Legend of the Demon Emperor of Kyushu

Chapter 19 Cold Leaf City (1)

Facing the south gate of Hanye City, about [-] steps away, stands a snow sculpture, which is the emblem of the entire Hanye City.It holds its head high and stares at the city gate, with its wings spread out. It is two feet high and four feet wide.

At this time, Ye Ziqi and Gu Feng were following the army, walking under the spread wings of the "Snow Sculpture".

When Ye Ziqi looked up at this sculpture, he couldn't help but think of the snow sculpture that once landed on the top of Hanye City and followed General Baicheng Shuang, and secretly thought:

For such a majestic animal, it would probably be easy to catch him up to the sky, right?Only the important figures of the royal family of Baicheng can raise such a male eagle, which is a symbol of royal power.

Including this stone sculpture, everything in Hanye City seems to remind visitors that this is a stone city.

At a glance, it is full of stone houses and stone tiles, unlike Beishan Town, which is not mixed with many thatched houses, and the road under the feet is also paved with bluestone slabs.

This situation changed when the troops approached the center of the city. In the center of the city was a large lake named "Autumn Wind", and there was a "Dongbo" pavilion in the center of the lake.Further north of Qiufeng Lake is the Ju Palace.

On both sides of the long street, you can see refugees huddled in the corner everywhere, obviously they all came in before the city was closed.The air was filled with moaning and the musty smell of corpses.

Ye Ziqi remembered that in the past, when entering the city, you could see blackboard writing on the street to make people laugh and earn rewards, but now they are gone, which is also expected. In such a cold winter, all jokes are enough to freeze into ice before they are spoken. Block, choked in the throat.

In any case, for the soldiers who were originally stationed on Xuelongpo, it was a very good thing to be able to enter the city wall that was sheltered from the wind on all sides.

But Ye Ziqi looked preoccupied.

The reason lies in the old monster in his body.

During the month of stationing on Xuelongpo, the golden demon eye said to him:
"The monster power that I have lent you in the past is never returned, and there will be no next time - even if there is, it is not much!
This seat can teach you the method of cultivating the demonic way, allowing you to accumulate demonic power yourself, but you have thought about it yourself, with your current ability, you may not be unable to do it if you only want to protect your life;

Once you start to practice the way of demons, although you can increase your skills and surpass the realm of ordinary people, it is inevitable that one day your feet will be exposed and you will become the target of public criticism in the human race.

Which path to choose is up to you. "

Then Ye Ziqi thought about it for a month.

Do you want to spend a lot of time and energy every day, even risk your life, to learn a spell that will never be displayed in front of others?

"Once you enter this door, you can never turn back."

Ye Ziqi couldn't help but look back at the city gate again, as if it was the gate of the demon way in his heart.

The army was finally placed in the Hanye Outer City Barracks.Xue Yi ordered that the barracks be first confirmed and the belongings accompanying the army placed.

Ye Ziqi and Gu Feng were about to move, when the centurion Chen Wufu came over and said, "General Xue is looking for you, hurry up!"

Ye Ziqi and Gu Feng rushed to Xue Yi's room, and after a hundred steps, they saw Xue Yi was already on the horse.

"Get on the horse and follow me." Xue Yi said to the two.

Ye Ziqi was at a loss, and said: "I didn't pull the horse over."

"Get on my horse."

"Huh?" Before Ye Ziqi could react, Xue Yi had already pulled him onto his horse; following Chen Wufu, he also pulled Gu Feng onto his horse; the two horses rode four people, and ran out of the barracks all the way.

The horseshoes tapped on the bluestone slabs, and in a short time, they had already rushed to the gate of "Lian Mansion".

Ye Ziqi was shocked in his heart and said: "Lian Mansion! Could it be General Lian Hongye?"

"Dismount. General Lian wants to see you." Xue Yi said.

Thinking of walking into the mansion of this man honored as "the No. [-] warrior of the Four Northern Kingdoms", Ye Ziqi couldn't help making waves in his heart.

Walking around the screen wall and taking a quick look, the mansion is not very big. There are two dwarf pines planted in the courtyard, which are arranged in a special way.Then when he looked into the main hall, he felt as if a big rock was pressing down on him. Lian Hongye was sitting in the hall, waiting for them.

To Ye Ziqi's surprise, even in his own mansion, this great general was actually dressed in military uniform with a heroic aura.

The four of them walked into the main hall, saluted together and said: "See you, General!"

"Get up." Lian Hongye smiled at Xue Yi: "You are here, I can finally go out of the city to get some air."

Xue Yidao: "It's rare for the general to go back to the city for a year, so he should rest at home and recuperate."

"The scenery is nice, but the city is too crowded, making people breathless." Lian Hongye looked at Ye and Gu again, and said, "The people from Xuelongpo have told me about you, you are young. It's light, and the ability is not small, I just want to see you."

"Subordinates dare not be!"

"Don't be restrained, raise your head up—heh, you are still two children." Lian Hongye glanced at the faces of the two of them, and suddenly asked:
"General Xue brought you here, and you have seen a lot on the way. My child, tell me, do you like this Cold Leaf City?"

"Hey?" Ye Ziqi was stunned, not knowing the meaning of the question, glanced at Lian Hongye, then at Gu Feng, and finally answered honestly: "This subordinate doesn't know."

"Oh, it's okay, you still have a lot of time to think about it slowly in the future." Lian Hongye said: "This city is indeed too cold in winter, but when spring comes, willow branches sprout, and later catkins float to your liking. On the woman in the world, it's like walking with her until the end of life;
In the hot summer, there will be urchins jumping off boards on Qiufeng Lake, or even swimming in the lake, and the patrolling officers and soldiers should just ignore them;
Speaking of this Qiufeng Lake, it won't really be regarded as the lake as its name until autumn.In fact, winter is not without lively places, on Yanxing Street, storytelling halls are also open, and there is a flower street in the west of the city—”

"Cough! Cough!" Xue Yi, who had been exposed to the cold wind of the month on Xuelongpo, suddenly coughed.

"Oh, in short, you still have time to get along with this city slowly." Lian Hongye turned to Chen Wufu and said, "Wufu, give these two children a two-day vacation, young people like novelty, let them walk around the city .”

"The subordinates take orders." Chen Wufu said, and patted the two children who were stunned.

"Thank you General!" The two sons said together.

Then, with a wave of Lian Hongye's hand, Chen Wufu led the two recruits back out.

Only Lian Hongye and Xue Yi were left in the hall.

"General, 'the person from Xuelongpo' is referring to that kid Xu Jing?" Xue Yi asked suddenly.

Lian Hongye nodded and said with a smile: "In the past two years, his skill has improved again, and now it is comparable to what you have."

Xue Yi said indifferently: "So what, no matter how skilled you are, he is no longer a soldier of our country of Ju. After all, years of hard work on him will be wasted."

"Why do you say that? After all, it was because of him that we established a connection with the Chivalrous Dao of the Central Plains, and we have been able to know the situation in the Central Plains all these years."

"If it wasn't for this, even if I broke his leg, I wouldn't let him go from the army."

"Oh, after all, it's your default successor, so I won't tell you about it."

"General, what do you think of these two sons?" Xue Yi asked again.

"Boy Xu always knows to bring a greeting gift every time he comes back, this time is the best one he brought."

"I heard that when he entered the country from Langya, he bribed the city guards of Langya with the gifts he had prepared earlier, and exchanged a few refugees for entry into Langya Pass. Afterwards, he stayed outside Hanye City for ten days, thinking about finding something else to come in and meet him. you."

"Oh! This kid."

After sighing for a moment, Xue Yi said again: "General, the chivalrous elder has come to Xuelongpo, and it is Le Zhong who came."

Lian Hongye's expression was slightly condensed: "Oh, Uncle Le's younger brother?"

"That's right, he is the younger brother of Le Bo, the general of Langya Township!"

Lian Hongye nodded and said: "Le Zhong's temperament is calm and thoughtful. This kind of life-threatening work on the front line is not his turn. After all, Leizhou is his home. Well, I will go to Xuelongpo now, and you will save it for me in the future." In this city, you will also take part in the opening military exercise."

"Why is the general in such a hurry? In fact, I was also surprised when I started. I didn't expect the general to change his armor."

"It's not easy to get permission to go out of the city this time, and the lord of the country has repeated tempers. I can't wait any longer."

"Yes. When we arrive at Xuelongpo, I ask the general not to spoil my soldiers."

Lian Hongye was taken aback for a moment, thinking that he still remembered the "Flower Street" scene, and couldn't help but said: "When I was the strictest military rule, I couldn't stop you..."

"General!"

Lian Hongye smiled knowingly, went out and got on his horse, and the horse stepped on the plum blossoms and left.

(End of this chapter)