Chapter Twenty-Nine: Walk to the Royal City at Night
In the evening, Mo Xiaofeng took two messengers to the gate of Julei Pass, and the guards on the city wall saw them leaning over and shouted to them: "Stop, who are you, report your name!"
Mo Xiaofeng said: "We are the people of Jufeng Pass, and we have come to see you General Suoyin on the orders of General Wu!"
The guard took a closer look at him, a little strange from the people of the Falling Moon Country, and said, "How can the people of the Wind Gathering Pass look like you!"
Mo Xiaofeng said: "Then the two people next to me should look similar to you!"
The guard looked at it, and it was indeed from the Falling Moon Country, and said, "Just a few soldiers from the Falling Moon Country, why do you say that you are people sent by General Wu!"
Mo Xiaofeng said: "We have General Wu's handwritten documents, you can go and tell your general first!"
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After a while, the guard came back and said, "Come in!"
So he asked the men below to open the gates. Mo Xiaofeng followed the two envoys into the city, followed the guard up to the city gate tower, and came to the door of a room. The door didn't open, and the guard said inside, "General, they're coming!" A man's voice came from inside: "Okay, let them in!"
"Yes, General!" the guard gestured to let them into the room.
Mo Xiaofeng gently pushed the door in, and glanced at the room first, there was a table in the middle, a chair coffee table in the back, and a curtain on the right, which was probably his bedroom. There are four paintings hanging on the left wall, a middle-aged man in a white robe, with a long face and a long nose, a beard, and his eyes seem to be drunk but not drunk, standing there, looking at the beautiful woman in the painting on the wall with affection and melancholy.
Mo Xiaofeng saluted first: "Under Mo Xiaofeng, entrusted by General Yingzhong of Jufeng Guan, I came to meet General Suo!"
Suo Yin turned around and said to the three of them, "You don't have to be polite, come in and sit down and say something!" and said to the guard, "You can go down and tell the brothers that if anyone comes, they will say that I am asleep, and if they have to see me, let me know first!"
"Yes, General!" the guard commanded and retreated, closing the door.
Suo Yin pointed to the chair next to the table and said to Mo Xiaofeng: "Come, please take a seat!"
Mo Xiaofeng closed the door, and the three of them stepped forward to sit down together.
Suo Yin said: "Where's your paperwork?"
Mo Xiaofeng said: "Don't hide it from the general, in fact, we don't have a paperwork, this time, the matter is urgent, so we didn't have time to write, and we had to deceive your guards!"
Suo Yin said: "It was General Wusa who asked you to come to me to move the rescue troops!"
Mo Xiaofeng smiled and said, "Actually, it wasn't General Wu Sa who asked us to come, but General Ying Zhong asked us to come!"
"Oh!" asked Suo Yin, "what about General Wusa?"
Mo Xiaofeng told him all the things about Jufeng Pass and Youguan.
Suo Yin listened, and said in an atmosphere: "This Lan Ye County King, is simply lawless, he dares to detain the envoy sent to me by Youguan, and also instructed him to fake news to deceive you to attack Flame Stopping City, I only know that the War Demon King is attacking Youguan, and you Jufeng Pass defeated the Soul Pulling King, I don't even know anything about the rest of the matter!" sighed and said: "I Suo Yin is guilty!" lowered his head, supported his head with both hands, and was extremely sad and angry.
Mo Xiaofeng said: "General, it's not too late for you to send troops to help, why do you say this?"
Suo Yin became irritable at this time, "Send troops?" He rubbed his face vigorously and seemed to be embarrassed: "I'm also embarrassed now, there are some things you won't understand, you better let me think about it first!"
Mo Xiaofeng suddenly became serious and said, "General, are you unwilling to send troops because of the woman on the painting on the wall?"
Suo Yin was stunned, his mind was actually seen through by him, and said, "How do you know?"
Mo Xiaofeng said: "At such a tense moment, the general doesn't talk about military affairs, but there is Yaxing staring at the woman in his uncle's painting, which is the so-called Chong Guan and angry as a red face, so I expect that the woman in this painting should be the wife you used to exchange for the names of all your subordinates seven years ago, right?"
Suo Yin said: "It turns out that you know everything!"
Mo Xiaofeng snorted coldly, stood up and said solemnly: "General, you were able to give up your beloved woman for your subordinates seven years ago, why are you ignoring military affairs for the sake of a woman now, do you think it's worth it?"
Suo Yin said: "There are some things you haven't experienced, you won't understand, if you don't have anything else, you should leave quickly!"
Mo Xiaofeng looked at him sickly, he really couldn't see it, and said: "General, as a minister of a country, you should put your family and country first, not for a woman all day long, and don't think about society; besides, if you really love this woman, why don't you take this opportunity to take her back, and you can be ashamed of yourself; moreover, I believe that this woman must not want to see you become like this for him, depressed, and not thinking about state affairs, in short, if you don't send troops today, general, we will not leave!"
Suo Yin's eyes were closed, and his expression was very helpless, "Alas!" sighed and said, "There are some things that I can't help myself!"
Mo Xiaofeng said again: "General Suo, you don't have to worry anymore, right now, General Wusa has led his army to attack Stop Flame City, as long as you take Stop Flame City, you can rescue your beloved wife, and we still have the Soul Pulling King as a bargaining chip, what else do you have to worry about!"
At this time, I suddenly heard a knock on the door of "Dong Dong Dong", and someone said: "General, the King of Lanye County sent someone to ask for a meeting!"
Suo Yin looked at Mo Xiaofeng and the two messengers he brought, and said in a low voice: "It's not good, the people of the Lanye County King are here, you guys should hide first!" and said to the outside: "I'll put on my clothes later!"
Mo Xiaofeng and the two messengers looked around, but they couldn't find a suitable hiding place. Suo Yin said, "You go to my bedroom first!" The three of them hurriedly opened the curtain and rushed in.
Suo Yin said outside, "Okay, let them in!"
After speaking, the guard outside the door pushed open the door, and three men came in, in front of him was a tall and thin man, in his thirties, followed by two people of the same age as him, they bowed and saluted: "See General Suo!" Suo Yin said: "Okay, you can come in and sit." ”
The three men stepped forward, and the guard at the door led the door up and walked out.
The three of them sat down at the table, and Suo Yin said, "The three of them came to visit late at night, so there must be some urgent matter!"
The tall and thin man said: "General Suo probably doesn't know yet, the demon army has withdrawn from the Youguan, and is about to attack Jufeng Pass, we have the order of the King of Lanye County this time, and we have come to ask the general to send troops to support Jufeng Pass quickly, and our county king also said that he will give you another 20,000 horses, be sure to guard Jufeng Pass!" He took out a letterhead, handed it to Suo Yin and said: "Here is a handwritten document from the King of Lanye County, please take a look at it!"
Suo Yin took the letterhead, put it on the table without even looking at it, smiled and said: "The news of your county king is really fast, what I don't know, he knows first!"
The tall and thin man was obviously dissatisfied when he heard his words, and said, "General Suo, what do you mean by this?"
Suo Yin sneered: "Before, the Heart Eater attacked Jufeng Pass, I wanted to send troops to support, and the county king did everything possible to stop it, and now the war demon king wants to attack Jufeng Pass, and the Lanye County King wants me to send troops, you won't be joking with me!"
The thin and tall man said: "General, you mean that you are unwilling to send troops?"
Suo Yin said: "It's not that I refuse to send troops, it's that your Lanye County King has given me too few troops, you go back and tell the Lanye County King, as long as he is willing to send me 50,000 troops, I will send troops immediately!"
"What, fifty thousand!!" The tall and thin man was startled when he heard this, after all, fifty thousand is not a small number, and said: "How can this be done, the total number of soldiers and horses in our Lanye City is not more than forty thousand, if you want fifty thousand soldiers and horses, the king of Lanye County will definitely not agree!"
"Huh!" Suo Yin smiled: " In fact, I know that your Lanye County King is nothing more than worried about the loss of the Wind Gathering Pass, and then the War Demon Clan will attack Lan Ye City, so that your Lan Ye County King will also be in a dilemma, if you defend the city, he doesn't want to offend the War Demon King; if you let them go, and you are afraid that the War Demon King will be defeated, His Majesty the King will not let him go, so now you have to find me to send troops, so that he doesn't have to offend anyone, but I can only mobilize 10,000 soldiers and horses here, if you can't resist the 50,000 army of the War Demon Clan, then I will see whether the Lan Ye County King will let them into the city or fight against them!”
"This ......" was suddenly said by Suo Yin, the thin and tall man was speechless, and thought for a while: "In short, 50,000 will definitely not be successful, general, you see that I will discuss with the king of the county again, and 40,000 will not be successful?"
Suo Yin said resolutely: "No, if there is one less soldier or soldier, I will not send troops!"
Seeing that he was so difficult, the thin and tall man couldn't hold it back, and slapped the table and said, "General Suoyin, you obviously don't want to send troops, so you deliberately make things difficult for us!"
Suo Yin said: "Since you say so, then let you Lanye County King lead the troops by himself!" After speaking, he stood up with a cold "snort" and turned around.
The thin and tall man also stood up and said, "General, you are disobeying military orders!"
"Disobey the military order?" Suo Yin squinted at him sideways and sneered: "You also call it a military order?" He turned around sharply and said solemnly: "Could it be that treason and collaboration with the enemy is also called a military order, and you help the demon army threaten me with my wife and not let me send troops, is this also called a military order?"
The thin and tall man saw that he was powerful, and he didn't dare to force himself with him, so he softened and said: "These were not military orders before, and our Lanye County King also admitted that he was wrong, but now our Lanye County King has found out in his conscience that he doesn't want to help the demon army anymore, so I want you to immediately send troops to resist the demon army!"
Suo Yin said coldly: "Anyway, I still need 50,000 soldiers and horses!"
The tall and thin man couldn't resist him, and he looked at the two people beside him, and he was really helpless. The tall and thin man sighed fiercely: "Alas, okay, we have to go back to the king of Lanye County first, and do our best to transfer 50,000 troops to you!"
Suo Yin was overjoyed, and his originally serious expression suddenly turned into a smile and said, "Okay, I'm waiting for your news here!"
The thin and tall man said: "That's a good general, in order to get rid of it as soon as possible!"
After speaking, the three people got up and walked to the door, Suo Yin said: "General Ben will not be far away!" The three of them didn't look back, pushed open the door and walked out.
Mo Xiaofeng and the two envoys from Jufeng Pass heard them go and walked out of the dormitory, Mo Xiaofeng asked Suo Yin, "What, the general agreed to send troops?"
Suo Yin said: "Brother Mo, your words woke me up, as soon as the men and horses sent by the King of Lanye County arrive, I will set off immediately!"
Mo Xiaofeng said: "General, are you sure that the King of Lanye County will lend you 50,000 horses?"
Suo Yin said: "I said 50,000, the king of Lanye County can lend me 40,000 at most, but in fact, 540,000 doesn't matter!"
Mo Xiaofeng said with joy in his heart: "If he can really lend you 50,000, it would be the best!"
Suo Yin said: "Okay, let's sit down here and have a cup of tea first!" Mo Xiaofeng said: "No, we still have important business, so it's inconvenient to stay for a long time, let's say goodbye first!" Suo Yin said: "Oh, if there is really something important, then I won't stay longer, don't worry, I'll be there soon!" Mo Xiaofeng arched his hand and said: "Then thank you general, let's leave first!" Suo Yin said: "Please!" Send them out.
Mo Xiaofeng and the two messengers came down from the city tower, Mo Xiaofeng originally wanted one of them to go back to Zhong Ying's side to return to his life, but he was afraid that he would encounter an accident on the road alone, so he took the two of them directly to the royal city.
It was late in the night, and the three of them came to a hillside full of trees and thorns, and the three of them dismounted and walked forward. Suddenly, one of the messengers shouted, "Ahhh
Mo Xiaofeng hurriedly helped him up and said, "Are you okay!" The messenger said, "I'm fine." His hand seemed to grasp something wet and sticky, and he looked and sniffed a fishy smell, and suddenly exclaimed, "Ah, it's blood!"
"What?" Mo Xiaofeng hurriedly looked at the ground, and the two black corpses were lying across the weeds, their bodies covered in a blur of flesh and blood. Mo Xiaofeng said to himself: "How can there be two corpses in this barren mountain and wilderness, how did they die here?" he walked forward again, and at this time, another attendant lit a torch, and was surprised to find that there were seven or eight corpses lying in front of him. Mo Xiaofeng looked at these corpses, all of them were dressed in black, wearing black cloaks, and covering their faces.
Mo Xiaofeng lifted the veil of one person, only to see white hair and black eyes, and he said to the two envoys beside him: "Ah San, An Er, isn't this your person from the Falling Moon Country?"
The two looked at it, and Ah San said, "Yes, it is indeed our people from the Falling Moon Country!"
Mo Xiaofeng said: "I think they just died. Suddenly, he found that the weapons thrown aside looked very strange, they were all like iron cables, and there were various blades in front of them, which reminded him of the mysterious man in black that the messenger in the secret pass had said. He secretly wondered: Could it be that those mysterious killers really exist? He held the weapons on the ground in his hand and said, "Look at the weapons they use, if I guess correctly, they should be the people of the Lanye County King." ”
An Er said: "How could the people of the Lanye County King die here, and who killed them?"
Mo Xiaofeng said: "It's hard to say this, it seems that we have to leave quickly, we can't stay here for a long time!"
"Hmm!"
Just as he was about to leave, Mo Xiaofeng's eyes suddenly swept over a bright thing illuminated by a torch, and he stopped to look at the bright thing, but there was a three-pronged dart stuck in the tree. Hurriedly stopped the two people: "Wait a while?"
He pulled out the dart and looked at it, and said to the two men, "Do you recognize this hidden weapon?" and the two shook their heads, they had never seen this kind of dart. Mo Xiaofeng said, "Forget it, let's go!" The three of them got up and walked quickly.
Out of the woods, they mounted their horses and galloped towards the royal city. Until the time of the pass, only to see that the front is a beautiful valley, the mountain rock is not high, a majestic bridge is crossed in the middle, stretching for several miles, the bridge is vaguely heard on the valley below the waterfall torrent sound, and then look ahead, a city looms out, the castle high-rise rises abruptly, although it can also feel its gorgeous magnificence in the dark night. An envoy said: "Brother Mo, after crossing this bridge, there is the royal city in front!" Mo Xiaofeng Dao was eager to fly to the royal city immediately, he smiled and said, "Great, let's hurry up!" and shouted "Ride!" The horse's hooves sped up, and the two messengers also accelerated.
When the three of them crossed the overpass and crossed a forest, a towering wall appeared in front of them, with a moat in front of it, about 100 meters wide, and about 3 zhang wide directly opposite the city gate. They stood at the edge of the moat and saw that the gates were already closed.
Mo Xiaofeng said loudly to the guards on the city wall: "Ladies and gentlemen, we are from Jufeng Pass, and we have been ordered to come into the city to meet Prince Sheyi!"
The guard on the wall said to them, "It's late at night, come back tomorrow!"
Mo Xiaofeng said: "We have an urgent matter to see Prince Sheyi, let's be accommodating, I have the token of General Ying Zhong of Jufeng Guan here!" said and raised the sword that Ying Zhong gave him.
The guard said, "We have been ordered to guard the city gates, and no one will be allowed to enter without an order from above, so I hope you don't feel sorry for me anymore!"
Mo Xiaofeng said: "Official, can you report it, we really have an urgent matter, thank you!"
The guard said: "It's not that I won't help you, our generals are already asleep, it's inconvenient to disturb, if you have any urgent matters, let's talk about it tomorrow!"
At this time, I suddenly heard the noisy sound of horses' hooves not far away. Mo Xiaofeng and the two messengers turned their heads to look, and saw more than a dozen people coming behind them on horseback.