"There's a bad smell. Sima Xu's face was serious and he pointed ahead. There was a vague smell of blood in the air, wrapped in the yellow sand, proving that this place was ominous. The beggar was stunned and paused.

The four murderers all stopped not far from the oasis, and each took out the compass and other things he carried with him, all of which were calculated with words. Ye Xingyuan and a few people followed behind, but they didn't realize it.

"Baozhu, do you feel that something is wrong?" Emperor Longping was pampered, of course, not as sensitive as Sima Zhen and the others, and he cautiously asked his personal guards.

Bao Zhu shook his head suspiciously, "There is no murderous aura in this village, even if there was danger, it was a thing of the past." ”

As the emperor's bodyguard, the first important thing is to sense the murderous and dangerous supernatural powers, although the isolated village in front of him is strange, but there is no threat. Baozhu didn't quite understand the attitude of the four murderers as if they were facing a great enemy.

Ye Xingyuan said with a smile: "This is a virtual scene, how can it be dangerous? Even if Tai Shiling and the others sense the ominousness in it, it is also the future." ”

Sima Zhen and others calculated horizontally and vertically, but there was no result, and in the end they could only choose to go into the village to check. When the group approached the oasis, they saw that the houses had collapsed, the trees had fallen, and there were shocking bloodstains on the ruined walls, as if they had suffered a catastrophe.

Plague of war, or monsters? This may be the crux of the proverbial statement, as the crowd walks through the village, nervously searching for clues. However, to their surprise, although the village was devastated, there was not a single corpse, as if someone had intentionally cleaned it.

"There are traces of a fight here. The beggar crouched in front of a wall and wiped the white marks on the wall with his hand, like a sharp blade cutting through them, several inches deep. Judging from the height and depth, it looks like it was caused by the powerful cavalry of the demon clan, but it is not certain, "Do you see if this is my demon cavalry?"

"If the demon cavalry crosses the border, the demon cavalry emphasizes mobility. It's not that you don't have a lot of time to bother cleaning the battlefield. Second, there are no hoof prints outside the village. King Zhaoti refuted the beggar's claim, "The most important thing is that I have seen that in every household, the property and food have not been taken, and this is by no means the practice of the demon cavalry. ”

"There's no stench left in the air by the Iron Wings. Mr. Zongshan did not open his eyes, but he added.

The Demon Cavalry uses the Iron Winged Beast as a mount and the sharp long-handled scimitar as a weapon, which has strong mobility and impact power, and is a powerful class for harvesting and surprise attacks. However, the strength of the demon clan is limited today. Even outside the pass, at most, only two or three hundred horsemen will be retained, otherwise the general soldiers of the three passes will not be able to sit still.

The future foreshadowed by the prophecy is not far away, and it is obvious that the Demon Cavalry will not be able to expand in size anytime soon. Under this premise, unless it is on the marching route, it is of no strategic significance for the Demon Cavalry to attack, which also proves that this is not a battlefield for the Demon Cavalry.

"But apart from the Demon Cavalry, which other cavalry has such a strong attack power?" The Demon Beggars found more than one trace, and everyone soon found such knife marks on almost every broken wall, as well as the fallen trees on the oasis. It looks like it was cut off with a knife.

The iron cavalry of the imperial court used spears as the main offensive weapon, and the light cavalry of the barbarians in the Western Regions preferred to use bows and arrows from afar, which is not in line with this.

Everyone looked at each other, and Emperor Longping also had a sad look on his face. Could it be that someone has formed another powerful cavalry army? a force that is not capable of horse thieves operating in the desert.

"There's another possibility. Ye Xingyuan saw that their thinking was limited. couldn't help but remind, "It may also be a giant with a height of about two zhang and infinite strength, attacking with a knife, and it is also possible to leave such traces." ”

Considering that the positions of the knife marks on the walls are relatively high. Therefore, the first reaction, including Sima Xu, was cavalry. But this is not the only answer, Ye Xingyuan always feels that this isolated village in the desert is strange.

"In the far west of the world, there is Buyeo country. The height of its countrymen is about two zhang, but there is the kind of giant that Gongzi said. But this is the border of the Central Plains, and there are still 108,000 miles away from the Buyeo country, how can such a giant exist?" Mr. Zongshan gave theoretical evidence for Ye Xingyuan's speculation, but as he said, where would the people of the Buyeo country come to such a far place to kill people?

Ye Xingyuan found a footprint in the mud puddle, pointed it out to everyone to see, and said indifferently: "The King of Shicai once said that there are no animal hoof marks in and outside the village, but there are giant foot marks in this place, if it is not for the two giants, who has such big feet?"

The footprints were more than a foot long, so clearly recognizable, and everyone gasped, only to feel more and more confused.

This proverb is already difficult to understand, and now some giant has appeared out of nowhere. What terrible things will happen in the northwest in the future? Everyone is full of doubts, and even if everyone gathers here, they still don't have a clue, let alone where to start.

Sima Zhen sighed: "Originally, I thought that with Ye Gongzi's 'what I have seen in the world', a few of us will be able to find the key and understand the deep meaning left by Master Zheng Ju. I didn't expect to get to this point and still get nothing, I am really incompetent, ashamed of my ancestors. ”

Ye Xingyuan's prophecy almost showed the future in front of the five of them, and these five people thought that they knew the most about omins and prophecy in the world, so they didn't get anything.

The four murderers were also silent, they hung their heads and didn't want to echo Sima Xu's words, but they couldn't refute it, because the reality was like this. The more they look, the more they doubt, and they can't even come up with a self-justifying hypothesis.

Emperor Longping secretly said to An Gong: "I can't imagine that Ye Xingyuan is still proficient in the study of prophecy, and even Sima Zhen is ashamed of himself, otherwise it would be a pity to put him in the Qin Heavenly Prison in the future?"

Gonggong An observed his words and knew that the emperor had a good impression of Ye Xingyuan, so he smiled and said: "Just now Ye Gongzi also said that he just happened to be a coincidence, in the eyes of the old slave, it is about the Heavenly Heart of the Great Confucian, so he can get an early warning from heaven." That's what I have seen in this world, he is an orthodox scholar, where is he willing to enter the Qin Heavenly Prison?"

Emperor Longping muttered: "What you said is also true, this matter will be discussed again." This Ye Xingyuan is omnipotent, and he will use his methods a lot more in the future. ”

Before Emperor Longping used Ye Xingyuan, first of all, the first impression was excellent, and he was born to love it, and he made a contribution to Xiangrui and made a contribution to saving the driver, so he was rewarded with a knighthood. The second is to let him mess up the situation of the backwater of the court and see if there is a chance to increase the control of the imperial power.

After Ye Xingyuan was knighted, Emperor Longping also paid attention to his news from time to time, and heard that there were several small conflicts between him and Xungui, and he was very satisfied. Even if he bumped into each other on the Furong Pavilion, the emperor was willing to retreat, which shows that he still has a lot of kindness to this kid.

Judging from the situation that Emperor Longping has mastered now, Ye Xingyuan is not only lucky, but also has a solid foundation in his own knowledge, at least the two parts of spiritual power and heavenly machine are outstanding among the younger generation.

If nothing else, this person will definitely be able to pass the Jinshi in the March examination and enter the court. At this time, it is necessary to consider the specific question of how to use it.

The emperor has the intention to leave Ye Xingyuan in the capital, but if Ye Xingyuan chooses Hanlin or enters the Sixth Department and the Imperial History Terrace, he will inevitably directly contact Qingliu in the court. Whether Ye Xingyuan was co-opted or formed a situation of direct confrontation, it was not what the emperor wanted.

Therefore, on a whim just now, I considered whether it was possible to summon Ye Xingyuan into the Qin Heavenly Prison, so as to keep him in the capital and avoid contradictions. However, there has never been a precedent for a new branch jinshi to enter the Qin Tianjian in this dynasty, not to mention that Ye Xingyuan's talent is by no means limited to just one Qin Tianjian, which is a pity, and Emperor Longping temporarily dispelled this idea.

"But this person is really a genius!" Emperor Longping saw that Sima Zhen and the four murderers were still busy looking for clues, and the virtual image was still strong, and he couldn't help but smile and said: "I heard that there is a glimpse of the prophecy, at most it will last for a quarter of an hour, this Ye Xing Yuandian has lasted for most of the day, and the outside world is only afraid that the sky is about to dawn, I don't know when it will end? Don't delay our return to the palace." ”

This means that Ye Xingyuan's spiritual power is almost endless, so that he can independently maintain this virtual image for a long time. Not only Emperor Longping was shocked, but Sima Zhen and others were even more surprised.

They didn't expect to find the village, and they didn't expect to stay for long after finding the village, so they were all racing against time to explore. But now that they have been in the village for more than half an hour, they have searched several times inside and out, and the false image maintained by Ye Xingyuan has not yet shown any signs of collapse.

Could it be that they can still spend the night here? The ancestors of the masters, if it were a coincidence, they could form a formation to replenish their spiritual power, but it was a bit of an example of a day and a night. But this kind of thing is hard to come by, and if it can't reach the level of "what you see in this world", it is meaningless to maintain an imaginary image for too long.

Sima Zhen pondered for a long time, and asked Ye Xingyuan sincerely: "Young Master Ye, you also have a general understanding of the cause and effect, this proverb is related to the rise and fall of the world. If what I expected is right, there will be something wrong tonight, and it may be the key to our breakthrough. I wonder if your spiritual power will be able to maintain this illusion until the night?"

Emperor Longping frowned slightly, and he was very dissatisfied in his heart, he always felt that the border matter was not enough to affect the Central Plains. Although Sima Zhen has good intentions and is loyal to the imperial court, he is inevitably a little alarmist.

The emperor's idea is that if you really can't solve the prophecy, you can't force it, after all, hundreds of years ago, the number of times Zheng Ju's prophecy was solved was only twice, and the other five times were not solved.

On the contrary, only one of the two solutions led to a change of dynasty, and although the other five were also major changes, they were not impossible to deal with.

Ye Xingyuan didn't feel the consumption of spiritual power at all, so he nodded and replied: "It's a mistake, I haven't felt too much spiritual power consumption at this time, look at this day, it's going to be night soon, I should be able to hold on." (To be continued.) )