Translator: Dj2203
Editor: Dj2203
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Yanmen Pass was massacred, but Shen Lou did not start from Yanmen Pass. Instead, he led the army all the way west, turning north from near Helan Mountain.
“Those bastards haven’t gone far yet, we should chase them straight!” Shen Yingying pulled the reins of her brother’s mount and gritted her teeth to head straight north.
“Curved hooks for fishing, straight hooks for turtles, you can’t chase them, my eldest niece.” Zhu Xingli, who was called by Shen Lou to study the Devouring talisman, lazily sat on the Spring Mark Sword floating in the air, shaking his head and saying.
The road to the north here was rugged and mountainous. Since the barbarians dared to dig out their eyes so arrogantly, they were not afraid of the Northern Territory Army chasing after them. It was obviously a straight hook.
“Could these human eyes be related to soul-devouring?” Shen Lou asked Zhu Xingli.
“Nine times out of ten,” Zhu Xingli fished out an eyeball that had been missed by the barbarians in the mud, rinsed it clean, and looked at the sun carefully, “The white bead in the middle of the soul-eating talisman is probably a human eyeball. The eye is the thing that gathers spirits and is also the easiest place to refine in the human body. It is said that in ancient times, an evil demon used 999 eyes to make a thousand-eye and ten-thousand-phase array, and the internal power was layered with thousands of illusory arrays. Once people go in, they could never get out.”
The bandits of the Shen family didn’t like to hear Taishi Zhu’s miscellaneous lectures. Shen Lou thanked Zhu Xingli and went to organize his troops, leaving a hundred Northern Territory troops behind to clean up the aftermath in Guangwu City, while the rest immediately broke camp.
The Helan Mountain area was the junction of several tribes in Beimo. Although Heruo unified the tribes, the nobles of each tribe had their own small calculations, and the defences at these junctions were very weak. Shen Lou followed this path in his previous life and almost destroyed the Beimo Royal Court. However, the court’s supplies failed to keep up at that time, the army was in trouble, and Shen Lou was plotted against by the Soul Devourer again.
War was declared and the fighting began. The army was unstoppable and success stories were reported frequently. Wen Shilan had no time to continue the sword competition in the Southern Region and returned to Beimo ahead of schedule.
“Since you have recognized the Lin family, your father’s ashes should be buried back in the ancestral grave.” Lin Yedan frowned and looked at the white porcelain jar tied with a red string in Lin Xin’s hand.
“When did I say that I wanted to recognize the Lin family?” Lin Xin raised his eyebrows.
Lin Yedan’s face turned dark like the Tang Dynasty.
“This son will discuss my uncle’s affairs with him. I have to ask my father to write the report to the court as soon as possible.” Lin Qu sent his father away calmly and looked at Lin Xin with a gentle smile.
Lin Xin had just said personally that he was also a member of the Lin family, but now he regretted it. Lin Xin did not feel embarrassed at all, “My mother’s ashes are still in the hands of the barbarians. When I find them, I will bury them together back to Luqitai. Your Lin family’s scholarly reputation has been handed down from generation to generation, so when she was not recognized, she will certainly not be allowed to enter the ancestral grave. Since it is useless, don’t say anything.”
“My uncle has established his own fief, and he should be buried in Luqitai. But Luqitai has not been repaired yet. If as a brother, you can trust me. Before my aunt’s ashes are found, why don’t you keep your uncle’s ashes in Taxuelu temporarily?” Lin Qu’s words were always just right, leaving no one able to argue with them.
There was still a tough battle to fight next, and there was really no time to go back to Luqitai to bury his father. Lin Xin thought for a while, then left the ashes in the Eastern Region and went to the Southern Region alone.
Although his uncle could defeat Wen Shilan, he still needed to be reminded about the soul devourer so that he could take precautions early.
There was also a soul devouring talisman among the black horns, which was burned on the spot, leaving only an empty horn. Together with the report to the emperor, it was sent to Yongdu.
Spring was over, and His Royal Highness, who had been busy for a long time, was finally free to eat mandarin fish in his palace. The peach blossoms were blooming and falling, which was a good time for eating plump mandarin fish. Feng Zhong had already ordered a lot of mandarin fish and wanted to wait for Lin Xin to come back to eat them together, but the guy never came back, so he couldn’t help but eat them first.
“Your Majesty, Yuan A Ren Liu would like to see you.” The guards of the palace came to report.
Lin Xin’s Yuan A usually followed Marquis of Lu as a background to scare people and were occasionally used to deliver messages. Ordinary people could not remember their appearance. But as long as you see that peacock green brocade robe, you would never not admit it.
“Tell him to come in.” Feng Zhong didn’t have the spirit of “Zhou Gong spits out food”, so he ate and waited without raising his head.
“His Royal Highness, the Marquis asked his subordinates to bring you a letter.” Ren Liu knelt on the ground, holding a letter and an ox horn in both hands. “This thing was left by Wen Shilan. The Marquis asked you to give it a try and present it to the emperor.”
Feng Zhong ate the last piece of fish and then looked up at Ren Liu. Without getting up to pick up the things, he slowly picked up the cup and took a sip of tea, “When will your Lord return to Beijing?”
“I don’t know.” Ren Liu kept lifting something and looked up at Feng Zhong.
“Hmm,” Feng nodded, stood up slowly, and suddenly drew his sword, “Take him down!”
Several guards rushed out from the corner in an instant and pressed Ren Liu to the ground. Feng Zhong picked the ox’s horn with the tip of his sword, “Tell me, who told you to pretend to be Ren Liu?”
“Ren Liu” looked surprised.
Feng Zhong sneered, revealing a small pear dimple on one side. It didn’t seem very scary, so he had to give up, lower the corner of his mouth, then he patted the man’s face with the tip of his sword, “You do have a bit of a resemblance to Ren Liu, but the resemblance is only five points. Do you think I am blind?”
He had had a photographic memory for books and faces since he was a child. Anyone who he had seen once, he would never forget it.
Feng Zhong packed the letter and talismans in a camphor wood box and took them to Emperor Yuanshuo. He found out that someone pretended to be Ren Liu to deliver the letter and talismans to him. He did not open the letter instead he decided to ask his father to make a decision.
At this time, Emperor Yuanshuo Feng Zhuoyi was reading the letters from the Eastern Region. One could imagine what would happen if Feng Zhong had trusted the fake Ren Liu and used the talisman to claim credit.
“That man coaxed this son to present this thing to his father. Please don’t touch it to prevent fraud.” Feng Zhong asked the guards to carry the camphor wood box and did not allow it to get close to the dragon chair.
Feng Zhuoyi looked at the crown prince standing aside with a cold expression. This kind of useless thing, but it could make him hate the King of England, obviously had something to do with the crown prince.
But the crown prince looked calm, “It’s really strange to know in advance what the Eastern Region is offering. Why don’t we take that person up and ask him clearly.”
This meant that he was going to be confronted face to face. Feng Zhong felt that something was wrong.
The tied-up Fake Ren Liu was brought to the emperor, and he knelt on the ground tremblingly. He didn’t know if he was frightened, but his face had turned pale.
Feng Zhong looked at the crown prince and saw that he suddenly took a step back and pressed his body against the dragon pillar. His face was shocked as if he had seen a ghost: “You…”
“Crown Prince, do you recognize him?” Emperor Yuanshuo frowned and asked sullenly.
Fake Ren Liu, who was kneeling on the ground, suddenly twitched and let out a low “hehe” sound from his throat.
Among the fire and lightning, Feng Zhong jumped up and retreated quickly using the power of his spiritual sword. The fake Ren Liu suddenly burst out, and the skin around him bulged and exploded with a bang, and blood spattered on the bodies of Emperor Yuanshuo and the two imperial guards.
The crown prince, who hid behind the pillar in time, was unscathed.
“Protect Zhen, protect Zhen!” Feng Zhuoyi suddenly shouted in terror. The two guards quickly pulled out their spiritual swords and were about to activate Luli, but their legs and feet had gone weak and they both knelt on the ground, blood spurting out. This was a sign that their spiritual veins were blocked!
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Small Theater:
Emperor: Who am I and where am I?
Zhongzhong: You fell into a trap, Dad!
Emperor: Come and escort me!
Zhongzhong: I can’t protect myself either. Wait for me to eat some fish and calm down.
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