Western Regions.

"Have you heard? A divine stone suddenly appeared on the outskirts of the village, and the gods sent down an oracle, with Zhang Xiaoxu as the sect leader. ”

"This matter has long been spread in the Western Regions, and it is said that the Heavenly God has also summoned a group of loyal servants to reach the Heavenly Court, and the original sect master is one of them. ”

The streets and alleys of the Western Regions, and even the people in the temples whispered.

Zhang Xiaoxu complied with the mandate of heaven and became the new sect leader.

And the first oracle of the temple is that in order to reassure the people, the gods have specially ordered the Western Regions to refrain from fighting again for several years.

In this regard, although the royal court was dissatisfied, he did not dare to disobey the oracle, so he had to let the army of the whole army disperse, and watched the western territory fall into the hands of the enemy and gradually grow.

Soon after, the king of the Western Regions died of illness, and according to the law, the eldest son succeeded to the throne, but when the gods were played, the oracle given by the temple was not allowed by the gods!

The royal court was leaderless in an instant, and the struggle for power between Shangguan Qi and Shangguan Jun also changed from darkness to light.

Shangguan Jun was secretly assisted by the temple, coupled with the assistance of Zhang Yi (now known as Zhang Jiahao) and officials from Guishun, his strength was on par with Shangguan.

A tug-of-war for the throne began.

In view of the chaotic situation, the princes of the three parties supported their own troops and did not participate in party disputes.

The Western Regions country has completely fallen into war and famine, the national strength has retreated, the people are struggling to make a living, everyone is in danger, and thieves are rampant.

Huaxia Shangdu.

A temporary giant execution ground stands in the center of the square.

Ye Gucheng stood proudly on the high platform and said coldly: "I'm here, anyone can come and kill me, but you must remember that you must kill me completely." Otherwise, it's not just you who will die, slash!"

At the sound of an order, thousands more heads fell to the ground.

Among these prisoners, there were only a few dozen people who really participated in the assassination of Ye Gucheng, and the rest were all family members and even family members of the assassins.

The inhumane extermination not only shocked everyone in one fell swoop, but also made Ye Gucheng bear the name of peerless demon slayer from now on.

If it is said that the indiscriminate killing of innocents caused panic in people's hearts, then the conscription order completely ignited the anger of the whole of China, of course, they did not dare to point the finger at Ye Gucheng, but they never concealed their disgust for Li Yueli, in the eyes of people, all this, if it was not for Li Yueli not trying to assassinate Ye Gucheng, it would not have happened.

However, the sharp-eyed citygoers still found that Li Yueli was not in the torture.

Yefu.

"See Commander-in-Chief. The servants saluted.

Ye Gucheng continued to walk forward expressionlessly, and unconsciously, came to Li Yueli's door.

After that incident, he hadn't seen Li Yueli for a few days, and today he didn't know why, he came to the other party's door.

After hesitating, he slowly pushed the door in.

Li Yueli was not in the room, and she hadn't seen her for a few days, and the room had changed a lot, many exquisite ornaments had been emptied, and the layout of the room had become the pattern that a slave should have.

When Ye Gucheng saw this scene, there was obviously a trace of anger in his eyes.

Exiting the door, he saw the servant passing by, and said casually, "Where has the eldest lady gone?"

The servant was obviously stunned, and then hurriedly replied: "Returning to the commander, Li Yueli is in the laundry yard." ”

The laundry yard is a place responsible for washing laundry throughout the house.

Ye Gucheng then remembered that Li Yueli had been demoted to a slave, thinking that it was deliberately arranged by the housekeeper, although he didn't like it in his heart, he didn't say anything, and continued to move forward.

The pattern of the laundry yard is not large, but the equipment that should be left is not lost.

In the center, a female slave girl sits in front of a circular basin of water, beating her clothes with a wooden stick.

A few female slaves on the side chatted, and from time to time scolded the slave who was washing the clothes: "Wash quickly, grind, you think you are still the eldest lady!"

Ye Gucheng stared at a few maids coldly, and retreated quietly.

In the hall, the housekeeper knelt nervously, and on the side, there were several solemn government soldiers.

Ye Gucheng took a sip of tea and said indifferently: "Li Yueli's room, did you move it?"

"Returning to the commander, Li Yueli is now a slave, and she is only worthy of using the things of a slave. ”

Ye Gucheng smiled and said slowly: "So, it was also your order to send her to the laundry yard?"

When the butler saw the commander smiling, he felt a chill in his heart, and hurriedly explained: "Li Yueli is a big rebel and assassinated the commander, although the commander is merciful, but such a traitorous and evil person, if he is not punished severely, the villain is unhappy in his heart. ”

"In this way, you are loyal!" Ye Gucheng smiled even more happily, slowly put down the teacup, and continued: "How many maids are there in the laundry yard?"

Seeing that Ye Gucheng's face was kind, the housekeeper's hanging heart finally fell, and he replied truthfully: "Returning to the commander, a total of 10." ”

"Is there a rotation off?"

Although the housekeeper didn't know why Ye Gucheng cared about these trivial matters, he still responded: "Returning to the commander, there is no rotation off, pounding the maid of the laundry courtyard, working during the day and resting at night." ”

"Very good!" Ye Gucheng smiled and said coldly: "Except for Li Yueli, the rest of the clothes yard will be beheaded, drag him down for me, and behead him together." ”

The housekeeper was suddenly paralyzed, begging for mercy, unable to figure out what he had done wrong.

The soldiers quickly took the housekeeper away, and of course, more people went straight to the laundry yard.

If you ask, what is the high-risk occupation in Shangdu today, people will definitely say without hesitation, the housekeeper and slave of Ye Mansion.

Forget about servants, butlers are a very popular position, and countless servants may not be able to do it in their lives!

However, for the housekeeper of the Ye Mansion, ordinary people really dare not be, the slave commits a crime, and the housekeeper suffers together, this is the cognition of the servants of the entire Ye Mansion, within a few months, killing two housekeepers in a row is unprecedented!

The new housekeeper is still an old man in his 50s, of course, he is much smarter than his predecessor, and after inquiring about everything, he not only restored Li Yueli's room to its original state, but even regarded her as a guest of honor, not only did not assign work, but also strictly ordered all slaves not to be rude to him.

All this, Ye Gucheng naturally looked at it in his eyes, and he was very satisfied.

On this day, Ye Gucheng was having a meal, and the ghost envoy glanced at the empty opposite side, and in a trance, he seemed to see Li Yueli grinning at him.

Ye Gucheng was stunned, silently looked at the empty opposite side, and suddenly tasteless, for a long time, he said in a deep voice: "Let Li Yueli come over." ”

The servant who served the meal was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly received the order.

Li Yueli soon appeared, and under Ye Gucheng's signal, she sat down in her original position with a cold face.

She hated Ye Gucheng, and this hatred was not concealed at all.

Ye Gucheng didn't care, and said slowly: "Eat." ”

The servant opened his mouth and quickly closed it with amusement.

It is an iron law that a slave shall not eat with his master.

However, in view of the commander's actions, the servants who served the meal did not dare to raise their voices.

Li Yueli didn't do so, and she didn't even move her hand.

Ye Gucheng was not angry, and said flatly: "If you don't eat, I'll kill them." ”

Several maids who were serving on the side panicked all of a sudden, and knelt down one after another to beg Li Yueli to eat.

It's another trick.

Li Yueli was really angry, she was not Ye Gucheng, she couldn't ignore other people's lives, so she had to pick up chopsticks indignantly, as if she was treating rice as Ye Gucheng and stuffing it into her mouth.

"Eat slowly and keep the same pace as me. ”

Li Yueli's movements stiffened, and she was unwilling to slow down.

"I don't like people eating with a cold face. ”

Li Yueli's eyes began to fire, but she still slowly squeezed out a smile.

"Laughing is not sincere enough, it is worse than crying. ”

"Don't go too far. Li Yueli couldn't help it.

I said. Ye Gucheng's eyes suddenly turned cold, and he said indifferently: "Smile with your heart." ”

Li Yueli fell silent for a moment, and gradually, smiled.

"Good, keep it that way in the future. Ye Gucheng continued to eat satisfied.

Soon, Li Yueli couldn't laugh!

struggled all the way back to the room, and then, it was another bloody storm.

Ye Gucheng seemed to like this kind of thing, and went to Li Yueli's room every once in a while to fight for a while.

Li Yueli went from resisting and struggling at the beginning, to being numb and obedient, and now, she is accustomed to what Ye Gucheng did.

She knows that she has no hope in this life, and her only wish is that her family can live without disasters.

Time, unconsciously, another two months passed.

The recruits were being trained, and the surrounding armies began to assemble in Shangdu, and the people of China knew that a new war was about to break out.

Western Regions.

The Black Water Collar is located in the west of the royal city, where Shangguan Jun's hundreds of thousands of troops are basically gathered.

Sun Xiang has been strongly supporting from the beginning, and now he is slowly regretting it, he sees the situation in the Western Regions Kingdom, and he is even more anxious in his heart, he is afraid that he will completely destroy the kingdom if he continues to fight like this, he has not forgotten that in the Western Territory, there is also a Huaxia Kingdom eyeing the tiger.

Therefore, he proposed to reconcile with Shangguan Qi.

Of course, this proposal was vetoed by Zhang Jiahao, who said that reconciliation means recognizing the royal power of Shangguan Qi, after all, even if the gods do not allow it, the law of the kingdom is in front, the eldest son has the right of orthodox inheritance, the eldest son is still alive, and the second son succeeds to the throne.

Shangguan Jun recognized this very much, and he knew better that once he lost his royal power, what awaited him would inevitably be destruction, and only by completely defeating Shangguan Qi's army and killing Shangguan Qi could he really sit back and relax.

And the driving force that supported him to persist was the promise of the temple, once Shangguan Qi died, the temple vigorously supported him as the king, which is why he secretly assisted Zhang Xiaoxu to ascend to the throne of the sect leader.

Sun Xiang was extremely disappointed in the face of Shangguan Jun's insistence on going his own way. He began to feel that the scene of the Western Regions might be a masterpiece of China, but he had no evidence, so he could only watch the Western Regions Kingdom sink all the way to the abyss from which he could never recover.

The Land of the Northern Barbarians.

North Barbarian Extreme East.

On a plateau, an army of the undead flooded every corner, including lunatic defenders armed with weapons, undead knights on tall horses, and, of course, more mutilated and highly decomposed corpses.

As far as the eye can see, there is no end in sight, and strangely, the speed of the march of the army of the undead is different from the speed of attacking the city, but instead it advances at a turtle speed, as if waiting for something.

In the pilgrimage forest, on the towering withered branches, a mutilated western dragon roared past, and above the dragon, the black-robed man's eyes were even more scarlet.

In the worship forest, countless undead armies squeezed every inch of the corner, and at the end of the worship forest, in the dry ocean, the army of the undead with no end in sight still emerged.