Chapter Eighty-One: The Last Governor of the North
"When will it be the turn of an outsider to be here in my Nuo Daning Prefecture?!"
As the rough voice sounded, a figure also strode into the messy restaurant.
It was a middle-aged man who was extremely strong, and he was wearing a wide white robe, but the shirt still could not hide his tower-like figure.
He walked into the restaurant in a blink of an eye.
A golden body rose from the man's body, and something vaguely emerged from behind, but it was fleeting, and it was difficult for others to capture the face of that thing. But it was this moment that flashed away, and the spiritual pressure that Mr. Zuo shrouded Wei Lai and the others was instantly defeated by that thing.
Mr. Zuo's figure froze, his face turned pale, and his body retreated a few steps before he could stabilize his body.
Wei Lai only felt that his body was light, and the power that trapped him and made him unable to move dispersed. He naturally knew that all this was called by the man who suddenly walked in, he looked at the other party, and secretly felt that this tall man with a thick beard was vaguely familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere, but he racked his brains and thought about it for a long time, but he couldn't call the other party's name. On the contrary, the man felt Wei Lai's gaze grinning at Wei Lai, looking at the slightly teasing smile in his eyes, it seemed that he was extremely familiar with Wei Lai.
Wei Lai was secretly strange in his heart, but that Mr. Zuo of the Tianque Realm did not give Wei Lai enough time to understand who this man was.
"Who is Your Excellency who dares to meddle in the affairs of my Tianque Realm, isn't it because I am a bully in the Tianque Realm?" The old man in black frowned and asked, but he was secretly vigilant in his heart, and at that moment of lightning, the other party cracked his magical power. Although there are reasons why he did not take precautions under his carelessness, but the fact that the other party can easily break his method in such a broken time shows to a large extent that the other party's cultivation should not be underestimated, at least in such a face-to-face, the old man is not completely sure that he can take down the other party.
"Whether the Tianque Realm is good or not, Xu doesn't know, but in the eyes of Your Excellency, my Ningzhou is a soft bone that can be manipulated by others, right?" The man squinted his eyes and asked with a smile, his seemingly kind expression inexplicably gave people an illusion of extreme danger.
The cultivation is unfathomable, and the meaning of Jin Ge killing is permeated all over his body, and his surname is Xu.
The three are superimposed, no matter how stupid the old man is, he should have reflected it at this time, looking at the entire Ningzhou, and even the entire Dayan, only the commander of the Chixiao Army, Xu Yuan, can have such courage and ability.
"Commander Xu, in the Lower Purple Cloud Palace, I don't know if the Great Commander can remember the old age. At this time, the old man surnamed Wei from the Purple Cloud Palace stepped forward and said with a smile to Xu Yuan.
Hearing this, Xu Trap glanced at Wei Xuan, and replied meaninglessly: "Remember, the Hanxing Conference five years ago was also your honor who came on behalf of Ziyun Palace, and you were standing by Xiao Baihe's side at that time. ”
"Thanks to Commander Xu still remembering the old decay, can Commander Xu be a little calm and listen to the old decay?" Wei Xuan said again.
Xu Trap smiled slightly, a hand came out to the side, and then a bench scattered on the ground suddenly escaped into his hand.
Xu Trap sat down at that time, squinting at Wei Xuan: "Then listen to it." ”
Wei Xuan's brows furrowed slightly, Xu Chengzhen's attitude was somewhat domineering, and looking at the entire Dayan, there were not many people who could treat him like this to the Purple Cloud Palace, and Wei Xuan would have torn his face with it on weekdays, but today he had to settle the matter for the sake of these big people from the Tianque Realm, so he had to temporarily suppress his pampered temperament.
"It was this kid who stole the Xiao family's property first, and Mr. Zuo was also enthusiastic and only came out to solve the trouble of the Xiao family. Commander Xu, is there any misunderstanding in this?" Wei Xuan packed up his mood, and said with a humble and arrogant attitude, but he deliberately bit the accent on the word Xiao Jia.
"Is that so?"
Xu Trap glanced at the other party with a strange expression: "But how did I hear from afar what kind of righteous and evil ways, demon cultivation and ghost cultivation and the like?"
"How did you get here, and when you get to the old man's mouth, it becomes the theft of the Xiao family?"
Xu Jinzhen's tone was strange, with an extremely obvious hint of mockery. That Mr. Zuo didn't understand the other party's mind when he heard this, he didn't have the good temperament of Wei Xuan, so he snorted coldly at the moment.
"Humph!"
"It's not just for the ghosts to cultivate the evil way, but also for the theft of the Xiao family, isn't it contradictory?"
Mr. Zuo said coldly, his eyes shining with cold light.
Xu Trap smiled again, and met the gaze of the old man in black without giving in: "Of course there is no contradiction." ”
He stretched out his hand and knocked on the bench, making a very rhythmic click: "But whether it is evil path and ghost cultivation, or stealing silver taels, it is all my family matter in Ningzhou, and I have my own official government to come forward, when will it be the turn of the Tianque Realm or your Ziyun Palace?"
"I've informed Your Excellency of this matter, but aren't you still indifferent? Ningzhou doesn't want to care, Tianque Realm, as a righteous sect, naturally has an unshirkable responsibility!" Mr. Zuo said coldly, he took a step forward, and the momentum around him suddenly became majestic at that moment, obviously losing the interest in continuing to fight with Xu Yuan, and was ready to solve this matter by force- Although he could also sense that the Xu Trap Formation in front of him was by no means an easy person, that kid named Wei Lai was able to use the Second Realm cultivation to restrain the Heavenly Que Realm's extremely prestigious Exercise Great Sin Realm, obviously because this kid had some kind of exercise that was extremely restrained against the Great Sin Realm. How could the Heavenly Que Realm allow such exercises to exist in the world? He must take this young man with him to figure out what it is. Therefore, even if this Commander Xu is not easy to deal with, the old man has a reason to insist on it.
Xu has been on the battlefield for many years, and he naturally saw the other party's thoughts at a glance with the old man's appearance. He raised his eyebrows and said, "So, Your Excellency is going to make a move against a Great Yan's commander, right?"
"For the official, he does not worry about the affairs of the monarch, considers the feelings of the people, but protects the thieves, such a court official, the old decay is removed by Da Yan, presumably with the wisdom of His Majesty Da Yan, he will not be indiscriminate, and he will be angry with my Tianque realm. The old man in black sneered, and the five divine gates on his chest, back, eyebrows, and arms sprung up one after another, covering the killing machine.
"Well said!"
"Everyone in the world knows that Ningzhou is going to die, so any glamorous monster dares to ride on my head Ningzhou to and pee. Xu Jinjin sighed softly. As he spoke, he suddenly stood up from the bench and stared at Mr. Zuo with a gloomy face.
Seeing this posture, the old man secretly thought that a big battle was inevitable, and was about to summon his spirit pattern, but at this moment, Xu Trap, who had a gloomy expression and stopped in front of him, suddenly turned sideways, revealing the figure of Wei Lai and the others who were protected by him.
The old man was stunned, he couldn't understand this Xu Trapping's thoughts, before he suddenly killed to stop the old man from acting, but at this moment he suddenly retreated, and seemed to have changed his mind again, no longer protecting Wei Lai and the others, so anticlimactic, so that the old man muttered in his heart, and said in his heart that this Xu Da Commander should not be such a cowardly person.
"Isn't Mr. going to use the name of the Tianque Realm to be chivalrous and righteous in my Ningzhou? Then what are you hesitating about now?" Seeing that the old man was stunned in place, Xu Cheng urged the other party to get up.
"What do you want?" Mr. Zuo secretly thought that there was a deception in it, and asked again with heavy eyes.
"The whole northern territory knows that my Ningzhou is the place of death, what can I do? I just want to report this matter to the state pastor, and see what the state pastor thinks about it, sir, don't worry about me, do what you have to do!" Xu said with a smile.
"Such a trivial matter still needs to be reported to the state pastor?" Wei Xuan, who was on the side, also stepped out and asked with a frown.
"A trivial matter?" Xu raised his eyebrows and glanced at Wei Lai on the side: "The grandson of Lord Zhou Mu is going to be named by you as an evil demon and a gentleman on the beam, I think this should not be a trivial matter." ”
As soon as these words came out, the diners present suddenly let out an exclamation, and their eyes at Wei Lai immediately became strange.
Of course, not only these diners, but also Mr. Zuo and Wei Xuan's faces changed at that time, and Mr. Zuo even gave Wei Xuan an inquiring look, as if he was blaming the other party for never hearing him mention such an important matter. Wei Xuan secretly complained in his heart, he had heard that the state pastor did have a grandson who was still alive, but he heard that the child was scared stupidly after experiencing the death of his parents back then, and he didn't know what his name was, where he was, and what he looked like, so how could he have thought that the young man who was angry with the Tianque realm by chance would be the grandson of the state pastor?
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Jiang Huanshui.
It's a thunderous name.
Not only for Ningzhou, not only for Dayan, but for the entire northern border, that old man who is too old is an existence that people look up to, admire and fear.
Strange Confucianism in troubled times, capable ministers in governing the world, Wang Zuozhicai, and blood-clothed Confucians.
He has many countless names on his body, and now the one who makes people think of him the first time is - the last state pastor in the north.
Since 600 years ago, after a civil strife in Great Chu, the nine northern states realized that the establishment of a state pastor who was in charge of the military administration of a state was the root cause of cholera, so since then the rulers of the northern border have withdrawn the position of state pastor. This situation lasted until more than 50 years ago, when Dayan was newly established for only a few decades, Qi and Ghost Rong were eyeing each other, and Da Chu was also like a lion entrenched in the east. Manzhou has not yet been recovered, and Ningzhou is only a single state with three tigers and wolves. Dayan is suffering from internal and external troubles, and it is difficult.
Yuan Yan, the new emperor who had been on the throne for ten years, recalled his childhood companion who was studying in the Qingying Academy, a young man who was less than thirty years old, and appointed him as the governor of Ningzhou.
As soon as this move came out, the government and the opposition were shaken at that time.
Yan usurped Zhou and stood up, although it was a taboo thing in Dayan, but everyone knew that Da Zhou trusted the Yuan family at the beginning, and the Yuan family took advantage of this to become bigger.
Ningzhou tripartite border troubles, the imperial court in order to fight against the three kingdoms of Qi, Chu and Guirong, there are millions of soldiers in Ningzhou, and there are more than ten border towns set up, and half of the annual court expenditure is above the Ningzhou border. Such a place with heavy troops fell into the hands of one person, and it was still in the hands of a young man who had never been in power, not to mention whether he did a good job as a state pastor, if he did a good job, it would not be difficult for him to fight against his lord with such a strong army.
This appointment, from the county to the court, from the border generals to the court ministers to impeach and refute this move was sent from all over Dayan and handed to the Longxiang Palace in Tailin City.
But Yuan Yan overrode public opinion and pushed the young man to the throne of the only state pastor in the north.
So a young man named Jiang Huanshui entered the vision of the people in power in the north, and Ningzhou became the country of Dayan from that day on.
Immediately after the establishment of the Sanxiao Army in the north, Ningzhou rose rapidly, but the annual military expenditure from the imperial court decreased rapidly, from nearly half of the expenditure that consumed Dayan in the past, to less than one-third in a blink of an eye. Da Chu recognized the status of Da Yan, and Yan Qi also began to send envoys to each other, and then Chu Lantian was born out of thin air, recovering the lost land of Mangzhou, and Da Yan finally returned to the prosperous era when Da Zhou was the emperor. Since then, no one in the court has dared to say that Jiang Huanshui is not, and this state pastor in the left and back of the northern border has also become an important minister praised by the world as Zhongxing Dayan.
Even if time passes, Chu Lantian has already died outside the noon gate of Tailin City, the Sanxiao Army has been cut again and again, and even the emperor Yuan Yan, who fully supported Jiang Huanshui at the beginning, also drove to the west, for the entire Dayan Imperial Court, Jiang Huanshui is still that unshakable existence, and it cannot be shaken.
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"Even so, Zuo is not easy to bother, but please tell the state pastor that when he is free, Zuo will bring his disciples to visit in person. ”
After hearing Jiang Huanshui's name, Mr. Zuo's face changed, and he muttered for less than ten breaths before he bowed his hand to Xu Trap and said so.
"It's easy to say, it's easy to say. Xu returned the salute with a bright smile on his face.
Mr. Zuo took in the other party's expression, of course he could feel the undisguised provocation and pride in the other party's smile, but he really remembered that when he left the Tianque Realm, the master once said to him: "There are no taboos on the trip to Dayan, only Jiang Huanshui and the queen of the Jin family, these two must not be offended." Thinking of this, he forcibly suppressed the gloom in his heart, turned around and was about to lead everyone away.
"Are you just leaving?" but as soon as he took a step, there was a sound of Xu Falling behind him.
Mr. Zuo, who was already depressed in his heart, turned to look at Xu Yuanzhen, who was sitting on the bench again, and asked in a deep voice, "What else does Commander Xu have to teach?"
The tall and unusually tall man in a white robe pursed his lips, looked around the messy restaurant, and then said: "The Tianque Realm is a decent family, I don't think I should turn a blind eye to this restaurant that was destroyed by you, turn around and leave, right?"
"You!" Hearing this, Mr. Zuo's face suddenly showed annoyance again, but he restrained such a look in an instant. He took out a silver ticket from his arms, threw it on the wooden table, and glanced at Wei Lai and Xu Trap fiercely, and said in his mouth: "Go!"
After saying this, Fang led everyone away in a gloomy manner.
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It wasn't until Mr. Zuo and Wei Xuan and his party walked away that everyone in this restaurant came back to their senses.
Wei Lai sank his mind, walked in front of Xu Trapping, and bowed his hand respectfully towards the other party: "Thank you, Commander Xu." ”
"Don't thank me. I am also entrusted by others. Xu stood up, waved his hand, and responded in a heroic voice.
When Wei Lai heard this, he seemed to think of something, and the expression on his face froze.
"It's not the state pastor, it's someone else. "Although Xu Trapping was born with the appearance of a reckless man, he will naturally not be a really stupid person to be able to sit firmly in the position of the commander of the Chixiao Army in Ningzhou. Wei Lai's performance was in his eyes, and he understood what the other party was thinking at a glance, and he hurriedly waved his hand again.
Wei Lai was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but secretly wonder, although he didn't want to have too much contact with Jiang Huanshui, but he had to admit that in the entire Ning Xiao City, or the whole world, it seemed that Jiang Huanshui was the only one who could offend the Purple Cloud Palace and the Tianque Realm for him.
"I don't know if the commander can tell who entrusted me, and I will be rewarded if we meet in the future. Thinking of this, Wei Lai hurriedly asked respectfully.
"Who else, my daughter. Xu Trap sighed inexplicably, and said so, after saying that, he raised his head again, leaned in front of Wei Lai, and asked with a little hot emotion in his eyes that Wei couldn't understand: "Xu Yue, do you remember?"
Wei Lai was secretly strange and Xu was trapped in this sudden change of tone, and he was also a little uncomfortable with the big face that the other party had already come to the door in front of him. He subconsciously took a step back, and said in his mouth: "Sister Xu Yue, of course I remember that I met the young prince in front of the Hanxing Monument today, and thanks to his secret desire, I ......."
Wei Lai said seriously, and tried his best to show his good impression of the Xu family, but he was abruptly interrupted by Xu Trap in the middle of speaking.
The Archon looked disappointed, and he shook his head, "I just don't remember. ”
Wei Lai's brows furrowed, and he secretly didn't understand what Xu Cheng meant. But before he could ask, Xu looked at Wei Lai again and changed the topic he had said before: "Tomorrow I will have a banquet in Xu's mansion, is the young prince willing to come to the mansion for a gathering with his face?"
Wei Lai's heart trembled when he heard this, before today, he had already had a conflict in the Qingxiao Army and Zixiao Realm because the Xiao and Ning families forced him to go to the mansion, and then in the conversation with Ah Cheng, Wei Lai also knew that the Xiao Ning family just valued Wei Lai's identity as Jiang Huanshui's grandson, and wanted to use this to figure out or find out Jiang Huanshui's attitude in the battle for the heir and the canonization of Zhaoyue Zhengshen by the Wupan Dragon King. Wei Lai was naturally disgusted by this, but after all, Xu Trapping had just saved him, so Wei Lai didn't seem to refuse the other party again.
Thinking like this, Wei Lai's brows furrowed, and he was about to say something.
"Xu has a clear distinction between public and private, and it is a private matter to invite the young son to go to the house tomorrow, and the young son does not need to be suspicious, just set up a family banquet when the old man meets. Xu said softly.
Wei Laiyan's doubts in his heart were even worse, but he couldn't understand what private affairs he could have with the Xu family. However, when it came to this, it would be too unkind for Wei Lai to refuse. He thought for a moment, and finally nodded after a few breaths: "Just according to the commander's will." ”