Chapter 211: The Dungeon
Qin and Tang Empire, royal palace.
"Li Yuanmin, the third prince of Xuan, and the general Wei Chixiong are here!"
In the Xuanzheng Palace.
Li Haoyuan, the monarch of the Qin and Tang Empires, sat high on the dragon chair, overlooking the two figures who bowed and entered the door.
One is his own son Li Yuanmin.
To tell the truth, the old emperor is not very optimistic about the third son inheriting his position, because Li Yuanmin has always been an affinity, and his methods are too soft, and he still lacks a bit of courage and ruthlessness for the king of a country.
But now his favorite prince is ......
Hey, don't mention it.
This other Wei Chixiong, who came in, has been loyal to the imperial court since the beginning of the dynasty, and in Yu Chixiong's generation, he has military power in his hands, and his status is already under one person.
It's a pity that because of the Ye family's affairs a while ago, the prestige of this general Wei Chi was dealt a heavy blow, and some officials have begun to write to Chen Biao to question Wei Chixiong's ability to lead the army to fight.
In short, this member is like a fierce general on the right hand, and the old emperor is inexplicably damaged!
After being silent for a few seconds, the old emperor sighed lightly and said, "Today in the court, the two of you are arguing over the affairs of the Ye family, what is the purpose?"
Li Yuanmin was about to open his mouth to explain, but he was taken the lead.
Wei Chixiong stepped forward and saluted: "Back to Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the Ye family has been rewarded, and it is already a great gift from His Majesty and the imperial court to them, but that Ye Feng is not grateful to Dai De and swears allegiance to the death, but it has attracted the hatred of the Imperial Spirit Sect, causing Qin Tang to suffer from the enemy now, if he still wants to continue to stay in Qin Tang, I am afraid that there will be a demon who will bring disaster to the country and the people!"
Since ancient times, words like calamity to the country and the people, and demons seem to be related to the glamorous enchantress, but now that they are placed on Ye Feng's body, the old emperor didn't feel the slightest awkwardness when he heard it.
Demon, isn't it a demon, he is already so powerful at a young age, and he has the unconditional support of the Dragon Teng Empire, it is simply terrifying!
On the side, Li Yuanmin's mind tightened, and he immediately explained: "Father, there is definite evidence that the Imperial Spirit Sect is in trouble, and it proves that the beginning of all this is because of the unwarranted secret report of the eldest brother, if he hadn't misled the elders of the Imperial Spirit Sect and said that Ye Feng had the Ten Thousand Souls Coffin, Qin Tang would not have been so threatened, so Ye Feng was actually a victim!"
"Humph!"
Wei Chixiong immediately snorted coldly and said: "Your Royal Highness the Third Prince, when it comes to victimization, we Qin and Tang Dynasty are the real victims! Didn't you see those puppets with your own eyes on the day of the Ye family's birthday banquet! The minister had fought with the skeleton general in the Ten Thousand Souls Coffin, so the minister can be sure that those puppets are the skeleton general!"
"Then how can you prove that the skeleton general was summoned by Ye Feng! At that time, there were nearly a thousand people, and countless pairs of eyes saw that it was Second Young Master Bi who summoned the puppet!" Although Li Yuanmin was still polite and reasonable, his words were already a little tougher than just now.
His biggest support outside the court now is the Songlin Dart Bureau, no matter what, he has to maintain the Ye family and protect everything that Ye Feng has now, so that the situation in Qin and Tang can be completely stabilized!
Moreover, Li Yuanmin didn't know who owned the Ten Thousand Souls Coffin, so he could only choose the 'truth' he saw.
Wei Chixiong smiled coldly again, and deliberately asked: "Your Royal Highness the Third Prince, you defend Ye Feng so much, but do you really regard him as your confidant? But has Your Highness ever thought that Ye Feng is the person who owns the Ten Thousand Souls Coffin, I am afraid that if it is really your successor in the future, he will definitely not be able to suppress this demon, right?"
"......" Li Yuanmin's face was stunned.
These words have also been reminded by people in his forces, but Li Yuanmin has never taken them to heart, and he has strictly ordered his subordinates not to criticize the Ye family and Ye Feng, but now Wei Chixiong's words are really like a wake-up call in his heart.
Although Ye Feng was close to him, he had never supported him in fighting for the crown prince like others did, his heart ...... Are you loyal to yourself?
If he really has thoughts about the Qin and Tang Empires in the future, will his strength ......
Wei Chixiong saw that Li Yuanmin was stunned, and he was even more sure that he didn't really trust Ye Feng in his heart, so he was afraid that the old emperor sitting above him would also ......
Thinking about it, Wei Chixiong arched his hand towards the old emperor and said: "Your Majesty, everything that the minister is arguing about in the court today is not because of his own selfishness, but it is really about the Qin and Tang Rivers and Mountains at this time, if the Ye family is allowed to stay in the Qin and Tang Dynasties, is this Qin Tang surnamed Li or surnamed Ye?"
"General Wei Chi, you...... Shut up. Li Haoyuan's eyes widened suddenly, as if he was stunned by these words, but he had to think about it repeatedly.
As if he hadn't heard his words at all, Wei Chixiong raised his voice and pursued after him: "Your Majesty, your loyalty is contrary to your ears, and the ministers are dedicated to the country, even if they have their livers and brains, they have to vomit as soon as possible! That Ye Feng relied on his own strength, so he didn't put the Qin and Tang royal families in his eyes, and even dared to break into the mansion of the great prince alone and beat him into a waste, his heart is so vicious that it is simply a wolf's ambition!" Now that he is making enemies of the Imperial Spirit Sect, I am afraid that there is not much fire to continue to support, and it is difficult to guarantee that he will not want to use the power of a country to fight, so what he will covet next is your majesty's position!"
"Enough!"
Li Haoyuan's face was as heavy as black ink, and he waved his hand to interrupt Wei Chixiong's words.
On the side, Li Yuanmin hurriedly stepped forward and explained: "Father, General Wei Chi's words are also speculation, Ye Feng and his ...... He's not like that!"
"Then what kind of person is he?" asked Li Haoyuan in a cold voice.
This......
Li Yuanmin opened his mouth, but he didn't spit out a word after all.
After being silent for two or three seconds, he heard the old emperor's questioning voice again: "Third brother, can you guarantee that this person who deposed your eldest brother will not abolish my throne one day in the future?"
"Father, father?!" Li Yuanmin's face was frightened, and he knelt down with a flutter: "Father, you misunderstood...... Ye Feng, he would never do this!"
Hum!
"Third Highness, you are too easy to trust others, could it be that Ye Feng has already promised you something in private, so that you can defend him like this?"
Li Yuanmin was even more frightened, and directly scolded loudly: "General Wei Chi, do you know that talking nonsense in front of the emperor is also a serious crime!"
"Alright!
The old emperor frowned and interrupted their words, sighed deeply and said: "Yuanmin, your shallowness is your shortcoming, and it is easy to believe that others have always been your weakness, if you still don't change, I'm afraid that even if I let you sit in this position, you won't be able to sit for a few days." ”
Li Yuanmin lowered his head, and was powerless to refute after being taught by his father.
The old emperor pondered for a moment, then seemed to have made a decision, and said with a firm gaze: "The Ye family has always been a disaster, rather than letting it grow to an uncontrollable extent, it is better to strangle them while they are fledgling now, even if they can't be completely eliminated, then they have to be completely driven out of Qin and Tang as General Wei Chi said, this is the only way to maintain the stability of the society." ”
Wei Chixiong was secretly overjoyed, and arched his hand: "What does Your Majesty command, the ministers must swear allegiance to Your Majesty and do their best for the stability of Qin and Tang!"
Three days later.
The residence of the three princes, the study.
Li Yuanmin gently put the handwritten letter in his hand on the table, turned to look at the visitor: "It's been three days, and there is still no way to pass on the news?"
The man kneeling on the ground sighed and replied, "Your Highness, you should also know that since that day...... Your order to be placed under house arrest was given by His Majesty himself, and now there are countless Praetorian Guards guarding the three layers outside our house, like an iron bucket, not to mention that I want to send this letter out, I'm afraid that even a bee can't fly out at all!"
"So...... Do you just let the Ye family ......" Li Yuanmin frowned, his heart full of entanglement and helplessness.
In fact, there are only a few words in this letter, and it does not involve his father's decision and plan for the Ye family, Li Yuanmin just followed his heart and wanted to remind the Ye family and Ye Feng to leave Qin and Tang to protect their safety before the big net was cast, but he didn't expect that even such content could not be passed on to the Ye family after all.
If the next situation is really allowed to develop, I am afraid that the Songlin Dart Game will really be in danger......
At the same time.
Dungeon.
The gloomy and damp prison has always been a place for felons, and there is no sunlight all year round, and even the passages are lit by a faint halo of light from a few oil lamps.
In this cell, only the one at the end lived a person who was different from the identity of other prisoners - Leng Qianqiu.
"Lord Leng, you can really sleep, do you not plan to tell the lower officials today, why did you receive the news of the accident in the Great Prince's Mansion that day, but strictly ordered the Praetorian Guards to stay still?" a man in a blue-gray official uniform stood outside the cell and sneered.
On the stone slab bed covered with weeds, Leng Qianqiu, who took off his official uniform and wore an underwear, his hair became a little gray in a few days, and his expression was a little tired and haggard, he slowly opened his eyes, but he did not turn to look at the person outside the cage, and said in a faint voice: "I have already said what I should say, and what you want me to say, I am afraid that if you lock me up for another hundred years, I will not do what you wish." ”
"Humph!"
The official snorted coldly, and said in a cold voice: "Leng Qianqiu, don't forget, you have been dismissed by our Majesty, and now you are a guilty person, not the former commander of the forbidden army, in front of this official, you had better be more knowledgeable, and honestly report the truth about Ye Feng's treason and coveting the throne of Qin and Tang, Your Majesty will definitely open up to you, an accomplice, and be dealt with lightly!"
Leng Qianqiu's face was expressionless, even his body was motionless, and he said in a lazy tone: "If there is nothing else, then let me sleep well, although I have been dismissed and am now just a civilian in cloth, but at least I still have the right to sleep, right?"
"Leng Qianqiu, don't be ignorant!" said the official outside the door through gritted teeth.
Leng Qianqiu pulled the corners of his mouth and slowly closed his eyes again.
......
Two more days passed.
It is a mountain road forty miles away from the capital of Qin and Tang Dynasties.
The pine forest dart team, which had just left the city for less than three hours, was surrounded by a group of mysterious people with black masks on the mountain forest path near the official road, and the two sides fought fiercely for less than a stick of incense, and the Ye family's dart masters were defeated one by one, only Xie Qi was still struggling to support in front of those few darts and goods.
On the ground, there are dart flags that have been trampled on with an unknown number of mud marks, as well as those splashed blood, every drop seems to tell the pine forest dart masters to protect the darts with all their might.
Xie Qi, as the leader of the team, is also the strongest dart master in the entire dart team, but he was besieged by more than a dozen top masters, but it was still difficult to parry, his body was full of knife wounds and sword marks, and blood meandered down his arms and chest, dyeing the black and white power suit into blood red.
"You guys, you dare to rob the darts of the Songlin Dart Bureau, do you really not know the identity of the Ye family in Qin Tang!" Xie Qi gasped, the sweat and blood on his face gathered together, looking very miserable.
But unexpectedly, his words attracted the wanton ridicule of the mysterious people, as if they had heard a big joke.
"Hahahaha! If you weren't from the Pine Forest Dart Bureau, Lao Tzu wouldn't have made a rare move!"
Deliberately...... Rob the dart of the pine forest dart game?
Xie Qi heard the key to the words, and immediately frowned.
It seems that someone is going to take the opportunity to take revenge on the Ye family!
If this is the case, then the person hiding in the shadows must also receive the rumor, knowing that the dart goods of today's dart are the best spiritual materials of the Long Tengyun Clan, worth tens of thousands of gold, and must not be lost.
In this case, the only way to do this is to use the hole cards left by Ye Feng!
Xie Qi no longer hesitated, clenched his fists, and waved hard.
Swish!
A black glow flashed from behind him.
Immediately after, the skeleton general who stayed in the pine forest dart bureau in the capital was summoned out!
Seeing the burly battle puppet, more than a dozen mysterious people were stunned, but they didn't seem to be surprised, but they changed their formation with a tacit understanding, and divided into two teams to fight against Xie Qi and the puppet respectively.
Come prepared!
Xie Qi suddenly realized that something was wrong, and summoned the Black Rock Fury Bear as well, and his combat power instantly approached the Xuanshi Realm!
"If you want to snatch the dart from my hand, step on Lao Tzu's corpse first!"
Swish!
One man and one beast burst out with the strongest power at the same time, rushing towards those masters.
But with Xie Qi's extreme combat power, coupled with the skeleton general, he still didn't turn the situation around, and within a moment, they were subdued by the gang of black-clothed people, and the skeleton general's ghost aura seemed to be suppressed by some kind of power of the other party, forcibly breaking up the body and then disappearing in place.
Only Xie Qi was trampled under the feet of several of the strongest masters, almost controlling his life, even if he struggled to resist, he was powerless to do it.
"You ...... Balls...... Kill ...... Lao Tzu!" Xie Qi left a mouthful of blood down the corner of his mouth, and his teeth were almost crushed.
One of the masters sneered: "Kill you? That's not interesting, a few of our brothers came all the way to take a few cheap lives to go back, you are all dead, so what's the point of what happens next?"
Next......
Xie Qi instantly felt a chill rise from his back, stabbing his spine.
The Ye family was designed by the enemy, but is this a person from the Imperial Spirit Sect, or is it ......
Without waiting for him to think about it, the master who stepped on his skull crushed his foot hard, seeing Xie Qi's face twitching in pain, his face was extremely pale but he didn't shout a word, as if he got a great sense of refreshment: "You kid, the bones are quite hard, it's a pity...... Follow the wrong master!"
Half a day later.
Capital.
Pine Forest Dart Bureau, at the gate.
Ye Zhiyang frowned, looking at the crowded streets, but he couldn't calm the anxiety in his heart.
Since a few dart teams went out, no news has come back, which is like a dark cloud over the dart game.
At this moment, Lu Ji suddenly appeared out of nowhere, standing behind her like a ghost: "Miss." ”
Ye Zhiyang turned around and asked anxiously, "How is it?" Uncle Lu, is there any news?"
Lu Ji's expression was solemn, and he shook his head: "The people sent out to investigate have not heard back yet, this is still a situation that has never happened, as if someone has set up a big net in the shadows, completely isolating the Ye family from the outside world." ”
"If it's just isolation, it's okay, I'm afraid...... If there is no news, it is the most terrible news!" Ye Zhiyang sighed heavily.
......
Wild.
In the dense forest deep in the Tiger Roaring Peak.
Ye Feng was sitting in a natural cave and cultivating cross-legged, the ninth turn of Shenpeng had been successfully upgraded to the fifth turn, and the strengthening of his physical body had risen to another level, and as for the six reincarnation slashes, the human world was broken, there was also a great breakthrough.
Since Lechuan Daze came back, Ah Cai was placed in a hidden residence in the city by Ye Feng, plus some deployments, if it wasn't for Ah Cai's deliberate appearance, it would be difficult for those people in the Imperial Spirit Sect to find his traces.
As for Ye Feng during this period, he has been deliberately revealing traces, and even leaving some clues that he has appeared, so that those disciples of the Imperial Spirit Sect can track him and follow him to play the game of chasing me and hiding in Tiger Roaring Peak.
Although the Imperial Spirit Sect dispatched a lot of troops in order to capture Ye Feng this time, which can be called an overwhelming capture operation, they never thought that no matter how many of them were and how strong their strength was, they would easily be easily escaped by him after chasing Ye Feng repeatedly.
It's like a game of cat and mouse, but the mouse knows everything about the cat's movements.
It's just weird!
But how did they know that Ye Feng would open a warning map every two days, and then spend most of the day deliberately attracting them to chase him, and finally get rid of them, as if he was fishing, deliberately casting bait and dangling it in front of their eyes twice, so that they could smell it but then grab the bait at once, so that he succeeded in delaying time again and again.
This kind of taste has tortured those disciples of the Imperial Spirit Sect miserably, don't chase it, that Dharma Protector Elder must have to pluck their skins, chase it, where on earth should I go to find the mouse who knows how to chase soldiers better than chasing soldiers?
After about an hour, Ye Feng temporarily stopped his cultivation and took out a Poke Ball.
Click!
There was a burst of white mist in the Poké Ball, and I saw the reborn Soul Venerable emerge with a new image.
In the past, he was just a black shadow in the coffin of ten thousand souls, and the outline seemed to be nothing, but now with the help of the body of the phantom dragon, the soul venerable once again took on a human form, which was the appearance of the transformed boy on Black Rock Island.
In the first few days, Ye Feng couldn't get used to this Soul Venerable who once dominated the Heavenly Wind Continent and turned into a cute little boy, but after watching it for a while, he felt that it was very pleasing to the eye.
"Your Poké Ball is really good, in just over a month, my strength has recovered to fifty percent of what it used to be, and the fusion with the body of the Phantom Dragon is also very smooth, it's just smooth and beautiful!"
Ye Feng smiled faintly: "Your soul power has been improved, and at the same time, it has also assisted the army of the undead in the Ten Thousand Souls Coffin, and now the combat power of those skeletons has been strengthened, which is also a great gain for me." ”
"In that case, why do you have to run around the mountains for two days each, so embarrassed to run away?" asked the Soul Venerable in confusion.
Ye Feng didn't intend to hide it, and replied: "Delay for a while, and when the situation is clear, I will naturally have new arrangements." ”
"In my opinion, you don't have to play roundabout tactics with them, directly dispatch the army of the undead to destroy the thousands of pursuers in this mountain, and then we will kill the Imperial Spirit Sect together, and hide the throne of the sect master as a bench!"
After his strength increased greatly, Soul Venerable's words became more and more incomprehensible, as if he was eager to fight again and become famous.
Ye Feng could naturally guess his thoughts, and shook his head with a smile: "There's no need, it's just a personal grudge between me and Mo Lianwen, those thousands of chasing soldiers are just following orders." ”
"Yo!"
Soul Venerable paced two steps behind his back before he stood still, looked at him with strange eyes and said, "I don't see it, you are still a good person." ”
Ye Feng suddenly couldn't cry or laugh.
How demonic is his image in the mind of the Soul Venerable?
The two chatted a few more words, Soul Venerable continued to return to the Poké Ball to cultivate himself, and Ye Feng opened the alert map, preparing to play another game of cat and mouse.
But as soon as the map was displayed on the system interface, Ye Feng discovered a strange scene.
Those red dots surrounding the depths of Tiger Roar Peak are retreating and leaving at a very rapid pace!
This is......
Ye Feng looked at the red dots that gradually disappeared into the range of Tiger Roaring Peak, and vaguely felt that something was not right.
......
At night.
Ye Feng secretly returned to the main city of the Houlin tribe and walked into a small courtyard that looked ordinary.
The girl who was looking at the starry sky in the courtyard in a daze suddenly saw a familiar figure approaching, and suddenly showed a sweet smile.
"Ye Feng, you're back!"
"Hmm, is there any news lately?" Ye Feng asked with a smile.
Ah Cai nodded, and his expression instantly became a little more serious: "I received some rumors two days ago, saying that the army of the Imperial Spirit Sect has gone to Qin and Tang through the teleportation array, and several of them are the top masters in the army, and as far as I know, the masters sent out this time have a very good personal relationship with Elder Mo." ”
"Did they do anything after they went to Qin Tang?" Ye Feng asked.
Ah Cai shook his head, and said a little helplessly: "I didn't find out about this, but as soon as the Imperial Spirit Army arrived in the capital of Qin and Tang, all the teleportation arrays set up in the sect were uniformly closed, and it seems that martial law has been imposed for the past few days, and no one is allowed to enter and leave the capital." ”
Turn off the teleportation array?!
Oops!
Ye Feng's expression tightened: "We must rush back to the capital immediately!"
Right away?
Ah Cai was a little embarrassed: "The teleportation array is closed, we can only go around the mountain road to return to Qin Tang, even if we don't sleep day and night, it will take an extra month." ”
"One month ......"
Ye Feng was a little silent, and an extremely complicated cold light flashed in his eyes.