[456] Coercion

As soon as Emperor Xudu said this, Ji Meng immediately thought in secret: "Your Majesty, is this going to move troops against Youxiong Country?" But he didn't immediately give the answer to Emperor Xudu as before.

And Emperor Xudu stared at Ji Meng, who was silently unanswered, and the look of interest in his eyes did not decrease but increased.

"Although there are ghost soldiers who have been trained by the wind after the wind, they can control the wind on the battlefield to help the battle, and they are also the natural enemies of the Yellow Father Ghost after turning into smoke, but the ghost army trained by His Majesty is not all composed of the Yellow Father Ghost. After thinking seriously for a long time, Ji Meng slowly spoke: "If Your Majesty wants the last general to fight the bear country, the last general will also be duty-bound. can't cut off Ji Xuanyuan's ghost head, Your Majesty can only ask the ministers for guilt. ”。

The two sticks placed on both sides of the Emperor Xudu were evenly glazed and the color was shiny, and the sandalwood in the incense burner with a wide mouth and short neck and bulging belly burned out, and the last wisp of green smoke fell to the ground with Ji Meng's words, rising from it.

After looking at Ji Meng's solemn face, which was full of tense muscles, Emperor Xudu smiled lightly: "Take it easy, I won't let you go to fight the bear country now." ”。

Emperor Yubi stood up, and Han Qi, who was still lying on the ground, immediately opened his mouth and stuck out his tongue, and after a long yawn, he continued to close his eyes slightly, dozing off.

"But the march of the army to the west, for sure. After Emperor Xudu walked in front of Ji Meng and stood still, he took out a notebook from his sleeve and handed it to Ji Meng: "I want you to lead troops into Mashou Country, and continue to recruit troops on the spot. ”。

He handed Ji Meng's notebook, which was the transcript presented by King Ma Shou, and the content written in it was naturally that in addition to the praise of Emperor Xudu, there was only one central idea left, that is, Ma Shouguo agreed with Zhao'an, and would always resolutely support this decision of the Northern Yin Dynasty.

At the suggestion of Emperor Xudu, Ji Meng opened the notebook in his hand and took a closer look, and his joy suddenly flooded in his eyes.

"I have already written the edict, you must take the edict of Zhao'an and immediately lead the army westward and settle in the country of Mashou. From now on, the underworld will not be in the country of Mashou, and there will only be Mashou County in the Northern Yin Dynasty, and you will be the county guard. After a pause, Emperor Xudu glanced at the excitement and excitement on Ji Meng's face, then slowly turned around and walked slowly towards his straw mat again: "And King Mashou is no longer the prince of the Mashou Ghost Kingdom, but the King of Mashou of the Northern Yin Dynasty." He no longer has the power of the army and the rule of the ghost people. ”。

"When you get there, you must also supervise him Ma Shou Wang, but don't let him do anything out of the ordinary. Emperor Xudu, who sat back on the straw mat, said meaningfully.

The yin wind swirled around the pillars and beams on the Heavenly Temple in the North Yin Middle, gently blowing the curtains that hung down from the beams.

"The last general commanded. Ji Meng hurriedly clenched his fists and said.

"Go down, I hope you don't let me down in Fenglin Continent. Your family, I will also send the forbidden army to take them to the capital and give them a good life, so that you don't have any worries. After nodding in satisfaction, Emperor Xudu waved his hand lightly: "After you settle down in Fenglin Continent, I will send a sergeant to escort them safely over and reunite with you." ”。

Invisibly, it is equivalent to turning Ji Meng's family into bargaining chips, as long as Ji Meng dares to betray the Beiyin Dynasty, his family will become a bargaining chip for Emperor Xudu to blackmail him.

This was originally the system of the ancient gods, and any god general's family would be controlled so that the gods would not fight hard to kill the enemy on the battlefield, or make a move to surrender to the enemy.

In order to win the hearts of the people of various ghost clans, Emperor Xudu once abolished it in public in order to win the hearts of the people of the underworld. But since the god of Masujin was captured and the black and white impermanence defected, he had to use this trick again, lest his ghost generals and Yin commanders do anything to betray the Northern Yin Dynasty.

Although Ji Meng saw through the plan behind the politeness of Emperor Xudu, and his heart was a little unhappy, he was confident that he could not commit treason at all, and gave Emperor Xudu the opportunity to kill his family, so he saluted and said without hesitation: "Thank you, Your Majesty, the last general will retire." After that, he withdrew......

The southern part of the country of Mashou in Fenglinzhou.

When night falls, a cold wind blows between heaven and earth. In a mountain off the coast of the southern part of Mashou Country, a bonfire was lit in the middle of the barren mountains and deep forests.

On the firewood that crackled from the burning, the flames swayed a few times with the howling cold wind.

Sitting by the bonfire, the general of Mashou Country, Changfu, brought two pancakes, carried one in one hand and put it next to the fire, and slowly baked it.

On that day, after he received the secret order of King Mashou, he hurriedly strode out of the palace, handpicked dozens of loyal soldiers, followed him to the inn quickly, and dressed up Wu Yingzang, the envoy of the Nine Shadows Kingdom, who lived inside, and the four entourages of Lord Wu, and took them out of the city quietly.

Later, Changfu and their personal soldiers also found a secret place outside the city, and they all took off their armor and changed into coarse linen clothes.

After that, Changfu and his entourage of ghosts escorted Master Wu all the way to the south, day and night, picking those sparsely populated mountain roads to walk, in order to avoid the pursuit of Maqi Mountain.

In order to curry favor with the Northern Yin Dynasty, Ma Qishan would never let go of Lord Wu and their ghosts from the Nine Shadows Kingdom. After all, Lord Wu's ghost life is the best gift to the Northern Yin Dynasty in the eyes of Ma Qishan.

After smelling the aroma of the pancake wafting out under the baking, Chang Fu handed it to the middle-aged soul beside him who was born with a broad face, square cheeks, bright eyes and big ears, and wore a brown shirt and a turban with a 10,000-character turban.

This ghost is the envoy Wu Yingzang sent by the Nine Shadows Kingdom to Ma Shou Country to discuss trade with him in detail.

"Lord Wu has wronged you, our lord was provoked by the meritorious Ma Qi Mountain to accept Zhao'an, and your lordship followed us through the mountains and forests. After Chang Fu sighed lightly, he apologized with a guilty face.

In the more than ten days along the way, he didn't know how many times he had said it.

Wu Yingzang smiled disapprerovingly, took a bite of the hot pancake, chewed and swallowed it a few times, and then slowly waved his hand and said: "General Chang doesn't have to mind, although I have to tell the lord the truth about this matter after I go back, I will inform the lord of General Chang's escort all the way." ”。

Speaking of this, Wu Yingzang tore off a large piece of pancake from the place where he had not bitten it, handed it to the fungus man sitting on his shoulder, and said slowly: "What's more, ghosts have their own ambitions, since the lord of your country thinks that Zhao'an can bring peace to your ghost people, then we won't mind because of this, and the Nine Shadows Kingdom will not be so narrow." ”。

A few kind words made Na Changfu's heart even more mixed, and the guilt was a little heavier.

As soon as he finished speaking, in the darkness that could not be illuminated by the bonfire, an exclamation suddenly sounded.

The shame on Changfu's face suddenly turned into vigilance, and he stood up when his right hand pressed the handle of the long knife at his waist, and Wu Yingzang, who was still smiling before, hurriedly said to the fungus man on his shoulder: "Hide quickly, if something happens to us, immediately return to China and tell the lord." ”。

The fungus man didn't dare to slack off, nodded and jumped off his shoulder, using the Earth Escape Technique to sneak into the earth.

At the same time, Changfu's personal soldiers surrounded him, and there was a vague smell of blood in the forest, which dispersed with the cold wind shuttling through the forest.

Chang Fu looked around at the ghosts around him, and after secretly having a little ghost, he suddenly found that there was a ghost missing.

He was about to ask who was missing, when Ma Qishan's voice slowly came from the darkness of the forest beyond the reach of the fire: "General Chang, can you make it easy for Ben Shuai to find him?"

Immediately afterwards, to the north of the place where Changfu and his group of ghosts were, where the sound of Namaqi Mountain floated, the grass and trees swayed for a while, making a rustling sound.

After a while, Ma Qishan, who was dressed in armor, came out of the darkness among the trees with dozens of heavily armed Ma Shou Kingdom ghost soldiers.

The night was like ink, only the bonfire in the wind brought a piece of light in the darkness, but it could not dispel the cold slaughter mixed with the cold wind.

Standing on the opposite side of Changfu, Maqi Mountain, dragging a bloodied human soul clothes around the neck. The smell of blood that seemed to be absent before was emanating from this ghost.

Changfu and his entourage of ghosts were all shocked, Qi Qi looked at the ghost who was dragged by Ma Qishan with a shocked gaze, and immediately recognized that it was one of them, and they were all angry.

"General Chang has always been loyal, why do you want to protect the envoy of the Nine Shadows Kingdom here?" When the body of the ghost killed by Ma Qi Mountain gradually turned into flying blood-colored powder in the night wind, Ma Qi Mountain, who seemed to be smiling, stared at Chang Fu's fierce eyes, and asked leisurely: "Is General Chang going to betray Ma Shou Kingdom?" or are you going to betray the Northern Yin Dynasty?"

"I have always been loyal to the country of Mashou, but I also do not wag my tail to the Northern Yin Dynasty and beg for mercy, which is something that everyone in the country of Mashou knows. Chang Fu, who snorted angrily, slowly drew his knife, met Ma Qishan's playful gaze with a firm and fearless gaze, and gritted his teeth and said: "What's more, the two countries are at war, and they don't kill them, today, the noble envoy of the Nine Shadows Country has made me Changfu protect it." ”。

When he finished speaking, in the cold wind, Chang Fu did not hesitate to point the long knife in his hand at Maqi Mountain.

Maqishan is here with troops, and a fierce battle is inevitable, and Changfu is ready to fight a bloody way.

"Look, everyone, there's an old antique here. But in the face of the long knife shining in the cold light, Ma Qishan was also not frightened, but talked and laughed freely, causing the sergeants who followed him to laugh.

After a while, he Ma Qishan put away his smile, looked at Chang Fu with a little more hideous face again, and said leisurely: "Chang Fu, Ben Shuai is giving you one last chance to hand over the Nine Shadows Kingdom envoy, at this time, Ben Shuai will not care, and naturally he will not report to the ghost envoy of the Beiyin Dynasty." Otherwise, ......", before he finished speaking, Ma Qishan laughed a few times.

Just when Chang Fuhu wondered why he was proud, Ma Qishan still raised his hand and patted it lightly.

The crisp applause resounded in the cold and silent night, and suddenly many ghosts floated with the applause in the surrounding forests. Under the gust of ghostly aura in the yin wind, countless ghost soldiers of the Mashou Kingdom armed with Gongnu blades poured out from all directions in the darkness, and surrounded all the ghosts led by Changfu.

Along with this, there are several human souls who have been tied up by five flowers. Among them, there were men, women, and children, and they were all crying and crying. After these ghosts were escorted to Ma Qishan's side by the ghost soldiers of Ma Shou Country led by Ma Qi Mountain, the ghost soldiers forced them on their shoulders, causing them to kneel down facing Changfu.

Chang Fu looked at it by the firelight, and recognized it as his family at a glance. Just as astonishment welled up in his eyes, one of the little male ghosts was already struggling and exclaimed, "Father save me." ”。

As soon as they finished shouting, the ghost soldiers took out the rags that had been prepared long ago and forcibly stuffed them into the mouths of Changfu's frightened family members, so that they could only whine.

"It's not that I'm blackmailing you, it's you forcing me to do it. The brazen Ma Qishan smiled and said slowly to Changfu, who still hadn't put down the long knife: "And you Changfu is too human;