Under the sky

Chapter 146

When Zhuge Ran heard the news, his head felt as if someone had hit him hard or kicked him in the chest. The blood in his body was boiling, his ears were ringing, and the "buzzing" sound gradually became louder and sharper. , and finally turned into a sharp scraping sound, then stopped suddenly.

He didn't realize he fell to the ground until he felt pain in his butt.

"Inform the head's wife." He sat on the ground and ordered, "Tingguan and Changzhan are also here."

It wasn't until the servants left that Zhuge Ran waved his crutch and smashed all the tables, chairs, vases, and antiques that could be seen.He roared so loudly that no one dared come near.

Along with the news came two letters, written by Xu Fangge and Yan Feixi before leaving Kunlun Palace, and handed to Zhuge Ran to express their dissatisfaction with the outcome of the consensus.

Everything got out of control and went in a direction he didn't expect.

"Deputy Commander!" the servant reported, "The eldest son is not in the room."

"Fuck him!" Zhuge Ran roared and strode towards the door.

He personally came to the largest brothel in Kunming, kicked open the door, and pulled Zhuge Tingguan out from under the quilt: "Your father is dead!"

Zhuge couldn't believe what he heard. It wasn't until Zhuge Ran roared at him that he woke up: "Dad...Dad is really dead? Then am I the leader?"

Zhuge Ran took Zhuge Tingguan and came to the Jade Pavilion where his eldest brother lived, only to see the garrison guarding the Jade Pavilion. There were probably not more than 600 people in front, back and left.Before he even got close, he heard his sister-in-law Zhen's cursing voice. Zhuge Changzhan stood at the door of the room, candlesticks and paperweights being thrown at him one by one.Zhuge Changzhan didn't dare to fight back, so he smashed his forehead with the paper weight, and blood flowed down his ear and dripped on his chin.

As soon as Zhuge Tingguan stepped into the door, Mrs. Zhen hugged her eldest son tightly and cried loudly.Zhuge Ran raised his cane and poked Zhuge Changzhan in the waist, signaling him to come in.

Also in the room were Zhen's father, Zhen Chengxue, the head of the Qitian Sect, her third uncle, Zhuge Yiyun, and other relatives of Zhuge's family.

"You loser, how dare you come in!" Zhen pointed at Zhuge Changzhan and yelled, but Zhuge Changzhan just lowered his head and remained silent.

Zhuge Ran took a deep breath: "What's wrong with Guan Changzhan?"

"He knew that Kunlun Palace was dangerous, so why didn't he accompany the master? If he had a son here to help him, the master would not have died!" Zhen Shi screamed.

"If you want to accompany me, it's up to you. Your darling is still fooling around in a brothel right now!" Zhuge Ran said.

"Tingguan usually doesn't care about things! I thought you uncles and nephews were capable and could handle things properly, but who knew you would kill the leader!"

"Listen to this, is there something wrong with Changzhan's ability to do things?" Zhuge Ran said, "Your son can't do anything, but he's right?"

"How could he kill his father if he has no ability?" Zhen said angrily, "You said that the younger one is capable, but the capable one doesn't protect his father and expects the incompetent one to die together. Do you want to kill both father and son? ?”

Zhuge Ran was furious. Seeing that his elders and outsiders were all there, he suppressed his anger.The elders on the side advised Zhen that Zhuge Ran was not to blame for this, let alone Chang Zhan.

"I want to avenge my father!" Zhuge Tingguan said angrily, "How can there be an assassin in Kunlun Palace after everything is so good! It must be Li Xuanxuan's fault. I want to avenge my father!"

Zhuge Yiyun said: "I heard he was an assassin sent by the barbarians."

"The barbarians haven't entered the pass for several years? What a coincidence? Kongtong sealed all the secret passages, how did they get in?" Zhuge Tingguan said loudly, "Li Xuanxuan must have colluded with the barbarians, otherwise there would be no such coincidence!"

"Guan'er! Your father is dead, and you are now the leader! If you want to avenge your father, just go ahead and do it!" Zhen said, "Your uncle and uncle will help you!"

"What are you taking for revenge?" Zhuge Ran took another breath, tapped his crutch on the ground a few times, pointed at Zhuge Tingguan's crotch and said, "Why? Because of your 'talent'?"

Zhuge Tingguan blushed. He had always been afraid of this uncle and did not dare to say anything for a while.Zhen stood up and said: "You originally planned to attack Hengshan if you couldn't choose the alliance leader. Now the soldiers and horses are at the border. Why are you afraid when the leader is not here?"

"Second uncle...I think we should wait a little longer...wait for any news from Huashan and the Beggar Clan." Zhuge Changzhan whispered in his uncle's ear.

His behavior was still seen through by Mrs. Zhen, who cursed angrily: "What are you talking about with your uncle? Do you think your father is dead, so you just pretend you don't know anything!"

Zhuge Ran was so confused that he hit the ground hard with his crutch and said: "Shut up! Let me think about it!"

Zhuge Tingguan said loudly: "Second uncle, don't think about it! I am the leader, I have the final say! When dad's body is brought back for a good burial, we will ask Li Xuanxuan for an explanation! She won't give up her position as leader of the alliance, and she can't give it. Tell me, let Hengshan look beautiful! You won’t be afraid of anyone if you don’t say Dian Cang!”

What an idiot... Zhuge Ran thought.He strode outside the door and took a breath. Thinking of Zhuge Yan's death, he felt depressed and painful in his heart, and his eyes turned red.He didn't want to show weakness in front of others, so he knocked the cane heavily on the door panel, making a loud noise.

If Dian Cang doesn't become the leader of the alliance, Xu Fangge's family will not be successful, and Yan Feixi's lonely graveyard will have no hope.Tang Clan...Tang Jueyan did not express his position. This Tang Clan is on both ends of the earth...

This mediocre person... He looked at Zhuge Tingguan and couldn't help complaining about why his brother died so early and why he refused to listen to him...

Zhuge Ran knew that the Beggar Gang and Huashan were waiting for news from Dian Cang. If Dian Cang did not act, the plan that had been prepared for two generations would be in vain. The Beggar Gang would inevitably switch to Hengshan in exchange for supporting Xu Fangge to swallow up the Beggar Gang.

Not only did he lose once, but he had already set a precedent. Hengshan could take advantage of these ten years to not only take away Dian Cang's allies, but also stabilize his own allies. It would be difficult for Dian Cang to get involved in the next term... and then this damn waste wants to do it again. Being the leader for 20 years...

"Changzhan...send a letter to the other eight families, saying that Cang Cang is not convinced and asking for further discussion." First, use a delaying strategy to stabilize the Beggar Clan and Huashan. Xu Fangge is probably still on the way, and the Beggar Clan cannot send out troops.He continued: "If the leader wants to fight, fight now. I will go to Guangxi."

"Second uncle is waiting for father's body?" Zhuge Changzhan asked in surprise.

"Come back when the time comes." Zhuge Ran looked at Zhuge Tingguan, as if he wanted to teach him, but he didn't think he would be taught. "Are we still waiting for Li Xuanxuan to come home? Let's attack Hengyang first, and there is no need to ask her when Li Xuanxuan comes back. Are you willing to give up your seat?"

It's hard to get off the tiger, so we can only stick to the original plan.If Hengshan wins the position of leader, Dian Cang will send troops to attack and threaten Hengshan.

If Dian Cang wants to dominate, he can only do so now.

This is a continuation of the war 90 years ago.

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Kunlun year 90, June
Today is the day of the meeting of the Five Great Badu, and Gursasi got up very early.He didn't want to panic and he didn't like being late.

Today is an important day. Although there have been more than a dozen important talks between the five major cities, the talks become more important towards the end.After more than three decades of hard work, he hopes to make significant progress.

Botu came in and reported: "Chief Gao Leqi is waiting."

Gulthas frowned in a rare way: "So early?"

Gao Leqi stood at the door of the Sa Si Hall.When he was summoned to enter, Gurthas saw that he looked embarrassed.Gao Leqi knelt down on one knee and said respectfully: "Your Excellency, Sa Si, Gao Leqi comes to Sa Si."

"God Sa gives you protection." Gultha reached out his hand and gently touched Gao Leqi's forehead, "What's the matter?"

Gao Leqi hesitated for a while, but Gulthas didn't show any impatience and just waited. "I know today is an important day and I shouldn't disturb Sasi. Yesterday, Arion was hunting in the wild and saw a big sheep. He chased it on horseback. He ran too fast and broke away from the team. The sheep was very fierce and vicious. He I couldn't even hit a few arrows on my horse, but after I dismounted..."

"I hope this story isn't too long," Gurthas said.

Gao Leqi immediately changed his story: "He was injured and was rescued by a girl and offered goat's milk. Arien liked this girl, but she was Sasi's slave."

"Oh?" Gulthas asked, "The hunting ground is not a forbidden area, how can there be slaves there?"

"Yarion's horse was too fast and ran out of the hunting ground, near one of the slave farms in Sasi. In short, Yarian hopes to redeem the girl and her parents, a total of three slaves, and hopes that I will ask Sasi for the price. .”

"It's just three slaves." Gulthas had thousands of slaves under his name, but he felt that Tucker should learn to be steady, so he said, "We'll talk about it when I get back."

"It's just three slaves." Gao Leqi said respectfully, "Gulthas, Arien... are a little anxious. The girl refused... um... otherwise I wouldn't have waited here before dawn. ." There was some hesitation in his tone, and Gulthas could naturally tell that he was hiding something.

"What's your name?" Gulthas asked.

Gao Leqi was stunned and said: "Yarien was in such a hurry that he forgot to tell me, Sasi will wait a moment, I will ask right away."

"No need." Gurthas said, "Just follow Arien's will." He walked towards the door and said to Potu, "Let Gao Leqi redeem three slaves."

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A huge tent was set up at the foot of the Saint Yana Mountain. The five sacred guardian teams in different colors arranged their own tables and chairs. They were not placed randomly. The back of each seat pointed to their own Batu.The different guardian teams rarely talked to each other. Except for Nabu Batu's guardian team, most people just stayed in the distance and watched quietly.

A group of cavalry rode the wind from the sunrise place. The men on horseback were vigorous and heroic, heading towards Mount Saint-Yana.Behind the group of horses was the sedan chair of Gulthas. He was the first to arrive, not only because he was the initiator of this meeting, but also because self-discipline and punctuality were also virtues he abided by.

The cavalry stopped a mile away from the tent, and everyone dismounted in unison.They put their left hands on their chests, looked at the Holy Mountain in the distance, and lined up a road to let the sedans from behind.

The sedan continued forward and stopped in front of the big tent, with 32 guards lined up beside the sedan.Gulthas entered the big tent, sat on the seat in the east and closed his eyes to meditate.

The second person to arrive was Chachi Gursas of Walter Batu. He was still wearing the bright yellow sacrificial robe. Gursas always thought that his sacrificial robe was too conspicuous and frivolous.However, as Walter Badu, the weakest and least noticed among the five Badu, clothes are his only way to show off.

Gursasi stood up and saluted, and after Chachiwu'er sat down in the north, Nurdin Sasi of Getatabadu and Alexas of Sumabadu came in together.

Nur al-Din is over fifty years old, and he is the oldest among the five Saas except Gursas.His green sacrificial robe was embroidered with a golden sun. The sacrificial robe was like himself, swaying in the wind like the grass on the prairie, but he changed his mind much faster than the wind direction on the prairie.He sat down on the south side.

Alex is still very young, only in his early thirties, with long golden hair hanging on his shoulders, dark blue pupils, a strong figure, a handsome face, and a low and charming voice.It is said that he had enough illegitimate children in Sumabadu to establish a priesthood. This may be an exaggeration, but it can be seen that this person has a good reputation.However, the people of Sumabadu did not seem to be dissatisfied. They were proud of having such a beautiful Sasi.

Sure enough, the people of the Yanavata sect are all women and have no intention of fighting.

Alex sat in the southwest position.There is still one person left.

Maybe there’s no need to wait.

There was always only one way to make Atulie Batu obey. Compared with them, Nabu Badu was simply a pacifist sect.They are the most fanatical Tengus sects, and only the most drastic method can tame them, and that is Salhajin's method.

However, there was silence in the tent, Gursasi did not speak, and every Sasi was very patient.

"Ding ding... ding ding ding", a series of bell-like metal collisions sounded, and Gur knew that it was Dako who was coming.No Saskaya has ever been as arrogant as her, not even her husband, the former Atuli Saskaya.

Dake opened the tent door and walked in.Her hair was less than half a knuckle long, and each one pointed arrogantly at the sky. She was not wearing a sacrificial robe, but instead wore leather pants that were as short as her hips, and half sleeveless leather armor - only covering the right half.Her right breast was high, but her left breast was flat. In order to make it easier to draw the bow, she cut off her own breast and covered it with a thick piece of iron.

The golden arc of the sun representing Sasi's identity was on her face, and the arc-shaped tattoos expanded and intertwined in a disorderly manner, with no order or symmetry visible.Her limbs were pierced with flames, and in addition to the three pairs of copper rings conspicuous on her ears, there were many iron rings hanging on her arms and boots, which made her make a "clinking" metal collision sound from time to time when she walked.

People in Atulie Batu say that the ringing of Dake is the footsteps of the God of Death.

There are many legends about Dake.She is the wife of the former Saskaya.Just like the previous Sasi of Atulie, Kaya is rough, arrogant and cruel.His eyesight is not very good and he will mistake his wife and servant for a ball being played on the grassland.

It is said that Da Ke is the most patient person.She couldn't give birth to a child. Although she thought it was God Sa's will, Gulthas believed that most women would find it difficult to give birth to a child after being kicked like this by Kaya.

So she picked up two scimitars, became a warrior, and joined the team that hunted the nomads.This made her realize that her vocation was not on the bed or in the delivery room, but on the battlefield and in the pile of corpses.

Even her husband would be frightened by her murderous behavior.

During a hunt, Dako's team was surrounded by multiple groups of refugees, and all the soldiers fell into despair. Only Dako rushed into the enemy camp crazily, tirelessly killing the enemy, killing the enemy, killing the enemy, endlessly. enemy.According to survivors, she did not kill to break out; she broke out to kill.She didn't care about the siege at all, she just wanted to kill people. Her scimitar took away too many people, enough to shock the opponent and make the blood of all the warriors boil.Amid the frantic shouts, the defeat that was originally intended to be a breakout and escape turned into a battle of annihilation. They defeated the refugee coalition and piled heads into a small hill.

Even Kaya had to treat her as a warrior rather than a wife, but she learned Kaya's bad habit of kicking people like balls.This is also good for Kaya. He finds a playmate and saves the other four buses a lot of trouble.

Although Kaya is a rough man, everyone in Wudabadu prays for his immortality.For the warlike Atuli Batu, Kaya is a warrior given to them by the Sa god. For other Batu, there is a disaster that cannot be avoided every once in a while. This disaster can happen as late as possible. It happened late. For this disaster, they sent spies to keep an eye on Kaya's life.In fact, there is no need for spies, because every time Atuleshasi dies, the news will spread as fast as sparks explode. Other civilians and businessmen in Batu will spread the news spontaneously, and then rush to escape.

That's because the way Atulisasi chooses his successor is very special.Three days after the death of the current Sasi, the Atulie tribe will declare war on one of the other Batu at any cost. The target will usually ask the Sa god for instructions at the funeral of the previous Sasi.In this three-day battle, the one who gained the most lives was the next Sasi.

Kaya finally died, and it was said that his death was not very honorable.The most common theory is that he was assassinated during a hunt.He captured a large number of refugees and their captives, who were all slaves. A group of assassins broke in, killed him and rescued the slaves.Some people also said that he was hit by a ball and died - finally there was someone who couldn't stand the abuse and resisted.Some people also say that he insulted Da Ke when playing football with Da Ke and was assassinated by the angry Da Ke.

Only a few people in Atulie Batu knew the truth, but the news of Kaya's death soon spread in the four major Batu, and all Batu were on alert and sent garrison guards.

The unlucky Getatabhadu was the victim of Kaya's death.

Although they were on alert, the stormy Atulie cavalry still rushed into Getatabadu, killing without any aim or purpose, and almost entered the priest's house. Nureddin had to ask Suma and Nai Bubbadu asked for help.

With the help of Suma and Nabu, Getata finally managed to survive these three days.Three days later, the Atulie cavalry left like the wind, taking not a single sheep, a slave, or a piece of gold with them.They only welcomed the new Sa Si, who was not only a rare female Sa Si, but also the only female Sa Si in Atulie's history - Dake.The ravaged Getata tribe became a sacrifice for this priest selection.

There is no point in pursuing the case afterwards. Whenever the victims of the Sas ask for justice from the Atulesas, all the Atulesas will stand up and answer: "We allow you to launch a three-day attack on us, and we will pay for it with blood." Blood, this is justice in the doctrine.”

Da Ke pointed to his flat left chest and said clearly: "There is no breast protection here, you can dig out the contents with your own skills."

What is the Tenges sect? This is the Tenges sect, pure light, fire, blood and doctrine.

The four big buses have long been fed up with Atulie's crazy behavior from time to time.I still remember more than sixty years ago, when Gulthas was still young, they had three Sarses die within a year. The new Sarses died after the war due to the worsening of their wounds, and the next Sarses contracted the disease again. .This was a disaster, especially for Sumabadu, because they were chosen twice.

But even though Gulthas couldn't help but hint, the other three Badu did not want to destroy Atulie, because in the entire Sa sect, the only one who could compete with the most powerful Nebu Badu was Atulie Badu.Atulie was destroyed, and the other three Batu could not escape the fate of being annexed.

In order to fight against stronger enemies, secondary enemies had to be left behind.

Gurthas is honored to be an "enemy".

(End of this chapter)