Not long after the news that Chi Yundu had been forged into a divine sword was released, General Wei sent someone to invite Zhao Shu.
Due to the subsequent arrival of the imperial army, the situation of bandit suppression in Xingluo County has been greatly improved recently, and roads have been reopened in several counties that were once isolated by bandits. However, there are many ghosts and monsters in those villages that were looted and slaughtered by bandits.
It was difficult for ordinary soldiers to deal with the infestation, and there were not enough monks on the front line, so they had to ask Zhao Shu to help.
Fortunately, Yanze City is much more stable now, and there are corresponding personnel responsible for the refining of magical objects and elixirs, so there is no need for Zhao Shu to do everything personally.
When Zhao Shu arrived at Yuyang County, he found that the city walls had collapsed and the houses were dilapidated, as if they had experienced a violent earthquake. The wind was filled with the smell of burned corpses, and there were only a few civilians collecting rubble on both sides of the road.
There weren't many, most of them had sallow, thin, numb faces.
"I heard that Yuyang County is also considered rich compared to Xingluo County. Why is it in such a dilapidated state?" Zhao Shu asked after seeing General Wei.
"That happened before." General Wei had just taken off his armor, and a soldier brought a basin to him to wash and wipe his face: "Except for those city walls occupied by bandits, Xingluo County has been visited the most by bandits 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 with the bandits.
The county magistrate here can be considered responsible, and he recruited Dingzhuang villagers to defend the city on the spot. Unfortunately, he was shot in the head and face by a stray arrow before we arrived, and we could not survive. I heard that bandits were besieging Yuyang County, so I led the troops
We came to the rescue. Although bandits invaded the county, we recaptured it in time."
Zhao Shu frowned and said: "The behavior of these bandits seems to have changed recently? I haven't heard much news about them looting villages and towns in Yanze City. Instead, they are focusing on besieging the county town."
General Wei sat down to drink tea: "I sent people to the countryside to see. Many places have been reduced to ruins by bandits. There is no food and property to plunder, so naturally the county town will be besieged."
Zhao Shu was noncommittal and asked: "General Wei, what do you think of the letter I sent before?"
"I have not investigated the situation regarding the Divine Sword." General Wei stroked his beard and said, "Although we have arrested a few bandit leaders and village owners, they know very little about it, and many of them have never been to Yunyan Headquarters.
Rudder is just a straggler who was recruited by Chiyundu."
"I heard that Luo Xixian made many military exploits under the general's command?" Zhao Shu asked curiously.
General Wei smiled and said: "Young Master Luo is brave and good at fighting. He often takes risks to attack cities and strongholds. Those monsters and bandits are no match for him. If it weren't for him, we might not have marched so fast. He is leading troops nearby right now."
Clean up the remaining bandits and bandits."
"Oh, that's it." Zhao Shu nodded and thought.
General Wei was somewhat aware of the recent discord between Zhao Shu and Luo Xixian, so he changed the subject: "The general's purpose of inviting Zhao Fu to come is to eliminate the monsters entrenched in the local area. Recently, at night, there will be zombies attacking the camp.
, but none of the monks working under my account can find its origin."
"I have also heard about this." Zhao Shu corrected: "But the person who controls the walking corpse is not necessarily a monk from the side sect. The evil demon should be an old spirit who has opened up his spiritual wisdom."
General Wei waved his hand: "I don't care who it is, but it all depends on Zhao Fu."
"I will try my best." Zhao Shu clasped his fists and handed over his hands, making sure there was no one else. After thinking for a moment, he said: "General Wei, there is one thing I want to make clear. Regarding Mr. Liang Shuo from Chongxuan Hall, I found that he seems not to be able to summon him at will.
Immortal general."
"Oh?" General Wei didn't show any uneasiness. He motioned for Zhao Shu to come closer and whispered: "I didn't expect him at first."
Zhao Shu could tell that General Wei acted steadily and would probably not like Liang Shuo's ostentatious style and attitude.
"I don't want to speak ill of others about other things, but when it comes to the war, I have to express my feelings directly." Zhao Shu said: "Earlier, when the monks from Chiyundu came to Yanze City to rob the prison, Mr. Liang did nothing, so I became suspicious. Now Chi
The magic sword is forged in Yundu, and the energy of the sword is soaring into the sky. If a demon comes to attack with the sword, I'm afraid Mr. Liang will not be able to resist."
General Wei smiled and said: "I have seen many things like spells working sometimes and sometimes not working. The experts at Chongxuan Pavilion also had many reasons to deal with it. I don't know much about magic, so I can only let it go.
They went to talk."
When Zhao Shu heard this, he only felt that it was absurd and bizarre. There were indeed various details about the right time and place for performing magic, and there were also taboos that outsiders could not understand. The martial arts sorcerers were shallow, so it was understandable that their magic might not be effective. But with the Chongxuan Pavilion’s
With the accumulation of foundation, it is said that similar situations will not happen often.
However, it was not Zhao Shu's turn to worry. He made some preparations in Yuyang County, then took hundreds of soldiers mobilized by General Wei and began to go to the remote countryside to eradicate the evil spirits.
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Fuzhou Mountain on the northern outskirts of Dongsheng Capital is shaped like a boat buckling over the ground. It leans on Pengxuan Lake to 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. This place has beautiful scenery, lush forests, and the water and soil support people. Therefore, palaces and forbidden gardens were built long before the Tianxia Dynasty, specially designed for emperors to visit. Even today in Huaxu Kingdom
No exception.
However, Huaxu Kingdom had its capital in Dongshengdu, and Leyouyuan was not far from the palace. If the king had free time, he would come to Leyouyuan to enjoy the scenery. Occasionally, he would invite the princes and nobles here to play music.
Dance, or discuss poetry and songs. If a young talent is appreciated by the king, he will be appointed as a Langguan, and he will rise to the top from then on.
Therefore, there is also a ballad sung in the streets of the city: "It is better to play a song and move the king than to play in a hotel and scratch your white hair."
But at this time, there was no sound of flutes or strings in the Leyou Garden. More than a dozen flags and flags stood around, raising a forbidden formation invisible to the naked eye.
In the palace room in the garden, the King of Huaxu sat upright, concentrating and recuperating. There were three people sitting on each side of the palace, but there was still an empty seat closest to the King.
"Zhang's first seat." The king of the country, as in the style of men in Dongsheng City, without beard and beard, with a face like a crown jade, star eyes and sword eyebrows, looked at Zhang Duanjing on the left and said: "I received the invitation from Xingluo County in the early morning.
The newspaper mentioned in it that Luo Xixian of Huaiying Hall killed the giant Xiong clan bandit in Qingluo Mountain and beheaded all the more than two thousand bandits under his command, what do you think?"
"Back to Your Majesty." Zhang Duanjing cupped his hands and said, "Since the Huaiying Hall has been ordered by the king to put down the bandit rebellion, it should do its best and not dare to slack off in the slightest."
The king smiled slightly: "I am very pleased that the Huaiying Hall can teach such a talented person. I wonder what kind of status he has?"
"I was promoted to Sanqing several years ago." Zhang Duanjing lowered his head and replied.
"Sanqing, it's a little lower." The king raised his eyes and said: "Huaxu country is in need of people like this who can do their jobs with all their heart. After the banditry in Xingluo County is calmed down, they can be promoted to the position of general. By the way, I will give it to you.
When he comes to Dongsheng Capital, I can see for myself."
"I accept the decree."
When Zhang Duanjing said this, he could feel the gazes of the heads of several restaurants around him. He turned a blind eye and sat upright with the curtains hanging.
The hall was a bit dull, and no one spoke actively. Until a moment later, the flags outside the hall were shaking, the bells were ringing, and someone outside used magic to disturb the forbidden formation.
The king made no move, so naturally someone secretly went to operate the formation to allow the visitor to enter Leyou Garden.
But I saw a man with a head held high, with gray beard and hair, eagle eyebrows and falcon eyes, wearing dark ocher clothes, a crown on his head, holding a long sword in his hand, walking straight into the palace, neither approaching nor bowing, his appearance was clear and vigorous, and his momentum was overwhelming.
"Your Majesty, I'm late." The visitor bowed his hands slightly, without any sign of being a subordinate in his words or actions. At the same time, he looked around and took another look at Zhang Duanjing.
"Liang Weng." The leader of the country smiled and raised his hand to indicate the nearest seat: "I will not discuss matters until you arrive."
The old man named Liang Weng is Liang Tao, the head of the Liang family in Yongjia, the head of Chongxuan Hall today.
Even though Liang Tao didn't say much, after he entered the palace, the atmosphere suddenly became solemn, and most of the other people in the hall lowered their heads.
"I just returned from the East China Sea." As soon as Liang Tao sat down, he said to himself, "Hongxueke asked me to say hello to His Majesty on his behalf."
The lord of the country leaned forward slightly: "I am just an ordinary person from the lower land. I have the care of Hongxue Guest and the hard work of Liang Wengwen."
Liang Tao waved his hand casually: "Your Majesty, there is no need to do this. I wonder what is the important matter for summoning us to Leyou Garden?"
The leader of the country said: "There are other changes in Xingluo County recently. Xin Taicheng, please tell me."
There was a middle-aged man at the bottom of the right side. He cupped his hands and replied: "A few days ago, I was looking at the stars, and I noticed that there was a sword energy attacking the stars in the sky, and it was unstoppable. According to the division of the feudal territory, it was finally determined that it was Xingluo County, and there was a god in the direction of Panlong Mountain.
The sword appears."
Liang Tao frowned secretly, and the leader of the country said: "It was also mentioned in the report sent back to the residence from Xingluo County before, saying that the Chiyun rebellious party forged magical weapons in Panlong Mountain. At that time, I thought it was ridiculous, but now it seems
, the situation has exceeded expectations. Xin Taicheng, can you calculate what kind of divine sword it is? Compared with Tianxia Chixiao and Guyue Taia, which one is higher and which one is lower?"
Xin Taicheng's face was solemn: "I'll be honest, the divine sword in Xingluo County has unprecedented sword energy. It conflicts with the territory, invades the pavilion wall, and shows signs of disorder in the energy of heaven and earth. This kind of divine sword can be called extraordinary in ancient and modern times."
number."
When the king was about to speak, Liang Tao snorted coldly: "So, Kunlun Continent will see all kinds of disasters and chaos next? Is it an earthquake and landslide, or is it a flood in the Three Rivers? Or is there a big epidemic that spreads thousands of miles of red land?"
Xin Taicheng hesitated to speak, and the king did not know how to answer. Zhang Duanjing on the other side raised his eyes and said: "If we talk about chaos, the five countries of Kunlun Continent standing side by side today is the biggest chaos."
Liang Tao opened his eyes and retorted: "What a joke! The five kingdoms in Shouyang Mountain made a pact to eliminate their troops and swore an alliance to heaven and earth. How can there be any chaos?"
Zhang Duanjing never looked directly at Liang Tao: "In that case, Mr. Liang might as well ask your brother to evacuate Juihong Pass and come to Leyou Garden to enjoy the scenery."
The lord of the country suppressed his laughter, and when he saw anger rising in Liang Tao's eyebrows, he hurriedly said: "General Hussar has not disarmed his armor for many years, which shows his loyalty to the country. If there is chaos in the country, Liang Weng and General Hussar will definitely protect the peace of the country.
The mainstay of chaos, right?"
Liang Tao raised his eagle eyebrows, not wanting to get angry on this occasion, and said with a smile: "It is an honor for my younger brother to win His Majesty's favor."
"Xin Taicheng, please continue talking." The king signaled.
"Yes." Xin Taicheng said: "According to what I have seen, this newly appeared divine sword is unstoppable in its sharpness and power, but the sword's energy is so strong that no one can hold it."
"Oh?" The king was puzzled: "In the past, Emperor Tianxia was no more than a wanderer in his hometown, and he was far from having the magic power of the Immortal Family. He occasionally got the Chixiao Sword, and he could kill the white dragon and control the country without being restrained by the sword's energy.
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Xin Taicheng said: "The Red Sky Sword is a talisman ordered by Emperor Tianxia. It corresponds to the heart of heaven. The person holding the sword is protected by Qi. It is mysterious and extraordinary. The new sword from Xingluo County does not have the destiny of the emperor, and its sword Qi is violent and unstoppable."
Preface, reaching up to the sky, if an ordinary person holds a sword for a moment, his body will be shattered to pieces."
The king sighed: "It's true that a divine weapon is difficult to wield. But I don't understand why the Chiyun Rebellion was able to forge such a divine sword?"
Xin Taicheng lowered his head and said nothing. After all, this was not something he was familiar with. The king looked at Liang Tao, who stared at Zhang Duanjing: "When it comes to refining magic weapons and artifacts, who here is better than Zhang Duanjing?"
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, there was a spark that fell here, and the energy of heaven and earth gathered faintly. It is not surprising. The Chiyun rebellious party is entrenched in the area, collecting hardware,
When smelting weapons, you may occasionally get meteorite iron from the sky, which will cause the stars to shake."
The king looked at Xin Taicheng and said hesitantly: "This... is somewhat possible."
"As for the theory that the sword energy is violent and disorderly, I haven't seen it yet, so I dare not draw a conclusion." Zhang Duanjing said with a straight face: "Whether it is a famous sword or an immortal flying sword, it has an orderly energy. If the sword
If the Qi arises out of order, it may be that Chiyun's rebellious party fails to forge a sword, and only causes disasters."
Liang Tao stared at Zhang Duanjing with a pair of falcon eyes: "Are you saying that the Chiyun rebellious gang did not actually forge the divine sword?"
"If the fire of the alchemy cauldron is biased, it will also cause the divine elixir to fly away." Zhang Duanjing replied with a firm gaze: "Presumably Mr. Liang is no stranger to this matter."
In the past, Liang Tao opened a furnace to refine the magic elixir. At that time, in Dongsheng City, he could see the auspicious clouds in the direction of Difei Mountain from a distance. As a result, at the last moment, the magic elixir broke through the furnace and flew away, causing Liang Tao to suffer great losses.
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Others did not dare to mention this matter face to face, but Zhang Duanjing did. Liang Tao smiled coldly: "Master Zhang said so, why don't you come to our Chongxuan Hall to experience the earth, lungs, wind and fire?"
Seeing this, the lord of the country said: "Okay, business matters are important. The Chiyun rebellious party is entrenched in Cangwu Ridge and is difficult to eliminate. Now they have gone to Xingluo County to stir up banditry and start wars. If we continue to let it go, this will be the source of trouble.
What do you think, sir?"
Zhang Duanjing immediately said: "I would like to go to Xingluo County to help your majesty put an end to the bandit troubles."
"That's not necessary." Liang Tao stopped him and said: "Why do you need to work for a mere grass bandit to establish the first seat? The imperial court has already increased its troops by 20,000, and our Chongxuan Pavilion has also sent out Jiutian Yuntai, so we can call on the generals and officials at any time."
"The leader Zhang said this out of concern for state affairs..." As soon as the king spoke, Liang Tao stood up and asked:
"Your Majesty's words, do you think I am being negligent?"
The king raised his hand to appease: "I just think that the banditry should be put down as soon as possible."
"In that case, I will go to Xingluo County in person." Liang Tao waved his hand and looked around at everyone: "This will save some villains from slandering me behind my back and saying that I have done nothing to serve the country!"
When the king heard this, he could only say: "Weng Liang, please be patient. If Weng Liang feels that it is inappropriate, then we will still follow the previous arrangement."