First Lady of the Crown Prince

Chapter 857 Jiaojiao and the Ghost King (second update)

 Pucheng, silent in the middle of the night.

 Xie Xingzhou and the swordsman returned to the city lord's mansion with Min Hongyi's body.

 Gu Jiao's silver spear pierced Min Hongyi's heart directly, and Min Hongyi was killed on the spot.

The swordsman pulled out the silver spear on his body and only brought out his body.

His body was covered with a white cloth and carried into the flower hall of the city lord's palace.

A man in silver brocade clothes stepped inside. He was about thirty years old, with a stern face, thick eyebrows and high eyebrows. Even when he was not angry, he gave people an unapproachable fierceness.

His appearance is rather handsome, which occasionally weakens his sharpness.

 But if you look down upon him because of this, your own death will soon come.

 This is the most warlike man in the Jin Dynasty.

 Min Hong is not worth mentioning compared to him.

It's just that ordinary masters can't catch his eye. Heroes like Xuanyuan Li and Xuanyuan Sheng are the ones he ultimately wants to challenge.

 “Lord!”

When Xie Xingzhou saw the person coming, he turned around quickly and bowed respectfully.

Gongsun Yu had his own aura. He strode to the body covered by white cloth and raised his hand to signal.

 Xie Xingzhou knelt down on one knee and uncovered the white cloth on the body's head, revealing Min Hongyi's blood-stained face.

Gongsun Yu’s expression did not change at all.

 Xie Xingzhou pulled down the white cloth to his ankles, exposing all of Min Hongyi's injuries.

“The fatal injury was the gunshot to the chest. In addition, he was hit by a poisonous hidden weapon in the abdomen, and his thigh was stabbed and twisted by the tip of the gun..."

Hingzhou didn’t count all the minor injuries that were just broken skin, but these were shocking enough.

Min Hongyi is a master of the Jin Kingdom and the number one swordsman under Gongsun Yu. He has such profound skills that even Xie Xingzhou cannot guarantee that he can injure him like this.

 “Hmm.” Gongsun Yu raised his finger.

 Two guards stepped forward, covered the white cloth again, carried the body and the stretcher and walked out.

Gongsun Yu came to the main seat, lifted up his cloak and sat down. He asked with cold eyes: "What is going on?"

 Only Gongsun Yu, Xie Xingzhou and the surviving swordsman were left in the flower hall.

The swordsman was the first witness, so he should be the one to reply. However, because Xing Zhou had been negligent on this trip, he stepped forward and made a complaint: "My lord, it's my subordinate who did something bad! I shouldn't have stayed in Ghost Mountain." We should cooperate with Min Hong at the same time, if my subordinates lead the troops to go forward with him, perhaps such a tragedy will not happen."

 Gongsun Yu is not a person who cares about passing, he cares more about the results.

 The result was that Min Hongyi died. No matter how we tried to find out Pingzhou's negligence, we could not recover this loss.

 It is still useful to understand Xingzhou.

Then he will not be relieved of his duties.

 “How many are back?” he asked coldly.

 Xie Xingzhou gritted his teeth and said, "One."

 Min Hongyi.

 And there was only one cold corpse.

His five hundred men were wiped out in the woods, without even a hair left.

"Guishan..." Gongsun Yu clenched his fists and closed his eyes, "My old general from the Great Jin Dynasty died on Guishan!"

The old **** general of the Jin Dynasty was Gongsun Yu's grandfather. He was brave and good at fighting for most of his life, but died in a battle more than 30 years ago on the Ghost Mountain.

 —Not even the body was recovered!

 The person who killed his grandfather was the Shadow Lord of Yan!

 —The man who founded the Imperial Master’s Palace and the Xuanyuan Army!

The Jin royal family and the Gongsun family spent more than ten years finally wiping out the Shadow Lord’s followers one by one!

As for the forces created by the Lord of Shadows, the Xuanyuan Army has been destroyed, and now only the National Master's Palace remains.

On the day when he leads the army to attack Shengdu, he will personally... burn down the Imperial Preceptor's Palace!

Gongsun Yu looked at the swordsman in front of him calmly: "Elder Lu, the general asked you to rescue people, but you only brought back one corpse. Is it because your sword house has lost its loyalty to the court, or has it lost its former strength? "

The swordsman, who was called Elder Lu, said in a neither humble nor condescending manner: "Although I don't want to admit the two points the general said, but the general insists on thinking so, I have nothing to say. This time we are here to attack Yan State, our Jianlu We also suffered heavy losses. Elder He and two inner disciples died in Quyang, Elder Fang died in Ghost Mountain while trying to save Min Hongyi, and I couldn’t even bring Elder Fang’s body back.”

Gongsun Yu said unceremoniously: "It seems that Jianlu is really getting worse without Killing Sky and Dark Soul."

Elder Lu smiled faintly and said sarcastically: "It's not that the situation is getting worse. It's because Yan State has produced some very powerful masters. We underestimated the opponent's strength and did not send more powerful swordsmen. Speaking of this, I would like to ask General Gongsun why he can’t even get the enemy’s information clearly? If I had told them they had such masters, I would have made other arrangements!”

Gongsun Yu clenched his fists: "Master? Humph, they are just a group of bandits!"

He didn't like Elder Lu's eccentric aura, but Jianlu's status in the Jin Dynasty was very unusual - the little sister of the owner of Jianlu was the imperial concubine of the Jin Dynasty.

Besides, he also has a place where he can be used to land elders.

Gongsun Yu looked at Xie Xingzhou: "How many remaining soldiers are there in the forest?"

 Xie Xingzhou Xindao, what do you see me doing? I didn't go into the woods.

 He cast a pleading look at Elder Lu smoothly.

Elder Lu said calmly: "No more than five hundred. This is the maximum estimate. It should be only more than three hundred troops."

Gongsun Yu slapped the handrail: "More than 300 troops dare to pretend to be gods in the Ghost Mountain!"

 This is a shame!

 A disgrace to the entire Jin army!

 The mighty Jin generals led 500 elite soldiers, but they were defeated by 300 stragglers who fell into disgrace!

 “Jie Xingzhou!” Gongsun Yu tightened his grip on the armrest with cold eyes.

 “My subordinate is here!” Xie Xingzhou clasped his fists.

Gongsun Yu said: "Early tomorrow morning, bring me 20,000 troops to level the Ghost Mountain!"

 Xie Xingzhou was stunned.

Sending out 20,000 people...to deal with 300 people is like killing a chicken with a sledgehammer.

 But after thinking about it, he could understand the general's decision.

 The old **** general died in Guishan, which greatly weakened the Jin army's vitality. They did not dare to go to war with Yan for more than ten years.

Ghost Mountain is a place full of hatred for the general, and he wishes he could raze it to the ground.

 He is venting his anger!

 Use the grass and trees from the ghost mountain, the creatures from the ghost mountain, and the troops from the ghost mountain... to pay homage to the soul of the old general!

Gongsun Yu’s tone was calm, but his words were chilling: “Kill them all for me, General, and don’t leave even a single rabbit behind.”

 Xie Xingzhou knelt on one knee and put his fist on the ground: "I accept your orders!"

 …

 Quyang.

Shangguan Yan waited in the military camp for a whole day but did not see Gu Jiao come back. She paced back and forth in Gu Jiao's tent.

Huan'er sat aside, supporting his head with one hand, while a little chicken pecked rice and knocked it on the table.

She stood up in a hurry: "Slave, slave, I'm wrong..."

 “Go to the door and have a look again.” Shangguan Yan said.

"Yes!" Huan'er opened the curtain and went to the gate of the military camp. He looked carefully at the official road for a long time, but saw no one.

She returned to the camp and replied: "Master Xiao has not come back."

"You haven't come back yet? It's been a day and a night." Shangguan Yan covered her heart, "I don't know what's going on, but I always feel a little uneasy here."

Huan'er said with relief: "Master Xiao is so smart, he will be fine!"

 “Master Xiao!”

 Suddenly, Master Hu's greeting came from outside the camp.

 It’s Jiaojiao who’s back!

Without waiting for Huan'er to open the curtain, Shangguan Yan walked over and opened the curtain, only to see Marquis Xuan Ping with a twitching look on his face.

　　Hour Xuanping was passing by.

Everyone in the camp knew that he was Commander Xiao's biological father, so they respectfully called him Master Xiao.

Shangguan Yan's face darkened: "Why is it you again?"

　　Xuan Pinghou: "I passed by, can you blame me?"

Shangguan Yan ignored him.

 She is not a messy person, and she will not lose her temper with a man.

Xuanpinghou said with a smile but not a smile: "What? Do you miss my son?"

 Is Jiaojiao your son?

Shangguan Yan glared at him, turned around and entered Gu Jiao's tent.

Hour Xuanping touched the bridge of his nose helplessly.

 Women are really difficult to understand.

 He shook his head and returned to his tent.

As he walked, he muttered: "Where did the man surnamed Tang kidnapped my son? Why haven't you come back yet?"

There was not much fun in the military camp. In addition, he was going to attack Liang Jun early tomorrow morning. In order to recharge his batteries, Xuanping Hou rested early.

 When he slept until midnight, he had a vague dream.

He dreamed of a thin young man with a face that was very similar to A-Heng, but it was not A-Heng's face.

 He suddenly appeared in front of him and stretched out his hand to him.

 Somehow, he recognized that it was his and Qin Fengwan's son.

 He felt happy and walked quickly towards the other party: "Son!"

But just when he was about to reach out and touch the other person, a long sword suddenly came out of the darkness and pierced his son's chest from behind.

Rumble —

The sky exploded with thunder!

Xuanpinghou's tiger body trembled and he woke up from the nightmare.

His clothes were sticky and he was obviously shocked into a cold sweat.

 Why did he have this dream?

 Before he saw his son, his son was given to him—

**** off!

 His son is doing well.

 After he finished the battle, he took Xiao Qing back to see his mother.

 He has never seen Qin Fengwan lose his composure in surprise in his life, and he believes he will soon.

This son must be very well-behaved.

 …

 Ghost mountain.

 It was late at night, and the villagers and ghost soldiers who had been busy all day all returned to their houses, and the lively small village fell into silence.

 Quyang City is experiencing wind, rain and thunder, but Pucheng has a beautiful night.

 Gu Jiao was lying in the small hut arranged for her by Shangguan Qing, looking up at the starry sky from the window: "Tomorrow will be another crisp autumn day."

Tang Yueshan was lying in another room of the small hut, snoring loudly.

The Black Wind King did not lie down to rest. He quietly stood guard outside the small hut with another Black Wind Rider, closing his eyes and taking a nap.

 Gu Jiao listened to the wind blowing from the mountains, admired the boundless moonlight, and felt peaceful in her heart.

“Boss, we will go back tomorrow.” She said to the Black Wind King outside the window.

The Black Wind King responded to her with a purr.

Then it purred again, signaling to Gu Jiao that it was time to sleep.

Seeing that Gu Jiao still had her big bright eyes open, she simply put her head through the window, blocking out the moonlight and night.

 Gu Jiao: “…”

 Okay.

 I’ll just sleep.

Gu Jiao turned over, closed her eyes and fell asleep under the protection of the Black Wind King.

"grown ups…"

"grown ups…"

"grown ups…"

Gu Jiao heard a sound that seemed to be there but not yet there.

Who is calling her?

Gu Jiao was restless in her sleep. She turned over and fell out of bed, hitting the floor with a thud!

 “Who, who, who!”

Tang Yueshan, who was next door, was so startled that he sat up. He did not feel the dangerous aura, and fell asleep holding his big bow.

Gu Jiao fell hard this time.

 She had just had another dream, and there were more than one person calling her in the dream.

 Some people call her "sir", and some call her...

　　She couldn't hear anything else clearly and she fell awake.

 The Black Wind King poked his head in.

 “I’m fine.” Gu Jiao stood up with the big bag on her head.

 Such a fall knocked all her drowsiness away.

The moon was bright and the stars were bright in the first half of the night, but dark clouds shrouded it in the second half of the night.

 “It seems like it’s going to rain.”

 The room was very stuffy, so Gu Jiao came out to get some air.

 She stood beside the Black Wind King, standing side by side with him, admiring the mountains dyed ink by the night.

 Suddenly, her little head looked eastward unconsciously.

The Black Wind King happened to be standing on the east side, and he pushed her head with his own.

 No hope is allowed.

 Gu Jiao looked again.

 The Black Wind King came over again.

Gu Jiao simply jumped up and lay on its back, watching intently.

She blinked: "Boss, shall we go to the back mountain for a walk?"

The Black Wind King, who couldn't bear to see his naughty child, let out a sigh of relief.

The Black Wind King carried Gu Jiao towards the back mountain.

There is a formation in the forest, and the ghost soldiers are on duty there. There are no patrolling ghost soldiers in the village.

The Black Wind King's steps were very gentle and did not wake up any villagers.

In order to prevent villagers from straying into the back mountain, Shangguan Qing ordered people to build a row of fences as high as one person.

 The Black Wind King jumped over easily.

Gu Jiao patted its mane and said proudly: "Boss, you are awesome."

Black Wind King: Don’t flatter me.

The Black Wind King and Gu Jiao arrived at the foot of the mountain. Gu Jiao got off her horse and looked at the dark mountain, muttering: "The mountain behind is so big, where is the Ghost King? Forget it, let's go in first."

A man and a horse climbed up the hillside and walked into a dense forest.

This forest is rarely visited by people and is much lusher than the vegetation on the previous mountain.

 A venomous snake snaked down from the branch and spat out dangerous snake seeds towards Gu Jiao.

Gu Jiao raised her hand and grabbed it.

　　Viper: “…!”

Gu Jiao had no interest in this little poisonous snake and threw it away.

 One man and one horse walked forward for a while.

 Gu Jiao thought it would not be so easy, but she saw a cemetery as soon as she came out of the forest.

At the highest point of the cemetery, there sat a general holding a long sword and wearing armor, motionless... as if he had been petrified on the spot.

 The three-foot green peak in his hand shone with cold light and seemed to weigh a thousand catties.

At this moment, Gu Jiao finally understood the meaning of Shangguan Qing's words.

 Shangguan Qing’s description was correct.

 This person is really..."dead".

There was no breath of life in him, and he believed from the bottom of his heart that he was dead.

He only has a broken body left in the world, like a walking corpse without a soul.

The moon broke through the thick dark clouds and climbed up into the night sky, casting a cool light on the graveyard and on his body.

 Click!

His neck suddenly turned, and he looked in Gu Jiao's direction slowly and lazily.

　　　Rub your little hands, little cuties, do you still have monthly passes?

 (End of this chapter)