Ling Ning noticed the soldiers hurriedly coming and going outside. He was slightly surprised and said: "Did the demon monk commit another crime again? Why is it so noisy outside? Is Brother Qin going to march?"
Qin Fei nodded: "The demon monk actually ran to the royal city of Zhao this time and killed the emperor and queen of Zhao! Now Zhao is in chaos, and the fighter plane has arrived! I am about to organize the army to attack and capture the royal city in one go. !”
At this time, the three daughters of Qian Meier also arrived. She said straight away: "We have decided to go to the royal city with Xi'er. Xiao Ning, are you going?"
"Eh? Aren't we not allowed to interfere in Zhao's internal affairs? Won't your rash actions trigger reactions from other sects?"
Fan Ji said: "These are all small problems. We can hide our whereabouts and do as little as possible, and just follow quietly. Hehe, if we have to take action, then we won't leave anyone alive. We are doing this all for your precious disciple. , as a master, you won’t just sit idly by, right?”
Ling Ning said: "How could it be possible! Brother Qin, I will help you no matter what this time!"
Although Qin Fei didn't want to rely on the monk's power, he had already regarded Ling Ning as one of his own after having been together for so long. Hearing this, he was overjoyed and said, "That's great! Don't worry, only Xi'er and I know your identities. I also know the other sergeants." Strictly order them not to talk too much, and they will never cause any trouble to you!"
Fan Ji narrowed her eyes and licked her lips and said, "It doesn't matter if it causes a little trouble. I haven't had all the fun in a long time. I hope I can meet some powerful guys..."
Almost all the elite soldiers stationed in the White Horse Temple were dispatched this time, leaving only some old, weak and injured soldiers. Their group, a total of 10,000 elite cavalry, marched rapidly towards the Zhao Kingdom City. Along the way, they met some scattered Zhao soldiers. These soldiers had lost their fighting spirit when they knew that the royal city was in chaos, and they fled without any need for confrontation. A few deserters were caught on the road. According to them, the royal city was now in chaos. Many mercenary monks were the first to rebel and plunder wildly. Ordinary soldiers were not their opponents at all but joined them. Poor Zhao wanted to rely on these hired monks to gain peace. To rebel, I didn’t expect these people to become rebels first. It’s really unexpected.
The White Horse Temple stronghold was several days away from Wang's division. Along the way, Qin Fei displayed his leadership skills as a commander and issued frequent orders, organizing the rebels stationed in various places to launch a large-scale counterattack. The victory report came like snowflakes on the third day after the order was issued, and everyone was even more energetic.
The people encountered many city gates during the march. They originally thought that these were "hard nails" that were difficult to break through. Unexpectedly, when they heard that General Qin Fei, the commander of the rebel army, was coming, they spontaneously surrendered one after another! Many cities that had always been defended before were in chaos due to the rebellion of the mercenary monks, and the city gates were opened wide. This undoubtedly gave Qin Fei a huge opportunity. Occasionally encountering a few "hard-nosed" monks, Fan Ji and Qian Meier kill them without saying anything, making the group even more unstoppable.
On the fifth day of the trip, we were only half a day away from the royal city. At this time, the number of people and soldiers fleeing from the royal city began to increase. According to them, the Zhao royal family had been fighting for the throne. The eldest princess took the lead and killed all the other princes, and she had ascended the throne. For the empress! The mercenary monks who committed the crime were also brought under control, and many generals and royal family members with military power also led their troops to gather in the royal city. I heard that many troops have begun to deploy defenses under the royal city. This is undoubtedly not a good thing. information.
A group of people camped out at night. After discussing the military situation with the generals, Qin Fei came to the campfire of Ling Ning and others with a heavy expression.
Ling Ning said: "The royal city is right in front of us. Why is Brother Qin so worried?"
Qin Feidao: "We are still a step too late after all. Now 30,000 troops have been gathered outside the royal city. There are also 8,000 elite forest guards and many monks in the royal city... The walls of the royal city are extremely strong and there is a moat. Our 10,000 cavalry I’m afraid there’s no way to capture it…”
Fan Ji said: "Didn't your other rebels mobilize here?"
Qin Feidao: "Right now, rebel armies from all over the country are taking the opportunity to attack towns. There is no way to mobilize more people at the moment. If they are mobilized rashly, it may affect the overall situation..."
Ling Ning said: "You just said that 30,000 troops have been assembled outside the royal city. Who is commanding them?"
Qin Feidao: "They are the three princes of Zhao State. They are all the emperor's younger brothers. They each have their own territory. It is really difficult to deal with them."
Ling Ning said: "In my opinion, these people are not necessarily here to defend the royal city. They probably want to take the opportunity to control the royal city and seize the throne."
Qin Fei nodded and said: "This is very likely. If the eldest princess usurps the throne and becomes the empress, many people will not be convinced..."
Ling Ning said: "So these 30,000 people should be a greater threat than the rebels."
Qin Feidao: "This may be true, but their 30,000 people are not enough to attack the city, let alone besiege the city. They cannot pose any substantial threat to the royal city at all. The military rations we carry can only last for three days." , I plan to abandon the Royal City first, or concentrate on attacking various city strongholds first, and it will be safer to wait for various places to be captured one after another before considering attacking the Royal City."
Fan Ji said: "Why bother? Let me pick off the heads of the three princes and ensure that those soldiers will surrender to the rebels!"
Qianmei'er said: "We can also break into the city and directly open the city gate to let the rebels enter the city. This way we can achieve great things!"
Ling Ning said: "It seems that you really want to have a big fight, why don't you do it tonight!"
Qin Fei was dumbfounded. Although he had seen the strength of the monks, they were just ordinary monks with low cultivation. He could never have imagined how powerful the three people in front of him were.
"Is this too risky? If you sneak in rashly, you will be isolated and helpless. If you are discovered, you will be immediately besieged by thousands of people, and the consequences will be disastrous..."
Ling Ning smiled and said: "Brother Qin, please don't worry. You and Xi'er are ready to march. We will split up tonight. Tomorrow you must lead your army to the royal city as soon as possible. Those 30,000 soldiers will definitely surrender!"
Afterwards, several people discussed some details. Qin Fei ran excitedly to a meeting with the generals, while Qin Xi cried and insisted on following. In desperation, Ling Ning had to take her personally.
The four of them rode fast horses at night. The horses they rode were hybrids of monsters and beasts, so they were extremely fast. The journey that originally took half a day took less than half an hour.
Three armies were stationed near the royal city, with different flags. Four men put on their cloaks and sneaked in quietly.
Ling Ning took Qin Xi and sneaked into the garrison camp in the middle. Although there were patrolling soldiers coming and going in the camp, and the torches were lit as bright as day, after all, there were places that were "dark under the lamp". The two of them had extraordinary cultivation and skills. He was so agile that he sneaked outside the Chinese army's main account without making a sound.
The lights in the Chinese army's tent were brightly lit and someone was talking. The soldiers standing guard outside the tent were moved away from each other. It seemed that the people inside the tent did not want others to hear their conversations. The two of them were about to go in when they suddenly heard a hoarse voice inside: "Please don't worry, Your Majesty. You are the only one who agrees to provide me with protection after you become the King of Zhao... Hehe... I promise to help Your Majesty ascend to the throne."
Then a voice with a loud voice said: "Of course I can do what you asked me to do, but how can you help me? How can I believe that you are hiding your head and showing your tail?"
The hoarse voice said: "I am not deliberately hiding my head and tail, but...I am also a disciple of a large sect. The prince should know that if the sect discovers it, I will not be able to take advantage of it. As for my ability... How about I ask you to pick off the heads of the other two princes tonight and give them to the prince as a meeting gift? This way, the prince should be able to trust me in my ability."
The prince was really interested when he heard it, but he still hesitated and said: "I don't know why you chose me, sir? Can you tell me?"
The hoarse voice chuckled and said: "I just happened to enter the prince's tent. If the prince does not agree, then I will have to take the prince's head and sacrifice it to others."
"So this king is very lucky, hahaha!"
"Hmph, I'm going to take the heads of the other two princes..."
At this time, Ling Ning raised the curtain and walked directly into the big tent, and Qin Xi quickly followed behind her.
Everyone in the tent was startled, and two generals jumped up and shouted: "Who is this!"
Ling Ning was wearing a cloak so that no one could see his face clearly. He sneered and said: "I am the special envoy of the rebel army. Please surrender to my lord before dawn, otherwise I will kill you without mercy!"
The prince was about fifty years old, tall and tall. Although his hair was gray, he was full of energy. He glared and said: "Your Excellency can break in quietly, so it is extraordinary... Hey, why don't you ask sir to do it first?" How about I send this person away?"
The man with the hoarse voice was dressed in black robes and obviously didn't want people to see him clearly. Hearing this, he chuckled and said, "I'm willing to help!"
After saying that, he suddenly pulled out a long bloody knife from under his black robe and wiped it towards Ling Ning's neck!
Ling Ning knew that the other party was also a monk when he saw the heavy amount of true energy on his long sword. In order to conceal his traces, he did not use a stone sword this time, but brought an ordinary long sword, but this did not damage his skill. He calmly flipped his sword over and casually pressed it against the opponent's sword! The long knife suddenly paused, as if it was pressed down by a heavy stone. It was frozen in mid-air and could not advance any further!
The man in black robe was shocked and tried his best to draw the knife, but he couldn't pull it out!
Ling Ning sneered and said: "You hide your head and show your tail, I want to see which sect you are a disciple of!"
He reached out to grab the other person's cloak, and the person shouted in desperation! Ling Ning suddenly felt that the true energy in the sea of qi began to leak out, flowing into the opponent's body along the long knife!
"Heaven-Devouring Demonic Technique!"
Ling Ning blurted out, but she didn't expect that the successor of this magic skill was still there! When he activated the Soul Transformation Art, the true energy in his body was as if it was immobilized by the Dinghai Divine Needle and would no longer leak out!
The man in black robe was secretly happy to have sucked the opponent's true essence, but he didn't expect that he couldn't suck it anymore in an instant! He is also a thoughtful person. When he saw the other party's hand coming towards his face mercilessly, he quickly roared and sprayed out a stream of black energy!
Ling Ning had the Divine Transformation Art to protect his body and was not afraid of poisonous gas at all, but he was worried about Qin Xi behind him, so he had to retract his hand, grab Qin Xi's waist and exit the tent.
He waved his sleeves, and a hurricane suddenly came out and blew away the black air. The man in black robes had disappeared, and he obviously took the opportunity to escape. Looking at the other people in the tent, they turned into a pool of blood in an instant!
Qin Xi was so frightened that she covered her mouth, obviously she had never seen such powerful poisonous gas before.
Ling Ning was used to this scene and was very calm. In the previous exchange, he had already tested out that the true energy in the opponent's body was extremely messy. Since the other party was a practitioner of the Heaven-Devouring Demonic Art, it goes without saying that the true energy must have been absorbed from others. I just don’t know what he wants from this prince, but in any case, the matter of the Heaven-Devouring Demonic Art does not seem to be over...
Before noon on the second day, Qin Fei led a large number of cavalry to the city. Under the "coercion" of Ling Ning and others, the three armies surrendered to Qin Fei and expressed their loyalty to the death.
Ling Ning did not kill innocent people indiscriminately, but after the prince and the two generals died, he showed a little bit of the pressure of the alchemy stage to the surrounding sergeants, and successfully subdued the other generals; Qian Meier used She used some "charm" methods and didn't kill anyone. Just a look made the leader of the opponent, the prince, willingly kneel down and surrender. However, Fan Ji was tough. There were more than twenty monks hidden in the army she went to. That prince Treating these people as "secret weapons", Fan Ji slaughtered them all with her own hands without saying a word, like chopping melons and vegetables. The prince was immediately frightened to death and knelt down to beg her for mercy. Fortunately, she didn't have any special interest in killing, and she didn't go on a killing spree.
Qin Fei couldn't believe his eyes when he saw the soldiers who swore loyalty to the death in front of him. He was overjoyed and looked at Ling Ning and others to express his gratitude. Then he spent an hour quickly reorganizing his army and preparing to march to the royal city.
Fan Ji and Qian Meier took the initiative to ask for help. They jumped onto the city wall more than ten meters high in full view of everyone, and then all those who dared to stand in the way were beheaded by their swords. This group of elite guardsmen were so frightened that they surrendered when they saw that the normally arrogant monks fell to the ground and died but were unable to fight back. Even during the "game" between the three countries, it was impossible for high-level monks like Fan Ji to participate in the war. Given the huge span of ranks, these monks and mercenaries were naturally vulnerable.
Within half an hour, the suspension bridge of the royal city was slowly lowered, and Qin Fei shouted: "March!" The army slowly entered the royal city, the core of the Zhao Kingdom.
Ling Ning and the other three said they would take as little action as possible, but they rushed to the front. If they encountered any monks who dared to resist, they would kill them mercilessly! The soldiers behind them were usually fed up with the monks' anger, and under the leadership of the three men, they stepped forward bravely. Even the imperial guards knew that the situation was over when they saw that the army had entered the city, and surrendered one after another. Only a small number of monks did not understand what their opponents were. "Terrible" still dared to resist, but soon realized the cruelty of reality, and died without exception.
When the people in the city saw the rebels entering the city, they did not cheer for joy. Instead, they closed their doors and did not dare to come out. Qin Fei's military discipline was strict, and any violators who disturbed the people were executed on the spot, so no one dared to harass the people. This move undoubtedly won the favor of the people in the city.
The gate of the Imperial City of Zhao was easily breached, and Qin Fei rushed in with all his soldiers in high spirits. The soldiers shouted to capture the "Empress" alive.
In the Huangji Palace, countless palace maids and eunuchs were in chaos, and they began to fight and plunder the treasures in the palace unscrupulously, hoping to make enough money at the last moment before escaping. On the high throne, which symbolizes imperial power, sits a woman wearing a colorful crown and a crown embroidered with the sun, moon and stars. This woman's face is as old as a sixty or seventy-year-old mother-in-law, but her hands are white and tender. Like a girl of sixteen or seventeen. There were four extremely handsome young men standing beside her, but their faces were pale due to excessive fear, and their whole bodies were shaking violently unconsciously.
The woman's face was as dark as water. When she spoke, her voice was like a girl's fairy music: "What are you afraid of?"
One of the beautiful young men trembled and said: "Princess... princess... the rebels are... coming..."
The woman's eyes turned cold and she said angrily: "What did you call me?"
Knowing that he had said the wrong thing, the beautiful young man quickly knelt down and said: "Little... little... little... I made a mistake... I made a mistake... Your Majesty... Your Majesty, please forgive me!"
The woman calmed down her anger and said calmly: "Since I made a mistake, I don't have to live anymore..."
After saying that, she suddenly took a step forward, pulled out a dagger from under her robe like lightning and stabbed the young man in the throat!
The young man screamed as blood splattered everywhere. He grabbed the woman's robe and tried to make a sound, but only large mouthfuls of blood spilled out!
"No one can betray me! I am the emperor! Ah!"
A sharp dagger suddenly penetrated her chest. She turned around in disbelief and saw the three beautiful boys she doted on day and night, all looking at her with fierce expressions and full of hatred! At this moment, they are no longer weak little kittens, but have become vicious and vicious wolf cubs!
"Why... why..."
"You vicious woman! We hate you so much! Go to hell!"
"That's right! Do you really think we all love you? We only serve you because we are afraid of you! Go to hell!"
As the sharp blades continued to fall, the eldest princess of the Zhao Kingdom and the first female emperor of the Zhao Kingdom died tragically on the jade steps.
…
It was another full moon night, and a figure appeared by the toad pond of Baima Temple.
His head was shining brightly under the moonlight, but his handsome face had a hint of doubt. He stared at the ancient yellowed scroll in his hand and murmured to himself: "Why is this happening? According to the design, there is a 'Qiyun Pagoda' in White Horse Temple, but why did it disappear... why..."
At this time, a voice appeared in his mind: "On a thought, take a closer look. Is it the White Horse Temple? Is it another temple with the same name?"
"According to the description on the design drawing, this person once designed two 'Zhaoti Temples'. One of them, 'Zhaoti Temple', was renamed 'Baima Temple'. That's right... Could it be that the Buddha's treasure is hidden in the other 'Zhaoti Temple'? "
The so-called "Zhaoti" is a transliteration of Sanskrit, which means the residence of monks from all over the world. It is thought that the eminent monk Shimo Teng lived in "Zhaoti Temple" when he came to the mortal continent to preach.
"It is not impossible. It seems that the 'Qiyun Pagoda' in the White Horse Temple has ceased to exist after thousands of years. Perhaps the real place where the Buddha treasure is hidden is in another 'Zhaoti Temple'... Is there any record of another temple on it? Where is it?"
Yi Nian looked through it carefully for a while and said excitedly: "Here it is! According to the record above... the current location should be in Dongyou!"
"Without further delay, let's rush over!"
Yi Nian nodded and put away the yellowed roll of paper, and his figure flashed and slowly disappeared into the darkness.
As soon as he stepped out of the toad pond, a big toad jumped out. This toad was huge and majestic, with eyes as red as gems. What was even more strange was that it actually had three legs! It's the Golden Toad Immortal!
It looked at the disappearing figure and murmured: "Is it him?"
A small green toad appeared behind it, and also mouthed: "It's him!"
Immortal Golden Toad pondered slightly: "I wanted to use the Buddhist conference three years ago to spread the news of the birth of the Buddha, but I didn't expect that a ruthless character would appear... Hehe... This kid has committed a serious crime and deserves to be punished for his crime. ah!"
The little green toad asked in confusion: "Why didn't you go out and kill it just now, Immortal?"
Golden Toad Immortal shook his head and said: "Ah Qing, since he has a predestined relationship with the Buddha, why do we need to interfere forcefully?" All conditioned dharma are the combination of causes and conditions. '"
Seeing the puzzled look in Toad Ah Qing's eyes, Golden Toad Immortal did not explain any more, but looked at the open space opposite the Toad Pond and murmured to himself: "It seems that the monks on Fairy Dust Continent should do a good job. It’s just a dream…”
Under the moonlight, the shadow of a tower appeared vaguely in the open space, with the three characters "Qiyun Tower" faintly written on the plaque above.
Immortal Golden Toad continued to murmur: "...Why do people turn a blind eye to something so close in front of us? 'I always live here, and with the power of my gods, I can make all living beings upside down, even if they are close, they can't see it.'"
