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Chapter 109: Empty City and Stone Monument

Without Qi Xuansu's question, Qin Wubing had already explained: "We were not aware of this at the time, but the conclusion was concluded afterwards. Because the court was two groups, the reconciliation must be summarized after the war, and then report the detailed results to Your Majesty and the Cabinet. After such reconciliation, we found that the situation was wrong."

"At that time, our Xiting Protectorate was responsible for attacking the south gate of the Jinzhang Xiting, the Beiting Protectorate was responsible for attacking the north gate of Xiting, and the Jiashen Lingguan troops were responsible for attacking the west gate of Xiting, leaving the east gate, so that three were missing one."

"After we attacked the city from the South Gate, we encountered nothing."

Hearing this, Zhang Yuelu couldn't help asking, "What does it mean?"

Qin Wubing said: "In an empty city, there is no figure. We once thought we had encountered the empty city plan in the storybook."

"Wuhou's story of the empty city plan was actually fabricated by later generations. At the beginning, we joked that Baduhan used the story in the storybook as a strategy. Even if the story of the empty city plan is true, there is a premise. Wuhou was only cautious in his life, so the empty city plan can have unexpected results. Is he a cautious person? Isn't this a trick to pick up a boat and ask for a sword!"

"But later on, we felt something was wrong."

"That city is too intact, without a trace of damage."

"You know, we have been besieging the city for many days and carried out multiple rounds of artillery bombardment. Even if the city is not full of holes, it will never be intact. But as we see, this city is just built yesterday, extremely complete, with no broken walls, and no fireworks in life here, only dead silence."

"We walked along the main road. In order to prevent ambushing, I ordered the scouts to investigate from the main road to both sides. There was no sign of ambushing the surrounding houses and commanding heights. I even suspected the possibility of authenticity, so I asked the followers to conduct a careful investigation and found no abnormalities."

"The scouts returned one after another. According to their reports, the furniture in the house was also brand new, without any trace of use, just like it was just made from a workshop. Such a city does not look like it is for people to live in, but more like a model room for others to see."

"It's fine, I soon discovered that something was wrong with the scout sent out."

"Some scouts did not come back, disappeared out of thin air, there were no traces of fighting, no sound, and even no marks common in the army. If this were the case, it could be explained as an accident. But what really surprised me was that others did not remember these disappearing scouts at all, not just one or two people, but everyone could not remember them. If it weren't for the comparison of the roster, there wouldn't be any missing people."

"Some people have extra people. They obviously sent out three scouts, but when they came back, they became four people. Two of them were completely strangers we had never seen before, but the four people involved did not feel anything strange at all. They insisted that there were four people at the beginning, and neither outsiders joined nor anyone was replaced in the middle."

The prime minister of the cabinet is quite famous today. He is one of the three high priests of the Confucian sect. If you do not consider actual power and only start from your status, then the three high priests of the Confucian sect, the three Taoist sect masters, and the three great masters of the Buddhist sect are on the same level.

Qi Xuansu has met Zhang Taixu, one of the three high-ranking priests.

The chief minister of the cabinet today is Cheng Taiyuan, the great priest of Neo-Confucianism.

Among the three schools of Confucianism, Neo-Confucianism emphasizes etiquette and education, and naturally it emphasizes loyalty to the emperor, and has served in office from generation to generation, and is at the height of the temple. Neo-Confucianism school stands on the other side of the Taiping Road.

The other two schools are a little bit different, and they are somewhat far away from the world.

The last priest of Xinxue was named Wang Taichong. Xinxue School had always had a good relationship with Quanzhen Taoism, but after all, there was a difference between Confucianism and Taoism. Xinxue School would not participate in Taoism affairs in depth, and was always separated by a layer, not as utilitarian as the Neo-Confucianism School.

Qi Xuansu said: "Since Master Cheng said so, I will not talk more about it. Brother Quji should not explore this matter again, so as not to cause trouble. I can't force myself and have no way out. Brother Quji should not learn from me."

Qin Wubing's face was solemn and nodded slowly.

Qi Xuansu continued: "Just just now, Brother Ji said that you had reconciled with the Beiting Protectorate afterwards, so what happened to the Beiting Protectorate?"

Qin Wubing said: "According to the Beiting Protectorate, they encountered very fierce resistance, but their enemies were not normal soldiers in gold tents, but something that could not be described in words. At first glance, they seemed to be humans, and they were also wearing gold tents. But if you look closely, it was hard to say, and they could only be described as if they were not humans."

"These things are not flesh and blood, they seem to be some kind of existence that looks like virtual and real. Ordinary firearms cannot hurt them at all. The warrior's blood and energy restraint effect is not obvious. It can be seen that they are not false, but some real existence. Fortunately, the magic channel method can still work and will not be completely helpless. Therefore, the Beiting Protectorate's House has a very difficult battle and the casualties are also heavy."

"Later, a stone tablet was found at Beiting Protectorate, which was nine feet high. But strangely, it should be seen from a distance. In fact, I suddenly found the stone tablet. The top of the stone tablet was carved into an eye. The words carved on the stele were not Central Plains, Golden Tent, New World, oracle bone inscriptions from ancient times, nor any kind of Western characters."

"At that time, the Great Protector of Beiting ordered someone to print a copy and then smash the stone tablet. Only those who seemed to be inhumane and did not disappear."

"After the war, the Beiting Protectorate invited many knowledgeable Confucian scholars and Taoists to identify them. These words were originally written as vanishing, also known as water books, also known as ghost books, and anti-books, and were written for dead people to read. The meaning of these vanishing words is not complicated. They mainly record the time and owner of the city. The construction started in the second year of Tianzhen of Sizong of the Great Wei Dynasty, and was completed in the third year of Tianzhen of Sizong of the Great Wei Dynasty. The owner was a native of the Central Plains, named Song Zheng."

Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu looked at each other.

Both of them noticed the extraordinaryness here.

Qi Xuansu slowly spoke, "The Great Wei Dynasty died in the Shenzong, and Da Xuan replaced it. Where did a sect emerge from?"

Qin Wubing said: "This is also something we can't understand. The start-up time is unreasonable. Although Xiting cannot be compared with Jinling Mansion and Imperial Capital, it is impossible to complete it within one year."

Zhang Yuelu said: "The key is Song Zheng. Didn't this person die at the hands of Xuan Sheng? When did he build the Xiting again? Although it is recorded that Song Zheng once sneaked into the Jin tent and pretended to be the son of the Khan King, intending to seek the throne of the Khan King, it is not as good as time."

Qi Xuansu thought for a while and asked again: "How did you meet together?"
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