Chapter 77
Chapter 77
Sang Yuanyuan looked at You Wuming's celestial face and was momentarily dazed.
This man was truly too beautiful. Not only was he beautiful, he was also so strong, so strong that he was glowing.
This was really terrible.
When You Wuming lazily retracted his gaze from the distance, the first thing he saw was his silly Guo Zi's slightly opened petal-like lips, staring blankly at him.
You Wuming's indifferent expression suddenly exploded.
He pretended to be calm, grabbed her shoulder, and turned her to the back of the hall. He whispered in her ear, "Look, it's about to start."
His voice was a little shaky, and his heart was filled with disbelief. Her eyes clearly did not have the slightest bit of charm, and her face did not have the slightest bit of seduction. How could it be that he was completely unable to resist? He did not dare to look at her again, and did not dare to let her look at him again.
Sang Yuanyuan suddenly came back to her senses, and her ears quietly burned. She was actually staring at him in a daze!
Really, she had not seen the world. How embarrassing.
In this moment of waiting, the atmosphere on the golden roof of the hall gradually became a little strange.
His breathing became a lot heavier, and the unique dark floral scent became even stronger, as if it was squeezing out the surrounding air, making it difficult for her to breathe.
It seemed that, in this very untimely place, something that would make people's hearts beat faster was about to happen.
Fortunately, the unforeseen event below happened in time.
In the darkness of the night, looking down from above, the minute changes were clearly visible.
The lightning flame that You Wuming had just thrown out had instantly activated the arrangements he had made in the center of the underground city.
A few crisscrossing blue and white lightning flames faintly emerged from the ground, just like the earth's light during a great earthquake.
After a short flash, a low buzzing sound was heard, as if there was an earth dragon turning over under their feet. The surrounding palace was affected by the tremors, and the glazed roof tiles clanged loudly.
Before everyone could come back to their senses, they heard an earth-shattering rumble. It was as if the earth had been hit by a golden bull that had descended from the sky. Along with this soul-stirring shockwave, panic quickly spread.
Sang Yuanyuan was on high ground and could see everything clearly.
At the point of the accident, the hall was like a plate that had fallen to the ground. It suddenly bent down and shattered. Shortly after, the collapse started from the center and swept out in all directions like a flower blooming.
The golden pillars, jade bricks, and glazed tiles shattered in an instant, raising the last specks of dust.
In the next moment, the entire ground softly collapsed into the ground like melted wax.
Such a huge commotion immediately alarmed everyone.
Qin Yuquan could not stop Huangfu Xiong, the 'great hero' who liked to meddle in other people's business. Before the tremors had stopped, Huangfu Xiong had already taken the lead and rushed out of the banquet hall. Following the movement, he rushed to the terrifying hole in the ground.
Looking into the Abyss Ruins, Huangfu Xiong froze in the middle of the pile of broken walls.
You Wuming did a beautiful job of collapsing.
It just so happened that he could clearly see the carved beams and painted rafters that were exposed from the ground.
Huangfu Xiong stood in the ruins and stared at the tip of the iceberg of the Underground Kingdom. He was lost in thought.
"General Zhenxi!
It's just an earthquake. There's an urgent report from the frontline. General, please quickly come to our aid! "
Qin Yuquan, who had rushed over, saw that the Underground Kingdom had been exposed. He suppressed his panic and tried to divert Huangfu Xiong's attention.
"What's going on?" Huangfu Xiong stretched out a finger and pointed down.
Qin Yuquan's forehead was sweating. "A secret room.
General Zhenxi, can't I build a secret room under my own palace?
General, the frontline military situation is important!
I will take care of such a small matter. "
"What I'm asking is, what's going on with those people!" Huangfu Xiong was drunk and exuded a strong heroic spirit.
Qin Yuquan took a closer look and saw that the light of the torches above had alarmed the slave craftsmen in the Underground Kingdom. They wriggled and crawled toward the long-awaited starlight and the flowing wind.
In just a short while, the Underground Kingdom was densely packed with craftsmen with broken legs. At first glance, it was terrifying, as if they were vengeful spirits from the Underground Kingdom.
What was even more terrifying was that the entire place was silent.
"They're just slaves!" Qin Yuquan's breath was unstable. "Men, quickly take these slaves away!"
"Stop."
Huangfu Xiong slowly pinched a jade slip and said, "King Qin, there's something fishy about this. I'm going to order the army stationed outside to enter the Imperial City and help you survive this disaster. I hope that you will restrain your subordinates and not cause any trouble."
Qin Yuquan sucked in a breath of cold air.
In the Imperial City, there were only twenty to thirty thousand Imperial Guards. How could they defeat fifty thousand Iron Cavalry of the Eastern Province?
Enter the Imperial City with an army?
Huangfu Xiong was clearly trying to meddle in other people's business!
Every state's Imperial City would not hoard a large number of soldiers because there was no need.
Twenty to thirty thousand Imperial Guards were enough to solve any internal rebellion in a state, and the army of another state would never be able to enter the Imperial City under normal circumstances.
Huangfu Xiong was just passing through the Imperial City with his army.
Qin Yuquan had his own plans, which was why he invited him into the Imperial City. He did not expect that he would lift a stone and smash his own foot.
At this moment, transferring troops from the nearby Guanzhong was already too far away to quench the nearby fire.
On the other side, Huangfu Xiong's generals received the order and began to lead the army straight to the Imperial City's gate.
As for Huangfu Xiong, a powerhouse at the third layer of Spirit Glory, he had already intimately embraced Qin Yuquan's thin shoulders and directly jumped down from the ruins.
What could Qin Yuquan do when he was in the hands of others?
Naturally, he could only pass the order and let Huangfu Xiong's army into the Imperial City.
The scene was chaotic to the extreme for a while.
Huangfu Xiong entered the underground and saw the row upon row of Imperial City in front of him. He was so shocked that his hair stood on end. The big hand that clamped Qin Yuquan tightened. For a moment, he lost his voice and could only gasp for breath.
This was the core of the Imperial City. Standing in the ruins, no matter if you looked to the front, back, left, or right, you could only see endless magnificent halls.
Because the Imperial City radiated in all directions from here, the closer you were to the core, the more complete the repairs were.
Standing here and looking around, you would think that you had mistakenly entered a mirror-like space. The palaces spread out in all directions and stretched to the end of the endless horizon. The closer you were to the palace, the more exquisite and magnificent it was. In the distance, it was just a rough shape.
Looking at it like this, you did not need to calculate carefully to know that the scale of this Imperial City had far surpassed the Imperial City of Qin.
Not to mention a secret room, even if you used a mausoleum as an excuse, it would be impossible to fool Huangfu Xiong.
Huang Fuxiong slowly withdrew his gaze from the distance and looked at the craftsmen whose faces were filled with shock and ecstasy.
These people, at a glance, knew that they had been imprisoned underground for several years. Their legs were broken, their voices were hoarse from drugs, and they worked day and night to dig this underground hole into the endless distance.
The scene was even more chaotic.
Countless craftsmen followed the light and freedom that was close at hand and desperately dragged their broken legs to climb up the ruins. Even if their flesh was cut by broken wood and stones and dripping with blood, they did not hesitate.
Many people, who still had the most important words to say to the important people, were locked in the dark underground.
They thought that they would spend the rest of their lives in hell, but unexpectedly, the Heavens opened its eyes and shook open a big hole in this hell.
There was only one thought left in everyone's mind — escape.
On the golden roof of the main hall, You Wuming laughed evilly. He grabbed Sang Yuanyuan and directly plunged down, silently merging into the mixed crowd below.
He was really unscrupulous. He swaggered to the edge of the ruins and considerately supported her. They stepped into the Imperial City along the broken pillars and broken walls painted with gold powder.
The people of Qin Zhou and Dong Zhou rushed down. You Wuming and Sang Yuanyuan blended into the crowd, inconspicuous.
Sang Yuanyuan summoned a small face flower and hid it in You Wuming's lapel, stuffing his chest. Then she commanded the flower to weave a thin Spirit Containment Vine along the ground, crawling to Huangfu Xiong and Qin Yuquan's feet to eavesdrop.
In this kind of chaos, the thin transparent vine did not have any sense of existence at all.
"Little Sang Guo," You Wuming stared at her strangely, "Why don't you put it on yourself? Why do you want me to hold it?"
She was focused on eavesdropping on Huangfu Xiong's movements. When she heard that, she casually replied, "Let you get used to it first. It'll be easier for you to take care of the child in the future."
You Wuming, "???!!!" He was so shocked that he was speechless!!!
Sang Yuanyuan didn't realize that his casual words had stirred up a terrifying storm in You Wuming's mind.
There used to be a family of three living next door to her.
The male head of the family was not the kind of husband who would not let go of his phone when he came home. Sang Yuanyuan could often hear the laughter of the family of three drifting over from the balcony.
Occasionally, they would meet on the road. She would always see the male head of the family carrying the child on his shoulders and walking in front with large strides, with the female head of the family following behind. The smile on his face was really overflowing with warmth and satisfaction.
Sang Yuanyuan felt that she and You Wuming would definitely be as happy as that couple in the future.
Therefore, there was nothing wrong with him taking care of the child.
As this thought flashed through her mind, she unconsciously raised the corners of her mouth and continued to observe Huangfu Xiong's movements.
"State King Qin, you're very good."
Huangfu Xiong looked a little absent-minded, "At this moment, I don't even know which crime to ask you about first."
Qin Yuquan knew that he could no longer hide the matter, so his handsome face darkened. He turned around and grabbed Huangfu Xiong's lapel, his lips almost touching Huangfu Xiong's face, "Huangfu Xiong, let me tell you. The Emperor also knows about this matter.
It's not too late to block the news now! "
Huangfu Xiong slowly raised his eyes and stared at Qin Yuquan.
He saw that Qin Yuquan's eyes were 30% despair and 70% ruthlessness. It was an expression of a broken jar being smashed.
Huangfu Xiong's eyebrows twitched slightly.
At this moment, Sang Yuanyuan and he made the same judgment at the same time – Qin Yuquan was not lying. Kang Yanji really knew about this matter!
So, Kang Yanji also had a part in this matter?
Sang Yuanyuan remained calm and collected, continuing to stare at Huangfu Xiong.
Huangfu Xiong obviously hesitated for a moment, but his tiger-like eyes were quickly covered with a layer of dark light that Qin Yuquan couldn't understand at all.
"Hahahaha!"
Huangfu Xiong laughed loudly, his bold and hearty voice echoing up and down the ruins, "State King Qin, why are you talking nonsense!
For thousands of years, the ban has never changed. It's absolutely forbidden to make any mouse holes underground!
Do you know how much harm you'll bring to the 18 prefectures of Cloud Realm by doing this!
State King Qin, you're in big trouble! "
Qin Yuquan was anxious and kept stuffing the jade slip into Huangfu Xiong's hands. He suppressed his voice and said anxiously, "If you don't believe me, you can tell the Emperor!
Don't shout! "
Huangfu Xiong completely ignored him and laughed even louder, "The Emperor knows?
If the Emperor knew, he would have sent people to take you to Tiandu to punish you!
He even let you dig here! "
If it was in the past, when people heard that the Emperor knew, their hearts would 'thump' and they would temporarily suppress the matter. After confirming it, they would decide what to do next. But today was different from the past. Huangfu Xiong was unilaterally fighting Kang Yanji to the death. Therefore, after Huangfu Xiong concluded that this matter was related to Kang Yanji, he made a prompt decision and blew the matter out of proportion, vowing to raise the matter to the heavens!
Huangfu Xiong took out a jade slip and told his brother Huangfu Jun about the matter of State King Qin privately building the underground city and 'splashing dirty water' on the Emperor's head. At the same time, he also told the Tu, Jin, and Qi prefectures that he had some relations with.
After passing the news, the refreshed Huangfu Xiong waved his hand and ordered his soldiers to rescue all the craftsmen in the underground city to the surface. Then, he continued to collect evidence of Qin Yuquan's crimes.
Seeing that the situation was settled, Sang Yuanyuan put away the flowers and pulled You Wuming to a corner of the palace.
"Kang Yanji should know about this underground city." She raised her eyes and nervously observed his expression.
"Oh."
You Wuming's dark eyes stared straight at her. His thin lips moved, and then there was no reaction.
Sang Yuanyuan blinked and waited for a moment. Seeing that he still had no reaction, she couldn't help but feel a little nervous.
"You Wuming?" She grabbed his hand.
He slowly blinked and focused his eyes. He looked at her again, and then his eyes became empty again, "Yes, I know."
Sang Yuanyuan felt that something was wrong with him.
After waiting for a while, seeing that he still didn't speak and only stared straight at her, she couldn't help but feel even more scared.
She shook his hand, "You, what do you think?
Say something! "
You Wuming pulled his lower lip and smiled strangely, "I'll take care of it."
Sang Yuanyuan, "???"
She nervously raised her hand to touch his face, "You Wuming, what's wrong with you? What are you talking about?"
Don't tell me that hearing Kang Yanji's name caused his illness to flare up again?
Hasn't he been fine for a while?
He grabbed her little hand that was moving around, and his eyes were a little fluttering. The smile on his lips was dazzling, "I can take care of a child."
Sang Yuanyuan, "…" She just casually said it, and he had been thinking about it all this time?!
She opened her mouth and wanted to say something, but in the end, she couldn't hold back her laughter. She lowered her head and smiled as she bit her lip.
You Wuming slowly came back to his senses.
His face was tense.
"Little Sang Guo," he said seriously, "Our cultivation levels are too high, and we may not be able to have children."
She raised her eyes and glanced at him. She felt that bits and pieces of laughter were flying out of her eyes, and she couldn't hold it back.
"It's okay, there's no need to force it.
In any case, we still have Ou Zi and Gouzi. "
This kind of soft gaze made it difficult for him to resist again.
He pulled his lips and smiled, "Those two things.
Pfft. "
She smiled for a while, and then her face tightened, "So you didn't hear what I said just now.
Kang Yanji is very likely to know about what happened in the underground city. "
You Wuming stared blankly for a moment, and then his lips curled into a cold smile, "I'm not surprised."
"But after Huangfu Xiong made such a fuss, I'm afraid she can only 'not know'." Sang Yuanyuan pondered for a moment, "Do we still need to stay here to do anything?
If we take advantage of the chaos to leave now, it should be easier. "
You Wuming thought for a moment, then grabbed Sang Yuanyuan's hand and led her through the palace for a while. Then, he suddenly stretched out his arm and grabbed a person.
It was an ordinary-looking overseer.
The overseer looked down in surprise at his grabbed arm, and after twitching twice, he found that he couldn't move, so he raised his head and gave You Wuming an extremely innocent smile.
You Wuming raised his chin at Huangfu Xiong, who stood out from the crowd, and said to the overseer, "In a moment, if Huangfu Xiong asks for suggestions, you can tell him that Zhang Province's geology is loose, and those big chunks of Danxia Rock are the easiest to excavate. They can easily take the rock and transport it to fill this rat pit."
The overseer was stunned for a moment, and then he sucked in a cold breath, "Master!
Master!
With such a wonderful plan, why don't you go and offer it yourself! "
As soon as she heard this voice, Sang Yuanyuan recognized him. It was the overseer who treated the craftsmen kindly and put the pig's head meat in the steamed buns to give benefits.
You Wuming put on a face that deserved a beating, as if he was hiding his achievements and fame. He let go of the overseer, grabbed Sang Yuanyuan, and lightly swept into the crowd.
"How is it?" He glanced sideways at her, his eyes full of pride, "Two things, and one is solved."
Sang Yuanyuan rolled her eyes, "Is it solved?
The underground city in Qin Province is solved, but the Zhang Jing rebellion in Zhang Province … "
You Wuming put an arm around her shoulder, raised his eyebrows slightly, and led her to the ground. As he walked, he said, "Since Huangfu Xiong intervened in this matter, he will definitely take responsibility.
As long as he goes to Zhang Province to quarry, he will find that there are bandits everywhere, and the people there are living in poverty. Once he finds out, he will have to take care of it. "
Sang Yuanyuan, "… You are using Huangfu Xiong as a knife."
He said leisurely, "Huangfu Jun's governance of the state is not bad. Huangfu Xiong will be influenced by him, no matter how stupid he is. After thinking about it, he will know that the source of the disaster is Zhang Jing. Just take Zhang Jing and Qin Yuquan together and send them to Kang Yanji to give her a headache."
Sang Yuanyuan stole a glance at him. She saw that when he mentioned the name 'Kang Yanji', he was no longer as gloomy as before.
"Huangfu Xiong is indeed the most suitable person to handle this matter."
Sang Yuanyuan smiled, "If you take action, you will definitely be accused of something. In the end, the matter that is obvious at a glance will be turned into a mass of darkness, and these villains will be able to get away with it."
His black eyes slowly turned, and a strange evil smile appeared on his lips, "So once I take action, I won't leave anyone alive, so as to avoid the noise."
Sang Yuanyuan slowly nodded.
She understood that with You Wuming's reputation and temperament, it was really too easy for others to frame him.
For example, if Sang Zhou hadn't come forward to provide 'false testimony' for the assassination of the Sang family, You Wuming wouldn't have explained it at all, because it wouldn't be clear anyway.
You Wuming had long understood this, so he acted even more ruthlessly.
If he were to take action to solve the matter of Zhang and Qin Provinces, he would definitely use a cold-blooded massacre to wipe out everything.
It would also save him a lot of trouble.
As they spoke, the two of them had already arrived outside the beast pen of the priest hall.
Unexpectedly, Duan Ming didn't come out to greet them.
In the dark beast pen, rows of cloud beasts were snoring one after another.
"Duan Ming," You Wuming said with a hunched back, putting one hand to his lips and making a fake trumpet.
There was no response from the beast pen.
Sang Yuanyuan nervously grabbed him, "Don't tell me it's been taken away by someone else!"
You Wuming straightened his back, squinted his eyes, and looked around for a moment, then turned around and put his hands behind his back.
"Three, two …"
The furry monster let out a 'woo' sound and jumped out of the pen.
Sang Yuanyuan, "…"
You Wuming's gaze was strange, "Where's Me?
Are you covering for it and stalling for time?
Where did it go? "
Sang Yuanyuan, "… That's amazing."
She looked around her.
Soon, she caught sight of a small figure leaping onto the roof and vaulting over the wall.
It had already taken off its robe to wrap the crystal fragments, and at the moment, it was wearing a thin white undergarment. The way it flew across the two corners of the eaves against the wind, it looked very much like the legendary white ghost.
Me quickly jumped back. When it saw You Wuming, it was a little startled at first, then quickly hid its guilty conscience, changed its expression, and put on a look of wanting to be praised, and handed a secret scroll to him.
Sang Yuanyuan thought to herself, Sure enough, it's easy to learn bad things, but hard to learn good things. Ou Zi had only been with the dog for a few days, but it had already vaguely learned the essence of the dog.
You Wuming didn't reach out to take it, and only stared at the puppet with a pair of dark eyes.
After a while, it looked more and more guilty, and finally, it couldn't take it anymore. It slowly moved the small hand that was hidden behind its back.
It was holding a rice bag in its hand, and the faint smell of pig head meat wafted out of it …
Duan Ming tilted its head in a timely manner, "Woo?"
It's none of my business, I don't know anything.
You Wuming's mouth twitched, and he was amused, "Stealing, you've grown up."
Stealing pig head meat!
The puppet lowered its head even more.
Sang Yuanyuan gently pulled You Wuming's sleeve, pulled him to the side, and whispered, "How do you think Duan Ming used 'woo woo' to express to Ou Zi, 'Help me steal pig head meat, and don't let You Wuming find out', such a complicated meaning?"
It was simply too magical.
What was even more magical was that the puppet could actually understand it!
You Wuming put his thin lips close to her ear, and muttered, "Next time, the two of us will hide and secretly watch!"
"Okay!"
Sang Yuanyuan nodded heavily, "So this time, don't let Duan Ming find out. We already know that it's the mastermind behind this!"
Her serious tone made him unable to hold back his laughter.
He clenched his fist and coughed, then turned around and said, "Why would you steal this kind of thing!
'Useless!'
Give it to Duan Ming, give me the secret scroll. "
After all, the puppet hadn't learned to become a spirit yet. When it heard this, it immediately grinned and happily handed the secret scroll to You Wuming. Then, it handed the pig's head meat to Shang Ming, looking at it as if it was asking for praise.
Duan Ming, "??!!" Isn't this stupid expression betraying me!
Fortunately, the male and female owners only cared about reading the secret scroll!
It stole a glance at You Wuming, then quickly lowered its head and stuffed the pig head meat into its big mouth.
You Wuming, who 'knew nothing', lazily opened the secret scroll.
It was an urgent report sent from the border.
Because Qin Yuquan was hosting a banquet to entertain Huangfu Xiong, the urgent report was sent to the inspection office in a jade slip, sealed, and sent to the main hall.
Unfortunately, the puppet took advantage of the chaos to intercept it.
This report was very simple: The city has been breached, urgent!
These four simple words were unusually eye-catching.
Even the well-equipped Qin Prefecture had been breached!
"It seems that this demon disaster has far exceeded our expectations."
Sang Yuanyuan lightly sucked in a breath of cold air, "You Wuming, I'm afraid our original wedding date is going to be canceled."
If they were to get married at this time, they wouldn't even have half a guest.
The secret scroll turned to dust at You Wuming's fingertips. He narrowed his eyes, his expression was cold, but the corners of his lips slowly bloomed into a smile.
Duan Ming looked up and glanced at him, then shook its head gloatingly, "Someone is going to be in big trouble!"