Yu Wu

Chapter 178

On the second day after the funeral of the Yue family, a giant bird with pitch-black feathers flew over the sky of King Chonghua. The bird was born like an eagle, but except for its wings, it was covered with white fur of beasts.This strange bird didn't know how to enter the country. It fluttered its wings and soared into the clouds. It was so fast that even the fastest sword master couldn't catch up with it.

After the strange bird lingered in the sky above the king's city, it turned into a black wind and disappeared into the clouds. After that, it rained heavily in the king's capital, and it rained for three full days, day and night.

After the rain stopped, many people suddenly fell ill.The Yaoxiu of Shennongtai came to a frightening result after making a judgment one by one——

magic.

Those people were all contaminated with strong demon energy. Chonghua never cultivated demons, so he couldn't control these miasmas. Although Shennongtai could barely purify them, it was just a drop in the bucket.There were too many people who were infected, and many died of the miasma without waiting for treatment at Shennongtai. Some people did not die, but they also became insane.

The monks who had seen Jiumuqin, the national teacher of the Liao Kingdom, all began to speculate, saying that the strange bird was the monster released from one of Jiumuqin's eyes.

Some people also said that this is a newly refined demonic bird from the Liao Kingdom, which can induce clouds to make rain, so that people who have been exposed to rain will be infected with demonic energy.

There were different opinions, and people panicked for a while.

Your Majesty is worried about this, but Jiang Fuli and Mengze are not in the capital at this time, Jiang Fuli has not returned from his travels, and Mengze went to Tangquan Palace in another city to recuperate due to physical discomfort not long ago.Although there were other medicine cultivators in the city, the incident happened suddenly, and it was a disease that had never been encountered before, so those medicine cultivators were very busy, but they were still stretched.

Gu Mang was also affected by the torrential rain, but he has been trying his best to restrain himself and not let himself go out of control.

The situation between Chong Liao became more and more critical day by day, and finally one day, the army of Liao Kingdom Chen deployed on the border of Chonghua assembled and suppressed the border. The soldiers took a dangerous path and chose the shortest and most strange route to attack in the direction of Wangcheng.

Faced with such a precarious situation, there was confusion among the DPRK and China.Some people said that they should rush to the front line to take the initiative to fight, some people said that they should take this opportunity to strengthen the defense of the royal city, and some people even sighed at this time and thought that the location of the royal city was too close to the Liao Kingdom. In order to reduce the war damage, they suggested to abandon the city and move the capital.

These people were usually embroidered pillows, but the heavy rain before had soaked all the grain and grass inside them, and the stench almost permeated outside.

And it was plausible: "If that strange bird reappears and makes the monks sick, how can we fight this battle?"

"Let's evacuate first, keep the green hills, and don't worry about running out of firewood."

"Maybe that strange bird is the new blood demon beast they refined again. Wouldn't it be impossible to win against this direct hedge? At least we must first develop an antidote that can drive away the epidemic and evil spirits before we can confront the Liao Kingdom head-on, otherwise It’s just a waste of combat power.”

A group of people babbled and insisted on their own opinions, like countless heads popping out of a monster, barking and biting each other.Jun Shangzhi was getting a splitting headache from the yelling, and he really couldn't solve the problem of the devil qi disease, so he had to write books one after another to urge Jiang Fuli, who didn't know where he was at ease, to return to the city.

On the eighth day, Jiang Yaoshi finally received the letter and rushed back to the imperial capital.

After three days of retreat, the antidote finally came out.

On this very day, a good news came from Yonglan Pass, saying that the Liao Kingdom's front army had been repulsed, and the Liao army temporarily withdrew to the north of the Huanghe River.The court is quite relieved.The first is to congratulate the king, the second is to distribute medicine, and the third is to discuss the strategy of the battle again. So I sent a message to the kings of the city to hold a banquet in the Jinluan Hall of the palace at Xushi tonight, and give medicine to discuss matters at the banquet.

Mo Xi originally didn't want to go to this banquet.His dislike for His Majesty has reached the extreme, and the reason why he has not yet settled accounts with His Majesty is because of the turmoil in the country, internal and external troubles, and Gu Mang's recent physical condition is also very poor. The plan to go to Lin'an to find Yin Yin Daxiu was also delayed.

He was worried about Gu Mang's health, but he was also worried about entrusting it to others for treatment. It happened that Mengze was not in the imperial capital - I heard that Mengze fell ill as soon as they left, and had to go to Tangquan Palace to recuperate and rest.

So since Jiang Fuli would also appear at the banquet, and he would also bring medicine to resist the evil energy, Mo Xi thought about it, and decided to take Gu Mang with him.

After all, wearing a mask is a bit boring. When Gu Mang was sitting in the carriage, he pushed up the mask, revealing a pair of misty blue eyes, resting his chin on the shadow of the lamp shaking outside the bamboo curtain.The other hand has been playing with the little bamboo warrior that Murong Chuyi left him.

Gu Mang has two most precious things, one is this bamboo warrior, and the other is that kit of unknown origin.

This kit, Mo Xi has been paying attention to it since the first time he saw it in Luomei Bieyuan, but whether Gu Manghui has recovered his consciousness or not, he has never told him the origin of this kit. He only said pitifully, "I don't have any impression, I can't remember it at all, I only know it is very important."

Every time Mo Xi looked at his aggrieved appearance, he couldn't say anything more, and later on he was even more unwilling to provoke him, so he had no choice but to hold back so that he wouldn't get sulking when he saw the bag.

Gu Mang probably also noticed his displeasure afterwards, so he showed him the items in the kit—actually, there were no rare items at all, just a piece of pure white shell coin with a faint " fire".

"Did a fire magician give it to you?"

Gu Mang shook his head, pursed his mouth and muttered, "I just don't know", while putting the shellfish back, he put the kit bag back close to his body.

"I just think I like it very much, and I can't lose it."

And who gave it to him, made him like it so much, made him want to put it down just like Murong Chuyi's Bamboo Warrior, it is still a mystery.

When we arrived at the Golden Luan Hall, all the powerful people had almost arrived, but they still seemed deserted.

Mo Xi had participated in many banquets in Chonghua, and he rarely saw a scene as bleak as tonight - Needless to say, Yue Chenqing did not come to the banquet at all.The seat of Princess Mengze is also vacant, and there is Wangshu Mansion...

Seeing the position that belonged to Murong Lian, Mo Xi couldn't tell what it was like.From what he saw and heard in Lin'an, he already knew that Murong Lian was Gu Mang's other elder brother, and his blood relationship was even closer than that of Murong Chuyi. Blown into the wind, dispersed into mist.

No one could figure out what he was thinking.

Since childhood, Murong Lian has often bullied and tortured Gu Mang, and even threw him to Luomei Bieyuan to humiliate Gu Mang after he returned to the city. It seemed that the more he suppressed Gu Mang, the more humble he was, the more at ease he would be. .But Gu Mang was really in danger, and he didn't want to, and he would save him if he wanted to die.

There are nobles whispering around.

"Hey, have you heard? Mr. Wang Shu seems to be dying soon."

"Really? Didn't Your Majesty have already sent the best monks from Shennongtai to treat him? How could he..."

"I've been holding my breath all this time, Your Majesty is also doing his best for him."

"Who else cares about him except Your Majesty, his popularity is so bad."

The red-lacquered banquet table with cloud-legged legs was empty, and Mo Xi suddenly thought that after Mrs. Zhao's death, Murong Lian had no one to love. It's just that he is afraid of his subordinates.

I don't know what Gu Mang means to Murong Lian.

After the banquet was over, Your Majesty and Jiang Fuli came out from the back room together.Jiang Fuli has been wandering abroad for a long time, it seems to be a little more simple, probably because of the critical fate of the country, he is not as rebellious as usual, but stands quietly next to the king, with a big Tsing Yi, wide sleeves drawn down, and lowered eyes Eyes, a rare calm and reliable appearance.

"To call you here today, distributing the antidote is the first thing, and the second is to expect you to figure out a way to deal with it." Jun Shang took a seat on the gilt nanmu armchair, "As for the advice to retreat without a fight. "

He raised his eyes sullenly: "If anyone wants to say it, there is no need to say it."

The veteran doves glanced at each other silently with their eyelids drooping.

The general had a panoramic view of this undercurrent, and said with a sneer, "Are you still winking at each other? The reason why you retreated before was that the miasma was hard to get rid of. I think that's the case, but now Jiang Yaoshi has refined the antidote." When I came out, I was still thinking about retreating. Is that why you are so afraid?"

An old nobleman said tremblingly: "Your Majesty, Liao broke his promise this time and used the forbidden technique arbitrarily. His intention is to take back their last ray of blood monster soul. In fact, we can do nothing to kill that blood monster. Hun made some manipulations, and then returned it to Liao Kingdom, so that they would not overwhelm the army and fight me to the death. As for the blood monster, because it was damaged by us, Liao Kingdom will not be able to restore it for a while. Then the Great War can be dragged on for another ten or eight years—”

Jun Shang chuckled: "What are you doing for ten or eight years?"

"Well, in ten or eight years, anything is possible. Chonghua can try to interrupt their plan to resurrect the blood beast, or study the fairy beast catalog left by Palace Master Shen, and refine the fairy beast to fight against it. In short The veteran thinks that Chonghua is now at a time when it is weak, and it is really not suitable to strike a stone with an egg, so I hope you will think twice."

Your Majesty laughed and said, "Yushu-jun, watching alone for ten or eight years is not to give Chonghua time to prepare, but to provide for your old man, right? Look at your age, after ten or eight years, it will be about the same." It's time to return, after you drive the crane west, how can you care about the flood?"

Yu Shujun was stabbed in the heart by the king, and suddenly changed color, but he still insisted: "Your Majesty, the sky can learn from you, the old minister's loyalty—"

Jun Shang is still smiling, but there is no smile in his eyes: "Well, let's drag it on."

"Your Majesty—!"

The smile disappeared, and the man on the throne looked extremely cold, almost as if his whole body was exuding a slight chill.

"Gu said, drag him down for me."

"Yes!"

"Jiang Yaoshi's antidote doesn't need to be left in the king's house anymore." The king said indifferently, "Anyone who says the Lord's resignation will be dismissed and returned to the field as soon as possible, but it's natural, the medicine, the lonely I won’t give it to you, whoever is willing to stand up for Chonghua and do things for the people, the lonely person is willing to protect someone’s life. Like Yu Shujun, who wants to go home and farm in a quiet corner..."

There was a cold light in his eyes, and his white teeth clicked lightly.

"Then ask for blessings."

The potion that can disperse the evil spirit and save life is in Junshang's hands, and those who wanted to chatter all shut up for a while.

Your Majesty looked around the entire hall with a pair of eagle eyes, and then smiled again: "If you are always like this, so uniform and obedient to your words, then Chonghua will unify Kyushu and the world will be peaceful, and there will be hope."

When Mo Xi heard this, he couldn't help feeling disgusted.

Whatever the king says will eventually lead to the happiness of the people and the well-being of the people. Although he knew beforehand that the king's heart is unpredictable and what he said cannot be completely true, he didn't know that he could be so hypocritical.In fact, in the final analysis, the king's attitude towards the black demon is not a "useful" attitude at all, but a "greedy" attitude. Gu Mang once risked so much pain to collect spells for him, I am afraid that the king has been coveting for a long time s things.

The peace of the world is a lie, it is a cliché, it is a banner for him to drive loyal ministers and heroes, and the unification of Kyushu is the true word of this man.

Since there was no one to retreat for the time being, Your Majesty ordered Jiang Fuli to distribute the exorcism medicine in the brocade box to the owners of each mansion one by one.While waiting, Gu Mang sat next to Mo Xi, his blue eyes quietly following Jiang Fuli's movements.

"Why do you keep looking at him?"

Gu Mang said: "What did he post? Everyone seems to want it."

Mo Xi explained, "It's medicine."

"Isn't the medicine very bitter?" Gu Mang frowned, "Why are you waiting to take this...will we have it too?"

Mo Xi raised his hand and touched his head: "I'll find a way for you to get some sweets."

Seeing Gu Mang nodding his head in satisfaction, Mo Xi sighed inwardly, and turned his eyes to Jiang Fuli who was distributing the medicine in the distance.He planned to talk to Yaoshi Jiang alone after the banquet, wondering if there was any way to relieve Gu Mang's condition.

Jiang Fuli was talking to Mr. Changfeng. After the battle in Huntian Cave, Xiao Lan'er has been in a coma until now. Her spirit core was taken away by Jiang Yexue and made into a puppet. This small body has endured too much suffering .Mr. Changfeng regretted it a lot because of this, and worried about his daughter's health these days. He pulled Jiang Fuli and kept saying something, but Jiang Fuli always replied indifferently, only replied a few words, and finally simply pulled his sleeves leave.

It's just that during the conversation between him and Changfeng-jun, a small grain of exorcism medicine he handed to Changfeng-jun accidentally dropped on the ground. Changfeng-jun obviously didn't get the answer he wanted, and he was so sad that he didn't want to care about his own life, so he ignored it at all. Where did this exorcism pill roll?

Jiang Fuli glanced at him, and didn't intend to talk to him, just picked up the medicine for him from the ground, pushed it with his long fingers, put it back at the banquet table, and then turned around and went to the next table.

But Mo Xi, who had witnessed the whole process, vaguely felt that something was wrong. Before he could figure out what was weird, a creepy intuition crawled up first.

He stared at Jiang Fuli and couldn't see anything unusual, but he felt that there seemed to be something very important and simple wrong, but he couldn't remember it for a while.

Something is wrong with Jiang Fuli, something is very wrong, what exactly is it...

Just as he was frowning and thinking deeply, he suddenly heard an erratic and cold voice outside the gate of the Golden Luan Hall——

"Put down the medicine in your hands. Don't take any of them."

Everyone was startled, and looked out the door in unison.

But I saw a man in a sapphire blue robe slowly climbing up the steps, with fox-like brows and eyes, and a sleepy expression. He looked very weak, but at least he was able to walk and move, and his mind was clear.

Someone shouted in surprise: "Oh, Mr. Wang Shu?!"

Who is this man who walked slowly, not Murong Lian who was rumored to be dying from a serious illness?