Ten shuttles quietly swept through the white lotus-like clouds, leaving holes in the leisurely clouds. Although the hole was quickly closed, another hole stubbornly appeared, pointing straight to the sky to the north.

Many of these shuttles are newly built by the bridge class, because today's danghu birds can be said to be hard to find, and they can only use shuttles to enrich the Yihu army. Although it is slower and consumes more spirit jade, fortunately, you can make your own decisions.

Wu Yan sat in the shuttle, watching the flowing clouds and the mountains floating, and his heart was also up and down. Originally, the center of gravity of the Dreadnought Army was ready to go west, but I didn't expect such a sudden change. Now the whole army has concentrated its forces to prepare for the Northern Expedition, and even the men and horses sent out to build roads have withdrawn.

But the good news is that Ji Zhen has been pulled out of Ji Chen's camp, and for the dreadnought, there is already a big lack of a strong opponent. At least, there is no need to allocate some troops to target Ji Zhen's department.

According to the secret discussion in the council hall, the next step is to think of rescuing Hime. With him, he can divide the power of the Ji family, and no matter how bad the dreadnought army is, he can support him as the master, forming a situation of confrontation between the north and the south, and dividing the iron hand province into two.

The most uncertain thing at the moment is Ji Xin's life or death, if he is rescued again, the dreadnought army will have an advantage at the moral level, plus Ji Xin's prestige, many of Ji Chen's subordinates will not be able to fight back, and it will be better to fight at that time.

And after this incident, the Iron Hand Province can only be ascended by Ji Ye, which is the most desired situation for Wu Jian himself and the Dreadnought Army.

"Ji Nan has already arranged manpower there." Yang Zheng beside him suddenly spoke.

Wu Yan came to his senses from his contemplation and touched the handle of his knife, "If he dares to fall to Ji Chen's side, ask Baoxiang to immediately set foot in Lunan County, we need such a stronghold."

"It's arranged."

"Gu Miao can find out the origin of the strangeness of Qingquan Palace." Wu Yan frowned slightly and looked at the other shuttle behind him.

This time he went to rescue Ji Ye, Wu Yan didn't bring too many people, there were too many people, and the movement was too big, which was easy to arouse Ji Chen's vigilance.

It's just that Meng Shun led 500 people, and his formation-breaking soldiers are very tenacious, so if they need to fight, they can resist. In addition, he brought Gu Miao, a wizard from the Five Realms, to see if he could use his experience to break the black qi outside the Qingquan Palace.

"According to his review of the ancient family classics, the strangeness of Qingquan Palace is somewhat similar to a formation called the Gathering Evil Array. This array is extremely vicious, and it needs to be used as a foothold for more than 9,000 people who died in vain, once it is activated, the dead qi is rampant, and people will become crazy when they enter it, and their vitality will be taken away and turned into corpses, which will fuel the formation.

There is no good way to crack this formation, and it needs to be exhausted before it can be stopped, but in the future, the place where the formation is located will become a place of darkness." Yang Zheng frowned and explained, suddenly remembering the vision that appeared on Wu Gan's body that day, and his heart couldn't help but move slightly.

"I didn't expect Ji Chen to be able to make such a ruthless move, nearly 10,000 people, it seems that this person can't stay, we have to think of killing him, otherwise, even if our dreadnought army is in the Liangsha Mountain, it will not be able to live in peace." The image of Ji Chen appeared in Wu Gan's mind, and he became blue-faced and fanged in an instant.

He shook his head vigorously, threw these strange thoughts out of his mind, and suddenly his heart moved, "If Ji Xin is in this formation, I'm afraid he will be insane."

"It should be." Yang Zheng hesitated, a little unsure.

"Let's go, Shuttle will fly east first, get something and then go to Zhaoqin City." Wu Gan suddenly gave an order and changed the original route.

Four days later, Wu Gen and his people quietly landed on a meadow more than 100 miles outside Zhaoqin City, which was surrounded by woods, but he was not afraid of being discovered.

The group got off the shuttle, and Meng Shun sent people to set up a guard around to prevent anyone from approaching.

Wu Gan, Shui Congyue, Yang Zheng, Meng Shun and others gathered together to discuss how to meet Ji Rui. There is no way, Zhaoqin City is not easy to enter or fight, and it can trap so many family masters in it, how can these people in front of them break it.

Today's Zhaoqin City is closed again, and the internal and external traffic is isolated, and it is impossible to enter.

"I sent a secret son to deliver a letter to Ji Rui before, but there is no news so far, so I should have been captured by him." Yang Zheng was a little sad and went to Zhaoqin City

It was not easy to infiltrate, and it was not easy to win over a member of the Ji family in the city with a lot of money, and now this line is broken.

"Otherwise, we'll fly straight to Zhaoqin City and land down." Sogi suggested from the side.

"No, there is already such a powerful formation in Cold Land City, not to mention that Zhaoqin City is the ancestral land of the Ji family, so it is impossible to say that it will be shot down by others as soon as you reach the city. We didn't want to alarm Ji Chen this time, so we swaggered in so much, I can't say that he will order Ji Ye to be killed. Moreover, even if you go in, the Gu *** who Ji Ye is imprisoned is still unknown, and if we fight, there are too few of us, I'm afraid we won't even be able to leave." Meng Shun was the first to dismiss Suoji's opinion.

"How is that?" Sogi looked sad when he heard this. For a while, everyone was quiet, and after a long journey to this point, they could not even enter the city.

"According to the news that came back before the disappearance of that secret son, Ji Rui will patrol the city tower every night, or will he stop him under the city?" Yang Zheng said suddenly, but even he was a little unconfident in his proposal.

Wu Gan's fists tightened and loosened, and after thinking for a long time, he spoke, "Then block him, there is no other way."

"I'll go, in case the other party doesn't see each other by then, I'd better get out in time." Shui Congyue said indifferently, as if he had gone into the city to visit relatives.

"You don't know him well, let's go, this person is loyal to the Ji family, and his temperament is a little stubborn, maybe the other party won't see each other if you go." Wu Yan hurriedly stopped, with Shui Congyue's arrogant temperament, and then against Ji Rui's stuffy gourd, the two said that they would fight if they couldn't look at each other.

Shui Congyue frowned slightly, and did not say anything again. He knows his own shortcomings, and negotiating with others is not his forte, so it is difficult to persuade Ji Rui with his fists.

Seeing that there was no other way, everyone had to agree that Wu Qian blocked people under the city.

At night, Wu Gan changed into a night suit, carried a knife and a bow, and carried a snake carving, and ran towards Zhaoqin City alone. This is the first time he has come to this city, and to be honest, he really has no bottom in his heart. This is where the ancestral land of the Ji family is, and there will be many masters in the city.

From a distance, the fortified city in the night is like a fierce tiger lying on the ground, waiting for its prey to come to the door with its huge mouth open. On the city wall, a few lanterns are hung in a sparse manner, swaying with the night wind, and a few figures flickering from time to time, making the whole city look gloomy.

It had been a while since he had done such a sneaky thing, and Wu Jian couldn't help but scold Ji Chen dozens of times in his heart.

This person is also a true axis in doing things, and his father-in-law can't look down on his daughter-in-law and wants to abolish it, so let him abolish it. It's a big deal to endure for a few years, and then marry your father to death, why bother to make it so earth-shattering, and have to bear the name of killing your father and brother, it's not easy to write in the history books.

When he arrived at a place more than 100 steps away from the east city, Wu Gen didn't dare to get too close, and quietly found a hidden place to bow down and watch the movement of the city.

The moon has not yet risen tonight, and when I look up, the dark sky is full of stars, and from time to time one or two meteors cross the night sky. Through the silky starlight, the movement of the city can be faintly seen.

Lying under the city, the insects were chirping around, and occasionally night owls flew by, watching Wu Gan, a huge prey, circling around, and finding it difficult to put his mouth down, Fang cursed and walked away.

Finally, at midnight, there was no major movement in the city, and even the patrolling soldiers retracted their heads. Wu Qian quietly moved around the city, trying to find Ji Rui's traces. It is said that people like him patrol the city, not to mention the front and back, at least these soldiers will behave, but it seems that there is no change in the slightest.

After wandering around, Wu Yan was a little skeptical about the accuracy of Yang Zheng's information, and when he was about to withdraw, in the south of the city, there were four or five people holding a torch and walking along the city wall from west to east.

The men walked quietly on the walls, not talking to each other. Wu Geng's heart moved, he took a dozen steps back, straightened up and looked at the movement of the city.

It's just that due to the darkness of the sky and the fact that the other party is wearing armor, it is difficult to see his face clearly. Wu Yan was so anxious that he jumped lightly twice, trying to see more clearly.

Suddenly, one of them stopped, turned and looked out of the city. With the afterglow of the torch, Wu Jian finally saw the other party's appearance clearly. The burly figure and the dead face, yes, this person is Ji Rui.

The two looked at each other, Ji Rui

also recognized Wu Gan, saw his people running towards the edge of the city, waved his hand, asked the people who followed him to retreat, and waited at the head of the city alone.

Wu Yan arrived in front of the city wall, and saw that the other party was still motionless, and after a little hesitation, he still jumped towards the city.

His feet landed on the hard blue bricks at the head of the city, Wu Gan held the handle of the knife in his hand, his body tensed, and he raised his eyes to look around, in case the other party had ambush soldiers.

Fortunately, at this time, there was only Ji Rui in the city, and those night vigilers had been driven to where they were.

Ji Rui glanced at Wu Yan coldly, turned around and walked towards a corner tower without saying a word, and there were several mausoleum guards stationed at the entrance of the building.

Ji Rui didn't stay, and directly pushed the door in. At this moment, Wu Jian was a little hesitant, he was alone, if there was an ambush hidden in it, with the speed of the Ling Guard, how could he escape.

Seeing Wu Qian stop, Ji Rui glanced back and said in a low voice, "Your life is not that valuable."

Wu Gan's face showed an angry face, he was also a governor anyway, and he was said like this, so in a fit of anger, he strode towards the door.

When they entered the door, there was no one inside, and a candle flickered, illuminating the room faintly. The wooden door was gently closed, and there were only two people left in the room. The shadows of the rounded wooden pillars swayed with the candle flames, like demons with teeth and claws.

This situation inevitably made Wu Yan a little nervous, he was afraid of death, so he held the handle of the knife tightly. His body tensed, ready to break through the wooden window door and escape.

"What are you doing here?" As if sensing Wu Gan's nervousness, Ji Rui sat down and unsheathed his broad saber.

"Himeya can be here." Wu Yan breathed a sigh of relief.

"Yes."

"I want to take him away."

"No."

"Why?"

"The clan ordered that he and another woman be imprisoned here, and that they should not be allowed to step out of the city gates without a pardon."

"Woman? Who?"

"Murong Yuqiang."

"She?" Wu Yan was stunned for a while, he didn't expect Murong Yuqiang to be locked up here, it seems that this is what Murong Yanyu meant, but why did she imprison her sister here.

"Who in the clan gave the order?" Wu Yan raised his head provocatively and looked at Ji Rui opposite.

"Young Master."

"Does he represent the Ji family?"

"For now."

"Do you know that Ji Xin is trapped in Qingquan Palace by him?"

"Yes."

"Knowing that the head of the family is trapped and not rescued, but instead acting for the tiger?"

Ji Rui didn't answer, no longer as neat as Fang Cai, looking straight at the candle flame in front of him, and said for a long time, "The lord has been trapped by the big array, and he can't survive. The Ji family can't be chaotic, there must be a leader. For our Ji family, we don't care who is in power, as long as he doesn't mess up the Ji family, the most suitable person at the moment is Ji Chen."

"Why can't it be Himeya?"

"At this time, Ji Chen has grasped the general situation, if he comes out, it will inevitably cause a big war, but it is the Ji family that will be damaged, which our Ji family will not allow."

"In other words, if Himeya is in control, you will still support him."

"Exactly."

Wu Yan lowered his head and thought for a while, then raised his head and said, "If Ji Xin leaves Qingquan Palace safely, will you listen to him or Ji Chen."

"Ji Xin, he's a lord."

"I see. Since you refuse to let go of Himeya, why do you want to see me?"

"You're a scourge, I want to hear what you want to do."

"Since it's a scourge, why don't you take the opportunity to take me."

"I don't want to, your subordinates are too capable of fighting, if they take you down, I can't say that most of the Ji family will die."

Wu Yan stood up, "Okay, I'm leaving." As he spoke, he pushed the door open and walked to the city wall.

Ji Ye followed each other closely, and the two stood by the wall, and they had fought together in blood, but now they were faintly opposed. Wu Yan stood at the edge of the city, looking at the darkness outside the city, "You won't leak out about my coming, right?"

"No, it's all around here

It's my people."

"Remember, protect Ji Ye, he dies, the Ji family dies, I mean it." With that, Wu Jian jumped down from the city.