Yu Wu

Chapter 141 Warcraft

Facing the king's wrath, among the crowd of Nuonuo, no one is willing to be such an early bird.

"Speak." Jun Shang said, "During Mengze's reign, couldn't you all speak well? What's the matter now? Are you dumb?"

An elderly nobleman came out and said: "Your Majesty, the lion camel is in an emergency and needs to dispatch troops, but such a major event must be approved by the Emperor himself. If Princess Mengze acts on behalf of the King, it will need to be negotiated by many parties. Execution. Otherwise, all the rules and regulations will be messed up."

"Scheme?" Your Majesty narrowed his eyes, his expression was extremely dangerous, "It's really interesting, what is the trick?"

"Respect the national system of China, the rules of the ancestors—"

Your Majesty interrupted him suddenly, baring his white teeth: "For the sake of our ancestors' rules, we lost three big cities on the border! Zhang your head!!"

The old noble flinched suddenly, his tortoise-like face instantly wrinkled.Finally, the king's anger could no longer be restrained, and he went into a rage at the court meeting, knocking on the table and asking: "What do you guys want to do? Men and women are so important? Let whoever takes the power of lonely love! Otherwise, what Like? Let you make the decision? It's better to let Gu go to the backyard and lead the pig to sit in Gu's position!"

"Not to mention Daze, when Liaoshi's 30 troops wanted to occupy Fengcheng, they were repelled by our country. Dicheng is also a heavy city of rough stone in Chonghua. They will all fall within ten days. Zhu Zuozhen will not allow such absurd things to happen!"

"..."

"Who rejected Mengze's proposal? The one who didn't let her transfer troops? Is it you?!" The sharp edge pointed at the old nobleman who had just made his debut.

The old nobleman hurriedly said: "Of course not the old minister! How can the old minister decide such a big matter alone? Yes, yes..."

"What is it?! You are usually eloquent, but you stutter when it comes time to ask questions? Tell me! Or do you want Gu Mengze to point them out one by one? Mengze!"

Mengze is a woman who made an exception to enter the court. She wears a gold-rimmed five-beam black gauze crown and a black python robe with dark pattern of phoenix and bird. He looked a little taller and handsomer than usual.

At this time her brother called her, she moved her long eyelashes lightly, lowered her eyes and said: "Brother Wang, calm down. Now that the Shituo Pass has fallen and the three cities have fallen, I don't know what the Liao Kingdom will do next. It is not the time to pursue accountability At that time, I would like to ask Brother Wang to make an inventory early, transfer generals and troops to the northern border, and arrange a counterattack."

The old nobleman was worried that Mengze had been squeezed out these days, so he would take this opportunity to sue her brother.But when she heard her say that, she immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and couldn't help applauding Mengze secretly in her heart——

This girl, don't take advantage of the fire to rob, go on the road!

Hastily said: "Yes, yes, Your Majesty, you see that we were also worried about the country's discipline and government at the time, and our intentions were good, but the result may not be satisfactory, please calm down."

Another person came out and said: "Yes, your lord, the family has family rules, the state owns the state laws, and the ministers act according to the state laws. Although the three cities and one pass are lost, at least the rules and regulations are not messed up. It is not a good thing."

Upon hearing this, Your Majesty, the breath that had just been suppressed was instantly released again.

Unexpectedly, someone added: "Your Majesty has been ill for more than [-] days in a row, and the ministers' worries are not unreasonable. If your Majesty's body has any serious illness, according to the law, it should be known to the elders. Twisting, it is easy to cause the courtiers to worry for nothing."

Your Majesty rushed at him in anger, he gasped, his eyes reddened with hatred suddenly lifted up, he slapped the table and said angrily: "You guys are really capable! The mouth on the face is not for making plans, but for chewing your tongue Yes, isn't it?!"

Everyone was silent.

The admonishing courtier believed that he had the iron certificate of the alchemy left by the founding monarch, and his roots were deep in the court and the opposition, so he pretended to be panic-stricken: "Your Majesty, don't get angry, the most important thing is to take care of your body and health."

Jun Shang turned his head in anger, as if he didn't want to see these things in front of him again.He stared at the beams and pillars of the hall next to him without saying a word for a while, but in the end it was still useless. The monstrous anger flooded from his heart, submerging his whole body in invisible resentment.

He closed his eyes.

Suddenly, with a flick of his sleeves, the case table in front of him was completely overturned, cherries and pears rolled all over the floor, and the scrolls were even scattered in disarray.

"roll!"

"..."

"Go away! Go away!"

"……Yes!"

Your Majesty gasped for breath, stared at Tang Xia angrily with his red eyes, and spit out a few words: "Wait a minute."

The ministers stopped.

Junshang: "Xihe Jun, you are left alone."

Soon, only Mo Xi and Junshang were left in the hall. Junshang let out a deep breath, leaned back exhaustedly, leaned back on the dragon chair, and stared blankly at the carved dragon painting. Phoenix's Danzhu Luojin dome.

"Pill book iron certificate... Dan book iron certificate!" Jun Shangnian spat and scolded, "They are all good things left by the ancestors! Relying on these things, one by one is making their own wishful thinking. You are lonely What are you doing raising them? It’s better to raise a group of uniform and thoughtless bamboo warriors! Gu can appoint officials to those bamboo warriors who don’t have a lot of money! Save so many disgusting things!”

"...It's come to this point, Your Majesty, don't talk about these whimsical things anymore."

"What's so whimsical?" Jun Shangyin said angrily, "A man with ambition and no brain is worse than a pig without ambition and no brain!"

Mo Xi pursed his thin lips. Their successor was at the juncture of Chonghua's reform, and the resistance he encountered was almost unprecedented.As soon as there are many people who disagree with you, openly or secretly, you will always have the idea that "it is better to raise a bunch of obedient bamboo warriors than to raise a bunch of obedient bamboo warriors" when you are in a hurry.

Mo Xi sighed secretly, and didn't want to continue arguing with him about this meaningless talk, but asked, "How does Your Majesty plan to fight back next?"

Jun Shang said: "I'm afraid it's not as simple as fighting back."

After he finished speaking, he raised his forehead with his hand, and rubbed his brow bone vigorously: "Mr. Xihe, do you know why Gu has not been able to leave the customs for more than [-] days in a row?"

"Cold syndrome."

"Then why didn't the solitary seek you to cure the cold as usual?"

"I don't know."

Your Majesty sat upright, and his whole body was under the shadow cast by the hanging plaque of the Golden Palace.He said: "Did Xihe Jun drive away the cold for Gu Gu for so many years, have you never wondered how Gu got this disease?"

Mo Xi said, "If you don't tell, I won't ask."

"You have always been cautious in your words and deeds." Your Majesty nodded, "It's just that you easily get confused by your good brother."

After a pause, Your Majesty said again: "Actually, I didn't intend to hide this matter from you, but I felt that it was not time to tell. Now that the situation is in front of me, I should explain it clearly to you."

"Please speak, Your Majesty."

Your Majesty thought it over, sighed and said, "This matter has to start with the old news of the founding of the Liao Kingdom."

"I don't need to go into details about that past, from Chonghua to the octogenarian and down to the Huangkou child, I'm afraid no one is clear about it--the Lord Shentang made an exception and took the slave Huashasha as his apprentice. , was later betrayed by Hua Poan, Hua Poan raised his troops to turn against water, and established himself as the king in the northern border of Chonghua, creating this evil country. Now when it comes to the Liao Kingdom, no one in the Kyushu mainland knows that they are bloody and good at black magic. technique—but.”

Your Majesty raised his head, "Have you ever wondered where the origin of Liao Nation's art is?"

Mo Xi: "Hua Poyin is a magic genius who is rare in a hundred years. He is the first to create most of the black magic that Liao Kingdom is using today."

"Where are there so many firsts? He used to be a slave who knew nothing. Who gave him the enlightenment?"

The answer is obvious: Shen Tang.

Mo Xi frowned and said, "But Shen Tang has never been involved in any crooked methods."

"Whoever says that the source of crooked methods must be crooked methods." Jun Shang said, "Gu Shuai has been lurking in Liao Kingdom for five years. Part of it was completely born out of the magic spells of the demons' legacy, and I found that many of them can see the shadow of Chonghua's spells."

"Just imagine, Hua Poan was an extremely intelligent person back then. This kind of person would not like to learn spells by imitating gourds. After he has mastered Shen Tang's spells, he will definitely study how to make these spells Become more special and powerful. Shen Tang's spells may be just for stability, but Hua Poyin will seek danger and surprise."

Your Majesty said, and casually twirled a golden-red flame in his palm: "For example, this is the Nine Lotus Firework Technique left by Palace Master Shen back then, which can dispel the superficial demonic aura contaminated by mortals. You should be familiar with it." .”

After saying these words, His Majesty's hand suddenly twisted the other two seals, and then the golden red flame went out, and what was held in the palm of his hand was a cloud of blue-black swirling miasma.

Mo Xi suddenly opened his eyes wide: "Fallen Heart Art?"

"That's right." Jun Shang said, "This is the heart-falling formula that I have practiced according to the black magic method records passed down by Gu Qing. You must have been given a lot of headaches by it during the years when you fought against the Liao Kingdom. Because it is exactly the opposite of the Nine Lotus Firework Technique, and it is a spell that can make mortals be corroded by demonic energy."

After finishing speaking, Your Majesty waved away the Falling Heart Jue.

"However, Mr. Xihe, if Gu Mang hadn't passed on the spell catalog of the Falling Heart Jue secretly to Gu, Gu would never have thought that there were only two seals between the firework technique and the Falling Heart Jue. That's all."

Mo Xi was slightly stunned: "...Your Majesty is saying that Hua Poan's many spells still can't get rid of Shen Tang's shadow?"

"That's right, most of the black magic spells in Liao Kingdom have similar origins to Chonghua." Jun Shang said, "He studied under Shen Tang and was born in Chonghua. root system."

"Then let's talk about it again. Do you still remember how Palace Master Shen sacrificed back then?"

"... According to the history books, he was trying to curb a blood monster that Hua Poan bred at that time, and he died with it in the end."

Your Majesty nodded: "The blood monster is ferocious and cruel, and its resentment is astonishing. If it is allowed to develop, it will have the ability to move mountains, fill seas and devour the world. What's more terrible is that it can continue to emit magic breath, affecting hundreds of people in a radius. The minds of the living beings in Yuli are gradually infecting people with hostility and becoming violent and bloodthirsty. The rumors related to it are too shocking. It is said that it is a monster that cannot be killed at all, just like a phoenix nirvana, it can be put to death Younger. So even though it was sealed by Shen Tang back then, the kings of all dynasties in Chonghua were still worried about the existence of that monster. In my father's generation..."

He paused for a moment and said, "Just in case, he started to hide from the courtiers and secretly conducted a trial."

Mo Xi frowned: "Could it be that the first gentleman also wanted to reproduce a blood monster?!"

Your Majesty said: "No."

"Then he..."

"He found a dossier about refining and nurturing spirit beasts in the secret volume of catalogs left by Shen Tang. The spirit beasts recorded on it are very similar to blood monsters, but their abilities are completely opposite. They are beasts that purify the world. "

"My father, the king, wanted to secretly breed this kind of spirit beast that could fight against blood monsters."

This secret was really unexpected, and Mo Xi was speechless for a moment——Lao Jun once wanted to refine a spirit beast similar to the Blood Demon Beast for Chonghua's use?

Mo Xi digested it for a long time before he said: "But since there are such spirit beasts...why didn't Shen Tang practice back then?"

"Because spirit beasts have the ability to purify the world, but the refining process is too cruel and dangerous." Jun Shang said, "So Shen Tang listed it as a forbidden technique, and my father, he also failed to refine it. gone."

"However, in Yigu's opinion, the reason for my father's failure was not only the difficulty of the spell itself. Since ancient times, what has become a major event has been the right time, place and people, and both are indispensable. When my late father cultivated spirit beasts, Shen Tang had passed away for many years. It is difficult to fully decipher the Dharma scroll, which is due to the inconsistency of the weather. At that time, Daze City—that is, the place where Shen Tang sealed the blood beast was still controlled by the Liao Kingdom, and it was impossible to survey the spiritual flow, which was due to the inconsistency of the location. Finally..."

He stopped, and began to turn the dzi beads around his wrist habitually: "After all, this move is too risky. Naturally, my late father will not spread the word to the world and know that he is conducting a trial." Those few people in this group actually had different opinions from the very beginning, and later on, the contradictions became more acute and irresolvable, this is the discord between people."

"With such three differences, it is difficult to achieve anything. So my father's plan has failed. No one knows what happened to the spirit body of the fairy beast that he refined halfway. It may be annihilated by itself, or it may be destroyed by him. It has always been a mystery. The cultivation of spirit beasts has been erased from the history of Chonghua, and the only trace left——" Your Majesty paused and said, "It is the people who had close contact with spirit beasts back then. Little, there have been some mutations."

Mo Xi narrowed his eyes slightly: "...Who are there?"

"This is a special forbidden secret, and it will be destroyed after only one generation, so even an orphan can't fully know it. There are only three people who can be sure." Jun Shang said, the bead string in his hand paused, and a bead was pulled away.

"First, Zhou Xiao."

"Zhou He's father?"

"That's right, Zhou He's father, Zhou Xiao, the former great elder of Sishutai. He should have been the number one master of magic arts who was directly responsible for the cultivation of immortal beasts at that time, and what happened to him was that he became extremely bloodthirsty."

Mo Xi was silent for a while, there were indeed too many bloody rumors about the Zhou family.It's nothing new for Zhou He to like to poke people's brains. As for his father, Zhou Xiao, because he passed away earlier, Mo Xi didn't have much impression of him, but he did remember that the Great Elder was at the end of the year. I always like to eat bloody raw meat at banquets... I didn't expect it to be for this reason.

"Then is Zhou He's cruelty related to this matter?"

"Yes." Your Majesty said, "As long as these mutated monks have too much contact with their direct blood relatives, the influence will infiltrate into each other's body unknowingly. So Zhou He's love of bloody smell is indeed influenced by him. His father Zhou Xiao's infection."

"...What about the second person? Who is the second person?"

"It's Murong Xuan."

Mo Xi was startled: "Murong Lian's father?!"

Your Majesty nodded: "Murong Xuan, as my late father's brother, was also directly involved in this conspiracy back then. But his situation is a bit special, because he quarreled with his late father very early on, and no longer participated in refining. , and died on the battlefield not long after, so the mutation caused by the spirit beast on him was not obvious, nor did it affect Murong Lian in any way. The reason Gu was sure that he was the second person was because of his graveyard."

Speaking of this, Your Majesty turned a few more dzi beads on the bracelet, and continued: "The tombs of heroes in the Battle Soul Mountain are all sealed with white jade. This kind of jade is gentle and pure, and will not be easily corroded. The person buried is as if he was alive, but Xian Wangshu's tomb is an exception."

"The guardian of the mausoleum once came to report to Gu, saying that the jade seal in Xianwangshu's tomb seems to be a fake, and it has begun to age and change color in just over [-] years. So Gu ordered the artisans to rebuild Xianwangshu's tomb. Repair, but unexpectedly after opening the seal stone jade, the craftsman found that the corpse inside was black all over... It has been completely alienated."

Mo Xi frowned when he heard this, and asked, "Does Murong Lian know about the situation?"

"He was not in the imperial capital at the time, so he didn't know about it. Moreover, this matter was too cruel, so Gu didn't tell him later."

"..."

Your Majesty sighed: "In fact, the person sitting in this position has too many secrets to keep. There are some things that I would rather not know....Forget it, let's not mention it, I will tell you about the third one." Personally."

This time, Mo Xi didn't need to talk about it. With the first two cases, the third one is clearly on the horizon.Mo Xi closed his eyes, and said to himself: "...The third person, if I'm not wrong, is Mr. Xianjun himself."

Your Majesty was stunned for a moment, then smiled wryly: "You are right, the third person is the father. The change of the father is——"

"Extremely afraid of the cold."

"……Yes."

At that time, the Chonghua monarch did not know when he became extremely afraid of the cold. He was obviously a monk of the fire department, but he liked to wear a stove and a fur, and the situation became more and more serious every year.

At that time, people thought that he was old and his physique was not as good as before, but they didn't realize that there was such a truth behind it.

Your Majesty said: "At that time, my late father didn't know that his condition was affected by the cultivation of spirit beasts, and he didn't know that this influence would be directly transmitted to his sons. He is the longest living among them, so his impact on the orphan is far more than the influence of the other two fathers on their children."

He lowered his eyelids, stroking the beads with his fingers, and said in a low voice: "I'm young and weak, and I belong to the yin and water spiritual flow, and I suffer from coldness after going back and forth." His voice became softer, and the eyes under the long eyelashes His eyes were like dark rivers flowing with uncertain emotions, and his thin lips opened and closed lightly, "my late father unknowingly brought Gu a life-long illness, but he also learned of Gu's disease because he finally learned of it." , moved the waste storage mind..."

Your Majesty sighed insignificantly, but didn't continue the conversation, the water was dripping quietly from the gutter on the Jinluan Hall.New drops of water fell into the shadows of the pool, shattering the old peace into sparkling waves.

Even a simple individual will have a few secrets that no one knows, let alone a country that has existed for many years?In the past, Mo Xi only knew that Junshang was suffering from this incurable disease, but he never knew what the root cause of this disease was, let alone that he was still involved with Laojun at this time.

He didn't know what to say for a moment.

Your Majesty sighed: "...Forget it, the past is no longer important. What makes Gu feel more critical now is the case of the fall of Daze City."

"You just heard from Gu that Daze City is the hometown where Shen Tang sealed the blood monsters. Since the decisive battle between Shen Tang and Liao Kingdom, it has become a must-fight between Liao Kingdom and Chonghua. Liao Kingdom knows very well that if the To revive their magical beasts from Nirvana, Daze is the place they must master, as for us...whether it is for defense or for research, we should not give up Daze."

"So in the past few hundred years, Chonghua and Liaoguo have fought many battles in Daze, taking turns to occupy this old land. When the first king was in power, Daze was still the land of Liaoguo. Zecheng was brought back under the territory of Chonghua. The first thing Gu did after retaking Daze back then was to secretly send people from the Sijutai to go to Daze City to investigate the traces of the seal of the Blood Demon Beast. "

Mo Xi asked, "What was the result?"

Your Majesty shook his head: "If it is said publicly, I am afraid that the whole Chonghua will be plunged into extreme panic."

He paused, and said in a low voice: "The seal of the blood monster has been lifted."

"!"

"During the more than ten years when the Liao Kingdom ruled Daze, they had successfully unsealed the Blood Demon Beast and rescued it from the abyss of Daze Lake."

Mo Xi's pupils tightened, and he said, "Since the Blood Demon Beast has returned to the Liao Kingdom, why hasn't there been any change in the past ten years?!"

"Although the seal has been lifted, it may be that the Blood Demon Beast has suffered too much injury and has lost too much spirit, so it is still in a state of deep sleep and cannot be driven by the monks of the Liao Kingdom."

"But you understand that the most difficult seals have already been released, and those who have fallen asleep will definitely be able to be awakened again." Your Majesty sighed, and continued, "When I heard this secret report for the first time, I felt anxious. I couldn't sleep well for more than ten days in a row, and I was thinking every day and every night—is it true that the blood monster can't be resurrected at all? Is there a great magician in Liao Kingdom who can seal it for hundreds of years? His spiritual body returned to normal? If so, how long will it take?"

"..."

Your Majesty raised his forehead with his hands, rubbed his browbones, and said in a low voice: "Mr. Xihe, now do you know why Gu is in such a hurry to send an absolutely loyal person to Liao Kingdom as a spy? We must understand Every move of the Blood Demon Beast, otherwise there will be no next Shen Tang who can guard the gate of Chonghua."

Mo Xi asked in a deep voice: "What is the current state of the blood monster?"

"It took Gu Mang a whole year to inquire about it. After the seal was released, the Blood Demon Beast was taken back into the spirit storage bag for storage, but because Shen Tang damaged it too much back then , so even if it is enshrined carefully, its power is still weakening. There is still no sign of recovery."

Seeing Mo Xi's expression relaxed, Jun Shang said: "But don't worry too soon, I always felt that the threat of blood monsters was resolved before Gu, so don't worry too much, until later, the monk of the Sishutai in Daze City secretly Zuo Yugu said that he found a trace of the remnant soul of a blood monster in the sealed lake back then."

After Mo Xi was silent for a while, he suddenly came to his senses.He opened his eyes wide all of a sudden: "So the Blood Demon Beast hasn't awakened so far, not because it's really dying, but because the Liao Kingdom didn't take this wisp of soul?"

"That's right." Jun Shang said, "Back then, the blood monster was shattered by Shen Tang, and a ray of remnant soul escaped from the seal and sank into the lake unconsciously. Because of the lack of this A wisp of soul, Liao Kingdom has been unable to wake up their country's sharp weapon from slumber in just over ten years."

"Thus, this ray of soul has become a very important thing in our competition with Liao Kingdom."

"After Gu learned about this, he immediately ordered people to search for the remnant souls of blood monsters in the lake. However, this behavior was like finding a needle in a haystack. It took six or seven years, and it was only in the past few months that the searched waters were screened to the point that could be investigated. within range."

"It's just that the area is about a hundred miles away. If we continue to search and arrest in the usual way, it will take several months. I just want to get rid of this worry as soon as possible, so I took a risk."

Mo Xi: "...what?"

Your Majesty raised his pale finger and nodded his head: "Calling."

"Gu was infected by a spirit beast when he was a child, and suffered from a cold-blooded disease, but at the same time, he also had some breath of a spirit beast on his body. The blood monster belongs to the same family as the spirit beast. As long as Gu does his best, he can somewhat injure it. To the effect of summoning."

Mo Xi pursed his lips, almost incredulous: "Your Majesty has been unconscious for the past few days, is he trying to sense the traces of the blood monster's remnant soul?"

"Yes, so this time when the cold disease strikes, what Gu needs is not to relieve it in time, but to allow it to develop-the heavier the cold disease, the heavier the spirit beast breath on Gu's body, and the easier it is to perceive the specific nature of the blood monster. Location."

"And just yesterday, Gu just confirmed the exact location of the remnant soul. He wanted to send someone to take it back immediately...but today when Gu went to court, he learned that Daze City had fallen."

The cold air in the hall was suppressed to the extreme with his lips and teeth moving lightly.

Your Majesty closed his eyes, held the armrest of the dragon chair, and the meridians on the back of his hand suddenly protruded. He said solemnly: "Liao Kingdom—it must be the Liao Kingdom who finally discovered the secret that the blood demon beast cannot recover. Now Daze City is in their hands. In his hands, once they succeed in hunting, the last ray of soul falls into Liao Ren's hands, what awaits Chonghua is definitely not a stalemate between one city and two cities, but the replay of Hua Poan's previous battle."

His eyes were filled with misty blood.

"Mr. Xihe, do you understand the seriousness of the relationship? This matter involves the very foundation of the country, and anyone with a second heart will never be able to tell the truth."

"The fall of Daze is far more serious than it appears on the surface. Therefore, General Gu will immediately send troops to recover Daze, and the whole army will be under your command. But you must be clear that the purpose of this trip is not for the city, but for the city. For the remnant soul of the blood monster in the lake—you must find it as quickly as possible."

After a pause, he said: "If it wasn't for this, when the blood demonic beast's souls are gathered together and Nirvana is reborn, let alone Chonghua... the whole world of comprehension will fall into chaos."

"By that time... it is bound to be a catastrophe in Kyushu, and the world will be devastated!"