The black tide stopped in the distant field, and even with the Tang family's special clairvoyant mirror, it was difficult to see clearly what the origin of these cavalry was.

It didn't take long for more than 100 horsemen to leave the team and gallop towards Wenshui City, completely ignoring the divine crossbows in the city. Looking at this scene, even though they had practiced countless times on weekdays, the soldiers defending the city and the Tang family guards were still nervous, after all, they had never had real experience.

The lord of the city, accompanied by his subordinates, hurried to the head of the city, not fully clothed, let alone wearing armor.

Looking at the tide of cavalry in the distance, and the more than 100 horsemen getting closer and closer, the city lord's face became more and more pale.

Seeing that the more than 100 horsemen had already entered the attack range of the divine crossbow, he did not dare to give the order to attack, and sweat poured out like pulp. He looked at the Tang family guards and shouted in panic: "What about the main family, why didn't anyone come to the main family?"

The lord of Wenshui City was personally appointed by the imperial court, but he knew very well that he could never be the master of this city.

The owner of this city has only one surname since countless years ago, and that is the Tang family.

It has been a while since the alarm sounded, and no matter how slow the reaction is, the people of the Tang family should have arrived.

Why until now, there are only those guards on the city wall, but there is no big man in the Tang family?

A staff member stared at the more than 100 horsemen who were getting closer and closer, thought of a possibility, and whispered: "The main house is not moving, which means that there must be nothing wrong." ”

Hearing this, the city lord felt that it made sense, wiped the cold sweat from his face, and asked in a trembling voice, "That...... Who the hell is here?"

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Time passed, and more than 100 cavalry came to Wenshui City.

There was no fighting, as the people on the walls soon learned the identity of the other party.

It was not the Demon Clan's expeditionary force that came to Wenshui City, but two thousand Guardian Cavalry.

Their mission was to escort the three Templar Archbishops into Wenshui City.

The reason why the three Archbishops of the Templar came to Wenshui City was even simpler - to serve His Majesty the Pope.

No matter how unhappy the soldiers and civilians in Wenshui City were about this sudden movement this morning, they had no reason to stop each other outside the city.

-- The vast majority of the 2,000 triage cathars remained in the field without any hostility.

The heavy city gates, which had just been closed for a short time, slowly opened.

Under the escort of a hundred cavalry and under the gaze of countless pairs of emotionally complex eyes, the two chariots entered Wenshui City.

Archbishop Eucalyptus and the city lord said a few words through the curtain, and there was no intention of making a statement.

Some of the people on the street looked at the figure in the chariot curiously, and some knelt down and kept praying, which was very pious.

The King of the Sea and the White Stone Daoist were still sitting in the same chariot.

"The Tang family's reaction is very fast, it's not easy to attack. ”

The King of Linghai's gaze passed through the curtain and landed on the Tang family guards on the city wall a little farther away, who were obviously not the imperial army, and said with an expressionless face.

There are many deep meanings hidden in this sentence, and the Baishi Daoist smiled slightly and didn't say anything.

The King of Linghai glanced at him and said, "Wenshui City has never been in a war, why is the Tang family so vigilant and careful, even at the expense of seriously exceeding the regulations to set up a divine crossbow formation, and raising so many private soldiers?" Could it be that ...... Do they want to rebel?"

The meaning of this sentence was even clearer, and Shiraishi Daoren smiled, but still didn't say anything, because he didn't know how to answer.

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Two thousand apologetic cavalry escorted the three state magnates to Wenshui City.

Their reasons are very good, because they want to guarantee the safety of His Majesty the Pope.

No one can say anything.

But no one will forget the key point in this matter, that is, the palace did not notify Wenshui City in advance.

Taking without asking is stealing, and coming without asking is attacking.

Two thousand apologetic cavalry suddenly appeared outside Wenshui City, and the thunderous sound of hooves tore through the morning light.

Although there was no accident, the entire Wenshui City felt nervous and uneasy in the early morning of that day.

A thousand years ago, the demon army invaded south and besieged Luoyang City for a long time, and the front was only more than 300 miles away from Kyoto, but it never hit Wenshui City.

Looking further back in history, in the chaotic era of the struggle for hegemony, the mainland was full of smoke, people were displaced, and thousands of miles of scorched earth, but only Wenshui City was not attacked in any way, so it quietly watched the turmoil in the world.

For countless years, this was the first time that Wenshui City had seen the army with his own eyes.

What does the state church mean by doing this? Demonstrating to the Tang family and the imperial court? Fearing for the Pope's safety? Or trying to intimidate some people in Wenshui?

After the king of Zhongshan, who was a messenger, left the Songshan Military Mansion, he did not return to Beijing immediately, but on behalf of His Majesty the Emperor to inspect the northern military palaces.

On that day, the king of Linghai and the other three state magnates took two thousand apologetic cavalry to the Songshan Military Mansion with a thunderous force, and took advantage of the Pope's assassination case to take away the position of the god general of the Songshan Military Mansion extremely strongly, largely because they came too suddenly.

The more than 2,000 cavalry cavalry of the state religion have been stationed around Xunyang City, and the road to the Songshan Military Mansion is mostly a wasteland, and it is understandable that they can hide from the sight of the imperial court, but the problem is when the three state religion giants left the palace, and no one in Kyoto knows.

Naturally, the imperial court would not allow such a thing to happen again, and after the three state religion giants left the Songshan Military Mansion with two thousand state religious cavalry, their whereabouts were always under the control of the Great Zhou military, and everyone knew that they were advancing towards the Lingzhou Military Mansion.

This is also something that many people in the DPRK and China expected.

The state religion put on such a big formation, naturally it is impossible to just for the position of the Songshan Military Mansion.

The most important thing is that this is the place where Xue Xingchuan rose back then, even if he has been dead for three years and the imperial court has carried out many purges, it is still impossible to completely eliminate his influence.

No matter how you look at it, the military government should be the next target of the state religion.

Who would have thought that the three national religious giants and 2,000 apologetic cavalry would actually climb over the lifeless stone mountain Gobi overnight and suddenly appear outside Wenshui City!

What exactly does the state religion want to do? Could it be that the young Pope really went crazy and was ready to slaughter Wen Shui?

King Zhongshan finally began to think about these things, and his expression became more and more cold.

He would not have believed such absurd inferences at all, for he was convinced that His Majesty the young Pope could not do such a thing.

Moreover, 2,000 cavalry wanted to slaughter Wenshui? This is too much to underestimate the IQ of His Majesty the Pope and the unfathomable strength of the Tang family.

At this moment, a burst of cheers suddenly sounded on the street outside the military mansion.

The King of Zhongshan frowned slightly and asked, "What's the matter?"

After a while, the voices outside the mansion did not mean to stop, but became louder and louder, as if the entire Yonglan Pass was celebrating something.

General Jian Xi walked into the military hall and said in a deep voice: "I just received the news, the new batch of cinnabar pills will be distributed tomorrow. ”

King Zhongshan's eyes became deeper and deeper, thinking that His Majesty the Pope didn't know how his IQ was, but his bearing was indeed extraordinary.

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Wenshui is one of the few ancient cities in the world, it is in the deep winter season, the remnants of snow and yellow leaves reflect each other, and the scenery is more profound.

Looking at the mottled and antique city walls, looking at the banners that have remained unchanged for hundreds of years, anyone can feel the thick history in between.

Thinking of the family in the city, this thick history will add a few vicissitudes and a powerful feeling.

Even the King of Linghai was not as irritable as usual after entering the city, and became a little taciturn.

He lifted the curtains and saw first the people standing or kneeling on the side of the street, and then he saw a flash of water.

The city of Wenshui is more northerly than Kyoto, and the famous river that runs through the city still does not freeze in the cold winter season, and it has its own inexhaustible meaning.

Only the frost-stained grass on the riverside, and two or three small yellow flowers that have obviously frozen, prove that the weather is irreversible.

When he reached the outside of the Dao Hall, the chariot stopped, and the King of Linghai walked down the stone steps in the forest, with the White Stone Daoist and Archbishop Eucalyptus following behind him.

At the end of the secluded stone staircase is the shrine gate of the apse.

There was a pear tree planted in the door, and a young man stood under the tree.

The King of the Sea didn't like this young man.

Never liked it.

Even if he later learned the identity of the orthodox heir of the other party's state religion, he still could not understand why His Majesty the Pope, whom he respected so much, would appoint this person as his successor.

In his opinion, although this young man was not cowardly, he still lacked sharpness, was lifeless, and had no interest.

If there is no interest, it means that there is no love and hatred, and without strong love and hatred, you will not know what responsibility is.

It wasn't until this moment that he saw the figure under the pear tree that he vaguely understood something.

It turned out not to be lifeless.

It's calm and waveless.

This young man is like a stream.

The water may be a little shallow, but it is clear that you can see the fish swimming at the bottom and everyone themselves.

The stream looks very weak, but it is the most tenacious, and even the sharpest sword cannot cut it.

The stream looks calm, but in fact it contains unimaginable surging power, which can open up mountains and flow west to the sea.

Just like Wenshui City, everyone knew that he shouldn't come, or that it was inconvenient to come, but he still came.

The King of the Sea finally understood His Majesty's choice.

He bowed down calmly.

The white stone Taoist and Eucalyptus Lin glanced at each other, their expressions were slightly different, and then they also bowed down.

The young man turned around and said, "Get up." ”

The breeze came slowly, and countless tiny white flowers fell from the tree, sprinkled on his body, and stayed on his shoulders, looking like fresh snow, extremely clean.

There are small white flowers everywhere, falling all over the ground.

It's a cold deep winter, but there is such a beautiful scenery, why?

Maybe it's because he was refining in the Dao Hall yesterday, and the garden was suddenly warm and full of vitality.

So, suddenly, like a spring breeze overnight, the pear blossoms of the trees are all blooming.

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(Vol. 5: The End of Battlefield Yellow Flowers)