Chapter Twenty-Nine: The True Face of the Golden Mask
There are still soldiers who volunteer to go to the top of the ghost king. I know they're all good. But I'm scared! I don't want to be told early tomorrow morning that the person I sent to the Ghost King's Top is back! Lost his life on the top of the ghost king again!
After thinking about it for a long time, I made a decision: "I will go to the main palace myself!" β
"Your Highness not!" Prime Minister Lin knelt on the ground with a "plop", "Your Highness, this is the ghost king's top is full of dangers, and the slightest mistake is not guaranteed, Your Highness is the foundation of my Tianyu country, if Your Highness has a mistake, the old minister will be to blame." Before his death, the emperor specially instructed the old ministers to assist His Highness wholeheartedly. If His Royal Highness insists on going to the top of the ghost king, it is better to bring the old ministers with him. Even if he goes to die, the old minister will die in front of His Royal Highness, so under Jiuquan, the old minister will also have an explanation for the emperor! β
"Even if you give up this life, the ministers will stop Your Highness from going to the top of the Ghost King!" The rest of the people in the study also fell to their knees, and there was a great momentum that I would kneel to death without nodding.
"Okay, okay, I'm not going to this palace!" I really obeyed them, there is no way, I have a way, they are dead to stop, just such a group of people staring at each other. What problems can be solved by dry consumption? I waved my hand and told them all to get out.
"Manager Xu, go to the Prime Minister's Mansion to pick up Mu Yu into the palace, just say that the palace misses her, and take her into the palace to live for a few days." I deliberately instructed again: "Bring more people and horses, and it is best to let everyone in the city know that the palace has been with Princess Anping these days." β
"Could it be that His Royal Highness still wants to go to the Ghost King's Peak?"
"You guessed it!" I didn't hide it from Qing Yu, "The Ghost King can find out all the people we infiltrated into the Ghost King's Peak overnight, so it can be seen that the Ghost King's defense must be as watertight as that copper wall." In addition, our previous actions have already startled the snake, and it may be more difficult to sneak into the top of the ghost king than to ascend to the sky. It's better to rely on my unmatched light skills to get a rough idea of the situation of the ghost king's top, and the so-called knowing the other can win all battles. Only by thoroughly understanding the top of the ghost king can we find out the flaws and formulate a thorough and feasible extermination plan, right? β
"This is too dangerous, in case you are captured by the Ghost King's people, if you don't reveal your identity, they will kill you, if you reveal your identity......" Qing Yu glanced at the champion who was grinding with his head down, "Then the consequences are also unimaginable." Please think twice, Your Highness! β
"Don't worry, I won't do it. If I can't enter the Valley of the Ghost King, I'll come back immediately, and I'll come and go, for two days at most. "My light work is comparable to that of the wild geese in the sky, forcing me to fly to a high place and throw a few of my self-made* bags to the ground, and I can also raze the top of his ghost king to the ground!
"Your Royal Highness uses Princess Anping to be your son who is not in the early dynasty, this method can indeed hide from the world, but it will make Princess Anping bear the infamy of seducing the prince and making trouble. Since His Royal Highness didn't plan to make Princess Anping the crown princess, why did he always entangle with her and ruin her reputation so much? Has His Royal Highness ever thought that if His Royal Highness made a mistake this time, Princess Anping would be regarded as the biggest sinner in Yuguo this day! β
"I ......" I just wanted to find a reasonable reason not to go to court earlier, but I didn't expect that this would affect Mu Yu's reputation, "Receiving Mu Yu into the palace is just an expedient measure, and I will explain this matter to everyone clearly afterwards, and I will not let Mu Yu be wronged in vain." And I promise, without 100% certainty, I won't easily move the ghost king's top. β
It is impossible for Mu Yu to be wronged myself, but when the person I am destined to defend so much is not me, my heart is like being grabbed by someone, and it hurts and suffocates me. I even began to be jealous of Mu Yu, why everyone had an unconcealable longing in their eyes whenever they mentioned her. And I, on the other hand, are intimidating and scary. I think I've never done anything hurtful since I came here, so why can't Qingyu look at me with the eyes of a normal person?
Is it because I'm Gu Tianba?
I should be happy for Mu Yu, Qing Yu, who has never gone against my will, accused me in order to defend her. Qing Yu dared to accuse a murderous and inhumane person like Gu Tianba for Mu Yu's sake, so how much should he care about Mu Yu!
I was afraid that Manager Xu and Mu Yu would stop me from going to the Ghost King's Peak, so I told them that I just wanted to be lazy and go out of the palace for a few days. He also instructed Qing Yu and Zhuangyuan Xun to keep it secret for me. But these things can't be hidden from the golden-faced master, so I have to promise him to disguise the secret guard as a hunter and lurk in the dense forest near the top of the ghost king so that he can meet me at any time.
In fact, if something really happened to me at the top of the Ghost King, let alone such a hundred or so many secret guards, even an army of 10,000 people might not be able to save me from the Ghost King. And the reason why I arranged this way was actually because I wanted to send these secret guards to the Ghost King's top first if I found a path that could sneak into the Ghost King's top unknowingly.
I have already ordered Qin Ruoan to lurk in the dense forest ten miles away from the Ghost King's Peak with his team of 1,000 people, once the secret guards have successfully infiltrated the Ghost King's Peak, I will decide how to distribute these people according to the specific situation.
I am still drawing up several secret decrees when I leave the palace, and I will decide whether to notify Su Chonghua to send troops to support according to the situation, and how many soldiers and horses to send to support, and then Qing Yu and Zhuangyuan Xun only need to send the corresponding secret decrees to Su Chonghua according to the orders I sent.
In fact, I didn't let Su Zonghua directly send troops to lurk in the forest like Qin Ruoan, in addition to being afraid that the target would be too big and would be discovered by the Ghost King, I also have a plan, I absolutely believe in Qin Ruoan's ability, but if he is promoted again for no reason, it will inevitably be unreasonable, so I want to take advantage of this battle to exterminate the Ghost King's achievements, and in one fell swoop, he will be promoted from the commander of the thousands of people under his command to the tooth general of the five thousand people under his command and even the deputy general of the ten thousand people under his command.
I know that this is too quick to achieve quick results, but I always feel that Su Chonghua's monopoly of military power is not for the sake of Tianyuguo, just like the proposal of the household department to send troops to capture the city occupied by the righteous army, but he refuses on the grounds that the gains outweigh the losses. But what real soldiers defend is glory, even if they are broken, they can't tolerate such a thing as a broken river. And Su Chonghua didn't seem to care about anything except that he couldn't tolerate the damage of the soldiers. But the soldiers are not used to go to the battlefield, so it is better to put them back to plow the fields.
And from time to time, he also made me have to agree to some of his unreasonable demands on the grounds of leaving it alone, which made me very uncomfortable. Therefore, Qin Ruoan must quickly become the pillar of the army, so that Tianyuguo no longer has to be General Chonghua, and the army of Tianyuguo no longer only knows General Chonghua, but does not know who the king is.
I thought that my plan was very perfect, but I forgot that there was also a young master of Murong Villa in the East Palace. Just as Master Jin and I were leaving the East Palace at night, Xiao Ye, dressed in a bewitching red dress, blocked my way.
"My Murong Villa can afford to raise your entire Tianyu Kingdom, why take such a risk?"
"No matter how rich Murong Villa is, what does it matter to my Tianyu Kingdom? Eat people's mouths are short, and take people's hands short. Besides, now that the world is so chaotic, can you guarantee that the grain, grass and property transported from Murong Villa can reach Tianyu Country smoothly? β
"My servants in Murong Villa are all over the world, as long as I give an order, the granary of your Tianyu Kingdom can be filled overnight!"
"Okay, then you go and give the order!" Tianyuguo's granary is a bottomless pit, if Xiao Ye can really help fill it, I will also enjoy it. But I have to kill this ghost king! In addition to money and food, this is also about the face of my Tianyu Kingdom, the ghost kings have bullied me to the capital of Tianyu Kingdom, no matter how much I endure it, I, the prince of Tianyu Kingdom, will really become a ninja god and ghost!
"Lin Muyu!" Xiao Ye grabbed me, "You're crazy, aren't you afraid that once you enter the top of the Ghost King, you won't be able to come out again?" Are you so assured that Xiao Qingyu and Zhuangyuan Xun will hand over the secret decree to Su Chonghua according to your instructions? Can Su Chonghua send troops to increase according to your secret order? You go to the ghost king, and no one knows about the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty. If any of these people have two hearts for you, even if you can bargain with the ghost king, you will still be alone, and you will end up dead! When the time comes, there won't even be anyone to avenge you! β
"I believe in them!"
"You ......" Murong Xingye knew almost all the details of Xiao Qingyu and Su Chonghua, and also knew that those sons of the East Palace hated Gu Tianba to the core, and they all dreamed of cooking his flesh and drinking his blood. Even if Lin Muyu made them change their opinion of Gu Tianba during this time, it was impossible to let go of hating someone so easily. Lin Muyu thought that she was sincere to serve everyone and others would repay her with virtue, which was so naΓ―ve that it was ridiculous.
"I'll accompany you to the Ghost King's Peak!" Murong Villa never raised soldiers, otherwise Murong Xingye would definitely send troops to calm the ghost king for Lin Muyu. Now that the form is complicated, Murong Xingye can only rest assured if he stays by Lin Muyu's side and looks at her.
"Okay!" Although Xiaoye's light skills are not as good as mine, they are good at martial arts! If I really get caught by the Ghost King, he is the only one who can save me.
"Who's that," Xiao Ye pointed to Master Kim Jae, "you are playing Orion, and Orion is an ordinary person who makes a living from hunting. Who of you has ever seen ordinary people wearing masks every day! β
"Take the masks off!" I commanded. I'm used to seeing the secret guards wearing masks, but if it weren't for the reminder of Xiao Ye, such a group of people wearing exactly the same masks suddenly appeared in the mountains and forests, how much attention would have been noticed!
The guards looked at each other for a long time, but none of them took off their masks first. In the end, it was the golden-faced master who was the first to remove the mask from his face. They then took off their masks.
"Master Golden-Faced is so handsome." This is the first time I have seen the face of the golden-faced master, young and elegant, I can imagine the chic when he swiped the ink, but I couldn't connect the person in front of me with the golden-faced secret guard who was haunted and killed more casually than stepping on an ant.
When I said this, a hint of ruddy appeared on the face of the golden-faced master. The golden-faced master blushed! Ha ha...... The golden-faced master I had always thought was a stubborn little old man blushed like a teenager.
"You'd better put on a mask!" Xiao Ye stretched out* the mask that the golden-faced master had held in his hand and couldn't afford to put it away before he could re-block his face, "A secret guard, why do you look so good?" β
"Why are you bullying my golden-faced master!" I glared at Xiao Ye unceremoniously, "If you want to be good-looking, who else in the world can be better looking than you!" β
"I'll just praise me when you say this!" Xiao Ye chuckled smugly, "Then let's go!" β
Because the carriages and horses were too ostentatious, everyone abandoned the carriages and horses and walked into the mountains when they were about to reach the top of the ghost king. When it was almost dawn, the golden-masked master and the dark guards each determined their range of activities. Xiao Ye and I flew up to the first line of defense on the top of the ghost king before dawn, that is, the cliffs around the top of the ghost king.
I didn't expect that there was a stone wall on the cliff at the top of the ghost king, which looked taller and more majestic than the city wall of Tianyu Capital, where is this bandit cottage! It feels more impregnable than a military fortress. Fortunately, I didn't let the army attack, otherwise it would have been easier for the ghost king to attack the city.
Because it's dawn, the ghost king top is quiet everywhere, I and Xiao Ye have a general understanding, the ghost king top is like a city in the middle of the sky, there are restaurants, brothels, the only difference is that the people in the city are living separately from each family. And here, everyone lives together. The neat five-story building forms a large circle, a bit like the Hakka Tuwei Building, but it is more grand than the Tuwei Building. The building is not separated by walls, but there are seven or eight rows of large shops that cannot be seen at a glance. In the distance, you can hear the snoring inside.
We caught a vigiler, and learned that the Oni King himself did not live here, but lived with his concubines on a higher hillside. When I first saw the ghost king's residence, I thought of the castle in the fairy tale, which was magnificent, strong and comfortable. It's hard to imagine that this fairytale-like beauty could be a den of bandits. It is really an incomparable sea water, and bandits cannot be disguised.
The castle defense of the Ghost King is even stricter, and the vigil is only a low-level minion, so there is no chance to enter there, let alone know which one the Ghost King lives in. However, he told us the location of the Ghost King's top big house and the warehouse.
The big room on the top of the ghost king is a place for those people in the wall to cook and eat, and those restaurants and brothels are only qualified to enter the big minions under the ghost king.
And the warehouse and wine kiln on the top of the ghost king are on the hillside between the walled tower and the castle of the ghost king. All the food and wine of the Ghost King are placed here, and of course, the guards of the warehouse are quite strict.
In addition to these, the biggest building on the top of the ghost king is the Colosseum, and the cage next to the colosseum houses tigers, calves, wolves, and pythons......