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Chapter 819 The Moon Shines

On the shore, a new moon rises slowly.

The atmosphere on both sides of the river was a little quiet.

The new moon above Ouyang Rong's head emitted bright white moonlight, which splashed on the people on both sides of the strait.

It illuminated their surprised and shocked faces.

There were also some strange reactions:
Li Congshan and the White Tiger Guards' swords made a "clacking" sound, as if they had encountered a dragon turning over in the earth.

Ouyang Rong lowered his head and saw that the moonlight sword at his waist was trembling, as if it was a little excited.

The peach wood sword on Lu Ya's back also made a vibration. Lu Ya stared at the [New Moon] without blinking, and pressed the hilt of the sword on his back with his backhand.

Not only them, but also the daggers, short swords and other objects on Miaozhen, Rongzhen, Liguoer and others underwent varying degrees of movement under the "bright moonlight".

The bright white moonlight is sword energy!
It is said that Dayu controlled the flood, dealt with all kinds of evil creatures, gathered soldiers from the nine states, forged the Nine Cauldrons, suppressed the destiny of China, and stopped the killing. However, the Ding Sword was the result of the Nine Cauldrons being re-melted and once again used for killing.

Equivalent to the Lord of Ten Thousand Armies.

Any killing weapon will be affected by the sword energy of the Ding Sword, especially the newly-born Ding Sword.

"Ding! Sword!"

Miaozhen was the first to break the silence and shouted out.

Even though she had prepared herself mentally, Rong Zhen's face was somewhat moved. She looked up at the "new moon" and lowered her voice:

"It's really the Xinding Sword, Lianghan, are you laying out the sword?"

Ouyang Rong had nothing to say and frowned tightly.

Although everyone in the audience was looking at him with fear... after all, this new Ding sword flew out of his arms... he was still a little dazed.

This night pearl pretended to be dead for a long time, and except for just being completely confirmed by the Red Lotus Sword Seal, there has been no movement.

It was true that he had exchanged for the blessing, but Ouyang Rong remembered that he had just done nothing but stared at Li Congshan.

But it just flew out like that.

Could it be that something had been triggered? It couldn't be his domineering aura.

But when Ouyang Rong tried, he could not control this [New Moon]. He did not have the feeling of mutual communication and unity of man and sword as when [Craftsmanship] was first born.

In addition, he hadn't even confirmed its real name. Could it be that the Dingjian was spiritual? Or had he called out the word "曌" on the paper, and the Night Pearl was a little slow?

Facing the gazes from all around him, some obvious and some hidden, Ouyang Rong did not deny it immediately, but put on a serious face.

From the corner of his eye, he saw Miaozhen and others on the other side looking at him with some fear in their eyes.

Lu Ya, his companion, was also somewhat confused.

He saw the white sturgeon fly up nimbly and circle around the [crescent moon], as if it was curious, or as if it was seeking some kind of guidance.

Lu Ya turned to look at Master Ouyang, his eyes filled with complicated awe.

I feel that the hidden card of this Master Ouyang is simply unfathomable.

Li Congshan rode on his horse and wandered along the shore. The silver-white mask on his face reflected the moonlight and sword energy, making him look somewhat cold and pale. He stared straight at the new moon and murmured to himself:

"Is this the Ding Sword? It really is just like the myth."

He suddenly turned around and said loudly to Miaozhen and the three hundred soldiers:
"You don't need to worry about being blamed by the saint. With this Ding sword, King Wei and King Liang will not treat us unfairly. We have come to this point. Do you really think that if we let King Xunyang and Princess Zhenxian return to the capital, they will forgive us? Take this Ding sword and present it to Luoyang. From now on, we brothers will advance and retreat together!"

Ouyang Rong felt something was wrong when he heard this.

Not only did the Xin Ding Sword fail to scare away this group of unruly warriors, it also made Li Congshan bolder and encouraged them with words.

Li Xian spoke excitedly, pushed aside Wei Mei who was trying to stop him, took a step forward and said:
"My fellow warriors, calm down. I can promise that I will not hurt you in the slightest. I swear to the tablet of Emperor Taizong!"

Rong Zhen's face was cold and her voice was clear: "This palace is the same. This palace and the prince kept their promises. Also, look at what you are doing. It's not too late to turn back now. You should immediately put away your military crossbows, arrest Li Congshan, and execute him on the spot. He has gone crazy."

One of them used words and the other used force, and they used both kindness and force.

Nearly three hundred soldiers were silent, exchanging glances. Some of them looked hesitantly behind their masks and turned to their companions...

"Hehe, hehe..."

A hoarse laugh echoed among the silent ranks of soldiers.

It’s Li Congshan.

He rode in the lead, motionless, chuckling beneath his mask, attracting the soldiers' attention.

The low hum of the young general in white robe lingered in the ears of everyone in the audience:

"Throughout the ages, these powerful nobles have treated their servants who have seen them in such a state of humiliation cruelly and punished them. It's not written in the books. Do you still believe it? Shoot me!"

As the words fell, Li Congshan suddenly lowered his raised hand.

Everyone who had been paying attention to his movements had their heartbeats slowed down.

The air was silent for three breaths. After a while, the sound of crossbow strings coming from the other side of the river had already revealed the choices of some of the soldiers.

Rong Zhen didn't expect that Li Congshan was really crazy, his eyes were filled with anger:
"How dare you! Stop it!"

Ouyang Rong turned around without saying anything and shouted a warning:
"Protect the prince and the crown prince!"

Crossbow arrows shot out from the woods at a rapid speed, crossing the river and reaching the other side in the blink of an eye.

Ouyang Rong and Rong Zhen have always been at the forefront.

They were a little far away from Li Xian's family.

Lu Ya was the closest to the target, and he instantly drew out his peach wood sword and quickly cut off the first crossbow arrow that was shot at him.

However, more crossbow arrows are still to come.

It was impossible to stop them all with just the three of them.

Rong Zhen's expression changed and he turned his head sharply:

"It's too late. Keep laying out your swords and leave us alone!"

However, Ouyang Rong's actions surprised her.

"What are you doing."

The Night Pearl didn't listen to his command at all. Ouyang Rong had no idea where to place his sword. He ran back and took out eighteen seeds from his sleeve and threw them to Rong Zhen.

He took out the Peach Blossom Spring Map and opened the fake Ding Sword.

A sky-blue sword energy slanted out from the drawing paper.

Most of the flying crossbow arrows were cut off.

However, he still underestimated the number of crossbow arrows.

Ouyang Rong used the Taoist magician's muscle control to dodge the powerful crossbow.

Ouyang Rong was still some distance away from Li Xian and others behind him, but the spiritual energy in his dantian was not enough to block all the crossbow arrows. The remaining arrows went straight to Rong Zhen, Lu Ya and Li Xian's family behind him.

Crossbow arrows came one after another, raining down like rain.

Rong Zhen got the eighteen seeds and immediately activated the [Emperor Wen] sword technique.

Golden sword energy surged out and covered her body, and the crossbow arrow pierced through her body.

But it still shot backwards.

Lu Ya was only good at runes and his physique was not strong, so he could not withstand the rain of crossbow arrows, and his peach wood sword was bounced away by a powerful crossbow.

His face changed and he only had time to turn around and dodge the arrow.

The remaining crossbow arrows flew towards Li Xian's family. Fortunately, Lu Ya blocked the delay for a while, allowing Rong Zhen to pass him and reach Li Xian and Li Dalang with all his strength. Golden sword energy flowed out from the eighteen seeds and protected them.

The figures of the three people were covered in golden light, like the sound of a musical instrument, turning reality into illusion, and the crossbow arrows passed through.

However, Rong Zhen was just like Ouyang Rong. Their spiritual energy was not enough to support the golden sword energy that covered everyone. The remaining arrows that could not be stopped passed through the three of them and flew straight towards the faces of Li Guoer, Wei Mei, Shun Bo and others.

Seeing this, Lu Ya was shocked and angry: "Protect the princess!"

It was too late for him.

Rong Zhen frowned tightly. Li Xian and Li Dalang, who were hiding in the golden light, tried desperately to run away, but she quickly blocked them, preventing them from escaping from the golden sword energy of Emperor Wen.

Ouyang Rong suddenly turned around.

At this moment, Li Guoer, Wei Mei and others suddenly appeared on the open space on the other side of the field.

But their bodies still remain in the same place.

The crossbow arrows pierced through their bodies as if they were passing through shadows.

As a result, two groups of people appeared on the field.

They are all Liguoer, Weimei and Caishou, and both sides are exactly the same.

It seems that each of them has a substitute.

The people around looked shocked, as if they had seen a ghost.

Ouyang Rong stared blankly at the two groups of people on his left and right, and soon his attention fell on the bright white halo faintly covering Li Guoer, Wei Mei and others.

Ouyang Rong suddenly raised his head and looked at the new moon above his head.

Is this the magical power of Dingjian? !

The confused crowd was even more shocked than Ouyang Rong that two groups of identical figures appeared on the field.

Li Guoer, Wei Mei and others who were involved were also stunned. They all lowered their heads, touched themselves and checked their bodies.

Judging from the look of it, they are also unaware.

Their shadows on the other side also made the same movement of lowering their heads to check their bodies.

It makes it difficult to tell which part is the real body and which part is the fake one.

But soon, crossbow arrows shot through their bodies that remained where they were, and their bodies began to dissolve into star-like light and dissipated in the air.

Then, only the bodies of Li Guoer, Wei Mei and others were left, which were instantly transferred to another place. They should be entities.

Everyone reacted belatedly.

Rong Zhen was suspicious: "What kind of Qi training technique is this?"

Lu Ya looked around and asked: "Which expert made the move?"

Rong Zhen subconsciously looked towards Ouyang Rong. Seeing this, Lu Ya had the same thought and looked over.

Ouyang Rong frowned, not knowing how to answer.

Transferring out of thin air like this is simply unheard of, even more miraculous than Emperor Wen's transformation from reality to illusion.

Ouyang Rong could only think of one possibility, and his eyes were fixed on the moon above his head.

The new moon hung alone above his head, motionless.

At this moment, the moonlight is dancing and the forest is quiet.

People in the deep forest don't know, the bright moon comes to see each other.

On the other side of the river, witnessing this mythical scene, Miaozhen and the three hundred soldiers were equally shocked and confused.

Li Congshan stared at that place for a while, then he suddenly sneered and waved his hand to his companions:

"Keep shooting arrows, cover the other side, and see how they hide. It's all fancy."

The hand suddenly swung down, and the soldiers continued to draw their crossbows, this time with all-round coverage.

Miao Zhen was worried:
"General Li, step back a little. Don't stand in front. Be careful of Ouyang Lianghan. The Ding Sword is in the air. I don't know if it's real or fake. I conservatively guess that he might be deploying the sword. It's the unique skill of [Hanshi] Guiqulaixi. General Li, do not enter the range of his sword deployment."

"Okay, thank you Ms. Miaozhen for the reminder!"

Li Congshan swiftly retreated a few steps and went behind the armored soldiers' shields, where he and Miaozhen temporarily avoided the attack.

At the same time, the surrounding crossbows were ready to go and began to fire one after another.

Li Congshan slowly put away his knife, looked at the people on the other side who were busy dodging, and narrowed his eyes slightly:

"Let me see how long you can hide, Miss Miaozhen, get ready. When their spiritual energy is exhausted, we will harvest them and take back the Ding Sword. We will return to the capital to present it to the Saint and His Royal Highness the King of Wei."

Miao Zhen nodded: "Good idea, but how do you explain this to Zhenxian County Master?"

Li Congshan said coldly without even turning his head.

"With the Ding Sword, you and I are safe."

The two exchanged glances and waited in tacit understanding, preparing to go up and reap the harvest after a few waves of crossbow arrows had passed.

At present, Ouyang Lianghan only has three middle-grade Qi Refiners on his side, while he has three hundred elite White Tiger Guards. Together with these two middle-grade Qi Refiners, they can use crossbows to consume them first and then pick up the loose ones.

Even if Ouyang Lianghan could get one or two people away, Li Xian's family couldn't escape. Ouyang Lianghan and his family couldn't take so many people with them, so they had to make some choices. Even if they were being chased by 300 elite soldiers, it would be difficult for a mid-level Qi Refiner to take one person with him and run away. He could only save himself...

Li Congshan made a cold-blooded and precise calculation, nodded slightly, and suddenly felt a chill in his chest. He lowered his head in confusion and saw a woman's hand reaching out from his heart and crossing his body.

“You…you…ho ho…”

Li Congshan was stunned. He slowly turned around and saw Miaozhen's cold face.

Blood began to flow from his mouth. "W-why?"

Miaozhen said nothing, pulled out her hand stained with heart blood, lowered her eyes, wiped it carefully with a handkerchief, and threw it at Li Congshan's feet.

She ignored Li Congshan who had fallen to the ground with his eyes wide open. She turned around and spoke indifferently to the three hundred stunned soldiers:
"The traitor Li Congshan has violated the order of the saint and colluded with the rebels. He has been executed. It is not too late for you to turn back now. Throw down your swords and take off your armor!"

On the other side of the river, Rong Zhen, Lu Ya and others were shocked when they saw this sudden reversal, and they looked at each other in silence.

Ouyang Rong went to check on Li Guoer, Wei Mei and others and found them safe and sound. However, he frowned and turned around, staring at the back of the middle-aged female official who had turned against them in the middle of a battle.

Li Xian stood there in a daze, staring blankly at the lonely figure of the female historian Miaozhen on the other side of the river.

Wei Mei's eyes were alert, and she still looked at the woman with some suspicion.

In the woods, the sound of swords and weapons falling began to be heard one after another.

Under Miao Zhen's indifferent gaze, all three hundred soldiers took off their armor, knelt on one knee, and surrendered.

Among them, some of Li Congshan's core confidants, the soldiers who had just fired the crossbows, were panicking and trying to flee. Before Miao Zhen could turn around, the nearest White Tiger Guard soldiers drew their swords and rushed forward, chopping them down one by one, cutting off their heads and vying for the credit...

Ouyang Rong suddenly said:

"Did you deliver the warning letter that the palace received that day? Did you remind the prince that the menu would be served without being served at the table?"

"Governor Ouyang is really smart, and Ms. Rong Zhen did not choose the wrong person."

Rong Zhen's eyes widened: "What nonsense are you talking about?"

Miao Zhen ignored her, turned around, glanced at Li Xian and Wei Mei, and said calmly:

"After you declined, I never said anything bad about you in front of the Saint. You were demoted to commoners. The Saint later sent me here because he knew about this. Li Xian, don't look down on me."

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(End of this chapter)