Volume 1 The First Entry into the Troubled Times Chapter 74 The Divine Machine Scandal
"I really can't look at what a few people have. If you really say that you will take something, then the Seven Star Arrows and the Ten Swords of the Imperial Capital will be left to me, and I can also treat them as a few things that have not gone through this experience, and I will not find trouble with a few more people, I don't know, a few sword masters, are they satisfied with my proposal?"
Sword bearers make a living from swords, and any good swordsman will never sacrifice the sword in his hand in exchange for his own livelihood, after all, the sword of a swordsman is the most important confidant in their life.
"What do you mean, sir, I'm afraid you don't want to keep us anymore?" Tang Yuxiao pulled out the bloody sword, and the blade of the sword pointed straight at the white-robed man.
"The sword has no edge, and the prince is too sharp, but he is not worthy of this sword. The white-robed man was not afraid of the might of Tang Yuxiao's sword, and laughed lightly.
"It's not worthy of it, it's not up to you to decide!" Tang Yuxiao held the blood in his hand, took the lead, and rushed towards the white-robed man, and Yumo and Feng Mo behind him did not stop, left and right, and at the same time, the three of them began to attack the white-robed man from three directions.
The white-robed man was not in a hurry, took out the double mace on his waist, and hit Tang Yuxiao and the three of them head-on, the double mace blocked the pinching attack of Yumo and Feng Mo on the left and right, and then, the white-robed man was slightly off, and then raised a leg and kicked directly on the body of the bloody sword, the white-robed man exerted his strength again, Tang Yuxiao suddenly felt that his right hand holding the sword seemed to be being pressed down by a boulder, and the blade of the bloody sword continued to fall, and finally pointed directly to the ground, the white-robed man took a step forward, seemingly light, but the ground under his feet had been cracked by the white-robed man.
"Are you the divine envoy in the mouth of the black-robed old man?" Feng Mo was surprised by the strength of the white-robed man, but with a gesture, the white-robed man had already defused the offensive of the three of them, and he also suppressed the momentum by a few points.
"But a few ordinary martial artists, what qualifications do they have to ask the gods to make a move, and deal with a few of you, I am enough. After that, the white-robed man hurried forward, attacking with a double gong in his hand, Tang Yuxiao's horizontal sword resisted, and the double gong smashed directly into the body of the bloody sword, which shocked Tang Yuxiao's arm with a sense of falling off, and the dust-breaking sword in Yumo's hand sprinted from behind the white-robed man, intending to help Tang Yuxiao break through the predicament, but the white-robed man seemed to ignore it and continued to hold the double hammer and smash towards the bloody sword.
Even if Yumo usually has no desires, but being so despised by this person, he still has a little more resentment in his heart, as soon as the strength of his hand comes out, the dust-breaking sword intent gathers at the tip of the sword, and quickly rushes towards the white-robed man, the white-robed man snorted coldly, just when the dust-breaking sword is half a step away from him, with the waist as the axis, rotating his arms, a pair of iron shovels came with the trend, the attack of the dust-breaking sword was resolved in an instant, and Yumo also avoided its edge and retreated sideways.
It was also at this moment that Tang Yuxiao got a chance to breathe, the bloody sword intent diffused, and in the blood mist, Tang Yuxiao's figure began to flash, but the white-robed man still didn't care at all, he stood in place, raised the iron shovel with both hands, and then slowly closed his eyes. Although Tang Yuxiao couldn't know the white-robed man's thoughts, he didn't miss this seemingly excellent opportunity, and the sword stabbed forward, and the blade of the sword went straight to the white-robed man's chest.
The blade of the sword was getting closer and closer to the white-robed man, but the white-robed man did not move, seemingly unconcerned about everything around him, and the bloody sword approached further. Finally, when the Blood Sword was one step away from the white-robed man's chest, the white-robed man suddenly opened his eyes, and at this moment, Tang Yuxiao's eyes directly collided with the white-robed man's eyes, and a powerful coercion came from the white-robed man's eyes, Tang Yuxiao felt that his soul seemed to be pierced at this moment. His movements slowed down, his expression became wooden, and in the end, Tang Yuxiao's bloody sword did not pierce the white-robed man's body, but fell to the ground with a clatter.
The white-robed man showed a vicious smile on his face, at this moment, Tang Yuxiao had already gotten rid of the fear just now, but the white-robed man's iron wedge was also coming, Tang Yuxiao, who had lost his bloody sword, had no way to retreat for a while, and suddenly, the figure swept by, directly pulling Tang Yuxiao away from the white-robed man, it was Feng Mo who was watching the battle from the sidelines before. One trick failed, and a satisfied smile appeared on the white-robed man's face: "It seems that you are not so weak, so it's okay, it's too easy to kill, it's not an interesting thing, only torture to death little by little, watching that person continue to wail in pain in front of you, is a beautiful enjoyment." β
"Are you so confident, aren't you afraid that the person who will be tortured to death is you?" Feng Mo put Tang Yuxiao on the ground and handed back the Blood Death Sword that he had picked up just now to Tang Yuxiao. The three of them stood together again, staring coldly at the white-robed man.
"Someone will kill me, but it won't be you. The white-robed man moved, and the double mace in his hand seemed to break through the air around him. The white-robed man's body was extremely fast, almost in the blink of an eye, he had already approached the three of them, and the double gong attacked head-on, Feng Mo stepped forward and directly took over the two gongs of the white-robed man with the strength of one person, Yumo and Tang Yuxiao's bodies moved, and they attacked the white-robed divine envoy left and right.
"Remnant Sun Sword Master, you are very strong. In this world, you are the first person I have ever met. However, with this kind of strength, it is still ridiculous to want to disobey the gods. The white-robed man pressed down with his fists, squatted down with the momentum, and then just jumped up, jumped up directly, stepped on the remnant sun sword with both feet, and the two iron maces blocked Tang Yuxiao and Yumo's offensive again.
Feng Mo wanted to draw the sword, but the legs seemed to be like steel, standing tightly on it, Feng Mo had to hold the sword in one hand, on the one hand, he insisted on bearing the pressure of the white-robed man's legs, and on the other hand, he had to swing his free right fist at the same time, using almost the strength of his whole body, and smashed the legs of the white-robed man, but the white-robed man obviously expected Feng Mo's move, every time Feng Mo's fist swept away, the white-robed man would always avoid the attack by jumping or raising his legs, and on the other hand, he would not fall behind in the face of Tang Yuxiao and Yumo's sandwich attackγ
Feng Mo entered a difficult situation, at this time, if he put down the sword in his left hand and smashed his fists directly at the white-robed man, the white-robed man would directly take the Remnant Sun Sword and press down, in that way, Feng Mo, who had lost the Remnant Sun Sword, could almost say that the threat to the white-robed man had dropped to the extreme.
Feng Mo thought about it for a while, and finally decided to put the sword in his left hand, and the two fists were at the same time, directly smashing the white-robed man. The white-robed man saw Feng Mo's actions, and his face was full of excitement: "Remnant Sun Sword Master, is there only such strength? Then this Remnant Sun Sword is mine!" As he spoke, the white-robed man took the Remnant Sun Sword and pressed it down, and suddenly, he felt a force below to resist the speed at which he pressed down the Remnant Sun Sword, and even in the end, the speed at which the white-robed man pressed down had stopped, and at this time, the Remnant Sun Sword was floating at a height about half a person high from the ground.
This power came from Feng Mo's legs, his fists missed, Feng Mo hurriedly bent his knees and squatted forward, a pair of knees against the Remnant Sun Sword, and the strength of his whole body was condensed by Feng Mo on his legs at this moment, and he could finally stop the Remnant Sun Sword's descending footsteps. Tang Yuxiao and Yumo saw the opportunity, the two of them gathered their sword intent at the same time, condensed on the blade of the sword, and then jumped up, one left and one right again towards the white-robed man, the white-robed man didn't care about the attack of the two, he still couldn't figure it out: how could a mortal person have the strength to compete with him. His curiosity about Feng Mo was even heavier, and he spun the double wedge in his hand on his wrist, and then swung it. It was another violent collision, but this time, it was not the same as before.
The white-robed man felt that his hands were damaged by a huge force, the hands holding the double maces seemed to be broken, his wrists slowly sank, and the iron maces on his hands also fell to the ground.
"How can this be?" The white-robed man raised his hands in front of him, still unable to believe the facts in front of him, but Feng Mo didn't give him a chance to continue thinking, and a force erupted between his legs again, and a force supported Feng Mo to stand up slowly, and the remnant sun sword also returned to Feng Mo's hand again, as for the white-robed man, he was directly shocked out by Feng Mo, and when the white-robed man flew upside down, Yumo and Tang Yuxiao jumped up and kicked directly on the white-robed man's chest with a few kicks in succession.
The white-robed man fell to the ground, blood was already spilling from the corners of his mouth, he really couldn't understand how the three people who were originally suppressed by himself could suddenly burst out with such terrifying power in an instant, allowing himself to be defeated directly. In fact, this is still due to Feng Mo's previous observation on the side, Feng Mo found that although the white-robed man was powerful, he had not changed his moves at all, and every move seemed to have been prescribed. This is a big taboo in martial arts, any person who practices martial arts, if he can't constantly change his rules according to the situation in front of him, then soon, the enemy will find a flaw and kill him with one blow.
And Feng Mo took advantage of the flaws of the white-robed man, and every time he swung his double wedge, Feng Mo found that his wrist would tremble a little, which was obviously caused by excessive force, which made it difficult for his wrist to bear. Therefore, when Yumo and Tang Yuxiao attacked, they seemed to attack the white-robed divine envoy, but in fact, the real target of the two was the wrist of the white-robed divine envoy.
Broken in one place and broken everywhere, when Yumo and Tang Yuxiao succeeded in attacking their wrists, the rout of the white-robed man had become inevitable.
Feng Mo slowly approached the white-robed man with the Remnant Sun Sword: "Where is the divine envoy in your mouth? How did you get these skills, as well as those white leather jackets and life and death books? What is the goal of the divine envoy?"
Feng Mo asked a few questions with a face, but the white-robed man's response was only a wry smile, he looked at Feng Mo in front of him: "You ants, it is already a gift from God to be able to survive in secret. Wait, when God comes, you people will all die!" As soon as the white-robed man's voice fell, the pupils of his eyes suddenly dilated, and a lilac liquid remained from the white-robed man's mouth.
The white-robed man, knowing that there was no hope of escaping, swallowed the poison in his mouth.
After confirming the death of the white-robed man, Feng Mo searched for the white-robed man again, and found a fragment of the Stone Evolution Technique on his body, judging from the handwriting and paper, it should have been copied from the original Stone Evolution Technique.
For the Ten Swords of the Imperial Capital, the technique of stone evolution should be learned by the holder of the Split Mountain Sword, and the others still avoided it in the end. So Tang Yuxiao picked up the fragment of the Stone Acting Technique, and it was also at this time that Tang Yuxiao confirmed that in the past, the Remnant Yang Sword Master that Han Wuyan said in front of him was Feng Mo. But according to Feng Mo's memory, the two have been separated since they fought, and there is not much intersection, as for the Bibo Sword Master Qu Ziwen, Feng Mo has never heard of this person, so Tang Yuxiao can contact Han Wuyan through Qu Ziwen, so Tang Yuxiao will temporarily keep the stone performance technique.
The five of them walked slowly out from the exit, but only ten miles, they left the patrol valley, it turned out that the exit of this ten thousand poison caves was not far from this patrol valley. The five of them were all quite tired, and after leaving the valley, they found an inn and lived in it one after another.
Wait until the evening, the five of them came out of the room, gathered downstairs in the inn to buy some wine and food, these things were handed over to Yuan Li to do, but since Yuan Li and Tang Yuqing's incident in the sea of flowers, Tang Yuqing did not let Yuan Li take care of the diet of several people, this task was naturally handed over to Tang Yuxiao.
Tang Yuxiao went to the store and asked for two plates of beef, a few plates of side dishes, and two plates of good wine, and the store's attitude was also good, except that the beef came up quickly, and the five people didn't push each other, and started to eat directly, but the five people almost finished all the dishes on the table, and the shopkeeper still didn't bring up the two plates of beef, Tang Yuxiao frowned, and shouted: "Little Er, why hasn't our beef come up yet?"
This is not Tang Yuxiao's fault, after all, in this inn, there are only five of them eating now, but since those dishes were served, there seemed to be no one in the entire inn. After a few shouts, the shopkeeper still didn't appear, Tang Yuxiao suddenly stood up and walked directly towards the back kitchen, but just after taking a few steps, he saw the shopkeeper who fell to the ground at the back of the stairs. Tang Yuxiao moved the shopkeeper's body slightly, and his fat body fell directly to the ground, but his lower limbs still maintained their original posture.
The smell of blood spread, and the other four people also sensed that something was wrong, so they hurriedly rushed over, several people gathered around the shopkeeper, and Yuan Liqiang endured the churning in his stomach and stepped forward to check.
After a while, Yuan Li stood up and looked at the four people: "There is no sign of poisoning, the whole person seems to have been directly cut with a knife, this knife is extremely thin, and extremely sharp, this store almost in an instant, the entire body was cut off." β
After listening to Yuan Li's words, Feng Mo slowly frowned. The five of them left the shopkeeper and scattered, searching for the inn. Suddenly, there was a shrill shouting from the shop.
Yuan Li hurriedly rushed to the direction where the voice appeared, and gently patted the frightened Tang Yuqing, in front of the two of them was a torn corpse, and the deceased was the shopkeeper who had just served them food. Yuan Li still probed around the shopkeeper, and his brows furrowed closer and closer, "This person, every knife wound on his body is cut off with a knife, which is exactly the same as the knife wound of the shopkeeper just now." β
The five continued to search the first floor and found a woman in the back kitchen in the same way, and her body had been cut into several pieces. After the exploration of the first floor was completed, the five of them walked towards the second floor of the traveler's board, and just at the corner of the stairs, Feng Mo directly stretched out his hand and opened Yuan Li, who was about to step forward, and then followed by a sword, and a thin filament with silver light fell to the ground, and a few drops of blood that had not yet dried up were slowly drawn on it.
"What is this?"
"Divine Machine, Heavenly Spider!" Feng Mo collected the Remnant Sun Sword, "Divine Machine, it is the largest assassination organization in the Yang Yu Dynasty, as long as you find them and offer them a satisfactory price, even if you are the lord of a county and the general of an army, you will not live for half a month." Wherever you flee to the ends of the earth, you will die at their hands. It is rumored that the magic machine has only failed three times so far. For the first time, he failed to inherit the Ten Swords of the Imperial Capital for hundreds of years, and he was the only descendant of the royal family who could hold two swords at the same time. β
"Holding two swords at the same time? Isn't that the elder brother of my father, Tang Chochen?"
"Yes, Tang Shuchen, the legend of martial arts, if it weren't for his illness, he would have died at the age of twelve. I'm afraid that in the world, no one can fight with him, even if it is the ten swords of the imperial capital, and the other eight swords, they may not be able to get him. And he was too dazzling, which naturally caused others to worry, and it was rumored that someone offered 100,000 taels of gold in exchange for his life. You know, even if it is me, the emperor general, the annual salary is only two hundred taels of gold, and the highest salary in the court is only five hundred taels of gold a year. After receiving the request, the divine machine naturally sent the strongest killer combination. Among the divine machines, it is divided into three levels, the highest level, a total of seven people, named after the North Seven Stars, each with its own stunts; β
"And then, how did my father's brother escape that pursuit?"
"Assassination is to do something unknown. Therefore, we usually do not know the history of the assassination, only the outcome. It is rumored that on that occasion, Tang Shuchen, who was only eleven years old, killed seventy-three assassins with two swords per person, including Tianxuan, Tianquan, Yaoguang, and Kaiyang. Since then, the prestige of the divine machine has been broken, but no one dares to provoke Tang Zhichen anymore. The following year, Tang Shuchen died of illness, and many people speculated whether Tang Shuchen's assassination in the divine machine was assassinated and died of poison a year later, but these are no longer elegant. β
"What about the other two, are they as powerful as Tang Shuchen?"
"If you talk about time, the second place is Tang Shuchen. The first was not long after the creation of the Divine Machine, when its reputation was at its peak, and suddenly, the first generation of Tianxuan suddenly wanted to leave the Divine Machine, but there were rules in the Divine Machine, and any assassin who joined the Divine Machine would be regarded as a traitor if he wanted to leave. And Tian Xuan was the same, he was ordered to be killed, but the strange thing is that Tian Xuan was already dead before the people of the god machine arrived. Moreover, after Tianxuan died, there were countless poisonous insects in his body, and the people in the divine machine wanted to come forward to check Tianxuan's corpse, but the poisonous insects gushed out, and the people in the divine machine were seriously injured, and Tianxuan's body was also destroyed by the poisonous insects. There are many speculations about Tianxuan's death, among which the most recognized are nothing more than two, one is that Tianxuan knew that he couldn't hide, committed suicide, and wanted to harm the divine machine before he died; However, as for what the truth is, it must have passed so long that it doesn't matter anymore, after all, when people die, everything is meaningless. β
"And what about the other one?"
"There is another one, that is, ten years ago, Shenji suddenly announced that his assassination failed. But as for the target of their assassination, it has never been announced. Since then, some people have begun to suspect that the strength of the Divine Machine has been drastically reduced, and the fear that the Divine Machine has brought to this land is slowly dissipating. β
Feng Mo walked upstairs while talking about the past, speaking of which, Feng Mo didn't know, don't ask the chief, that is, his master, how does he know all the things in the world, the three religions and nine streams, he understands it very clearly, and the most important thing is that he still has two imperial capital ten swords in his hand, if you count the one he gave to his son, it is three, this kind of news is known by the world, don't ask the chief for fear that he will be attacked by a group, but don't ask the chief is still doing well, although it is a little sloppy, but Feng Mo knows, don't ask the old guy's waist is full of gold coinsγ
All the guests in the room on the second floor also died in the same way, the smell of blood covered the entire inn, Feng Mo shook his head: An assassin, why is the killing aura so heavy.
When a few people walked to the last room, Feng Mo, who was walking in front, paused, and the Remnant Yang Sword shot out and slashed in front of the door a few times, and then, many filaments with silver light fell. Feng Mo glanced around the door, and after making sure there was no problem, he pushed the door open.
Unlike the smell of blood, there was a faint fragrance in the room, even if Yuan Li smelled it, he couldn't tell where the fragrance came from, and the fragrance was not strong, but it faintly suppressed the viscous smell of blood. There was only one person in the room, she had her back to five people, her hair was scattered, I have to say, the woman in front of her, but judging from the back, it was enough to make people swoon.
The woman slowly stood up and turned her head, but at this moment, the four men present were all distracted for a while, even Yuan Li did not escape, and Tang Yuqing was also surprised that there was such a beautiful woman in this world when he saw the woman in front of him.
Feng Mo relieved himself and took the initiative to take a step forward: "How can such a beautiful woman do such a vicious thing, the divine machine kills people, but only kills the target, not the unrelated people around her." β
"I can't help it. The woman's eyes turned to Yuan Li: "After all, my employer wants me to kill this imperial doctor." But I didn't expect that by the side of the imperial doctor, there would be a well-known Royal Highness the Prince, and the little girl observed that the two of them were still the Remnant Sun Sword Master and the Dust Breaking Sword Master, with such strength, I am not stupid enough to kill people by your side. β
"Then why did you kill the people in this inn?"
"If I don't kill them, how can a few people come to me, so how can I talk to a few people?"
"What do you want to talk about?"
"I won't do this mission, as long as the imperial doctor goes back to the imperial capital, hide inside, hide for a few months, our Shenji will not take this business again, but if I give up directly now, the Shenji will definitely punish me internally, so I want to do me a favor and leave a few injuries on my body, and then I will leave, how about it?"
"You're not afraid that we'll kill you?"
"Haha, this gentleman, even if you are the Sword Master of the Remnant Sun, among the spider silk, I still have the confidence to kill that girl, I am an assassin of a divine machine, and my status is far inferior to that girl next to you. Which is more important, sir, think about it. With that, the woman sat down again, with a hint of sadness on her face.
"Okay, I promise you. Feng Mo jumped forward, and the Remnant Sun Sword stabbed out directly, leaving a wound on the woman's body.
The woman's body trembled slightly because of the pain, but she still smiled: "Thank you!"
Subsequently, Yumo and Tang Yuxiao went up one after another, leaving an extremely clear sword wound on the woman's body, and the woman had three sword wounds successively, and she could no longer sit on the chair, she lay on the ground, her body kept twitching, and the expression on her face began to become distorted because of the pain, but when Yuan Li looked at her, the woman still gave him a smile: "Hide in the Imperial Palace, I failed, and Beiqixing should make a move." β
For some reason, the woman's smile, the way the woman spoke, and even her painful expression because of the sword wound, Yuan Li felt so familiar, but he couldn't remember it. Feng Mo also ignored the wound on the woman's body, turned around and left first, several people caught up one after another, Yuan Li looked at the woman on the ground, gritted his teeth, and took out a pack of pills from his arms: "This has the effect of coagulation and pain relief, after the wound scarves, apply it to it, and the wound will not leave a scar after healing." Moreover, I won't hide in the imperial capital, I'm going to the southwest, but thank you girl for reminding me. β
Then, Yuan Li hurriedly left the room, behind him, a pair of beautiful eyes stared at him tightly, a little teardrop appeared in it, and murmured: "It seems that you really forgot ......"
When the five of them came out of the room, Tang Yuxiao asked Feng Mo with anger: "Just let her go because of her threat?"
"Then why didn't you kill her? I think your sword only used three points of force. β
As soon as Feng Mo retorted, Tang Yuxiao didn't know how to answer, he wanted to kill that woman, but the moment he pulled out his sword, a thought flashed in his heart: This woman can't be killed. Although I don't know why I have this thought, it is getting stronger and stronger in my heart, and in the end, Tang Yuxiao followed his heart, and only used three points of force when he stretched out his sword, which seemed to have the deepest wound, but in fact it hurt the weakest.
Feng Mo saw that Tang Yuxiao didn't speak, and sighed: "Yuan Li, I advise you to listen to her." I know that because of you and the princess, you really want to go to the southwest, but in that kind of war-torn place, the people of the gods are the easiest to do. Sky Spider, you may think that she is not the top killer of the divine machine, but in fact, if it is about assassination, the heavenly spiders among the divine machines are the most powerful, after all, the Northern Seven Stars, they are not like assassins, but more like those noble warriors. Among the spiders, the strength is also superior, I once met a spider, far inferior to her in the inn, I am sure, if she does it, just now, she will definitely be able to kill the princess before we kill her. Then let's think about it from another angle, she can kill Tang Yuqing, then why can't she kill Yuan Li? Yuan Li, from her expression, although she is trying her best to hide, I can still feel that she is hiding her feelings for you. So, listen to her, and she won't hurt you. β
Yuan Li shook his head: "I also feel that she knows me, but this can't stop me from going to the southwest, I can't take it off, the Son of Heaven gave me this opportunity, I have to seize it, in case I do it too late, and thus miss Qing'er, I will regret it for the rest of my life." β
Tang Yuqing grabbed Yuan Li's arm: "Yuan Li, it's okay." Your fineness is more important than anything else, as long as I don't marry, my father can't force me to do anything. β
Yuan Li touched the long hair on Tang Yuqing's back: "Husband, you have to make a contribution." If you are greedy for life and afraid of death, how can you be worthy of being the princess's concubine?"
"Then let's go with you. Feng Mo sighed.
The five of them left the inn, found a few good horses from the county government office, and rushed back to the imperial capital directly.
When they returned to the imperial capital, it was already dark, and after a few people talked a little, they went back to rest.
The next morning, Feng Mo, Tang Yuxiao, Yumo, and Yuan Li stood in front of the hall.
Yuan Li first kowtowed, and then stepped forward: "Son of Heaven, the war in the southwest has been going on for a long time, and the people are struggling to make a living. The minister asked the imperial capital to give me 50,000 soldiers and horses, and within three months, I will put down the war in the southwest. β
As soon as Yuan Li's words came out, the ministers of the court and the central government all began to discuss, Yuan Li's brother Yuan Zheng is now the commander of the Imperial Guard, if this Yuan Li returns from the war in the southwest, the status of the Yuan family in this imperial capital is not inferior to the prime minister.
It was Tang Yuxiao who interrupted everyone's discussion, and he stepped forward: "Erchen is willing to go out with Yuan Li to share his father's worries." β
Subsequently, Feng Mo and Yumo also followed: "The minister is willing to follow Yuan Li on the expedition and share the worries of the Son of Heaven." β
The three of them stepped forward, and several people wanted to think that Yuan Li was just an imperial doctor, and the words of persuasion were not good for commanding soldiers and horses, but they all swallowed back into their stomachs, you can say that Yuan Li will not march to fight, you said that the first person in the martial arts test will not march and fight, so what is the Son of Heaven who personally presided over the martial arts test?
No one dissuaded him, so Tang Wuchen quickly agreed to Yuan Li's request, allocated 60,000 soldiers and horses, and ordered Yuan Li to lead his troops to the southwest tomorrow to quell the war.
Late at night, in the Sacred Heart Palace, Tang Yuqing came to Yuan Li's residence, the two of them had just achieved positive results and were about to separate, and the two of them were naturally reluctant to each other, but fighting was not child's play, and Tang Yuqing could not follow, so he had to come to Yuan Li's side before Yuan Li set off, and accompany him for a while.
On the eaves of the Sacred Heart Palace, a black shadow gently covered her abdomen, the wound had not healed, and directly ascending to the Sacred Heart Palace still made the woman's head covered with beads of sweat, listening to the sound in the room, the woman naturally knew the relationship between Tang Yuqing and Yuan Li, and also knew the reason why Yuan Li wanted to go to the southwest.
The woman took out the sachet that Yuan Li gave herself the day before yesterday, sniffed it gently, and her face was covered with tears: "It's me who is late." β
In the early morning of the next day, Yuan Li and Feng Mo rode on war horses, with 60,000 soldiers and horses behind them, and marched towards the southwest.
At this time, the southwest has not yet been included in the Yang Yu Continent, and the two closest countries to here are Liang and Zhao.
There are two troops here, one is good at bows and crossbows, bows and crossbows and arrows are much farther than the feather crossbowmen, and many soldiers and horses sent by the imperial capital want to be requisitioned, basically before they get close, they are shot by the crossbowmen, and then they hurriedly withdraw their troops, not daring to continue the attack.
The other is the cavalry, the cavalry force in the southwest terrain, simply not to give a favorable play, ravines, valleys are staggered, even the best cavalry in the feather will be a lot of speed in this place, and it is precisely because of this that the crossbowmen here will have such a strong lethality. However, the cavalry here is basically unaffected by the terrain, no matter how bumpy the mountain road, the cavalry is always immobile on the horse. Several armies sent by the imperial capital bypassed the crossbowmen's fire, but when facing the cavalry, they were helpless in the face of the enemy's cavalry's unified charge, and then because of the terrain, the speed of escape was also slow, and the losses were usually heavier than those repulsed by the crossbowmen.
It is because of this situation that the southwest has always become a heart disease of the Yang Yu Dynasty, but several generations of the Son of Heaven have sent troops, but they have made no achievements, so there are also remarks in the imperial capital: The first general of Yang Yu must be the one who pacified the war in the southwest.
"Yuan Li, do you have any way to fight those crossbowmen?" Feng Mo drove the horse and Yuan Li in parallel.
"Yes, but now it's just an idea, and the specific method will not be determined until the hand is handed over. β
"You already have a plan?"
"Yes. β
"Then I'll rest assured, I never wanted to come to the southwest, and I can't do anything about these soldiers and horses. However, if you pacify the southwest, you and your brother are the most eye-catching people in the imperial capital now, and marrying Tang Yuqing will naturally be considered a good person. β
"yes, so I have to win, so I need a few of you to help me. β
"Help you? Didn't you say you had a plan? I don't want to help you think of a plan, I can't think of it. β
"It's not a strategy, I can only make a plan, and leading the troops to rush and kill is still your forte. β
"Of course, as long as you plan well, those soldiers and horses in the southwest will flee directly when they see me. β
The two talked and laughed, and hurried to the southwest with soldiers and horses, and soon, the night gradually darkened, Yuan Li and Feng Mo set up a fire, roasting the food they brought, and after a while, Yumo and Tang Yuxiao also rushed over one after another, during the day, in order to be foolproof, Yuan Li asked Yumo and Tang Yuxiao to be two, one to the middle of the marching team, and the other to the end of the team, just to prevent accidents.
After a few people sat down, while eating, they began to discuss the situation of today's team, Yuan Li was very satisfied after listening to it, and thanked Tang Yuxiao and Yumo.
Just as the four of them were talking and laughing, a dark shadow suddenly appeared in front of the four of them.
At first, the few people didn't care, after all, it was getting late now, and they couldn't distinguish the human face, and a few people only regarded the black shadow as a soldier on the night patrol. But as the black shadow approached, Feng Mo finally realized that something was wrong, and with every step of the black shadow, the fire that the four people were sitting on began to weaken again and again.
"What person?" Feng Mo had already drawn his sword, and it was between Yuan Li and the black shadow, before Tianzhu had reminded them that Yuan Li had been ordered to be killed in the Divine Machine, and on this southwest road, there would definitely be a master of the Divine Machine to assassinate Yuan Li.
"No wonder the little girl of the Heavenly Spider will fail, it turns out that the Remnant Sun Sword Master is guarding by the side, but tonight, even if you are the Remnant Sun Sword Master, this person, I Kaiyang will also be killed. The black-clothed man's voice fell, and the dagger in his hand flashed with cold light, which flashed away in the moonlit night, and then completely disappeared in the night, Yumo and Tang Yuxiao also hurriedly drew their swords and guarded Yuan Li's side.
Silence! Almost a needle drop can be heard, the man in black did not show up for a long time, Feng Mo and they did not dare to move, this is a test, whoever moves first means that he is defeated for a while.
Suddenly, a light and shadow appeared, and Yumo jumped directly in front of him, blocking the dagger, and before Yumo could swing his second sword, the cold light of the dagger flashed, and the man in black disappeared again in the night. Then, in just a few breaths, another dagger glowing with cold light appeared from another direction, Tang Yuxiao raised his sword to block it, and the result was the same as before, the dagger glowing with cold light missed a blow, and quickly disappeared in the night.
"Bang!" But in the time of three breaths, the dagger appeared again, this time, the figure that appeared was directly in front of Feng Mo, Feng Mo raised his sword to meet him, and the result was still the same, the dagger and the figure were hidden in the darkness again.
We are in the light, he is in the dark, but every time he attacks, it seems that he has no intention of attacking Yuan Li, and he misses the blow, he retreats directly, and soon appears in the next place, but the person with the dagger breathes steadily, and he is not panicked at all.
This is not right, Feng Mo began to recall in his brain that he didn't ask about the skills of the Northern Seven Stars that the chief of the road told him, each of the seven of them had a skill of killing people, and the chief of the road knew a few of them, but he couldn't match the skills with people, after all, the people who had seen them kill people were basically dead.
At the moment when Feng Mo was thinking, the cold light appeared, this time, it was not one! It was three! Three daggers glowing with cold light rushed from three directions at the same time, Feng Mo and the three of them stopped them one by one, but this time, the three daggers did not retreat, Feng Mo directly stabbed with his sword, the black shadow did not hide, but when Feng Mo pierced into his body, no blood burst out, this person has been dead for a long time!
"Not good!" Feng Mo hurriedly turned his head to look at Yuan Li, and sure enough, a dagger glowing with cold light was rapidly descending from the top of Yuan Li's head.
Ghost Shadow Technique, not to mention that the Elder Dao once said, among the Northern Seven Stars, there is a person's killing method is the Ghost Shadow Technique, he can manipulate the corpse of the dead to attack, and the target of the assassination, facing several killers at the same time, the virtual and the real, can not distinguish between the real and the false!
And the people holding the cold light dagger that Feng Mo and the three of them fought against were all ghosts manipulated after Kaiyang killed the people, and he himself took advantage of the fact that the three of them were attracted by the ghosts, and approached Yuan Li silently.
"Yuan Li, run!" Feng Mo hurriedly ran towards the man in black, but it was too late, and a stream of warm blood flew out, blindfolding Feng Mo's eyes.