Caiyun Mountain is a high mountain located in the northwest of Nanyun City. It is also the highest mountain in the vicinity.
There is an ancient temple on the top of the mountain. In ancient times, when Dali still ruled the entire Nanyun Province, the king of Dali would come to worship every year.
The place where Hu Guangyi held sacrifices was this ancient temple that has been passed down for thousands of years.
Today is the day of sacrifice and celebration.
The entire Caiyun Mountain was surrounded by soldiers from the Southwest Military Region. Except for those participating in the sacrifice, no one was allowed to climb Caiyun Mountain today.
Of course, the entire Caiyun Mountain range is extremely vast, and it is simply impossible to completely block it.
However, in this case, most people would not go to Caiyun Mountain to seek death.
At the foot of the mountain were more than tens of thousands of troops. Representatives from major military regions and senior officers from the Southwest Military Region, including some elite guards, followed Hu Guangyi on the mountain.
Zhang Debiao was also among them, following Hu Guangyi all the time.
"You just stay here, General Zhang will climb the mountain with me..." When he reached a square halfway up the mountain, Hu Guangyi turned his head and said to everyone.
No one objected and everyone stopped.
This is also part of the process of this sacrificial ceremony. Except for a few people closest to Hu Guangyi, everyone else stayed here to wait.
Hu Guangyi nodded towards Zhang Debiao, and Zhang Debiao selected twenty elites from the accompanying team to protect Hu Guangyi and walked towards the top of the mountain together.
"When did he become so bold?" Li Bing has been following Ye Xiu. In fact, she and Ye Xiu were the only two people in the East China Military Region who participated in the ceremony.
Seeing Hu Guangyi heading towards the top of the mountain with such a small number of people, Li Bing muttered in a low voice.
She would never forget that when he first arrived, Hu Guangyi was so frightened by the rebel master that he did not dare to go out.
"Haha, if you don't enter the tiger's den, you won't catch the tiger's cubs. Our Governor Hu is no ordinary person..." Ye Xiu smiled.
He had speculated before that Hu Guangyi must have other purposes for conquering the rebels personally.
Today's sacrificial ceremony confirmed his suspicion.
The entire encirclement is tight on the outside and loose on the inside.
For ordinary people, this kind of defense is tight enough, but for a strong man who dares to assassinate the regional governor, it is not enough.
Judging from this posture, Hu Guangyi was probably trying hard to create an opportunity for the strong rebel, an opportunity for him to take risks and assassinate him.
In addition to Zhang Debiao on the surface, Hu Guangyi has at least two to three beings who transcend the heavenly realm around him.
But Ye Xiu was a little curious, how could Hu Guangyi be sure that the strong rebel who killed his son would come here?
In fact, Hu Guangyi is still not sure that the strong man will come to assassinate him.
It's just that without killing such a super strong man, the army would have no way to get close to the hinterland of the rebels. With the strength shown by the opponent, except for Zhang Debiao and Luo Xiong, any general who leads the army may be killed.
This layout is also a kind of trial for him.
These super strong people are extremely confident. If the other party really wants to get rid of them, then such an opportunity will come even if they know it is a trap.
He is just gambling.
If he wins the bet, he will be killed to eliminate future troubles.
If you lose the bet, you won't lose much. Anyway, Mr. Qi and his heavenly guards will be following you these days, and you don't have to worry about the assassin who will assassinate you.
After more than ten minutes, Hu Guangyi and his party finally reached the top of the mountain.
The host of the ancient temple has already made all preparations for the sacrificial ceremony.
He was waiting there with a group of monks.
Seeing Hu Guangyi's arrival, the host and many monks bowed to Hu Guangyi and others at the same time.
Hu Guangyi's eyes swept across the group of monks, and finally fell on a young man not far away.
The young man looked to be in his teens at most. He was wearing a coarse cloth, holding a broom, and stood watching from a distance, his dark eyes full of curiosity.
It seems that I have never seen such a grand and prosperous time!
Hu Guangyi frowned, pointed at the young man and said to the host in front of him: "Abbott, who is that young man? Why do you stay here?"
"Your Majesty the Governor, he is just a poor child. He fainted from hunger at the foot of the mountain a few days ago. My disciple found him and carried him back. Now he is homeless. I took the initiative to take him in and let him do odd jobs in the temple!"
The host bowed again and said slowly.
"The abbot is kind-hearted! It's almost time, let's get started!" Hu Guangyi bowed in return, smiled slightly, and ignored the young man.
Even if the rebels really wanted to assassinate him, why would they send a child here?
How lethal can a teenage boy be?
"Yes!" The abbot responded respectfully and immediately began to order the people behind him to start the sacrificial ceremony.
Hu Guangyi's original intention is not a real sacrifice, and the so-called sacrifice ceremony is also extremely simple.
It only took more than half an hour to complete the sacrificial ceremony.
There was no movement during this period.
Hu Guangyi was a little disappointed. Could it be that the mysterious strong man didn't come?
"Abbott, please take me and General Zhang to sit in the backyard..." Hu Guangyi glanced at Zhang Debiao. After Zhang Debiao nodded slightly, Hu Guangyi said to the abbot.
"Okay, Mr. Governor, General Zhang, please come inside..." Although the abbot was puzzled as to why the sacrificial ceremony was over and Hu Guangyi was not planning to leave yet, he did not dare to ask any more questions and made a false invitation gesture.
Lead the way.
"You all stay here, don't move around easily..." Hu Guangyi said to the many guards behind him, and then he and Zhang Debiao walked behind the abbot towards the backyard.
He planned to give that person a little more time. If that person didn't even dare to appear in this situation, then there was no need for such a person to worry too much.
"Xiaoye, go get some water and make a pot of tea for the Governor and General Zhang later..." When he was about to reach the young man, the abbot said to him.
"Oh, okay..." The young man's eyes were clear, and he quickly dropped the broom in his hand and ran back.
A shocking sword energy suddenly fell straight down from a dense osmanthus tree on the left.
He slashed at Hu Guangyi at full speed.
This ray of sword energy came so suddenly. Before that, no one, including Zhang Debiao, sensed that there was a person hiding in the tree.
The abbot was stunned with shock, Hu Guangyi's expression also changed greatly, and Zhang Debiao immediately took a step forward to protect Hu Guangyi, and punched the sharp sword energy directly.
"Boom..." There was a loud noise, and a terrifying punch shot out, hitting the sword energy hard.
Two terrifying forces collided and suddenly exploded.
Zhang Debiao's whole body was shaken by this force and he retreated repeatedly.
Then I saw a handsome man wearing a green gown falling from the tree.
In his hand, he was holding a gleaming silver sword. The blade of the sword made a buzzing sound, like bursts of dragon roar...