Chapter 399: When things go wrong, there must be demons

Hou Chuan looked at this shot that was called a stroke of genius.

Insert it in the mouth of the imminent heart.

After all, his fist is still not long enough.

He didn't expect Li Ruohai's gun to be so fast, the phantom gun just now was too deceptive, making him think that this man who called himself Li Ruohai was nothing more than that.

But I didn't expect that I would overturn the car after all.

"This trick... What's your name?" Hou Chuan asked with a strong breath.

"No gunshots. ”

"What a gunless one!"

Li Ruo shot at an elevation, and Hou Chuan's body fell backwards and slammed into the ground.

Die with a grievance or everlasting regret.

Hou Chuan's eyes widened and his fists clenched.

It's just that he's dead.

Li Ruohai held a spear and wrote next to Hou Chuan's corpse - murderer, evil spirit Li Ruohai!

He was in a good mood now, and he felt that the word evil spirit was a good match for him.

Ride alone on the north of the desert.

Li Ruohai is a person who comes from the south and goes north.

Xiliang's court and rivers and lakes fell into shocked anger again.

Especially the imperial court.

Hou Chuan's body has been sent outside Chang'an City.

Even the earthwork where Li Ruohai left his name was excavated from the ground and sent to Chang'an City together.

"Murderer, evil spirits are as powerful as the sea!"

After all, Hou Chuan is an important minister of the imperial court, in charge of the Xiliang Hanging Mirror Division, not to mention his high position, but also has a lot of secrets that only he knows.

This loss is not small for the Xiliang Imperial Court.

Or even an unacceptable loss.

The main hall of the Royal Palace.

The emperor's expression was gloomy, and he sat on the dragon chair without saying a word.

The ministers below were still silent, and they didn't dare to gasp, and their heads were lowered for fear of letting the emperor notice them.

The emperor was condescending, taking in the small actions of the ministers below, and he was even more annoyed in his heart.

"Report to Your Majesty. A guard commander came in from outside a large hall, saluted the emperor, and then said, "King Zhendong asks to see you." ”

"Eighth brother!" the emperor was overjoyed when he heard this, and said to the guards below: "Spread quickly!"

"Brother, please meet Your Majesty. "A good-looking, first-class beautiful man.

Xiao Ruoshui, the king of Zhendong, is the face of the Xiliang court and the pillar of the court.

"Hurry up, the eighth brother doesn't have to be polite. The emperor showed a long-lost smile on his face, which made everyone in the hall relax their minds.

"Your Majesty. Xiao Ruoshui stood up, looked at the emperor and said, "Urgently summon the younger brother to come, is there something important?"

"Have you heard about the matter of the Great Wilderness City?" the emperor nodded and asked Xiao Ruoshui.

"I've heard a little. Xiao Ruoshui's expression was straight, and then he said: "It's all hearsay, and there is not even some accurate information, and my brother doesn't dare to speculate about the battle of the Great Wilderness City." ”

"When I entered the city, I saw the coffin outside the city gate. The emperor's face became a little heavier, even though he was a little more relaxed when he saw Xiao Ruoshui now, but he couldn't overshadow his sorrow.

"It's Lord Hou's. Xiao Ruoshui paused, and then said: "It's this Li Ruohai, my brother has heard of it a little. ”

"Do you know him?" When the emperor heard Xiao Ruoshui's words, his expression changed again, and he asked directly: "Who is this Li Ruohai?

"The younger brother also learned about it by chance. Xiao Ruoshui arched his hand at the emperor and continued: "This Li Ruohai originally had no reputation, but he was always in the mountains for a retreat, until Ning Chen succeeded to the position of the city lord of the Great Wilderness City, and then served in the City Lord's Mansion of the Great Wilderness City, training big spearmen for Ning Chen... Moreover, this person established a sect called the Evil Sect. ”

"The first time he showed his edge, he was against Hong Tianquan, the first fierce general of the Great Wilderness City, and he easily defeated Hong Tianquan. Xiao Ruoshui pondered for a moment, and then said: "Now it is almost certain that when Li Ruohai fought against Hong Tianquan that day, he must not have used all his strength. ”

"And I heard that now this Li Ruohai has arrived in the Mobei grassland. Xiao Ruoshui told the emperor all the information he knew.

"Does it have anything to do with Ning Chen?" The emperor gently knocked on the dragon chair, looked at Xiao Ruoshui and the ministers and said: "This Ning Chen has been my enemy of Da Liang three times and five times, do you have a way to avenge this revenge?"

"It's not easy to deal with Ning Chen. Xiao Ruoshui shook his head, and then said: "Emperor Nanming doesn't know why he trusts Ning Chen very much, and it is impossible to deal with this person from within the Nanming court; The masters on the rivers and lakes, except for the great grandmaster, I am afraid that there are few opponents of this couple. ”

"Hearing you say this, is this Ning Chen really unable to move?" the emperor's eyes narrowed slightly.

"Before my brother came, I received a secret letter. Xiao Ruoshui smiled slightly, took out an envelope from his cuff, and said to the emperor: "It was handed over to Your Majesty by the people of the Heavenly Palace." ”

"Oh?" the emperor raised his eyebrows and said to the eunuch beside him, "Present it." ”

The emperor still knows about the organization of the Heavenly Palace.

And he also knew that within his territory, there was a hidden underworld no less than the Heavenly Palace.

For such a force in the rivers and lakes, the emperor has always been respectful and far away, and the water does not violate the river.

"Tiangong is a good calculation. The Emperor read the secret letter, and a disdainful smile appeared on his face.

"What does Your Majesty think?" Although Xiao Ruoshui hadn't read the contents of the secret letter, the person from the Heavenly Palace had told him a little about the general situation.

The Heavenly Palace helped the Xiliang Imperial Court to solve the affairs of the Southern Ming, but the Xiliang Imperial Court also had to assist the Heavenly Palace to deal with the Hades.

It's a both-for-all experience.

The Heavenly Palace does not have much power in the territory of Xiliang.

After all, Xiliang is the base camp of the underworld, and it is even more difficult for the Heavenly Palace to infiltrate.

For the Hades, the same is true for Beiyan, where the Heavenly Palace is located.

However, the place of Nanming was invaded by the Hades and the Heavenly Palace.

In fact, it stands to reason that in the rivers and lakes, the great master of Nanming has the upper hand.

The sword slave of the Hanshan Sword Pavilion, the storyteller of the Dongting Immortal Residence, the nine accounted for two.

For example, there is only one Great Tianzun in the Northern Yan River and Lake, and there is only one Emperor in Xiliang.

Although the abbot master of Yunya Temple is the former prince of Beiyan, the island where Yunya Temple is located is far away from the sea, and it has its own faction, and it does not belong to any imperial court.

The two great masters of Nanming should be regarded as having taken the lead.

But helplessly, one of these two guards the Hidden Sword Pavilion, and the other guards the Immortal Residence, giving up the huge territory to others.

Storytellers are all about it.

After all, he is the fourth eldest of the Ning family, and the Emperor of the Underworld is his eldest nephew, so he just turns a blind eye to the actions of the Underworld.

But the behavior of this sword slave is really incomprehensible.

The great grandmaster, the top master in the world, actually called himself a slave.

is even willing to remain incognito, which is too abnormal.

Great Wilderness Mountain.

Ning Chen only left Li Ruohai to train five hundred spearmen for him.

The remaining five auxiliary cities have been re-stationed in the Great Wilderness City, and each of the five auxiliary cities has 5,000 golden soldiers deployed from all over the imperial court.

The military establishment of the Great Wilderness City can be regarded as being built again.

"Xiao Ning. Xia Yao leaned against the tree, looked at Ning Chen and said, "I always feel a little weird these days. ”

"Weird. Ning Chen didn't know when he had a piece of grass in his mouth, and said to Xia Yao: "It stands to reason that 100,000 soldiers is not a small number, can this Xiliang and Beiyan really endure this evil breath?"

"Beiyan is just that, after all, there are more than 30,000 remnants of the army that have run back. Ning Chen looked at the northwest, that is, the direction of Chang'an, and said helplessly: "But this Xiliang... It's been a month, and there is still no movement. ”

When things go wrong, there must be demons.

This is an old saying left by the predecessors, a very reasonable old saying.

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Northern Swallow.

General's Palace.

"I thought it was a good opportunity for construction. Gu Xichao's face was calm, and he couldn't tell whether he was happy or sad: "I was still annoyed that I lost this opportunity. ”

But he didn't expect that it was the prince and Ji Huai who fought strongly, and they would have died. The general was also quite emotional, and said to the three princes sitting in the middle: "I have already told a general who has fled back about the matter of the Great Wilderness City. ”

"Hong Tianquan turned out to be a person from the internal guard. The general smiled bitterly, looked at the third prince and said, "Your Highness, did you have a little wind before?"

"No!" The third prince frowned: "Who would want the first fierce general of the Great Wilderness City to be the internal guard of our dynasty, I'm afraid only my father and emperor know about this, right?"

The third prince guessed in his heart for a while, but still shook his head, and then said: "This is the credit of sending it to the door!"

But he didn't expect Ji Huai to kill Hong Tianquan's only son who stayed in Beijing City as a hostage on the eve of the war. The general continued, "Not only did he not get the Great Wilderness City at his fingertips, but he lost his own life, and the lives of nearly 60,000 soldiers. ”

"If you are a gentleman, can you be sure to win this battle?" the third prince looked at Gu Xichao.

"I'm not afraid of His Highness's jokes. Gu Xichao also smiled helplessly, and then said: "If it was before, I must have thought that this Great Wilderness City was almost in the bag, but now it seems... A Hong Tianquan is enough to make Zai anxious, after all, he is His Majesty's internal guard, and he doesn't have the courage not to believe it. ”

"That's right. The general nodded and said, "This can only be said to be Ji Huai's own fault." ”

Gu Xichao naturally knew the trick.

Why Hong Tianquan's wife was raped and killed, and why his son died in Ji Huai's hands, were all planned by him.

Of course, this is also an assessment for him to test the Liangyi Yinzi secret agent camp he set up in Beiyan.

Now it looks pretty good.

"There's still a lot to be done. Gu Xichao got up and arched his hand to the two, and then said, "I'll retire first." ”

"Sir, at his own convenience. The third prince waved his hand slightly, indicating that he would not get up to send him off.

This is also what the three of them have long been accustomed to together, and those vain things can be saved by the three princes.

Gu Xichao did not have the slightest change or dissatisfaction with this, after all, he was a "ghostly" strategist.

Today's Gu Xichao has an appointment.

A small teahouse in the city of Beijing.

Gu Xichao looked at this "old man" who had not been seen for a long time, and felt a lot of emotion in his heart.

"Brother Li. Gu Xichao arched his hand at this person, with an apologetic smile on his face: "It's too late." ”

"You work in the General's Mansion. Li Linyu's eyes were very complicated when he looked at Gu Xichao.

"Conquered by the Great General. Gu Xichao faced the son of the Hubu Shangshu family back then, and there was still a little excitement in his heart.

"The General's Mansion is my enemy. Li Linyu lowered his head, looked at the tea leaves that were floating in his teacup, and said softly.

"I know. Gu Xichao nodded, looked at Li Linyu and said, "Brother Li came back this time to take revenge?"

"I think about it all the time. Li Linyu gritted his teeth and continued: "Only this time, you can let him live a few more days." ”

"I have something to go to the grassland, and when I pass through Beijing, I naturally want to meet Brother Gu. Since the Li family was raided, there was no smile on Li Linyu's face.

"I've heard from you since you left. Gu Xichao said bluntly: "But the trace was completely cut off on the edge of the Yellow River... It even made me think that you would kill yourself by throwing yourself into the river. ”

"Pretty much. Li Linyu touched the teacup with one hand, but still didn't look at Gu Xichao, and then said, "I want to ask you something." ”

"I know everything. Gu Xichao nodded.

"Who are you?" Li Linyu finally set his eyes on Gu Xichao.

"Brother Li, don't you know who is down there?" Gu Xichao was also slightly stunned.

"Brother Gu doesn't know yet. Li Linyu drank all the tea, and said more carefully: "I was taken away by the people of the Heavenly Palace on the bank of the Yellow River. ”

"It's unexpected, but it's reasonable. Gu Xichao was a little stunned at first, and finally accepted this fact.

"I've checked your information in the Heavenly Palace. Li Linyu looked at Gu Xichao, and then said, "But I didn't find anything." ”

"Even the Heavenly Palace doesn't know what your bottom is. Li Linyu said to Gu Xichao.

"Does Brother Li believe me?" Gu Xichao said suddenly.

"I want to believe you. Li Linyu replied.

"Just want to?" Gu Xichao was a little helpless.

"Do you know?" Li Linyu looked at Gu Xichao and said, "In the Heavenly Palace, I haven't learned anything else, but I have learned a thorough understanding of doubt. ”

"People's hearts are changing. Li Linyu shook his head: "Heavenly Palace is really a good place. ”

"Heavenly Palace. Gu Xichao looked at Li Linyu and said impulsively: "I can only tell you now that one day I will be an enemy of the Heavenly Palace." ”

"With your words, that's enough. A slight smile appeared on Li Linyu's face.

"Where's the general..."Li Linyu paused, and then said, "I hope that Brother Gu can start protecting from today... I won't show mercy, so I naturally hope that Brother Gu, you won't leave your hand either. ”

"I want to see how far I am from Brother Gu!"