From eunuch to emperor

"King Wu, please come in."

Tian Liang led the way, and Long Chen walked into the palace.

Along the way, the most visible people on the street were wounded soldiers, as well as many surrounding natives.

After sitting down, Tian Liang poured a bowl of herbal tea.

"King Wu, try the herbal tea from this place. It's hot here, and the natives drink a lot of herbal tea to eliminate toxins."

Long Chen took a sip, and it was bitter with a slight sweetness.

"How many people are there in Xicheng? How many soldiers and horses? And the current situation of Ji Xianxian, how many soldiers and horses are under his command? What's the situation of Zhaoren?"

Long Chen asked many questions in succession.

Tian Liang glanced at Xiaoqin and was curious. Xiaoqin didn't tell her after so many days on the road?

Xiaoqin sat down and drank herbal tea, playing with a jade pendant in her hand, looking very happy.

This is the ice jade pendant given by Long Chen.

On the way here, Long Chen asked some questions, but mainly spent time playing with the violin.

Moreover, Xiaoqin is unclear about many things, and Tian Liang, as the logistics manager, knows these things better.

"Let me answer King Wu's question."

Tian Liang sat down and answered questions one by one:

"Rhino City has a population of 1000, a total of [-] soldiers and horses, and [-] wounded, of which more than [-] are poisoned."

"The Queen originally had 15 warriors, but now there are more than 3000 warriors left. Too many have died in battle over the years."

"The Queen is now in the Savage Valley. Our army and the Zhao people have been facing each other in the Savage Valley for more than a year. They are always in a state of tug of war. No one can deal with the other."

"The situation on Zhaoren's side... is more complicated. I only know a little bit about it. I'm afraid I won't know the details until I go to the front line."

"The Zhao people are not a country, it should be said... more like an alliance. They are composed of more than a dozen tribes, each occupying several mountain passes or several mountains. The number of each tribe varies, ranging from thousands to several. Ten thousand, gathered together to form the Kingdom of Zhao.”

"The largest tribe is called Zhubu, which worships the Bamboo God. Their leader is King Zhao."

These are all Tian Liang knows.

Xiaoqin listened curiously and asked: "I remember that your Long family army fought with the Nanmanzi back then. Didn't you fight with the Zhao people at that time? Don't you remember?"

The memory of the past is incomplete, and the Long family army's battles that year are not clear.

Moreover, in the past few years, the Zhaoren tribe has undergone great changes, which is very different from before.

"It's been too long. During the Battle of White Wolf Mountain, there was something wrong with my memory."

Long Chen didn't want to say that he was a time traveler, because the host's original memory was biased.

"That's right. Madam also said that the Zhaoren tribe is different from before."

Xiaoqin didn't have any doubts and didn't ask any questions, so she just passed by.

"For soldiers who have been poisoned, you stay in the city for treatment. Aren't you afraid that the poison will break out?"

Long Chen was very curious. The poison was so powerful, why did they dare to bring back the poisoned soldiers?

Xiaoqin said: "There are [-] kinds of poisons in the place where Zhaoren is, and each poison is different. Some poisons are so powerful that you will die immediately if you are hit. Some poisons are not so powerful, but you can be saved after you come back."

"Those who can survive from the front line to Rhinoceros City are not particularly poisonous. As long as we take good precautions, they won't be infected."

Long Chen frowned and said, "So the poison they used in Zhennan City is the most powerful one?"

Xiaoqin nodded and said: "Yes, in less than a day, 10,000+ people were wiped out. This is the most cruel thing I have ever seen."

Speaking of this, Xiaoqin and Tian Liang were both a little scared.

"To shock me..."

Long Chen was holding back a fire in his heart. When he caught King Zhao, he would cut him into pieces.

"When will Ji Xianxian come back?"

Xiaoqin shook her head and said: "I don't know. We sent someone to deliver the message, but there is a fierce battle on the front line. Zhaoren wants to take advantage of the hot weather to drive us out of the Savage Valley. I don't know if the lady can get back."

There were still things to do at Yuncheng and Yanmen Pass, and Long Chen didn't want to delay.

"No need to wait, I don't have time to come back, I'm going to the front line."

Long Chen stood up and Tian Liang asked: "Won't King Wu take a rest?"

Long Chen said: "No, I'm in a hurry."

Xiaoqin said: "But... the front line is very dangerous. Zhao Ren's poison is hard to guard against. It is very dangerous for you to go to the front line."

"Right, I forgot to ask, do you have any way to deal with the poison?"

Long Chen shook his head and said: "There is no way, we can only prevent it, not cure it."

Poison is a virus. Under the current conditions, there is nothing we can do.

Unless the technology is developed into industry to make vaccines and medicines.

"We are all counting on you..."

Xiaoqin's disappointment was palpable.

"I can't leave Rhinoceros City, so I can only choose someone to accompany King Wu to Rhinoceros City."

Tian Liang cannot leave, and neither can Xiaoqin. She must stay in Xicheng to treat the wounded soldiers.

"It's okay, just find a reliable guide."

"Then, I'll make the arrangements. King Wu will wait a moment."

Tian Liang immediately selected two reliable veterans from among the soldiers as guides.

Before setting off, Tian Liangqian warned them to be careful.

It was already afternoon, and the scorching sun in the sky was still so scorching that it made people sweat.

Fortunately, I have an ice jade pendant, otherwise I would die from the sun.

"King Wu, be careful all the way."

Tian Liang and Xiaoqin sent Long Chen off from the west gate.

"gone."

Long Chen didn't talk nonsense, and was led by two guides, slowly heading west.

There are too many mountain roads here and it is inconvenient to ride a horse, so Long Chen and his group of eight people moved forward on foot.

When Long Chen left, a dark-skinned man quietly entered a shop in Xi City.

"Is the shopkeeper here?"

"what are you looking for?"

"I'm buying bamboo rats."

"The bamboo rat is behind, follow me."

The man followed the waiter to the back and found a similarly short and dark man, who was the shopkeeper.

"Long Chen set out with only five followers and two soldiers."

The man said in a low voice.

The shopkeeper asked: "Long Chen came from the north and only brought five followers?"

The man said: "Yes, there are only five followers."

The shopkeeper felt strange that King Wu of Zhou was so noble, why did he only bring five followers?Isn't he afraid of death?

"Are you mistaken?"

"It's impossible. I think it was Xiaoqin who took him into the city, and then Xiaoqin and Tianliang took him out of the city."

The man had been monitoring Long Chen. Even if the six of Long Chen were wearing bamboo hats to block the sun, he could still see clearly and clearly.

"There are only five followers, and they can be killed halfway!"

The man made a killing gesture.

The shopkeeper hesitated and said: "I heard that Long Chen's cultivation level is very high. If we attack by surprise, will there be insufficient manpower?"

The man said: "There are only five followers, and there are only eight people in the group. Can't we kill them?"

"We are the people from the mountains. We laid an ambush in advance and killed him on the way to scare the great dynasty in the north."

"As long as the great dynasty in the north does not support Princess Qielan, we will win."

The shopkeeper thought about it carefully and said, "Mobilize all our people. We can't take it lightly."

The man said happily: "Okay, kill him halfway!"

After the plan was made, the shopkeeper immediately contacted his subordinates and started chasing Long Chen.

Dozens of people left Rhinoceros City one after another, and there were still their people lurking outside.

Almost 100 people quickly followed Long Chen on a small road, very fast.

Long Chen and Li Heiniu had high cultivation levels, and the mountain road was rugged and difficult to walk. For them, it was like walking on flat ground. However, the two veterans were ordinary people. They couldn't walk fast, and Long Chen couldn't be urged.

It gets dark quickly in the mountains. The sun is blocked by the mountains and it gets dark quickly.

Li Heiniu raised his head and glanced at the darkening sky, and sighed: "There is day and night, this is a normal place."