Section 284: Surrender

Early the next morning, Gu Sheng and Xue Mingren led the army to the Sky Eagle Star again, Zhang Cheng had already led people to wait outside the Sky Eagle Star, and when he saw Gu Sheng and them, he stepped forward to greet him: "Your Majesty!" Gu Sheng raised his hand with a smile: "General Zhang Cheng, I heard that you are self-proclaimed General Kou?" Zhang Cheng blushed and said ashamedly: "Your Majesty is going to mention those ridiculous things again, Zhang Cheng sincerely attaches to it, and asks Your Majesty to be tolerant and acceptable!" Gu Sheng asked Xue Mingren on the side: "Xue Cheng, can we have the title of 'Dang' General Kou in our system?" Xue Mingren thought for a moment and shook his head: "It seems that there has never been." Gu Sheng nodded: "It's easy to do over there, Zhang Cheng." "Wechen is here. "I will call you General Kou, but you only have a false name and no real position. Although he is called a general, he is still a captain of the guard, and he will reinstate you as an official, are you willing?" Zhang Cheng was overjoyed: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for Weichen This wish - Zhang Cheng is already very satisfied, willing to serve His Majesty, liver and brain, and then die!" Gu Sheng nodded with a smile, looked around, and asked strangely: "What about Zhao Yong, why don't you see him?" Zhang Cheng's face was "revealed" and "colored": "Your Majesty, don't blame, Brother Zhao Yong is the virtue of the Zhaosheng Immortal Emperor, The grace of saving my life, I dare not forget it, it is really difficult to serve Your Majesty, he asked me to tell Your Majesty to treat his subordinates well, and he will not serve Your Majesty. Gu Sheng was disappointed for a while, nodded and said: "Since he is so loyal, I will not force him, if you can see him in the future, remember to greet him on my behalf." Zhang Cheng responded: "Obey!"

In this expedition, the soldiers won a complete victory without bloodshed. Although it is somewhat regrettable that Zhao Yong was not subdued, how can there be such a perfect thing in the world? Xue Mingren saw it in his eyes, and guessed a few points in his heart.

"Your Majesty, what's the confusion?" Xue Mingren asked. Gu Sheng shook his head and sighed. Xue Mingren smiled and said: "Your Majesty doesn't want to say it, so Weichen will dare to guess?" Gu Sheng was feeling depressed, just to relieve his boredom, so he said: "Okay, you can guess it, and see if you can guess, why don't I like it." Xue Mingren arched his hand: "Weichen obeys the order." Your Majesty, I don't like to win this big victory, not because I don't hesitate to win, but because there is still a danger hidden in this victory, can Wei Chen guess right?" Gu Sheng nodded and smiled slightly: "Sure enough, the old 'traitor' is cunning, hehe, you guessed well." Then can you think of what kind of danger I am worried about?" Xue Mingren smiled: "This is even simpler: the person who attacked His Majesty expelled Zhao Yong, so who was so bold as to do such a rebellious thing, and whether the people who attacked our army late at night this time were the same as the people who attacked His Majesty last time." Gu Sheng shook his head: "Xue Cheng, you guessed wrong this time. I'm not worried about these things, from the methods of these two groups of people, I can already judge that they are indeed a group of people, what I am worried about is: this group of people is powerful, and after being able to send so many immortal soldiers, it is obvious that the other four major forces must have colluded with each other and want to make enemies with me!" Xue Mingren was also taken aback, and suddenly couldn't be happy: "Your Majesty is right, what we have to do now is to find out our real enemy!"

Gu Sheng nodded: "You're right, so I want you to do this matter immediately, you are more familiar with this place than me, quietly arrange, secretly investigate, and see who among these people is the most suspicious." Xue Mingren nodded: "Your Majesty, rest assured, the old minister will arrange it." Xue Mingren hurried away, Gu Sheng sat in the smoke of the beacon fire, and Xixiangxing was already in sight.

In fact, even if he didn't check, he could guess who was probably against his Ancient Saint Immortal Emperor. Ma Wu doesn't have a good impression of him, it is very likely that he colluded with someone and plotted against himself, so this remaining force is more elusive. Wan Junxing's position is elusive, the immortal bandits on the northern star are as ferocious as Ma Wu, and Weng Shouxing's star Cheng Lanshi is afraid that he wants to establish himself as a king, but the time is not yet ripe. Gu Sheng thought about it, and felt more and more suspicious that the people in the northern star were suspicious. He decided to start with the North Side. It's not that Gu Sheng completely relied on his own speculation, but because there was originally a group of immortal bandits on the Northern Star, and sooner or later they would have to be exterminated. And the destruction of Beibi Star, just like Yinghuaxing's people, confirmed that he did it to protect them, which is very helpful for winning Yinghuaxing's support. However, in order to get the support of these people, you must first get the approval of the forces behind them.

Gu Sheng called Wei Ming: "What about Luan Jinfeng, help me find her, I have some things." Wei Ming nodded: "Okay, I'll go now." Gu Sheng stopped him again: "Wait, help me find out where the fragments of these armor and weapons come from." Gu Sheng took out the fragments of those armor and weapons that he had collected near the Aquila Star and handed them to the unknown. Weiming took those things and went out, Gu Sheng waited for a while, the fragrant shadow flashed at the door, and Luan Jinfeng came in: "Your Majesty, what are you looking for me?" Luan Jinfeng asked with a smile, Gu Sheng knew that she didn't regard herself as any "Your Majesty" at all, so it was just a joke for herself, although Gu Sheng kept calling himself "I", in fact, deep down, he never regarded himself as an immortal emperor. He waved his hand and smiled: "Okay, my aunt's 'milk', don't tease me." Luan Jinfeng smiled: "How is it, how does it feel to call yourself 'I' for so long?" Gu Sheng shook his head: "Don't mention it, things are a mess, and you have to rely on your intelligence system." Luan Jinfeng patted his chest very heroically, like a man: "If there is anything, just say it, as long as I can help, I will definitely not refuse." Her tone changed: "But, business, you have to give a little bit of this consultation fee to symbolize 'sex', otherwise I won't be able to explain it to the other sisters in the door." Gu Sheng nodded: "Of course, although I haven't been in the fairy world for a long time, I still know the rules." ”

Luan Jinfeng nodded and said, "Okay, if there is anything, just ask." Gu Sheng asked, "I want to know what the strength of the Northern Star is. Luan Jinfeng said: "I knew that you would use these materials sooner or later, and I would have prepared them for you a long time ago." I have already told you about Geng Zhong, the leader of the Northern Star, and Geng Zhong occupies the Northern Star and calls himself the King of Thieves. He recruited four subordinates, known as the four generals, these four generals, each has thirteen darts, the number of each dart fairy bandit varies, sometimes the dart people and horses join more, the strength swells up, and sometimes the foreign fairy bandits do not want to mix here, so they automatically leave. This is the most elusive place in the North Star, and sometimes there are many people: it is said that at its peak, it once reached a huge number of 3,000 immortal bandits. Sometimes there are fewer people, and at least there are less than 1,000 people. Gu Shengyi frowned: "Then what is the approximate scale now?" Luan Jinfeng said: "The number is said to be quite a lot now, because of your arrival, everyone in the small group of immortal bandits is in danger, Geng Zhong just took advantage of this opportunity, and recently recruited troops and horses, it seems that there are more than 2,500 people." "More than two thousand five hundred!" Gu Sheng snorted, then shook his head and said, "What do they want to do?" No matter how many of them there are, as long as the immortal sends out the bundle of immortals, aren't they all tied up?" Luan Jinfeng smiled: "In my opinion, they don't really want to go against you, but want to use this as a bargaining chip to negotiate with you." Gu Sheng snorted: "Dreaming! I am a dignified Immortal Emperor, how can I compromise with a group of immortal bandits!" Luan Jinfeng didn't say any more, everything was up to Gu Sheng to make his own decision. Gu Sheng waved his hand: "Thank you, the money to buy the news, you remember it first, and I will pay you back in the future." ”

Gu Sheng's brows were tightly locked, and he still couldn't make up his mind after thinking about it. He knew that Luan Jinfeng was telling the truth, and these people just wanted to negotiate terms with him. Originally, he would never accept it, but the current situation is very delicate, and if he has the support of this force, he will undoubtedly take a big step forward in the great cause of reunification. But as an immortal emperor, he went to negotiate with a group of immortal bandits, which was really a bit cold, and he was afraid that others would know about it, especially Yinghuaxing's people, and they would oppose him. Gu Sheng thought about it for a long time and finally made a decision.

Wei Ming had just arranged to investigate the fragments of armor and weapons, and was found by Gu Sheng again. "What's the matter? so anxious?" asked him, Gu Sheng closed the door and laid out a formation to isolate the two from the surroundings. Looking at his mysterious appearance, he didn't understand: "What is the matter?" Gu Sheng whispered: "I have an idea, send someone to co-opt Geng Zhong of the Northern Star, but this matter must be carried out quietly, and it must not be known by others first." Wei Ming seemed to understand: "Are you afraid that the people of Yinghuaxing will know?" Gu Sheng nodded: "Although I am reluctant to do this, but doing so will allow us to deal with one less strong enemy." Luan Jinfeng told me just now that they have gathered nearly 3,000 people, and although they are vulnerable in our hands, it is still very troublesome for others to join forces. Wei Ming hesitated: "But you yourself know that this is not good." After all, they are immortal bandits......" "I know, but this is just a stopgap measure, just to stabilize them. Do you understand? When I unify my realm, I'll arrest them all and punish them at once. Wei Ming said a little reluctantly: "Okay, do you want me to take them in?" Gu Sheng shook his head: "No, you help me find someone, you stay with me, there are other things." Wei Ming thought about it for a moment: "Okay then, let me think about it." ”

Weiming found a reliable person for Gu Sheng in the Dark Soldier Mansion named Lian Jin. He is the leader of the secret soldiers all the way to the Dark Soldier Mansion. Gu Sheng explained to him in detail and ordered him to lead three subordinates to set off immediately and rush to Beipixing. Lian Jin took the order and left, but he stepped up his efforts to supervise the tracing of armor and weapon fragments. Five days have passed in a flash, and the report has not been received, and the pursuit of the armor has been fruitless, but the tracking of the weapon has already had clues. He hurried to inform Gu Sheng.

"Gu Sheng, the tracing of weapons has come to fruition. Gu Sheng was overjoyed: "Say it quickly!" Wei Ming said: "Although there is no mark on the weapon, according to the weapon recovered from the fragments, in terms of style and function, it should be refined by the ice knife family." "Sword family?" Gu Sheng was stunned: "Is it the sword family that is secretly controlled by others?" Wei Ming nodded: "Yes, it's them, their weapons are more powerful!" Gu Sheng thought back and nodded: "Yes, the weapons of those immortal soldiers seem to be more powerful than ordinary immortal soldiers." He was suspicious in his heart: "But didn't Luan Jinfeng say last time that the Sword Family deliberately cut production?" We were originally suspicious, but after coming here, because there were too many other things, we actually forgot about this matter." Wei Ming also nodded and said: "I don't understand, since the Sword Family has recently reduced the production of weapons, where did so many immortal soldiers get so many immortal weapons from so many Sword Families? Unless ......" "What did you think of?" Wei Ming said: "You must have thought of it too, unless it is the person who secretly controls the Ice Knife Family, and he is the main messenger of this attack - only he can get so many immortal weapons of the Sword Family." ”

Gu Sheng smiled: "That's right, I thought of it." This time it was an unexpected gain, I didn't expect that the Sword Family, which had never been bothered to take care of, was also involved, it seems that this time we are going to give it a pot!" "The Sword Family did not join the Yinghuaxing Business Alliance, which is very suspicious in itself. ”

Gu Sheng suddenly remembered: "Even into the Northern Star, today is the first day?" Unclear finger counting: "It's been five days!" "Why don't you even have any news?" Gu Sheng was a little strange: "From here to the Northern Star, five days is more than enough." Wei Ming was also a little strange: "Lian Jin is doing things safely, with such a heavy burden on him, he will never be delayed halfway, will something happen?" Gu Sheng thought for a while: "Wait and see." ”

Two more days later, there was still no news from Lian Jin. Wei Ming couldn't sit still, but Lian Jin was his subordinate. He hurriedly came to Gu Sheng: "No, I'm going to send someone, something might happen even if I enter!" Gu Sheng thought for a moment and nodded: "It's okay, you choose some capable immortals with profound skills, tell them to be careful on the road, and don't 'reveal' their identities!" Wei Ming said: "Don't worry, I have a sense of proportion in these things." ”

Wei Ming selected dozens of people, gave them an explanation, and asked them to go to the North Star to secretly look for Lianjin. Four days later, the men returned—only twenty people when they went, and when they returned, there were only a dozen left. Seeing their ragged and embarrassed appearance, he was shocked and asked, "You, what's the matter with you?"