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The cold wind howled over the city, and heavy snow fell one after another.
Spring is approaching now, and if nothing unexpected happens, this will be the last heavy snowfall this winter.
It was late at night, and the entire Silver Eagle Territory was shrouded in darkness and depression. The war was approaching and all the street lights were turned off to save electricity. There were barely any lights visible except for the flashing green light of the heating unit.
In the underground palace of Baiyin Castle, an old man and a middle-aged man stood looking at each other.
"Haitang, kneel down."
Wei Haitang, the leader of the country, knelt down in front of the old man without any hesitation.
"Sixteenth generation grandson of the Wei family, listen carefully." Wei Tianyu looked at the dome of the underground palace, his eyes seemed to pass through layers of reinforced concrete and reach the clouds.
"Two hundred years ago, when I was over seventy years old, my soul often left my body and wandered away from the nine voids."
"By chance, I became acquainted with Liuguang, signed a blood contract, and from then on we lived together and traveled around the world..."
Wei Tianyu sighed, seeming to be caught up in past memories.
"Nine Void" is the new Zen sect's name for the undercurrent of time and space. They divide the undercurrent of time and space into nine layers, the bottom of which is the eternally frozen glacier.
"After that, I followed the late king to conquer the east and west, and pacified the four directions, and finally I have the silver claws I have today..."
Wei Haitang's eyes were red and he couldn't help but bend down and kowtow, "Forefathers above me, Silver Claw's disaster today is all due to Haitang's stupidity and incompetence."
Wei Tianyu slowly shook his head, "Today's disaster is our family's destiny, not your fault." He raised his head and sighed, "My family follows the late king and is loyal to us, and will not change as time goes by."
"Now the witch is causing trouble to the country. As the leader of the country, you are powerful and cannot be surrendered. You are rich but cannot be lascivious. You stick to the oath of our clan. I am very pleased."
"You deserve to be the glory of our clan."
"Grandfather..." Wei Haitang couldn't help but shed tears after receiving his grandfather's approval. Although he didn't know how to teach his son, he abided by the last words of his ancestors and did not serve two masters. He did not fall in love with either Aaliyah or Trilis.
Of course, there are also some personal reasons. To the south of the Dragon River, Cuilisi took action in Ice Blue City to prevent him from avenging his youngest son. To the north of the Dragon River, the Black Feather Principality, which had a grudge against him, took the first step to join Aaliyah.
"Haitang, remember, everything is people-centered."
"Land, money, and fame are just external things."
"Only the clan bloodline is the true foundation of the Wei family."
The ancestor of the Wei family spoke with great meaning, and Wei Haitang tapped it to the end, "My grandson will remember it."
"Get up..."
Wei Tianyu helped Wei Haitang up, straightened the skirt of the sixteenth generation grandson's clothes and smoothed out the wrinkles.
"It's up to you to get to Weiwei's house."
After speaking, Wei Tianyu took a few steps back and pointed at Wei Haitang, "Liu Guang, go!"
A silver bird flew out of the field, circled around Wei Tianyu three times, let out a mournful cry, swooped down, and sank into Wei Haitang's chest.
In an instant, in Wei Haitang's field, stars intersected and the Milky Way shone. The ancient runes bloomed with silver light, and thousands of silver threads shuttled through the stars.
A huge star slowly took shape, and a little silver light rose from the center of the vortex, just like the cold moon rising, with a brilliant silver glow.
All the planets that touched the silver glow were instantly coated with a layer of silver, emitting a metallic cold light.
Just as earth-shaking changes were taking place in the starry sky realm, Wei Tianyu's body shook in the underground palace. Countless silver threads flew out of his body, and his wrinkled skin gradually flew away like burning ashes.
Wei Tianyu, who lost the mercury flying eagle's "streaming light", quickly declined, and his life also came to an end.
Under the rules of energy conservation, the extra lifespan that did not belong to him began to have a backlash effect, accelerating the body's demise.
"grandfather!"
Wei Haitang had a splitting headache and struggled to get up, trying to grab his grandfather's hand, but when he touched it, the withered hand immediately turned into ashes.
"Ahhhhhhhhh!"
The painful howl echoed in the underground palace and could not be dispersed for a long time.
At the same time, three figures appeared
Outside the expeditionary camp.
"There are people!" "Enemy attack!"
The sentries loaded their bolts and sounded the alarm.
"Wait, don't shoot, we are here to surrender!"
Among the three people, two raised their hands and one held a white flag.
"Who are you!"
The sentry asked, holding his gun. There were two men and one woman opposite, both in their thirties and forties.
"The three heroes of the Silver Claw, Wu Hai of the Galaxy Railroad, Zhu Zexi the White-ringed Snake Spirit, and Ruth the Heavenly Harp, please see the supreme commander of the expeditionary force!"
The stout man shouted loudly, while clasping his hands and kneeling down on one knee, a man and a woman behind him also knelt down.
"You came to the enemy camp in the middle of the night to see the commander-in-chief. Is there something wrong with your minds?" the sentry couldn't help but curse.
"There are so many people during the day that it's inconvenient for us to come out. It's really helpless for us to bother you in the middle of the night. Please let me know Mr. Chen Xingchen." The stout man said sincerely.
"You thieves can't call us Commander Chen the right name!" Just as the sentry was about to attack, a gendarmerie captain rushed over.
After asking about the situation, the gendarmerie captain immediately helped the three people up, clasped his fists and said, "Three adults, please wait a moment, we will go and inform the commander-in-chief."
When he learned that the Three Silver Claws came to see him, Chen Xing didn't even have time to change into his pajamas, so he ran out of the camp wearing big pants and slippers.
"Oh my, what kind of wind brought you here!" Chen Xing looked surprised, as if meeting an old friend after not seeing him for many years.
The expressions of the three people were wary at first, then confused, and then grateful.
"I'm so ashamed that your Excellency is so close, but I've been so late to visit you." "Your Excellency didn't know something, so I didn't pay homage to you in time. I'm so sorry that my intestines are almost green." "Ruth has seen your Excellency, and Ruth greets you. .”
The performance of several people fell into the eyes of the little sentry, making him stunned for a long time and confused.
Turns out he is really an old friend...
Thinking of his behavior just now and his rude words to Commander Chen's old friend, the little sentry felt a little guilty and hurriedly hid aside to avoid being seen.
"Hey, why didn't you wear a coat?" "Oh, what's wrong with this? What if you get frozen!" "Look, we were just talking and didn't notice that you were frozen. You really deserve to die. !”
Wu Hai quickly took off his coat and put it on Chen Xing, while Lucy stepped forward and hugged his arm, holding him close to transfer the heat.
"Oh, you are too polite." "Everywhere, everything should be done..."
A few people talked and laughed, and were escorted by the military police back to the military tent.
Xiang Caidi and Jian Yue Canglian have prepared tea and drinks and are waiting for the three guests.
As soon as the curtains of the military tent were lowered, Wu Hai and the other three knelt down, "Sir, we had no control over our actions in the past and had offended many times. Please forgive us!"
"Everyone is their own master, there is no right or wrong." Chen Xing stepped forward to help Wu Hai up.
"Thank you, sir!" The three of them nodded in thanks.
Then the three of them sat down, and Wu Hai explained his purpose.
"Wei Haitang favors his own interests and protects his shortcomings. He doesn't distinguish between right and wrong. He allows his children to act recklessly, which leads to many misfortunes in Silver Claw. He is also headstrong, loyal and filial. It is clear that the Northern Princess is unstoppable and the Malan royal family has become a thing of the past, but he still insists on sticking to his oath and treating his subordinates as subordinates. In dire straits."
"It is even more stupid and brainless. He uses a scum like Qin Wu who has no bottom line to maim the veteran Hanling, ruin an 800,000-strong army, and sabotage the Glory Decisive Battle. If you take any one thing individually, it is the work of a beast!"
Wu Hai was filled with indignation, holding two iron bowl-like fists, excited.
"If the king of the country still has some clarity, we won't..."
At this point, Wu Hai's eyes turned red and he couldn't speak any more.
Chen Xing answered in time, "Understand, understand..."
"The three of you abandoned the dark and turned to the light, which is where justice lies." Then he changed the subject, "Do you know why I was willing to take the risk of offending the leader of a country and destroy Wei Qinghai?"
"this……"
The three of them looked at each other, probably unsure of what Chen Xing meant and didn't dare to say anything nonsense.
"Just say what you know
, how Wei Haitang told you. "
"The king said, he said..." Wu Hai stammered, "He said that you lost the bid for the maid with the third prince, and you held a grudge and deliberately wanted to take revenge on the third prince."
"It's really confusing right and wrong..." Chen Xing sighed, "My poor maid died tragically in the hands of that beast before she even met me. She was cut into several pieces and thrown into a trash can on the street. inside."
Chen Xing couldn't help but feel a little sad when he recalled the scene that day.
Wu Hai and the three of them took a deep breath at the same time. Such a cruel thing made them feel very uncomfortable even if they had been on the battlefield for a long time and had seen mountains of corpses and seas of blood.
"The Maid Academy has been harassed by that beast for a long time. The beast bought a maid and killed it within a few days. Then he bought it again, killed it again, and bought it again. The Maid Academy was fed up with it, so he provided me with a spirit-breaking bullet. . You should know the value of the spirit-breaking bullet, which ordinary people cannot buy. The dean hopes that I can do justice for God and avenge the tragic deaths of the maids."
The three heroes of Silver Claw were a little surprised, but they didn't seem to completely believe it, and were still doubtful. But it was understandable that what they heard now was very different from what they originally knew, and for a while they couldn't tell who was lying.
But given the current situation, they had to pretend to believe Chen Xing.
At this time, Jian Yue Canglian stood up and said, "I can prove it for the master."
Chen Xing noticed that Ruth, one of the three heroes of Silver Claw, had a hint of sarcasm on her lips. The palace maid testified for her master, which is invalid testimony no matter how you look at it.
"In order to convince the master, the dean sent me out as compensation."
As she spoke, she held out her hand. A piece of cherry blossom flew out of the palm, floated to the top of the head, and then exploded upon impact.
In an instant, cherry blossoms rained down one after another.
The fine petals rose up without wind, rotating around the body, and condensed into pieces of vine armor at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"Heavenly Arms!"
The three people couldn't help but stand up. Although they had read the information and knew that Jian Yue Cang Lian was armed with heavenly weapons, seeing it with their own eyes was even more shocking.
With Chen Xing's status back then, no, even with his current status, it was impossible to get such a talented palace maid. You know, these scarce resources are tightly held in the hands of the powerful.
The only possibility is that Maid Academy and Chen Xing have some kind of private deal.
For a time, they believed 70% to 80% of Chen Xing's words. Moreover, Wei Qinghai's reputation has always been very bad, and incidents of abusing his servants to death also occurred from time to time.
"Sir, the three of us were kept in the dark and attacked Orchid Town at night without distinguishing between good and evil. We are really ashamed." Wu Hai shook his head, seemingly annoyed.
Zhu Zexi even beat his chest and regretted it. Ruth sat quietly, looking thoughtful.
In fact, Chen Xing saw clearly in his heart. As subordinates, even if they knew the truth, they would still come to kill him.
In the face of camp and position, the choice is not difficult.
Ethics and morals are just a fig leaf for the nobles. They take them out when they are useful and discard them when they are not.
But then again, sometimes a fig leaf is useful, at least there is a banner of justice.
"What happened in the past is in the past, don't mention it again." Chen Xing said. Although he also wants to hold the other party responsible for killing the old black monster, but now the war is imminent, and one more point of strength is one point of strength. Moreover, the camps were different back then, and each had its own master. There was no right or wrong.
As a leader, the overall situation is the most important, and you cannot lead to the sacrifice of more people for the sake of personal grudges.
If you stick to the small details, you will lose the big ones. The lesser of two evils, if you can win over a few of them now, there will be three less powerful enemies on the day of the decisive battle, and your own casualties will be reduced.
"Sir, when the three of us go back, we will definitely clarify the truth and clear your name."
"Sir, the three of us discussed with some of our friends and decided not to participate in the Glory Showdown."
"If your Excellency wins, can you give preferential treatment to us supporters?" Wu Hai asked with some anxiety.
"Any noble family that does not participate in the battle will be treated favorably, but anyone who does participate in the battle will be dealt with severely!" Chen Xing said in a deep voice, his words deciding life and death, full of the majesty of a superior.
The three of them suddenly felt like they were being pardoned, and nodded vigorously, "Understood!"
