Zhong Heng strongly objected to the Dragon King's decision, "It's not worth the Dragon King's risk, even if Jinpeng Castle cuts all the killers, as long as the Dubu King lives in it, it will still be a wolf's cave and a tiger's den, and the best way to deal with it is to step on the ground with thousands of troops and horses, and burn it out, there is no need to test the depth." The dragon king thinks twice. ”

Gu Shenwei insisted on his decision and made full preparations: Zhong Heng led Shule [***] in the west, Dugu Xian controlled the 20,000 Central Plains troops in the east, and Wu Zongheng sat in the Dragon Army camp, and all of them entered a state of readiness.

The Jinpeng army, which was not far away, was frightened, closed the camp gate, and even the scouts were withdrawn.

Gu Shenwei invited Sun Chengqi, the deputy envoy of the Central Plains, to go to Jinpeng Fort with him, and by the way, he brought more than ten martial arts people from the Central Plains, including Luo Qikang, and his own subordinates only followed four people: Shangguan Fei, Shangguan Hong, Chu Nanping, and Tugou.

One morning in the first lunar month, the Dragon King and the Central Plains people entered Biyu City from the east gate and went to Jinpeng Fort as guests.

This time, the pomp and circumstance was not as huge as the one when the Central Plains envoys passed through the city, and there were only more than 100 guards, but it attracted more audiences.

Along the way, the crowd remained solemnly quiet, bowing to the Dragon King, as if he had become the master of Biyu City.

After passing through the north city gate and ascending the spiraling mountain road, both sides immediately became deserted, and most of the residents on the mountain were servants and retired killers of Jinpeng Castle, and their homes were closed, and there seemed to be no one living inside.

Seeing the towering stone castle and unprotected stone beams from afar, Sun Chengqi exclaimed, "I really can't see that Jinpeng Fort is so big at the bottom of the mountain, the so-called one man is not open, Jinpeng Fort only needs to place a few killers on the opposite side of the bridge, who can attack it?"

Opposite the stone beam, there is really only "one husband and one man".

Zhang Ji, who had long robes and wide sleeves, thought that he was more powerful than thousands of killers, and was standing dozens of steps in front of the gate, waiting for the arrival of guests, and there was no retinue in front of him or behind him.

"In Xia Zhangji, the military advisors of Jinpeng Fort and Tianshan Sect welcome all distinguished guests. ”

Everyone dismounted, and the others were nothing, but Sun Chengqi felt that he had been treated coldly, so he nodded lightly, not taking the generals seriously.

Gu Shenwei is relatively familiar with Jinpeng Castle, and when he followed Shangguan Ru and Shangguan Yu, he traveled to almost every place in the fort, but Zhengtang never came.

In the middle of the main hall of Jinpeng Castle, there is a huge building, all made of stones, the age is long, the steps are broken and damaged, Sun Chengqi said again, "Look high at the bottom of the mountain, look big at the close, come in and see-hey, it's a little shabby." ”

Gu Shenwei was already familiar with the ruins in the stone castle, even when the castle was most crowded, weeds would inevitably grow in the cracks of the stones.

Shangguan Fei and Shangguan Hong were a little flustered in surprise, they were born in the stone castle, grew up in the stone castle, their eyes are used to ignoring the cracks and damage, in their impression, the stone castle is majestic and majestic, like a whole stone carved out, I didn't expect to go out for more than two years, and then come back to see all the dilapidated depression, and such a scene has actually existed for many years.

The two glanced at each other, and the momentary spirit was immediately replaced by deep hatred.

The slaves of Jinpeng Castle began to appear, there were no killers, just ordinary slaves, standing on both sides with their heads bowed, greeting the former killer apprentices and current enemies, everyone's necks seemed to be a little abnormal, and for the first time they felt that the action of bowing their heads was forced to do it.

There was no sign of damage in the main hall, the floor was still as smooth as ever, there were no potholes in the round pillars, and the only drawback was that it was dim.

There was not a single window in the large room, and torches were needed to light it during the day.

The walls were blackened by years of torches, but even so, they could not dispel the darkness that had existed for nearly a hundred years, and everyone who walked into this place had the feeling that they were about to be devoured by a giant beast.

Halfway through, Sun Chengqi stopped and coughed twice to hide his fear, "Zhang Junshi, what about the Dubu Wangren?"

Sun Chengqi is a distant guest in the Central Plains, walking in the middle, the Dragon King is on the left, Zhang Ji is on the right, and there are more than ten guards behind him, such a small group of people can't even fill a corner of the main hall, no wonder the deputy envoy will feel nervous.

Zhang Ji pointed to the depths, "The king is here." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, more torches lit up, and two rows of people walked inside, each holding torches, and lit the torches on the pillars along the road.

These people are all armed with narrow knives, and they are obviously the few killer forces left in Jinpeng Castle.

Sun Chengqi was taken aback again, and his impression of Jinpeng Fort was even worse.

Gu Shenwei saw the Dubu King on the throne early in the morning, and he also saw something that made him angry: two large birds taller than humans stood on both sides of the throne, their heads held high, their wings outstretched, and the golden feathers on their heads did not move.

Even after many years, Gu Shenwei still can't forget the scene when Jinding Dapeng was killed, which happened right in front of his eyes, but he was powerless to stop it, and even had to kowtow to the murderer to survive.

Human beings looked small and humble against the backdrop of big birds, and the first thing Sun Chengqi saw was a big bird, not the Dubu King sitting in the middle, and blurted out: "Oh my God, then, is that true?"

"It used to be, but now it's just two pieces. Zhang Ji said in a familiar tone.

Everyone was shocked, even the brothers Hong and Fei were no exception, and it was the first time they had seen their own Dapeng bird.

After a while, the shock gradually subsided, and the sense of awe arose spontaneously, and naturally spread to the Dubu King, and when he walked to the depths of the main hall, Sun Chengqi was not so dissatisfied, and he couldn't even remember the appearance of the cold old man in the Four Noble Truths, it seemed to be just an inferior imitation, and the person sitting on the seven steps at this moment, with his body hidden in the shadows, was the real Dubu King.

Twenty steps away from the lowest step, Zhang Ji stopped, turned around and motioned to the Dragon King and Sun Chengqi's guards to stop, no one objected, only Chu Nanping and Luo Qikang asked the master for advice respectively, and only stopped after seeing the nodding action.

Coming to the bottom of the steps, Zhang Ji stepped aside in silence.

Dubu Wang stood up, descended three steps, and said, "Welcome." ”

Sun Chengqi felt that his knees were weakening, and from a closer distance, the two golden-topped roc were even more majestic and realistic, as if they could peck at any time and kill and injure living beings.

"Ahem, I'm ...... with the Dragon King" Sun Chengqi looked up at King Dubu, and he was speechless for a while, and he forgot what he was going to do.

Gu Shenwei took two steps back and said, "Dubu King, please hand over the three disciples of Xiaoyue Hall." ”

Sun Chengqi suddenly woke up and took two steps back, "Yes, yes, please hand over the captives to King Dubu, I will take them back to the Central Plains." ”

In order to let King Dubu release Han Fen and the others, Gu Shenwei found an excuse: Xiaoyuetang had a lot of conspiracies, and the disciples had killed several Central Plains people in the process of practicing swords, so they had to be escorted back to the Central Plains for interrogation.

It's a clumsy excuse, and the tens of thousands of troops outside the city are the more powerful reason.

King Dubu walked down the next step again, "Jinpeng Castle has never handed over heads, not prisoners, if the two of you like it, I will ask someone to bring up the head." ”

Sun Chengqi felt a burst of nausea, "Don't want a head, King Dubu has to make an exception to hand over the living this time, Xiaoyuetang has a lot of conspiracies, and the Central Plains needs a detailed confession." ”

Dubu Wang was silent for a moment, waved his hand, and in a few moments several guards escorted three captives from the left ear room.

Compared with a few days ago, Han Fen and the others looked a little sluggish, but there were no obvious traces of torture on their bodies.

"Hey, Dragon King, why are you here?" said Han Fen weakly.

"I'm going to hand you over to the people of the Central Plains. Gu Shenwei said.

Han Fen shook his head, "I won't go to the Central Plains. ”

"It's up to you where to go. Sun Chengqi said sharply, the mysterious awe brought by the darkness and the gold-topped roc was disappearing, and he remembered that he was the noble man who was on the top, "What kind of conspiracy does Xiaoyuetang have? Has it infiltrated into the Central Plains? You will have to confess honestly when the time comes." ”

"I have to confess again. Han Fen said helplessly, "It's all about those things, Dubu Wang has more conspiracies than Xiaoyue Hall, why don't you let him confess?"

"The conspiracy of the Dubu King has nothing to do with you, just shut up from now on. Gu Shenwei didn't want Han Fen to talk nonsense anymore, so he turned to Shangguan Fa, "Please release people." ”

"What a domineering 'please' word. The Dubu King took two more steps and stood on the lowest step, "Then let me 'please' ask who these three captives are going to hand over?"

"Leave it to me. Sun Chengqi found more confidence from the words "Deputy Envoy", the North Court was in chaos, and the Central Plains was the only master of the Western Regions, "The Dragon King understands Xiaoyuetang, he just helped the Central Plains analyze the confession. ”

"Jinpeng Fort respects the deputy envoy and respects the Central Plains even more. ”

"The Central Plains will remember the heart of King Dubu. Sun Chengqi gradually found his familiar routine, "Please hand over the captives to me now." ”

King Dubu stepped down the last step, "The deputy envoy can take three captives, but I have one request. ”

"Please say, I will try to be satisfied. ”

"The Central Plains not only has a large number of soldiers, but also masters in the rivers and lakes, I have long wanted to see it, it is better to compare a few games today, and take these three hostages as a bet. ”

"This ......" Sun Chengqi retreated from his familiar routine again, "You are the king of Dubu, I am the envoy of the Central Plains, the rules on the rivers and lakes are not used, right?"

"It's okay if you don't want to compete, Jinpeng Castle will still hand over the prisoners, the disciples of Xiaoyue Hall are almost the same, I think one is enough, and I will kill the remaining two on the spot, does the deputy envoy think it is appropriate?"

Sun Chengqi turned his head to look at the Dragon King, he received Zhang You's direct instructions, and obeyed the Dragon King's orders in everything, he himself didn't want to press too the Dubu King.

"Isn't it possible for people from the Central Plains to participate in the competition?" asked Gu Shenwei.

"Of course, we are all allies of the Central Plains, so let's treat the competition as a game. "The Dubu King knew that the Dragon King would agree, and the battle for hostages was only a secondary reason, and the Dragon King had been defeated by his own hands, and he must be eager to prove it again.

Neither the deputy envoy of the Central Plains nor the military advisor Zhang Ji could understand this kind of comparison of martial arts practitioners, and the latter even predicted that the Dragon King would definitely refuse.

"Since it's a game, you might as well make the stakes a little higher. ”

"Oh, what's the Dragon King's idea?"

Gu Shenwei turned around and pointed to the guards not far away, "I have your two sons in my hands, and I bet on your youngest son with them." ”

Shangguan Fei was taken aback, he said last night that the substitution was just to scare Shangguan Hong, but he didn't expect the Dragon King to really have this intention, and bet both of them on the martial arts arena.

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