The Empress Dowager sat on the chair with a gloomy look on her face. There was not a single serving maid or eunuch beside her.
For this old man who single-handedly supported the Shang Dynasty, the death of his grandson was the next best thing. If the death of Emperor Jinglong is not handled properly this time, it will hurt the pillars of the Shang Dynasty, and the 800-year-old foundation may be ruined.
Once upon a time.
Who killed Emperor Jinglong was what she wanted to know most right now, but she had no time to worry about Li Xie's death.
The black-faced monk placed a hand on the head of Hong Yan'er, who was lying on the bed unaware of who was there. His eyes were slightly closed and his brows were furrowed. After a long time, he withdrew his hand.
Then he twirled his beard and said: "The queen was cast under a spell, so she couldn't wake up for a long time." As she said this, she waved her sleeve and touched Hong Yan'er's forehead, and there was a drop of blood on Hong Yan'er's forehead.
It oozed out and condensed into blood beads. After spinning around for a few times, it atomized and dissipated without a trace.
As the blood drops disappeared, Hong Yan'er slowly opened her eyes with a cry, then she stroked her forehead and tried to sit up as if she had a splitting headache.
When he raised his eyes, he happened to see the black-faced monk. He was startled and almost screamed.
Just at this time, the Empress Dowager came over and asked with her face still cold: "What happened?"
Hong Yan'er naturally knew the Queen Mother, and she couldn't help being startled when she saw the Queen Mother appearing in front of her, and then she quickly wanted to go to the ground to salute.
"No need! Tell me, what did you see?" the Queen Mother said coldly.
Hong Yaner could not help but feel nervous when she saw the Empress Dowager's expression was gloomy and cold. Although she was unruly and domineering, she would not dare to be so bold when meeting someone like the Empress Dowager. A look of confusion appeared on her face and then she said doubtfully: "Empress Dowager, you want to ask Yan
What? Did Yan'er see anything?"
The corners of the Queen Mother's eyes covered with crow's feet couldn't help but twitch slightly and then said: "How did you fall asleep?"
Hong Yan'er was stunned for a moment and then looked thoughtful, but immediately shook her head in pain. At this time, she had a splitting headache. It seemed that as long as she thought about certain things, her brain would be stirred by something. The tip of Hong Yan'er's eyebrows
Yichu then said: "Yan'er was waiting for the emperor with Xiaohuan, and then she seemed to fall asleep without even realizing it."
The black-faced monk said: "That assassin can sneak into the depths of the palace and succeed in assassinating him in one move. It is obvious that his martial arts training is not low, and this person has also practiced Taoism. If he wants to control the queen, the queen will not be able to notice it at all.
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The muscles on the Queen Mother's face twitched slightly, then she snorted and left the room with a gloomy face.
The black-faced monk followed closely behind. After the two left, a young maid dared to walk in. When she saw Hong Yan'er woke up, she was immediately overjoyed: "Miss, you are finally awake."
Hong Yan'er was already confused and asked puzzledly: "Dong'er, what happened? Where is Huan'er?"
Dong'er was also a maid in the Hong Mansion who specially served Hong Yan'er. When Hong Yan'er asked about Huan'er, her face turned pale and then she said sadly: "Miss, on the day you got married, someone hid in the bridal chamber and assassinated the emperor. Huan'er then
He was killed."
"Ah?" Hong Yan'er suddenly stood up and then fell back to the bed with a splitting headache. Then her head suddenly hurt, as if she wanted to think of something but couldn't remember it anyway...
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Eight days later, Yuan Fei, who was tired of his travels, finally arrived at the edge of Shiwan Mountain.
The sky is infinitely high and the earth is infinitely large!
Dead bodies were everywhere, and strange birds were crying. The land that stretched for dozens of miles was black and red, and blood would ooze out if you stepped on it.
Apparently there was a fierce battle here not long ago.
Various corpses were lying on the ground one after another. There were people and animals, gunpowder smoke filled the air, and the broken battle flags rustled under the fierce wind. The smell of blood now became spicy and pungent, and it steamed up.
The sun was dyed blood red, and even those strange birds that loved to eat human flesh could only circle back and forth anxiously in the sky, but they did not dare to easily pass through the thick smell of blood and come down to tear up the delicious food on the ground.
A shrill howl suddenly erupted from the silent battlefield.
Several rays of white light passed over a nine-foot-tall giant ape with only one big eye on its head in the blink of an eye. The one-eyed giant ape let out a desperate roar again, and then his body was torn apart and splattered like thick liquid.
Blood fell on the pile of corpses.
A few drops of hot blood were spattered on Yuan Fei's body, and he couldn't help but snorted slightly. He had killed no less than dozens of various monsters along the way.
These monsters had all survived the previous battle without dying. Now they had recovered their energy and used their tyrannical bodies to go around devouring human corpses.
Yuan Fei saw that he would not let them do this.
Although he had often heard about the power of some monster beasts before, it was only after he actually came into contact with these monster beasts that Yuan Fei truly felt the powerful bodies of these monster beasts. These monster beasts seemed to be specially born for fighting, as long as they were not
Smash them into pieces and they will always be able to stand up again.
Fortunately, these monsters are not very intelligent. Although they are physically strong, they rely entirely on their amazing strength and speed to attack. They have a single method. Therefore, although they are much stronger than humans, they can really fight with two or three elite sergeants.
It can defeat a monster beast, but if it encounters ordinary people, dozens of people may not be the opponent of a monster beast.
Yuan Fei raised his eyes and looked around. Even though his state of mind had gradually reached perfection, he was still shocked by the endless battlefield in front of him. Blood was steaming everywhere, and everything he could see was blood red, even the sky and the sun were dyed red.
It turned red, the wind whimpered like a ghost crying, and from time to time there would be a slight wailing and moaning coming from the pile of dead bodies that were stacked on unknown layers. This battlefield seemed to have no focus and no end. It was simply the hell of Shura.
Only now did Yuan Fei truly understand what kind of war he was about to face.
However, there was no timidity in his heart. Instead, he felt eager to try. The more such an environment, the more it can hone one's will and improve one's cultivation. One day on such a battlefield is better than a month in the human world.
Suddenly a military flag appeared in Yuan Fei's field of vision. Yuan Fei walked up and down to the military flag, and saw the word "wolf knife" vaguely written on the tattered flag.
Touching the imperial edict hidden in his arms, Yuan Fei couldn't help but smile bitterly. Yuan Fei knew some of the flags in the army. This camp flag was the main flag. The absence of the flag meant that the Langdao camp was no longer there.
Existed, he traveled thousands of miles just to join the Wolf Blade Battalion as a pioneer officer, and now it seems that he, as a pioneer officer, is destined to be a slut. However, he had foreseen these things when he left Yingdu, so he just smiled bitterly and then Yuan
Fei then continued to move forward. He had to find the Shang army.
Yuan Fei walked forward for half an hour, stepping on the bloody corpses on the ground, and finally walked out of this seemingly endless battlefield.
The piles of corpses that were originally there are now gradually becoming sparse, and the ground is gradually drying out and returning to its original earthy color.
A village in the distance appeared in front of Yuan Fei.
This village is not small, with seemingly hundreds of households. Basically none of the houses are intact, and there are broken walls and ruins everywhere.
Yuan Fei unleashed his consciousness to the maximum, carefully explored the village, and after confirming that there were no living things in the village, he walked straight into the village.
We saw a lot of white bones in the village, and some of the bones had distinct tooth marks. It was obvious at a glance that they had been bitten and gnawed to death.
Yuan Fei felt a little unbearable, and then sat down under a broken wall in the village that could still block the wind and hide his body. It was already getting late, and he planned to rest here today and adjust, and then go look for merchants tomorrow.
country's army.
Yuan Fei looked at his nose and heart, meditating on the lotus flower blooming endlessly, and in the blink of an eye he entered a state of tranquility. In the past few days, he has been hurrying on his way. Even a mid-stage soldier transformation master like Yuan Fei must seize the time to adjust his breath to make the flesh shell
Able to always maintain the best condition. In addition, Yuan Fei's Taoist skills have now plummeted by five levels. He must recover as soon as possible, otherwise he may not be able to cope with the war that may occur at any time.
At this time, Yuan Fei almost stopped breathing, and there was no trace of life in his body. He seemed to have disappeared out of thin air, or turned into a hard stone. In short, if someone hadn't walked up to Yuan Fei and seen it with his own eyes.
Yuan Fei would not be aware of his presence at all.
At this time, Yuan Fei only wanted to practice the way of heaven and kill demons and beasts. As for what would happen to the court after the emperor died, he didn't care.
The setting sun rolled down, and the thousands of miles of red clouds also retreated behind the mountains, and the sky turned into pitch black in the blink of an eye.
Although Yuan Fei was on the edge of the battlefield, he could still hear countless miserable ghost cries.
Countless dead souls on the battlefield turned into fierce ghosts. At night, they would come out to wander and even continue to fight and fight until their souls were squeezed and broken by the vitality of heaven and earth.
However, these ghosts will not easily provoke living people, unless a living person takes the initiative to walk among them. Once a living person bumps into these ghosts, they will be washed by the yin energy of these ghosts, and the strong ones will be
After a serious illness, if you are already a little weak, you may even be killed by the yin energy in one fell swoop.
Yuan Fei suddenly opened his eyes, and then a light flashed in his eyes. His breathing, which was already extremely weak, suddenly stopped completely, and even his heart stopped beating. It was like a poisonous snake discovered its natural enemy and suddenly killed itself.
His body was all coiled up, as if he was ready to strike a killing blow at any moment.
The sound of rapid footsteps suddenly came from an extremely distant place. One of them staggered, but not slowly. The footsteps of the other two were solid and powerful. Yuan Fei could even feel the vibration of the ground, and he was running on all fours.
It was obvious that the last two were not human beings. The sounds of these three footsteps were superimposed together, and Yuan Fei immediately knew that it was a pattern of one running away and two chasing.
Yuan Fei narrowed his eyes and looked in the direction of the footsteps with his peripheral vision.dd