There were more than ten thousand soldiers when they came, but less than one thousand soldiers when they returned.

It was already July, and when they parted ways amidst the rustling autumn leaves in Fenghua Valley, Li Chengen asked Li Yaoxian to bring someone back to Tiance Mansion to recuperate, and he was determined to bear all the consequences.

He didn't dare to take anyone with him, for fear that the emperor would be angry.Qin Yiyan was not at ease, and no one could persuade him to return to his life with him.

The scenery of Chang'an is still so delightful.

When the leader set off, it was still the twelfth lunar month of winter, and the Lantern Festival, which was brightly lit in Chang'an, could not catch up. The king has an order, and the soldiers come first.Now when I come back, it is the autumn wind and yellow leaves, which makes people's hearts really sad.

The Suzaku door is still wide open.

The imperial city is still majestic and has not been affected by the wind and frost of Kunlun.

Li Chengen showed his badge, and the person on duty today is also Xu Changhai. He looked at the two generals who came back alone, and sighed in his heart. .He had also heard about the Kunlun War. There are many traps in the Valley of the Wicked, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the strategic plan failed, but the Valley of the Wicked was also seriously injured, and there was no more water.I just hope that His Majesty will not blame them too much.

Xu Changhai didn't say anything, checked the token according to the rules, and let him go.

It's past noon.

When they left the palace again, the two of them supported each other, their faces were a little pale.

No one knew what they had experienced. In short, the two were lucky that the expected worst case of losing their heads did not happen.

They had just stepped out of the palace gate, and before taking two steps, they didn't know where Xia Ziqian appeared from.

On the contrary, he came very quickly. When he saw these two people, he slowed down his hurrying steps, and said strangely, "Hey, isn't this General Li?"

Qin Yiyan frowned slightly upon hearing his words.Even Xu Changhai felt a little impatient when he saw this person.

Li Chengen stood up straight and nodded, "Changshi Xia."

Xia Ziqian's face became more and more gloomy.But the second generation ancestor who came from a lucky background, now that he has suffered a defeat, what right does he have to show off in front of him.The first rank of the official rank crushes people to death, his regular attendant is a third-rank official, but Li Chengen is a first-rank general.He thought so in his heart, but he didn't dare to reveal it, he just tried to say, "The general is back from the Valley of the Wicked, congratulations."

Li Chengen's expression turned ugly, he gave him a sideways look, and snorted coldly.This battle was undoubtedly his most complete defeat since he was in Tiance, he didn't want to mention it, this man was so ungrateful.

After all, Li Chengen was a person who came through the bloody storm. As soon as his murderous aura came out, cold sweat dripped down Xia Ziqian's forehead. You will lose so badly that you will almost not be able to return to court."

Li Chengen sneered and said, "A layman, but he came to teach Li what to do. Xia Changshi still worries about himself! Flattery, flattery, yin and yang, your Majesty is happy for a while, but can you still be happy with an ineffective idiot for the rest of your life?"

Xia Ziqian's face froze, he didn't expect him to speak so bluntly, so he stayed for a while before gritted his teeth and replied, "Thank you, General Li, for your guidance!"

Li Chengen sneered, took Qin Yiyan two or three steps and left.

Looking at the backs of the two, Xia Ziqian clenched his fists fiercely with a gloomy expression.

Seeing this, Xu Changhai frowned even deeper, and he had no choice but to remind him, "Changshi Xia, Your Majesty is singing with Concubine Hui's Pear Garden, and is waiting for the servant to play together."

Xia Ziqian's face twisted, and he said coldly, "Thank you, General Xu, for reminding me!" The emperor only made him a regular servant on horseback, and didn't let him participate in the government. What's the use of this vacant position?He tried his best to adjust back to his usual appearance of a talented bachelor, and walked into the main entrance.

Xu Changhai looked at his back, feeling inexplicably sympathetic to the upright general.

As the saying goes, it is better to hurt a gentleman than to offend a villain.

In the past few months, this Xia Changshi has often put on shoes for the courtiers who are not as high as him.

It is terrifying to be hated by such a person.

The pear garden is in the southeast corner of the inner courtyard of Daming Palace. There are rockeries, small ponds, gazebos, and secluded bamboos in the center.

The lotus blooms everywhere in July.

The green leaves are in the sky, and the water is sparkling.

Before reaching it, the sound of singing and dancing came from afar.

A little relaxed expression appeared on Xia Ziqian's face, and he happily walked through the arch, crossed the Baiyu Bridge, and arrived at the Liyuan.

Li Longji sat in the main seat with a serious expression. Concubine Wu Hui stretched out her jaded hand, picked up a grape from the fruit plate and peeled it to feed him, and comforted him softly, "Your Majesty, don't be angry. If you get angry, your body will be bad. Still The ministers and concubines look at it, it is also General Li who is not good at handling things. His Majesty has always been diligent and caring for the people, and is deeply loved by the people. General Li took the initiative to invite Ying, and His Majesty agreed for the peace of the people, but these two people failed His Majesty's expectations. Tiance Mansion has been silent for many years , It’s unfavorable to start a teacher, but it can be forgiven.” Concubine Wu Hui smiled slightly, mentioned the princes and others, and reminded casually, “After all, General Li has passed the bloody age, but the newly grown princes, all of them They all want to enter Tiance Mansion to share His Majesty's worries!"

Li Longji pushed her hand away, furious, and scolded, "... share your worries and worries! Look at this Li Chengen! He dares to let Tiance go back in advance! He dares to come here with Qin Yiyan to apologize! Idiot! Reckless idiot!"

He paused, looked at Concubine Hui, and remembered his innocent and straightforward son Li Hao, and immediately became even more dissatisfied with Li Ying, who is the crown prince, "As for the prince, I don't know what they want to do! I haven't had any accidents yet. They all want to sneak into the barracks! Hmph! Look at Li Ying, he dare not say a word all day long! As a crown prince, he has no courage at all, if things go on like this, how can Datang pass it on to him with confidence!"

When Concubine Wu Hui heard this, the displeasure caused by Li Longji's brushing away disappeared immediately, and a gentle and understanding smile appeared on her beautiful face, "Your Majesty is worrying too much. His Royal Highness is gentle and polite, honest and simple, friendly and brotherly." , is a model for the world. It's just that you are still young and vigorous, and you will always act inappropriately."

Li Longji looked at her beautiful face and listened to the appropriate words, and his anger finally subsided, "Don't excuse them, my concubine... I still don't know the virtues of my sons. As Prince, you are too old and weak to act improperly! Hmph!" He turned his head away for a while, and when he mentioned Li Mao, his tone slowed down, "But Maoer, he will be fourteen now, what do you want? Miss Yue? Concubine Ai will take care of it, and I will give the order myself when I turn back."

Concubine Wu Hui beamed with joy, and her tone became high-spirited.It would be a great honor for Mao'er to get His Majesty's will in her wedding.She hurriedly left her seat and bowed to Li Longji, "My concubine thanked His Majesty for his care on Maoer's behalf."

Li Longji also left his seat, stretched out his hand to help her up and said with a smile, "Concubine Hui, don't need to be polite. Mao'er is innocent and straightforward. It's your and my beloved son, how can I not care a little about the important marriage?"

Concubine Wu Hui hesitated, "Your Majesty..."

Being looked at by his concubine with such admiration and admiration still satisfied Li Longji's vanity greatly. His anger when he saw the defeated Li Chengen finally dissipated. Xia Ziqian said, "Aiqing! It's a beautiful day, why don't you compose a song for me to commemorate it."

Although his questioning tone was beyond doubt.

Xia Ziqian panicked. Seeing the pool of brilliant lotus, he immediately followed the voice in his mind and said, "The lotus leaves are infinitely green in the sky, and the lotus flowers are red in the sun."

Li Longji touched his chin, and after a long time, he praised loudly, "Good! What a Yingri lotus is so red! Xia Aiqing is so talented and well-educated! Good!"

So there was no more to say, and before Xia Ziqian could speak, Li Longji and Concubine Hui walked away laughing.

From a distance, I heard a sentence, "Aifei is much more unique than lotus flowers."

Xia Ziqian: ...

Gao Lishi: ...

Gao Lishi: "Xia Changshi, look, should we stay in the side hall, or go back to the residence first?"

Xia Ziqian stretched his head, looked over Gao Lishi and looked at Li Longji and Concubine Hui's flirting back, with an ugly face, turned his head and left without saying a word.

Gao Lishi: ...

He who was urged to enter the palace repeatedly, but left without saying a word to His Majesty, even he felt uncomfortable.

Xia Ziqian sat in a sedan chair and went to Chang'an West Market on purpose. When passing by the pawn shop, he showed great interest. He went in to check it out, and the shopkeeper said, "What are you doing, the guest officer?"

Xia Ziqian took out a cloth pouch from his sleeve, "Liulicui, Aconitum."

In Liuliping, it's a quarter of an hour.

The shopkeeper raised his eyebrows, and his tone became more serious, "Come on, guest officer, the things are with me, and there is no problem with keeping them. You won't suffer!"

The message must be delivered, please rest assured, my lord.

Hearing this, Xia Ziqian nodded in satisfaction.

As the night fell, the noisy Liyuan gradually returned to calm.

Xia Ziqian blew out the candles in the room, and the figure on the window disappeared, apparently asleep.In the dark, he put on his night clothes in a blink of an eye, opened the window, and flew past the long and quiet wall and street corner under the dark night.

No one would have guessed that the regular attendant, who usually shows outstanding literary talents and low martial arts, can barely be regarded as a martial arts master.

The night was darker.

The trees on the outskirts of the city are covered with yellow leaves, especially in Liuliping.

Xia Ziqian turned over the city gate, landed in the darkness, and imitated three bird calls, long and short.

Not long after, a tall figure stepped out of the shadows, and the moonlight fell, vaguely taking care of the human face.

Xiao Sha!

When Xia Ziqian saw him, the depression accumulated in his heart due to the defeat in the Valley of the Wicked these days and the slight treatment by Li Longji immediately exploded.Without even thinking about it, he blurted out and questioned, "Isn't it said that Wang Yifeng will definitely die." Among the 3 people, many of them were misunderstood by Xiao Sha's bribed killers, and the ultimate goal must be to kill Wang Yifeng.

Xiao Sha was obviously not too happy, "How could I have thought that Li Chengen is such a waste! 3 people can't even capture the Valley of the Evil Ones with less than 1 people! Those killers have not been trained by themselves. I can't stop the secret." He turned around and said coldly, "Hmph! Didn't your broken medicine kill my cute little brother?!"

Xia Ziqian almost jumped, "You doubt me? Don't forget, you and I are grasshoppers on the same rope, Wang Yifeng is not dead, we can't live in peace! I will lie to you!?"

"……Humph."

Xia Ziqian calmed down a bit, "...How did Mingjiao's little lovers use it? Did they hide it from the world and not see it at all?"

"Then why is it useless to Wang Yifeng?"

"How do I know."

"……waste!"

"I want Wang Yifeng to die more than you do!"

"What's the rush! The news I bought from Yinyuanhui, my good master helped us a lot this time!" Xiao Sha sneered, "Wang Yifeng has been kicked out of the master's school, and his skills are useless!"

Yan Lun, Yan Lun, this old man seems to be addicted to martial arts.

Xia Ziqian panicked, and after listening to the second half of the sentence, he felt relieved, and said coldly, "Hmph, I thought you were going to fight against the enemy."

Xiao Sha sneered, "In a situation where there's no end to death, you still share a common enemy? It's ridiculous. Has your brain been chewed by a pig?"

Xia Ziqian: ...

I'll bear it, if it weren't for your value, I would kill you.

He pretended not to hear it at all, "Any other plans?"

Xiao Sha touched his bloodstone ring representing the status of Mingjiao Dharma King, and smiled coldly.

Xia Ziqian immediately understood and nodded with a smile.

……

Why does Yinyuanhui exist.

One is to control the general trend of the world for Jiutian, and the other is to buy and sell news to balance black and white forces.

After the defeat of Tiance and the Eight Great Sects in the Valley of the Evil, his vitality was severely injured on the surface, but in fact his reputation was immeasurable in the world for a while.

Although this scenery is not a scenery in a simple sense.

Not to mention the people who directly joined the Valley of the Evil to guard Kunlun, even in the Jianghu, there are also many rebels who yearn for them, and their names are included in the secret list of the Valley of the Evil.Of course, on the surface they are still knights in the rivers and lakes, and no one knows the second identity.

After leaving Fenghua Valley that day, Jiang Chen drove on the road.He didn't leave in a hurry, it was right to appreciate the mountains and rivers.Many roads have become blurred in the changing times. Even though Jiang Chen has walked through these mountains and rivers thousands of times, everything has become different after all.

Yellow leaves fell all over the mountain road, and the mountains and plains were full of fiery red autumn colors.The singing of birds among the trees has gradually disappeared.

Jiang Chen rode his red horse, as if he didn't notice these abnormal changes at all.

The mountain road is far away, with no trace of people, and it spirals down without seeing the end.

On one side is the golden red mountain, on the other side is the turbulent water.

Quiet.

A piercing sound came, Jiang Chen lowered his eyes, and patted the horse's back reassuringly.

A brilliant saber light exploded behind him, and what appeared next was a strangely shaped cyan serpentine scimitar.

The sunlight was reflected on it, and the blue light on the handle of the knife was awe-inspiring. With such light, even the shadow of the knife became blurred, as if it was a deadly weapon flying out of nowhere.

If there are other people who can see this scene, they will probably think they are seeing ghosts in the daytime.Because behind the machete, there was no one at all.

The shadow is almost nothingness, and the real position cannot be seen clearly.

Jiang Chen remained silent.

The people behind couldn't bear it any longer, a flute flew over and collided with the scimitar, blocking it for a moment.

It was obviously just a wooden flute, but it knocked the fine black iron scimitar into the air.

The sneak attacker was completely exposed at this moment. He was dressed in civilian clothes, but his strange-colored pupils still revealed that he was not from the Central Plains.With a grim expression on his face, he looked around, but found no trace of anyone other than Jiang Chen.

He asked in the Central Plains dialect with a weird emphasis, "Where is the bastard! Hiding your head and showing your tail!"

No one answered.

The visitor's heart turned cold, knowing that there are other masters still alive today.

Jiang Chen rode his horse, looking at the color of maple fire in the distant mountains.Completely ignore the things behind.

Mingjiao people.

And it's high-level.

Otherwise, there would be no such agility.

Jiang Chen thought.

Xiao Sha really had too little patience.

Although there are many people in ambush, he should not be ignorant of the secrets of the world of mortals, and he is good at controlling people's hearts.

But when he saw a few shadows appearing on the road in front of him, seeing the tightly guarded ears of the other party, the movement almost integrated with the knife, and the almost emotionless eyes, he also realized it.I'm afraid they are some good knives specially prepared for Wang Yifeng.

This Xiao Sha, how much does he want to make the original owner feel sad...

How much hatred did Wang Yifeng draw him?

I don't know how many years Xiao Sha has prepared such a murderous blade for him.

There was a cool breeze around, and the chill gradually deepened.

Jiang Chen stopped the horse stiffly, and the bay red horse stopped in a very human way.

A blurry phantom exploded, and the six people blocked all Jiang Chen's escape routes from the top of their heads, chest, back waist, and ankles with hacking, slashing, and sweeping movements.

The fit is seamless.

This is undoubtedly a must-kill move.

At the critical moment, a piercing and rapid flute sounded, and the sound waves exploded. Everyone who heard it felt their scalps tingle, and their hearts felt chilly. They unconsciously remembered the dark years and couldn't extricate themselves.It was like a head of cold water had been broken in the cold winter, making everything seem to stand still for a moment.

In that instant, Yan Lun had already jumped off a tree crown and followed him, only to hear a crisp sound of ding ding.

Those people seem to have come to their senses, the cold gleaming long knives were shot on the tip of their noses, and they were all red and swollen. They were hit by this force and took a few steps back. Facing Yan Lun, their hearts became more and more cautious. .

Jiang Chen was expressionless and didn't even turn his head.As soon as Yan Lunfang made a move, Jiang Chen knew it was him.Along the way, I always felt that someone was following me, and it turned out to be Yan Lun.

After thinking about it, he got off the horse.

Yan Lun frowned and scolded, "What are you doing down here?" He didn't run away quickly.

Jiang Chen straightened his sleeves, and there was no hesitation or retreat on his face.

Someone so clearly wanted his life, would he still turn a blind eye for a moment of peace?

Thinking about the changes in Guangming Temple and the prosperity of Mingjiao, Xiao Sha became very leisurely, and always "cared" about the original owner, his junior.

Jiang Chen thought for a while, but calmly gave Yan Lun a practical answer, "Kill."

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