From the foggy area, Zhao Jundu slowly walked out of the figure. He narrowed his eyes slightly, as if he wasn't used to Qin Lu's bright sunshine, then exhaled and glanced at the defenders of the fortress.
It didn't matter what he looked at, the guards of the fortress were all tensed, as if being held by an invisible hand, they felt unspeakably uncomfortable, and even sat down on the top of the wall in an instant. An old general's face was pale, he held his chest, and murmured: "This coercion must be about the same as that of the king of heaven!"
Zhao Jundu restrained his murderous aura a bit, but his body was still entangled with a thick green and black force, burning like a raging fire. This original force flame is extremely domineering, tens of meters around the body is a dead zone, and no one can approach it.
Zhao Jundu raised his head, looked at the fort from afar, and said, "I have injuries on my body, I need to press them down with force."
An old man with white beard and hair on the main building of the fortress said: "It's okay! Mr. Cointreau is the pillar of the country, so you should take care of your body."
Zhao Jundu nodded without answering, flew up and disappeared into the sky in an instant, leaving only a thick blue and black trail in the air.
On the main building of the fortress, a middle-aged general looked at the traces in the sky and said in a low voice: "Zhang Shuai, tell me, this Zhao Jundu... has he cultivated the dark force?"
The old man snorted, and said: "Don't talk nonsense! He practiced the way of refining real gold with fire, and tried to change his fate against the sky. This has long been known to everyone."
"But take a look, no matter how you look at it, this method of refining real gold by fire looks like an evil method. Besides, didn't the Zhao Clan himself say what about refining real gold by fire? Also, as far as he did just now, it's not It's like suppressing the injury, it's obviously a demonstration!"
The corners of the old man's eyes trembled imperceptibly, and he said: "If you are not careful when you speak like this again, if it reaches the ears of Clan Zhao, I will not be able to protect you."
The middle-aged man hurriedly said, "I'm just talking about it in front of you, right?"
In the imperial capital, the gates of the Zhao Mansion were closed, and the mansion was completely silent. Suddenly there was a loud thunder in the sky, and the mansion was darkened, and the servants were used to it, and went about what they were doing.
Zhao Jundu appeared at the door of the study, pushed the door open, and sat down behind the desk. Immediately, a maid accompanied him to bring refreshments and clean robes, and said: "My lord, the medicine soup is ready, would you like to take a bath and change clothes first?"
"Alright. What's up lately?"
"A letter came from Yong Lu."
Zhao Jundu was already walking towards the bathroom, but he stopped immediately after hearing this, and said: "Bring the letter."
He ran away with him, and returned with an envelope. Zhao Jundu opened the envelope, the more he looked at it, the more gloomy his face became. After reading it, he snorted and said, "Prepare the armor, I'm going to the military headquarters."
The personal attendants did not dare to disobey, and were about to go down to do some errands, when suddenly a person walked out from the corner of the corridor, and said calmly, "What are you doing at the military headquarters?"
This person is Zhao Xuanji, Lord Youguo. Zhao Jundu first bowed and said, "Naturally, I want to see who is plotting against our Zhao Clan after King Changsheng."
Zhao Xuanji frowned, looked at the black energy around Zhao Jundu's body, and said, "Did you practice too hard in this method of refining real gold with fire?"
Zhao Jundu said: "My mood is a bit dry, but I can still control it."
Zhao Xuanji pointed to the lingering black energy, and said, "What is this? Our Zhao Clan's skills don't have this kind of thing."
Zhao Jundu said calmly: "The extreme purple produces green, so what about the extreme blue? Any color that reaches the extreme is black."
"There is dark force in here?"
"Not only the dark force, but also resentment, murderous aura, flesh and blood essence, all mixed together, and then combined with my green energy, it became this."
Zhao Xuanji took a deep look at him, and said slowly: "This is not the right way."
"There is no way to go on the right path."
Zhao Jundu made a pun, Zhao Xuanji sighed, and said: "You look like this, the military department should not go."
The corners of Zhao Jundu's mouth slightly raised, revealing an inexplicable smile, and said, "I killed too many dark races to become like this. Why? Is there anyone who doesn't like it?"
Zhao Xuanji sighed, and said: "Follow me, we, old and young, haven't had tea for a long time."
"Never."
Zhao Xuanji shook his head, and said helplessly: "Everyone in your Duke Cheng's house is of the same virtue, no wonder Gao Yi is always required to clean up the mess."
Hearing his mother's name, Zhao Jundu put away the black energy on his body, and followed Zhao Xuanji into the tea room. Zhao Xuanji took out a small wooden box, poured out a few pieces of tea leaves with great care, and then boiled the tea with great concentration.
Zhao Jundu remained silent and waited quietly. Looking at the pulsating black energy on his body, one knew that it was not easy to sit quietly like this.
After a while, Zhao Xuanji finally cooked a cup of tea and handed it over. Zhao Jundu took it and drank it all in one gulp, the black energy on his body immediately melted away layer by layer like snow meeting the bright sun.
Zhao Jundu gave a deep salute and thanked him.
Zhao Xuanji waved his hand, and said: "Although you and I have different generations, our identities are equal now, besides, our Zhao Clan is not particular about etiquette, so there is no need to be too polite."
As soon as the black air disappeared, Zhao Jundu's robe began to ooze blood. He lowered his head to look, and casually pressed the original force to go up, stopped the bleeding, and said: "Actually, with all these miscellaneous qi, it still has a long killing power."
"Small profit brings great harm, it's not worth it." After finishing speaking, Zhao Xuanji looked serious, and said, "You are going to the military headquarters, but to pay taxes for the export of military supplies?"
"Besides, what else?"
"This is also a common practice in the past. Otherwise, if the prices of goods during wartime soared, if the various families secretly transported and sold them, would it be okay?"
Zhao Jundu said: "Of course I understand the truth, but besides Yonglu, how can there be any large amount of goods shipped out? The Imperial Guard Fleet does not go to so many places, and insists on staying on the waterway to Yonglu. Why? Do I need to say it?"
Zhao Xuanji remained calm, "But they always hold the truth."
"There are many ways to reason." Zhao Jundu sneered.
Zhao Xuanji stroked his beard and said, "The truth has already been explained."
"Oh, really? How did you say it?"
Zhao Xuanji said slowly: "In a few days, there will be an edict to make you Duke Rong."
Zhao Jundu raised his eyebrows and said, "This title is a bit unexpected!"
The title of Rong Guogong can be described as a great honor. It can be seen from the word Rong alone, and compared with Zhao Weihuang's title, it will be clear.
According to the usual practice, those with the name Duke of the State can basically be hereditary. As long as the family can maintain the territory, even if the military achievements are slightly inferior, there is still room for return. Wei Guogong Song Zhongnian is an example.
If the title of Rong Guogong really matches the name, it means that the Zhao Clan is also a family of four males from now on, and the basic structure is no different from that of the Zhang Clan. The only one missing is Zhang Boqian, king of Qingyang.
Although Zhao Jundu was promoted to a god general, his foundation was damaged, and he agreed that the way forward was over. Under such circumstances, the normal practice of the empire is to designate a non-hereditary Duke, or assume the rank of marshal as it is now, and lead the legion to fight. When you get old, your descendants can attack the Marquis.
This is the normal treatment of a god general who has no future.
Zhao Jundu is so smart, after thinking about it for a while, he sneered and said: "So it was changed to this! Is that piece of meat from Yonglu already so fat?"
Zhao Xuanji sighed, and said: "If you don't change it, you won't be able to do it. The righteousness and ancestral rules have been brought out on the opposite side, and both of them are justified in terms of emotion and reason."
"Whose reason? In the new world, Qianye suppressed the entire Mosar werewolf by himself. Isn't this a great contribution?"
"The Mosar werewolf is right next to Qianye, and he has to block it if he doesn't want to. This is not a condition that can be negotiated."
"If they do this, aren't they afraid that Qianye will cut off the supply? If it weren't for his endless supply of sap, how could it be possible for us to gather an army comparable to the dark race, let alone the situation we are in today!"
Zhao Xuanji sighed: "Assembling the army is one aspect, and you and Zining's command and battle are also another aspect. Even I think that the factors of you and Zining are more important."
"I… "
Before Zhao Jundu finished speaking, Zhao Xuanji shook his head, "No matter what they do, you and Zining will fight for the empire with all your strength. So this is not a condition that can be negotiated."
Zhao Jundu snorted, and said coldly: "They have calculated people's hearts very accurately! I don't know if they have calculated. After this battle, will they still have a good death?"
"What do you think?" Zhao Xuanji asked back.
"Who are they?"
Zhao Xuanji said: "Before the decision was made, the case was sent to Prince Zhiji's Mansion. After reading it, the old man said eight words: benefit the country, put the overall situation first."
Zhao Jundu was greatly surprised, "Finger King? How could he..."
Zhao Xuanji said: "Many people now know that Qianye has a special relationship with the old prince, perhaps because of this, those people sent the case to him to decide."
Zhao Jundu was silent for a long time, and then said: "Do you think that this matter may be the old prince's intention?"
"It doesn't make sense that the branches are strong and the stem is weak." Zhao Xuanji said meaningfully.
Zhao Jundu's momentum slowly fell, and he said: "If that's the case, then I won't go to the military headquarters."
After finishing speaking, he stood up, and Zhao Xuanji asked behind him, "Where are you going?"
"Go back to the new world. If I don't take the devil's fortress away, I can't swallow this breath in my heart."
Zhao Xuanji didn't stop him, but said: "Forget it, I'll ask someone to point to the Prince's Palace to ventilate."
A while later, Zhao Jundu changed his armor, boarded the floating ship, and headed for the gate of the new world.
At this moment, King Zhiji was sipping tea and reading a book by himself, when he heard the news from his personal attendant, he pondered for a moment, and said to himself: "This little guy may have already guessed something to be so merciless. Either way, My old bones have been idle for a long time, and I just went to meet old friends."
He stood up and gave a few orders before leaving the palace and drifting away.
A few days later, a piece of news exploded like a thunderstorm throughout the entire empire.
Zhao Jundu and Song Zining marched straight in, defeated the army of demon descendants in one fell swoop, broke through the fortress of Masefield, and completely expelled this famous family of demon descendants from the new world. At the same time, in order to save the defeat, the head of the Masefield family made a bold move and was taken over by the accused king.
The first confrontation between the two world's top powerhouses broke out in the New World between the Heavenly Kings and Maharajas. As a result, the New World's malicious counterattack was aroused, and each was injured.
Although the King of Fingers and the Patriarch of Masefield will have time to decide the outcome in the future, this group of demons was expelled from the new world, which can be described as a complete defeat.
After this battle, Zhao Jundu once again became famous in the empire, and the limelight was second to none.