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"gone?"
Xie Yuan was sitting in the courtyard. He had just taken a bath, his shawl was loose, and he was wearing a thin nightgown that was loose and slightly open. He neither drank nor read, but just looked at the flowers and trees in the courtyard under the moonlight.
In the cold autumn, after the old housekeeper, Uncle Yun, hurriedly came to report, his tone was hoarse and flat, as if he didn't care that his daughter had escaped from the Xie family.
"My lord, there are many evil cults here in Linzhou. They can make the third master disappear without a trace. There are also countless ghosts and ghosts. If the girl goes, isn't it like a sheep entering a tiger's mouth?"
Xie Yuan looked at him expressionlessly, "You are too old to wake up? Who told you that my daughter is a lamb?"
As a subordinate, if he was ridiculed by his master, he should quickly kneel down and say that he was wrong. But just because he was old and had never seen anything before, Uncle Yun said firmly: "Every girl, no matter how smart and powerful she is, will be teased."
What a pity, this has nothing to do with her."
Xie Yuan sneered at this, but was too lazy to say anything more. He just stood up and said, "Linzhou is certainly not a good place. Those people deliberately wanted to lure her there."
"Then Master, will you let the girl know the news that the third master is in danger?"
"Can you hide it? I've been holding it back for four years, and now I'm so eager to spy on the news that I almost put someone in my room."
Xie Yuan's tone was quite sarcastic.
Yun Shuquan pretended not to hear, "The Linzhou side was too hidden, and even Bi San couldn't find it out. Fortunately, the girl gave advice last time, and now Bi San and the others are also in Linzhou, so they must be able to protect the girl."
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"There is no need for protection, just use her to lure out the group. She should also know her own value, otherwise she wouldn't be a burden."
Xie Yuan walked barefoot on the wooden board, his back gradually disappearing into the panicked lights in the house.
Uncle Yun looked slightly stunned.
This girl is your own, my lord.
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Linzhou is remote, far away from the prosperous place of Zhao State where the capital is located, and far away from the densely stationed Zhao State military. Because of its weak jurisdiction, it naturally breeds many evil people.
"Linzhou is located at the northern foot of Zhao State's territory. Although it lacks economy, it is far away from the border and is located in a remote place. It has been peaceful for many years and its people are very simple. Unfortunately, this peace does not last long. Forty years ago, our country and
The war in Dahuang started, and the fighting was intense. The front line retreated steadily, and finally they fought in Beilu. Linzhou City was broken into by Dahuang Qihuang Army. At that time, the seven cities in Beilu had already fallen one after another. However, because Linzhou was the last city at that time, it was captured.
Later, our Zhao Kingdom's army arrived and attacked the city forcefully. The people of Dahuang were so cruel that they used the flesh and blood of the people in the city as weapons of war. There were countless corpses hung on the city walls. The battle was so bloody that our Zhao Kingdom's army
In the end, they were defeated and had to retreat ten miles. Upon seeing this, Dahuang massacred the entire city to show off and intimidate."
"What a bunch of beasts."
"Hey, stop talking, come and have a drink."
"Stop drinking, the movement order will be issued when night falls."
Seeing that it was almost dusk, these people were a little more cautious. There were four men in black robes and veils drinking tea at the table next to them. One of them was not interested at all in the tea with low-quality tea leaves floating in it. He just lowered his voice.
The voice said: "This Linzhou City is so strange. There is no gate to enter during the day, but you can only enter at night?"
"Linzhou has been destroyed a long time ago. There is no city or government control anymore. There are three religions and nine streams everywhere. They decide where to go in and out. There are also their rules. Outsiders can only follow their rules."
As soon as Ming Jin and others entered the Linzhou territory, they dressed up in disguise. Of course, they were not pretending to be men, but they actually put on big black robes. Even Shaoyao was not immune. In order to avoid revealing their secrets, Ming Jin
They also used medicated powder to prepare an ointment and applied it to the three women's cheeks, creating a sallow and rough appearance. At first glance, they looked like people from a foreign country.
"I know that Linzhou City has become a dead city since the accident forty years ago. But later our country repelled the Great Wilderness army and Linzhou City was taken back. Why is it still like this..."
"The city has been taken back, but everyone is dead. How can we regain its popularity? If we send other people to prosper the city, but no one is willing to come, we can only drive away some homeless people, but where will these refugees get?
Later, because the good and the bad were mixed, and there were many evil spirits, it became a mixed trend. At that time, there were supervisory officials sent by the court, but because of this, no evil people were found among them. Later, the supervisory officials and their families died, and it was said that they were evil ghosts.
Doing evil, spiritual sacrifices were held all over the city, and evil beliefs were rampant. The court realized that something was wrong, and sent officials again, but they were killed one after another, and each time they were unable to find out how the evil spirits did their evil. At this time, other cities in Zhao Kingdom
Everyone knew about it, and the people were agitated, thinking that it was related to things about ghosts and gods. Even people within the imperial court believed that the place might really be cursed. As time went by, no officials were willing to go there, and they shirk responsibility from each other. The imperial court looked at Lin.
The state capital had little economic support for the country, and was unable to discipline it. Several times the army went to encircle and suppress it, but the buildings were always empty. The expenditure was huge, there was no income, and the national treasury could not bear it. In the end, it gave up the discipline of Linzhou and only used
Neighboring cities monitor the situation."
Mingdai was stunned, "Is this Linzhou City...so powerful?"
He actually made a huge empire like Zhao Guo unruly.
"Actually, it's not that I can't discipline, it's just that I have to pay too much, but the income is far from enough to offset it, because Linzhou is not a confidential place, and it is not a strategic frontier. It belongs to the hinterland, and the late emperor was already in his old age at the time, and was
The war in the wilderness took away a lot of energy, and the deployment of military forces had already been planned, making it difficult to distract, and it has been delayed since then."
Ming Dai understood and sighed: "I didn't expect that a country as powerful as our Zhao Kingdom would be so helpless."
Ming Jin glanced at her and said, "If you want to ask something, just say it. There's no need to keep looking for topics."
After being seen through, Mingdai used calmness to cover up her inner anxiety. She was slightly embarrassed, but she still said: "I know I can't put all the pressure on you, but I'm still worried. The intelligence only said that my father disappeared in Linzhou City, and whether he was alive or dead
I don’t know, now that we are entering the city, I don’t know how to proceed..."
"First go to the place where Third Uncle will stay after entering the city. That place must be related to his disappearance."
After Mingdai thought about it, she quickly realized, "Because my father is a cautious and steady person. After entering the city, he will carefully screen the place where he will stay, and he will move in when it is safe, and he will not change his address easily. Either he disappeared where he stayed.
Or in other places... But there will always be something left there, because according to the letter, there were more than ten days between his father's arrival in Linzhou and the day he disappeared. During this time, he will definitely write down some of his experiences and findings.
Prepare a secret message to send to uncle. If we find that foothold, we might find some clues from it."
After thinking about it, Mingdai suddenly became enlightened and ate some food on the table.
"Linzhou City is now under the control of a cult. They are probably also afraid of being surrounded and suppressed by people from the imperial court. They have spent many years deploying poisonous swamps and traps outside the abandoned city. There are countless trespassers and few survivors."
Chapter completed!