A finger slowly moved past the magic crossbow arrow, and would pause for a moment when passing those runes.

Gu Pan withdrew his fingers and looked at the cloud boats in the sky, his eyes feeling a little complicated.

He is now the deputy commander of the Divine Guard Army in Chaoge City. His position sounds the same as his then, but in fact he has been promoted several levels and can be called a high position. But after all, he is from the outside of the Zhongzhou Sect, but now he is responsible for defending against the invasion of the Zhongzhou Sect's cloud ship. It is a ridiculous matter no matter how you look at it.

But in the court, there were too many people like him in the army, and it was impossible for the court to remove all of them just because they were afraid of the Zhongzhou faction.

In the higher city gate tower, Zhang Yiai, the commander of the Qingtian Department, was also looking at the sky, with no unnecessary emotions in his slightly narrowed eyes.

He was also from Zhongzhou, but after the Demon Suppression Prison Incident, he had gradually moved away from Yunmeng Mountain and became the most loyal minister of the Divine Emperor.

More than ten huge cloud ships brought huge shadows to Chaoge City and also left a huge shadow in everyone's hearts.

It is obvious that the Zhongzhou faction is about to suppress people with its power. No matter how powerful the defense of Chaoge City is, it is impossible to withstand such a formation. What's more, there are too many people in the court who are interested in Yunmeng Mountain. Who knows how many officials in the Qingtian Session and the Divine Guard Army will turn against each other at the most critical moment?

Zhang Yiai remained silent and was ready to die in battle.

He is different from other ministers and generals, and he has no chance of returning to Yunmeng Mountain.

But even if he died in battle, he would have to let Chaoge City hold on for a while until the gentlemen in a Maozhai came out to uphold justice, until the Qingshan sword boat appeared in the south, and until His Majesty the Divine Emperor left safely.

The problem is that the Zhongzhou Sect can't hide the huge situation from anyone, and they didn't think about hiding it from the world. The court found out three days ago, why did Qingshan never come?

He withdrew his gaze, looked at the city wall, saw Gu Pan beside the divine crossbow, and after a moment of silence, he explained to the deputy commander beside him a few words.

The Jing Dynasty was prepared for this situation. The Divine Guard Army and the Qingtiansi conducted many drills over the years. They did it once during the Demon Suppression Prison Incident. Under the suppression of heavy cavalry and flying chariots, the chaotic situation in Chaoge City was quickly alleviated, and the residents began to evacuate outside the city in an orderly manner.

Especially the deep mansion near the Imperial City soon became empty.

With the help of Taichang Temple and Gu family guards, the people of the Jing family successfully left Chaoge City and came to Zhaoyuan outside the city. Now the entire Chaotian Continent knows that Jing Jiu is either a sword demon in all things or the reincarnation of Jingyang Zhenren, which has nothing to do with the Jing House in Chaoge City, but no one dares to make things difficult for them.

Mr. Zhao was full of white hair, but he was in great spirits. He gave a junior greeting to Mr. Jing, then walked to the pond with Jing merchants, looked at the cloud boats in the sky, and said with a worried look: "I guess Chaoge City can't be defended. You can rest for a while and continue walking south."

Jing Shang's temples also had a lot of white hair, and he was in good spirits. He was a little surprised to hear this and said, "Uncle, don't you leave?"

Qingshan Sect is the foundation of the Jingzhao family. If the Jing family continues to go south, it is time to go to Qingshan.

"If Chaoge City falls into the hands of Zhongzhou School, what's the point of retreating to Qingshan?"

A ruthless look flashed in Mr. Zhao's eyes and said, "I don't believe it anymore. Qingshan will watch them be so arrogant!"

Jing Shang was silent for a while and said, "Then I will send my father and the others to Zhuozhou, and then come back to see you."

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Gu Pan finished inspecting the divine crossbow on the city wall, walked down more than ten feet along the narrow ladder on the side of the city wall, turned to the right and entered a secret door.

There is an authentic tunnel in the secret door leading to the city wall, where there is a huge space, with various magical instruments arranged, and runes engraved on the wall, which are continuously input into the city wall through lines drawn by cold silver.

This formation lasts for more than ten miles, not to provide indestructible magic power to the walls of Chaoge City, but to provide vitality to the magic crossbows on the walls.

If someone destroys it here, the divine crossbow in Chaoge City will not be fired several times, and it will turn into a pile of broken copper and iron. Logically speaking, even Gu Pan is the commander of the Divine Guard Army, because of the background of the Zhongzhou faction, he will not be allowed to enter here at this critical moment. It can only be said that the Divine Emperor really trusts him. And according to the rules of the court, no one can enter here alone, and three qualified ministers must be gathered to enter at the same time.

There were two other people walking with Gu Pan, one of whom was the deputy commander of the Qingtian Department, and another minister of the Ministry of Rites holding the small seal of the forbidden formation.

Standing on the high stone platform and looking at the forbidden formation below, his gaze gradually moved upwards with the cold silver lines, as if he was about to see through the city walls and see those divine crossbows, he didn't know what he was thinking.

The deputy commander of the Qingtian Department glanced at him and said nothing.

The Minister of Rites' face was a little pale and looked a little nervous.

The forbidden array suddenly generated a sense, and as the clear light spread, a very small black dot could be clearly seen, coming from the south at an unimaginable speed.

Judging from the size, the black dot cannot be the Qingshan sword boat. Could it be that the Yuanqi Whale or Fang Jingtian came with a single sword? Or someone else?

Gu Pan raised his eyebrows slightly, raised his right hand and prepared to order the Divine Guards to strengthen their defense.

The deputy commander of the Qingtian Department looked at him again meaninglessly and said, "It's the Supreme Elder of Shuiyue Temple, don't be nervous."

Gu Pan's right hand was retracted from the air and landed on the railing, with his knuckles slightly white.

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From the south is a green curtain sedan chair.

The divine crossbow on the city wall was not launched, and the imperial city formation also opened a passage, allowing the green curtain sedan to stop in front of the main palace like fallen leaves.

Countless eyes looked over from the hall, from under the palace walls, and from behind the pillars.

The curtain of the green curtain moved slightly, and people were a little curious, thinking that the Supreme Elder who had never seen anyone would reveal his true face today?

Why did she come? Because these cloud ships sent by Zhongzhou are some other major events?

Nan Zheng walked out of the green curtain sedan chair, her face pale, and the silver bell on her wrist made a crisp sound.

People knew that this was definitely not the Supreme Elder of Shuiyue Temple, because her realm and age were very low, so they couldn't help but be even more surprised.

Nan Zheng came to the hall and knelt down and said, "Jing Xin was taken away by Tan Zhenren, so she should be coming to Chaoge City."

Listening to this, the ministers and generals in the hall were in an uproar and looked to the highest point.

The Divine Emperor looked quietly in the distance, his expression did not change at all, as if he had already calculated this matter.

The imperial city formation has been opened, and even the cloud ships from Zhongzhou are difficult to attack.

The ministers in the hall were still calm, but they were still impossible to be as calm as His Majesty the Emperor. Their gaze followed the Emperor into the distance, passed through the extremely wide square, passed through the invisible formation barrier, and landed on an extremely high eaves and towering building outside the imperial city.

That tall building is Yingtian Gate in the south of the city.

In the clear and cloudless sky, the cloud ship of Zhongzhou is clouds.

There is also a cloud on Yingtian Gate.

There was a vague figure in the clouds, and the white dress occasionally floated out of the clouds, bringing out a few wisps of silk. It was Bai Zhenren from Zhongzhou School.

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"This is the end of today's court meeting. Let's go back."

The God Emperor retracted his gaze from the distance and smiled at the people in the hall.

There were many factions in the Jing Dynasty, and the senior officials in the hall naturally had their own positions. Some supported Prince Jingyao, some were still obsessed with Prince Jingxin, some were from the Zhongzhou school, and some were studied in a Maozhai for many years. But when they heard this sentence, no matter what their position was, the officials felt a deep sadness.

This should be the last court meeting of Your Majesty.

Prime Minister Cen slowly walked out of the queue, then slowly knelt down, and gave a big gift to His Majesty the Divine Emperor, with white hair as snow.

Immediately afterwards, the Dukes, ministers in the court and generals of the Divine Guards set out in turn and knelt down at the imperial chair. No matter what faction it was, they were sincere.

The Emperor of God seemed to have not thought of this scene, and was slightly stunned, then laughed loudly and said, "It seems that he is not a loss now."

After saying this, he got up and left the imperial chair and came to the ministers, first helped Prime Minister Cen up, and then slowly helped the other ministers up.

When he helped up the last young deputy commander of the Northern God Guard, the general who killed people in the northern border was already in tears and could not stand firm.

As the ministers watched, the God Emperor walked out of the hall, looked into the distance and asked, "Is this the beginning?"

His voice was like the spring sunshine, warm but far away, floating in the vast imperial city, and then spreading to Yingtian Gate more than ten miles away.

Bai Zhenren stood on Yingtian Gate, and the clouds around him gradually dissipated, revealing an unspeakable face.

She said calmly: "Your Majesty, the Zhongzhou faction has always respected you, so nothing will start until you leave."

The Divine Emperor put his hands behind him, his yellow robe floated lightly, and he said with a smile: "What can the Zhongzhou Sect do after I leave?"

"Why should you do this? We all know what will happen."

Bai Zhenren said: "Who would accept the son of a fox demon to become the divine emperor of the human race in the dynasty, from merchants to the people?"

In the room next to the main hall, Concubine Hu and Prince Jing Yao were watching the conversation between the window, which was more than ten miles apart. When he heard the voice of Master Bai, Concubine Hu showed anger on her face, but Jing Yao was very calm and held her mother's hand with her backhand. Concubine Hu's expression slightly cleared, and then a deep sadness emerged in her eyes.

The ministers in the hall did not react much. Everyone knew what the Zhongzhou faction wanted. Officials with backgrounds in the Zhongzhou faction remained silent, and those officials who had opposite views could only remain silent.

Bai Zhenren continued: "We will not force His Majesty to change the will and depose the crown prince. In short, we will not do anything. You can go back calmly."

Listening to this sentence, the palace was silent.

She talked about going home, and about the will and the deposed crown prince.
Chapter completed!