The news of the outbreak of the demon plague on the coast of the East China Sea of Qi was quickly known to all the forces in the Shenzhou world as if it had grown wings, and it can be seen from the images from the Xuanyin Stone that the crack in the demon world of Qi this time is very serious, and it has basically reached the level of the Qin State three thousand years ago, that is to say, this level of the demon world crack can already allow the emperor-level powerhouse in the demon clan to appear in the human world.

Basically, every immortal country, including the forces, will install their own eyeliner in every place where there is a crack in the demon world, and this is also acquiesced by everyone, so when something happens on the coast of the East China Sea, all the eyeliners will record what they see with Xuanyin Stone and send it back to their own immortal kingdom, sect, or family.

"The demon plague broke out in Qi Guoshou Turtle City, and the cracks in the demon world opened wide, but for the time being, I haven't received any news that a demon clan powerhouse has appeared from inside. Wu Shichong looked at the group of civil and military officers below and said.

"Your Majesty, is there any more precaution over the Rift Cliff?" the prime minister stood up and asked.

"Well, we must strengthen our precautions, in addition, mobilize another 50,000 horses, Wei Chishan, Dongfang Shao, and Zhan Xin pay close attention to the cracks in the demon world, and report to the imperial court at any time if there is a situation, and the urgent mail sent by the Chu State is also sent to the Rift Sky Cliff station, so that the three generals will pay close attention. Wu Shichong said.

"Yes. Cheng replied.

The long pass, the horses roared, the dead grass and leaves were endless, and the whole prairie was full of dead silence.

Dragon City, a city built 10,000 years ago, still stands tall on this grassland full of dead silence.

Ji Ming, the Ping Demon General of the Han Kingdom, with his 30,000 elite soldiers, was stationed in Longcheng, the border fortress of the Han Kingdom.

Ji Ming, who has gray temples, although he is a monk of the Great Perfection of the Sword Sect, is now two hundred and fifty years old. Three hundred years, is the most extreme longevity of a sword sect.

"Alas" Ji Ming stood at the head of the city, looking at the dark fog that was still faintly visible more than ten miles away from Dragon City, and sighed.

"The cracks in the Demon Realm of Qi Country are abnormal, and Shougui City has been besieged by no less than 100,000 innate demon beasts. "The two generals behind Ji Ming are all Ji Ming's old subordinates, the Han Kingdom is not like other immortal countries, the overall command of the Han State to guard the cracks in the demon world belongs to one person, and that is Ji Ming. The rest of the generals are under the command of Ji Ming, so that the two main generals of the later stage of the Sword Sect under his command, plus the three deputy generals, there are a total of five Sword Sects. Moreover, the 30,000 soldiers were also under the command of one person, so the strength was undoubtedly greatly increased.

And Dragon City. It is the only one of the major immortal kingdoms facing the crack in the demon world. But every time the demon clan invaded, it failed to break through a city.

But to make the dragon city fly, do not teach the demon clan to pass the border.

The generals of the Han Kingdom who have always been stationed in Longcheng are the strongest generals in the country, and these people do not rely on family backgrounds or nepotism. Instead, he grew up by fighting hundreds of battles with the demon clan, and the generals of the Han Kingdom were originally ordinary innate soldiers.

Ji Ming was undoubtedly the same, "Have you found any traces of grandmaster-level demon beasts?" Ji Ming asked this crucial question.

"Nope. Xuanyuan Shun behind him shook his head and said.

"General. An urgent letter from His Majesty to the State of Chu. At this time, another general, Shen Tuhan, took a jade slip from the hands of a herald, held it in his hand, injected spiritual power, and immediately the information in the jade slip entered Ji Ming's mind.

In an instant, Ji Ming frowned, "General Xuanyuan." Ji Ming shouted.

"In. Regulus complied.

"Hurry up with 3,000 soldiers to investigate the rift. Ji Ming said.

"The general doesn't know what he wants to investigate?" Xuanyuan Shun looked at Ji Mingdao with a puzzled look.

Ji Ming handed over the jade slip in his hand, Xuanyuan Shun took it, immediately understood, and hugged his fists and said, "The last general understands." ”

"General, Your Majesty ordered Captain Ji He to lead 100,000 feather forests, as well as countless resources and burdens, and come to Dragon City to strengthen the defense. At this time, a herald ran up to the castle tower to report.

"Ji He?" Shen Tuhan frowned and looked at Ji Ming.

Ji Ming just nodded lightly and said, "Let them set up camp in Longlingpo, Shen Tuhan, you take five thousand people to bring the resources into the city." ”

Shen Tuhan received the order, and then asked Ji Ming tentatively: "The general doesn't know that he can summon Ji and the general into the city to discuss matters?"

Ji Ming was slightly stunned, then shook his head and said, "Tell him that he should always prepare for war and train the army, and he must not slack off." After a slight pause, he said, "Don't lose the face of my Ji family." ”

"Yes. Shen Tuhan clenched his fists and agreed, and retreated.

Song Yuning, the emperor of the Song Kingdom, is the richest and most prosperous country in the immortal kingdom, but the military strength of the Song State is the weakest among the major immortal kingdoms, and the current monarch is a woman, in the Shenzhou world, it is rare for a woman to be an emperor, but it is not a big deal, but few women have the potential to be emperors, so it has led to more male emperors than female emperors, and the first emperor of the Wutang Empire is not a woman?

Most of the people of the Song State practiced literature, although they were monks, but they were not good at fighting, so the civil officials of the Song State were very inflated, but there was a great shortage of military generals.

Looking at the handsome middle-aged man in battle armor standing in front of him, Song Yuning was helpless for a while.

"Why should Aiqing bother? Wouldn't it be better to sit in the Song Kingdom in the national capital and bless me with the Great Song Dynasty? Why do you need to go to the cracks of the demon world in person and do such a hard job? If Aiqing is not at ease, I can mobilize another 300,000 people to garrison the Burial Emperor Mountain, okay?" Song Yuning said as he looked at the man in front of him.

"Your Majesty, the burial of the emperor mountain is where the crack in the demon world is, it is related to the survival of Shenzhou, and it is related to the survival of my Great Song Dynasty. The man said with a firm face.

Looking at the perseverance and domineering on his handsome face, Song Yuning's eyes were slightly stupid, but under the actions of the palace maids around him, Song Yuning reacted quickly, and his cheeks were slightly red.

"Aiqing, listen to me, as long as you don't go there, you can do whatever you want. Song Yuning said.

The handsome man looked stunned, "Why did Your Majesty say this?"

"I" Song Yuning suddenly became restless, every time she saw the man in front of her, she couldn't control her emotions, let alone her majesty.

"Anyway, I said you can't go, you just can't go. "After all, he has been an emperor for more than ten years, and Song Yuning really has an imperial spirit when he is powerful.

"Your Majesty. The ministers received the emperor's favor, and it was difficult to repay each other, and only with flesh and blood could they repay the great Song Dynasty. The man insisted.

"Do you dare to disobey my will?" Song Yuning looked at the person in front of him, and he couldn't help but feel a wave of anger in his heart.

The man suddenly knelt down on one knee and said in his mouth: "Wei Yi is said to be martial, and it is said to be martial arts to restrain trouble, Bude is said to be righteous and righteous, and he is said to be Mu when he sees his feelings." The minister was named the Great Song Wumu, and he should settle the people for my Great Song Dynasty, if His Majesty does not allow it, he can behead the minister, but the minister will die. Nor will it change its mind. ”

"You" Song Yuning was helpless for a while, and finally could only wave his hand. Looking at the man, he said, "Then you can go." It's just how many soldiers and horses are you going to bring?"

The man looked at Song Yuning, "300,000?" After the man finished saying this, he also speculated in his heart, due to special circumstances, the standing strength of the Song State was only 700,000, so 300,000 was one-third of the military strength of the Song State.

"I'll give you three hundred and fifty thousand. Be careful when you go. Song Yuning said softly.

"Your Majesty" The man looked at Song Yuning, and then bowed: "Your Majesty, the minister has retired." ”

Song Yuning nodded, the man in front of him. It is a hundred generations of the Yue family of the Song State, the Yue family, is the first family of the Song State, the ancestor Yue Pengju is the general of the demon clan with the Emperor Gaozu, and finally died in the decisive battle, Emperor Taizong named Yue Pengju as Wu Mu, and gave the prince the title, hereditary generation, so in the Song State, as long as you hear that it is 'Yue Wumu', then you must know that it is the descendants of Yue Pengju.

And although this generation of Wumu Yueqing is already in the realm of the Sword Emperor, he is also a monk who is more than a hundred years old, and he is considered young among the immortal kings and princes, and this generation of Song Guojun Song Yuning is thirty years younger than him, it can be said that Yue Qing has watched her grow up, and Song Yuning has been extremely talented since she was a child, she has been a Sword Emperor monk since she was forty years old, and she can successfully inherit the throne of Song Guojun in the competition of many royal brothers at the age of fifty.

The monk's appearance is not old, especially the Sword Emperor monk, who can stabilize his face in the years of youth and cardamom, and Song Yuning is the same, now she is still like a girl, her skin is like condensed fat, and her face is eternal.

"Your Majesty, this is the discord between the prime minister and the ministers during today's court meeting. The palace maid beside him handed over a slip from the jade case.

"Why is there only one slip from the prime minister and the ministers?" Song Yuning asked.

"It's a joint name. After the palace maid glanced at it, she secretly glanced at Song Yuning and said.

"Joint name?" Song Yuning frowned, took the slip, opened it and took a few looks, and suddenly his eyebrows rose up, and his eyes were full of shame and anger.

"Okay, are these old guys okay to do, and they remembered to find a man for me, is this their business?" Song Yuning slapped his palm on the jade case in front of him, and suddenly a few cracks appeared on the jade case.

"Your Majesty is angry. The palace ladies in the hall all knelt down with pale faces.

"Proposed edict. Song Yuning looked at the female official kneeling on the ground and said.

"Yes. The female officer hurriedly stood up, took a few steps forward, and knelt in front of Song Yuning's jade case.

As the prime minister, the head of a hundred officials, you should set an example, so it is disrespectful to the old and disrespectful, it is really humiliating and decent, and the other hundred officials will be punished to serve Lingyu for one year, and the rest of the hundred officials will be punished to serve Lingyu for three years, and you should not discuss it in the future. After Song Yuning finished speaking, the female official also just put down the jade pen made of a grandmaster-level silver wolf hair and handed the edict to Song Yuning.

Song Yuning took it and looked at it, nodded, stretched out his palm, and with a flash of golden light, a jade seal appeared in his hand.

'Bang' The jade seal was covered, and suddenly the entire edict was flowing with the breath of the emperor, and a faint golden light was circulating and swimming on the edict, like a dragon sewn with gold thread.

"Your Majesty, I don't know if there is a sentence to say or not. The female officer looked at Song Yuning and hesitated.

"Speak. Song Yuning said.

The female official hesitated slightly, then gritted her teeth and said: "Your Majesty, the prime minister and the ministers are also well-intentioned, Your Majesty has been on the throne for twenty years, but there is still no husband, this is something that has never happened among the monarchs of the Song Kingdom, and the first emperor has already had three princes within ten years of ascending the throne." ”

"Are these things that you, a person from the inner palace, should say?" Song Yuning suddenly shouted.

"Your Majesty forgives your sins. The female officer hurriedly knelt on the ground and pleaded guilty.

"Don't talk about it in the future. Song Yuning said, he was very irritable for no reason, and a shadow inadvertently flashed in his mind, and he was in a trance for a while, and he was worried and lost, "Alas"

Heard Song Yuning sigh. The female official said: "Although General Yue has a prince, he is not the kind of person who enjoys wealth and wealth, and it is really admirable to take charge of the world." ”

"Oh?" Song Yuning suddenly frowned, and looked at the female officer with interest, "Is General Yue good?"

"Of course, General Yue, like Your Majesty, has a good heart, and he has not married a wife or had children yet, so he can talk about the heroes in the hearts of the people of the entire Song Kingdom. It is said that there are many young ladies from the family who secretly agree to General Yue, maybe one day General Yue will be moved by a certain lady. The female officer said with a grin.

"Where are those daughters who love vanity and like to compare are worthy of General Yue?" Song Yuning said with some displeasure.

"Of course, the sisters say. Only General Yue and His Majesty are a perfect match. The female officer finished. Suddenly, his face changed. Hurriedly kowtowed towards Song Yuning, "Your Majesty forgives me, Liu'er should die, Liu'er lost her words." ”

Looking at Liu Er, who repeatedly pleaded guilty, Song Yuning's face was flushed and shy, and he scolded. "Nonsense, forget it, I will not pursue you if you are an unintentional mistake. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty. Liu Er stood up. There was cunning in his eyes, Song Yuning looked at Liu Er's eyes, and suddenly understood everything, and suddenly he was ashamed and angry, "Okay you Liu Er, you" Song Yuning pointed at Liu Er and couldn't speak, just now he had already said that he would not pursue it, the Son of Heaven was full of words and could not be repented, but what Liu Er said happened to enter Song Yuning's heart, and he was ashamed and angry for a while, but fortunately, as the Sword Emperor, he quickly suppressed his inner emotions.

"Your Majesty, in fact, let Liu Er say it, the entire Song Kingdom, and it is really General Yue who is worthy of Your Majesty, so why doesn't Your Majesty tell the ministers about this? General Yue's family has been loyal to my Song Kingdom for generations, and in terms of merit, which minister can compare?" Liu Er said.

Song Yuning looked at the girl in front of her who grew up with her, now she is also a Sword Sect cultivator, Song Yuning suddenly sighed deeply, "Actually, it doesn't matter if others agree or not, I just want to know what he thinks, if he is willing, even if the ministers are unwilling" Saying this, Song Yuning stopped talking.

"What if the ministers don't want to?" asked Liu Er with wide eyes.

Song Yuning blushed, looked at Liu Er, and said the most domineering sentence since he ascended the throne, "I am the emperor of the Song Kingdom!"

"Xuan, Confucian Ziwu, meet you!" In front of the magnificent palace, a young man in a cyan Confucian shirt stood there, and a majestic righteousness overflowed from him, making the eunuchs and palace maids passing by around him pay frequent attention.

"Confucianism, see Jin Jun, long live long live. After Ziwu entered the hall, under the gaze of civil and military officials, he carried out ancient etiquette, dignified, majestic, sacred, and neither humble nor arrogant.

Shao Fu, the monarch of the Jin Kingdom, looked at Ziwu kneeling below, and a trace of admiration flashed in his eyes, this kind of temperament is really worthy of being a Confucian disciple.

"Hurry up, please, I've been busy lately, and the hospitality is not good, and the hospitality is not good. Shao Fu said with a smile.

"Jin Jun is serious, the master sent me down the mountain, this is to help the Jin Kingdom complete the ancestral sacrifice, the country's major affairs, only worship and Rong, Ziwu dare not be negligent. Ziwu arched his hand and said.

"I don't know about the ancestral sacrifice, what's wrong?" Shao Fu asked.

"It has been arranged according to the ancient rites. Ziwu said.

"This is very good, I don't know what else is needed for the ancestral sacrifice? If you want a blood sacrifice, I can immediately transfer 10,000 death row prisoners from all over the country, do you think it's good?" asked Shao Fu.

"Ahem. At this time, there was a coughing sound in the hall, and everyone looked and saw that the prime minister was covering his mouth and coughing at this time, but his eyes were staring at Jin Jun.

"What's wrong with the Prime Minister?" Jin Jun asked.

Before the prime minister could speak, Ziwu spoke, "Your Majesty, the ancient rite says: Worship ancestors with sincerity, not prosperity." As long as you sincerely respect your ancestors, even if it is three residual incense, it can also reflect your respect. If it is not sincere, even if the power of the whole country is useless, people are one of the three talents, the respect of living beings, all things in heaven and earth, and people are precious, how can you hurt the lives of ten thousand people because of one person? If Your Majesty wants to use blood sacrifices, Ziwu will return to the mountain, please ask Your Majesty to ask for another wisdom. ”

Shao Fu Yi'e, at this time he finally understood why the prime minister was coughing towards himself, he ignored the Confucian belief doctrine, Confucianism advocates that people are precious, you can use animal heads, blood, all kinds of rare treasures, and even extravagance and waste It doesn't matter, but if you want to hurt other people's lives in order to worship your ancestors, then Confucianism is resolutely opposed.

In their eyes, death row prisoners will die anyway, it is better to bring blood sacrifices, although the blood sacrifice is evil, but it is the most effective way, because the ancestors of the major immortal countries are not an ordinary sacrifice, and there are secrets of the royal families of the major immortal countries.

"Haha, I'm just talking casually, don't take it seriously, everything that is sacrificed is the sole responsibility of Ziwu, and I will never interfere. Jin Jun said with a smile.

"Thank you, Your Majesty. Ziwu worshipped, this Jin Jun can believe in him like this, it is entirely because Jin Jun and his master, that is, today's Confucian masters, know each other, and there are also records about Confucianism in the annals of the immortal kingdoms, although Confucianism is not known to the world, but the major immortal kingdoms know that there is such a maverick sect.

"By the way, I don't know where the great disciple of Confucianism Li Linxian went?" Jin Jun asked vaguely, it stands to reason that this kind of thing should be the eldest disciple Li Linxian, but he is not good at asking directly, so he asked like this.

Of course, Ziwu knew what Jin Jun meant, so he replied: "Senior brother went to Qin State. ”

"Qin State, oh, I remember that Confucianism and Qin have always had a grudge, why did Qin State send a big disciple to congratulate the founding of the Qin State?" Shao Fu was puzzled.

"The grievances of the predecessors are the grievances of the predecessors, and the feelings of the present are the feelings of the present, and they should not be confused. Ziwu said.

"Haha, I remember that your master said a sentence, there is a sentence in your Confucian classics: The revenge of the tenth generation can still be avenged. Shao Fu asked a little ill-intentioned now.

"Your Majesty, when it comes to Confucianism, I am inferior to my two senior brothers. Ziwu pushed back with a word, leaving Shao Fu speechless.

"Your Majesty, since there is nothing else to do, then Ziwu will go to prepare for the ancestral sacrifice, and Ziwu will retire. After Ziwu finished speaking, he retreated from the main hall. (To be continued......)