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Cold ice can't break the water, and dead wood can meet spring again.

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"The palace? What happened to the palace!! Are you going to say it quickly? As expected, Wang Ningmo looked very nervous, and sure enough, he didn't know everything about the palace.

"Young master, don't you know yet, the palace has encountered a thief and suffered heavy losses......" Before Mo Qifeng finished speaking, I could feel Wang Ningmo's anger burning.

"The palace has encountered bandits!!!! Is what you say true? Wang Ningmo confirmed again.

"It's true, this is exactly what Shaoxia told us." Mo Qifeng threw the contradiction of the problem into my hands.

"Your Excellency, is what you just said true?" Wang Ningmo's eyes were filled with anger.

"That's right, the palace has indeed been attacked by bandits." In that case, I can only answer truthfully.

"What about my father and my sister? Are they in any danger? It can be seen that Wang Ningmo is very worried about the safety of Wang Lao and Wang Ningshuang.

"Young master, don't be impulsive, you calm down first." Mo Qifeng persuaded.

"Calm down? What the hell is going on with my dad? Speak quickly!! Wang Ningmo roared angrily.

"Childe, don't be excited, Wang Lao and Wang Ningshuang have already left the palace, and they should have reached a safe place now." I told the truth about Wang Lao and Wang Ningshuang.

"It's okay, it's okay." Hearing this result, the stone in Wang Ningmo's heart also fell to the ground, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

"But...... "I wanted to speak and stopped, I didn't know how to tell him about Zhao Yan......

"What? What else does Your Excellency seem to have to say? Could it be that my dad is hurting? The stone that Wang Ningmo had just fallen hung in his heart again.

It's not Wang Lao, it's just Zhao Yan, he ......, "I don't know what's going on, and my speech has become intermittent."

"Zhao Yan? Zhao Yan, what's wrong with him? Wang Ningmo asked eagerly.

"Zhao Yan, he left the palace in order to cover us. and the bandits fought their last bit of strength, and fell in front of the 'Xuantian Stone Gate' of the palace. I said sadly.

Zhao ...... Grind...... He...... This is impossible, although Zhao Yan is usually a little lazy, he is not lacking in training, his force should not be lost to the bandits? That's impossible! Something must have gone wrong...... Something must have gone wrong. "Obviously, Wang Ningmo can't accept this reality." You must be talking nonsense, you must be talking nonsense!! ”

"You calm down, no one wants to do this, but Zhao Yan really ......," I persuaded.

"Ah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!h

Wang Ningmo raised his head to the sky and roared, this voice was enough to break through the sky and echo in the nine heavens!

"Zhao Yan, did he say any unfulfilled wishes?" Wang Ningmo gradually eased the pain and asked.

"He let me see your words, and told you that he can no longer be loyal to the palace in this life, and he will definitely accept the oath of the year again in the next life!!" I repeat it as much as I can.

"Thank you..."Wang Ningmo's tone sounded calm, but I could feel the wind blowing in his heart.

But Wang Ningmo's words reminded me, if it is just a bandit, although the palace has lost the four guards and Wang Ningmo, it will not be defeated by the bandits, the palace has guarded the 'stone box' for generations, and most of the people in the palace know some martial arts, but why is it useless to face those bandits. This can't help but make people wonder.

And not sooner or later, when I came to the palace, everything was too coincidental, and there must be something related to it.

"Wang Ningmo, there should be a few masters in the palace, right? Otherwise, you will never leave the palace easily?" I asked suddenly.

"Your Excellency, I really thought about it, I did leave a few masters when I left the palace, and I also left Zhao Yan in the palace to take care of it, it stands to reason that unless it is a master who comes, there will never be a trace of danger, but who knows that it was attacked by a group of bandits. Even Zhao Yan ......" There were some tears in Wang Ningmo's eyes.

"What if those people aren't bandits?" I suddenly changed the direction of my thinking.

"Cheng Yin, why did you forget, weren't we there at that time, those people clearly looked like bandits, and they didn't admit it?" Cui Li asked rhetorically.

"Yes, they do look like bandits, but don't you forget, the 'mysterious man' at that time was also the appearance of Professor Duijiang, and at the same time he kept saying that he was Professor Duijiang?" I looked up at the 'mysterious man' on the Yiling Gate.

"Cheng Yin, you mean they're not bandits at all?" Cui Li woke up a little.

"That's right, and the purpose of those people is not just the 'stone box' guarded by the palace, I'm afraid there is a more important task, which is to find us!" I said it loud enough for the 'mystery man' to hear it.

"We? No wonder as soon as I arrived at the palace, the group of bandits appeared inexplicably, which is really strange when you think about it. Cui Li said.

"So, I'm sure those people aren't bandits, but were sent on purpose!!" I have the meaning of scolding Huai.

"Could it be that this is all the 'mystery man'?" Cui Li asked in surprise.

"It seems that your methods are still a bit old-fashioned!" I shouted towards Yiling Pass.

"Thanks for the compliment!! It's a pity that I couldn't kill you, I thought that sending the most elite elites would be enough to clean you all up, but what I didn't expect was that your luck was really good, and you actually opened the 'Xuantian Stone Gate'" The 'mysterious man' said coldly.

"You !!!" Cui Li was already so angry that he couldn't speak.

"It seems that I really came here to find the mastermind of the capture of the palace by mistake, originally I just wanted to leave this place of right and wrong with Qinqi, calligraphy and painting, but now it seems that I also have a reason to join. No matter who you are, your luck won't be good!! Wang Ningmo's expression was very angry when he spoke.

Jingzhou, it is generally believed that during the Eastern Han Dynasty, Jingzhou originally had seven counties: Nanyang County, Nan County, Jiangxia County, Lingling County, Guiyang County, Wuling County, Changsha County, after the Battle of Chibi, the seven counties of Jingzhou were divided by Liu Bei, Cao Cao, and Sun Quan, Cao Cao occupied the largest Nanyang County in the north of Jingzhou, Sun Quan got Jiangxia County and Nan County, and Liu Bei got four counties in the south of Jingzhou (Changsha, Lingling, Guiyang, and Wuling). Liu Bei's military security was not conducive to development, so he proposed to Sun Quan twice to borrow the southern county of Jingzhou, and Eastern Wu Lusu persuaded Sun Quan to temporarily lend the southern county to Liu Bei, so Liu Bei had five counties of Jingzhou (Nanjun, Changsha, Lingling, Guiyang, and Wuling).

------ Baidu Encyclopedia

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