Early in the morning, on the road from the southern barracks to the General's Palace, a man was riding a horse and running, and the clear sound of horses' hooves echoed in the empty streets, and the horses' hooves trampled the stagnant water on the ground, throwing out a little mud.

"General!"

"Captain Xia, come so early?"

King Yu had always gotten up very early to practice swords in the school martial arts field, and before a set of swordsmanship had been fully played, he saw Xia Junmao coming in in a hurry.

"But for last night?" King Yu had already received the news and understood what happened last night, so he was not surprised by Xia Junmao's arrival, he put down his sword, took the face towel handed over by his entourage, wiped his face, and beckoned to Xia Junmao, "Come, go into the house and talk slowly!" Come on, go and invite Mr. Mo! "After many years of habit, but whenever there is something, King Yu has never shied away from Mo Chengfeng.

"General, this is the symbol that Song Mi drew last night based on what he saw!" Xia Junmao carefully took out a carefully folded piece of paper from his arms and handed it to King Yu, who was also a little confused when he took it, and it happened that Mo Chengfeng appeared at this time.

"Chengfeng, come and see" As he spoke, King Yu handed the note to Mo Chengfeng, and when he took it, he showed an incredible expression.

"What's wrong? Don't even Mr. Mo know? Xia Junmao asked with some concern.

"It's not that I don't know, it's just that I was really surprised to see this symbol again!" Mo Chengfeng put the note back on the table in front of King Yu, "General, Chengfeng, please see the person with this symbol!" ”

"Shaoning!"

As soon as Xuan Shaoning turned around and saw Duan Lang and Shi Gong Zhengyuan, he immediately showed a smile, "Why did you two come over together?" ”

"Isn't it time to rest, we decided to come and go out with you, it's been a few months since we entered the barracks, and we haven't been to the city to visit, let's go today?" Duan Lang said loudly, Xuan Shaoning was still wondering, when did this Lang become a loud voice.

"Okay, let's go" Shi Gong Zhengyuan walked over and pulled Xuan Shaoning, and in this way, the three of them left the barracks and came to the road leading to the west shop area.

"I did it on purpose just now, just to let everyone know what you were going to do" Until he walked far enough, Duan Lang suddenly lowered his voice and explained, "This is the method that Zhengyuan came up with, after all, the wall has ears."

"By the way, what happened last night? Now the whole military camp is spreading that it is said that your army violated military discipline and left the city without authorization! Shi Gong Zhengyuan asked very solemnly.

"Let's talk as we go!" Xuan Shaoning pulled the two of them and began to walk aimlessly on the street, and at the same time told the two of them everything that happened last night.

"You really killed someone?!" Duan Lang was already a little surprised just by hearing about it.

"It's also forced by the situation, if I don't do it, I'm afraid I'll die."

"That's not the point, since we're in the barracks, it's only a matter of time before we kill someone, I heard you've found strange symbols?" Shi Gong Zhengyuan hit the nail on the head.

"That's right, it's a twisted, scale-like mark that I've never seen before, and I don't know what it means."

Shi Gong Zhengyuan drew in the palm of his hand, and he was also confused.

"Okay, the general should already know about this, let's not worry about it, the problem is still left to those who need to break the brain. I've been shopping for so long and I'm hungry, let's go, let's eat! Xuan Shaoning pulled the two into a nearby restaurant.

"Now?" King Yu knew that Mo Chengfeng had never said anything casually, and as soon as he said this, the atmosphere in the hall immediately became tense.

"General Hui, Master Mo, the corpses of those Xiliang soldiers are parked in the place where the corpses are collected!"

"Since the corpse is here, let me explain first. I only know that this is the mark of a shadow organization, the barbed dragon scale, the name is reverse scale, is a group of killers loyal to the Xiliang royal family, these people are not for money or fame, only to fulfill the master's orders as the highest honor, is a complete killing machine. ”

Mo Chengfeng looked at the paper with dragon scales again, and continued with some confusion: "Reverse scales have existed for a long time, and there were rumors in the rivers and lakes as early as the time of Emperor Hui, but there has been no news in the past twenty years, it seems to have disappeared out of thin air, and some people even rumored that this group has died out, but now that this mark has appeared again, it seems that it is just a rumor."

"Mr. Mo, do you know how many people there are in this reverse scale, and who are they?" King Yu asked.

"I don't know, these people are secretive, cold-blooded, and unpredictable, as the name of this organization is. I once heard the master say that the Xiliang royal family selected the children from all over the country to start brutal training from an early age, and let these people kill each other every year, and only those who kill the opponent can live until the next year to accept a new round of tests, until all the children reach adulthood, and those who survive become members of the organization. That's all I know, unless I go back to Castle Peak Academy, I think Master knows more. ”

"How, let's take a closer look at the corpse before making a conclusion!" King Yu took off his practice clothes in front of the two of them, and his entourage immediately presented his armor, and King Yu ordered while changing his clothes: "Prepare the horse!" ”

On the way to the corpse, King Yu asked Xia Junmao, "I heard that Xuan Shaoning hit the head this time?" ”

"Song Mi has already informed the last general in detail about last night's incident, and according to what he said, it was indeed Xuan Shaoning who was the first to discover the Xiliang soldiers when he was on defense."

"Jun Mao, you did the right thing, military discipline must be strictly observed, if there is a violation, no matter who you are, you must accept military law! But...... There is room for change in everything, especially if the teacher is famous, with you, I can rest assured! ”

Xia Junmao listened, his heart was bright and open, and he still maintained a humble appearance on his face, and did not say a word until he came to the place where the corpse was collected.

The so-called corpse collection place is just a temporary grass hut. In the north of Mobei in July, the rainy season is continuous, the climate is sultry, and the corpse decays relatively quickly, so the corpse is deliberately selected in the shady position, and the grass hut is surrounded by large buckets of ice, all of which are made by the king of Yu to condense water in the Luojia Mountain cave behind the night cang city.

At this moment, there were six corpses in the grass shed of corpses, and from the costumes, it was obvious that the Xiliang soldiers were dressed, and because of the ice measures, these corpses had not yet emitted a strong corpse smell. Song Mi was already waiting here.

"The last general will see the general, Master Mo, and Captain Xia!"

"Which corpse is the one that has the symbol?" Without waiting for King Yu to speak, Mo Chengfeng was the first to speak.

Song Mi shifted his gaze from King Yu's face to Mo Chengfeng, stretched out his hand and pointed to the corpse closest to him and said, "It's this one, it's on the right side of his neck." ”

Without waiting for King Yu to speak, Mo Chengfeng quickly walked to the corpse and smashed its head to the other side with his hands. The corpse stiffness had not completely dissipated, and it was still a little difficult to turn the head, Mo Chengfeng couldn't wait to expose the corpse's neck, but what he saw disappointed him.

"How?" King Yu noticed the change in Mo Chengfeng's face, and also walked to his side, looking towards the corpse, "Is it on the other side?" ”

Mo Chengfeng walked to the other side of the corpse and threw his head to the opposite side again, revealing that his neck still had no mark.

"How can this be?" Xia Junmao was a little anxious, that mark was confirmed by him again and again last night, in order to distinguish it, he deliberately placed this corpse away from the other five corpses. Also puzzled is Song Mi, what I saw last night was real, but it has disappeared without a trace at this moment, how to explain it to make the general believe it?

Mo Chengfeng checked all the corpses, but still didn't find the mark drawn on the paper.

"General.......

King Yu stretched out his hand to stop Xia Junmao, "I can trust you and Song Mi as people, you will never talk nonsense out of nothing, and that symbol is not something that can be made up by casual people." ”

"I also believe in Xia Duwei and Song Wuchang, but as far as I know, this symbol is tattooed on the body of every member of the organization, and the rain cannot be washed away, what is it that makes it disappear out of thin air?"

"Take off all their clothes and double-check!"

Under the order of King Yu, more than a dozen soldiers stepped forward and pulled out all the corpses after several tosses, but no matter how carefully Mo Chengfeng searched, he still couldn't find that symbol, and in the end he could only give up.

"Dispose of all the corpses!" King Yu comforted: "No matter what is wrong with this, we will solve it sooner or later, since Xiliang has already sent a killer organization!" ”

Yecang City extends a hundred miles to the north is the boundary of Xiliang, where after the rainy season, the grass grows more luxuriantly, and there are several streams meandering in a piece of green, and the water is murmuring, and there is a beautiful scenery of abundant water and grass, cattle and sheep.

After this grassland, three hundred miles to the north is the royal city of Xiliang - Wancheng. The great difference between the architectural style and the girder is first reflected in the roof, whether it is an ordinary house or the inner courtyard of the palace, the roof adopts a round roof, according to the size of the house, the number of ridges varies from three to nine, and a very thin and long top iron will be erected at the top; The houses of the commoners are also mostly cylindrical, with almost no more than three floors, with a clear boundary between the first floor, and are connected by a rotating staircase of exposed wood; The windows of the houses were mostly covered by tents, and even the doors were replaced by two heavy drapes. Most of the materials used by the people of Xiliang to build their houses were taken from pine wood in their own country, and wealthy families would paint different colors of tung oil on the outer surface of their houses to decorate; And the poor people directly let the true color of the pine wood be exposed to everyone.

Walking on the opposite street of Wancheng, the street is not as wide as the big beam, the ground is not built of bluestone but filled with sandstone, the number of large and small streets is large and staggered, most of the first-time outsiders will get lost. However, like the Great Liang, the main street leading to the Imperial City is bustling with activity, and the buildings on both sides of the street are modeled after the Liang Dynasty, and they are built tall and magnificent. The Xiliang Imperial City does not use the yellow and red that the beams like the most, but uses the national colors - purple and black, which gives people a somewhat depressing feeling.

The Xiliang Imperial City building complex is arranged in a symmetrical triangle as a whole, and the first sharp corner that protrudes directly from the Imperial City Street is the main hall of the Xiliang Imperial City - Wenmo Palace, and the other two sharp corners of the north and south are the sacrificial Tiantai and the Xiliang harem respectively.

The sharp corner area facing north is built with the highest building in the imperial city, there are 33 steps, above the steps is a dome circular building, only the height of one floor, but this floor is comparable to the height of the general building three floors, the whole building is only supported by six pillars that are difficult for one person to hug, this is the sacrificial platform of the Xiliang royal family, every year the Xiliang Emperor will come here to worship the heavens and pray for blessings.

There was nothing special about the altar, the royal families of various countries had set up, but in front of this altar there was a stone pillar twice as thick as those pillars, and the stone pillar was engraved with a nine-clawed golden dragon, and the golden dragon's whole body was wrapped with extremely thick iron chains, and each of the golden dragon's claws was chained. Such a stone pillar is very inconsistent with this place of worship and blessing, but Emperor Xiliang arranged it in this way, and even gave this place an extremely terrifying name - Suolongtai.

At this moment, there is a person standing on the dragon platform, with long inky hair that is not tied up, let it fly with the wind; sunken eye sockets and deep eyes; The skin is dark and yellowish, the delicate facial features are like knife carvings, and the face looks very young; Slender in stature, a purple robe inlaid with green eagle wings outlines a rather masculine body, and the front of the robe is embroidered with a vivid desert wolf; The man wore a snow-white fox fur collar around his neck, a belt of black obsidian and orange amber around his waist, a black cape tattooed with an eagle with wings, and a pair of deerskin boots.

"How's it going?" The man suddenly asked, but there was no one around him, and he didn't know who he was talking to.

"It's done" walked out from behind the chain-wrapped stone pillar, dressed in a black cloak from head to toe, making it impossible to see the face at all, judging by the sound that it should be a man.

"Before, my father was too weak, and he always showed mercy to Liang Guo" This noble man held his right hand with his left hand, and he could even see that the wrist of his right hand had begun to redden, "Now I won't be so kind, Liang Guo, this lock dragon platform is your fate!" ”

"It's good that my lord is ambitious, but things have to be done one by one," the man in black spoke unhurriedly.

Just because of the honorific title of their leader of the northern nomads, this noble man is now the new master of the Xiliang Kingdom, Ze Luolerong, who had just snatched the throne from his father through a coup d'état half a year ago, and was only twenty years old. Although he is young, he is heroic, ambitious, secretive, ruthless, moody, and the party fights against differences, so he made a smooth transition of the Xiliang regime into his own hands in just half a year.

"I naturally understand this truth, in order to achieve the goal of dominating the world, people who can do things are very important, I really don't understand what my father thinks, and he has imprisoned you for ten years!" Then Luo Lerong turned around at this time and faced the man in black, "But now that Xiliang is mine, the reverse scale should be reactivated, and there will be a great opportunity for you to show your skills in the future!" ”

"Thank you to my lord Shan Yu, the reverse scale will definitely be sent by His Majesty!" The man in black bent down and looked very obedient, "Six of the seven spies we sent died at the hands of the Cold Knife, and the only spies who came back reported that the symbol of the reverse scale had been discovered by the Xuanjia Army. ”

"Cold knife, cold knife again! For so many years, we couldn't even step into the Central Plains, all because of the Xuanjia Army! Then Luo Lerong said that the Xuanjia Army suddenly became gritted teeth, as if there was a deep feud in the sea of blood, and only the enemy with a sword could wash it away.

"My lord is only angry, I have already thought of a plan to eradicate the Xuanjia Army during the claustrophobic, just waiting for His Majesty's order."

"Your ability, I believe in it, okay, those chess pieces you planted should be moved, this game of chess, we have to play first!" Luo Lerong held the stone pillar with one hand, but used his fingers to pick the pattern of the stone pillar.