twin moon

Chapter 205 No.20 Act Seven: The Unexpected Enemy VII

In the second year of Zhaoxi, May [-]st.In Citong Bay of Lincang City, military flags are flying, and war drums are thundering.

Since a few days ago, more than a dozen elite ships from the Peng Kingdom have been berthed in the harbor.Today, these warships are already filled with ballast for long-distance voyages picked up by porters and coolies, ready to go.

The sea breeze rolled up the smelly droplets, and on the deck that had just been brushed with tung oil, it was covered with a layer of crystal clear film.The water vapor also stained the faces of the sergeants standing on the deck, making the Kuijiao leather armor, which was not as shiny as iron armor, glow like ink under the dazzling sunlight.

The hull of the ship was heaving up and down in the sea, and countless white foams appeared on the sides, which attracted large schools of swimming fish in the sea, and also caused countless red-billed and silver-backed seabirds to hover over the port, refusing to leave for a long time.

A dark blue corner flag with a hammerhead shark pattern hangs high on the bow of the ship, fluttering in the wind.The leading admiral under his banner is counting the last batch of oak barrels brought onto the ship one by one—there are [-] such barrels in the current fleet.And what is sealed in the barrel is the blue flame that makes the Peng Kingdom proud of the world.

Right now, beside the general, there is still a delicate and weak girl.It is a taboo for women to go to sea with a ship, but the officers and soldiers on board have no objection to this.Because they know that this leading young man is not easy to mess with.

The young general reached out and took off the animal head mask on his face. Where the nose should have been, there were two terrifying hollows like skeletons. It was Yu Li himself!
A few days ago, even he himself would not have imagined that Peng Guogong Ying Ren actually handed over [-]% of his main ships and nearly half of Lan Yan to his hands.The only condition is that a dozen well-informed doctors and scholars from Penguin go out to sea with the ship.

Soon the fleet set sail and anchored, and lined up to leave the port.And in Yu Li's mind, the meeting at the Chaolei Hall a few days ago once again appeared, even if I think about it today, it still makes people linger in fear.

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"Just now I heard that the palace guards reported that the two of you actually held Huang Jiulang's token in your hands?"

Duke Ying Ren of the Peng Kingdom sat on the Chaolei Hall, looking coldly at Yu Li and Zi Yuan who had just entered the hall.

What the two young men held in their hands was nothing but a dark object with an irregular shape.It was half a tiger talisman used for dispatching troops, but it didn't look like the Peng Army.However, when Ying Renfu saw it, he straightened up involuntarily, and asked in a low voice:

"This thing—how did the two of you get it from Jiulang?!"

"How you got it, the king doesn't need to care about it. But Huang Jiulang has long expected that even if you see the token, you may not believe it, so let us send a sentence: Let's go to the rivers and mountains together!"

Before Yu Li could speak, Zi Yuan beside him responded first.However, the young man has never heard of what the girl said.Listening to it now, I feel uneasy in my heart, and it arouses many doubts.

Hearing this, Ying Ren stood up from the throne suddenly: "You two really met Huang Jiulang!"

The girl with dark eyes nodded slightly: "Huang Jiulang was once a general in the Wuyin army under the lord's command. The lord should know his methods and martial arts. How could he allow us to make mistakes? Now the feeling of being in the army still exists, and Huang Jiulang personally Giving this token to us is a testament to his trust in both of us. Since the king trusts him, he can naturally trust us."

Ziyuan responded neither humble nor overbearing, with pauses and pauses in her tone, and a sharp glance, completely different from the calmness and sophistication that a girl who has not yet arrived should have.

"You can ask Huang Jiulang to help. The two of you must have something important to see the widow today? The one standing behind—"

Ying Ren finally nodded, but his eyes turned to the Fire Holder behind the two of them.

Ziyuan bowed her knees and saluted, then said:
"My lord, you should recognize this person, right? A month ago, he accompanied a man surnamed Kun into the palace to seek an audience. Duke Peng also promised him that he would not take the lead in sending troops north to defend the capital..."

This time, Ying Ren didn't answer the words, but her face darkened.The girl had already expected that the other party would react like this, so she still followed her own plan and said calmly:
"Don't get angry, Mr. Peng, and listen to my daughter. Have you ever thought that Peng is located on the east pole of the mainland? If you want to send troops to the north, you have to go east by sea or go west by land. However, the sea route takes time. The land route is long, and the land route needs to be used to guard Liang. Once the situation in Changzhou is stable, anyone only needs to send heavy troops to defend the Suoyang Pass, and then block the ferry along the Yushui River. , it cannot be done without a large price.

Ying Ren couldn't help but wonder why such a crucial strategic analysis of the Peng Kingdom was uttered from a seemingly immature girl, and she couldn't help but become interested in the real purpose of the two:
"When the widow led the army to fight, you were not born yet, so you don't need to tell the widow these words. But you tell me, now that there is no change in Yujing, why did the widow have to send troops north to Changzhou?"

Seeing this, Ziyuan cleared her throat and said seriously:
"The lord may wish to think about it carefully. Is there any other purpose for that Mr. Kun to persuade Peng to stand still? Or maybe it is because he regards Peng as one of the few opponents in this world. , and want to use Yujing and the precarious state of the Baijiang family as a cover to make the country's lord have no time to care about him? In this way, they will not discover the big secret they want to hide."

Hearing this, Ying Ren couldn't help but muttered to himself: "Secret... The imperial guard of Miyagi also said that the two of you are just dedicating a huge secret to the widow this time?"

"Peng Guogong asked Rong Xiaonv to speak slowly. The young hero next to me once served as General Pinghai in the Benhai Camp of Ye State. By chance, he learned that the lord Qi Shouyu had obtained an ancient map. And that big secret , and recorded on this map.”

As the girl said, she turned her head to look at Yu Li beside her.The young man understood, and immediately took over the conversation:

"That's right. Duke Ye regarded this picture as a treasure. He never thought about it, but he was betrayed during the invasion of Cheng Kingdom and stole the picture and fled. At the end of the day, the Lord ordered him to hunt it down with all his strength with Miss Ziyuan. We searched for it, but we couldn’t go back to our homeland, so we decided to continue to cross Lingshui via Zeyin and go to Peng to join us.”

"What exactly is drawn on that picture?" Ying Ren asked again.

Yu Li arched his hands and continued to explain loudly:

"The picture shows the location of an ancient city of the ancestors. Under the ruined city, there is an ultimate power that can surpass all military forces in the world. This power is so strong that even the blue of the Peng Kingdom Yan can only look up to his neck. And according to Qi Shouyu, whoever obtains this power can look down on the world and command the heroes!"

Hearing this, Ying Ren suddenly narrowed his eyes.The two gazes were like two sharp blades shining with cold light. They looked up and down at the man and woman in front of them, as if they wanted to see them through flesh and blood: "Since it is such a rare secret, how could you two be willing to hand it over to me?" What about giving to the widow?"

"Master Mingjian. The ancient city of the ancestors is far outside the territory of the Dasheng Dynasty. Now with the strength of the two of us, it is impossible to go there, and it is impossible to solve the mystery. That's why I want to borrow the power of the Peng Kingdom, Let’s work together for a great cause!”

After Yu Li finished speaking, he solemnly bowed down in the hall.Ying Ren also laughed when she saw this, but she didn't immediately agree, but asked again:
"Wait for a while. You just said, young man, that you and this girl crossed Lingshui from Zeyin and arrived at Lincang City?"

"The two of us traveled thousands of miles, traveling through the three realms of Yu Kingdom, Nanhua, and Cheng Kingdom, before we finally met the ruler..." Yu Li nodded in agreement.But before he finished speaking, he suddenly saw Duke Peng's eyes crossed, and he ordered the left and right to capture him and Ziyuan on the spot:
"Search the bodies of these two people carefully!"

"Duke Peng acted like this, isn't he afraid of being questioned by Huang Jiulang in the future, and not afraid of being ridiculed by the world?"

Ziyuan was pinned down on her shoulders, knelt on the ground and couldn't stand upright, but she still tried her best to hold her head up, and asked righteously.But Ying Ren seems to have already made up her mind to punish the two of them:
"Just now, an urgent report came from Zeyin City, saying that a man and a woman escaped after beheading several people in the downtown area, right? Huang Jiulang just helped you enter the palace to meet me, but he didn't say anything. I will not condemn you! If the story of that ancient picture is true, you two may still survive. But if you fabricate lies and deliberately deceive you, I am afraid that today you will only be able to save your life!"

After the imperial guards searched every inch of the two of them, they did not find any map.Seeing this, Ying Ren immediately waved his hand, and wanted to order the two of them to be taken out of the hall and beheaded.Unexpectedly, instead of being afraid, the girl with dark eyes burst out laughing:
"Mr. Peng's move is too small for the two of us. How can we carry such an important picture with us? If we lose it halfway, wouldn't we just give up the opportunity to get it to others? "

Ying Ren yelled sharply: "How dare a young girl threaten the widow? Where is the picture? If she refuses to tell, she will force the widow to use severe punishment!"

Ziyuan smiled faintly, as if she wasn't worried at all, perhaps she would be greeted by a butcher's knife that fell on her neck:

"The picture must have been burned long ago. Now only the two of us know what is drawn on the picture. Today, the two of us will be beheaded here, so that the secret will be buried forever, and no one will ever know it. Please think twice before making a deal.”

"How does the widow know that the two of you are not lying and deceiving me?"

Ying Ren was still a little uncertain.But Ziyuan stared at his eyes firmly, not allowing him to hesitate:
"The two of us did not hesitate to seek Huang Jiulang's recommendation, and today we risked being beheaded to go to the palace, not to share such a joke with Peng Guo!"

Finally, Duke Peng with a tough attitude finally let go:
"Okay, what deal do you want to make?"

Zi Yuan and the stunned Yu Li looked at each other, struggled to break free from the restraints of the guards behind her, and responded calmly:
"We want to borrow troops and boats from you, appoint the general beside me as the commander, and set off to sea in a few days. Also, I don't know what difficulties we will encounter along the way to find out where the ancient city of the ancestors is. Peng Guoku Please transfer half of the blue flames stored in us..."

"That day you were so calm and composed in the hall, did you know that Duke Peng was just testing us?"

Only then did Yu Li come to his senses from the gradually widening sea in front of him, and he turned to ask the girl who was standing behind her all the time but didn't say a word.

But Zi Yuan shook her head: "I don't know. But Ying Ren is suspicious by nature, and this is the only way to make him have to keep us alive and agree to our extremely unreasonable demands."

"But now, although I am called the commander of the commander-in-chief, it is in name only. The supervising army in the fleet has already obtained the secret order of Peng Guogong. If we find out that you and I have made any changes, they can be tied up and questioned immediately..."

Yu Li seemed rather worried about his current situation.Seeing this, the black-eyed girl comforted softly: "At least we have borrowed a warship, and we have already gone to sea."

The young general shook his head and laughed a few times as if mocking himself, then suddenly changed the topic:
"Could it be that Uncle Huang taught you this move? When did you two meet again? Why did he suddenly agree to help us?"

Ziyuan was startled for a moment, then smiled slightly, but did not answer directly: "Don't ask so many questions. As long as we have achieved our goal right now, isn't that enough? Besides, I have a piece of good news to tell you."

"What good news?" The doubts in his heart couldn't be explained reasonably, which made Yu Li feel very frustrated.

But Ziyuan stepped forward, gently rubbing his shoulder: "A few days ago, I have asked the Duke of Peng, and when I return from the sea this time, he will come forward as a witness and let you marry me. "

"Really? He agreed?" The young general couldn't believe his ears. He raised his head and looked at the girl in front of him, with surprise and doubt written all over his face.

Zi Yuan raised her hand to cover her lips, showing a shy look: "Why, don't you want to marry me?"

"I think, even dreaming! I just can't believe it. Could it be a dream?!"

Yu Li nodded his head vigorously, as if he was afraid that the other party would regret it again, he pinched his own tiger's mouth with all his strength.

However, he didn't notice the fierce and decisive killing intent faintly emanating from the ink-like eyes of the girl in front of him...

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