It was already late at night when Bai Ze returned home. He sat on the bed and thought for a long time, holding the white jade bottle. Yu Youwei told him that it contained the Nine Turns Golden Pill, and Bai Ze believed that she would not lie to him.
The young man thought for a long time and finally opened the seal of the jade bottle. Suddenly, the golden elixir emitted a hazy golden light, illuminating Bai Ze's eyes.
The room is filled with the fragrance of elixirs.
Bai Ze poured the Nine Turns Golden Pill into the palm of his hand, gritted his teeth, and swallowed it.
"boom!--"
The nine-turn golden elixir sinks, and the sea of qi in the dantian is like an angry dragon burrowing into it. The clouds and fog roll up in an instant, and the rapid qi energy is like a herd of wild horses galloping, flowing through Bai Ze's limbs and bones.
…
That night, Yiqi Juechen came out of Hulao Pass. Ten days after the Crown Prince set foot on the Nanyu family, Handan finally took action. No one knew why Handan didn't take action on the day when Mu Chen burned down the Du Mansion, but word spread throughout the royal city that Master Zhengliu, the supervisor of Qintian Prison, was wiped out by his enemies overnight.
Handan was under martial law and the city was locked down for seven days. Seven days later, the assassin of Lord Jianzheng was dragged to the Meridian Gate and beheaded in public. But the officials at the core of the dynasty's regime knew very well that the assassins who were beheaded were all former members of Mu Suifeng's army who stayed in the royal city after the war.
The gate of Hulao Pass was closed. On the tower, Ye Xuan watched the horse galloping towards Heyang City. After a long time, the youngest commander in Hulao Pass walked to the corner of the tower and released the carrier pigeon in his hand.
The direction in which the homing pigeon flies is also Heyang City.
At dawn, Heyang City.
Mu Suifeng had been waiting for a long time. When he received the carrier pigeon, Zhao Dun happened to walk into his villa. The Grand Duke saw the Marquis of Heyang taking off the letter paper from the bamboo tube on the carrier pigeon's feet, took a look at it, and asked him: "News on Hulao Pass?"
"Yes." Mu Suifeng clenched his fists, and his body was obviously full of murderous aura, which he couldn't suppress even if he tried his best to suppress it. The general of Yan Zhongxing took a deep breath and said: "Over in Handan, He Zongtang designed to kill Jian Zheng. The former members of the Silver Armor Army who fought with me in the north and south were dragged out of prison and falsely accused of assassination. Jian Zheng’s assassins beheaded them at the Meridian Gate.”
Zhao Dun was speechless for a long time. He looked up at the sky and said to Mu Suifeng: "You know, Marquis Heyang, I have thought more than once that the king of Japan could hold a butcher's knife in his hand and kill all the Confucian scholars in the world."
"Confucianism disrupts the law with literature, while chivalry violates prohibitions with martial arts." Mu Suifeng said, "Since ancient times, civil and military forces have been the same as water and fire, and they cannot blend together. It's just that He Zongtang was too poisonous and cruel this time."
"When will the Handan messenger arrive?" Zhao Dun asked.
"Noon at the latest." Mu Suifeng said.
"Are you ready?" Zhao Dun asked again.
"I am always prepared." Mu Suifeng said.
"Okay." Zhao Dun said, looking into Mu Suifeng's determined eyes, "You wait a day, I want to find someone."
"Don't talk about one day, what about three days?" Mu Suifeng sneered and asked him: "But who is the Grand Duke looking for?"
"I heard that Sword Emperor Xie Xuan is still in Heyang." Zhao Dun said, "It would be more appropriate if we could ask him to take action."
Mu Suifeng's eyes lit up, but then he frowned and said, "I've thought about this too. But the Sword Emperor is a master in the world, so how confident is the Grand Duke in touching him?"
"I'm not sure." Zhao Dun said bluntly, "But since the Sword Emperor has stayed in Heyang and has not left, he must have something to ask for. Now, it depends on whether we can afford the Sword Emperor's asking price. Let's see if he is here. what do you want."
"Now, we can only give it a try." Mu Suifeng sighed.
“The dragon is hidden deep in the clouds, and the deer is hidden in the forest.
When the water is exhausted and the fish are exhausted, the arrows compete with the birds.
Cold comes and summer comes, and vitality is exhausted.
The way of heaven is clear, how can we get through it if it is not easy? "
Zhao Dun looked at the sky lit up by the rising sun in Heyang City, pressed his hand on the Wuji Knife, and recited a poem.
Mu Suifeng knelt on one knee, cupped his fist and said, "Heyang Marquis Mu Suifeng will follow the Grand Duke to the death!"
At this moment, the long-lost kingly aura came out of Zhao Dun. He escaped for ten years, thinking that even if the world was not his, it would be peaceful. But Zhao Huan still disappointed him.
From disappointment to despair.
At this point, all I can do is point my sword at Handan and stain the throne with blood.
…
At noon, a horseman rushed through the south gate of Heyang City and headed straight for the city lord's palace.
At the Hongchen Inn outside the city, He Zongzheng received the news and ordered the bookboy: "Notify me, the private soldiers of the aristocratic families gathered and marched to Weicheng. This time Handan issued an order and ordered the Marquis of Heyang to enter the royal city to return to his life and explain why the prince was so arrogant that his horse trampled on the aristocratic family. Mu Suifeng will definitely not go. At that time, with Weicheng as the starting point, the family's sword points at Heyang, and the flag is raised to level the city lord's mansion for the emperor!"
"Yes, Master!" the book boy ordered.
The Handan messenger galloped to the gate of the city lord's mansion. The guards of the City Lord's Mansion shouted: "Who is this person? He dares to ride a horse in front of the City Lord's Mansion. What crime should he deserve?!"
The messenger held up the imperial edict in his hand and sneered: "Your Majesty's imperial edict, Heyang Hou Mu Sui Feng listens to announce it! Who dares to stop me?"
"Sir Messenger, please come in!" Lu Qian, the steward of the City Lord's Mansion, appeared from the side door and ordered the guards: "Open the middle door and welcome the king!"
Under the imperial edict, it is like a king coming in person. Since the construction of the City Lord's Mansion began, the central gate, which had never been opened in twenty years, was opened by guards to welcome the messenger in.
The middle door of the dynasty's dignitaries has always been opened only when the king comes in person. Even if the head of the family dies, he can only go out through the side door.
The moment the middle gate opened, a storm immediately broke out in Heyang City, everyone was talking about how the arrival of the Handan messenger would bring about earth-shaking changes to the entire southern region of Yan State.
The messenger held his head high and held the imperial edict in his hand as he stepped through the central gate of the city lord's mansion. The housekeeper Lu Qian followed him into the house from the side door and winked at the eldest son Lu Zheng who was waiting with a sword on his side. Lu Zheng nodded slightly.
The most glorious moment in the poor Handan messenger's life was at this time, but before he could show off his authority and feel proud, the central door of the city lord's palace was closed, and the side door was also closed.
The messenger was stunned and saw Lu Qian following him with a smile. Just as he was about to speak, Lu Zheng had already drawn his sword from behind and pierced the messenger's chest with his sword.
"You, you guys..." The messenger looked at the sword blade protruding from his chest in disbelief, struggling to say something, but Lu Zheng suddenly pulled out the sword, and he rolled his eyes and did not say a word. He was already dead and could not Die again.
Lu Qian picked up the imperial edict and put it unceremoniously in his sleeve. Lu Zheng sheathed his sword and waved his hand, and the soldiers who had been waiting for a long time ran over quickly, stuffed the messenger's body into a sack and resisted taking away, leaving a few people to clean up the blood on the ground.
It takes less than half a cup of tea to complete a set of killing moves. The method is simply more professional than a professional killer organization. Zhao Dun learned that the messenger was killed with a sword as soon as he entered the door, and then he understood what Mu Suifeng meant by "three days, so what".
The messenger is dead, and it’s not up to him, Hou Mu Suifeng of Heyang, to delay it for a few days?
Lu Qian hurried to the house and handed the imperial edict to Mu Suifeng. Marquis Heyang opened it and slapped the imperial edict on the table with a sneer.
"General, what does it say?" Lu Qian asked.
"What else could it be?" Mu Suifeng said, "The King of Yan ordered me to return to Handan and explain why the crown prince was so arrogant that he trampled on Du's house. Such insidious plot must be that villain He Zongtang!"
"General," Lu Qian was considered a veteran who followed Mu Suifeng in the northern and southern wars. After hearing this, he asked: "Are you going or not? Let me see, you still can't go. That old guy He Zongtang Without good intentions, if the general goes to Handan, won't he suffer?"
Lu Qian thought that it was impossible for Mu Suifeng to go to Handan if he came to kill the messenger. But Mu Suifeng smiled, with a cold smile, and said: "Go, why don't you go? If I don't go, who will accompany He Zongtang to finish the play? I won't go, Mr. Liu, the supervisor, and Qida, the censor. , how can the old members of the Silver Armored Army, who fought with me in the north and south, wash away this bloody feud?!"
Mu Suifeng stood up and ordered: "Send the word out and let the whole Heyang City know. I have received the imperial edict from the messenger and am preparing to go to Handan to resume my duties in person! It's just that the affairs of the house need to be dealt with, and there will be a delay in time. I have communicated with the messenger. After discussion, we decided to set off in three days.”
"General, this..." Lu Qian hesitated.
"Lu Qian, you have been following me for more than twenty years. How can you not trust me?" Mu Suifeng said. The aura of the general who was on the battlefield twenty years ago was so full that it suddenly made Lu Qian's back shiver.
"Follow the order!" Lu Qian said.
…
Outside Heyang City, Hongchen Inn.
When He Zongzheng received the news from the city, he could hardly believe his ears. Mu Suifeng thought he didn't die quickly enough or something. The people in Handan planned to put him in an urn. Anyone with a brain could see that it was a conspiracy. How dare he jump in?
"Master, the plan has changed. Do you want to inform the family?" the book boy asked.
He Zongzheng thought about it, and no matter how cunning Mu Suifeng was, he was dead this time. Entering Handan is death, and not entering Handan is also death. Is it possible that he thought that if he went to Handan and returned to life, he would be able to find ways to save the lives of his son and the princess?
But if the prince and the princess are young, it's okay to say that they have grown so big. How can the Handan man be merciful?
"No need." He Zongzheng said, "The plan is as usual, I want to see what he, the Marquis of Heyang, can do! He didn't go to Handan three days later, and suddenly mutinied, catching my family by surprise. I think that's what he has in mind What I thought. Humph, Mu Suifeng, you are still far from being able to play tricks on me!"
"The master of the family is wise!" said the boy. "This Mu Suifeng is indeed cunning. He first allowed us to take three days to make us take it lightly, thinking that he would really go to Handan. Then he made a surprise attack when we were unprepared, so that he would not be attacked from both sides. Now that his trick has been discovered by the head of the family, he has no choice but to sink into the river, forever doomed!"
"Hahaha!" The more He Zongzheng thought about it, the more he felt that this possibility was the greatest. He said to the book boy: "I'll take care of you with pen and ink! Wait for me to edit a book and send it to the chamber of commerce in the city to the young master's house. Three days later, Mu Suifengruo Take action, the aristocratic family's troops will leave Weicheng, and then ask the young master's family to take action to end the lives of the prince and the princess!"
The book boy nodded and began to study ink.
He Zongzheng stood with his hands behind his back, looking proud. Mu Suifeng, Mu Suifeng, you are surrounded by heaven and earth nets. Even though you have great power, what can you do even if Zhao Dun is by your side?
If Zhao Dun dares to have anything to do with you this time, Duke Cheng will also die!
