At this time, in the north of Shu Kingdom, the sword gate known as "one man should be closed and ten thousand people are not opened" is brightly lit.

In the light, everyone who walked above the pass, or between the lanes, was a little depressed and decadent.

Because of failure.

Not only failure, but only a crushing defeat can make these iron-blooded soldiers so depressed.

This world is very large, as big as the universe galaxy, there is no map that can exhaust the tip of the iceberg of this world, in this almost infinite and boundless land, there are many countries, but there is always a natural confrontation between countries, the so-called one mountain does not allow two tigers, the side of the couch does not allow others to snore, and there is almost no reason to fight.

But no nation fights blindly, so in this nation, a tradition that has been handed down for many years has solved the problem.

That is the so-called military array battle, and the martial arts battle.

Every five or ten years, each country sends an elite army of 5,000 men led by a general to fight between the two countries, and in this confrontation, the two countries can get a glimpse of each other's military strength.

The warrior battle is a one-on-one challenge between the warriors of various countries in the form of defending and attacking at the border, and in this challenge, the two countries can get a glimpse of each other's martial arts in the country.

In this mutual peeping, there is a bloody killing... If you are defeated, if you are not strong enough, so that the other party sees the vulnerability, what will come is likely to be the crisis of annihilation of the country under the pressure of the army.

The reality is not a fairy tale, it is just so cruel.

The Shu State was defeated in the battle with the neighboring Qi State half a month ago, and the 5,000 soldiers and generals were all killed in the battle.

At the same time, the court masters who were full of confidence before were defeated in the martial arts battle, and the warriors of the Qi Kingdom were still waiting quietly in the mountains and forests called "Yanwutai", but no one dared to go to the Shu court.

Or it's not that you don't dare, but you know that if you go, you will be sent to death and humiliated, so what else do you do?

And that's not the end of it, the country is a special country, and the domestic martial arts are biased towards assassins...

Just when the army battle was defeated and the martial arts battle was lost, something else happened that almost ignited everyone's fear...

That's mass assassination.

With the defeat of the Shu army in the battle and the defeat in the martial arts battle, those hidden assassins seemed to respond to any order, and all of them were ignited, and they began to carry out their original mission.

These assassins have lived in Shu for many years, maybe they are just butchers on the streets, old men who tease birds in front of the door, scholars who are polite, prostitutes who are flamboyant, and poor singers...

Perhaps, he is hiding in the army, in the court, in the various sects, and even... Just by your side, talk and laugh with you.

The layout of the country has been around for a long time, and I don't know if it will be more than ten years or decades, or even longer.

The wolf's ambition is obvious.

But when everyone found out about this, Shu State, the sword gate of the border city, and the important city of "Bantiandu", which was the center of the northern vein, had already died many generals and strategists.

However, fortunately, Xia Guogong, who is the backbone of the northern defense system, is still alive, although he also suffered an assassination, but he survived.

If he is alive, he will be able to support the soldiers of the Northland for the last of their hearts.

However, the blow was devastating, like a black cloud that weighed down on the city, a sign of the brief drop of rain particles before the storm.

Click, click, click...

The autumn rain was killed, and it also fell at this time.

Slammed into the yellowed oil-paper window, making a screeching sound.

The wind is like a crane, and the cups and bows are all snake shadows.

Xia Guogong did not remove his armor, the sword was at his side, but his right hand was holding the pen and writing a letter quickly.

"The emperor of the enlightened country, the ambition of the country, the layout has been for a long time, and the assassins are dormant, and they are everywhere.

In recent times, great changes will take place in the country, and I hope that the monarch will prepare as soon as possible.

In addition, nearly half of the front-line generals have died in the assassination, and the minister implores to increase the number of troops and replace the generals. ”

After writing this short letter, Xia Guogong hurriedly grabbed a page again, and many names were densely written on this page...

These are the names of the assassinated generals.

He carefully stuffed the piece of paper and his letter into an envelope.

However...

No one saw that the first name on the page was Xia Shanguo.

And Xia Shanguo is Xia Guogong.

Naturally, no one would see a faint layer of human skin mask on Xia Guogong's face.

Not many people know that now in order to maintain the stability of the front line, Xia Guogong was replaced by his eldest son Xia Mingkong after he was assassinated.

Yu, Xia Qingguanzhi, the eldest brother was adopted, so she issued "Xiaoxuan, you have to work hard." Because, you are already the only male in my Xia family."

However, she will never, ever know, that this is a white lie,

A lie jointly told by Xia Shanguo, Zhou Lianxing, and Xia Mingkong in order to take care of her seemingly strong personality, but in fact not so strong.

The person who was actually adopted was actually herself.

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Such a great defeat, such a terror, naturally has not affected the people.

Xia Wushu only knew that his father was assassinated, and his eldest brother pretended to be him, and the rest was not clear.

In the bustling city of singing and dancing.

The autumn rain envelops the national capital.

Xia Xuan sat back in the house after dinner, and he was waiting.

In the dead of night, he can sneak out.

Where does a man like him have the tradition of sleeping at night?

The day has just begun.

As soon as his mind moved, a line of information appeared in front of the retina in front of him, which was born of "divine enlightenment":

Xia Ji:

Realm: Seven products

Fusion Progress:

Five Grades of Jinglun: Extreme Dao Sutra (Magic)

Four Treasures: Sunflower Treasure Book (Demon), Dou Zhuan Xing Shift (Positive), Blood Qi Tianluo (Demon),

Channel: (1/10)

Warp: (3/10)

Codex: (4/10)

Tips: (6/10)

Work: (8/10)

"(1/10)" means: It takes a total of 10 lower-level exercises to perform a fusion, and now I have 1 one.

However, not counting the two years at the beginning, he spent a full six years collecting exercises in Shu, and he only collected the exercise materials needed for the "fusion of the four classics"...

If he wanted to fuse a mythical Dao, he needed to search for materials that had "fused a hundred canons", that is, the twenty-five Shu Kingdoms.

In the blink of an eye, all of that information was gone.

This information is only a progress of fusion, and does not include those exercises that he has completed but cannot be used for fusion again.

But those exercises are all below the level of the Four Treasures, and they are no longer so important to him.