ghost scene

Yu Gan raised his head and looked at the city gate which was close to Chi Chi, it was more than twice as low compared to Tai'an City.But it is still a rather magnificent city wall,

In particular, the reinforcement and renovation project of Luyang City is very thick, and it is covered with thick spikes.Looking at these piercing spikes, Yu Gan could imagine the seriousness of the situation here.

A few hundred miles south of Luyang City is the border of Bingzhou, which can be said to be very close. In the event of a full-scale conflict, this must be the primary target fortress of the Nanyang Army.

Yu Gan and the others only came with the imperial guard of honor, and Xia Yuanzheng led [-] Longyou troops to station on a small hill more than ten miles away.

Jinzhou has long been out of the core radiation range of Tai'an City, and most of the states here are basically states and herdsmen forming a country of their own.

Although Jinzhou Mu Chentuo was not as open and aboveboard as Nanyang King to fight against the imperial court, but it was impossible to obey the imperial court's order.

Over the years, the taxes paid to the imperial court have been less than [-]%.

Therefore, even if the [-] Longyou Army came here under the name of an imperial envoy, they still need to be vigilant.

Now most of the soldiers in Jinzhou are confronting the Nanyang Army on the sideline, and the deterrent force of the [-] Longyou Army is still very sufficient.

That's why Li Chenghua didn't let Xia Yuanzheng come with him, and let him station not far away. If the situation changed drastically, this would be his backup.

Li Chenghua rode a horse and stood at the front, behind him were his cronies, and behind him was the imperial guard of honor led by Yu Gan and Gongsun Yan, and Li Nianxiang was in the carriage behind.

As for Kong Ru, it is estimated that it is hidden nearby.

These days, he has been on the verge of seeing the beginning and the end, but he can guarantee that if something happens, he will definitely be there as soon as possible.

The same is true for that patriarch Lu, anyway, Yu Gan doesn't even know whether she followed or not.It is estimated that he is floating and meditating somewhere in the sky at this moment.

But it's not a big problem. With Patriarch Lu's cultivation, if I really call her, the distance within tens of miles can be reached in an instant.

At this time, a group of officials rushed out from the city gate in a hurry. The leader was a man in his early fifties, with a big belly and a ridiculous official uniform.

"My servant Ma Yonghe, governor of Luyang County, has met His Royal Highness the King of Chu." The governor panted and greeted Li Chenghua, and all the officials behind him bowed.

"Mr. Ma is being polite." Li Chenghua said in a flat tone, and then asked, "Where's Chen Zhoumu?"

Ma Yong said softly, "Lord State Shepherd just came back from the sideline, and now he is hosting a banquet in the city to wait for His Highness. Please come out to welcome Your Highness."

"En." Li Chenghua hummed lightly, put his legs under the horse's belly, and slowly entered the city.

Yu Gan narrowed his eyes and followed.Before, I just heard that the big officials outside the frontier didn't pay much attention to Da Qi, but today I saw it.

Today's eldest son of the emperor and the imperial envoy sent by the emperor himself, but a mere county guard came out to greet him?Zhou Mu directly waited in the city aloof?

Yu Gan just wanted to say that these state shepherds really support their own troops.I am afraid that my status as an imperial envoy will not be useful at all.

Of course, Yu Gan didn't care about these things, he just thought that Li Chenghua was so tolerant.This is simply a subtle slap in the face of your royal family.

Seeing Li Chenghua's unchanged expression from the beginning to the end, Yu Gan feels that Li Xun is a good teacher.

To be honest, regardless of anything else, from the perspective of Li Xun's generation and the next generation, the Great Qi royal family is still very powerful.

It's just that the country is seriously ill, no matter how severe it is, it can only be like this for the time being, and it cannot be easily solved by one or two generations.

Stepping into the city, the streets are considered spacious, and the people inside seem to be alive.

As far as Yu Gan knew, this Jinzhou Mu Chen Tuo was a very good leader in the eyes of the people of Jinzhou.Under his rule, Jinzhou cannot be prosperous, but there is still a little stability and prosperity.

Especially in the past ten years or so, the Golden State has been at peace without any wars.Under the recuperation, Golden State has been able to develop well.

It was only when the Nanyang Army started to show up on the sideline some time ago that the atmosphere in the state became a little tense.

But in the core city of Jinzhou, the people are not too flustered now, especially when the situation on the sideline is slowly stabilizing.

The degree of development in the city is naturally far inferior to Tai'an City, but it has everything it should have, and there is nothing missing.The average appearance of the people here is quite different from that in Tai'an City.

The cheekbones are protruding, and the nose is a bit sunken.So Yu Gan and his group riding horses on the street naturally attracted the attention of many people.

Yu Gan just followed the team quietly, scanning the customs and customs unique to Jinzhou.

After passing through the outer city in front and entering the inner city, the flow of people suddenly decreased, and the standard of living also increased significantly.

Finally, under the leadership of Ma Yonghe, Yu Gan and the others stopped in front of a magnificent mansion.

"This is the residence of Master Zhou Mu in the city. Your Excellency will occasionally come to Luyang City to live for a period of time. Today, I learned that the King of Chu will be here. I hereby hold a banquet at the residence and invite Your Highness to dismount and enter." Ma Yonghe explained.

Li Chenghua didn't say anything, just got off his horse.

Yu Gan and the others also got off their horses and went in. At this moment, that Ma Yonghe was only two steps behind, walked up to Yu Gan, bowed and smiled.

"I was in a hurry just now, and I neglected the two imperial envoys, please don't take offense."

Yu Gan said with a smile, "Master Ma, you are welcome. There are so many affairs in Luyang County, it is not easy for Mr. Ma to find time to meet with you."

This Ma Yonghe continued to say a few words of courtesy, and then turned back.

Li Nianxiang also got out of the carriage at this time, standing next to Yu Gan with Gongsunyan on the left and right.After hurrying along these days, the three of them are already very familiar with each other.

At least, Yu Gan and Gongsun Yan will no longer have the awkward feeling when facing Li Nianxiang.

The eyes of the three people scanned back and forth in the mansion, there were many people with mixed eyes, they didn't say anything here, they just followed quietly.

Soon, they were brought to a magnificent hall, which was brightly lit, singing and dancing, and it was extremely lively.

The left side was full of civil servants, the right side was full of armored generals, and on the high seat in the middle sat a middle-aged man in a splendid costume.

He has a strange appearance, leaning against the table with a wine glass in his hand, his posture is quite unrestrained.

The one who can sit in the main seat must be that Jinzhou Mu Chen Tuo.This man is both civil and military, he is very good at both the romance of a literati and the galloping of a general on the battlefield.It has been ten years since he sat in the position of the owner of the Golden State.

Seeing Li Chenghua leading someone in, Chen Tuo got up and greeted him heartily, "The king of Chu came from a long way, and the servants are not far away to welcome him."

"Master Chen is polite." Li Chenghua smiled slightly.

"Please take a seat." Chen Tuo said very enthusiastically.

After Li Chenghua took his seat, he looked at Yu Gan and Gongsun Yan again, and laughed heartily again, "The two must be the imperial envoys for this trip. The poor people in Jinzhou are weak, and the mountains and rivers are dangerous. I wonder if the two imperial envoys can help adapt."

"Your Majesty Chen, you're being polite. It's all the land of Daqi, so why don't you feel comfortable talking about it?" Gongsun Yan replied calmly.

"Yes, please take a seat."

Yu Gan and the others were also not polite, and they bowed their hands slightly, and then sat down in the special seats.

Except for Chen Tuo's welcome at the beginning, after he sat down, no one looked at Yu Gan's so-called imperial envoy.

Obviously, in the eyes of the civil servants and generals in Jinzhou, the imperial envoy of Daqi had no deterrent power at all.

Naturally, Yu Gan didn't care about this, he hadn't eaten for a day, and he was already starving, so he just started eating.

In this way, halfway through the banquet, Yu Gan stopped contentedly, grabbed a handful of grapes while eating to digest food, and casually glanced ahead

Li Chenghua was sitting next to Chen Tuo, and the two of them seemed to be chatting very enthusiastically. Most of their words were about the situation between Jinzhou and Bingzhou.

"The people in Tai'an City live well. These women are really soft-skinned and tender. We don't have such women in Jinzhou."

"It's true when you say it. Look at that girl's clothes belong to Dali Temple? There is also a female master in this Dali Temple?"

"You don't care if she is in charge or not, Shui Ling will be fine. If she can be my wife, she will save ten years of life."

Some gossip floated into Yu Gan's ears, it was the armored general who was saying hello.In fact, as a soldier, this level of hilarity is actually nothing.

But if the occasion is not right, it will not work, especially if Yu Gan hears it.

Seeing Yu Gan get up and walk to the general, Gongsun Yan naturally heard what he said just now, before Yu Gan could stop him, he walked over.

At such a time, it is even more difficult for her to stand up and say something as a woman, so she can only sit there and look over there.Li Nianxiang on one side, to be precise, was Wu Xi, she was on the phone again, and she sat quietly and looked over there.

The movement of Yu Gan getting up and walking over only attracted the attention of a small number of people in this huge hall.

"This general, there are some things you can't talk nonsense." Yu Gan squatted directly in front of the burly and furry general who was talking loudly, put his right hand on the other's shoulder, and said calmly.

The latter did not expect that Yu Gan would suddenly come over and say this. How could he, a battle-tested general, put up with such a shameless face?In this Golden State, who cares what imperial envoy you are.

But in the next second, his face changed drastically, because he found that he couldn't move.

The young man in front of him was too strong and unfathomable.

"The general just said a few words casually, and didn't mention his name, why can't he?"

Yu Gan was not annoyed, he just picked up the vegetable pressing board on the table, and slapped the man's mouth expressionlessly.

The crackling sound was still very loud, and Yu Gan's strength was so strong that he smashed the opponent's mouth to pieces and blood flowed out.

This movement finally attracted everyone's attention. The general who was beaten kept moaning, but he didn't cry out because of the pain.

When Yu Gan saw that the other party's mouth was out of shape, he stopped, then got up and looked at Chen Tuo who was looking over here calmly, and said.

"This man speaks disrespectfully to the princess. I'll teach you a lesson. Master Chen won't have any objection?"

Chen Tuo squinted at Yu Gan, and soon laughed heartily, "What Imperial Envoy Yu taught me is that these people are used to being wild on the battlefield, so they should be taught a lesson."

Yu Gan clasped his fists slightly, "I am an imperial envoy, so I won't stay here with Mr. Chen to avoid being criticized. Let's go first. These days, I will truthfully investigate the people's livelihood and governance issues in Jinzhou according to my duties. I also ask Mr. Chen to understand one or two."

"Of course, Magistrate Ma, you people should cooperate with the imperial envoy and meet all requirements." Chen Tuo immediately ordered Ma Yonghe.

The latter repeatedly said yes on the spot.

"His Royal Highness, let's go first." Yu Gan asked Li Chenghua with a bow.

Li Chenghua, who always had a smile on his face, just nodded slightly, "Well, you guys go to rest first."

Neither Li Chenghua nor Chen Tuo seemed to have any intention of blaming Yu Gan for what he did.

Yu Gan was too lazy to think about it, clasped his fists together again, and then nodded slightly to Gongsunyan and Li Nianxiang.The two immediately got up and followed Yu Gan out of the banquet hall.

Many generals in the hall looked at Yu Gan's back with dark faces, that is, Chen Tuo was here, otherwise these generals would not let such an arrogant imperial envoy walk out of here.

"Why did you make such a move just now? This is in Jinzhou, you are too careless in doing so." Gongsun Yan frowned slightly, and said something to Yu Gan.

"Don't worry minister, the more I do this, the safer we are. An arrogant imperial envoy is far more likable than a quiet imperial envoy.

Of course, the main reason is that I really don't like their open-mouthed appearance. "

Seeing Yu Gan's bright smile, Gongsun Yan fell silent again, and what Yu Gan said made sense.In these respects, she still believed in Yu Gan.

Soon, the servants leading the way took Yu Gan and the others to a separate courtyard in the mansion.This is specially for imperial envoys, and those guards of honor have already lived in the outer courtyard.

"Minister, go in and rest first. I'll take Wen An out for a stroll and come back later." In front of the courtyard gate, Yu Gan stopped and said.

Gongsun Yan paused, nodded and said, "Well, be careful."

"Do not worry."

Yu Gan turned his head and left, Wu Xi bowed slightly to Gongsun Yan and followed him out.

The two of them walked out of the mansion all the way to the busy street not far from the mansion before stopping, and then Yu Gan turned his head and looked at each other with a smile on his face.

Wu Xi looked at Yu Gan, "Did you fight that general in order to come out earlier?"

"Almost. I saw that you came out suddenly, so I thought you were in a hurry, so I beat up that idiot. Otherwise, there is really no good reason to leave the meeting." Yu Gan shrugged his shoulders and said.

Wu Xi was no stranger to Yu Gan's behavior.Just keep walking forward.

Yu Gan followed, and asked in a low voice, "Is your clansman in Luyang City now?"

"Ah."

"What a coincidence? How many people? How dare they gather in Luyang City openly?"

"We don't dress up in fancy clothes, we live here normally."

"Now let's talk about what's going on."

"To be honest, I don't know very well. Let's talk about it when we get there."

In fact, Yu Gan wanted to ask if Wu Xi followed him because he was coming to Jinzhou, or was it just a coincidence.

But after thinking about it, there is no need to ask.No matter what the situation is, Yu Gan still chooses to trust Wu Xi.Still the same sentence, with his current strength of being able to forcibly regret the peak cultivation base of the third rank, it is really not too scary in this Luyang City.

The two buried their heads in their journey, and soon Wu Xi took Yu Gan to a courtyard in an ordinary alley in the outer city and stopped.She gently knocked on the door with a specific frequency.

Soon, the courtyard door opened, and a young woman opened the door.

Wu Xi took out a token and showed it to the other party, who immediately welcomed the two of them in very respectfully.

Walking into the courtyard, Yu Gan looked at the simple courtyard curiously.Not surprisingly, tonight he could learn more about the forces behind Wu Xi.

I am still quite interested in this mysterious force Yugan.

There is some connection with Nanyang, and there seems to be some connection with Nanjiang. Now Luyang City also has a core stronghold. Yu Gan has every reason to suspect that they may also have something to do with Chen Tuo.

In addition, Yu Gan knew that they had informants in both the Monster Hunting Hall and the Dali Temple.Such a multi-line development force is by no means that simple.

The last time Wu Xi told himself about his origins, the main ingredient was the descendants of Wu Kingdom back then, but Yu Gan thought that after so many years, there may have been many other ingredients.

It's just that Wu Xi didn't choose to tell herself everything at the time.Otherwise, a mere remnant of the previous dynasty, how could it be possible to spread the surface so wide and the line so deep.

"Please come here, Miko." The woman who opened the door took Wu Xi and Yu Gan to the backyard, and then opened a simple cover on the ground.

Obviously, there is a tunnel leading to somewhere below.

Wu Xi and Yu Gan went down, and soon reached the bottom, the tunnel was not big, just enough to accommodate the two of them walking side by side, candles were lit along the way, and the surrounding was very humid.

The woman led the way, while Yu Gan and Wu Xi followed quietly behind.Occasionally there was the sound of water dripping, and more often it was the rustling of stepping on the ground.

In this way, they walked for about half an hour before they reached the end.After exiting the tunnel, there is a rather large courtyard in front of you.Then look at the surrounding courtyards.

Based on Yu Gan's current knowledge, it is not difficult to judge that they came to a manor.And the scale of the manor is not small, quite large.

The woman who led the way returned the same way, leaving Yu Gan and Wu Xi in place.

Soon, there were two people wrapped in black clothes, two eyes were exposed, and the men in black who couldn't tell the difference between men and women walked in.

Wu Xi took out the token again for the other party to check.

"Yes, please come here from the witch." The two returned the token to Wu Xi with great respect, and then began to lead the way.

Yu Gan and Wu Xi followed a few feet behind, and the former asked without hesitation, "What is the position of a witch? According to your words, you should be the princess of Wu Kingdom?"

Wu Xi paused, "Miko for short."

Yu Gan was stunned for a moment, it turned out to be so simple and unpretentious.

He continued to ask, "Then your father should be the Witch King, is he here now?"

As he said that, Yu Gan slapped his thigh, and said a little depressed, "Why didn't you say it earlier? I'm going to see Master Taishan for this, why do you want me to come here empty-handed?"

Regarding Yu Gan's taking advantage, Wu Xi was expressionless, silent for a long time, and finally said calmly, "He is not here for the time being."

"Not here? Then who do we see?"

"Master Lin."

"Who is Prime Minister Lin? Does your Wu Kingdom still have such a position as a civil servant?"

"Um,"

"Excellent." Yu Gan gave a thumbs up.

On the way, Yu Gan saw many people, most of whom were dressed like the two men in black, giving people a mysterious feeling.

Finally, the two were brought to a secluded courtyard, and the two men in black leading the way left.

Wu Xi didn't hesitate, and walked directly into the yard with Yu Gan.

There is a big tree planted in the yard, and a stone table is placed under the tree, and an old man is sitting on the side.

He was wearing a blue dress on the right lapel, with some strange-looking insects embroidered on it, Yu Gan didn't know these things.This attire has the taste of people from southern Xinjiang.

After all, the Wu Kingdom was adjacent to southern Xinjiang and was located in the deep mountains. The most important thing is that most of the monks in the Wu Kingdom practiced witchcraft and voodoo.

Therefore, strictly speaking, Wuguo and Southern Xinjiang have something in common with Southern Xinjiang in terms of living customs and habits.

The old man is very thin, and the body under the clothes can be said to be empty.The cheeks are also sunken, with long beards, giving people a gloomy feeling.

The other party is also a monk.His cultivation was quite good, which gave Yu Gan a very strange feeling.

With Yu Gan's current strength, he can accurately distinguish the specific cultivation base of a third-rank monk, but he can't see through the specific cultivation of the old man in front of him.

I only know that he is a third-rank monk, but I don't know what stage it is. His cultivation base is covered by strange spells, which is very strange.

Looking at the old man, Yu Gan frowned slightly, his first impression was not good, he was probably a bad old man with deep thoughts.

But the next second directly broke Yu Gan's impression.

"Come on, sit down." The old man's voice was very gentle, giving people a feeling of spring breeze, and Yu Gan thought for a while that it was Na Kongru who was speaking here.

Wu Xi nodded lightly, walked towards the table, and Yu Gan followed him to sit down.

Wu Xi spoke first and introduced the two of them to each other.

"I've seen Prime Minister Lin." Yu Gan clasped his fists slightly.

"Director Yu is indeed a young talent." Lin Xiangyi nodded and chuckled, the smile was very warm, but falling on this gloomy face made Yu Gan get goosebumps.

After saying hello, Prime Minister Lin looked Wu Xi up and down carefully, and finally got up and lightly rolled up his sleeves, and bowed deeply to Wu Xi.

"The old minister is incompetent, let the princess's daughter sit on the dangerous hall."

Wu Xi was silent for a while, and said in a vain manner, "Master Lin doesn't need to say these things, let's talk about things."

"Yes." The old man straightened up, sat down at the table again, looked at the strange face of the princess in front of him, and sighed deeply in his heart again.

"President Lin is in such a hurry, what's the matter?" Wu Xi asked directly.

Lin Xiang didn't answer immediately, but looked at Yu Gan.

Everyone is not an idiot, and immediately understood, Yu Gan's face turned dark at that time.Is there anything else that a senior agent like me can't listen to?

Don't let me listen, why did you Wu Xi bring me here?

But Wu Xi said calmly, "Master Lin, tell me, Yu Gan is my husband now, so you don't need to hide it from him."

As soon as these words came out, both Yu Gan and Lin Xiang were taken aback for a moment, especially the latter, the childish arcs in his cloudy eyes widened a bit.He naturally learned about the relationship between his princess and Yu Gan during the communication process.

At first, I thought it was just a normal cover relationship, but seeing Wu Xi's determined look now, something is wrong.

Is there a problem here?

Thinking about it, Lin Xiang glanced at Yu Gan suspiciously. The latter felt a little guilty for no reason, then coughed lightly, got up and said.

"It's okay, I'll go out and wait, you guys talk first."

After finishing speaking, Yu Gan walked out directly.It is right to have doubts about each other when meeting the other party's core manager for the first time.

Yu Gan could naturally understand Lin Xiang's thoughts, so there was no need to embarrass Wu Xi.

Besides, Yu Gan also felt that Wu Xi's remarks just now were weird.It's a pity that I didn't pay much attention to Wu Xi's expression just now, otherwise I would have been able to analyze something from her micro-expression.

It's a pity, Yu Gan was a little annoyed that he didn't observe carefully just now.Could this Wu Xi have also completely fallen into the trap of his own love?

Although earlier, Yu Gan tested that Wu Xi still has a good impression of him, this is beyond doubt.Otherwise, Yu Gan wouldn't just accompany Wu Xi to this base camp so casually.

It is because he knows that she likes him deep down in his heart, so he dares to trust her absolutely.

But Yu Gan is still not sure about upgrading to a husband.Especially Wu Xi's natural and logical tone just now.

Yu Gan who came outside the courtyard fell into deep thought.

In the courtyard, Lin Xiang looked at Wu Xi with some hesitation, and asked, "Princess, what do you think of Yu Gan?"

Wu Xi didn't choose to answer this question, but changed the subject and asked, "Ms. Lin, you didn't say anything in the letter. You only said that the matter involved the life and death of the Wu clan. What exactly is it?"

Lin Xiang put aside his thoughts about Yu Gan for the time being, and solemnly clasped his fists, "Princess, this matter does involve the life and death of the Wu clan. I also need you to express your opinion at the scene.

After a collective discussion, all the elders of the Wu Clan agreed that the King of Nanyang and Da Qi would inevitably have a war, and our Wu Clan wanted to take this opportunity to regain the former Wu Kingdom.

And now is the best time to do that. "

Wu Xi frowned slightly, "Our clan's combat power is weak, and we can't do anything about this kind of predatory behavior for the time being."

"So, the old minister wants to ask the princess to express her opinion and use secret techniques to create a witch army. As long as there are [-] witch troops, they will definitely be able to take back the former land.

At that time, the dispute between Nanyang and Daqi will not be able to worry about us at all.We use this time to reintegrate the various tribes in Wudi.

In this way, it is possible to restore the glory of our Wu Kingdom in the past. "

Wu Xi's face changed drastically at that time, "No! The matter of secret arts involves a lot, and if people know that we are building a Wu army, we will definitely be wiped out.

Back then, the previous witch kings destroyed this secret technique in order to allow the witch clan to survive.If the secret technique is allowed to see the light of day again at this moment, it will inevitably lead to a catastrophe of extermination. "

The secret technique that Wu Xi spoke of was the source of the destruction of the Wu Kingdom that he had told Yu Gan before.As long as the secret technique meets the cultivation requirements, one can ignore talent, ignore cultivation bottlenecks, and push it all the way to the sixth-rank Dan Sea Realm.

But the future troubles are also endless. When the time comes, the secret technique will backfire, and the whole person will become tyrannical and volatile. The relatives will not recognize him, and he will only know about killing.

Even if relying on this witch army to successfully regain the old land in the early stage, when the day of backlash comes, the Wu kingdom will also be devastated by these witch army.