The news that the general was about to go on an expedition gave those princes and ministers a shot in the arm.

On the day of the expedition, the army outside the gate of the national capital assembled, and the general set off from the palace with a group of soldiers on horseback.

At the gate of the palace, the princes and ministers all stood there, and even the king, who had not been in charge of the government for a long time because of his illness, rushed to see the general on his trip.

He was tormented by epilepsy during this time, and his already weak body became more and more vain, but he still maintained his image in front of the general and said many sincere words.

- After all, if the general can suppress the rebellion, his position will still be kept.

When the ministers with different expressions saw the elite under the general's command ready to leave, they all showed a hint of relief.

On both sides of the road were the people who were in the middle of the road to see off, and they looked happy and excited, as if they had seen the dawn of victory.

No one will question the strength of the general, he is a symbol of the undefeated country.

"Congratulations to the General!"

"Congratulations to the General!!"

「......」

When passing by the restaurant under Xi Yan's name, Si Yan seemed to notice something and looked up at the window of the restaurant.

In the open corner of the window, he saw a familiar figure.

Xi Yan stood calmly by the window of the restaurant, holding a bronze wine cup in his hand.

He didn't say anything when Ember looked over, just raised the wine cup in his hand and drank the wine inside under Ember's gaze.

After doing this action, the wine cup in Xi Yan's hand was slightly tilted, and not a drop of wine remained.

Ember looked at his move and raised an eyebrow.

He didn't look back at the temple complex standing on the holy mountain behind him, the rope in his hand was tightened, and with a "ride", the fierce horse under him quickly moved away.

Countless war horses galloped through the streets of the national capital, and the direction they were going to was the distant and turbulent frontier of the lost country.

Xi Yan put down the wine cup, brushed off the remaining wine at the corner of his mouth, and pursed his thin lips, revealing the master's nervous and worried mood at the moment.

He hadn't been on the battlefield, more than listening to Ember. He knew that the real scene must be even more horrific than what Ember had narrated, coupled with the previous prophecy of the temple priests......

Xi Yan suppressed the fear in his eyebrows and watched intently as Si Yan left the city gate.

At the same time, outside the temple of the priests.

Although the terrain of the holy mountain is high, and the temple building can have a panoramic view of the national capital, due to the long distance, the prosperous national capital falls in the eyes of the temple priests, and it is only a relatively large point.

The black tree behind him suddenly spoke: "Lord Priest, I am afraid that the general has already left the city at this time."

"Hmm."

The priest of the temple replied lightly and did not look back.

Wu Zhen sighed, "Another group of temple personnel has ended, and after you took office, you ordered that you no longer need to search for candidates...... Now there are fewer and fewer people in the temple."

The temple priest tilted his eyes slightly, staring at him, "Don't you want this?"

Wu Zhen shook his head, "You must have a reason for doing this."

The temple had no new power, and the old behemoth was becoming decadent and ossified, and the veteran priests may have anticipated this, and the use of their positions for personal gain became more and more undisguised.

They got rid of one runa, and after that, countless runas appeared.

Perhaps, this is the reason why the priests did not condemn Runa in the first place, they could not stop the spread of fate.

......

After the general set out for the expedition, the days of the national capital remained the same as before.

The competition between the third prince and the sixth prince in the court became more and more fierce, according to the information from Xi Yan's secret agents, a month after the general set out, these two attacked and assassinated each other no less than five times. Z.br>

The king was unable to govern the government, so he simply stopped going to the court, and the ministers, seeing that the general had already set out for the war, were relieved that the outside world would be calmed down sooner or later

came, so he also followed the two princes to fight for power.

Xi Yan, the "loose waste", was completely ignored by them.

Of course, there were also some old ministers who tried to win over Xi Yan, but Xi Yan was more thorough than the old king, and made a series of commotion operations, and within a few days, those people stopped thinking about it.

In the courtyard of the side temple of the priests.

In the past, few people could reach here, but now in the temple, only a group of old priests led by Wu Zhen will occasionally come to meet the priest of the temple and listen to her teachings, most of the priests are just empty titles.

After the general set out on the expedition, Xi Yan became a frequent visitor to the side hall. He had been studying with the priests of the temple for a year, and he came and went very freely.

Recently, spring has gradually begun, the spring breeze is gentle and caressing, everything is recovering, and the big tree in the side hall is stretching its branches, and tender green shoots are faintly emerging on it.

Xi Yan sat on the stone bench under the big tree, tilted his head and sighed: "Alas......

The temple priest sat across from him, facing Xi Yan's ninth sigh, she was still indifferent, quietly sipping the tea in her hand.

In the end, Xi Yan couldn't help it, and his eyes fell on the priest of the temple: "...... Is there anything you can hint at me, Priest?"

"Xi Yan, you need to be quiet."

The priest of the temple said only one such sentence and ignored him.

The corners of Xi Yan's mouth twitched, and he suddenly admired the priest of the temple for repeating the boring life in the priest's temple day after day, if he had been driven crazy.

While Xi Yan asked his spies to concentrate on probing the news of the frontier, he secretly ran towards the temple, trying to get something from the temple priest.

Unfortunately, he forgot that the mouth of the temple priest was the strictest.

After coming a few times, realizing that he couldn't get any answer from the temple priest, he simply gave up and stayed around the temple priest with nothing to do.

During this period, the secret agents under his command will send back news from time to time.

「...... Ember is almost to the city of rebellion."

When Xi Yan said this, he raised his head and carefully observed the reaction of the temple priest, and the temple priest's expression was still calm.

A month later.

Xi Yan walked into the side hall with a happy face.

Today, the priests of the temple are bathed in the warm sunlight and hold long swords. When Xi Yan came in, she picked up the tip of her sword, casually pulled a sword flower and put away her sword.

"Priest, Ember has reclaimed the city that was captured by the rebels!"

The priest of the temple glanced at him, then turned around and walked into the bedroom behind him, Xi Yan was not surprised, he restrained the excitement and joy on his face, and walked to the stone bench on the side and sat down.

It didn't take long for the temple priest to come out, who had changed his clothes.

"Lord Priest!"

The temple priest raised his eyes to look at him, and Xi Yan mistakenly thought that this meant to let him continue: "Si Yan deserves to be a general! As soon as they reach the outside of the city, they will smash the Yellow Dragon and destroy the rebels' camp in one fell swoop!"