Under a lake-center pavilion in the majestic palace compound of the Daxing Kingdom, the Daxing Emperor is playing Go with a middle-aged man dressed as a Taoist priest. Next to him, kneeling upright, sat the young prince, respectfully adding tea.

The emperor who had no intention of playing chess fell lightly, and his face was happy.

The middle-aged Taoist priest put one hand in the chess box, and the other hand held the dust whisk in one hand, and placed it horizontally in his arms. After the emperor was killed, he gasped and asked "Hey!", as if he was admiring the emperor's subordinates for being very good, and making him difficult, this kind of pretentious thinking was extremely exaggerated.

Obviously, the emperor was somewhat fond of this kind of tangible sycophant, and looked at all this with a smile.

"Father, the small view city of the Green Kite Country has been broken. The prince who finished pouring the tea said cautiously.

"Oh, is it?" the Emperor asked knowingly.

The middle-aged Taoist priest hurriedly got up and saluted, his expression and tone were extremely excited.

"Congratulations to Your Majesty, congratulations to Your Highness, the land of a state has gone further, and after a hundred years like this, it will be the day of the prince's ascension and the time of immortality. ”

The emperor pressed his hand lightly and motioned for the Taoist priest to sit down.

"This is all the wisdom of the national teacher, and the national teacher is tired. ”

The national teacher, who had just touched the chess pieces, hurriedly withdrew his hand and composed again.

"Don't dare! Don't dare, for the sake of His Royal Highness's cultivation of the great cause, for the prosperity of the country, this is what I should do, Lin is just doing my best. ”

"The national teacher is dedicated to rejuvenating the country, and I know it in my heart. It's your turn, see where you should fall next?" the emperor asked, stroking his beard, meaningfully.

The national teacher understood the deep meaning of this, took a deep breath, raised the chess piece, and hovered on the chessboard.

"In one go, directly attack Daguan County. This battle must be fought quickly, how fast it is, how fast it must be fought, it must be fought bravely, in short, after this battle, it is necessary to let Luming Yizhou spread my prestige. When the time comes, let General Guangyi personally sit in the battle and command the 800,000 troops who have not yet fought, and the troops will be divided into three routes. The surrounding small countries will be like papier-mâché windows, which will be broken in a bucket. ”

The national teacher's hovering hand hesitated, swaying back and forth. In the end, the pieces were simply withdrawn and thrown into the chess box. The shogi is one move behind, and the expression and state of the glorious despite the defeat are vividly expressed.

"Your Majesty is still a step ahead, admitting defeat in the next. ”

"Hah!" the Emperor laughed and stood up.

The national teacher hurriedly stood up as well, changed his hands to the floating dust, and followed the emperor to the edge of the pavilion to watch the lake that had melted ice.

New year has arrived, and the willow trees by the lake have quietly sprouted.

Some people rejoice, some people are sad.

It is also a royal palace, but the palace of the Green Kite Kingdom at this time is a different scene.

"Report!~~"

The voice is high-pitched and the breath is long. I saw a herald stop at the foot of the stone steps of the glorious palace hall.

On both sides of the stone steps, a gold-armored guard with a knife stood opposite each other, and a gold-armored guard at the front hurriedly went up to restrain the herald's horse rope.

The herald turned over and dismounted, held the paper scroll high, hurried through the golden armor, and entered the main hall without hindrance.

In the main hall, on the dragon chair symbolizing power, sat an elderly man with a sad face, he sat up straight, and watched the herald hurriedly pass by the same anxious ministers in the main hall, and his tired posture was completely devoid of the majesty of the emperor of the past.

The New Year should be a lively and pleasant solar term, but the country of green kites is full of an inexplicable sadness, and the whole country is panicked.

The highest authority of this green kite has been working overtime for half a month, getting up early to report, and returning home at a high age. As a result, all operating agencies are on duty, and all important department systems are paralyzed. And the lifeblood chiefs who should have performed their duties were all in the hall of this supreme authority, waiting for a long-doomed news.

The herald knelt in the center of the hall, and the emperor couldn't bear to stand up, his body trembling a little.

"Say!" ordered the Emperor.

The herald spread out the scroll smoothly, he understood what kind of message was being delivered, so he said in a calm tone as much as he could:

"A quarter of an hour ago, the Sky Skimming Eagle of Xiaoguancheng brought back the latest picture. In addition to the 1,125 people who fled and were killed before the war, Xiaoguancheng left 15,000 soldiers to resist the 200,000 Daxing invaders from Sizheng to Youchu. ”

The herald paused, choked up.

"All sacrificed, none surrendered. Xiaoguancheng has lost its harvest, and the country has been broken. ”

The Emperor sighed: "Hey. His feet were unsteady and fell backwards, and the quick-eyed eunuch hurriedly helped the emperor to sit on the dragon chair. It's a doomed result, but when you really face it, it's still a little decadent. His eyes were red, and he looked at the scroll, and tears flowed uncontrollably.

The scroll is made of a special material, with the blessing of runes, and the picture of the Sky Skimming Eagle is deprived and extracted onto the scroll by a secret method.

The scene above is the cheering of a group of enemy soldiers and the corpses all over the ground.

"Resisted, I resisted, but the enemy is too strong, I have no fault, I have no fault. The Emperor had begun to imitate, muttering to himself in a delirious sense.

All kinds of faces in the hall changed, and there were many discussions for a while, and they became a pot of porridge.

Behind this group of noisy people, the emperor Junjie, who was still dressed in black, watched this scene coldly, and slowly left the hall through the side door with a knife.

The port where Xilan Haizhou and Beilu Mingzhou are handed over is full of people and traffic. Returning fishing boats sailed into the harbor. On one of the fishing boats that had just docked, the fisherman stood at the bow of the boat, shouting and waiting for the customers of the inns and restaurants in the harbor to come and pick up the goods. The first catch of spring was very abundant, and he always had a smile on his face.

Out of the cargo hold of the fishing boat was a bald-headed and round-faced middle-aged man, he was shirtless, his skin was dark, his back was leather, the scarlet hilt was exposed, and his lower body was tight-fitting black pants and boots. With a slight touch of his toes, he jumped over the bow of the boat, and after landing on the shore with ease, he turned back to the fisherman at the bow of the boat with his right hand with black leather gloves and held his left fist:

"Thanks to the fisherman for stopping by the boat. ”

After the fisherman looked at the honest stranger he hadn't known for a long time and thanked him, he also replied with a fist: "No thanks, no thanks." This is the Shuijiang port of Zehai country, facing north through three counties, and then to the west through two counties to Shuiying country, to the country of Qingyuan I don't know how many countries there are, anyway, you just keep going. However, I heard from people from other places that the Blue Kite Country may be going to war, so you have to be careful. ”

The dazzling bald head nodded, then turned and walked into the crowd until it disappeared from the fisherman's view.

"It's just because I'm embarrassed that I've delayed the world for so long. ”

The swarthy man walked down the street where the port was located and talked to himself, and the more he thought about it, the more uncomfortable he felt, and he began to touch his bald head regardless of the eyes of others, and he became shy for no reason.

The cold after the beginning of spring has not completely subsided, this strange outfit has attracted some attention, and now it is like a fool smiling with embarrassed inexplicable shyness, so that the people around him unconsciously get out of the way, but always curiously observe this fool who has been identified.

"You can't do this after seeing her, otherwise you will make the master laugh when you go back. The swarthy man didn't pay attention to the eyes around him, "I don't know if this mission is easy or not, hey! Fight, it's so annoying, and I have to fight again." ”

"Eh, which direction is facing north?"

"By the way, it's the opposite direction of the port. ”

The swarthy man suddenly stopped on the street, and continued to raise his head with both hands, showing a puzzled expression.

"In which direction is the port? I don't remember. ”

I was embarrassed by myself.

"No way, fly up and have a look!"

The scarlet sword flew out of the scabbard on its back with a "boom", and a wave of heat instantly swept through the entire street. The swarthy man stepped onto the sword, which lifted the man from the ground and disappeared into the street.

The onlookers who had been watching before were first frightened by the flying long sword and retreated, their faces full of fear. Then he saw the swarthy man disappear before he looked at the sky in surprise.

It turned out to be an immortal.

The Ten Thousand Blades Mountain Range is a natural hazard, dividing Zhan Shen Continent and Luming Continent. The mountains are staggered, towering and steep, and the thick fog hides the top of the mountain, like a fairy fantasy into the mountain without knowing where it is.

At this time, a few white-clothed fluttering people floated out of the fog, like a group of fairy fairies.

The person at the front, dressed in plain white, just contrasted with the only trace of blush on his face, like a snow lotus, a little arrogant, a little cold. She steadied her body and moved her steps slightly, and the silver bell jewelry on her right hand holding the sword was as crisp and pleasant as a wind chime.

A few people in the back hurriedly followed the pace of this ice beauty, looking curious and looking around.

"Senior sister, what is the task that the master arranged for us to go down the mountain?" someone behind the ice beauty asked, her tone a little excited, indicating that it was the first time she had stepped down the mountain into the mortal world.

Several women turned their eyes to the ice beauty at the same time, waiting for her answer.

"I only went to the country of green kites to practice. "Concise and to the point, without superfluous words.

Several people seemed to have long been accustomed to this attitude, and silently followed behind her, each whispering to each other.

"I heard that I will meet my sister's fiancé this time, do you know?" one of them whispered mysteriously to the crowd.

"Really, isn't it the little black bald head from our Ten Thousand Blades Sword Sect who came to our Ten Thousand Blades Sword Sect with his master last time?"

"Yes, yes, yes, that's him. ”

"Oh, that dark-skinned, bare-shouldered, bald head? ”

"Don't underestimate him, although he looks naïve, but I heard that he has now reached the middle stage of the transformation of gods. ”

"Is it so powerful? even more powerful than our senior sister?"

"That's right, he's a genius of the Sword Sect. ”

"I didn't see it at all. ”

"Me too, I really didn't see it at all, I was so powerful. ”

Even though the discussion was very quiet, the ice beauty who walked in front of them still heard it very clearly.

She frowned, turned around and said softly: "If you discuss here again, I will immediately report to the master and let you return on the spot." ”

Several people were snorted by this soft drink, and immediately shut up, and the silence was incomparable.