A column of Yun Qin cavalry covered in black armor escorted several carriages speeding down the road.

Because of the continuous spring rain in the past few days, this section of the road is a little muddy.

The brows of a Yun Qin general with a black scarf on his face at the head of the cavalry army gradually furrowed.

Not because of the muddy water that splashed up with the flying hooves of the horses and constantly poured on him, but because this is Rudongling, this official road, which is the place where Li Qilong, the governor of Rudongling, was bribed by Da Mang and assassinated the eldest princess.

Strictly speaking, that assassination was the beginning of everything that followed.

Emperor Linqingluan... The Great Wilderness... Biluo Mausoleum Rebellion... Yunqin Southern Expedition... Qianxia is lost... Falling Star Mausoleum... All of this, Yun Qin's ups and downs, all started because of an assassination that happened here that year.

If there hadn't been such an assassination, would the Yunqin Empire have finally come to this point?

This Yun Qin general knew that he couldn't get an answer at all, but looking at this muddy road, his heart was still extremely heavy.

There is an herbal tea shop next to the official road.

After the assassination, the herbal tea shop was deserted, some of the bamboo poles supporting the tarpaulins had been broken, and the tarpaulins had been corroded by the wind and rain and were covered with many large and small holes, hanging headlong in the muddy water.

However, just when this Yunqin cavalry was not far from this abandoned herbal tea shop, a yellow paper umbrella was stretched out in the half-hung canopy, and an old man with thick eyebrows walked out.

The soldiers who had been on the front line did not know this old man with thick eyebrows in a dark green robe.

Just seeing that the muddy water on the ground was dissipated by invisible forces, and the footsteps of the thick-eyed old man seemed to be constantly generating gray lotus flowers under his feet, but there was no trace of muddy water that could touch the body of the thick-eyed old man, these soldiers were completely nervous and ready to fight.

"Don't be nervous when the deceased comes to visit. ”

An old and calm, but full of the smell of a golden iron horse, sounded from the carriage in the middle of the cavalry.

The thick-eyed old man with the yellow paper umbrella looked at these people in front of him and obviously saw that he was a holy master, but he still did not have any panic, and the Yun Qin soldiers, who were ready for battle, bowed slightly, and a trace of pride and approval appeared in his majestic eyes.

It's just that he didn't say anything, just walked through these cold and brave Yunqin soldiers and walked towards the carriage that made a sound.

The people in the carriage did not give any other orders, but simply let the old man approach, and then let the old man walk into the carriage.

Gu Yunjing in the carriage looked at the old man with thick eyebrows, smiled slightly, and said, "What kind of wind blew the Hu family here?"

"A gust of demonic wind. ”

The old man with thick eyebrows had a calm face and said, "I haven't heard of the demon wind." ”

Gu Yunjing smiled and said, "How have you been in the Imperial City all these years?"

The old man with thick eyebrows looked at Gu Yunjing and said, "Although I know that you didn't mean this, it's just that your words really sound like sarcasm." ”

Gu Yunjing laughed.

The entire Yun Qin, who can talk to Gu Yunjing like this, is surnamed Hu, only Hu Shenfu, who is a few years older than him.

Everyone in the empire knows Hu Shenfu's name, but because he has been sitting in the black gold carriage and behind the heavy curtains, so in the past few decades, not many Yunqin people have seen his face.

Hu Shenfu glanced at the Yun Qin general next to Gu Yunjing who was wearing a dark red mask on his face, and said, "You don't even want him to sit with you in the carriage, aren't you too crowded?"

Gu Yunjing naturally knew what Hu Shenfu meant by this, and just wanted to talk to him about things alone, but he still just smiled and said, "I didn't need him to be by my side all the time in the first two years, but I had to let him take care of me like this in the past two years." ”

It's just such a self-deprecating sentence, but Hu Shenfu's body was shocked, and his face was full of shocked expressions, "You have been two years ago..."

"It's still not enough to see Purgatory Mountain. Gu Yunjing smiled proudly like a child, and said, "I just thought that there would be some use, so I kept this old bone for a few years as much as possible." ”

Hearing the affirmative reply, the color of shock in Hu Shenfu's eyes became even stronger, and then he fell into silence.

Everyone thought that Gu Yunjing was just a holy master, and he thought so too, but no one thought that Gu Yunjing had already entered the highest level in the world two years ago.

Originally, he thought that he had enough weight in the face of Gu Yunjing, but now the weight of his words had suddenly decreased a lot.

"You should know why I'm coming to you. Hu Shenfu was silent for a long time, and then said.

Gu Yunjing watched

He didn't respond.

"That Qingluan student from the Military Aircraft Department saw the tacit understanding between the Imperial City and Da Mang, and I also knew about it on the way to pass the briefing to you. Hu Shenfu did not hesitate, and continued: "I want to know your decision." ”

"I'm from Yunqin. Gu Yunjing looked at Hu Shenfu's cold eyes and said.

Hu was stunned.

"The best thing I've ever done in my life is just fighting, and other things may be hard for me to decide. Hu Shenfu's expression made Gu Yunjing couldn't help laughing again, and he said with a smile: "It's just that this matter is very simple for me, because in Yun Qin, no matter who is right or wrong, this is our Yun Qin's own business." If the people in the family want to fight, I will be embarrassed which side I want to help, but when the people outside come to fight the people in this family, I will at least help the people in the family fight the people outside. ”

The coldness in Hu Shenfu's eyes gradually dissipated, but his brows furrowed: "Gu Yunjing, your thoughts seem to be very different from before. ”

"When you get old, you get confused and change, and when a person is old enough, many of his thoughts will become different from before. Gu Yunjing smiled like a child: "A young man told me that I only care about the things in front of me, not the things behind me. Thinking that I really didn't have much light, and that I didn't know anything when my eyes were closed, I saw a lot. ”

"Your body is worse than mine?" Hu Shenfu's brows furrowed a little deeper, "Is it true that you have to pay such a heavy price for taking that step?"

Gu Yunjing smiled and said, "So I advise you not to take that step if you have the opportunity to take that step, after all, you are older than me... And if the Purgatory Mountain Sect really comes, I won't have a chance to attack him. And the five old immortals who stood in front of him could still force me to make a move. Whether you take such a step or not makes no big difference to old bones like you and me. ”

Hu Shen said in a deep voice: "How can you do things that are not different... At least one or two old immortals covered in black smoke can be spelled out. ”

Gu Yunjing looked at Hu Shenfu and said, "If you can't kill the Purgatory Mountain Sect, the final result won't make much difference." ”

"So the ultimate reason for you to make such a choice is because of Vice Dean Xia's death... Or is it because you think Yun Qin's biggest threat is the Purgatory Mountain Sect. Hu Shenfu said coldly: "Do you think that the Purgatory Mountain Palm Sect left Purgatory Mountain and entered Yunqin. ”

"For people like us, there are many enemies. But there is only one enemy in the whole world like him. He has lived for so long, if he doesn't even do such a thing as fighting the only enemy, how lonely will he be?" Gu Yunjing said: "I don't think he will give Lin Xi time to grow into an existence like Dean Zhang, he will definitely enter Yunqin and enjoy the feeling of standing on the highest place and watching the scenery without any opponents." ”

"What kind of tacit understanding do you think has been reached between the Imperial City of Zhongzhou and Purgatory Mountain?" Hu Shenfu nodded, and said with an ugly face.

"The military information I have alone is not enough. Gu Yunjing looked at him and said, "Unless I can get all the information of Qingluan Academy, maybe it will be possible to find out what this tacit agreement is aimed at." That's why I'm here to see Meng Bai. ”

"Have you ever thought about it..."Hu Shenfu's voice just started, and he immediately paused again. He originally said it casually, wanting to say if Gu Yunjing had thought about what kind of reaction Zhongzhou Imperial City would have to make to Gu Yunjing if he did this.

However, as soon as this sentence came out, he immediately realized that if some of the previous inferences would happen, then Gu Yunjing would not need to think about the future at all, because he had just said that he only cared about the things in front of him and didn't care about the things behind him.

......

For example, in the military headquarters of Tanglin, the fat man is still racing against time.

His face was a little puffy, but his eyes were a little sunken.

These days, he flipped through all the military information that he could read, even the previous military information, and began to check it.

He didn't realize that some top-secret military information that officials of his level had no access to were also mixed in with the military reports sent every day.

He also didn't notice the sound of the carriage carrying the two old men as it marched into the military headquarters.

......

At this time, there was a man with a scar on his face, walking in a certain town in Damang, carrying a burden and selling the straw sandals he had knitted.

At this time, Lin Xi was already in an extremely remote mansion in Qiantang Province, looking at the azure medicinal crystal in his hand that exuded an attractive luster.

In this spring in Yunqin, every part of the empire seemed to be racing against time, turning at a faster speed than before.

Lin Xi had already made every preparation before cultivating the Demon Transformation, and entered the most critical stage of cultivating the Demon Transformation, and the magic potion entered the body.