Chapter 407: One Big and One Small

Sure enough, the Shimen Caravan successfully carried the remains of the guards and the delegation on a carriage and transported them more than three miles forward, just in time to meet the spies of the returning guards.

The two sides met, and the spies led the Shimen Caravan to meet Xiang Yunhuan, the deputy captain of the guards.

The leader died, and the deputy automatically became the leader.

The team that was so arrogant a few hours ago was resting in the stone forest, and the morale was quite low. He Lingchuan glanced over and saw that most of them were injured.

Shi Erdangjia wanted to return the remains of the guards to Xiang Yunhuan, but the latter hesitated and actually asked the Shimen Caravan to continue to transport the remains of their companions to Baiyang Town ahead, where the guards would receive them.

Although it was unlucky to carry a dead body, Shi Er Dangjia agreed this time very readily, because Xiang Yunhuan promised: "I will report your contribution to my superiors."

Shi Er Dangjia also saw that most of the escort team's carriages and horses were lost, and there were too many casualties, so they couldn't even take away the corpses by themselves, and could only rely on the transportation capacity of these civilian caravans.

For the entire escort team, this was an extremely depressing day.

The wind demon that had disappeared for hundreds of years suddenly appeared, the envoy of Chiyan Kingdom was abducted, the escort team suffered heavy losses, and even the spiritual seeds entrusted by the King of Baoshu were gone.

What's more frustrating is that they didn't even know who was behind the scenes.

Fortunately, the envoys of Baixiang Kingdom and Xuluo Kingdom were still alive, and the captain himself had died in the line of duty, so Xiang Yunhuan could report back.

In any case, the next thing had to be done, the team had to be led, and these more than a hundred people were still counting on him.

Xiang Yunhuan forced himself to be energetic, waved his hand to call down a raptor, and ordered it to fly back to Fufeng City first to deliver the message. He himself had to continue his unfinished mission, send the two messengers to the northern border, and then return to Fufeng City to confess his crime.

When the raptors flew down, He Lingchuan realized that there were still a few bird demons secretly following the escort team. They did not show up in the battle just now, probably because the wind was too strong and they could not get close to the wind demon at all.

These high-altitude scouts are too useful as spies and messengers. He Lingchuan sighed as usual.

He heard Shi Erdang comfort Xiang Yunhuan: "This road has been peaceful for hundreds of years. Who could have expected that the wind demon would come to attack? This matter is not to blame Lord Xiang, and the higher-ups will not blame it."

Xiang Yunhuan frowned.

He Lingchuan continued: "Why the wind demon can revive from the ashes is worth pondering. If Lord Xiang can figure it out, it can also clear a hidden danger for this important passage."

Fengmo Rock and Black Stone Village are one of the important nodes connecting the north and south of the Baoshu Kingdom. All the carriages and horses from the south and the north pass through. If the wind demon is resurrected, it will definitely pose a major threat to the people and horses passing through the tundra.

So what He Lingchuan said was not an exaggeration at all. Shi Erdangjia also sighed: "Yes, wasn't this wind demon taken away by my king a long time ago? Could it be that in the past four hundred years, a second wind demon has been raised here?"

There is a strange noon divine wind on the wind demon rock. Since it was able to breed the first wind demon countless years ago, how can we know that it can't raise another one?

He Lingchuan waved his hand slightly: "Earth, water, fire, and wind, the possibility of these natural elements raising spirituality is less than one in a million of other monsters." Of course, this has a specific premise, which is in the current environment.

Needless to say, in the ancient times, in a world with abundant spiritual energy, all kinds of moths can run all over the ground, only you can't think of it.

"Even if the second wind demon appeared naturally, how could it be such a coincidence that it is still in the old place of Piao Miao Sect?"

Shi Erdangjia has been with him for more than a month and has a little understanding of his temperament: "Brother He, don't keep us in suspense, you must know something."

"We have all visited the old site of Piao Miao Sect. There are three large characters on the cliff in the stone cave at the exit, which are "Feng Bo Rock" engraved in the language of ancient immortals."

"Therefore, in ancient times, Piao Miao Sect and local people actually called the wind demon "Feng Bo." He Lingchuan said lightly, "To them, this thing is likely to be a spiritual creature that protects the immortal sect and the entire tundra, rather than a monster. Then "Feng Shiye" is a sculpture created in its image."

People erect statues for gods, saints, mountain and water spirits because they believe that these can bless and protect themselves.

So it is not surprising that the ancients erected statues for the wind demon - or Feng Bo.

"But have you noticed that the wind lions basically appear in pairs, one large and one small." He Lingchuan took out a pair of wind lions from the storage ring. The large one was as tall as a person, and the small one was less than three feet tall.

Shi Erdangjia recalled what he saw in the cave and nodded: "Indeed, it is indeed so! The wind lions in the fields and the caves all appear in pairs. I heard from the locals that this is the difference between male and female wind lions."

"How can there be male and female wind demons?" Xiang Yunhuan had also heard those legends. He looked at He Lingchuan, "You mean, Piaomiao Sect actually has two wind demons?"

"Yes, one large and one small." He Lingchuan patted the stone sculpture, "Like these two."

Art always comes from reality. If there were no two wind demons, why did Piaomiao Sect create such a sculpture?

"You mean, my king subdued one wind demon, but missed the other one?"

This statement is very dangerous, He Lingchuan will not accept it: "You said it."

Xiang Yunhuan: "..."

He Lingchuan patted the little wind lion: "Wind lions may not be divided into male and female, but they can be divided into father and son. This little one may be born from the big one. Or is it called 'differentiation'?"

The treasure tree king himself does not distinguish between male and female, but the spirit seeds it breeds are equivalent to clones.

Why can't the wind demon be divided?

Xiang Yunhuan said solemnly: "Even if the little wind demon has survived, why did it suddenly attack us after four hundred years of peace? Was it awakened?" At this point, his eyes suddenly straightened, "Could it be that with Chi Yan, Is it about the messenger?”

His mission on this trip was mainly to send the three envoys back to the north.

The attack of the wind demon caused chaos. Someone took the opportunity to kidnap the envoy of Chiyan Kingdom and jumped directly from the cliff.

The wind was so strong that the bird demon could not get close to the battlefield. After the battle, Xiang Yunhuan had sent the bird demon down the cliff to look for it, but he knew in his heart that 90% of it would not be found.

The people behind the scenes created such a big fight, even risking offending King Baoshu, just to capture the Red Yan envoy?

A mere envoy coming to celebrate a birthday is just an ordinary human being, what's so strange about it?

"Do you know, Sir, that before the Shoudian of King Baoshu, that is, on the night when Emperor Liujing appeared, the deputy envoy of the Jiling Kingdom was killed? According to the investigation, the other party wanted to attack the envoy of the Shanyu Kingdom, but they just got the wrong target."

"I know that the deputy envoy of the Qing Ling Kingdom was killed." Xiang Yunhuan looked at He Lingchuan with a strange look in his eyes, "Who are you?"

Although this young man was majestic and majestic, he was previously so frustrated that he didn't even have the time to ask the other person's name.

He Lingchuan showed the silver medal from Taifu's Mansion: "I have some connections with Mr. Sha Xinghaisha from Taifu's Mansion, and I was invited to attend the ceremony."

In the land of Baoshu Country, this thing is really useful.

Head Shi Er smiled and helped: "Master He has promised Taifu Sha that after going to Lingxu City to do business, he will return to Fufeng City to serve as an official."

His words were very particular, and it sounded like Tai Fu Sha was begging He Lingchuan to go back and become an official.

"I see." Xiang Yunhuan became less wary. After all, it's not unusual for talented people to serve in demon kingdoms, and they sometimes move between countries. "You mean, this series of schemes are all aimed at the envoys?"

He Lingchuan spread his hands and said, "It's just a guess."

"No, no, your statement makes sense." Xiang Yunhuan said, "I was also responsible for the post house, which is part of the defense of Liushe. The two envoys from Shanyu Kingdom and Chiyan Kingdom lived in the same enclosure. ”

The other party first targeted the envoy from the Shanyu Kingdom, and then kidnapped the envoy from the Chiyan Kingdom. However, these two people lived across from each other in Fufeng City.

Isn't this a coincidence?

He Lingchuan's eyes flashed: "It's so convenient for these two envoys to communicate with each other. Is there some handover?"

Xiang Yunhuan nodded: "That makes sense. If these two have any conspiracy, setting up a meeting with me, Wang Shoudian, would be a good way to hide it from others."

He thought for a while and then said: "When the Shanyu Kingdom's envoy arrived at Fufeng City, it was two days later than the original date. I heard from the team's handyman that a thief stole the envoy's storage bag on the road. Then There were money, miscellaneous items, and customs clearance documents inside, and it took them a while to recover them.”

"Did you lose something?"

"They were not lost. I heard they were all recovered."

He Lingchuan suddenly realized: "No wonder the Shanyu Kingdom's envoy did not pass through Sanxinyuan as scheduled. It turned out that something was delayed on the way."

Fu Shanyue didn't catch any prey there, so the envoy from the Jiuling Kingdom became the scapegoat.

At this time, the bird demon previously sent by the escort team returned, and the body of the Chiyan messenger was found on the mountainside of Fengmo Cliff. His neck was twisted and he died.

Upon hearing the news, Xiang Yunhuan couldn't help but press his temples, and the trace of luck in his heart was knocked away. It seems that the man behind the scenes got what he wanted.

Next, he had to be busy again and had no time to talk to the two of them.

He still has a lot of troubles to deal with.

And He Lingchuan finally connected the cause and effect.

The Shanyu Kingdom wanted to give a gift to the King of Chiyan, but instead of sending it to the other country in person in the usual way, they took advantage of the 800th birthday celebration of King Baoshu and had an envoy from the Shanyu Kingdom carry the gift to the Posthouse Liu in Fufeng City. He left the house and handed it over to the envoy from Chiyan Kingdom to bring it back.

In other words, this was a private transaction between the two monarchs and was not made public.

But Fu Shanyue didn't know where he got this information and planned to intercept the treasure halfway. He first went to the Shanyu Kingdom's envoy to ambush him in Sanxinyuan. Unexpectedly, the emperor's liquid erupted and he killed the Tuling Kingdom's envoy. However, the envoy of the Shanyu Kingdom, his real master, was delayed because his kit was stolen and did not enter Fushan. Instead of setting up a killing array, they arrived at Fufeng City safely and connected with the envoy from the Chiyan Kingdom.

Then this "treasure" was signed for by the envoy of Chiyan Kingdom.

Fu Shanyue had no choice but to follow him to Fufeng City.

He planned to attack the envoy from Chiyan Kingdom, but he didn't know that He Lingchuan wanted to avenge Sanxinyuan for chasing him, so he gave him a report and the officials came to visit.

Fu Shanyue's plan was once again shelved.

Fortunately, this guy was persistent and had PLANC, which was to use the wind demon to intercept the escort team and take advantage of the chaos to rob the envoy of the Chiyan Kingdom.