In a cave in Yueling County, the capital of Liangzhou, rustling sounds rang out.
The dark yellow mist spread and emitted a faint yellow light, illuminating the insect shadows in the cave.
Up, down, left, and right, locusts were lurking on all the rock walls. As the dark yellow mist surged, the locusts flapped their wings and flew up in a dense buzzing sound, circling around an altar in the center.
On the altar, a figure covered in black robes sat cross-legged, and in front of him stood a banner decorated with alien locusts.
At this time, locusts were flying, flags were fluttering, and the alien locusts on the flags seemed to come alive, opening and closing their mouthparts, and making a hoarse sound.
"The Locust God is dead. From today on, you are the new Locust God."
Hearing this, the figure stood up silently and reached out to grab the long flag.
The surrounding dark yellow mist immediately poured into his body, and the human figure with the locust head on the flag projected a shadow, which disappeared into the door of the black-robed figure. For a time, the sound of flesh and bone rubbing against each other was endless, and the large locusts went crazy.
Flying like a storm.
It wasn't until about a quarter of an hour later that the movement in the cave subsided, and the man in black robe had already revealed the same mysterious energy as the Locust God. He grabbed the long flag and walked out of the cave surrounded by dense locusts.
At this time, the sky outside was gleaming with brilliance, and the dusk sunlight shone on the earth through the dispersing dark clouds, reflecting a bleeding red color in the receding water.
The flood gradually receded and the dark clouds dispersed, leaving behind corpses swollen by the water, both human and animal.
When the new Locust God saw this scene, he let out a hoarse laugh, "After the great disaster, there will be a great epidemic. It's a good time, and..."
He looked far away from the cliff and saw a long stream of people trudging through mountains and rivers, trudging on their way. There was no doubt that their destination was only one, and that was Yueling City, the capital of Liangzhou.
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"The water has receded! It's receded!"
At this time, on the wall of Yueling City, the soldiers guarding the city were shouting. A school captain hurried to the tower and shouted in surprise: "Sir, the water has receded."
Xiao Xiya, the governor of Liangzhou who had met Jiang Li once in the Prince of Shu's Mansion, heard the sound and walked out and went directly to the city wall. He also showed joy when he saw the muddy yellow mud after the water receded.
Although he rushed back to Yueling City as soon as the flood broke out and used his Dao Fruit ability to pile up earth and rocks. In addition, Yueling City itself was located on a high ground, which protected the city from floods. But if the floods continued, Yueling would
Sooner or later the city couldn't hold on.
Not to mention the food problem, the demon cultivators who are becoming more and more unscrupulous are enough to make people anxious.
Also, as the governor of Liangzhou, Xiao Xiya is in charge of all counties, and problems in other places also need to be dealt with by him. Otherwise, if the court holds him accountable, he may also suffer disaster.
It's getting better now, the water has receded, and since it didn't last long, the situation in other places should not be considered rotten.
Just as everyone on the city wall was surprised, someone with sharp eyes suddenly saw the flow of people in the distance and several large flags standing upright.
On the flag, the two characters "Taiping" fluttered in the wind, and the sides were decorated with dragon patterns.
"Military flag!" the captain shouted immediately, "Be alert!"
Military flags are different from ordinary flags. They have strict regulations and can be seen at a glance. The Taiping Sect is only a sectarian force and is not qualified to erect military flags at all. But now it comes with a military flag, and its treason is clearly revealed without even saying it.
It's completely obvious.
The city wall that was full of joy just now became cold and solemn again, and the soldiers ran around, setting up their bows and arrows, and taking precautions as quickly as possible. As soon as the Taiping Sect people entered the range, thousands of arrows were fired.
However, as the crowd approached, the aloofness on the city wall began to quickly disintegrate.
The elderly, women, children, and even pregnant women were walking in front of a large number of refugees, numbering in the tens of thousands, forming a crowd that was hard to see beyond.
Behind these refugees, the Yellow Turban Warriors of the Taiping Sect held a large flag and led the way. The little giant-like figure simply stood out from the crowd, making it obvious to everyone at a glance, not to mention the large flag.
The Taiping Sect came here to rebel and seize the city. They made no secret of this fact. However, if they wanted to confront the Taiping Sect, they had to first deal with the refugees in front of them.
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The captain felt his scalp numb and his eyes were about to burst with anger, "This is so shameless."
More than 100,000 refugees came in. Although they had no strength and no weapons, there was an invisible oppression that shook the minds of the soldiers, making them afraid to take action.
The captain's eyes were bloodshot and he was breathing heavily. Seeing that the wave of refugees was coming within range, he finally couldn't help but growled: "Sir, this place is in danger. Please go back to the government office and take charge of the center."
There was determination in his voice, and even more of a kind of madness.
If we don't take action, the refugee wave will arrive in front of the city, and we will be in a passive position, so we have to make a decision.
As for asking Xiao Xiya to return to the government office, it was just to let him get out of the relationship of responsibility.
Xiao Xiya is the strongest person in the city. He is both a fifth-grade person and an earthly creature. He is in the realm of the earthly creature, and if a fourth-grade man wants to kill him, it may take some effort. No matter how critical it is, he will be the last one to die.
But the captain's response was three words in a low voice, "Open the city gate."
When the captain heard this, he immediately said: "No, sir, if we open the city gate, the people in the city will also become prisoners. When the time comes..."
Before he could finish his words, Xiao Xiya put his hand on the back of his neck, squeezed lightly, and made the captain pass out.
"I have no choice." Liangzhou Governor shook his head slowly.
He is a land creature and has the responsibility to protect the place. Refugees are not enemies. Killing refugees will only cause resentment, rejection and even backlash.
In the past, these matters were resolved by the Yin Law Department, and local officials only had to deal with the rebels. But now, the situation is different, and local officials will also face difficult choices.
Moreover, a school captain cannot bear the responsibility. In the end, if the court wants to hold him accountable, he still has to hold the governor responsible. Killing more than 100,000 refugees is a meritorious service, but the end will not be good.
And this city may not be able to be defended.
Once the city is defeated, the Taiping Sect will definitely not hesitate to attack him as the governor.
Success is death, failure is death, both are dead, and the stink of death will last forever. Instead of this, it would be better to open the city gates and let people in.
"Open the city gate."
Xiao Xiya reiterated it again.
The surrounding soldiers were already in a state of confusion. When they heard the governor's order, they immediately followed it subconsciously.
As a result, the gate of Yueling City slowly opened.
The capital of Liangzhou fell.
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In the sky, thunderbolts rushed forward, like thousands of troops and horses galloping, sweeping across Liangzhou and heading straight into Yuzhou.
In the thunder light, the figures of Zong Zheng and Guan Yushan were visible. They rode the thunder cloud and chased from day to night, from Liangzhou to Yuzhou, but they never saw a trace of Jiang Li.
Zong Zheng's brows furrowed deeper and deeper, and finally he couldn't help but press the thunder cloud, dropped it to the official road below, stretched out his hand and took out a gold seal, and shouted in a low voice: "The local county governor, bring the Shenxing Taibao to see me."
The sound passed through the golden seal and radiated throughout the entire county. After a while, a puff of white smoke rose from the ground not far ahead, and two figures appeared in it.
Zong Zheng ignored the county guard and asked directly to another man in fancy clothes: "Have you found Jiang Li's whereabouts?"
"Your Majesty, there is no whereabouts of Young Master Jiang." The magical eunuch immediately replied.
From Liangzhou to Dinghu, there were Shenxing Taibao scattered all the way, searching for Jiang Li's whereabouts and providing timely information. However, without Xiang Huaiyi's ear, it was not easy to find Jiang Li.
They just cast the net everywhere, and Jiang Li himself had no intention of taking a long way around, but if Jiang Li didn't want to, how could these magical eunuchs find him.
Zong Zheng had obviously thought of this, and the word "Chuan" suddenly appeared between his brows.
Jiang Li's own luck is so great that few people can match it. In addition, the Shennong Cauldron suppresses his luck. If you want to find him, you can only use less metaphysical methods. But Shunfeng Er has been killed, and the practitioners who can accommodate clairvoyance, although
In the Nantian Division, he is the eldest princess's confidant and will not accept being dispatched.
In fact, the current actions of the Shenxing Taibao were hidden from the eldest princess.
Although the eldest princess Ji Lingguang is in charge of power, she cannot control all parties in the DPRK. With Ji's Zongzheng ability and power, it is not easy to say that she wants to make small moves, but it is not impossible.
The lightning flashed on Zong Zheng's body, faintly showing a rough and tyrannical aura, and he was obviously in a bad mood.
But at this time, rage can only highlight incompetence.
He suppressed his anger and asked: "Where is the Dinghu Sect?"
"People have been sent to inform the Supreme Elder of the Dinghu Sect who is practicing in seclusion. In addition, the Yinlu Department has made arrangements around Dinghu, and Mr. Hui'an from Jingzhou has arrived with the Gewu Tiangong."
The Shenxing Taibao explained the general arrangement in concise words, which made Guan Yushan on the side couldn't help but be shocked by the grandness of this response.
Notifying the elders of the Dinghu Sect is obviously to prepare the people within the Dinghu Sect. The arrangement of the Yinlu Division is obviously not a trivial matter, and Mr. Hui'an is the head of the Zhu family in Yangzhou.
, once served as a doctor of the Five Classics of Taixue, and was called the most promising person to be promoted to the third rank after Jijiu.
This is a layer-by-layer defense, and Jiang Li is bound to be defeated.
Before, I and others could only be regarded as vanguards temporarily blocking the road, and maybe they were also serving as pawns for testing.
"Very good."
Zong Zheng's face brightened slightly, and then he took up the thunder cloud again without stopping and took Guan Yushan to the Dinghu sect.
Now that the front line has been well defended, what he has to do is to block it at this end and use force from both directions, vowing to capture Jiang Li.
This Jiang son can no longer be allowed to grow.
However, as he watched the Dinghu sect getting closer and closer, Zongzheng was still unable to detect Jiang Li's whereabouts, and as the distance got closer, no news came from the direction of Dinghu.
If Jiang Li had been blocked in Dinghu, the Divine Traveling Taibao would definitely send the news here.
'Maybe Jiang Li hasn't arrived yet.'
Zong Zheng comforted himself in this way, stabilizing his restless heart.
He would never think that Jiang Li would cross the line of defense and return to the Dinghu faction.
But this uneasiness is getting deeper and deeper as the distance shortens.
Just when Zong Zheng was restless, he suddenly noticed a powerful energy appearing in front of him.
"Innate energy!"
Zongzheng was overjoyed and descended with wind and thunder to the place where the Qi machine appeared.
A river that curves like a snake half surrounds the mountainous area. It must have just snowed recently. The rocks on the shore of the wild area are still covered with a layer of white snow. It is very cold, but it also reveals the unique beauty of the winter snow scene.
This river, called "Dongjiang", leads directly to Dinghu. Once here, it is not far from the Dinghu Sect.
But Jiang Li stopped here.
On a huge rock on the shore, a white dress was fluttering in the wind. Jiang Li stood with his hands behind his hands, looking up at the sky. The stars, branches and hexagrams in his eyes were moving, and the mysterious trajectory revealed endless mysteries.
He looked at Lei Yun, his eyes fell directly on Zong Zheng, and said: "You are finally here."
Before the last stretch of the journey, Jiang Li stopped because he had to wait for his pursuers to come and return to his sect with his head.