end of days

Chapter 92

Drawing a nine-square grid with a few strokes on the sand table, Zhuo Ran took out the formation that he wrote down earlier from his arms, and then clicked a few points in the nine-square grid to start the deduction.

He could see the complexity of this formation at a glance, but he didn't expect the calculation to be a bit more difficult than imagined. Zhuo Ran rubbed his painful temples with a wry smile, carefully recalling what he had learned back then.

The big nine palaces are surrounded by the small nine palaces, and the small nine palaces are formations made of huge stones. The so-called deduction is to calculate the formation after the transformation based on the number and position of the stones. After several changes, it is easy to calculate the most simplified formation. Find the eye.

Writing all the numbers on the paper one by one, Zhuo Ran concentrated all his energy on those numbers, writing quickly with the hand holding the pen, and the desk was gradually covered with sheets of paper full of words.

When Xuanyuanhen entered the door, he was really taken aback. Papers were flying everywhere in his vision. Zhuo Ran's words earlier made him suddenly enlightened. As soon as he returned to the barracks, Xuanyuanhen hurriedly recruited several generals to study a new formation. Feeling that half a day has passed, I couldn't help but want to share the results of their discussion with Zhuo Ran, but found that the person in front of me had no time to talk to him, and Zhuo Ran almost used all his energy to clear the formation.

Unexpectedly, this formation is so complicated.

Picking up a few pieces of paper that fell on the ground, Xuanyuanhen knew that Zhuo Ran's previous words were five percent comforting himself after just a few glances. This formation was much more difficult than he imagined.

The people in the world who can come up with this kind of formation, Xuanyuanhen only knows a few highly talented seniors in the Wuji Sect, but Wuji Sect members don't easily get involved in court disputes, let alone help the evildoers, and stand on Xidi's side.

In this way, who is the person behind the scenes...

Seeing that Zhuo Ran had no intention of talking to him, and Xuanyuan Hen didn't want to disturb him, he could only leave the account by himself.

"Blue Dragon."

"My subordinate is here, master please give me instructions." Qinglong secretly handles border affairs and is not in the palace all year round, so Xuanyuanhen doesn't see him often, but it has to be said that Qinglong has indeed done a lot for the court.

The four leaders of the dark guards, Qinglong is in charge of military affairs, Baihu is in charge of torture, Suzaku is in charge of assassination, and Xuanwu is in charge of internal affairs. It is their existence that Xuanyuanhen has supported a world.

"Based on your observation for so long, where does Xidi's help come from?" Xidi people are good at riding and shooting, but they are very contemptuous of agency strategies. The vast desert, but now, they used tricks that they despised before one after another, which made Xuanyuanhen puzzled.

"The subordinates think that looking at the territory of Xidi, there is only one family that can be said to be proficient in Qimen Dunjia, but it stands to reason that they should not get involved in the affairs here."

"Oh?"

"Master, do you still remember Murong Yimen, who is also known as the two most mysterious sects in Jianghu?"

"Why... it turned out to be them?!" The Murong family, who claim to be indifferent to world affairs, actually intervened this time. What is the reason, "This is too unexpected."

"My subordinates also think so, so I'm not sure yet." But apart from Murong's family, Qinglong really can't think of any other sects.

"If I remember correctly, what the Murong family is best at is not Qimen Dunjia..." Xuanyuanhen tapped his finger on the tip of his nose thoughtfully.

"That's right... Murong's family is most famous for their tricks!"

Xuanyuanhen couldn't help frowning, this formation is enough to cause headaches, if there is something else, it will be terrible.

"That's all, if it's God's will, I'd like to see who will win in the end! However, Xidi's monarch is really surprising. He can leave so many things from his ancestors and start to move these thoughts. gone."

"The master doesn't know. According to the observations of the subordinates these days, since Xidi died as the emperor and the new emperor came to the throne, the situation in their court has changed a lot. The new emperor of Xidi is extremely cruel, but the governance of the country seems to be not as good as imagined. He is as shrewd as he is, but he has a few capable ministers under him, who should have been left behind by the old emperor, but the bad thing is that this emperor has a very suspicious personality..."

"Besides, it seems that Xidi is so eager to fight because the situation in their court itself is already unstable, and the foundation of the new emperor is not stable. The brothers seem to still have the desire to fight for power, so I'm afraid there is another purpose of this battle to eradicate alien!"

"Oh? What do you mean?" Xuanyuanhen was new to the battlefield, so he was not very clear about Xidi's current situation. He only knew that when the new emperor ascended the throne, Xidi changed his low-key style in the past, and suddenly became strong enough to destroy the Xuanyuan Dynasty. .

"Xidi is afraid to change generals before the battle!"

"That's a big taboo..." Xuanyuanhen smiled inexplicably, wondering if Lord Xidi would shoot himself in the foot, he suddenly began to look forward to it.

"Qinglong, send someone to investigate, but I want to see what kind of guy this Xidi emperor is."

"Observe the order." Qinglong saluted and retreated on his own, while Xuanyuanhen stood where he was, wondering what he was thinking.

And the fact——as Qinglong expected, Xidi changed his generals before the battle, and Xidi's second and third princes replaced the original generals.

"It's better to raise the soup to stop the boiling. Since King Xidi is like this, countermeasures can't be more useful!"

Knowing his opponent's character all of a sudden, Xuanyuanhen smiled slyly.

"The second and third princes are probably followed by killers. I don't know if their elder brother will spare their lives for a few days..." The best way to deal with an enemy is to let him die at the right time. A good place is naturally the battlefield.

"Since this is the case, we will cut off their retreat together!"

"I remember that the general who was replaced by Xidi was their god of war?"

"That's right, it's Feng Lingyue, the only prince with a foreign surname in Xidi, and one of the few courtiers left by the old emperor to assist the new emperor." Qinglong replied respectfully, the emperor's plan could not be more obvious.

"Then send a letter to Lord Feng for me—to show friendship!"

Anti-indirect strategy--it is undoubtedly a well-used strategy, but as long as the timing is right, he is often better than any other strategy, especially for the character of Emperor Xidi, I am afraid that Fengling will be more likely to escape death.

Although I feel a little sorry for this prince, but if we don't agree with each other, it's all for our own country, so there's nothing moral or unrighteous about it.

Thinking of this, Xuanyuanhen felt a sense of pride in his heart, as long as he solved the damn formation in front of Xidi's formation, Xidi would be vulnerable!

But I don't know what the plan of the person who helped Xidi is, if it is really a member of Murong's family, I have to guard against it.

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Pei Ju lingered in front of Zhuoran's tent for a long time, and finally couldn't bear to lift the curtain and walked in.

"Master Zhuo." Clasping his fists, Pei Ju greeted him.

Zhuo Ran was taken aback. Anyone who was concentrating on his work would be shocked to hear someone talking, but when he looked up, he found that it was Pei Ju.

Pei Ju could be regarded as an old acquaintance to him. He followed Pei Di to Pei's house more than ten years ago, and he often walked around after that. He was no stranger to this old General Pei.

Apart from the daily meeting in the military camp, the last time they met... seems to be the last time when Pei Zheng helped him out of the palace. Hearing that Pei Ju wanted to see him no matter what, Zhuo Ran was suspicious and left for a while. Go back to Pei Mansion.

Pei Ju didn't say anything, he just exchanged a few words with himself and sent him away from the capital, but for some reason, it was Pei Ju's eyes, which made Zhuo Ran very mindful.

Pei Ju... seems to be hiding something from him.

When they met again in the barracks, Zhuo Ran felt the hesitation in Pei Ju's eyes more and more, and that hesitant expression made Zhuo Ran feel a little embarrassed.

"What's the matter with General Pei?"

"It's nothing. It's just that I haven't seen you for a long time. Let's take a look. How are you doing?"

Pei Ju's question was a bit too cordial, Zhuo Ran shivered for a while, and a chill came from behind his back.

"Fortunately."

Seemingly seeing the suspicion in Zhuoran's eyes, Pei Ju smiled awkwardly, and said again: "Hello, I am relieved. After Di'er died, I was always worried about any accidents between you."

Zhuo Ran was a little surprised when he said this. Pei Ju didn't seem to be a person with rich and delicate feelings. He didn't expect that after so many years, Pei Di's affairs still existed in his heart. In this way, some of his words and deeds were okay. Understood, maybe... this old man who experienced the pain of losing his son couldn't help but transfer his feelings to his son's former friend.

It seems that Pei Di was quite blind back then, always complaining in front of himself that his father was not kind enough, and once he made a mistake, he would be as terrifying as a ferocious god.Looking at it now, it is clear that Pei Ju loves his son to the bone, but this love is hidden too deep.

The two of them didn't know what to say for a moment, and the tent became silent all of a sudden. Pei Ju happened to see the stack of papers in Zhuoran's hand, and asked, "Could this be the deduction of that formation?"

"Not bad." Zhuo Ran frowned. To be honest, the things he was doing were not going well, which made him extremely depressed. There were a few times when it was clear that he had made some progress, but when he looked closely, it seemed that there was no way out. To justify it, we can only start from scratch.

"You haven't had a good rest lately, you've lost a lot of weight when you arrived in the frontier." Zhuo Ran was already thin, and with the fact that he hardly slept during the past two days, he looked even more haggard now.

"It's okay, I can rest after finishing what I'm doing, so don't worry too much." With a wave of his hand, Zhuo Ran changed a few numbers and began to fall into deep thought again.

After a long time, I heard Pei Ju's voice to say goodbye, Zhuo Ran got up to see him off but was stopped by him, "You should be busy."

As soon as he got out of the tent, Pei Ju happened to meet Xuanyuan Hen who came to visit. Seeing Pei Ju hovering in front of Zhuoran's tent, Xuanyuan Hen suddenly remembered his previous doubts.

"General Pei seems to be very concerned about Feiqing?" It stands to reason that Zhuo Ran has nothing to do with the Pei family, and Pei Ju's concern seems to have crossed the line...

When Pei Ju suddenly saw the Son of Heaven, he was also startled, and quickly saluted, "Young Master Zhuo is an old friend of my son, and we met several times ago. Now that my son is dead, I love Wu and Wu, so I can't help but want to take care of him... "

Xuanyuanhen was naturally dubious, what Pei Ju said made sense, but was that kind of concern really just for his son's friend...