It was midday, but there was no hustle and bustle in Wuyang City that would have been there at this time in the past.
The city was desolate. People were rustling on the streets, and most of them were in a hurry. From time to time, soldiers holding swords would pass by.
The sound of the clash of armor and the heavy footsteps of the soldiers resounded endlessly.
In the Divine Palace, Master Ji yawned. She had not closed her eyes for three days.
Battle reports from all over the place are coming to Wuyang City like snowflakes.
Yes.
Every place, not just one place in the west.
Yingshui County in the north also encountered trouble. Li Danqing destroyed an army of 400,000. Youyun, who was supposed to be severely weakened, unexpectedly managed to recruit another 300,000 soldiers in a short period of time and plundered the northern border.
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Forty years ago, after Wu Yang made a plan to drive away tigers and wolves from You Yun, he made great efforts to support the Mengxun royal family. After forty years of peace and quiet, the people of Wu Yang had already put down their vigilance against You Yun.
Even more than a year ago, the war that almost ruined the entire northern border was, in the eyes of the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, just a bite of Youyun's deathbed counterattack. After this battle, within thirty or forty years, Youyun would logically
It's hard to recover.
In addition, Yingshui County lost its holy mountain and stationed a large army here. The expense was too huge for the court. Therefore, the government and the public almost tacitly agreed not to send too many troops to the north. The number of troops stationed was only a few tens of thousands.
There were miscellaneous soldiers, and such an army, when faced with the Youyun army that launched an unexpected attack on Wuyang, naturally suffered a disastrous defeat.
Not only the northern border, but also the southern border has also made mistakes.
Seven or eight small countries outside southern Xinjiang also collectively launched a rebellion five days ago. The Red Dragon Army was busy dealing with the rebellion in the country and had no time to be transferred to Wuyang City to deal with the Liao people in the western border.
Concubine Ji had a vague feeling in her body. Whether it was Youyun's sudden rise in power or the rebellions of various countries in the southern border, their purpose was to confuse the situation in Wuyang and prevent the imperial court from paying attention to the war in the west.
In the darkness, there seemed to be a huge hand shrouding the sky above Wu Yangchao.
It seems like it will swallow up the entire Wuyang.
And the more they behaved like this, the more Concubine Ji became determined to fight to the death with the Liao people.
This is not only for the foundation of Wu Yang Dynasty, but also for revenge for that bastard who died in the Western Region!
Master Ji's determination was unprecedentedly strong. Although there were voices of opposition in the court, with the support of Yin Wujiang and Xiahou Boyang, these voices of opposition were suppressed.
There are also calls for war among the people, whether it is Lu Chenji or Xiang Luowen. Although they are reluctant to do so in their hearts, they dare not mention the matter of moving the capital anymore.
Under normal circumstances, even if the two sides appear to be one and the same secretly, Master Ji will still be able to get them to send out some troops. But now that the government is in turmoil and there are dangers of laying eggs everywhere in the world, they can be mobilized from any place.
Soldiers and horses are unrealistic things.
If she wants to gather troops and horses, Master Ji now has only one way.
Thinking of this, Master Ji put down the battle report in her hand. She sighed, looked at the maids around her, and whispered: "You guys should step back, I want to take a rest."
The maids lowered their heads, bowed to Master Ji, and then withdrew.
At this time, only Concubine Ji was left in the entire Xiangfeng Hall.
Her face darkened at this moment, and she looked towards the empty hall in front of her. A magic door was cast by her at this moment. The space in front of her suddenly changed, and something like a mirror appeared, and what was reflected in the mirror at this moment was
It was an old man sitting at a wooden table and eating slowly.
The old man seemed to be very old. His white hair hung down around his waist and his face was full of wrinkles. But when he ate, he devoured his food with no grace at all.
The sudden reflection on the mirror did not seem to surprise the old man in the slightest. He just raised his head and glanced, then lowered his head, started eating, and asked in a nonchalant voice: "What's wrong? Suddenly he thought of me, the old man.
coming?"
The old man's question brought a bitter smile to Master Ji's face: "Master, are you still angry with your disciple?"
"Angry?" The old man, Wei Yangguan, the master of Bailong Mountain who was revered as the Old God in Wuyang world, heard this and looked up at Master Ji, and said: "The old man is so old.
I don’t know when I will die, so I have time to vent my anger on you. I might as well see more of the beauties in this world and eat more of the delicacies in this world, so as not to regret that I came here in vain when I die.”
Master Ji couldn't understand the meaning behind her master's words. The bitter smile on her face became even worse, but she could only continue: "Master, I need your help for something."
"If this matter can be accomplished, my disciple will immediately return to Bailong Mountain and devote himself to practice. From now on, he will never be involved in court affairs again!"
When Wei Yangguan heard this, he still lowered his head, eating the food in front of him, and did not comment on what Master Ji said.
"Master, I am the master of Bailong Mountain, which is the head of the twenty-eight holy mountains in Wuyang. As long as Master is willing and gives an order, all the holy mountains will definitely respond and assemble an army to fight against the Liao people in the west."
"Master! Now there is rebellion in the southern border, Youyun is in chaos in the north, the Liao people are still raging in the west, and Wuyang is in danger of losing its eggs. How can I stand by and stay out of it!?" Concubine Ji still didn't do anything when she saw Wei Yangguan.
He moved, and the voice in his mouth became a little louder due to the anxiety in his heart.
Faced with such talk, Wei Yangguan just raised his head and asked lightly: "Why not?"
Concubine Ji was stunned, secretly feeling that what her master said was a bit unkind, she frowned and said: "I am the eldest princess of Wuyang, how could I..."
"Because you are the eldest princess of Wuyang, you must protect Wuyang."
"In the final analysis, you allowed millions and tens of millions of people to be involved in this war to protect your family's private interests. And I am not the Wuyang royal family, and most of the people in the Twenty-Eight Sacred Mountains are also involved.
It has nothing to do with your Ji family, so why should I let them get involved in this war? Because you are my disciple? Or is it to maintain the majesty of your Ji family's royal family?" Wei Yangguan said this, his face no longer visible.
The amiable look he had before became serious, indifferent, and even a bit aggressive.
Master Ji looked at the old man in front of her in astonishment, feeling that he was a little strange for a moment.
"Master... the Liao people slaughtered innocent people indiscriminately in the four counties of our western border. They slaughtered millions of people in the four counties, and countless more people were displaced and their families were destroyed. What I did was for the sake of righteousness and justice.
The world is asking for orders, how can it be done simply for the honor of one surname!?" Master Ji frowned and said this.
"That's good. When Wu Yang destroyed the Great Shang, wasn't it the same rhetoric? But after the Great Shang was destroyed, how did you deal with the remnants of the Great Shang?"
"The reincarnation of heaven goes back and forth endlessly. Today is the time for Wu Yang to taste the fate of the great merchants back then." Wei Yangguan squinted his eyes and looked at Master Ji in front of him.
She didn't know if it was an illusion, but Master Ji clearly felt that there was an intriguing smile on Wei Yangguan's eyebrows at this moment.
Wei Yangguan seemed to have finished his meal at this time. He reluctantly wiped the grease stains on the corners of his mouth with his sleeves and stood up: "You want to use troops in the Western Region not just for your century-old country in Wuyang.
It’s also for that Prince Li, right?”
Wei Yangguan's words caused Concubine Ji to fall into silence. Now she no longer avoids this issue, and the fundamental reason for her silence is not about the matter itself, but Wei Yangguan's weird attitude.
There was a faint foreboding feeling in her heart.
Seemingly sensing Concubine Ji's vigilance, Wei Yangguan smiled: "Don't worry, this is good news. Li Danqing is still alive, at least for now."
Concubine Ji was stunned when she heard the words, and a light suddenly lit up in her eyes. The excitement was almost written on her face. She looked straight at Wei Yangguan, wanting to ask something, but Wei Yang didn't say anything.
Guan then continued.
"Of course, this is only temporary."
"He will die soon and leave this world with the trouble Li Mulin left for me." Wei Yangguan said this, looking at Master Ji, his smile became more intense, and he began to smile.
It smelled a bit ferocious.
"Master, what on earth are you talking about?" Master Ji's brows furrowed even deeper.
The uneasy feeling in her heart became more intense at this moment.
"the truth."
"I'm telling you the truth." Wei Yangguan said.
"Ever since my empire was destroyed by your ancestors more than a hundred years ago, I have been thinking about how to overthrow the Wuyang Dynasty in order to best teach your ancestors a group of rebellious officials and traitors."
"I have made many plans, but none of them satisfied me. It was not until the moment you were born more than 20 years ago that I figured it out."
"You are a one-of-a-kind cultivation genius. Your talent is powerful enough to put all the genius monsters in the world to shame. And the most important thing is that your body is an innate body of stars. You know what this means.
What?"
Wei Yangguan asked, but Master Ji had no intention of answering his question.
Wei Yangguan's self-proclaimed name echoed repeatedly in her mind...
I!
He speaks like Wu Yangchao, and speaks like a rebellious traitor...
Someone who can use such a tone and such a self-proclaimed speech.
Coupled with this, he has lived for more than a hundred years and has been the master of Bailong Mountain since the establishment of Wuyang.
Concubine Ji's eyes widened at this moment, and she looked straight at the old man grinning in the mirror. The guess in her mind about the identity of the old man in front of her was already ready to come out...
Although she found it unbelievable and even a bit absurd, Master Ji had to admit that if the old man in front of her was not deliberately playing some evil prank, then he should be him...