Chapter 17 The Iron Lock Crosses the River
Long Yun'er was in Yungang Pass, and after listening to the Sima family's people explain to Situ Xiaoshu in a round, he realized how wrong his intelligence was.
For a long time, Wen Quzhi and Xiangxue, the two leaders of the Broken Star Cluster, have mastered the real history and played idiots to the public who can only hear the official statement, but this time, it is their turn to be an idiot, and all the information they knew before has become a thing of the past.
After the end of the Hundred Races War, in order to boost the self-confidence of the human race and replace the exploits of the Shattered Star Cluster, the empire deliberately picked up several figures who did not belong to the Shattered Star Cluster, but had outstanding military achievements, publicized them, and became new heroes.
Wu Cangni is such a hero, under the propaganda of the empire, she single-handedly built Yungang Pass, and broke the brilliant achievements of countless demon soldiers and demon generals, which is revered by every imperial person, that is, crying children know that on the first line of the northwest border, there is a Xiongguan that does not break, and there is a Tiannan Wufeng in the pass, where its wings are covered, the evil demons dare not invade, and the human race can live and work in peace and contentment.
I was in Auron County before, and the situation I knew was the same, these heroic stories basically constituted the worldview of most imperial people, who knew that when I arrived in the northwest, I found that the official statement was unreliable, and the heroes who should protect the entire northwest region have not been in power for a long time.
“...... This incident is actually a shame for the family. ”
In the military room, Sima, who was the head of the clan, helped him, looked embarrassed, and explained the situation to Situ Xiaoshu.
"After the establishment of the new empire, Princess Wu guarded Yungang Pass, deeply trusted by the imperial court, inherited the order of the Son of Heaven, controlled all military attaches in the northwest, high and powerful, with her ability, it is also enough to control, my Sima family fully supports, for the military maintenance required by Yungang Pass, there has never been more than half a moment of delay......"
Sima helped him, and it sounded like he respected Wu Cangni and Yungangguan very much, and spared no effort to support him, but Long Yun'er felt that it was wrong when he heard it, and let out a light "huh".
As everyone knows, the family concept of the Sima family is extremely important, and the love and righteousness are valued, so they protect the short-term to the point of not asking right and wrong, in terms of relationship, Wu Cangni, who married into the Sima family, is Sima to help his granddaughter-in-law, but this old man claims that the princess seems to be respectful and polite, but in fact, she is extremely distant.
Sima helped him and said: "When Princess Wu first took over six years ago, her performance was very good, and she was basically her old department here, and she was united in her heart, but I don't know what she thought, so she gradually became sluggish, and often left a stand-in in the pass, and she didn't know where to go, ignoring the military defense...... We tried to hide it from the outside world, but after a long time, the paper couldn't hold the fire......"
"Is that so?"
Situ Xiaoshu gasped, leaving his post without permission, it is a first-class felony in military law, and it is a ridiculous behavior that must not be committed...... What is the hero's doing?
Sima helped him sigh: "The letter from the military department was just an inquiry at first, and then it became a reprimand, and then later, he was demoted, and in a year, he was demoted to seventeen or eighteen levels, hoping that she would repent and change her past wrongs, but she was still the same...... Two months ago, a letter of order from the military department demoted her to the captain of the rangers outside, and led her own soldiers to patrol the area around Yuehuang Beach. ”
Situ Xiaoshu and Long Yun'er glanced at each other, and then they understood why they met Wu Cangni by chance, it turned out that she had already abandoned her post and been demoted, and was no longer in charge of defense affairs, and was out for guerrilla reconnaissance.
But, why is she?
If you have no intention of doing so, why don't you resign from your post and return to your position, but stay here and become a guerrilla leader who is simply insulting?
Looking around, the generals of the Sima family present all looked indignant, showing a high degree of dissatisfaction with Wu Cangni, Long Yun'er could see their anger, but he couldn't see any family affection between the two sides......
"I see......"
Situ Xiaoshu tried to make a round, "But His Royal Highness Wu asked us to send that piece of information, which shows that although she is in a foreign country, her heart is still in this Yungang Pass, isn't it?"
No one can deny this, the information sent back by Wu Cangni is definitely not an ordinary piece of information that can be detected, there are not only a large number of earth-level demon kings, but even heaven-level demon venerables, how difficult it is to hide their perception and probe information?
No matter what method is used, Wu Cangni must have tried his best, and no one can deny the value of this information, and he brought the latest strength of the beast clan to inform everyone.
From this point of view, even if he is not here, Wu Cangni still has established miraculous achievements for Yungang Pass, but when Situ Xiaoshu looks around, the Sima family present has a look of having to admit it, but no one wants to admit it.
Situ Xiaoshu was really stunned, for people who want to win the war, unity of heart should be the top priority, Wu Cangni is a first-class hero in all parts of the country, especially female warriors, who doesn't take her as a model? But why did the Sima family, as a relative, resist her so much?
Is this unreasonable abnormal state because these people are narrow-minded and can't tolerate others? Or is there really something wrong with their idols, and they don't know the truth?
...... Falling into this situation where it is difficult to distinguish between good and evil, Situ Xiaoshu has a headache, especially when it vaguely involves other people's housework, and housework is the least good and evil at all......
At the moment, Situ Xiaoshu, who had already sent the information, expressed her desire to stay in Yungang Pass and fight against the beast enemy together, in addition, she hoped to be able to overturn the army for the wolf, explore the Feiyun Oasis, and understand the situation over there.
For these requests, Sima Fu he happily welcomed to stay, the big war is imminent, the eldest lady of the Fengdao Alliance personally went to help, the appeal of the representative is not ordinary, but for the latter request, the old man refused.
"Feiyun Oasis is small and entrenched, dragons and snakes are mixed, it's not a good place, if it's usual, Grandpa Sima orders an army and accompanies you over, but at this moment, it won't work. ”
"But I ......"
"Yungang Pass has been sealed, and the piece of armor is not allowed to go out, so you can stay and be my VIP of Yungang Pass." ”
Sima helped him wave his hand, and the matter was decided, this old man with outstanding military prestige, who was usually at home, was also a master who would not allow his children and grandchildren to resist, so he made Situ Xiaoshu and Long Yun'er look at each other.
At the beginning, Long Yun'er escorted the group to Yungang Pass, and was going to Feiyun Oasis to meet Wen Quai, but now he can't leave, and there is a situation in Feiyun Oasis, what should I do now?
A few hours later, the two discussed the situation in the room, and Situ Xiaoshu apologized for the unexpected change and brought the latest news of Feiyun Oasis.
"After a commotion over there, it quickly subsided, the specific reason is unknown, but now the entire Feiyun Oasis has entered a state of high alert, refusing outsiders to go, I think...... If the head of the Wen family is inside, I am afraid that he will not be able to get out. ”
Situ Xiaoshu said: "Sister, if you insist on going, after nightfall, I will find an opportunity to sneak out of the pass with you and escort you to the Feiyun Oasis." ”
Long Yun'er smiled bitterly and shook her head, "I can also see the situation at this bottom, the guards come and go, the patrol is so strict, and there are ground-level figures in charge, it is estimated that they can't slip away, they can only be killed." ”
"Kill it, this ......"
Situ Xiaoshu hesitated, the beast soldiers would appear at any time, if he caused a riot in the pass and killed him out of the pass, if he turned against the enemy to help the enemy, not to mention that there were so many levels here, it was impossible to forcibly kill them.
But looking at Long Yun'er's faint wry smile, as if she was full of loneliness and concern because of her separation from her master, Situ Xiaoshu felt that she should be responsible, if it weren't for herself, Sister Long would not be trapped here......
"Sister Long, don't worry, I will definitely shoulder the responsibility and protect you from ......"
Before the words were finished, there was a sound of light buckles outside the door, someone knocked on the door, without warning in advance, no sound, with the number of steps in Yungang Pass at this moment, it is not surprising to do this, but people have already arrived at the door, and they have knocked on the door, but Situ Xiaoshu and Long Yun'er still can't sense that there are people outside the door, this cultivation is not simple.
"Amitabha, the two female donors, the old man is gone, can you spare time to see it?"
It is actually the highest ranking master of Kurong in Yungang Pass!
The two women looked at each other, wondering if this sudden visit was evil or auspicious?
On the other side, Wen Quai, who also didn't know the good luck, listened to the girl's complaints for more than an hour, and the sister-in-law that Sima Bingxin saw in his eyes was basically two completely different images from the heroine of the world in the imperial propaganda.
“...... She is not what you know at all, after my brother died, she did not go back to her own home, insisted on staying in Yungang Pass, if it was to protect the territory, why didn't she take the initiative to attack once? Isn't she very strong? Why did she never take the initiative to conquer the beast clan? She waited for the beast clan to fight before she passively defended, even I know that this is not what a famous general should do at all!"
"She stayed in Yungang Pass, just for the Wu family to plant a flag in the northwest, occupy a sphere of influence, the Wu family also wrote many times for this, asking for her to be promoted, the emperor finally let her control the northwest, even my grandfather has to be a head shorter than her, the entire Sima family listens to her dispatch, what is this? The Wu family is delusional, who will listen to this kind of thing?"
"It's obvious that she has wolf ambitions, but you fools will only listen to the propaganda of the imperial court, just like she is a big hero, I can't be angry, this is too unfair......"
Sima Bingxin seemed to pour out the pent-up resentment, Wen Quzhi listened silently, and finally said, "But she has always been your sister-in-law, and your brother really liked her at the beginning!"
"That's my brother who was deceived by her!" Sima Bing said hatefully: "Outsiders don't know, my brother was actually killed by her colluding with outsiders, I ...... I must avenge my brother!"
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