Zhongli City is the southeast of the Yan Kingdom of the border city, and all the border cities on the land of Zhongzhou, Zhongli City is majestic and solid, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the history of Zhongli City is extremely long, it was built in the ancient god king period, and the architectural style has the unique simplicity and majesty of the ancient period.

The endless snow finally stopped, but the sky did not clear, and it was still white fog. As far as the eye can see, the towering Zhongli City stands on the mouth of the plain gorge, the tall city wall is covered with mottled scars, the ancient arrow tower is the same, the two cow and horse stone carvings standing on the city wall are witnessing the vicissitudes of time, these two stone statues are rough and dry, as if they are two natural stones, the cow statue on the left is missing a horn, and the horse statue on the right is missing the whole head. However, it is precisely this mutilation that makes them all the more solemn.

Zhongli Honghu is the Ling Yin of Zhongli City, and also the lord of Zhongli City, a radius of 100 miles is the fief of Zhongli, Zhongli is as old as Zhongli City, it is rumored that Zhongli is the descendant of the ancient wind god, and the two cows and horses are the car of the wind god, which can control the wind and clouds.

Zhongli Honghu stood on the city wall and looked into the distance, wearing a black armor and frowning. Behind him, the huge city was slowly waking up, and the streets and alleys crisscrossed like spider webs gradually had the voices of people, horses, and shouts. And beside him, there stood rows of armor soldiers with armor in armor, and these armor soldiers looked into the distance with him, as if waiting for something. As for the bottom of the city walls, those who enter and leave the city are like ants crawling in and out.

The snow has stopped, but the weather is getting colder.

Xiao Suo's cold wind blew from the north, blowing on his face like a knife, Zhongli Honghu couldn't help but tighten the big coat behind him, he was not wearing a Xuanniao coat, the black coat was embroidered with Zhongli's family crest, a cow with a missing horn, and a horse with a missing head. In the entire Yan Kingdom, only the Zhongli clan enjoys this honor, however, there must be gains and losses, and only the Zhongli clan and the Yan clan have nothing to do with the entire Yan country.

King Wuying divided the world, and the Yan clan gained fifty miles of land, so he launched an iron and blood expedition, and there were hundreds of large and small princes on the border of the Yan country spanning thousands of miles, but these princes were either from the Yan clan or the retainers who followed the Yan clan, except for the Zhongli clan, because one hundred and twenty years ago, the Zhongli clan was the king of the Zhongli country. The Zhongli clan was not conquered by the Yan clan, but took the initiative to surrender. Therefore, among the eight hundred princes, the reputation of the Zhongli clan was not very good, and the world said that the Zhongli clan had lost its hideous head and horns like their ridiculous family crest.

In this regard, Zhongli was silent for one hundred and twenty years. And now, Zhongli Honghu has finally been waiting for such a day.

The envoy from Yanjing had just left, and the man brought an edict from the old minister, saying that the new monarch had succeeded to the throne, and ordered Zhongli Honghu to go to Yanjing immediately to worship the new monarch, and also explained another thing to prevent the bandits from entering the territory of Yan to cause chaos.

Bandits?

Where did the bandits come from?

Zhongli Honghu stared into the distance, the corners of his mouth hooked a sneer, just when the messenger from Yanjing had just left, the people from Longshan came with the back foot, and brought earth-shattering news, the general Yan died evilly, not under the enemy's sword, but in the conspiracy of his own people, and that person was Lao Qingxiang. It is said that the 80,000 army that followed Yan Qi's evil attack on Chu was also divided into two, and one of them had followed Yan Qi's eldest son, Yan Wuxian, to Longshan.

This is going to cause chaos in the world.

The cold wind blew people's lives, but the smile on Zhongli Honghu's face was even stronger, he turned his head and looked in the opposite direction of Zhongli City, eight hundred miles away, there was a majestic high mountain, and there was an open plain under that high mountain, it can be imagined that Yan Qixi's three sons were holding a meeting, tens of thousands of soldiers were riding war horses, with white curtains wrapped in their foreheads, and iron swords hanging from their waists, and the vast chariot phalanx filled the wilderness, perhaps, it won't be long before this revenge army will rumble towards Yanjing City, and I don't know, Can that huge and incomparable Xuanniao in Yanjing City shelter that fool?

However, the internal dispute of the Yan clan is still far away from the Zhongli clan, no matter who wins or loses, it cannot change the established facts, unless there is an opportunity for the Zhongli clan to lay the foundation in one fell swoop, otherwise, the Zhongli clan will only be a minister for eternity, not a king. This opportunity should not be far away, and Bahouzi is on his way back from Yongdu.

There are no eternal friends in the world, and even more so between princes and princes, Yan is in turmoil, how can Duke Yong sit idly by? After learning that Yan was dead, Yonggong immediately sent three hundred Chiyan swordsmen to escort Yan Zhiyun, the prince of the Eight Marquis who was hostage in Yongdu, back to the Yan Kingdom, and this was only an advance one, and behind the Eight Marquis, there were eight thousand flame chariots approaching the Yan Kingdom along Yongyan Avenue. From this point of view, Yonggong's purpose is so obvious that people have to think deeply, perhaps, the general's death is inseparable from Yonggong, after all, the death is so unclear.

Yanjing City hopes that Zhongli's clan will worship the new monarch and swear allegiance, while Longshan hopes that Zhongli's clan will follow him and conquer the side of the Qingjun without a way, but as for the eight marquis, Zhongli Honghu is a little disappointed, from beginning to end, Zhongli has been secretly supporting the eight marquis Yan Zhiyun, if Yan Zhiyun succeeds the monarch, then Zhongli can take this opportunity to gradually grow, and then, replace it. This period of time may be a long time, but the Zhongli clan has been waiting for one hundred and twenty years, how can they care about waiting for a few more decades?

However, at this critical moment, Zhongli Honghu received a secret order from Yan Zhiyun, and the content of that secret order made Zhongli Honghu's eyes red with anger.

It's really stupid, the bandit is the tiger of Yanjing, Yu Lie, the proud disciple of the general, and the person from Longshan has not left, the messenger is sitting in his mansion with the black jade of the Xuanniao, waiting for the return of the so-called bandit.

It doesn't matter whether a bandit lives or dies, the head of a second-class baron is as light as a dog's head, but Longshan is different, Longshan Yan has tens of thousands of troops, full of grief and indignation, it is the time of murder, it is not only a powerful help for the eight marquis to seize the throne, but also an insurmountable gap in the trench, at this time, not to mention taking the opportunity to show favor to Longshan, so as to win the powerful power of Longshan, I actually want to kill an unrelated pawn! Yan Zhiyun, Yan Zhiyun, are your heads stuffed with bud thatch? You have more than one opponent, there are also three marquis, five marquis, the battle for the throne is full of blood, how can it be child's play?

Thinking of this, Zhongli Honghu's face was dark. Besides, is that bandit so easy to kill? Incredible news came from the Hengshan corridor, the Snow Peak Fortress standing on the Snow Peak Mountain was engulfed by a blizzard in an instant, and the person who brought the mighty hand of death was none other than the Tiger of Yanjing, who heard that he rode the big firebird and used the power that only belonged to the gods. Zhongli Honghu had seen the bird, spread its wings two feet away, and the light and shadow were under its wings.

That's really a mythical bird.

Zhongli Honghu's eyes shrank, and the hand holding the sword trembled.

At this time, a high-crowned and wide-robed man walked along the zigzag wall ladder to the city wall, this person is Zhongli Honghu's brother, but also his think tank, named Zhongli Hongfu, this person has studied in Yongdu's Moshan Academy for ten years, the two are twenty years apart, but they know each other, Zhongli Honghu relies on this brother very much.

The young Zhongli Hongfu had a delicate face, which was very different from Zhongli Honghu's rigid face, and he walked to Zhongli Honghu's side, and the two looked into the distance side by side.

The cold wind blew in his face, setting off Zhongli Honghu's big robe and Zhongli Hongfu's wide robe.

"Seventeenth brother, is the envoy of the Longshan Yan clan still unwilling to leave?" Zhongli Honghu frowned and looked in the direction of the Hengshan corridor, as expected, the so-called bandits should also arrive.

Zhongli Hongfu said: "Back to the head of the family, before seeing the Tiger of Yanjing, the envoy of Longshan will not leave, according to the opinion of the foolish brother, the Yan clan of Longshan is afraid that he wants the Tiger of Yanjing to lead his troops to Longshan, and the head of the family should also make a decision." ”

"Decided?"

Zhongli Honghu smiled coldly: "Yan Zhiyun wants the head of the Tiger of Yanjing, but the three brothers of the Yan family want him to arrive in Longshan safe and sound, no matter what choice we make, we will offend one of them." At this critical moment, how can I easily make a decision, one wrong step, and the catastrophe will not be overcome! ”

Zhongli Hongfu said lightly: "Brother Clan's words are wrong, in fact, whether it is Yan Zhiyun, or the third marquis, the fifth marquis, or the new monarch in Yanjing City, anyone who wants to sit firmly on the throne of Yan must be recognized by the Longshan Yan clan, which is an indisputable fact." ”

"So, what do you mean?"

Zhongli Honghu tilted his head and stared at his clan brother.

Zhongli Hongfu had an unfathomable smile on his face: "Although the foolish brother has never seen the tiger of Yanjing, he knows that this person is not a reckless person, and the head of the family thinks that he captured the former right doctor of Qi alive Gong Lose, and he even kept it secret, and it was not until two days ago that he ordered someone to report quickly, saying that he went to Jiangbei to attack Chu with the general, and was separated from most of them in the war, and happened to encounter the public bluff, and now he led the remnants to return with the public bluff, Zhongli City should not stop him." ”

Zhongli Honghu said: "It's all nonsense with his eyes open, but it's just to obstruct the eyes and ears of people in the world, who doesn't know that he broke through all the way from the Shunri Fortress?" Now, King Jingtai in Chaoge City is blind and ignores this matter, and the pipes in Yanjing City also want to wipe their butts clean. And that idiot Yan Zhiyun somehow wants him to die. I really don't know why a few hundred remnants of soldiers have attracted the attention of the world? ”

Zhongli Hongfu said with a smile: "That Yanjing Tiger just wants to attract the attention of the world, so that he can have a glimmer of life." He is right, he is a soldier of the Yan State, and he has never been to the Xunri Fortress with the general, and there is still a witness, that is the bluff of the Qi State. If the head of the family prevents him from returning north at this time, or kills him, it will only cause the dissatisfaction of the Longshan Yan clan, and even make the unreasonable person hate my Zhongli clan from now on. As for which is true and which is false, is there still justice and truth in the world today? ”

"If you evil Yan Zhiyun because of this, it will be detrimental to my Zhongli clan's hundred-year plan." Zhongli Honghu still hesitated.

"Haha."

Zhongli Hongfu smiled at the wind, his eyes shining with wisdom: "If Yan Zhiyun can't be the king of Yan Kingdom, everything is in vain. And now, I really want to meet that Yanjing Tiger. ”

"Woo, spring ......"

At this moment, a desolate trumpet sounded in the distance.