There are not many people who can blackmail Hu Xianxian, and no one in Fanbang should make her care, and Cheng Haofeng didn't let her know what Zacuo did, so she continued to live as usual.

A few days later, on February 17, Ge Shumei came to visit, and after seeing that Cheng Haofeng was not there, she took out a letter and said, "Xianxian, help your brother, he is too embarrassed." ”

On the battlefield, the spirit rune transmission is very fast, and the fast horse sends the letter slowly, this letter was written by Hu Yonggang's lieutenant general, and the above also said that Zha Cuo came to threaten, but it was much more specific than Cheng Haofeng.

After Hu Yonggang was abducted and trafficked, he was adopted by Hu Shoubei, which was a great luck in misfortune.

Hu Xianxian also knew some about the situation of Hu Shoubei's family before, their two old husbands and wives were dead, their two biological sons died on the battlefield, and only one daughter married Fanbang.

The relationship with his brother was only slightly closer because he quelled the rebellion of King Chengjun together, and Hu Xianxian had never seen or understood his brother's righteous sister.

At this moment, because of this, I knew that my sister had died of illness two years ago, and she was married to a trader in Fanbang, who specialized in salt and tea business, called "Kaohai", and it was a big business in Luodu, the capital of Fanbang.

When Fanbang and the French Dynasty were on good terms, the salt and tea of the Central Plains were the necessities of the people in the state, and Kao Hai was very respected.

Kao Hai sent a letter to Hu Yonggang every year, and asked someone to bring beef jerky, cordyceps and other items into Beijing, and Hu Yonggang also gave him tea and cloth in return.

During the Chinese New Year, because the border city had been decided, Kao Hai thought that Fanbang and France and Korea should restore friendly diplomatic relations, and sent things to the capital.

Unexpectedly, this time he was intercepted halfway and did not say anything, and was charged with collaborating with the enemy, Kao Hai was raided and put in a cell, and his four children were driven to herd sheep outside the city.

When the French Dynasty issued an edict to the world to appoint Hu Yonggang as the general of the expedition, and captured Wenshan City and marched to Wuluo City, Zha Cuo asked people to arrest Kaohai's family, and even the body of Hu Yonggang's righteous sister was dug up, and the person and coffin were hung by the wall of Wuluo City, forcing Hu Yonggang to retreat.

The funeral custom of Fanbang was not originally a burial, and Kao Hai buried Hu Yonggang's sister in order to comply with his wife's wishes, but he didn't expect to suffer from the disaster of digging the grave.

Knowing the details, Hu Xianxian pinched the letter and was silent for a long time, Kao Hai often came to the Central Plains to do business when he was young, so he met Hu Yonggang's sister, but they were just businessmen, and they had never participated in military and political affairs.

Ge Shumei has many shortcomings, but she really cares about Hu Yonggang, and said anxiously with tears in her eyes: "This Zacuo is too insidious, if you want to fight the battlefield, what is it to threaten Sister Yi's family?"

Yonggang sent people to save people a few times but didn't save anyone, he was anxious, the national teacher didn't let anyone tell you the details, if it wasn't for his deputy general secretly writing a letter, I didn't know that he was so embarrassed.

What else does Na Zha Cuo say, you are your brother's own sister, I am reluctant to let you take risks, the anti-justice sister is not pro, she will not care, instigate the people of Fanbang not to make friends with the Central Plains people, the Central Plains people are full of benevolence and morality, in fact, selfish hypocrites......"

Without waiting for her to finish speaking, Hu Xianxian slapped the letter on the table and summoned Zhang Lingfu to send a message to Cheng Haofeng: I want to see Zacuo in exchange for the Kao Hai family

The pale blue light flowed, and the spirit rune flashed and disappeared, Ge Shumei asked, "Are you communicating with the national teacher?" The national teacher is coming back soon, right? That...... Then I'll go first. ”

As soon as Ge Shumei stepped out of the threshold, she remembered that the letter had not been taken away, so she turned around to get the letter, and it was too late to go again, when Cheng Haofeng appeared at the door.

The thing he wanted to hide was pierced, Cheng Haofeng hurried back from the imperial study, his face was gloomy, and his eyes were like knives staring at Ge Shumei.

"It's none of my sister-in-law's business." Hu Xianxian met Cheng Haofeng's gaze, pulled Ge Shumei around to the door, and asked her to go first.

After Ge Shumei left, Cheng Haofeng's face softened, and he asked Hu Xianxian to sit down together before he helplessly persuaded: "I have made sufficient arrangements in advance for the affairs of the border city, and I really want you to frustrate Zacuo's sharp spirit before letting you go, the situation of this expedition is much more complicated, I am not too sure, of course I can't let you get into danger." ”

"It's better to be born than to be nurtured, Hu Shoubei's family is only left with the four children of Kaohai, if they die, my brother will live shamelessly in the world, and I will feel guilty and uneasy for the rest of my life." Hu Xianxian tried his best to calm down and reason.

Cheng Haofeng was frowning and thinking about it, and he received another spiritual rune from Fan Chuyao: The black mist of the Ten Thousand Bone Cave came out, spreading out for a radius of hundreds of miles, and the water color of the Sanshui Basin became pale and inky

"It seems that I have to go to Beijing, don't worry, wait for me to arrange things, and go with you to save the Kao Hai family." Cheng Haofeng pondered for a moment and made a decision.

"I'll go to Vortex Luocheng first and then go to Qiongzhou, you have bigger things to deal with." Hu Xianxian argued.

Cheng Haofeng shook his head lightly, didn't give her a chance to say more, and went out of the palace in a flash.

Since he couldn't persuade him, Hu Xianxian could only wait quietly for him to return after arranging his affairs.

The Sanshui Basin mentioned by Fan Chuyao refers to the areas through which Heishui, Lishui, and Cangshui flow, and the Fanbang, the French Dynasty, the Manshan tribes, the Dian State, the Jiamu State and other states all have territories in this basin.

In such a large area, the water color of Sanshui has become like light ink, what is abnormal? The woman led the birds to be poisoned, and she only chose a certain section of the river in the territory of Dian State to vote, so as to force the Dian State to help the Fan State.

But the entire river basin includes so many states, and those who engage in destruction are not afraid to destroy their own hometowns? Maybe the pale ink color is not due to poison, but a natural change? It is also unknown whether such natural changes have any impact on the creatures in the water and the people living along the coast.

Hu Xianxian thought a lot about this matter, because she saw that Cheng Haofeng seemed to understand the reason why the black fog dispersed and the river changed color, and it was precisely because she understood the reason that she felt that the matter was important and she had to go there in person, but she had a lot of miscellaneous matters, and she couldn't guess the reason and was not in the condition to investigate it carefully.

On the night of February 18, Cheng Haofeng explained all the affairs and went to Wuluo City with Hu Xianxian.

The road never stopped, and it was also the early morning of February 21 when we arrived outside the city of Vorlo.

The climate of Vortex Los Angeles is dry and cold, and the whole city is built on a chair-shaped mountain. This city is the largest city in the southwest of Fanbang, but it is only one size larger than the general county town in the Central Plains, but although the city is not big, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

The mountain that repaired the castle was a mud hill that was softer than the rocks and stronger than the sandy soil, similar to the cement. There are many caves dug on the back slope of the chair and the chair backs on both sides of the chair hill, which are different from the common caves in that the outer cave is narrow and wide, and the outside of the cave is covered by stone eaves, and the caves are also interconnected.

The three sides of the chair-shaped mud mountain are cave buildings, which are mainly used for living and deliberation; There are many simple adobe houses on the recessed ground like a chair seat, which are mainly used for markets and wine shops.

Because of the mountains on three sides, there was only one gate in this vortex city, and five people were hanging from the gate tower and dangling by the closed bronze gate.

Among the five men, a man who was almost fifty years old was Kaohai, a young man in his early twenties was his eldest son, a girl of about eighteen years old was his second daughter, a girl of about fifteen years old was his third daughter, and a little boy of about ten years old was his youngest son.

The cold wind carried a light snow, and a small pile of white snow accumulated on the heads of the five people, and a thin layer of ice was condensed on the tattered and blood-stained clothes.

They were all dying, and the three teenagers were still a little alive; Kaohai's face turned dark blue, and a whining sound came from his throat that he wanted to cough up phlegm but couldn't cough it out; The boy's face turned purple, and his slightly closed eyes seemed to be unable to open them again.

Hu Xianxian and Cheng Haofeng didn't go to the barracks after arriving, they wanted to save people first, but after seeing this scene, Hu Xianxian's head seemed to be hit hard, and he forgot to call the aura and almost fell from the air.

"Immortal ......" Cheng Haofeng grabbed her waist to help her stabilize her figure, "Don't disturb others, I'll deal with Zacuo, you come to save people." ”

Hu Xianxian agreed, and he made specific arrangements again: "The reason why they failed to save people a few times ago was because they didn't know that there was a formation on the city tower, you pay attention, and when the top of the heads of the five of them all burst out of the black gas, they will go to the rescue." ”

When Hu Xianxian paid attention to how they were doing, Cheng Haofeng had already discovered that there was a formation on the tower of this city that prohibited people from approaching, and Zacuo used the soul bell to shoot five people and a wisp of soul to go, so even if he could break the forbidden formation, as long as he took people away, he would be discovered by Zacuo.

Because the soul bell contains a wisp of their soul, once they find that the person is rescued, the Zha Cuo soul bell shakes, and either they can be quickly recovered or all their souls can be taken directly.

Therefore, it is useless to save people just by saving people, and not forcing Zha Cuo to release the wisp of soul that was taken in the soul bell.

Hu Xianxian's heart was in turmoil and heartache at this time, and he couldn't think about it so much, so he could only listen to Cheng Haofeng's arrangement.

In one of the most luxurious and comfortable caves in the city, Zha Cuo raised his glass and drank slowly, and the rosy red wine stained his lips more and more seductively.

Several maids wore sandbags in tulle clothes that were almost unworn, and the charcoal fire in the cave was burning so vigorously that fine beads of sweat oozed from the corners of their foreheads and the tips of their noses.

Zacuo looked at the maids with a smile, and they didn't know what kind of habit he had, why didn't he like to watch singing and dancing, but like to watch punches and kicks?

The eyes were watching, but the focus of Zhatso's eyes did not fall on those maids, but those maids peeked at him from time to time, and he was really charming when lying on the exquisite velvet carpet.

"Whoosh ......" The cold wind rises!

The Sen Han Sword was pressing, Cheng Haofeng flew sideways in the air, and the Mo Bing Sword stabbed straight into Zha Cuo's heart like lightning!

"Ding!" The soul bell rang crisply, blocking the Ink Ice Sword!

The sword aura of the ink ice sword was transparent and surrounded by a few traces of ink light permeated the cave, and the dark and crystal obsidian-like light of the soul bell also shone all over the cave, and the light of the lamp and candle suddenly dimmed a little.

The maids only realized that something was wrong at this moment, and ran out of the house screaming, and the guards at the entrance of the cave also rushed in to prepare to protect the master, and ran out and collided with the people rushing inside, and it was chaotic.

"Get out of here!" Zacuo shouted angrily at the door, he felt that these people were too embarrassed to him, and he felt indescribably irritable and angry.

Cheng Haofeng looked at him with a sneering smile on the corner of his mouth, and he felt a chill in his heart.

Zacuo is not afraid of Cheng Haofeng, and the chill in his heart is not because he is afraid, but because he sees through him, but he can't see through him.

In any respect, Zacuo is not weaker than Cheng Haofeng, but in the face of him, he will feel like an abyssal sea, and he will be inexplicably weak-hearted, so Zacuo never confronts him head-on, only secretly satirizes him.

"You're clever enough to beg me to hand over a few wisps of soul from the Soul Bell?" Zha Cuo snorted coldly, "If you don't bring immortals to see me, I won't let the Kao Hai family go." ”

Cheng Haofeng answered in a calm tone: "Either you release the people, or wait for the soul bell to break, you choose quickly." ”

"Let me choose? Do you figure out if you're threatening me at the moment, or am I threatening you? If I don't let them go, even if the soul bell breaks, they'll die! Zacuo roared in disgust.

Cheng Haofeng raised his eyebrows and stopped answering, the cold light of the Mo Bing Sword enveloped Zacuo with a strong killing intent, and the tip of the sword reached the soul bell!