At this time, there was a feeling of pain and despair in the palace of the King of Shu.

Because the self-defense counterattack of the Shu State against the southern Yuyuan tribe has lost three times in a row, and the king of Shu and the eldest prince, who is the general of the Shu army, were both wounded by arrows.

It stands to reason that the witch doctors of Shu are fully capable of quickly curing ordinary arrow wounds, but this time the arrows in the king and prince of Shu are highly poisonous, although the injured body parts are only legs, but because the poison quickly sets on, the arrow loses combat command, and then they are all urgently sent back to the front line of the capital from the front line for treatment.

The area where the Yuyuan tribe was active was originally in the remote southwestern mountains outside the sphere of influence of Shu, and several generations of Shu kings did not care about them.

But in the last twenty years, there has been a brave and resourceful leader of the Yuyuan tribe, who has quietly reached a close alliance with several small tribes around him, and he has recruited people with miraculous abilities who have traveled the world to serve him, so that the Yuyuan tribe has gradually formed a strength that can fight against Shu.

In order to deal with the threat of the Yuyuan people, the current king of Shu built a border castle in Wenling, the southern fortress of Shu, a few years ago, and stationed 2,000 soldiers and horses to guard the southern gateway of the capital of Shu.

As the Yuyuan tribe became stronger and stronger, the leader of the Yu clan began to annex Shu under the instigation of the strangers around him. In the past two years, the Yuyuan tribal army often invaded villages in the southern part of Shu to loot property and forcibly occupy land. At the beginning, whenever the Wenling border army of Shu State sent out to counterattack, the Yuyuan tribal army often fled. However, the situation has changed in the past year, and the Yuyuan tribal army has not only invaded the southern part of Shu more frequently, but also dared to engage the Wenling border pass army head-on.

Seeing that the threat of the Yuyuan tribe was getting bigger and bigger, the king of Shu appointed his twenty-one-year-old eldest prince as the general of Shu to lead 5,000 men and horses to garrison the Wenling border pass, and wait for an opportunity to exterminate the army of the Yuyuan tribe invading Shu.

But in a recent battle, the prince was attacked by poisoned arrows and had to retreat to the capital.

The king of Shu was furious, and personally led 10,000 Shu troops to the south to start a life-and-death decisive battle with the army led by the leader of the Yuyuan tribe, but although the Shu army had the advantage in numbers, the combat effectiveness of the long-distance march was greatly reduced, and the result was that the king of Shu was defeated and returned because of the poisoned arrow.

The Yuyuan tribesmen army took the opportunity to capture the Wenling Border Pass Castle of the Shu Kingdom, and since then, the southern portal of the Shu capital city has been completely opened, and the Wenling Castle is only a few dozen miles away from the Shu capital, and the army of the Yuyuan tribe may come to attack the capital at any time.

Under the full treatment of the old priest of Shu and a group of witch doctors, although the king of Shu and the eldest prince were saved, the two were still lying on the hospital bed and were unconscious. In the face of the huge threat of the Yuyuan tribe, the heavy responsibility of commanding the Shu people to protect their families and defend the country fell on the old priests Dao Zhen and Princess Yang.

Dao Zhen has practiced witchcraft in Wushan since he was a child, and he not only knows divination and medicine, but also claims that the witchcraft he cultivates can go up to the gods of heaven and down to the earth. After practicing in Wushan for more than 20 years, he traveled to Shu and was favored by the previous king of Shu and appointed as a priest of Shu, responsible for various large and small sacrificial activities in Shu and providing advice to the king of Shu on governing the country, and his status in Shu was second only to the king of Shu and the prince general.

What has made him sad recently is not only the arrow wounds of the king of Shu and the prince, but also the death of several of his big apprentices while fighting with the prince and the king of Shu. Although these disciples of the priests are a bit of an extraordinary skill, they cannot win against the paranormal warlocks around the leader of the Yuyuan tribe.

Now there are only two female disciples with the old priest around, and when he returns to heaven, there will be only a female priest in Shu. However, looking at the current situation, the old priest was secretly worried that he was afraid that before he returned to heaven, the Shu Kingdom would have perished.

Princess Yang of Shu is only seventeen years old this year, although she is a daughter, she has a strong personality, and she has practiced martial arts since she was a child. The King of Shu originally wanted to marry her to the Central Plains royal family in order to make friends with the Xia King of the Central Plains, but the princess has been shirking it on the grounds that she is still young.

Now that her father and brother are lying in a hospital bed and have lost their leadership, and the Uohara tribal army is ready to attack the capital at any time, Princess Yang is determined to take on the responsibilities of her father and brother.

She proposed to the old priest that once the Yuyuan army attacked the capital, she herself would disguise herself as a prince and general to command the Shu army to resist the enemy. The old priest began to hesitate, the king of Shu was still there, and without the king's consent, let the princess lead the troops to fight, once the battle was lost or the princess suffered an accident, he would have to die to apologize.

However, if the soldiers and civilians of Shu know that the king and prince of Shu are seriously injured and will lose their fighting spirit, it will greatly encourage the military spirit of the Yuyuan tribe, and the capital of Shu will definitely not be protected, and they will also be a dead end.

After thinking for a while, the old priest agreed to the princess's proposal, and they decided to strictly seal the news that the king of Shu and the eldest prince were seriously injured, and the princess pretended to be the eldest prince to command the army of Shu to resist the enemy.

Because when the eldest prince led his troops to fight, he and a group of guards around him not only wore helmets and armor, but also liked to wear masks that terrified their opponents, so it provided an opportunity for the princess to disguise herself as the eldest prince in wartime to command the battle.

The Prince's armor and mask were made of gold, while the armor and masks of the guards around him were made of bronze.

At this time, when the princess, the old priest and a group of witch doctors were treating the father and son of the king of Shu in the palace, the leader of the palace guards walked in and reported to them: "High priest, princess, the guards of the south gate have found two masters and apprentices, and they asked to enter the city to meet the king of Shu. ”

Both the princess and the old priest were surprised, and their first reaction was that a stranger from the Uybara tribe had come to their door.

However, it wasn't until the two of them called in at the General's Mansion the leader of the soldiers at the South Gate who came to report the news that they knew the intention of the comer.

Although the person who came was a little strange, but now that the country of Shu is in trouble, if there is a person with special abilities who really has the ability to resist the enemy, any trading conditions can be discussed.

Daozhen has always been far-sighted, and he said to the princess: "Princess, although I have an auspicious hexagram for divination today, but Shu has been extremely unlucky recently, so we must strictly prevent these two strangers from taking the opportunity to sneak into the capital to spy on the injuries of the king and prince of Shu, or lurk in the city and prepare to break the city with the Yuyuan tribe army."

The princess nodded yes. So the two immediately split up and prepared to greet the master and apprentice outside the door.

Daozhen sent one of his disciples named Daoping to wear a helmet and a mask to lead a dozen palace guards to bring people to meet him, and assigned another disciple named Daorong to be the princess's personal guard.

Princess Yang deployed heavy troops inside and outside the General's Mansion, and once she found out that the stranger had evil intentions, she would immediately arrest him.

Bass and Rag waited patiently outside the door, but they didn't feel lonely, because the Shu soldiers at the door were polite to them. They have learned from their mouths about the war between Shu and the Yuyuan tribe, and they heard that gold is an extremely rare treasure in Shu, the soldiers have only seen the king of Shu and the prince and the general leading the troops to wear a set of gold armor and masks made of gold, and the other generals are all copper armor, as for other gold products, the Shu people have hardly seen it.

Seeing that the sky was darkening, the two finally saw a group of men and horses approaching this way, and at the head of the line was the leader of the soldiers who had reported the news, driving a covered carriage, and behind the carriage were a dozen horsemen, all wearing armor and masks.

The soldiers driving the carriage politely invited Bass and Laga into the carriage, saying that their general of the prince of Shu was waiting for the guests at the general's mansion.

Receiving such a grand reception from the King of Shu, although the bass was a little surprised, he didn't think much about it, maybe the people of Shu treated the guests from afar like this, not to mention that they were superpowers.

Rag didn't even pay attention to the soldiers who followed him on horseback and wore strange masks, and with the kind of cold weapons in their hands, a dozen people could not pose a threat to their own safety and the safety of their comrades.

The royal palace is located in the center of the castle, and across a bridge a horse-drawn carriage enters the heavily guarded palace area.

In front of a house, the carriage stopped, and the soldier who drove the carriage jumped out of the carriage and said politely: "This is the general's mansion, please get off the car and enter the house." ”

Bass and Rag walked into the house, followed by the soldiers who had accompanied them all the way.

When Bass entered the house, he saw a man in gold armor and a golden mask sitting on a high platform, and Bass thought to himself that this person was undoubtedly the prince and general as the soldiers at the door called.

On the side of General Prince stood an old man in civilian clothes, with a long sword in his hand. On the other side of the prince stood a guard in bronze armor and a copper mask.

There are two chairs in front of the high platform, which are undoubtedly for the two guests.

The old man pointed to the chair and said in a dignified tone, "Visitor, please sit down and talk to our prince and general!" ”

After Rag sat down, he pointed to the old man and asked, "If he is a prince general, what is your official position?" ”

"I am the high priest of Shu! May I ask where do the names of the two supernatural beings come from? ”

"My name is Rag, his name is Bass, and we're from far away." Rag replied briefly.

"This high priest heard that you have the ability to ascend to heaven and earth, can you perform it again in front of the prince and general?"

Rag didn't speak, but his sitting figure slowly rose from his seat, rising about a meter and slowly landing on the seat.

When his companions performed their abilities, Bass observed the reactions of the three people on the stage with his eyes and mental power, and he felt that the eyes of the people sitting there were surprises, and the emotions in their hearts fluctuated greatly, but the eyes of the two people standing were serious and their emotions were stable.

When Rag sat back in his seat, the old priest looked at Rag without moving and asked, "Your ability just now doesn't have much practical use on the battlefield, do you have any other abilities?" ”

Rag thought for a moment and said, "Yes! ”

Then he stretched out two eyeballs to look at the prince's golden mask, and then retracted into the frame of his eyes for a moment.

Bass noticed a look of surprise in the seated prince's eyes again, but the old priest's facial expression remained flat.

"What's the use of your ability?" The priest asked Rag.

"My eyes are elongated to see farther and more subtle, for example, I just saw a tiny crack in the prince's mask, indicating that the mask has been subjected to some external impact." Rag Dao.

"What are the powers of your disciples?" The old priest suddenly turned his attention to the bass.

"His abilities are undetectable to you ordinary creatures, but..."

'Ahem! Bass hurriedly interrupted Rag with a dry cough, and if he let the intelligent man continue, he would reveal his core secret.

He turned his face to Rag and said in Shu Chinese, "Master, didn't you say that the purpose of coming here was to negotiate a deal with the King of Shu?" It's not too early, it's time to talk about the deal. ”

Only then did the intelligent man realize that he had talked too much nonsense, so he said to the priest: "High priest, prince and general, we have come from afar to make a deal with you, we will help you defend this city, and you will give us two hundred kilograms of gold as a reward, and if we don't have so much gold, we can also replace it with two hundred kilograms of copper."

The old priest lowered his face and asked, "How many taels are you talking about two hundred kilograms?" ”

Rag once again said for a moment, "Two hundred kilograms of gold is enough to create ten sets of armor and masks like those worn by the prince. ”

"We don't have so much gold in Shu, but we can give you so much bronze. However, if you can't defeat the Ones in the Uyhara Tribe Army with those two abilities alone, it doesn't make sense for us to talk about this deal. The priest said unceremoniously.

"You're wrong!" Rag's tone was a little annoyed, and his voice was raised considerably, "Our greatest ability is to destroy the other abilities, but this ability needs to be on the real battlefield to manifest itself. ”

Bass had already understood by this time that both of the prince's side had been trained in some kind of mind control, and that they were hostile to himself and Rager, but the prince general was not only of higher status but also had normal emotional ups and downs, indicating that he could easily intervene with mental power, so that he finally decided to make a trade.

So, while the priest and rag are in a temporary stalemate, Bass focuses on the prince's eyes behind the mask.

Then he said in Shu Chinese, which he was not fluent in: "General Prince, Master and I have heard that this city will be besieged by enemies at any time, so we have specially come to help you defend the castle." In return, we are asking for copper from you to craft ten sets of armor and to make the required copper in your factory. Such a deal is undoubtedly very beneficial to you, and unless you think you have the ability to defeat the enemy easily, I see no reason why you should refuse to make this deal with us. ”

While speaking, the bass secretly uses mental power to influence the psychology of the other party.

Sure enough, it was very effective, and as soon as the bass finished speaking, the prince, who had been silent, suddenly spoke, and a sound came from behind his mask: "Very good, we have a deal!" ”

The old priest was startled, and he leaned down and whispered something in the prince's ear, who nodded in agreement.

The priest straightened up and said to the two visitors in a serious tone, "Our prince and general agree to your terms of trade, but since the Uohara tribal army may besiege this city tonight while the sky is dark and the wind is high, please wait outside the city.

If, after the Yuyuan tribal army is slaughtered outside the city, you can destroy those hateful Strangers and help our Shu army repel the enemy, we will take you back to the city with the most solemn welcome ceremony, and meet all the terms of the deal you have proposed. ”