Lu Zhan's eyes said firmly: "I don't care how bad the situation outside becomes, but the will of our ancestors of the Lu family is to protect the family and defend the country, and I am doing my best to protect the family." As for defending the country, maybe my personal strength is still weak, and I can't go against the sky with my own strength, but at least I have my own beliefs and principles, and I will not betray my country and my family. ”

"Young man, don't be so decisive when you speak, the fate of your Chu State has been doomed by heaven. But that doesn't mean your fate has been decided, and you can change your mind and position anytime and anywhere. ”

Speaking of this conversation with Qing Ji, Lu Zhan suddenly felt an alarm coming from the crystal space in his body.

"Is there someone else's qi machine approaching him at high speed?Is it the killer ambushed by the barbarians in the dark night?" He was shocked, and secretly contemplated the surroundings, it turned out that there were two extremely thin and faint qi engines hidden in the night breeze, which were rapidly circling close to the top of the tower.

According to Lu Zhan's judgment, these two gas planes were launched from at least thousands of zhang away and used to reconnoiter the enemy's situation and understand the battlefield situation.

"Turning the strength into the void, the great ingenuity is not working!" There were actually two powerhouses in the Transformation Strength Realm who were probing the situation here with extremely constricted qi machine edges.

Lu Zhan's heart was bright, but he replied without surprise, "Hehe, I still remember that my direct ancestor Lu Yantian left a sentence before he died in battle-a man is like iron until he dies." Thinking about my Lu Zhan's choice, it will not be changed for the rest of my life, and I will not regret it until I die, this heart is like iron. ”

"The man's heart is as hard as iron. Qing Ji looked at Lu Zhan meaningfully: "I won't kill you tonight, it's not that I'm not moved by what you said. There are other reasons, but even if this reason is said, it will probably be difficult to understand with your current cultivation in the Qi Condensation Realm. ”

"Oh, the other reason that Miss Qingji mentioned is that at least two powerhouses of the Transformation Realm have noticed what is happening here. Lu Zhan is still a teenager, in front of such a beautiful woman, he can't help but have a little more boring spirit that wants to express himself and doesn't want to be despised.

When Qing Ji heard this, her face changed slightly, and there was a hint of shock in her eyes: "Yes, when my eyes changed just now, I was ready to launch the secret technique of my barbarian clan to solve your excellency in an instant." It's a pity that my little sister is not skilled enough, and there are still distracting thoughts in my heart, but I was still the first to detect the clues by the two powerhouses of your Great Chu Empire who were sitting in Hongzhou City, and immediately released the idea of ventilating the qi machine to probe it. I can't help but have a bit of a mouse-throwing trap and miss the opportunity to kill you in one fell swoop. ”

Qing Ji was relieved, and the young man in front of him had already been able to spy on two qi machine edges that had been carefully hidden by the powerhouses of the Transformation Strength Realm, indicating that he had reached the realm of "Half-step Transformation Strength". And looking at the potential he has shown before, I'm afraid that it won't take a few years to break through the transformation realm and become an existence comparable to himself.

"Anyway, I originally wanted to promise your fiefdom of three cities and one county as a preliminary return for joining my barbarian alliance, but you refused without even talking, which shows the firmness of your heart. To tell you the truth, if you had been hesitant or trying to bargain for terms, I would have looked down on you, and even if you had taken refuge, I would have only treated you as an ordinary minion. Today, due to the situation, let you go first. However, the warning is in advance, in the future, if you Lu Zhan really hinders the actions of our Barbarian Alliance, he will not hesitate to kill you, and there will be no more leniency!"

Lu Zhan met her gaze: "Thank you, girl, for letting me go today, but I have my beliefs and my persistence." Even if it is true that the fortunes of the Great Chu Empire are exhausted as you predicted, my fate is up to me! I will also do my part to make the people of this country suffer a little less. ”

Qing Ji stared at Lu Zhan, and for a while, she sighed faintly: "After tonight, Rou'er and I will also leave Hongzhou City, and if you have the opportunity to come to the Barbarian Empire in the future, you can go to the Southern Barbarian 'Phantom Yin City' to find me." ”

As she spoke, she took out a goose-yellow jade plaque from her pocket and handed it to Lu Zhan: "Lu Zhan, with this jade plaque, you can pass freely in the territory of Nanban." And if you can change your mind and take refuge here, you can also take this jade plaque as a token and show it to any barbarian army you meet, and someone will arrange everything properly. ”

Lu Zhan took the jade plate with a slight body fragrance, and saw that the jade plate was carved with a goshawk pattern, and under the eagle's claws, there was a coiling and bending poisonous snake tightly clutched.

Qing Ji Man said lightly: "The road ahead is stormy, and Lu Jun cherishes himself." ”。

As soon as he spoke, he glanced at Lu Zhan deeply, and then jumped off the pagoda and flew away into the distance.

I saw her open her jade arms, and the black cloak wrapped behind her also stretched out, and the whole person flew against the wind like a crane crossing the cold pond, flying farther and farther, and finally turned into a black dot, blending into the vast night and disappearing.

The Yiren are gone without a trace, and this body is as lonely as the snow and the moon.

Lu Zhan looked at the jade card he was holding in his hand, and he couldn't help but feel a sense of melancholy and loss in his heart.

He pondered what kind of identity this mysterious woman was among the barbarians, and what the eagle-like symbol on the jade plaque represented.

Lu Zhan didn't want to think about it, so he only put the jade plate in his arms. Then he leaped forward, swept down the pagoda, and returned to the "Shimen Inn" at night.

In the evening of the next day, all the children of wealthy families living in the "Shimen Inn" were invited to attend a dinner at the Hongzhou Governor's Mansion, which was held in the back garden of the Governor's Mansion.

The children of the family who came to the dinner were actually almost the original members of the "Flowing Flower Moon Watching Conference" of "Xiaoyingzhou".

Due to the "Liuhua Moon Watching Conference" by Qing Ji's "piano sound" was too miserable, more than 40 children of wealthy families no longer have the glamorous and confident arrogance they had when they first entered Hongzhou City.

The dinner was presided over by Sima Xingge, the governor of Hongzhou, the highest official appointed by the imperial court in his fifties, with a majestic appearance, a majestic figure, a thick beard, and a strong voice.

I saw him Shi Shiran standing up with a wine glass, and said to the children of the family around him in a very officiallike tone: "Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to our Hongzhou City." This time, the 'Black Sharith Valley Secret Realm' is open again, and I hope you will have a lot of gains in this wonderland, and at the same time pay attention to helping each other and cooperating to maintain your own integrity. So please raise your glass and toast to our once-in-a-decade gathering. ”

Everyone raised their glasses and drank them all.

Lu Zhan and Zhen Suishu sat on a banquet on the outermost part, because the seats on the table were arranged by the deacons in the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion in advance, and they were not randomly seated, so at their table, several princes of the family were obviously sitting a little reluctantly, and they were deliberately snubbing and alienating Lu Zhan and Zhen Suishu.

"Brother Lu can see that he doesn't. Zhen Suishu whispered: "These guys don't seem to be willing to sit with us, do you know why?"

Lu Zhan raised his eyebrows and said, "I only care about whether I like it or not, so I don't care if others like it or not!"

"Hehe, because these guys are currying favor with Zhou Qi and Cao Yide, the two little overlords, I heard that the limelight of the two of them was completely overshadowed by you in 'Xiao Yingzhou' last night, is there such a thing?"

"Don't you like it for such a little thing?" Lu Zhan snorted coldly: "They are all girls." The girl Qingji said that the list of heroes is just to help the wine, and it can't be taken seriously at all. ”

"You can't say that. Zhen Suishu shook his head: "You must know that the children of these wealthy families are all dead to save face." In particular, there are so many big gatherings of the elite of the younger generation of big families in Hongzhou, who doesn't want to win glory for their own family? So, I don't want to go to this kind of gathering at all, if you behave too strongly, you will arouse the jealousy of others and will be attacked by the group; but if you behave too much, others will regard you as the object of ridicule and sarcasm and bully you. Anyway, it's not good, it's not bad, it's the hardest to wait. ”

Lu Zhan was made laugh out loud by him: "Aren't you Brother Zhen also a son of a wealthy family? ”

"Yes, I come from a noble family. But now that my family has fallen into the middle of the road, I am basically better than ordinary people in my generation, so I am not contaminated with the disgusting habits of those children of the family. ”

Zhen Suishu continued to whisper: "I'm not afraid of your jokes, brother, this time Zhen came to participate in the 'Secret Realm Heroes Meeting', because he really wanted to get some more good things in the 'Black Evil Valley', so as to supplement my family's income." ”

"Are there really so many treasures in this 'Black Evil Valley Secret Realm'?" Speaking of this, Lu Zhan asked curiously: "Our Lu Mansion has not participated in the Secret Realm Meeting for two consecutive sessions, so my knowledge in this area is limited, and it is basically just a reference to some verbal descriptions of our Righteous Marquis. ”

"There must be a lot of them, it just depends on your luck. ”

Zhen Suishu swallowed his saliva and said: "My Zhen family participated in the last secret realm meeting, and his harvest that time included two 'Purple Grass', a three-hundred-year-old 'Golden Essence Astragalus', three 'Dragon Fruit', and a mid-level beast core. Just this mid-level beast core was auctioned at a surprisingly high price in the secret workshop of Hongzhou City, do you think this treasure can be missing?"

(To be continued)