Chapter Ninety-Four: The Wind Rises
The family banquet was held in the private residence Yaoguang Garden, which was also the courtyard of the Holy Aunt Zhang Yulan.
Lu Jing is still here for the first time, after looking around, he nodded secretly, the taste of the senior aunt is still worth affirming, not to mention the beautiful scenery of this courtyard, but also the hidden trace formation, outsiders do not know the route, they will definitely be trapped by the maze, but looking at Fan Xuan's familiar appearance, it is obvious that he has not come less.
The kitchen is open-air, in the northwest corner of the annex, next to the main hall.
When Lu Jing and Zhang Qiying followed Fan Xuan in, Zhang Yulan was cooking with a servant woman, and she could smell the aroma of rice from a distance.
Lu Jing is today's hero, if he hadn't discovered the clues early and destroyed the disaster in the bud, it would have been really dragged on Christmas Day, the five demons were there, Du Gan took the puppet to cooperate with the stubborn stone to besiege Zhang Lu, the situation was very bad, therefore, Zhang Yulan and Zhang Lu were very kind to him, from this moment on, Lu Jing is no longer just Fan Xuan's personal inheritance, but also the high merit that the Heavenly Master Dao relies on to trust.
The meal was enjoyed by both the guests and the hosts.
After eating, Zhang Yulan took out all the treasures she had collected and asked Lu Jing to pick them.
Du Gan is the captain of the school affairs office, and the Five Demons are also an assassin group that has been famous for many years and has a head and face, and they still have a lot of treasures on their bodies.
However, Lu Jing had already taken the lion's head - Ma Dai's [Xuanshuang] Treasure Knife was now in his hand, this was the weapon of the former Fubo General Ma Yuan, ranking in the upper rank of the fifth grade, and he was not interested in anything else, so he refused again and again, and in the end, Zhang Yulan helped him pick a lot.
"This method of medicinal refining originates from Taiping Dao's "Elephant Nail Gong", according to the prescription, the medicinal bath can increase muscles and build bones, which is of great use to you, take it."
"There is also this "Wind and Thunder Mantra", you will "Drum Rhythm", which is quite accomplished in sound waves, this set of exercises can use ten fingers to send sound waves, with the true qi of "Great Wuxiang Gong" or have a miraculous effect, take it too."
"In addition, there are [Puppet Silk] and Du Gan's five puppets, in the battle, this thing blocked a lot of killing moves, but unfortunately there is no "Silk Puppet Technique" cheats...... This skill should also be a secret technique outside the sky, you practice it quickly and have a clever mind, you can try it. ”
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Zhang Yulan picked a lot of all this, some of which he let him take as rewards, and some of which he kept for backup.
It was difficult to resist the hospitality, Lu Jing saw that Zhang Yulan was sincere, so he didn't refuse.
In the next few days, until Daozu's Christmas, Nan Zheng had no more chaos.
Zhang Qiying and Wang Shuang retreated one after another, trying to break through the refining of the gods.
Yan Ling secretly practiced "Soul Destroying Bone Destroying Hand" in Jiang Xue Building.
Lu Jing's internal strength runs around the clock, and his internal force continues to increase, and from time to time he learns talismans and talisman arrays with Fan Xuan, or refining [Divine Fire Beads], and he is also not idle.
As for the three tough guys in the cold prison, Ma Dai, Gong Yu, and Du Gan, none of them lasted for five days.
Fox Cong's methods are getting better and better.
In order to survive, he not only handed over the design drawings of the catapult thunderbolt, but also compiled his own mechanical skills into a book and submitted it to Lu Jing...... For the sake of his knowledge, Lu Jing didn't make any more moves on him, he waited for him with good food and drink, handed over the drawings to Zhang Lu, and ordered someone to send the book to the hands of Lao Qianshan Mingyi, so that he could study it well with the foundation of Mojia techniques.
The second to succumb was Du Gan, the waterboarding was really cruel, Du Gan lasted for four days, during which he died and came back to life countless times, he couldn't stand it, and honestly wrote "Silk Puppetry".
The key to this set of secret techniques lies in the five-grade exotic treasure [puppet silk], which can not only control dead things, but also control living things, and can even plant silk threads into the human body, forcibly distorting the will of others to make him act according to his own will, which is extremely treacherous!
If it hadn't happened suddenly, Du Gan would have been prepared, but it would not have been so easy to catch.
Ma Dai lasted the longest, five days passed, no matter how Hu Cong tortured, he just didn't say anything.
Hu Cong is also a ruthless person, he only has Lu Jing's order in his heart, he doesn't care who is who, waterboarding is not good, then use bamboo punishment, what about Ma Chao's younger brother? Even if Ma Chao came in person, as long as Lu Jing spoke, then he would dare to be punished!
In order to make Ma Dai feel the pain "as soon as possible", he chose not the bamboo shoots that had just budded, but the bamboo that had grown half a foot of soil, and forcibly "embedded" Ma Dai on the bamboo shoots, which was bound to pierce the skin and flesh, and then every time the bamboo shoots grow, Ma Dai had to bear more pain.
What's even more terrifying is that he can feel the bamboo growing in his body, and the more blood flows, the faster the bamboo grows!
A day later, Ma Dai couldn't hold it anymore.
He swore in his heart that as long as he didn't die this time, he would definitely chop Hu Cong and Lu Jing with thousands of knives, chop them up and feed them to the dogs!
He endured the humiliation and silently wrote "Xuanshuang Knife Method", Lu Jing got the cheats, he talked about it, and the things he wanted were in hand, so naturally he would not torture him anymore, good wine, good food, good medicine, and within a few days, Ma Dai was alive and kicking, as if all he had experienced before was an illusion......
On February 15, Daozu's Christmas Day, it was very lively.
Lu Jing, as the capital supervisor of the Soldier Crow Dao, watched the whole ceremony from the sidelines, and it was indeed grand and grand.
The entire Nanzheng followers followed Zhang Lu and Zhang Yulan to offer incense, pray for blessings, chant sutras, and receive ......
The steps of Motianling were full of registered disciples, and at the foot of the mountain there were thousands of ordinary believers, all of whom looked pious, holding incense, and saluted respectfully towards the statue of the Taoist ancestor in the Zhengyi Xuantan Hall.
Zhang Lu recited the sacrificial text, asked for the blessing of the Taishang, prayed for the blessings of the believers, and recited the "Tao Te Ching" together on the mountain and down the mountain, and the scene was very shocking.
Daozu Christmas ended successfully.
Just when everyone was immersed in the joy of the festival, after only half a month, the army suddenly returned to the division - Xiahou Yuan took advantage of this civil strife to estranged Ma Chao from the high-level of the Heavenly Master Dao who accompanied the army, although Zhang Wei, Yan Pu and others obeyed Zhang Lu's order and expressed their belief that he did not participate in the plan, but the army heard that Ma Dai and Gong Yu contacted foreign enemies with the intention of murdering the capital eunuch and did not report it, and the crowd was angry for a while, and the people's resentment was boiling!
In order to kill Lu Jing, Ma Dai not only leaked Lu Jing's ability, but also made a bridge and let the two opposition forces secretly form an alliance.
If Lu Jing hadn't realized it in advance, not only would he have to die, but this group of people would have been a sharp knife inserted into the Heavenly Master's Dao!
Shijun took Ma Chao in when he was cornered, and promised to borrow troops and food to help him counterattack Liangzhou and make a comeback, which can be described as benevolent and righteous, but Ma Dai turned against him because of a personal grudge - obviously he was a hostage, and he actually colluded with foreign enemies because of this, plotting against him, and the disciples of Heavenly Master Dao were all indignant, if it weren't for the four generals, I was afraid that he had mutinied!
Seeing this situation, Ma Chao also knew that the command of the army could not move, but it was not Zhang Lu's fault, and there was no way to be aggrieved, so he ordered the fourth general to camp outside Yangping Pass.
The name of "Shenwei Tian General" is still easy to use, and the Qiang tribes still eat this set.
But before they were slaughtered by Boss Cao in Weishui, and then chased and killed by Xiahou Yuan in Jicheng, the confidence of all departments in Ma Chao was greatly reduced.
They are inherently similar to mercenaries, even if they lose battles, they can't get benefits, and no matter how loud the signboard is, they can't gather the hearts of the army.
So, on the fifth day of the second month, Xiahou Yuan ordered Zhang He and Xu Huang to lead 5,000 cavalry to attack Qishan along the Chencang trail, and within three days, the two arrived at Qishan Fort, and after a short rest, they led the elite to besiege and kill Ma Chao, at this time Ma Chao was seriously injured and did not heal, the Qiang mercenaries were not confident enough, Zhang He and Xu Huang joined forces, coupled with the attack of the guards of Qishan Fort, Ma Chao was defeated again, and thousands of Qiang tribes were slaughtered!
Ma Chao had no choice but to return to Yangping Pass.
Zhang He and Xu Huang pursued and killed outside the pass, and saw that the Heavenly Master Dao army was neat, Zhang Wei, Yang Ren, Chang Xi, and Yan Pu waited solemnly, did not attack again, and let the army retreat, and the war ended.
This time, Ma Xiang's hopes plummeted!
His reputation was already stinky, and after the Ma Dai incident, the disciples of Heavenly Master Dao looked down on him even more, and he lost the battle in a row, and the Qiang tribe was slaughtered twice by Xiahou Yuan because of him, which was just like giving credit, and he didn't follow him anymore, and all kinds of ridicule began to spread in secret.
If it weren't for his bravery, the 30,000 disciples would only be afraid that they would all move the gossip to the surface, Zhang Wei and Yan Pu symbolically punished the two who were happy, which could be regarded as giving Ma Chao a step, but everyone knew that Ma Chao had already betrayed his relatives, and it would be difficult to become a climate.
You can't fight, just garrisoning and camping costs a lot of money, so you can only retreat.
After Zhang Wei asked Zhang Lu, the army returned to the division, and this trip was in vain.
"Haha......"
Inside Jiang Xue Building, Lu Jing laughed with the letter, not hiding his schadenfreude at all: "A generation of unparalleled fierce generals, it is not easy to play a good deck of cards so badly......"
Yan Ling leaned over to look at the text on it, and was also a little confused: "What did he do here?" ”
"It's self-righteous and capricious, and it's normal to end up with this result."
Lu Jing shook his head and threw the letter aside: "If it weren't for his bravery, he would have died long ago!" ”
"Then he's back, ......"
Yan Ling was a little worried: "In the end, you designed to arrest Ma Dai and let his subordinates be detained, will he retaliate?" ”
"It's fine."
Lu Jing waved his hand and said: "No matter what, Ma Dai is a collaborator, he is now alone, with a seriously injured body, what can he do to me?" If he falls into such a situation, if he makes another attack on me, a soldier and a crow Dao, the Heavenly Master Dao will not tolerate him, and then he can only ......"
Suddenly, Lu Jing thought of something, and his face changed slightly.
Yan Ling looked at his expression, thought about it, and understood: "If Heavenly Master Dao can't tolerate him, then only one person can accept him." He is in a bad situation now, fighting alone, anyone who takes refuge will be given preferential treatment, let alone a fierce general like Ma Chao......"
Yi Guan Qi on the side said: "Miss is saying...... Liu Bei? ”
Yan Ling nodded.
Lu Jingdao: "How is the battle situation in the south?" Ming Yi sent a letter five days ago, Fucheng has been broken, and there is no new news after that. ”
Yan Ling took out a flying letter from her sleeve, handed it to Lu Jing, and said: "Fengyin Pavilion came to report this morning, after Liu Bei broke through Fucheng, the general Liu Bi was killed, Ling Bao retreated to Mianzhu, Liu Bei's army went all the way south, Mianzhu ordered Fei Shi and Li Yan to take advantage of Zhang Ren to go out of the city to meet Ling Bao, close the city gate, and move the city to Liu Bei, Zhang Ren and Ling Bao could only retreat south to Luocheng, and the two armies fell into a stalemate again......
“……”
Lu Jing looked at the letter in his hand, frowned, and said, "What the hell is going on with Liu Zhang?" Why are there so many two or five boys under his hands?! ”
Yan Ling said helplessly: "The kindness is too much, the majesty is not strong, my grandfather has already persuaded him, but he ...... Alas, Fei Shi is just a Mianzhu County order, probably Huai Cai is not encountered, just like Fazheng. Li Yan is a native of Nanyang, Jingzhou, so ......"
"I see."
Lu Jing suddenly said: "No wonder Liu Bei can't help it, Liu Zhang's Yizhou is simply full of holes!" Maybe Li Yan had already colluded with him, so he was waiting to stab him in the back today, and give Liu Zhang a blow! ”
Yan Ling nodded: "Ruocheng is already the last barrier in Chengdu, and the state pastor is estimated to have asked for help." My grandfather couldn't leave Ba County, and he was worried that the Jingzhou soldiers would take advantage of the situation, so he was worried about this matter......"
Hearing this, Yi Guanqi rolled his eyes and said, "My lord, if Lord Zhou Mu asks Shijun for help, will you help him intercede?" ”
"Yes."
Lu Jing said without hesitation: "Pang Tong and Wei Yan are not dead yet, whoever goes against them, I will help them!" ”
Yi Guan Qi said: "However, he and Shijun have a grudge against their relatives......
Lu Jingdao: "At this time and that time, if Liu Bei gains Yizhou, he will definitely make a move against Hanzhong!" Shi Jun can deal with Liu Zhang, but it is difficult to deal with Liu Bei, even if it is only for himself, Liu Zhang can't fall ...... Of course, these are all false, even if Shijun doesn't make a move, I will help......"
Lu Jing clenched the letter in his hand, his killing intent skyrocketed, and muttered, "Wei Yan, Pang Tong, it's time to die......
(End of chapter)