Night Tales

Chapter 16 Dark Tide

"His Royal Highness, Your Majesty, His Royal Highness King Yi, the national teacher is here."

When the old eunuch's words reached Wei Yanyi's ears, he was staring at the Heavenly Prince standing in the center of the hall.The prince heard the eunuch's message, but didn't make any statement, so Wei Yanyi said: "Let him in."

Not a moment later, an old man in a black cloak entered the hall. When he saw the prince, there was no surprise on his face, as if he had expected him to appear here.

Lu Guiyi bowed and bowed: "See Your Highness, Your Majesty, His Highness King Yi."

"Let's get back on your feet. Does the national teacher know why I am looking for you?" the prince said.

"Presumably His Royal Highness must feel that the beauties in the heavens are tired of playing, and want to come to the mortal world to have some fun."

"Presumptuous, how do you talk to Ben Gong?"

Hearing Lu Guiyi's words, Yi Wang Weiyan Qi hid behind the prince and laughed secretly, Wei Yanyi gave him a wink, Weiyan Qifang held back.

"Ming people don't speak dark words. As the prince of the heavens, His Highness is addicted to wine and sex all day long. He doesn't think about making progress, has no virtue and incompetence, and makes trouble everywhere. No one in the heavens dares to control you, and the mortal world will not allow you to be presumptuous."

The prince has been domineering and domineering in the heaven for hundreds of years, and he has never been abused and insulted like this before. He went crazy on the spot, and struck out with a divine power. Lu Guiyi stretched out his hand to block it without any effort.

"Although the national teacher is old, his bones are very hard, come here!" The crown prince shouted, but no one came out of the hall.Wei Yanyi was afraid that the two would really fight, and stopped him with a smile: "Your Highness calm down, it's important to get down to business first."

"Oh? His Royal Highness the Crown Prince actually has some business to do. It's very strange. I guess His Majesty the Heavenly Emperor has a headache about the Western Region, and he wants the old man to come forward to settle it. Isn't that right?" The national teacher stroked his beard and said with a smile.

"You're still a bit smart. I heard that the Xiashan Spirit Mine has been stolen all year round, and my father is very angry. Recently, a new king appeared in the demon clan. This new king is the product of Qingdi and Qilin. It's quite big, the emperor's father issued a decree, specially ordering the national division to go to the western region to retake the spirit mine, and to go out tonight, don't neglect it."

"His Majesty the Emperor of Heaven is angry. He should send the Heavenly Soldiers to pacify the Western Territory. Why do you trust a little Lu Guiyi? If you say that the new king of the Demon Realm is capable, he is the son of Emperor Qing, and His Highness, as the son of the Emperor of Heaven, should volunteer to take the lead Going out to fight, destroying the king of the demon world, and taking the place of Yang Wei in the heaven. How can you hide in the capital and tell me what to do with a mortal?"

"Lu Guiyi! I'm going to kill you!" The prince jumped up and was about to rush down the stage, Wei Yanyi and Wei Yanqi hurriedly stopped him: "Your Highness is golden and jade-like, why should you be as knowledgeable as a bad old man? If His Highness has something Mistakes, we will die forever." Wei Yanyi turned to Lu Gui and said, "National teacher, now that the demon world is invading, and the western region is in trouble, I will designate you as the general who conquers the demons. I will conquer Qianmen Mountain in the west, and the national teacher will not go. .”

"Your Majesty has an order that Lu Gui will die without hesitation."

When the prince heard the words, he stopped talking.

"How many troops does the National Teacher need?" Wei Yan Qi asked.

"50."

"50! If there are 50, I will take it myself."

"Respectfully send His Majesty to go to war!" Lu Gui said while kneeling down to send the certificate respectfully.

"You!" Wei Yanyi forced himself to swallow this breath, pointing to Lu Guidao: "I'll give you one hundred thousand, nothing more."

"Your Majesty, the Imperial City Army has 20 troops, Xijiang 20, Beidi 30, Wuwangshan 15, Yanzhou [-], and Yizhou [-]; these are all troops. Now that Qianmen Mountain has been broken, there is civil strife in Xiashan Mountain. , the spiritual mines are constantly flowing out, and the troubles in the western region are getting worse, His Majesty is not willing to repel the demon army, and it is useless for the old minister to go."

"The magic army is only [-], and it's impossible to give the national teacher a hundred thousand troops? What's the use of the national teacher?" the prince said.

"I don't even know what the heavens want the prince for."

"National Teacher, don't be impatient." Wei Yanyi said: "Although there are many armies in the world, they need to be dispatched. One hundred thousand troops are only a temporary relief. The National Teacher will take the first step. The remaining 40 will be in the Western Region within a month. Join us."

"Your Majesty is wise."

"In addition, the national teacher also knows that the day of enshrining the gods is coming. This time I plan to give you the Lu family a place, the national teacher should not let me down. Well, the national teacher will go out tonight. You can take ten thousand troops, is there any problem?"

"No, the old minister will leave."

Lu Gui and his party saluted, then bent out of the hall.

Wei Yan Qi smiled and said: "Hahaha, this old man is very difficult to deal with."

"Let him play around for a few days, Yan Qi, is Yan Zhen ready?" Wei Yanyi asked.

"Don't worry, the fourth brother has been gearing up all these years, but he has never neglected."

"Where is Xiashan?"

"It's all under control."

"That's good, what orders does Your Highness have?" Wei Yanyi turned around and asked the prince.

"There is no special order. Don't keep any of the Lu family's family and the nine clans. Oh, that's right..." The crown prince said: "Lu Guiyi's granddaughter, Ben Gong, thinks it's not bad. You... umh, give me She got it."

"It's a piece of cake. Your Highness, leave it to me." Wei Yan Qi hooked the corners of her obscene lips, and Wei Yan Yi couldn't bear to look at her treacherous and flattering expression.

It has been 19 years since that catastrophe.At that time, just after the war, the land of Yuque was shrouded in blood mist.Numerous bones filled the Lianyu River.Villages are reduced to ruins and cities are like ghosts.

At that time, no one thought about rebuilding Yuque, and everyone was immersed in endless grief.Only the spirit bandits who occasionally pass by Yuque will look up at the scarlet sky of Yuque.

In Yuque, there was no vegetation for ten years, and no birds or beasts.

Until one day, it rained for a long time, neither big nor small, neither too fast nor too slow.After the heavy rain, the blood mist dissipated, the trees sprouted again, and the weak grass broke through the ground.

Fan also told Chenzhu: "I destroyed Yuque, and I will give you a new home."

So Chen He set foot on this land again, she picked up a hand bone that had turned black by the side of the road, and thought about it for a long time.She returned to Soul Eater Villa and opened all the treasures left by her ancestors.The ancestor's soul roared and roared in the Soul Eater Sword, scolding her for being unworthy, constantly struggling to break out of the limit and tearing her apart.She held the quivering hilt to silence them, and they grew angrier.Finally, she plunged the sword into the cesspit, and they finally stopped talking.

She took out the treasure and spared no effort in rebuilding Yuque.Dig rivers, clean up landslides, expand palaces, plan cities, and reclaim land.All the labor costs can be discarded, and the old department of Yuque heard about this and returned to their hometown one after another.Still short of labor, he went to the Mortal Realm to capture thousands of slaves.Not enough money, she went to Mortal Realm to start a business again.After ten years, Yuque has been rebuilt one after another.

"Look, are you satisfied with the newly built Yuque Palace?"

Fuyu looked up at the towering and majestic palace in front of him, with thousands of passionate emotions burning in his chest.

The Yuque Palace was built on the back of the Tibetan Jade Mountain, with a red roof and white walls, and the walls are made of stones.There are nine floors up and down, and ten miles from east to west.

The city wall of Yuque Palace is quite unique. The stone blocks were removed from three feet to ten feet and embedded with transparent jade.

When he was still young, Fuyu once sat on Xuanqi and looked down on this land, what he saw was only a barren and dead tomb.Ten years have passed, and the land is covered with green again, exotic flowers and grasses bloom everywhere, and birds and beasts come and go in groups.Compared to any other place in the Night Realm, this place is as beautiful as a fairyland.

Fuyu closed her eyes and took a breath of Yuque's air.

"The current planning area of ​​the entire Yuque is 12 mu, [-] mu of the city, three big cities, including Yuque City; [-] mu of farmland, [-] kinds of crops known to be suitable for planting, and countless medicinal materials. The city Northwest Yuncheng was invited to plan; the sculptures of the buildings were done by slaves from the mortal world; Jingnan Lijun was invited for the formation of enchantments. And..."

"Sister, you said that the middle of the wall is empty, wouldn't it break if touched?" Cicada said, kicking the palace wall in front of her.

"Try to touch it."

Changuo obeyed and slapped the wall.

"Hey, brat, it's you who are wreaking havoc again!" Hearing this, Cicada was about to hide behind Chen He, when the opponent's stinky kick had already kicked him, and it was about to hit him in the chin. The man's ankle: "The people who bully Shenbi Peak in front of me are quite courageous!"

"Mijia, look at this stinky hooligan taking advantage of me!" Ah Xie turned around and asked for help from a distance.

"Have you had enough trouble with my ancestors?"

"Let go of me, let me go." Ah Xie begged for mercy, Chen Shu kicked her feet away, and Mi Jia had already walked to several people.

"Is Master Shaodi coming to inspect the work again?" Mi Jia asked.

"Don't dare, I dare not, how dare I inspect Master Mijia's work. Let me introduce you..." Chen Zhi pointed to Mijia and said to Fuyu: "Mijia, Third Elder Jingnan Lijun, from Yuque Palace The enchantment was arranged by her; Ah Xie, the former deputy master of Zhangjian Pavilion, is now at home and eating soft food." Pointing to Fuyu and Chan, he said: "Fuyu, the young master of Yuque Palace; Chan, my senior brother son."

"Oh my god, the young master of Yuque Palace looks like this, Xi Chenzhu, you are a sinner through the ages."

It's not that Ah Xie is talking nonsense, but that Fuyu, as a member of the Yan clan, is too thin and thin. This kind of appearance that everyone wants to go up and bully, it's really a little imposing to be the lord of the first palace.

"Wow, can you speak?" Cicada jumped up and pointed at Ah Xie, "Eldest sister said that Yu'er is the most talented person in the night realm for a hundred years."

"Talent? Hahaha...hahahaha..." Ah Xie seemed to hear some funny joke, and he leaned forward happily: "Hahaha..."

"Stop laughing!" Mijia slapped Ah Xie on the head, and Ah Xie shouted: "Domestic violence!"

"Shut up!" Mijia yelled at her unbearably, Ah Xie glared at her, and met her with more stern eyes. Ah Xie waved his hand, pulled down quietly, and retreated behind her, still spitting at Xichen. tongue.

Mijia walked up to Cicada and asked, "Do you think this city wall is not strong?"

"Don't dare, I'll just talk about it." Cicada shook her head and waved her hands, repeatedly denying it.Mijia looked at Chenzhu again: "I allow you to strike the city wall with the Soul Eater Sword."

"Don't chop, don't chop, don't I still believe in Miss Mijia's ability?" Chen Yu also waved his hand.

"It just so happens that I also want to test the strength of the enchantment, so just chop it."

Chen Yu clasped his elbows and said, "Then I'm really hacked."

"I'll come, I'll come, I'm afraid the elder sister will release the water." Cicada raised her hand and shouted: "Stand back a little bit."

Cicada wanted to show off in front of Fuyu, so he stood in front of the city wall, and they stepped back a few steps as they said, standing on either side of him.

"Chishui Divine Bow!" Cicada chanted the formula, stretched her right hand forward, and sure enough a huge blue bow burning with light fell on his hand, raised her left hand to the sky, and took out a feathered arrow.

"Unlock!" Cicada chanted again, with her legs spread apart, her body squatting down, her right hand stretched her bow and her left hand nocked an arrow.

"Shoot!" At the same time as the cicada yelled softly, the wall suddenly turned into a smooth mirror, and Chen Shu hurriedly shouted: "Stop!" How can it be stopped, the feather arrow has already been released.

Chen Yu suddenly rushed forward and pulled the cicada away.I saw that arrow hit the city wall, bounced back, flew to the opposite side, fell on the opposite wall, and bounced back again.In just a short moment, it has flown back and forth more than a dozen times, and if Ruuochan is still standing there, his heart is already blossoming.

Mi Jia said: "Stop." The arrow hit the city wall, lost its attack, and fell to the ground.

Cicada's legs softened and she knelt on the ground.

Mijia walked up to Fuyu and handed a booklet to her: "This is the distribution range and activation method of the enchantment. The enchantment that connects with the mortal realm has not yet started to be built, but it will give you a satisfactory result." reply."

Fuyu put away the book and nodded to Mijia.

"Ah Xie, let's go."

"Wait a minute." Chen Zhu stopped them.

Mika turned around.

"Miss Mijia has worked hard day and night for the reconstruction of Yuque in the past few years. I plan to give you a one-month vacation. Luo Ying gave birth to a baby a month ago. Are you interested in following me around the world? .”

Mika asked, "How is her sister's illness?"

"I heard it's all right."

"So, let's go and have a look."

This is a temple with a history of 2000 years. The god enshrined in this temple is called Siming Shenjun, to be precise, the late Siming Shenjun.Before Shenjun died, he turned his resentment into a curse, and cursed that there would be no more babies born in the heavens.The Emperor of Heaven failed to solve it by all kinds of methods, so he had to make atonement to the Lord Siming.God chooses a woman from the mortal royal family, and this woman's lifelong duty is to serve in the God's Temple, and she must always remain a virgin.If the god forgives the heaven, her curse will be turned into a spirit body, and the princess will be bestowed with priesthood, and that princess will become the next god of command.

Wei Jiangchi had already knelt in front of the statue all morning, the incense in the incense burner had been burned out, the maid removed the old incense and inserted a new set.At this time, a woman wearing a white cloak and a hood came in.

"It's noon, you can get up."

Wei Jiang Chi looked up at the look in his eyes, turned his head and winked playfully at the woman, got up slowly, patted his sore knee, and said to Lu Xinming, "Do you have a clue about what I asked you to do? "

"There is."

"Oh? Tell me."

"The death of the god is related to the sky core."

"It's the sky core again! My god, how many things in this world are related to the sky core?"

"And she is special. She was executed by the Heavenly Emperor because she wanted to save the Sky Core."

"Save the sky core, but why?"

"This matter is very complicated, I can't figure it out, I can't explain it. But what is certain is that if you want to get salvation, you must have something to do with the sky core."

"Is there any way to see the sky core?"

Lu Xinming shook his head.

"Well, the old man appreciates your thoughts." At the door, Lu Guiyi walked in, he stroked his gray beard, and said to Wei Jiang Chi: "How is the eldest princess today?"

"Okay, I heard that the national teacher is going to fight, I really want to congratulate you."

"Hehe, what a joy, the princess probably doesn't know what the battlefield looks like."

"If the national teacher is willing to bring Jiang Chi along."

"It was really a wrong decision to make the eldest princess a god servant."

"There is only one princess in the Wei family, what can the national teacher do?"

"This is the only princess, and the only clean person in Wei's family."

"What does the national teacher mean?"

"The Wei family has fallen, but I have high hopes for the princess."

"how do I say this?"

"If this piece of land is handed over to your younger brothers, it will only decline further."

Lu Guiyi looked into Wei Jiangchi's eyes and said, "If possible, I hope the princess can inherit the throne."

"National teacher, I don't want to hear the second sentence that is not good for the national teacher." Wei Jiang scolded him late.She knew that the Lu family and the Wei family had always been at odds. Although she was close to the Lu family, she was still a member of the Wei family, and she was obliged to protect her brother's throne for him.

"Princess calm down, can you promise me one thing?"

"Please say."

"If the capital changes, help me take care of Xinming."

Wei Jiangchi opened his eyes wide and looked at him.

"Haha, the old man said casually, don't worry about the princess. Isn't there a martial arts competition in the afternoon, if the princess doesn't clean up, she will miss it."

"Will the national teacher still give me kung fu today?"

"No, no, this old man still has a lot of things to do. You can go and have fun today. Young people shouldn't be trapped in this small temple all day long. I'm leaving." Lu Guiyi said, cupped his hands, and turned around gone.

"What's wrong with your grandfather?" Wei Jiangchi asked Lu Xinming: "Is she afraid that she won't win the battle?"

"No."

"What are you afraid of?"

"You better not know."

"Yes, yes, I don't want to know about your Lu family's affairs." Wei Jiangchi suddenly leaned into Lu Xinming's ear and said, "Hey, let's watch the martial arts competition together in the afternoon. The snacks in the venue are simply delicious , is much better than those cooks in the palace, so we will go there for lunch and come back in time to see off your grandpa in the evening." After that, Wei Jiangchi did not wait for her to refuse, and dragged her to the princess mansion, and the two disguised themselves , go out from the side door.

The martial arts field in the western suburbs is a royal property.It was originally used for the imperial court to select generals.But the martial arts selection test is held once a year, and the rest of the time is used for gambling.Because it is the property of the royal family, the martial field in the western suburbs is also the largest casino in the mortal world.The casino has one Tianzi hall, three Dizi halls, ten Herringbone halls, and countless miscellaneous halls.The Tianzi Hall is a place where the royal relatives and family children play, and the Renzi Hall is a place where ordinary people gather.

Wei Jiangchi took Lu Xinming to the Herringbone Hall first, and weaved through the crowded crowd.

"Jiang Chi, what did you bring me to this kind of place?" Lu Xinming was sweating profusely, and the pungent smell from the crowd rushed towards him. Lu Xinming had no way to hide, and felt dizzy for a while.

"It's here. Boss, here are two servings of stinky tofu." Wei Jiangchi let go of Lu Xinming's hand, and gave the boss two copper coins.The boss said cheerfully: "Oh, my aunt is here, welcome."

Wei Jiangchi pulled Lu Xinming, who kept fluttering his nose, to sit down at the table.The boss served two bowls of snacks and brought them in front of them.As soon as Lu Xinming saw the smelly and black things appearing in front of his eyes, the disgusting smell was unavoidable, his eyes went dark, and he passed out.

"Hey! Xinming." Wei Jiangchi didn't expect her reaction to this smell to be so strong, he got up to support her body that was about to fall.

"Take me away." Lu Xinming slightly opened his eyes and said weakly.Wei Jiangchi glanced at the stinky tofu that hadn't touched a mouthful, and pushed Lu Xinming out.

"You...you actually like this kind of thing, Wei Jiangchi!" Lu Xinming broke free from her grasp, ran to the corner of the wall and vomited.

"Sister Saint, I was wrong, are you okay? Oh, what did Sister Saint eat this morning, and the vomit smells so good?"

"I..." Lu Xinming didn't recover from the smell of stinky tofu, but smelled his own vomit, and even heard Wei Jiangchi's wicked words. He just wiped his mouth clean and threw a handkerchief, and then vomited it out again.

"Okay, okay, I won't tease you anymore." Wei Jiangchi handed over his handkerchief from behind, Lu Xinming took it, wiped his lips and threw the handkerchief away, covering the pile of vomit.

"Look at you, the skirt is all dirty. There is my office in Tianziguan, go there and change your clothes. Although they are all my clothes, I assume you don't mind." Wei Jiang held Lu Xinming late hands, and walked towards the Tianzi Pavilion.

"Your clothes don't smell of stinky tofu, do they?"

"How is it possible? Every time a maid takes it to wash it, okay?"

Some of the passers-by who knew the two of them hurried up to call Qian.Wei Jiangchi was afraid that Lu Xinming would be embarrassed, so he drove them away from a long distance away.

"Xinming, why do you never refuse other people's arrangements for you. Sometimes I really want to see you refuse once, even if you refuse me once."

"Whether you refuse or agree, you can't escape your ultimate fate, so why bother?"

"I don't like your words. Everyone is mortal, but there are thousands of ways to live. People must make themselves happy, don't they?"

"If you were in my position, you wouldn't think so."

"I advise you to stop doing such things as divination and fortune-telling in the future. It's boring and meaningless. For example, I know that I will die, so why should I know how I will die in advance?"

"What can I do? My life was given by my father, and I can only follow his arrangements."

"But your father's life was given by your grandfather. Your grandfather told you to stop doing these things. Why didn't you listen?"

"My grandpa didn't stop me from fortune-telling, but I used the wrong method."

"Oh, in what way?"

"For divination, the divination is about possible events and solutions, but I can only predict what will inevitably happen. Although there is nothing wrong with this, it limits my realm."

"I don't understand. I don't understand. Hey, have you done the math for me?"

"No."

"why?"

"I am afraid."

"My fate is actually inseparable from the Lu family, the Wei family, and the mortal world. Even if you didn't count me, even if you counted someone else's, how could you not deduce my fate?"

"Yo, grandma, you're finally here." The two were talking, when a tall, thin, and capable middle-aged man came out from the side.This person is a small steward of the Tianziguan, who is quite close to Wei Jiangchi, and often gives Wei Jiangchi some references to help her win the bet.

"Old He, who are the two people in the first match?" At this time, Wei Jiangchi happened to walk to the door of the office, and Wei Jiangchi ordered the maid to bring Lu Xinming in to change clothes, and she invited Old He to the lobby to have a cup of tea.

"Dashantou. Dashantou, you know, that guy's strength fluctuates up and down, and no one can guess whether he will win or lose today. It is also because there is no way to guess, so the bets in this game are the most."

"Do you have any good advice?"

The little eunuch brought Lu Xinming to Wei Jiangchi's bedroom, and a court lady came up to meet her.

"Just put the clothes on the bed, I'll change them myself, you go out."

"Yes."

"Hey, this aunt is right when you ask the villain. Who is this person? How could he be able to kill a tiger today and be chased by hunting dogs tomorrow? The villain felt that there must be something tricky here. So the villain put Those who have placed bets in the battles with him in the past studied it and found that there is a person, no matter whether Dashantou wins or loses, he never misses."

"Who is this person?"

"His Royal Highness King Yi."

"Yan Qi has always liked to engage in such cleverness, so it's not surprising that he bought a few warriors. Is he betting on winning or losing today?"

"It's a loss, Auntie."

"Come here, give him 1000 taels of silver." Wei Jiangchi ordered, and then said to Lao He: "You take this money, and I will give you [-]% if you win."

"Hey, Aunt Xie." Old He hurriedly agreed.

After Lu Xinming had changed into new clothes, when he was about to go out, a ball of paper suddenly fell from the roof.Lu Xinming leaned over to pick up the note, opened it and took a look, then turned a fire and burned the note.

Not long after, the young man took out ten banknotes and handed them to Old He. Old He knelt down and kowtowed, and was about to leave when Wei Jiangchi stopped him again: "Wait a minute."

"Auntie, what else do you want?"

"Where did Yan Qi go? Why didn't I see him when I passed by his place?"

"Well, King Yi didn't come today."

"I see, you go down."

"Yes, little farewell."

After Lao He left, Lu Xinming came out from the inner hall and said, "I should go."

"Where?"

"Go to the Golden Crow Temple to worship the gods."

"Why didn't I hear you before?"

"I said it before, wouldn't it spoil your interest."

"Aren't you going to spoil the fun now?"

"I actually wanted to ask you to go with me, but you first proposed the martial arts competition."

"Ha, I've been kneeling in the temple all morning, so I won't accompany you to worship the gods!"

"Guess you'll say that, I'm leaving, you have fun."