Chapter Ninety-Six: Weeping Bitterly
"What's going on?" Ji Zheng frowned.
Wu Yi poked out his head and glanced down, this kind of scene, he has seen a lot these days, and he no longer has the shock at the beginning: "This was originally the Mao Republic of China, but now it has become a county within the border of Tongbai Kingdom." In several nearby villages, the villagers have either been captured as demon armies, or have long fled into the mountains. In order to prevent those peasants from coming back to continue to live, Fu Ji deliberately promulgated a scorched earth policy and ordered people to burn their hometown, and then they became homeless. β
"This concubine committed such a evil deed for her own selfishness. Ji Zheng has never seen this Fu Ji, but from Wu Cheng = Yi's description of this person's crimes, he feels that this person is heinous and unforgivable.
"So stop him, or the natives of the entire Western Continent will be enslaved by him, and the people of this land will live under his reign of terror for a long time. "Wu Yi hated it.
Wu Yi also hated Fu Ji, if it weren't for his temptation, how could Wu Shan go astray and betray the Wizard Alliance? Everyone else knows that Wu Ling treats Wu Shan like a son, but they may not know that Wu Yi values Wu Shan more than himself, this time he automatically asked Ying to go to Pangu City, just to find an opportunity to persuade Wu Shan to come back, with his help to intercede, the alliance leader should be able to open the net.
"That's how it should be. Ji Zheng nodded, but he didn't know that Wu Yi had other thoughts in his heart.
As you fly forward, you can see almost the same as you can see along the road, villages are burned, towns are destroyed, farmland is barren and grassy, there are almost no people on the road, and there are several groups of loosely walked black-clad soldiers patrolling the road with various farm tools......
According to Wu Yi, this is an ordinary demon army, mainly transformed from ordinary people, and belongs to the demon army with the weakest combat effectiveness.
"Can they change back?" After Ji Zheng heard this, he felt his heart broken, how innocent these people were, they have been working their duty, but they didn't expect to be turned into a demon army in the end, and ended up in this miserable end.
"If you have just been infected by the demonic energy, you can save it, as long as you use witchcraft to force the demonic energy out, but these people have been a demon army for a long time, and the demonic energy has invaded the whole body, and it can't be saved. Speaking of this, Wu Yi's face actually had a sad look.
The Witch Alliance sent wizards to save these people several times, but they were intercepted by the army sent by Fu Ji, and there were dark wizards hidden in these armies, and they made a secret move, forcing the white wizards to retreat step by step, and they could only watch these ordinary people fall into the devil and become a demon army like the walking dead.
Wu Yi never understood what the leader of the Wu Qian Alliance was doing.
After Fu Ji sat on the throne of Tongbai Kingdom, Wu Qian did not agree to send more wizards to repel the demon army, seeing that under the leadership of Fu Ji, the demon army expanded step by step, and the strength increased step by step, and now, Fu Ji conquered several countries adjacent to Tongbai Country, and the hall masters of the wizard alliance felt threatened and began to pay attention to it, but it was too late, there were a large number of demon armies, and dark wizards were in charge, and Fu Ji had formed a force that could not be ignored.
As a last resort, Wu Yi proposed a plan to assassinate Fu Ji.
Capture the thief and capture the king first, as long as you kill Fu Ji, the demon army will be self-defeating, and the dark wizard will no longer cooperate with them......
It's just that a person of sufficient weight must be sent to make Fu Ji pay attention, and Wu Yi proposed to let Ji Zheng personally go to Pangu City to negotiate. He just made a suggestion, not necessarily because he had to do it, but he didn't expect that several hall masters and even alliance leaders who were present at the meeting agreed.
If Ji Zheng is in danger, the entire Witch Alliance will be in vain, and these high-level wizards who have been wandering in the Shanhai Continent for decades or even a hundred years will not understand this truth, and as a result, they will not even oppose it......
Wu Yi doesn't know if they are very confident that they can protect Ji Zheng, or if they have other ideas in their hearts, if the former is fine, if the latter, Wu Yi doesn't dare to think about it at all.
In any case, the assassination was carried out step by step......
The group flew over mountains and rivers, flew over villages and towns, flew over the Mao Republic and Yuming Kingdom, and finally arrived at the territory of Tongbai Kingdom.
"His Royal Highness Ji Zheng. "Wuxi has never seen Ji Zheng, but he recognized him at a glance, there are two young people here who have never seen him, and the other one's temperament is too lazy, which is really not in line with the identity of the prince.
"This is Wu Xi, the eldest disciple of the master of Wugang Hall, and the news of Fu Ji was inquired about by them. Wu Yi jumped down first, and then Fu Ji got off the plane.
"I've seen Senior Brother Wuxi. Ji was talking here, but he heard the sound of vomiting coming from the side.
As soon as Li Yun got off the plane, his legs were weak, he knelt on the ground disobediently, held on to the wings and vomited wildly, and the wizard beside him kept caressing his back, comforting him softly, and Li Yun vomited even more.
Ji Zheng saw that Li Yun vomited so badly, and felt strange, Wu Yi happened to see this scene too, and said with a smile: "Maybe it's afraid of heights." β
Wu Lie walked over and asked Wuxi loudly, "What has changed in Pangu City?"
Wu Xi respectfully saluted Wu Lie before saying: "No, Fu Ji was patrolling by Jianmu Lake, and after receiving the letter from the alliance leader, he rushed back to Pangu City overnight, and after returning to Fengluan Hall to rest, he never showed his face again, and the hall master was still staring at him in the city." β
"What about the group of people who climbed Baoshan, where are they hiding?"
"I haven't been able to find out what they're hiding yet......"
"A bunch of rice buckets, I can't even find this. Wu Lie had a hot temper, and he had a sentence in his heart, but he didn't expect that Wu Xi and the other wizards had a big change in their faces after hearing this, and several wizards wanted to refute, but they were stopped by others.
Wu Yi saw the looks of these sorcerers, and he didn't want to get involved in the struggle between these sects, so he was silent.
Wuxi Xi turned a deaf ear to Wu Lie's scolding, and instead said with a smile: "Wu Lie Hall Master, dark wizards are good at hiding and anti-tracking, and we have indeed done our best. β
"Hmph. Wu Lie flicked his long sleeves, and it was not good to attack again.
Wu Yi sighed in his heart: It is worthy of being a smiling tiger, and he easily resolved Wu Lie's question.
"We're not Pangu here. Ji Zheng looked at the hills, the surrounding area was empty, the trees were dry, the river was very dirty, and even the air seemed to be mixed with a black gloomy smell, which was completely different from before.
Wu Yi said: "These planes are the only ones we have left, they are extremely precious, if one is lost, the alliance leader will be heartbroken, for the sake of prudence, let's put the plane here, this is one of the offices of the Witch Alliance placed in Tongbai Country, there are many wizards to protect it, there should be no problem." β
Ji Zheng nodded, a wizard had already brought a carriage to Ji Zheng.
Bai Gu Feng had already sent them a message yesterday, asking them to prepare the carriage and dry food.
Ji Zheng was about to get into the carriage, but saw that Li Yun was still vomiting wildly, worried about his body, so he asked, "Do you want to wait until you vomit clean before we set off?"
"No, I'm used to it. Li Yun's stomach had already been emptied, but the feeling of dizziness was still there, even the bitter bile water was vomited, and he kept retching, and then he thought of why Wu Qian advised him not to eat breakfast last night, it turned out that he had already known that this would happen.
"This hypocrisy. Li Yun secretly scolded Wu Qian in his heart, he knew that it was so uncomfortable to take this plane, and he would never go up.
Wu Yi ordered someone to help Li Yun get on the horse, and then sent someone to take care of him, which was the solution to this matter, and everyone got on their horses and ran to Pangu City.
There was nothing to do all the way, and the villages and towns encountered were all so dirty, almost no one lived, and even if there were, they were old, weak, sick and disabled, and those who could escape had already fled, and the strong men and women who could not escape were also captured as demon troops, and those who could not escape were all old people who were dying, waiting for death in place.
When did Ji Zheng see such cruelty, every time he went to a place, he felt a little more uncomfortable, but he really couldn't do anything, so he had to bear this pain silently in his heart.
Wu Yi knew that Ji Zheng was benevolent and righteous, and he was most unaccustomed to seeing other people's suffering, and when he saw this situation, he felt very uncomfortable, but the more this was the case, the more he had to stay calm and not be distracted, so he discussed with Ji Zheng many times on the road how to negotiate with Fu Ji, what to say and what to do, and he said it clearly.
This assassination incident is very important, and Ji Zheng and many wizards should be on the scene, and every step must not be wrong, so they must be able to deal with it with all their strength.
In Wu Yi's plan, Li Yun assassinated Fu Ji, whether it succeeded or not, it will definitely cause panic, this is the best chance to escape, Li Yun succeeds the best, even if he fails, he has to leave immediately, then he will deal with Wu Shan, Wu Lie and Wu Gang will deal with the possible ghost three, and the rest of the wizard disciples will deal with His Royal Highness's guards, and at the same time, the wizards guarding outside the hall will meet with the wizards in the inner hall to help them kill the Dragon Elephant Palace, not only that, Wu Qian also arranged wizards outside the city, as long as the wizards outside the hall send a signal, they will drive the paper crane to pick up the wizards in the palaceγ
After passing through several villages and small towns, the number of pedestrians on the road gradually increased, among them there were almost no adult men, and the most were women, these people walked hurriedly with their heads down, and occasionally a few of them looked up, also with black faces and blank eyes.
Ji Zheng lowered the curtain and sighed softly.
Wu Yi asked, "What's wrong?"
"No, when I first climbed southern Xinjiang, what I saw along the way was completely different from what I saw today, the people were simple and simple, and the people were poor and happy, but I didn't expect that it was just half a year, and it became this miserable appearance today. The more Ji Zheng spoke, the more heartache he felt, war really brought disaster, especially Fu Ji's unscrupulous way of warfare, which turned an adult man into a member of the demon clan, and this crime alone was enough to go to the eighteenth layer of hell.
"As long as you kill Fu Ji, everything will be restored to its original state. Wu Yi heard that Ji Zheng was so emotional, and sighed with him.
"Hopefully. "Ji Zhengdao.
The carriage shook and swayed forward, and passed another town, and there were more and more pedestrians on the road, and gradually there were more and more men in the prime of life, and the pedestrians on the street all kept their mouths closed, and did not say hello when they met, and their eyes dodged each other, as if they were afraid that they would cause trouble if they opened their mouths.
In front of them is Wangjiang City, from here, there are troops stationed, these soldiers in black uniforms, holding halberds, pale faces, red eyes, the cold breath of death exudes from their bodies, and their every step and every movement is as uniform as a machine. Walking by their side, ordinary people had to walk around the road carefully, for fear that if they accidentally touched it, they would be killed on the spot.
"This is the Orange Flame Demon Army, one of Fu Ji's elite troops. Wu Cheng explained to Ji Zheng.
The marching team was stopped, and it took a while to head into the city again, and if you want to pass through Mochizuki City, you have to walk through the central street, if not, Wu Yi doesn't want to enter the city at all, so take a detour.
There are suddenly a lot more pedestrians on the street, but they are also silent, like zombies, the shouting of the hawkers in the past, the figures of children playing, and the scenes of adults drinking and chatting, are completely gone, and they are replaced by the submissiveness of the crowd, which is completely worthy of the reputation of the second largest city in Tongbai Country.
Every once in a short distance, there are demon armies patrolling the streets, and whenever they encounter the demon army, the people have to retreat to the side of the street and make way for them.
"City of the Living Dead. Wu Yi saw that Ji Zheng's face was worried, so he said to him, "In order to make the people submit to him, he used a high-pressure policy to tighten the nerves of the people so that they did not dare to resist." β
"I don't understand, what if Fu Ji unifies the Shanhai Continent? Every city is like a tomb, the people have lost their vitality and live like dead people, will he be happy?" Ji Zheng frowned, expressing his incomprehension of what Fu Ji had done.
Throughout the ages, there has been no shortage of princes and generals who want to become the lord of a country, but when they are competing for the throne, at most they are only killing the enemy's army and enslaving their people.
"Fu Ji's enthusiasm for power is perverted, this person has fallen into the devil, and his methods are extremely cruel, His Highness must be careful to deal with it. Wu Yi reminded Ji Zheng again.
"I'm going to be in good spirits. Ji Zheng sat up straight, and his righteousness was awe-inspiring, "For the sake of the people of Tongbai Country, even if I try my best, I will stop him." β
The carriage went out of the city and went all the way north, when several people rushed out on the road and shouted at the convoy, asking them to save Tongbai and not let Fu Ji continue to plague him.
Just as they were crying in pain, a group of black horsemen galloped in the distance, raising their scimitars high, and the snow-bright blades fell high with the golden wind.