Section 1 The Savior of the Beast

At the foot of the mountain, there was a sound of killing inside and outside the Duan Clan's mansion, and the black pressure surrounded the army of the Ruifeng battalion. This is an elite army directly controlled by the Great Xia Emperor, who was supposed to guard Kyoto, but came to Jingji Mountain to besiege the Duan clan.

The blood in the mansion was like a river, and the lord of the mansion, Duan Tianya, fought hard with a ghost-headed knife, and the battle had been narrowed to the core area of the inner mansion.

Duan Tianya stood on the steps of the inner house, only one of the four sons was left, and the other three sons were all killed in the front hall. Duan Tianya immediately slashed at the oncoming eunuch Wei Dong, the first attendant in the palace.

Wei Dong's face was gloomy, and he was also shocked that the Duan clan had such a deep heritage. If it weren't for the Ruifeng Battalion, just with these palace guards and ordinary officers and soldiers, I'm afraid they would really have to fold here today. It is no wonder that after the new emperor ascended the throne, he planned to eradicate the trouble in Duan's heart.

"Duan Tianya, I advise you to put down your weapons, Your Majesty may be able to keep your whole corpse and protect the women and children behind you. If you are obsessed with it again, there will be no one left in the Duan Mansion. Wei Dong's cold voice was even more cruel in the bloody aura.

Duan Tianya's head was slashed, and his chest rose and fell with indignant anger, "When the first emperor was still the prince, the secret edict of the old man trained the shadow man to keep it for backup. Since then, all of Duan's children have been dead. ”

"Back then, for the first emperor to fight for the throne, the blood of my Duan clan was stained in the Jinluan Palace, and the fierce battle against the enemies of Moro was buried in the Three Thousand Shadows of the Two Realms Mountain. The old man thinks that my Duan clan has never had the intention of rebellion, why is it that before the first emperor's mourning period has passed, Emperor Yuning wants to destroy my Duan clan. ”

Looking at Duan Tianya's red eyes, Wei Dong couldn't help but tremble at the corners of his mouth. Before today, he Wei Dong was respectful when he saw Duan Tianya. Don't look at Duan Tianya like a trapped beast at this time, but Yu Wei is still alive. The status of the Duan family in Great Xia is very peculiar, they are not officials in the court, but they enjoy the wealth of the country.

The Duan family seems to be a loyal iron guard born for the first emperor, and in the thirty years of the first emperor's reign, the Duan family is the shadow of the first emperor. From the princes and ministers to the marginal officials, they were all secretly monitored by the Duan family.

The first emperor died of a sudden serious illness, and because he did not leave an edict, the princes launched a bloody fight to seize the throne. The Duan family did not move, and was only responsible for guarding the imperial palace and protecting the body of the emperor.

That night, the shouts of killing in the Imperial City of Kyoto resounded in the sky. The fourth prince, Yu Ning, finally received the support of Xiangguo and the Imperial City Forbidden Army and successfully ascended to the throne. The new emperor ascended the throne and the emperor was mourned, and it was not until the time when the emperor entered the tomb that Tianya donated the token roster and handed over the world shadow left by the emperor to the new emperor Yuning the Great.

Wei Dong sighed, "Duan Tianya, the shadow created by the first emperor is enough to shake the foundation of the empire. Do you think that if you hand over the Token Book, these people will be able to use it for His Majesty? What's more, on the night Your Majesty ascended the throne, your Duan clan did not send a single soldier, do you think the emperor will still trust you? ”

Duan Tianya must be angry, "I, the Duan clan, trained the shadow artist under the secret edict of the first emperor, and I made a blood oath in front of the first emperor back then, and I will never participate in the battle for the prince's succession. When the new emperor ascended the throne, I handed over all the token secret books to His Majesty, and I did not seek an official position in the court, which has already shown my Duan's retreat, what else does the new emperor want. Do you have to kill them all before you give up? ”

Wei Dong snorted coldly, "Your Majesty said, if you don't use it for me, it will be a big disaster if you keep it." Duan Tianya, I advise you to surrender obediently, so as to ask Your Majesty for mercy to keep your women and children safe. ”

The corners of Duan Tianya's angry eyes burst into bloodshots, and he said hideously, "Okay, well, my Duan clan is a dead soldier of the first emperor, and everyone has the heart to die." It's just that I didn't expect that I would die at the hands of the new emperor. Wei Dong, I know that it was all because of the forbidden demagoguery between you and that traitor, which made Emperor Ning murderous. Don't be complacent too early, the Heavenly Dao cycle, you will get retribution sooner or later. ”

"Hahahaha!" Wei Dong let out a wicked laugh, "Old fellow, don't think I don't know that you still have a secret hand. The Duan Clan's elite twelve ghost guards disappeared two months ago, and this is also your intention. But you don't know that among the twelve ghost guards, some people have already taken refuge in Your Majesty. After tonight, there will no longer be your Duan clan's bloodline in the entire Great Xia. ”

Duan Tianya's face showed disdain, "The Twelve Ghost Guards are loyal, don't think that you will believe it as soon as you say it." ”

"Hmph, people die for money, birds die for food, what's impossible. The Twelve Ghost Guards are just orphans you adopted, and they are not members of your Duan family, so why should they be loyal to you. Your four sons are all in the mansion, but you have sent their children to the twelve ghost guards to Xining City secretly. I am afraid that after this night, the three generations of your grandparents and grandchildren will be able to meet together in the kingdom of God. ”

When Duan Tianya heard this, his whole body trembled slightly, and his face became pale. Through Wei Dong's words, he understood that the Twelve Ghost Guards did have internal ghosts, otherwise these core secrets would not have been known by Wei Dong.

"Third child, quick, take Lang'er into the secret passage to the back mountain, and be sure to protect your nephew to leave safely. Only by being alive can our Duan's blood not be shed in vain. Remember, among the twelve ghost guards, the boss, the sixth, the seventh, and the eleventh, can be trusted. Duan Tianya whispered to Duan Wubo, the third son beside him.

Duan Tianya also has a grandson who has just passed the 100th day, and because he was born at the time of Emperor Feng's funeral, outsiders do not know about it. Even the most intimate twelve ghost guards, only the four ghost guards who stayed at that time knew that Duan Mansion had added another ding. Duan Tianya didn't expect the disaster to come so quickly, so this beloved grandson stayed in the mansion all the time. Fortunately, a secret passage has been dug temporarily in the past two months, and it just came in handy today.

"Dad, let Uncle Wu and them enter the secret passage, and I will stay and fight to the death with you."

", didn't you hear what I said, get out!" Duan Tianya raised the ghost head knife and looked at the third son, Duan Wubo, with a sad expression.

Duan Wubo gritted his teeth and cried tragically, "Dad, take care, when your son sends your nephew away, I will come back to fight with you." ”

"If you dare to come back, my Duan family doesn't have you as a person, get out!" After Duan Tianya finished speaking, he slapped the knife face and slapped Duan Wubo into the door of the inner house.

Wei Tong sneered and waved his hand, "Kill me, don't leave any of them." Duan Tianya, I see how long you can last. ”

"Wei Dong, come on, even if the old man dies, he will take you as a companion!" Duan Tianya must be furious, standing on the top of the stairs like a ghost prison Yama.

In the inner house, Duan Wubo hurriedly wrote a suicide note on the juan cloth with grief and anger in his eyes. After writing, Duan Wubo stuffed the silk cloth into the baby's swaddling clothes, along with a black gold token and the "Shadow Record".

Duan Wubo turned around and said to a woman, "Brother-in-law, quickly hold Lang'er and enter the secret passage with me." ”

Duan Wubo looked at the ladies in the hall and was speechless. Here is his mother, brother and sister-in-law, and his beloved daughter-in-law. However, he couldn't take everyone away, because he would be too slow to escape the pursuit. Listening to the approaching sword soldiers outside, Duan Wubo didn't dare to delay any longer, and fell to his knees and bowed heavily.

"Mother, brothers and sisters-in-law, take care!"

"San'er, let's go, you must get out alive. The ladies listened to the order and took up arms, and the Duan family did not have a ghost who was greedy for life and afraid of death, and fought with the old man. Old Madam Duan held her eyebrows and gave her final order with tears in her eyes.

Duan Wubo didn't say anything more, glanced at his wife with tears, got up and walked out.

On the side of the rockery in the backyard of Duan Mansion, the old housekeeper Wu Bo waited with a solemn expression with more than a dozen people. Behind Uncle Wu, there was actually a big bear. This big bear has been training in the house for many years and is very humane. For tonight's escape, Wu Bo even took out his family's foundations, just hoping to protect the third prince and Xiao Duanlang to leave safely.

Although Jingji Mountain is not high, it is rich in trees and stretches for hundreds of miles. In particular, the redwood forest in the back mountain, with its tall and thick trees, is an excellent place for the Duan clan to train shadow artists in the wild.

In the back mountain, a thick redwood tree, the bark at the bottom suddenly cracked, and a secret door flashed.

Uncle Wu, the old housekeeper, took the lead in walking out, observed it carefully, and then waved his hand, "Hurry, move quickly." ”

Duan Wubo helped his younger brother and daughter-in-law out of the secret passage, and the black bear was the last to crawl out. The bear's nose moved, and he suddenly raised his head to the sky and let out a long howl.

"Not good, there is an ambush!" Wu Bo has been training the big bear for many years, and as soon as he heard this cry, he knew that the situation had changed.

Brush brush brush ~ above the surrounding trees, a cold light shot out, and suddenly a few people fell to the ground with arrows. Duan Wubo's younger brother-in-law, in order to protect the little Duan Lang in her arms, was also unfortunately hit by an arrow.

"Third brother ~ hurry up ~ take Lang'er and leave quickly, leave me alone."

"Brother-in-law, you~!" Duan Wubo was stunned for a moment, his brother-in-law was hit by three arrows in the back, and the arrows passed through his body, almost stabbing Duan Lang in his arms.

"Third young master, retreat west~, there is an organ we have arranged." Uncle Wu said eagerly while waving his knife to block the arrows.

Just then, a loud laugh came from the treetops nearby. With the laughter, the opponent's bow and crossbow also stopped.

"Hahahaha, none of you can leave, Lord Xiangguo has been waiting for a long time."

A figure fell from the treetops, and seeing the comer clearly through the moonlight, Wu Bo and Duan Wubo's hearts suddenly became cold.

"Military Aircraft Order, Show Style!" Duan Wubo's eyes gathered, he didn't expect that the number one master of the forbidden army who was famous in Kyoto would be waiting for them here.

"Third young master, I will lead people to fight with them, you take the young master and leave quickly."

"No, Uncle Wu, I'm afraid none of us will be able to leave. Quick, let Da Hei take Lang'er away, and let's block the wind together. ”

Uncle Wu's heart was shocked, he knew that the third young master had a mortal heart. Wu Bo took the swaddling clothes and stuffed them into the cloth bag tied on the bear's chest with a gritted tooth.

"Dahei, protect the young master, please." Uncle Wu said in a low voice.

The big bear has been domesticated for many years, as if he understood what Wu Bo meant. The big bear didn't move, and looked at Uncle Wu with a hint of reluctance.

Duan Wubo knew that timing was life for them, so he pounced on Zhan Feng before he gave the order to kill.

"Duan Jiaerlang, kill me~!"

"Big Black, Run~!"

Duan Wubo and Wu Bo gave orders at the same time, and more than a dozen Duan family dead soldiers howled and pounced on their opponents. The bear let out a low howl and turned to run towards the thorn bushes beside him.

Zhan Feng two faces and a sword grid open section of Wu Bo, hmm~! A cold light shot at the bear. I only heard the howl of the big bear, and the speed suddenly increased. The nature of the fierce beast and the obscuration of the night, the black bear lost its trace in the blink of an eye.

Seeing Da Xiong fleeing with his nephew, Duan Wubo smiled sadly. Suddenly, Duan Wubo remembered something, and his face instantly turned pale.

He wrote his last words on Duan Lang's cloth, but the last words said that the four of the ghost guards could be trusted. Now it seems that it is the opposite, and the inner ghost should be among these four people. Otherwise, Zhanfeng will not appear at the exit of the secret passage at all. Because this secret passage has only been built for less than two months, the ghost guards who went to Xining did not know where the exit was located.

Duan Wubo was sad in his heart, in case his nephew grew up, he would definitely look for the ghost guard to reorganize the shadow when he saw the suicide note. At that time, I am afraid that my last words will make my nephew fall into the hands of the enemy on his own initiative. If that's the case, I'm afraid the Duan family will not be able to turn a blind eye!