Chapter 17: The Dream Shattered
In the brightly lit imperial city, outside the slightly simple study, Zhao Lingwu was pacing back and forth, left and right, since the dispersal of the dynasty has been left behind, until now Zhao Lingyun has not summoned him, in the morning Zhao Lingyun and the head of the household Liu Yuqing discussed the problem of the three border follow-up grain and grass, although Yue Qianming and others have taken away some grain with storage bags when they left, but this time is different, no one knows how long this war will last, the supply of grain and grass must be guaranteed in a timely manner, and the granaries around the imperial capital have been deployed to the limit, must be deployed from the local government to support the border, and the number of storage bags is also limited, and must be reasonably distributed, After discussing with Liu Yuqing, he was busy dealing with other official duties, but he hung Zhao Lingwu until now, that is, he asked someone to send him some food at noon, so he ignored him.
Zhao Lingwu was facing away from the study at this time admiring the Qionglou Yuyu in the palace, while thinking about what his Zhao Lingyun wanted to leave behind, his plan in the past few years was extremely strict, and the private soldiers he had raised were all hidden in the cottage far away from the border mountains, and over the years, he had gathered some cultivation sects and several middle and lower-level generals who had been stationed on the border all the year round, and he definitely didn't leave any handle, even so, he was still a little nervous in his heart at the moment, did Zhao Lingyun find something? I only heard the sound of the door of the study opening and closing, but I didn't turn around, thinking that there was a eunuch door coming in and out, and I was still thinking about Zhao Lingyun's intentions, whether he was deliberately embarrassing himself, or how?
While he was pondering, he only heard a voice behind him say, "Big brother, what are you thinking?" Zhao Lingwu Huo Ran turned around, but Zhao Lingyun was already standing behind him at some point, looking at Zhao Lingyun's smiling face, how hateful and hateful, he couldn't smash it with a punch, but the only thing he could do at this time was to bend down and salute. Zhao Lingyun waited for Zhao Lingwu to finish saluting, and then said: "For so many years, our brothers haven't had a good chat, today I want to talk to my eldest brother, you should have time!" But he didn't wait for Zhao Lingwu to answer, and continued to walk forward, Zhao Lingwu had to follow forward, only to hear Zhao Lingyun say again: "Big brother was just thinking about whether the 100,000 private soldiers you hid in your fiefdom Lingzhou Mansion Genyue Mountain are still safe? Or do you think that Jia Jiuling, the capital of Jinyuan Mansion close to the north, can block Li Deming's southward offensive?" Or do you wonder if the cultivators of the Miao Ling Sect and the Qishan Sect have already arrived in these two places?" Zhao Lingwu watched Zhao Lingyun's upper and lower lips keep colliding, directly hitting the deepest secret in his heart, at this moment, he was already in a cold sweat, and was shivered by the wind blowing from afar, and hurriedly used his aura to help him stabilize his mind, and asked, "What does your lord mean by this?
Zhao Lingyun didn't show any signs of anger, he still looked at Zhao Lingwu with a smile, and Zhao Lingwu, who looked straight at him, felt furious in his heart, and heard Zhao Lingyun say: "Han Qixing, Zhang Qi, Feng Siyuan, Huo Jiacheng, and Uncle Chen Ming's names should all be familiar to the eldest brother! I remember that two of them were the guards of Qianzhu Town and Niutou Mountain in the south, and three of them were the guards of Baipo Mountain, Yiyi Pass and Wansnake Ridge in the north. As for the specific situation of these five people, I think you know better than me, big brother! There are also Li Jiyuan of the Xia Geng clan and Jin Shuwu of the Jinhai clan, I think you are more familiar with it!"
Zhao Lingwu has stabilized his mind and controlled his surging fear, but his heart is still like a storm, it turns out that his plans over the years are all jokes in Zhao Lingyun's eyes, Zhao Lingwu who is annoyed and angry looks at Zhao Lingyun who is close at hand, no matter what place this is, evil is born to the side of the gall, and the aura of his whole body is attacked by Zhao Lingyun, but Zhao Lingyun did not panic, a dragon-shaped jade pendant on his waist moved at will, emitting a strong purple gold light, blocking Zhao Lingwu's attack outside, seeing Zhao Lingyun injected a cloud of purple aura, and then the sound of a dragon's groan came out, and a purple gold dragon head rushed out of the jade pendant, like an arrow from the string drilled into Zhao Lingwu's chest, Zhao Lingwu didn't have time to resist falling to the ground, and there were scarlet blood stains overflowing from the corners of his mouth, and Zhao Lingwu's face at this time was completely gray, as if he was dying soon.
Zhao Lingyun waved his hand behind him without turning his head, and then a black shadow flashed away. At this time, Wei Chi Zhongming, who was dressed in golden armor, appeared beside Zhao Lingwu, and when he saw Zhao Lingwu lying on the ground, he didn't understand what was happening, he just sensed that there was a strong aura fluctuation here, and used his extreme strength to rush over, it was a sensitive period when several countries were at war, if there were masters from other two countries sneaking into the imperial city to assassinate Zhao Lingyun, then he would not be able to cut off a hundred heads.
Wei Chi Zhongming was about to ask Zhao Lingwu what had happened, but saw Zhao Lingyun take out a jade bottle from his bosom, pour out a pill from it, and hand it to Yu Chi Zhongming, motioning for him to give Zhao Lingwu to take, Yu Chi Zhongming took the pill, reluctantly helped Zhao Lingwu up and fed him the pill, Zhao Lingwu's complexion gradually recovered a little blood, and looked at Zhao Lingyun with doubts and hatred, not knowing what it meant. Zhao Lingyun signaled Yu Chi Zhongming to help Zhao Lingwu back into the study, and then let Yu Chi Zhongming retreat. Seeing Zhao Lingwu sitting on the stool still staring at himself, with a dead look, Zhao Lingyun walked to the chair behind the desk and sat down and said, "Big brother, you don't have to look at me like this. My father just wants us two sons, and he never wants us to kill each other, and I don't want his old man to be uneasy in the kingdom of heaven. And I still have a plan that needs you to fulfill my Zhao Xin's thousand-year-old wish. Zhao Lingwu smiled cruelly: "No matter what plan you have, do you think I will help you? Also, what if you know my plan now? Do you think you can survive the situation of the two countries attacking Zhao this time?" Zhao Lingyun smiled and said: "You don't care if I can survive this crisis, now I only talk about you, are you really willing to be a nameless prince from now on, or leave a notoriety for future generations? I don't want to be able to leave a name in history, like our Uncle Wang, and be the pillar of my Zhao Xin clan?" After a pause, he said: "During this time, you can return to the mansion to recuperate with peace of mind, and by the way, consider my suggestion." By the way, big brother, the secret passage in your Qinxinyuan study is not safe, and it will collapse at any time, so don't leave again during this time. When Zhao Lingwu heard Zhao Lingyun say this, his injuries had already improved somewhat, and blood overflowed from the corners of his mouth, so he hurriedly used his aura to protect his heart, but he still coughed. Zhao Lingyun looked at Zhao Lingwu and didn't say anything anymore, afraid that Shengsheng would anger him, the eldest brother who was already narrow, and affect his future plans. Immediately called someone to send Zhao Lingwu out of the palace, and naturally someone from the palace took him back to the palace, and Zhao Lingyun sent people to monitor around the palace to confuse the enemy spies.
After Zhao Lingwu returned to the mansion, he thought that his ten-year plan was broken by Zhao Lingyun, and he thought that the power he had developed in the local area in the past few years must have been quietly uprooted by Zhao Lingyun, how Zhao Lingyun found out, it doesn't matter anymore, but the more he thinks about it, the more aggrieved he becomes, and there has always been a breath of unwillingness lingering in his heart, and he wants to vomit blood, Princess Jing stayed in front of the bed and looked at such King Jing, and wanted to curse Zhao Lingyun to comfort Zhao Lingwu, Zhao Lingwu was already impatient after only listening to two sentences, and scolded Princess Jing out, and scolded in his heart"Foolish". Of course, he knew what Zhao Xin's long-cherished wish for the millennium was, but he didn't understand what Zhao Lingyun said about the plan, what kind of plan would need to be used by himself, and he thought about what Zhao Lingyun said about leaving his name in history? If he can really leave a name in history, it is worth it, and he can also raise his reputation a lot, instead of just being a prince who failed to fight for the throne, and a lonely and unknown prince who has withdrawn from the stage of history. Zhao Lingwu was thinking so crankily, but he couldn't think of a reason, and because he was injured, he fell asleep in a daze.
In the early morning of the next day, Jiang Chen, Yue Wujing and Yu Chi Xiao Fat went to the spiritual courtyard in the imperial city together, and when they were about to arrive at the Vermilion Bird Gate, they met with Zhao Rong's car, and both sides commanded their own servants and did not want to let go, and finally Jiang Chen persuaded Yue Wujing and the little fat man a few words, and the two agreed to give each other, only to hear Zhao Rong say to Jiang Chen when the two cars were staggered: "Waste is waste." Jiang Chenqi's face suddenly turned red, and Yue Wujing next to him immediately ordered his own driver to catch up and stop Zhao Rong's car, and the three children immediately jumped out of the car, pointing at Zhao Rong and letting him down, although he was also scolding, but he would only say that you are a puppy, a stupid pig and other painless words, Zhao Rong looked at the three of them, and he definitely couldn't beat him alone, and said: "You wait, let's go to the ring to fight it out when we go to the martial arts class, and whoever loses will call each other grandpa." "None of the two people driving next to him dare to help their masters, these are the heirs of the princes and nobles, how to help is considered a crime, both of them simply kept silent, only let these four children mess around, and there will be no big incident, after the four of them agreed, Jiang Chen and the three of them returned to the carriage, until the Vermilion Bird Gate of the Imperial City stopped, and the three of them got out of the carriage and discussed who should come out to fight Zhao Rong, then Zhao Rong has been practicing diligently recently, and I heard that Zhao Lingwu also specially hired a teacher to teach Zhao Rong.
Yue Wujing wanted to play by himself, but was rejected by Jiang Chen, thinking that this was originally a matter between himself and Zhao Rong, and he couldn't let a little girl help him out, he had also practiced with Yue Qianming recently, and after completing the training yesterday, he carefully read the book left by the teacher, and the fighting skills explained in it were just right to try, so he said that he went on the field to fight with Zhao Rong by himself, and he also wanted to be ashamed of himself, even if he couldn't become a spiritual cultivator, he was not a waste.
Zhao Rong was originally afraid that his father would teach him a lesson again, and he didn't want to cause trouble, but after listening to his mother's crying and cursing to Zhao Lingyun's brothers and sisters last night, he held his breath in his heart, and he happened to meet Jiang Chen and the three of them today, and he couldn't help but scolded Jiang Chen, and then he was blocked by Jiang Chen and the three of them for the sake of face, so he challenged, such a fair duel, I think my father should not blame himself, and his mother can be angry. When Jiang Chen and the three of them arrived, Zhao Rong was already standing in a small ring in the middle of the arena waiting for them, and there were four or five children around him who were talking to Zhao Rong, but they didn't see where Qin Kunxiao was.
Jiang Chen and the three of them came directly to the edge of the ring, and Yue Wujing was still persuading Jiang Chen, but Jiang Chen was unmoved, directly took off his little robe, handed it to Wei Chide, and jumped into the ring, Zhao Rong saw Jiang Chen in the ring, let the children around him disperse, and laughed: "You fight with me, can you fight? Why don't you let Yue Wujing help you out?"
Jiang Chen looked at Zhao Rong's hateful face, he was even more angry, and he didn't want to say anything more to him, he had already set up a posture and was ready to have a good fight with him, turned off the gravity bracelet he was carrying, and tried to see what his cultivation results were in the past few days, while thinking about Yue Qianming's explanation of those vital parts of the human body to himself, he rushed towards Zhao Rong.
Jiang Chen, who turned off the gravity bracelet, had obviously increased a lot, Zhao Rong couldn't react, and hit Jiang Chen firmly on his nose, and suddenly his eyes were full of stars, he was dazed, crawling on the ground and holding his own pain and shouting, Jiang Chen saw Zhao Rong being knocked to the ground with a punch and said mockingly: "You are the waste, you can't even parry my punch." ”
Zhao Rong heard Jiang Chen say this, stubbornly got up, stared at Jiang Chen with red eyes and said: "You dare to say that I am a waste, you are a waste who only knows how to use brute force, wait!" I saw that Zhao Rong made a few strange gestures while speaking, and then Jiang Chen felt that the air around him was flowing rapidly, with Zhao Rong's body as the center, the air was circulating faster and faster, and finally formed a small aura storm circle, the children on the spot looked at Zhao Rong in shock, and suddenly a loud cry sounded: "Zhao Rong, what are you doing?" Stop!" A figure came to the field like a whirlwind, waving his hand to disperse the aura that had been gathered, and Zhao Rong stared at Qin Kunxiao who suddenly came to the field with red eyes at the moment, and then suddenly collapsed to the ground. Jiang Chen was startled, and saw Qin Kunxiao leaning down to check Zhao Rong's situation, looked at Jiang Chen with a nervous face, and said, "It's not a big deal, it's just a little exhausted and prostration." Qin Kunxiao then injected a spiritual energy into Zhao Rong's body, warmed his meridians, and saw that Zhao Rong's face was much ruddy, and he was able to stand up on his own, so he reprimanded: "You kid doesn't want your own life, do you?
The situation just now really scared Jiang Chen a lot, is this what it was like when the spiritual cultivation was enlightened? It's amazing! And Qin Kunxiao said sharply again: "The two of you are now going to run a hundred laps each, and everyone else is going to do their own training. Seeing that everyone dispersed, leaving only Jiang Chen and Zhao Rong in the field, Qin Kunxiao said angrily: "Go quickly, why do you want to run a few more laps?" Zhao Rong stared at Jiang Chen with fierce eyes at this time, but did not make any movement. Just now because of Jiang Chen, he lost so much face in front of everyone, and the hatred for Jiang Chen in his heart rose to a new height. Jiang Chen looked at Qin Kunxiao and had to go first to complete the punishment, Qin Kunxiao looked at Zhao Rong and said, "What, do you want to run a few more laps?"
Qin Kunxiao looked at the two children running laps under the scorching sun and still struggled, shook his head helplessly and thought, now these children don't know how important they are, it seems that this teaching is really not inappropriate, if he comes a little late, then Zhao Rong will become a cripple if he doesn't die, and then King Jing will definitely blame himself, Qin Kunxiao sighed deeply, it seems that he has to find an excuse to take this bet with Chen Laofox, he is really not suitable for this teaching.