"Duke Wei gave me two tasks …"
The chief guard suddenly stopped and glanced at the two armored soldiers behind him.
Nangong Qianrou looked at his two subordinates and said,
"You can leave!"
"Yes!"
The two soldiers retreated and closed the door behind them.
The chief guard sat down at the table and took out a brocade pouch.
"Duke Wei's first task is to find Her Highness Huaiqing here after the death of the former Emperor if she wants to usurp the throne for the Fourth Prince. To be honest, I didn't remember Nangong Jinluo before I came here. The brocade pouch only contains the address. "
Nangong Qianrou nodded.
"This is the Art of Concealing Heavenly Secrets of Warlocks. I'm afraid no one in the capital remembers me."
He knew himself well. Except for his foster father, he was not familiar with anyone else. The more shallow the relationship, the more difficult it was for him to remember.
If a person lost his parents, he would remember them in his heart, but he would not care about the disappearance of a stranger.
"You just said that if Her Highness Huaiqing wants to usurp the throne, you should come to me. But why do you call Her Highness Huaiqing 'Her Majesty'? "Nangong Qianrou could not help but ask the question in his mind.
"Her Highness Huaiqing has ascended the throne. Xu Yinluo helped her ascend," the chief guard said with a smile.
Nangong Qianrou took quite a while to digest this shocking news. She said in astonishment,
He said in surprise, "Xu Qi 'an helped her ascend the throne? Wait, how did Yuan Jing die? "
"The former Emperor was killed by Xu Yinluo himself. Not long after Duke Wei died, Xu Yinluo became a Transcendent and is now a Second Class Warrior." The chief guard's face was full of admiration.
"Wait, wait!"
Nangong Qianrou raised her hand and interrupted him. She sat there blankly for a long time before she asked with an uncertain expression,
He sat there for a long time and asked with uncertainty, "How many years has it been since Duke Wei attacked Jingshan City?"
"Today is the Spring Sacrifice. Duke Wei's crusade against Jingshan City took place last autumn, about five months ago," the guard captain replied with absolute certainty.
'So, I really only stayed here for five months, not five years, and not fifty years …' Nangong Qianrou pinched the center of her brows.
"If you're not in a hurry, tell me what happened outside first."
After Wei Yuan's death, Xu Qi 'an single-handedly fought against 300,000 soldiers of the Witchcraft Cult outside the Jade Sun Pass. After returning to the capital, he broke into the Throne Room and killed the incapable Emperor Yuan Jing. Then, he briefly summarized all the things he had done in Jianghu, up to the recent Tribulation Battle.
Even though he had explained it very simply, Nangong Qianrou was still dumbfounded, her face lifeless.
"I see …"
He pinched the space between his eyebrows again. He felt as if he had experienced the vicissitudes of a thousand years in the mountains.
If he remembered correctly, when Sun Xuanji screened him, the cheeky kid who only knew how to compete for favor with him was a Rank-5. Moreover, he had just entered Rank-5.
"Tell me, what's the second task my foster father gave you?"
The chief guard said bluntly,
"In the sachet Duke Wei gave me, he said that Xu Qi 'an and the Celestial Commissioner would try their best to resurrect him. If they saw anything in Stargazing Tower, they would immediately leave the capital to find you and let you open the third sachet. Duke Wei gave me the address. "
As the head of the imperial bodyguards, he would follow His Majesty wherever he went.
He clearly saw the situation of the stargazing tower.
"My foster father came back to life?"
Nangong Qianrou's cheeks suddenly turned red, and a beautiful blush appeared on her face.
He trembled slightly and stared at the chief guard with excitement and fierceness.
Amidst the orange radiance, his eyes were sparkling.
"This is the sachet Duke Wei gave me." The chief guard directly took out the sachet and handed it to him.
He believed that no words could be more effective than this sachet.
Nangong Qianrou snatched the sachet and could not wait to open it.
After looking at it repeatedly, he felt a lump in his throat and took a deep breath to stop his tears from rolling down.
Then, Nangong Qianrou got up and pulled out a wooden box from under the bed. He took out two sachets.
He did not hide from the chief guard beside him and opened the sachet with the word "two" written on it.
"Qianrou, I left a Blood Pill for Xu Qi 'an. After I died in the battle in Jing Shan City, he was already in a desperate situation. He could either advance to the Level Four Realm and then take the Blood Pill to become a Transcendent, or die in the hands of Joan of Arc.
"He's blessed with providence, so he'll most likely survive this tribulation.
"With his temper, the first thing he will do after becoming a Transcendent will be to kill Joan of Arc.
"The Crown Prince is a timid person who likes to enjoy life and is unable to take up the responsibility. On the other hand, Huaiqing has always been ambitious and bold. It is very likely that she will take the opportunity to join forces with Xu Qi 'an to seize the throne.
"However, Daibun is not at the end of its rope yet. The Imperial Court only recognizes the Crown Prince as the rightful heir, and it is difficult to seize the throne. Therefore, you need to help Huaiqing suppress the Royal Guards and settle the situation as soon as possible.
"Ten thousand cavalrymen are more than enough to handle the task."
"Indeed, he wants me to help Huaiqing seize the throne …" Nangong Qianrou put down the note and opened the third sachet.
"Qianrou, when you open this sachet, it means that Huaiqing did not seize the throne. Therefore, your next task is to launch a surprise attack on the Yun State.
"Among the thirteen states of Daibun, the Yun State is only slightly more populous than the Chu Zhou City. Xu Pingfeng wants to use the Yun State as a base to conquer the Feng State. No matter how well-prepared he is, he will not have enough soldiers.
"There won't be too many soldiers left in the Yun State. Of course, it is still not something that an ordinary army can handle. Therefore, the cavalrymen that I have spent so much effort to build will be put to good use. From the horses to the armored soldiers, as well as the armors you wear and the weapons you use, they are all magical artifacts that can wipe out an army of a thousand.
"I will use the hint in my heart to make myself remember that the trump card to defeat the enemy is to attack Yunzhou, but I won't remember you. Therefore, you need to ask my spy to understand the specific situation of the war between Daibun and the Yun State, and then make a decision according to the situation.
"If the Daibun army cannot withstand a single blow and is suppressed by the Yunzhou Army and the monk soldiers of the Western Region, or if the two armies are still fighting with each other in the Qing State, or if there are Transcendents in the Yun State, you will give up on the surprise attack on the Yun State and ask your spy to report to me as soon as possible.
"I will change my strategy. I will give up on the plan to end the war as soon as possible and try to fight the Yunzhou Army head-on."
Has my foster father ever thought that when he wakes up, Daibun's defeat will be certain? Well, if that really happens, Xu Qi 'an and Huaiqing will most likely not resurrect me … Nangong Qianrou slowly exhaled.
He looked at the guard captain and said,
"Now that all the Transcendents are fighting, and the Yunzhou Army has suffered heavy casualties, is it the best opportunity to launch a surprise attack on the Yun State?"
The guard captain smiled and said,
"I think it's possible!
"His Majesty said that Xu Pingfeng is meticulous and won't give Daibun the chance to launch a surprise attack on the Yun State. But he won't know about the cavalrymen under Nangong Jinluo's command. After all, even Duke Wei doesn't remember you. "
Nangong Qianrou exhaled and said,
"Good! Soldiers are trained for a thousand days to be used in one day. I will lead the troops south now. "
The guard captain cupped his fists and said,
"I wish Nangong Jinluo a triumphant return!"
…
Stargazing Tower.
Under the night sky, Wei Yuan stood at the edge of the Eight Trigrams Platform, overlooking the sleeping capital city.
He first looked towards the south, muttering to himself in silence.
Then he looked to the northeast and frowned.
Since he had been resurrected, the seal of the Confucian Sages had been broken, and the God of Sorcerer had returned to his original state. It was only a matter of time before the seal was broken.
Now that he thought about it, if he hadn't killed his way to the Head Altar of the Sorcerer Cult, the God of Sorcerer would have completely broken the seal.
"It's not long before the Gu God breaks the seal. The status of the one in the West Region is still unknown, but I think he is much better than the Gu God and the God of Sorcerer. The catastrophe is coming."
Wei Yuan then turned around and looked to the north.
"Brat, even Luo Yuheng has become your Taoist partner."
In fact, he had vaguely guessed what Xu Qi 'an was planning, but he didn't tell Huaiqing.
After scolding with a smile, Wei Yuan said softly,
"You've done well."
Of course, he didn't mean that he slept with the most beautiful woman in Daibun, and then slept with the Nation Master of Daibun.
It was good that Xu Qi 'an could shoulder the burden of Daibun after him.
…
Yongzhou City.
Yongzhou City had been sealed for several days. The citizens and soldiers in the city were not allowed to enter or leave.
The guards on the city wall patrolled day and night, and the Dark Gu Tribe served as scouts, monitoring every move of the Yunzhou Army in the shadows.
As long as they didn't go near the Yunzhou Army, the Dark Gu Tribe would be the most secretive scouts.
These days, the entire Yongzhou City was shrouded in an atmosphere of panic, especially the citizens in the city, who wanted to escape from the city every day. The spies of the Tianji Palace fanned the flames in the city, creating panic and encouraging the citizens to attack the city gate.
Yao Hong, the Governor of Yongzhou, couldn't control them, because the citizens and nobles who wanted to escape from the city, including himself.
Everyone knew that Yongzhou City couldn't be defended. After Xun City fell, Daibun's last elite force was less than five thousand, and they retreated to Yongzhou City.
With such a small force, how could they resist the Yunzhou Army that was eyeing them covetously outside the city?
In the end, it was Xu Erlang who resolved this matter. He killed Yao Hong, and then had the leader of the Corpse Gu Tribe turn Yao Hong into a puppet, stabilizing the Yongzhou bureaucracy.
Then, under the banner of being rich but not benevolent, he exterminated the families of the nobles who caused the most trouble, and captured the troublemakers and beheaded them in public. Then, he used the property and food obtained from the extermination to help the citizens, and painted a picture of happiness in front of the porridge stall.
Xu Erlang's eloquence was extremely good, and he was good at bewitching people, but he usually used it to scold people. In other words, being able to scold people to such an extent was the best proof of his eloquence.
Under the carrot and stick, the citizens in the city became much more obedient.
Xu Erlang finished patrolling the city and returned to the barracks. He saw Chu Caiwei and the soldiers carrying buckets of fish into the kitchen.
These fish were caught from the river in Yongzhou City. Apart from being eaten, they were also a kind of "medicine". To be precise, the fish skin was a kind of medicine that was specially used to treat skin burns.
Because of the cannons and kerosene, there were a lot of burned people in the Daibun army.
If the wounds were not treated in time, they would quickly become infected, and eventually die. However, the shortage of medicinal materials could not allow all the wounded to be treated.
Therefore, Chu Caiwei invented the fish skin to treat burns. As long as the burned area was covered with the fish skin, it could prevent infection.
This was indeed a method that only Chu Caiwei could come up with.
Xu Erlang entered the barracks and was on his way to his room. On the way, he met his teacher, Zhang Shen.
"You came at the right time!"
Zhang Shen said in a deep voice,
"The transmission array in the barracks has just sent a Palm Seal Eunuch from the palace. He was sent by His Majesty. I'm going to summon all the fourth-class soldiers for a meeting. "
Yongzhou City was the core and main city of Yongzhou City. Sun Xuanji had built a transmission array here, but it could only transport people to one province at most.
"What's the matter?"
Xu Erlang asked.
Zhang Shen's expression turned ugly. "His Majesty has ordered us to evacuate Yongzhou City overnight."
Xu Erlang's expression also darkened.
