdraw later." The maid said.
"Where is the second prince?" Empress Zong asked lightly.
The palace lady looked hesitant, she took a careful look at the queen, and replied: "The second prince has been in the study these few days, presumably he listened to your empress and is willing to study."
"To be honest." Empress Zong closed her eyes lightly, as if feeling a little tired, "Chengye was born to me, and I know his character well. He would rather eat books into his stomach than suddenly fall in love with him. Go read."
As she said that, Empress Zong opened her eyelids again, and looked at the maid probingly: "Or, do you want to sell something to your future Majesty, and exchange for a bright future in the future?"
The maid immediately knelt down on the ground: "Li Xia dare not."
Empress Zong sneered, "He's not even a prince now, so it's too early to start dreaming of becoming an emperor."
Lixia's head was covered with tiny cold sweats, she tried not to let her voice tremble and said: "His Royal Highness the Second Prince recently got a picture scroll, and he is very obsessed with the beauties on it, so he is in the study every day..."
"Painting scrolls?" Empress Zong frowned slightly, "Could it be those made by Tianxia Bookstore?"
"No, I heard that it came from the north." Li Xia said tremblingly, "There is only one side face in the painting, which was drawn by an anonymous female disciple of Master Danqing, and His Highness got it somehow."
As soon as she heard that she was looking at a picture of beauties, Empress Zong lost the interest to continue asking, and said: "You guys just look at him a little bit, it's nothing to look at the portrait, if you have any thoughts about the person in the picture, then make a decision. The absurd things come, this palace will not spare you."
"Yes." Li Xia hurriedly bowed his head and answered.
After the maids left the dormitory in a hurry, Empress Zong leaned on her soft couch, biting Koudan on her nails, and said: "Things that cannot be supported by mud."
……
As for Tang Ning and others in the far north, taking advantage of the warmer weather, they set off from the Fox Clan Valley and set foot on the snow-covered snow field.
As the weather got warmer, even the wind and snow seemed to have become much gentler, and they didn't get lost because of the snowstorm when they were on the road. The journey went smoothly, and they would be able to walk out of the snowfield in a few days.
"If today goes well, we will be able to reach the nearest town, which will be full of snow." Si Wuxiu looked at the map and said to Tangning.
"How far is it?" Tangning asked him.
"It's only a few miles away." Si Wuxiu judged according to the map, "You don't need to go until dark, you will arrive soon."
"However, the roads in this area are quite difficult to walk. They are all mountains." Tangning glanced at the rolling snow hills around them. Before setting off, Si Wuxiu mentioned that there are many hills in this area and it is easy to get lost.But when they came, they had Hu Xiyun leading the way, so they didn't find it difficult to walk, but when they left, they felt a little inconvenient, and often had to take a long detour.
Si Wuxiu helped him to push back the shattered hair that had been blown by the wind, and pinched Tangning's ears habitually. The feeling was no longer fluffy, which made him feel a little nostalgic.
"With Aning's array and my map, it's good enough not to get lost." Si Wuxiu said.
Tangning nodded, "That's right. We don't have Xiyun's ability to go through mountains and dig holes at any time, so we can only take detours. As long as we find the right direction, we shouldn't be too impatient."
Even though both of them said that they are not in a hurry, the young people who are in love with each other will be able to get married soon. It is impossible for anyone to be calm. Naturally, they can't wait to put a pair of wings on themselves, hoping that they can be married in a flash. Fly out of the snow field.
Brother Tang led a few disciples to patrol around, and suddenly shouted: "A Ning, that wolf king is here again!"
On the snow hill, a giant wolf that was so white that it was almost the same color as the snow was stepping on the snowdrift with its forelegs, its chin still seemed to be stained with blood.
The wolf king yelled at Tangning, then turned around and flicked his tail lightly. When he turned around again, he had a human head in his mouth.
The disciples picked up their weapons one after another and aimed at the wolf king, worried that it would suddenly charge towards them.
"Wait a minute, everyone, don't attack it!" Tangning heard a different meaning from the wolf king's cry, and hurried forward to stop everyone, "It is not hostile to us!"
The disciples looked at Tangning suspiciously, and saw Tangning nodded to the Wolf King with pure trust in her eyes.
The wolf king loosened his mouth biting the human head slightly, and the head rolled down the hillside and rolled in front of everyone.
However, no one dared to go forward to see what was going on. Everyone was afraid of the wolf king, and did not understand its intention behind this move.
The Wolf King yelled at Tangning again, then turned around and jumped down the snow hill, hiding his figure in the snow again and leaving.
Everyone was vigilant for a long time, but they didn't wait for the wolf king's sneak attack, but they didn't dare to relax, so they had to maintain their defensive formation and stand still.
Only Tangning pulled Si Wuxiu up to the head, and the two carefully flipped the head over.
Si Wuxiu said: "If Ah Ning is afraid, leave it to me."
"I've come here. It's not like I haven't seen worse scenes. How could I be afraid?" Tangning shook her head, carefully released her scorpion, and found Xiao Hei lying on the dead man's mouth, showing a little excitement.
"Did this person be poisoned?" Tangning asked.
Si Wuxiu looked at the cut on the neck of the human head, and said: "Probably not, it was bitten to death by wild animals. You see, the cut is uneven, presumably the wolf king tore it open."
"What does the wolf king mean by giving us this head?" Tangning was puzzled.
"Didn't Ah Ning say that it wasn't hostile to us just now?" Si Wuxiu propped the deceased's mouth open with a branch, pinched his nose and looked in, "I think it might be warning us."
"What should I say?" Tangning saw that his face was pale, and there was a hint of confidence in his expression, so she knew that he must have thought of something again, and asked, "What exactly is the wolf king trying to tell us?"
"A-Ning, let's see." Si Wuxiu pursed his lips, and gently turned the branch in his hand.
I saw that the branch opened the mouth of the deceased a little more, just enough for Xiao Hei to crawl in.The Soul Broken Scorpion, which had been fed and raised by countless poisons, happily rushed in, and then dragged out a black soybean-sized lump of poison with its pincers.
After Xiao Hei dragged the poisonous lump out, he lay down on the side and gnawed slowly, his tail curled up slightly, and he seemed to be eating very hard.
Tangning finally understood and asked in surprise, "This person has poison hidden in his mouth?"
"Ah Ning is right." Si Wuxiu threw away the branch, wiped his hands on the hem of his clothes, "The people who can do this are mostly dead men. If assassination fails, they will commit suicide, and they will not reveal the employer's affairs."
"Isn't this the assassin sent by those people in the harem!" Tangning stared, "The blood on the assassin's neck is still fresh, which means that those people are nearby and are about to attack us, so the wolf king came to report for us! "
After Tangning figured it out, she quickly stood up and got everyone ready to face the enemy.
Second Brother Tang held two knives, and said to the disciples behind him: "In the past, we were always caught off guard by those bastard sons, and now it's our turn to ambush in advance, waiting for them to fall into the trap! Brothers, fight! Come on, don't embarrass us Tangjiabao and Weijiazhuang!!"
The disciples responded in unison, and all raised their weapons. Everyone automatically formed a battle formation and waited with bated breath.
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Tangning and Si Wuxiu put aside the human head and planted a trap, ready to wait for the enemy to come to their door.
They were always lucky on the way back, they didn't meet the assassin, and they didn't find any trace of the assassin.At first, I thought that I would never meet the killer of the harem in the snow field until the human race's territory, but I didn't expect that the one who should come would still come.
Of course, Tangning and the others were not afraid. Although there were a large number of these assassins, they were not as powerful as the group Zong Wenjun personally selected.
What's more, the weapons in the hands of the assassins are not as powerful as before without Hua's Thunderbolt.
With the experience of the previous two times, this time the battle formation is specially arranged for the weapons that the assassins are good at, and the right medicine must be prescribed, so that those assassins can also taste the taste of being specially targeted!
Sure enough, after everyone had set up their formation, countless gray-clothed assassins rushed out from the vicinity of Xueqiu. Their faces were all covered by the same gray cloth, and their eyes were extraordinarily indifferent.
The disciples had been waiting in formation for a long time. First, the archers and those who were good at concealed weapons made long-range attacks. When they got closer, some disciples who were good at wielding knives, guns and sticks blocked the opponent's attack.
One piece and one relaxation, tacit cooperation.
Whether it is the disciples of Tangjiabao or Weijiazhuang, they all have a tacit understanding, and it is impossible to see that they belong to the two sects of the two families.
Even Lei Peng was in the mix, he was the core of the formation he was in, and he became the main attacker with a Dan-level cultivation base.The rest of the people are already very familiar with his moves, and they can perfectly cooperate with him, so that Lei Peng's attack can show full momentum!
The eyes of the assassins who always seemed aggressive and prepared were a little more surprised.
This time they deliberately wore gray assassin robes, which they bought specially for the purpose of being able to hide themselves in the snow after learning the lessons from the past.
Before, they followed Tangning all the way without being noticed, so why did they suddenly set up a battle formation to deal with them?
Could it be that there are spies among them?
The assassins don't have time to think so much, even if the seeds of doubt have been planted in their hearts, they still have to focus on the battle in front of them.
Because the people in Tangjiabao can't let them go so easily!
The assassins would never have guessed that their whereabouts were not spies inside, but because of Tangning's small act of kindness, which made him form an inexplicable friendship with the Xueyuan Wolf King.
If Tangning had to say it himself, he wasn't sure if he and the wolf king were friends, and he probably didn't need Tangning's thanks.
"kill!"
"Kill--!!"
The people on both sides shouted in unison, fighting hand to hand, and all shots were unreserved.
This fierce battle came and ended quickly. Although the assassins had been lurking for a long time, they failed to sneak up on them. Instead, Tangning and the others joined forces and cooperated to eliminate them all.
None of the assassins was able to leave the snowy field, and most of the assassins saw that the situation was taking a turn for the worse, so they all crushed the poison sac hidden in their teeth, and committed suicide by taking the poison.
"These grandsons are really cunning. They killed themselves as soon as the situation was gone, and they didn't even give us a chance to capture them alive." Brother Tang spat unhappily, and wiped the blood from his knife on the assassin's clothes , and retracted the two scimitars to his waist.
"We're going to Man Xuecheng soon, these assassins don't dare to attack us in the town, I'm afraid they are the last batch of assassins we meet in the snow field." Si Wuxiu said.
Tangning looked at his second brother and said, "Isn't it a good thing that the assassins don't come? Could it be that second brother still wants them to come and harass us often?"
Brother Tang quickly shook his head: "Of course not."
Even if you want to practice your skills, you don't have to fight with assassins. There are plenty of opportunities and ways. Only fools look forward to having assassins every day.
"That's right." Tangning was about to ask if anyone was injured in the battle just now, but saw another group of people approaching them in the distance, but they were all riding horses, and they didn't look like assassins at first glance. ,"That is……"
"Brother Si, long time no see, Mr. Tang!"
The person who came was none other than General Zong, Zong Wenjun, who had separated from them more than a month ago!
Tangning looked at the other party in surprise, "General Zong, haven't you returned to the Xuanwu Army?"
"Yes, but I received a secret report that you will be assassinated near here, so I brought someone over to have a look." Zong Wenjun got off his horse and bowed his hands to everyone, "You guys came out later than I expected, But what happened in the territory of the Fox Clan?"
They never told Zong Wenjun about the matter of alchemy and transformation, and even the matter of looking for jade ginseng fruits was used as an excuse to sort out their internal strength, so Zong Wenjun didn't know that they had other important things to do in the fox clan.
"The road was blocked by heavy snow, so we couldn't go out, so we had to spend the winter in the Fox Clan." Si Wuxiu said with a calm expression, "Besides, the paradise and the pleasant scenery, Aning and I were a little bit reluctant to leave, so we left late some."
Brother Tang also said: "That's right, we eat and drink at the Fox Clan every day, and we are reluctant to leave. If it weren't for the cold spring and heavy snow to seal the mountain immediately, we would like to stay for a few more days! General Zong has a lot of work, no What a blessing, what a pity!"
Zong Wenjun's face was slightly embarrassed. He didn't care about the one or two meals of mountain delicacies, but wondered whether they had other purposes in the extreme northern snowfield.
Now it seems that he is just being overwhelmed.
Zong Wenjun came back to his senses, and said to the crowd: "It's my regret that I failed to appreciate the enthusiasm of the fox clan. However, I also prepared a reception banquet for you in Manxuecheng, and there are other things I want to say to Brother Si , and give everyone a face."
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"It seems that the general wants to say more than three or two sentences." Si Wuxiu glanced at Zong Wenjun, then glanced at his accompanying guards in the distance, one of them was a heroic woman in men's clothing looking Very familiar.
Tangning followed his gaze, feeling a little surprised, "Isn't that Miss Zhao Lan?"
This Deputy General Zhao, if he remembers correctly, they once found her token from the assassin, and suspected that she leaked the code left by Zong Wenjun to the assassin.
"This is exactly one of the things I want to explain to you." Zong Wenjun's expression suddenly became serious, "Someone in my Xuanwu Army has secretly joined the harem. In addition to Zhao Lan's father and brother, there are several others I have already dealt with all the confidantes who have followed the clan for a long time."
When Tangning heard the phrase "deal with it", she couldn't help but feel a thump in her heart.It sounds like an understatement, but the smell of blood hits my face.
I'm afraid Zong Wenjun has no free time for more than a month.
"After Zhao Lan found out what his father and brother had done, he killed his relatives without saying a word and tied them up in the dungeon, waiting for me to return." Zong Wenjun said, "She is still loyal to me and the Xuanwu Army, so this time I took the risk to leave The Xuanwu Army is stationed, I will still leave the travel arrangements to her."
Zhao Lan in the distance seemed to know that they were talking about him, and bowed to them on horseback, his demeanor was still as rigid as ever.
However, Si Wuxiu keenly grasped a word from Zong Wenjun's words: "Adventure? This northern land is the territory of General Zong. If you want to leave the station to go anywhere, isn't it as simple as taking a walk in your back garden? Why use the word adventure?"
"Everyone will know what's going on when the city is full." Zong Wenjun smiled bitterly, without explaining in detail.
Tangning felt that seeing General Zong this time, he looked weather-beaten and his face was more mature, and he didn't know what he had gone through.
Tangning imagined the scene of being betrayed by a trusted person who was so angry that he vomited blood, and finally cut off his robe to judge his justice. He felt deep sympathy for General Zong.
With General Zong leading the way, Tangning and Si Wuxiu just saved the time of fiddling with the array and looking at the map. The two rode on the same horse and whispered to each other.
"I don't think General Zong's face is very good-looking, is it because of those traitors?" Tangning asked Si Wuxiu.
"Maybe his wife ran away with someone?" Si Wuxiu had always disliked Zong Wenjun, so he would hurt Zong Wenjun whenever he got the chance, anyway, he was telling his daughter-in-law.
Who made him have no daughter-in-law, but he has one?
Tangning gave him a speechless look. If you followed the original book, General Zong's wife might be you... But Tangning didn't dare to tell the other party such a shocking incident, regardless of whether the plot he knew actually happened or not. Yes, he only knew that if classmate Si found out, he would definitely be at odds with Zong Jiang immediately.
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And as far as the present is concerned, General Zong doesn't seem to like Si Wuxiu's appearance very much. He always seems to be a bit jealous of Si students, so although he is on good terms with them, he never speaks clearly.
It's not as real as the wolf king.
"I have a bad feeling." Tangning frowned slightly, "Did you see that Lieutenant Zhao's boots, and other people's boots and trousers were somewhat stained with blood. I don't think General Zong is going out this trip. Safe, I'm afraid he wasn't exaggerating when he said 'adventure'."
Si Wuxiu nodded: "I see, there must have been a lot of things outside during this period of time, and it's not something that Zong Wenjun can control."
The clothes were still stained with blood, indicating that they either came out in a hurry and didn't have time to change.Either it is useless to change, and there will be assassins and rioters on the road, and they can't be killed, so I don't bother to change.
Especially Zhao Lan is still a girl, even if her personality is no different from that of a man, she is still a girl, so she still has a bit of cleanliness.
Just like Yuhe, even though she hangs out with a group of men every day and struggles in the snowy field, she always tidies herself up after the battle.
"If we want to know the truth, it seems that we can only find out when we go to Snow City," Tangning said.
It just so happened that they also planned to rest in Mansyracuse for a few days.
Zong Wenjun must have guessed that they would set Manxuecheng as the first stop when they left the snowfield, so he came here non-stop to meet them in time.
"Here we are, there is Man Xuecheng in front of us." Zong Wenjun said from the front.
The city gates of Manxue City were wide open. It seemed that the gate guards knew that the Marshal of the Xuanwu Army was here, and they had calculated that they would enter the city at this time.
"General!!"
As the crowd approached on horseback, Tangning heard uniform shouts from the top and bottom of the city gate, which further confirmed her previous guess.
"Manxue City originally had a general guarding the city, but for some reason, I directly sent troops to take over here. Now there is no general guarding the city, and heavy troops must be sent inside and outside to guard it. I hope you don't mind." Zong Wenjun turned his head and said.
"What happened to the north?" Brother Tang frowned, and said bluntly, "Before we entered the snowfield, we also came to Snow City, and it wasn't like it is now..."
Everyone rode into the city, only to see that the last important town in the northern region, compared to the prosperity a few months ago, seemed much more depressed.There was not even a single person setting up a stall on the street, and every household closed their doors tightly, only a few pairs of eyes full of fear and vigilance were exposed from the windows and door cracks, looking at the passers-by.
It was still daytime, and it was different from the situation when they entered Linxue City that night. It was really surprising that they looked so desolate and desolate in broad daylight.
Tangning also felt that the atmosphere was very heavy, and asked, "Has there been a war here?"
Not only was there almost no pedestrians on the street, but also many houses had collapsed and burned down. Even though rebuilding was underway, Tangning could still see the charred foundations.
"This level of damage shouldn't be the work of horse thieves, right?" Si Wuxiu said.
Although horse thieves will set fire to houses, they will not set the whole town on fire, otherwise where else can they go to grab things in the future?
"Everyone, please follow me. I will explain to everyone when we arrive." Zong Wenjun smiled wryly again, and led them to the largest house in the city.
There is a plaque of "Zhang's Mansion" hanging on the door of the house, but soldiers from the Xuanwu Army are guarding inside and outside, and there are no people inside. It can be seen that this house is probably "temporarily taken over" by General Zong.
"This house belongs to a friend of mine, and his family has moved south." Zong Wenjun explained to them while leading them into the living room.
A young man in armor made tea for them, and after making the tea, he returned to the door to stand guard.
Then several other soldiers came up with pots and dishes. Although the dishes were just a few over and over again, the plates were very large and full.
Several dishes are made of monster meat, and the cooking method is also a little single. They are all eaten with barbecue and sauce.
"Man Xuecheng has just gone through a battle, and the ingredients are limited. I hope you don't mind." Zong Wenjun held up a wine jar, patted off the mud seal, filled the wine with a bowl for everyone, and took the wine bowl and poured it down in one gulp.
"General Zong can tell us now, what happened outside in the past few months?" Si Wuxiu looked coldly at Zong Wenjun's behavior of drinking away his sorrow, and broke the desolate atmosphere with his words.
Zong Wenjun coughed dryly, sat down and said, "To be honest, when I returned to the station a month ago, I was almost betrayed by my subordinates. Fortunately, Zhao Lan was in charge of the overall situation for me at that time, and all those subordinates were arrested and sent to prison. , I will not catch fire in the backyard."
"And then?" Si Wuxiu knocked on the table impatiently, "General, please tell me the key points."
"Then I learned from Zhao Lankou that not only the Xuanwu Army, but also people from the Qinglong and Suzaku armies also turned to the harem, trying to seize military power." Zong Wenjun looked at Si Wuxiu seriously, "I'm afraid that apart from the credit In addition to the large Northwest White Tiger Army, accidents have occurred in all the troops."
Tangning asked, "Why did someone seize military power at the same time? Did something happen in the palace?"
"Young Master Tang is right. Something happened in the palace, but it was the people who started it." Zong Wenjun said.
"folk?"
"You all should have heard of the world rankings, right?" Zong Wenjun glanced at Tang Ning and Si Wuxiu, and said to them, "Tianxia Bookstore has released a new book recently, but this time the content is no longer the world rankings. , but to tell an old story."
Zong Wenjun saw that everyone's expressions were still unclear, and he said bluntly: "I saw that you have sealed demons along the way, so I must be no stranger to demons. A shocking secret revealed by Tianxia Bookstore is related to demon gods. Legend The founding emperor of the Yue Kingdom relied on the power of the Demon God to become the Ninth Five Lord, and he still keeps the Demon God in the palace, and all the martial arts of the Yuan clan also got from the Demon God."
"The Yuan Clan's throne did not come rightly. A thousand years ago, the Moon Kingdom should have been ruled by a demon god named Moon Demon. The Yuan Clan usurped the position of the Moon Demon, and even built a blood pool to strengthen his body with the flesh and blood of living people. , it’s really unreasonable.”
"Tianxia Bookstore has always spoken fairly, so many warriors are willing to believe it, and some aristocratic families who disobeyed Yuan's rule questioned it in the court and asked to search the palace to see if there was really a blood pond..."
"Bullshit!"
Tangning slapped the table and stood up. She couldn't help interrupting Zong Wenjun's words, "Tianxia Bookstore is clearly framing it. How come the demons are the victims instead. Thousands of years ago, the human race was harassed by the demons, and countless people died. , the first Emperor Yuan was one of the six saints who sealed the Demon God back then!"
He saw the memory of Fairy Shanlai with his own eyes, knew that the truth back then was not the case at all, and even lamented the tragic love between the ancestors of the Yuan family and Yue.
Unexpectedly, Tianxia Bookstore would not even let the two dead people go, and even made up a so-called "shocking secret" that was completely distorted from the facts.
Zong Wenjun glanced at Tangning in surprise. Tangning had always given him the impression of being lively, innocent and gentle. He had never seen Tangning so angry.
Si Wuxiu put his hand on the back of Tangning's hand, and comforted him softly, "A'Ning, sit down first and listen to General Zong's talk about what's going to happen next. In the face of the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, he admitted that the Yuan family's virtues were deficient."
The heat on Tangning's face subsided a little. Seeing that everyone was still staring at her, she felt a little embarrassed, so she quickly sat down, "I'm sorry, General Zong, you can continue talking."
"That's right." Zong Wenjun saw that Tang Ning's mood had been calmed down, and continued, "Your Majesty didn't admit anything, he just said that these rumors are just nonsense. But those casual warriors and ambitious families don't think so , They incited the warriors and the common people, and they all made the voice of wanting to crusade against the Yuan clan. Although there are defenders everywhere, they can quickly put out the unrest, but it still caused a lot of influence. "
Just like this city of Syracuse, which was originally a prosperous and important town, has now been looted by the flames of war, and the common people are afraid to go out.
Zong Wenjun continued: "Now the court is divided into three factions. One faction, headed by the Gongliang family, demands that the Yuan clan completely leave the imperial city and give way to virtuous ministers. The other faction believes that it is not necessary to let all the Yuan clan members move out, as long as Yuan Zhan abdicates. , Choose a new emperor to ascend the throne, let the new emperor destroy the blood pool, and change the old habits. The last faction is the royalist faction, standing firmly behind the Yuan emperor."
"Then which faction do you belong to?" Si Wuxiu gave Zong Wenjun a meaningful look.
Zong Wenjun made a taiji speech: "Which faction does Brother Si stand in, I belong to that faction. With Brother Si's ingenuity, no matter how I choose, I think I won't be at a disadvantage."
Tangning took another look at General Zong, and he realized that using "pragmatic" to describe this person was really correct.Even though General Zong didn't like Si Wuxiu, he still recognized Si Wuxiu's talent very much, so when he saw that the wind was going wrong, he came to ask Si Wuxiu's opinion.
"Anyway, this has nothing to do with me, I choose to wait and see." Si Wuxiu is also a cunning person, and he didn't give him an accurate word.
Zong Wenjun looked at him and shook his head: "I'm afraid some things can't be done just by staying out of it."
"I'm still in a hurry to go back to Tangjiabao to get married with Aning. I won't take care of outside affairs as long as they don't hinder me." Si Wuxiu said indifferently.
Zong Wenjun saw that Si Wuxiu refused to show any inclination, so he had to stay here first, and then think of other ways to test him: "It's getting late today, everyone might as well rest here, I have already asked people to prepare the guest room .”
Even if Si Wuxiu himself doesn't have the intention to compete for the throne, Zong Wenjun can still get some insights on the situation in the court from him.It is rare to be a smart person, Zong Wenjun also wants to listen to more opinions so that he will not be on the wrong team in the future.
General Zong was careful in his work. He specially reserved the room that Zhang Yuanwai and his wife used to live in for Tangning and Si Wuxiu. This room was bigger than others, and the bed was twice as wide!
Sitting on it, Tangning felt a little embarrassed, "Why do I feel like General Zong is trying to curry favor with us?"
"Naturally, he is now at a time when he is at a loss, and he needs an expert to guide him." Si Wuxiu took off his robe, "Don't talk about providing us with delicious food and drink, even if he wants to cut his own flesh, I'm afraid he would be happy too."
"What do we need his meat for..." Tangning frowned, "Can't you use another analogy?"
"Then let me say something again." Si Wuxiu thought for a while, and said, "Even if he is asked to let out his unmarried daughter-in-law, he will grit his teeth and nod?"
Tangning said angrily, "Why do you keep mentioning other people's daughter-in-law!"
"Hey, it's my fault." Si Wuxiu quickly stepped forward to hold Tangning's hand, and added, "I don't want him even if he comes to my door. Is it okay?"
"That's more or less the case." Tangning nodded, and said not to list some weird assumptions, it sounds really wrong.
Si Wuxiu kissed him on the lips: "I think Guangming is calling your wife, so I'm always thinking about it, Ah Ning, don't be angry with me."
"Don't forget, you still have the status of a Demon Empress. Who is whose daughter-in-law?" Tangning raised her eyebrows at him.
"Then in front of the monster race, you call me daughter-in-law, and in front of the human race, I call your daughter-in-law, is that okay?" Si Wuxiu blinked.
Sounds like it's fair enough.
But Tangning thought about it again, and felt something was wrong, "But my family and your subordinates are all human, so in front of my family, I'm still the 'daughter-in-law'?"
"A-Ning is so smart, he is more thoughtful than me..."
"You said that on purpose!" Tangning glared at him.
The corners of Si Wuxiu's mouth curled up, his eyes filled with a smile, and he looked at Tangning with a hint of slyness.
Tangning knew that she had been duped again, and wanted to argue with this guy again, but her mouth was gagged.The lips and teeth were entangled, and the air between the two was gradually warming up.
After the kiss was over, Tangning put her hands on his chest and gasped, "Back then you told me that there must be a big conspiracy behind Tianxia Bookstore, and now this conspiracy has officially surfaced."
He looked at Si Wuxiu worriedly.
At that time, they guessed that after so many years of Tianxia Bookstore's layout, there must be a big event, but they didn't expect this big event to be so big-enough to shake the foundation of the Yuan Clan and overthrow the entire Yue Kingdom!
Tianxia Bookstore has always displayed fairness and mystery in front of everyone, and everyone is very convinced by the things the bookstore announced.
They have spent decades building a gold-lettered signboard of "what is said is the truth", and it turns out that one day they will publicize the existence of the moon demon.
What's more, it turned black and white, portraying Moon Demon as a victim, while Yuan Shi became a villain instead.
Emperor Yuan originally suffered from old injuries due to backlash from his practice, but now that the government and the public are in such turmoil, his situation is even worse.
"I've said it before." Si Wuxiu lowered his head and said to him, "I don't think about anything now, I just want to be with Aning—"
Before he could finish his sentence, Si Wuxiu's ending sound overlapped with a cat's meowing, so that Tangning couldn't hear the second half of his sentence clearly.
Tangning walked to the window and pushed it open. A black cat nimbly slipped through the gap, landed at Tangning's feet, and rubbed against him.
"Are you... the cat in the Wang family's mansion?" Tangning looked at the cat in surprise, and the black cat also raised its head and meowed a few times, as if it was acting like a spoiled child.
Si Wuxiu's face turned as black as the bottom of a pot for a moment, and he picked up the black cat and threw it on the windowsill: "The origin of this cat is unknown, it's better for Aning to stay away from it."
"Why is the origin unknown, this is my cat!" Someone pushed open the door of their room.Seeing the lock on the ground, it can be seen that this person has the skill of picking the lock with one hand.
Tangning felt that this voice seemed familiar, and when he saw the person coming, he was even more surprised: "Scholar?!"
The scholar grinned at them: "Long time no see, you two look even more loving!"
"Why did you come to the north? Doesn't it mean that there are turmoil in Yue Kingdom, if you don't help General Bai and sneak out again, you won't be afraid that he will suspect you again?" Tangning asked.
"I was ordered to leave the barracks this time, and the general has already agreed." The scholar was finally able to straighten his back and carry out the task.
Si Wuxiu looked at him coldly: "Emperor Yuan sent you to find me again?"
The scholar smiled mysteriously: "It's not that His Majesty asked me to come to you, but I have someone who I want you to meet."
"Who is it?" Tangning looked curiously.
The scholar stood aside, his expression instantly became extremely respectful.
Behind him, a tall man in a cloak stepped into the door
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