In the morning, everything revives.

On the desolate Gobi, there is a glimmer of life.

In late autumn, the breeze blows the few plants on the Gobi and flutters with the wind.

In front of the Pingjin City, for the recruits of the Dongwang Mansion, today is no different from the past, and a new round of drills has begun.

Xiao Yibo governed the army very strictly, resulting in the rapid growth of the army under his rule, whether it was combat strength or coordination, advance or defense, the training of recruits has already been in shape.

As usual, Xiao Yibo arranged the training regulations for the recruit for a day, walked around the recruit camp, and then paced out of the recruit barracks.

Ever since he learned that the force against the Eastern Wangfu might be Duanmu Huai of the Red Rainbow Sect, this matter has been like a dark cloud, which has been shrouded in Xiao Yibo's heart.

For Tianqing City, Xiao Yibo has no idea, although he knows that they are like clouds, but after all, he has not seen it with his own eyes. Duanmu Huai is different, this person is the one who really fought with Xiao Yibo head-on, and defeated him within one move. Although decades have passed, Xiao Yibo has always been very jealous of this person.

In the Dongwang Mansion, if you don't count the East King, in terms of force, Ye Guan, who is not injured, should be ranked first, and after breaking through the martial artist for the rest of his life, he is ranked second, and Liu Yuan and Xiao Yibo, who have always been brave, are evenly matched. Xiao Yibo has reached his current age, and his realm has been stuck at the advanced level of martial arts, and he has not been able to go further for many years, which is also directly related to the fact that he has been pressing the mountain of Duanmu Huai in his heart.

In the distance, the huge city wall is still under construction, tens of thousands of people are working at the same time, but the progress of the city wall construction is still very slow, and until now, there is only one basic structure, and it is impossible to complete the construction without three years and five years.

Yu Sheng is patrolling around the city wall at the moment, and it is more appropriate to say that it is a patrol than a distraction. He hasn't been in a good mood lately, and Dongwangfu has encountered so many things, and he feels that he can't escape the blame for the rest of his life.

When he received the military order from Huang Yuanwu to enter the enclave, he was absolutely sure that this matter could be completed quickly, but he didn't expect that it would end up like this. When Yu Sheng received Ye Guanjun's order, almost all the cities in the second half of the enclave were taken by him and Liu Yuan, and there were only a few cities left, not that they were not taken, but that they did not have time to rush.

He had been reflecting on it all the time, and now he thought about it carefully, when the second half of their journey to conquer the enclave was so smooth that they encountered almost no resistance, and the cities they passed through were basically Kaecheng surrendered, as if they had been prepared a long time ago. It's just that at that time, Ye Guan was ordered to take the entire enclave in the fastest time, so he didn't think much about it.

It wasn't until he received Huang Yongning's secret letter that Yu Sheng decisively ordered all the staff to evacuate, he understood the meaning of Huang Yongning's secret letter, and he felt that it had not been very good in the process of reconquest, so he didn't have any nostalgia and retreated directly. It wasn't until he returned to Dongwangfu that he knew that the plan for the entire enclave was a bureau set up by Tianqing City, but this bureau was cracked by Ye Guan at the most critical moment, and Ye Guan paid the price of going to Tianqing City in exchange for the withdrawal of all members of the entire Dongwangfu Expeditionary Force.

After returning to the palace, it was inevitable that the co-effect of the enclave incident appeared, which led to the low morale of the entire Dongwangfu army, and it took a lot of effort for the rest of his life to slowly alleviate the situation. Later, I received the news that the imperial capital had changed, and Huang Yuanwu led the army to the imperial capital, but the final result was far from clear.

Yu Sheng and Xiao Yibo's thoughts are roughly the same, now what the East Wangfu is facing is definitely not only the pressure from the imperial capital, all kinds of things that have happened recently, the spearhead is aimed at Huang Yuchen, after the city lord's mansion was invaded a few days ago, Yu Sheng's spirit has been in a tense state.

However, things don't stop because of anyone's nervousness or suspicion, and it's no different now.

Just when Yu Sheng and Xiao Yi were preoccupied, three figures appeared in the endless desert in front of Pingjin City, staring at the gate of Pingjin City.

The three figures, two men and one woman, two men with masks on their faces, and the woman with a light veil covering their faces, they looked at the city in the desert from afar, standing quietly.

"This time, we just need to find out the specific location, and then report it to the master, so as not to cause any extraneous branches. A man's voice was low, like the other two.

The other two didn't speak, just quietly looked at Pingjin Cheng in the distance.

"Divide up, and if you are captured, you know what to do. The man glanced back at the two of them, his eyes were only indifferent, and then he turned around, and his figure flashed and disappeared in place.

After this person disappeared, the remaining man said softly: "Senior sister, what are we doing this for?" There was some confusion in his eyes,

"For what? I don't know. The woman shook her head lightly and replied, "I only know, do what the master wants us to do, and return as soon as possible." With that, the woman's figure also flashed and disappeared in place.

The rest of the men looked even more dazed in their eyes, and he seemed to be a little confused as to why he was here and why he was doing such a thing. After a pause, the man still performed his trick and disappeared in place.

In the Gobi, it seems that these people have never appeared, and the traces of their appearance are slowly dissipated by a rolling breeze.

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After inspecting each other's affairs, Yu Sheng and Xiao fought and returned to the City Lord's Mansion one after another, and the two sat in the front hall without saying a word for a long time.

Xiao Yibo has been thinking about Duanmu Huai's affairs again, and for the rest of his life, he has been speculating about the possible secrets of Huang Yuchen.

Yu Sheng faintly felt that everything that happened in the East Wangfu recently, he really wanted to have something to do with Emperor Yuchen, but he didn't have a clue what the specific relationship was.

Time passed slowly, from morning to noon, from noon to afternoon, Xiao Yibo and the rest of his life sat like this, not saying a word to each other, thinking about their own things.

After a long time, Xiao Yibo sighed softly, he looked at Yu Sheng, broke the silence, and said softly: "Yu Sheng, if Duanmu comes in person, I'm afraid that the strength of you and me will not be able to protect Yuchen." ”

"If we can figure out what exactly they want Yuchen to do, there will be a chance. Yu Sheng stretched out his hand, gently pinched the bridge of his nose, and then looked at Xiao Yibo, and asked softly: "Uncle Xiao, you have followed the old prince for many years, have you ever heard him tell you about Yuchen?"

Xiao Yibo frowned, then shook his head slightly, and said, "No, I don't even know about Yuchen's rebirth." The eldest brother was afraid that I would talk too much, so he deliberately didn't tell me. ”

"It's a pity that Senior Ye is not here now, otherwise we can guess some through his description. Yu Sheng sighed softly, he understood that Xiao Yibo's words, an enemy that made this lawless old man who could do whatever he wanted jealous, was definitely more terrible than he imagined, there was no doubt about it.

However, the rest of his life is not too worried, now Pingjin City can be said to be an iron wall, a large number of elites in the East Palace, in addition to Huang Yuanwu took away to the imperial capital, and Huang Yanghui Liu Yuan took away the army to fight and defend the black stone city wall, the rest of the new force is near Pingjin City, while responsible for the construction of the city wall, as Huang Yuanwu's reinforcements, ready to go out at any time, plus the newly trained 50,000 recruits, now the army near Pingjin City, about 150,000, there is such a force in the hands, even if someone snoops on Pingjin City, I am afraid to think about their own strength。

No matter how terrifying the Red Rainbow Sect is, it is also a sect, not a country, and they must also be cautious when facing such a huge force as the Eastern Prince's Mansion. No matter how unfathomable Duanmu Huai is, he is just one person, and no matter how advanced his cultivation is, it is impossible to face tens of thousands of opponents at the same time.

What he can do for the rest of his life now is to strengthen the defense of the City Lord's Mansion and prevent them from taking advantage of the surprise attack of the master to snatch Huang Yuchen.

"Even if Ye Guan is here, he is helpless. Xiao Yibo replied softly: "In the face of absolute force, and it is still in the dark, it is impossible to prevent it." According to experience, the best defense is to attack, and only by taking the initiative can you be invincible, but now ......" Xiao Yibo frowned, deep wrinkles appeared on his face, and the rest of his life could clearly see that in Xiao Yibo's heart, this Duanmu Huai was not an ordinary fear.

"So far, we can only come to cover up the water, Uncle Xiao, don't be so depressed, what should come will come after all, the palace is now in an eventful season, and we all have more important things to do." Yu Sheng comforted Xiao Yibo in a low voice, but Xiao Yibo just sighed softly and didn't say anything more, Yu Sheng knew that in his heart, this matter was not trivial.

In the past few days, Yu Sheng and Xiao Yibo have not entered the secret room to see Huang Yuchen, and after inspecting the work, they sat in the front hall like this, and sat for a day. They already knew clearly that someone would come, and they must be masters, although they didn't know what they needed Huang Yuchen to do, but for now, the main purpose of these people was to find Huang Yuchen and capture him.

There was no problem with Huang Yuanwu's original strategy, he disclosed Huang Yuchen's identity in order to attract Shi Li, who had been snooped on by the outside world, and it was better to take the initiative than to let people keep watching. And now what Yu Sheng and Xiao Yibo are about to face is the first attack of the forces behind the East Palace, who have been spying on the secrets of the East Palace. You can't hide from these things.

The front hall fell silent again, Xiao Yibo began to close his eyes and recuperate, his breathing slowly became longer, while Yu Sheng's face was calm, with one hand on his cheek, and he fell into contemplation again.

Night slowly fell, enveloping this border city, the lights in the city were lit, and the day's work was over.

The recent Pingjin City is lively, probably starting from the establishment of the city, which is also the most lively stage. The strategic focus of the Dongwangfu shifted to the imperial capital, and Pingjin City became the bridgehead of the Dongwangfu, where a large number of soldiers gathered, which also led to the gathering of many traveling merchants of the Dongwangfu in Pingjincheng. For a time, Pingjin City became the most noisy city in the Dongwang Mansion.

Although it was night, there was still the same traffic in Pingjin City, and the voices of people were boiling. None of the shops on either side of the road are closed, and there are no pedestrians on the streets.

The gates of the city have been closed, and the barracks outside the city have begun to rest, but the inside of the city is still the same.

On the busy street, a man in a brocade robe appeared, this man was slender, handsome, and looked like the son of a family, leisurely wandering around the streets of Pingjin City.

Because of the recent influx of people, the acting city lord Xiao Yibo has strengthened the control in the city, although there is no curfew, but the soldiers patrolling the streets can be seen everywhere, although there are many people, but orderly.

The brocade-robed man was leisurely wandering around the street, looking east and west, and the direction of movement slowly moved closer to the direction of the city lord's mansion.