From the freezing and snow-capped severe winter in the North, he suddenly returned to the fragrance of vegetation and the faint chirping of insects on summer nights; Jiang Tian also confirmed once again that he had returned to the time and space of the Tang Dynasty. It's just that the collapsed cavity that was originally buried deep in the ground has turned into a walled city below.
However, the switch between two different time and spaces also made Jiang Tian once again feel the stagnation of some invisible existence and the omnipresent potential depression. It's like suddenly going from an oxygen-rich area at a low altitude to a low-pressure and low-oxygen area on another high mountain; even the perception has shrunk.
The next moment, Jiang Dao, who was floating in the air, heard the sudden sound of golden warnings from the arrow tower and sentry tower. In an instant, the whole city seemed to be boiling; many people with helmets, armor, swords and guns rushed out. figure; holding high torches and lanterns, people surrounded him with a loud voice.
From the warning wooden arrow tower and sentry tower, many crossbow bolts were shot out loudly, even mixed with several thick crossbow guns with chains; in an instant, they penetrated Jiang Tian's figure. In an instant, it exploded into powder in the air, and turned into a circle of strong wind that blew away the gathered armored soldiers.
Amidst the exclamations and muffled sounds of being overturned, blown down, and piles of people bumping into each other, Jiang Tian already appeared in the air and stepped onto the tallest building in the center of the city wall. He waved his hand gently again; those arrow towers and The crossbow machine was raised on the top of the sentry tower, and the soldiers who were looking for the target were also pulled to the ground.
"Stop!" "Stop it all!" "Don't be rude!" "Don't act rashly!" At this moment, belated shouts rang out from the messy camp: and then several figures came running towards them, in front of everyone. He knelt down and saluted: "See the Supervisor." "Meet the noble officer." "Good morning, Shang Xian'an."
"He Si? Murong Wu? What's going on?" Jiang Tian took a closer look and immediately recognized two familiar faces: they were the personal soldiers of Liu Jingchang, the captain of the Shengjie Camp of the Wuwei Army, who had been doing this when he was in Dongdu He Si, the temporary guide; and Murong Wu, the inspector of Xijingli Xingyuan.
"Superintendent, you are finally back." Murong Wu was a little unbelievable, and shouted with excitement: "These days, it has been like a year for me to wait! People from the Xijing headquarters have come to explore many times, and finally let me My subordinates are waiting on the spot to finally see you return safely."
After a while, the soldiers who were alarmed and knocked over the ground also helped each other to clean up the camp and returned to their respective positions. And Jiang Tian was also respectfully invited to the large building in the middle. By asking everyone present, it was confirmed that he had been away for a full month.
Compared with the four years spent in another time and space, the time flow rate is approximately 50:1. During this month, many things happened; for example, after the mountain top hiding the mountain demon and the space debris collapsed, Liu Jingchang's troops were quickly transferred elsewhere.
But a small team of people was also left behind, led by He Si, who was already a team leader, and together with the unity soldiers and civilians summoned from nearby, they were ordered to continue the on-site excavation at the same location. The current walled city was gradually expanded and built on the original excavation camp.
Therefore, inside the large building in the center of the walled city, there is actually a huge deep pit and excavation site; it is said that many giant-like skeletons have been excavated from it, as well as many stone platform fragments and unknown uses. Metal objects were sent away one after another as evidence.
Another example is the month that Jiang Tian left. Many mysterious places where people and animals disappeared out of thin air were also discovered in many places in the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, the imperial court not only sent troops to blockade the area, but also built walls and forts on the spot as usual, and tried to send people in turns to explore and excavate.
For this reason, it also led to personnel changes in many places such as Hebei and Shannan; some old or sick local officials were retired and retired early or were transferred to idle positions; they were replaced by newly selected and appointed officials from Beijing. Young and capable or young officials in the prime of life.
As a subordinate, Murong Wu could not return to Xijingli Xingyuan to recover because of Jiang Tian's temporary disappearance. Therefore, we can only stay in the local area to continue the investigation while waiting for possible news from Jiang Tian. Later in the side room, he showed Jiang Tian the results of the search during this period.
"Supervisor, I think I have found some clues as to why Prime Minister Ji was attacked by flying swords." Those were rusty weapon fragments of different sizes. When Murong Wu came slightly closer with the blade, they all attracted to them: " These are what I took my people into and fished them out near Dayang Bridge."
"It's actually a strong magnetic effect, so does it still remain after such a long time?" Jiang Tian also nodded and said: "If there is a special agent holding a special magnetic attractor and hiding it in the phase-planning team, it may be possible to trigger the pre-set Attacking the agency; so it can be confirmed that this is a manual method."
"However, it has been too long; even if my subordinates found the possible location of the mechanism, most of the traces at the scene have been destroyed and confused." Murong Wu was puzzled again: "Especially the previous Cao The battalion and road convoys have searched the remaining sites many times.”
"It doesn't matter, your discovery is enough." Jiang Tian shook his head and said: "This way we can prove that this is not an attack related to supernatural beings; it is an imitation behavior set up by someone. I want to We can take our time to catch the real culprit.”
"Yes!" Murong Wu's face looked a little better now, and then he couldn't help but said: "To be honest with the Supervisor, after you lost news, there were some bad rumors in Beijing, and the Eastern Capital even sent people here to investigate. , but they were all blocked by Deputy Superintendent Yu on the grounds of confidential business."
"It's true that I didn't think it through." Jiang Tian apologized slightly: "At that time, I happened to enter a secret realm and couldn't get in touch with the outside world. It took a lot of effort to clean up the source of the evil and break it. I came out of the realm, but I didn’t expect that so much time had passed.”
Later, as evidence in a sense, Jiang Tian came to the open space outside. As his thoughts moved, a large mound suddenly rose up on the ground in front of everyone, rising higher and higher. Finally, a six-armed mountain demon with only the upper half left was revealed, which immediately caused a commotion on the spot.
"This...this...could it be the ancient military leader Chi You?" He Si looked at the giant corpse that was more than ten meters high even if only half of it was left. He couldn't help but gasped and murmured: "Brother Chi You Eighty-one people, with human bodies and ox hooves, four eyes and six arms, bronze heads and iron foreheads, eat sand and stones, build soldiers with swords, halberds and crossbows, and are powerful in the world..."
"How is this possible?" Jiang Tian couldn't help laughing, and couldn't help sighing that the other party's imagination was big enough; then he thought about it and said: "At most, they can only be regarded as the survivors of the ancient Sanmiao who awakened after a generation, and they have not had many of their ancestors for a long time. He has supernatural powers, but only a huge figure is left."
"We, the people of the Tang Dynasty, can be protected by the Supervisor, and the imperial court can use the Supervisor; how lucky we are." Despite this, He Si couldn't help but be filled with fear and awe. He took the lead and knelt on the ground and said: "Please, please Allow me to inform all parties immediately to inspire the hearts of the generals and local people."
"Whatever..." Jiang Tian said without hesitation: "Next, prepare the horse for me. I have been out here for too long and have a lot of things in the backlog. I should go back to the headquarters to deal with one or two things. As for this thing, I will leave it to you later. It's taken care of." He Si was overjoyed and said: "Yes, thank you Shangguan for your support."
Therefore, just as Jiang Tian led Murong Wu on horseback and left the fortress, several messengers on horseback galloped out, and several carrier pigeons were released in the camp. And one of them, a sturdy variegated carrier pigeon, flapped its wings across the fields and cities shrouded in night;
Finally, it soared in the night wind and landed, disappearing into the magnificent city of Luoyang, the eastern capital. Then, he turned into an eunuch running between the palaces with small steps, holding a small copper tube in his hand. Finally, it was placed on the case of a side room in Ganlu Courtyard of Shangyang Palace.
But this case was surrounded by several figures in purple robes; but their solemn expressions and eyes made it seem as if what was placed on the case was not a simple piece of paper, but a pot of scalding flames. However, after looking at each other for a moment, someone was the first to speak: "Unexpectedly, he is back at this juncture. What do you think next?"
"Of course we pulled away in time. Anyway, we are not deeply involved in Xijing. At most, it is just a tactic to ask for directions." Someone immediately said decisively: "Even if we are noticed, no one will be involved; but we have already planned it. It has been a long time coming, but it has finally reached its peak."
"What Tan Gongbu said is true," another person nodded in agreement: "Whether it is the centrist faction or the conciliatory faction in the court, they are obstacles that we must remove; the world situation has changed dramatically in recent years, and now But the current generation still wants to cling to the old status quo and try their best to maintain the old status quo.”
"In contrast, in our grand plan of innovating and eliminating disadvantages, there is no need to add a variable that is suspected of having the power to collapse mountains and earth, but is unconstrained." Another person continued the topic and slowly said: "At least, in my case, Before we have the upper hand between the government and the opposition, it is not appropriate to create extraneous problems."
"Masters, I just have one thing that I don't understand." However, the last person couldn't help but ask: "Since there are rumors that he is a banished immortal who awakened from his previous life, then why did neither the outer court nor the inner court say anything? What about grandly publicizing and praising its location?”
"Because although he has quite a lot of supernatural powers, he has never been close to or contacted any monastery sect!" The first person to express his position pointedly sighed: "This is what makes those who have received the emperor's favor and national honors in their lives, but have not yet been able to do so. How can a sect and a sect that has never shown its holiness in front of many people be proud of itself?"
Sorry, I have been adjusting my thinking these past two days to bring out the foreshadowing of the Lord of the Tang Dynasty.
(End of chapter)
