Chapter 765
Xiao Zhan nodded and walked out of the hall immediately. To Xiao Zhan's surprise, someone was waiting outside the hall. It was none other than Qin Hu, the commander of the Hou Mansion's army.
Standing with Qin Hu was the butler Qin Kui.
Qin Hu looked at Xiao Zhan and said, "Come with me."
Xiao Zhan frowned slightly, but followed Qin Hu.
When they came to the open space outside the Hou Mansion, they saw more than a thousand Manchu soldiers who had returned alive and were already lined up in order.
Qin Hu looked at Xiao Zhan and said:
"The Marquis said that from now on, you will be the commander of the Marquis's army."
"Including the eight thousand people sent from Bone City, everyone is at your disposal."
As he spoke, Qin Hu took out a black token from his arms. The token had the word "Zhenyuan" on it.
Xiao Zhan took the token and asked Qin Hu:
"how about you?"
Qin Hu smiled, "From now on, I will stay in the Hou Mansion."
Xiao Zhan nodded, said nothing more, and left with the remaining more than a thousand soldiers.
Two hours later, Xiao Zhan took these people back to the military camp.
The eight thousand people sent from Bone City last time were sparring under the leadership of Li Yong.
Xiao Zhan asked Li Yong to gather the team, and then said:
"From now on, Li Yong is the deputy commander of the Zhenyuan Hou Mansion's army."
After saying that, Xiao Zhan walked directly towards his stone house, preparing to retreat.
He plans to learn "Nine-fold Fist" and "Shadow Binding Technique" as soon as possible.
What's more, he was seriously injured by Marquis Weiwu and needed to rest quietly.
Li Yong looked at the more than a thousand soldiers in front of him who had just returned, and felt the strong aura on their bodies. After taking a deep breath, he ordered the thousand people to take a rest.
In the stone house.
Xiao Zhan opened the book "Nine Stacks of Fist".
He recalled the scene when Marquis Zhenyuan used this boxing technique to crush Marquis Weiwu, and was even more certain that this was a very good technique, at least much more powerful than "Wind Palm" and "Thunder Fist".
After watching it for a while, Xiao Zhan roughly understood the principles of "Nine-fold Fist".
To learn this set of techniques, precise control of the power of the netherworld is key.
Jiudiquan is divided into nine levels. Each time you practice one level, you can create one more fist seal. When you reach the ninth level, you can create nine fist seals at once.
When the nine fist seals are superimposed, the power will be doubled nine times, which is huge.
Xiao Zhan put down "Nine-fold Fist" and started watching "The Art of Shadow Binding".
The technique of shadow binding is to release one's own ghostly power into the environment, sneak into the enemy's body unexpectedly, cut off the enemy's ghostly power, and even control the flow of energy in the enemy's body.
After roughly understanding the principles of these two techniques, Xiao Zhan began to practice and try them over and over again.
What Xiao Zhan didn't know was that during his retreat, a major event happened in Zhenyuan Hou Mansion.
The Marquis of Zhenyuan has disappeared.
That's right, it's missing. It's gone.
Qin Kui was not summoned by Marquis Zhenyuan for a long time.
When he needed to see the Marquis of Zhenyuan for something, he found that the Marquis of Zhenyuan was missing.
Qin Kui immediately told Qin Hu about the incident.
Qin Hu found Xiao Zhan again.
In the main hall where Zhenyuan Hou was often present, Xiao Zhan, Qin Hu and Qin Kui frowned, not understanding what was going on.
Qin Kui said in a deep voice:
"The Marquis usually doesn't go far away. Even if he wants to leave, he will give some instructions first."
Xiao Zhan walked to the bookshelf on the entire wall and checked it carefully. He found that many of the classics that were originally placed were missing.
After searching around the hall, Xiao Zhan returned to the big table again, rummaged through the scattered papers on the table for a while, and finally picked up a piece of paper.
There were a few lines written on the paper, and the words were calm and gentle.
"I am leaving
, I am no longer the Marquis, maybe I won’t come back, maybe I won’t come back until a long time later. "
"You decide whether to stay or not."
Xiao Zhan handed the piece of paper to Qin Hu.
Qin Hu glanced at it and handed it to his father Qin Kui.
All three fell silent.
Qin Kui sighed, "Actually, I had a premonition for a long time."
"I have long noticed that the Marquis doesn't care about anything."
As he said that, Qin Kui glanced at his son Qin Hu, "Let's stay here. At least we have a place to stay here. We don't know where to go if we leave. We don't know when we will die as refugees."
Qin Hu nodded, looked at Xiao Zhan and asked:
"Xiao Zhan, what are your plans?"
Xiao Zhan frowned, "Have you ever thought about it, if the Marquis had planned to leave a long time ago, why did he leave only after participating in the army competition?"
"Isn't this unnecessary?"
Qin Kui shook his head, "Xiao Zhan, you have only been with the Marquis for a short time, and you don't understand the Marquis."
"The Marquis has a changeable temperament, you can never guess it."
Xiao Zhan said nothing and fell into deep thought again.
When Marquis Zhenyuan led his team to King Yin City to participate in the imperial army competition, he definitely had no intention of leaving.
Otherwise, wouldn't the more than 8,000 government soldiers who died have died in vain?
Unless something happens after it comes.
Suddenly, Xiao Zhan seemed to have thought of something.
He quickly walked out of the hall and walked towards the courtyard at the back of the Hou Mansion.
Soon, he came to the small stone houses in the backyard.
The young man in the stone house No. 7 has disappeared. Lin Xiaoyu in the stone house No. 8 is lying dying in the stone house. It seems that he will not die soon.
Hearing the footsteps, Lin Xiaoyu opened her eyes weakly. Seeing that Xiao Zhan was coming, she struggled to speak: "Help me...help me."
Xiao Zhan frowned, "Has the Marquis summoned you recently?"
Lin Xiaoyu nodded, "Yes."
Xiao Zhan's eyes narrowed, "What did you say?"
Lin Xiaoyu drooped her eyelids, as if she could no longer speak.
"He showed me a portrait. It was a portrait of a woman..."
Lin Xiaoyu rested for a long time and then suddenly sneered:
"I said I saw that woman on that road with no end in sight."
When saying this, Lin Xiaoyu's eyes were particularly fierce.
"Bullshit Zhenyuan Marquis, he won't give me a chance to live, and I don't want him to have it easy!" qδ
After shouting these words, Lin Xiaoyu completely lost her strength and fell to the ground unable to move, her vitality disappearing quickly.
Xiao Zhan frowned tightly.
Marquis Zhenyuan mentioned before that he had a woman he loved deeply.
It's just that when the woman came to the Netherworld interface with him, she couldn't leave that road because she couldn't practice.
Xiao Zhan felt that Marquis Zhenyuan was a bit stupid. No matter who it was, he would definitely not believe Lin Xiaoyu's words, but Marquis Zhenyuan believed him.
Or maybe he didn't believe it, but just had an obsession and wanted to see it and look for it.
After a long silence, Xiao Zhan walked out of the backyard.
Qin Kui and Qin Hu looked at Xiao Zhan.
Xiao Zhan shook his head, paused for a moment and then said:
"I'm ready to leave."
Qin Hu frowned, "Why? If you leave here, you will become a refugee."
Xiao Zhan shook his head, "Stay here, there is no Nether Pill."
Qin Hu suddenly stopped talking.
Qin Kui shook his head, "How strong can we become if we continue to practice?"
"Instead of leaving here to take risks, it's better to stay and live out this life peacefully."
Xiao Zhan did not continue this topic. Naturally, what he had already decided would not change just because of Qin Kui and Qin Hu's words.
"Those government troops," Xiao Zhan looked at Qin Hu, "come with me and bring them all back."
Seeing that Xiao Zhan had made up his mind, Qin Hu nodded and left with Xiao Zhan.
Not long after, Xiao Zhan and Qin Hu returned to the military camp.
Xiao Zhan did not lie to them and told them about the disappearance of Marquis Zhenyuan.
Except for Li Yong, the other palace troops were willing to follow Qin Hu back to the Marquis Mansion.
Soon, only Xiao Zhan and Li Yong were left in the military camp.
Xiao Zhan frowned and asked, "Why don't you want to go back to the Marquis Mansion? If you don't go back, you will become a refugee like me."
Li Yong shook his head, "I stayed in Bone City for a long time."
"Without resources and hundreds of years, I am only at the early stage of the Nether Vein Realm."
"Instead of living like this for the rest of my life, it's better to give it a try."
"Commander, can you let me follow you?"
Xiao Zhan did not agree immediately.
He knew how small the chance of surviving as a refugee was. Every more person meant more risk of exposure.
But seeing Li Yong's firm eyes, Xiao Zhan nodded and said:
"You can follow me. If there is danger on the road, I will save you if I can. If I can't save you, don't blame me."
Li Yong nodded heavily, "Thank you, Commander!"
