After reading Gongsun Ming's memorial, Long Chen felt that the affairs in Jinling were very strange and there must be something fishy in them.
Closing his eyes, Long Chen took a deep breath and imagined how he would act if he were a Martial Saint.
It smells so good...
Long Chen did not imagine what the Martial Saint Hui would think. Instead, the scene of the empress sitting on him appeared in his mind.
Oops, I got it wrong.
Long Chen immediately opened his eyes. The empress was standing in front of him. His thin shirt was pushed up. Long Chen felt that his throat was so dry.
"What are you thinking about?"
The empress noticed that something was wrong with Long Chen, and Long Chen quickly said: "If I were the Martial Saint, I would send Li Chengdao to sneak into Jinling City. There are many old and young people there, and those people are willing to sacrifice their lives for Li Chengdao..."
With a flash of inspiration, Long Chen guessed what Wu Sheng was thinking.
The empress ignored Long Chen's thoughts, but looked down at something that seemed to be slowly reviving.
"What do you think, Your Majesty?"
Long Chen tried his best to look shocked and had no evil thoughts at all.
"I think what King Wu said is reasonable. Let's ask Gongsun Ming to investigate in advance, especially those who are old and young."
The empress took another look, then returned to sit beside the chessboard.
Miaoyin giggled and said, "Why don't you deal with him, sister? He's neither big nor small, and he has no respect for his elders."
Master Ziyun also noticed it and said with a smile: "Really, you dare to be so rude to your elders and castrate him."
The empress rolled her eyes at Long Chen and pretended that nothing happened.
"Hurry up and finish reviewing the memorial. Don't think too much."
Long Chen lowered his head and said nothing, quickly finished reviewing the memorial, stood up and left the empress' room.
...
North of the grassland.
The leader Daqi led 40,000 tribesmen and hundreds of thousands of cattle and sheep to the north.
The river valley to the south was rich in water and grass, but Da Qi insisted on going north.
As we went to the north, it became more and more desolate.
The ice and snow are gone, Gobi and desert are exposed on the ground, there is not enough drinking water for people and animals, and the tribesmen are complaining.
The barbarians following the leader Daqi complained: "Chief, where are you going? There is no water or grass here. We are going to die of thirst, and the animals are going to die of thirst as well."
Others were extremely hungry and thirsty, but the leader Daqi was like a god, not feeling hungry or thirsty at all.
This further convinced him that he had become an immortal.
The same goes for the two women around him. They don't feel hungry or thirsty. Their inner thoughts are the same as Daqi's, they all feel that they have become immortals.
"Don't ask, keep going north, we can see the immortals."
The leader Daqi finally expressed his thoughts.
"Immortal? Are there any immortals here?"
"Chief, if you continue to go north, you may encounter ghosts, which is very dangerous."
Everyone knows about the ghost clan, and the barbarians are very worried.
The leader replied that he was indifferent, even a little angry, and said: "Ghost clan? Who said there is a ghost clan? It is obviously an immortal clan. We have a deep connection with the immortal clan. Don't talk nonsense."
The tribesmen were stunned by Da Qi's words, not knowing what was going on.
"Don't say anything, just keep walking north."
The leader Daqi forced the tribesmen to continue going north.
at this time.
Li Chengdao rode a horse alone and arrived near the Hera Pass first.
When he was outside the mountain pass, he discovered the Xichang spies arranged by Long Chen.
Li Chengdao ignored them. These spies were scattered and they were staring at the ghost army.
When they arrived near the mountain pass, Li Chengdao looked at the Storm Canyon and thought to himself: This is the Hera Pass, the road leading to the ghost tribe's lair.
It was windy at the mountain pass, with strong storm winds mixed with ice and snow blowing out.
The summer in the Central Plains is scorching, but there is still ice and snow near the Hera Pass. The wind and snow blow out from the canyon. The sky is covered by dark clouds and there is no sunshine.
Li Chengdao waited for the storm to subside and rode inside alone.
At this time, a dozen ghost soldiers suddenly appeared on both sides, holding weapons made of fish bones, and blocked the valley entrance.
"Who dares to trespass into the holy realm!"
The leader, a woman with a strange bone sword in her hand, blocked Li Chengdao.
Once here, Li Chengdao didn't dare to mess around.
Jumping off the horse, Li Chengdao smiled and bowed: "I am Li Chengdao, a subordinate of the Holy Son. I have seen you at Lake Kar."
"I brought five thousand people to offer it to the King and Queen, and many of you also ate it."
When they mentioned Kar Lake, they immediately remembered it.
At that time, they were injured and in great need of cannibalism, and Li Chengdao happened to catch them.
"Oh, it's you, why are you here?"
After revealing his identity, these ghost soldiers had no intention of letting him go.
Li Chengdao said: "The king ordered me to prepare weapons and meat and vegetables. Now I have prepared one hundred thousand meat and vegetables. I am on my way here. I need your help."
The ghost soldiers did not believe what Li Chengdao said and said coldly: "One hundred thousand meat and vegetables? You captured one hundred thousand people? Where are the people?"
A dozen ghost soldiers looked south, but there was not a single ghost. Where did the 100,000 people come from?
"Do you think we are easy to deceive?"
The ghost soldiers were very angry.
In the battle at Yanmen Pass, what they experienced most was the cunning of the Central Plains, and Long Chen was even more cunning.
Li Chengdao immediately said: "It's not here, it's still in the south. I can't catch it by myself. Someone must cooperate."
"This matter was ordered by the king and queen. How dare I deceive you? How many heads do I have?"
"They are coming. I must find help, otherwise once Long Chen finds out, these people will go back, and we won't be able to catch anyone by then."
Li Chengdao was secretly worried. The ghost people were really stupid pigs, blocking them here.
The soldiers are very fast, if Long Chen discovers him, he will definitely pursue the barbarians with all his strength.
By then, let alone 100,000, I’m afraid I won’t be able to catch anyone.
"How do I know if what you say is true or false?"
The ghost soldiers still refused to let him go, and Li Chengdao was so angry that he wanted to kill someone.
At this time, a figure came out of the mountain pass.
