readx;? In the Sealed City Hou Mansion, when Liu Sandao and Xie Yun came back with four cold corpses, Fang Chengtian had already realized that this matter had reached a point where it could never be recovered, and Lou Zong's people were also killed, it can be said that there was no way back, and now he finally understood Lu Yifan's determination to make this trip, and even more understood that the group of young people in front of him came with the Protector Token in their hands, and they were definitely not just playing, but they wanted to take Lou Zong seriously. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The candles were lit up in the hall, and the four cold corpses that had gradually stiffened were hanging in the hall, Liu Sandao and Xie Yun stood on the left side of the four corpses, while Pang He and the four sergeants stood tremblingly on the right side of the corpses. Yin Xi, who was belated, stood by the door one by one with a sinking face. And Lu Yifan and Fang Chengtian, who were originally sitting in the hall, all silently stared at the four corpses on the ground, and the emotions in the eyes of each of them at this moment were also different, some were surprised, some were surprised, some were cold, and some were happy. Rao was like this, but for a while, no one in the hall opened his mouth to speak.

After Pang He entered the door, he originally wanted to meet Fang Chengtian as usual, but when he saw clearly that the person sitting on the main seat was not the city lord of the closed city, but a very strange young man, the doubts in Pang He's heart became even stronger. He lowered his head slightly, but his eyes glanced at Fang Chengtian who was sitting on the side with a cloudy face from time to time, as if he wanted to try his best to figure out everything here, but no matter how many hints he gave Fang Chengtian, Fang Chengtian always put on a deliberately invisible appearance and remained silent.

In fact, Fang Chengtian's heart has been beating drums now, looking at the corpses of the four Lou Sect disciples in front of him, Fang Chengtian can be said to be restless all the time, these four people are Lou Yi's cronies, even if they see Fang Chengtian on weekdays, they will not pay attention to it, and Fang Chengtian has always regarded the four of them as guests who must not be offended. Unexpectedly, in just a few hours, the four guests who were still alive turned into four corpses lying in front of him, which made Fang Chengtian's heart not worry? How could he not be afraid?

At this moment, the thing that Fang Chengtian was most worried about was that once Lou Zong investigated this matter, he would definitely not be able to get out of it, and in case Lu Yifan and the others finally lost to Lou Zong, and now they made such a big deal about it, in the end, even he, a so-called outsider, would not end well.

"Ahem...... Finally, after being silent in the hall for a long time, Fang Chengtian, who was apprehensive in his heart, was the first to speak to break the deadlock, only to see a dry smile on his pale and tired old face, and said flatteringly, "That...... Lord Lu's friend is really a good means, and with only a few cups of tea, he actually arranged the four generals of Lou Zong...... Oh no, it should be the four traitors who have been killed, this kind of ability really makes Fang admire......"

Whether it is Fang Chengtian or Fang Qingyun, they are all used to living a pampered life, and there are actually few people in the entire Fang family who have really practiced martial arts, so they don't know who is stronger and who is weak between the four disciples of Lou Sect and Liu Sandao and Xie Yun, they only look at the final result, who survives in the end, then they determine who is stronger. Because of this, in their eyes, the Five Tigers of Lou Sect were even more powerful than to match, which was also an important reason why Fang Chengtian would rather swallow his anger and be a puppet than take the risk of resisting.

"City Lord Fang has won the award!" Lu Yifan smiled slightly, and then he raised his eyes to look at Pang He, who had always lowered his head, and asked, "Are you the general of the unified army of the city defenders?"

Hearing Lu Yifan's question, Pang He was stunned at first, and then he subconsciously looked up at Fang Chengtian, as if he was confirming Lu Yifan's identity to Fang Chengtian.

"Oh, this is Lord Lu from Jinling City, this time Lord Lu made a special trip to the lockdown to investigate the matter of Lou Zong with the token of Lord Huguo, and now he has also taken over all the city affairs of the city, so all the people in the lockdown must now obey Lord Lu's dispatch and must not be disobeyed! Tonight's matter is also decided by Lord Lu himself!" Fang Chengtian hurriedly explained, and nodded at Lu Yifan with a sneer as he spoke.

Fang Chengtian's thoughts, Lu Yifan didn't understand, he couldn't let everyone know now that everything tonight was done by Lu Yifan, and it had nothing to do with him Fang Chengtian.

"Hmph!" Hearing Fang Chengtian's words, Han Ling'er couldn't help but snort coldly, she was very disdainful of Fang Chengtian's little trick of the golden cicada shedding its shell, and turned her head away and simply ignored this hypocritical villain.

"Oh, it turned out to be Lord Lu!" Unlike Fang Chengtian's smiling skin, Pang He unabashedly showed a look of joy on his face after hearing that Lu Yifan was here for the purpose of dealing with Lou Zong, it seemed that Pang He had been looking forward to this day for a long time. At the moment, his attitude towards Lu Yifan also became more respectful, and he hurriedly bowed his hand and said, "The last general is Pang He, the commander of the city of the city, and the army of the city is willing to obey Lord Lu's dispatch!"

From Pang He's excited words, Lu Yifan could feel a strong sense of excitement, and other than that, there was only awe left. Pang He's awe of Lu Yifan was different from Fang Chengtian, Fang Chengtian wanted to use Lu Yifan's hand to deal with Lou Zong, so he obeyed Lu Yifan's words. And Pang He's awe of Lu Yifan is from the bottom of his heart, Pang He's loyalty is not to a certain person, but to the entire Sacred Domain Dynasty headed by the Emperor, this kind of person generally has no scheming, but he is very loyal, full of only thinking of doing his best to serve the Emperor, and then get the orthodoxy of the Sacred Domain to appreciate and reuse.

In the place of the closed city, compared to Fang Chengtian's traitor, Pang He's loyalty seems a little naïve and ridiculous, which is why he was left by Lou Zong until now and not replaced, because this person's head is really not very bright, and even a little stupid. As long as there is a city lord in the closed city, even if this city lord only has a name and no real power, then he Pang He will definitely not dare to act beyond the level, which is enough to suppress him. Therefore, for such a 'loyal and good general', Lou Zong didn't need to bother targeting him at all, it was enough to control Fang Chengtian well.

"I have heard that you are a general who was promoted at the top of the lockdown camp, you are courageous, upright, and loyal to your duties, and you really live up to your reputation when you see it today!" Lu Yifan nodded and praised, he didn't see a trace of scheming in Pang He's eyes, only sincerity and humility.

"Lou Zong is doing evil in the southwest, the people of the southwest hate everyone and punish him, not long ago he slaughtered Wenyang Mancheng, this move is even more indignant, originally I thought that Lord Ling Huang had completely given up on us, today I saw Lord Lu here, the heart of the last general finally let go!" Pang He's eyes were red with excitement at the moment.

Seeing Pang He's reaction, Lu Yifan and the others couldn't help but feel a bitterness in their hearts, if they really told Pang He the truth, I was afraid that I don't know if it would completely cool the heart of this loyal minister.

"When I was in the lockdown camp just now, he was the first person to find out about our whereabouts, which shows that General Pang is indeed different from the other sergeants here!" Xie Yun opened his mouth and said.

"I don't know how many percent of the current lockdown defenders can control General Pang?" Mu Dan rolled his eyes and asked curiously, "To deal with Louzong, we need absolute loyalty from the lockdown defenders, and we don't want traitors to appear among them." ”

"These adults just have to rest assured, although Pang is not talented, but now almost all the soldiers in this army are brought up by Pang Mou, so none of them dare not listen to my words!" Pang He smiled quite confidently.

"Okay!" Lu Yifan nodded and said, "I am completely relieved to have General Pang's words." ”

"Yifan, then what are we going to do next?" Xie Yun asked with some impatience, "Are you going to officially start a war against Lou Zong?"

"No!" Lu Yifan frowned and shook his head, "There are many disciples of the Lou Sect, and most of them have cultivated soul power, they are not much stronger than the defenders of the city, if they start a war now, the result will be defeated, and that will only increase the number of people who die in vain!"

"The so-called capture the thief first captures the king, if we can contain the disciples of Lou Zong first, and then take the opportunity to take down the five tigers of Lou Zong, we may be able to avoid a large-scale frontal fight with Lou Zong!" Ji Yuan said quietly.

"That's right!" Lu Yifan agreed, "The Five Tigers of the Lou Sect are the core of the entire Lou Sect, if the five of them can be killed, then no matter how many of the remaining Lou Sect disciples there are, they will be just a plate of loose sand after all, so there is nothing to be afraid of!"

"First of all, how can we restrain the disciples of the Lou Sect?" Han Ling'er asked curiously, "Second, how can we find a chance to deal with the Five Tigers of the Lou Sect alone?"

"This is simple, there are three more days to be the Flower Face Festival, and then the entire city will be closed to celebrate, and according to the practice of previous years, on the night of the Flower Face Festival, Lou Zong Wuhu will definitely invite the city lords of the Fourteen Cities in the Southwest to celebrate together in the largest Wanhua Building in the closed city, and by the way, collect this year's tribute from the Fourteen Cities in the Southwest!" Fang Qingyun's eyes lit up, and he suddenly opened his mouth and said, "And when the time comes, we will ......."

"Ahem......"

Before Fang Qingyun could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Fang Chengtian, who was sitting on the side, with a coughing sound, and then Fang Chengtian glared at Fang Qingyun quite annoyedly, looking at that look seemed to be complaining about Fang Qingyun's troubles.

"Flower-faced sacrifice?" Han Ling'er frowned slightly, and was now full of curiosity about this thing that she had never heard of, "What is that?"

"Oh, the Flower Face Festival is a festival unique to our lockdown city!" Fang Chengtian replied with a dry smile, "Actually, it's not a secret, everyone in the lockdown knows about it!"

"City Lord Fang, if you shirk yourself cleanly when you say every word like this, then I really have to think about going back and leading His Majesty the Emperor and seizing your position as the City Lord of the Sealed City!" Lu Yifan said sternly, he was deliberately threatening Fang Chengtian, because Lu Yifan didn't want Fang Chengtian to hide anything from him at this critical moment.

"I don't mean that at all, I also hate Lou Zong to the core, I hope Lord Lu will not misunderstand......" Fang Chengtian hurriedly explained, it was obvious that he still took the throne of the city lord of the closed city very seriously," Every year on the first day of November, the city will hold a festival with a flower face, when everyone in the city will cover their faces with ink or masks, and no one will recognize anyone at that time, everyone will sing and dance together to celebrate, and the whole lockdown will be lively all night long, the streets are full of vendors selling all kinds of gadgets, and according to tradition, if anyone does not participate in the festival on this day, and go home early to sleep early, it will be regarded as disrespectful to heaven and earth, and everything will not go well in the coming year。 And we, the people in the closed city, use this lively way to worship heaven and earth, thank heaven and earth for letting us spend another year smoothly, and pray for a smooth and prosperous next year. Therefore, it is called the Flower Face Worship Festival, in which the flower face means to paint one's face with flowers or cover one's true face with all kinds of strange masks!"

"It's really interesting, I didn't expect there to be such a fun thing in this desert!" Mu Dan said with great interest, "But why do you have to flower noodles? Can't you not cover your face?"

"It's just a tradition!" Fang Chengtian said with a smile, "Because in front of heaven and earth, each of us has some sins, whether it is usually speaking wildly, or being unkind, or being cheated and deceived, these are all human sins." And under these sins, each of us has no face to pray to heaven and earth with our true faces, and even if we ask with a cheeky face, heaven and earth will refuse to bless us because of our sins. Therefore, we have to use the flower face to go to the pilgrimage, hoping that the lord of heaven and earth will not see our face, and will forget the sins we have done, and then bring good fortune to us! Of course, these are the old traditions of the lockdown city, and many people from other places come to us every year to participate in the flower face festival, and they will not cover their faces with the flower face, and nothing bad has happened as a result, mainly because of the folk customs, just to be lively and auspicious!"

"There is another reason, that is, every time there is a flower face festival, young men and women celebrating on the street can rely on their feelings to find their destined people, because everyone uses flowers to cover their faces, and it also avoids the shyness and embarrassment of men and women in the past, and they can boldly show their love to the object they like!" Fang Qingyun added, and when he said this, his eyes swept to Han Ling'er and Mu Dan from time to time, "Many of the golden and jade good fortunes in the lockdown are promoted in this way!"

"Haha...... This is interesting!" Liu Sandao laughed and said, Liu Sandao's laughter attracted a burst of surprised eyes from everyone in the hall, and Lu Yifan was already a little accustomed to this, Liu Sandao's focus was always different from others.

"Then will the five tigers of Lou Zong also cover their faces with flowers?" Lu Yifan's eyes lit up and he suddenly asked.

"Of course, the five tigers of Louzong are all people in the locked city, and they will naturally follow the traditions left by their ancestors!" Fang Chengtian nodded in response, "However, the five tigers of Louzong use tiger head masks to cover their faces every year, so even if they cover their faces, they can still be recognized at a glance!"

"What kind of place is the Wanhua Mansion that Fang Gongzi said just now?" Han Ling'er asked with a curious face.

"That ......" was asked so directly by Han Ling'er, Fang Chengtian's old face was a little uncomfortable, "In fact, Wanhualou is the place where the biggest wind and moon in the city are closed......"

"Isn't it okay for you to just say Qinglou? no matter how elegant it is, what should it be for or what it is still for!" Liu Sandao laughed playfully, and then his eyebrows jumped, and he asked with a wicked smile, "Why do the city lords of your fourteen cities pay tribute to Lou Zong in Wanhualou......?"

"Don't talk nonsense, don't talk nonsense! Go to Wanhua Tower every year, this is the rule set by the five tigers of Louzong, and it is not something that our fourteen city lords can decide!" Without waiting for Liu Sandao to tease, Fang Chengtian couldn't wait to explain first, "This habit of the five tigers of Louzong is known to everyone in the city, and we are also forced to be helpless! Thinking that my lord of a city wants to go to the land of Fengyue on such an important day, isn't it a joke to spread it!"

"Hey, Fang City Lord, you don't have to be modest, no one can see that you are old and strong, and you are still majestic, how can that kind of place be said to be the quirks of the Five Tigers of Louzong? What man in this world does not have this hobby, and a man who does not have this hobby is really a quirk! Hehe......" Liu Sandao seemed to like to tease Fang Chengtian very much, and the more Fang Chengtian was afraid to avoid it, the more he Liu Sandao said with relish, which caused the others in the hall to laugh for a while.

"This flower-faced festival is so interesting to you, Miss Ben must see it!" Han Ling'er said with a smile, and turned her head to look at Lu Yifan as she spoke, her eyes rolled, and she said with a wicked smile, "I know what you're thinking now, I don't care, anyway, I'm going to go to Wanhualou with you on the day of the flower-faced festival!"

"What?" Han Linger's words almost made Lu Yifan squirt out the tea he had just swallowed, "What kind of place is that......?

"What kind of place is the Drunken Dream Building? Am I not going the same way?" Han Ling'er pouted and said fiercely.

"That...... Miss Han, please don't compare the Drunken Dream Building with this Wanhua Building, okay?" The innocent Xie Yun said quietly, he didn't want Han Ling'er to equate the Drunken Dream Oiran with the Oiran of the Qinglou.

"I'm sorry Xie Yun, I lost my words......" Han Ling'er suddenly realized that she had made a mistake, and hurriedly stuck out her tongue at Xie Yun, and then glared at Lu Yifan, who was gloating, rather annoyed.

"It seems that Yifan, you already have an idea?" Mu Dan first looked at Han Ling'er, and then at Lu Yifan, from the conversation between the two of them, Lu Yifan seemed to have acquiesced to Han Ling'er's speculation, he really planned to make a move on the day of the Flower Noodles Festival.

"That's good!" Lu Yifan nodded with a faint smile, "It is impossible for the Five Tigers of the Lou Sect to go to Wanhua Tower to bring all the thousands of Lou Sect disciples with them, and this is also the best opportunity for us to start!"

"And what do you want to do?"

"This is a godsend, and now there are three days left before the Flower Noodles Festival, and we may be able to do a lot in these three days!"

Lu Yifan said, and the corner of his mouth showed a smile with a hint of coldness.

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