In the distance, Zheng Xianyue, who had woken up, leaned against the side of the column and took in the "special effects" released by Wu Ming, and felt confused in her heart, and couldn't help but sigh lightly.

"Yue'er," a beautiful woman stood quietly behind the county lord of Mingyue, it was her mother, Princess Shu, she saw her daughter's thoughts and sorrows, but she had no way to share her worries.

"Lady Mother, I made you smile. Zheng Xianyue said flatly.

"Yue'er, if you really like him, I will convince your father, and your father must want you to be happy. ”

Lord Mingyue shook his head, "I don't have a few years left......"

Although she understood what her daughter meant, looking at her lonely appearance, Princess Shu still felt a heart-wrenching pain.

"Don't mention this," Princess Shu diverted the topic, "Today, he has accepted these two apprentices, and your father will definitely set up a banquet for him in the evening, remember to order someone to help you freshen up in advance." ”

"Mother, I won't be going at night, I still have a lot of things to prepare here. ”

Princess Shu looked at her daughter who got up and left with a complicated expression, and didn't ask any more questions, she knew that since her daughter said that there was something, it would naturally be some big things, but no matter what the big thing was, her sensible child would handle the matter very well.

Three days later, Chiba Castle was still as bustling as ever, but there were some differences, the city was filled with an oppressive atmosphere, almost every street was heavily guarded, every key point was guarded by guards, and anyone who showed suspicious signs was either detained or expelled from the city.

Emperor Kaichen decreed that, in accordance with the final judgment of the Department of Justice, King Karl would be hanged today, but he would retain his title on the throne and give him a state funeral after his death.

At noon, the solemn and low bell rang through the sky.

The emperor bell is the symbol of the master of ceremonies of the entire Wanmos Empire, when the emperor collapses, the emperor bell will ring nine times, thousands of miles of filial piety, the whole country mourns. However, today, the imperial bell rings eight times, which is rare in the history of Wanmoth.

Legend has it that only the prince, the prince and the day of the return of the extremely human ministers will have this treatment, but the heir of the emperor has been relatively rare since the founding of the country, after the coming-of-age ceremony is generally or enthroned as the emperor, or given the city to be crowned the king, the person who is crowned the king is not in Chiba City all the year round, naturally there will be no eight bells, in the past, most of the extremely human ministers took advantage of their old age, told the old man to return home, died in the township, and would not receive such courtesy.

However, this time King Karl is a real king, a king who is about to be executed in Chiba Castle.

At the end of the eight bells, the huge iron door of the imperial prison opened with the piercing sound of iron and stone rubbing, and an iron horse poured out like a torrent of steel, and in the center of the torrent was the king of Karl who was locked in the prison car, and King Karl knew that he was going to die, and his face was a little unnaturally pale, but his eyes were slightly closed, and he seemed to be taking a nap from a distance.

Major General Yuan Cheng, who was in charge of the escort mission this time, went all the way south from the cell to the execution ground, but it was only a ten-mile road, if someone boasted that he could rob the key criminals from him in this ten-mile journey, Yuan Cheng knew it, at most it was a joke, and laughed it off.

Yuan Cheng has been cultivating since he was a child, and he has already reached the strength of the Sword Saint at a young age, and was once considered one of the most capable rookies of Wan Mos, and the newcomer who is the most promising to enter the Dragon and Tiger General List, and this task is too easy for him, so he should go through the motions and do it.

Riding a war horse in front of the escort team, Yuan Cheng looked back at King Carl in the prisoner car, King Carl seemed to feel the gaze of Major General Yuan Cheng, opened his eyes a little and glanced at it, and then continued to close his eyes and recuperate.

Major General Yuan Cheng saw that he was angry, snorted coldly, and secretly said that a dying person, the shelf is quite big, he looks down on those hereditary princes the most in his life, he has nothing to do in his life, but he can enjoy all the glory of this world, this time I can see such a big man being executed, and my heart can't help but feel a little dark.

"Newspaper—"

A soldier rode a fast horse to General Yuan Cheng, and hurriedly dismounted and bowed, "Tell the general, a large number of houses in the front block are on fire, and many generals have led people to put out the fire, but the fire is not central and the street is still passable." ”

Yuan Cheng squinted his eyes and looked into the distance, and sure enough, in his field of vision, many houses were on fire, and a large amount of smoke was rolling into the air.

Unfortunately, Major General Yuan Cheng does not believe that there are coincidences in this world, "The houses are on fire, but they are not in the middle of the streets, and the thieves are too bold and reckless, obviously thinking that when we pass by this road, we will take the opportunity to save people in the firefighting chaos." ”

"General Mingcha, what should we do?"

Yuan Cheng glanced at the scorching sun at noon, "The execution time cannot be postponed, let's avoid this way, from the nearest trail to the detour, the thief must not be able to expect it, we will temporarily change the escort route, the execution site is guarded by the general himself, it will be guaranteed to be foolproof, after the execution is over, I will come to exterminate the thief." ”

"Command!" the group reoriented and headed for a circuitous path not far away.

......

The muddy path, where the horse's hooves and the muddy water on the hooves of the horses, is narrow enough to accommodate four people on horseback, and the dark houses on both sides block the sunlight, making the road dark and damp all year round.

Looking at the houses on both sides, Yuan Cheng couldn't help but regret a little, although this road is the closest, but once ambushed, the soldiers must be too crowded to show their hands and feet, and the formation cannot be set up at all, but for the generals, if the decision made by the words is temporarily reversed, it will definitely affect the status of the soldiers in their hearts.

Yuan Cheng shook off the thoughts in his mind and couldn't help laughing at himself, "Yuan Cheng, Yuan Cheng, when did you become so bold, our soldiers can't use it, how can that thief show it? Not to mention who would have thought that I would take this road?"

Although Yuan Cheng said this, the uneasiness in his heart became more obvious, at this time, as if to confirm Yuan Cheng's thoughts, a bamboo tube-like thing fell from the air, fell to the ground and rolled twice, "Whew", a large amount of white mist was emitted from the bamboo tube.

"Enemy attack! Disperse and stand steady!" The lieutenant general reacted immediately, but the road was too crowded, and the horses were frightened when they saw the sudden white fog, and they were anxious to run, but they were blocked by the horses in front, and the horses behind were also frightened and rushed forward, and the whole road became a picture of people crowding horses and horses crowding people for a while.