Yan'er saw Su Feng and Hui Yan leaving, and hurriedly followed them from a distance. Su Hui walked quickly towards the Warcraft Forest in the north, and tried to choose a quiet and uninhabited place, and soon walked into a place
Not a dense forest.
Yan'er also followed into the forest and saw only the dancing shadows of the trees, but could not find any sign of the two of them. When she was anxious, she suddenly heard a woman's voice behind her: "Why are you following us, girl?"
Yan'er was startled and immediately turned around to see Su Hui standing seven or eight steps behind her, looking at her warily.
Yan'er asked hurriedly: "Are these two Su Feng and Hui Yan?"
The young man and woman looked at each other, and Su Feng asked: "Excuse me, girl, who are you?"
Yan'er thought to herself: It seems that she has found the right one! She replied: "I am... this... Lu Jing's... girlfriend, I guess. My name is Wu Yan'er. Lu Jing asked me to go to this "No Hungry Will Not Sit" restaurant in Yinglie Town.
"I was looking for you in the restaurant, but I sat in the restaurant and in the inn room opposite for a long time. I didn't see you, so I wandered on the street. Then I saw you... using force with the officers and soldiers. It really scared me to death!"
Hui Yan chuckled and said, "Did Lu Jing tell you that he fought with us? That's scary!"
After the three people confirmed each other's identities, they started chatting affectionately.
Su Feng told Yan'er that when Lu Jing disappeared after a fierce battle with the Netherworld Black Tiger, the five of them cremated the bodies of dozens of comrades and then began to search for Lu Jing. They followed the river in the forest to the outskirts of Qufu, but unexpectedly
Lu Jing's tombstone was discovered.
The five of them were sad at first, but soon discovered that the tomb was several years old, and those buried in it were definitely not their comrades. The five of them lived incognito in Qufu, secretly inquiring about Lu Jing, and even wanted to go
Assassination Tian Gang had not seen the announcement of looking for them until two days ago. He couldn't help being surprised, so he hurried to Yinglie Town to meet them.
Su Feng and Hui Yan deliberately concealed Yao Fangyi's affairs from Yan'er.
Yan'er told Su Hui and Su Hui: Lu Jing entered the palace as an actor. Later, by chance, he was favored by the monarch and promoted to a high official. Because he was anxious to handle an important matter, he wanted to invite several former
Friends with strong martial arts skills come to help.
Su Feng frowned and said, "But now that the monarch has been killed and Tian Gang is in power, it may be very dangerous for Brother Lu to stay in the court."
Yan'er suddenly became anxious and said, "What should we do?"
Hui Yan said: "Then let's go to Qufu quickly to understand the situation first and then make a decision."
Yan'er said: "Okay! Hey, there are three more of you?"
Su Feng said: "Teng Qiang walks too slowly, so he did not come to Yinglie Town and still stayed in Qufu. Tang Yi and Xinlian lived with us in the inn opposite the "No Hungry Sit" restaurant. The one you stayed with was
The same family. Now the two of them are in the room...this...haha! Stop talking, go and call them out!"
They called the disheveled Tang Yi and Xin Lian out of the room, told them the whole story, and then immediately checked out the two guest rooms, hired a good one-person carriage for Yan'er, and the four of them got on their horses.
The five of them rushed to Qufu together.
Two hours later, it was already late at night. They found an inn in a small town to rest, and set off again at dawn the next day. They entered Qufu City only after dark.
They first went to Yan'er and Lu Jing's home to rest, while Su Feng rode alone and took Teng Qiang, who lived in the woods on the outskirts, to Yan'er's home.
They discussed for a while and agreed that they should go to the palace early tomorrow morning to find a way to make peace with Lu Jing.
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The next day was Xinsi Day, which was an important day scheduled for Tian Gang to ascend the throne as the king of Lu.
As soon as it dawned, the six of them came to the street. They saw that the usually bustling shopping street had very few pedestrians today. Every merchant was ordered to put up lights and colors and hang solemn or festive banners, the content of which was nothing more than "Congratulations."
"The new king has ascended the throne" and "the country will be peaceful and the people will be safe from now on" and other unscrupulous flattery.
Walking in the streets and alleys, soldiers on guard and patrol could be seen everywhere. When they inquired, they learned that in addition to the more than 40,000 "Beijing Protectors" originally stationed on the outskirts of the capital, there were more than 30,000 "Beijing Protectors" stationed in Qufu City from the south.
"Guardian", and the commander of "Guardian" Zeng Huo was promoted to this position by Tian Gang three years ago. The number of these two troops accounted for 30% of the total strength of the Lu Army.
Due to the temporary road control ordered by Tian Gang, the five people could not ride horses in public, nor could they hire a carriage, so they had to walk to the palace.
Since everyone's walking speed was very different, they discussed it and finally decided to rush to the palace to prepare for the unexpected situation as early as possible.
After driving for a while, the gap became apparent: Su Feng had excellent light skills, so he was far ahead of everyone else, followed by Tang Yi, not far behind was Hui Yan, and fourth was Xin Lian, who was usually good at shopping.
Yan'er is far behind Xin Lian who knows martial arts, and Teng Qiang is obviously behind Yan'er, but his endurance is obviously stronger than Yan'er.
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Qufu Royal Palace.
Although Tian Gang stipulated that all civil and military officials in the capital must enter the palace on time at the second quarter of Mao hour, just after the quarter of Mao hour, officials of all sizes were already standing outside the palace gate.
Officials gathered in twos and threes, bowing their hands or whispering. No one dared to speak loudly. Some people who had always been on good terms with Tian Gang were optimistic that they would be promoted, while officials who were not on good terms with Tian Gang were worried.
Uneasy and worried about being demoted or even killed, some people plan to find opportunities to show their loyalty, while others plan to resign and return home, away from this seemingly beautiful but actually dangerous power field.
Just after the second quarter of the hour, several young eunuchs opened the palace gate on time. Their actions were uniform and extremely standard. The officials walked into the palace gate in order according to their rank. Under the guidance of the five ceremonial eunuchs, the officials lined up.
Two columns filed in. First, they passed through a wide square made of white stones. In front of them was an artificial river paved with beautiful white stones, with five neat bridges on the river.
The middle bridge is the widest and is only used by the highest-status monarchs, queens and crown princes. The two middle bridges are slightly narrower and are used by princes, princes, and first- and second-rank officials. The third-rank bridge has the largest number of people.
Officials of and below can only walk on the two narrowest bridges at the edge.
According to their respective status, the officials, led by the eunuch who was responsible for the ceremony, walked across the four bridges with carved railings and painted bricks, and came to the square outside the main hall of the palace to wait.
On this square, there were nearly a thousand priests, eunuchs, maids and musicians dressed in various costumes who were already waiting.
They lined up in a neat queue, each taking his place, standing quietly, with solemn expressions, not daring to move, just like clay and wood sculptures. Only when they blinked could they tell that these were living people.
The core of this formation is a huge yellow umbrella held by four maids at the gate of the main hall. Apparently, this yellow umbrella was prepared for the new monarch Tian Gang.
After all the officials were in place, the musicians began to play music. First there was a shocking sound of war drums, followed by an ensemble of wind instruments, wind instruments and silk and bamboo instruments. The timbre and melody were extremely melodious and pleasant, showing a superb level of performance.
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After a while, the music ended. An old priest with the highest rank in the Lu Kingdom came to the center line of the square, turned his back to the yellow umbrella cover ten steps away, and began to endorse loudly. The content was nothing more than: the late king and the royal heirs
Unfortunately, I was poisoned by a traitor and passed away on a crane. The prime minister, Tian Gang, was highly respected and talented, so God gave me Da Lu.
Prime Minister Jintian executed the regicide and rebellious Hua Longyang, and with the approval of the Emperor of Zhou, he was supported by the officials and the people, and supported by the royal family. He succeeded to the throne of Dalu as the king, which was expected by the public and was a great blessing to the country.
When the old priest said this, everyone saw a man wearing a black monarch's costume and a royal crown walking out of the main hall. The man's walking posture was very strange.
Of course, this person is the real regicide murderer Tian Gang. Behind Tian Gang are four guards, following him more than ten steps away, looking around with cold eyes. They are obviously masters of martial arts.
Although Tian Gang has had a prominent position below one person and above ten thousand people for more than ten years, he is still a minister after all. According to the regulations of the Zhou Dynasty for more than 800 years, the walking posture of a minister is different from that of a monarch.
Same.
So although Tian Gang has been working hard to practice the king's walking style in recent days, firstly because of time constraints, and secondly because he lacks talent in this area, his current walking style is very weird and ugly, and even several times when he steps, his left side
When he steps forward, he throws his left hand forward, and when he steps forward with his right foot, he throws his right hand forward, which is extremely ridiculous. If it were not for such a solemn and terrifying occasion, I am afraid that many people would not be able to help laughing after seeing it.
With great difficulty, Tian Gang used the newly learned king's posture to walk under the yellow umbrella canopy and stood still. The old priest walked up to Tian Gang and bowed respectfully. Tian Gang looked proud and satisfied.
With an expression on his face, he nodded towards the old priest.
The old priest turned around, faced the civil and military officials, and said loudly: "The enthronement ceremony of the new king begins..."
At this moment, the old priest suddenly noticed that the expressions of all the civil and military officials changed drastically, as if they had seen something extremely incredible.
The old priest suddenly stopped talking and turned around anxiously. He was surprised to see a person standing next to Tian Gang, who was glaring at Tian Gang! And Tian Gang looked at that person with extremely frightened eyes. That person
Wearing a nightgown embroidered with yellow dragon patterns, without a crown on his head, his face and figure turned out to be that of King Lu Xiang, who was rumored to be dead!
"King Lu Xiang" shouted angrily: "Tiangang! You traitor! How dare you poison me!" His voice and tone were exactly the same as King Lu Xiang's. The only difference was that the Qi in the square was much more abundant.
Everyone above heard it clearly.
Of course, King Lu Xiang could not be resurrected after his death. This "King Lu Xiang" was actually disguised by Lu Jing using the art of disguise. After he obtained the "Sutra of Mountains and Seas Gods and Demons", he left from the "space passage", and the space passage
The exit is located in the main hall of King Lu's Palace, behind the throne.
Since Lu Jing had never been to the main hall, he didn't know where he was at first. He only saw that it was an extremely important and solemn place. Since there were some eunuchs and palace guards around, Lu Jing hid himself and moved around quietly.
After observing for a while, I found that the enthronement ceremony for the great villain Tian Gang was being held here.