Twilight War

See Chapter 29

01

When we arrived at the main cabin at night, Bi Fang, Si Tianming, and all the retainers of the Huangxuan family were already inside.

"We will definitely go to the negotiation after three days, but we can't just go. They have fifteen dead soldiers from the Huangxuan family in their hands, and we must also hold something in our hands. Otherwise, it will be nothing at all. It's a negotiation, but a banquet at the Hongmen."

Si Tianming patted his palms with a fan and said, "Our lives are in other people's hands. Even if they let us play monkey games, we have to let them do it." A monkey-player is more like a dude watching a monkey show.

"Anyone who likes to play tricks, anyway, I don't play tricks." Bi Fang said angrily while holding the black fire sword, "That Vichypel is clearly a bully! Isn't it, young master!"

"Ah?" Zichen who was suddenly shouted was taken aback.

"I said that the surnamed Wei is simply bullying!"

"His surname is not Wei." Si Tianming reminded him kindly.

"Who cares what his surname is, anyway, he is bullying people! Isn't it, young master!"

Zichen nodded, "Yes, don't make trouble here, uncle, do you have any ideas?"

"Of course I have a way!" Si Tianming slapped the fan on his hand, "The Vana Empire has Silver City, and the Arthur Empire also has the Shenyue Machinery Research Institute."

"The combat effectiveness of the Arthur Empire is probably much stronger than that of the Vaner Empire." Bi Fang frowned, "I have fought against soldiers from both countries. The Arthur Empire's army is very disciplined and has strong attack power."

"We're not going to blow up the Shenyue Machinery Research Institute this time. We're just threatening them. We'll have someone put it there in advance, and the bombing time will be set for the end of the negotiation. If they don't hand over, we won't Give them a fucking place to hide."

"That's a good idea!" Bi Fang immediately voted for it, but then he was a little worried, "However, what if this angers the Arthur Empire, after all, the hostages are in their hands."

"That's right, young master, what if Vichypel takes his anger out on the Huangxuan family for this?" Others also began to agree.

"Could it be that the Vana Empire invaded us because we angered them?" Zichen looked at the vast sea from the window of Tai No. [-], "No, the only thing we did wrong was that we were too weak. "

"My Huangxuan family has always paid blood for blood. Now it's time for our Huangxuan family to conquer." His voice was very soft, but it seemed to carry a weighty determination.

He was still looking out of the window. A huge sea whale suddenly jumped out of the vast sea, and then fell heavily into the water, stirring up a large piece of blue water.

"My Huangxuan family has never been a fish to be slaughtered." The young man said quietly.

"Okay! It's time for us to kill!" Bi Fang roared, "If the young master has any orders, Bi Fang will definitely obey them!"

"However, it is said that the Shenyue Machinery Research Institute is located north of the Gaohe region and south of Asgard. It is guarded by the military headquarters of the Arthur Empire. I am afraid it will not be so easy to get in." Si Tianming sighed. "I'm afraid the people in the Arthur Empire's army are not so easy to mess with."

"Then what should we do! Do we want us to prepare the gongs and drums now, and prepare to play monkey games for them?" Bi Fang's face was flushed, "I really want to rush to Arthur with a sword and chop off that surnamed Wei , chop it into stuffing after chopping. At worst, I will die with him."

"If you can chop up Vehippel, I really don't mind sending you to Asgard immediately." Si Tianming waved his fan leisurely, "I haven't found any more The right place must be important enough, otherwise it would be impossible for Wispel to let people go, and we need to be able to enter."

He shook the fan very slowly, Zichen knew that he was actually very anxious, the more anxious he was, the slower he shook the fan.When he was confident in his mind, the fan was shaking so much that he wanted to fly up. It was more agile than the belt dancers of the Western Region dancers, and they were fart and arrogant.

Zichen looked at the map in front of him, pinching his fingers in panic.

——I know this, it is north of the High River region and south of Asgard.

--no.That's just the deputy office of the Shenyue Machinery Research Institute.

"The real Shenyue Machinery Research Institute is not there." Zichen suddenly raised his head and looked at Si Tianming.

"Then do you know where it is?" Si Tianming looked at Zichen with his fan on his hand.

"En." Zichen nodded, "I'm not sure where it is, it's in the north, it's a little far from here, I think I can guess the approximate location."

——The real Shenyue Machinery Research Institute is further north, on the permafrost layer that is frozen all year round.More expansive, Liao uninhabited north.in unknown places.

"I'm not fully sure, but I want to try my best."

— Silvery fuel, ice and fire, dust and ashes flow in unknown rivers.

02

Three days had passed, and after midnight it was the negotiations between the Huangxuan family and the Arthur Empire. Zichen stayed in the main cabin all night without sleep.

He sat in front of the case, the oil lamp was exhausted.

After he had arranged everything three days ago, Xiang Liu took twenty people to the north of Gaohe region and south of Asgard, and Bi Fang took twenty people to the north.

Because Zichen was not sure where the Shenyue Machinery Research Institute in the northern region was, Xiang Liu was also asked to go to the north of the Gaohe region and the south of Asgard.This way, at any rate, there is a little more chance of winning.

Calculating the distance, they should be back tonight, but there was no news overnight.

"Don't worry about it. After the person is sent out, the arrow is shot. If you succeed, you will succeed, and if you fail, you will fail." Si Tianming looked at Zichen, who had not slept all night, and said, "You have your own things to do next."

Zichen smiled wryly, "I know, even if they fail, I can't do anything about it. You said that everything a counselor can do is over when the order is issued, but I'm not a counselor."

—it is farther north, in permafrost permafrost.More expansive, Liao uninhabited north.in unknown places.

Zichen crossed his hands on the table, biting his knuckles with his teeth.His body was always tense, like a bowstring stretched to its fullest.

This was the first shot he fired at the Arthur Empire, and the bullets were given to him by Wihipel himself.He remembered the slightly sad tone when Wisipel kissed his neck that day. At that time, did he know that he would use this bullet to hit his chest with his own hands in the future?

The black ink on the sheepskin map spread on the table outlines the mountains and rivers, and his fingertips pass from north to south.

— Silvery fuel, ice and fire, dust and ashes flow in unknown rivers.

If you succeed, you will succeed, and if you fail, you will fail.But he seemed to be carrying a heavy burden. He thought of Bixi carrying the tombstone in front of the mausoleum. He always felt that Bixi was very tired, because it carried a person's life, and nothing was heavier than the past.

There are only a few words on the tombstone, but it is a person's life. When he dies, how many merits and demerits, how much he has spent in half a life, no matter how much he loves and hates, he will not be mentioned in half a word after all.

So he can only bear everything by himself, just like that bastard-like Bixie, carrying the past, love, and hatred.

"Report! General Xiangliu is back!"

Zichen raised his head from the table and looked at Xiang Liu who was walking from outside the curtain.

Xiang Liu knelt down, "Young Master please punish me."

Zichen waved his hand, "It would be strange if Shenyue Machinery Research Institute is so easy to advance, you go and rest."

It seems that Bi Fang is the only hope now, and Zichen is still sitting in front of the desk looking at the distance in the mist.

It was even more ticking, and it would be Yinshi in half a moment, but there was still no news, everything was quiet as if the world had just opened.

"Zichen, do you have to wait any longer?" Si Tianming looked at Zichen worriedly, and if he dragged on, it would be a waste of time.

Zichen looked at the boundless mist on the sea outside the window, and the mist seemed to be able to swallow everything.

There are fairy mountains on the sea, and there are pavilions on the mountains, all of which come from the fog.But the boundless mist made Zichen feel desolate.

"No more." Zichen got up from the desk.

"Change."

Brocade clothes with red cloud patterns on a black background, gold wristbands with chilong patterns, and a red fur cloak with a black back.Zichen has always been very fond of red, he is a young man with red lips and white teeth, and with red, he is even more handsome and angry.

Si Tianming still remembered that year when he arrived in Jinling from Sichuan, the child was brought here wearing a red auspicious cloud brocade robe with a black background, saying that he had just been found by a few servants in the night market.

The lights of Jinling are like daytime, there are fishing boats painted, and red sleeves are ostentatiously on Zhuanglou Street.And that boy in brocade clothes is like a fox with one tail in Qingqiu.

It's just that this Qingqiu fox was carrying his family and country on his back in the end.

Su Mang and Du Ruo carefully arranged Zichen's brocade clothes, while Si Tianming looked at the young man in the mirror.

He suddenly felt that this child looked too much like his mother, especially those eyes, which looked like falling peach blossoms in the south of the Yangtze River.And he didn't know whether this was a good thing or a bad thing.

Si Tianming sighed, and then began to tell Zichen what to do in the negotiation.

"Lu Shu will protect your safety during this negotiation. If the negotiation breaks down, don't force it. The most important thing is to ensure that you escape unscathed. You are now the young master of the Huangxuan family, and your safety must come first. .”

Zichen nodded.Lu Shu is a retainer of the Huangxuan family, she is a beautiful girl, but she always looks cold and not easy to get close to.

Si Tianming sighed, "The road is rough and the future is foggy, take care of yourself."

Du Ruo next to him brought a plate, on which was an ebony bone fan, with red silk and white jade hanging on it.

"I know you like to pinch your fingers when you're nervous, so I'll send you a fan to pinch your fingers. You're still the young master of the Huangxuan family." Si Tianming chuckled and said, "Thinking about it, it's already It's been a long time since I gave you a gift, and I used to bring you a gift every year when I went to Jinling from Shudi, so this can be regarded as making up for this year."

Zichen nodded with a light smile, and took the fan, as if he had become the Jinling boy in brocade clothes back then.

"Little Lord!"

The door was suddenly opened, and the dusty Bi Fang stepped in from the door and knelt down on the ground, "I have lived up to my mission."

02

Asgard, the Holy White City, Hall of Uld Springs.

Xiwen and Delko were guarding outside the Wuld Spring Hall, and Si Xuerou came to the Arthur Empire for the first time to negotiate in this royal palace.

Arthur's Empire is to the north, and winter begins earlier than in the south. A thin layer of snow has fallen since the early morning, covering the [-]-meter-long white stone steps.

The magnificent temple is covered with snow, just like the realm of gods in myths and epics.

It was already nine o'clock, and the people from Huangxuan's family were still late to come. Delco said impatiently, "Hey, can those people still come? Hey, have you heard? The Huangxuan who came last time Patriarch, that is the one who is very beautiful, I heard that that is not Patriarch Huangxuan, but a fake one, tell me if there is no one in Donghuang, and a woman is allowed to pretend to be Patriarch Huangxuan."

Xiwen remained expressionless and waited for Xuezhong with an upright face.

"It is said that the one who came this time is the real Young Master Huangxuan. Where did you say he ran away? Was he too scared to come out and ask a woman to stand in for him?" Delco continued, noisily letting People are upset, if his face is not more beautiful than women, I really want to beat him to death so that he can't say a word.

"Hey, you have something to say!"

Seeing that Xi Wen has been ignoring him, the young master Slailer glared at Xi Wen angrily, "Why are you dumb? Didn't you snatch your dance partner last time, and only hold grudges until now? How long? What happened before, didn’t I grab it? Let a fool take advantage of it.”

"Young Master Huangxuan is coming, guard the post." Xi Wen said without looking sideways, standing upright, tall and dignified.

Delco glanced at him. This guy was a bit stubborn, but he stood pretty. Those shoulders, that waist, those legs, the figure outlined by the white Templar uniform was not good.Especially with the snow scene behind him, it is too cold but it makes people feel that the whole body is hot.

Why is there such a person who is suitable for wearing a military uniform? Delko thinks that Xiwen looks good in a military uniform, but he can't help but want to take off his military uniform to see what this guy looks like without his hard armor. Will it be soft too?

Delko stretched out his hand to touch Xi Wen's face, but was glared at by Xi Wen's cold eyes, and could only retract his hand resentfully, "Stingy, I won't even let you touch it."

"Touch your own." Xi Wen still stared ahead.

Delko thought for a while, touched his face and said, "But it always feels too wretched."

Xiwen has a helpless face: You still know.

"But you really don't care about the young master Huangxuan who suddenly appeared? I asked Weier what was going on with that guy, but Weier scolded him severely and then ignored me again."

Xi Wen still had no expression on his face, his profile under the sun was firm and upright.

In fact, Delko originally hated Xiwen a little bit. Delko was born in an aristocratic family, and he had attracted the attention of thousands of people since he was a child. As soon as he entered the Hall of Valor, he was robbed of the limelight by Xiwen, a guy from a lower-level sergeant family. It was indeed a bit unfair.He himself didn't feel anything, but his father, who was always strict and gloomy and who paid special attention to family honor, often reprimanded him because he failed to come out on top.

Later, he himself took it lightly. Xiwen didn't come here to snatch him on purpose, and he couldn't rely on Xiwen if he couldn't. It was because he wasn't strong enough.

Delko looked at Sivan's tall and straight posture and couldn't help rubbing his shoulders. Sivan gave him a cold look, and Delko quickly withdrew his hand, "I, I...you have snow on your shoulders. .” Xiwen ignored him and continued to stand guard dutifully.

"People from the Huangxuan family are here."

Delko looked at the person at the end of the steps who came up from the snowstorm.

The young man was dressed in red, with a red cape on a black background, a white jade crown, and a plain brocade fan.White snow fell on his cloak and jade crown.

Behind him was another female guard in a black dress, with long black hair tied up and a long sword in her hand, looking heroic and dashing.

"Zi... Zichen..." Xi Wen suddenly said in a daze, looking at the Young Master Huangxuan who was following the steps.

Delko took a serious look at the approaching person, wasn't he the black-haired boy who was still behind them back then, he frowned and said in disbelief, "This kid... what's going on."

Wasn't this kid obviously still a Templar before?How could he suddenly become the young master of Huangxuan?If you dare to come to him so aggressively, you are not afraid that His Royal Highness will shoot him dead.

Holding a plain fan with red silk and white jade in his hand, Zichen walked up the [-]-meter-long stone steps step by step. He suddenly remembered that his mother walked up the [-]-meter-long steps like this a few months ago.

And this road will eventually let him walk.

That woman who had been willful and arrogant all her life finally chose to compromise for the sake of the Huangxuan family, and chose to pretend that she didn't know anything, and came here to beg the person she hated the most to help the Huangxuan family weaken the Vana Empire.

Every stone step she took was like a bloody sin.

In the heavy snow, the [-]-meter-long steps are printed one after another.Can't be erased.

When he walked past Xiwen, Xiwen suddenly stretched out his hand to grab Zichen's wrist, Lu Shu pulled out her saber instantly with a cold face, and looked at Xiwen vigilantly.

"Zichen!" His hand stopped in mid-air.

Zichen didn't look at him, he paused and walked up and down the next step, imprinting another footprint, Lu Shu glanced at Xiwen, retracted his sword and continued to follow behind Zichen.

Delko pulled back Sivington's hand in mid-air, "Hey, it's okay, he ignores you and I ignore you."

"How could it be like this." Xiwen looked at Zichen's back as he walked up the steps in disbelief, the black-backed red cape swaying fiercely in the wind and snow.

"Know people, know face, but don't know heart." Delko sighed, "Forget it, leave him alone, at least we know that this year's young master of Huangxuan has a low IQ, so it's a good thing."

Xiwen still looked at the figure of the young man walking away on the steps with disbelief on his face.

On the [-]-meter-long stone steps, the young man was wearing red brocade clothes and an exquisite jade crown. He was supposed to be an angry horse in fresh clothes, with a romantic destiny, but he seemed to be carrying everything on his back and walked with a heavy weight.From this point of view, he really looks like the big bastard who has been carrying a tombstone for thousands of years and has a tail.

Boundless and endless wind and snow, the majestic and tall palace, and soldiers lined up hundreds of meters away, that young man is as small as a speck of dust, climbing up the endless steps step by step, his back is about to be annihilated in the sky in the snow.

In the ten directions, all the soldiers lined up, but he could only move forward alone.

——The road is rough, the future is foggy, take care of yourself.