Simultaneous travel: I am rampant in the domestic area

Chapter 160: Secret Agents and Secret Agents

midnight.

All sounds are silent.

The north is bitterly cold and there are few entertainment activities. Once it gets dark, there are few living people on the streets.

The same is true in the post station.

Traveling by boat and by car is the most tiring thing. The delegation traveled by water and land for more than half a month, and it was rare for them to have a few days of rest. No one wanted to waste this precious rest time.

In the room, the candlelight was dim.

The old lady sat at the table, her chin supported by one hand, her eyes blank and dazed. Her heart was as confused and helpless as the flickering candlelight.

After arriving in the North, she no longer needed to hide and returned to her identity as a princess, living in the best upper room.

However, material wealth cannot withstand the emptiness of the soul.

She was not happy about meeting her nominal husband. Even though she had known her fate for a long time and understood what she would have to pay to come to Chuzhou, she was still at a loss when the time came.

"Huh~"

At this moment, a gust of cold wind suddenly blew outside the window, the window frames were slapping and making crackling sounds, and the biting coldness rushed in. Mu Nanzhi couldn't help but shiver.

It’s so cold...what a horrible weather!
Mu Nanzhi muttered something and stood up to close the window.

But just as she stood up, she caught a glimpse of something unusual in the diamond-shaped mirror - she was clearly moving, but the shadow cast by the candlelight was frozen in place!
She remembered the ghost she saw a few days ago. Could it be that Russell and Li Miaozhen didn't deal with it properly, and it kept haunting her?
Once a thought arises in your mind, you can no longer stop it. It's like a snowball, and the images you imagine in your mind continue to magnify the fear.

"Come..." Mu Nanzhi wanted to call for help in panic, but her scream was stuck in her throat. She was shocked to find that her voice had disappeared.

The window fell down by itself, and she stared at the bronze mirror. She could clearly see the shadows of her feet climbing up to her ankles and all the way up to her neck.

What was even more terrifying was that the shadow stood up on its own, twisted its neck 180 degrees, and opened its huge, toothless mouth.

Mu Nanzhi's whole body began to tremble, cold sweat broke out on her forehead, and tears welled up in her watery eyes.

"Hello again, Princess." Russell saw that Mu Nanzhi would be frightened to death if he continued, so he quickly stepped out of Mu Nanzhi's shadow.

The invisible support disappeared, and Mu Nanzhi sat down on the ground with a thud. She looked up at the man who emerged from her shadow and asked in surprise, "Russell?"

"That's right." Russell helped Mu Nanzhi sit on the bed.

When in the capital, Russell often went to Lingbao Temple to check on the "Spring and Autumn Cicada". He met Mu Nanzhi several times when she went to chat with Luo Yuheng. However, at that time, she was not wearing the Bodhi bracelet, but a veil.

"What are you doing..." Mu Nanzhi pointed at his own shadow and then at Russell.

"The Gu tribe's method, the dark Gu, can hide in other people's shadows, using the shadows as a medium to control other people's bodies." Russell explained.

"Oh..." After calming down, Mu Nanzhi grabbed the pillow and threw it at Russell without hesitation. Russell smiled and took a few hits. When he was exhausted and almost out of breath, Mu Nanzhi asked, "Tell me, why did you come to me so late at night? Don't tell me you have any bad intentions towards me."

"Haha." Russell glanced at Mu Nanzhi's old aunt's face, and before she could get angry, he said, "I have something to discuss with you. It concerns the King of Zhenbei. I think you should know it."

……

The team rested in Wanzhou City for two days. Before they set off, King Zhenbei took action.

Accompanied by the rhythmic sound of horse hooves, an army arrived at the post station.

There weren't many of them, only about two hundred. But the general leading them was a high-ranking general, a lieutenant general of the assault battalion under the command of the King of Zhenbei, and a fourth-rank general.

The lieutenant general's surname was Li, and his given name was Yuanhua. He was from Chuzhou. He had the characteristics of a northerner, being strong and muscular, with rugged features. The armor he wore was dull in color and covered with knife marks.

He led his men into the post station, and his sharp eyes swept over the members of the delegation who came down the stairs after hearing the noise. The two rows of soldiers behind him had serious expressions and stared at the officials of the delegation.

Without paying any attention to the other members of the delegation, Li Yuanhua greeted Chu Xianglong directly: "Deputy General Chu."

"General Li." Seeing the newcomer, Chu Xianglong's face, which had been gloomy for several days, finally relaxed. He cupped his hands and grinned, "Thank goodness you have fulfilled your mission. The princess has arrived safely."

Li Yuanhua looked up and saw a masked woman with a hood and a Bodhi bracelet on her wrist poking her head out from the second floor of the inn with a complicated expression.

"Princess!" Li Yuanhua showed an excited expression and bowed to Mu Nanzhi, saying, "The carriage is ready. Please get in quickly, Princess. The prince has been waiting for a long time."

The princess nodded slightly, and walked to the carriage surrounded by soldiers. She looked back at Russell and Li Miaozhen who were watching the excitement not far away from the crowd, turned around, bent down, and got into the carriage.

Led by Li Yuanhua and Chu Xianglong, and guarded by more than 200 soldiers, Mu Nanzhi's carriage slowly moved forward, heading far away towards Chuzhou.

These people came and went quickly. Except for a few words when the princess appeared, there was no nonsense throughout the whole process, leaving the officials of the three departments staring at each other at the door.

"It's simply... outrageous!" Censor Chen's face turned red with anger. The disregard of the vulgar warrior severely irritated his literary character.

"The generals under the King of Zhenbei don't take us seriously at all." The Dali Temple Secretary's face was not looking good either.

What is a Censor? His job is to patrol the country on behalf of the Emperor and monitor the four directions.

No one has ever dared to be so rude to the imperial censor team!

"Just let him go like that?" At the corner, Li Miaozhen looked at the two men beside her. They knew that there might be something wrong with the Prince of Zhenbei and that the princess played a crucial role, but they still let him go like that. It didn't seem like their style.

"How could that be? We're already prepared." Russell played with the Buddha amulet in his hand, feeling the faint Buddha halo flowing through it, and stared at the escort team that was moving further and further away with a smile.

After an incense stick of time, Yang Yan walked in from outside with a group of night watchmen. Seeing that there were fewer people in the post station, his eyes darkened and his facial features looked like stone sculptures, lacking in vivid changes.

He had just gone out to buy things, and although he hadn't witnessed what had happened, he could still guess what had happened. He simply said, "Everything is ready, and we can leave at any time."

"Then let's go too." Xu Qian'an called out.

Among the thirteen continents of Dafeng, the core provincial capitals are usually located in the center of the region, except for Chuzhou, which is close to the border and faces the barbarians and monsters in the north. Although Wanzhou belongs to the northern border, it is still in the marginal area. Even if you gallop, it is still three days away from Chuzhou.

……

At dawn, the New Year had just passed, the chill was still lingering, and there was thick fog. The outline of Chuzhou City was faintly visible in the fog.

"I don't think we can find out anything by just going to Chuzhou." Li Miaozhen rode his horse to Russell's side, coughed, and said meaningfully.

Russell tilted his head lovingly, staring at Li Miaozhen, completely ignoring Xu Qian'an who was about to talk to him but hesitated: "I'll accompany you in whatever you want to do." "After meeting the King of Zhenbei, I want to go and see the surrounding towns." Li Miaozhen said.

Chuzhou is located on the border and is often plundered. Although the King of Zhenbei has been guarding here in recent years and there have been no more vicious incidents of massacre, small groups of bandits still invade from time to time, making the people in the border areas miserable.

This is actually not the fault of King Zhenbei. Chuzhou is really too big. Even with the most elite cavalry, it is out of reach.

"Okay." Russell thought about it and felt that it was actually a good choice for him to go shopping with Li Miaozhen.

It doesn't matter whether he is here in Chuzhou or not. Xu Qian'an has the monk Shenshu in his body, and ordinary second-grade monks can't do anything to him. He doesn't need to worry. As for the princess... there is even less need to worry.

Before long, the towering walls of Chuzhou City came into view. The walls were engraved with intricate and bizarre ancient array patterns, covering every corner of the walls.

On the parapet, there were cannons, crossbows and other extremely lethal weapons developed by the Imperial Astronomical Observatory.

This formation can resist the attack of the third rank. The major cities on the border of Dafeng are all engraved with similar formations to strengthen the defense. Every hundred years, the Sitianjian will summon all the sorcerers to repair and supplement the formation.

At the door, more than a dozen officials had been waiting for a long time. The leader was a man wearing a scarlet robe, with a long beard down to his chest and a gaunt face. He exuded the elegance of a scholar and the sharpness of a frontier official.

Zheng Xinghuai, the governor of Jiangzhou.

One of the most unforgettable characters in the original novel.

But the one in front of me is a fake.

The group exchanged greetings at the city gate, and then Xu Qian'an and others followed the so-called Governor Zheng to the post station. Russell and Li Miaozhen left the team and explored the surrounding towns.

"What are you looking at?"

At the fork in the road leading to Baiyi County, Li Miaozhen reined in his horse slightly and looked curiously in the direction Russell was staring at.

"Tail." Russell's voice was not loud, but it was clear enough in the wilderness.

He bent his middle finger, pressed it with his thumb, and flicked it lightly towards the hillside to the north. The next moment, the entire hillside exploded, and one could faintly see the blood mist and sand merging into one.

"It's gone now," Russell continued.

"Prince Huai's men?" Li Miaozhen curled her lips. These secret agents of Prince Huai had magical instruments from the Imperial Astronomical Observatory on them that could conceal their aura, making it difficult for even a Nascent Soul cultivator like her to detect them.

Thinking of this, she raised her hand and touched the butterfly figurine on the hairpin, which meant that Xingxiu had advanced and fallen into a deep sleep, otherwise she would have been able to discover it in advance.

After they walked away for a long time, two dusty figures flashed in the ravine not far from the hillside.

Without exception, they were all wrapped in black robes and wore masks that covered the upper half of their faces. One of them had a white jaw, while the other had a circle of light blue stubble around his mouth.

"The previous intelligence was wrong. Russell has obviously reached the extraordinary level." The male spy's voice was hoarse and low. This news was not good for them. The matter of the blood pill was about to come to an end. The emergence of an extraordinary person at this stage might pose a threat to the plan.

"You continue to follow me, I will return to the city immediately to report to the prince." The female spy said in the same low voice.

The male spy pursed his lips, his feet seemed to have taken root, not moving at all. He just narrowed his eyes and looked at the female spy for a while before saying, "Let's go back together and report to the prince."

"it is good."

……

On the tall and majestic city wall, there is a huge three-story tower with flying eaves and pointed corners. Standing on the highest floor, one can see directly dozens of miles away.

In the lobby on the top floor, a middle-aged man was sitting on a large chair covered with tiger skin, leaning on a knife.

He wore heavy armor forged from refined steel and a scarlet cloak. He had a pair of narrow, sharp phoenix eyes and handsome facial features, and was 50% similar to Emperor Yuan Jing.

"Report!"

A black-robed spy walked into the hall quickly with his head lowered, knelt on his knees, holding a stack of secret letters in his hands.

King Zhenbei stretched out his hand, and the secret letter automatically flew into his palm.

"Extraordinary... at this very moment."

The King of Zhenbei sat high up in the first seat, supporting his chin with one hand, waving his hand to dismiss the spy who came to report. The secret letter in his hand spontaneously combusted without wind, his eyes gloomy and obscure.

"Find a way to keep him away from Chuzhou City." A hoarse voice came from behind the screen. Seeing no objections from the tent, it continued, "The formation has reached a critical juncture. We will reap the rewards in another ten days. If you don't want to fail, don't let him get close to Chuzhou during this period."

"I remember you told me before that this formation could deceive a second-grade sorcerer." King Zhenbei turned his head dissatisfiedly, and a green-haired young man wearing a black veil came out from behind the screen.

The young man was leaning on a crutch, and his face clearly did not show features of a Central Plains person.

His name is Ulundil, one of the three great spiritual masters of the Wushen Cult. He came here under the order of the Great Wizard to refine blood pills and soul pills for the King of Zhenbei to help him successfully advance to the second level.

"That's what the hexagram says. If you don't believe it, that's fine." Ulundil didn't care about the King of Zhenbei's tone, and his tone remained calm: "I can only tell you that there will be no problem with the formation, but there will be no problem with my hexagram either. As long as he gets close to Chuzhou City, this thing will definitely fail."

"How is the princess?" After a moment of silence, until Ulundil turned around and returned to the inner room, the King of Zhenbei asked again.

"He has returned to the palace safely, and Chu Xianglong is taking care of him." Next to the chief seat, Duke Protector of the Country Que Yongxiu said so.

"The princess must not make any mistakes." King Zhenbei nodded and gave another instruction.

"Don't worry, Your Highness. The palace is surrounded by our elite troops, and we will never allow any force to take advantage of the opportunity." Que Yongxiu smiled and touched the crack on his left eye, saying confidently.

The King of Zhenbei finally felt relieved. Que Yongxiu had always been his right-hand man and someone he could truly trust. Otherwise, he would not have handed the massacre of the city over to him.

However, we cannot be careless about Russell's matter. If the plan fails because of him, it will be totally not worth it. A transcendent who has just broken through is not in his eyes. It will not be too late to deal with this guy after he successfully achieves the Dao.

"Can the Taoist priest make this trip?" After thinking for a moment, King Zhenbei stared at the shadow under his feet and asked, "We just need to entangle him for ten days and wait for the blood pill to mature."

"Just a junior." A crazy voice sounded in the hall, responding to King Zhenbei, and a black lotus also emerged: "If I kill him, you should not mind."

"That's naturally the best." King Zhenbei said lightly.

It would be best if Hei Lian was willing to take action. Although his clone was only at the third rank, it shouldn't be a problem for him to deal with a kid who had just entered the third rank if he was careful and attentive.

(End of this chapter)