The Taoist ancestor is Cthulhu

Dao Ancestor is Cthulhu Chapter 202: The Merger of the Two Palaces

Li Fan hid in the air and watched for a while. The soldiers and horses of the Xun Kingdom were indeed powerful. Not only were they battle-hardened and well-equipped, they were also fierce and cruel. The fields were covered with broken heads and blood, and there was no mercy at all.

Judging from the general situation of the battle formation and the nearby barbarian villages that were burned, destroyed and massacred, it can be seen that there are about ten soldiers here and more than 5,000 soldiers. The original mission was probably to go deep into the mountains and defeat the barbarians. But some people plan to take this opportunity to ruthlessly eradicate dissidents, and then blame the whole thing on the barbarians.

Those with cloth strips on their sleeves had obviously planned a surprise attack in advance. There were about six soldiers and horses surrounding them, catching the other four soldiers by surprise. The four soldiers and horses were unprepared, and they were arranged to take the lead. They fought with the barbarians first, exhausted their strength, and when the formation collapsed, they were suddenly attacked by friendly forces. Naturally, they had no chance of winning.

Although the quality of the soldiers was excellent and they were able to assemble in phalanx after phalanx and fight to the death, they were ultimately outnumbered and shot at indiscriminately by strong bows and crossbows. They could not break out of the siege. They could only scream and curse at the top of their lungs, and died on the battlefield. .

Li Fan frowned as he watched from the side. Once these princes and generals came to fight for power and gain, they were more ruthless than monsters. They killed all their own people, and cut off the heads of each corpse before stopping. If passers-by discovered their scandal, wouldn't they be killed mercilessly to cover up their conspiracy?

Li Fan was not afraid of these 3,000 troops. After all, it was only a few Jindan generals who took the lead and killed them without even improving their mood. It was a waste of effort, and killing them would inevitably lead to them joining the Xun Kingdom to seize the heir. In the battle, in order to compete for the country, the killings are endless and endless.

So Li Fan returned to the flying boat invisibly, asked the two boys to hide in the boat, and then turned the boat around to the top of the mountain to avoid the fighting area over there. In order to avoid hitting the soldiers patrolling the mountain, he deliberately looked for the rutted road on the ground. Feizhou walked along the official road and found a town to stay.

I originally thought that when we got to the town, the soldiers and bandits wouldn't make a big fuss, but I didn't expect that the town would not be a violent fight but a civil fight.

Two groups of scholars and officials were arguing in the street, and they almost rolled up their sleeves and started fighting. As a scholar, you definitely have to express your opinion on matters like seizing a direct descendant. But the county government officials actually followed suit and set up a stage for them without thinking it was a big deal.

The county magistrate and the three elders of the place moved stools and sat on the stage, selecting representatives from both sides to debate, starting from the prince and the king of Lu, which one was wise and which one was smart, to the southerners and the northerners, and the major leaders who fought against ghosts and rebels. The issues were arranged like a big court meeting, with endless arguments and no one could convince anyone.

I really have nothing to do...but also, there weren't many entertainment activities in ancient times. Isn't this just like celebrities forcing the masses to eat melons...

Li Fan also stopped by to listen and got a rough idea.

The process of seizing a legitimate son in the Sunda Kingdom is really not that simple. It is not like that in the Li Kingdom, where young men from aristocratic families can choose a nephew and settle the matter over a drink. The talents and popularity of the Prince of Xun and the King of Lu were not that important. What was fighting was the political group standing behind them.

The four major families are on the side of the prince. These are local noble families, local powerful, big trees with deep roots, connected with the same spirit, and mutual support. They are typical families in the south.

Behind King Lu were the nobles who crossed the Central Plains to the south, the poor families who were selected through examinations, the generals who were promoted through meritorious service, the powerful locals who conquered the mountain ghosts, or to put it more bluntly, they were the upstart forces attached to the clan.

When the first prince and the second prince were still alive, the two men lived in harmony as brothers and sisters. Moreover, the first prince was highly regarded for his benevolence and virtue, and both major groups came under his command.

However, the first prince died young and the second prince was disabled, so the four powerful families chose the third prince, while the other upstarts raised the fourth prince to play a rival role. The leader of the Xun Kingdom did not know what his motives were. Although he made the third son the prince due to the pressure of the four great clans, he also made the fourth son the king of Lu. He let both sides go unchecked and made all sorts of conflicts, which led to trouble.

So the new prince sat unsteadily and trembled. King Lu had the illusion again and thought that just a little more force would be enough.

In this way, the two palaces were merged, and the internal and external bureaucrats, generals and ministers were divided into three parts.

For example, two groups of people in this town are now holding a meeting to quarrel. The discussion is about a major event that happened recently in Xingye City, the capital of the Sunda Kingdom, that is, the core of the Prince's Party, Tai Chang Gu Mo was implicated, and was dismissed from office and exiled. .

This matter has something to do with Baiyue Mountain. About two years ago, the Lei tribe withdrew. The Xun Kingdom also followed Miyuan's order and sent a large army to conquer the Kun Kingdom. Therefore, the combat power was empty for a time, and the mountain ghost tribes were suppressed on the front line. There is a serious shortage of troops, resulting in loopholes in the defense line.

So Baiyue Mountain took the opportunity to launch a counterattack, almost completely falling into the 70 camps that the Xun Kingdom had placed in the surrounding mountains to conquer the mountain ghosts. The situation was extremely critical for a time. Luo Feng's lineage also exploded with astonishing combat power. A large number of Sunda generals were even killed on the battlefield, and the Sunda army was beaten to the point of collapse several times.

At this critical moment, it was all up to Zhang Shusi, the legitimate son of the Zhang family, and Gu Zhi, the second brother-in-law of the Gu family, to lead the bodyguards of the four major families, and private soldiers to take the lead, resisting tenaciously, fighting to the death, and only after all the casualties were exhausted, the stability was stabilized. The whole army did not collapse. Later, the general of the Xun Kingdom, the Grand Governor Quan Huang, led the disciples to reorganize the army and take advantage of the opportunity to counterattack. It took another hard battle to drive back the Baiyue Mountain ghosts.

In this battle, the Sunda Kingdom offered a reward for their merits. Taichang Gu Mo presided over the court meeting and believed that the contribution of garrisoning the enemy was greater than the contribution of retreating the enemy. The Quan clan unified the army and was defeated first and then won. It was only his duty to stabilize the defense line and it was natural. That should be enough. So Zhang Shusi and Gu Zhi were promoted to generals who displayed their power and strength. The whole family has only been promoted to two generals.

The governor, Quan Huang, also lost all his followers. After a bloody battle, he couldn't even win a serious reward. Naturally, he was very dissatisfied. He personally went to the fight and reported that the Zhang and Gu families had conspired with Dian Junshi to falsely claim military merit. . The matter became more and more troubled, and finally all the civil and military officials of the dynasty were involved, forming gangs and attacking each other.

The whole family that is challenging the four major families is naturally a die-hard member of King Lu's party. Although everyone knows that this is an excuse to fight for the rightful party, Quanhuang has all the witnesses and material evidence in his hands, and the whole family has served as a general for generations and has made outstanding achievements. Quan Huang, the lord's confidant and favorite general, also married the eldest princess of the Sunda Kingdom. His relatives' old confidants and bodyguards had all kinds of bonuses. This background status made him much closer to the clan than the four great clans.

The fight was so intense that the court was scolded and the harem was noisy. The courtiers were impeaching and admonishing day and night. The king was also annoyed to death. He issued an edict to reprimand Gu Mo and told him to shut up and think about his mistakes. As a result, this guy The defense was broken on the spot, but he actually refused to admit his mistake, and even cursed the king in the court for listening to the slander and destroying the city wall. He was simply an old fool.

There are some things you can only think about but not say, so this time the four major families lost.

The two heroes Gu and Zhang suddenly became prisoners, and Gu Mo was almost imprisoned. In the end, for the sake of the ancestors of the four families, the three Gu and Gu were spared prison, but they were all dismissed and exiled without edicts. Return to Beijing.

So now the local county magistrate and three elders have summoned the country gentlemen to discuss whether the exiled Gu family should be treated as criminals, or whether they should be treated as loyal ministers of the Sunda Kingdom who were framed by treacherous ministers. Famous people, send envoys to receive them, and take care of them?

Li Fan sweated after hearing this. These three are all cool... Okay, now it's fun. I'm afraid this powder keg of Xun is about to explode...

Li Fan didn't plan to stay tonight, so he set off on a flying boat overnight. He quickly completed this damn mission so that he could escape.

Yang Sheng's injury was better and he could get out of bed. Seeing that Li Fan was uncharacteristically traveling day and night, he took the initiative to chat with Li Fan about the situation in Xun country. After hearing what he said about Gu Mo, he agreed that this time The situation in the Xun Kingdom is already extremely dangerous.

"The four great clans and clans still maintain a semblance of harmony with each other. The three of them were exempted from official duties and left the capital to stay away from the place of trouble. But now someone is not following the rules and has killed them. I'm afraid the ensuing fight will be a disaster. There's going to be blood.

Master, you said that you saw the Xun soldiers fighting among themselves before, and it was probably for the lives of Gu and Zhang. After all, the backbone of the princelings were exiled to this remote border area. Who doesn't know that this is a good opportunity to kill them? King Lu How could the One Party give them a chance to return to Beijing alive?

In my opinion, leaking the news to Baiyue Mountain is just a casual move. Even if there is no Immortal family to assassinate, as long as you control the garrison of the nearby guards, you will also have the life of the Gu and Zhang families. If it is Beijing. There is a variable. As long as the guard immediately blocks the news, Jiao Zhao will be poisoned to death by sending him a glass of wine.

It stands to reason that the authority of the Sunda Kingdom is still there, but there are still people in the army who have made such a big move. I am afraid that the whole family is behind it, covertly and openly. It's just that Xiaosheng is stupid and still can't figure out the motive of why they ended up personally.

If there is really a dispute over merit, expelling the political opponents from the capital would be enough, but killing them all would be a step beyond the bounds. Given the family's status and prestige in the military, they would have to be used regardless of whether the successor was the Crown Prince or King Lu, and official rewards could not go any further, so why bother getting involved too deeply?

I'm afraid there's something hidden behind it, and maybe someone else is adding fuel to the fire..."

Li Fan saw that he looked better and said, "After all, this time Baiyue Mountain assassinated the legitimate son of the Gu family and caused trouble. I'm afraid that the Xun Kingdom will raise troops to attack again. But I still have something to do and need to go to the mountains. Yang Sheng , why don't I find a safe place for you to recuperate, so as not to be implicated."

Yang Si'an also nodded and said, "Master, you are too polite. Thanks to you for taking care of me for a few days, Xiaosheng feels that he is more energetic than before and his mind is faster than before. How can we be implicated?"

Although the Sunda court is currently in chaos, it should not interfere much with the people. At this time, it is just a good time to see the methods and capabilities of the noble families here and increase their own experience, so let's leave it at that. "

"Okay, see you again if we are destined."

So I chose a place near the inn to let the sheep and give birth to the baby, and divided him some travel expenses, and gave him some healing elixirs and qi-tonifying spiritual fruits, which was regarded as a good relationship.

Li Fan no longer delayed, turned the flying boat and flew straight to the boundary of Luofeng Mountain in Baiyue Mountain.

Just look at the name of Baiyue Mountain and you will know that it is not a mountain range. It is a general term like the Hundred Thousand Mountains. It is generally used to collectively refer to the mountainous area inhabited by the six foreign tribes of Shanyue Mountain Yi, Barbarian Barbarian, and Baiyue Xiyi. Of course, there are actually far more than these six tribes. These are the barbarian tribes that Luo Feng Dongtian refers to as subordinates who submit to the plan. In fact, over the years, the clothing and living customs of the Shanyi tribes have become similar to those of the Chinese aborigines.

However, the Sunda nation and the entire Central Plains still have a broader term used to refer to these indigenous people.

Mountain ghost.

Of course, this does not mean that these people in the mountains are all ghosts who have resurrected their corpses, but it is a contemptuous name for the aboriginal people in the Sunda region.

In the past, the residents of the Baiyue Mountains lived a life of fishing and hunting. Probably because of their growing environment and eating habits, they were slightly shorter and thinner than the people of the Central Plains. They also traditionally liked tattoos, which made them as scary as seeing a ghost at first glance.

So although they are fundamentally the same, they are probably a branch of humans that migrated south in an earlier era. However, these mountain ghosts do not accept the king's rule, do not understand the ethics, and their folk customs are also very different from those of the people in the Central Plains. They do not worship the gods and kings of the three major sects. They have their own set of inheritance and civilization. Since the time when the Immortal Lord conquered the world, the conquest of mountain ghosts in the Central Plains began.

However, Baiyue Mountain has high mountains and deep forests, complex terrain, poisonous smoke and miasma, making it difficult to pass through. Each tribe of mountain ghosts has its own guardian demon and unique witchcraft. They also joined forces with the demon clan to fight against the army of the Immortal Lord. Therefore, the heavenly soldiers and generals of the Immortal Palace also lost a lot of manpower here. So much so that when it came time to develop further away from the country in the later stages, Immortal Palace did not plan to send troops at all, and directly outsourced it to casual cultivators...

The inheritance of Luofeng Sixth Palace can also be traced back to that period. Strictly speaking, this lineage should be called Luofeng Immortal Palace. Because they were originally elite soldiers under the command of the Immortal Lord, serious generals guarding the Sunda Kingdom, and were the first batch of immortal soldiers responsible for handling the Sunda Kingdom and suppressing mountain ghosts.

It can be said that Luofeng Immortal Palace is to the Xun Kingdom what Nangong Immortal Palace is to the Li Kingdom. It is an Immortal Palace frontier army with the same border guarding nature. It is a serious immortal army that is responsible for suppressing demons and eliminating demons and opening up territories.

However, in the long process of wiping out all the mountain ghost tribes, demons, ghosts, and evil spirits, and suppressing the seal, the former Luo Feng Immortal Army suffered heavy casualties, and in the end the number of people was thin, which helped it gradually evolve from a military organization to a sect management model. , now only the title of Sixth Palace is retained.

But now the six barbarians under the command of Luofeng Mountain are actually the vassals taken under the command of Luofeng Sixth Palace. Of course, there are still many wild ghost tribes in the mountains so far, but they have become insignificant. Many of the demon seals are still suppressed by Luofeng Immortal Palace.

But as we all know, Asgard loves nothing more than infighting.

The direct descendants of the Immortal King in the Luofeng Immortal Palace also got involved in a certain internal fight between San Yuan, fell on the wrong team, lost their power, and lost their heads. As a result, all the direct descendants of the clan were killed by San Yuan. Even the side clans that were in power in the Xun Kingdom were also in bad luck. They were also wiped out by Zhu Lian. The general who once served under him even stole the jade seal and usurped the throne with the support of Sanyuan.

And with the official certification of the Immortal Palace, the local wealthy families certainly have no psychological pressure and can surrender. The four major families were not less favored by others in the previous dynasty, but they turned their backs and disowned them. Otherwise, traitors are the most hateful.

From then on, with the strong support of Sanyuan, the New Xun Kingdom cooperated with the elite soldiers sent down from the Lei Department to specifically attack these leaderless remnants of the previous dynasty.

As a result, overnight, he turned into a traitorous demon army that everyone in his tribe wanted to beat up. He was stabbed, betrayed, and ambushed by various places. On the contrary, the surrendered mountain ghosts took in these remnants of the fairy army.

Can you believe that a ghost with hair and a tattooed face is much more upright and trustworthy than a high-sounding scholar-official? Uh, it seems pretty normal cough cough!

Anyway, Lei Bu once captured a ghost king and asked them why they collaborated with the rebels to rebel. UU Reading www.uukanshu.net The ghost king said, since he agreed to surrender to the Luo Feng Immortal Army, how could there be any reason to betray the alliance and break the oath? We have sworn an oath in the name of our ancestors! If you say you are loyal to Luo Feng, then you must be loyal to Luo Feng! No matter what Sanyuan Immortal Palace or the four major families, you won’t recognize the Immortal Lord even when he comes!

This made the four major families very embarrassed and they quickly lit sky lanterns for him. Of course, face is nothing, and it cannot be eaten as food. These days, those who are loyal and trustworthy will die first...

So the Xun Kingdom continued to rob the Shangui tribe, burn, kill, loot, and plunder the wealth and population of the foreigners under the banner of harboring the rebels of the previous dynasty. The oppressed mountain ghosts were once again forced to rebel.

In this way, under the cover of the mountain ghosts, the remnants of the old tribe of Luofeng Sixth Palace revived again despite the encirclement and suppression by the Xun Kingdom and the Lei tribe. They led the six tribes of mountain ghosts to revolt and rebuilt the Sixth Palace, making it difficult to eradicate the Three Walls. ’s inner trouble.

This is how the former people of Luo Feng's Immortal Army fell from the Immortal Palace to the devil's path and became the new ghosts of Baiyue Mountain.

To be honest, if it weren't for the remnants of Luo Feng's Sixth Palace who repeatedly jumped around and jumped back and forth under Miyuan's nose, restraining the elite of Lei Bu and Miyuan's energy. The Nangong family probably didn't have such a good life. They all jumped out to raise flags to rebel. In the end, they surrendered and killed the culprit, but they were dismissed easily.

After all, Luo Feng had caused trouble in the Sunda country for so many years, and Sanyuan was still worried. It can only be said that these scourges in the Nangong family are really lucky...

So to put it bluntly, Baiyue Mountain is also the barrier of Mozhu Mountain.

No matter what, Baiyue Mountain cannot be destroyed, otherwise the Immortal Palace will wipe out the Xun Kingdom, and the next local force that is stubborn and disobeys the king will be Mozhu Mountain from the Li Kingdom.

Of course, with the current situation, if there is another mistake in the war between the Kun Kingdom and the Divine Cult, the first one to be unable to hold on will not be the Luo Feng Sixth Palace, but the Immortal Palace and the Xun Kingdom.