Xu An has an upright temperament. Although he knows that his general has received the secret order and is not that idiot, he is just a small commander after all. He doesn't know how to figure out the Sacred Heart and officialdom, and he doesn't know the little thoughts of General Gao. He winks at him.
, or that he was worried that the imperial envoy would blame him for losing troops and defeating generals.
Without waiting for Yan Qingchuan to speak, he stepped forward first, held his fists in military salute, and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, the imperial envoy, this time my patrol army suppressed the bandits. Although I lost a lot of soldiers, I finally relieved Yanbei's worries. Even though
General Gao and the bandit..."
"Commander Xu!" Gao Deng heard that Xu An was about to tell the truth about how he trapped and killed the Jindao disciples. Although he knew that Old Xu had good intentions and wanted to cover up his guilt, he was afraid that the tiger-eyed imperial envoy would see the clues and quickly stopped him.
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Yan Qingchuan was stopped by Gordon just before he heard what Kuang Pian was saying. Having been immersed in official circles for several years, he immediately knew that there was something hidden in this.
No matter how these bandits were able to sneak into the garrison, just when he jumped on his horse, the idiot general commanded the soldiers with a calm and composed posture. After the thieves were killed, he saw that he and Mu Yi had a conflict.
He also pretended to be a coward who fainted and fell to the ground. How could such a person be the ridiculous general mentioned by the officials in the court?
But Yan Qingchuan didn't care why Gao Deng was pretending to be like this. He only thought about dispatching troops and was about to say to Gao Deng: "General Gao, can you lend me a moment to speak."
When Gao Deng saw that the imperial envoy seemed to have something to ask, he immediately put aside his previous bastard look, stood up and said respectfully: "The imperial envoy has an order, and no general dares to disobey it."
Following the imperial envoy, Gao Deng moved aside and looked at the young man. At such an age, he was favored by the Holy Father and his future would be limitless. So he bowed respectfully and said, "Please forgive me for my poor eyesight. I don't know the name of the imperial envoy. I'm here in Yanbei."
What’s the mission?”
Yan Qingchuan misunderstood this idiot general, only thinking that he was testing with words, but he didn't care. Not to mention him, even if he was himself, if an imperial envoy suddenly appeared in this helpless place, he would definitely be suspicious.
, and then revealed his identity.
"General Gao, I am the imperial commander. Yan Qingchuan, the commander of the Xiaoqi Battalion, has been ordered to go north to thoroughly investigate the case of Jin's cavalry attacking Yanbei."
Gao Deng has long heard the name of Yan Qingchuan, and the name of his master-level father has long been resounding throughout Qiyun. Not to mention that he has entered the Deng Hall at a young age and has reached the rank of commander of the Xiaoqi Battalion. He is even more respectful: "It turns out that he
He is the son of Master Yan. Gao Deng is blind, so please forgive me."
Then he thought about it, the Holy One had already given him the will to act secretly to eradicate the troubles in Yanbei, so why did he send Yan Qingchuan north again? Gao Deng did not dare to ask more questions, let alone guess the Holy One's intentions, and bowed with anxiety.
Stand tall.
"To be honest, General, Yan went north this time just to perform the duties of a guard and an imperial envoy. In fact, he was someone else." Yan Qingchuan thought about it and thought that since he was the one chosen by the Holy Emperor, it would be better to tell the truth.
Gao Deng was shocked when he heard this and immediately realized that there was another imperial envoy. Apart from the current Holy Emperor, the only one who could be protected by Yan Qingchuan was...
Unable to help but panic, coupled with the injury to his shoulder, Gordon immediately frowned, looked at Yan Qingchuan with probing eyes, and said, "Could it be..."
"Yes, the imperial envoy going north is a member of the royal family, and is...His Royal Highness Prince Ning." Yan Qingchuan looked at Gao Deng's appearance and knew that he understood, so he immediately spoke.
Prince Ning went north incognito, but he didn't know anything about it. He didn't have time to think about the reason, so he raised his head and looked around. Once this information was leaked, it would definitely cause chaos in Yanbei. Seeing that no one could hear his conversation with Yan Qingchuan,
Just now I felt relieved... then I thought about the conflict between Yan Qingchuan and the young man in green shirt just now. Is it possible that Prince Ning is in trouble? Gao Deng's cheeks suddenly showed cold sweat and he spoke eagerly.
"When did His Highness enter Yanbei and where is he now?"
Yan Qingchuan did not speak, but looked sideways at the sky.
Looking along where Yan Qingchuan raised his head, what caught Gao Deng's eyes was the beacon fire all over the sky, reflecting the red night sky.
At first I thought it was people from Jin entering the pass, but later I found out that it was bandits who were causing trouble. The people in Mo County must have been anxious and lit a beacon to ask for help. It turned out that the person who lit the beacon was His Highness Prince Ning. Seeing this scene, not only the smile on his cheeks
Cold sweat, Gordon's entire back was instantly soaked with cold sweat.
"General Gao, the garrison you led suffered heavy casualties. Where are the soldiers closest to Mo County who can be mobilized?" Yan Qingchuan saw that Gao Deng knew the seriousness of the matter and immediately raised the subject of troop deployment.
In fact, even if Yan Qingchuan did not make it clear about King Ning, Gao Deng would still mobilize his troops. These dead soldiers of the Golden Blade Sect were killed and the bandit leaders escaped. Gao Deng knew that after the bandit suppression was completed, he still needed to eliminate the weeds and eradicate them, leaving no trace for the people of Yanbei.
The root of the problem...Moreover, more than half of the soldiers in hand were lost, and less than 30% of the soldiers were able to fight. It was even more necessary to mobilize troops.
Hearing Yan Qingchuan speak, he immediately replied: "There are still eighty-nine battalions of soldiers in Yu County. When we suppressed the bandits earlier, I have sent fast horses to ask for help. Based on careful calculation, we will definitely arrive at dawn."
"In that case, I would like to ask General Gao to lead the army in the direction of Yu County. After welcoming the reinforcements, we can regroup together and go to the beacon tower to meet His Highness Prince Ning."
It was not that Yan Qingchuan had not seen the injury on Gao Deng's shoulder, but he was anxious at the moment. In addition, what the young man in green shirt had said earlier was that the large group of people rushing to the beacon tower would attract attention, especially the young man who said that the masked man was hiding from his side.
In the Ming Dynasty, it was impossible to defend, so it was better to march in the opposite direction. As soon as Shi Mu took cover, he made up his mind and urged Gao Deng to march.
It was about Prince Ning. Gao Deng did not care about his shoulder injury and immediately said: "Don't worry, Commander Yan, I will order people to leave immediately."
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This long night finally passed, but the morning light did not bring hope to the land of Yanbei. Instead, it was blocked by the rising mist in the mountains covered with thick snow. The sunlight penetrated into the mist, making it hazy.
It looks even weirder underneath.
The young man used all his internal energy to rush on the road, picking up the path and walking through the clouds and mist in the forest. He had no intention of admiring the hazy mountain scenery along the way. He only wanted to rush to the beacon tower. When he raised his head and looked up, he realized that the beacon scene had long since disappeared.
Worried that the mountains were covered by clouds and mists, the young man kept his feet down and used his cloud control to leap into the air, hoping to get out of the mountains and find out his direction.
The cloud suddenly appeared, and the leap reached a height of several feet. But when the cloud was gone, the young man was surprised to realize that the fog in the mountain was actually a bit thicker than he thought. Under the cloud, it was impossible to break through the fog.
Find your bearings.
When he was in the Eighth Formation of the Stone Gate on the back mountain of Hejiabao, the young man was also disturbed by the mind-catching fog of the Mist Fairy, but at this time the clouds and fog in the mountains were not as thick as the mind-catching fog, and he could not see his direction.
The mountain mist is like window paper, it breaks when touched, but it is endless. No matter how the blue shirt is torn open, there is still no end in sight. Not only that, as the young man's cloud falls, he finds that the surrounding area has fallen into silence.
Everything seemed to be quiet, just like a quiet night, but even at night, there would be chirping of insects and birds. The young man had already broken through the realm of human beings, and his perception was far better than before. He improved his Qi movement skills to sense his surroundings, but he was surprised to find this number.
Not only is this land ten feet terrifyingly quiet, but even the sound of living creatures cannot be detected.
Even though some wild beasts in the mountains hibernate, even snow hares and other animals cannot be seen, which is really abnormal.
"It's strange, with my Qinggong, even if I can't get out of the mountain, I should have seen the official road outside Mo County long ago. How come it seems like I'm still in the mountain." As the young man performed another incense stick, he still
Not seeing where the official road was, he immediately stopped and spoke to himself.
Unexpectedly, as the exercise stopped, the young man did not feel relaxed, but instead felt a faint feeling of sluggishness in his chest.
"Oops, I was just on my way and forgot what Miss Mo told me.
." The young man then remembered that before setting off from the County Sheriff's Office, Mo Ti once said that the back mountain of Mo County was connected with the Yanbei Mountain and was full of poisonous miasma. He was only focused on rushing and forgot such important things.
However, Gu Xiao didn't care, small poisonous miasma existed in Wugui Mountain, he just needed to use his power to force out the poison.
After thinking about this, the young man immediately sat cross-legged and adjusted the true energy of his Dantian to disperse into various acupoints to resist the poisonous miasma. At the same time, he wanted to force out the poisonous miasma as soon as possible so that he could continue on his way.
However, after using the power for a cup of tea, not only did the sluggish feeling in his chest not disappear, but he also felt dizzy before his eyes. Gu Xiao quickly removed his palms to disperse the power, secretly shocked that the poisonous miasma was so powerful. He used his power to force out the poison, but instead let the poison flow along.
Your own acupoints invade the meridians.
"You have to find a way to get rid of the poisonous miasma, and then try to force out the poison." The young man thought silently in his heart, and hurriedly took out the miasma-avoiding medicinal towel Mo Ti gave him from his arms and tied it on his face.
He struggled to get up and looked around, only to realize that just when he was using his energy to force out the poison, the clouds and mist in the mountain became more poisonous. Even the sunlight that could still penetrate the mountain mist was gradually dissipating, and the surrounding places were gradually dissipated.
As the sunlight disperses, it fades into darkness.
This strange sight made Gu Xiaoxing's eyes widen. Although he had also been trapped in the fog in the Eighth Formation of Hejiabao Shimen, this sight of clouds and sun blocking out the sun was even more breathtaking.
Regardless of the sluggishness in his chest and the dizziness in his eyes, the young man wanted to use his energy to break out of the poisonous miasma. He glanced around with his peripheral vision and suddenly found that the light was gradually receding. Wherever the sunlight disappeared, not only was it plunged into darkness, but the snow on the ground was also rising.
The poisonous miasma is different from the mountain fog. This poisonous miasma is not only much denser than the mountain fog, but also more colorful. You can tell at a glance that it contains highly toxic substances.
The starry eyes suddenly became extremely solemn, and he looked down hurriedly. In the blink of an eye, the place where he stood was about to fall into darkness, and he no longer had time to think. The young man quickly used his internal strength to follow the place where the sunlight was still available.
Moving through the snow for seven miles must have affected the inner strength. Every time he jumped up, the young man felt a sense of sluggishness in his chest and became a little more solemn. His figure also felt that he had slowed down. The darkness behind him seemed to be a chasing enemy, tightly locking the young man's figure.
Looking back, he saw that the darkness that was still three to four feet away was approaching behind him. In shock, the young man did not dare to slack off. He suppressed the dizziness in his head and used his inner strength to escape toward the sun.
As the exercise time went on for a longer period of time, coupled with the continuous fierce battles among the patrols and the rush on the starry night, the young man suddenly felt exhausted. He glanced behind him out of the corner of his eye, and saw darkness and beauty sweeping over him.
Seeing that he was about to be swallowed up by darkness, the young man had no choice but to use Yun Zong again and jumped up...
This time, the young man did not dare to hold back anymore. He jumped forward, more than ten feet away. Looking back, he saw that the dark and colorful colors seemed to be thrown away by him. But before he could breathe a sigh of relief, he saw something strange again.
The dark and colorful scenery seemed to be blocked by an invisible wall. Just when I was about to take a closer look, the clouds had lost their power and I fell down again.
Looking back, the young man wanted to find a place to stay, but found that he was at the mouth of a valley...
In the place where there is no support, the body falls rapidly, the green shirt falls into the valley, and when he sees the bottom of the valley, the snow is getting closer, the young man uses his energy and luck to see the falling moment, his feet step on each other, and finally they are almost there
As soon as he landed on the ground, he slowly lowered his body and stood firmly.
Seeing that there was no more mountain fog, no more stained poisonous miasma, the young man pulled off the medicine towel on his lower body and took a big breath. He suddenly felt dizzy and stepped back. He staggered until his back hit something hard and he stopped.
Sitting slumped on the ground, he raised his eyes and looked at his surroundings, and then he saw the whole place. It was under the valley, it was very open, there were no trees, and it was surrounded by straight rock walls.
The young man did not expect that the valley in the rugged mountains of Yanbei could be so open and flat. Not to mention the eight formations of the previous Shimen, even thousands of troops and horses could not enter this valley.
Since he was temporarily freed from the danger of the poisonous miasma, the young man decided to use his energy to exorcise the poison first, and then make plans.