In Sunset City, people were celebrating for having withstood the attack of the beast tide. The city gate had been opened. Some people who had not been able to enter the city in time, and people hiding nearby also entered the city to seek shelter.
Among this group of people, Mo Lan saw Wang Tingyue with a dull face and many scars on her body.
She suddenly raised her head and met Mo Lan's gaze, and then she seemed to see something, and hope ignited in her eyes.
She rushed over and knelt in front of Gong Yi, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I am Wang Tingyue from Qianhe Sect. My senior brother Chu Li was separated from me during the beast tide. I can't find him now. Please have mercy on me, Your Majesty. For now Take me in, and I will leave when I find my senior brother!"
Gong Yi looked at her coldly, "There are temporary residences built in the city for the victims. If you have no place to go, you can go there."
As she raised her feet and was about to move forward, Wang Tingyue got the courage from nowhere and grabbed Gong Yi's clothes.
"Your Majesty, I won't cause you any trouble. There is a mixed crowd in the temporary residence. I am a daughter and I don't dare to go there."
Many people entering the city noticed the movement here and stopped one after another.
Gong Yi was obviously impatient. His left thumb pressed against the sword grid, and the blade was already exposed by an inch.
"Oh, I thought I was some crazy woman, but she turned out to be from the Qianhe Sect. Didn't you believe it when the Seventh Prince organized a retreat? She insisted on staying in the town and incited many people!"
The person who came had a mocking look on his face, and his clothes were stained with blood and in tatters.
"How can you Liuyun Sect be so good? Didn't you follow the Seventh Prince into the city? Why are you still here! What's more, we stayed because we listened to the Fourth Prince's orders. If you want to blame, you can go Find the fourth prince! I don’t know where my senior brother is right now, you just see me alone and easy to bully!"
Wang Tingyue sat on the ground and started crying. Mo Lan pulled out the sword and put it on her neck.
"My lord, her nonsense is related to the reputation of the fourth prince. Should we deal with it?"
Wang Tingyue was so frightened that she immediately fell silent, looking at Mo Lan in disbelief with a stained face and tears.
Gong Yi held the sword again and restrained his murderous intent, "Bring people to the City Lord's Mansion, as well as people from the Liuyun Sect."
"yes."
After receiving Gong Yi's instructions, Mo Lan immediately commanded the people from the city defense camp and brought the relevant people to the city lord's palace.
At this moment, in the city lord's palace, Gong Yudong was leaning on a soft chair and drinking wine. The disciples of the Lingxiao Sect simply didn't look at him. Most of them blushed with embarrassment and lowered their heads in silence.
Lingxi was a little surprised after seeing Mo Lan, "Miss Mo, why are you here?"
Mo Lan held his sword and hugged his hands, "Mr. Lingxi, I came to participate in the trial with the disciples of the academy. We encountered a wave of beasts and got separated."
Lingxi could tell at a glance that the sword in her hand was extraordinary, and he admired it, "This sword of yours..."
Mo Lan glanced at his sword, then put it down, "I got it by accident."
Suddenly a sword tapped her shoulder, and Gong Yi walked back, "Follow me."
Mo Lan said goodbye to them immediately, leaving Ling Xi with a dull look on his face.
"Senior brother, how come you recognized her at a glance? If you hadn't taken the initiative to call her, I would have thought she was a beauty that the prince collected somewhere."
Lingyin approached Lingxi with a gossipy face and bumped into him who was dazed, "But if I read it correctly, the sword in Miss Mo's hand is exactly the same as the one in the prince's hand."
Lingxi glanced at him and said, "What she hangs around her waist is the token I gave her. Otherwise, I wouldn't dare to recognize it. Also, keep your mouth shut, otherwise Uncle Gong will make you the next experimental subject."
Lingyin covered his mouth and glanced at Gong Yudong, who was swaying in front of him. Fortunately, he was drunk.
Gong Yudong saw Mo Lan in a daze. He stood up and moved his feet in circles, like Tai Chi, "My granddaughter-in-law!"
His voice instantly silenced the busy and noisy hall, and the echo of the words "granddaughter-in-law" clearly reached everyone's ears.
Mo Lan clenched her sword tightly and thought silently: Respecting the elderly and loving the young is a traditional virtue.
"He was drunk and asked the city lord to take him down to rest." Gong Yi walked to the main seat and sat down. The city lord of Sunset City was looking at Mo Lan with a smile.
After hearing what he said, he waved his hands, and two people immediately took Gong Yudong away, and the disciples of Lingxiao Sect also followed.
"What's the specific situation in the city now?"
"Many nearby towns have been attacked, as well as some remote villages. There may be tens of thousands of people seeking refuge in the city today. No, even my palace is free for your grandpa to drink."
The city lord smiled as he spoke, "When he came here just now, he said that you might have died. I was quite sad."
Gong Yi gave him a cold look, and he immediately sat upright.
"There are currently 10,433 people registered in the city, including dozens of sects, major guilds, and people from the royal families of the Three Kingdoms. This is the first time that Sunset City has been so lively."
Gong Yi rubbed his eyebrows and asked, "Where are my two nephews now?"
"Your seventh child is still busy outside the house, helping with the resettlement. Your fourth child is probably tired and has gone to rest."
"Go find both of them."
The city lord immediately motioned to the people at the door to find someone.
Wang Tingyue and people from the Liuyun Sect were standing in the hall, while Mo Lan and Li Shoufeng automatically stood behind Gong Yi.
After a while, Gong Ruize and Gong Hongyi came in together, and the latter's face was already pale.
People previously explained that Gong Ruize immediately contacted the local officials to evacuate after receiving the notice from Mo Lan.
At that time, the town had not yet felt any warning of the coming beast tide, and Gong Hongyi took the lead in refusing to evacuate.
There was even a fight, but some sect disciples and people chose to stay, while more people evacuated to Sunset City to save their lives.
The crowd evacuated in batches in an orderly manner, and almost all of them were gone before sunset.
When passing through a village, there were people trapped in the cellar. The disciples of Liuyun Sect took the initiative to rescue them, which delayed their entry into the city.
The disciples of Qianhe Sect had different opinions. Chu Li led some of his disciples to retreat first, and those who were unwilling to leave followed Wang Tingyue and stayed with Gong Hongyi.
"Tell me, why are they still outside the city while you have gone into the city to rest!"
Gong Yi raised his voice, not hiding his anger.
"I...then I thought about it, if there really was a wave of beasts, staying in the town would be a dead end, so I just left."
Gong Hongyi buried his head so low that he could hardly hear his voice.
Gong Yi stepped down from his seat, "Then have you notified the people you choose to stay with?"
"me..."
"explain!"
Gong Hongyi was instantly frightened and knelt on the ground with a cry, "I didn't. I did it for the royal family's face. Uncle Emperor, if the seventh brother had just left, and I had informed them to evacuate, what would others think of me? How would they think of the royal family?" ?”
Wang Tingyue turned her head sharply, "You actually left on your own! It's ridiculous that I even invited two junior brothers to look for you!"
Uneasiness and panic turned into anger at this moment. Gong Hongyi tugged on Wang Tingyue's collar, "If you hadn't betrayed me, how could the emperor know about this! Don't think that I don't know your little thoughts. Seeing that you can't catch up with me, just You want to get close to the emperor's uncle, so you shamelessly beg my emperor's uncle to take you in at the gate of the city. You are reckless and want to join the royal family!"
Mo Lan frowned after hearing this. No wonder he arrived with Gong Ruize while he was in the city lord's palace. It seemed that he had gone to find out the news.
The atmosphere in the hall reached freezing point in an instant, and it was obvious that Gong Yi was trying his best to endure it.
"Your Majesty, the casualty statistics are probably out."
Chifeng held several brochures in his hand and glanced at Gong Hongyi who was kneeling on the ground with a complicated expression.
Gong Yi picked up the book, flipped through a few pages, then closed it hard and pulled out his sword. The sword light flashed, and blood spurted out from Gong Hongyi's knees instantly.
"ah--"
He struggled in pain and fell to the ground, holding on to his wound.
Everyone present was shocked. They didn't expect that he would be so cruel to his nephew.
Mo Lan was so frightened that she took a step back, but Li Shoufeng helped her in time.
"These thick books record every person who has died. The bodies can still be found. There are still many people who have not left their bones and are not registered. These thousands of lives! How can you be responsible! Come on, throw him into the dungeon!"
Chifeng immediately knelt down, "Your Majesty, think twice!"
The city lord also walked down the steps, "Yes, you should think twice. No matter what, he is still your nephew and the son of your royal brother. His knees are weak. If he enters the dungeon now, he will risk his life."
Gong Yi's jaw tightened, the sword in his hand was shaking, and blood was still dripping.
"It's better to lock him in a room and wait until Emperor Bingming returns to Beijing to deal with him."
Mo Lan suddenly spoke. She knew that if Gong Hongyi died in Gong Yi's hands at this time, the emperor would break his wings even if he didn't attack Gong Yi. At that time, the Mo family would be unsafe.
Gong Yi glanced at her, and Mo Lan lowered his head for a moment, trembling a little. This was the first time she had seen Gong Yi angry. The time they spent together made her forget that he was the decisive and decisive King of Hell.
"Take it down."
After a long time, Gong Yi spoke, and everyone present breathed a sigh of relief.
The city lord patted him on the shoulder and waved everyone out.
When Mo Lan passed by him, she was grabbed.
Feeling her trembling, Gong Yi let go of his hand.
"Even if there are people left in the town, so many people shouldn't die. Can you change your appearance and help me check."
He took off his mask and looked at Mo Lan with pleading eyes for the first time.
"Mo Lan must obey the prince's orders."
After thinking for a while, Mo Lan mustered up the courage to speak, "Actually, when Liuyun Sect went to rescue the villagers, I had doubts. They were the first batch to evacuate before the beast wave arrived, so they shouldn't be the last to enter the city. There may be someone with evil intentions. The crowd here is complicated, and Mo Lan is afraid that there is a bigger conspiracy among the people hiding in Sunset City."
"how do you want to do it?"
"This place intersects with Hening Mansion, Qingyang Mansion, and Northern Xinjiang. The troops guarding the north cannot move, so we transferred an advance team from Qingyang Mansion, composed entirely of formation mages who can activate the teleportation array, and lurked outside Sunset City. If there is any abnormal movement, activate the teleportation array and provide immediate support."
Gong Yi walked to a chair and sat down, wiping the sword clean without saying a word.
