Shengyuguan, Shouchang County.

It was nearly evening, and the command post of the Long Knife Legion, located near the west gate of the county seat, was particularly quiet and serene against the backdrop of the sunset.

Cheng Kaiyang, the new commander of the Long Knife Legion and the hereditary Duke of Zhenguo, was sitting in his study at the moment, leisurely playing with a bloodstone seal.

The butler walked into the room slowly and said softly: "Qi Yu Guogong, the captain of the left patrol camp of the Long Knife Army is brave and fierce. He said there was an urgent military intelligence bulletin. ”

"Urgent military intelligence? What emergency military intelligence? Cheng Kaiyang muttered in his mouth, but his eyes didn't leave the bloodstone seal at all: "It looks like it's almost time for dinner, and there is still military information to report?" Could it be that the Turks are calling? ”

The butler laughed dryly twice and joked, "Who said it wasn't?" That's what I told Captain Gao just now. Besides, Grandpa Guo is ready for dinner, can't he talk about it tomorrow? However, Gao Duwei seemed to be in a hurry, and he was not willing to wait for a moment. And ......"

Cheng Kaiyang raised his hand, held the bloodstone seal high above his head, reflected the soft and bright sunlight, carefully studied the changes in the texture of the stone, and asked with a match: "And what?" ”

"And...... There was blood on his body. The butler replied softly.

"Bloodstains? Did he fight with someone else? Cheng Kaiyang put down the seal when he heard this: "Did Gao Yongmeng say anything specifically?" ”

The housekeeper shook his head: "No, Captain Gao only said that it was an urgent military situation, and the stakes were very high, and he couldn't tell anyone, so he had to report directly to Grandpa Guo." ”

Cheng Kaiyang sighed softly, and couldn't help but have some doubts in his heart. Gao Yongmeng was one of the twelve officers specially placed in the left battalion of the Long Knife after he took over as the commander of the Long Knife Army. Today, this senior lieutenant came to see him in a hurry, and it must have been unusual.

Cheng Kaiyang nodded: "That...... Just let him wait for me in the council chamber. Come, bring me the robes. ”

The butler said yes and turned to leave. Cheng Kaiyang, under the service of the two servants, changed into official robes, and secretly pondered in his heart, guessing what happened.

was busy with work, a maid hurriedly ran to the study from the back house, and said breathlessly: "Master, the big thing is not good, Xiaolian Niang passed out just now!" ”

"What's going on?" Cheng Kaiyang was shocked when he heard this, pushed away the servant who was buttoning him in front, and said anxiously: "Isn't it okay at noon?" Why did you suddenly pass out? Did you call a doctor? ”

The maid hurriedly replied, "The slave doesn't know what's going on. Just now, Xiaolian Niangzi was chatting with us about family life, and suddenly covered her chest and shouted pain, and then fainted. The doctor has rushed to heal, but the lady has not fully woken up, and she is calling the master in a daze. ”

The little lotus lady mentioned in the maid's mouth was the concubine that Cheng Kaiyang had just accepted a while ago. She is young and beautiful, with a bewitching physique, especially good at bed kung fu, a set of coquettish methods, serving the old Cheng Guogong, who is over half a hundred years old, comfortable and youthful, and she doesn't even complain about the pain of guarding the border pass.

Therefore, Cheng Kaiyang is also very fond of her.

At this moment, when he heard that his favorite concubine was infected for no reason, and she was so painful that she fainted, Cheng Kaiyang suddenly felt a little masterless. He turned his head and instructed his subordinates: "You go to the front and say something, let Gao Yongmeng wait." With that, he pulled his legs and ran to the back hall.

Cheng Guogong was panting, and rushed to the dormitory with a meteor all the way, first ordering the dozen or so elite guards who followed him to stay outside and wait, and then rushed into the house in three steps and two steps.

At this time, in addition to the little lotus lady on the couch, there was also a Lang Zhong and two maids, and the three of them saw Guogong coming in and hurriedly gave a salute.

Xiaolian Niangzi also just woke up, she was lying on the soft couch on her back, and said weakly: "You all go out for the time being, I have something to say to the master." ”

When Lang Zhong and the maids heard this, they hurriedly obeyed the order and turned around and left the room.

Cheng Kaiyang lifted his official robe, sat down on the edge of the couch, first stretched out his hand to probe the temperature of the beautiful concubine's forehead, and then asked with concern: "My little beauty, what's wrong with you?" Why do you suddenly feel a pain in your heart? What do you think? Do you feel better now? ”

The beautiful concubine Xiaolian struggled to sit up, her eyes were half-closed, and she said, "Master, the concubine has something important that I want to tell you." ”

"What's so important that you have to say it now? Lie down quickly. Cheng Kaiyang complained distressedly.

"No, I have to say it now," the beautiful concubine leaned forward again, almost face to face, and whispered to Cheng Kaiyang: "Master, do you know? The reason why the concubine will come to you and serve you wholeheartedly is actually by order. ”

Cheng Kaiyang was confused: "Huh? Ordered? On whose orders? ”

Xiaolian Niangzi's eyes suddenly widened, and a bright light shot out of her beautiful eyes. She covered Cheng Kaiyang's mouth with her left hand, and with her right hand, she stabbed a sharp dagger into Cheng Kaiyang's chest lightly and skillfully.

At the same time, he laughed softly: "On the orders of the Northern Ya Reverse Scale Division!" ”

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After several days of arduous trekking, Li Jiangyao finally followed the path pointed out by the herb picker, walked out of the vast lofty mountains and mountains, and entered the realm of Shengtang Land.

The dangers along the way are really not enough for outsiders.

He was in danger of slipping into a mountain stream twice in succession, and three times there was a sudden change in weather and a sudden snowfall, and he almost died in the mountain and could not survive; On another occasion, he bumped into a colorful tiger in the jungle, and if it weren't for the starfall knife in his hand, it would almost become a dinner for the beast; The night before leaving the mountain, he was bitten by a poisonous snake while sleeping, but fortunately he took out the antidote pill from his bag in time and took it, otherwise he would have returned to his hometown directly.

In this way, while Li Jiangyao was struggling to advance in the mountains, he left special markers along the way, and also carefully drew a route map for the march without the slightest sloppiness.

Walking and resting, until the mountain road under his feet gradually became gentle, he suddenly found that after experiencing a thousand difficulties and dangers, he finally returned to his homeland after a long absence.

Before leaving, Li Jiangyao had imagined many times what kind of celebration he should use to express his feelings when he returned to Shengtang. Want to cheer out loud? Want to kiss the earth? Want to be warm? Want to talk to the first person you meet?

However, when he really stepped out of the lofty mountains and stepped on the vast land of Shengtang with his feet, he did nothing.

Calm was the only feeling he felt at this time.

Do you need to sigh a little? Li Jiangyao thought to himself, being so calm is a little too dull, no matter what, he also came from nine deaths. So he adjusted his mood and was about to improvise a poem to keep a souvenir, when he suddenly heard a noisy shouting in the distance.

Li Jiangyao couldn't help but feel a little curious, and when he looked around, he saw a beautiful woman running towards this side at a rapid pace, stumbling slightly, obviously injured. And behind her, dozens of armed men were in hot pursuit.

What kind of life am I? Do you want to be a hero to save the beauty when you go down the mountain?

Li Jiangyao's feet accelerated slightly, and in just a few breaths, he met the woman in front of her.

The beautiful woman was running for her life, and suddenly saw a person flashing in front of her, and it seemed that her martial arts were not weak, and she suddenly seemed to see a savior, and shouted loudly: "Strong man help!" Help me! ”

As she spoke, she suddenly sped up and rushed, and in the blink of an eye, the distance between her and Li Jiangyao narrowed a lot, and then she stumbled and fell in front of him.

Li Jiangyao hurriedly stepped forward to help the woman up and asked, "Who are you?" Why are they chasing you? ”

The woman was about to explain, but the big man behind had already run to the front, and the first person shouted: "Catch it, you want to live!" ”

Li Jiangyao raised his eyes and looked at it, only to find that those people were all wearing Shengtang military uniforms, and judging from the helmet and epaulettes, the other party turned out to be a long sword army.

Since the person who came was a serious officer and soldier, Li Jiangyao didn't dare to be reckless, and bowed his hand and said, "Brothers, why do you want to arrest this girl?" ”

The officer at the head saw that he was dressed in coarse cloth civilian clothes, and he didn't pay attention to it at all, and scolded angrily: "Where did you come from? Get out of the way! Don't disturb your business! ”

A fiery long-knife soldier was even more direct, rushing up and grabbing Li Jiangyao's shoulder, ready to pull him down violently. But he didn't expect that he tried twice in a row, but Li Jiangyao didn't move at all.

The other party looked stunned, Li Jiangyao couldn't help but smile, and then lightly touched the soldier's elbow acupoint with the scabbard, only to hear an oops, the man covered his arm and grinned a few steps back.

The officer was taken aback when he saw this, and while beckoning his subordinates to surround Li Jiangyao and the woman, he shouted: "This guy is a fellow assassin!" Don't let them go! ”

"You're so weird." Li Jiangyao was dissatisfied: "I was just passing by here, and I don't know this girl, why did you say that I was in the same party?" I just asked the reason for the matter out of curiosity, and if you talk about it briefly, you won't die. ”

Li Jiangyao forced back the soldiers of the Long Sword Army with a simple single move, showing a high level of martial arts, so that the officer did not dare to despise it anymore. At this time, when I heard him say this, I had to be patient and explained: "Well, since you are nosy, it doesn't hurt to tell you, I'm afraid that I will scare you to death!" This woman is the concubine of our Grand Commander, and we are arresting her who assassinated the Commander in the mansion yesterday! ”

"Don't listen to their nonsense," the woman said urgently, "they are all rebels, they killed the Great Commander, and now they want to insult me!" ”

Li Jiangyao looked stunned: "You mean that Commander Feng Yiwei is dead?" ”

"What Feng Yiwei Feng Erwei, are you a fool?" The officer said angrily: "The great commander of the Long Knife Army has already been replaced by the Duke of Zhenguo!" ”