The capital of Qingzhou Prefecture is somewhat different from other big cities, divided into two cities, the outer city is full of husbands and traders, merchants, family members, local squires, etc., and the inner city is the place where the real powerful gate and famous families live, and there are also a small number of ancestors who live in the inner city of the old Qingzhou, of course, there is also the largest force in the inner city, Qinghua Palace.

No one knows how many years Qinghua Palace has been inherited, but it is known that this Qinghua Palace has always been the only place where the state lord of Qingzhou lives. If you want to be the state lord, there is actually a way, for example, if someone in the other four states wants to take the position of the state lord, they can apply to the Falling God Peak for a ruling, stating the mistakes of the state lord, and win the duel under the witness of the Falling God Peak, you can get the position of the state lord.

And Qingzhou, then only the Hua family of Qinghua Palace can be the state lord, the first condition for Guy to become the lord of Qingzhou is that he must be recognized by the Qinghua Lotus Lamp, this Qinghua Lotus Lantern is different from ordinary prefecture-level divine soldiers, it can cross thousands of miles in an instant with the earth-qi dragon vein on the Qingzhou boundary, and it is faintly with the offensive power of the heaven-level divine soldiers, which is the heirloom of the Hua family.

The people of the Hua family have a unique advantage over others in terms of being recognized by the Qinghua Lotus Lamp, so almost every Qingzhou is a member of the Hua family, and no one has ever embarrassed the Hua family in the position of the state lord, except for the civil strife of the Hua family more than ten years ago, when the side family saw the disappearance of the head of the lineage, he wanted to snatch the Qinghua Lotus Lamp, so that he could change himself and change from the side to the lineage. But I didn't want the eldest lady of the lineage, who was still a ten-year-old child at the time, to be recognized by the Qinghua Lotus Lantern and break through to the prefecture-level master, and the leader of the side line killed his mother under the resentment, resulting in the side line from adults to children being slaughtered clean by the angry eldest lady of the line at that time, and the karmic fire red lotus almost opened all over the Qinghua Palace. Since then, the name of "Red Lotus" in Qinghua Palace has spread all over the ears of Qingzhou cultivators, and no one has the slightest objection to the throne of the state lord.

Hua Wangyun and Hua Zhiming were the witnesses of the civil strife that year, although their cultivation was low, they attached the most importance to the rules of their ancestors, and they once regarded the wishful thinking of the side family as a remorse to forget their ancestors. Now nearly seventy years old, they are very satisfied that the family has a decisive but motherly state lord like the eldest lady, and they are ready to recognize her status as the head of the family when she is thirty years old, which can be regarded as making up for the fact that their Hua family has no owner for more than ten years.

It's just that now the two clan elders are a little panicked, the eldest lady of the state lord said that she went out to work but did not return for half a month, you must know that with the ability of the Qinghua Lotus Lamp, as long as you are on the boundary of Qingzhou, you can return to Qinghua Palace in an instant. Could it be that the eldest lady couldn't go out of Qingzhou? But why didn't she notify her subordinate officials to draw up a cross-state document? Don't let anything happen to it, the second lady has been unwilling to practice since she was a child, and if something happens to the eldest lady, their Hua family will be in danger!

Speaking of the second miss, this is also another reason for their panic, the palace maid who was in charge of living came to report that there was no one in the second miss's room, not even her personal maid Hongying. The two old people rummaged through every corner of Qinghua Palace and failed to find the figures of the two, and couldn't help but look at each other and smile bitterly, these two young ladies are afraid that they have slipped out of the palace by themselves, if the eldest lady comes back and finds that the second young lady is not there, or there is an accident, then with the eldest lady's love for her sister, I am afraid that she will immediately go away, maybe there will be another karmic fire red lotus burned all over Qinghua Palace.

Yes, it's better to quickly notify the government army to search all over the city, even if it alarms the people, they can't take care of it.

The two little old men called their servants to bring two yellow horses, each turned over, and galloped together to the place where the government army was stationed outside the city.

The armies of all states are all under the jurisdiction of the Heavenly General Hall of Luoshenfeng, and Qingzhou is naturally no exception. However, the size of the region and the number of people in each state are not the same, so the garrison tasks of the government army are also different, and the number of government troops in each state is also different. For example, Bingzhou is vast and sparsely populated, and only 30,000 government troops are needed to ensure the security and stability of the entire territory of Bingzhou. For example, Qingzhou is densely populated and the territory is also very vast, and it is difficult to do it with only 30,000 government troops, so it is a total of 79,500 government troops deployed to Qingzhou by the Heavenly General Palace. Among them, 25,000 troops were stationed in the state capital, 3,000 troops were stationed in each of the remaining 17 large cities, and 500 troops were stationed in each of the nine small cities.

The number of troops in this province does not seem to be very large, especially compared to the ancient times when there were many national capitals fighting all over the world, and the dynasty with millions of troops at every turn. There is a reason why the government army was able to suppress the land of the five states and make the evil people and demons dare not cause chaos.

First of all, the government army was all good seedlings of martial arts cultivation selected from the five states, and then they were sent to the Heavenly General Hall to be taught, so that they could reach the level of cultivation that could be sent abroad in a short period of time. In the case of Qingzhou, for example, there are nearly 40,000 low-level government troops with a minimum cultivation level of the yellow rank! How amazing is this? You must know that even if there are more than 100 sects of the size of Qingzhou, it is not possible to find so many masters of cultivation!

Yellow-level masters, with one enemy and ten ordinary soldiers who have not entered the grade, not to mention that the government army is all practicing the techniques of killing and conquest under the teaching of the Heavenly General's Palace, which is stronger than the combat power of ordinary yellow-level masters.

Secondly, in the government army system, 100 people set up yellow generals, 500 people set up middle yellow generals, 1,000 people set up Xuan generals, 5,000 people set up middle generals, more than 10,000 people must set up local generals, and if you command 100,000 government troops, you are called heavenly generals!

As the name suggests, the Huang general must have a yellow-level cultivation, and the Xuan general must be a Xuan-level master, and the earth general is basically equipped with only one prefecture-level master in each state, of course, Qingzhou is in a special situation, so it is equipped with two prefecture-level masters. As for the title of Heavenly General, no one has ever held it except for the previous Heavenly General Hall Masters.

Therefore, the Qingzhou Mansion Army will have at least two prefecture-level masters, ninety-six Xuan-level masters, and nearly 40,000 yellow-level masters! With such a lineup, which natural fool would be so immetrical as to be an enemy of it?

Finally, it is also the most feared by the major sects, that is, the Heavenly General Hall has inherited a battle formation since ancient times, and it has been improved by the Heavenly Elephant Palace, which is even more flexible and abnormal, and can double the strength of a small formation of several people, and can also form a large array with the number of three thousand, which can resist the attack of ground-level masters! During the "Heavenly Change" period, demons were raging, and this array made great contributions.

However, such a scale, such an elite, such a general, almost all died fifteen years ago, and there were very few survivors.

Zhao Chengen was one of the remnants of the soldiers that year, but at that time he was a general, and once when he led the troops to fight with the demons to the point of exhaustion, several demon commander-level demons attacked, and he was instantly bitten off half of his arm, but fortunately, the elders of the temple came to the rescue, and he was able to save his life. It is because he has always regarded the Chongming Elder as a benefactor, even if he has entered the prefecture level at this time, and he and the Chongming Elder are guarding the Qingzhou Mansion Army Station, and he is also the first soldier in everything, and he will never let the Chongming Elder work for half a point, and when the Chongming Elder saw him like this, he persuaded him many times to no avail, only to know that he was stubborn, so he went with him.

Today, Zhao Chengen is in the tower as usual, overlooking the entire territory of the state capital city with a telescopic mirror, which is a habit he developed when he was still a general, not to mention that he was cut off by a demon, and he treated the security in the city even more strictly, and the demons were never allowed to take advantage of it.

It is now early winter, and the earth is steaming and has its own fog, which is quite unfavorable for Zhao Chengen to observe the scene inside and outside the city. However, he seemed to have been prepared, took out a bamboo tube from his waist, shook it with his hand, and stretched out half of a slightly thinner bamboo tube from the bamboo tube, the thin bamboo tube could just be worn into the thick bamboo tube, and one at each end of the bamboo tube was polished into transparent jade with thick middle and thin edges, and different sizes. This thing is called a telescopic mirror.

To say that this telescopic mirror is also magical, it looks ordinary, but it can look at the scene dozens of miles away, it is a great weapon for the Heavenly General Hall to lead the army to arrange the array. If it weren't for the fact that this thing was specially made by the Tiangong Palace, and the gem used was a thousand-year-old chalcedony, the Heavenly Generals Hall would be eager to distribute one per person.

"Huh?" Zhao Chengen said suspiciously, two figures on horseback appeared in his telescopic mirror heading straight towards the place where the garrison was, and after careful identification, he saw that it seemed to be two old men, and after a moment of silence, he handed the telescopic mirror to the guards beside him, and said: "You continue to investigate the situation in the state capital and the border around here, if there is any mistake, report it immediately." ”

"Yes, the last general commands!" The guard was a yellow-level master, and when he heard Zhao Chengen's order, he hurriedly saluted.

Zhao Chengen nodded with satisfaction, this personal guard was selected by him personally, his name is Chenghu, and he is quite stable when he was young, so he went down the tower with confidence after receiving his order, and walked towards the gate of the garrison camp.

He wanted to see who dared to come to the land of the 25,000 government troops and what they were talking about.

"Open the door!"

The sergeant on duty saw that Zhao Chengen, one of the two generals, gave an order, and hurriedly ran to the sling mechanism, calling eight people to stir the wrench together, and the nearly two-foot-thick ironwood door was slowly pulled out of the ground, making a "crunch" sound, and the three-zhang wide gate was gradually revealed, like the hideous mouth of a giant beast.

Zhao Chengen stood at the door, looking at the rolling dust raised by the two yellow horses that were approaching not far away, his eyes were quite playful, it turned out that it was an old man.

Hua Wangyun and Hua Zhiming both covered their faces with one robe sleeve, bumping up and down on horseback, although they had Xuan-level cultivation in their bodies, but after all, they were old, and they were dusty and horse-backed people on a small road, and they were used to being pampered, and they had not ridden a horse for more than ten years.

"Appeal ......"

When the horse arrived at the outpost, the two hurriedly reined in their horses and turned over, who would dare to break into the garrison of the government army, then they were really in a hurry to plant their heads in the soil, didn't they see that the sentries were already lined up? The two of them could not be appreciated by the two generals of the government army like the eldest lady of the state lord, and they could ignore the ban when they came and went to the station.

"Whoever comes, report the name, otherwise you will be killed on the spot for the crime of rebelling against the army!" The nine sentries were lined up in three horizontal columns, and the tips of their guns were raised horizontally, which was one of the nine palace formations commonly used by the government army.

Hua Wangyun and Hua Zhiming, the two old clansmen who rode horses, were weak between their legs, and they were frightened by this battle, and they sat down on the ground on the spot, and they forgot that the two of them were masters of mysteries, and the nine sentinels were not as high as the yellow level.

"Jun, the military master spares his life, his own people, it's his own people!" Hua Wangyun hurriedly spoke, but Hua Zhiming, who was leaning against him, was panting and couldn't say a word.

"Which one is your own person, don't talk nonsense, I will not be spared!"

A loud shout came from behind the sentry, and I saw that the nine sentries put away their formation, took a step back and stood with their guns, and a big man with a black face walked over, with a beardless face, eyes like copper bells, tall and burly, but only one right arm, this person was Zhao Chengen.

Although he had never been to the army, he knew that this was at least a general by looking at the appearance of the sentry, and the two immediately supported each other to stand up, and said: "I have seen this general, and the next two are the elders of the Hua family, and I want to ask the government and the army to help if they have something." ”

Of course, Zhao Chengen knew who the two were, but he didn't expect that the other party didn't recognize him, so he couldn't help but say seriously: "Oh, you need the help of the government army?

The two clan elders smiled bitterly when they heard this, they naturally knew that it would not work, but the second lady was gone, and the eldest lady was not there, where did they go to get the state lord to send out the order? I had to beg each other bitterly: "I hope that the general will take me and others to meet your commander, and the two generals, we can't do anything!"

Seeing that the two of them seemed to have something urgent, Zhao Chengen stopped teasing and reminded him: "The two big brothers of the Hua family, is it possible that you still can't recognize who I am?"

Hua Wangyun and Hua Zhiming, the two little old men, glanced at each other, looked uncertain, and asked, "Are you... Brother Cheng En?"

"Hahaha... The two eldest brothers finally recognized me Zhao!" Zhao Chengen laughed, and he was in a good mood at this time.

The two elders of the Hua family were pleasantly surprised, but they didn't expect that when the mountains and rivers were exhausted, they met the willows and flowers. Seeing that Zhao Chengen still seems to be nostalgic for the old feelings, he is obviously still in an important position in the government army, when it is their glimmer of life, he couldn't help but speak: "Since Brother Chengen is in us, we are much more relieved, and please Brother Chengen be accommodating, there is indeed something important to see the commander of the army!"

Zhao Chengen frowned, what he said before was not all ridicule, but also to remind the two old brothers to recognize the importance of this place and the harshness of military law. But this is the case, they still seem to be insisting on seeing the generals, obviously in their opinion, the urgency of the matter is greater than the possible punishment, but as one of the generals, how can he test the military law?

"Someone, take these two down and take them to the main tent to talk!" Zhao Chengen thought about it and called the sergeant to temporarily detain the two Hua family elders.

"Brother Chengen, you..." Hua Wangyun couldn't find the words in his heart to express his feelings at the moment, he thought that the willows and flowers were bright and another village, but who knew that he had encountered a black shop, and the owner of the shop was still an old acquaintance of himself, so he took the two of them into buns and drank wine while talking and laughing.

Compared with Hua Wangyun's speechless condensation, Hua Zhiming had a guess in his heart, and whispered to Hua Wangyun: "Don't panic, I think Brother Chengen seems to have other ideas, let's wait and see what happens." ”

The two of them were held down with their hands, and they looked up at Zhao Chengen, who was leading the way in front of them, and looked at each other speechlessly. In fact, the two of them can only temporarily accept their fate, not to mention whether Zhao Chengen is there or not, it is already a taboo in the army to want to mobilize the government army based on their rhetoric, and it is natural for the soldiers to take them down, and the two of them can't have the intention of resisting, otherwise they may summon more than a dozen generals with a little protest and tie the two of them into hedgehogs with divine soldiers.

After a short time, the group came to the main tent of the garrison.

"General, the main account has arrived!" said a sergeant.

Zhao Chengen at the end bowed his head lightly and motioned for the four sergeants to bring the elders of the Hua family and the two clans in.

Hua Wangyun and Hua Zhiming, who were escorted into the tent, were always surprised and delighted, happy that the two of them were also quite humiliated in order to see this garrison general, and now they finally got what they wanted; On the other seat on the left, a gray-haired old man who looked a little younger than them was closing his eyes and recuperating, this old man they also knew, when the "Heavenly Change" was cleared after the Demon Disaster, it was the government army led by this person who was not afraid of death, so he kept their state capital city, it was from Zhongzhou Luoshen Peak, one of the elders of the Heavenly General Palace, and a famous general with a high-level cultivation at the ground level!

General Chongming waited until Zhao Chengen sat down firmly, then slowly opened his eyes, and asked slowly: "Chengen, you brought these two people to the main account, what is the so-called matter?" But if you have doubts, you can deal with them yourself. ”

At this time, the two elders of the Hua family have naturally reacted, it seems that their former Chengen brothers, since fifteen years ago after breaking an arm, have been brave and diligent, and have become one of the two generals of the Qingzhou Mansion Army.

And this general Zhao Chengen bowed his head slightly at General Chongming, and said respectfully: "These two are the elders of the Hua family, and they have an old relationship with the younger generation, and they came to the station to find help from the garrison, but they did not have an order, and there was a suspicion of chaos, so they brought them to the fate of General Chongming." ”

"Oh?" General Chongming couldn't help but laugh, this Zhao Chengen was really respectful to him, but he was flexible and quite shrewd, you must know that if he wanted to convict the two of the Hua family, he would punish him directly at the gate of the station, where would he need to bring it to the main tent on purpose? As for the "red lotus" of the Hua family, if she knew the cause and effect, maybe it would be more severe than military law, and these two Hua family elders were not qualified to let that girl open the net.

"What do you think?" General Chongming asked with a faint smile, pretending not to know.

Zhao Chengen pondered for a moment and said: "As the elders of the Hua family, it is impossible for these two people not to know the strictness of the military law of the government army. ”

"Well, speaking of which, I haven't seen the state lord for a few days, what is the matter with you two, let's talk about it now. "When it comes to the state lord, the corners of General Chongming's mouth unconsciously hooked slightly, that girl is a more genius existence than the eldest lady of his own Heavenly General Palace!

Hua Wangyun and Hua Zhiming finally got the opportunity to speak, Hua Wangyun hurriedly said: "Tell General Chongming, the state lord has not heard from him for more than half a month, and the second lady has lost her trace since this morning, and the inferior people are anxious, but there is no way to do it, so they have to ask the government army for help, otherwise if something goes wrong with the second lady, there will be an uproar after the return of the state lord!" Hua Zhiming on the side nodded again and again to show his approval.

General Chongming and Zhao Chengen glanced at each other, quite unusual, General Chongming twisted his eyebrows, and said: "Order, General Yixuan will lead his headquarters sergeants to clean up the streets and alleys of the state capital city with suspicious traces, so as to ensure that the New Year is approaching and the state capital city is safe and clear." ”

Hua Wangyun and Hua Zhiming couldn't help but be overjoyed, knowing that General Chongming's words were to agree to send troops to help them find the whereabouts of the second miss, just to cover up the news of the second miss's disappearance, so they pretended to use the name of public security in the new year, in case someone had ill intentions and was not good for the second miss.

"Yes!" There were heralds outside the tent who brought the orders of General Chongming to the generals.

"Today, Hua Wangyun and Hua Zhiming have not been ordered, and they have trespassed into the government army garrison, and they have been escorted down to 30 military sticks everywhere, and they are not allowed to resist, otherwise the crime will be increased by one degree!"

Then the person who spoke was Zhao Chengen, who took advantage of the gap between the Chongming general to give orders, and set the responsibility of the two elders of the Hua family, but there was no bias, which made the Chongming general smile helplessly, not only laughing at his stubbornness, not remembering the old feelings, but also laughing at his strict military discipline and not following personal feelings, this thirty military sticks per person is not so comfortable.

The elders of the two clans of the Hua family were escorted by them in pairs of twos, and the two of them were set up and dragged out of the tent, wanting to cry without tears, I didn't expect them to be a lot older, and they were used to being pampered on weekdays, and today they actually want to try the taste of this military stick, which is really tight.

Looking at the figure leaving the tent, Zhao Chengen asked, "Why does Elder Chongming think?"

Hearing that Zhao Chengen called him an elder, not a general, Elder Chongming stroked his beard and said: "This matter is strange, with the wonder of the Qinghua lotus lamp and the ability of the Hua family's girl, what can delay her for more than half a month without any news?" Chengen, after today, you and I must be more careful, don't give the younger people a chance to take advantage of!"

"Yes, the juniors know. Zhao Chengen responded, subconsciously glanced at the broken arm, and the remaining right arm clenched his fist, and the green tendons burst out.

And outside the tent, the sound of wooden sticks hitting the flesh, the sergeant reporting a few times, and the screams of the elders of the two clans of the Hua family, the sound is endless, presumably, something is blooming.