The rope of wool is still drawn on the sheep!

——Folk proverb: On the night of January 29, Shuihou Mengzhang was summoned by his father to Chengyuan Palace, the harem of Zhenhai Palace.

When he arrived in Chengyuan Palace, a young official in Tsing Yi replaced the yellow robe to send a message to the junior official, trotted all the way through the empty hall with Meng Zhang, and led him to the Fucui Room in the secret room of the east side of Chengyuan Palace.

When he arrived at the floating green room inlaid with jade, as soon as he entered the door, Meng Zhang saw his old father Chi Gang in a dark black robe in the faint green jade light, standing in front of the white jade bookcase, staring at the crystal window where the light could only penetrate in one direction. It looked like he was intently looking out the window at the colorful fish swimming in the turquoise coral forest. Next to his tall figure, his eldest brother Boyu and his henchman Long Ling were also there, and the two were standing respectfully aside. Perhaps because it is now known that the second princess is missing and her life and death are unknown, both of them wear white robes, and only light gray and light ink bamboo leaves and algae patterns are painted on them to show their mourning. As soon as he entered the door, Meng Zhang felt a depressing atmosphere rushing to his face. And when the little official retreated, the door closed silently, and there were only four of them left in the room.

These four people in the Fucui room are the highest-ranking people in the South China Sea Dragon Clan now.

"Father, son is not filial!"

Meng Zhang spoke first.

At this time, no matter how arrogant this dragon god water marquis was, he had to bow his head at this moment. When he got to the room, he lowered his hands and bowed his head to confess to his father.

"Oh, you're here. ”

Listening to Meng Zhang's words, the old dragon king, who had been speechless for a long time, turned around and looked at his pampered third son. He said this softly, but he was silent for a long time. This most respected old dragon monarch in the South China Sea, his eyes are complex and difficult to understand.

How could his mood not be complicated?

At this moment, seeing this situation, Chi Gang has mixed feelings. A lot of past events that I never even remembered came to my mind involuntarily for a while!

Thinking that at the beginning, he was old and weak, and his mental strength was exhausted, so he had to entrust the affairs of his clan to his children. Who knew that the eldest son, Boyu, only knew that he was obsessed with etiquette, music, poetry and books, and had no intention of taking care of political affairs. After a few years, the monarch and the ministers were separated, and among the gods of Hehai, only the rain master god who had the same smell as him would be strongly supported. So in just a few years, the huge momentum of the South China Sea was lost to the four profanities in the inland.

Alas, when I think of these four desecrations, as well as the leader of these four desecrations, the old son Yang Father in Yunzhong, he will not fight anywhere when he is so angry! How can his Yang Father be able to do so? It is just relying on the lineage of the East China Sea Dragon Clan, he is not older than him, but his seniority is a cut higher than himself, so he squeezes himself everywhere. Three thousand years ago, he occupied such a fertile earth and rivers, and he also came to his South China Sea territory to show off his power under the pretext of the war with the demons, which was very infuriating!

Because of these many angry pasts, he has been comparing with those four blasphemys all the time. It's just that the eldest son is in charge of affairs and has high hopes, but who knows that after only a few years, the government affairs are slack, not only can not open up the territory, but also make the monarchs and ministers of the South China Sea develop lazy and bad habits, and all of them have become unenterprising. So after a few years, Bo Yu was annoyed and he was also annoyed, so he deposed him and replaced him with the brave and warlike third prince.

Sure enough, the three didn't disappoint themselves again. Since Meng Zhang took over the affairs of the South China Sea, it can really be described as Weijiayu, and the sea is clear. Not only did all the warriors in the dragon clan pay attention, but even those barbarian island tribes in the South China Sea who had not subdued for thousands of years also surrendered one after another. Since then, the momentum has soared, and the South China Sea Dragon Clan can faintly approach the East China Sea Dragon Palace with outstanding status among the Four Sea Sea Clans!

It seems that his dream of thousands of years is most likely to be realized in the hands of this powerful Sanlongzi.

It's just that I don't know if God is jealous, when he has been in business for a hundred years, his young and promising San'er Shuihou has just launched a plan to annex the four desecrations, but he was hit on the head, and even he didn't expect that the bad old man whose style was only similar to his eldest son would be so deceitful. On the surface, he played the rivers and lakes and bought the drunken world, but who knew that secretly he would be aware of the bottom of the South Sea. When the time came, the glorious and powerful South China Sea not only failed to make contributions, but was defeated and retreated, not only losing its achievements, but also losing its reputation. In the past few months, it has been like a dream, and before the dream wakes up, the powerful South China Sea Dragon Clan has been cornered by those land demon gods!

And among all of this, the one who made him the most unbearable was the young man named "Zhang Xingyan"! This lowly person actually led a group of even more lowly demons to take advantage of the fire to rob him! You must know that among the Six Realms, the most lowly monsters in the grass, trees, and barren mountains are humble and lowly. Not to mention that they are now fighting with their elite dragon army, just saying that they can have the opportunity to fight with themselves is the biggest insult to the noble bloodline of the dragon clan!

Some time ago, Meng Zhang, the third son, also caught a monster, the leader of the so-called "Xuanling Demon Clan", and offered it to himself for personal trial. He thought he could humiliate these untouchables, but when he asked, "Why was he captured?" the wolf-headed monster spat on the ground, saying that it was also strange. Originally, it was summoned by the elders of the clan to follow the demon lord to fight, thinking that it was just to fight for a breath, and at the same time to avenge the demon lord's murder of Ai Maiden, but in fact it must be vulnerable-"Who knew that after fighting for more than half a year, only two percent of my brothers who fought side by side died;

Belch...... Could there be a greater humiliation than that?

At that time, he almost lost his breath when he heard this, and he was stunned for a long time before he remembered to order the wolf demon to be punished by inches.

When the pieces were deboned and fleshed, this evil wolf kept scolding, only caring about himself, saying that "he was born as a pawn of the demon lord and died as the ghost of the demon lord", even when he went to the underworld, he would not finish with these evil dragons!

"Demon Lord, ......"

Recently, when I think about the past, I can't help but think of the demon proposition. From the disdain when he first heard this name, to the headache when he thinks about it now, Zhang Xingyan said that this name is like a ghost haunted by evil spirits, and he can't get rid of it. With his thousands of years of knowledge, he can't understand how a young boy who was born in the village and seems to have appeared out of thin air suddenly responds to all kinds of calls, encounters ghosts, and kills gods when he sees gods. It was not that he had not studied this young man carefully, but he only saw that this man had always only known how to commit murder and danger, and always played up some evil tricks in the side, but he was invincible, and he was left and right, and that unruly face was the same as that old man who was a thief!

However, although he was disdainful, and even had some imperceptible fear in his heart, for the old dragon god Chi Gang, this young man named "Zhang Xingyan" was still worthy of admiration in some aspects. For example, he is obviously eating relatives and wealth and fighting for power, but he can claim that he is avenging his beloved-really think everyone is a three-year-old child? This is a deceitful ghost! Left and right is just a servant girl, not dying is a blessing, death is duty, worthy of his grief?

But this discerning person's nonsense that can be worn at a glance has won praise from the sea, and even those ignorant little men and women in his palace have many admirers of him with deep affection!

"Alas......"

Every time he thought of this, Chi Gang would sigh. This baby is indeed outstanding, it is the unborn hero, I only hate that I am not as shameless as the four blasphemous old thieves, otherwise I would have gone to the mountains and fields to visit this young man, give more gold and silver, and then match the second daughter with him, so that he can also become his right-hand man!

- It seems that this South China Sea Dragon God Chigang is also a strange person, and he hated him so much just now that he couldn't wait to recruit him as his son-in-law!

No matter what, after thinking about a series of feelings here, there was only one thought left in the old dragon's mind:

"The afterlife is terrifying!"

After the second princess was lost, Lao Long finally understood at this time, saying a thousand ways and ten thousand, only the children of his own relatives are the real wealth! At this moment, Long Jun, just like an ordinary rich man in the world, usually does not regard his own broken hoe and rotten abacus as a treasure; but one day a guest came from afar, and yelled to borrow this tatter with himself to use, it is of great use, and it is not good to use it less, and he will not borrow it from now on, and he will never see each other again in this life, and then he realized that this rag that was thrown away casually before has suddenly become a treasure that cannot be parted!

"Can't hesitate any longer!"

At this time, Chi Gang finally made up his mind, and suddenly opened his mouth to break the silence in the room, and said:

"Meng Zhang, my son, I invited you here this time, just because my father has thought about it, and your brother's proposal is feasible. ”

Lao Longjun's tone was firm and unquestionable:

"As Boyu said, in order to preserve the strength of our clan, we cannot be defeated at this critical time of survival. Now that Xiying is missing again, no matter how you look for it, you can't find it, the god is already in danger, and it is only a matter of time before the four blasphemy demon armies attack the palace. ”

"In this case, we might as well use the meter. Didn't the old thief who was hypocritical and righteous keep saying that this expedition was to make Bo Yu's ascension to the throne and return the South China Sea to Qingming? Well, we will obey this statement and let Bo Yu succeed to the throne. On the contrary, as the slang goes, 'the meat is still in the pot when it is boiled', as long as it is my bloodline, it is not the same thing who is in power!"

"In this way, the battle can be suspended and the main force can be saved. Meng Zhang, you can also take the opportunity to sneak to the Divine Field, and let the God King awaken as soon as possible to help. Alas!"

Chi Gang sighed and said:

"Now it seems that if you want to defeat the enemy, you can only ask God for help. ”

"Zhang'er, do you have any doubts about acting like this?"

Speaking of this, Chi Gang stopped and looked at Meng Zhang to ask for his opinion.

Of course, it is "the situation is stronger than people", and at this time, even the brave and arrogant Meng Zhang couldn't think of any other way out, and when his father finished asking for his opinion, he bowed down without hesitation and said:

"I wish to listen to my father's arrangement!"

"Good!"

Seeing that Meng Zhang agreed neatly, Chi Gang praised it greatly, and turned his face to look at the eldest son who had been silent all this time. When he looked at him, the face of the resolute old dragon just now already showed a bit of gentleness and unbearability. The old dragon sighed and said:

"Alas, Boyu, when you judged the situation and proposed this plan, I should have agreed immediately. But it is only now being implemented. Boyu, do you know why my father is like this?"

"I don't know. ”

"Alas, there is no other. It's just that the old father thought that once this plan is implemented, only you will suffer the most. The war is corrupt, you are not at fault, but in the end you have to fight the enemy for defeat, this is really difficult for you. Besides, in the future, if your third brother is in trouble, I am afraid that the first of the four blasphemys will harm you......"

Speaking of this, the old dragon god, who had been talking, choked up in his voice, and couldn't speak for a while.

Seeing him like this, the eldest son, who was as gentle as jade, couldn't help but reddened his eyes, but he made a firm look and said angrily:

"Father doesn't have to worry, the family and the country are in trouble, how dare Boyu descend. That is, to die for the family and country, it is to die as it deserves, and there will be no complaints!"

Seeing him say this, the old dragon was even more sad, and Chi Gang wanted to say comfort, but he couldn't speak, and he couldn't spit out a clear word. For a while, the atmosphere in the room was depressing, and everyone's hearts were very heavy.

When it was so miserable and miserable, it was the old minister Long Ling who stood beside him who was the first to break the silence. Obviously forcibly enduring the sorrow, the loyal old courtier deliberately said in a cheerful tone:

"The old lord, the young king, stay sad and listen to the old minister. The minister heard that if he wants to build an extraordinary work, he must do extraordinary things, and now he said that this deep palace plan may not be the beginning of the revival of my Nanhai clan. At this time, the old minister thought that since he had made a plan, he should make a decision immediately, without further ado. Let's hurry up and go to the Zhenhai Hall to announce this!"

"Not bad!"

"Late is a change!"

For Long Ling's proposal, Chi Gang thought so, immediately held back his sadness, took the lead out of the Fucui room, and led Meng Zhang and the others to the Zhenhai Palace...... The water marquis abdicated and lived in seclusion, giving way to his eldest brother Boyu!

As soon as this decision was announced from the mouth of the old dragon monarch, it was like throwing down a thunderbolt, and the originally lifeless Zhenhai Hall was suddenly in an uproar!

However, such a seemingly unthinkable thing, which would have been impossible just a few months ago, is almost logical and unquestionable at this time. The civil and military generals in the first hall of Jiji, except for a few surprises at first, no one objected in the end. In fact, everyone was so relieved that they didn't even pretend to be sad and didn't leave, so they praised Lao Longjun for his clarity on current affairs and the little lord's high demeanor.

After such a long period of noise, everyone followed the head of the ministers, Long Lingzi, and knelt on the ground together, bowing down to the new prince of the water marquis.

"Everyone, please get up, please get up!"

When accepting the kneeling worship, the eldest prince of the dragon god, who had long been unfamiliar with such a scene, was so uncomfortable that after a while, he was still prompted by Meng Zhang's eyes to complete the various ceremonial actions of succession.

Except for Boyu's crampedness, such a smooth shift change is not because the world is cold, but because of the times. Most of those who were loyal to Meng Zhang were warlike generals, and the battles they had fought in the past few months had been completely killed and wounded. The remaining courtiers were probably not very loyal to Meng Zhang. In addition, what those high-ranking Dragon Monarch Divine Marquis didn't know was that many of His Highness's many courtiers had already communicated with the four blasphemys, and they only hoped to end the war as soon as possible. Now, when they see that the Shui Hou, who is deeply hated by the four desecrations, has surrendered their power, and has announced that they have chosen to surrender, how can they make these courtiers who have hidden evil intentions unhappy? So that they do not have to be frightened and risk bloodshed.

Therefore, for all kinds of reasons, whether explicit or implicit, the whole hall is now united as never before, and both ministers and generals congratulate the new lord on his accession to the throne with great sincerity.

Not to mention the many shouting, let's talk about a few people. After announcing Boyu's succession, Chi Gang dismissed the ministers and called the three to return to the Fucui room in the apse to discuss matters. After a while in the secret room, the old dragon king was old after all, and he was quickly embarrassed when he talked about sad things, so he went back to rest first. For a while, in the Fucui room, only Meng Zhang, Boyu, and Long Ling were left.

Seeing that it was not too early, Bo Yu first proposed:

"Third brother, you might as well rest early. Ming said that I will arrange it for you, and go to the field of the gods for temporary refuge. ”

"This ...... Thank you for your kindness. But I want to go now. ”

Meng Zhang didn't want to stay for a moment.

"Uh, why this rush?"

Bo Yu was a little puzzled and said:

"Ming said that the four blasphemys may not be called, you can act calmly, you don't have to rush to ...... for a while"

"Alas, big brother!"

Originally, Boyu stepped forward and was willing to sacrifice himself to save the predicament, but Meng Zhang was reluctant to speak out again. It's just that at this moment, seeing that the eldest brother is still lazy and procrastinating, he can't help but raise his voice and admonish:

"Big brother! Without further ado, since the plan has been decided, we should act resolutely! I know better than you about the four blasphemys, and when it comes to Tianming, I'm afraid I'm going to call tonight." I must leave now, and if I go to the field of the gods one day earlier, I will be able to invite the god master out one day earlier!"

"Uh...... Indeed, indeed!"

"Third brother Takami!"

Although he was newly appointed as the Marquis of Shui, Boyu was obviously not adaptable. Seeing that the third brother spoke briskly, he unconsciously made promises and sneered.

Seeing him like this, Meng Zhang didn't say anything on the surface, but he secretly sighed in his heart, and said in his heart that his eldest brother only likes to recite poems, and in the future, he will have to endure a lot of hardships when dealing with those enemies every day.

Thinking of this, Meng Zhang also felt sad, so he said gently:

"Big brother, the long departure is imminent, I don't want my father to be sad, so I didn't tell him. It's just that when we are separated, I am willing to be accompanied by my relatives, and I only hope that my eldest brother can send me to the pavilion, and my two brothers will drink the last cup before parting. ”

"Good ......"

Seeing Meng Zhang speak like this, Bo Yu couldn't help but feel sad, and immediately called Long Ling to prepare some wine and food, and sent it to the departure pavilion at the southeast exit of the Dragon Domain. And he himself accompanied the third brother to leave the pavilion first.

In the past, I went back, and the willows followed.

Now I think about it, the rain and snow are falling.

Although I knew that this parting was just an expedient measure, I didn't know when I would see each other in the future, and I didn't even know if there would be a time to see each other, and the two brothers in the little separation pavilion were a little sad.

At this time, the sea and the moon are high, and the stars are already thin, and the water and moon are dim in the pavilion with ridges and cornices, and the light and shadow are blurred.

In this drowsy light and shadow of the water and moon, the departed person who is about to travel far away clings to the white jade cup in his hand, and drinks the bitter wine of parting one by one. Seeing that this always high-spirited brother became so depressed, the generous and graceful eldest son of the dragon god couldn't help but look miserable, and his heart was sour.

It's just that the wine is long, but the time is short, and in any case, the time of parting must eventually come. After many years, since he gave a gift, he saw the noble son's white clothes fluttering, got up and left the table, and raised his glass in the strange shadow of the Dragon Domain Cave Sky and groaned:

"The mountains and seas are vast, and it is the most sad to look back from the pavilion.

Once Klook rose to a heavy dream, he was still indifferent!"

Choked and groaned, as if unable to speak. When Meng Zhang heard this, he couldn't help but be depressed, his eyes were filled with tears, as if he wanted to cry.

At this moment, it was the henchman who had been with him, Long Ling, who looked calm. Seeing Boyu's farewell poem, he also held the cup, got up and said to his old lord:

"Lord, do you know what the old minister has been following you for many years, what is the biggest insight!"

When Meng Zhang heard this, his eyes were still full of tears, and he turned his face to look at this favorite minister who had always followed, and solemnly answered:

"What is it?"

"Alas. ”

The high-ranking old courtier in the South China Sea sighed and said a little gloomily:

"It may be arrogant, but my lord, the old minister can be regarded as watching you grow up. For so many years, Lao Chen thinks that you are good at everything, but only one thing is not good. ”

"Huh?"

"Alas, you have been known for your wisdom and courage for so many years, but you have never understood a truth. That is the courage to admit defeat and dare to give up!"

"Uh......"

When Meng Zhang heard this, he was groaning to himself. After a while, he suddenly realized that there was something wrong with Long Ling's tone, so he was suddenly startled, and suddenly felt that something was wrong!

It's too late, it's too soon—"It's broken!"

He is also a hero, although he didn't see any signs before, but he immediately knew that it was not good. Startled, he hurriedly touched the Heavenly Flash Divine Whip beside him, but he touched the air with one hand, and I don't know when the inseparable baby divine soldier was already gone!

"You!"

Meng Zhang shouted, and just wanted to fight to pounce on the dragon spirit, but suddenly he felt that the sky was spinning, and his feet were unstable, and he fell down with a "poof". When I tried to struggle to stand up again, I only felt that my legs were sore, and I couldn't use my strength at all!

This time it turned into elbows and armpits, and everything fell like a rabbit, Meng Zhang only came to his senses at this time, gasped, and shouted:

"Dragon Spirit, what poison did you put in my wine?!"

Asked in horror, but the old dragon spirit stood with his hands in his hands, ignoring it at all.

"Big brother?"

At this time, Meng Zhang, who was weak, still did not give up, hoping that this was just Long Ling's arbitrary actions. He was struggling to turn his face to look at his eldest brother, but suddenly heard the familiar voice shouting:

"Someone!"

As soon as the order came out, it was like a trick, the temporary decision to send off the place around the pavilion, suddenly appeared more than a dozen majestic men, all fierce and vicious, naked and naked, only to listen to the lord and another order to "take", then they rushed up, breaking hands and hands, moving feet and feet, using ropes with ropes, in a blink of an eye, they tied the ropes of the former Shuihou ropes, and threw them in front of their real lords with a "bang" like the dumplings of the Dragon Boat Festival!

“......”

It was only at this time that Meng Zhang finally confirmed that the person who gave the order was "Boyu"!

"Are you crazy?!"

This change came so quickly that Meng Zhang still couldn't believe the facts in front of him. Even though the flowers were tied up and the mess was in a mess, he was still struggling and struggling to ask:

"Boyu, which one are you doing?"

"Hah!"

Listening to his question, the dragon boy who was still reciting poetry just now laughed, swept away his decadent state, pressed the saber on his waist, looked down on him and said majestically:

"Third brother, don't blame me for being ruthless! I, the South China Sea Dragon Clan, I can't help you to do such a scourge again!"

When he was obedient, Meng Zhang saw clearly, it turned out that his brother was pressing the saber in his hand at this time, and it was the treasure blade Kunwu he had given before!

“......”

At this point, he didn't have time to think about these details.

“...... We?!"

Thinking carefully about Boyu's words, an even greater panic suddenly struck, and there was still a little hope in his heart, but suddenly he felt a little bad.

Sure enough, as soon as the eldest brother's voice that suddenly changed his face fell, a woman in a strong pretending to fight the sword came out of breath. Rushing to the front of everyone, this delicate and delicate female beard saluted Bo Yu with her sword, and said crisply:

"Bao Gongzi, the old lord has already arranged it in Suo Yuxuan, and he will not come out for the time being!"

Hearing this, Meng Zhang seemed to suddenly understand some truth, and in an instant, he only felt that the sky was dark, and it was cold from head to toe!

(To be continued)