Kunlun one millet

Chapter 37

It wasn't long after the news that Chi Yundu had been forged into a divine sword, General Wei sent someone to invite Zhao Mi.

Due to the successive arrival of the imperial court's follow-up troops, the situation of suppressing bandits in Xingluo County has been greatly improved recently, and several counties that were once isolated by bandits have also been re-opened.But in those villages that were plundered and slaughtered by thieves, there are many ghosts and monsters haunting at the moment. It is difficult for ordinary soldiers to deal with it, and the frontline monks are not manned enough, so Zhao Mi can only go to help.

Fortunately, Yanze City is much more stable now, and there are corresponding people responsible for the refining of magic objects and elixirs, so there is no need for Zhao Mi to do everything by himself.

When Zhao Mi rushed to Yuyang County, he found that the city walls had collapsed and the houses were dilapidated. It seemed that there had been a violent earthquake. The wind was filled with the smell of burnt corpses, and there were only a few civilians on both sides of the road to clean up the rubble. Few, most of them have numb faces with yellow and emaciated faces.

"I heard that Yuyang County is considered prosperous even in Xingluo County. Why is it in such a dilapidated state?" Zhao Mi asked after seeing General Wei.

"That happened before." General Wei just took off his armor, and a soldier beside him brought a basin to wash and wipe his face: "Except for those city walls occupied by bandits, the bandits in Xingluo County have visited the most in the past two years. This is Yuyang County. The surrounding market towns and villages were looted and there was not enough food to eat. Many people fled, and many of them took refuge in bandits.

The county magistrate here can be considered to be able to take on the role, and he recruited young men from the township to defend the city bravely on the spot.It's a pity that we were shot in the head and face by a stream arrow before we arrived, and we couldn't survive.I found out that bandits were besieging Yuyang County, so I led troops to rescue. Although some bandits broke into the county, we took it back in time. "

Zhao Mi frowned and said, "The behavior of these bandits seems to have changed recently? I haven't heard much about them looting villages and towns in Yanze City. Instead, they are focusing on besieging the county town."

General Wei sat down and drank tea: "I sent people to the countryside to look at it. Many places have long been ruined by bandits. There is no food or money to plunder. Naturally, the county town must be besieged."

Zhao Mi was noncommittal and asked instead, "General Wei, what do you think of the letter I sent earlier?"

"I haven't found out the situation about the Excalibur." General Wei stroked his beard and said, "Although a few bandit leaders and village owners were arrested, they know very little, and many of them have never been to Yunyan Headquarters." The rudders are just stragglers recruited by Chi Yundu."

"I heard that Luo Xixian made a lot of military exploits under the general's camp?" Zhao Mi asked curiously.

General Wei smiled: "Mr. Luo is brave and good at fighting. He often takes arrows and stones to attack cities and villages. Those monsters and bandits are no match for him. If it weren't for him, we might not have marched so fast. He is currently leading troops nearby Clear up the remaining thieves."

"Oh, that's how it is." Zhao Mi nodded in thought.

General Wei also knew that Zhao Mi and Luo Xixian had a rift with each other recently, so he changed the topic: "The general I invited Zhao Fuli to come here mainly to eliminate the demons entrenched in the local area. Recently, every night, there will be walking corpses raiding the camp. , but none of the monks working under my account can find out its origin."

"I've heard about this too." Zhao Mi corrected, "However, those who manipulate the walking corpses may not be cultivators or demons of evil ways, but should be old men who have enlightened their spiritual wisdom."

General Wei waved his hand: "I don't care who it is, it's up to Zhao Fuli."

"I will definitely do my best." Zhao Mi clasped his fists, made sure that there was no one else, and said after a moment of contemplation: "General Wei, there is one thing I want to say clearly. Regarding Mr. Liang Shuoliang in the Chongxuan Hall, I found that he seems unable to summon him at will. Immortal general."

"Oh?" General Wei didn't show a disturbed expression, motioned Zhao Mi to approach, and said in a low voice, "I didn't expect him at all."

Zhao Mi could tell that General Wei acted prudently, and probably wouldn't like Liang Shuo's ostentatious style.

"I don't want to speak ill of people about other things, but it's about war, so I have to express my feelings directly." Zhao Mi said, "Earlier, the monk Chiyundu came to Yanze City to rob the prison, but Mr. Liang didn't move, so I was suspicious. Now Chiyun Yundu casts a divine sword, and the aura of the sword soars to the sky, if a monster comes to attack with a sword, I am worried that Mr. Liang will be hard to resist."

General Wei said with a smile: "I have seen a lot of things like magic tricks that sometimes work and sometimes don't work. The experts in Chongxuan Hall also have many reasons to deal with it. I don't know much about magic techniques, so I can only let them go." They went to talk."

Hearing this, Zhao Mi felt that it was absurd and bizarre. There are indeed various specialties in the right time and place in the practice of spells, and there are also taboos that outsiders can't understand.However, based on the accumulated background of Chongxuan Pavilion, it is said that similar situations will not happen often.

However, it was not Zhao Mi's turn to worry. He made some preparations in Yuyang County, and then took hundreds of soldiers dispatched by General Wei to the remote countryside to eradicate the evil spirits.

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Fuzhou Mountain in the northern suburb of Dongshengdu is shaped like a capsized boat. It leans against Pengxuan Lake in the north. When you climb to the top of the mountain, you can see Yingzhou Island in the lake looming in the mist.

At the southern foot of Fuzhou Mountain is Leyou Garden, which has beautiful scenery, verdant trees, and nourishes people with water and soil. Therefore, a palace and forbidden garden was built long before the Tianxia Dynasty. It was specially set up for emperors to visit. No exception.

It's just that the capital of the Huaxu Kingdom is originally located in Dongshengdu, and Leyou Garden is not far from Miyagi. If the king has spare time, he will come to Leyou Garden to enjoy the scenery.Occasionally, the children of the court and officials are invited here to play music and dance, or to discuss poetry, prose and Fu.If a young talent is appreciated by the lord, he will be appointed as a Lang Guan, and he will be promoted steadily from then on.

Therefore, there is also a song in the market in the capital that "it is better to play a song to move the king than to light up the lamp and scratch the white hair in the hall".

But at this time, there was no sound of flute strings in Leyou Garden, more than a dozen poles and flags stood around, raising a prohibition formation that ordinary people could not see with naked eyes.

In the palace room in the garden, King Hua Xu was sitting upright, concentrating on his energy, and there were three people sitting on each side of the seat, but there was no one sitting on the seat closest to the King.

"Zhang Shouzuo." The lord of the country is like a man in Dongshengdu, without a beard, with a face like a crown jade, star pupils and sword eyebrows. He looked at Zhang Duanjing, who was at the bottom on the left: "I received the residence of Xingluo County in the early morning. In the newspaper, it was mentioned that Luo Xixian of the Huaiying Pavilion beheaded the giant bandit of the Xiong family in Qingluoshan and beheaded all the more than [-] thieves under his command, what do you think?"

"Return to Your Majesty." Zhang Duanjing cupped his hands and said, "Since the Huaiying Pavilion was ordered by the king to put down the bandit chaos, it should work hard and dare not slack off in the slightest."

The lord smiled slightly: "I am very relieved that the Huaiying Hall can teach such talents. I wonder what kind of position he is?"

"I was promoted to Sanqing years ago." Zhang Duanjing replied with his head bowed.

"Sanqing, it's a little lower." The lord raised his eyes and said, "Huaxu country is in need of such people who can do things wholeheartedly. After the bandits in Xingluo County are settled, they can be promoted to the position of teaching general. By the way, let He comes to Dongsheng Capital, so I can see it myself."

"The minister leads the order."

When Zhang Duanjing said this, he could feel the eyes of the heads of several restaurants around him. He turned a blind eye and sat upright under the curtain.

The hall was a little dull, and no one took the initiative to speak, until a moment later, the banner outside the hall was shaken, the hanging bell rang, and someone outside used spells to disturb the restraining formation.

The lord of the country did not move, and someone secretly went to operate the formation and let the visitors enter Leyou Garden.

But I saw a man striding forward with gray beard and hair, falcon eyebrows and falcon eyes, wearing a dark red coat, a crown on his head, and a long sword in his hand, walking straight into the palace room.

"Your Majesty, the old man is late." The visitor cupped his hands slightly, without the slightest attitude of being a subordinate in his words or deeds. At the same time, he looked around and took a second look at Zhang Duanjing.

"Liang Weng." The king smiled and raised his hand to indicate the nearest seat: "I will not discuss the matter until you arrive."

The old man called Liang Weng is Liang Tao, the head of the Chongxuan Pavilion and the head of the Liang family in Yongjia.

Even though Liang Tao didn't say much, after he entered the palace room, the atmosphere was suddenly solemn, most of the other hall's heads bowed their heads.

"The old man just came back from the East China Sea." Liang Tao said as soon as he sat down, "Hong Xueke wants the old man to say hello to His Majesty on his behalf."

The lord leaned forward slightly: "I am just an ordinary man in the earth. I have Lao Hongxue caring about me, and Liang Weng has worked hard to come and go."

Liang Tao waved his hand casually: "Your Majesty, there is no need to do this. I don't know what is the important thing to call us to Leyou Garden?"

The king said: "Recently there are other changes in Xingluo County, Xin Taicheng, let's talk about it."

There is a middle-aged man on the lower right side, clasping his hands and answering: "A few days ago, I watched the stars and looked at the Qi, and found that there was a sword attack against the stars, and it was unstoppable. According to the division of territories, it was finally confirmed that there were gods in the direction of Xingluo County and Panlong Mountain. The sword is alive."

Liang Tao frowned secretly, and the lord said, "It was also mentioned in Xingluo County's report back to the mansion that the Chiyun rebels forged magical weapons in Panlong Mountain. At that time, I still thought it was ridiculous, but now I see it. , The situation has exceeded expectations. Xin Taicheng, can you figure out what kind of sword it is? Compared with Tianxia Chixiao and Gu Yue Tai'a, which one is higher or lower?"

Xin Taicheng's face is serious: "Forgive me bluntly, the excalibur of Xingluo County has unprecedented sword energy, conflicts seal domains, invade pavilions, and the aura of heaven and earth shows signs of disorder. These divine swords can be called ancient and modern. number."

Just as the lord was about to speak, Liang Tao snorted coldly: "So, there will be all kinds of disasters and chaos in Kunlun Continent next? Is it an earthquake and landslide, or a catastrophe in three rivers? Or a great epidemic, and thousands of miles of red land?"

Xin Taicheng hesitated to speak, but the king didn't know how to respond, so Zhang Duanjing raised his eyes and said, "If you talk about chaos, the fact that the five kingdoms of Kunlun Continent stand side by side is the biggest chaos."

Liang Tao opened his eyes, and retorted: "Joke! The Five Kingdoms of Shouyang Mountain made a pact to eliminate soldiers, and made an oath to heaven and earth. How can there be chaos?"

Zhang Duanjing never looked directly at Liang Tao: "Since that's the case, Liang Shouzuo might as well ask your younger brother to evacuate Juhong Pass and come to Leyou Garden to enjoy the scenery."

The lord suppressed a smile, seeing Liang Tao's brows showing anger, he hurriedly said: "General Hussars has not been disarmed for years, which shows his loyalty to state affairs. If there is chaos in the country, Liang Weng and Generals Hussars will definitely protect the country. A pillar of chaos, isn't it?"

Liang Tao raised his eyebrows, it was not good to be furious on this occasion, and said with a smile: "It is his honor for Brother She to be favored by His Majesty."

"Xin Taicheng, continue talking." The king gestured.

"Yes." Xin Taicheng said: "According to what I have seen, this newly-discovered divine sword is unstoppable in its sharpness and power, but it is so strong that no one can hold it."

"Oh?" The lord was puzzled: "In the past, Emperor Gaozu of Tianxia was no more than a knight-errant from the countryside, and far from being a fairy family mana. Occasionally, he got the Chixiao Sword, and he could kill white flood dragons and stabilize rivers and mountains. He was never restrained by sword energy. .”

Xin Taicheng said: "The Chixiao Sword is the emperor of Tianxia who was ordered by Furui to respond to the heart of heaven. The sword holder is protected by Qi, and its mystery is extraordinary. The new sword in Xingluo County has no emperor's fate, and its sword is violent and infinite. Preface, piercing the sky, the moment an ordinary person holds a sword, his body may be smashed to pieces."

The ruler of the country sighed: "Sure enough, the divine weapon is hard to hold. It's just that I don't understand why the Chiyun Rebellion can forge such a divine sword?"

Xin Taicheng bowed his head and remained silent, this was not something he was familiar with after all.The ruler looked at Liang Tao, while the other party stared at Zhang Duanjing: "If it comes to refining magic treasures, who is better than Zhang Shouzuo here?"

Zhang Duanjing handed over to the king: "Your Majesty, Xingluo County has been a place rich in hardware since ancient times. As the name suggests, it is not surprising that there was a spark falling here, and the energy of heaven and earth gathered faintly. For smelting weapons, you may occasionally get meteoric iron from the sky, which will cause the stars to shake."

The lord looked at Xin Taicheng, he hesitated and said, "This...is somewhat possible."

"As for the violent and disordered sword energy, I have not seen it yet, so I dare not make a conclusion." Zhang Duanjing said with a straight face: "Whether it is a famous sword or a fairy sword, all of them have an orderly spirit. If the sword The qi is out of order, maybe it is because Chiyun's chaotic party cannot forge a sword, and it will only lead to disasters."

Liang Tao stared at Zhang Duanjing closely: "You mean, those Chiyun rebels didn't really make a sword?"

"If the fire in the cauldron is biased, it will also cause the divine pill to fly away." Zhang Duanjing returned with a firm gaze: "Shouzuo Liang must be no stranger to this matter."

Liang Tao used to open a furnace to refine elixir in the past. At that time, he could see the auspicious clouds and auspicious lights in the direction of Difei Mountain from afar in Dongshengdu.As a result, at the last moment, the divine pill broke through the furnace and flew away, causing Liang Tao a great loss.

Others dare not mention this in person, but Zhang Duanjing just said it.Liang Tao smiled coldly: "Zhang Shouzuo said so, why not come to my Chongxuan Hall to experience the wind and fire?"

Seeing this, the Lord said: "Okay, the business is important. The Chiyun rebellion is entrenched in Cangwu Mountain and is difficult to destroy. Now it is going to Xingluo County to provoke bandits and fight recklessly. If they are left alone, this will be the root of the disaster. What do you guys think?"

Zhang Duanjing immediately said: "I would like to go to Xingluo County to clear up the banditry for Your Majesty."

"It's absolutely unnecessary." Liang Tao said to stop him: "It's just a grassroots bandit, why bother to set up the first seat? The imperial court has increased its troops by [-] before, and my Chongxuan Hall has also sent Jiutian Yuntai, who can call for the generals at any time."

"Zhang Shouzuo's words are for state affairs..." Liang Tao just got up and asked:
"Your Majesty's words, do you think the old man is negligent?"

The lord raised his hand to appease him: "I just think that the banditry should subside as soon as possible."

"Since that's the case, the old man will go to Xingluo County in person." Liang Tao waved his hand and looked around the crowd: "It also saves some villains from slandering behind their backs, saying that the old man has no merit for the country!"

When the king heard this, he had no choice but to say: "Liang Weng is safe and don't be impatient. If Liang Weng feels that something is wrong, then he will still follow the previous arrangement."

(End of this chapter)