Demon Fox: Open the treasure chest from one person

Chapter 178 A one-year agreement, ready to go to sea
Leijiabao, Qilin Pavilion, the hall used by Leijia to entertain distinguished guests on weekdays.

On weekdays, this hall may not be used once in ten days and half a month, but recently, this hall has been used several times in a row.

And the person who let the Lei family open this hall today is indeed a big shot. One is Beili's current general of the Chinese army, who is in charge of the military power.

One is the youngest younger brother of Emperor Beili, representing the imperial power.

With two people like this visiting, even if the Lei family is a well-known top family in the Jianghu, they would not dare to neglect them at all.

At this time, the left and right sides of the hall were already full of people.

On the right side, Jin Yilan Yuehou, Ye Xiaoying, and Ye Ruoyi sat in turn.

On the left side, Xiao Se, Dongfang Haoyue, and Wuxin are sitting accordingly.

As for Lei Wujie and Tang Lian, they did not choose to sit down, but stood behind Xiao Se together.

And sitting at the top is Lei Qianhu who has not stepped down as the Patriarch of the Lei Family.

"The general from Beili came to my Leijiabao with the prince, and it made my Leijiabao flourish. I don't know why you two came here?"

After all, Lei Qianhu was the head of the Lei family. Seeing that Ye Xiaoying and Lan Yuehou didn't speak, he had no choice but to sigh and take the initiative to speak up.

Lan Yuehou, who was wearing a golden suit, just smiled slightly when he heard the words:

"Hehe, I came to Jiangnan to relax, feel the poetry and picturesqueness of Jiangnan, and experience the world-famous hero banquet by the way. You must have heard of it. My favorite thing is to join in the fun. It's a pity that I was a step late and didn't see it. It was said to be the biggest hero banquet in decades."

After explaining, Lan Yuehou turned his eyes to Ye Xiaoying who was at the side, and asked in an inexplicable tone:
"I just don't know why the general appeared here?"

Ye Xiaoying didn't care about Lan Yuehou's tone, but just patted Ye Ruoyi on the shoulder beside him and said:
"My daughter is suffering. She has been in poor health since she was born. She has searched for famous doctors all over the world, but they can't cure her. Not long ago, I received a letter from my daughter, saying that Xueluo Sword Immortal can completely cure my daughter's illness. I don't know. Are you hurrying over here?"

Lan Yuehou said quietly again:

"Oh? Invite someone to treat a disease and bring the mighty Ye Ziying? I don't know if the general is inviting someone or arresting him?"

Ye Xiaoying snorted coldly and said:

"I bring people here, it's courtesy, it's respect, it's to show my importance! Besides, I'm training soldiers, when do I need Master Hou to intervene?"

Seeing that the atmosphere between the two became a bit tense, and there was a momentum of fighting if there was a disagreement, even Lei Qianhu, the head of the Lei family, felt a little headache at this time, and didn't know what to say.

Neither of these two identities could be controlled by Lei Jiabao.

Fortunately, at this time there is still one person who can speak without any scruples. At such a tense moment, Xiao Se's still somewhat lazy voice suddenly sounded:
"Okay, you two don't have to argue anymore, since you came here for the Heroes Banquet and Ruoyi's illness, now that Ruoyi's illness is cured, and the Heroes Banquet is over, can the two of you go back to Apocalypse? gone?"

After hearing Xiao Se's words, Lan Yuehou and Ye Xiaoying fell silent at the same time. Obviously, their purpose of coming to Leijiabao was not what they said, or it was not just that.

Xiao Se naturally guessed that the only purpose of Ye Xiaoying and Lan Yuehou coming here is probably to bring him back to Tianqi.

Seeing that Ye Xiaoying and Lan Yuehou fell silent at the same time, neither leaving nor speaking, Xiao Se sneered again and said:
"Okay, Uncle Huang, General Ye, I know what you are here for, you want me to go back to Tianqi with you, right?"

Lan Yuehou nodded and said:
"Chuhe, I came this time because of your father's entrustment. I must take you back. Your father misses you very much."

Ye Xiaoying glanced at Lan Yuehou, then said in the same deep voice:

"Sixth prince, my daughter said she wanted to help you, so I will help you, but only if you need to go back to Tianqi with me. You have been away from Tianqi for too long, and it has been so long that no one in Tianqi knows you."

Seeing that Ye Xiaoying dared to rob him blatantly, Lan Yuehou couldn't help shouting angrily:
"Ye Xiaoying! Do you want to go against the will of the Holy Majesty?"

Ye Xiaoying also frowned not to be outdone and asked:

"Your Majesty's decree, so the Marquis has His Majesty's decree on him? Please show Screaming Eagle a read!"

Lan Yuehou pressed his hands on the long knife at his waist, and shouted angrily every word:
"Ye Xiaoying! You are so courageous!"

Ye Xiaoying put his hands on the two knives behind his back, and also shouted angrily:
"The world calls me human slaughter! Do you think I am brave!"

Seeing that Ye Xiaoying didn't retreat, Lan Yuehou, who was extremely angry, began to slowly pull out the long saber that was too long in his hand, and Ye Xiaoying also pulled out the twin sabers behind him.

"Enough for two!"

Fortunately, at this time, Xiao Se stood up again, stopped the two of them from doing it, and said loudly:
"You two don't need to talk anymore, Apocalypse City, I will definitely go back, but not now."

Ye Xiaoying and Lan Yuehou stopped at the same time, then turned to look at Xiao Se, Lan Yuehou asked strangely:

"Chuhe, why is this? Tianqi City is your home. Since you will go back sooner or later, why can't you go back now? Are you still blaming your father?"

Xiao Se shook his head and said:
"No, I don't blame my father, it's just that I have unfinished business in this arena."

Xiao Se turned his head to look at Dongfang Haoyue, and said softly:
"My few friends have accompanied me to many places, and now they want to go to the end of the sea together and challenge the world's number one peerless immortal. Naturally, I have to accompany them."

Lan Yuehou was a little confused, so he also looked at Dongfang Haoyue and asked:
"A desperate situation in the sea? A peerless immortal who is number one in the world? What is that?"

Seeing this, Dongfang Haoyue didn't give a shit about it, and explained to Lan Yuehou the existence of overseas fairy mountains and the immortal Mo Yi.

"Absurd! There is no such thing as an overseas fairy mountain in this world, an immortal immortal! You are simply guessing, and according to what you said, there is an undercurrent surging behind the Three Snake Island, which is extremely dangerous. How can you take Yongan King with you?" ! In case of any accident, ten of your heads are not enough to cut off!"

It's just that Lan Yuehou obviously didn't believe what Dongfang Haoyue said about the overseas fairy mountains, so he directly opened his mouth and yelled loudly.

Dongfang Haoyue rolled her eyes and said:

"I said there are overseas fairy mountains, and it has nothing to do with you. It is we who are going to challenge, not you. Even if we go for a round, you have to take care of it?"

"you!"

Lan Yuehou was furious at Dongfang Haoyue's very disrespectful attitude, thinking of him, Lan Yuehou in golden clothes, how many people would dare to talk to him like this?

But Lan Yuehou couldn't help it. Of course his status above the court was countless times more noble than Dongfang Haoyue, but in the world, his status might not necessarily be stronger than Dongfang Haoyue.

Helpless, Lan Yuehou could only give a compromise:

"Okay! Since you are going to those overseas fairy mountains, I will go with you too! It's just a trip to a small overseas island, from the east to the sea, using the fastest cedar longboat, and it only takes half a month to get to Three Snake Island It's time for me to meet the so-called peerless immortal!"

Not wanting to face Lan Yuehou's proposal, Dongfang Haoyue actually shook her head and refused:
"No, you can't come with us!"

Lan Yuehou widened his eyes and asked:

"Why?"

Dongfang Haoyue shook her head and said:
"Our group are all young and handsome teenagers. What's the point of bringing you, a middle-aged uncle? You can't go with us. If you come with us, our average age will be raised!"

Seeing that Lan Yuehou was so angry at Dongfang Haoyue's words that he was about to draw his sword again, Xiao Se quickly stood up to smooth things over and said:

"Okay, Uncle Emperor, and General Ye, I promise you, no matter whether we have seen the overseas immortal or not, I will wait for you in Xueyue City at the latest, and no matter who comes, I will Back to the apocalypse with you."

Lan Yuehou, who was stopped by Xiao Se and couldn't get angry, was silent for a while after hearing the words, then put the knife back into its sheath, and said in a flat voice:

"Nephew, I promised your royal father that I would take you back when I left Tianqi, but since you said so, then uncle Huang will compromise this time. See you in Xueyue City a year later!"

This time, Xiao Se was no longer as lazy as before, but stood up, bowed respectfully and said:
"So, thank you, Uncle Huang! Xiao Se will definitely keep his promise!"

"Xiao Se, that's a good name. Let's meet again a year later, when you become Xiao Chuhe again."

After Lan Yuehou finished speaking, he turned around and left the Qilin Pavilion. Before going out, he turned his back to Xiao Se and said:

"Xiao Se, remember, even if your name is no longer Xiao Chuhe, you are the sixth prince of our Xiao family, King Yong'an of Beili, and your home is Tianqi!"

Afterwards, Lan Yuehou strode away from Leijiabao. This time, he didn't look back, and now he still has a headache about how to explain to Emperor Beili later.
After Lan Yuehou left, Ye Xiaoying snorted coldly and said:

"Hmph, when the time comes, we'll see if it's you or me!"

Then Ye Xiaoying turned to Ye Ruoyi and said:
"Daughter, you are in good health now. Since you want to go to the Overseas Fairy Mountain with them, you will not stop me as a father, but you must pay attention to safety."

Ye Ruoyi nodded obediently and said:
"Well, I know Dad."

Seeing this, Ye Xiaoying nodded in satisfaction, then turned to look at Dongfang Haoyue, the tall man nearly two meters tall bent his knees, knelt down facing Dongfang Haoyue, and said in a deep voice:
"Xiaoying would like to thank Sword Immortal Xueluo for taking action to cure my daughter. In the future, Sword Immortal Xueluo will be assigned, so please order as you please. Xiaoying will definitely go all out!"

Dongfang Haoyue didn't expect Ye Xiaoying to make such a sudden attack on him. After being stunned for a moment, she waved her sleeves to help Ye Xiaoying up, and said calmly:

"You don't need to be like this, General. I took the initiative to cure Miss Ruoyi because my best friend begged me. If you really want to thank him, then thank him."

Saying that, Dongfang Haoyue pulled Lei Wujie in front of Ye Xiaoying, but Lei Wujie just patted his head with a smirk and said:
"Hey, Uncle Shi, you don't need to say thank you, this is what I should do."

Dongfang Haoyue, Xiao Se, Wuxin sighed at the sight of this situation, Lei Wujie is so stupid, it was in vain that Dongfang Haoyue gave him the credit!

Ye Xiaoying glanced at Lei Wujie with strange eyes, and then at Ye Ruoyi who suddenly lowered his head, and guessed something was wrong in his heart.

But he didn't say anything, after all, no matter how you say it, Lei Wujie and Ye Ruoyi are well matched, and in Ye Xiaoying's view, Lei Wujie is a suitable son-in-law.

After hearing Dongfang Haoyue's words, Ye Xiaoying didn't say any more, but still told Dongfang Haoyue to come to him for anything, and then he also left Leijiabao.

After Lan Yuehou and Ye Xiaoying left, Dongfang Haoyue and the others stayed in Leijiabao for another two days, and after attending the ceremony for Lei Hong to become the Patriarch, they left the Leijia together and headed towards Dongji City.

Before leaving, Dongfang Haoyue accepted Lei's family's consultation fee of a thousand taels of gold by the way, and helped Lei Qianhu cure the cold poison on his body by the way, which was considered a betrayal of Lei's family.
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Dongji City, the easternmost city in Beili, is located by the sea, and it is the largest sea city in Beili.

Leijiabao was originally in the north and east, so it was not far from Dongji City. Dongfang Haoyue and his party of six only took half a month to arrive in Dongji City.

Relying on the mountains to eat the mountains, relying on the sea to eat the sea, as the city closest to the sea, this east and the city naturally has the best quality seafood in the entire Beili, and the price is not expensive.

Therefore, after Dongfang Haoyue and his group came to Dongji City, they didn't rush to go to sea, but went to visit the sea market of Dongji City together.

"Hey Haoyue, look at that tortoise! ​​What a big tortoise!"

On the sea market, Lei Wujie was pointing at a huge tortoise in front of a fisherman not far away and yelled excitedly. The tortoise was really big, it looked almost as big as a three-year-old child.

"What are you talking about, that's a turtle, not a turtle!"

Dongfang Haoyue rolled her eyes helplessly. Although Dongfang Haoyue has been a human being in two lifetimes and has traveled through several worlds without ever going out to sea, she still has a lot of knowledge about the ocean.

As for Lei Wujie and Xiao Se, they were born and bred inland and lived in ancient society, so they really had no idea about the sea.

Therefore, since coming here, no matter what things in the sea he sees along the way, Lei Wujie can be amazed.

Even Xiao Se and Wuxin, who have read a lot of poetry and books, although they have read descriptions about the seaside in books, this is the first time they have actually seen things by the seaside. .

But to be honest, many things in this sea market, Dongfang Haoyue looks very novel, all kinds of huge sea crabs, green grouper, sea turtles and other seafood, spread all over the entire port, Dongfang Haoyue is dizzying.

Coincidentally, Dongfang Haoyue just received a thousand taels of gold for consultation from Lei's family. Now is the time to be rich, and the catches in this sea market are also very cheap. Dongfang Haoyue can be said to have spent a lot of money. I bought a lot of catches and prepared to eat at night.

However, although this sea market is huge, it will have an end after all. Dongfang Haoyue and his group walked to the end of the sea market, the pier in the east.

There are all kinds of small fishing boats parked here, big and small, and from time to time there are fishing boats going out to sea, and some fishing boats come back, those who come to buy fish, those who have just got off the boat to sell fish, people come and go, it is better than the sea. The city is even more lively.

However, on this pier, there is a ship that seems out of place with the surrounding ships.

Because this ship is too big compared to the surrounding ships.

"This ship."

Xiao Se at the side looked at the big ship not far away, went up and down a lot and said:

"It is 44 feet long and 200 feet wide. The ship has four floors. It has nine masts and can hang twelve sails. The anchor weighs several thousand catties. It can seat at least [-] people on board. It should be right. This ship should be a cedar long boat. Boat."

Unintentionally heard the words and asked curiously:
"Oh, Xiao Se, I didn't expect that you have never been to the seaside, and you know so much about boats?"

Xiao Se said lightly:
"I saw it in the book."

Lei Wujie asked without knowing why:

"Cedar longboat? Is there anything special about this boat?"

Xiao Se patiently explained:

"There are only 62 cedar boats in the entire Beili, and they are the largest and fastest boats in Beili. If we want to go to the Overseas Fairy Mountain, we probably have to take this boat to get there."

Lei Wujie immediately said:
"Oh, then let's hurry over and ask if we can discuss with the owner of the cedar longboat and rent that boat out?"

When Xiao Se heard the words, he shook his head and said:
"Ordinary fishermen are forbidden to enter the deep sea hundreds of miles away. After Beili promulgated the sea ban 12 years ago, only official ships from Dongjifu and merchant ships who have received a certificate can go. We don't have a certificate, even if You can’t even rent a boat.”

After finishing speaking, Xiao Se looked at the flag on the long cedar boat again. A phoenix flying in the fire was painted on the flag, and said lightly:
"Also, did you see that flag? It's the family crest of the Mu family, the richest man in Qingzhou, named 'Phoenix Yu Fei'. The Mu family is not short of money. We can't rent that boat from the Mu family. "

Qingzhou, the correct name should be Qingzhou Nine Cities, these nine cities are independent and self-governing, there is no state capital above them, and they go directly to Tianqi, because these nine cities represent the wealth of the entire Beili.

These nine cities are all shopping malls, covering [-]% of Beili's business, and are the economic center of the entire Beili.

Among the nine cities in Qingzhou, the Mu family in Yunjian City is known as the richest man in Qingzhou. They started their business with medicinal materials. No one knows how much they actually have, but it is not an exaggeration to say that they are as rich as an enemy.

"Why is the Mu family's boat in Qingzhou here? Although Dongji is the largest seaside city in Beili, it is not considered a rich place because of the ban on the sea. How could the Mu family take a fancy to this place?"

Tang Lian, who was considered well-informed after traveling all over the world, frowned and asked in puzzlement.

"Then there is only one possibility. The members of the Mu family are also preparing to go to sea. From this point of view, the boat we go to sea may really land on this long cedar boat."

Xiao Se, who was the first to recognize the cedar longboat, said lightly.

(End of this chapter)