In the northeast of the Great Shang Empire, the vast plateaus and tundras of the Luoyun Empire seem to have no end in sight, and there are countless snowy dense forests and snow-capped peaks.

In the vast mountains of the Empire, no one knows how high a mountain is, and below the mountain is a huge valley, vast and lush with vegetation, which can be described as spring all year round, but in such a cold region, there is such a wonderful place that can be described as a very beautiful place in the world.

This is Tianluo Valley, the imperial capital of the Luoyun Empire, although there are many valleys like spring all year round, but the valleys of such a large area are also unique, and the river water in the valley is mostly from the melting snow on the holy mountain, which flows into the valley through the holy river and nourishes the people.

There is an extremely large palace in the valley near the holy mountain and the holy river, half of which is built in the valley where the stream is babbling, and it is magnificent! The other half is built on an iceberg that will not melt for thousands of years, which is sacred and solemn!

In the palace, a burly and majestic orc urn said angrily: "Honorable Emperor, everything has been arranged, and the refugees of the empire have settled down." Merciful Emperor, is there anything else to command?"

"Hey, this disaster is to settle the victims, and the remaining reserves of the empire are not much, but the high priest said that the natural disaster will continue, and the empire's grain and meat reserves are also known in the long run. It seems that we can only 'borrow some food' from neighboring countries. "On the throne above the palace, sat a golden-haired orc, with deep eyes and a voice like thunder.

"Great, let the glory of the empire shine on the world!hahaha...... I, Torre, can finally gallop across the field, a hero admired through the ages!" the burly orc excited

"What is it called! Your frizzy personality has not changed at all over the years, if you don't have to, how can you start a war, although our empire has a vast territory, but there are few personnel, war is a meat grinder. It's better to start less war. The Beast Emperor sighed

"Honorable Emperor, your worries are superfluous, what cities and armies are not annihilated in the 'war trampling' of our imperial army," Tuo Lei said confidently.

"I'm not worried about other countries, after all, they are small countries, but in the south of the empire, the nomadic Mongolian country moves extremely fast, and it is difficult to borrow food. However, the Shang Empire in the southeast is extremely rich and can be used as the focus of this grain borrowing, but remember that you must retreat when you borrow grain, and it is not easy to fight for a long time. The emperor said earnestly

"Obey the Emperor's orders!" Tuo Lei was about to leave the palace

"Slow! This time, the four major families will lead the troops to borrow food, and you will stay here for me honestly!" the emperor looked at him and smiled

"Why, do you want to cheapen those four families?" said Tuo Lei urgently

"The four major families are getting stronger and stronger, and the weaker the imperial power, if it weren't for the golden beast king in the palace, the imperial power would also be in jeopardy. This time, you can borrow the Shang Empire's measures to measure their sharpness......"

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At the same time, countless countries are trying to figure out how to maximize their interests in these troubled times.

Others are thinking about how to protect themselves.

The Yundu Empire is peeping at the various fiefdoms within the Great Shang Empire, such as the Xiliang Kingdom, the Jiaozhou Kingdom, the Jidong Kingdom, and the Mobei Kingdom...... It's secretly plotting.

The surrounding vassal states of Jiaotoe, Heiyun, Tianshi, Tianli, and Bhutan...... I can't stop watching.

Jiujiang County, Qinggang Province

Lu Fan came to Liu's house in the south of the city, which was already overcrowded, and there were more than 100 people in Liu's mansion, making a lot of noise in Liu's house. It's nothing more than crying and mourning, begging to find out the truth for the dead!

After some understanding, Lu Fan finally understood that this matter was different from ordinary court proceedings.

It turned out that Liu's Mansion was also a big family in Qinggang Mansion, and he had also contributed money to Lu Fan to raise funds, and in return, he also obtained part of the management rights of official salt.

Just when the Liu family was proud, this incident suddenly happened.

According to the two surviving subordinates, about half a month ago, the courtyard here became more and more strange, and it was summer at this time, but the courtyard often blew cold winds, and there was no source.

It's just that nothing is missing, so I don't take it to heart, and the family thinks that it may be that no one has lived for a long time and it seems deserted!

It wasn't until the day before yesterday that the young master, who had been studying in Azure Academy, finally finished his studies and returned home, and at the same time brought back two friends and two girls from the academy.

Mr. Liu, Mrs. Liu, was overjoyed. There is also a daily banquet for hospitality.

Although Young Master Liu has not made any great achievements in studying art in Tianqing Academy, he is a student of the Eight Great Academies after all, and the old master has been discussing with the young master for the past two days to see if he can serve under the door of the mansion master.

Let's take a look at the girl brought back by Young Master Liu, whether it is possible for her son to marry Qin Jin, or to set a marriage for her as soon as possible! After all, the other party is too, and the students from Tianqing Academy are also a great joy to be able to achieve something.

Last night, the family was in this courtyard, how did I expect it to get colder and colder after nightfall, but at this time it was summer, how could it be like autumn.

How could the family only care about a glass of wine and talking, no one paid attention to this, but the slave and maid standing on the side were sober.

The slave maid who was pouring wine on the side was shivering with cold, and suddenly saw a white figure in the courtyard wandering again, which seemed to appear very abruptly, but he couldn't see it clearly.

At first, I suspected that it was Master Liu's three concubines who had retired, and they retreated back because of something, but they didn't pay much attention to it.

It was only after a long time that I found that the white figure was not drifting, but standing under the moonlight, looking up at the full moon in the sky.

It turns out that today happens to be the 16th of August, which is the day of the full moon.

At this time, Master Liu, who had been drunk for three rounds, was facing the outside of the courtyard, saw the white shadow, and shouted: "Who is there?"

But the white shadow didn't move, and he didn't say anything, at this time, Master Liu was angry, so he walked over, but as soon as he got out of the house, Master Liu didn't make a sound.

Young Master Liu muttered to the two women on the left and right: "Look at how loving my father and concubine are, they have whispered for a while, and we will ...... in the future."

At this time, Mrs. Liu saw that Master Liu had not returned to the house for a long time, and felt that the weather was a little cold, so she said something to her son and the two girls, and got up to leave!

In this way, there were only young master Liu and two or two girls left in the banquet, just a moment, there was no one on the banquet except for the slave maid, and after a while, they were all tired, and they wanted to disperse and go back to sleep, Young Master Liu sent the two girls back, out of the hall of the other courtyard, only to see three human-shaped ice sculptures standing in the courtyard, and carefully looked at the people in the ice sculptures were not the parents who had already left.

Young Master Liu, who had never seen any big scenes, saw all this as if he was in a dream, frozen on the spot! Next to the three humanoid ice sculptures was the ultimate culprit—————— who was looking up to the sky and swallowing the blue light, absorbing the essence of the moonlight.

The blue light is like a human heart, contracting regularly, absorbing all the moonlight in the sky, and the surrounding air seems to be solidified, and the humanoid icicles continue to thicken.

Several people were frozen by the cold air and woke up, leaving only their heads heavy, and the maidservants behind them were so frightened that they hid.

In the end, Young Master Liu believed that he had cultivated, and his parents were killed by monsters, grief overcame fear, and he took out his knife and slashed at the monster.

The people who hid in the house didn't see anything, but heard the sound of fighting in the courtyard, and then it seemed that the two women also joined the fight, and it wasn't until the other family members made noise outside the courtyard that the maids in the house dared to look up at everything in the courtyard.

It turned out that a few more subordinates froze to death in the courtyard, all of them were curled up on the ground, and the two women who were with Young Master Liu gradually showed their physical exhaustion.

Although the three of them drank a lot of wine, but with their flexible skills have been able to fight with the monster on a par, although this monster is slow to react, but the strength is amazing, the nails on the hand are a foot long, glowing with a faint green light, it looks like a sharp blade.

After fighting for nearly half an hour, the physical strength of the three people has decreased, although this monster has been scarred by the swords of several people, but there is no fatal wound on the body, and with the light of the moon, it seems that the wound is still slowly healing, on the moonlight on the earth, this monster is like a copper wall all over the body, although it has not caused substantial damage to the three people, but it has been invincible.

Seeing that Young Master Liu was helpless against the monster, the subordinates did not dare to come in outside the courtyard, and the maidservants in the house also hid again, and after a long time, there was no sound of fighting in the courtyard.

Everyone dared to peek at the scene inside the courtyard outside the courtyard, and it turned out that the three people were already in different places, their swords were broken inch by inch, and the monster was gone.

The woman from Azure Academy with the young master, one head was split in half by a sharp blade from the left ear to the right jaw, ** flowed to the ground, and the other woman also died tragically, her head had been pinched and exploded and had been sprinkled all over the courtyard, and the death was extremely tragic.

Young Master Liu's corpse was full of anger, his facial features were distorted, the heart part of his chest was cut into minced meat, his stomach was also disemboweled, and his internal organs flowed all over the ground.