Lu Guoyong looked at the map in front of him and saw the words Blue Sky Island marked on it.
At this time, Lu Fang came out and said: "Father, it was Taoist Master Qianji of Zhenyi Sect who sent a message to An Jing. He accepted the message and left."
"I see."
Lu Guoyong continued to look at the map in front of him.
Lu Fang hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Father, Taoist Master Ye has arranged this situation. I'm afraid An Jing will not go, and it may cause another war in the Yan Kingdom in the future. What should we do next?"
Lu Fang knew An Jing's temperament and was not like an ordinary hot-headed young man. Ye Ding set up a grudge platform on Bi Kong Island, and he would most likely not go.
If he doesn't go, then Ye Ding can legitimately reorganize the previous alliance against the Demon Cult.
It cannot be said that some hesitant sects, fearing the prestige of the Demon Cult, also joined this war.
The two sides are fighting each other, causing a bloody storm, which is extremely detrimental to the current situation.
Lu Guoyong said softly: "'He' will go."
Lu Fang was startled and said: "Bikong Island belongs to the border of Yanzhao. Qi Shu died in the hands of An Jing. Zhao State threatened us to hand over the Ghost Swordsman before. If we go to Bikong Island this time...
..."
In fact, time is not the most important factor, the location is.
Why did Ye Ding set up the location on Bikong Island? Not only did he not want the masters of the Demon Cult to arrive quickly, but he also wanted to use Zhao Guo's Black Ice Platform.
To settle the grudges this time, it is a life and death battle. Many people who have no deep grudges against the Demon Sect will just sit back and watch. The only ones who really fight to the death are the Five Poison Sects.
It's okay for other sects to wave their flags and shout, but if they really face the Demon Sect, they will feel a little embarrassed.
These sects are still waiting for the next move of the Demon Sect, waiting for the situation to change. After all, compared to behemoths like the Demon Sect and Zhenyi Sect, they are just inconspicuous existences.
And Qi Shu is the adopted son of Qi Xuandao of Heibingtai. This time Anjing has arrived at the border of Zhao State. How could Heibingtai sit idly by and ignore it?
Moreover, if the Ghost Swordsman and Ye Ding and other masters of Yan Kingdom resolve their grievances, will Black Ice Platform catch them all in one fell swoop?
Thinking of this, a drop of cold sweat appeared on Lu Fang's forehead.
Lu Guoyong said to himself: "Ye Ding, Ye Ding..."
In a daze, he remembered the rich and handsome middle-aged Taoist priest who stepped into Yujing City.
No one else knew the details of the Tianshuge coup that year, but Lu Guoyong knew that the Taiping Emperor had been holding back for many years and finally launched a coup, which even he had not expected at the time.
The reason for its success was that Da Tianyang played a crucial role in it.
It can be said that during the coup at that time, which side the Zhenyi Sect was on and which side had the absolute advantage, but Ye Ding stood unswervingly behind the current Taiping Emperor.
This is also the reason why Zhenyi Sect developed so rapidly later.
Xiao Qianqiu, who was only in the Second Qi realm, became the Imperial Master of Dayan and the number one person in the world of Dayan. He had his own strength, the promotion of Zhenyi Sect, and the support of the Human Emperor.
And today's Xiao Qianqiu has lived up to expectations. He can indeed be called the number one person in Dayan Jianghu. He is expected to become the number one person in the world in Dayan, and is even more likely to become the number one person in the world.
.........
Dongluoguan, in the other courtyard.
Zhao Qingmei wore a rather simple plain white dress, with blooming plum blossoms embroidered on the cuffs and chest with pink silk thread, which extended from the hem of the skirt to her waist, and was tightened by a dark purple wide belt.
The slim waist shows off the slim figure.
In her hand she held a novel that was once popular in the world, telling the story of a pair of lovers traveling around the world with a strange beast, a golden eagle.
The real rivers and lakes are dark and gloomy, full of intrigues, but the rivers and lakes in the book drink wine and sing songs, and enjoy grudges and grudges, which makes countless people yearn for it.
Tan Yun was not as groggy as before, and looked a little melancholy looking at the sky outside the window with his big eyes.
Now she already knows that An Jing is the Ghost Swordsman, and the Ghost Swordsman is An Jing.
While I felt a little emotional, I also felt a little bit more happy.
The Ghost Swordsman is not dead, and neither is her uncle. This is the best news for her.
But she felt that she was kept in the dark, which made her feel quite uncomfortable. Why did her uncle never tell her? Didn't he even believe her?
And sometimes she was very confused. When her uncle came back, how should she face him?
"The leader."
At this time, Duanmu Xinghua walked in, "Elder Ouyang from the Demon Sealing Platform has received news. He said that the great elder will go to the Yan Kingdom in person."
Zhao Qingmei heard this and put down the book in her hand, with a glimmer of light in her eyes: "The Great Elder will go in person?"
In fact, in her opinion, some grievances between the demon sect and the Yan Kingdom must be settled. The best way is to kill them all, but this is not realistic. Killing too many small sects will not only cause panic, but also put everyone in danger and resist.
The Demon Sect and the Human Emperor also disagree.
The only way is to kill one person as a warning to the rest, and kill a few of the leading ones, and then the whole thing can be finished.
But Ye Ding, this old guy, obviously wants to be careful.
Killing the Ghost Swordsman will not only severely weaken the Demon Sect's vitality, but also suppress the Demon Sect, which has been gaining momentum recently, and elevate the status and prestige of the True Sect.
Zhao Qingmei would naturally not let An Jing go to such a fight that was obviously a trap. The worst possible outcome would be a war between Zhenyi Sect, Five Poison Sect and other sects and the Demon Sect.
Anyway, Zhao Qingmei is not afraid. As long as An Jing and herself are given a certain amount of time, many problems can be solved easily.
The most important thing is that the Human Emperor will definitely not see the two parties fighting and will stop it when the time comes.
But if Jun Qinglin goes now, all Ye Ding's "careful tricks" will be meaningless.
"yes."
Duanmu Xinghua, a bright light appeared in his eyes and said: "This is indeed a good opportunity. We can save a lot of trouble by catching all those who are determined to join my demon sect."
"It's indeed a good opportunity."
Zhao Qingmei always felt that something was wrong, but she couldn't pinpoint what exactly was wrong.
Duanmu Xinghua cupped his fists and said: "Leader, I will go and send a secret letter to An Zongfeng now, and then spread the news."
Zhao Qingmei tapped her delicate jade fingers lightly on the table, pondered for a long time and asked: "Are there any rumors about him and Princess Anle in Yujing City recently?"
Duanmu Xinghua hesitated for a moment and said, "More or less, I suspect that someone is deliberately spreading rumors."
Because Anjing had once rescued Princess Anle, and because Princess Anle had shown her affection, some rumors had already spread throughout the city.
Zhao Qingmei said expressionlessly: "Rumors stop only the wise. If they can't be stopped, then cut out his tongue."
Tan Yun on the side trembled, clearly feeling that the leader seemed a little angry.
"I understand."
Duanmu Xinghua hesitated to speak, and finally left without saying anything.
"Tan Yun, come here."
Zhao Qingmei waved and said.
Tan Yun walked over and whispered: "Leader."
Zhao Qingmei casually handed the book in her hand to Tan Yun, "Seeing as you usually stay up late and read at night, I think you have learned all the words, so you can read this book."
"It's nothing, just go back and rest."
"I see."
Tan Yun took the book and slowly exited the room.
Staring at Tan Yun's back, Zhao Qingmei thought to herself: She was leaving soon anyway, should she be nicer to this little girl?
Zhao Qingmei then looked at the secret letter on the table, which had the four characters "Princess Anle" written on it, and said: "What a troublesome guy."
Tan Yun walked out of the room, holding the once popular novel in his hand, and couldn't help but murmured: The leader has never been so gentle to me, and even gave him the book. Is there any deep meaning in it?
"Master Duanmu."
Tan Yun stopped Duanmu Xinghua who was about to leave and asked, "Is the leader angry because of my uncle's affair with that princess?"
Duanmu Xinghua said with a smile: "What's the point? But don't worry about this. An Chongfeng is a person you can trust."
But not everyone has the courage to kill someone from the Demon Cult.
It can be seen from this that An Jing is a person who values affection and justice.
Besides, the leader is so beautiful and charming, can the princess compare?
With a smile on his lips, Tan Yun nodded like a chicken pecking at rice and said, "Yes, I am a very nice person."
"The two of them are such an enviable couple. I have some important matters to take care of."
Duanmu Xinghua glanced at the book in Tan Yun's hand, said Duanmu Xinghua and left.
Tan Yun returned to the room with the book in his arms, washed it briefly and then fell on the bed.
But today she couldn't sleep, tossing and turning, and accidentally recalled the days in Yuzhou City, and couldn't help but laugh.
But I always feel like I can never go back to such happy times.
Turning her head, she saw the book next to the bed again, and she suddenly understood something with pain on her face.
"My uncle and the leader are a couple of heroic eagles, and what about me? I am that eagle."
.........
Jade Capital City, Kunning Palace.
Whenever there is a storm on the sea, the sea is always extremely calm.
At this moment, the palace was very peaceful, so peaceful that it was scary.
Mu Xiaowan was lying on the table, with a hint of mist in her beautiful eyes. There were bottles of wine placed in front of her.
"Empress."
Eunuch Guangde whispered from the side: "It's dawn."
Mu Xiaowan said to herself: "The sky will never light up again."
Ever since she came back from the Royal Study that day, Mu Xiaowan has become very strange, especially yesterday, she seemed to have lost her soul.
As an old eunuch in the palace, Eunuch Guangde seemed to understand something, and his heart ached a little.
Mu Xiaowan looked at the wine cup in her hand and said with a smile: "Guangde, what do you think will happen to an abandoned chess piece?"
Eunuch Guangde thought for a moment and whispered, "I don't know."
"Will be eaten."
Mu Xiaowan struggled to stand up, her body swaying a bit.
"Empress."
Eunuch Guangde stepped forward and held Mu Xiaowan's arm.
Mu Xiaowan waved her hand, looked around, and pierced the hall with a sharp voice: "In the eyes of others, I have a noble status and respected status. In the final analysis, I am not a chess piece at the mercy of others."
Eunuch Guangde said quickly: "My dear, be careful that there are ears in the partition wall."
Mu Xiaowan used to be the most cautious and taboo, but today she has become a different person and actually uttered such unscrupulous words.
This is extremely disrespectful!
Mu Xiaowan seemed to have broken a jar and said, "Except for eating and drinking every day, I can't decide on anything else. What's the point of living like this?"
"This palace has imprisoned me for half my life. What is more hateful than this is the high wall built in my heart, making it difficult for me to breathe and escape."
Guangde knelt down directly on the ground and said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, please stop talking."
"If there is anything I can't say, I will say it."
Mu Xiaowan slammed the wine cup in her hand to the ground, and heard a 'bang' sound. Mu Xiaowan continued: "Everything about me has been arranged by others, and my destiny has been arranged by others a long time ago."
, what does what I want to do and what I don’t want to do have anything to do with me? Why do they treat me like this, why can they control my life? "
Mu Xiaowan grabbed Eunuch Guangde, his hair was a little messy, and his beautiful eyes were bloodshot, "Do you think I want to enter the palace? Do you think I want to scheming here? Do you think I want to kill people? Do you think I want to enjoy it?
Is this glory and wealth?”
Eunuch Guangde's face was pale and his lips were trembling. He seemed to be frightened by the scene in front of him.
Why is Mu Xiaowan so crazy suddenly?
"I have exhausted everything, why don't you let me go?"
Mu Xiaowan let go of Eunuch Guangde and turned to look at the hall in front, venting the unwillingness and anger that had been suppressed in her heart for more than ten years, "Tell me, what else can I have in this life?"
"What kind of human emperor, what kind of state religion, what kind of Jianghu world!"
"I won't play with you anymore!"
"..."
After Mu Xiaowan finished speaking, her chest kept rising and falling, breathing heavily.
If she had a knife in her hand right now, she would want to kill everyone.
But so what if she has a knife? She can't kill everyone.
Eunuch Guangde looked at the strange yet familiar Mu Xiaowan in front of him, his mind went blank.
The entire Kunning Palace became very peaceful, and the maids and guards outside the door were frightened and trembling.
In this palace, they have seen too many masters who have lost power, and their final endings have been miserable, miserable, and miserable.
Because their power comes from the emperor, after the emperor takes it back, what will they have left?
After a long time, Mu Xiaowan breathed out, "Guangde, how many years have you been following me?"
Eunuch Guangde quickly replied: "In the 26th year of Li Ping's reign, the empress entered the palace, and she has been with her for seventeen years now."
"In all these years, have you ever regretted it? Do you feel bitter?"
"The empress is kind-hearted and gives me a bite of food. The slave will never forget it for the rest of his life. Serving the empress for so many years is not only not a hardship, but also feels very honored."
"good."
After hearing this, Mu Xiaowan felt a warm feeling in her heart, closed her eyes slightly, and crystal tears flowed down her cheeks.
"Guangde, go get some food. I feel a little hungry."
"Old slave, let's go and get some food that I like to eat."
Eunuch Guangde was overjoyed when he heard this and walked quickly towards the imperial dining room.
Having served Mu Xiaowan for seventeen years, he knows all the things Mu Xiaowan likes and dislikes.
Walking to the door of Kunning Palace, Eunuch Guangde's voice suddenly became cold, "I hope you all understand what should be said and what should not be said."
"understand."
The guards and maids on the side nodded quickly.
Eunuch Guangde nodded slightly and walked quickly.
He walked very quickly along the way and soon arrived at the imperial dining room.
"Xiao Lizi, I want to have some hot food now, please prepare it."
The eunuch in charge of the imperial kitchen glanced at Eunuch Guangde and said feebly: "I understand."
Eunuch Guangde frowned, but didn't say anything.
When he came here in the past, this little plum was as enthusiastic as seeing his own father, but now his attitude is very cold. This is the harem that is following the influence of others.
"Hurry up."
"The cooks haven't gotten up yet. No matter how fast we go, we won't get anywhere fast."
"Then try to be as quick as possible."
"knew."
.......
Eunuch Guangde didn't want to mess with the eunuch, so he walked towards Kunning Palace after giving the instructions.
Inside Kunning Palace, everything was quiet.
When Grandpa Guangde stepped onto the high steps, the scene in front of him was like a bolt from the blue.
Mu Xiaowan was seen lying on the table with blood flowing from her mouth. Next to her was an exquisite jade vase.
Mu Xiaowan's bright eyes gradually dissipated.
The past life flashes before my eyes like a revolving lantern.
When he was young, he came from a hairpin family. At the age of sixteen, the marriage proposal had already arrived at the door of the house.
It was that year that I met Jiang Sanjia in the Peach Garden of Yujing City.
At that time, Jiang Sanjia was very high-spirited. Relying on his identity as the successor of the Guigu Sect, he had not yet been targeted by the Zhenyi Sect and was at ease in the temple and the world.
That is to say, in the early summer of that year, the wind met the clouds, the flowers met the trees, and the fireflies met the starlight.
And all these encounters ended in a haphazard and bleak way.
Later, a Taoist priest found the Mu family. The Taoist said that Mu Xiaowan had the fate of a noble concubine and that she was born to be rich and prosperous.
After entering the palace, she realized that this Taoist was Yu Ying.
Her whole life seemed to have been stuck on the day when she was sixteen, and her life since then was just like a zombie, so that she could not remember many things, and it was full of intrigues and intrigues.
In this life, the most unforgettable thing for her was the peach blossoms blooming in the peach garden, which was also the unforgettable feeling in her life.
The person who could give her his heart ended up dying in her hands.
She thought of the silence when Jiang Sanjia saw her for the last time, and it felt as if thousands of knives were stabbing into her heart.
Then, she saw the Peach Garden and Jiang Sanjia.
It turns out that all this was just a big dream.
Suddenly, Mu Xiaowan felt that her eyelids were getting heavier and heavier.
"Empress!"
Eunuch Guangde walked forward quickly and put his finger on the tip of Mu Xiaowan's nose. There was no breath left.
boom!
Suddenly, it was like a thunderbolt from the blue, hitting Eunuch Guangde hard on the head.
Hearing Eunuch Guangde's voice, the maid from Kunning Palace also hurried in.
"ah---!"
When a palace maid saw this scene, she screamed uncontrollably.
Eunuch Guangde was stunned and still remembered the first time he met Mu Xiaowan.
He was just an ordinary eunuch in the palace, who was suppressed and humiliated.
In fact, strange to say, the ones who really looked down on and bullied the eunuchs were not the Confucian scholars, generals, and outsiders, but the eunuchs themselves.
Guangde often rarely even had enough food, and later met Mu Xiaowan who was wandering in the plains.
At that time, Mu Xiaowan was still very lively and playful, not as dull and gloomy as she is now. When she saw Guangde, she not only rewarded her with a meal, but also transferred him to her side to serve her.
Although it is impossible to become powerful eunuchs like Zhao Tianyi and Bai Mei, at least they will not go hungry.
This service lasted for seventeen years. It can be said that Eunuch Guangde watched Mu Xiaowan change herself step by step.
Later, Eunuch Guangde didn't even know which one was Mu Xiaowan, especially when it came to Jiang Sanjia, he could see Mu Xiaowan struggling and hesitating.
But today, he discovered the clue.
"Empress."
Eunuch Guangde knelt on the ground and burst into tears. He thought to himself: "You are finally free."
Soon, the entire harem was alarmed.
You must know that Concubine Rong was very favored before. Recently, it was rumored that she had lost her power. However, she did not expect to hang herself in Kunning Palace so quickly. How can people not be shocked by this?
Not long after Concubine Rong hanged herself, the old eunuch who had served her for many years also bumped into a stone pillar of Kunning Palace, bleeding freely and dying.
In the royal study, the white-browed eunuch said to the beaded curtain above: "Your Majesty, the noble concubine hanged herself."
There was silence in the bead curtain for three breaths, and then a faint voice sounded: "Abandon the car to save the handsome man?"
The white-browed eunuch didn't say anything. He had already seen clearly the life, death and separation in the palace. Every year there would be life and death, just like eating and drinking.