After going up the mountain, Jiang Xiaobai gathered several county lords and explained to them, and after he left, Bu Xiu acted as the chief county lord.

Several county lords were shocked when they heard that he was going to the capital or to save people, and Niu Xuangu panicked: "Chief county lord, this can't be helped, the capital is a tiger's den in Longtan, don't say that you go alone, you can't kill it even if you bring 100,000 armor!

Jiang Xiaobai said: "When I went to Wushenghai, everyone said the same. Later, when I went to the Nine Demon Slayer Domain, everyone still said the same. Now that I'm here, that's what you thought at first. But don't I still live a good life?"

Niu Xuangu hurriedly said: "But the capital is different, there are masters like clouds, and there are heavy soldiers around, and there is no possibility of escaping by chance." Chief County Lord, I know that you are both wise and brave, but in that kind of place, there is nowhere to show it!"

Jiang Xiaobai said: "That's what you think!"

Niu Xuangu's mind flashed, and after a little hesitation, he mustered up his courage and said tentatively: "Chief County Lord, it won't be the emperor who promised you any conditions, right?"

Jiang Xiaobai snorted coldly and said, "Isn't it okay to ask me if I have defected? You also know that I don't like to beat around the bush." ”

Niu Xuangu panicked: "My subordinates don't dare!"

Jiang Xiaobai said: "First, I don't owe anyone, if I rebel, I will be above board, and I will never sneak around; second, if I rebel, I will not leave Buxiu and Wang Qinghu behind, they are my brothers." I won't leave Lord Chang and Miss Chang behind, I fought with my life to save them, not to stay with the funeral. ”

Niu Xuangu thought about it, and said busily: "Chief County Lord, you misunderstood what I meant, I really didn't mean that." ”

Jiang Xiaobai said: "You tell Zhennanhou and let him rest assured that I will go to the capital, and there are only two results, either die there or come back alive, and I will not take the third way." ”

Niu Xuangu said: "Chief County Lord, you will definitely come back alive." ”

At night, Jiang Xiaobai was just about to go to bed, but there was a knock on the door, so he got up and opened the door, and Chang Chuchu stood outside the door. Jiang Xiaobai was stunned and said, "Miss Chang, you haven't slept yet?"

Chang Chuchu walked in, sat down at the table, and said, "Brother Jiang, I know that you have made up your mind to go, and I won't persuade you, can you take me with you, I can also take care of you on the way." ”

Jiang Xiaobai sighed: "I can't take care of you when it's dangerous, how can you take care of me?"

Chang Chuchu said: "Are you afraid that I will drag you back?"

Jiang Xiaobai said: "I only have legs, not hind legs, so you think a little more." ”

Chang Chuchu said: "Then why don't you take me?"

Jiang Xiaobai sighed: "This is more auspicious, I wish I didn't have to go myself, I can bring one less, there is no need to make senseless sacrifices." ”

Chang Chuchu heard him say that he was more auspicious and less auspicious, his heart tightened, and tears flowed down, and said: "I'd rather accompany you to be more auspicious and less auspicious, and I don't want to stay here and wait alone, I'm afraid that the feeling of waiting is more uncomfortable than waiting for death." ”

Jiang Xiaobai said: "Since you are afraid, you don't need to wait." When a person is not afraid of death, life is the most terrifying, but you haven't reached that point yet, I still like to see you who were not afraid of heaven and earth before. Although I have saved you, don't take it as a burden, you don't owe me, or you will live a very tired life. ”

Chang Chuchu said anxiously: "I know I'm tired of living, but it's not because I feel indebted to you, I just can't control myself." ”

Jiang Xiaobai said: "So you have to learn to control yourself, no one can do whatever you want, I also have a lot of regrets, life is originally between gains and losses, there are gains and losses." Have you ever thought that if you go to the capital with me, you get what you want to do, but the kind of waiting that you are afraid of will be borne by your father and mother, have you considered their feelings?

Chang Chuchu nodded tearfully and said: "Okay, Brother Jiang, I will never be able to say you, I just hope you can remember what you said, don't keep looking forward, and go back often to see, there are still many people waiting for you to return." ”

Jiang Xiaobai nodded and said, "I will." ”

The next day, before the sun appeared, Jiang Xiaobai set off with Yuxiong and Chen Jingru. After galloping for more than ten days, he finally arrived at a small city at the junction of the road and the capital.

The capital is surrounded by mountains on all sides, the mountains are thousands of feet high, naturally form a city wall, and there are passes left around, like the city gate, which can be used to enter and exit. The hinterland of the mountains is hundreds of miles long and wide, the streets are vertical and horizontal, the shops are continuous, and the prosperity is incomparable. There are millions of Praetorian Guards stationed outside the mountain, and if the four passes are blocked, even flies will not be able to fly out.

Jiang Xiaobai did not rush into Beijing, but lived in the small city for a few days, inquired around, and waited until the day of the gold rush conference before the three of them began to enter the city.

Because today is the day of the gold rush and the whole city is under martial law, there are no people entering and leaving the pass at all, and there are only two rows of soldiers standing, neatly armed, which looks particularly deserted.

When the three of them walked over, a non-commissioned officer came over, stopped them, and said, "Who are you?"

Jiang Xiaobai didn't speak, but just took out the token from his arms and showed it to him, and the non-commissioned officer didn't dare to say more, stood sideways, and said, "Three adults, hurry up and enter the city, the gold rush will start soon." ”

Jiang Xiaobai asked the direction of the gold rush conference and walked in.

When the non-commissioned officer saw them entering the valley, he hurriedly called a person and said, "Hurry up and inform the generalissimo that Qinglianghou has appeared." ”

The man answered, hurriedly rode on the dragon horse, and followed into the valley.

There is a hill in the southeast corner of the valley, the mountain is not high, there is a square under the mountain, paved with bluestone slabs, and there are many sculptures of mythical beasts erected around. It's off the beaten track, and it's only bustling with the annual royal family festivals.

This gold rush was held here.

Since the people from the other six countries had arrived a few days earlier, they had arrived early, and there were two rows of seats on either side of the square, leaving a wide aisle in the middle.

At this conference, Tiansha and Jindidi also came, and people from the two countries sat next to each other. However, Tiansha was angry that Jin Didi rescued Qinglianghou last time, and he was still angry when he thought about it for more than two years, so when Jin Didi talked to her, she mocked at most two words, and then ignored him. Jin Didi was bored, so he also went back and sat down peacefully.

Hua Zizi also arrived early, sitting at the end of the aisle, facing the Six Kingdoms, and there were more than a dozen disciples of the Leng Yan Palace sitting behind her. Although she sat motionless, her eyes swept back and forth in the crowd several times, but she did not see the figure she wanted to see, and her heart was inevitably empty.

Jiang Licun sat in the next head to accompany him, and the seven generalissimos sat behind him, while none of the three marquis of Zhendong, Zhennan, and Zhenxi came, nor did they send anyone.

Seeing that the gold rush was about to start, and he didn't see Jiang Xiaobai's shadow, Jiang Licun turned his head and asked Meng Qinzhong: "Hasn't Qinglianghou come yet?"

Meng Qinzhong was more anxious than him, after all, this bad idea was come up with him, if Qingliang Hou and Yuxiong didn't come, this face would be lost. His forehead was sweating with anxiety, and he said, "Maybe they encountered an accident on the road and were delayed, right?"

Jiang Licun sighed: "I guess they don't dare to come." ”

Meng Qinzhong said: "Even if Jiang Xiaobai doesn't dare to come, but Yuxiong's daughter is still in our hands, he won't even care about his daughter's life, right?"

Jiang Licun said: "Who will take care of the love of children and daughters of the cultivators?" It's not good to say, I even killed my brother and my father, what is a daughter?

Meng Qinzhong gritted his teeth and said, "These two beasts have no humanity at all. I thought Jiang Xiaobai was a brave and resourceful, affectionate and righteous husband, but I didn't expect that he was also greedy for life and afraid of death! ”

Jiang Licun felt that the word "beast" was scolding him, and said lightly: "You are also disappointed in me!"

Meng Qinzhong was so ashamed that he was ashamed of himself, and he hated Jiang Xiaobai in his heart, and he didn't give him face at all.

"Bell—"

A thick bell rang, shaking the eardrums, and the gold rush began. The square was originally noisy and noisy, but it suddenly fell silent.

A master of ceremonies walked to the center of the aisle, holding a piece of manuscript paper in his hand, which was densely filled with words, and then read according to the manuscript, with a loud and powerful voice, which could be heard outside the square. At the beginning, I just talked about some scenes, welcome this, welcome that, here is also honored, there is also honor, but after the whole body is honored, I will start to talk about the rules of the gold rush conference.

Everyone knows the rules, but in order to prevent anyone from pretending not to know, they are explained in detail.

In fact, the rules are very simple, as long as it is a Jin Dou monk, anyone can come to the stage to call the battle, and even name names, as long as the other party is also Jin Dou and is willing to fight. Until the battle is so big that no one dares to fight, the person standing in the ring becomes the owner of this gold rush conference. However, in order to prevent wheel warfare, a country can use a maximum of three men against the same monk, and the monk has the right to ask for a break and fight again.

Once you are in the ring, the sword has no eyes, your life is like an ant, and if you die, you will die, and no one will avenge you for your blood hatred, but in the process of fighting, if one side feels defeated, it is allowed to surrender.

Although there is this rule, there are very few people who surrender, because surrender is really humiliating to the national body, even if you are lucky enough to survive at that time, it is a dead end, not to mention the loss of reputation, and the family will not get a pension, so as long as it is a monk who goes to the ring, he will basically prefer to die rather than surrender.

The master of ceremonies read for a long time, and finally finished reading the manuscript paper, took a long breath, put down the manuscript paper and said: "I announce, the Seven Nations Gold Rush Conference will start now, I wonder if there is any gold fighting master below who is willing to come to the stage to challenge?"

In fact, there was no platform at all, that is, a vacant space in the middle of the square, that is, where he stood. ”