Judge of the Lamp

Chapter 984 Yuan Stone City

Xu Zhiqiong went to the Department of Punishment in Yuanzhou and found Zhang Songzhe, the only judge in Yuanzhou at the time.

With the help of Xu Zhiqiong, Zhang Songzhe became a sixth-grade Zhonglang. According to the Taoist rules, he can accept disciples.

Xu Zhiqiong asked Zhang Songzhe to help inquire about the news of the Nufu Cult. Zhang Songzhe has ready-made news.

"None of these people are from Yuanzhou. I can't explain the specific reasons. Their accents can be of any accent. They should come from all over the world.

These bastards have done a lot of bad things, robbing people's homes, and killing people if they are disobedient. "

"What are they stealing?"

"When we rob food, we occasionally rob a little money, but it's all money from rich families. Yuanzhou is poor, and the people have never seen much money in their entire lives."

"Is the nufu sect short of food?"

"Lack! Yuanzhou's official warehouse has been running low year after year. There was not much food in the first place. When the magistrate withdrew, he almost burned it up. When the Nufu Sect took over the warehouse, the remaining food would be enough for them to eat for three days. After eating it all, If you don’t go out to grab something today, you’ll have to go hungry tomorrow.”

The nufu taught the lack of food.

Then why are you still staying in Yuanzhou?

Should go to Guzhou immediately.

There is food in Guzhou.

"Are the Nufu Army preparing to march east?"

Zhang Songzhe shook his head and said, "I don't see any signs of this. They took down Qinshu County two days ago, and when they did, they did, and they didn't send troops to occupy it. Except for those who came out to rob, a large number of soldiers returned to the state capital In Yuanshi City, I haven't seen any other movement from them."

What's happening here?
After occupying Yuanzhou, you don't want to fight anymore?
Or were you frightened by the upcoming Canglongwei?
Why are they afraid of Canglongwei?The Canglongwei were recruited by Liang Yushen, so they were their own people.

Zhang Songzhe's news may not be accurate, this person may not understand military affairs, and may not be able to see the movement of Nufu Cult.

Seeing Xu Zhiqiong's suspicion, Zhang Songzhe smacked his lips and said, "It's also my fault for being negligent. A few days ago, I brought two disciples to deal with a few nufu believers, but they were all sent to the capital's punishment department for meritorious service. If I knew you wanted it, I would just keep a few."

Xu Zhiqiong said: "Can you beat Nufu Cultists?"

"There's nothing they can't beat. They are good at weapons. When they really fight, they are all like trash."

It shouldn't be, according to the previous Tang newspaper, most of the Nufu disciples have cultivation bases, and the Yuanzhou army suffered a great loss because of this.

Seeing that Xu Zhiqiong still didn't believe it, Zhang Songzhe stomped his feet and said, "Doctor Ma, wait, I'll take my brothers and go again, and arrest two people to interrogate you."

"I'll go with you." Xu Zhiqiong was about to go around Yuanzhou.

Zhang Songzhe nodded and said: "That's fine, Doctor Ma, let's go to Chengfeng Vat."

"Why is it still a big vat!" Xu Zhiqiong said angrily, "Didn't I give you money? You should at least build a Chengfeng Pavilion!"

Zhang Songzhe scratched his head: "It's not that the big tank can't be used, the money has to be saved, we punished the three criminals, and we still count on this for food and drink expenses."

Xu Zhiqiong had no choice but to follow Zhang Songzhe and two apprentices, squeezed into the vat, and arrived near Yuanshi City.

Yuanshi City, in Xu Zhiqiong's concept, this should be a stone city in Yuanzhou.

But Xu Zhiqiong was wrong, because there is a stone here called Yuanshi, and the city was built next to the stone, hence the name Yuanshi City.

Zhang Songzhe prostrated himself on the ground, covered by the weeds, and said in a low voice: "Doctor Ma, look carefully, this is the Yuanshi!"

They are now at the top of the Deep Stone.

This stone is shaped like a tower, narrow at the top and wide at the bottom. The base is more than 50 feet in circumference, the height is more than 100 feet, and the top is more than 20 feet in diameter. It has a very special shape.

Standing on the top of the tower, you can see the whole picture of Yuanshi City. A place like this is naturally guarded by sentries.

Zhang Songzhe pointed to a sentry tower not far away, and signaled to Xu Zhiqiong that he had better kill the sentry first.

Not to mention, Zhang Songzhe's basic quality is not bad. Under such circumstances, killing the sentry is indeed the best choice.

Xu Zhiqiong asked Zhang Songzhe to wait in place with two disciples, and he used the technique of invisibility to quietly climb up the sentry tower.

The guard tower is empty!

No Sentinels!

Such an important location, with such an important sentry tower built, how could there be no sentries?

Xu Zhiqiong's heart trembled, his first reaction was that he had been ambushed.

There must be ambushes nearby, but where are the ambush soldiers?

With Xu Zhiqiong's perception, he couldn't perceive a single person within a radius of tens of feet.

This is strange, where did the opponent hide the ambush?
Even a second-rank star official cannot escape the perception of a second-rank judge.

Could it be that the stars are lying in ambush nearby?
Xingxiu ran to this rock as an ambush?Just hearing this is absurd.

Xu Zhiqiong observed for a while, and confirmed one thing, there are indeed no sentries on Yuanshi, and the specific reason is unknown.

Standing on the sentry tower and looking down, with Xu Zhiqiong's powerful eyesight, he can see the city defense deployment at a glance.

Xu Zhiqiong has fought many battles, and the deployment in Yuanshi City is no different from the mob that normal people understand.

There are not many soldiers in the key points, but there are many soldiers wandering in the streets and alleys, and there are many soldiers sitting around and frolicking in the open places.

If someone invaded the city and wanted to fight in the streets, they would not be able to find a favorable position.

What tactic is this?
The trick to lure the enemy?

Xu Zhiqiong became more and more confused, and decided to take a walk in the city. He got off the sentry tower and asked Zhang Songzhe, "Do you know the road in the city?"

Zhang Songzhe nodded and said, "Of course I often go to Yuanshi City."

"Leave two disciples and meet them on the sentry tower. The two of us will go to the city."

Speaking of going to the city, Zhang Songzhe was a little worried. Nufu Cult had [-] followers gathered in the city.

Besides, it's already this hour, how can I enter the city gate?

Xu Zhiqiong used magic techniques to help Zhang Songzhe hide his body, and made a yin-yang magic circle, leading Zhang Songzhe directly into the city.

Passing through a deep alley, I saw two Nufu believers breaking into the house. One believer wanted to spoil the teenage girl of the family, and the other wanted to ruin the girl's father.

Xu Zhiqiong was not polite, and killed the cultist who ruined the girl first, and Zhang Songzhe was also unambiguous, and killed the other person with a knife.

The father and daughter were frightened, and just about to shout, Xu Zhiqiong put them into a coma with the power of imagery, and then pulled out a bad kind of puppet, letting Ye Ansheng wash away their memories.

Xu Zhiqiong and Zhang Songzhe put on the clothes of Nufu Cult members. Not to mention, Nufu Cult not only has excellent weapons, but also the battle suits are also exquisitely made.

According to the principle of equality between life and death, Xu Zhiqiong killed a believer, just enough to save Xu Rishu's life, and the sense of expansion from his cultivation disappeared.

But this nufu cultist has nothing to do with Xu Rishu, and his cultivation has grown very limited.

Xu Zhiqiong didn't take this into consideration, and took Zhang Songzhe out of the house, walked all the way to the street along the alley, and saw hundreds of nufu followers one after another.

Even if he didn't use the Eye of Sin, Xu Zhiqiong could still see the clues. None of the nufu sects he saw along the way had any cultivation.

Not only do they have no cultivation base, but judging by their military discipline and quality, it is impossible to easily defeat the border army.

What was the status of the previous battle?
Is there something wrong with the prefect of Yuanzhou, or is there another mystery involved?
Perhaps these people are not in charge of combat at all, they are all military servants, so they are loose and shapeless.

Crossing two more streets, Xu Zhiqiong saw a large number of Nufu Cultists again. They still had no cultivation, and they didn't have the appearance that a soldier should have.

At this moment, Xu Zhiqiong wanted to understand something.

The Nufu army didn't have much combat power in the first place. They were all religious believers from various states and counties. The reason why they had such an astonishing performance on the battlefield was because they had a powerful military master behind them.

The stealthy silent skill allowed them to make surprise attacks without making any sound, and repeatedly caught the Yuanzhou army off guard.

The skill of sharing joys and sorrows enables Nufu disciples to have powerful individual combat capabilities, and makes the Yuanzhou army mistakenly think that the opponent has a cultivation base.

The skill of arrows and arrows, combined with the ordnance provided by Yuan Chengfeng, the lethality will become extremely astonishing.

Coupled with the skills of encouraging the army, the soul of the army and other various techniques, this mob defeated the border army in Yuanzhou.

But the problem is that military techniques can indeed improve combat power, but there must be a limit after all, so that people who can't fight can defeat the powerful frontier army. Can Chu Xin do this?
Obviously not, if Chu Xin can really do it, Daxuan doesn't need to raise soldiers, he can fight with just a few people.

Who can do this?
There is probably only one person in the world, the soldier Chi You.

If his terrifying 28 formations were used, this mob led by him might even overthrow the entire Daxuan.

Yun should be in Yuanzhou?
Xu Zhiqiong's heart trembled again, he didn't know if it was an illusion, but he always felt that there were two eyes watching him.

Zhang Songzhe brought Xu Zhiqiong to the Yamen of the state capital. There were four guards standing in front of the Yamen, one was taking a nap, and the other three were playing dice.

Which song is this sung in the end?
Are you so slack that you deliberately lure me into the bait?
Xu Zhiqiong became more and more nervous, so he took Zhang Songzhe into the courtyard of the yamen with the usage array.

When he got to the courtyard, Zhang Songzhe didn't know his way, and he had never been to this place before.

Fortunately, the yamen in each prefecture were not too different, so Xu Zhiqiong quickly found the main courtyard.

The main room was pitch black, and Xu Zhiqiong could feel that there was no one in the room.

The light in the east chamber was on, Xu Zhiqiong became invisible, sneaked in, and saw a young man with two young women in his arms, eating wine.

The two women had wounds on their faces and were full of fear, obviously not voluntarily.

There was no beard on this man's face, and he was quite fair, but there was a scar on his cheekbone, which looked a little scary.

Xu Zhiqiong stared at the man carefully.

The hair is all black, not white.

There are no dark spots, no sludge, and no moles on the face.

It's not a black and white face, and there is no cover up, this is not Yun Ying.

The man held down a girl and was about to take a bite out of his conscience when all the candles in the room were extinguished, leaving only a lantern burning in front of his eyes.

The man was startled and got up quickly, the girl in his arms fell to the left and right, and they all fell asleep.

Just as he was about to call out, an invisible force strangled his throat, preventing him from making a sound.

"Who are you?" Xu Zhiqiong asked.

The man was horrified, and the questioner seemed to be a lantern in front of him.

He didn't want to answer, the breath in his throat was cut off immediately.

The man waved his hands again and again, expressing that he would no longer resist. The power of imagery was slightly loosened, which made the man breathe a sigh of relief, and he quickly replied: "I am the counselor of the Holy Envoy, Rong Yichen."

Holy envoy?

Servants of the Holy Messenger.

Liang Xiaoen used to be a holy envoy, which is not a low position.

Could it be that Yun Ying also came to Yuanshi City to be a holy envoy?
"Where are your emissaries?"

"The envoy is not in the city, and I don't know the exact whereabouts. I will deal with everything in the city."

"Lie!" Rong Yichen waved his hands repeatedly as the power of imagery tightened.

"I'm not lying. The envoy is really not here, and neither is the general. They left a few days ago."

Xu Zhiqiong tested it with the mantra, and Rong Yichen did not lie.

There is no commander in Yuanshi City?
Xu Zhiqiong felt a chill in his heart. He had been caught in the air in the past, which proved that he must have been ambushed by the other party.

But where is the opponent in ambush?

　Dear readers, I wish you a healthy Dragon Boat Festival

　　
　
(End of this chapter)