Mr. Jiu called this place the underground palace, and it has been impossible to verify what kind of place it was before. This is the second time for the teenager he brought here, but he is still very curious. I always keep walking around and looking around, and keep asking this and that. This boy's emotional intelligence is indeed not high. The reason why Mr. Jiu likes him and accepts him as a disciple is because the boy's intelligence lies in his comprehension.
Comprehension in some way.
"Master, tell me quickly."
The boy squatted down next to Mr. Jiu, waiting for Mr. Jiu to tell about the past, just like a puppy waiting for its owner to feed, watching Mr. Jiu eagerly and waiting for him to speak.
Mr. Jiu smiled, but his eyes gradually became erratic. This place has too many memories for him, and he spent almost his entire childhood here. He knew that he might be more familiar with the people in Fangu City than Fang Xie, because at most Fang Xie just peeked at Widow Sun taking a bath occasionally, but his only hobby was to hide in the dark and watch life in this small town. Look at it during the day and at night.
He can always keep himself out of things, as if watching a big drama that has nothing to do with him. Although this drama was very ordinary, he watched it with great interest every day. Maybe it's because he lost his joy too early, so he always wants to infect himself by seeing other people's happiness.
It seems a little sad.
"Why did you almost die?"
The boy asked impatiently.
"My master is not a real master in Moon Shadow Hall, and his status is not high. But his cultivation talent is mediocre, and he has not been able to reach the eighth rank in the end of hard work for most of his life. Although he has a way to hide his cultivation The ability to prevent others from finding out, but this ability can only be used to save his life. Therefore, it is almost impossible for him to get ahead in the Moon Shadow Hall. The only hope, of course, is to count on me, his only disciple to show his face and win glory for him. In the Moon Shadow Hall In the hall, there is nothing more glorious than being a Heavenly Lord, so he always wanted me to go back and challenge the Great Heavenly Lord."
"But I don't want to."
Mr. Jiu glanced at his disciples and said: "I don't think I'm strong enough. Although challenging Da Tianjun was nothing to me at the time, my goal was not that low. I wanted to challenge Jiu Tianjun directly, but my master It seems that it is simply a joke. He trusts his disciples to have the strength to kill Da Tianjun, but he does not trust his disciples to have the strength to become Jiutian Lord."
The boy said: "It means he was wrong."
Mr. Jiu nodded: "But at that time, I couldn't convince him... Later, he thought of a compromise. He is a member of Lord Sitian, and once he left Fan Gu for more than a month. I just came back, and when I came back, I brought Lord Sitian back."
"What he meant was, please ask Lord Sitian to come and see my cultivation. If I can challenge Lord Three Heavens, let me go. Then Lord Four Heavens will have an extra helper. Together, we can fight against Moon Shadow Lord." The hall takes up more weight. As a result... "
Mr. Jiu sighed slightly: "My idiot master... Lord Sitian saw me after he arrived in Fangu, and he saw that I would definitely surpass him in the future, so he wanted to kill me immediately. He was sincere, he tried his best to stop Si Tianjun from letting me escape, but he was shocked to death by Si Tianjun's palm."
"I started running away..."
Mr. Jiu's face changed slightly, and he seemed to become emotionally excited. For him, it had been a long time since he could not control his emotions like this.
"I know that although Fan Gu is very small, there are some masters in the city, Lord Sitian dare not be too presumptuous, and I know that the couple who rented this shop to open a dog meat hot pot restaurant are very good at cultivation, although they are not as good as I am not as good as Sitianjun, but Sitianjun dare not alarm all the practitioners in the city, because there is a place called Hongxiu Zhao in the city, and the old man at the gate is a ruthless character. So I fled into this place Small courtyard, hid in this dry well."
Mr. Jiu pointed to the top.
"As I expected, Lord Sitian really didn't dare to blatantly chase and kill me. Moon Shadow Hall has strict rules. Disciples under the sect are not allowed to show their faces easily in the Jianghu, especially Lord Tian, let alone expose themselves easily. I hide in the In this dry well, Lord Sitian has guarded Fangu City for more than ten days and has no chance to strike. He may have guessed that I would not be able to accomplish anything at that age, so he finally left."
"So, Master, this is how you discovered this underground palace?"
the boy asked.
"No."
Mr. Jiu shook his head: "Because I know that although this well is a dry well, it is very deep, so I have been stuck on the side of the well with my hands, waiting for the opportunity to go out, and I have persisted for more than ten days. If you can hold back here, your mind has already matured. On the day Si Tianjun left, the proprietress of this shop accidentally dropped her wooden basin into the well... "
He smiled, and the smile at this time really felt that his experience was ridiculous.
"In order not to be discovered by the proprietress that there was someone in the well, I shrunk my body as hard as I could and let the wooden basin fall. After I fell, I suddenly realized that the well was very deep... Then, as I expected, the proprietress Seal the mouth of the well with a big rock."
"ah."
The boy exclaimed: "Then Master, didn't you get suffocated to death in this well?"
After asking, he realized how stupid he was. The master was obviously sitting in front of him, so naturally he was not suffocated to death.
Mr. Jiu shook his head helplessly, and then continued: "At that time, I couldn't go up easily. The sound of moving that big rock was enough to arouse the vigilance of the two couples. If you don’t want to go, why don’t you just go down and have a look. Because although the sound of the wooden basin falling to the ground is weak, I still heard it, and since this well has a bottom, I don’t have to worry about anything.”
"So I'm coming down."
Mr. Jiu breathed a sigh of relief, and seemed to be grateful for his decision at the time: "If it were me now, I would definitely not come down rashly. Sometimes people's fate is so wonderful, and no one knows what they will encounter. "
When he said this sentence, he suddenly thought of that strange and beautiful young man. It was the one he saw at the corner of the street, followed by a young man with a wretched skinny man and a beautiful woman. He is very curious about this boy, so he often goes to peek at him. Mr. Jiu found that although the young man was beautiful, he was a solid waste and could not practice. And although the two guards were not high in cultivation, they both had some strange abilities, which made him even more curious about who this young man was.
It's just a pity that he encountered that accident before he had time to investigate clearly.
"If I hadn't entered here, I might have gone far away after being chased and killed by Lord Sitian. I discovered a lot of secrets here, and then there was a safe place to retreat and practice, so my cultivation base The realm progressed very quickly. After staying here for a few days, I was really hungry and decided to venture out to find some food and come back... "
Mr. Jiu paused for a moment, as if recalling something that he was reluctant to mention.
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The fleet traveled north along the Yong'an Canal for a full fifteen days and arrived at Chengxian County. The navy that had been staying here had already set off. As a result, the two navy divisions of the Black Banner Army had already sailed to the northwest. Fang Xie still couldn't feel at ease in his heart, he could only feel at ease when he received the military information and confirmed that the Mengyuan army was blocked to the west of Yishui.
After arriving in Cheng County, you can only choose to take the land route. If you go around to Qinhe and then take the land route to the north, it will be farther.
Wu Yiyi was already waiting there with his people, and when he saw Fang Jie get off the boat, Wu Yiyi hurried up to meet him. He glanced at the big boat, and finally heaved a sigh of relief when he saw Wu Yinyu behind. To be honest, Wu Yinyu is his lifeblood, and it is not easy for him to resist not going back with Fang Jie this time.
As a father, he felt a little owed to his daughter.
"After receiving the military order from the lord, Cui Zhongzhen's team has already set off."
Wu Yiyi said as he walked, "I was worried that the mobilization of troops would be too large, and Gao Kaitai's side would do something, but these days Gao Kaitai's team is very honest, and the scouts sent out within a radius of 50 miles. Gao Kaitai was not found. People and horses."
After Fang Jie heard this, his heart moved slightly. According to the logic, Gao Kaitai shouldn't be so quiet. Fang Jie was still worried halfway. If Cui Zhongzhen's team was transferred, they might encounter Gao Kaitai's interception halfway. In Daying, Gyeonggi-do, the Black Flag Army has too many troops. It is understandable that Gao Kaitai dare not act rashly. However, Cui Zhongzhen's 100,000 horses are marching in a hurry, if they intercept and kill Gao Kaitai halfway, they probably won't give up.
"Has anyone been sent here?"
Fang asked.
Wu Yiyi shook his head: "No."
Chen Xiaoru said beside him: "My subordinates sent spies from Xiaoqi School to the outside of Gao Kaitai's base camp, and they did not see any movement of troops after guarding for a few days."
"It's kind of weird."
As Fang Jie walked and pondered, he suddenly thought of something: "Meng Yuan invaded on a large scale at this time. I thought I was in collusion with Gao Kaitai. But Gao Kaitai didn't attack while I was dividing the troops. Maybe... he and the Meng Yuan people are not One way. For us, that's great news."
Wu Yidao nodded: "This subordinate also thought about it before. If Gao Kaitai and the Mengyuan people hadn't colluded, our pressure would be a little less."
Fang Jie and others got into the carriage, where the map had already been spread out.
"At this."
Wu Yidao pointed to a location on the map: "According to the calculation of the day, Cui Zhongzhen's team has come here. It is still far away from Hedong Road. The navy is probably here, at least 20 days earlier than Cui Zhongzhen's team and Chen Dingnan's team." People and horses converge."
Fang Jie hummed and ordered: "Send someone to Gao Kaitai's army, please come and meet me."
Chen Xiaoru hastily agreed, then turned around and ordered Xiaoqi School outside to do something.
"Our current troops are too scattered... Chen Dingnan and Cui Zhongzhen took away 250,000 troops, plus the two navy divisions were transferred to the northwest, and Nalan Dingdong took 100,000 people to the eastern border. The remaining troops in the village are a little thinner. It will be difficult to attack Chang'an at this time, since Gao Kaitai may not be on the same road with the Mengyuan people, we can talk if we can, from time to time."
Fang Xie said: "Send someone to contact the people in Chang'an City, and be prepared. Tell Mu San to try to get some people from the military. If Gao Kaitai can't talk, then make an appointment with the people in Chang'an City. Attack and eat him as soon as possible. If you can successfully enter Chang'an City and leave people to guard, I will personally lead the troops to the northwest."
Wu Yidao was startled for a moment, then shook his head and said: "My lord, if you are new to Chang'an City, you should sit in the town. It is not difficult to choose a general to lead the army, and with the assistance of the navy, it will not be difficult to keep the Mengyuan people in the northwest. "
"One more thing."
Fang Jie frowned: "If... the Mengyuan people didn't march eastward?"
After saying this, everyone in the carriage was stunned for a moment.
Wu Yiyi murmured, "Not to the east... where?"
Fang Jie's line of sight moved slowly across the map, and finally stopped at the southwest.