With a crisp whip sound, a blood mark suddenly appeared on the old man's right arm, and the blood flowing from the wound was shocking. When the young man saw that his grandfather was beaten for no reason, he was filled with anger and shouted: "Grandpa has no grievances with you, why beat him, do you know that it is better to bully the old and the young? With that, he let the two guards standing next to him take him away, leaving the guards who had just been taught by the young man to be stunned and the old man who knelt on the ground and wept bitterly.

Not far away, a young man in his early twenties was kneeling on the ground and pleading with the guards.

"The officials must not drag me to join the army! There is still a frail and sick mother at home who needs me to support, and if I leave, my mother will definitely die of illness!"

In front of a newly opened teahouse on the corner of the street, a newlywed couple hugged their heads and wept. The man stopped his tears, held his wife's hand tightly, and said seriously: "After I leave, the burden of the family will fall on your shoulders alone, you must take good care of yourself, I don't want to see you haggard when I come back." ”

Seeing such a bleak scene, the guards could not bear to forcibly separate their relatives and husband and wife, and tear families apart. It's a pity that they all receive His Majesty's holy decree to do things, and if they make a slight mistake, they will lose their heads, so they can only pretend to be hard-hearted.

Seeing this scene, Li Mengluan had mixed feelings in his heart, and he was very sad, so he naturally couldn't let it go. Sui Jiao shouted: "Princess Huiyang is here, who dares to bully the people!" When the guards saw that it was the princess, they were busy no longer pulling with the people, and they all saluted Li Mengluan.

Li Mengluan asked in a deep voice: "The people have no enmity with you, why do you bully them?" A guard raised the imperial conscription token in his hand and responded: "Princess Hui, we are not bullying the people, it is His Majesty who ordered us to include all men over the age of sixteen without disabilities in the army for training, and serve the country in the future." ”

After thinking for a while, Li Mengluan decided to go to Li Zaixing in person to ask for clarification, so he said to the guards: "I will ask the imperial brother clearly, during the period when I have not returned, you must not move around, let alone touch a single hair of the people, and wait here for my news." The guards agreed in unison, and Li Mengluan was relieved and turned back to the Jinluan Palace.

In front of the Dejinluan Palace, the early dynasty had just ended, and all the civil and military ministers dispersed, leaving Li Zaixing alone in the palace. Li Mengluan strode to the dragon case and performed the courtesy of the monarch and ministers. Li Zaixing smiled and asked, "Why did Mengluan come to Jinluan Palace?"

Li Mengluan said with a straight face: "Mengluan heard that the imperial brother is going to recruit all men over the age of sixteen into the army for training, can there be such a thing?"

Li Zaixing nodded and said, "This is indeed the case." Now Yasukuni is always facing the difficulty of destroying the country, there are repeated barbarian invasions on the border, and the Tang Dynasty will raise troops to attack at any time. China's military strength is a weak point, and if we do not recruit troops and drill to make our army strong, Yasukuni will certainly become a subject state of the Tang Dynasty! My brother is also thinking about the country and the people by doing this. ”

Li Mengluan shook his head and said: "If it is for the country and the people, why do you want to kill the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty and intensify the contradictions between the two countries?"

Li Zaixing stood up abruptly and said in a loud voice: "The enmity of the report is the desire of the people, and I don't want Yasukuni to be called a small country for thousands of generations." My brother vowed to make Yasukuni incomparably stronger, to become the largest power in Dongsheng Shenzhou, and to make the Tang Dynasty bow down to us! We must not make anyone look down on us. ”

Li Mengluan was shocked when he heard this, and he didn't know how to refute it, so he had to persuade: "Brother Huang, your idea of revitalizing Yasukuni is good, but now is the busy season for farming, and if you conduct conscription drills at this time, it will definitely affect the summer harvest to a great extent. Soldiers regard food as their treasure, and if they lack food, how can they win the war?"

Li Zaixing thought for a moment, and felt that what Li Mengluan said was quite reasonable, so he said, "Okay, it's up to you." The conscription program will be suspended for the time being, and it will be planned until the farm is slack. ”

Li Mengluan was very happy when he saw that the persuasion was successful, so he asked Li Zaixing for the royal gold medal and ordered the guards to stop the conscription. A storm was passed without danger.

On this night, it was dark clouds covering the moon again, the sky was dark and windy, the temperature plummeted, and the black fog spread.

The leader of the Black Mist Army appeared in Li Zaixing's house, and said coldly: "Erzhi's conscription plan has failed?"

Every time Li Zaixing saw this person in a wide ink robe, who didn't see him, and was full of strange murderous aura, he would tremble with fear, and cold sweat would break out on his forehead. Hearing his question at this moment, his tone seemed to be a little angry, but he was even more frightened, and hurriedly responded: "It's my sister who is nosy and ruined my plan..."

Before Li Zaixing could finish speaking, the ink-robed man roared in a low voice: "I don't care if my brother or sister ruins the plan, we will kill him! We can't waste time like this anymore, you are limited to seven days to recruit troops, if you don't succeed by then, you will only have a dead end!" The black fog in the sky slowly dissipated, the clouds cleared and the moon was seen, and everything returned to normal.

Li Zaixing was anxious in his heart, knowing that the conscription plan could not be postponed, but how to convince Li Mengluan? Suddenly, Li Zaixing had a flash of inspiration, and he had forgotten the transfer technique passed on to him by the leader of the Black Mist Army, as long as the three of them got together, hehe! Li Zaixing sneered twice, and said in his heart that no one would disturb his plan this time, and he was sure that nothing would go wrong.

Li Zaixing then sent guards to Li Mengluan and Xuantian's room to check, and sure enough, there was no one. Li Zaixing expected that the three of them would get together again to conspire, so he bit off the index finger of his right hand, drew the words of the spell in the air, and silently recited the incantation in his mouth, the red light in his eyes flickered, and his expression was hideous.

At this moment, when Li Mengluan, Xuantian and Song Zhendong were discussing how to use to prevent Li Zaixing from recruiting troops again when they were in the agricultural slack, they suddenly saw a huge blood-red magic circle appear on the ground, and there were only circles of strange patterns and dense scribbled incantations on the circle. The three of them all knew that something was wrong, but before they could make any moves, the circle disappeared into the house with them, as if the world had evaporated.

When they opened their eyes again, the three of them had arrived in an extremely unfamiliar place. I saw that the ground was covered with weeds, and there were iron walls all around, and the material looked like fine black iron! A small door was closed in front of the three of them, and its thickness was better than that iron wall. The smell of decay and fishiness here was extremely strong, and the three of them realized at this moment that they had been locked in a cell by someone using the technique of transfer.

Don't miss the opportunity, and never miss it. Although Li Zaixing was full of confidence in the cell that could lock up any martial arts master, he knew that he must not drag his work into the mud and water, and once there was an accident, it would be a catastrophe. So Li Zaixing summoned the palace guards late at night, asked them to start the second conscription immediately tomorrow, and warned them that no matter who wanted to stop them, they didn't have to report it to him, and they were killed directly.

After the guards received the order, they immediately began to act, and this time the conscription plan was carried out extremely quickly without the interference of Li Mengluan and others, and tens of thousands of soldiers were recruited in just one day. When the news reached Li Zaixing's ears, he was also very surprised, this time the conscription seemed to have God's help, and it went so smoothly. Thinking of this, Li Zaixing laughed loudly, his face full of pride.

In the cell, Song Zhendong put his hand on the iron wall, quietly trying to test its thickness. With the flow of true qi in Song Zhendong's body, the reflection of the iron wall is golden, bright and warm, soft and subtle, like a portrayal of Song Zhendong himself. After a moment, Song Zhendong withdrew his hand, and the light faded. I saw that his face was embarrassed, and there was a little unwillingness in the loss.

Li Mengluan looked at Song Zhendong's face, and was puzzled and amused in his heart, but in the end, he still tightened his cheeks that wanted to smile and asked, "What is the thickness of this iron wall?"

Song Zhendong shook his head and said, "If it is a few inches thinner, the three of us may be able to break through this cage together." ”

Xuantian was taken aback and wondered: "Is this iron wall really so thick?"

Li Mengluan slapped him jokingly and said with a smile: "You don't believe what your cousin said?"

Xuantian pondered for a moment and glanced at Li Mengluan. The communication between the two of them was really much easier, and Li Mengluan immediately understood what Xuantian meant, he wanted to ask Li Mengluan if it was convenient for her to show her superb skills in front of Song Zhendong. Although Song Zhendong and Li Mengluan have a very good relationship, Xuantian always has a feeling that Song Zhendong does not know Li Mengluan.