The old man seemed to understand Fang Ling's expression, and said with a pleasant smile: "Your Highness, don't worry, although Yu Wu is the old man's junior brother, the old man will not blame you for his death, because my junior brother himself is not right-minded, and the old man has already warned him, but he has repeatedly disobeyed him, and he is also innocent." ”

Of course, Fang Ling would not be naïve to think that this was true, he had heard too much about the evil deeds of Tiankui Gate, but since the old man lied, he did not debunk it, but just sighed: "Thank you seniors for your understanding." ”

The old man smiled slightly: "The old man didn't mean anything else when he came, he just wanted to ask His Highness for a favor." ”

Fang Ling narrowed his eyes slightly, of course he would not be stupid enough to think that this old man's gentle tone was a good person, the more kind this person was, the more vicious he was afraid of his heart, but when it came to this, he couldn't make a timid appearance.

Fang Ling pretended to be relieved and asked, "I don't know what the senior wants me to help me with?"

The old man smiled slightly, spit out three words, and said, "Cornucopia." ”

Fang Ling snorted secretly in his heart, as expected, this guy was coming towards the cornucopia.

The old man replied lightly: "The cornucopia is one of the ten magic weapons left by this sect in the mortal world, and its power is endless, but if it is used by people with improper intentions, it will cause tragedy in the world. The old man didn't expect that my unangry junior brother would actually find the cornucopia as early as twenty years ago and repair him, but it seems that His Highness has destroyed this thing again?" Speaking of this, he smiled gently, "Looking at His Highness's martial arts, the qi of heaven and earth is obviously more refined than that of ordinary martial artists, but I am afraid that it is also a cultivation method." ”

Fang Ling knew that he couldn't hide it, so he lied and said: "When this king was in the imperial city, he was taught some methods by the Heavenly Master of Zhenguo, but his predecessors were sharp-eyed and couldn't hide it from you. ”

This explanation was very reasonable, and the old man was not suspicious, so he asked with a smile: "Then how did Your Highness destroy the cornucopia? Since it has been taught by the Heavenly Master of Zhenguo, then he naturally knows a thing or two about the magic weapon, and it is only impossible to destroy the small magic weapon with ordinary methods." ”

Fang Ling secretly said that this person was careful, he thought about it slightly, and then he had a countermeasure, and asked rhetorically: "It seems that the predecessor is an apprentice who has seen Yu Wu." ”

The old man smiled slightly and said, "Yes, after the old man learned about the battle on the Onitsuka Mountain Road, he rushed to the imperial city and talked to my teachers and nephews. ”

Although this is an understatement, Fang Ling knows that it is by no means so simple, you must know that the Zhenguo Heavenly Master is the strongest martial artist in the mortal world, cultivating to the Heavenly Fusion Realm of the peak of the martial arts, with the unpredictable ability of ghosts and gods, Yu Wu's apprentices Xu Wen and Ai Mingxuan must be imprisoned in the Heavenly Prison.

If you want to enter the heavenly prison to explore people without knowing it, this old man's cultivation is really unfathomable, even in his current state, he is not his opponent at all.

Fang Ling pretended to be confused and said: "In fact, although I tried to destroy the cornucopia, I didn't succeed, but I saw that Yu Wu couldn't use the cornucopia, so I just slandered him." ”

The old man suddenly realized, brushed his beard and said with a long smile: "I see, this is also reasonable, that cornucopia is a thing that is difficult to damage even the weapons of mortal gods, but I am afraid that after the destruction of the year, my junior brother has exhausted his efforts and has not completely repaired it, so it will fail before the war." At this point, his eyes froze, staring at Fang Ling and asking, "If His Highness is willing to send back the things from this sect, the old man should be grateful." ”

Fang Ling secretly said that this person is smart, no wonder he asked him just now if he had cultivated the True Cultivation Method, it turned out that he was making sure that the thing was in his hands, and he really couldn't hide it.

After all, logically speaking, knowing that the cornucopia is a magic weapon, even if it is broken, it has to be kept by his side, and it is impossible to throw it to Yuan Dekang or others.

Fang Ling was not anxious, looking at this guy's appearance, he was already eyeing himself, if he didn't hand over the cornucopia, he was afraid that he would hurt the killer, of course, even if he handed over the cornucopia, it was difficult to guarantee that he wouldn't do it.

Even if he doesn't do it and hands over an evil thing like a cornucopia, I don't know how many innocent lives he will take, but if he doesn't hand it over, he is afraid that his own life will be lost.

Fang Ling thought quickly and decided to delay the time, so he shook his head and said, "The cornucopia is not in the hands of this king, in fact, this king has already sent it to the imperial city. ”

"Oh, send it to the Imperial City, but as far as the old man knows, there is no such thing in the goods of the people and horses who escorted my master and nephew, so His Highness can't be lying to the old man, right?" The old man smiled lightly, and a faint murderous intent flashed in his eyes.

"The seniors don't blame the juniors for killing the same juniors, how dare the juniors deceive your old man? I'm just afraid that your juniors and nephews will be with the cornucopia for fear of accidents, so I stayed by my side for the first time, and only a few days ago did I have time to transport it to the Imperial City and prepare to deliver it to the Zhenguo Heavenly Master. Fang Ling replied sincerely.

There was no logical loophole in this remark, and the old man's expression immediately softened, and he said with a smile: "Your Highness is really a caring person, if the Heavenly Master of Zhenguo receives it, he should thank you well, but this thing is a thing of this door, and please ask Your Highness to sell the old man a face, take the old man to catch up with this person, and return it to the original owner." ”

"This ......," Fang Ling pretended to hesitate.

The old man said righteously: "If the cornucopia falls into the hands of people with bad intentions, it will definitely cause countless people to suffer. The old man came this time on the orders of the master, and if His Royal Highness refuses, the old man will also be punished by the door rules. ”

Fang Ling pretended to be contradictory, and sighed: "Okay, then the junior will immediately send someone to prepare a horse, and go to chase someone with the senior." ”

The old man nodded with satisfaction and said, "Your Highness is so refreshing, I, Zhou Haicang, will definitely remember your kindness." With that, he walked towards the door.

This old man's cultivation is unfathomable, not to mention that he can come and go freely in an army of 10,000 people on the battlefield, not to mention that this is still a town, if this evil sect people have murderous intentions, I don't know how many people, including myself, will die.

Therefore, Fang Ling had to lure him out of the city, and on the way to the imperial city, he was thinking about a solution.

As soon as Fang Ling walked out of the door, he saw Song Ying'er coming from outside with a fruit pot, and Song Ying'er couldn't help but be very strange when she saw that there was suddenly an old man she didn't know here.

The old man also saw Song Ying'er at a glance, his eyes suddenly lit up, and a trace of unpredictable expression flashed, and then said: "Your Highness, this little girl has good qualifications." ”

Fang Ling didn't want him to play up Song Ying'er's idea, so he hurriedly said: "The senior has won the award, but he is just a maid." ”

Song Ying'er was so smart, when she saw Fang Ling saying this in front of her, she knew that this old man was not good, and at the same time, the sharpness of her five senses when cultivating the true cultivation method was also much stronger than that of ordinary martial artists, and she immediately felt the unfathomable cultivation of the old man.

The old man stroked his beard and smiled: "Your Highness's words are not bad, such a qualified little girl, the old man has seen it for the first time, so let's do it, anyway, His Highness is going to go far away, let this little girl accompany him!"

Hearing his unquestionable tone, Fang Ling frowned, Song Ying'er also immediately felt that Fang Ling was in a bad situation, how could she let Fang Ling be in danger alone, she said: "Your Highness, since you are going to go far away, of course the concubine will accompany you, and the concubine will go to lead the horse for you." ”

Fang Ling couldn't help but have a headache, this girl really didn't learn a lesson at all, she almost lost her life in Ghost Cry City last time, and told her not to take risks anymore, and now she actually came to this trick again.

It's just that he can't refute it in front of the old man, after all, his life is still in the hands of this person.

Seeing that things had come to this point, Fang Ling had no choice but to do it, he asked Dong Canghai to be called in, let him temporarily manage affairs in his place, and then went out of the city with the old man.

The imperial city of Chu is located in the central province of Chu and is surrounded by the six states of Dezhou, Wuzhou, Jianzhou, Nanzhou, Wuzhou and Liangzhou, forming an impregnable defensive line.

To rush from Dingzhou to the Imperial City, the most direct way is to enter Liangzhou from Dingzhou, but in order to delay time, Fang Ling deliberately chose the route from Dingzhou to Xingzhou, and then to Liangzhou.

As for the reason, it is also very simple, although the route from Dingzhou to Liangzhou is fast, but there are many mountain bandits, and the land of Xingzhou is relatively safe, the reason is only because this is the location of the East Dome Pass.

There are only a handful of people who can be a first-rank general in the Chu State, except for the first-rank general who is stationed in the imperial city and holds heavy troops, he is known as the general of the North, the South, the East and the West.

The four major passes they guarded were the North Dome Pass, the South Dome Pass, the East Dome Pass and the West Dome Pass.

The four major passes are dangerous and dangerous compared to ordinary important towns, they are all Jedi that cannot be opened, and at the same time, compared with ordinary important towns stationed tens of thousands or at most 100,000 soldiers and horses, the four major passes are stationed as many as four or five hundred thousand people.

The land of Xingzhou is the throat of the eastern entry into the central province, and the checkpoint of the choke point is this East Dome Pass, which can be called the first fortress in the East, and now the person in charge of the East Dome Pass is the sixty-year-old Oriental General Huang Longhu.

Unlike a large number of important ministers from famous families, Huang Longhu was born poor, enlisted in the army at an early age, and grew up from an ordinary soldier through military exploits.

Now the East Dome Pass is facing the siege of the Yizhou State, the Anxi County State and the Dongzhou State of the three road armies, the two sides have been deadlocked for a month, more than ten large and small battles, and the number of people killed on the battlefield is enough to tens of thousands, but the three road armies have never been able to break through the East Dome Pass.

However, once the East Dome Pass is broken, the three-way army will be able to enter the Central Province like a bamboo, so this level can be said to be very important.

Three days later, the three of Fang Ling finally came to the land of Xingzhou.