Chapter 64: The Coming Offense
On the way back, Shen Yan and the three of them were silent, and no one even spoke with Gu Renfeng. It was silent all the way to Cthulhu.
Murong didn't know where he had gone, and Murong Qing and the group of citygoers he had brought with him had not yet returned.
Gu Renfeng and the others released another group of people from the magic weapon, along with Meng Fuyao and others.
Meng Fuyao and the others who were trapped in another space did not have any casualties, but the group of people brought out of Yemen City didn't know if they had been hit by the spell or what's wrong, they were numb and godless, like puppets, they could only command one action at a time, as if they had lost their self-awareness. Murong Qing didn't come back, it was Su Qing who sent the doctor on the ninth floor to treat them.
Jinxiu instructed Gu Renfeng and the others to awaken their memories for the red peony, and Shen Yan saw that he was useless, so he returned to the room to continue his practice.
But at the end, the appearance of the White Mask still affected her.
Can the dead be resurrected?
She had been thinking about it since the White Mask asked that sentence. But if you think about it, there is actually no one who wants to be resurrected.
Shen Yan was more concerned about who the person who could resurrect the dead than whether he could resurrect the dead? The white mask was obviously hostile to them after it appeared, but he didn't know why he didn't do it all the time, and later said that the time was up.
He said that he didn't take refuge in the demon clan, is this sentence true or false?
The more I thought about it, the more mysteries I felt.
Shen Yan forced himself to calm down, and silently recited the Nirvana Heart Sutra over and over again, but he never reached the point where his mind was clear and calm. In the end, he gave up continuing to meditate, and instead went to the courtyard and began to practice swords.
At lunchtime, Murong came back, and when he heard about Shen Yan's experience on their trip, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief: "It would be good to be able to save the people there." Now that most of the residents of the northern border have moved elsewhere, an edict came from the sky to Beijing early this morning, and the powerful general Su Chouyi will also send troops to the northern border. ”
"General Xianwei?" Shen Yan was taken aback, a little surprised.
Murong smiled with a little wryness: "That's right. He had known that the imperial court would send people to the north again to support, but he didn't expect it to be that one.
The Xianwei general Su Chou Yi is the son of the former Xianwei general Su Jinxue, but it was not Su Jinxue's wife and concubine, but he was born to a Qinglou woman. Originally, Su Jinxue didn't know about Su Chouyi's existence, until Su Chouyi came to the door alone. At that time, Su Chou came to the door to recognize his relatives and made a fuss, General Su was unwilling to end up in the name of not recognizing his parents, and secondly, although there were many wives and concubines in the family, there were few heirs, and all of them were girls, so after the identification, it was indeed his own bloodline that was also accepted into the house.
Originally, Su Chou was Su Jinxue's only son, even if his biological mother's status was low, he should have been quite favored and valued when there were no other sons in the General's Mansion, but as Su Chou grew up, the more bewitching that face became, and his personality became more and more withdrawn and gloomy. That's not all, but I don't know when he began to wantonly kill teenagers and girls, at first only against the people in the house, and then slowly expanded to those civilians with low backgrounds.
When the interests of other high-ranking nobles were not touched, everyone did not pursue it too much for the sake of General Su's face, until it was later revealed that Su Chou was cultivating evil skills with this, and Emperor Jinhui at that time was furious and sent the people of the Mu family to abolish his cultivation and expel him from Tianshangjing.
Su Chouyi did not collapse because of this, but threw himself into the side of Guan and climbed up from a small soldier, and finally sat in the position of general. His methods are much more spicy than before, but now he is not as reckless as before, but more of a captive slave.
After Su Jinxue left, Su Chouyi succeeded to the post of Xianwei General, and it turned out that Su Jinxue's wives and concubines were all afraid of asking for orders to guard the tomb for Su Jinxue and were unwilling to continue to stay in the general's mansion. The name Su Chouyi has also become the existence of almost everyone in the entire Dafu.
But his character and methods are certainly worthy of criticism, but Murong can't find anything wrong in the position of a general, and the generals under Su Chou also respect him very much. It can be said that among the generals who can be counted among the famous ones, Su Chouyi's name is definitely in the top few. What means are ruthless and uncertain, and they become insignificant.
Murong has been guarding the northern border all the year round, and he has heard a lot of news, in fact, even if the two of them are called the Great Fu Twin Stars, he has not really met Su Chouyi. This time, Su Chou came with his troops, and he didn't know whether it was a good thing or a bad thing.
Shen Yan didn't know about this, but he had also heard of General Xianwei's murderous name when he was in the boudoir in previous years. At that time, it was mostly her brother who used it to scare her and make her obedient. At this time, seeing that Murong Meiyu was a little sad, he knew that he couldn't help much in this matter, so he changed the topic and said: "Previously, the young city lord said that Fuyao and those who sent the letter had been replaced with memories, but I don't know that now I have recalled my own memories for them. ”
Murong heard this: "If Miss Shen is worried, you can go to Beiyuan to take a look." General Ben has other things to do, so he won't stay long. ”
"General, just go about your own business. Shen Yan nodded to him, and then asked a little strangely, "However, why didn't you see Master Su?"
Murong said: "After Rong Qing arrived, there was no one in the north to go out and no one could send a message out as before, and there were people coming over from the main building on the ninth floor again, and the owner of the Su Mansion went to see these people." ”
Shen Yan nodded and thanked him, then said goodbye and left the place.
In the afternoon, there was a light snow in the sky, Shen Yan went to see Meng Fuyao and them, listening to Jinxiu's words, although it was not difficult to awaken their own memories, they could not relax at all. If you want to cast a spell on a person's brain, you have to be careful and careful, otherwise if you accidentally become a fool, it will still be light, and if it is serious, you will die directly.
"However, don't worry too much, it's not the first time that the uncles have done this kind of thing, and there will be nothing wrong. Jinxiu saw that Shen Yan frowned slightly after listening to his words, so he added.
After hearing such words, Shen Yan was relieved, and talked to Jinxiu about the fact that Su Chouyi, the powerful general, was about to bring troops to the northern border.
The name Su Chouyi can be regarded as almost known to the whole continent.
Jinxiu was dull for a moment after Shen Yan finished speaking, and then said: "No matter what his reputation is outside, Su Chouyi's ability should not be underestimated. After he was abolished and expelled from Heavenly Beijing, he was still able to re-enter his cultivation and has the strength he has now....... I just don't know if it's good or bad for him to come here at the moment. ”
When Shen Yan heard this, he couldn't help but ask, "What is the explanation of the young city lord's words?" "The current situation in the northern realm, isn't it a good thing to have a powerful cultivator here?"
"Although Su Chouyi has never disobeyed the edicts issued by the imperial court, and every task has been completed extremely well. But....... There is gossip that his biological mother is a snake demon. Jinxiu tightened her eyebrows as she said this, as if she had encountered something embarrassing, "This news is not confirmed to be true or false, because his mother has already chosen to commit suicide in order for him not to be criticized for his lowly status." It was precisely because of his mother's death that Su Chou obeyed his mother's orders to find General Xianwei's mansion. It is also because the lady died early, so this news can never be confirmed. However, judging from the news found by Luo Jincheng, there is a good chance that this rumor is true. ”
"In this case, General Su is a descendant of humans and demons?" Shen Yan now understood where Jinxiu's concerns came from. It may not matter what Su Chou's nature is, at least he is still under the jurisdiction of the imperial court and has now converged a lot, but if he really has half of the demon clan blood in his body, whether he will turn against the demon clan at this time has become a big question that people have to guard against.
The generals led by Su Chou may not betray, but Su Chou himself is a powerful person and is in a high position, and once he defects, it will be a huge threat to the entire human race. That's why Xiu said something like that.
"But now it's just speculation, everything hasn't happened yet, Miss Shen has the right to act as if she didn't hear anything today. "I'm worried that knowing this, Shen Yan will show some abnormal color in front of Su Chou at that time, and it will not be good to provoke the other party's bad feelings.
Jinxiu said this, and suddenly felt that he should not have said this matter so early.
Shen Yan was indeed a little strange: "Since General Su is a ladyboy, what about it........ How could Her Majesty the Empress appoint him to take over the position of the former Xianwei General? If he really would defect one day, Lord Zhishi should have given a warning in advance, right?"
Jinxiu shook her head and said, "Actually, when I first received this news, I was also very strange. Perhaps, when Su Chou arrives in the north, there will be an answer. ”
Shen Yan nodded, and after asking about Meng Fuyao's situation, he said goodbye to Jinxiu and returned to his room.
At dusk, the snow stopped, and Murong Qing also returned to the Zhenbei General's Mansion, and the group of people he took away first had already been diagnosed and treated, and they were sent to other places in the hands of the soldiers who sent the people from all over the city to leave the northern border.
Shen Yan didn't see Murong Qing, because as soon as the other party returned to the general's mansion, he was called to treat another part of the people.
Su Qing has also been busy, she has never bothered the other party, and she will follow the patrol team to patrol the city in her free time.
Time passed little by little, and inadvertently, it was the end of December.
In previous years, this time of year should be really the time of the New Year, even if the snow is flying all day, almost to the point that it is falling all day, the city should be a festive color. But now all the residents of the city have been transferred, and only the armored generals are still on standby.
Meng Fuyao and those messengers who sent the letter had already recovered their memories, and Red Peony was worried that Meng Fuyao's body would not be able to withstand the bitter cold in the north, so she had already taken her out of here, but most of the people in Liuyinglou still stayed, under the dispatch of Murong and Su Qing.
Some of the people rescued from the city of Yemen were left behind by Murong in an attempt to replicate the trap birds created by the demon clan. But it hasn't been successful until now.
Shen Yan went to the temporarily reconstructed workshop to see it, but she was not good at manufacturing, so she didn't help much. Thinking of the all-encompassing collection in the Tibetan building in Guguan Mountain, he sent a letter to Bai Zhi to inquire about the situation.
This time it took a long time for the letter to be answered. There were only a few words in my heart, and I said that the cultivators of Changlan Mountain had entered the world. Among the three mountains, only Changlan Mountain is the best way to treat things.
After Murong and the others heard the news, because the development of the organ bird had not been successful, the depression became much smaller.
But no one thought that what came to mind the most was not the cultivator of Changlan Mountain, nor the powerful general Su Chouyi, but the demon clan.
It was a rare sunny day, and Shen Yan was the first to notice that something was wrong.
In the snow, there are countless snow demons lurking, and before everyone has time to react, they surround the entire city of Cthulhu. The guards defending the city were killed a lot by surprise, if it weren't for Shen Yan's timely reaction to resist and buy time for Jinxiu and others elsewhere, I was afraid that Cthulhu City would also be lost. But even so, Cthulhu City suffered heavy losses.
The Demon Clan's attack was as sudden and swift as the previous Yemeni city.
Several senior uncles from Yunfu Heavenly City set up an enchantment over the entire city, which can be regarded as temporarily stabilizing the situation.
Standing on top of the castle tower, there are dense snowmen-like snow demons distributed in all directions outside Cthulhu City.
Murong's expression was unprecedentedly solemn: "They seem to be waiting for something." ”
Those snow demons were menacing before, but what was even more important was that they had the advantage of being unprepared for the sudden attack on Cthulhu City, and now after being stopped by Jinxiu Shen Yan and others, they also stopped the rhythm of the attack and just surrounded the outside of the city.
Jinxiu changed into a silver-white light armor, her hair stood up high, and she was carrying a long sword, and the whole person looked very heroic.
"The demon clan is not stupid, knowing that there are cultivators here, they also send these unfashionable snow demons to commit crimes. There should be more powerful demons in the future......."
Jinxiu's words made Murong's brows furrow even tighter. He is familiar with fighting people, but it is the first time to fight demons. The snow demon in Xiu's mouth has already killed many of his soldiers, and there are even more powerful ones that appear again, but I am afraid that few of those people under his command can withstand it.
Just thinking about it, Murong Qing suddenly spoke: "Look at the sky." ”
Everyone's eyes shifted to heaven because of these words.
In the distance, a large dark cloud is approaching the city of Cthulhu at high speed.
And when the dark cloud got closer and closer, everyone realized that it was a dark cloud, but a bird that had appeared in the city of Yemen. A large area of black pressure is quite obscured.
"It's a trap bird!" Shen Yan said subconsciously, and added, "It seems to be a little different from the last time we saw it in Yemen City." ”
Shen Yan had only seen it once from afar outside the city last time, and he could find the difference even more between Jinxiu and the others who had fought with those trap birds at close range.
The trap bird that appeared over Cthulhu City now has blood-red lines on its body, and the driver of the trap bird has changed from two people to one person.
Shen Yan felt that those lines were a little familiar, but for a moment he couldn't remember where he had seen them. And the current situation did not allow her to think too much, and the trap birds had already fired crossbow arrows downward.
There was a small flame on the tip of those arrows, and Shen Yan and the others, who had seen these flames, suddenly changed their faces.
The other side of the floating song
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