Chapter 12: Heroes or Remnants?

Mu Cheng saw that Niu Wei had arranged to lurk properly, so he had been waiting in the mountains, at this moment a "letter eagle" beast in the air landed on Mu Cheng's arm, Mu Cheng took down the secret letter, and after checking it, he said to Qiao Yu and Hao Da: "Hurry up, let's go too?" ”

Mu Cheng hurriedly shuttled through the jungle, Qiao Yu and the others followed, and asked, "Where to go?" ”

Mu Cheng galloped and said: "Go to the imperial capital of Shiyao, borrow Nalan Dude, and assassinate Emperor Zhu Guihui."

Qiao Yu continued: "Shiyao Emperor Capital knows the news that Nalan Dude is going back to the imperial capital today, although we can pretend to be him and enter the palace to see the emperor first, but there are primordial old monsters guarding the palace, no matter whether the assassination is successful or not, we are destined to die!" ”

Mu Cheng said: "The forces under the Shiyao Empire, the old monster sent by the Protector of the Country, is not in the palace at the moment. Of the ten-man guards escorting Nalan Dud, they should have left Beilan City by now, and they were on their way very slowly! ”。

Qiao Yu asked: "Nalan Dude really made full preparations, and only brought ten people in the group, this is deliberately assassinated, and then the old monster will take action, and all of them will be killed!" What about Niu Wei? ”

Mu Cheng said: "According to the news received by our group, Emperor Shiyao is getting older, and more than a dozen princes are fighting openly and secretly for the throne. This is also our chance, the most important thing is that as long as the killing is successful, the Shiyao Empire will inevitably fall into the imperial power infighting, so there will be no time to care, and it will be reconciled with the Cloud Thunder Empire! ”

Qiao Yu suddenly stopped and said loudly, "I'm asking, what should Niu Wei do with them?" ”

Mu Cheng also stopped, shrugged and said: "Yuan Infant Old Monster Guard, we don't have any chance of winning, now give up the mission and evacuate, everyone can save their lives, how do you choose?" ”

Qiao Yu said: "Then hurry up and go to the Shiyao Imperial Capital, the time they exchanged their lives for us, don't waste it!" ”

Hao Da passed by Mu Cheng and said, "Let's go!" Not only Niu Wei and them, as long as they are a soldier, they all know that this is not a choice question! I can only hope that they have their own natural appearance."

Mu Cheng caught up and said, "You only care about Niu Wei and them, and you don't worry about your own safety at all?" ”

Qiao Yu said with a smile: "As long as you can end this war quickly, even if everyone dies in battle, it will be worth it!" ”

Hao Da said: "In this war, I have seen too many people around me leave, if I can do my part for the end of it, I will still be glorious even if I die!" ”

"If we can succeed," Mucheng said, "then we will go all the way west, evacuate southwest along the Lichuang River, enter the Ziheng Mountains, and return to the ...... of the Empire."

In the palace of the imperial capital of Shiyao, there are lights everywhere and are full of joy.

In a poolside pavilion, the emperor Zhu Guihui and the imperial concubine played chess in the pavilion, and while playing chess, he said: "Ai Concubine, I haven't seen that old guy for more than 20 years!" If it weren't for his birthday, it is estimated that he would still refuse to return to the imperial capital! ”

The imperial concubine said: "Your Majesty and my master, brotherhood is deep, how can there be a knot that cannot be dissolved? ”

Emperor Zhu Guihui continued: "Back then, I wanted to accept you as a concubine, and after the decree was issued, I remember that at that time, he was still leading the army to fight against the Fenglin Empire on the border, but one person and one horse, rushed back to the imperial capital overnight, rushed straight to the palace, and fought with me."

The imperial concubine smiled and said: "I am in a group of senior brothers, but the master's favorite, he didn't know at the time, I like Your Majesty, I think Your Majesty robbed the people's daughters, ha... Hah..."

Emperor Zhu Guihui said angrily: "It is indeed my favorite, and I have never married in my life." Except for the necessary copywriting reports for military and political affairs, they still ignore me. ”

The imperial concubine said: "That's the master is angry with you, you two are arrogant, and no one is willing to bow down easily!" ”

Emperor Zhu Guihui said: "At the beginning, I thought the same thing, but as the years passed, I can be sure that the person that guy really likes in his heart is also you!" Although I have lived a lot of years, I still don't know if this emotional matter is right or wrong, why does Providence always like to play tricks on people? ”

After the princess made a move, she was overjoyed and said, "Your Majesty, I won this game!" ”

At this time, the palace attendant announced: "Your Majesty, King Nalan is here."

Emperor Zhu Guihui said a little nervously: "This guy doesn't play cards according to common sense, didn't he say that he would arrive at night?" ”

The chamberlain continued: "When King Nalan entered the imperial city just now, Wu Gang, the commander of the forbidden army, stopped him and was seriously injured by him. The old slaves didn't dare to stop them, so they took King Nalan to wait under the pavilion! ”

Emperor Zhu Guihui said slightly angrily: "It's still that stinky temper, you go down and pass him over!" ”

Disguise is a skill that everyone in the reconnaissance team must master, through the information mastered in advance, and made sufficient preparations, at this moment standing under the pavilion Mu Cheng, his heart is still extremely nervous. Mu Cheng was thinking in his heart at the moment: since he has come this far, there is nothing to hesitate about! I exhaled a deep breath and calmed down a lot.

The chamberlain came loudly: "Your Majesty Xuan: King Nalan, meet you!" ”

On the Thunderten Iron Bridge, Narandude's carriage and ten guards riding strange beasts slowly walked to the bridge. Niu Wei, who was lying in ambush under the bridge, waved his hand to signal an attack.

More than 100 people surrounded the carriage, and then launched three rounds of crossbow arrows, and hundreds of feathered arrows blessed with energy shot at the carriage. A guard behind the carriage stood on top of the carriage in the air, condensing the energy of heaven and earth to shake the feather arrows, and then said loudly: "Sure enough, as King Nalan expected, the three high-ranking guest secretaries in the southern city of Yunlei Country Town were all dispatched."

One of the people in the car answered: "I use my life as bait, how can I not be fooled." As long as these three guys are eliminated, I think Yun Lei will still be able to defend the city? But whether you stay or not depends on your old age! ”

The volley man said: "Don't worry, as long as that old thing in the Cloud Thunder Emperor doesn't come." If the old man promises you, you will definitely be able to do it, and none of these people will be able to escape."

The three high-ranking guests killed the volley, and Niu Wei led the other warriors to kill with the guards who rushed over.

Makijo walked up the steps, through the corridor, and slowly walked towards the pavilion.

At this time, a noble woman, dragging a low-cut one-piece dress and wearing a golden flower crown on her head, trotted towards Mucheng quickly, shouting: "Master, master, you have finally returned to the imperial capital!" ”

Mu Cheng didn't pay attention to it, and simply asked, "What about Your Majesty?" ”

The imperial concubine took Mucheng's arm and said happily: "Your Majesty is in the pavilion, let's go, let's go together!" ”

Mu Cheng's body trembled a little due to extreme nervousness, although he tried his best to restrain himself, he was still noticed by the imperial concubine, and the imperial concubine asked with a smile: "Master, are you excited that you haven't seen Your Majesty for a long time, or have you not been held like this by an apprentice for a long time, excited?" ”

Mu Cheng smiled slightly, then shook his head, and then came to the emperor Zhu Guihui, who was standing in the pavilion and had been waiting for him, the imperial concubine walked behind the emperor, Mu Qing put his arms forward, put his hands together, and bent down to salute the emperor Zhu Guihui, the emperor smiled: "When did you be so polite to me?" ”

Mu Cheng slowly erected his body, and when his arms drooped, he slid down the dagger from his right arm, was firmly held by his right hand, and then stabbed into Emperor Zhu Guihui's heart, at this moment Emperor Zhu Guihui looked at Nalan Dude in front of him in surprise and said: "You are not Nalan", and then condensed the aura of heaven and earth and the palms of both palms, and flew Mu Qing.

At this moment, in the carriage on the Lei Teng Iron Bridge, Nalan Dude spat out a mouthful of blood fiercely, and said to the old man in the sky outside the car: "Don't be in love, Your Majesty is assassinated, let's hurry back to the imperial capital."

Mu Cheng used the power of his palm to retreat, and then fled outside the palace, hearing Emperor Zhu Guihui shouting angrily behind him: "Catch him for me, Zheng will break him into ten thousand pieces!" Mu Cheng fled as he fled, and said in his heart: "Obviously, I pierced his heart, why do I feel that he is fine, what is the situation?" ”

Mu Cheng fled quickly, saw Qiao Yu and Hao Da standing in front of the main hall square, shouted: "Go", and fled all the way to the city gate with Mu Cheng, and a large number of masters chased after him. When he arrived at the gate of the West Castle, Makijo quickly slashed several guards who rushed towards him, and Makijo shouted, "Edgeworth flew over."

Qiao Yu and Hao Da suddenly stopped on top of the city tower, Qiao Yu looked at Mu Cheng's galloping figure, and shouted loudly: "Mu Cheng, don't look back, your task has been completed, and then Hao Da and I will stay for you, this is our mission!" Remember: you are our pride! It's a man, just get out of here! Don't be like a."

Mu Cheng stopped, and after listening to Qiao Yu's scolding and scolding, his eyes were filled with tears of desire, and he gritted his teeth and left, and a sentence sounded in his heart: Brother, thank you!

In the big tent of the camp of the handsome camp in Zhennan, the great elder of Keqing, Yu Wenxi, quickly walked to the big tent and said: "Lin Shuai, Mucheng really went to the Shiyao Emperor Capital to assassinate Emperor Zhu Guihui according to your calculations."

Lin Zhi smiled: "What is the result? ”

Yu Wenxi said: "The secret report sent back urgently by the spies of the Shiyao Imperial Capital said that the assassination was successful, but Zhu Guihui was not injured. Lin Shuai, this secret report is very contradictory! ”

Lin Zhi explained: "There is no contradiction, Zhu Guihui and Nalan Duhui have concluded the secret art of the Wu clan very early: the master and servant life seal, as long as Nalan Duhui is alive, Emperor Zhu Guihui will not be injured!" ”

Yu Wenxi said: "You mean that through the secret art life seal, the damage can be transferred, and Nalan Dude will bear the damage for the emperor?" ”

Lin Zhi said: "Yes." Nalan Dude entered the game with his body, since he sent people to the head for thousands of miles, how could I not laugh at it! Now his life is on the horizon, as the saying goes: take advantage of his illness, take his life! Lin Zhi said to the adjutant: "Adjutant Fang, go and give an order to tell the generals who have been waiting for a long time that tonight, attack Beilan City, swear to kill the 300,000 main elites of Shiyao, and protect the Yunlei Empire for ten years of peace and prosperity."

Lin Zhi continued to ask Yu Wenxi, "How are they now?" ”

Yu Wenxi replied: "Three Keqing were killed, Ni Guang was killed in battle, Niu Wei was wounded and led a part of the soldiers of the Sharp Knife Company to return. Qiao Yu and Hao Da died in the West City Tower of Emperor Yao's capital, and Mucheng was chased and killed by a large number of masters, and now his life and death are unknown! ”

Lin Zhi slowed down for a while, and then sighed in a low voice: "They are all heroes of the empire, without their succession and selfless dedication, the empire would have ceased to exist!" ”

Lin Yishu looked at Lin Shuai and said, "Father, I am now personally leading the masters in the army to rescue Mucheng."

Yu Wenxi said with a smile: "The old man will go with you, and it is enough for the prince to bring a few cronies."

In the side hall of the Yunlei Emperor's Imperial Palace, Wuhou Xie Lin said: "Your Majesty, the minister has just received the news. Tonight, Lin Zhi ordered to take Beilan City to the death."

Yunlei Emperor Jing Ning said: "Marquis Wu, this is the handsome seal of the Empire's 300,000 Storm Legion, Zheng now appoints you as the commander of the Storm Legion, you act according to the plan!" ”

After Xie Lin took the tiger talisman, he replied: "Your Majesty, the old minister will never live up to his expectations and will definitely complete the task", and then turned around and left.

At this time, a person walked in from outside, saluted the emperor, and said, "Your Majesty, everything is ready!" ”

Emperor Jing Ning frowned and asked, "All of them have already been monitored?" Did Ziheng County reply to the message? Is it all under control? ”

Wang Han, the master of the Jinyi Pavilion, replied, "Back to Your Majesty, everything is going according to plan. The next step is to wait for Hou Ye Xie to successfully complete the task, and then the Praetorian Guards will act in accordance with the order and start the purge! ”

Emperor Jing Ning looked at Wang Han seriously and asked, "Is it right or wrong for Zheng to do this?" ”

Wang Han hurriedly replied: "Your Majesty must not retreat, otherwise all your achievements will be wasted, and the consequences will be unimaginable!" ”

Jing Ning sighed: "I also know that this step has to be taken, Lin Zhi has 100,000 battle-hardened imperial elite soldiers, but he fully supports the crown prince. If I don't make this arrangement, when he returns victoriously, there will be no place for me to stand and speak in the court! ”

Wang Han said: "In the court, many ministers have been attached to the crown prince, if Lin Zhi returns to the capital, what will His Majesty face, the old minister understands!" The old minister will not let this situation happen, and he will swear to protect His Majesty to the death! ”

Emperor Jing Ning said, "Then act according to the plan!" ”

Three months later, Mucheng traveled to many places and took advantage of the night to return to his home in Laoying Village.

Mu Cheng stood in the courtyard, looking at the empty yard, overgrown with weeds, and bursts of sadness welled up in his heart!

Once that warm and happy small home, although it can only maintain food and clothing, but it is very simple and happy! Now that he has been recognized by the empire as a rebel remnant, his wife and daughter have been taken away by people who don't know the details, his son is missing, and the village chief and Feng Lao have also disappeared inexplicably.

Mu Cheng knelt in the courtyard, his tears had already dried up, and he only kept shouting in his heart: "I just want to join the army to serve the country and do my best for the people of the empire, what did I do wrong, and God wants to do this to me?" Silently, he could only scream, because he knew very well that there was a force chasing him all along!

After a long time, it was almost dawn, Mu Cheng slowly stood up and walked towards the Falling Eagle Peak, where Mu Qing and the others finally disappeared. He is now a rebel remnant, so he must evade the Empire and find his lost family members one by one. Mu Cheng knows that it is difficult, but he must grit his teeth and persevere, no matter what the outcome will be in the future, the red flame army soul imprinted on his body will always be there: never give up!