Yang Ji was about to leave when suddenly a discordant voice came from his ears:
"So many people died this time, and they all must have been unjust to the new General Langya!"
"If he hadn't insisted on his own way, how could so many people have died?"
"That is, no one would have thought that Yi Xiantian, who looks like a human being, is actually a monster. He was originally intended to harm the imperial court."
"If you let a monster general take the lead and lead the people of the court to fight against the evil cult, wouldn't that be like throwing yourself into a trap?"
"That's right, that's right..."
…
Everyone was talking a lot.
"What?!"
Yang Ji was walking on the street, and his pupils suddenly shrank when he heard these words. Whoa! With a wave of his sleeves, he appeared next to the porter on the street almost instantly, grabbed his collar, and lifted him off the ground.
Lifted it up.
"What are you talking about? Tell me again?"
Yang Ji looked at the porter who was stunned and trembling with fear, and said in a deep voice.
"I, I don't know what you are talking about?"
The porter had a look of fear on his face, and the people around him also backed away with a look of fear on their faces.
"Who are you calling a monster? Do you know that spreading the word like this is an attack on the imperial official?"
Yang Ji said in a deep voice.
Unexpectedly, after hearing Yang Ji's words, the porter, who had looked frightened before, instantly became quiet.
"Put your hands down, I'm not talking nonsense."
The porter grabbed Yang Ji's hands and said angrily:
"I am not talking nonsense, but the military masters who escaped said it themselves. And there are not just one or two. I heard that General Tailing and General Hirano personally reported this matter to the court. Do you not believe it?
,ask them?”
The porter pointed to the other traders around him and said.
"That's right, that's right! This is not what we said, it came from the court..."
"Even the generals at the edge of the town said so. When General Hirano and others entered the city gate, their faces were as black as charcoal. I saw it with my own eyes!"
"That's right, the door of the General's Mansion is closed now, just for this reason!"
…
I understood why Yang Ji was angry. These people were no longer afraid. They all rushed to speak.
"What are these rumors about? Is there something I didn't notice when I was breaking out?"
Yang Ji was stunned. He was filled with doubts. It would be easy for a person to say this, but when it came to General Hirano and the others, Yang Ji believed that these people would never have such courage.
Rumors often do not involve specific details. It is not a trivial matter to slander the generals of the imperial court, but these people swear by it, it seems that it is not as simple as rumors. - Could it be that when the battle is about to end, there is really any change in myself?
Didn't notice?
Yang Ji's heart was filled with ups and downs. When he thought about it carefully, he realized that he had no idea what was happening outside when he was dealing with the "evil spirits".
And after defeating the evil spirits, he immediately broke out and left. These changes might have happened after he left.
"Snapped!"
Yang Ji loosened his fingers, let go of the porter, and stuffed another banknote over.
The atmosphere in Langya City is strange, and the "military soldiers" patrolling around seem to be absent-minded. To describe it in one sentence, people are panicked.
Yang Ji kept hearing various rumors along the way. Rumors about Yi Xiantian kept appearing and tended to get worse.
"I wonder how Wang Xian and the others are doing?"
Yang Ji suddenly thought of Wang Xian.
At the school grounds of Langya City, Yang Ji met Wang Xian.
"Wang Xian! I knew you would come back."
Seeing Wang Xian, Yang Ji's mood improved a lot. He took a few "armed soldiers" from Pingchuan City with him and had some treatment for the wounds on his body. However, the armor looked tattered, with half-inch deep wounds on the surface.
The sword marks were crisscrossed and looked shocking, as if they had experienced a fierce battle when they broke through.
"Yang Ji."
Wang Xian looked at Yang Ji, his eyes lit up, and a smile appeared in his originally low gaze:
"You came just in time. I met the imperial soldiers who escaped with you. I knew you were okay, so I came back directly. After seeing you, I made preparations and set off back to Pingchuan City."
"So fast?"
Yang Ji was a little surprised. It had only been one day since yesterday's battle, and Wang Xian had already started preparing to return:
"Did Yi Xiantian agree?"
Yang Ji's first reaction was that Yi Xiantian would not agree. The imperial court had just suffered a new defeat, and it was time to hire people. If the Tianyin Sect suddenly counterattacked and broke into Langya City, it would be dangerous.
"It was approved by General Hirano."
Wang Xian smiled bitterly:
"Now in Langya City, General Pingye, General Tailing, and General Yi... something happened to General Yi and he temporarily retreated behind the scenes.
"Something happened?"
Yang Ji raised his eyebrows, remembering the rumors he heard when he entered the city, and immediately felt something fishy:
"What happened?"
"This is it..."
Wang Xian's gaze averted for a moment, and the surrounding soldiers also evaded their gazes, and none of them dared to look at Yang Ji.
"What's going on? Can't I tell you too?"
Yang Ji's heart sank.
"Hey, Brother Yang, it's not that this matter cannot be discussed, but it involves the secrets of the imperial court..."
Wang Xian looked around cautiously and found that there were not many people on the campus. He gritted his teeth and said:
"Walls have ears. This matter is very sensitive now... Come on, follow me."
In a hidden corner of the school grounds, Wang Xian sent two soldiers from Pingchuan City to guard outside. After seeing that there was no one around, he said to Yang Jida:
"Yang Ji, I won't hide it from you. There are a lot of opinions and rumors in Langya City right now. I believe you have heard it."
"You mean, those rumors are true?"
Yang Ji's heart sank.
"This is not a rumor, but a fact!"
Wang Xian looked at Yang Ji seriously and gave a surprising answer:
"When we broke through, General Yi suddenly demonized and transformed into a huge monster. Many people saw it with their own eyes, including the four generals Pingye and Tailing who witnessed it with their own eyes!"
boom!
One stone stirred up a thousand waves, and it was as if a huge rock had been dropped into Yang Ji's inner lake, and a stormy sea broke out all of a sudden.
"How can it be?!"
Yang Ji opened his eyes wide. He could hardly believe his ears. Yi was born to be aloof and arrogant, and Yang Ji didn't have much affection for him, but he never thought that he could actually be a monster.
But look at Wang Xian's serious look. It doesn't look like a joke.
"what is going on?"
Yang Ji understood that when he had a conflict with Song Li and the others, something must have happened in the thick fog behind them. It was just that at that time, none of them paid attention.
"It's a long story."
Wang Xian sighed:
"You also know that the situation at that time was very complicated. There were many masters of the Tianyin Sect, and everyone was busy breaking out. At that time, General Yi stayed behind to break up the rear. But the Tianyin Sect leader came back much faster than everyone imagined. One Tianyin
It would be difficult to deal with the deputy cult leader, plus the Tianyin cult leader. The situation at that time, if it were not for General Yi, the consequences would be disastrous!..."
In Wang Xian's narration, Yang Ji finally knew what happened while he was away. Things were far more complicated and serious than he imagined.
The leader of the Tianyin cult came back again and suddenly appeared, leaving no one with historical records. A large number of court masters died at that moment, including the two great generals Qingchuan and Wenluan.
The two generals of Pingye and Tailing were also seriously injured. Everyone who failed to break through was facing disaster. Even everyone who had escaped might be caught up by the leader of Tianyin and beheaded one by one.
The situation was dangerous. At that moment, Yi Xiantian suddenly let out a roar and turned into a half-human, half-monster monster with a demonic aura billowing from his body, blocking the leader of Tianyin and others.
At that moment, everyone was dumbfounded. The two generals Pingye and Tailing were even more shocked. The general who had been entrusted with the important task by the imperial court turned out to be a monster. This was something no one could imagine in the historical data.
Pingye and Tailing, a general with a tough and upright personality, could not accept this fact at all. So after returning, he took the initiative to report to the court and requested that Yi Xiantian be removed from his position as General Langya.
Such a big thing happened in Langya County. Thousands of elites and sect disciples died. It is not an exaggeration to describe it as total annihilation. This caused a great shock to the higher-ups.
So we basically got a reply that day, and a powerful general at the level of "General" was directly dispatched from Taiyizhou Prefecture to take over Yi Xiantian's role.
Yi Xiantian's position was immediately replaced by two generals, Pingye and Tailing. The first wave of people to guard Langya Border County and suppress the Tianyin Sect were already on the way and would arrive at Langya County soon.
This is the main reason why Wang Xian can return to Xia Pingchuan City with confidence at this time.
"...Therefore, even though this happened, everyone has no complaints against General Yi. If he hadn't held back Tianyin Cult Leader, many people would have died. However, the rumors have spread, and they can't be stopped no matter what.
It’s unstoppable. Now everyone is saying that General Yi has demon blood flowing in his body..."
Wang Xian sighed.
After hearing this, Yang Ji was filled with emotion. No one could have expected this kind of thing. There was such a risk under the seemingly calm surface.
"Yang Ji, Langya City is in chaos right now. I will go back to Pingchuan City soon. You should return to your sect when you have time."
Wang Xian finally said.
Yang Jin hummed and nodded. But he thought of the "Book of Great Confucianism" in his mind. The Tieguan Sect had to go back, but before that, he still needed to find the "Book of Great Confucianism" mentioned by the Confucian and Taoist senior.
"Are you Yang Ji?"
After saying goodbye to Wang Xian, Yang Ji was about to leave. Suddenly, two tall soldiers blocked Yang Ji's way at the entrance of the school field.
"The general has an order for you to come with us."
One of the soldiers said expressionlessly.
"General? Which general?"
Yang Ji raised his eyebrows and said.
"What other general there is, of course General Yi Xiantian Yi!"
The soldier said.
"ah?"
Yang Ji was surprised. Didn't it mean that Yi Xiantian was retreating behind the scenes and the General's Mansion closed its doors to welcome guests? Why did he suddenly come to him?
"I have only met Yi Xiantian a few times, why would he come to me?"
Yang Ji felt secretly strange.
"Come with me."
Before Yang Ji could think more, two tall soldiers had turned around and led the way.
"Go in and have a look."
Yang Ji hesitated for a moment and quickly followed.