Chapter 145 The only hope (two in one)
The night is like ink, and the full moon hangs high.
Huanglongji is located at the intersection of Wanxing Mountain Range, Guanyin Mountain Range and Qianliu River.
This used to be just the most common post station along the official road, but the geographical advantage has developed this place from a remote post station to a commercial market in the wild for thousands of years.
Countless caravan groups stop here, and all kinds of entertainment shops are connected together, making this a city that never sleeps without walls.
The hustle and bustle of feasting and feasting is not affected by the night, brothels, Goulan, casinos and flower boats, countless business travelers and knights sink here.
Sudden,
The group drove into the convoy from the entrance of the east gate of the market and immediately attracted the attention of passers-by on the street.
The black dragon on the car body of fragrant phosphorous sandalwood is lifelike, and several sect disciples with monster horses walk in front of the carriage, holding swords, and angering the horses in fresh clothes.
If anyone on the street dares to probe the cultivation of this line of young heroes with his mind and soul, he will find that the cultivation of these people is all above the fifth rank.
Walking at the forefront of the convoy, a man and a woman were even as high as a third-rank grand master. The men wore plain clothes with long hair and shawls, and the women wore carved and elegant clothes, with curvaceous figures.
The two of them glanced at the surrounding crowd, and their eyes retreated one after another.
Look around,
Riding at the front of the convoy, the plain-clothed man smiled softly and said:
"This Yellow Dragon Collection is still as lively, but it hasn't changed much."
The woman on the side heard the words, and replied calmly:
"It's only been three months since we left for Jingjiang Prefecture, so naturally there won't be much change."
The man in plain clothes laughed and said:
"That's true. Although the trip was in vain, luckily Xinyao's third brother was fine. It's a pity that I couldn't see him."
When the man in plain clothes heard the man in plain clothes talking about Xinyao's third brother, the woman's eyes were full of disdain:
"A dandy who only knows how to eat and drink, what is there to see?"
The plain-clothed man laughed when he heard the words, very carefree:
"This is just a rumor. It is too superficial to judge whether a person is good or bad by relying on rumors. If I see it with my own eyes, I will make a judgment myself."
As he spoke, the plain-clothed man seemed to think of something, and suddenly asked in a low voice:
"Ziqing, I remember you stayed in Dijing for a while, and met Xinyao, the third brother?"
Ziqing shook her head lightly, her soft long hair fluttering gently:
"There's nothing to say, I just met them from a distance, leading the group of so-called "Four Young Masters of the Capital" to swagger through the city and do some bully things.
"Ziqing, my third brother is also a poor man."
Suddenly, a soft female voice came from the black Beaulieu carriage behind the two.
“.”
The two of them unconsciously slowed down when they heard this voice.
The curtain of the black Beaulieu carriage was left from inside, and a young woman appeared within the sight of the two.
Dressed in water blue clothing, lightly embroidered with peach blossoms, elegant in style, tall and slender, with black hair tied into a tall beauty bun, the collar is slightly open, revealing a curvaceous, white and slender neck, a blue dress makes the skin more beautiful Xue, with a habitual smile on her lips.
At first glance, a feeling of gentleness like water, like a spring breeze arises in my heart.
Zhou Ziqing shook his head lightly and didn't speak again, but he didn't take back his evaluation of Xu Changtian just now.
The man in plain clothes on the side grinned directly when he saw this, and said:
"Sandwiched between Xu Changge, Xu Changan, and Xinyao, let alone Xu Changtian is an ordinary person who cannot practice, if it were me, I would feel very pitiful."
Xu Xinyao's eyes were a little sad:
"Zhong Hua is right, but I heard from people in the Jingjiang government office that my third brother seems to have gotten some opportunities and changed a lot."
said,
The girl's beautiful eyes were bent, and there was some strange light in her eyes:
"This time he actually took the initiative to talk to his elder brother about going out for training."
Li Zhonghua smiled lightly and shook his head:
"It's just a pity that I won't be able to see your third brother Xinyao this time when I go down the mountain."
Xu Xinyao's beautiful eyes flickered slightly:
"Zhonghua, are you going back to Yaoyue Mountain?"
Li Zhonghua nodded and smiled:
"Well, the master sent me a message a few days ago, it's time to go back."
Xu Xinyao remained silent for a while, Ruoru Qiushui's eyes flickered slightly as she stared at the man:
"This journey has really worked hard for Zhong Hua."
Li Zhonghua laughed dumbfounded when he heard the words, shook his head, and spoke in a leisurely and direct manner while driving the horse:
"It's a downhill experience, but I never thought that I would meet a strange woman like you, Miss Xinyao. It's a pity that I can't continue to accompany you to travel the world."
Xu Xinyao blinked her beautiful eyes:
"Zhong Hua was joking, what kind of strange woman is Xin Yao?"
Li Zhonghua's tone was a little serious, and he said:
"Xinyao, I, Li Zhonghua, have spent most of my life in the mountain gate. I have always wanted to use my sword to end the world, punish **** and eliminate evil, and help kindness. Even goodness can't help, killing one monster can save ten people, but there are too many monsters in this world.
"And after getting acquainted with you, Xinyao, we walked all the way for only a year, and the number of people who have been rescued by you, Xinyao, survived is more than a million? It is better to teach people to fish than to teach them to fish. Who can be called the term "extraordinary woman?"
"Tsk, Li Zhonghua is so nasty."
Zhou Ziqing on the side glanced at Li Zhonghua, his eyes were a little funny: "I like us Xinyao so much, why don't you let your master go to the Xiangguo Mansion to propose marriage?"
"I would like to."
Li Zhonghua was also free and easy when he heard this, he just shook his head with a smile:
"But I know I'm not good enough for Xinyao, so I don't want to make fun of myself."
"It's because Xinyao is not good enough for you, brother Zhonghua."
Xu Xinyao in the carriage shook her head lightly: "Without the protection of Zhong Hua and Zi Qing, Xinyao might have died many times along the way."
Zhou Ziqing's beautiful eyes slightly curved, and said with a smile:
"Since I thank you, Xinyao will be the host tonight, and I will give this guy Li Zhonghua a gift. I don't know when we will meet again."
"tsk"
Li Zhonghua smacked his lips, his words were dissatisfied, and he took the scabbard to knock Zhou Ziqing's ass:
"Zhou Ziqing, why do I feel like you are urging me to leave quickly? Although Shimen urges me to go back, at least I can finish the trip to Shengshan County."
Zhou Ziqing took the sword to fight away, glared at him and ignored him, then turned to Xu Xinyao and asked:
"By the way, Xinyao, why do you insist on going back to Shengshan County to have a look? Recently, the spring tide in the Wanxing Mountains has started again, and there are more and more monsters in this area."
Xu Xinyao was slightly silent when she heard the words, and said softly:
"Because of the third brother's matter, the phantom formation has not been completed, so I left first, and I have to go back to see if the formation is perfect."
Zhou Ziqing was slightly surprised when he heard the words, and said in a low voice:
"Didn't we activate the large formation to verify the power of the phantom fog formation before we left?"
Xu Xinyao's beautiful eyes slightly bent, and said in a low voice:
"The activation of the formation was only to verify the power. Many processes at the core of the formation have not been fully implemented. It is best to go back and have a look."
Li Zhonghua's words are still simple and direct:
"Xinyao, are you worried that Wanxiangzong will do something to you after you leave?"
"Um."
"Why?"
“.”
Xu Xinyao remained silent for a while, looking in the direction of Shengshan County through the night:
"Things in Shengshan County are going very well.
Shengshan County,
Besides the phantom fog formation, attracted by the scent of beast lures, all kinds of monsters gathered in the direction of Shengshan County along the dark mountain forest.
In the phantom fog formation, the **** killing is still going on.
The army formation formed by the Shengshan frontier army outside the city was like a flesh and blood mill, wave after wave of snarling monsters rushed out of the mist, and wave after wave were crushed into piles of bones by the army formation.
The corpses of all kinds of monsters have piled up outside the city to form a hill, but unfortunately, the number of monsters gushing out of the mist outlet still shows no signs of decreasing.
Xu Xinyao's phantom fog formation is a trapping formation.
This is a powerful trapping formation visible to the naked eye, which can trap tens of thousands of monsters that will attack.
But at the same time, it is just a trap.
The array itself cannot effectively kill the monsters, so it can only be diverted in batches, and finally handed over to Shengshan Frontier Army to do it himself.
It has been three hours since the Shengshan frontier army left the city to form an array to slaughter monsters.
Wanxiangzong still methodically threw monsters into the formation by boiling frogs in warm water, and the Shengshan frontier army formed an army formation, and some people began to lose their strength.
According to this speed, the first casualty will appear soon tonight, and once there is a casualty, it is just the beginning.
In a bleak silence,
Captain Wang stared at the dark mist in the distance, and said softly:
"Young Master Zhou, if I break out, will the Wanxiang Sect let the people in this formation go?"
Lieutenant Wang accepted the reality very quickly, and he also responded quickly.
The breakout of the Shengshan frontier army means that if the Wanxiang sect continues its plan to massacre the city, what they have done will be known to the outside world.
Thinking for a moment, Xu Yuan subconsciously wanted to nod in agreement, but in the end he shook his head lightly:
"Won't."
"Why?" Wang Xiaowei suddenly raised his eyes and stared at Xu Yuan.
Xu Yuan paused every word: "There is no evidence."
People and monsters will breed Yin Qi after death, but ghost fog will not be produced immediately.
This is a relatively long process.
As long as the Wanxiang sect is not stupid, there is a high probability that they will only tamper with the phantom fog formation and city defense formation, and will not be in a hurry to engrave other formations that restrict ghost fog.
Because as long as people are dead, they have enough time and energy to do these things during the period when the corpses breed ghost fog.
In other words,
At this time, even if people in Shengshan County died, it was because of a problem with the formation.
As for breaking out of the encirclement and proclaiming the world?
Ah sir, our Wanxiang sect contributed funds and efforts to build a large formation for you, and your frontier army in Shengshan County escaped out of fear of death and failed to defend the city, and even bit us back?
If you say we cultivate ghost fog, then come the evidence.
We have built a formation to nourish Yin Qi in Shengshan County?
Under the flickering of firelight,
The crease-like wrinkles on Xiaowei Wang's face seemed to be getting deeper, and his voice was low and hoarse:
"But we know."
He pointed to the mist that covered the sky, his fingers trembling slightly:
"This phantom fog formation was built by the Wanxiang Sect, but something went wrong at this time. No matter how they say it, they can't escape the blame!"
The voice echoed softly, and there was a moment of silence on the city wall,
Xu Yuan shook his head, his tone was low:
"Lieutenant Wang, it's useless."
"I've been walking all the way, no matter the merchants or the disciples of the sect, they all think that the builder of this phantom mist formation is the fourth lady of the Xiangguo Mansion, not the Wanxiang Sect. The Wanxiang Sect is only responsible for providing materials and silver."
Speaking of this, Xu Yuan paused:
"Besides, you said earlier that Xu Xinyao left before the completion of the formation project, but it is rumored that Xu Xinyao left after the acceptance of the formation took effect. This is already confirmed that she created the formation."
Captain Wang gritted his teeth and said in a low voice:
"The reason for starting the large formation was to verify the efficacy of the phantom formation fog, not for acceptance."
"But none of you denied it before." Xu Yuan said.
Lieutenant Wang's voice was a little trembling: "Miss Xu has done so many things for me in Shengshan County. How can I, the Shengshan Frontier Army, deny this reputation?"
"So it's all the same."
Xu Yuan looked at the phantom fog formation: "There is no way to investigate this kind of thing."
Captain Wang’s voice suppressed anger:
"You mean that Ms. Xu's identity has become the protection of this group of sons of **** of the Wanxiang sect?!"
Xu Yuan was silent for a while, then nodded:
"As far as the current situation is concerned, this is the case.
"Even if Xu Xinyao is willing to testify afterwards, it seems to the outside world that she did it for her own reputation.
"and,
"The identity of the fourth lady of the Xiangguo Mansion will largely affect the judgment of the court investigators. After all, her adoptive father is the current prime minister."
"If the Wanxiang Sect had prepared more fully, even if the Shengshan frontier army could break out of the encirclement, there is a high probability that they will be labeled as fleeing the battle, and then what you say will become a lie compiled to get rid of the crime."
Captain Wang's voice seemed to be much older, pointing to the inside and outside of the city:
"That is to say, these 400,000 people will definitely die?"
Xu Yuan looked at Captain Wang, took a deep breath and said in a low voice:
"There is a way, but the chances are slim."
"What way?" Wang Xiaowei immediately asked, with a rare flash of hope in his eyes again.
"Today's array technology can't realize long-distance control."
Xu Yuan's voice was unhurried: "That is to say, if Wanxiangzong wants to control the phantom mist formation, it will inevitably set up a control formation point near Shengshan County. You form an formation to help me and my senior sister break a hole , let's go out and find people and kill them, and use that formation to control the phantom formation."
Wang Xiaowei hesitated a little when he heard the words:
"Will the Wanxiang sect have strong people waiting there?"
Xu Yuan nodded:
"There will definitely be a strong person, but the strength will definitely not be too strong. At most, it will be a third-rank grand master."
"Why?" Captain Wang frowned.
Xu Yuan analyzed quickly and steadily: "The overall strength of the Wanxiang Sect is very strong, but it is not strong enough to cultivate the second-rank Yuanchu silently. Their first-rank Huafan and second-rank Yuanchu are basically famous and famous. No, if these people make a move, once they leave traces, it is tantamount to confirming the fact that the Wanxiang sect is going to massacre the city, and the Wanxiang sect cannot take this risk."
“.”
The voice fell, and the air was quiet for a moment,
Without the slightest hesitation, the burly frontier soldier bent his legs and knelt directly on the ground.
“.”
Xu Yuan frowned, and was about to help him up, but the other party knelt so hard that he couldn't help him up.
Wang Xiaowei cupped his fists and bowed to Xu Yuan:
"Shengshan County, thank you, Mr. Zhou, for your kindness."
Xu Yuan frowned and said in a low voice:
"Lieutenant Wang, I can't guarantee that I will be able to find that control point.
"and,
"This does not convict the Wanxiang sect."
Captain Wang shook his head and grinned:
"Young Master Zhou, at least now these 400,000 people have a chance to survive."
Temporary double update today, tomorrow will make up yesterday's
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