The group continued to drive the next day, walking at the standard marching speed, and after walking for two and a half days, they finally saw the Qingyang Forest, the long woods meandered down the Qingjiang River, and there was no end in sight at a glance, the Qingyang Ferry was at the end of the forest, and the Xian Ba Ferry on the opposite bank looked at each other.

"There will be half a day to get to Qingyang Ferry. Mu Fang grinned at Wushan.

"Don't take it lightly. Wushan reminded Mu Fang in a low voice.

"I know that if someone wants to do something bad, hiding in the Qingyang Forest is the easiest. Mu Fang touched his big head, turned his head and instructed the lieutenant general Ling Shu, "Keep the formation and pass quickly." ”

"Yes, General. "Zero Tree took the order and left.

"The general really plans to cross the Qingjiang River at night?" Wu Shan rode a green horse and rode side by side with Mu Fang.

The two took the lead and walked at the front of the line.

It was when the sun was sinking, and the western glow was dyed red, and the setting sun stretched their shadows long, and several ravens flew through the air, croaking a few times.

"This is arranged by His Majesty, and the monarch will send troops to Jiangzhong at the same time to meet him. Mu Fang has always had a good impression of wizards, and he also respects the genius wizards from the Witch Alliance, and when he mentioned it, he couldn't help but ask: "Does the Great Wizard of Wushan think it's inappropriate?"

Wushan pondered for a while before he said, "According to King Mingshang, I was invited to participate in the exorcism ceremony, and in fact, I had another task assigned to me, which was to escort the princess to the north. ”

"Ah, so Your Majesty told you. Mu Fang thought it was strange, if this was the case, why didn't Wushan chat with the princess disguised in the carriage. The two of them didn't have any intersection along the way, they didn't even make eye contact, let alone talk.

Mu Fang heard that the two of them are childhood sweethearts.,This shouldn't be.。

Wu Shan smacked.

Mu Fang said again: "According to the king's request for us to walk openly, doesn't this tell the demons that there are strange things? Everyone knows that Pangu City has just been attacked by the demons, but our Xuangui Clan has ignored it, and leaving at this sensitive moment makes it easier for people to think about it." However, the journey went so smoothly that I didn't encounter any obstacles, and I was scratching my head. ”

"It's not that there isn't, it's that the enemy is too patient to take action. Wushan comforted Mu Fang.

Mu Fang had already obtained information, and many people followed this army along the way, but now he only knew that there was an enemy but did not act, and the enemy was dark and clear, which made him very stressed.

"General, after a round of searching, I found no Tibetans in the woods. "The scouts who have spread out have come back and report back to Mufang.

"Keep searching, and any danger must be eliminated. ”

"Yes, General. The scout was gone again.

"If someone really wants to make trouble, Qingyang Forest is indeed the best place. "Wushan has never been here, and I am not familiar with the terrain, but I saw that the forest was mostly straight and tall eucalyptus, tall and thin, and there were few horizontal branches straight up, and the leaves were all falling, and it was bare, and if someone hid in the tree, it was easy to be found.

"Yes, although I have passed by this place many times, but every time I pass by in a hurry, I always feel that this place is very evil. Mu Fang glanced back at the carriage swaying through the forest.

"Oh, is that what you say?"

"Tongbai and Xuanyuan fought here, and finally repelled Xuanyuan, but paid the price of 100,000 soldiers' lives, I heard that this is the place where 100,000 corpses were buried, in order to commemorate these soldiers who sacrificed their lives for the country, and in order to bury so many corpses, the necromantic general Fu Feng at that time ordered people to dig soil from the surrounding area to bury it, and plant trees, each tree represents a soldier, so there is also a saying here that there are 100,000 blood forests. ”

"That's why there's a hillside in the middle of the plain?"

"Exactly. ”

While the two were talking, Wu Shan's face suddenly became very solemn and looked at the eastern sky.

Mu Fang followed and looked over, but it was empty.

"Wu Yan, gather all the juniors and prepare for battle. Wu Shan turned back and greeted Wu Yan.

"Is it black magic?" the witch felt as well.

"Hmm. Wu Shan jumped off his horse as he spoke, and took out a scepter from his horse.

"General Mufang, we don't know how long we will fight in a minute, so please escort Prince Ji Zheng and Princess Biluo away first. ”

"I didn't see the enemy...... Mu Fang was talking, suddenly the snowflake that had accompanied him for many years went crazy, raised his forelimbs high, and threw him to the ground, the other war horses seemed to be endlessly frightened, all of them were like this, frantically dumped their old comrades for many years, neighed and trampled on them, and then left with a sad roar.

Before Mu Fang could react to what was going on, he felt a vibration underground, first very slightly, then it became larger, and then it became extremely strong, as if the whole earth was shaking, and thin cracks were showing on the ground.

"Don't let them out. Wu Shan shouted at the wizards behind him, muttering the terms quickly, trying to hit them before they came out.

"There's someone over there. A soldier shouted, and far in front of them, there were more than a dozen figures in black cloaks.

Mu Fang also saw those figures, he only felt incredulous, obviously the scouts had explored many times, and the report results did not find anyone hiding in the forest, could these people have come out of the ground?

"Hell, hell, hell. "Some soldiers shouted in panic.

More than one soldier was dragged to the ground by the five-fingered white bones that came up from the earth, and then more ghost claws grabbed their necks and hearts, and the sharp bone claws scratched through the flesh at once, and the blood suddenly flowed out.

After all, Mu Fang was a general, so he quickly stabilized his emotions, and after cutting off two black and yellow palm bones with a knife, he shouted at his subordinates: "All soldiers, go to the ground and sweep away the ghost claws." ”

Almost at the same time, dozens of barbarians rode strange beasts from a distance, and in a few breaths, they had already rushed in front of everyone, in front of these barbarians, the Xuan Turtle Division, who had no time to set up a formation, was not their opponent at all, and they had to take care of the attack from the underground, and there was no one who could resist them.

They went straight to Prince Ji Zheng's carriage, and their goal was clear.

Li Qing and Sun Yun have long seen the power of the barbarians, seeing them rushing over, their hearts sank at the same time, this time I am afraid that they will be here, the two stood in front of the carriage with swords, and after seeing the barbarians, they greeted them, and after slashing and killing the three barbarians, Li Qing was cut in two by the barbarians, and Sun Yun was stabbed in the left chest by a long knife and fell to the ground on the spot.

After the other warriors of the Xuangui tribe were slashed and killed, they dispersed in a hurry, and the barbarian leader pulled out Prince Ji Zheng, who was trembling on the carriage, and rode away on a strange beast.

At that moment, a long arrow flew from a long distance, cleverly dodging the dense crowd and shooting into another carriage in the midst of the chaos.

The eldest Wu Yuan walked quickly to Wu Shan's side: "It's the dark wizard." ”

After a short attack, this group of dark wizards who suddenly appeared suddenly disappeared, and those bone claws instantly retracted back into the ground, as if they had never appeared, leaving only the soldiers of the Qinglong Department who were constantly injured**, and the soldiers who were not injured helped their injured colleagues heal.

Wu Yuan's worries did not stop there, those barbarians suddenly came and snatched Ji Zheng, but they didn't expect it, and this time it was troublesome, annoying the most powerful country in Kyushu.

"Are you alright?" asked Mu Fang as he walked over to the carriage.

"I'm fine. The girl in the carriage lifted the hood, her left hand on her right shoulder, and a long feather arrow passed through her shoulder, and her expression was painful, but she gritted her teeth and did not snort.

And at this moment, dozens of long arrows flew from the sky, shooting towards the carriage like a rain of arrows, and Zero Tree hurriedly swung his sword to resist these long arrows, and at the same time reminded everyone to be careful.

Mu Fang jumped out of the carriage with the girl in his arms, and dozens of long arrows aimed at them, forcing the two to hide behind the carriage.

"Thousands of miles to track, kill. Wu Shan had been searching intently before, and after feeling the location of the person who shot the arrow, he immediately resorted to witchcraft to freeze the person.

Seeing that Wushan had successfully cast a spell, Wu Yuan immediately led a few clansmen to search for those archers, and Ling Shu followed with dozens of subordinates.

Wu Shan was relieving his breath, but he heard Mu Fang's sad and angry voice: "Princess, don't." ”

Several other wizards hurried around, and the girl was blackened and out of breath.

"Arrows are poisonous. Wu Shan looked at the arrowhead that had been pulled out, and it was black and shiny.

"I'm going to kill those people. Mu Fang's eyes were red, and he was about to burst into flames. Princess Biluo is the only daughter of the king of Fuyi, and now that she is so easily killed, how can he explain to the king of Fuyuan.

"General Mufang, don't be impulsive. Wu Shan grabbed Mu Fang and pressed him hard.

The tall Mu Fang suddenly couldn't move, and was stunned: "Wushan Great Wizard ......"

Wu Shan shook his head: "Wait a minute." ”

Over there, Wu Rong brought back a tall, thin young man.

Seeing that the girl collapsed to the ground, her whole body was black, and she had lost her breath, and Ling Shu, who had followed him all the way, kicked him to the ground with hatred.

"Did you catch just one?" asked Mu Fang.

"The murderer is him. Wu Yuan also saw the dead princess, and he was not in a good mood.

"How is it possible, so many long arrows just now?" Mu Fang was stunned.

"He's a member of the Feathered Clan. Zero Tree ripped off his clothes, and a pair of feathered wings slowly spread out in the wind on his back.

"Alas. Mu Fang hammered the ground hard and sat on the ground weakly.

The Feather Race is born to be a sharpshooter, not only accurate, long range, the attack distance of the human archer is not more than 100 zhang, usually the attack distance of the Feather Race is at least 200 zhang away, and some powerful clansmen can even attack to a distance of 300 zhang, remember, it is an apple placed on the arrow target 300 zhang away. The more powerful clansmen have more exquisite archery skills, and can shoot five pots of long arrows in one go, the effect is like a rain of arrows fired by several people, but the visual impact is more shocking.

Zelian was undoubtedly a member of the Feathered Human Clan with such superb archery skills, and he lowered his head and let Zero Tree kick or fight without saying a word.

"Lock him up first, remember not to let him kill himself. Mu Fang sighed weakly, and now that he had to go back and ask His Royal Highness for his guilt in person, he could make up for his mistakes.

"General Kifang. Wu Shan came over at this time.

"Alas, I will take him back to His Majesty. ”

"What about Xuanyuan?"

"I'll also send someone to explain the situation to them. ”

"Hmm. ”

"It's all because we failed to do a good job of escorting the mission, Your Majesty will condemn it, I'm not afraid, but I'm just worried about delaying Your Majesty's big event. ”

Wu Shan let Mu Fang talk to himself and said to him: "Ask this Feather Clan first, you should be able to find some clues." ”

Zelian's forehead and face were blue and red, and there were still undried blood stains on the corners of his mouth, and he closed his mouth tightly.

"Who is the mastermind behind the scenes?" Wu Shan looked up at him, Wu Shan's height was already outstanding among ordinary people, but he was a head taller than Wu Shan.

Zelian didn't speak.

Wu Shan asked again.

Zelian looked at Wushan at this time, her eyes were confused, and she spoke weakly: "I don't know." ”

"It must have been sent by the Feather Clan, do you still need to ask?" Ling Shu huffed and kicked Zelian again, kicking him to the ground, Mu Fang and Wushan were in front of him, he didn't dare to push too hard.

"Then why kill her?" Wu Shan was not angry, he pointed to the maid covered in charcoal black.

Zelian still didn't speak.

"Did you know that there is a kind of witchcraft that can torture souls?" Wu Shan asked lightly.

Zelian looked at Wu Shan with a serious look, and suddenly laughed silently, and the exposed teeth were still mixed with bloodshots.

Wu Shan didn't feel insulted, turned his head to Mu Fang and said, "I want to torture his soul, it will take time unknown, please General Mu Fang be patient." ”

Mu Fang hurriedly said that there was no problem.

Wu Shan waved his hand to Zelian's eyes, and the eyes of the Yuren clan widened, and they stood motionless. Wu Shan closed his eyes and followed himself into a state of concentration.

Mu Fang thought that Wushan would take a long time, and was about to sit down and think about how to report to the king, when he saw Wushan open his eyes.

"How's it going?" Mu looked at Wushan.

"No useful information was found, his soul had been cleansed by a dark wizard using black magic. ”

"What does that mean?" Mu Fang didn't know anything about witchcraft.

This means that the man is already a fool. Wu Rong said.

"Isn't it useless to catch him?" Mu Fang felt even more frustrated, he caught the murderer, but he couldn't find any clues, which meant that he didn't do anything.

"Maybe the king will have a way. Wushan said.

"Yes, Your Majesty must have a way. Mu looked at the essence of his eyes, and in his impression, there really seemed to be nothing that His Majesty could not do.

"There should be other clues on him. ”

"Of course, we will definitely search strictly, never let go of any clues, and we must find the forces behind the scenes. Mu Fang said in a righteous manner, he saw Wushan frowning, as if he still had doubts, and immediately said to him, "Your Majesty has repeatedly told me that I must cooperate well with the wizards led by the Great Wizard of Wushan to ensure the completion of the escort mission, but now that the mission has failed, if we don't do something, it will be difficult to give an account to His Majesty the King." ”

"I understand what General Mufang means, and the king has invited us wizards to come and be his guards. The guards are not effective, and we are also responsible, don't worry, I will definitely find out. ”

"That's exactly what I mean. "I'll send someone to help you." ”

"We're going to find out what happened to these dark wizards. Wu Shan thought for a moment and directly refused, "In the face of the dark wizard whose strength is still above us, I can't guarantee your safety." ”

"What about Prince Ji Zheng?"

"The barbarians took the kidnap of Prince Ji Zheng, this matter is not trivial, I think it must be made clear to King Fu and King Xuanyuan, otherwise no one can bear the blame. ”

"This is natural. After returning to Pangu City, after I declared the situation to the king of Fuji, I would send an army to Zhongzhou to rescue the people. After a pause, Mu Fang was very worried, "I don't know what the barbarians want to kidnap Prince Ji Zheng?"

"Our Witch Alliance is also responsible, so we will send people to track it down, and we will definitely bring Prince Ji Zheng back safely. ”

Mu Fang waited for a long time, just waiting for Wu Shan to say this, and clapped his hands: "Our Xuangui Department will also send capable generals to fully assist Your Excellency." ”

"This time I went to Zhongzhou, I'm afraid I won't be able to come back in a moment. Wushan found a reason to refuse.

Mu Fang did not give up and persuaded Wushan: "Although you have official permission to walk freely in your country, you are not familiar with the general situation of your country. If you think there are too many people, I will send two people to follow you to help, and I will not drag you down. ”

Wu Shan looked at Wu Yuan with inquiring eyes, and the latter nodded slightly before saying yes to Mu Fang.

Mu Fang found more than a dozen soldiers with high martial arts and intelligence from the entire Qinglong Department for Wushan to select, all of them were officers, at least at the level of a captain.

Wu Shan's heart didn't count on these people, so he just picked three officers from among them who were pleasing to the eye.

Mu Fang saw that Wushan picked three at random, and was a little dissatisfied in his heart, but he didn't show it, and after saying goodbye to him, he took the army and prepared to return to Tongbai City.

Before that, he had already written two letters and handed them to the two groups of men and horses to go to Qingyang Ferry and Tongbai City, explaining the situation encountered in Qingyang Forest, and asking His Majesty to give instructions on the next step. They didn't want to stay in Qingyang Forest for a while longer, picked up their injured companions, took away the bodies of their colleagues who died in battle and the princess Biluo, and together with Zelian, evacuated Qingyang Forest as quickly as possible.

"Then there are the members of the League of Witches. Mu Fang said goodbye to Wushan.

"Report, His Majesty the King has sent a secret letter urgently. A herald galloped on his horse, barely able to stop in front of Mu Fang, and Zero Tree grabbed the horse's mane to control the rushing momentum.

Mu Fang opened the secret letter, and when he saw it, his face suddenly changed greatly, he took the letter back into the envelope, put it in his arms, hurriedly said goodbye to Wushan, and rushed back along the original road with his subordinates.

What happened to make a general-level figure who had been fighting on the battlefield for many years change his face and leave in a hurry? No one knew, Wu Shan didn't know, Wu Yuan and other wizards didn't know, and the three officers who stayed to assist didn't know, they only knew that it was rare for a general to be so panicked and rude.

Seeing a torrent of steel rolling away, everyone suddenly felt more and more cold, Wu Yan stretched out his hand and touched his face, and the white snowflakes stuck to the palm.

It has not snowed for a long time, and it has begun to snow again.