Hearing Shi Xuanming's roar, Changsheng turned around and saw that the only remaining Japanese pirate was throwing a smoke-generating firearm that looked like a chicken egg to the ground, and then disappeared with the smoke produced by the firearm.
Although the opponent's figure was missing, Shi Xuanming knew that the enemy was nearby, and Long Wei whirled around and danced around, attacking in all directions.
Datou had already freed his hands at this time. Since the Dragon Power was much shorter than the Green Shen Spear, fearing that the invisible Japanese pirates would escape by chance, he immediately shrugged his shoulders and raised his arms. The Yin and Yang wheels left his hands at the same time and flew out quickly, releasing Xuanming's dance. The sword flower flies around in a circular motion.
Seeing that the Yin Chakra's left-handed reverse flight was slightly delayed, Shi Xuanming immediately determined the position of his opponent, bullied himself and drew out the sword, reached out his arm and stabbed straight. With a scream of pain, the invisible Japanese pirate was hit by the knife in the chest and in the mouth. While vomiting blood, his figure appeared.
When Da Tou retracted the yin and yang wheels, Shi Xuanming also pulled out Longwei. The Japanese pirate then fell backwards and fell to the ground, vomiting blood and died.
The Japanese pirates were all killed and the war was over.
Shi Xuanming threw Long Wei back to immortality with his backhand, turned around and walked towards the stone pile on the west side, where the green sinking gun he had thrown earlier was stuck.
For fear that some Japanese pirates might not be dead, Yu Yi held Hanyue in his hand and inspected them one by one.
While Chang Sheng was looking around vigilantly, Datou and Yang Kai began to search the corpses of the dead Japanese pirates. Gold and silver came second, mainly because these Japanese pirates probably carried other important things with them.
Due to the decisive killing and tacit cooperation of the five people, the previous battle only lasted half the time of burning incense. At this time, the bonfire in the field was still burning, and the surrounding light was still sufficient.
The location of the Japanese pirates is a flat area on the mountainside. It must be the square of an abandoned ancient city. It is about ten feet square in size. There is a cave directly north of the square. To be precise, it is a stone chamber dug by humans. After looking around, there is nothing unusual. , Changsheng walked into the stone chamber to the north.
The stone room was not big, and it was very empty. Except for the cold-warming bedding and some food that the Japanese pirates carried with them, there was nothing else.
After Changsheng finished checking the Japanese pirate's bedding and walked out of the stone room, Datou and others surrounded him from all over, and the Japanese pirate's belongings were also turned out. The other Japanese pirates had nothing but hidden weapons and a small amount of gold and silver. The things found on Mitsubishi Mori's body There are many, including a compass for positioning and some magic tools needed for the method. In addition, there is a map, and this map is exactly what Yang Kai wants to find. If it were not for finding this possible map, , he will not search the body with Datou.
Yang Kai walked to Chang Sheng and handed him the map found on Mitsubishi Sen. Seeing Yang Kai's brows furrowed, Chang Sheng asked casually, "What's wrong?"
"They have been to other places before coming here." Yang Kai said.
Chang Sheng suddenly frowned when he heard this, and hurriedly took the map and spread it out to read. The map in his hand was indeed a copy of the Dragon Vein Continuation Map, and it was exactly the same as the original. Chang Sheng was not surprised that the Japanese pirate had a copy of the Dragon Vein Map in his hand, but it was surprising. What he didn't expect was that three areas on the map were circled with red pens. He was a Taoist priest and was no stranger to the color of cinnabar. The three red circles on the map were all circled with cinnabar, and Mitsubishi Mori was a Master, cinnabar is used in the practice. It can be seen that these three red circles were drawn by Mitsubishi Mori.
The three red circles are Chenlong located in the east-southeast, Maotu located due east, and Chouniu located in the north-northeast where everyone is at this time.
When Changsheng looked at the map, Datou and others were all nearby, and they all saw the three red circles on the map. They were all officials of the imperial court and knew that the red circles meant Goujue. It was very likely that there were three red circles on the map. This means that Mitsubishi Mori and others have visited these three places before.
Worried about immortality, Datou said, "The Earthly Branches here must still be there, but they also drew circles. This shows that they may have just visited these places and did not kill the Earthly Branches."
Chang Sheng knew very well that Da Tou's words were mostly comforting, so he shook his head and said, "We can't deceive ourselves. We know what the red circles mean. We must know that these dozen places are far away from each other. Even if we walk in a circle, It also takes a long time and they are unlikely to come back.”
After Chang Sheng finished speaking, Yang Kai answered, "What the prince said is indeed true, but what Big Tou said is not completely unreasonable. You must know that the earthly branches are deeply cultivated. Unless you take advantage of them when they are at their weakest, it will be difficult to harm them." .”
After Yang Kai finished speaking, Yu Yi said, "No matter how high the Earthly Branch's cultivation is, they are not immortal after all. If there are only these seven Japanese pirates in front of them, they will definitely not be the opponents of the Earthly Branches. If several big families who later arrived in Middle-earth came together, It's hard to say whether the Earthly Branches can hold it up. And have you discovered that the southeast direction where Chenlong is located is in the Jianghuai area controlled by Sun Ru, and the due east direction where Maotu is located is within Zhu Quanzhong's sphere of influence. This shows that they It was probably searched from bottom to top, all the way north."
"What Yu Yi said makes sense," Changsheng nodded and said, "That day we robbed the ship and headed eastward to the sea to bring the tiger back to the mountain. It didn't take long for the seven major families of the Japanese pirates to return to the rescue by boat. Judging from the time, when the incident happened The seven major families are not far from Jianghuai. If they were scattered in various places, they would not be able to come back so quickly."
"My lord, what do you mean?" Datou raised his head and asked.
Changsheng said, "What I mean is that the seven major families and Mitsubishi Mori probably traveled together before. We once fought against one of the families in Shuzhou. We fought so hard in that battle, and we won by a narrow margin. If the remaining seven major families, together with Mitsubishi Mori and others, besiege the Earthly Branches, the Earthly Branches may not be able to withstand it."
After Chang Sheng finished speaking, no one answered. Although no one wanted to believe that two of the Earthly Branches had been destroyed by the Japanese pirates, the fact was right in front of them and no one was allowed to deceive themselves.
After a moment of silence, Big Head pointed at the map and said, "Your Majesty, between the Rabbit and the Chou Ox due east, there is a Yin Tiger. How did they jump over this Earthly Branch?"
After being reminded by Datou, Changsheng noticed this detail. The current location of everyone was in the north-northeast, while Yinhu's location was in the east-northeast. The Mitsubishi Forest of the Earthly Branch was not circled in red.
"Is the journey too long?" Yu Yi said casually.
Changsheng did not answer. The location of Yinhu was indeed extremely remote. It had left the territory of the Tang Dynasty and was located in Silla on the Northeast Peninsula. Silla was a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty. However, in recent years, with the decline of the Tang Dynasty’s national power, I no longer come to pay tribute.
After pondering, Chang Sheng said, "They may want to kill Yin Hu when they come back."
Everyone didn't know why and looked at him one after another.
Changsheng pointed at the map and said, "At this time, the seven major families are returning to support their country. They may want to make a short detour on the way back and go to Silla by sea."
After hearing Changsheng's words and looking at the map location, everyone suddenly understood and nodded.
"Your Majesty, if we lose several earthly branches, will it have any impact on the fate of the Tang Dynasty?" Datou asked.
"There must be," Changsheng said. "I have met Youji in the desert of the Western Regions before and had a brief conversation with him. According to it, the earthly branches themselves cannot determine the destiny of the country. They need to sense the people's hearts in order to affect the destiny of the country. In fact, the real It is the people's will that determines the fate of the country, but if the Earthly Branches are gone, no matter how much the people in that area support the imperial court, they cannot prolong the fate of the country."
Datou nodded repeatedly when he heard this, "Sun Ru and Zhu Quanzhong probably also know what you said, so they took the lead in removing the earthly branches on their own territory."
Changsheng said, "It may also be because of their rebellion that the people within the territory were at odds with the imperial court. As a result, the strength of the earthly branches was greatly reduced and they were exhausted and weak, so the Japanese pirates had an opportunity to take advantage of them."
After Chang Sheng spoke, no one answered. After the silence, Da Tou asked, "Your Majesty, what should we do now? Judging from the time, they should be on their way back now. Should we rush to Silla to protect Yin Hu?"
Changsheng sighed, "It's hard to come here, let's deal with the matter in front of you first..."
