After a tiring day of traveling and driving, I was really tired, and finally returned to Shengjing, so I naturally wanted to sleep peacefully.

Unexpectedly, I just slept until midnight, I heard the sound of the wind whistling outside, the wind was very tight, as if to uproot the trees outside, although it was rainy recently, but there had never been such a strange weather, I felt uneasy, so I got up to check.

But I saw that the sky outside was black and oppressive, as if someone had been splashed with a layer of thick ink, black clouds, rolling and surging in the wind, flying sand and stones in the courtyard, and the branches and rotten leaves rolled from elsewhere swept through the air, my eyes were not very fascinated by the sand and stones, it was very uncomfortable, I couldn't help but close my eyes and rub it, but I heard a snapping sound not far away, and the lantern that fell under the eaves fell to the ground.

There was a sound of the door opening behind me, I turned around and looked, only to see Lin Suwen also walked out, the whole person was neatly dressed, the wind poured into the door, and the lights in his room were instantly extinguished.

"You really have to pay attention to your image at all times."

Seeing that he just came out to check, he had to remember to put on his clothes, and even held the ink pool in his hand, with a meticulous appearance, as if he was going to meet the king, I couldn't help but tease.

He glanced at me, didn't say a word, but stepped forward, observing the movement around him and the stars in the sky.

It's a pity that today is a rainy day, and the dark clouds are piled up layer after layer, not to mention the stars, not even a few stars can be seen.

"It's a dangerous day."

He was silent for a moment and said lightly.

I glanced at him angrily: "I've seen it a long time ago, and I still need to say it?" ”

"My lord, what's going on?"

In the distance, a man came to me with a lantern, but because the wind was too strong, he walked with great difficulty, and when he was halfway there, the lamp was extinguished, and his hand shook with the wind.

When I came to him, I found that it was Liu Bozhou.

I was also very confused, I had never seen such a scene before, and when I looked up at the sky, the wind swept through the dark clouds, and I could not help but think of the scene of evil in the city on the night when the king was critically ill a few months ago, nay, it should be said, the situation was even more terrible than that night.

The wind was too strong, and Liu Bozhou was afraid that I wouldn't be able to hear clearly, so he shouted at me: "Why does the demonic energy in this city seem to have suddenly skyrocketed more than ten times?" ”

This kind of thing, I can feel it even if he doesn't say it, according to the current situation in the city, if I don't stop it in time, I'm afraid that in another two hours, a hundred ghosts will be formed to walk at night.

But I don't understand, just like the last time the king was critically ill, there will be an omen in the city, whether it is blood-red sand in the well water, or the air is filled with a dull and disgusting demonic aura, this kind of omen, at least two or three days, the demonic aura will gather to the current level, why this time......

I asked him, "Since I left, have you all regularly strengthened the seals in the city?" ”

Liu Bozhou replied: "Before leaving, my lord ordered, how dare we slack off, each of the colleagues in the hall divided labor, and strengthened the seal once every three days, and never lost." ”

At this time, several other adults also heard the movement and rushed to our courtyard, they were like Liu Bozhou, they had never seen such a strange scene, and they panicked for a while, so they came to me to discuss countermeasures.

Seeing that they were standing at the foot of the steps, gossiping and making a mess, I said, "You go and call up the other adults in the hall first, and go out with me to have a look, and then immediately send someone to the Fahua Temple, and ask the monks there to help us, and if Shengjing changes, we will temporarily transfer the people there." ”

Seeing me say this, someone was surprised and said, "Now? ”

"Not now, do you want to wait until tomorrow to get some sleep?"

I seldom get angry, especially with my colleagues, but if each of them had strengthened the seal on time as I had told me, there would have been no skyrocketing demonic spirit in the city today, and someone must have been perfunctory and took my words as a deaf ear.

Those adults saw that I was angry, and hurriedly took the order to leave, I stood in place for a while, and then suddenly remembered that I was in a hurry just now, and I came out with only one piece of clothing, and just wanted to go back to the room to put on my clothes, but Lin Suwen pulled me from the side, he first grabbed my arm, and then his hand went down, holding my hand, Lin Suwen's hand was cold, but it gave people a very calm and tenacious feeling.

He said, "Are you afraid? ”

I was silent for a moment and said, "No." ”

Hearing this, he turned his head to look at me and said, "Be careful." ”

I smiled and replied, "You too." ”

Am I scared?

Yes, I'm scared.

Distant memories were awakened, in fact, a long time ago, I had seen this kind of situation, or rather, from the memories of those Gu family seniors, I had even experienced this kind of catastrophe once.

Many years ago, when my mother led the clan back to Shengjing, I encountered a situation where I almost formed a hundred ghosts to walk at night, when the predecessors of the Gu family worked tirelessly and fought to the death against the monsters, and finally expelled the monsters, and returned Shengjing to peace and tranquility.

It was at that time that a senior of the Gu family gave it to me because he was afraid that I would be injured by a monster.

I still remember that at that time in Shengjing, evil was raging, thousands of monsters, gathered in the sky above Shengjing City, they broke through one seal after another, rampaging in the city, flying wildly, and even monsters rushed into the homes of ordinary people, with sharp claws to cut and bite many people.

During the day, the people did not dare to go out, and at night, they did not dare to sleep peacefully, because I was still young at that time, and the monsters followed the breath of the warlock, mainly attacking our Jingwang Mansion, the palace was often attacked by monsters, I hid in the house, and often heard the sound of those guards, so for the memory of that time, I was especially terrified and fearful, and even in the dark, it left a great shadow in my heart.

Today's situation is several times more serious than then, what even my mother and those Gu family seniors can't do, can I do it?

Liu Bozhou and the others quickly called someone to come, and we walked out of the Hongwen Pavilion together, but we saw that on the street, the soldiers guarding the city also saw that the situation was not good, and they ran to the inner city one after another.

In fact, the smell of demonic energy is very similar to the smell of blood, but it is more intense, just like a pot of blood, and a few stinky salted fish.

There are already people who can't stand it anymore and are retching on their stomachs.

"Gu, Lord Gu......"

An adult stood behind me, looking at the sky like a dark cloud and said, "Will it be, will it form a hundred ghosts at night?" ”

I am also worried about this, and once the trend of a hundred ghosts is formed, I have no solution at all.

But in this situation, the only person they can rely on is me, and if I panic, they will only be more panicked.

I can only force myself to calm down, observing the monsters in the sky, at this time, because the monsters want to break in, triggering the enchantment in the city, milky white pillars of light flashed all over Shengjing, forming a barrier to wrap the entire city in it, but the barrier is too thin, and it is crumbling under the impact of the monsters, as if it can be torn apart by them at any time.

I turned my hand to Lin Suwen, he handed over the ink pool, the blade cut through the palm of his hand, and took out a few paper cranes to cast spells in a low voice, and released them in the direction where the demonic energy in the sky was relatively thick, the paper cranes carried the pure blood of the warlock, touched those monsters, with the paper cranes as the center, and suddenly expanded outward a white circle of light, and those monsters were instantly annihilated under the influence of purification power.

But unlike last time, there were too many youkai this time, and the paper crane had just purified a clear sky, and almost instantly, it was filled with other youkai and escaped into darkness again.

I wanted to take out the paper crane again, but Lin Suwen grabbed me, he shook his head at me, and said, "It's useless." ”

"My lord, abandon the city, let's go and inform the people first, how many can escape, and now the situation, even if you retreat to Fahua Temple, once you form a hundred ghosts walking at night, Fahua Temple will not be able to resist it."

Seeing this, another adult suggested in a trembling voice.

"Abandon the city?"

I turned to look at him and said, "Do you know that Shengjing is a thousand-year-old city, where thousands of people live, if even we withdraw from Shengjing, it will definitely form a hundred ghosts walking at night, and when the time comes, this imperial city will be reduced to ruins in an instant, even if we want to save it, how many lives can we save?" What about those who didn't escape? Even if they escape and come back, their homes are gone, how do you let them live? Shengjing is the imperial city, our imperial city, the last line of defense of Shengliang, if it is occupied by a group of monsters, you and I will both become sinners. ”

They all bowed their heads and stopped talking.

Seeing this, I said again: "The food of the king, the matter of loyalty to the king, the establishment of the Hongwen Pavilion by the imperial court, and the support of us with the money, is not to pray for blessings and catch a few monsters when we are in the prime of life, but also to stand up and protect the subjects when we are in trouble, what are you and I practicing for, isn't it just to one day, to be able to fight with a sword to eliminate demons and evils, and maintain the right path in the world?" ”

Liu Bozhou said ashamedly: "My lord, you tell us what we should do first, the lower officials are willing to swear to follow your lordship." ”

I looked at him and said, "Lord Liu, General Zhang He is on duty in the palace today, my senior brother should stay in the mansion, you go to the Fu family to find him, he has a token in his hand to deploy the forbidden army, he can help us evacuate the people, Lin Suwen ......"

Facing Lin Suwen's eyes, I was silent for a moment before saying: "You go to the Emperor's Eldest Sun Mansion, let His Royal Highness and Niangniang take His Royal Highness into the palace for a while, and then take your Lin family's people to strictly guard the palace, once the enchantment is broken, take His Royal Highness to withdraw to Fahua Temple, no matter what happens, you must protect Your Highness's safety." ”

"What about you?"

He frowned slightly, as if he was a little worried.

I smiled bitterly, turned to look at the barrier above and said, "This barrier, if there is no one to strengthen the seal, it will be broken in a few moments, I will stay and delay time for you." ”