Chapter 14: The Messenger
Zhangtai Palace is located in the south of Weishui, which is the place where the emperor receives envoys from various countries.
On this day, Zhangtai Palace ushered in a special envoy, a gluttonous envoy.
At first, the Qin State did not pay much attention to the invasion of gluttony, thinking that it was just a tide of monsters and beasts of questionable origin. The proud soldiers of the Empire did not see it as a war, and the powerful monk generals even regarded it as a hunting feast.
At first, the situation was as everyone expected, and the defense line of the Great Wall was as solid as a rock under the continuous offensive of gluttony. Until that day came, that tall figure appeared on the battlefield, dressed in scarlet armor.
The gluttonies who were originally fighting separately left the battlefield one after another, retreated back, and slowly gathered in front of the scarlet armor, converging into a military formation one by one. After the scarlet armor, more gluttony continued to join in, forming more battle formations, all over the mountains and fields, layer upon layer. There were clouds in the sky, and suddenly a string of strange syllables came from the military array, followed by all the gluttony roaring the same syllables, and the tide rushed towards the Great Wall.
The ferocity of this attack far exceeded the Qin army's expectations, and the first wave of the offensive broke a Great Wall guard, and although the Qin army quickly reacted and filled the gap, more than 200 gluttons still crossed the Great Wall. The gluttonous people who crossed the defense line of the Great Wall quickly penetrated into the Qin region and wantonly slaughtered in the hinterland of the Qin state, inflicting heavy casualties on the civilians.
The Imperial military immediately organized an army to encircle and suppress it, and this force numbered as many as a thousand men, all of whom were made up of monks. The clean-up operation did not go smoothly, and when the last gluttonous fell under the sword of the Qin army, more than four full months had passed, and a total of more than 30,000 innocent people of the Qin State had died in this catastrophe.
As time passed, gluttony gradually revealed its terrifying potential for war.
According to the report sent back by Meng Tian, the number of gluttonous troops gathered outside the Great Wall has exceeded 500,000, and there are signs of continuous military increase. The passes were in danger one after another, and the pressure on the defenders of the Great Wall was increasing.
In the end, the Qin side had to accept the reality that they were facing a well-trained and large regular army, and this was a war, a protracted national war.
A large number of troops and divisions were continuously sent to the front, and the empire was forced to devote more manpower and material resources to this endless whirlpool, and gluttony officially replaced the Xiongnu as the biggest enemy of the northern frontier and even the entire Great Qin Empire.
For more than 30 years, this is the first time that the gluttony has shown a willingness to dialogue. This time, Fusu decided to meet the messenger in person.
The crown prince sat in the main hall, and the ministers of civil and military affairs were lined up on both sides.
Fusu's gaze passed through the main hall and landed on the square outside the hall. The ceremonial officer was guiding the envoy through the palace gate and slowly walking towards the main hall. Fusu, who was in charge of the Hajj pilgrimage, already knew that the envoy was a human, so he didn't show any surprise when he saw the envoy.
The envoy was about forty years old, and he looked no different from the Qin people, with his hair tied in a bun on his head and a wide robe with large sleeves. The style of the clothes is not very formal, and it seems nondescript to attend such an occasion, not like a messenger, but like a master who is out to visit friends. Speaking of which, the other party is not a state of etiquette, and it is not even a barbarian, so it can't be taken into account.
Before entering the palace gate, someone had already checked the carrying, so the armor at the gate of the palace glanced at the envoy and did not stop it. The messenger entered the main hall with dignity and stood in front of the jade steps, but did not salute.
Seeing this, the person in charge of the etiquette of the court meeting came out of class and shouted: "Gluttonous messenger, since you see my king, why don't you worship!" ”
Fusu knew that the actions of the envoys in these years were often unexpected, and they were particularly fond of playing this kind of trick during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period to attract the attention of the king. didn't care at the moment, waved his hand and said, "Mr. came from afar, and the widow gave you a waiver." ”
The envoy smiled at Fusu and did not thank him.
"What do you call him?"
The messenger uttered a few strange syllables, but Fusu didn't understand a word, curious how a person's throat could make such a sound. So he asked, "Since the gentleman is a human being, why does he come here on behalf of gluttony?" ”
This time the messenger finally spoke: "I am a dragon. My name has already been said, but I don't think His Highness can understand it, and His Highness can call me a martyr. The messenger spoke in a round voice, and his voice was rich and pleasant.
Fusu thought that the son of the Jinyun clan dared to call himself a dragon clan, but he didn't want to waste time on these trivial issues, so he only confirmed: "Shang? ”
"The death of the national mourning, recently I read Qu Yuan's "Nine Songs", and I was quite touched, so I gave myself a name here."
"Although Mr. Yan is a demon clan, he can show people with such an appearance, could it be that he has cultivated to the legendary transformation realm?"
Although I don't want to be entangled in the question of dragon or gluttony, I don't want to admit that the other party is a dragon, so I compromised and took the word "demon clan".
He smiled and said: "It's just a small skill of carving insects, and it is a trick to blind the eyes and ears." As he spoke, he untied a talisman from his neck.
The mutation suddenly occurred, and the corpse that was supposed to stand in the center of the temple was gone, and what remained in place was a huge figure, three feet tall, wearing scarlet armor, and the spikes on the helmet almost pierced the dome of the main hall. The huge body obscured the sunlight outside the temple gate, and the people in the temple were in darkness.
The ministers were in an uproar, and Lang Zhongling, who was in charge of the palace guards, was shocked and shouted outside the palace gate: "There are assassins, guards to escort!" ”
The rubbing of iron leaves and footsteps outside the hall made a loud noise, and the black-clothed armor soldiers swarmed in. Lang Zhongling's heart calmed down for a while, and when he looked back, he saw Yan standing in place, holding the talisman in his hand, and couldn't help but rub his eyes vigorously.
There was a general present who had been stationed on the Great Wall, and he was extremely impressed by this scarlet armor, and when he saw this, he couldn't help but recall the strange syllables that echoed on the battlefield, and it was the words that Fang Cai opened his mouth to spit out, and he gasped in his mouth, and pointed at the corpse and exclaimed: "Gluttonous King!" ”
Holding the talisman in his hand like a flower, he smiled like a flower, put the talisman into his arms in a hurry, and opened his hands to show that there was no threat, and then said calmly: "This king shows his true appearance, just to show sincerity, and there is no malice, you don't need to panic." ”
The moment he heard someone shouting "Gluttonous King", Fusu's heart beat violently.
He noticed that the ministers in the hall had different expressions on their faces, Wenchen was shocked and thoughtful, and the generals looked at him with eager eyes. The gluttonous king is not just an ordinary king, it should also be some form of spiritual leader, compared to the gluttonous king before and after the appearance of the gluttonous king, the combat effectiveness of the gluttonous army is almost doubled.
"Do you want to take this opportunity to take him down and solve the scourge of gluttony once and for all." As soon as this thought was born, it grew like a weed and spread wildly in Fusu's heart.
As if sensing the killing intent revealed by Fusu, Yan Ruo looked at him with deep meaning, and said quietly: "Even if this king does it now, with His Royal Highness's cultivation, this king can't help His Highness." ”
Fusu was slightly surprised: "He can actually see through my cultivation." ”
Although he has the title of the number one weapon spectrum, in fact, Fusu has never shown his personal strength in front of the world. The reason why he went up to the weapon spectrum was purely because Shang Li's unintentional mistake leaked out.
Cao Sangongzi, who made a weapon spectrum, was friends with Shang Li a long time ago. Cao Sangongzi has always admired Shang Li's martial arts, once the two of them drank, at that time Cao San had not yet made a weapon spectrum, but he already had the idea of appreciating the world's heroes, so he said to Shang Li: "If you count the heroes of the world one by one, talk about the level, Brother Shang, if you only recognize the second, I am afraid that no one will dare to recognize the first." ”
At this time, Shang Li had already eaten three bowls of wine, and he spoke with a big tongue: "Foolish brother thinks that he knows all the heroes in the world, and he never arrogantly belittles himself, but if he wants to say that he is the first in the world, he will never dare to accept it." I only said that I was the prince of the Great Qin Prison State Fusu, even if I tried my best, I couldn't do ten moves under his hands. ”
Cao Sangongzi was shocked when he heard this, he really couldn't imagine what kind of realm it was. However, he couldn't help but believe the facts, everyone in the rivers and lakes knew that Shang Li never told lies.
Later, Shang Li really defeated all the masters on the weapon spectrum, including that genius sword immortal Gu Changfeng. So Cao Sangongzi remembered what Shang Li said back then, and Fusu inexplicably became the first in the weapon spectrum.
However, the rivers and lakes are the rivers and lakes, and the court is the court. Chivalry is forbidden by force, and the status of swordsmen and rangers in all dynasties is not high. Shang Li knew that the prince was on the weapon spectrum because of himself, and he regretted it. But the words have been spoken, and they can no longer be taken back.
Fortunately, Fusu didn't dig deeper, and he just smiled when he heard it: "You Wu Anjun has a title, and you don't serve in the court, so you are idle, and you only know that you wander around and mingle with martial arts people all day long." How can the widow have the spare time to accompany you gangs of Jianghu people to mess around. ”
Shang Li's words are not untrue, the only time the two of them have a discussion was Shang Li's initiative to request. Fusu was also a little curious about Shang Li's archery, so he let him shoot nine arrows in a row, but he was disappointed and knocked Shang Li down with one move.
In fact, Shang Li didn't even hold up a move to help Su.
Seeing that the other party saw through the cultivation, Fusu subconsciously looked at the dead.
Fusu's cultivation is good at the art of looking at qi, and there is nothing to hide under the eyes of delusion. I saw that the breath of the dead was as vast as a sea of smoke, and the cultivation was unfathomable, and I couldn't even see his depth, and I couldn't help but be surprised.
Seeing that Fu Su's face was cloudy, he smiled again: "If Your Highness wants to keep this king, I'm afraid it won't be so easy." Besides, in the absence of this king, my dragon clan naturally has another commander in charge of the army, and he doesn't want to see the children take revenge like crazy if he wants to come. ”
Fu Su forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart and looked around at the ministers in the main hall, which were the elite of the entire Great Qin Empire. If you do it now, I'm afraid most of the people will have to be buried together, and the empire can't afford such a loss.
Fusu shook his head slightly, trying his best to drive out the distractions in his mind, and took a deep breath to reveal a smile to himself. "The two countries are not cutting their troops, and His Royal Highness the King is too worried."
With a wave of his hand, he commanded the armor soldiers who surrounded him: "There is nothing to do with you here, go down." ”