Chapter XXIII: The Terrorist Mission
The army marched neatly and rapidly, "Xu Yao" wore a mask and rode on the "Black Pearl" war horse, walking in front of the team, strutting with his head held high, majestic; Busu was by his side, young and promising, with clean movements, his handsome and resolute face covered with dust, and he would have to reach the border of Utoia in a day.
In the city of Mihagan, the capital of the Utopian country, Ulan Monrokhan sat in the main hall, drinking crisp sesame tea, while looking seriously at a letter that had just been delivered, frowning, he suddenly stood up, paced a few steps, waved his hand, a guard stepped forward, he handed him a written letter, said a few more words, and the guard left in a hurry.
At the junction of Tianluo and Utopia, an army of Tianluo is secretly camped near the border, and in the big tent, Mo Liha, the great prince of Tianluo country, and Hong Tianshou, the national teacher, are talking,
"National Teacher, the army of the Taihan Kingdom is almost at the border of the Utopian Country, the first city to attack should be the Miluo City of the Utopian Country, and the one who guards that city is the elite division of the Utopian Country, the Wuhu Division, once the battle breaks out, we will attack the Black Wolf City under the Black Wolf Mountain of the Tuo Country from here. ”
Hong Guoshi let out two sneerers gloomily: "Hehe! This time, we will force the Utopian country back to the prairie, and we will never be able to come back." ”
"Okay, from now on, the Monctor steppe dominates the world. National teacher, but the strange thing is that the secret letters sent out by various sects did not work, and there was no one from the rivers and lakes in the Black Wolf Mountain. ”
"It may be that they have taken precautions in advance, it doesn't matter, the Witch Devouring Sect has moved its headquarters to Huayin City, and then we will transfer these eight hundred people to Huayin City secretly, and hold a conference there, the Demon Devouring Ancestor has also successfully cultivated, and it will be a nightmare for all sects at that time. There was a vicious glint in Hong Guoshi's eyes.
"Haha! The national teacher is reasonable, and he can also take revenge on you. The eldest prince smiled flatteringly.
"Don't worry, this time is done, you have made great contributions, and you will be appreciated by the king, and I will strongly recommend you to be the crown prince with the king. ”
"Thank you, National Teacher. ”
"Hahaha!"
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In Yanhua City, the elites of various sects have quietly entered the city, living in various inns, a man in white clothes, holding a flute, fluttering like a fairy, leaning in front of the window of an elegant room on the third floor of the Sheraton Inn, he is Xiao Moran.
The figure of a girl wearing a pale yellow dress and a beautiful and pure smile always appeared in front of his eyes. Just now, a woman in black stuffed a note to him and instructed him not to act rashly, the note read: Beigong Yuhan was captured in Huayin City.
The woman in black was none other than Mei Yun, one of the Dragon Guardians sent by Xu Yao to deliver the message.
Twenty miles away from Yanhua City, there was an army of 5,000 people hidden in the mountains and forests, and the leader of the team was none other than Wo Longsheng, who sat in front of the desk, holding a secret letter from the Khan of the Utopian Kingdom forwarded by Marshal Busu: "The army of the Tianluo Kingdom has arrived near the Wuwolf Mountain. "There was a map on the table, which showed that Huayin City was thirty-six miles away from the Black Wolf Mountain through the desert. He is the most powerful assistant around the three princes, when the three princes are not in the camp, he is the head of the army, he acts cautiously and steadily, boldly and carefully, follows the three princes from birth to death, fights in the south and the north, and makes great achievements, Xu Yao is also the most at ease with him.
The day before yesterday, he was following the troops, and he received a secret letter from the third prince, asking him to lead 5,000 cavalry to secretly rush to the mountains and forests of Yanhua City to wait for his life. On the way, he teamed up with Ugly Wind to capture three black-clothed people, one of them was Elder Feng of the Witch Devouring Sect, and the other two were originally gangsters in Fengdu City, and when they learned that these three people were rushing to Huayin City, they were preparing to join forces with Elder Lei of Huayin City, and when the three princes attacked Utopia, they would launch an attack on Yanhua City.
Now they are hidden here, waiting for the orders of the three princes, and they can set off at any time.
For three days, Yuhan was imprisoned in a wooden prison, and except for the little boy who brought him food, no one ever interrogated her again, and no other man in black came.
It is not wrong to say that the man in black who delivered the meal is a little boy, his thin body is wrapped in black clothes and looks thinner and weaker, and his dark eyes reveal a childish light, and he looks eleven or twelve years old.
At first, when Yuhan talked to him, he was silent, and then slowly dared to whisper a few words.
Yuhan learned through the dialogue that the little boy's name is Wang Meng, a native of Huayin City, his parents died two years ago, and he lived with his uncle, half a month ago, his uncle's family escaped from Huayin City, threw him in the city, and was caught in the cave by the witch eaters, because he was young, he was accepted as a boy and did some chores for them.
"Wang Meng, did they bully you today?" Yuhan took the food he sent and asked with concern when he saw his red and swollen hands.
"Sister, no. He said timidly, the experience of this period of time, made him shudder, cautious everywhere, everyone either beat or scolded him, only the young lady in front of him, treat him kindly, everywhere care, let him feel the only warmth.
"I said no, the back of my hand was swollen. Yuhan took out a small bottle of medicine from his arms, "Reach over and I'll help you apply some medicine." ”
He reached through the crack in the pillar and into the red and swollen hand: "These people are so bad, they move a little slower, and they step on my hand." ”
"They won't be happy for a few days, someone will defeat them, don't worry, my sister will rescue you when the time comes. ”
"Well, sister, I have something to tell you, today I secretly heard them saying that there is an important person in the cave, who seems to be some kind of first elder. ”
"Do you know what he's here for?"
"It seems that for the sake of the ancestor's exit, I want to select two people from among you who have been arrested, send them to him, and accompany him to practice at the last moment of his exit. ”
"What does it mean to practice with him?"
"Sister, actually, in fact, it is to suck their blood, eat their flesh, and send someone to feed that demon beast almost once every three days. ”
"Demon beast, isn't it the skill of spilling blood and turning corpses, using fresh blood to help him practice this kind of kung fu. The person whose blood was sucked would turn into a pile of bones, and in addition to the sect leader, these four elders were practicing this kind of kung fu. ”
Wang Meng shuddered: "No, the most terrifying thing is the demon beast that they call the Witch Devouring Ancestor, are you afraid?"
"Who is not afraid. ”
Suddenly there was a sound of footsteps in the distance, Wang Meng hurriedly packed up the empty dishes and chopsticks, "Someone is coming, I'll go first" After speaking, he left quickly.
The two black-clothed men who mentioned the person a few days ago came: "Girl, let's go." ”
"Two big brothers, where are you going?" Yuhan took out two pieces of silver from his pocket and secretly stuffed them into them.
One person looked at Yu Han, "Girl, let's go, all the people have gathered in the Prison Rock Soul to select the sparring boy of the Witch Devouring Ancestor." ”
Another person whispered: "Only choose two people, you go to the front when the time comes, when the lottery is drawn, if you see a black spot on the bamboo stick, don't take it, don't make a sound, avoid this time, you will survive." After he finished speaking, he pulled Yuhan's hand, and Yuhan felt that this person was a little familiar, not one of the two.
Yuhan secretly opened his palm and saw that a small note read: "Cang Lei"
Yuhan understood, and smiled slightly at the corner of his mouth
"Thank you big brother for the reminder. ”
"Well, let's go. ”
They came to the empty field that day, it turned out to be called the Prison Soul Rock, and saw that the competition platform was already full of people, all with ankle chains.
In the pavilion under the stage, there are three people sitting on the stone table, and in the middle sits a man about thirty years old, dressed gorgeously, with a high nose bridge and blue eyes.
On the left hand sat a tall and sturdy old man with crane hair and a childish face, and on the right was Elder Lei.
All around the walls of the cave stood men in black.
Father Liao was pouring tea and water for them with a few people who looked like servants, and Wang Meng was among them.
After Father Liao said a few words to Elder Lei, and then to the people in the middle and on the left, he slowly walked to the stage and looked at the two dozen people in the stand.
He said loudly: "Everyone, Prince Gaji, Elder Xing, and Elder Lei are all here today, and the main reason for recruiting you today is that I have an important and glorious task to be entrusted to you. ”
Everyone on the stage looked at each other, everyone's faces were very ugly, and their expressions were very nervous.
Father Liao looked left and right, brushing down the old, inconvenient hands and feet, and ugly ones, he looked at Yuhan, and a sinister smile appeared on his face.
In the end, there were ten people left on the stage, and Yuhan was among them.
"You ten people are elites, no matter who gets this glorious task, it is very lucky, and then everyone looks at fate, whoever draws the lot, who will go, two places. Daddy Liao said.
A man in black walked up to the stage carrying a plate containing ten bamboo sticks wrapped in cloth.
Daddy Liao shouted loudly: "Okay, who will come up to draw lots now?"
No one dared to go up, Yuhan found that several people's feet were already shaking, and Daddy Liao shouted again.
Yuhan strode out, she carefully looked at the bamboo sticks on the plate with her eyes, and sure enough, she found that there were inconspicuous small black dots drawn on the handles of two bamboo sticks.
After Yuhan casually took a sign without a black spot and retreated, everyone also stepped forward and took a sign each, and then returned to the team.
Daddy Liao shouted loudly: "Now I am ready to open the lot, eight none, two medium, those who get the middle will be honored to get the task." ”
"Open ......"
"Smack," a teacup shattered on the ground, Wang Meng stood in horror in front of Prince Gaji and trembled, it turned out that when Wang Meng was adding tea for the prince, he was too nervous to sprinkle hot tea on him, and Prince Gaji angrily knocked the teacup to the ground.
Elder Lei stood up suddenly, raised his big hand and was about to slap it at Wang Meng, when one person on the stage fell to the ground, convulsed a few times and didn't move, scared to death.
Seeing this, Elder Lei slowly lowered his hand and said, "This person is dead, so let's drag that dead body down and let him take the lot for him." He pointed to Wang Meng.
"Yes," the two of them dragged Wang Meng to the competition platform without saying anything.