The Mu brothers fled back to the imperial capital from Shihe Valley in a hurry, and told Ouyang Zhen in detail what had happened, after hearing this, Ouyang Zhen was taken aback, he never imagined that the servants around Duan Tiande had such a powerful aura, so it seemed that Duan Tiande's aura was even more unfathomable.

Although the Mu brothers said that their qi realm was not good, they were also in the middle realm, and the four of them joined forces with the vine spirit, and the qi realm was not trivial, even if it was themselves, I am afraid they would have to be afraid of three points.

And Duan Tiande was able to repel the manling spirit with a single move, which was even more unexpected by Ouyang Zhen, he couldn't imagine how the defeated subordinates at the beginning could have improved their qi realm so quickly over the years.

Thirty years ago, Ouyang Zhen fought with Duan Tiande in the name of a martial arts competition, at that time, the two were evenly matched, at the last moment, Ouyang Zhen used the imprisoned dragon stick in his hand to narrowly defeat Duan Tiande, I haven't seen him for thirty years, I didn't expect Duan Tiande's aura to grow so rapidly, if what the Mu brothers said is true, then now Ouyang Zhen is not Duan Tiande's opponent at all.

"Could it be that he really cultivated the 'Yi Yang Technique'?" Ouyang Zhen thought to himself, "Impossible, judging from the contact with Duan Tiande some time ago, he didn't feel the demonic aura at all, but his two sons loomed with a trace of wandering evil qi, especially Duan Yun, who had a very strong evil aura on his body. ”

Ouyang Zhen shook his head suspiciously, and secretly said, "It seems that the Duan family's water is very deep! ”

Ouyang Zhen looked back at the Mu brothers behind him, with a hint of greed hidden in his eyes, "Their qi realm is still too weak, even if they absorb their qi yuan now, it won't have much effect, besides, now that there is a shortage of manpower, we have to keep them for the time being." ”

The Mu brothers knelt tremblingly in front of Ouyang Zhen, bowing their heads and listening to Ouyang Zhen's reprimand, not knowing what kind of punishment they would face.

"A bunch of rubbish!Who let you make a claim? I just asked you to drag Duan Tiande so that I could arrange the affairs of the court, who let you slaughter the town?" Ouyang Zhen took the case and glared angrily at the Mu brothers.

"We originally wanted to blame Duan Tiande for this matter, but when the time comes, Duan Tiande will not be able to defend himself even if he has a thousand mouths in front of the emperor. Mu Tianfeng replied.

"How about now?" Ouyang Zhen said with a slight mockery.

"It's just that I didn't expect Duan Tiande to be still in the town at the time, and according to the intelligence, he should have left the town a long time ago. Mu Tianfeng argued.

"Be smart, do you think that even if Duan Tiande is not in the town, you can blame him for this matter?" Childish!" Ouyang Zhen calmed down, "Ben Shuai has already laid a net in the imperial capital, just waiting for Duan Tiande to arrive, now it's good, not only did he fail to catch him, but he gave people a handle, tomorrow the news of the slaughter of civilians by the Imperial Forest Guard will spread throughout the entire southern border, and he Duan Tiande will become a hero who defends the people and loves the people like a son!." ”

"Damn it, boy!" said the four in unison.

"Forget it. Ouyang Zhen glanced at the four of them, and said with a long sigh of relief: "The matter has come to this point, and it will not help to punish you, you should get up, fortunately, the old man has already made arrangements." ”

The four of them got up and looked at each other, feeling a little surprised, in the past, when someone in the army made a mistake, the father-in-law never relented, and would punish them severely, even for them, today they made such a big mistake, and the father-in-law spared them so easily, which made the four of them very strange in their hearts.

Ouyang Zhen looked at the four of them and said, "Now you have one more important thing to do, and it should be regarded as a meritorious service." ”

As he spoke, Ouyang Zhen took out four rectangular jade pieces from a small box on the table behind him, which were milky white and covered with dragon-like patterns.

"Talisman!" Mu Tianfeng and the four of them looked at each other, and their hearts were excited.

Since the last Imperial Forest Army, the four major commanders of Heaven and Earth Xuanhuang died one after another, the positions of these four commanders have been undecided, and for five years, the four have been temporarily led by the four people.

Although the four of them tried their best to show their ambitions, they had no choice but to be the commander of the Royal Guard, how could they be led casually, in the past five years, the combat power of the Royal Forest Army has deteriorated, and there are many unfavorable situations in battle, and the four brothers have always suffered.

But afraid of Ouyang Zhen's majesty, the four of them didn't dare to say it clearly, and they couldn't let go of the position of commander of the Royal Forest Army, so they kept it back.

Who would have expected that today would be a blessing in disguise, and Ouyang Zhen's handing over the talisman to them meant that the position of commander belonged to them, and the four of them were happy in their hearts.

"The four of you will lead the four armies to Nanhai County and take over the defense there. Ouyang Zhen said and handed over the four talismans to the four people.

The four of them took the talisman, and their hearts were filled with joy, but the hand that had just received the talisman was raised above their heads again, and Mu Tianlei was puzzled: "Does the righteous father want us to take over the defense of Nanhai County?"

"What? Didn't I say it clearly enough?" Ouyang Zhen's face flashed with displeasure.

"No, no! it's just-" Mu Tianlei looked at Ouyang Zhen's cold face, "The Imperial Forest Army is originally a royal guard, and its duty is mainly to defend the imperial city and the imperial capital, and with this talisman, it can only operate within three hundred miles, but Nanhai County is thousands of miles away, if you want to go on an expedition to Nanhai County, I'm afraid you have to have the emperor's holy decree, right?"

Ouyang Zhen looked at Mu Tianlei coldly, and said with a sneer: "Does the old man still need you to teach?"

The child didn't dare, he just had doubts in his heart, and asked his father-in-law for forgiveness. Mu Tianlei lay on the ground with his hands and said in fear.

"The righteous father is angry, and the eldest brother is also anxious to say this, I think since the righteous father has made this decision, he must have received the emperor's holy decree, and the children will obey the order. The old Miki Tianyun next to him hurriedly explained.

"Hmph, that's nature!" Ouyang Zhen took out a yellow scroll from his sleeve with a dark face and threw it on the table, "This is the holy decree, see for yourself!"

The four of them fell to the ground and shouted in unison: "The child doesn't dare, the child obeys his father's orders!"

Ouyang Zhen smiled slightly at the corner of his mouth, put away the scroll on the table, nodded with satisfaction, and said, "Are there any other questions?"

"Father-in-law! The child has something to say, and he asks his father-in-law for advice. Mu Tianyu next to him saw that the eldest brother and third brother had been reprimanded by their father-in-law, so he spoke extra carefully.

"What's the matter?" asked Ouyang Zhen calmly.

"Counting up, at this time, Duan Tiande has already returned to Phoenix City, and if we rush to Nanhai County at this time, I am afraid that Duan Tiande is waiting for him, and my Imperial Forest Army only has 80,000 people, I am afraid that it will be difficult to fight against the 200,000 rangers of Nanhai County, not to mention the city defense army of the Qi Control Division and the cities of Nanhai County. ”

"You don't have to worry about this, I have already arranged, you only need to divide the troops into two routes, one way to take Yiyang City, the north gate of Nanhai County, and the other way to detour through Xiaoyun Mountain of Yunxia County to take the East Gate of Nanhai County, Yecheng, and these two towns, I have already arranged them, and you can enter the city directly when the time comes. ”

"What about Phoenix City? The 100,000 horses of the Phoenix City Armament Division are not trivial. ”

"Phoenix?" Ouyang Zhen smiled disdainfully, "I'm afraid that the current Phoenix City is no longer the world of his Duan family." ”

The four of them looked at each other, and a cold sweat suddenly broke out in their hearts, Ouyang Zhen actually laid such a big net in Nanhai County, and as Ouyang Zhen's personal generals, they didn't even know it! It can be seen that although they have followed Ouyang Zhen since they were children, they have not been able to gain his trust until now, and the four of them will inevitably feel a trace of loss in their hearts.

"What are you doing in a daze, why don't you get ready to go!" Ouyang Zhen ordered.

Only then did the four of them come to their senses, and they hurriedly kowtowed: "Yes!"

Mu Tianlei withdrew from the Great Marshal's Mansion, looked at the talisman in his hand, and then looked at the night sky shining with sparse starlight, sighed, and said, "In the future, we must be careful when we act, and we must not be arrogant and reckless." ”

"I didn't expect that after so many years of birth and death for our father-in-law, we still couldn't gain his trust!"

"In the future, we can only rely on our four brothers!" Mu Tianlei looked back at Mu Tianfeng with a melancholy expression, and said with pity: "Fourth, in the future, you have to keep your distance from Ouyang Xuan, and you must not listen to it." ”

"I see. Mu Tianfeng replied reluctantly, and looked back at Ouyang Mansion again.

It is no secret that Mu Tianfeng likes Ouyang Xuan in the Royal Forest Army, but Ouyang Xuan is arrogant, and he is always lukewarm to him, plus he is an orphan, although he is regarded as a righteous son by Ouyang Zhen, his identity is still humble, and he is obviously not worthy of Ouyang Xuan, who has a prominent status.

Moreover, Ouyang Xuan has a bold personality, and she is indecisive, and her aura cannot be compared with her, Ouyang Xuan has always regarded him as a brother, so for many years, Mu Tianfeng has always buried this friendship in his heart.

"Hey!" Mu Tianlei shook his head helplessly, and then went straight to the Royal Forest Army camp.

According to Ouyang Zhen's command, the Imperial Forest Army was divided into two routes, led by Mu Tianlei and Mu Tianyun to take Yiyang City directly, while Mu Tianyu and Mu Tianfeng led the East Route Army to detour to Xiaoyun Mountain, and the four of them set off that night with some soldiers and horses.

After nearly half a month of rapid marching, the two armies arrived at the predetermined positions respectively, but to everyone's surprise, when the Mu brothers were preparing for a big battle, the gates of the two cities were unexpectedly opened, and it was not the combat troops who came out, but the city guards who greeted them.

Although the Mu brothers had doubts in their hearts, they were convinced that there was no ambush in the city after several temptations, and then they realized that their father-in-law had already arranged everything and led the army into the city to take over the defense.

At this point, the north gate and east gate of the entire Nanhai County have been opened, the south is the territory of the beast clan, and the west is the Holy Spirit Mountain Range, which cannot be crossed by birds, and the entire Nanhai County is surrounded like an iron bucket at this time.

Although there are still 200,000 rangers in Nanhai County, but without Duan Tiande's order, no one can mobilize these 200,000 rangers.

There is a mountain in the north of Nanhai County, less than 50 miles away from Yiyang City, high thousands of zhang, 100 miles in radius, known as Tu Mountain. There is a cliff on the south side of Tu Mountain, the knife sharpens the axe and cuts generally, standing on the cliff, you can overlook the whole Yiyang City.

"It looks like Nanhai County is about to change. A shrill woman's voice came from the cliff, surrounded by a black mist.

"It's not just Nanhai County, it's the entire Dongli Country that is about to change. Another hoarse voice suddenly appeared behind the woman, a man in a white cloak with a cane in his hand and a crow on his shoulder.

"I'm afraid the human world is about to change!" said a man in a black cloak suddenly sprang out from the bottom of the cliff.

"Isn't that what the master wanted?" said the woman with a wicked laugh.

A puff of black smoke flashed from the air, and the black cloak fell behind the woman, "Everything is going according to the master's plan, but the master still has some worries. ”

"Just for a stone?" a hoarse voice asked.

"You know the! That's no ordinary stone, it's the only one that can-"

"Shut up!" interrupted the woman with a black cloak, "Hugh is wasting time here!

The woman knew that she was speechless, and lowered her head to listen to the black cloak's reprimand.

I saw the black cloak stretch out two dry hands, and when the woman and the other man saw it, they quickly turned into two black eyes and burrowed into the palms of those two hands.

Immediately, the black cloak turned into a gray cloth robe, and You Fanglangzhong, holding a trekking pole, walked towards the bottom of the mountain.