Heaven

Although it was only early summer, the weather in the south was already very hot. Except for the women who went out to hunt, most people hid in simple tree houses to avoid the scorching sun.

The man in white still covered his face with a light veil, not revealing anything about his whole body.He seemed to be unaffected by the heat, walking quickly among the dense forests.

He raised his head and looked at the giant tree that marked the palace from a distance. The canopy of the Yinhong tree covered the sky and covered the sun, stretching for several miles.

Oh, the growth is gratifying!When I left, the area of ​​the sacred tree seemed to be only two-thirds of its current size, and it was obvious that it had been irrigated for decades.He thought sarcastically, how much "fertilizer" did he use to increase his height all at once?

The closer to the holy tree, the stronger the suffocating deterrent.People can only worship the majesty of the sacred tree from a distance, but dare not enter the area covered by the tree crown.Only those blood-clothed female guards who wear emblems specially processed from holy tree leaves on their chests can walk freely around the palace.

The man in white who came from afar seemed not to be restricted by this, and walked inward.

"Who is coming, the forbidden area of ​​the palace, anyone who trespasses will die!"

The leader of the female guard shouted and showed her polished bone spear.

The man in white stopped in his tracks and tore off his veil with a raised hand.

"hiss--"

The female guards gasped when they saw that face.The face that should have been very handsome was abruptly divided into a broken face by several cracks.

The head of the female guard with a wooden crown on her head suddenly remembered something, and her knees softened and she fell to the ground.

"Welcome the thirteenth prince back to the palace!" She prostrated her entire body on the ground, trembling, not daring to raise her head.

The rest of the female guards immediately followed their leader and knelt down, shouting the same words.

The man in white put the veil back on and continued walking towards the center of the palace without saying a word.

It's back, it's finally back!

With every step he took, he could feel the resonance of power churning from his body. This was the place where he was born, and it will also be the place where he will end up.

Standing at the entrance of the main hall of the imperial palace where only one person has lived in it throughout the ages, the man in white turned a deaf ear to the gold and beautiful jade that filled the room, and just looked down at the root system entrenched on the ground.

Have the roots of the sacred tree covered every inch of the ground in this hall?

He turned his head and calculated it. From this point of view, perhaps more than half of the harem has been covered by the heel of the sacred tree that protruded from the ground...

He took a deep breath and looked towards the wide throne that looked like a stone bed.

That person is still there.

The white gauze was studded with gemstones of various colors, and the sunlight shone through the round window of the dome, creating a colorful brilliance.The hem of the gauze was very long, not only covering the man's feet, but also hanging down from the high throne.

The man fell asleep on his white jade-like arm.

Indeed, he seemed to have nothing else to do but sleep?

The man in white took a step forward and stepped into the main hall.

"Are you finally willing to come back?"

The movement was unimaginably fast, and the person on the throne had already sat up at some point.His voice was hoarse and old, but his face was a bit childish, giving people a strange sense of incongruity: "So are you ready?"

"Yes." The man in white lifted his veil, revealing a face that was torn apart and dripping with blood: "Muruo has seen Father."

"Muruo? Did you choose the name yourself?...It's quite appropriate." The man on the throne suddenly appeared beside Muruo, raised his face with his fingers, and clicked his tongue, "It's already Has it become like this? It would have been nice to come back two years earlier, why bother to torture yourself so much. You have turned into this state now, it really makes me lose my appetite. "

Mu Ruo quietly looked at the person in front of her.

She has the same face as her own, but looks a little younger.Compared with back then, the dangerous aura on his body seemed to be stronger.There was no expression on his flawless face like a beautiful jade, a pair of bottomless eyes seemed to be looking at him but actually did not reflect anyone's image, the small part of his arm that was exposed from the gauze was covered with blood red engraved.

"Father, do you feel sick to your stomach?" Mu Ruo showed a smile, "Then why don't you find something else to fill your belly?"

"Haha... I just think it's a waste of effort to bring you back to your original state." Although there was a silver bell-like laugh, the man in gauze didn't have the slightest smile on his face, "Forget it, you It looks like I can't stop..."

He gently raised his sleeves, and the bloodstains on Muruo's face immediately healed at a speed visible to the naked eye, and in less than a moment, he had completely recovered.

Mu Ruo tore off his blood-stained shirt, looked down at his chest that had no scars left, and laughed lowly: "Father is really good at it, even a real heavenly man may not have the ability of Father, right? "

The person in gauze looked at Muruo's dense red engravings from his left shoulder to his chest, and nodded with satisfaction: "Are you ready?"

"Is it right here? Why don't you go to the throne!" Mu Ruo sighed while smiling coquettishly, "I really want to be hugged by my father there..."

The Shayi man frowned, and didn't say anything. In the next moment, Muruo had been pushed down on the wide jade throne, and the clothes on his body were instantly torn.

"Hehe, Father, you are so impatient..." Muruo's body froze for a moment, and then let out a meowing sound like a cat, "Uh...at least... let me get used to it... ah... ah... "

A strong bloody smell filled the entire hall in an instant, a thick red fog wrapped around the throne, and faint cries came from outside the hall.

Not far away, the branches and leaves of the holy tree swayed happily with the wind, making a soft rustling sound...

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Baidi disappeared, Modi was unconscious, and it seemed that a storm was brewing in Danyang City, which had just calmed down.

Because he couldn't remove the box tightly held in Jing Mingrui's hand, Jing Mingquan had to open the gap from Wushuang.

It is now certain that Ji Kongqing disappeared on the way back to the palace two days ago.There was no trace of a fight at the scene, and the guards guarding him were all knocked out by heavy tactics, and they didn't even see the appearance of the striker.

Jing Mingquan couldn't help feeling a little uneasy. Ji Kongqing's martial arts were not far behind his own, and with the sixteen guards who were either overt or hidden, he might not be able to succeed in one blow with the people from Tingfenglou. It can be seen that the strength of the visitor must be extraordinary.In the bottom of his heart, he ruled out the forces of all parties, and he couldn't figure out who would be the one who would lay hands on Ji Kongqing.

Brother Wu vomited blood and fell into a coma. Lao Gao said that he was just greatly stimulated, and there was no sign of poisoning or injury.A stimulus so great that it would make Fifth Brother faint...could it be...? !Jing Mingquan's heart tightened all of a sudden, if something happened to Fifth Sister-in-law, what would Fifth Brother do?

"How is it? What did you see?" Jing Mingquan grabbed Qiu Yueren who came out of the execution room and asked eagerly.

"Ji Kongqing is not dead." Qiu Yueren frowned suddenly, "But I suspect that what I saw was what he wanted me to know."

Jing Mingquan exhaled and said, "What's going on?"

"Yes……"

"Your Majesty is awake!" The guard who delivered the message came in a hurry and interrupted what Qiu Yueren was about to say.

"Fifth brother is awake?" Jing Mingrui's body has been a little erratic since the first battle of Julu the year before last. Hearing the news that he finally woke up, Jing Mingquan couldn't help secretly heaving a sigh of relief, holding Qiu Yueren's hand and rushing towards Xi And go to the palace.

"Forever?" Jing Mingrui, who was leaning on the bed, frowned and repeated.

"That's right, I didn't expect that Mu Ruo would be the eternal prince." Qiu Yue carefully recalled the memory he saw in Wu Shuang's heart——

Wushuang originally wanted to go to Xuefeng to steal ice beads to preserve Muruo's body, but he didn't expect that shortly after arriving, he found that Muruo, who had been breathless for a long time, came back to life!

Muruo, on the other hand, did not know what method he used to convince Wu Sheng to go down the snow peak with him.

"Then Wu Sheng did it?" Jing Mingrui's voice was chilling.

"That's right, Muruo seems to have promised him something good, and he came to Danyang alone immediately after hearing this." Qiu Yueren nodded, "They will meet at the agreed place, and then Muruo will do it himself ...Peel off the engraving of Baidi..."

Jing Mingrui closed his eyes, raised his head and took a few deep breaths before signaling Qiu Yueren to continue.

"Afterwards, Wushuang was sent by Muruo to deliver the letter, and he himself took Baidi to the south. He told Wushuang that he didn't need to look for him afterwards, and that he would return to his hometown by himself—Yongdie."

Jing Mingrui was silent for a moment before saying, "I didn't expect Muruo to come from that barbaric land."

The scope of all the lands in the Central Plains was originally the Yu Lai established by the Queen of Heaven and Man, all of which are located on the north bank of the great river.On the south bank, a family named Yong appeared at some unknown time.

It is not entirely correct to say that Yong is a family.The territory of Yongle is almost all jungles and swamps, and according to legend, they are all uncivilized barbarians.They don't cover their clothes, live by hunting and gathering, and live in tribes, but they will regularly offer sacrifices to the king.So Yongle can be said to be a collection of many tribes.

In the early years, ships that occasionally docked on the south bank were unfortunately robbed by barbarians. Several sailors who escaped claimed that the people there respected women and liked to eat living people, especially young and strong men. They regarded it as a delicacy.Since then, no boat has dared to dock on the south bank, and the people there have since then been called Southeast Yi.

"These barbarians are so courageous! Fifth Brother, let's send troops to take Fifth Sister-in-law back!" Jing Mingquan said while rubbing his fists.

"Yong...yong...why do you seem to have heard of it somewhere?" Jing Mingrui lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then he was shocked suddenly, "Could it be that he established a home? Ah Quan, hurry to Xuefeng and take Lei Xiaoshen Borrow the sword. I will personally bring [-] guards to join you by the river."

"Fifth brother, is it enough to bring so many people?" Jing Mingquan wished he could bring the army to Pingyong immediately.

"Since the people there don't make a living by farming, the population must be small, and there may not be ironware to make weapons and armor. 5 people are more than enough. But... let's wait until you get there first. When you go to Xuefeng, you can help I'll take a letter to the old man."

"Okay!" Jing Mingquan agreed immediately.

Standing in the wind on the slightly swaying deck of the warship, Jing Mingrui frowned while stroking the sword in his hand.

Instead of directly killing Ji Kongqing, Mu Ruo took the risk of taking him away, absolutely trying to lure himself to save him.But it is impossible to defeat Chu Liao and seize the world with Yongle's strength, so what is his purpose?In the end, he intentionally provoked the dispute between Chu and Wei, and almost single-handedly ruined Wei's country. Why did it seem... as if he wanted to speed up his own process of unifying the world?

"Your Majesty, the Vanguard Battalion has contacted several tribes of the Southeast Yi, and captured some Yi people for interrogation by Your Majesty."

As soon as he set foot on the land on the south bank, a sergeant came to summon him.

Sitting in the tent that had just been set up, Jing Mingrui frowned and listened to the people kneeling below him stutteringly answering his own questions.

The situation here is even further behind than he thought.A tribe that is said to be already moderately sized has only about a few hundred individuals.Most of them are women, and only a few dozen men are being held in wooden pens.The role of men is to have sex with women day and night to ensure that women can continue to conceive and give birth.

The tribe is responsible for raising the babies up in captivity. When they reach the age of 14, the tribe can keep two-thirds of the girls, while the boys can only keep one out of ten, and the rest will be sent to the palace to be handed over to the special guards there— —The female guard in blood.

As for the later fate of those children, even the patriarchs and priests don't know very well.I only know that the sacred tree that supports the eternity and blesses the abundant prey needs a lot of manpower to take care of and irrigate. Maybe those children were sent to do these jobs.

Jing Mingrui lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then asked for a long time about the situation of the blood-clothed female guards.

Forever there is no standing army!

Although the female guards sounded good in fighting power, their number was less than [-], and their equipment was all bone.

"Assemble the team! Push towards the palace at full speed!" Jing Mingrui made a decisive decision.A moment later, Ji Kongqing was in danger a moment longer, thinking of the injury on Ji Kongqing's back, his heart throbbed instantly.

The relationship between him and Ji Kongqing has dropped to the lowest point.Jing Mingrui guessed that it was because Ji Kongqing's engraving power had been weakened, and it was also possible that Wu Sheng used the power of the Celestial Stone to suppress the induction between them.He could only vaguely feel a vague direction, but it was very laborious to find it.

The large army had already surrounded the periphery of the palace, Jing Mingrui rode his horse and galloped among the thorns, feeling more and more restless.

Nothing is right!

He clearly felt that Ji Kongqing was nearby, but he couldn't find the correct location.

Suddenly, a strange color flashed in Jing Mingrui's eyes, and not far ahead, he suddenly sensed his own strength!

He almost jumped off his horse and quickly pushed through the bushes.The moment he saw the blood, he felt his heartbeat almost stop.

"why you?!"

Seeing the naked person clearly, Jing Mingrui couldn't help being extremely surprised.How could he have his own power? !

"Your Majesty...cough cough, are you surprised to see me? Cough cough..." A smile suddenly flashed across Muruo's face, he raised his hand and scratched the skin on his chest with his fingers, picking out a small piece The bloody thing was handed to Jing Mingrui.

Jing Mingrui felt that his breath was coming from that thing, he fiddled with it carefully and suddenly said in shock: "This is... the tip of the Liquan Spear?"

"That's right... huh... huh..." Muruo's voice was a little weak, and he almost used up all his strength to keep breathing, "Without this, I... I can't wait... I can't wait to see Your Majesty again today ...one side..."