Star Observation Deck

On the appointed day, Mengchang Jun was escorted by a group of people to the star observatory behind the Qi State Ancestral Temple Mountain early in the morning. He was wearing linen mourning clothes, a piece of white cloth on his forehead, and his expression was solemn and cold.

Chen Baiqi was also undressed and dressed simply and dignifiedly beside him, following the team with a calm expression.

After passing a green paved road, they stood under a building and looked up. They saw the observatory standing tall and straight up to the sky. Its momentum was like a black giant carrying an axe, a pillar holding up the sky.

It is in the shape of a square covered bucket, with the four walls made of water-milled bricks, which is completely natural. At this time, many white flags are inserted horizontally on the tall blue brick and stone building according to the scene... The overall visual and sensory effect of this observatory is simply

It’s hard to describe in one word.

Following Gong Zifei's order, the guards who sent Master Mengchang and "Chen Huanxian" to the observatory stood still. One person came out, frowned and pursed his lips, gestured to them, and let the two of them go up alone, while the others

Turn your back and hold the spear to guard the bottom.

The way up to the observatory is from the platform surrounded by spiral steps, divided into two roads on the left and right. However, although there are two roads up, there is only one road under the observatory. They only need to guard this critical entrance.

I am not afraid that these two people will be able to spread their wings and fly.

Lord Mengchang ignored these "lackeys" who ran rampant without their masters. He brushed his robes more arrogantly than them and stepped onto the observatory, while Chen Baiqi naturally followed.

Along the way, there was no one around. Chen Baiqi said: "They are pretending to be generous and not following or monitoring, which seems to be a bit cover-up."

This means that there is a lot of articles in it.

Lord Mengchang said with a smile: "Leading the snake out of the hole? Haha, I let them use all their traps, but I don't know that at this time and place, people and people are all in my place."

Chen Baiqi added: "But we are still waiting for the opportunity to force the palace, but there is still a little bit of heat..."

Mengchangjun glanced at her: "What are you planning to do?"

Chen Bai laughed, he now understood her, and she said: "Let's see what outcome they plan to evolve the situation to."

Lord Mengchang looked away and suddenly said: "Sacrifice to my father, I am pious."

Chen Baiqi knew what he meant.

Of course, she is also pious when doing things.

"If they can leave some room for the lord, the lord will be kind to them, right?" Chen Bai's lips curved slightly.

Hearing this, Lord Mengchang sneered subconsciously: "I understand him. The King of Qi does not need my kindness."

Oh, so King Qi is really planning to commit suicide.

When the two of them boarded the observatory, the sky was gloomy with silky dark clouds, the wind was howling, and white flags were raised and clattered on the dim stone wall. A dozen crows flew on the observatory stone.

On the grinding table, when he heard the movement, he turned his head and looked at them. A strange red light flashed through his dark eyes, which gave off an unknown energy.

Who is the designer of this observatory? It is so bleak and eerie, with ghosts crying and wolves howling. No wonder Meng Changjun chose this place to pay homage. It is simply not too fitting for the occasion.

As if he could see the doubts in Chen Baiqi's heart, Meng Changjun pressed Gufeng's sleeves and said: "This is not the star observatory in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, but an astrological platform left over from ancient times. Although it was also collectively referred to as the observatory in later generations.

The star platform has been abandoned for a long time, and is usually only used as a memorial to announce the execution of the royal family."

That's it... Chen Bai nodded in surprise.

The terrain was high, desolate and remote. She thought this was a location that belonged to both parties.

So for King Qi, this place was more like an execution platform for their master and servant than a star observatory.

Meng Changjun walked over with his hands behind his back as usual, his clothes fluttering. He looked at the memorial items that Gong Zifei had arranged for him, and passed them one by one with his fingers, with a cruel smile on his lips.

"Tomorrow..."

He casually grabbed a handful of memorial papers and raised them up into the sky, and the fluffy memorial papers flew away like snowflakes.

Chen Baiqi did not listen carefully to what he said to himself.

She seemed to have noticed something. She crossed the observation platform and looked into the distance. In the distance, there were green peaks and green mountains, and the twists and turns of the mountain paths. She turned on her "Qilin Eyes" instantly, and her blurry vision suddenly reached a building opposite.

On the steps where the mountain peak is hidden by green trees, there are faint traces of several people's activities.

"Lord, they should be waiting for our signal."

She turned her head, and her pupils had returned to the dark color of ink.

Lord Mengchang thought lightly: "One pillar of smoke means waiting, two pillars of smoke mean emergency, three pillars of smoke means..."

…

So when the connecting team looked at the three clusters of black smoke rising from the top of the bluestone building on the hillside from a distance, an electric numbness suddenly shot up from the spine, and the excitement and excitement in the eyes were beyond words.

He raised his arm: "Withdraw! My lord is fine, everything will proceed as planned."

"Hey-"

Voices of excitement echoed.

"Hurry back and report to Mr. Feng."

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On the observatory

Mr. Mengchang knelt on the straw mat, holding a handful of memorial paper and burning it. He looked at the fire intently, with an unusually solemn look on his face.

Only then did Chen Baiqi realize how serious he was about the memorial ceremony.

He chose this day to actually have a special meaning.

He was asking God to witness to his late father how he would win back everything that both father and son had lost.

Chen Baiqi actually only knew about the grudges between Lord Mengchang and the old King of Qi, but she already knew that their antagonism had reached a point where they would never end.

"My lord, Huanxian will come to pick you up tomorrow."

Mengchangjun suddenly heard something from "Chen Huanxian" behind him.

Mengchangjun was puzzled and looked back at her, only to see her smiling at him. Although she was burdened with dark green peaks and dark clouds, the scene in front of her was soft and bright, like a beautiful aqua color.

Crystal, the eyes are like thousands of shining rivers and mountains.

Sometimes Mengchang Jun always felt that the affinity between people is an incredible thing. For example, he admired "Chen Huanxian" who was born in Yuelu Academy at a glance. For example, he once fell in love with a dancing girl because of "Chen Huanxian".

Wait, but how long has it been since he thought of "Chen Rong"? It seems...since "Chen Huanxian" was by his side.

"Huanxian..." He was about to speak, but suddenly noticed a strange sound. He stopped and stared, his expression suddenly became angry and gloomy.

"It turns out that people are staying down there just for this moment!"

Chen Baiqi was startled, and then he seemed to understand something. He turned around and looked at the entrance, and saw a group of tall killers holding swords and wearing black cloth hats walking towards him quickly.

At a glance, there were about a dozen people. They were full of murderous aura and their steps were calm and steady. When they saw the two of them, they attacked directly without saying a word. It was obvious that they were not an ordinary rabble, and they came well prepared.

"It seems that they are planning to execute us in advance." Chen Baiqi said solemnly.

Lord Mengchang knew that "Chen Huanxian" did not know martial arts and was thin, so he kicked a brazier away to block the killer who was stabbing "Chen Huanxian" with a sword in the chest, and then picked up another burning brazier and kicked it out, causing sparks on the spot.

The seeds exploded in a chaotic manner, and the burning ashes in the basin instantly dispersed like gray snowflakes, blurring the vision of a careless murderer and making it impossible to open his eyes.

Mengchangjun knew that he was outnumbered, not to mention that there was a weak "Chen Huanxian" beside him. He grabbed Chen Baiqi's hand and tried to preemptively rush down the stairs.

It was a pity that there were a few killers on the road ahead who had the budget to block there. They were far away and did not suffer any harm. When they saw the two of them trying to escape, they immediately raised their swords and quickly surrounded them.

"protect yourself!"

Lord Mengchang only had time to give Chen Baiqi a word, and then he stepped forward with bare hands. His usual weapon was a sword, but it was a pity that the birthday banquet was confiscated that day. However, he was cautious and suspicious by nature, and he also knew that things are impermanent, so naturally he would not hide his legacy.

hand.

He once spent a lot of gold and skilled craftsmen to make a pair of silver boxing gloves.

He put on a pair of boxing gloves. The boxing gloves fit the palm of his hand very well. They were custom-fitted. The joints had sharp and poisonous spikes. Although they were not good at attacking from a distance, they were very useful against enemies at close range.

His punches were caught off guard, and some killers were carelessly cut open in the neck as soon as he got close to them, and they started to cry out in pain the next second.

As a result, the others were alert and began to open up the battle. They cleverly took advantage of the large number of people, harassing him from left to right, attacking forward and retreating with sword thrusts. The cooperation of the opponent's seven people was also top-notch, and Lord Mengchang was immediately restrained.

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His forehead was sweating hotly, and when he kicked someone away, he noticed from the corner of his eye that others were always trying to break through his defense line and attack behind him.

Behind him was "Chen Huanxian". When he turned around, he saw "Chen Huanxian" looking at him with worry in his eyes. His hands under his sleeves were sometimes tight and sometimes loose, and he was cramped from side to side. He seemed to want to rush up to help, but also seemed to know that coming up would also cause trouble.

At this time, a person saw the opportunity and rushed over. Mengchang Jun couldn't stop him, so he said to Chen Bai: "Run!"

He did not care about other directions and only pursued that person. Since the person blocking his way was entangled by him, Chen Baiqi could temporarily save his life by running down the stairs.

However, he was in danger here, because in order to block this person, many holes were exposed all over his body, but at this time, he could not care about so many. He vaguely realized that the people before him could not attack him for a long time.

, but he wanted to kill "Chen Huanxian" and was extremely cruel.

It seems that someone is secretly trying to kill "Chen Huanxian".

He felt the cold sword energy behind him close at hand, but Meng Changjun never looked back, only because he widened his eyes to see Chen Bai rushing towards him instead of running away.

Everything in his eyes seemed to slow down in an instant, and he couldn't hear any sound. He only saw her push him away suddenly, and then stabbed him with a sword in the belly, and the blood spurted out after the stabbing.

on his cheeks and eyelashes.

His eyes were wide open, and blood dripped from his eyelashes, like two lines of bloody tears.

"Huan, Huanxian——"
To be continued...