Chapter 594

A finger moved slowly over the divine crossbow, and when it passed those runes, it would stop for a while.

Gu Pan withdrew his fingers and looked at the cloud boats in the sky, with complicated emotions in his eyes.

He is now the deputy commander of Chaoge City's Divine Guard, which sounds like the same position as before, but in fact he has been promoted several levels, and he can be called a high-ranking and important position. But after all, he was born in a foreign sect of the Zhongzhou faction, and now he is responsible for defending against the invasion of the Zhongzhou faction's cloud boats. No matter how you look at it, it is absurd.

It's just that there are too many people like him in the imperial court and in the army, and it is impossible for the imperial court to dismiss them all because they are afraid of the Zhongzhou faction.

In the higher city gate tower, Zhang Yiai, the commander of the Qingtian Division, was also looking at the sky, and there was no extra emotion in his slightly squinted eyes.

He is also from the Zhongzhou faction, but after the Zhenmo prison incident, he has drifted away from Yunmeng Mountain and became the most loyal minister of the Emperor.

More than a dozen huge cloud boats cast a huge shadow on Chaoge City, and cast a huge shadow on everyone's hearts.

It is obvious that the Zhongzhou faction wants to overwhelm others with power. No matter how strong Chaoge City's defense is, it is impossible to withstand such a battle, not to mention that there are too many people in the imperial court who are devoted to Yunmeng Mountain. Who knows how many officials in the Qingtian Division, the Shenwei Army, and those ministries will turn against each other at the most critical moment?

Zhang Yiai remained silent, ready to die in battle.

Unlike other ministers and generals, he has no possibility of returning to Yunmeng Mountain.

But even if he died in battle, he would let Chaoge City last for a while longer, until the gentlemen of Yimao Zhai came out to uphold justice, until the Qingshan Jianzhou appeared in the southern sky, and until His Majesty the God Emperor left safely.

The problem is that such a big battle of the Zhongzhou faction can't hide it from anyone, and they didn't try to hide it from the world. The imperial court knew about it three days ago, so why hasn't anyone come to Qingshan?

He withdrew his gaze, looked towards the city wall, and saw Gu Pan beside the divine crossbow. After a moment of silence, he confessed something to the deputy commander beside him.

For this situation, the Jing dynasty had long been prepared. The Shenwei Army and the Qing Tiansi had conducted countless drills over the years, and they did it once during the Demon Prison Incident. Under the suppression of heavy cavalry and flying chariots, the chaos in Chaoge City was quickly alleviated, and the residents began to evacuate out of the city in an orderly manner.

Especially the deep houses near the imperial city were quickly empty.

With the help of Taichang Temple and the guards of the Gu family, the members of the Jing family left Chaoge City smoothly and came to Zhao Garden outside the city. Now the entire Chaotian Continent knows that Jing Jiu is either the Wanwu Sword Demon, or the reincarnation of Jing Jing, and has nothing to do with Jing's 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 good spirits. He gave a junior salute to Old Mr. Jing, and then took Mr. Jing to the pond, looked at the cloud boats in the sky, and said with a worried face, "I guess Chaoge City can't be defended. You have to rest for a while, and you have to continue to go south."

Jing Shang also had a lot of gray hair on his sideburns, and he was in good spirits. He was a little surprised when he heard this, and said, "Uncle, don't you want to go?"

The Qingshan sect is the foundation of the Jing and Zhao families, and the Jing family goes south to Qingshan.

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

A look of cruelty flashed in Zhao Jueye's eyes, and he said: "I don't believe it, Qingshan will just watch them be so arrogant!"

Jingshang was silent for a while, and said: "Then I will send my father and the others to Zhuozhou, and then I will come back and have a look with you."

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

There is a tunnel in the secret door, leading to the bottom of the city wall, where there is a huge space, inside which are arranged various magic tools, runes are engraved on the wall, and are continuously input into the city wall through the lines drawn by Leng Yin.

This large formation stretched for more than ten miles, not to provide indestructible mana for the walls of Chaoge City, but to provide vitality for the divine crossbows on the walls.

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

There are two other people accompanying Gu Pan, one of whom is the deputy commander of the Qingtian Division, and the other is the servant of the Ministry of Rites who is in charge of the small seal of the forbidden formation.

Standing on a high stone platform, looking at the forbidden formation below, his gaze gradually went upwards following those cold silver lines, as if he wanted to see through the city wall, and saw those divine crossbows, he didn't know what he was thinking.

The deputy commander of Qingtian Division glanced at him, but said nothing.

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

The forbidden formation suddenly felt a sense, and when the clear light diffused, one could clearly see a small black spot coming from the south at an unimaginable speed.

Judging by the size, the black spot cannot be the Qingshan sword boat, could it be Yuan Qijing or Fang Jingtian coming with a single sword? Or someone else?

Gu Pan raised his eyebrows slightly, and raised his right hand to order the guards to strengthen their defenses.

The Deputy Commander of Qingtian Division gave him another look incomprehensibly, and said, "It's the Supreme Elder of Shuiyue Temple, don't be nervous."

Gu Pan's right hand withdrew from the air and landed on the railing, the knuckles were slightly white.

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Coming from the south is a small sedan chair with green curtains.

The divine crossbow on the city wall was not fired, and a passage was opened in the Imperial City formation, allowing the small sedan chair with green curtains to stop in front of the main hall of the palace like fallen leaves.

Countless lines of sight looked over from the palace, from under the palace wall, and from behind the pillars.

The curtains of the green curtain and small sedan chair moved slightly, and people were a little curious, thinking that the Supreme Elder, who had never seen anyone before, was going to show his true face today?

Why did she come here? Because these cloud boats sent by Zhongzhou are some other big deal?

Nanzheng came out of the small sedan chair with the green curtain, her face was a little 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 being even more surprised.

Nanzheng came to the front of the hall and knelt down, saying: "Jing Xin was taken away by Zhenren Tan, and he should be heading to Chaoge City."

Hearing these words, the ministers and generals in the palace were in an uproar, and they all looked at the highest place.

The Emperor of God looked into the distance quietly, without any change in expression, as if he had already figured this out.

The Imperial City formation has been activated, and even the cloud boats sent by Zhongzhou will find it difficult to attack.

The ministers in the palace were fairly calm, but it was still impossible to be as calm as His Majesty the Divine Emperor. Their sights followed the emperor to look into the distance, passed through the extremely wide square, passed through the invisible formation barrier, and landed on a very tall building with cornices outside the imperial city.

That tall building is Yingtianmen in the south of the city.

In the clear and cloudless sky, the cloud boats of the Zhongzhou School are clouds.

There is also a cloud on Yingtianmen.

There is a faint figure in the cloud, and the white skirt occasionally floats out of the cloud, bringing out a few wisps of silk, it is the white real person of the Zhongzhou school.

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"Today's court meeting is over here, dear friends, come back."

The Emperor looked away from the distance, looked at the people in the temple and said with a smile.

There are many factions in the Jing dynasty, and the senior officials in the hall naturally have their own positions. Some support Prince Jing Yao, some still miss Prince Jing Xin, some are from the Zhongzhou School, and some have studied in Yi Mao Zhai for many years. But listening to the words, no matter what their standpoint, officials felt a deep sense of sadness.

This should be His Majesty's last court meeting.

Prime Minister Cen walked out of the queue slowly, then slowly knelt down, and made a big salute to His Majesty the Emperor, his hair was as white as snow.

Immediately afterwards, the princes of the state, the ministers of the court and the generals of the Divine Guard came out one by one and knelt down in front of the imperial chair. No matter what faction they belonged to, they were sincere.

The Emperor of God didn't seem to have thought of this scene, he was slightly taken aback, then laughed loudly, and said: "Being imprisoned in this palace for more than three hundred years, now it seems that it is not a loss."

After saying this, he got up and left the imperial chair and went among the courtiers. He first helped up Old Prime Minister Cen, and then slowly helped up the rest of the ministers.

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

Under the watchful eyes of the courtiers, the Emperor of God walked outside the palace, looked into the distance and asked, "Is this the beginning?"

His voice was like the sunshine in spring, warm but far-reaching, it floated in the grand imperial city, and then spread to Yingtian Gate more than ten miles away.

Master Bai stood on Yingtian Gate, the clouds around him gradually dispersed, revealing an unspeakably real face.

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

With his hands behind his back, the emperor said with a smile, "After I leave, what can the Zhongzhou faction do?"

"Why, Your Majesty? We all know what will happen."

Bai Zhenren said: "Who would accept a son of a fox demon to become the emperor of the human race?"

In the room on the side of the main hall, Concubine Hu Gui and Prince Jing Yao were watching the conversation at the window, which was more than ten miles away. Hearing the voice of Master Bai, Concubine Hu Gui's face showed anger, but Jing Yao was very calm, and held his mother's hand behind his back. Concubine Hu Gui's expression was slightly pale, and then a deep sadness appeared in her eyes.

The ministers in the palace didn't respond too much. Everyone knew what the Zhongzhou faction's appeal was. Officials with Zhongzhou faction background kept silent, and those officials who held the opposite view could only remain silent.

Master Bai went on to say: "We will not force His Majesty to change the edict or abolish the Crown Prince. In short, we will not do anything. You can go back peacefully."

Hearing these words, there was a dead silence in the palace.

She talked about going back, about the will and the abolition of the prince.

That says it all.