Cool as water.

Fan Xian squinted at the distant mountain, the distant seaside, and the small boat that gently sank and floated in the inky sea.

His internal strength was domineering, his eyesight was amazing, and he still couldn't see the situation on the boat clearly, but it was strange that he seemed to be so far away that he could see the old man on the boat, the hat, and the beard.

Among the four great masters in the world, he had only seen Ye Liuyun.

Once when I was a teenager, once in the city of Suzhou, every time I was amazing. Ye Liuyun is a chic person, an extremely chic person, tonight he came by boat and broke the waves with a sword, the momentum has not arrived, and the demeanor is extremely heartbreaking.

At this time, Fan Xian saw the boat in the ocean, thinking about the great master who floated on the independent boat and went straight to Dadong Mountain, although thousands of people went to him, he couldn't help but feel emotional, and there was a trace of admiration in his heart for no reason.

The boat seemed very close, but in fact it was extremely far away, and it walked slowly in the moonlight on the shore of an antenna, as if it would never be possible to approach the shore.

However, Fan Xian knew ...... The farthest distance in the world is not the distance between life and death, so this small boat, which will determine the life and death of countless people, will eventually have the moment when it lands.

At the foot of the mountain, on the side with the coastline on its back, there were suddenly sporadic fires, although they were dots, but the light was bright enough to reach the top of the mountain, and it was conceivable that on the battlefield there, powerful rebels emerged like ghosts, struggling to the death to storm the defense line of the two thousand forbidden troops, and the fire when burning the camp was already uncontrollable.

Fortunately, there is a lot of rain in the summer, and the sea breeze blows, and the humidity in the mountains is heavy. Fortunately, this fire will directly burn Dadongshan into a scorched pillar. Burn everyone on the hill to death.

A few more terrible arrows rushed into the sky, but they only rushed halfway up the mountainside, and they were miserable. Depressed and powerless. At such a time, the defensive line of the forbidden army at the foot of the mountain was already unsustainable, and it was about to be unable to support it.

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At this time, the boat had not arrived, the strong enemy had been killed at the foot of the mountain, and Emperor Qingguo and his party were facing the sea with their backs. Stand in front of the viewing stone fence in front of the mountain and watch the movement at the foot of the mountain in silence. Look at the fires that burn and go out, and listen to the faintly audible sounds of fighting. It's just that after all, it was too far away, and when the sound of fighting reached the top of the mountain, it was blown by the wind. As soon as the forest tops were played, it turned into a somewhat distorted rhythmic beat.

There was no killing intent, at least the people on the top of the mountain could not feel this atmosphere, compared to the small boat that was slowly floating on the sea behind Dadong Mountain. It brings people more nervousness.

At this time, the Ministry of Rites, Taichang Siqing, and the officials of the Heaven and Earth had already walked out of the room. Behind His Majesty the Emperor, who was silent, they were all shocked in their hearts. Terrifying. But no one dared to say anything.

The deputy commander of the forbidden army had already rushed down the mountain at this time, ready to fight to the death on the front line. It's just that I'm afraid that before he arrives, the two thousand forbidden soldiers have turned into wandering spirits in the night. Dead bodies in the mountains and forests.

Fan Xian felt a little bitter in his mouth, and subconsciously stretched out his tongue and licked his dry lips, and he couldn't help but feel a trace of shock in his heart -- Where did this army at the foot of the mountain come from? Why didn't the Supervision Yuan's network on Shandong Road detect any rumors in advance? Why did the 500 black cavalry placed in the area of Kunshan Mountain not play any role? If the other party was able to sneak to the foot of Dadong Mountain unnoticed?

And what shocked him the most was the situation at the foot of the mountain at this time, watching the fire head retreat, listening to the ups and downs of the fighting, judging from those arrows, he knew that the forbidden army could no longer resist - two thousand forbidden troops were about to be defeated so soon!

Qingguo set the world by force, although the forbidden army is stationed in Kyoto, in terms of field ability, it is certainly inferior to the Dingzhou army and the seven-way army of the northern camp, but since the prince was transferred to the commander of the forbidden army, many backbone generals were transferred from the original western army, and the strength of the forbidden army has been effectively supplemented, even if it is not the opponent of those large armies, but it is not always ...... It was defeated so quickly.

Fan Xian was shocked, and a trace of doubt sprung up, who is the son of the incoming army?

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"It's Yan Xiaoyi's pro-soldier camp. His Majesty the Emperor stood on the edge of the stone fence, looking at the direction of the ground at the foot of the mountain, although it was obvious that he could not see clearly what was happening below, but also saw a trace of uneasiness in the eyes of Fan Xian and Old Eunuch Hong, and said indifferently: "The forbidden army is not their opponent. ”

"Yan Xiaoyi's personal soldier camp?" Fan Xian frowned, and immediately thought of those strange Cangzhou victories between Cangzhou and Yanjing a month ago, although he still didn't know what method Yan Xiaoyi used to send these soldiers to the foot of Dadong Mountain, but since the enemy had arrived, it was a pure waste of time to think about these at this time.

"You are the commander of the Supervision Yuan, an army that has traveled thousands of miles and penetrated deep into the borders, what crime should you be guilty of?" the emperor asked with a smile as he looked at Fan Xian.

Fan Xian smiled bitterly, knowing that His Majesty was joking, but the situation at the foot of the mountain was so dangerous at this time, where did he have the intention of joking, and responded: "Even if there is a secret road in the north of Shanzhou, the Supervision Yuan should also receive the news, so the minister thinks that there are people in the courtyard helping him." ”

The emperor smiled and didn't say anything, but there was a hint of self-deprecation in his smile.

Fan Xian said that there was a problem in the courtyard, it was frank, but also a temptation, he wanted to test the elite troops at the foot of the mountain who were like tigers and wolves, Yan Xiaoyi's personal army camp, whether the emperor deliberately let it go. Just looking at the emperor's confident expression and calm posture at this time, Fan Xian was deep in his heart

A corollary, but the emperor's smile looked helpless......

"I want to know what is going on down the mountain at this time. The emperor suddenly said indifferently: "I don't want to be blind. ”

The emperor personally led the army to conquer the south and the north in that year, and made great achievements, which can be called the first general in the mainland, but he has not personally conquered for nearly 20 years, so that the Uesugi Tiger who resisted the barbarians in the Northern Qi Dynasty gradually covered up the glory of the king's military aspect.

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And like the situation where the imperial car was besieged tonight, if the emperor could personally command the forbidden army, presumably the forbidden army under the mountain would not have been defeated so badly, but ...... At this time, in the night mountain, even if the bright moon hangs high, going up and down the mountain, it is not as happy as singing mountain songs. Command delivery takes an extremely long time. Not to mention personally commanding.

So the emperor's face was a little cold, and his tone was a little unkind.

This little unkindness did not make the people around the emperor afraid to die. When this is the case. His Majesty the Emperor did not get angry and cut off the heads of these officials around him. It's calm enough.

Fan Xian slowly lowered his head, and with a slight touch between the index fingers and ring fingers of both hands, he built a bridge, and in an instant, he transported the domineering true qi of his whole body, urging his body to circulate rapidly for two weeks different from everyone else. forced his six senses to the most clear realm.

In an instant, he was full of momentum. There was no gust of wind on the top of the mountain, and the sand and gravel moved slightly!

The tiger guards guarding the emperor's side were taken aback, and at this sensitive moment, they made defensive actions one after another. Only the old eunuch Hong was still half-asleep, standing behind the emperor.

A moment later. Fan Xian respectfully reported: "Your Majesty, it's a little strange, the other party seems to have withdrawn. ”

Hearing this, the emperor's brows furrowed. After a while, Yu Yu said, "How many people did he bring here?" He dared to seal the whole mountain and not let anyone out. Yan Xiaoyi...... What a big appetite!"

When the rebels were at their peak, they suddenly retreated, giving the forbidden army a little respite, and the officials on the top of the mountain, including Fan Xian, were a little confused. But only the emperor clearly judged the intentions of the rebels...... Give the forbidden army a chance to regroup. What I am afraid of is that the two sides will fight and finally enter the chaos, and leave out this big net with a little bit of life. Rebels under the mountain...... is actually preparing to prevent anyone from escaping from Dadong Mountain and report to the states and counties of Siye!

"No way. Fan Xian said, he knew that according to the process of the Supervision Academy, the six swordsmen who were mixed with the forbidden army at this time should be in the first time. Looking for an opportunity to break out of the encirclement and notify the Dongshan Road government, and urgently dispatch the state army and the nearest army to help.

With the ability of the six swordsmen of the Supervision Yuan to walk in the dark, even if there were thousands of horsemen at the foot of the mountain, it would be impossible to kill or capture all these swordsmen in such a night, and there would always be a few people missing.

And at this moment, a shadow-like gray-clothed man floated up from the 10,000-step ladder to the sky, this person's light skills are excellent, but the posture is extremely strange, as if a certain spring is installed on the knee joint, every time it touches the ground, it gently bounces...... Although the posture is not as delicate as that of the peerless powerhouse, it is better to be fast and quiet.

Before the gray-clothed man swept to the top of the mountain, countless snowflakes had bloomed in the night sky, snow-like knife flowers, and the tiger guards lurking around the emperor took out their long knives and slashed over, and at that moment, they actually covered the brilliance of the moon.

The man in gray didn't make a move, but just held up a token, which was very obvious in the light of the moonlight and the light of the knife, which was the waist card of the Supervision Yuan.

Eunuch Yao waved his hand, and the tiger guards returned their knives, but they still showed their figures, surrounding the gray-clothed man in the middle, and more than a dozen long knives were facing him, and the momentum was compelling.

Fan Xian believed that even if he was between these dozen or so long knives, he would only have to flee for his life. But he took a step closer to the man in gray, a look of inquiry and worry on his face.

The man in gray is Wang Qinian, one of the wings of the Supervision Yuan, Fan Xian's absolute henchman, when there is a big change today, he led the people of the Supervision Institute at the foot of the mountain to set up defenses, at this time he was already shocked and didn't know how to describe it, he didn't say anything more to Fan Xian, directly in the confrontation between the swordsmen, knelt in front of the emperor and Fan Xian, and said in a deep voice: "The rebels are five thousand, holding crossbows, and all of them are archers......"

The people on the top of the mountain were quiet at the same time because of this news, first of all, this news proved the emperor's judgment, the attacking rebels were Yan Xiaoyi's pro-soldier battalion, and only Yan Xiaoyi, an arrow god, could train all his pro-soldier battalions into one in a thousand archers.

Although the arrow range is not as far as the crossbow, but the speed is faster than the crossbow machine, in the dark night five thousand archers attacked, and it is said that Yan Xiaoyi's personal army camp is full of longbowmen...... No wonder the forbidden army at the foot of the mountain resisted so hard with the people in the Supervision Yuan.

The emperor looked at Wang Qinian, who was kneeling in front of him, and asked in a deep voice, "How is the battle going?"

Wang Qinian's tone was suffocated, and he immediately responded: "When attacked, the minister went up the mountain, and I don't know the current battle situation. ”

The Emperor snorted coldly, but did not continue to express his dissatisfaction. In addition to the few arrows that called the police, Wang Qinian was the first official to rush to the top of the mountain to report the news, looking at his pale face, he knew that this extremely short period of time up the mountain had consumed most of his mental internal strength.

"Five thousand longbowmen...... "The emperor suddenly sneered, "I want to annihilate the two thousand forbidden army, Xiao Yi doesn't have such ambitious means." I'm really curious about who the master who is commanding at the foot of the mountain at this time. ”

The rebels closed the mountain. At this time, the situation is a little strange. Fan Xian looked at Wang Qinian directly

"Did you go out of the way?"

The Supervisory Yuan acts in accordance with the regulations. The superiors asked. The subordinates naturally asked clearly what the place was, Wang Qinian's face changed slightly, and he reported to Fan Xianyu: "Seventeen members of the six departments." All dead. ”

Fan Xian's face remained unchanged and asked, "Confirmation?"

"Confirm ......" Wang Qinian bowed his head and reported: "I once turned back when I was on the mountainside." There are encounters on two quiet paths to the southwest and northwest, and there are masters lurking. ”

Fan Xian's pupils shrank. Heart headache and strong self-pressure more and more anger and sorrow six have always walked in the dark, Yan Xiaoyi personally soldier camp. Where is there such a habit of assassinating a swordsman, who can kill all his subordinates in the night. It proves that the level of those assassins is much higher than that of the six swordsmen!

He then glanced at Wang Qinian deeply.

Wang Qinian didn't nod or shake his head, but just moved his right hand slightly on the ground.

Fan Xian sighed in his heart, knowing that Wang Shisanlang was quite safe, he relieved his heart a little. Turning to look at the emperor, he didn't think about it, and said calmly:

"Your Majesty. The people of Dongyi City also came. ”

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Hearing this, the emperor did not react in the slightest. It seems that something is waiting for you. A moment later. Eunuch Yao walked back from the stone steps and whispered something in the emperor's ear. The emperor's face gradually became gloomy.

Fan Xian only knew at this time. When the first arrow is raised. Eunuch Yao had already arranged for the Tiger Guard to start the breakthrough and arraignment, but at this time, he was rewarded and confirmed that the breakthrough had failed.

The swordsmen of the six divisions of the Supervision Yuan and the tough tiger guards broke through at night twice. All ended in failure. How many masters did Dongyi City lend to the eldest princess? Could it be that the sword house produced the most nine masters in the world, ...... today All converged at the foot of Dadong Mountain?

Is the Sigu Sword coming?

The night breeze at the top of the mountain rises again. The boat on the sea in the distance is still as far as it is near, the sound of fighting at the foot of the mountain gradually subsided, the moonlight shines on the mountains and forests, but it can't shake off the darkness between the mountains and forests, I don't know how many hidden killing intentions are waiting for these people on the top of the mountain.

The emperor suddenly thought of the previous scene of Fan Xian's luck, and asked indifferently: "Your kung fu is getting better and better, can there be a recurrence of the old disease last year?"

Fan Xian didn't understand why at this time, the emperor would suddenly ask such an inappropriate question, and responded: "There has been no recurrence." ”

"Good. The Emperor quietly stared at the vast land under the moonlight, "Then I will leave this matter to you with peace of mind." ”

"Get out!" the Emperor roared gloomily.

On the top of the mountain, except for the emperor, Fan Xian, the old eunuch Hong, and the tiger guard hidden in the dark, everyone else rolled back to the temple and residence according to the order, and vacated the field for His Majesty and Lord Tisi...... Poor father and son.

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"My trip to sacrifice to the sky is a gamble, and the sacrifice to the earth is the sky, and the gambling is ...... It's also days. ”

A hint of heaviness flashed between the emperor's eyebrows, and he said, "I don't want to wait any longer, so I want to gamble with my life, and I am gambling on the destiny of heaven...... Success or failure is calculated. If it is successful, my Daqing Dynasty will no longer have internal worries, and within three years, the sword will point to the world, and no one will dare to slow down my pace. ”

However, he didn't say what the defeat would be, and said indifferently: "I may have miscalculated. Tonight, I lured Uncle Yun Shi up the mountain, thinking that the two would not interfere...... After all, this is my self-defeating move, if it were the past, they should stand by and watch. ”

Fan Xian was silent on the side, he was sure that among the rebels under the mountain, there must be those nine-rank masters in Dongyi City involved, but no one could guess whether the Sigu Sword would come.

"What if that idiot comes?" and ......" the Emperor slowly closed his eyes and sighed, "I have to think about the rest of the matter, so you go down the mountain." ”

Fan Xian looked up in a daze, he didn't know how to answer, he thought for a long time how to persuade the emperor to let him go down the mountain, but he didn't expect that it was the emperor himself who came up with this idea - but at this time, all the roads under the mountain were blocked, and the five thousand longbows plus those terrifying nine-rank swordsmen in Dongyi City, how could he go down the mountain?

The emperor smiled mockingly and said, "Do you think that I will drag you by my side and force the fifth child to make a move?"

Fan Xian smiled helplessly.

The Emperor took a deep breath, as if to inhale all the moonlight on the top of the mountain, and after a moment said in a cold voice, "Whether I succeed or not, Kyoto will definitely say that I am dead...... That's why I want you to go down the mountain, and I want you to go back. ”

He quietly looked at Fan Xian's eyes and said, "My four sons, two pigs and dogs are not as good as the ground, you go back to Beijing on my behalf to teach a lesson, don't ...... Disappoint me. ”

The emotions in Fan Xian's heart were very complicated, and then he heard the emperor say more gently than Hai Feng: "There is no need to stay here to accompany me to gamble on my life, go back to Beijing, if the outcome of the matter is not what I imagined, you can do whatever you want, whoever wants to sit on that chair, you can make up your own mind." ”

Fan Xian's heart was shocked and he couldn't speak.

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