Pawn Crossing the River

There was no need for Qi Xuansu to ask, Qin Wubing had already explained: "We didn't know about this at the time, but we came to the conclusion after the fact. Because the court has two people, so after the war is over, the accounts must be reconciled and summarized, and then reported to His Majesty and the Cabinet reported the detailed results. Only after such reconciliation did we discover that something was wrong.”

"At that time, our West Court Protectorate was responsible for attacking the south gate of the West Courtyard of the Golden Tent, the Beiting Protectorate was responsible for attacking the north gate of the West Courtyard, and the Jiashen Lingguan Division was responsible for attacking the west gate of the West Courtyard, leaving the east gate, so "Three around and one missing."

"After we entered the city from the south gate, we encountered nothing."

Hearing this, Zhang Yuelu couldn't help but ask: "What do you mean?"

Qin Wubing said: "It's an empty city without a single soul. We thought we had encountered the empty city trick in the storybook."

"The story of Wuhou's Empty City Strategy was actually made up by later generations. At the beginning, we laughed at Batu Khan for using the story in the storybook as a strategy. Even if the story of the Empty City Strategy is true, there is a premise. Wuhou's life was the only one. Caution, that’s why the empty city strategy can have unexpected effects. Is Batu Khan a cautious person?

"But then we felt something was wrong."

"That city is so perfect, there is no damage at all."

"You know, we have been besieging the city for many days and conducted many rounds of artillery bombardments. Even if the city is not riddled with holes, it will never be intact. But what we can see is that this city looks like it was just built yesterday. It is completely intact. It’s unusual, there are no ruins, no smoke and smoke of people living here, just dead silence.”

"We walked all the way along the main road. In order to prevent encountering an ambush, I ordered the scouts to conduct reconnaissance on both sides from the main road. There were no signs of an ambush in the surrounding houses or commanding heights. I even suspected the possibility of a tunnel and asked the soldiers accompanying me to We conducted a careful investigation and found nothing unusual.”

"The scouts returned one after another. According to their reports, the furniture and furnishings in the house were brand new, with no trace of use, as if they had just been made in a workshop. Such a city does not look like it is for people to live in. It’s like a model room for others to see.”

"That's all. I soon discovered that there was something wrong with the scouts sent out."

"Some of the scouts did not come back and disappeared out of thin air. There was no trace of fighting, no sound, and they did not even leave any common marks in the army. If that were the case, it could also be explained as an accident. But what really surprised me was that the others I don’t remember these missing scouts at all, not just one or two people, but everyone. If I hadn’t checked the roster, I wouldn’t have noticed that they were missing.”

"Some of them have more people. We sent three scouts out, but when they came back, they turned out to be four people. Two of them were completely strangers that we had never seen before, but the four people involved didn't feel anything at all. Strangely, they insisted that there were only four people at the beginning, and no outsiders joined and no one was changed midway. "

Qi Xuansu temporarily interrupted Qin Wubing's narration: "What happened to these people?"

Qin Wubing said: "After the war ended, we conducted a comprehensive quarantine review on these people, and at least we didn't find any abnormalities on the surface. But we didn't dare to just let them go, so we had to declare to the outside world that they had died in the battle. , actually controlled them, and they are now under the control of the Xiting Protectorate. "

Qi Xuansu realized that the Daxuan court must have discovered something, which was also the opportunity for them to search for "Cangtian" later. It's just that as a member of the imperial court, Qin Wubing may not tell the truth to him.

However, his main goal now is not to explore the Daxuan court's plot, but to catch the insider, so this issue can be put aside for the time being.

So Qi Xuansu signaled Qin Wubing to continue.

Qin Wubing continued: "I said before that this city is like a model house, for others to see. As we continue to go deeper into the city, a feeling becomes more and more obvious. It seems that there is something watching. It looks at us, observes us, its gaze is omnipresent, and it has an oppressive force that is difficult to describe in words. "

"This kind of oppression does not come from power or cultivation, but more from the feeling that we are insignificant in front of the world. I couldn't help but look up, and there was only a piece of sky as far as I could see, but I always felt that it was hidden in the sky. Behind. The city is its toy, and it is always watching the city and those who enter it.”

"I don't know if it was my imagination, but I felt like I saw an eye. In other words, the sky above us was an eye."

After hearing this, Qi Xuansu had already connected what Qin Wubing said with everything he knew.

He interrupted Qin Wubing again: "I'm afraid that's not an illusion."

Qin Wubing was stunned and looked at Qi Xuansu.

Qi Xuansu continued: "That's an eye. I've seen it more than once, spying on the world under the guise of the Immortal Sky. I'm not sure how much you know."

"Cangtian" has been sealed, so you are not afraid of knowing its existence. As long as you don't enter the Cloud God Cave, you won't be affected by it. But "Eternal Life" is different. This is an extraterrestrial demon that is still active, and it is constantly spying on the human world, intending to exert its own influence on the human world. If you know its existence, you will feel it in the dark, and you will be watched more by it. The probability. That's why Qi Xuansu said this.

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Qin Wubing pondered for a moment: "Master Chief Assistant did say that it is better not to know some things."

The chief minister of the cabinet no longer had the function of secretary in the previous dynasty. In addition, the dynasty abolished the ceremonial supervisor, so the cabinet has become the highest decision-making body of the Daxuan court. From an institutional perspective, the emperor did not directly govern, but held personnel power. In other words, the cabinet decides policy and the emperor decides who will be appointed to the cabinet.

Whatever policies the emperor wanted to implement, he would use the corresponding candidates.

Today's chief minister of the cabinet has a considerable background. He is one of the three chief ministers of Confucianism. If we do not consider actual power and only start from status, then the three chief ministers of Confucianism are equal to the three masters of Taoism and the three masters of Buddhism. Class.

Qi Xuansu has already met Zhang Taixu, one of the three great sacrifice wines.

Today's chief minister of the cabinet is Cheng Taiyuan, the concubine of the Neo-Confucian University.

Among the three major sects of Confucianism, Neo-Confucianism placed the first emphasis on etiquette, and naturally the most important was loyalty to the emperor, serving as officials from generation to generation, and occupying the highest places in the temple. Needless to say, the Neo-Confucian school is on the side of Taipingdao.

The other two schools of thought are just a little bit behind each other and are somewhat far apart.

The last Xinxue grand sacrificial wine was named Wang Taichong. The Xinxue school has always been on good terms with Quanzhen Taoism, but after all, Confucianism and Taoism are different. The Xinxue school will not be deeply involved in Taoist affairs. They are always separated by a layer, unlike the Neo-Confucian school. So utilitarian.

Qi Xuansu said: "Since Cheng Dajiu has said so, I won't go into more details. Brother Quji, don't explore this matter anymore, so as not to get into trouble. I have no choice but to retreat. There is no way out. Quji Brother, don’t learn from me.”

Qin Wubing looked solemn and nodded slowly.

Qi Xuansu continued: "Brother Ji just told me that you had reconciled with the Beiting Protectorate afterwards, so what happened to the Beiting Protectorate?"

Qin Wubing said: "According to what Beiting Protectorate said, they encountered very fierce resistance, but their enemies were not normal Golden Horde soldiers, but something that could not be described in words. At first glance, It seems to be a human being, also wearing gold tent clothes, but if you look closely, it is difficult to tell. It can only be described as human-like but not human. "

"These things are not flesh and blood, they seem to be some kind of virtual and real existence. Ordinary firearms cannot hurt them at all, and the martial artist's blood energy restraint effect is not obvious. It can be seen that they are not false, but some real existence. . Fortunately, the magical tunnel method can still work, and we are not completely helpless, so the battle at the Beiting Protectorate is very difficult, and the casualties are relatively heavy."

"Later, a stone tablet was discovered in the Beiting Protectorate. It was nine feet high. But the strange thing is that at such a height, one should be able to see it from a distance. In fact, it was not until he reached the stone tablet that he suddenly discovered it. The top of the stele is carved into the shape of an eye, and the characters engraved on the stele are not Chinese characters, not Golden Tent characters, not New World characters, not ancient oracle bone inscriptions, nor any kind of Western characters.”

"At that time, the Great Protector of Beiting ordered someone to make a rubbing, and then destroyed the stone tablet. Only then did those seemingly human and non-human existences disappear."

"After the war, the Beiting Protectorate invited many knowledgeable Confucian scholars and Taoists to identify these writings. They turned out to be death texts, also known as water scripts, also known as ghost books and anti-scripts. They were written for the dead. These death texts were written for the dead. The translated meaning of the article is not complicated. It mainly records the establishment time and owner of the city. It was started in the second year of Tianzhen by Sizong of the Great Wei Dynasty and completed in the third year of Tianzhen by Sizong of the Great Wei Dynasty. The owner was a Central Plains man named Song Zheng. "

Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu looked at each other.

Both of them noticed something extremely unusual here.

Qi Xuansu slowly opened his mouth and said: "The Great Wei Dynasty died when Shenzong was replaced by Great Xuan. Where did Si Zong appear from?"

Qin Wubing said: "This is what we don't understand, and the construction start time is also unreasonable. Although the West Court cannot be compared with Jinling Mansion and Imperial Capital, it cannot be completed within a year."

Zhang Yuelu said: "The key is Song Zheng. Didn't this person die at the hands of Xuansheng? When did he build the West Courtyard again? Although there are records that Song Zheng once sneaked into the Jin tent and pretended to be the son of the Khan King with the intention of seeking the Khan's power. position, but the time doesn’t match.”

Qi Xuansu thought for a moment and then asked, "How did you get together?"

Qin Wubing replied: "We just kept walking here. I don't know how long we walked. The feeling of being observed and watched suddenly disappeared. Then everything around us began to return to normal, and traces of people gradually appeared. Not long after that ,

We met the Beiting Protectorate who had just destroyed the stone monument. They were surprised at the time. When they talked about it later, they were both surprised that we were unscathed, and they also felt that we were a little fake at that time, as if we were separated by a layer of glass, until Only after leaving Xiting completely did he return to normal. "