The Tiger Guard, known as the Fifth Master, felt a cool mist blowing directly into his face.
By the time he knew something unusual was happening, it was already too late.
A touch of coldness appeared on his neck.
And when the eternal night fell on him, he still didn't know what happened.
The gray-white mist in the heavy fog is like flowing water. Under the entire sky, as if under the water, there are countless hidden and dangerous whirlpools that are stirring rapidly.
Under such circumstances, the soldiers on the city wall did not discover these situations immediately because of the fog's obstruction of vision.
Many people were still chatting enthusiastically in this rare heavy fog.
Just like the previous Tiger, Fifth Master, and Seventh Master.
But in a very short period of time, the murderous intent hidden in the fog swallowed up these soldiers one by one.
The fog is still continuing, but most of the lives on this city wall have come to an end, forever stopping at the last moment of their lives.
If the fog dissipates, you can see that the scene on the city wall is extremely tragic, with basically no complete corpse left.
However, these soldiers and even the powerful Tiger Guard did not notice any abnormalities when they were dying, nor did they feel too much pain.
The reason is that everything happened so quickly when they died.
And the cause of their deaths all came from the thin line on their necks.
A knife or a sword slit the throat.
The specific weapon used is unknown.
But there is only one similarity.
That is, this weapon is extremely sharp, and the user's cultivation level is extremely high, which is not something ordinary people can do.
Only the top warriors in the entire world can do so neatly.
The people in the fortress have just woken up.
The smoke from the cooking pots curled up, and the smell of rice in the morning awakened the energy of all the soldiers.
It's just that today's heavy fog prevented them from seeing their colleagues patrolling the city wall and performing tasks that they could see when they looked up in the past.
Some experienced veterans told the new recruits that this kind of heavy fog is very common in places like this. Once winter comes, such heavy fog will cover the entire land almost every day, and such heavy fog will last until noon. It will be evaporated by the sun.
But there will also be a satisfying amount of moisture left after that. In the coldest months of winter, this moisture will quickly condense into ice, chilling people to the bone.
Therefore, on such foggy days, people are not afraid of the helpless things and mysterious unknowns covered by the fog. Instead, it is the chill that occurs after the sun melts the fog and then is frozen by the severe cold that is the most unbearable.
You must know that the soldiers are wearing armor. If such a cold comes on their armor, their armor will turn into frightening ice slag.
Every moment is like a knife stabbing their bodies.
When the veterans said this, the recruits naturally felt fear.
But what the veterans did not say is that this kind of experience can only be felt at the border further north.
It is true that there is heavy fog here, but after the heavy fog is negative, there is simply not enough chill to refreeze the water vapor dispersed by the heavy fog into ice.
After all, this is not a northern cold place like Border Pass.
The soldiers in the fort were practicing in full swing of morning drills.
After the drill, they can have a hot breakfast, and then go to the city wall to change the guard with their colleagues who have been standing guard all night.
It's just that today's changing of the guard must be much later in the evening, because it's really hard to see clearly.
It may be better inside the fortress. The heavy fog has not invaded after all, and the visibility may be about ten feet.
And on top of the city wall, his skills were truly invincible.
No one knew that a brutal massacre was taking place on a section of the city wall.
The scattered corpses don't look like they were killed by humans.
It was more like it was torn apart by Siyao by some wild beast.
Heavy fog is the best helper for real murderers.
Without this heavy fog, they would not have been able to launch such a ferocious offensive and capture a section of the city wall in just a quarter of an hour.
This is a well-behaved and solid fortress.
Generally speaking, capturing such a fortress requires at least five to ten times the number of troops.
This section of the city wall can block more than 30% to 40% of the troops.
However, with the help of such a foggy day today, the attackers captured this section of the city wall with almost no cost.
Then, whirlpools were stirred up in the fog, and shadows one after another were hidden in the fog and charged towards the city wall.
Soon the entire city wall was occupied by this kind of black shadow, phantom shadow or white shadow.
These shadows are either high or low, human-shaped, or other strange shapes.
In short, if the previous fifth and seventh masters were still alive, they would definitely scream when they saw this scene. It turned out that the legends their parents told them were true, and there really was such a monster in the fog.
In the center of this fortress is a small castle built of stone.
Living in this small castle is our Duke of Shu.
The Duke of Shu is a middle-aged man with a burly build but not too tall.
In fact, it can be seen that his face was very handsome when he was young, with prominent facial features and deep eyes. These deep eyes are not something that people from the Central Plains can have. His ancestors must have the genetic blood of other races.
He is eating breakfast.
It can be seen that he is in a very good mood.
While biting into the roasted lamb leg in his hand, he hummed a tune while chatting animatedly with the three people sitting opposite him.
One of these three people is the teacher of the Duke of Shu and the most trusted aide of the Duke of Shu.
He was wearing the clothes of a scholar, but it could be seen that the material of his clothes was definitely of the highest quality.
He looks to be in his late fifties or sixties, but in fact his real age is already in his early seventies.
It’s just that with proper maintenance, it makes people look much younger.
He was also a well-known talent in the Zhengyang Dynasty. He was once banned from entering the imperial court as an official. However, after only a few years of service, he felt that being an official was boring, so he resigned from the official position and returned home to live a life like a leisurely cloud and wild crane.
At some point, the father of the Duke of Shu, the previous Duke of Shu, found this gentleman and asked him to come out and teach his son.
This relationship lasted for thirty or forty years. Now he has become the Duke of Shu's most trusted adviser and the executor of many of his important decisions.
This time, he asked to come out with the Duke of Shu. He did not agree with the Duke of Shu leaving his territory.
And the purpose of his coming here was just for a Jianghu sect.
For scholars, the most annoying thing is not the eunuchs or eunuchs, but the brainless warriors.
This teacher from the Kingdom of Shu was very scheming and very powerful.
At the same time, he is very good at arousing the emotions of the people.
With his help, the Duke of Shu integrated the entire people of Shu, turning them from being loyal to the emperor to being loyal to the Duke of Shu.
After all, it is within the territory of the Duke of Shu. All the people benefited from the Duke of Shu.
Although some areas are not included in their territory, the Duke of Shu, under the teachings of his teacher, should use money, money, and manpower to win people's hearts in various places.
Now in the entire Sichuan Province, he, the Duke of Shu, is able to win the support of the people without saying anything.
Because of this, his teacher was called the future Grand Bachelor of the capital by other loyal people who followed the Duke of Shu.
He is also very fond of being called such a title and feels that he does have such qualifications.
Next to him was a middle-aged man who looked like a pot-bellied businessman.
He was called the Minister of Household Affairs by others, and he was also one of the important figures under the Duke of Shu.
There is no other reason why he is called the Minister of the Ministry of Finance, because he is the God of Wealth of the Duke of Shu.
He holds one of the four largest private bank accounts in the world.
His family was originally a big merchant in the Zhengyang Dynasty.
After following the Duke of Shu, and borrowing the power of the Duke of Shu, the family business reached a level that was once unimaginable.
He was also responsible for all the transactions between the Duke of Shu and the Northern Barbarians.
In his hands, he has earned as much money as two or three treasuries.
Of course, being able to earn all this money is not because of how superb his business skills are, but because the business he does is all profitable, or even profitable for nothing.
Some people say he is the God of Wealth, while others say he is a vampire who exploits the people.
As for the God of Wealth, no matter what the people say, as far as the Duke of Shu is concerned, he will never give up.
Although it is said that these properties of his can actually be turned into non-his by the Duke of Shu with a slight thought.
But after all, he has this kind of mind. If it were another person, he might not be as good as him.
Before anything can really happen, the Duke of Shu will still need someone like him.
In fact, he also knew that the Duke of Shu looked down on him in his heart.
However, as a superior person, the Duke of Shu's self-cultivation is still very good. At least on the surface, he has never shown any dissatisfaction.
One person remains. Then he can be regarded as his minister of the Ministry of Industry.
There are always rumors in the world of a family called the Gongshu family.
This family is good at institutions and miracles.
But no one has actually seen this family for thousands of years.
In fact, this family really only exists in legends, because this family in real life is called the Gongshu family.
The uncle's family is good at carpentry, not machinery.
However, at the request of the Shu Kingdom, he still expanded and successfully created their Thousand Ox Crossbow.
In fact, for carpenters, as long as they are skilled workers, have drawings and physical objects, they can carry out prevention and control, and the difficulty is not particularly high.
Because he made the Thousand Ox Crossbow, the uncle became more and more skilled in making weapons, so he made a lot of bows, arrows, crossbows and other ordnance.
Help the Duke of Shu deploy his army.
In addition to the 100,000 soldiers and horses of the Western Army Governor's Mansion.
He also had an army of about 50,000 to 60,000 men.
All the weapons equipped by this army came from the uncle's family.
The uncle's family and several weapon-refining families in Luoshen Villa are still related by marriage for generations.
If it weren't for this relationship, the Duke of Shu wouldn't have planned on their family.
This time, this family, which was a carpenter, was on the rise.
In just two or three decades, many talented people have appeared in the younger generation.
And this time when he left Sichuan Province, he also brought many rising stars from his family.
After all, what they want to do this time is to annex Luoshen Villa.
Although their family has a very close marriage relationship with the weapon-refining families in Luoshen Villa for generations, in the face of such a major right and wrong, to put it lightly, it is to destroy relatives for the sake of justice.
The key point is that we have to do this for the country and the people. This is the righteousness.
He said this with no regrets at all, and was even a little complacent, because after obtaining these family inheritances, their uncle's family might be able to reach a higher level.
Of course, all this is based on the premise that those families are ignorant and insist on going against the Duke of Shu.
In fact, the uncle had been secretly expecting them to take action against the Duke of Shu.
Under the suppression of the army's iron cavalry, there was no one in the Jianghu sect that could withstand it.
In addition to these three close ministers of the Duke of Shu, there is another one who is the Minister of War under the emblem of the Duke of Shu. He is also his right-hand man and can be said to be the person he trusts most.
But now he is not by his side, but leading the 20,000 cavalry outside.
Those 20,000 cavalry are just called 20,000 cavalry, but they are not pure cavalry.
Among them, less than 10,000 actually have war horses, and the rest are infantry who assist the cavalry in combat.
In fact, the purpose of sending the army was not to destroy Luoshen Villa. After all, the army made too much noise.
It would not be a good thing for him once he was discovered by the court in advance, or if some news got out.
What he wants to do is to capture Luoshen Villa as soon as possible and get the batch of armaments hidden in Luoshen Villa. Once his army can be fully armed, he will no longer be afraid of the court discovering his intentions.
After all, as soon as the time comes, it will not be his family that will cause trouble in the whole world.
The world is about to be in chaos, and the supreme position must be occupied by those who are capable.
The Duke of Shu felt that he could sit in that position.
"Everyone, do you know why I am bringing you out this time?
Why do we have to go out and make this trip in person when we can obviously reap the benefits? "
The Duke of Shu drank a few glasses of wine in the morning. He was once a fierce general, and he fought on the battlefield with the Duke of Qin for several years, establishing a great reputation.
His martial arts skills are not bad either.
It can be said that he is completely consistent with his status as a vassal prince, and has not lost the bravery of his ancestors.
And his desire to be the emperor was entirely out of empathy for his ancestors.
Of course, this is also the evil way that his teacher instilled in him.
The Shu Kingdom recognized that since its ancestors had such civil and military skills, there was no need to submit to Emperor Wuyang.
It is completely possible for him to have his own family, and the reason why Emperor Wuyang was able to regain his country and become an emperor was to sit on the throne of the emperor and dominate the world.
It's just because his surname is An, it's just a surname. Is it that important?
It wasn't that important that the people told him.
What the people care about is the emperor, not the emperor surnamed An. As long as the people can live and work in peace and contentment, the people will not need food and clothing.
People will support you.
will recognize you as their master.
It doesn't mean that if your surname is An, he will definitely recognize and approve of you.
Once in his territory, his teacher took him to many places.
When you ask the poor people there, who are about to starve to death, who don't have enough to eat and don't have enough clothes to wear, if the emperor's surname is An, they will only give you one. Are you an idiot?
Such a look.
It was also from that time that the Duke of Shu made it clear that he indeed wanted to be the emperor.
Because he believed that since he could give the people of Sichuan Province a chance to live and work in peace and contentment, he could make them love him more.
Then it is completely okay to be the emperor yourself.
He has this ability.
It's nothing more than owning more territory.
Lin Zheng smiled and said nothing. He asked this disciple to ask this question. Yes, he had been secretly calling the Duke of Shu his disciple in his heart.
Even if there is a distinction between superiority and inferiority, even if he is the teacher of the Duke of Shu, according to the rules, he should respectfully address the other person as Duke of Shu.
But in his heart, he always called him his most outstanding disciple.
When the Duke of Shu asked this question, the God of Wealth rolled his eyes and looked at the uncle beside him.
This question would be better answered by the official letter.
Everyone knows how cunning the God of Wealth is.
Naturally, the uncle would not be fooled and remained silent.
Everyone was silent, and the Duke of Shu knocked on the table and said:
"Uncle, please come and make a sample first.
I know that your talents are limited and you are not good at this kind of Wen Sou Sou, so you might as well say it first. It doesn't matter if you say it wrong. "
Uncle Gong Xiao smiled and belonged to the country all his life, which marked him as lacking in talent and learning, that is, uneducated.
He wanted to remove the nail once it was driven in, but it was not easy to pull it out.
But now that the Duke of Shu has spoken, he can't refuse and can only bite the bullet. Thinking about how to answer this question.
But the next moment, he no longer had to answer this question, because an arrow flew in from nowhere.
The speed of the feather arrow was so fast that the Duke of Shu had already reacted and threw the wine glass in his hand, but he was still a little slower.
Snapped! puff!
The wine glass hit a pillar.
The feather arrow pierced the uncle's heart.
These two things happened at the same moment.
The uncle looked at his chest in disbelief, where the tail feather of an arrow was still trembling.
Because this feather arrow shot into his chest, emerged from his back, and then nailed the wooden chair back behind him.
"Damn it!"
Lin Zheng cursed angrily, his figure was extremely strong and strong, and he did not look like an old man in his seventies at all.
He quickly slipped under his desk.
This table should be made of solid wood, right? You should be able to withstand such an arrow, right?
To be honest, he didn't know.
But the next moment he knew.
An arrow struck again, easily piercing Lin Zheng's desk, and the arrowhead made of fine iron shot toward his head.
However, this time the feather arrow failed to achieve success.
Because the Duke of Shu would not allow two people in front of him to be killed by the same method.
Ding!
The Duke of Shu waved his hand and struck out with a sword, directly splitting open the square wooden table where his teacher was sitting.
When he split the wooden table, he also knocked the feathered arrow away.
Poor scholar Lin Zheng, who is already seventy years old, was still scared to the point of pissing his pants and experienced a lot of fun as a child.
"Damn it!"
The Duke of Shu laughed angrily and looked outside.
His personal guards would not let this attacker shoot a third arrow!
