Seven years ago, there was Dengzhou City on the Hedong Road of the Great Zhou Dynasty, only separated from the Japanese by a sea.
Dengzhou City is close to the sea, and it is really uncomfortable to have the slightest cool breeze blowing on this dull summer night.
The main palace of Dengzhou City was a post established during the Great Zhou Dynasty just to satisfy the deployment of one's own children. It was dispensable. I dare not say that it is unique, but it is not just the rich and powerful or the children of officials who can hold this position. After all, such a blatant arrangement of such a position with no real power but with real power is definitely not something that a feudal official can receive. .
The City Lord's Mansion is far away from the bustling city, and is located in the north of the city. The cliffs here are thousands of meters high, and the entire East China Sea is unobstructed. Looking up to the south, the entire sea city is bustling with people, the sea breeze, the sound of the sea, and the slightest coolness. It is indeed a good place.
It's just that this place that should have been quite pleasant is now shrouded in a sense of solemnity.
In the courtyard in front of the city lord's palace, there was a tall and beautiful woman with waist-length hair, wearing only a single piece of clothing. It looked like she had just gotten out of bed. She stood across the water stone of more than ten feet in the courtyard, holding her hand with one hand. Holding the sword, he looked at the twelve men in white with murderous expressions on their faces.
"Ningzhiyu, you and your brother were adopted by the Ye family when they were still in their infancy. From being young to getting married and having children, you are now sitting high and high in Dengzhou City, listening to orders but not announcing. Even if the old man has not arranged everything, , but it also saves your family a lot of trouble."
It's ridiculous to say that the most mysterious Yejia organization in the Great Zhou Dynasty, even some Yejia people may not have seen the boss of the Yejia's twelve dead soldiers, Shu Wuya, the Zishu ranked first according to the twelve earthly branches, looked at the whole body The cool and beautiful woman, this Ningzhiyu who had grown up in front of them since she was a child, clearly showed a hint of reluctance in her questioning tone.
"Mr. Ye just wanted me to ask, why are you here?"
We were a very close family back then, but now we have to fight against each other. How can we not feel uncomfortable?
Her jade-like face is like a peach blossom, and the evening breeze lifts up her skirt and robes from time to time, giving her a different kind of charm in the night. Looking at these elders, the originally flustered mood became calmer for no reason.
Ningzhiyu must have known about the pawns. Although she was only famous and had never met her, she had been following her uncle since she was a child, and she would naturally meet these twelve people from time to time. However, she never expected that they would be the world-renowned and unique killers. A pawn for more than ten years.
The twelve of them have been taken by the head of the Ye family since they were young, and have received training in the Ye family that is beyond what ordinary people can bear. Not to mention other things, as far as she knows, in these years, the twelve of them have been in the two circles just because of their reputation. This extreme Ye Clan leader left countless fatal wounds at nightfall.
Fortunately, most of them are still alive. Fortunately, these twelve people who have known each other since childhood but do not know their true identities are still standing in front of him.
Therefore, Ningzhiyu absolutely believed in their abilities.
When Ningzhiyu and her younger brother were young, the Di tribe in the northwest was instigated by the Gur Dynasty in the far west, intending to split the Zhou Dynasty and establish the Xirong regime. They then sent 50,000 troops to invade eastward and plundered thirteen cities in one state.
Ningzhiyu's family is in Shacheng among these thirteen cities.
No one expected that the prosperous and peaceful Zhou Dynasty would encounter such a disaster. Ningzhiyu's father unfortunately died in the war. It was at that time that Ningzhiyu's mother took her two siblings to seek refuge with her aunt, Ye San. More grandma.
At that time, Xirong was secretly aided by the Ghur dynasty, and its arrogance was so high that no one among the generals of the Zhou Dynasty could defeat its power.
At that time, Ye Mulin, who had just entered the court from the rivers and lakes, also thought that he could make some achievements and stop the mouths of the group of civil servants and officials in the court who were shouting all day long, "How can uncultured Jianghu fools enter the court?" , Mao Sui recommended himself, issued a military order, and led 10,000 soldiers who were several times weaker than the enemy to march west.
It is not like what is recorded in the history books, such as strategizing and decisive victory over thousands of miles, or fighting against the odds. The battle to conquer the West that made Nightfall famous all over the world and shocked the court, only showed his courage that was far beyond ordinary people.
Because the reason why Xirong's rebellion was put down at nightfall was because of these twelve pawns who risked their lives for him and the Ye family.
That was also the famous battle of the Twelve Horsemen. At that time, the average age of the twelve men was only thirteen or fourteen, and they traveled westward with light equipment. In order to avoid Xirong's interrogation, twelve people stayed awake for three days and nights and risked their lives to cross the sandy sea, which is rumored to be a place where birds never return and old horses never return. They went deep into the hinterland of Xirong and assassinated the emperor of Xirong in Shanhuan City, the capital of Xirong. As a result, the Xirong army was leaderless, and its ministers were divided like a pile of scattered sand. They were annihilated by the army at night, taking advantage of the situation.
From then on, the twelve young men became famous in the Great Zhou Dynasty. From then on, whenever they encountered difficult problems, regardless of internal or external troubles, wherever they appeared at night, these twelve people would be there.
From temples to rivers and lakes, from assassinations to battlefields, in ten or twenty years, Nightfall rose step by step from a fifth-grade guerrilla general to the only king with a different surname in the Zhou Dynasty. Panshan became a fiefdom, and at the same time, the Ye family's twelve frontmen also became famous and powerful both inside and outside.
Or someone might say that the Ye family's twelve front soldiers are the reminders in the Hall of the King of Hell.
As soon as Ningzhiyu thought of this, she looked at the twelve familiar and unfamiliar people in front of her and felt funny at her own thoughts.
"For what?" Ningzhiyu smiled charmingly, and under the moonlight, coupled with her mature charm, it was quite charming.
As if thinking about this question, Ningzhiyu looked at Dizhizishu, who was called Shu Wuya by outsiders, "For what? What did you say it was for? What did you say I did it for?" Ningzhiyu asked three times in a row, as if Madness.
"Ning Jia for me!"
Ningzhiyu gave the answer herself and ended the conversation.
The huge courtyard became silent, but the croaking frogs in the pond seemed particularly harsh.
Shu Wuya is a servant. Even though he has been following the nightfall for decades, and even though he knows everything about the Ye family, he is just a servant.
Don't ask about internal matters.
Shu Wuya understands.
Once you enter the Hou family, it is like the depth of the sea. The more you know, the less your head is yours.
"Ye Mulin was in a state of decline back then. It was because my aunt didn't mind him and refused to listen to her family's dissuasion and insisted on marrying Ye Mulin who had accomplished nothing! It was my Ning family who helped him get to where he is now step by step! Without my Ning family, a few years ago, we would have been He died ten years ago! But what about him? Shu Wuya, you have followed Ye Mulin for so many years and you don't know? How did he do it?" Ningzhiyu's last few words were hoarse, as if she was crazy.
"The position has changed after it was stable. After my aunt passed away, he ignored my Ning family. Ten years ago, my Ning family had an accident. How did he do it? You know better than me, right?" No wait for Shu Wuya answered, and Ningzhiyu said to herself, "What kind of damage did our Ning family let those horse thieves do, and what did he do at night?"
"Have you ever thought about why the old man let Yulu become a soldier in the Western Regions in the first place?" Shu Wuya asked back, "Is it because he can fight?"
"My Ning family has been wiped out, what will happen if I let my brother go there?" Ningzhiyu said angrily, "What did he do when those horse thieves first started causing trouble?"
Shu Wuya didn't know how to answer Ningzhiyu's almost paranoid statement. Once this person was aroused, he couldn't pull him back.
"This is not an excuse for you to collude with the Japanese bandits." A man came out from behind Shu Wuya, with a strange and obvious cinnabar birthmark on his face, and said.
Ningzhiyu recognized him. When she was young, she often played on the shoulder of this little uncle who was about ten years older than her, saying that his piece of cinnabar looked like a horse.
Without him, this person's true identity is the horse of the twelve pawns, and the only one among the twelve named Ye Yuan.
Ningzhiyu sneered, and the laughter was somewhat permeable in this late night, "Colluded with the Japanese thieves? What a big hat. Tell me, why did I collude? The Japanese pirates thought that the old guy didn't help them in the Great Zhou Dynasty at nightfall. To make greater profits, I just told them about the old guy’s whereabouts. Is this called collusion?”
"But you know, the Japanese killer almost killed the prince!" The one who spoke was still Ye Yuan, the real person in charge of the Twelve Horsemen. His words made Ningzhiyu stunned.
Slowly walking to the front of the twelve horsemen, Ye Yuan sighed and said, "Isn't everything the old man did just for the Ye family? Don't talk about others. You can call the wind and rain in this Dengzhou City, and Yulu can serve as the governor in the Western Regions." General Wei, aren't they all protected by the prince? The old man can't do everything personally. He can only do his best to protect the Ye family and protect the intricate relationships under the towering tree of the Ye family. Do you have it? Consider it? If he helps the Japanese, I, the Zhou Dynasty, will suffer losses in the future. If he is blamed, where will this big family go? "
Ye Yuan paused for a moment, then said in a much sharper tone, "But you, what have you done in the past few years, do you really think that others don't know about it? You have cultivated party members and made Dengzhou City a mess. You really treat Dengzhou City as your own backyard. Now? Even the old man doesn’t care anymore? The prince knows it very well, but he doesn’t want to say anything to you. He always feels that he owes you too much because of the Ning family’s destruction, so he can just turn a blind eye and let it pass. As long as we don't make too big a fuss, I'll let you take care of everything. But the game you set up is too crude. Ningzhiyu, don't forget, you are guilty of colluding with outsiders to destroy our great Zhou Dynasty."
Ningzhiyu was obviously stunned, and was about to speak again, but heard Ye Yuan continue: "Hege Wangyou has already told the third young master."
Ningzhiyu was completely stunned.
Ye Yuan said slowly: "Do you remember when the Japanese envoys He Ge Wangyou came to our court to proclaim themselves ministers, and when they came out of the Forbidden City, they paid a visit to the old man, and then who did they meet?"
It seems that Ye Yuan had no intention of asking her to answer this question, so he continued: "Wage Wangyou and the third young master have a heart-to-heart relationship, but the deputy envoy Kusugarin is also colluding with you like a wolf. Do you think Yue Xia No one knows about the conspiracy, but don’t forget that he is a deputy envoy after all.”
After all, the words broke the window paper, and Ningzhiyu was completely shocked and lost her mind.
"Prince Lin Lai asked me to tell you something." Ye Yuan threw down the last straw that broke the camel's back, "If you don't get the first move, how can you plan for the whole situation? If you take ten pictures, you can kill the leader."
Ningzhiyu was stunned, she had lost the first move in this game of chess.
Shu Wuya, who had a gentle nature, still couldn't bear to see Ningzhiyu's desolate look, and continued: "After all, Mr. Ye still misses the old feelings, so I just let you fool around in Dengzhou City. I just hope you can live an honest life. I just never thought, You are still insisting on trying to overthrow the great Zhou Dynasty with the Japanese. Are you really thinking that an insect egg can turn into a dragon when it encounters the wind? Zhiyu, what do you mean by this? Do you really want to turn your family affairs into a national feud? "
Ningzhiyu laughed, first lightly, then slowly laughed, and just laughed loudly in the courtyard without any response. It took a long time to stop laughing, and she let the tears of laughter hang in the corners of her eyes without wiping them away. Go, "Whatever you say now is the truth of the night. I am afraid that this old man has long wanted to get rid of the last few people in our Ning family, so as not to burden him and hinder him. Can you solve me?" Are you going to find Yulu? How about arbitrarily arranging some charges for him, so that we two siblings can be companions on the road to hell? "
Ye Yuan, who was helpless against Ningzhiyu's paranoid thoughts, was speechless and could only sigh.
"Zhiyu, it's useless to talk more. Don't blame us people for being merciless."
Shu Wuya who was speaking had his hands behind his back, and when he reached back he had a scimitar.
Like the crescent moon in the sky, it is white.
Ningzhiyu felt a little funny about her idea again.
It turns out that the Ye family's twelve front soldiers also have weapons.
Twelve scimitars, against the moonlight, illuminated the main hall in a terrifying way.
"mom!"
Behind the screen in the main hall, a shadow suddenly appeared and rushed out, protecting Ningzhiyu behind him.
Everyone knows who she is.
Even if he had been standing on the wall, planning to watch the final journey of the sister who had watched him grow up in the middle of the night, he could still tell who it was just by listening to the voice.
She is a niece who is almost the same age as herself, General Zheng.
"You are not allowed to touch my mother, or I will kill you!"
These words came from the mouth of a teenage girl, which surprised the twelve people opposite.
The Twelve Horsemen have followed Ye Mulin for more than twenty years. They have watched the younger members of the Ye family grow up, and they will kill anyone who wants to kill them, even Ning Zhiyu, a branch of the Ye family who has committed a serious crime.
But if they really wanted to take action against this child, even if they did it in front of the child, they would really have a hard time.
When we were in a dilemma, we heard Ye San Geng, who had been hiding in the dark, say: "Uncle Shao'er, let's go."
Night on the wall suddenly spoke, but Ningzhiyu was also stunned.
He is actually here too? !
This younger brother who had grown up by his side would not greet him when he came, and even if he spoke a word, there would be no emotion at all.
In an instant, the tears that Ningzhiyu had suppressed for a long time burst their banks.
She really watched him grow up little by little. From the time he was born to when she came to Dengzhou City, she remembered the first time he spoke, the first time he got into trouble, she remembered the first time he made the old man angry, he said She remembered his childish tone when he wanted to enter the library to learn martial arts. She remembered that when he came out of the pavilion and waved his hands, he knocked down the yellow leaves of the old tree in front of the pavilion. She also remembered that after his mother died, he vowed to give his mother a name in the World Expo.
She even remembered that she was jealous because he was too close to Ye Xiayou.
But now, why can't he even see himself?
"Third watch, when did you come?" Ningzhiyu looked at the blurry figure on the wall through her tears, "Why don't you come down to see me, you know me, this is not what I originally thought."
What he said was incoherent, and the stubborn and extreme look he had just shown was gone.
In the middle of the night, he didn't answer Ningzhiyu's words. Looking at the motionless front soldiers, he knew what they were thinking.
"Don't worry, I'll explain it to the old man when I get back."
After saying that, he turned around in the middle of the night.
"Third update..."
There was another hoarse shout, and he paused slightly in the middle of the night.
"Third update, it's really not what you think." Ningzhiyu cried even harder.
Ye Sangen sneered, jumped off the wall, and disappeared.
I'm afraid that this time, I will cut off my relationship with this sister with a clean slate.
Ye San Geng thought so.
