60. Painted skin

Youshu's promise is about the sweetest love story that the Nine Emperor Princes have ever heard in his life, and no one can move him so much and be happy so far. He took the young man into his arms and kissed him until they were both out of breath before stopping, and the tip of his nose was against the tip of his nose to comfort, "Don't worry, I have been prepared for this battle." ”

Youshu hugged her master's neck and shook her head slightly, indicating that she was not worried at all. The life that he owed him in his previous life is still there, and it is not a lie to say that he would pick the stars for him.

The Nine Emperor Princes didn't know that the young man had already made a fortune, and said slowly while patting his back, "The Living Buddha of Uszang once predicted that the sweetheart of the Holy Emperor would return to the world in six hundred years. In order to get the opportunity to meet with him, Emperor Zongsheng set up a reincarnation circle in his imperial tomb and appeared together, and at the same time left a dark department, responsible for protecting the magic circle, and waiting for him to summon it. Six hundred years have passed, and this dark force has split into many different forces, hidden in the five kingdoms of Kyushu, and only the reincarnation of the true Zongsheng Emperor can obtain the token of domination over them. ”

"You got it?" Youshu frowned slightly, and had probably guessed why the four countries joined forces to attack Xia Qi.

The Nine Emperor Princes nodded as expected, "I got it, and I have summoned all the shadows hidden in Xia Qi." You must know that only Xia Qi, who occupies Shangjing, is the real bloodline of the Ji clan and the orthodoxy of the royal family, and for six hundred years, they have been waiting for the Holy Emperor Zongsheng to return to the world. And this legend, the other four countries also know, they have more or less control of the movements of the shadows, and even some have been taken over by them for their own use, and some are hidden in the shadows and are not known. And how huge these unknown forces are, and whether they have the ability to destroy the other four countries, they don't know in their hearts. ”

"So how can others be allowed to snore on the side of the couch, and they will join forces to destroy the summer?" Youshu suddenly.

The Nine Emperor Prince straightened out his messy forehead and nodded, "That's right, when I activate the token, the shadows from all over Kyushu will receive the news at the same time, and then come to meet me. But you must know that people's hearts are unpredictable, and the dark department that was loyal to Emperor Zongsheng back then may not be obedient to me now. How can many of them, now scattered and in power, be subservient to others? In the early years, they got the news that I was the reincarnation of Emperor Zongsheng, and they had repeatedly used secret hands, but they were all resolved by my father one by one. The most important thing is that although I was born with great knowledge and ability, I have never been able to come up with the overlord token, so they have relaxed their vigilance. ”

"Then why did you take it out? You can start with the obscurity and then plan slowly. Youshu was puzzled.

Naturally, it's because I desperately need to have the ability to protect you. The Nine Emperors kissed the young man on the lips, but he never showed his intentions. He didn't want to put too much of a burden on the boy's shoulders. The boy only needs to eat, sleep, squeeze his dimples when he is happy, and burrow into his arms when he is unhappy, as he did in the past.

"There will be a war between the five nations, but it is only a matter of time. In half a month, I will be eighteen years old, and my father will make me the crown prince, and the other four kingdoms will uphold the principle of "I would rather kill by mistake than let go", and will not let me ascend to the throne alive. When the sixth child poisoned me, the queen mother separated from me, and the princes competed openly and secretly, and the shadows of the four countries were indispensable behind them. If I don't seek a way to protect myself, you can imagine what will happen to me. ”

What the Nine Emperor Princes did not tell was that he was tired of such a muddy day as early as the age of twelve or thirteen. He is not afraid that the four countries will join forces to cause harm, and even more, he is looking forward to the end of YiqiΔ“. But now, he can't afford to lose, he can't afford to lose a slight, so he has to fight for it, to get back everything he has lost.

Emperor Zongsheng can unify Kyushu in order to find his love, and he can also lay down a peaceful and prosperous era in order to place his love.

Youshu always thought that the master had a prosperous life in his life, but he experienced his helplessness and hardships again and again. If he hadn't left without permission, if he had accompanied him to the end of his life, there would have been no blind sight to his death, let alone the current War of the Five Kingdoms. One wrong step, one wrong step, and now, it's time to correct those mistakes. The peace and joy lost by the master, the great cause of eternity, and the five countries of Kyushu, he will help him get them back one by one.

When the two stayed in the East Palace to comfort each other, the court became more and more noisy. The courtiers almost one-sided demanded that Emperor Zhong Kang give death to the Nine Emperors, and then canonize the Six Princes as the princes. And the rumor that the Nine Emperor Princes are demon stars descending into the world and will cause trouble to living beings has quickly swept the entire Kyushu Continent. Not only did the rest of the people of the four countries hate to eat its flesh raw, but even Xia Qi's people also knelt outside the palace gate, demanding that the demon star be burned to death on the spot.

This incident has been in trouble for nearly half a month, and the four-nation coalition forces are also approaching step by step, ready to attack. On the day of the birthday of the Nine Emperor Princes, Emperor Zhong Kang insisted on going his own way, and even promulgated the decree to appoint him as the prince, and also ordered him to take command of the northwest and face the four kingdoms.

The courtiers were in an uproar, and then fell silent. With only 300,000 troops stationed on the northwest frontier, it was impossible to resist the million-strong army of the four countries, and it would take at least three months to dispatch 700,000 troops from elsewhere. Far water can't save the near fire, and the linkage of the four countries is too sudden, it is Da Luo Jinxian, and I am afraid that he will not be able to return to the sky.

On the one hand, the emperor canonized the Nine Emperor Princes as the crown prince, and on the other hand, he sent him to recruit in person, presumably to give him a decent death. If he was killed in front of the battle, the Demon Star Rebellion would naturally be resolved. The vast majority of courtiers were very naΓ―ve, and a small number of far-sighted people understood that the Nine Emperor Princes were just an excuse for the Four Kingdoms to send troops, and his death might alleviate the situation, but it could not completely relieve Xia Qi's crisis of destroying the country.

The only way is to fight! Fight to the end! The Nine Emperors are the reincarnation of the Overlord, and I hope he will inherit the military talents of the Overlord as it is.

In the midst of everyone's worries, the Nine Emperor Princes took the canonization documents and handsome seals, and ordered 100,000 iron horsemen to go to the northwest with him. It will take more than a month to raise food and grass, and he will not return to the palace, and has been staying in the barracks.

Hearing that his son insisted on going to the northwest to fight with the Ninth Highness, Zhao Shilang and the Wang family cried so much that they wanted to tie up their son and hide him.

"Son, do you pity your poor father? We only have you! 300,000 horses against a million coalition troops, son, think about it, what is the hope of the Nine Emperor Princes coming back alive? Are you going to die with you? Zhao Shilang persuaded bitterly. knew that things would turn out like this, and he said that he would not return to Beijing at the beginning, so he would just find a place to be a sesame petty official.

Youshu dragged out bags of rice and noodles under the bed and prepared to send them to the barracks. The master is in great need of grain and grass now, but the officials of all factions in the DPRK and China have refused to fulfill it, making it clear that they want him to be sent to death. What's even more hateful is that even the queen used the middle palace note to persuade the master to "die for the country", did they treat the master as their own relatives?

Thinking that the recent rumors in the market have completely demonized the master, Youshu felt indignant and said firmly, "If I go with the master, he will come back alive." Father, don't worry, I won't joke with my life. ”

"I think you're a ghost! What is good about His Highness the Ninth that makes you die for him? If you like men, Dad will find you one, seventeen or eight, you can choose! Is this possible? Can it be made or not? Zhao Shilang poked his son's forehead again and again.

Youshu said calmly, "The master is good at everything, you just find people from all over the world, and no one can compare." Dad, do you still have food in your private store? Can I make it all for me? ”

Zhao Shilang clutched his chest and almost fainted. Wang grabbed his son and began to cry. At this moment, there was an inopportune chuckle from outside the door, and the three of them looked back to see that it was the Nine Emperor Princes with a personable demeanor and gentle expression. Although he is caught in fire and water now, he is not a little manic, and he is like two people on weekdays.

"Excuse me, Lord Zhao." He generously hugged the young man with a slight arch of his hand, and bit on his pink-tender lips-petals, and the affectionate doting between his eyebrows was revealed.

Youshu also took the initiative to hug him and slim down his waist and limbs, and asked, "How much is the difference between grain and grass?" ”

"It's ready, and you're ready to go. You put these rice noodles back, and we can eat them when we go home. He bent down and shoved bags of grain under the bed. In fact, the amount of grain and grass raised was still less than one-third of what was expected, but the war in the northwest was tense and could not be delayed, so we had to collect it as we went, in order to reach the front line as much as possible.

Hearing that the army was about to leave, Zhao Shilang and his family hurriedly went to block the door, but they heard a deafening sound of gongs and drums outside, and it was the team that picked up the relatives and came back. It turned out that today was the wedding day of Zhao Yusong and Princess Mingzhu. I don't know what the queen thinks, but she tried her best to set the wedding date on the day of the start of the army, without taking into account the feelings of the young man. Princess Mingzhu was even more heartless, and cut off the army's salary to add makeup to herself, and the six princes helped cover it up behind. The mother and son are really ruthless.

The Nine Emperor Princes listened for a moment, waved his hand and said, "The auspicious time has arrived, the pearl is outside the door, Lord Zhao, Mrs. Zhao, go and greet him, I will take him away if you have Shu, and I will definitely send him back safely in the future." The words fell and carried the person on his shoulders and flew away.

Zhao Shilang was shocked, chased after him and shouted a few times, and saw that the two of them were gone, so he patted his big legs and burst into tears, and scolded His Royal Highness the Ninth Bastard. Wang almost fainted while holding her forehead, and hurriedly asked the companion room to hurry up and prepare the car, she was going to Zhenguo Temple to pray for her son.

The Nine Emperor Princes hurried to the corner gate, threw the people into the carriage that had been waiting for them for a long time, and kissed them fiercely for a quarter of an hour, until they were disheveled and emotional, and then reluctantly separated. The procession of welcoming relatives was blowing suona not far away, lifting and carrying dowries all over the street, Zhao Yusong and the six princes respectively rode a sweaty and bloody horse, and they talked and laughed together, their faces were full of high spirits. It seems that the second room of the Zhao family is another master.

The Nine Emperors' expressions were flat, but Youshu was already red-eyed, and cursed, "There will always be a time for them to cry in the coming year!" ”

It is rare to see the appearance of the young man who is calculating and has a small belly, and the Nine Emperors feel quite fresh, and they hug him and kiss him fiercely, seeing that the hour is not early, so he ordered the coachman to go to the city gate to join the army. Emperor Zhong Kang had been standing on the city gate for a long time, and there were several old ministers of the Iron Blood Sect standing behind him. Although his expression was solemn, his eyes were faintly sharp, and he waved his hand and said, "Go, let them know what the orthodoxy of the Ji clan is, and what the Heavenly Mandate Emperor Star is!" ”

The reason why he allowed the queen and others to stir up trouble in the court was to see everyone's faces. When his son moves back to the dynasty, the liquidation of the liquidation will not be tolerated.

Moved by his father's trust in him, the Nine Emperors' eyes were slightly red, and he knelt down with Youshu and kowtowed three times together, before turning over and galloping away. Seeing the army disappear at the end of the official road, Emperor Zhong Kang slowly spoke, "What does this stinky boy mean by kneeling with Youshu?" Ugly daughter-in-law to see her in-laws? Or is it a nomenclature? ”

It should have both. When they come back, the East Palace will be able to do happy events. An old minister chuckled.

"Also, why did the overlord change the law to allow men to marry men back then, not to prepare for today? I heard that there are such marriages in other countries, but it should be the first case in our Xia Qi, right? Zhong Kangdi stroked his beard and asked. Although Xia Qi is prevalent in male style, most of them are in the form of a contract, and I have never heard of that pair blatantly getting married.

"There seems to be a case in Nantou County, and it is also satisfying." Another old minister said.

"It doesn't matter if it's there, if Jiu'er likes it, who can stop it? Go to Zhao's Mansion and see Mingzhu's good husband. Emperor Zhong Kang said yes, but there was a trace of disgust in his eyes.

The group walked slowly down the city wall, and each boarded the carriage.

Northwest Frontier, garrison camp.

Several generals were waiting outside the main tent, frowning slightly, clenching their fists, or gritting their teeth and glaring, Xue Wangjing stood behind them with a very embarrassed expression. Since His Royal Highness Nine arrived in the northwest, he doesn't seem to have done anything serious except to count the soldiers and horses. That's it, he even brought Youshu to the front of the battle, looking for fun every day, what is this called?

Today, I had already made an appointment with a few generals to discuss the arrangement of troops, but when I got to the end, I heard the sound of intercourse in the tent, not to mention that the soldiers below were cold, and even Xue Wangjing felt desperate. Your Highness is planning to break the jar and break it, and enjoy the day is not a day? He didn't think about Xia Qi's people at all?

The Nine Emperors are bitter in their hearts! He was not such a deaf person, especially after his insomnia was cured, and his mind became clearer day by day. He had already arranged this battle in the northwest, and he also wanted to quickly run in with the deputy generals below, but you Shu seemed to be crazy, and saw Tian'er pestering him, saying that he wanted to suck the dragon essence.

He was still very ignorant at the time, and asked what the dragon spirit was, but Shu grabbed him and said ashamedly, "This is what he spit out." ”

Can you imagine that scene? Ben was still well-behaved, delicate, and timid, but suddenly one day his face was red and his eyes were moist, and he took the initiative to beg for joy, which man could stand that exciting feeling? After that, the two of them were out of control. Even if his self-control is as strong as the Nine Emperors, he had to be hit again and again, and since then he has a reputation of being dumb and unreasonable.

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Hearing the movement inside for a while, Xue Wangjing immediately said, "Your Highness, the generals have been waiting outside the tent for a long time, may they enter?" ”

The Nine Emperor Princes had already cleaned up Youshu, carried him behind the screen, stuffed him into the quilt, and then ordered, "Come in." ”

The mermaids rushed in, and their angry faces had already been subdued. The Nine Emperors didn't feel embarrassed, and pointed to the sand table and began to line up. At this moment, a craftsman who accompanied the army knelt outside the tent and asked to see Zhao Gongzi in person. Although Youshu has won the reputation of a military advisor, he doesn't do his job, and he goes in and out of the craftsman's camp all day long, and he doesn't know what he is tinkering with.

However, in the middle of the month, rumors have spread in the army, saying that he is the pet of the Nine Emperor Princes, and he came with the army to sleep. Even Xue Wangjing, who had a good impression of him, was a little bored at this time, not to mention the rest of the generals. The brows were furrowed, their faces were dark, and they were very dissatisfied with the appearance of the craftsman.

Youshu hurriedly put on his robe and walked outside, "Xuan him in." After finishing and looking at the Nine Emperor Princes, his expression was calm, "You talk about yours, I look at mine, and I won't interfere." ”

The Nine Emperors rubbed his shawl and black hair, and continued to line up the troops, and several generals had to endure themselves.

The craftsman came in with a large tray on which were placed two sets of identical and different sizes of cold iron cone thorns, both engraved with vermilion arcane runes. Youshu first picked up the two-foot-long set of aper spines to play with, and then picked up the set of one-inch long aper spines to check, and then twisted the top of the former open, revealing a small hole, and embedded the latter into it.

After testing and testing with his mental strength, he finally let out a sigh of relief, untied the purse around his waist and threw it to the craftsman. In the purse was the golden beans that Wang stuffed him, and there were fifty or sixty of them, which was a windfall, and the craftsman grabbed it tightly, pinched the number quickly, and then withdrew from the main account with great gratitude.

After finishing his business, Youshu came to the master's side and looked down to see how he arranged his troops. They are now in the Dragon Pass, separated from the place where the coalition troops are stationed in a narrow deep valley, which can be called easy to defend and difficult to attack, as long as they hold the valley mouth for three months, they can wait for reinforcements, and Xia Qiguo will still have the strength to fight. But there is also a risk in it, because the Nine Emperors are now betraying their relatives, and the surrounding reinforcements are perfunctory but there is a great possibility that they can't retreat.

Youshu listened carefully for a moment and said, "You don't have to defend to the death, our army can also win a big victory." He moved the wood carving representing Xia Qi's soldiers and horses backwards and continued, "After a moment of fighting, you will surrender, retreat thirty miles and stop in the open area here, I have my own way to trap and kill them." ”

Before the Nine Emperors could speak, a veteran general said angrily, "But a lowly pet, he dares to discuss the military aircraft in vain!" Don't go back to the account! He endured it for half a month, but finally he couldn't bear it anymore. The Dragon Pass is the best place to fight, and the upper and lower valley passes can be both offensive and defensive, greatly alleviating the crisis of insufficient troops, and this man actually believes in the enemy, let them lead the enemy into the hinterland, and let the enemy slaughter our soldiers. Does he still have a brain? How can a person be stupid like this?

The rest of the generals also had purple skins and smoke, and they couldn't wait to eat the young man alive.

Xue Wangjing secretly tugged at the hem of His Royal Highness Jiu's clothes, signaling him to hurry up and get people away, so as not to cause trouble here. At present, the army's morale is unstable, and the generals are resentful again, and it is very likely that this battle will be defeated without a fight.

The Nine Emperor Princes ignored him, stroked the young man's sideburns with his fingertips, and said softly, "Now that we are in danger, we should brainstorm and unite as one." No matter who proposes it, Lone is willing to listen. Youshu, you can say it. ”

Youshu looked at him fixedly, and said nervously, "Let's fight first, if you have doubts, I will tell them one by one when you return to the court in the future, just ask you not to ask now, is it okay?" ”

The Nine Emperor Princes nodded without hesitation, "It's okay, I'll wait for you." ”

The master has always been true to his word, and when he said it, Youshu breathed a sigh of relief, and separated the two sets of cone thorns that were embedded together under the gaze of the generals, and inserted the small cone thorns one by one in the corresponding position of the sand table. There are a total of fifteen, each occupying six sides of the eight directions, and one is inserted in the north ridge, that is, the eye of the array.

After such an arrangement, Youshu put the wood carvings of the enemy and our armies into the magic circle one by one, and explained, "This is the Eight Desolations ** Double Dragon Killing Array, the power is not huge, but it should not be a problem to trap and kill millions of soldiers and horses." ”

The generals, who were already impatient, were eager to lift their legs and leave. When has this man been pretending to be a ghost here? The power is not great, but it can trap and kill millions of soldiers and horses, is he stunned or is it a joke? With a few iron nails to turn the tide of the battle, who does he think he is, an immortal? If it weren't for the fact that His Royal Highness Nine was confused and protected with all their might, they would definitely draw their swords and split him in half on the spot.

Feeling the murderous aura emanating from everyone, Youshu was not in a hurry, and the palm of her right hand was gently placed on the cone of the formation eye, and warned, "Look carefully." Before the words fell, the palm of his hand was pressed into the cone thorn, and a lot of blood gushed out in an instant.

The Nine Emperors frowned, barely suppressing the urge to pull him back to treat his wounds.

The generals, including Xue Wangjing, were still staring at each other and didn't care, but they all took a breath of cold air in the next moment. I saw that the blood flowing from his palm did not blur after falling on the sand table, but formed two slender blood lines, swimming and converging in the Eight Desolations ** Array composed of cone thorns, and gradually turned into two three-inch-long blood dragons. They suddenly twisted their bodies, and suddenly opened their mouths, as if they were living creatures, such a spectacle was truly unheard of and unseen.

In the horror of everyone, Youshu stretched out his left index finger and pressed it the cone of Xun's position, and when the blood dripped out, Fang said slowly, "Xun's position is obvious, and the wind dragon has entered the battle." ”

The two blood dragons that were intertwined seemed to be able to understand human speech, and immediately one of them quickly swam towards the Xun position, setting off an extremely strong whirlwind wherever it passed, and it did not touch the wood carving of our army at all, but swept the enemy army into the air.

Youshu pressed her index finger on another cone thorn and shouted, "Gen's position is revealed, and the earth dragon is in battle." ”

Another blood dragon burrowed into the sand and swallowed up the enemy forces placed on it. The two dragons of the terroir gathered, and the power of the Eight Desolations ** Double Dragon Killing Array was just beginning to emerge. There was another tornado in the sand table, and another earth dragon turned over, but in a moment, a million enemy troops were devoured, and our army still stood still in the golden sand.

Even if it was just a demonstration on a small sand table, the generals seemed to have an absurd dream, and they couldn't get back to their senses for a long time, and their jaws were even more open, and they couldn't close. And the Nine Emperors had already pulled the boy into his arms and plugged his gurgling and bleeding wounds with a handkerchief.

"Will this Qimen Dunjia technique endanger your life? Will it cause you karma? If it's in your way, don't do it. He said slowly, word by word.

Before Youshu could answer, several generals knelt down in unison, kowtowed in fear and said, "I don't know the immortal master, and I ask the immortal master to forgive me!" Your Highness, it is your great luck to have an immortal master to assist you, and it is also a great luck for Xia Qi! God bless me Xia Qi, I will create the emperor's hegemony and recast the glory of the past! His Royal Highness Chitose, Immortal Master Chitose, Long Live the Emperor, Long live, Long live! ”

After kneeling in the direction of Shangjing, everyone looked up again and showed great ambition. As the saying goes, it is true that no one can be disguised, and the sea cannot be measured. Who would have thought that the little son of the Zhao family would be well versed in the art of Qimen Dunjia, that is, Guiguzi and Zhang Tianshi are here, and they probably don't have this way, right?