When the sword is drawn out, the shadows and figures wander.
"It passes like a shooting star!"
"You can't see anything from the side!"
"Leaves fall like leaves in the wind!"
"I don't see the waves spinning!"
It is like a man wielding a sword, but it is like a sword controlling a man.
In the courtyard, white shadows come and go without a trace, followed by cold light, and the sound of swords chirping like "whisper, buzz, buzz, buzz" is continuous. A middle-aged man with a long beard stared at the young man practicing swordsmanship in the courtyard, the admiration in his eyes hidden.
"An Bei, you've been watching it for a few months. How is it? Compared with the sword technique of catching the dragon, what's missing from my sword technique of catching the stars?" An Ruqing put away the sword, slowly sheathed it, and asked with a smile. the middle-aged man said.
The middle-aged man in black blinked and raised his head as if trying to think of something. After a long while, he replied: "Second Master, your swordsmanship is so exquisite that Anbei really can't fully understand it. If I want to comment, I can only say It's a little less thick and a little more agile. In actual combat, the outcome is unpredictable."
"Haha, An Bei, you are becoming more and more eloquent now. It is true that you are more agile but not thick enough, but it is false that the outcome is unpredictable. How can capturing the dragon be better than catching the stars?" An Ruqing said to the pavilion in the courtyard. As we walked, we turned around and called Anbei Road.
The two sat down at the stone table. An Ruqing cleaned her hands in the prepared copper plate and then asked, "You came so early, but what news came from the south?"
"Breaking news!" An Bei couldn't restrain his excitement. He stood up and whispered, "Emperor Duanmu Lan of Jue Kingdom was killed by an old Dahua Taoist priest!"
"What? Say it again!" King Duan almost jumped up and asked.
The minister ordered Liu Shiru to bow down, suppressing the excitement in his heart, and said calmly: "Chunnan General Ou Luhai sent an urgent report. In the middle of the month, there was a state funeral in Yinyang Imperial City. Duanmulan died suddenly. Prince Duanmu Jade has ascended to the throne.”
"Okay! Okay!" Duan Wangfu rubbed his palms, his face loosened and tightened, tightened and loosened again, "Duanmu Yu has just ascended the throne and will never use troops in the short term. Dahua finally has a chance to breathe. ." He breathed a heavy sigh of relief, slowly closed his eyes, and sighed softly, "Qingxuan, finally you have lived up to my great Huaxia clan!"
"Old prince, I still have something to report." Seeing that King Duan did not say anything, Liu Shiru reported again. General Ou went out of his way to intercede on behalf of one person."
"What's the matter?" King Duan asked, raising his eyebrows. He had a hunch that it was definitely not a good thing.
Liu Shiru swallowed his saliva and replied softly: "Prince Chengcan, led the people from Binan Post and the White Army to massacre 200,000 people in the northern city of Ye, Jue Kingdom." When he replied, he felt a little agitated. I couldn’t believe it, “How could an eighteen-year-old boy be so bold and bold to do such a cruel thing?”
"Chengcan massacred Beiye City?" Prince Duan sat down and was startled again, with a look of disbelief in his eyes. "Bang!" He slapped the desk hard and said angrily, "You bastard! This bastard is ruining the country's affairs!"
Beiye City is different from any other city in Jue Kingdom. This is a foreign city. Among the more than 200,000 people, nearly 20% are merchants from Shatuo, Xianma, Dahua, and Xue Kingdom who come here to do business. Although Shatuo, Xianma and Xue Kingdom are not friendly to Dahua, they are not forced to subvert each other. They are completely different from Jue Kingdom.
Shatuo's 200,000 Eastern Expedition Army had already reached Suzhou, but Dahua only drove them out and did not assemble the army for a full-scale war because they did not want to form a mortal enemy with them. Dahua's national strength is far less than before, and it really cannot support it from making enemies on all sides.
Only in Jue Kingdom, the monarchs of all generations worked hard and thought of heading north to regain their lost homeland. Therefore, there is only one real old enemy of Dahua, and that is Jue State. Both the Xia family and the Duanmu family know that there will be a decisive battle between the two sides. This is fate.
If Shatuo, Xianma, and Xue Kingdom are determined to form an alliance with Jue Kingdom because of this matter, Dahua has already tried its best to deal with Jue Kingdom without any chance of winning, let alone one against four?
"Old prince, it is an indisputable fact that His Royal Highness Prince Zhi was ambushed by the Jue Kingdom and passed away. The Crown Prince Chengcan was heartbroken after losing his father, so it was inevitable that he would act a little extreme. I hope you can forgive him!" Liu Shiru knelt down on the ground and prayed for Xia Chengcan. plead.
"Alas!" Prince Duan sighed sadly, and said, "We can't rush this matter for a while. Let the emperor make the decision himself after the emperor's dragon body recovers. Alas, Chengcan." Among the princes and princes, he always valued the most. This is Xia Chengcan. Knowing that he made such a big mistake, it really hurts and regrets him.
"Have you heard? A white-haired old man from Dahua, with one man and one sword, went to the Yinyang Imperial City of Jue Kingdom and killed their emperor Duanmu Lan!" In the tea shop, a middle-aged man dressed as a businessman said The three people at the same table said.
"Hey, really? Then brother, where did you get the news? How is this possible!" The dark-faced man sitting across from him put down his tea cup and asked curiously.
When the man dressed as a businessman saw someone talking to him, he was very interested and replied: "Brother, I came to the capital from Chu Nan to do business. When I was passing by Pinan, I heard this from a fellow rice merchant on the road. I don't know whether it is true or not. But since With this statement, I guess it is unreasonable.”
"Haha, where is the lie? It can't be true anymore!" A bald old man at the next table picked up the conversation and said with a smile.
Hearing that there was an "insider" here, everyone in the tea shop gathered around, and one person asked: "My father-in-law, what do you mean by this? Why didn't we listen to such a outrageous thing?" Pass?"
The bald old man took a sip of tea, cleared his throat and said, "Hey, my Yaozi used to work as a waiter in a restaurant in Yinyang. In previous years, he only came back once at the end of the year. I didn't want to come back suddenly yesterday. It was said that Taoist priests from Dahua broke into the palace and killed their emperor. Jia soldiers from Jue State were all over the streets looking for him. The restaurant owner was worried that the government would anger the Dahua people in Yinyang, so he paid him a salary and let him Came back."
"Hey, is this really happening? Who is this old Taoist? He is so powerful!" The tea shop owner also came over and asked, "This is incredible!"
"Hey, brother, has the Taoist leader not been caught?" A white-haired old man squeezed forward and asked.
The bald old man shook his head and replied, "On the second day after the accident, my Taoist man came back with the Dahua caravan from the north. I don't know what happened next. However, the old Taoist priest killed him with one person. The emperor of the Jue Kingdom is naturally more skilled than anyone else, so he probably won't be easily captured."
"Yes, the methods of such an expert are incredible. It's no big deal for ordinary soldiers. If they can make it out of the imperial city alive, they will probably be fine!" A strong young man said loudly, with admiration on his face. "It's a pity that I can't know the master's Taoist name. Otherwise, I, Xiong Sanba, will worship him as my teacher no matter what and learn a good skill!"
