Dongyin

But Duan Hong led his men and horses, followed the map, passed through several dense forests, and soon came to a flat path.The road was getting wider and wider, and it was obvious that it was near the place where people lived. Duan Hong didn't dare to be careless, and ordered people to turn off the engine and get off the horse.

As soon as the torch was extinguished, the surroundings were suddenly plunged into darkness.At this moment, a guard suddenly called out in surprise, and everyone quickly fell silent.Duan Hong followed his eyes, and saw that the village indicated by the map was actually burning with fire. Not only that, but also the sound of strange and broken spells accompanied by music came from time to time.

The silent midnight was not as peaceful as imagined, and everyone dared not take a step forward.Seeing this, Duan Hong ordered someone to go to check it out, not expecting that person to come back within a moment.It's just that he looked dull and shocked.Ask him the reason of the village, but he can't answer a single word, he looks like a fool.

The weird horror of Jiulong Mountain has been accumulated for hundreds of years, and it is natural for the guards to be afraid.It's just that I have already reached the door of someone's house, so there is no reason to go back.What's more, judging from the fifteen men caught just now, this matter is definitely not caused by ghosts. Duan Hong made up his mind and said firmly, "Go ahead!"

A group of talents started to act again, and arrived at the entrance of the village in a short while.Although Duan Hong was fully prepared for this weird village, he was still taken aback when he actually saw it.

The houses in that village seemed to have been drilled out of history books, the sitting stones at the door, the notches under the foundation, everything gave her the illusion that she seemed to be in another world.There is a big fire pile in the dam of the village, surrounded by more than [-] women, children and old people. The clothes on their bodies and the hairstyle on their heads are all the same as they were a hundred years ago. They chanted strange words, A strange smell radiated in the air, and then, Duan Hong saw two vaguely recognizable human-shaped corpses resting on the fire—the two soldiers who had explored the way earlier.

——They are offering sacrifices.

Worship what?That "dragon"?Duan Hong was thinking like this in a trance, when suddenly a scream came from the side of the fire.

A woman sitting towards the entrance of the village pointed at Duan Hong in horror, her companions were awakened by the sound, and they all turned their heads to look at the group of intruders fearfully and indifferently.

At that moment, it was surprisingly quiet, and the two parties faced each other motionlessly, as if they were shocked by the existence of the other party.The fire burned more and more vigorously, and the firewood holding the corpse was finally burnt to the heart and fell down heavily.The scene suddenly became chaotic, and the villagers frantically rummaged for self-defense weapons.

"Your Majesty?" Seeing this, the chief guard on the side couldn't help but clenched the handle of the knife, looking at her eagerly.

Duan Hong just stood there motionless, she already had some eyebrows in her heart, but she couldn't believe it.Waiting until those villagers cling to axes, sickles, and even burning firewood, they gathered into a group and looked at them covetously.She just opened her mouth and said coldly, "Put down the weapon in your hand, I can spare you from dying."

Hearing this, the villagers all showed surprise expressions.They stepped back a little, looked at each other, and looked at Duan Hong strangely from time to time, arguing in low voices.

Could these people not understand what she said?Duan Hong's heart trembled, and he said angrily, "Where is your village chief?!"

No one answered.They just stood there staring at her, like looking at a monster, their expressions getting colder.

These people are really... Duan Hong clenched his fists and forced himself to suppress his anger.

At the moment when swords were on the verge of breaking out, a woman suddenly yelled, raised a long pole and stabbed at Duan Hong.Duan Hong was annoyed, he grabbed the pole and pulled it back, but the woman couldn't hold back and slid straight to this side.

Seeing that woman was about to rush towards him, Duan Hong subconsciously wanted to hide, but unexpectedly a figure flashed in front of him.I saw the head guard strode forward, with a flash of cold light, he raised his knife and stabbed the woman's abdomen.Blood spewed out, Duan Hong couldn't respond in time, he watched the woman fall dead on the ground abruptly, his face was extremely distorted.

The situation changed suddenly, and the villagers raised their weapons and rushed over like crazy.

The sound of swords, swords, fighting, and gunfire mixed together, and it was hard to hear what was what.Duan Hong fixed his eyes on the fire, expressionless.Finally, after the noise, everything returned to calm.

More than 20 villagers lay horizontally on the ground, dead or injured, in short, no sound could be made.Duan Hong's eyes swept over them one by one, and he smiled contemptuously, beyond his control! "Search door-to-door, don't let anyone die."

"Yes!"

"Don't search anymore." An old voice came from behind the fire, and Duan Hong was taken aback for a moment, only to see a person walking towards her tremblingly, it was the old woman from yesterday afternoon.

"So it was you." Duan Hong smiled slightly and said, "I also want to thank you for saving my life, old man."

The old woman's face turned sad, regretting that it was too late, she just said, "Now there are only sleeping children left in the village, if you have anything to do, just come to the old man alone."

"The old man is serious, I just want to ask a question."

"You!" The old woman suddenly opened her eyes wide, and looked at her in shock, "You are the female emperor who lives against the sky and lives against the sky?"

"Taoist?" Duan Hong was slightly annoyed, but he was too lazy to think about it. He changed his mind and asked suspiciously, "Could it be Feihong?"

The old woman was even more shocked, and it took a long time to come back to her senses, but she said to herself, "He really went out..."

"You can think about these things later." Duan Hong snorted softly, "I just want to know what the so-called dragon is?"

"This..." The old woman took a step back, looked at her in horror, but said nothing.

"I'm asking you something!" Seeing that she was silent for a long time, the guard raised his knife and glared at her viciously.

The old woman has lived most of her life, and has long been indifferent to life and death, how could she be afraid of this, she closed her eyes and said firmly, "Do it"

"If you don't tell me, I will know sooner or later, but it's a pity for these children who don't know much about the world." Duan Hong said, "There are many villages like this around here, don't worry."

The old woman opened her eyes abruptly, looked at her coldly, and trembled with anger, "He Gu, child, you... a fool!"

"The people don't care about the king, why should the king serve the people!" Duan Hong's face turned cold, "You have occupied this place for hundreds of years, who do you regard as the king?!"

"..."

"Fake ghosts have caused tens of thousands of innocent people to be killed. It's ridiculous to talk about innocence with me!" Seeing that she didn't answer, Duan Hong forced him to ask, "I'm asking you now, what is that dragon?"

The old woman remained silent.

Duan Hong was furious, and ordered his attendants to "set fire, burn the village!"

"Stop!" The old woman's last line of defense was finally breached, and she lost her voice, "It's the treasure of the previous dynasty..."

Just these few words were enough, and everyone present was stunned.

Even though this was Duan Hong's conjecture, she was still stunned for a long time.It turned out that they were all deceived, deceived by those hateful history books.The Emperor Taishi caused a great panic for the treasure hunters of later generations. Few people could have imagined Lion Mountain and Nine Dragon Mountain.

Duan Hong went back in a daze like this, the sudden treasure disrupted all her plans.Should she sit idly by?Of course not, as soon as the wind gets out, princes will soon be competing for it.But... the scene of Bai Yan looking at her with tears in her eyes suddenly appeared in front of her eyes, "Then we will see you on the battlefield", Duan Hong covered his chest, and then his heart began to ache.

"Your Majesty, we are here."

Duan Hong came back to his senses suddenly, it was almost dawn.Focusing her eyes, she saw that there was still a woman sitting beside the fire, her posture was exactly the same as when she went there.She just sat there all night?

"Your Majesty" Yang Zhen greeted him, and said, "I want to send Miss Biao back, but she..."

"I see." Duan Hong interrupted him, got off his horse, paused, looked at Chu Xiying's back, and said, "There is Yongning Town closest to here, pack up your camp, and set off immediately." go over there.

Yang Zhen watched her off, still having many questions in his mind, so he had to give up.

Said that Duan Hong walked behind Chu Xiying and stood there for a long time, but she didn't see her looking back, so he could only say, "It's freezing cold, if you stay outside for a long time, the root of the disease will fall."

Chu Xiying visibly trembled, then settled down again.

Duan Hong then sat down, was silent for a moment, looked at her and said, "I let you go, but you don't want to. Now it's like this again, who are you angry with?"

"I..." Chu Xiying met her eyes, bit her lips and remained silent.She wanted to say no, but the current situation was only artificial, that's all, let her think what she wanted.

The two of them didn't talk anymore, they waited until they got into the car and drove for a while, Duan Hongcai said, "Yesterday, the old woman said that I was destined to be lonely, and the old man in Yuanyang Lake also said that I was the reincarnation of Shang Zhou. They all said that, what do you think? "

Duan Hong's tone was calm and somewhat lonely, Chu Xiying couldn't help but miss a beat in his heart, everyone else said that... without answering, he asked instead, "What do you think?"

"I'm not." Duan Hong said with a bit of bitterness, "but I will be."

Chu Xiying was startled suddenly.

"Do you believe in fate?" Duan Hong looked back at her and smiled slightly, "You may not believe me when I say you are crazy today, but what about hundreds of thousands of people tomorrow and the day after tomorrow?" She is no longer the reincarnation of Zhou.

Chu Xiying was shocked, she stared at Duan Hong in a daze, unable to believe it.It is scary to say that it turns out that Shang Zhou was reincarnated with Gu Sha, and everything was just a political conspiracy.She suddenly remembered Shan Junxiangtan's expression when he said "this is fate", with a little apology in his helplessness, they knew it a long time ago, or they were the ones who spread the rumors.

No wonder Bai Yan wanted to take Duan Hong by any means, saying that the way to get the best of both worlds was just a delusion after she chose her home country.But can she really be ruthless and push Duan Hong to the cusp of betrayal?Chu Xiying's heart was in a mess, and he didn't know how to comfort him. After hesitating for a while, he said, "Hong'er, as long as you are diligent in government and love the people..."

"No need." Duan Hong interrupted her, gritted his teeth and said, "I just want to do what she wants." She just wants to see, when it comes to that point, what kind of expressions will those people who keep saying they love her have on their faces!

Chu Xiying was speechless, she gently opened the curtain and looked out the window, lost in thought.Because I love her, I worry about her, so I want her to live a safe and happy life.In the eyes of Duan Hong, "in the name of love", she can easily see through things that are still difficult to accept.The love of family and country is really difficult to choose when it comes to oneself.In all of this, it is impossible to say who is responsible for whom, and it has nothing to do with right or wrong.

There was gradually noise outside the window, and Chu Xiying saw many people in new clothes looking at them curiously.It's been a long time since I've seen such a lively scene. The last time was the Dragon Boat Festival. It's really easy to pass the time in the mountains, and the Chinese New Year is coming in the blink of an eye.Yongning Town, I hope everything can be like this name, plain and peaceful.