The devil is coming
Chapter 449 Opening!
Chapter 449 Opening!
Another sleep,
Woke up early again,
Once again, I couldn’t get out of bed when I woke up.
Sitting at the desk again,
He also wrote "Clouds think of clothes, flowers think of faces",
I was thinking about what to say next.
Tomorrow is the princess' wedding, and Uncle Zheng feels that he has to change his poem to memorize it.
It is said that when a book is put to use, it becomes less useful, and it is indeed true.
Putting down his brush, Uncle Zheng went to fetch water to wash up.
When he went out with the washbasin, he saw the sword maker sitting in the courtyard.
The sword maker was sitting on the ground, carving a wooden sword in his hand.
Zheng Fan once saw a sword master carving a wooden sword toy for a child. When the sword master was carving, he used Long Yuan. It could be said that he was doing a very childish thing with an extremely solemn attitude.
The sword maker used an ordinary carving knife, and his expression was relaxed, but it gave people the impression that he was doing a very solemn thing with an extremely childish attitude.
Until now, Uncle Zheng is not sure whether the sword maker knows how to fight.
Last night, he also specifically asked the princess about this matter.
The princess's answer was straightforward, that is, they didn't know either.
Immediately afterwards, the princess also said that her imperial brother didn't know about it either, because every time he went out with the sword maker, he never weakened the defense around him.
Therefore, whether the sword maker can fight is a mystery that even the royal family of Chu State has not been able to figure out.
The swordmaker raised his head and noticed Uncle Zheng holding a basin over there, and said with a smile:
"Mr. Su got up very early."
Zheng Fan nodded and said: "When I followed my master, I was used to going to bed early and getting up early."
"Oh? I heard that Master Yao is good at poetry, wine and beautiful scenery, but he can actually go to bed early and get up early?
the world,
There are roughly two types of people who go to bed early and get up early.
A kind of person, who goes from sunrise to sunset, busy and busy without stopping for a bite to eat;
There is a kind of person who, in his old age, can no longer do anything and can only rest.
Master Yao does not belong to these two types of people. He has long since broken away from the level of being busy with food, but he does not feel that he has reached the point where he can only rest. This kind of person has the hardest time going to bed early and getting up early. "
Zheng Fan responded:
"Teacher likes to get up early."
"Why?"
"My master said that now only the early sun can make him realize that one pillar can hold up the sky again."
The sword maker smiled and said:
"It's really the style of Master Yao."
When people get old, they cannot straighten their backs anytime and anywhere. They can only use the power of early morning to reminisce about their youth.
Zheng Fan put down the basin and walked to the sword maker.
The sword maker put his hands by his side and said:
"Mr. Su can just say whatever you want to say or ask."
"This junior has always been confused."
"But it doesn't matter."
"There are rumors in the world about whether you can fight or not."
"Want to ask me the answer?"
"think."
"Want to know the answer?"
"think."
"Tell me, if a random person asked a winery in Taohuawu for his winemaking recipe, would he give it to him?"
"Of course I won't give it."
"Yeah, then I won't answer it. If I answer it, how can I make a living in the future?"
Uncle Zheng asked again: "But if we force him with swords and soldiers, I think the shop owner will still know the current affairs."
The sword maker pointed at Zheng Fan and said:
"Mr. Su, does he have a knife on him?"
Zheng Fan shook his head.
"I will tell you the answer when Mr. Su comes over next time with a knife and puts it on my neck."
"What are you talking about?"
The Prince Regent came out.
"I have met the king." Zheng Fan saluted the regent.
"We're talking about Uncle Chen."
The sword maker replied.
The regent didn't understand for a moment and said, "Who is Uncle Chen?"
The sword maker said: "I heard from Mr. Su that Uncle Chen is a servant of Master Yao's family and he is good at making soup. Master Yao is very good at this and gets up early every day to wait for Uncle Chen."
"Master Yao has great food. If that's the case, I will try it if I have the opportunity in the future..."
The sword maker immediately interrupted and said, "Hey, I want to eat noodles this morning."
"Then go down by yourself."
"Right on my mind."
immediately,
The sword maker looked at Zheng Fan and said, "Mr. Su, let's have some noodles together later."
"Thank you sir."
……
What the sword maker cooked was chopped green onion noodles.
The noodles are fragrant, the soup is fresh, the ingredients are simple, but it is very delicious.
After washing, Zheng Fan sat down. There were four bowls of noodles on the table, three large bowls and one small bowl.
The princess also got up, sat at the table, and ate from a small bowl.
Three men, three big bowls.
The Prince Regent pointed to his bowl and said, "Why do I have so few green onions?"
Of the four bowls, the bowl in front of the Regent had the least chopped green onions.
The sword maker said: "You have to go to court, for fear of injuring someone."
"I will not go to court today."
"But you still have to meet people."
When the regent heard this, he nodded helplessly.
The swordmaker stood up, took out a small pot, and using a small spoon, began to add lard to everyone's bowls.
The white lard is mixed with the noodles and stirred, and the aroma is completely stimulated.
Everyone started to eat,
This noodle is indeed delicious. In this world, anything that can satisfy Uncle Zheng, a man who never tires of fine food, must be of the highest quality.
The princess's bowl was small, so she ate the fastest. She put down her chopsticks, looked at the three men at the table who were still eating noodles, and said:
"I've liked to eat Brother Dugu's noodles since I was a child. From now on, I'm afraid it will be difficult to eat them."
The sword maker said disapprovingly:
"It's not difficult. It's not difficult to make noodles. You just need to be careful. If you want to eat it later, let your consort give it to you."
"puff……"
Uncle Zheng choked.
Immediately he lowered his head, covered his face, and started coughing because a noodle came out of his nostril.
After finally handling it, Uncle Zheng raised his head again and said with some embarrassment:
"It's delicious, it's delicious, I ate it too fast, haha."
...
Had breakfast,
original,
Uncle Zheng thought this was another ordinary day like yesterday.
Everything is just for the arrangements for the wedding tomorrow.
Uncle Zheng believed that Siniang and Xue San, together with Fan Zhengwen, would come up with a better plan based on Plan A.
This made Uncle Zheng himself look forward to it,
As a leading actor,
I am actually looking forward to the premiere too.
However, Uncle Zheng was wrong. After breakfast, the regent got on his horse and asked Zheng Fan:
"Mr. Xiao Su, we are planning to go hunting. The hunting poem of the Capital Governor sent by Master Yao has impressed me deeply. I wonder if Mr. Xiao Su is in the mood to go with me today?"
When a king asks you if you are willing, you actually have no second option.
"Dare to obey!"
...
According to legend, when Yao Zizhan led his troops on a hunting expedition shortly after he took office as the governor of the three sides of Daqian, all the generals and soldiers from all the towns, armies, and villages came out, and it was said that he was in the limelight for a while.
This is not purely for fun, but a deliberate way to declare the unity of the three sides of the Qian Kingdom to the outside world. Coupled with the song "The Governor's Hunting", it can be said that the effect is maximized.
And this time,
The regent of Da Chu's hunting trip made Zheng Fan feel that it was not a routine, but a trap.
Daxia Chen was also called, so four people rode out of the Royal Villa.
Uncle Zheng paid special attention and found that the Royal Forbidden Army did not follow them. The real four people went out.
However, not long after they left the Royal Villa, everyone dismounted, and the old groom and carriage they had seen before were parked there.
Everyone got off their horses and got into their cars.
Everything is the same as when I came here, including the sitting position.
but,
Where did you go hunting by carriage?
The carriage rocked on the road.
Gradually,
The road is gone,
It started to get rough,
The carriage also bumped.
The Prince Regent, who was sitting in the carriage, said, "An extra road should be built here."
The swordmaker, who was leaning against the car wall with his eyes closed, nodded.
Zheng Fan opened the curtains and looked out the window. Outside, there was loneliness, and in front of him, there was a frozen river.
at last,
The carriage stopped,
The bumps also ended.
The old coachman said:
"Your Majesty, we have arrived."
The regent got off the carriage first, then the swordmaker, then Chen Daxia, and finally, Zheng Fan.
After Uncle Zheng came down, he subconsciously stretched and pinched his crotch.
The regent looked at Zheng Fan and said, "Thank you, Mr. Su, the road is indeed difficult to walk."
Zheng Fan smiled and shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, there is no need to be like this. There is no way in the world. If there are more people walking, there will be a way."
The sword maker took a deep breath, these words were obviously expressed in love.
The regent pointed ahead. There was a dilapidated inn beside the frozen river. Next to the inn, there was a small ferry.
"This sentence can also be paired with wine. When I clear the inn, I can catch a fish and have a drink with Mr. Xiao Su."
Uncle Zheng, who was confused, silently took half a step back, cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty."
Subsequently,
The Prince Regent faced the shabby inn,
open the way;
"I'm here."
"Squeak..."
the door of the inn,
Open slowly.
From inside, a man in a black robe walked out. The man's face looked a little weathered, but his movements showed a touch of frivolity.
The man sat down on a stone pillar at the entrance of the inn.
shouted:
"Fourth brother, the last time you heard the word 'I', our father was still alive."
This man is surprisingly the fifth prince of Chu, Xiong Tingshan.
Why is the regent still the regent? Why has he defeated and captured most of his brothers and recruited most of the nobles of Chu, but he still has not ascended the throne.
After all, in this world, people who can sit in the position of regent generally do not like this position.
And the reason,
The reason is that he hasn't caught the fifth prince of Chu in front of him yet.
Ever since the Marquis of Chu led a group of his followers into Chu, the fighting between the Chu people and the Shanyue tribes has never stopped.
Perhaps, the Shanyue tribe is indeed incomparable with the barbarians, but the Shanyue people's tenacity is still a headache. After the early victory, the Shanyue people could no longer compete with the Chu people on the frontal battlefield, and they began to hide in the mountains and rivers. With the help of the environment, resistance begins to continue.
This makes the cost of eradicating them very high, and at the same time, they are also prone to resurgence.
But the people of Chu are indeed wise. To be precise, the three princes who were qualified to receive the orders of the Great Xia to open the border and drive away the barbarians for the Great Xia, they themselves and their descendants did a good job indeed.
In order to deal with this situation, a generation of Chu emperors broke up the settlement and tribal model of the Shanyue people. They first attracted the Shanyue tribes in a good way, and then changed the organizational models of those tribes, so as to penetrate the superstructure and achieve a kind of self-control. Top-down reform is actually a kind of "reforming the land and returning it to the mainstream" in this world.
At the same time, the cultural invasion is gradually increasing. Chu people's romance and Chu people's aesthetics are not really just romance for the sake of romance, but the shaping of a sense of cultural identity.
On the one hand, he continued to carry out military encirclement and suppression, on the other hand, he reformed the land and returned to his hometown, and on the other hand, he carried out cultural invasion on the obedient Shanyue tribe, allowing their young patriarchs and nobles to come to Chu State Yingdu to learn literacy and life. After various combinations of attacks, the Shanyue tribe was in decline. A hundred years later, except for some areas that were unstable and still had a few hard bones to chew and grind, the Shanyue people in Chu State could no longer make any noise. Many Shanyue people now considered themselves Chu people.
Xiong Tingshan, the fifth prince of the Chu Kingdom, was assigned by the Emperor of Chu 15 years ago, when he was in his weakest year, to govern in Wutong County in the northwest of Daze.
What Wutong County corresponds to is one of the last few hard bones in Chu State's Shanyue. It can even be said to be the hardest bone.
But Xiong Tingshan is very resourceful and capable. He does not have the airs of a prince. On the one hand, he has a good relationship with the garrison in Wutong County. On the other hand, he is also regarded as a brother with the chief of the Shanyue tribe there. Later, he She married a girl from the Shanyue tribe and made her his wife.
The hardest bone in Da Chu was softened by him. It would take three days and three nights to explain all the details here. In short, Xiong Tingshan spent 15 years integrating Wutong County and Wutong County. There were many Shanyue tribes around him, and he turned himself into a link to bind them, making great contributions to the stability of Dachu.
If the Emperor of Chu dies normally, the position of the crown prince is clear, and no rebellion breaks out, and the Chu Dynasty continues to move forward steadily, there may be a statue of Xiong Tingshan in Wutong County hundreds or even thousands of years later. Known as an iconic figure of national harmony, she is much more powerful than Princess Wencheng.
But the problem is,
Because of the sudden death of Emperor Chu,
Da Chu's carriage was finally out of control.
The regent took the reins of the carriage into his hands again, but if his fifth brother did not nod, the regent did not dare to ascend the throne.
Everyone is a prince,
Who wouldn’t want to sit in that seat?
Why should you sit instead of me?
The regent really didn't pay much attention to the rest of the brothers. Some of them were manipulated and supported by the big nobles behind them as puppets, and some of them fancifully thought that just by raising a banner, they would be followed, and it would not be difficult to deal with them.
But this fifth brother, he is different.
Not to mention that the [-] Wutong County soldiers were all obedient to him. If he was willing, he could immediately summon dozens of Shanyue tribes to send their young men to help him fight for the world.
Taking this as a starting point may even trigger uprisings among the Shanyue people in many areas within Chu State.
The regent does not doubt that he does not have the strength to quell the rebellion. He has the support of the great nobles, the court, and the royal imperial army. If he cannot win like this, then there is no need for him to sit on the throne. , I don’t have the nerve to sit down.
But the problem is that once this situation occurs, it will be a huge internal conflict for Dachu itself, which is likely to be protracted.
In today's Great Chu, there are Yan people in the north who are watching and sharpening their swords, and in the west there are Gan people who are working hard to reorganize their armaments. Can the Great Chu still afford it?
"Fourth brother, we brothers, we haven't seen each other for some years. The last time we met was on my father's birthday. I brought my daughter-in-law to Yingdu to celebrate my father's birthday."
The regent nodded and said, "It's been a long time."
"At that time, my father didn't want to see me or my two children because I married a Shanyue woman. It was Fourth Brother who arranged the arrangements, and that made my father finally agree to meet our family. Let us, as a family, enter the palace and have a look.
Fourth brother, you don’t know that I have told my wife and I about the beauty of the Dachu Palace for many years. My two children also grew up listening to it. If they could not enter the palace that time, , how embarrassing it is for me to be a husband and a father, hahaha. "
Looking at this scene, Uncle Zheng finally came to his senses and finally understood the situation.
Co-author, the human regent came this time to "clean up the house."
But why bring yourself?
Xiong Tingshan sighed and continued:
"My mother-in-law was born as a maid. Because my father was drunk and had a low status, I was never treated by my father. He always felt that I had stained the Fire Phoenix bloodline. Therefore, when I first came of age, At that time, my father sent me to Wutong County. His original intention was to let me fend for myself. If I was gone, my father could use his son's death to set an example for the people of Chu.
Fortunately, I am not dead. The miasma poisonous insects in Wutong County failed to kill me.
Maybe, this is what the old people often say, it's easier to make a living if you have a low life. "
The regent looked at Lao Wu and said:
"I don't actually regard those people as my brothers, but I have always regarded you as my brother. Being my brother does not depend on your mother's family background, but your ability. Now those trashes have been arrested by me and locked up. In the water prison."
"Hahahahaha."
Xiong Tingshan patted his thigh and smiled happily.
The two brothers, separated by a long distance, seemed to be reminiscing about old times, but everyone knew that the erotic drama was behind them.
Xiong Tingshan's laughter gradually subsided. He looked at the Regent and said:
"Yingdu, in the hands of Fourth Brother, the clan, in the hands of Fourth Brother, the witches and magistrates all support you, Fourth Brother, and the great nobles of our Da Chu basically agree with you.
Fourth brother, why haven’t you succeeded? "
"Because there is you."
"Does Fourth Brother speak so straightforwardly? This makes it difficult for me, my younger brother, to answer the question. I can't let my younger brother take a knife and cut his neck in front of you, Fourth Brother, right?"
The regent shook his head, "If you die like this, your brothers and sisters will be angry, the soldiers of Wutong County will be angry, the Shanyue people there will be angry, the Yan people will be very happy, and finally, I will be angry too."
Xiong Tingshan scratched his head and said: "That's right. If you die, your loved ones will hate you and your enemies will be happy. It's not worth it."
paused,
The fifth prince said again:
"Fourth brother, you have so many things to do. Even your death has to be changed. It's really difficult for my brother to handle. But I believe that fourth brother has already planned the ending for me, right?
My fourth brother is the best at scheming. Otherwise, how could the boss, the second, the third, and the others have just started to move, and the seat under this butt was overturned by you, fourth brother, before it was even hot?
It's a pity that our father left too early and too suddenly. You said it would be much easier if the father had arranged everything after his death. "
The regent nodded and said:
"If my father survives for another half a year, I will be able to make arrangements for him after his death."
"Fourth brother, you should have told me earlier, hahaha, I am also very dissatisfied with my father in our family. The day I heard the news of his death, I was so happy that I drank three jars of wine."
"Tell me what you want," said the Regent.
"Wutong County is divided into vassals."
The regent spread his hands and said: "Now, what is the difference between Wutong County and Fan Town?"
"Explicit decree."
The Prince Regent shook his head;
"impossible."
"Then there's nothing to talk about, fourth brother?"
"The Emperor Yan is trying to step on the throne, and I, the great Chu, have to express my will to establish a vassal. This is too stupid, and I won't do it."
"I also know that you won't agree, fourth brother, so let's listen to what my brother thinks?"
"can."
"The Royal Imperial Guards are not here, are they?"
"There is not a single soldier within a radius of twenty miles."
"Fourth brother is really thorough in his work."
Xiong Tingshan clapped his hands,
Inside the inn, an old man wearing fish skin walked out. The old man was holding a harpoon and his feet were extremely big.
"Meng Kui of the Shanyue tribe has met the regent of Da Chu."
The old man greeted the regent.
next moment,
The coachman who drove the carriage before came down, stood in front of the Prince Regent, cupped his hands and said:
"Hong Menyang, I have met His Highness the Fifth Prince."
"Master Hong is driving the car. My fourth brother is really making a big show."
Hong Menyang, a third-grade boxer, was famous for his pioneering boxing skills. He was later recruited by the imperial court and became the prince's martial arts master.
Xiong Tingshan stood up, cupped his fists at Hong Menyang and said:
"Little Wuzi, I have met Master Hong."
Hong Menyang stroked his beard and smiled, but his eyes soon fell on the Shanyue old man.
And at this moment,
Another middle-aged man with a knife walked out of the inn. The man had a Chinese character face and no hair on his face. He was much cleaner than a monk.
"Wu Junqing, I have met the regent of Da Chu."
Uncle Zheng, who was standing in the distance, looked at Daxia Chen standing next to him and asked:
"Knife practice?"
Daxia Chen nodded and said: "There are seven sword sects in the world, and Wu Junqing is the leader of the Broken Sword Sect."
"Sounds so good." Uncle Zheng commented. However, because he is also a knife player, Uncle Zheng continued, "How powerful is it?"
"There are hundreds of weapons in the world, and the swordsman is the most respected, but a truly powerful sword holder may not be worse than a swordsman."
"so……"
Uncle Zheng looked at the sword maker sitting next to him.
The sword maker was sitting there, picking his ears, and when he saw Zheng Fan looking at him, he said with some confusion:
"Mr. Su, why do you look at me?"
Ok?
Shouldn't you be the one to go up there?
"Buzz!"
A sound broke through the air, and a girl in a floral dress appeared. The girl held a handful of flowers in her hand, which were bright red. She appeared and stood there with a silly smile while eating the flowers.
"Who is this?" Zheng Fan asked.
Daxia Chen shook his head, "I don't know him."
"Aren't you a gangster?"
The sword maker said, "I miss Zhuang Qin Yueyue. I like to eat flowers, flowers soaked in human blood."
That should be a common topic with A Ming.
quickly,
A man walked out of the inn again. The man was not tall but had a stocky build. He was wearing leather armor and holding two hammers.
The man walked to the front and struck with his hammers.
Road:
"Commander Mo Xilai of Wutong County is here to see your Majesty. May your Majesty be in good health!"
Zheng Fan looked at the sword maker again,
This time,
Is it your turn?
Unexpectedly, from the woods behind, a man with a gun walked out. He was a very simple man. There was nothing special about his appearance or temperament.
However, Xiong Tingshan pointed directly at the man with the gun and said, "Fourth brother, didn't you say that there are no soldiers nearby? Why is Commander Liang here?"
When the man with the gun heard this, he cupped his hands and said:
"So that His Highness the Fifth Prince will know that the criminal who was beaten to death in the street last month in a yamen of Dugu's family has been deprived of his official position by the king."
"Is this okay?" Xiong Tingshan was a little unconvinced.
Liang Yue nodded and said, "Of course."
"Mo Xilai, what do you think?" Xiong Tingshan asked the short man.
Mo Xilai licked his lips and said, "I have heard about the reputation of the Liang family's guns and that they have inherited the position of the Forbidden Army's spearmanship instructor for generations. Your Highness, I will take it!"
Xiong Tingshan nodded and did not intend to pursue the matter. However, he still silently untied his robe, exposed the skin on his chest, and shouted:
"Fourth brother, younger brother, I also want to play. I know that the gentleman from the Dugu family has also followed you. Let him come over to me. Hahahaha. The whole world wants to know whether the sword maker of Da Chu can do it. Fourth brother, you should also want to know whether your reputation as someone who knows how to fight is in vain. Today, brother, I am here to reveal the truth to you."
Zheng Fan looked at the sword maker again,
The sword-maker became a little angry and said to Zheng Fan, "Are you going to start making noises?"
"Juniors also want to know."
"Ah."
The regent did not call the swordsmith to fight, but took the initiative to step forward, faced his fifth brother, and said:
"Fifth brother, we brothers haven't competed against each other for a long time."
"Brother, you know, when we were young, Master Hong taught us boxing, every time I competed with my brothers, I didn't dare to use my full strength, brother, because I was afraid that I would hurt you and make my mother's life in the palace worse. difficult.
Brother, you are a person in the temple. Even if your rank is high, my brother, I was born fighting in the water town of Wutong County. "
The regent shook his head and said:
"It doesn't matter, you don't have to hold back this time."
At this time, the old man of the Shanyue tribe said: "Your Majesty, the fifth highness, four pairs of people, how do you calculate the winner or loser?"
Xiong Tingshan said: "My fourth brother and I don't count. The throne of Dachu does not need a warrior who can only fight."
The Shanyue elder seemed a little dissatisfied when he heard this, but in the end he nodded and agreed.
When Uncle Zheng saw the swordmaker take out two gourds and pull out the stoppers, he found that the contents were not wine but pulp, that is, juice. He immediately took the initiative to come over and sit on the ground.
The sword maker rolled his eyes at Zheng Fan angrily and threw a gourd to Zheng Fan.
Zheng Fan reached out to catch it and took a sip. He found that the taste was really good. It was different from juice. It was not very sweet or sour. However, after taking one sip, he immediately wanted to take a second sip.
"What is this?" Zheng Fan asked.
"Is it delicious?"
"Delicious."
"As long as it tastes good, why are you asking so many questions? If you still want to drink next time, I can exchange one word for a pot."
"That's it." Uncle Zheng really didn't feel bad about the poems he copied. It wouldn't be a problem to find a blind man after he got back and write "Three Hundred Tang Poems" silently.
"But the signature must be mine."
"This……"
The swordmaker took a sip from his gourd and whispered:
"That's how I changed with Yu Huaping, but instead of using the gourd, I used a sword."
There are rumors in the world that because the sword maker gave Long Yuan, who forged it with his own hands, to the sword master, the sword master helped him to become famous in order to repay the favor.
Uncle Zheng pointed to the front and said, "Is this a competition?"
"It's so obvious, Mr. Su, why do you still need to ask?"
"No, this junior just thinks that this seems a bit too childish."
"Oh? In Mr. Su's opinion, it took two years for both sides to decide the winner with hundreds of thousands of troops. Is this solemn?"
"Junior doesn't mean that."
"That's what I mean, we are all princes of the Chu Kingdom, so why make it so tense.
Look, that Shanyue old man represents the attitude of the Shanyue people in Wutong County. The Broken Blade Sect is a famous local sect in Wutong County. Wu Junqing represents the attitude of the local people in Wutong County. Mo Xilai was born in the Wutong County Army. , what he represents is the attitude of Wutong County's [-] soldiers.
The three major forces in Wutong County are all present. After winning or losing in this game, everyone can be considered convinced. No matter what the outcome is, they can hold their noses and accept it.
Isn't it much better than hundreds of thousands of troops fighting against each other until the sky is dark and the ground is covered with blood? "
"really."
"Ah."
……
Hong Menyang clasped his fists and said: "Please!"
The old man from the Shanyue tribe nodded, took half a step back, raised the harpoon, and shouted: "Come on!"
side,
Qin Yueyue stuffed a few more petals into her mouth and asked while chewing: "I heard that the meat on your sword practitioners is smelly, and the blood is also smelly?"
Wu Junqing drew out his knife,
Road:
"Girl, you can come and have a try."
Among all weapons, the sword is the most respected, and looking down on swordsmen is an unwritten chain of contempt in the world.
Therefore, when almost every swordsman walks on the road and sees a swordsman passing by him, he will first look at them with disdain and then spit at their back.
Uncle Zheng also used a knife, so he was very unhappy with the one named Qin Yueyue.
The problem is, Qin Yueyue doesn't use a sword either!
Xi Nian Village seems to be a Jianghu sect, but in fact it is a department of Fengchao, where some prisoners with sensitive identities are detained and interrogated with torture.
Qin Yueyue likes to eat flower petals soaked in human blood because there is no shortage of blood as a raw material there. It is just like A Ming has been looking forward to a war, because during a war he will not lack a source of fresh blood, and he can also Picking and choosing after the war.
Liang Yue swung his spear, and Mo Xilai raised his hammers. Both of them were from military backgrounds, and they didn't have any bad habits. They just came up and started doing it.
Therefore,
Next,
Uncle Zheng and the sword maker sat side by side, watching the confrontation between the three pairs of strong men.
Hong Menyang's fist was hard, and the fist he released could suppress the old man's fine iron harpoon. From the beginning, he had the upper hand, and the old man could only parry.
On the other side, the weapon used by Qin Yueyue was a wolf-skin whip. When it danced, sand and rocks flew, creating a pattern of its own. Wu Junqing could only keep wandering around the periphery, looking for opportunities.
But Liang Yue and Mo Xilai were a little one-sided. Mo Xilai was beaten so much that he lost a sledgehammer.
Uncle Zheng is also a martial arts practitioner, so he understands why the gap between Liang Yue and Mo Xilai is so big. Maybe there is not much difference between the two in terms of realm, but Liang Yue is a trainer, and what he usually studies is marksmanship. Mo Xilai He is a general, and what he is good at is probably fighting in battle.
Who will challenge your civilization on the battlefield?People in battle formations are often accustomed to the simplest and most straightforward tactics. If there is a chance, they will defeat the enemy with one strike. If there is no chance, they will quickly distance themselves to prevent others from attacking them.
Generally speaking, except for Qin Yueyue, who is still evenly matched, the victory of the other two sides has tilted.
"It's not fair." Chen Daxia said.
He felt that this kind of duel was very unfair. Chen Daxia was an honest man. He thought so in his heart and actually said it in his mouth.
Zheng Fan said:
"Even in the battle formation, Wutong County competes with the entire Chu State with one county, and the situation is like this."
When the sword maker heard this, he couldn't help but said, "I'm a little surprised that Mr. Xiao Su has such an opinion."
Zheng Fan smiled.
The sword maker took another sip of the pulp from the gourd and said, "Actually, the situation has been decided. Everyone is just going through the motions."
This was a lie, a lie made to smooth things over for an outsider like himself, but Uncle Zheng did not expose it.
The fight between Xiong Tingshan and the Prince Regent hasn't started yet, but the situation of the duel over there has already emerged.
The fifth prince smiled bitterly and said:
"Fourth brother is worthy of being the regent of Great Chu, with so many masters under his command."
"Compared to this, I am the fourth brother and I am taking advantage of you."
As the current supreme ruler of the Chu State, there are naturally a lot of experts who are willing to serve for him. In this regard, Xiong Tingshan, who only has Wutong County as his support, is completely incomparable.
Xiong Tingshan lowered his body and said, "Fourth brother, should we still take action?"
The regent spread his arms and pulled up the cuffs, revealing the fire phoenix mark.
The mark began to glow, and then, a phantom of flame appeared from behind the Regent.
Uncle Zheng's eyes immediately widened, because this scene gave Uncle Zheng a very familiar feeling. This was also the first time in this world that he saw someone other than himself who could activate the soul body for his own use. exist.
The magic pill is the soul body, so the regent is actually taking the same path as himself.
Xiong Tingshan saw this scene and said:
"So, there are indeed high and low bloodlines."
A child of the royal family can get the fire phoenix essence blood into his body, and then attract monsters to follow him from Daze. This is how Xiong Liqing's green python came. It is already a monster of excellent quality. After all, since the lord of Chu, Since the opening of the border, it is not only the people of Shanyue who have been declining, but also the monsters in Daze.
This is the same reason that in later generations, as the scope of human activities continues to expand, the habitats of wild animals continue to shrink.
However, what the regent attracted was not a monster, but a... spirit.
It is also the so-called soul of a monster. After the monster's body dies, its soul is immortal. It is a spirit. The monster that can give birth to a spirit is extremely difficult. It is even more difficult if the spirit appears and does not dissipate. This shows the cherishment of the spirit. .
Uncle Zheng was already thinking in his heart, if the regent introduced the spirit into his body, would he be like himself, as if his body had been hollowed out and he could only lie on the bed and stretch out his corpse?
The regent shook his head and said: "It's just luck. By the way, I brought a disciple of Master Yao here today just to make him a witness."
"Fourth brother is indeed very well-arranged."
Only then did Uncle Zheng understand why the regent wanted to bring him along. Therefore, his current identity was just like the reporter who was responsible for taking pictures and writing reports when the leader went out to clear the snow.
So, this was all arranged?
The sword maker seemed to have guessed what Zheng Fan was thinking, and said directly: "If we really wanted to fight, we would have started it long ago. Among all the princes, those who raised armies and those who ascended the throne have done what they should do.
Here, the king did not choose to ascend the throne, and over there, His Highness the Fifth Prince did not choose to raise an army. In fact..."
"Is it to give both parties a step down?" Zheng Fan said.
The sword maker nodded and said, "It's a very good metaphor."
"Then don't worry." Uncle Zheng said.
"Worry?"
Uncle Zheng affirmed: "As a cadre, I really don't want anything to happen to the regent now."
The current situation is that the Qian-Chu alliance is fighting against the Yan State. If something unexpected happens to the regent of the Chu State, causing the Chu State to fall into disarray again, that is definitely something the Gan people do not want to see.
Even though Zhong Tianlang is having a lot of fun on the border now, that's because none of Yan's two elite cavalry are stationed in Yinlang County.
If Dayan had gathered elite troops from Zhenbei and Jingnan like when they went south to Qianguo to borrow a road, the situation would be completely different. Even if Zhong Tianlang still had the courage, his father Zhong Wendao would not be able to agree to let him carry out the attack. All the cavalry troops that could easily be saved were lost.
Of course, from Uncle Zheng's point of view, he wished that the regent would die here. He had been expecting it in his heart before, but now that he knew that there was a tacit understanding between the regent and the fifth prince, he felt a little bit sad. disappointment.
But this is natural. They are all big countries in the East. It is impossible for Yan State to have all the scribes and generals, while other countries have only wine bags and rice bags.
"There is still something to worry about." The sword maker said, laying out a row of wooden swords he carved last night and this morning, "The throne is too attractive, and people are often easily swayed by their thoughts.
The regent was actually gambling for the fate of the country of Chu. In fact, the regent had already won. Even if he mobilized a large army, he could still pacify Wutong County. "
The reason why I am willing to bet is that I hope that Chu State can avoid this internal strife.
You know, for the sake of the throne, there are countless examples of brothers and fathers turning against each other. Who dares to be magnanimous, and at the same time, who dares to guarantee that the other party will not change while he is magnanimous?
Daxia Chen said: "So, why are we fighting this?"
Zheng Fan replied directly: "In order to explain."
In order to give an explanation to the Shanyue people, to give an explanation to the soldiers of Wutong County, and to give an explanation to the local forces in Wutong County.
Because many times, it’s not just you who controls them, but they push you to the front;
Once you can't give them a good enough explanation, they will find another person and push them to the front.
The fifth prince is actually such a position.
The sword maker looked at Zheng Fan carefully. This disciple of Master Yao really gave people a different feeling. He could actually say such words.
there,
The fifth prince has already arrived in front of the regent.
The flame shadow outside the Regent's body was suddenly released at this time, forming a barrier.
Uncle Zheng can clearly feel that the regent's spirit is much more powerful than his current magic pill. Of course, the magic pill has not been upgraded yet, and the magic pill can continue to be upgraded in the future. The development potential of both parties ,completely different.
However, Xiong Tingshan completely solidified his energy and blood around himself, forcibly broke through the barrier of the Prince Regent, and came to the Prince Regent, raising the knife in his hand.
Uncle Zheng's eyes also began to widen.
I shouted in my heart,
cut it down,
cut it down,
cut it down!
As long as it is cut down, I can go back to Xueguan to pack my things and prepare to enter Chu with Marquis Jingnan.
Xiong Tingshan's knife was indeed cut down, but after the outer barrier was breached, it was suddenly recovered and hit him directly.
"puff!"
The tip of the knife pierced the regent's chest, but before Xiong Tingshan could use his strength to completely immerse the knife edge, the flames that had previously formed a barrier had already turned into tyrannical strands of horses and grabbed him whole.
The knife fell down after leaving the person, and Xiong Tingshan was lifted high, as if completely restrained by a spider web.
Red blood seeped out of the Regent's chest, but he still stood upright.
Zheng Fan pursed his lips, this was really a critical moment;
But Uncle Zheng thought of another possibility, that is, maybe even this move and this scene were designed and arranged by the two brothers.
The regent deliberately let Xiong Tingshan penetrate his first barrier, and deliberately gave him the opportunity to deliver the knife to his chest, in order to pave the way for what was to come.
As a veteran player of routines, Uncle Zheng had actually guessed how things would develop next if he put himself into it.
Just like before, Uncle Zheng gave the answer directly to Master Chen without hesitation.
Some scheming methods are actually a kind of instinct. The regent is like this, and so is Uncle Zheng.
Xiong Tingshan was detained in the air, and the regent clenched his fists and raised his arms. As long as he loosened his fingers, Xiong Tingshan would be "divided into five horses" by the power of the spirit.
This scene caused the battles in the other three locations to come to a halt.
Hong Menyang immediately withdrew his fist. The old man from the Shanyue tribe, who had been beaten to the point where he could only parry, held up the harpoon and did not dare to make another move.
Qin Yueyue put away the whip, and Wu Junqing also put away the knife. They fought evenly, but Wu Qingjun had strong stamina. It was time for him to counterattack after he figured out Qin Yueyue's whip technique, but Wu Junqing still chose to put away the knife. Because for him, if the fifth prince dies, the Broken Blade Sect and the local families in Wutong County will lose the motivation to continue struggling.
After all, they can't completely mix up with the Shanyue people and cause trouble together.
Liang Yue put away his gun,
Mo Xilai sat down on the ground. He had several wounds on his body and kept breathing.
Next, everyone's eyes fell on the Regent and Xiong Tingshan.
The regent exudes an extremely powerful aura, and coupled with his identity, it makes people feel even more awe-inspiring.
But Uncle Zheng, as a person who has experienced it himself, naturally knows that the regent is strong, but he is definitely not that strong. He should not be a third-grade man, but maybe a fourth-grade or even a fifth-grade man.
But the bonus effect of the spirit is too obvious. It is equivalent to a secret method to forcibly cross the border. Uncle Zheng often experienced similar feelings when using magic pills in the past. At the same time, the spirit is a soul body. Because of this, it can have a better bonus effect on the aura and momentum.
The same wind force, blowing in summer and blowing in winter, gives people completely different feelings, but the wind force is actually the same.
Seeing this, Uncle Zheng was certain that this was a carefully designed political show. The only key point was the knife Xiong Tingshan sent out.
The regent did not loosen his fingers, but slowly dropped his arm. Xiong Tingshan fell to the ground, sweating profusely. He looked at the regent,
Kneel down slowly,
Road:
"Fourth brother, brother, I'm convinced."
The regent glanced at the Shanyue elder with majestic eyes and said:
"Everything among the Shanyue tribes in Wutong County remains as usual. The imperial court will not interfere with your fiefdom matters."
The old man of the Shanyue tribe put down his harpoon, knelt down and saluted the regent, expressing his surrender.
The regent glanced at Wu Junqing and said: "The clans in Wutong County have all been promoted to one level."
Wu Junqing stuck the knife on the ground,
Kneel down to the Prince Regent:
"Thank you Lord Ron."
At last,
The regent set his sights on Mo Xilai,
"Select [-] troops from Wutong County to join the Chu Royal Family's Forbidden Army."
Mo Xilai quickly put her forehead on the ground,
"Long live my emperor!"
The three people represent the three forces.
After being comforted, the regent stretched out his hand and put it on Xiong Tingshan's shoulder. Without shying away from outsiders, he said directly:
"I heard that my siblings are crazy about wanting to be queens?"
"Hahaha." Xiong Tingshan laughed and said, "Isn't that right? In the early years, my brother and I were just demoted to Wutong County by my father. If I hadn't met her, I might have died several times. I owe her, Whatever she wants, as a husband, I should help her get it."
"Lin'er's wife has not been chosen yet. Let her younger siblings choose a girl from her clan."
Lin'er is the eldest son of the regent. He is the heir apparent now and will most likely be the crown prince in the future.
You must know that when Xiong Tingshan returned to Yingdu because he married a Shanyue woman, the late emperor did not even want to see him. This shows how much trouble the regent's decision will cause.
It is very likely that from now on, the blood of Shanyue people will flow in the subsequent emperors of the Chu Kingdom.
"Fourth brother, I am impressed by your courage. I believe in her and have nothing to say."
"Only when a family is harmonious can everything prosper. You have guarded Wutong County for 15 years. I thank you on behalf of the court, but now you have to go back to Yingdu to help me and help me deal with Tian Wujing."
"Fourth brother, as long as you dare to use me, brother, I will fight to the death!"
"Mr. Xiao Su!"
"Foreign Minister, here."
Uncle Zheng immediately stood up and responded.
"What you saw today, can you write an article about it?"
"Foreign ministers are fortunate to be able to witness this scene. Brothers, friends and brothers serve the country and the people respectfully. Your Majesty and His Highness the Fifth are truly heroes of the world."
Xiong Tingshan glanced at Zheng Fan and said with a smile:
"After all, a scholar is one who can speak."
The regent waved his hand and said: "Master Hong, send Mr. Su back to the Villa. I want to stay with my fifth brother for a while and catch up on old times."
that's it,
Uncle Zheng cannot see how things will develop next.
He and Chen Daxia got into the carriage together, and Hong Menyang drove them back to Bieyuan.
The sword maker didn't follow him back either.
Zheng Fan knew clearly that the regent wanted him and Chen Daxia to come here because he wanted to let Yao Zizhan know about the situation in Chu through his mouth, and also to let the officials of Qian State know about the situation in Chu.
This is the state of Chu telling its allies that the civil strife in Chu has completely subsided. Next, the two states of Qian and Chu can work together to deal with the state of Yan.
however
The regent had calculated everything, but he could not figure out that Mr. Su Mingzhe, whom he thought was actually a fake.
Because Uncle Zheng had no intention of pretending to be this person from the beginning, there was no way to plan. Everything originated from Chen Daxia’s crime;
No matter how scheming the regent is, he can't think of an idiotic change of intention, right?
Furthermore, that song "Man Jiang Hong" is enough to prove one's "identity" and talent. It is the most solid passport in this world. Moreover, both the regent and the sword maker have profound cultural attainments. They are I didn’t know Uncle Zheng could recite poetry;
In their eyes, only Yao Zizhan's apprentices could write poetry of this level.
Therefore, it can actually be said that Uncle Zheng, the impostor, not only did not reveal his secrets in playing Mr. Su Mingzhe, but he also did a better job than the real person himself.
At the same time, leaving aside what the regent wanted "Su Mingzhe" to see, Uncle Zheng himself saw what he wanted, something that made Uncle Zheng look forward to tomorrow's "big wedding" even more.
That is, Uncle Zheng, who is often possessed by magic pills, knows that the regent has another reason for sending him and Chen Daxia away, and that is that the regent should soon face the strong sequelae of Lingshang's death.
The chest injury was actually a minor problem. The key was that his whole body would be severely overdrawn later.That spirit is much stronger than the current magic pill, and the side effects will definitely be stronger!
so,
The regent will not appear at the princess's wedding banquet tomorrow. First of all, he may not be able to wake up at that time and will continue to be in a coma. Even if he wakes up, he will be extremely depressed. As a king, he will not be there. He showed his weak side in front of his ministers; secondly, the masters around the regent should not appear at the wedding banquet tomorrow, because they have to personally protect the weak monarch.
This means,
The difficulty factor of marrying tomorrow has suddenly dropped too much.
Then,
Another good news came,
The carriage stopped,
Because they encountered a convoy of Fan Mansion transporting red candles for tomorrow's wedding banquet.
Hong Menyang hesitated a little.
But Zheng Fan immediately said considerately: "Master Hong, Daxia Chen and I can just follow this convoy back to Bieyuan. You should go back and wait for the king. You can't let the king miss the auspicious occasion of the princess's wedding. Anyway, we are here It’s not far from Bieyuan.”
When Hong Menyang heard this, he immediately said: "Then Mr. Xiao Su and Chen Daxia will be wronged."
"Whatever it is, wherever it is."
Of course Hong Menyang would not tell Zheng Fan that the regent would not come to attend tomorrow's wedding;
After watching Zheng Fan and Chen Daxia get into Fan's motorcade, Hong Menyang immediately drove back;
He wanted to protect the regent at a close distance. The imperial guards of the Dachu royal family were not around now. They were the real barrier to protect the regent's safety.
Uncle Zheng followed this convoy and went directly into the Villa.
After entering the Villa, Zheng Fan didn't get out of the car in a hurry and left, and Daxia Chen followed suit.
for a while,
Xue San, Siniang and A Ming all entered the carriage.
The princess will be robbed tomorrow, and the three demon kings have already sneaked in. However, Siniang and Xue San are just doing things, while A Ming is really "mingling".
Daxia Chen was sitting next to him. Zheng Fan and the demon kings did not shy away from this gangster. They were plotting in front of him because Daxia Chen's character was so stable.
Zheng Fan quickly recounted what happened today.
At last,
The focus is on:
The regent will probably have to rest until tomorrow. He and the Ouchi experts around him will probably not show up at tomorrow's wedding banquet.
Uncle Zheng even felt that the regent's visit to the princess might be just a drop-in, because this place is about the same distance from Yingdu and Wutong County, so it should be a negotiation location acceptable to both parties.
As a king, it is unlikely that he would go here for a so-called personal relationship, abandoning a major issue in the court.
What's more, Marquis Jingnan is still exerting pressure at Zhennanguan.
In fact, the princess also expressed this intention last night. She didn't think her brother could stay here for so many days in order to attend her wedding and send her sister off to get married.
Siniang and Xue San immediately began to think, because in the original plan, it was presupposed that the regent would be present, and the Ouchi experts around the regent would also be present.
The difficulty has been reduced, but the plan has to be revised accordingly.
At this time, Siniang suddenly said: "My lord, I have thought of a good idea."
"Say."
Siniang's eyes scanned all the people present and said: "My lord, only you know that the regent will definitely not appear at the wedding banquet tomorrow, but the Qu family doesn't know that, and neither do those who come to the wedding banquet." I know, even the Royal Imperial Guards outside Bieyuan don’t know.
They only knew that the regent Bailong Yufu came to attend the princess's wedding banquet.
so………
So tomorrow the slave family can disguise A Ming into the appearance of the regent, and let the Lord directly hold the 'regent' hostage as a blackmail. With this guarantee and prerequisite, it will be much easier to kidnap the princess. Our The degree of freedom will be higher, and the effect will be better.
However, the master has to work hard to draw a portrait of the regent's face for the slave family, because the slave family has never seen the regent. "
Painting is Uncle Zheng’s job, so there is no problem at all.
In the carriage, everyone else's eyes lit up after hearing this proposal.
Yes indeed,
The only ones who know that the regent will not show up tomorrow are themselves.
Even Chen Daxia, who was sitting nearby and watching, couldn't help but praise:
"Fantastic!"
but,
A Ming raised his hand,
asked:
"Why should you choose me to disguise yourself as the regent? You can choose someone else, right?"
Si Niang immediately replied: "No, it has to be you. Think about it, when the time comes, the Lord will hold the princess's hand and hold you hostage at the same time, you will be very close to the Lord, and you can also help the Lord block hidden weapons. What if the Chu people take the risk?"
A Ming opened his mouth. He felt very uncomfortable when he heard this, but he could not refute.
Xue San said: "One more thing is that when the Lord holds you hostage, if the Chu people don't retreat and we scare them, the Lord can do this."
Saying that, Xue San pulled out a dagger and waved it:
“Are you going to retreat or not?
At that time, the Lord can directly put knives and arrows on the hostages and scare the Chu people to death without worrying about the hostages being killed.
Anyway, A Ming will not die even if a few holes are opened in his body. Can there be any hostage in the world that is more effective and practical than this one?
hey-hey. "
"..." A Ming.
After saying that, Xue San took the initiative to hand the dagger to Zheng Fan and said, "My Lord, why don't you stab A Ming a few times to practice your skills first?"
A Ming pointed his finger at Xue San.
Xue San immediately scratched his neck and said: "What, what? I'm just rehearsing for the effect of tomorrow's performance!"
What’s in my heart is,
From Ge Laozi,
I have been busy since I entered Chu.
It turns out that you, who has been eating and drinking all the time, actually upgraded before me!
Is there any reason!
Uncle Zheng still didn't really use A Ming to rehearse a few cuts at this time.
After all, even if A Ming is injured and does not die, it will consume a lot of energy when recovering from the injury. Vampires are not immortal. On the premise of not damaging the brain, high-level vampires just have a thicker blood tank than ordinary people.
Uncle Zheng cleared his throat.
As a final mobilization:
“We have the right time, right place and right people.
Tomorrow,
Let's try to hold the wedding for him...
Splendid scenery! "
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At last,
Don't panic, the outbreak will continue tomorrow.
(End of this chapter)
Another sleep,
Woke up early again,
Once again, I couldn’t get out of bed when I woke up.
Sitting at the desk again,
He also wrote "Clouds think of clothes, flowers think of faces",
I was thinking about what to say next.
Tomorrow is the princess' wedding, and Uncle Zheng feels that he has to change his poem to memorize it.
It is said that when a book is put to use, it becomes less useful, and it is indeed true.
Putting down his brush, Uncle Zheng went to fetch water to wash up.
When he went out with the washbasin, he saw the sword maker sitting in the courtyard.
The sword maker was sitting on the ground, carving a wooden sword in his hand.
Zheng Fan once saw a sword master carving a wooden sword toy for a child. When the sword master was carving, he used Long Yuan. It could be said that he was doing a very childish thing with an extremely solemn attitude.
The sword maker used an ordinary carving knife, and his expression was relaxed, but it gave people the impression that he was doing a very solemn thing with an extremely childish attitude.
Until now, Uncle Zheng is not sure whether the sword maker knows how to fight.
Last night, he also specifically asked the princess about this matter.
The princess's answer was straightforward, that is, they didn't know either.
Immediately afterwards, the princess also said that her imperial brother didn't know about it either, because every time he went out with the sword maker, he never weakened the defense around him.
Therefore, whether the sword maker can fight is a mystery that even the royal family of Chu State has not been able to figure out.
The swordmaker raised his head and noticed Uncle Zheng holding a basin over there, and said with a smile:
"Mr. Su got up very early."
Zheng Fan nodded and said: "When I followed my master, I was used to going to bed early and getting up early."
"Oh? I heard that Master Yao is good at poetry, wine and beautiful scenery, but he can actually go to bed early and get up early?
the world,
There are roughly two types of people who go to bed early and get up early.
A kind of person, who goes from sunrise to sunset, busy and busy without stopping for a bite to eat;
There is a kind of person who, in his old age, can no longer do anything and can only rest.
Master Yao does not belong to these two types of people. He has long since broken away from the level of being busy with food, but he does not feel that he has reached the point where he can only rest. This kind of person has the hardest time going to bed early and getting up early. "
Zheng Fan responded:
"Teacher likes to get up early."
"Why?"
"My master said that now only the early sun can make him realize that one pillar can hold up the sky again."
The sword maker smiled and said:
"It's really the style of Master Yao."
When people get old, they cannot straighten their backs anytime and anywhere. They can only use the power of early morning to reminisce about their youth.
Zheng Fan put down the basin and walked to the sword maker.
The sword maker put his hands by his side and said:
"Mr. Su can just say whatever you want to say or ask."
"This junior has always been confused."
"But it doesn't matter."
"There are rumors in the world about whether you can fight or not."
"Want to ask me the answer?"
"think."
"Want to know the answer?"
"think."
"Tell me, if a random person asked a winery in Taohuawu for his winemaking recipe, would he give it to him?"
"Of course I won't give it."
"Yeah, then I won't answer it. If I answer it, how can I make a living in the future?"
Uncle Zheng asked again: "But if we force him with swords and soldiers, I think the shop owner will still know the current affairs."
The sword maker pointed at Zheng Fan and said:
"Mr. Su, does he have a knife on him?"
Zheng Fan shook his head.
"I will tell you the answer when Mr. Su comes over next time with a knife and puts it on my neck."
"What are you talking about?"
The Prince Regent came out.
"I have met the king." Zheng Fan saluted the regent.
"We're talking about Uncle Chen."
The sword maker replied.
The regent didn't understand for a moment and said, "Who is Uncle Chen?"
The sword maker said: "I heard from Mr. Su that Uncle Chen is a servant of Master Yao's family and he is good at making soup. Master Yao is very good at this and gets up early every day to wait for Uncle Chen."
"Master Yao has great food. If that's the case, I will try it if I have the opportunity in the future..."
The sword maker immediately interrupted and said, "Hey, I want to eat noodles this morning."
"Then go down by yourself."
"Right on my mind."
immediately,
The sword maker looked at Zheng Fan and said, "Mr. Su, let's have some noodles together later."
"Thank you sir."
……
What the sword maker cooked was chopped green onion noodles.
The noodles are fragrant, the soup is fresh, the ingredients are simple, but it is very delicious.
After washing, Zheng Fan sat down. There were four bowls of noodles on the table, three large bowls and one small bowl.
The princess also got up, sat at the table, and ate from a small bowl.
Three men, three big bowls.
The Prince Regent pointed to his bowl and said, "Why do I have so few green onions?"
Of the four bowls, the bowl in front of the Regent had the least chopped green onions.
The sword maker said: "You have to go to court, for fear of injuring someone."
"I will not go to court today."
"But you still have to meet people."
When the regent heard this, he nodded helplessly.
The swordmaker stood up, took out a small pot, and using a small spoon, began to add lard to everyone's bowls.
The white lard is mixed with the noodles and stirred, and the aroma is completely stimulated.
Everyone started to eat,
This noodle is indeed delicious. In this world, anything that can satisfy Uncle Zheng, a man who never tires of fine food, must be of the highest quality.
The princess's bowl was small, so she ate the fastest. She put down her chopsticks, looked at the three men at the table who were still eating noodles, and said:
"I've liked to eat Brother Dugu's noodles since I was a child. From now on, I'm afraid it will be difficult to eat them."
The sword maker said disapprovingly:
"It's not difficult. It's not difficult to make noodles. You just need to be careful. If you want to eat it later, let your consort give it to you."
"puff……"
Uncle Zheng choked.
Immediately he lowered his head, covered his face, and started coughing because a noodle came out of his nostril.
After finally handling it, Uncle Zheng raised his head again and said with some embarrassment:
"It's delicious, it's delicious, I ate it too fast, haha."
...
Had breakfast,
original,
Uncle Zheng thought this was another ordinary day like yesterday.
Everything is just for the arrangements for the wedding tomorrow.
Uncle Zheng believed that Siniang and Xue San, together with Fan Zhengwen, would come up with a better plan based on Plan A.
This made Uncle Zheng himself look forward to it,
As a leading actor,
I am actually looking forward to the premiere too.
However, Uncle Zheng was wrong. After breakfast, the regent got on his horse and asked Zheng Fan:
"Mr. Xiao Su, we are planning to go hunting. The hunting poem of the Capital Governor sent by Master Yao has impressed me deeply. I wonder if Mr. Xiao Su is in the mood to go with me today?"
When a king asks you if you are willing, you actually have no second option.
"Dare to obey!"
...
According to legend, when Yao Zizhan led his troops on a hunting expedition shortly after he took office as the governor of the three sides of Daqian, all the generals and soldiers from all the towns, armies, and villages came out, and it was said that he was in the limelight for a while.
This is not purely for fun, but a deliberate way to declare the unity of the three sides of the Qian Kingdom to the outside world. Coupled with the song "The Governor's Hunting", it can be said that the effect is maximized.
And this time,
The regent of Da Chu's hunting trip made Zheng Fan feel that it was not a routine, but a trap.
Daxia Chen was also called, so four people rode out of the Royal Villa.
Uncle Zheng paid special attention and found that the Royal Forbidden Army did not follow them. The real four people went out.
However, not long after they left the Royal Villa, everyone dismounted, and the old groom and carriage they had seen before were parked there.
Everyone got off their horses and got into their cars.
Everything is the same as when I came here, including the sitting position.
but,
Where did you go hunting by carriage?
The carriage rocked on the road.
Gradually,
The road is gone,
It started to get rough,
The carriage also bumped.
The Prince Regent, who was sitting in the carriage, said, "An extra road should be built here."
The swordmaker, who was leaning against the car wall with his eyes closed, nodded.
Zheng Fan opened the curtains and looked out the window. Outside, there was loneliness, and in front of him, there was a frozen river.
at last,
The carriage stopped,
The bumps also ended.
The old coachman said:
"Your Majesty, we have arrived."
The regent got off the carriage first, then the swordmaker, then Chen Daxia, and finally, Zheng Fan.
After Uncle Zheng came down, he subconsciously stretched and pinched his crotch.
The regent looked at Zheng Fan and said, "Thank you, Mr. Su, the road is indeed difficult to walk."
Zheng Fan smiled and shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, there is no need to be like this. There is no way in the world. If there are more people walking, there will be a way."
The sword maker took a deep breath, these words were obviously expressed in love.
The regent pointed ahead. There was a dilapidated inn beside the frozen river. Next to the inn, there was a small ferry.
"This sentence can also be paired with wine. When I clear the inn, I can catch a fish and have a drink with Mr. Xiao Su."
Uncle Zheng, who was confused, silently took half a step back, cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty."
Subsequently,
The Prince Regent faced the shabby inn,
open the way;
"I'm here."
"Squeak..."
the door of the inn,
Open slowly.
From inside, a man in a black robe walked out. The man's face looked a little weathered, but his movements showed a touch of frivolity.
The man sat down on a stone pillar at the entrance of the inn.
shouted:
"Fourth brother, the last time you heard the word 'I', our father was still alive."
This man is surprisingly the fifth prince of Chu, Xiong Tingshan.
Why is the regent still the regent? Why has he defeated and captured most of his brothers and recruited most of the nobles of Chu, but he still has not ascended the throne.
After all, in this world, people who can sit in the position of regent generally do not like this position.
And the reason,
The reason is that he hasn't caught the fifth prince of Chu in front of him yet.
Ever since the Marquis of Chu led a group of his followers into Chu, the fighting between the Chu people and the Shanyue tribes has never stopped.
Perhaps, the Shanyue tribe is indeed incomparable with the barbarians, but the Shanyue people's tenacity is still a headache. After the early victory, the Shanyue people could no longer compete with the Chu people on the frontal battlefield, and they began to hide in the mountains and rivers. With the help of the environment, resistance begins to continue.
This makes the cost of eradicating them very high, and at the same time, they are also prone to resurgence.
But the people of Chu are indeed wise. To be precise, the three princes who were qualified to receive the orders of the Great Xia to open the border and drive away the barbarians for the Great Xia, they themselves and their descendants did a good job indeed.
In order to deal with this situation, a generation of Chu emperors broke up the settlement and tribal model of the Shanyue people. They first attracted the Shanyue tribes in a good way, and then changed the organizational models of those tribes, so as to penetrate the superstructure and achieve a kind of self-control. Top-down reform is actually a kind of "reforming the land and returning it to the mainstream" in this world.
At the same time, the cultural invasion is gradually increasing. Chu people's romance and Chu people's aesthetics are not really just romance for the sake of romance, but the shaping of a sense of cultural identity.
On the one hand, he continued to carry out military encirclement and suppression, on the other hand, he reformed the land and returned to his hometown, and on the other hand, he carried out cultural invasion on the obedient Shanyue tribe, allowing their young patriarchs and nobles to come to Chu State Yingdu to learn literacy and life. After various combinations of attacks, the Shanyue tribe was in decline. A hundred years later, except for some areas that were unstable and still had a few hard bones to chew and grind, the Shanyue people in Chu State could no longer make any noise. Many Shanyue people now considered themselves Chu people.
Xiong Tingshan, the fifth prince of the Chu Kingdom, was assigned by the Emperor of Chu 15 years ago, when he was in his weakest year, to govern in Wutong County in the northwest of Daze.
What Wutong County corresponds to is one of the last few hard bones in Chu State's Shanyue. It can even be said to be the hardest bone.
But Xiong Tingshan is very resourceful and capable. He does not have the airs of a prince. On the one hand, he has a good relationship with the garrison in Wutong County. On the other hand, he is also regarded as a brother with the chief of the Shanyue tribe there. Later, he She married a girl from the Shanyue tribe and made her his wife.
The hardest bone in Da Chu was softened by him. It would take three days and three nights to explain all the details here. In short, Xiong Tingshan spent 15 years integrating Wutong County and Wutong County. There were many Shanyue tribes around him, and he turned himself into a link to bind them, making great contributions to the stability of Dachu.
If the Emperor of Chu dies normally, the position of the crown prince is clear, and no rebellion breaks out, and the Chu Dynasty continues to move forward steadily, there may be a statue of Xiong Tingshan in Wutong County hundreds or even thousands of years later. Known as an iconic figure of national harmony, she is much more powerful than Princess Wencheng.
But the problem is,
Because of the sudden death of Emperor Chu,
Da Chu's carriage was finally out of control.
The regent took the reins of the carriage into his hands again, but if his fifth brother did not nod, the regent did not dare to ascend the throne.
Everyone is a prince,
Who wouldn’t want to sit in that seat?
Why should you sit instead of me?
The regent really didn't pay much attention to the rest of the brothers. Some of them were manipulated and supported by the big nobles behind them as puppets, and some of them fancifully thought that just by raising a banner, they would be followed, and it would not be difficult to deal with them.
But this fifth brother, he is different.
Not to mention that the [-] Wutong County soldiers were all obedient to him. If he was willing, he could immediately summon dozens of Shanyue tribes to send their young men to help him fight for the world.
Taking this as a starting point may even trigger uprisings among the Shanyue people in many areas within Chu State.
The regent does not doubt that he does not have the strength to quell the rebellion. He has the support of the great nobles, the court, and the royal imperial army. If he cannot win like this, then there is no need for him to sit on the throne. , I don’t have the nerve to sit down.
But the problem is that once this situation occurs, it will be a huge internal conflict for Dachu itself, which is likely to be protracted.
In today's Great Chu, there are Yan people in the north who are watching and sharpening their swords, and in the west there are Gan people who are working hard to reorganize their armaments. Can the Great Chu still afford it?
"Fourth brother, we brothers, we haven't seen each other for some years. The last time we met was on my father's birthday. I brought my daughter-in-law to Yingdu to celebrate my father's birthday."
The regent nodded and said, "It's been a long time."
"At that time, my father didn't want to see me or my two children because I married a Shanyue woman. It was Fourth Brother who arranged the arrangements, and that made my father finally agree to meet our family. Let us, as a family, enter the palace and have a look.
Fourth brother, you don’t know that I have told my wife and I about the beauty of the Dachu Palace for many years. My two children also grew up listening to it. If they could not enter the palace that time, , how embarrassing it is for me to be a husband and a father, hahaha. "
Looking at this scene, Uncle Zheng finally came to his senses and finally understood the situation.
Co-author, the human regent came this time to "clean up the house."
But why bring yourself?
Xiong Tingshan sighed and continued:
"My mother-in-law was born as a maid. Because my father was drunk and had a low status, I was never treated by my father. He always felt that I had stained the Fire Phoenix bloodline. Therefore, when I first came of age, At that time, my father sent me to Wutong County. His original intention was to let me fend for myself. If I was gone, my father could use his son's death to set an example for the people of Chu.
Fortunately, I am not dead. The miasma poisonous insects in Wutong County failed to kill me.
Maybe, this is what the old people often say, it's easier to make a living if you have a low life. "
The regent looked at Lao Wu and said:
"I don't actually regard those people as my brothers, but I have always regarded you as my brother. Being my brother does not depend on your mother's family background, but your ability. Now those trashes have been arrested by me and locked up. In the water prison."
"Hahahahaha."
Xiong Tingshan patted his thigh and smiled happily.
The two brothers, separated by a long distance, seemed to be reminiscing about old times, but everyone knew that the erotic drama was behind them.
Xiong Tingshan's laughter gradually subsided. He looked at the Regent and said:
"Yingdu, in the hands of Fourth Brother, the clan, in the hands of Fourth Brother, the witches and magistrates all support you, Fourth Brother, and the great nobles of our Da Chu basically agree with you.
Fourth brother, why haven’t you succeeded? "
"Because there is you."
"Does Fourth Brother speak so straightforwardly? This makes it difficult for me, my younger brother, to answer the question. I can't let my younger brother take a knife and cut his neck in front of you, Fourth Brother, right?"
The regent shook his head, "If you die like this, your brothers and sisters will be angry, the soldiers of Wutong County will be angry, the Shanyue people there will be angry, the Yan people will be very happy, and finally, I will be angry too."
Xiong Tingshan scratched his head and said: "That's right. If you die, your loved ones will hate you and your enemies will be happy. It's not worth it."
paused,
The fifth prince said again:
"Fourth brother, you have so many things to do. Even your death has to be changed. It's really difficult for my brother to handle. But I believe that fourth brother has already planned the ending for me, right?
My fourth brother is the best at scheming. Otherwise, how could the boss, the second, the third, and the others have just started to move, and the seat under this butt was overturned by you, fourth brother, before it was even hot?
It's a pity that our father left too early and too suddenly. You said it would be much easier if the father had arranged everything after his death. "
The regent nodded and said:
"If my father survives for another half a year, I will be able to make arrangements for him after his death."
"Fourth brother, you should have told me earlier, hahaha, I am also very dissatisfied with my father in our family. The day I heard the news of his death, I was so happy that I drank three jars of wine."
"Tell me what you want," said the Regent.
"Wutong County is divided into vassals."
The regent spread his hands and said: "Now, what is the difference between Wutong County and Fan Town?"
"Explicit decree."
The Prince Regent shook his head;
"impossible."
"Then there's nothing to talk about, fourth brother?"
"The Emperor Yan is trying to step on the throne, and I, the great Chu, have to express my will to establish a vassal. This is too stupid, and I won't do it."
"I also know that you won't agree, fourth brother, so let's listen to what my brother thinks?"
"can."
"The Royal Imperial Guards are not here, are they?"
"There is not a single soldier within a radius of twenty miles."
"Fourth brother is really thorough in his work."
Xiong Tingshan clapped his hands,
Inside the inn, an old man wearing fish skin walked out. The old man was holding a harpoon and his feet were extremely big.
"Meng Kui of the Shanyue tribe has met the regent of Da Chu."
The old man greeted the regent.
next moment,
The coachman who drove the carriage before came down, stood in front of the Prince Regent, cupped his hands and said:
"Hong Menyang, I have met His Highness the Fifth Prince."
"Master Hong is driving the car. My fourth brother is really making a big show."
Hong Menyang, a third-grade boxer, was famous for his pioneering boxing skills. He was later recruited by the imperial court and became the prince's martial arts master.
Xiong Tingshan stood up, cupped his fists at Hong Menyang and said:
"Little Wuzi, I have met Master Hong."
Hong Menyang stroked his beard and smiled, but his eyes soon fell on the Shanyue old man.
And at this moment,
Another middle-aged man with a knife walked out of the inn. The man had a Chinese character face and no hair on his face. He was much cleaner than a monk.
"Wu Junqing, I have met the regent of Da Chu."
Uncle Zheng, who was standing in the distance, looked at Daxia Chen standing next to him and asked:
"Knife practice?"
Daxia Chen nodded and said: "There are seven sword sects in the world, and Wu Junqing is the leader of the Broken Sword Sect."
"Sounds so good." Uncle Zheng commented. However, because he is also a knife player, Uncle Zheng continued, "How powerful is it?"
"There are hundreds of weapons in the world, and the swordsman is the most respected, but a truly powerful sword holder may not be worse than a swordsman."
"so……"
Uncle Zheng looked at the sword maker sitting next to him.
The sword maker was sitting there, picking his ears, and when he saw Zheng Fan looking at him, he said with some confusion:
"Mr. Su, why do you look at me?"
Ok?
Shouldn't you be the one to go up there?
"Buzz!"
A sound broke through the air, and a girl in a floral dress appeared. The girl held a handful of flowers in her hand, which were bright red. She appeared and stood there with a silly smile while eating the flowers.
"Who is this?" Zheng Fan asked.
Daxia Chen shook his head, "I don't know him."
"Aren't you a gangster?"
The sword maker said, "I miss Zhuang Qin Yueyue. I like to eat flowers, flowers soaked in human blood."
That should be a common topic with A Ming.
quickly,
A man walked out of the inn again. The man was not tall but had a stocky build. He was wearing leather armor and holding two hammers.
The man walked to the front and struck with his hammers.
Road:
"Commander Mo Xilai of Wutong County is here to see your Majesty. May your Majesty be in good health!"
Zheng Fan looked at the sword maker again,
This time,
Is it your turn?
Unexpectedly, from the woods behind, a man with a gun walked out. He was a very simple man. There was nothing special about his appearance or temperament.
However, Xiong Tingshan pointed directly at the man with the gun and said, "Fourth brother, didn't you say that there are no soldiers nearby? Why is Commander Liang here?"
When the man with the gun heard this, he cupped his hands and said:
"So that His Highness the Fifth Prince will know that the criminal who was beaten to death in the street last month in a yamen of Dugu's family has been deprived of his official position by the king."
"Is this okay?" Xiong Tingshan was a little unconvinced.
Liang Yue nodded and said, "Of course."
"Mo Xilai, what do you think?" Xiong Tingshan asked the short man.
Mo Xilai licked his lips and said, "I have heard about the reputation of the Liang family's guns and that they have inherited the position of the Forbidden Army's spearmanship instructor for generations. Your Highness, I will take it!"
Xiong Tingshan nodded and did not intend to pursue the matter. However, he still silently untied his robe, exposed the skin on his chest, and shouted:
"Fourth brother, younger brother, I also want to play. I know that the gentleman from the Dugu family has also followed you. Let him come over to me. Hahahaha. The whole world wants to know whether the sword maker of Da Chu can do it. Fourth brother, you should also want to know whether your reputation as someone who knows how to fight is in vain. Today, brother, I am here to reveal the truth to you."
Zheng Fan looked at the sword maker again,
The sword-maker became a little angry and said to Zheng Fan, "Are you going to start making noises?"
"Juniors also want to know."
"Ah."
The regent did not call the swordsmith to fight, but took the initiative to step forward, faced his fifth brother, and said:
"Fifth brother, we brothers haven't competed against each other for a long time."
"Brother, you know, when we were young, Master Hong taught us boxing, every time I competed with my brothers, I didn't dare to use my full strength, brother, because I was afraid that I would hurt you and make my mother's life in the palace worse. difficult.
Brother, you are a person in the temple. Even if your rank is high, my brother, I was born fighting in the water town of Wutong County. "
The regent shook his head and said:
"It doesn't matter, you don't have to hold back this time."
At this time, the old man of the Shanyue tribe said: "Your Majesty, the fifth highness, four pairs of people, how do you calculate the winner or loser?"
Xiong Tingshan said: "My fourth brother and I don't count. The throne of Dachu does not need a warrior who can only fight."
The Shanyue elder seemed a little dissatisfied when he heard this, but in the end he nodded and agreed.
When Uncle Zheng saw the swordmaker take out two gourds and pull out the stoppers, he found that the contents were not wine but pulp, that is, juice. He immediately took the initiative to come over and sit on the ground.
The sword maker rolled his eyes at Zheng Fan angrily and threw a gourd to Zheng Fan.
Zheng Fan reached out to catch it and took a sip. He found that the taste was really good. It was different from juice. It was not very sweet or sour. However, after taking one sip, he immediately wanted to take a second sip.
"What is this?" Zheng Fan asked.
"Is it delicious?"
"Delicious."
"As long as it tastes good, why are you asking so many questions? If you still want to drink next time, I can exchange one word for a pot."
"That's it." Uncle Zheng really didn't feel bad about the poems he copied. It wouldn't be a problem to find a blind man after he got back and write "Three Hundred Tang Poems" silently.
"But the signature must be mine."
"This……"
The swordmaker took a sip from his gourd and whispered:
"That's how I changed with Yu Huaping, but instead of using the gourd, I used a sword."
There are rumors in the world that because the sword maker gave Long Yuan, who forged it with his own hands, to the sword master, the sword master helped him to become famous in order to repay the favor.
Uncle Zheng pointed to the front and said, "Is this a competition?"
"It's so obvious, Mr. Su, why do you still need to ask?"
"No, this junior just thinks that this seems a bit too childish."
"Oh? In Mr. Su's opinion, it took two years for both sides to decide the winner with hundreds of thousands of troops. Is this solemn?"
"Junior doesn't mean that."
"That's what I mean, we are all princes of the Chu Kingdom, so why make it so tense.
Look, that Shanyue old man represents the attitude of the Shanyue people in Wutong County. The Broken Blade Sect is a famous local sect in Wutong County. Wu Junqing represents the attitude of the local people in Wutong County. Mo Xilai was born in the Wutong County Army. , what he represents is the attitude of Wutong County's [-] soldiers.
The three major forces in Wutong County are all present. After winning or losing in this game, everyone can be considered convinced. No matter what the outcome is, they can hold their noses and accept it.
Isn't it much better than hundreds of thousands of troops fighting against each other until the sky is dark and the ground is covered with blood? "
"really."
"Ah."
……
Hong Menyang clasped his fists and said: "Please!"
The old man from the Shanyue tribe nodded, took half a step back, raised the harpoon, and shouted: "Come on!"
side,
Qin Yueyue stuffed a few more petals into her mouth and asked while chewing: "I heard that the meat on your sword practitioners is smelly, and the blood is also smelly?"
Wu Junqing drew out his knife,
Road:
"Girl, you can come and have a try."
Among all weapons, the sword is the most respected, and looking down on swordsmen is an unwritten chain of contempt in the world.
Therefore, when almost every swordsman walks on the road and sees a swordsman passing by him, he will first look at them with disdain and then spit at their back.
Uncle Zheng also used a knife, so he was very unhappy with the one named Qin Yueyue.
The problem is, Qin Yueyue doesn't use a sword either!
Xi Nian Village seems to be a Jianghu sect, but in fact it is a department of Fengchao, where some prisoners with sensitive identities are detained and interrogated with torture.
Qin Yueyue likes to eat flower petals soaked in human blood because there is no shortage of blood as a raw material there. It is just like A Ming has been looking forward to a war, because during a war he will not lack a source of fresh blood, and he can also Picking and choosing after the war.
Liang Yue swung his spear, and Mo Xilai raised his hammers. Both of them were from military backgrounds, and they didn't have any bad habits. They just came up and started doing it.
Therefore,
Next,
Uncle Zheng and the sword maker sat side by side, watching the confrontation between the three pairs of strong men.
Hong Menyang's fist was hard, and the fist he released could suppress the old man's fine iron harpoon. From the beginning, he had the upper hand, and the old man could only parry.
On the other side, the weapon used by Qin Yueyue was a wolf-skin whip. When it danced, sand and rocks flew, creating a pattern of its own. Wu Junqing could only keep wandering around the periphery, looking for opportunities.
But Liang Yue and Mo Xilai were a little one-sided. Mo Xilai was beaten so much that he lost a sledgehammer.
Uncle Zheng is also a martial arts practitioner, so he understands why the gap between Liang Yue and Mo Xilai is so big. Maybe there is not much difference between the two in terms of realm, but Liang Yue is a trainer, and what he usually studies is marksmanship. Mo Xilai He is a general, and what he is good at is probably fighting in battle.
Who will challenge your civilization on the battlefield?People in battle formations are often accustomed to the simplest and most straightforward tactics. If there is a chance, they will defeat the enemy with one strike. If there is no chance, they will quickly distance themselves to prevent others from attacking them.
Generally speaking, except for Qin Yueyue, who is still evenly matched, the victory of the other two sides has tilted.
"It's not fair." Chen Daxia said.
He felt that this kind of duel was very unfair. Chen Daxia was an honest man. He thought so in his heart and actually said it in his mouth.
Zheng Fan said:
"Even in the battle formation, Wutong County competes with the entire Chu State with one county, and the situation is like this."
When the sword maker heard this, he couldn't help but said, "I'm a little surprised that Mr. Xiao Su has such an opinion."
Zheng Fan smiled.
The sword maker took another sip of the pulp from the gourd and said, "Actually, the situation has been decided. Everyone is just going through the motions."
This was a lie, a lie made to smooth things over for an outsider like himself, but Uncle Zheng did not expose it.
The fight between Xiong Tingshan and the Prince Regent hasn't started yet, but the situation of the duel over there has already emerged.
The fifth prince smiled bitterly and said:
"Fourth brother is worthy of being the regent of Great Chu, with so many masters under his command."
"Compared to this, I am the fourth brother and I am taking advantage of you."
As the current supreme ruler of the Chu State, there are naturally a lot of experts who are willing to serve for him. In this regard, Xiong Tingshan, who only has Wutong County as his support, is completely incomparable.
Xiong Tingshan lowered his body and said, "Fourth brother, should we still take action?"
The regent spread his arms and pulled up the cuffs, revealing the fire phoenix mark.
The mark began to glow, and then, a phantom of flame appeared from behind the Regent.
Uncle Zheng's eyes immediately widened, because this scene gave Uncle Zheng a very familiar feeling. This was also the first time in this world that he saw someone other than himself who could activate the soul body for his own use. exist.
The magic pill is the soul body, so the regent is actually taking the same path as himself.
Xiong Tingshan saw this scene and said:
"So, there are indeed high and low bloodlines."
A child of the royal family can get the fire phoenix essence blood into his body, and then attract monsters to follow him from Daze. This is how Xiong Liqing's green python came. It is already a monster of excellent quality. After all, since the lord of Chu, Since the opening of the border, it is not only the people of Shanyue who have been declining, but also the monsters in Daze.
This is the same reason that in later generations, as the scope of human activities continues to expand, the habitats of wild animals continue to shrink.
However, what the regent attracted was not a monster, but a... spirit.
It is also the so-called soul of a monster. After the monster's body dies, its soul is immortal. It is a spirit. The monster that can give birth to a spirit is extremely difficult. It is even more difficult if the spirit appears and does not dissipate. This shows the cherishment of the spirit. .
Uncle Zheng was already thinking in his heart, if the regent introduced the spirit into his body, would he be like himself, as if his body had been hollowed out and he could only lie on the bed and stretch out his corpse?
The regent shook his head and said: "It's just luck. By the way, I brought a disciple of Master Yao here today just to make him a witness."
"Fourth brother is indeed very well-arranged."
Only then did Uncle Zheng understand why the regent wanted to bring him along. Therefore, his current identity was just like the reporter who was responsible for taking pictures and writing reports when the leader went out to clear the snow.
So, this was all arranged?
The sword maker seemed to have guessed what Zheng Fan was thinking, and said directly: "If we really wanted to fight, we would have started it long ago. Among all the princes, those who raised armies and those who ascended the throne have done what they should do.
Here, the king did not choose to ascend the throne, and over there, His Highness the Fifth Prince did not choose to raise an army. In fact..."
"Is it to give both parties a step down?" Zheng Fan said.
The sword maker nodded and said, "It's a very good metaphor."
"Then don't worry." Uncle Zheng said.
"Worry?"
Uncle Zheng affirmed: "As a cadre, I really don't want anything to happen to the regent now."
The current situation is that the Qian-Chu alliance is fighting against the Yan State. If something unexpected happens to the regent of the Chu State, causing the Chu State to fall into disarray again, that is definitely something the Gan people do not want to see.
Even though Zhong Tianlang is having a lot of fun on the border now, that's because none of Yan's two elite cavalry are stationed in Yinlang County.
If Dayan had gathered elite troops from Zhenbei and Jingnan like when they went south to Qianguo to borrow a road, the situation would be completely different. Even if Zhong Tianlang still had the courage, his father Zhong Wendao would not be able to agree to let him carry out the attack. All the cavalry troops that could easily be saved were lost.
Of course, from Uncle Zheng's point of view, he wished that the regent would die here. He had been expecting it in his heart before, but now that he knew that there was a tacit understanding between the regent and the fifth prince, he felt a little bit sad. disappointment.
But this is natural. They are all big countries in the East. It is impossible for Yan State to have all the scribes and generals, while other countries have only wine bags and rice bags.
"There is still something to worry about." The sword maker said, laying out a row of wooden swords he carved last night and this morning, "The throne is too attractive, and people are often easily swayed by their thoughts.
The regent was actually gambling for the fate of the country of Chu. In fact, the regent had already won. Even if he mobilized a large army, he could still pacify Wutong County. "
The reason why I am willing to bet is that I hope that Chu State can avoid this internal strife.
You know, for the sake of the throne, there are countless examples of brothers and fathers turning against each other. Who dares to be magnanimous, and at the same time, who dares to guarantee that the other party will not change while he is magnanimous?
Daxia Chen said: "So, why are we fighting this?"
Zheng Fan replied directly: "In order to explain."
In order to give an explanation to the Shanyue people, to give an explanation to the soldiers of Wutong County, and to give an explanation to the local forces in Wutong County.
Because many times, it’s not just you who controls them, but they push you to the front;
Once you can't give them a good enough explanation, they will find another person and push them to the front.
The fifth prince is actually such a position.
The sword maker looked at Zheng Fan carefully. This disciple of Master Yao really gave people a different feeling. He could actually say such words.
there,
The fifth prince has already arrived in front of the regent.
The flame shadow outside the Regent's body was suddenly released at this time, forming a barrier.
Uncle Zheng can clearly feel that the regent's spirit is much more powerful than his current magic pill. Of course, the magic pill has not been upgraded yet, and the magic pill can continue to be upgraded in the future. The development potential of both parties ,completely different.
However, Xiong Tingshan completely solidified his energy and blood around himself, forcibly broke through the barrier of the Prince Regent, and came to the Prince Regent, raising the knife in his hand.
Uncle Zheng's eyes also began to widen.
I shouted in my heart,
cut it down,
cut it down,
cut it down!
As long as it is cut down, I can go back to Xueguan to pack my things and prepare to enter Chu with Marquis Jingnan.
Xiong Tingshan's knife was indeed cut down, but after the outer barrier was breached, it was suddenly recovered and hit him directly.
"puff!"
The tip of the knife pierced the regent's chest, but before Xiong Tingshan could use his strength to completely immerse the knife edge, the flames that had previously formed a barrier had already turned into tyrannical strands of horses and grabbed him whole.
The knife fell down after leaving the person, and Xiong Tingshan was lifted high, as if completely restrained by a spider web.
Red blood seeped out of the Regent's chest, but he still stood upright.
Zheng Fan pursed his lips, this was really a critical moment;
But Uncle Zheng thought of another possibility, that is, maybe even this move and this scene were designed and arranged by the two brothers.
The regent deliberately let Xiong Tingshan penetrate his first barrier, and deliberately gave him the opportunity to deliver the knife to his chest, in order to pave the way for what was to come.
As a veteran player of routines, Uncle Zheng had actually guessed how things would develop next if he put himself into it.
Just like before, Uncle Zheng gave the answer directly to Master Chen without hesitation.
Some scheming methods are actually a kind of instinct. The regent is like this, and so is Uncle Zheng.
Xiong Tingshan was detained in the air, and the regent clenched his fists and raised his arms. As long as he loosened his fingers, Xiong Tingshan would be "divided into five horses" by the power of the spirit.
This scene caused the battles in the other three locations to come to a halt.
Hong Menyang immediately withdrew his fist. The old man from the Shanyue tribe, who had been beaten to the point where he could only parry, held up the harpoon and did not dare to make another move.
Qin Yueyue put away the whip, and Wu Junqing also put away the knife. They fought evenly, but Wu Qingjun had strong stamina. It was time for him to counterattack after he figured out Qin Yueyue's whip technique, but Wu Junqing still chose to put away the knife. Because for him, if the fifth prince dies, the Broken Blade Sect and the local families in Wutong County will lose the motivation to continue struggling.
After all, they can't completely mix up with the Shanyue people and cause trouble together.
Liang Yue put away his gun,
Mo Xilai sat down on the ground. He had several wounds on his body and kept breathing.
Next, everyone's eyes fell on the Regent and Xiong Tingshan.
The regent exudes an extremely powerful aura, and coupled with his identity, it makes people feel even more awe-inspiring.
But Uncle Zheng, as a person who has experienced it himself, naturally knows that the regent is strong, but he is definitely not that strong. He should not be a third-grade man, but maybe a fourth-grade or even a fifth-grade man.
But the bonus effect of the spirit is too obvious. It is equivalent to a secret method to forcibly cross the border. Uncle Zheng often experienced similar feelings when using magic pills in the past. At the same time, the spirit is a soul body. Because of this, it can have a better bonus effect on the aura and momentum.
The same wind force, blowing in summer and blowing in winter, gives people completely different feelings, but the wind force is actually the same.
Seeing this, Uncle Zheng was certain that this was a carefully designed political show. The only key point was the knife Xiong Tingshan sent out.
The regent did not loosen his fingers, but slowly dropped his arm. Xiong Tingshan fell to the ground, sweating profusely. He looked at the regent,
Kneel down slowly,
Road:
"Fourth brother, brother, I'm convinced."
The regent glanced at the Shanyue elder with majestic eyes and said:
"Everything among the Shanyue tribes in Wutong County remains as usual. The imperial court will not interfere with your fiefdom matters."
The old man of the Shanyue tribe put down his harpoon, knelt down and saluted the regent, expressing his surrender.
The regent glanced at Wu Junqing and said: "The clans in Wutong County have all been promoted to one level."
Wu Junqing stuck the knife on the ground,
Kneel down to the Prince Regent:
"Thank you Lord Ron."
At last,
The regent set his sights on Mo Xilai,
"Select [-] troops from Wutong County to join the Chu Royal Family's Forbidden Army."
Mo Xilai quickly put her forehead on the ground,
"Long live my emperor!"
The three people represent the three forces.
After being comforted, the regent stretched out his hand and put it on Xiong Tingshan's shoulder. Without shying away from outsiders, he said directly:
"I heard that my siblings are crazy about wanting to be queens?"
"Hahaha." Xiong Tingshan laughed and said, "Isn't that right? In the early years, my brother and I were just demoted to Wutong County by my father. If I hadn't met her, I might have died several times. I owe her, Whatever she wants, as a husband, I should help her get it."
"Lin'er's wife has not been chosen yet. Let her younger siblings choose a girl from her clan."
Lin'er is the eldest son of the regent. He is the heir apparent now and will most likely be the crown prince in the future.
You must know that when Xiong Tingshan returned to Yingdu because he married a Shanyue woman, the late emperor did not even want to see him. This shows how much trouble the regent's decision will cause.
It is very likely that from now on, the blood of Shanyue people will flow in the subsequent emperors of the Chu Kingdom.
"Fourth brother, I am impressed by your courage. I believe in her and have nothing to say."
"Only when a family is harmonious can everything prosper. You have guarded Wutong County for 15 years. I thank you on behalf of the court, but now you have to go back to Yingdu to help me and help me deal with Tian Wujing."
"Fourth brother, as long as you dare to use me, brother, I will fight to the death!"
"Mr. Xiao Su!"
"Foreign Minister, here."
Uncle Zheng immediately stood up and responded.
"What you saw today, can you write an article about it?"
"Foreign ministers are fortunate to be able to witness this scene. Brothers, friends and brothers serve the country and the people respectfully. Your Majesty and His Highness the Fifth are truly heroes of the world."
Xiong Tingshan glanced at Zheng Fan and said with a smile:
"After all, a scholar is one who can speak."
The regent waved his hand and said: "Master Hong, send Mr. Su back to the Villa. I want to stay with my fifth brother for a while and catch up on old times."
that's it,
Uncle Zheng cannot see how things will develop next.
He and Chen Daxia got into the carriage together, and Hong Menyang drove them back to Bieyuan.
The sword maker didn't follow him back either.
Zheng Fan knew clearly that the regent wanted him and Chen Daxia to come here because he wanted to let Yao Zizhan know about the situation in Chu through his mouth, and also to let the officials of Qian State know about the situation in Chu.
This is the state of Chu telling its allies that the civil strife in Chu has completely subsided. Next, the two states of Qian and Chu can work together to deal with the state of Yan.
however
The regent had calculated everything, but he could not figure out that Mr. Su Mingzhe, whom he thought was actually a fake.
Because Uncle Zheng had no intention of pretending to be this person from the beginning, there was no way to plan. Everything originated from Chen Daxia’s crime;
No matter how scheming the regent is, he can't think of an idiotic change of intention, right?
Furthermore, that song "Man Jiang Hong" is enough to prove one's "identity" and talent. It is the most solid passport in this world. Moreover, both the regent and the sword maker have profound cultural attainments. They are I didn’t know Uncle Zheng could recite poetry;
In their eyes, only Yao Zizhan's apprentices could write poetry of this level.
Therefore, it can actually be said that Uncle Zheng, the impostor, not only did not reveal his secrets in playing Mr. Su Mingzhe, but he also did a better job than the real person himself.
At the same time, leaving aside what the regent wanted "Su Mingzhe" to see, Uncle Zheng himself saw what he wanted, something that made Uncle Zheng look forward to tomorrow's "big wedding" even more.
That is, Uncle Zheng, who is often possessed by magic pills, knows that the regent has another reason for sending him and Chen Daxia away, and that is that the regent should soon face the strong sequelae of Lingshang's death.
The chest injury was actually a minor problem. The key was that his whole body would be severely overdrawn later.That spirit is much stronger than the current magic pill, and the side effects will definitely be stronger!
so,
The regent will not appear at the princess's wedding banquet tomorrow. First of all, he may not be able to wake up at that time and will continue to be in a coma. Even if he wakes up, he will be extremely depressed. As a king, he will not be there. He showed his weak side in front of his ministers; secondly, the masters around the regent should not appear at the wedding banquet tomorrow, because they have to personally protect the weak monarch.
This means,
The difficulty factor of marrying tomorrow has suddenly dropped too much.
Then,
Another good news came,
The carriage stopped,
Because they encountered a convoy of Fan Mansion transporting red candles for tomorrow's wedding banquet.
Hong Menyang hesitated a little.
But Zheng Fan immediately said considerately: "Master Hong, Daxia Chen and I can just follow this convoy back to Bieyuan. You should go back and wait for the king. You can't let the king miss the auspicious occasion of the princess's wedding. Anyway, we are here It’s not far from Bieyuan.”
When Hong Menyang heard this, he immediately said: "Then Mr. Xiao Su and Chen Daxia will be wronged."
"Whatever it is, wherever it is."
Of course Hong Menyang would not tell Zheng Fan that the regent would not come to attend tomorrow's wedding;
After watching Zheng Fan and Chen Daxia get into Fan's motorcade, Hong Menyang immediately drove back;
He wanted to protect the regent at a close distance. The imperial guards of the Dachu royal family were not around now. They were the real barrier to protect the regent's safety.
Uncle Zheng followed this convoy and went directly into the Villa.
After entering the Villa, Zheng Fan didn't get out of the car in a hurry and left, and Daxia Chen followed suit.
for a while,
Xue San, Siniang and A Ming all entered the carriage.
The princess will be robbed tomorrow, and the three demon kings have already sneaked in. However, Siniang and Xue San are just doing things, while A Ming is really "mingling".
Daxia Chen was sitting next to him. Zheng Fan and the demon kings did not shy away from this gangster. They were plotting in front of him because Daxia Chen's character was so stable.
Zheng Fan quickly recounted what happened today.
At last,
The focus is on:
The regent will probably have to rest until tomorrow. He and the Ouchi experts around him will probably not show up at tomorrow's wedding banquet.
Uncle Zheng even felt that the regent's visit to the princess might be just a drop-in, because this place is about the same distance from Yingdu and Wutong County, so it should be a negotiation location acceptable to both parties.
As a king, it is unlikely that he would go here for a so-called personal relationship, abandoning a major issue in the court.
What's more, Marquis Jingnan is still exerting pressure at Zhennanguan.
In fact, the princess also expressed this intention last night. She didn't think her brother could stay here for so many days in order to attend her wedding and send her sister off to get married.
Siniang and Xue San immediately began to think, because in the original plan, it was presupposed that the regent would be present, and the Ouchi experts around the regent would also be present.
The difficulty has been reduced, but the plan has to be revised accordingly.
At this time, Siniang suddenly said: "My lord, I have thought of a good idea."
"Say."
Siniang's eyes scanned all the people present and said: "My lord, only you know that the regent will definitely not appear at the wedding banquet tomorrow, but the Qu family doesn't know that, and neither do those who come to the wedding banquet." I know, even the Royal Imperial Guards outside Bieyuan don’t know.
They only knew that the regent Bailong Yufu came to attend the princess's wedding banquet.
so………
So tomorrow the slave family can disguise A Ming into the appearance of the regent, and let the Lord directly hold the 'regent' hostage as a blackmail. With this guarantee and prerequisite, it will be much easier to kidnap the princess. Our The degree of freedom will be higher, and the effect will be better.
However, the master has to work hard to draw a portrait of the regent's face for the slave family, because the slave family has never seen the regent. "
Painting is Uncle Zheng’s job, so there is no problem at all.
In the carriage, everyone else's eyes lit up after hearing this proposal.
Yes indeed,
The only ones who know that the regent will not show up tomorrow are themselves.
Even Chen Daxia, who was sitting nearby and watching, couldn't help but praise:
"Fantastic!"
but,
A Ming raised his hand,
asked:
"Why should you choose me to disguise yourself as the regent? You can choose someone else, right?"
Si Niang immediately replied: "No, it has to be you. Think about it, when the time comes, the Lord will hold the princess's hand and hold you hostage at the same time, you will be very close to the Lord, and you can also help the Lord block hidden weapons. What if the Chu people take the risk?"
A Ming opened his mouth. He felt very uncomfortable when he heard this, but he could not refute.
Xue San said: "One more thing is that when the Lord holds you hostage, if the Chu people don't retreat and we scare them, the Lord can do this."
Saying that, Xue San pulled out a dagger and waved it:
“Are you going to retreat or not?
At that time, the Lord can directly put knives and arrows on the hostages and scare the Chu people to death without worrying about the hostages being killed.
Anyway, A Ming will not die even if a few holes are opened in his body. Can there be any hostage in the world that is more effective and practical than this one?
hey-hey. "
"..." A Ming.
After saying that, Xue San took the initiative to hand the dagger to Zheng Fan and said, "My Lord, why don't you stab A Ming a few times to practice your skills first?"
A Ming pointed his finger at Xue San.
Xue San immediately scratched his neck and said: "What, what? I'm just rehearsing for the effect of tomorrow's performance!"
What’s in my heart is,
From Ge Laozi,
I have been busy since I entered Chu.
It turns out that you, who has been eating and drinking all the time, actually upgraded before me!
Is there any reason!
Uncle Zheng still didn't really use A Ming to rehearse a few cuts at this time.
After all, even if A Ming is injured and does not die, it will consume a lot of energy when recovering from the injury. Vampires are not immortal. On the premise of not damaging the brain, high-level vampires just have a thicker blood tank than ordinary people.
Uncle Zheng cleared his throat.
As a final mobilization:
“We have the right time, right place and right people.
Tomorrow,
Let's try to hold the wedding for him...
Splendid scenery! "
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It takes a lot of time to write a large chapter, and it’s already at this point when I finish writing it and publish it, so please forgive me.
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At last,
Don't panic, the outbreak will continue tomorrow.
(End of this chapter)
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