Devil’s Advent

v3 Chapter 221: Happy New Year

Jingnan Hou’s lunch is a bit late, starting to eat at about 2:30 in the afternoon.

The dishes are not rich and extravagant, but they are also exquisite, with one meat, two vegetarian dishes and one soup.

Uncle Zheng divided the chopsticks, and sat at the stone table by the pond with Jing Nanhou and ate.

The previous conversation was too smooth,

In a few words, it seems that the matter of the princess has been qualitative. It may be a big thing in my opinion. In the eyes of Jingnan Hou, it is nothing more than a little conflict between the two younger children.

The most important thing is that Zheng Fan's methods are very clean, leaving no traces. As long as there is no painful foot, you can grab it, then cover up or cover up, that is, it is a matter of a word, not even a word.

It’s not here to want to add to the crime. After all, Uncle Hirano is not a soft persimmon now, not to mention the Jingnanhou standing behind.

Zheng Fan ate two bowls of rice, and when he ate the second bowl, Tian Wujing took the initiative to chop his rice onto a meat dish, stirred it a few times at will, and then handed it to Zheng Fan.

On its own, it pours the remaining rice into the soup bowl, and then pulls in some of the remaining vegetables.

The two men didn't lick the plate, but they ate very cleanly, and there was basically nothing left.

After dinner, some guards came up to clean up the dishes, because Fengxin City seemed to be a city, and this mansion looked like a Hou Mansion, but in fact it was more like a military camp and a handsome tent. The military was inconvenient and generous. There was a maid, so there was no maid here to give a washbasin or something.

Tian Wujing took water from the pond and squatted there, washing his hands and wiping his mouth.

Uncle Zheng also followed suit, squatting next to him, washing his hands.

Shook his hand,

Tian Wujing looked up at the sky,

Road:

"It is going to rain."

Zheng Fan nodded and said, "Yes."

Although there is a high probability that it will rain, Tian Wujing still walked out of the Hou Mansion, and Zheng Fan followed.

Jingnan Hou's walking in Fengxin City is the same as Uncle Zheng's walking in Snow Customs. The periphery is surrounded by soldiers loyal to him, so he doesn't need to worry too much about his safety.

At the same time, Jingnan Hou’s own strength is also placed here. For most of the assassins in this world, ninety-nine percent of their efforts are probably how to penetrate the guard and defense of the periphery to the assassination target;

But here in Tian Wujing, it’s the other way around, because even if you have worked hard with great luck and escaped the patrol of the Jingnan Army and finally come to Tian Wujing, you will experience what is true. The difficulty.

Xu knew that his master Hou had to walk alone, so there was no armor to follow closely, but Zheng Fan still noticed that there was still a team of guards moving on the periphery, but they would only follow at a distance. There is no special situation. Will come forward.

The soldier at the door gave Zheng Fan an umbrella.

Not far from the Hou Mansion, it started to rain in the sky, Zheng Fan held up an umbrella and covered himself with Tian Wujing.

Summer rain can make people feel sticky, while early winter rain can make people chill. Besides, Fengxin City has experienced several wars and there are no fireworks scenes. Walking in such a street is really hard to find. What quietness and flavor.

Zheng Fan didn't know where Tian Wujing was going, and he didn't need to know, as long as he followed.

Take ten thousand steps and say,

Finally, I saw Lao Tian once,

It is also appropriate to simply accompany Lao Tian for a walk.

Half of Fengxin City is a military camp, and the other half is quite dilapidated and there are not many people.

Tian Wujing walked more and more remotely, Zheng Fan said:

"Master Hou, Fengxin is actually a good place."

Although the Situ Yi brothers were driven out of Yupan City by the Chu people at the beginning, they chose Fengxin as a place later. Obviously, they would not go to the rotten place in the poor country.

The implication is that Fengxin City is so desolate. It is a pity. Now that the overall situation is difficult, we should still vigorously develop production and self-help.

Tian Wujing said calmly: "Once the people of Chu go to full-scale war, Fengxin will inevitably become a frontrunner, and it will probably be besieged by the Chu army."

Tian Wujing also explained that Chu is a hundred-legged worm that is dead but not stiff. Although the tens of thousands of Chu troops previously slaughtered in Yupan City are the elites of Chu, Chu is a big country after all. This loss, It’s not a real injury. The Chu people will definitely send out more soldiers and horses the next time they go to war. What Yan is good at is cavalry operations. Cavalry operations also need a strategic support point to support. Fengxincheng has a high probability. It is to be used as a nail on the chessboard.

So even if it is operating now, it will inevitably become a waste of effort when the Chu army is besieging the city, and it will even become an additional burden after absorbing too much non-military population.

"Yes, I finally understand."

"Your Snow Customs can continue to operate well. The Chu people are now in control of Zhennan Pass. Once a war begins, the early initiative will inevitably be with the Chu people, but there is a Benhou in Fengxin, and the Chu people do not dare to split their forces. Hit your snow customs."

This statement is very confident, however, Jingnan Hou does have the capital to say this statement.

As long as the head of the Chu army on the opposite side was not kicked by a donkey, he would not dare to divide his troops to attack Xuehaiguan when he was playing against Jingnan Hou. Chu people and Gan people have a similar problem, that is, the Chu people’s cavalry. Not many, and Snow Customs is a major customs, especially after the renovation, according to the existing troops, population and war mobilization of Xue Customs, not a hundred thousand troops of Chu people can't bite it at all.

"Yes, I will finally understand."

"The situation is not good, but it is not bad either. Anyway, the eastern half of Situ's house has been beaten long ago. If you continue to beat it, there is not much loss.

It's just that they work together, and eventually they need to find a way to break the game. "

"It would be great if Zhennan Pass could be defeated," Zheng Fan said.

Taking down Zhennan Pass, fully restoring the border line of the Situ family against Chu State back then, isolating the threat of Chu people, defending one point and defending one side, it is obvious that the cost and difficulty of the former are less.

"If you don't have enough certainty, don't act like this. The siege is different from the cavalry's detour. The former is more involved. It is easy to put the bargaining chip on the table, and it will be difficult to get it off easily."

Having said that, Tian Wujing said again:

"Furthermore, there are people from Chu who yell in their ears from time to time, which saves you from being dull and lonely."

The corners of Zheng Fan's mouth twitched subconsciously, but from these words he heard the meaning of self-respect.

I don't know if it was Tian Wujing's purpose, or because he was forced by the situation, it was just a kind of self-comfort for him.

Tian Wujing walked to the entrance of an ancestral hall and stopped.

The plaque of the ancestral hall fell to the ground and split many pieces. It was obviously destroyed deliberately. The inner mess can also be seen in the dilapidated threshold.

"This was originally an ancestral hall of an official family in Fengxin City. Later, the Situ Yi brothers came here and pushed all the spiritual places in this ancestral hall and replaced it with the ancestral temple of his Situ family."

"Ancestral Temple? It's also that although the sparrow is small, it has all five internal organs," Zheng Fan teased.

"I thought you would say it was retribution." Tian Wujing said.

"Master Hou, I won't believe this in the end."

Tian Wujing nodded and walked in.

Zheng Fan didn't know that Jingnan Hou was going to take him around here. He originally thought that Jingnan Hou would take him to the princess. Even if he could not explain to her, he would go through a cutscene and said that he was unable to do anything for the time being.

But obviously, once the decision was made, Jingnan Hou didn't even have any interest in covering it up, otherwise there would not have been two eunuchs who slammed and died at the entrance of the Hou Mansion in Litian City.

The ancestral hall is very messy. A Buddha statue in the main hall has fallen from the altar table and leaned against the corner of the wall.

This Buddha statue was carved out of wood, but it was already cracked at this time, and obvious signs of mildew can be seen in some places.

Buddha statues also need to be served by people. No one will pick up after a long time, and they will grow old quickly.

Tian Wujing pointed his finger at this wooden Buddha statue,

To Zheng Fan:

"What do you think of him?"

Zheng Fan pondered for a moment,

Road:

"In the eyes of believers, he is a Buddha, in the eyes of craftsmen, he is alive, in the eyes of merchants, he is a commodity;

In my eyes, he is now a piece of rotten wood. "

"Wonderful!"

As soon as Zheng Fan's voice fell, an old man walked out from behind the ancestral hall, and a strong man walked out from behind the old man.

This brawny man is as tall as Fan Li, with two rings in his nostrils, he is as strong as a cow.

The old man appears to be a lot shorter in stature. The old man tends to shrink back when he gets older, and he is less than a head taller than Xue San.

"Master, this is Uncle Hirano?" The old man pointed to Zheng Fan and asked Tian Wujing.

"It's him."

"Oh, the country villain, I have met Uncle Hirano, Uncle Hirano Fukang."

The old man saluted Zheng Fan. Zheng Fan's eyes narrowed and he didn't respond.

Because the magic pill was not on his body and the demon kings were not by his side, suddenly one or two strangers appeared, and Uncle Zheng was a little nervous instinctively.

But soon, Zheng Fan's mood calmed down. No matter what, Jingnan Hou stood by his side.

The old man didn't think Zheng Fan's behavior was rude, but he smiled and said:

"Lao Xiaoer Rong introduces himself. The surname is Zeng and the name is Shulang. He is the head of Tianji Pavilion."

"Tianji Pavilion?"

"Oh, it seems that Uncle Hirano has heard of me waiting, hehe."

"Your people have assassinated me."

"..." Zeng Shulang.

In the post outside Yincheng, Zheng Fan had been attacked and killed by the spider girl from Tianji Pavilion in Jindi, and Xu Wenzu was there at that time.

However, the head of the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion was also the one who had seen wind and waves. After a little embarrassment, he turned to:

"As the saying goes, you don't know each other if you don't fight, Uncle Hirano, who had been wrong in the past, please also ask Hirano Bohaihan. Now my Tianji Pavilion has been blown away by the rain, and there are not many people left."

In the battle of exterminating Jin, amidst the flames of war, Tianji Pavilion, a sect that had stood for a hundred years in the Jin region, was eventually severely devastated, and now it is just lingering.

But what Zheng Fan didn't quite understand was why Jingnan Hou brought himself to meet this old man.

Tian Wujing found a place and sat down, as if he didn't intend to participate in speaking.

Zheng Fan's mind began to spin quickly,

have to say,

Every time I stand by Jingnan Hou, Uncle Zheng’s brain thinking speed is often able to perform at an extraordinary level. One is because there is a lot of pressure around Jingnan Hou, and the other is that he is indeed a student of Jingnan Hou.

and so,

Zheng Fan pointed his finger at himself.

Pointed to old man Zeng again,

Road:

"Do you want to come to take refuge in me.........Dayan?"

"Jin Zuo is over, Ji Dai Yu Xing, the way of heaven is like this, how dare I go against the trend in Tianji Pavilion?"

"Hey, you old man speaks pretty well."

Compared with the rotten wood before, it has the same effect.

Obviously it is a simple nonsense, I have to deliberately make a little bit of coercion.

When the old man saw Zheng Fan dare to speak so relaxed in front of Tian Wujing, he couldn't help but feel a little stunned, but he quickly smiled and said:

"Uncle laughed."

Zheng Fan knew it in his heart, and said to the old man:

"After a while, come back to the Snow Customs with me."

The old man knelt down immediately,

Knocking at Zheng Fan:

"Thank you, Uncle Hirano for taking in!"

"How many people are there in your school?" Zheng Fan asked.

"If you go back to your uncle, there are still dozens of people."

"Can it be the same as that spider woman?"

The spider woman last time left a very deep impression on Uncle Zheng.

"Uncle, that is the guardian in my pavilion, but because of the changes in the previous two years, the guardian in my pavilion has basically been lost and consumed, and now there are only a few craftsmen to pass on."

"That way, take your time, you can always recover in the future."

"Thank you, Uncle."

Zheng Fan hesitated and wanted to find his token. He had a jade pendant on his body, but this thing was just for fun, and he didn't pay attention to it at ordinary times, even the demon kings would not care about it.

Simply, Zheng Fan took out his Zhonghua brand tin box, drew a piece of "Soft Zhonghua" from it, and handed it to Old Man Zeng.

Old man Zeng took the cigarette, put it in front of his nose and sniffed, and said with some doubts:

"tobacco?"

"Holding this as a token, you can gather your subordinates, or just wait outside the city and come when I leave, or you can take someone to the Snow Customs first."

Old man Zeng solemnly took the cigarette away, and said:

"The villain understands."

At this time,

Tian Wujing opened the mouth and said:

"Sure."

"Yes, Lord, the villain retires."

The old man Zeng turned and left, and the tall man also left with him. Zheng Fan noticed some subtleties and guessed that the tall man should not be a living person but a puppet.

To say that if you have the ambition of others to destroy your own prestige, if you are in the wild, facing this old man, it is really hard to say whether you can survive from his men;

But in front of Tian Wujing, he is a thorough grandson, and his attitude is as low as possible.

After the old man Zeng left the ancestral hall with the puppet,

Zheng Fan solemnly bowed down to Tian Wujing.

"Okay, don't bother."

Zheng Fan hadn't said his thanks yet, so he could only smile.

Earlier, when I came, I still wanted to dedicate the master craftsmen of the dwarf race to Jingnan Hou. Whoever dreamed of it, Jingnan Hou had already prepared a group of master craftsmen to send him back.

As for why it is necessary to deliberately come to such a remote place to handover, it is also considered. Even if the sect of Tianji Pavilion is defeated, it is not to be ignored as a door with a good reputation in the past.

It stands to reason that if they want to seek refuge in the court, they should also seek refuge in Emperor Yan, and they are absorbed by the Secret Agent.

Therefore, these things can only be handed over under the dark side. Once you see the light, if you want to get it over, it will be unjustified.

Even if you apply for the memorial to the imperial court, can it still be authentic after the Mission Department or the imperial court works?

Tian Wujing didn't want to hear Zheng Fan's kind words.

Just stretched out his hand and pointed at the Buddha statue again,

Road:

"Qian Chu, in fact, is like this Buddha statue. It looks solemn, but it is actually rotten. It's a pity that my Dayan cavalry was blocked by the three sides of Qianguo, and blocked by Nanguan, the town of Chu.

You have always studied the method of siege. You can use this group of people with confidence. You can prepare for it first, and then use it when the war really starts.

My Dayan is indeed exhausted, but it's not that I can't fight or cannot afford it. If I can knock down Zhennan Pass and drive the army commander into the Chu land, there will be nothing to say about the national strength. "

The shorter the war, the less the loss of national strength to logistics, and the state of Yan is not unable to fight, but can not afford it.

"I will understand at the end."

"When there are no outsiders, don't call yourself the end."

"Yes, brother."

"..."

Rao was Jingnan Hou, and he was a little stunned for a while.

immediately,

Jingnan Hou nodded.

Zheng Fan is explaining what is all-pervasive.

"Ha ha."

Zheng Fan laughed himself first, and sat down facing Jingnan Hou.

"On the front line of Zhennan Pass, Xue Rang's soldiers and horses, including the Imperial Forbidden Army of the Chu people, add up to 200,000."

Zheng Fan heard the words and echoed: "It's a big hard dish."

"Zhennan Pass, I can't take it down for a while, and I don't plan to order this year to mobilize other troops and horses from Fengxin City."

"Huh?" Zheng Fan heard that there was something in Jingnan Hou's words.

"But you can't always watch Chu people make such a fuss, come and go without being indecent. If you don't come with Qian girl this time, I also intend to call you over to talk about it."

"Master Hou just ask."

"Wangjiang descends from the Tianduan Mountains to the south, flows into the Chu state, stretches along the mountains, and finally merges into the Chu area.

In fact, to enter Chu, you don’t have to go to Zhennan Pass. "

"But other places are not suitable for large army soldiers to enter." Zheng Fan said.

The entire Jin area is actually like a large basin, and the plains that connect with the outside are guarded by various Xiongguans.

"Take a small number of soldiers and horses, infiltrate it, and show Chu people a little bit of color." Tian Wujing said.

Uncle Zheng immediately reacted,

Immediately said:

"The subordinate feels that General Ren Juan, using soldiers like a god, can be worthy of this task!"

Tian Wujing looked at Zheng Fan.

"No, I said, Lord Hou, this..."

"I think ~lightnovelpub.net~ Uncle Zheng dared to fight Mianzhou City with three hundred barbarians back then. Why are you so innocent now?"

"Master Hou, I was barefoot and not afraid to wear shoes, but now I am..."

"Success and fame?"

"I……"

"If you try to get a thousand rides in, you don't have to do anything. Even if you go around and let the people of Chu take your heart, it's okay. It's the same as last time. Benhou won't give you any details. The military order, you can adapt to the circumstances."

"Master Hou, I think this matter needs to be considered for a long time, and some time will be given to the subordinates. If it doesn't work this year, then next year. If it doesn't work next year, it will be the next year. At the latest, the subordinates can definitely help Master Hou capture Zhennan Pass ."

Tian Wujing nodded.

Zheng Fan let out a long sigh of relief.

"Starting on the first month of the month, it happened to be the regent of Chu State for Benhou to pay a new year."

"..." Zheng Fan.