Although Zhaoyang Village is the settlement of the people of the Zhaoyang Pavilion Marquis Mansion in the jurisdiction of the Liquan Governor's Mansion, Chen Hai's status in Liquan and Juquanling is special, and even after he handed over Juquanling, his residence in Zhongfeng still remains. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Zhang Xiong, Zhang Han and his son left the heavily guarded mansion and followed Wu Meng to the middle peak of Juquan Ridge.

There was no one to see all the way, and you could see the smoke rising from the northern foot of the mountain, several refining furnaces were tall and large, but the guards were even more strict, and there was a large defensive array on the periphery to enclose a small area at the northern foothills, so as to show that this side was the most important place in the territory of Liquan.

Climb the halfway mountainside of the middle foot of Juquan Ridge, and you can see a plum forest under the peak and cliff in the distance, and the stream meanders out of the plum forest, and there are several bamboo huts in it. Since Zhang Xiong had not been abolished, even if he was far away, as long as there was no obstruction, he could see that Chen Hai, who was wearing a brown robe, had a little more elegant temperament, sitting in front of Shixi, but sharpening a huge war halberd with a black blade.

There was a slim and beautiful woman standing beside Chen Hai, who seemed to be complaining in a low voice that Chen Hai had returned to Liquan for the first time, and he didn't see anyone, but he ran to Shixi to grind his halberd for fun.

On the side of the half-human-high lake stone, a spirit sword with purple scales and sheaths is placed, the light is faint, it seems that there is a fierce beast hidden in the scabbard, and it will come out of the sheath at any time to devour human flesh and blood.

This is exactly the purple stirrup spirit sword that Zhang Xiong has sacrificed for thirty years.

After Zhang Xiong went out of the city and surrendered, the Xuanbing Treasure Armor and the magic weapon spirit sword were naturally handed over, but he didn't expect to meet the Purple Stirrup Spirit Sword that had been used for thirty years here.

Of course, with Chen Hai's military exploits, Ye Qinglin had no excuse to refuse Chen Hai to take away this spirit sword under the ground steps.

Thinking that after he cultivated the Dao Dan, the Purple Stirrup Spirit Sword had accompanied him for nearly thirty years, and now that it had changed hands, Zhang Xiong was also full of emotion.

Zhang Xiong, as a prisoner, even if he did not have the consciousness of a prisoner, he was grateful that Chen Hai did not embarrass his family and relatives, and stepped forward to say a few words of gratitude, but walking up the stream and into the plum forest, Zhang Xiong suddenly found that the purple stirrup spirit sword still revealed a trace of skillful aura that made his soul tremble.

Chen Hai didn't even erase his divine soul aura from the Purple Stirrup Spirit Sword and refine it again!

What did he want to do? He didn't simply abolish his cultivation, and even kept the spirit sword he used for sacrificing by his side intact, what did Chen Hai want to do, didn't he know that if he merged with the Purple Stirrup Sword Body Sword, his strength would more than double?

Zhang Xiong was stunned for a while, and he couldn't guess Chen Hai's intentions.

"Zhang Hou is here......" Chen Hai seemed to have just come back to his senses at this time, picked up the halberd in his hand, picked up the purple stirrup sword with the tip of the halberd and flew towards Zhang Xiong.

Zhang Xiong took the purple stirrup sword in his hand, and was at a loss for a while, unable to guess Chen Hai's intentions.

"I don't talk nonsense with Zhang Hou, Zhang Hou will be able to beat me today with this purple stirrup sword in his hand, from now on, the sky and the sea are free, and the Zhang clan is willing to stay in Liquan to settle down, or want to join other places, or want to go out of Yanzhou, and find another place to lay a new foundation, I and the Zhaoyang Pavilion Marquis Mansion will not obstruct it,"

Chen Hai held the jet-black halberd in front of him, took a step forward slightly, and said with a slight brow,

"But if Zhang Hou can't defeat this halberd in my hand today, please let Zhang Hou put aside other thoughts and practice in this mountain and wilderness with peace of mind, in addition, the people of the Zhang clan should also let go of the idea of luxury and pleasure, or join the camp as a soldier, or enter the workshop as a craftsman, or step into the fields to cultivate, or go into the mountains and forests to fish and hunt, and experience these ordinary and difficult civilian life here......"

Zhang Xiong stood stunned on the spot, and didn't seem to hear Chen Hai's words.

Zhang Han was excited, no matter what Chen Hai was thinking, whether it was the confrontation between the two armies before, or the exile of the criminal clan into Qintong Mountain, he believed that since Chen Hai had spoken his words, he should still be able to keep his promise, and Chen Hai really didn't need to play with them verbally at this time.

This means that as long as the father defeats Chen Hai, the Zhang clan will have a chance to rise again, and the three thousand clansmen may even make a detour from the depths of the desert to join their uncle Zhang Jun in the Tahe Oasis.

At that time, the Zhang clan was still a big clan lord in the eastern region of Jinzhou.

Thinking of this possibility, Zhang Han couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart, and looked at his father eagerly.

Zhang Xiong took the purple stirrup sword, his hands were slightly trembling with exposed green tendons and old skin like ancient pine, and his whole person seemed to be petrified, so that others could not notice the slightest breath leaking out, and naturally they couldn't guess what he was thinking at this time.

Too much time may have passed, so long that Zhang Han could hardly breathe.

Zhang Xiong sat on the ground dejectedly, put the purple stirrup sword on the stone ground in front of him, and sighed: "Zhang Xiong claims to have some attainments in swordsmanship, but it is difficult to defeat the young marquis who has the great momentum of swallowing heaven and earth and clouds, Zhang Xiong is convinced and admits defeat. And Zhang's crime of starting a military affair should be punished, and he asked the young marquis to deal with it, or a farmer, or a soldier, or a hunter, or a fisherman, or a craftsman and weaver, all deserved, and Zhang Xiong had no complaints. ”

At this time, it was Zhang Han's turn to stand there like a stone sculpture, and he couldn't understand why his father admitted defeat without even fighting.

Even if his father has no ambition and has no intention of leading his clan to move west to the Tahe Tibetan and Qiang Kingdom to lay a new foundation, even if he stays in Liquan to settle down and buy a house, his father can defeat Chen Hai, and he can also lay the foundation for the Zhang family to gain a foothold in Liquan and win a better future for the Zhang family, instead of struggling at the bottom of Liquan as a criminal clan.

What's more, his father admits defeat, he himself not only has to keep his promise to be imprisoned in this mountain wilderness, but they, the children of the Zhang family, also have to engage in hard labor such as farming, weaving, fishing and hunting in Liquan.

Zhang Han couldn't figure it out, his father promised that he was an extraordinary attainment in swordsmanship, so why didn't he fight?

Chen Hai looked at Zhang Xiong for a long time, and signaled that he could go down the mountain with the purple stirrup sword, and what kind of arrangements the Zhang family wanted to make, or what kind of service the Zhang family wanted to do in Liquan, he would let someone arrange it in two days.

Zhang Xiong didn't say much, picked up the purple stirrup sword, and took his young son Zhang Han down the mountain, but compared to the stumbling in the mountain, Zhang Xiong's shoulders were much straighter when he went down.

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"Although the time of the Zhang family's rebellion is short, but it has been more than a year since he became the king in Pinglu, will the children of the Zhang family stay in Liquan with peace of mind, and will they be willing to integrate into Liquan as the children of commoners?" After watching Zhang Xiong's back disappear into the pine forest as he descended the mountain, Wu Meng asked worriedly.

Although the Zhang family has been established as the head of the country in Pinglu for a short time, it can barely be regarded as a royal family, which will hang the hearts of the Zhang family's children.

Zhang Xiong didn't have the intention of competing to win just now, he must have understood in his heart that Chen Hai had done everything possible to give him courtesy and favor, no matter how high it was, it would be difficult for Chen Hai to explain to Ye Qinglin, and Taiwei Sect's face would be ugly; and the people who really have a mind among the children of the Zhang clan may still be able to control their temperament in a short time, but Wu Meng is still worried that those mediocre children in the Zhang clan will become trouble.

If you are close, you are not inferior, and if you are far away, you are resentful, which is probably the characteristic of all mediocre people.

And the big clans with more than 3,000 descendants and relatives often account for the majority of mediocre people.

These mediocre people usually don't reflect on their own culpability.

If Chen Haizhen ruthlessly abolished and imprisoned Zhang Xiong and the others' cultivation, and reduced everyone up and down the Zhang family to slavery, these mediocre people would not dare to breed resentment, and it was precisely the middle road that was the most difficult to implement.

The Zhang clan has not been dispersed, Zhang Xiong and the others still have the strong cultivation of the Ming Realm and even the Dao Dan Realm, especially in Liquan, at this time, Zhang Xiong's cultivation is the highest realm, and the other Zhang family disciples, from the status of the prince and grandson of the brocade clothes and jade food, suddenly fell to the commoners who can only make a living by hard work, and it is easy to breed complaints in their hearts, thus becoming an unstable factor.

At this time, Zhou Jingyuan, Shen Kun, Su Yuan, Zhao Shan and others also climbed to the middle peak, and they also expressed the same worries as Wu Meng.

Although Chen Hai had previously moved the relatives of Cao Feng, Zhou Jun, Wu Meng, Ge Tong, Zhou Jingyuan and others to Juquanling, the foundation of Cao, Zhou, Wu, Ge and other clans was too shallow.

Even if the 40,000 or 50,000 exile army surrendered prisoners, in the past two or three years, they have been well integrated with the Cao, Zhou and other clans, but before the rise of truly outstanding children, it is difficult for the foundation of the clan to be too deep.

The Zhang Xiong clan was merged into Juquanling at this time, no matter what Zhang Xiong himself thought, it would cause the Zhang Xiong clan to dominate the Juquanling family. Even if Zhang Jun was allowed to move west in the Pinglu Oasis, the Zhang clan divided nearly half of its children, and the Zhang clan that moved into Juquanling at this time was still a little stronger.

In addition to Zhang Xiong's own mid-stage cultivation in the Dao Dan Realm, he has two of his seven children, one is the second son Zhang Yong, and the other is the youngest son Zhang Han who opened up the sea of knowledge and stepped into the Mingqi Realm, and this time there is also a young daughter Zhang Lan who has the hope of stepping into the Mingqi Realm.

Of Zhang Xiong's seven personal disciples, three of them have entered the enlightenment stage, and the other four have the hope of stepping into the enlightenment realm.

The Zhang family, no matter where it is placed, is a strong force that cannot be ignored.

In comparison, not counting the Elite Capital Protectorate Mansion that is twenty or thirty thousand miles away, the Zhaoyang Pavilion Marquis Mansion has only a few powerhouses in the Enlightenment Realm in Juquanling at this time, such as Wu Meng, Qi Hanjiang, Su Yuan, Han Jian, Han Wendang, etc.

What's more, Juquanling (Liquan) is the Zhaoyang Pavilion Hou Mansion and the Nine Families, the Dong and Miao Nine Families, and the Mojia Division, which represents the Eight Clans of Jingjun and has influence in Liquan and is not under the Nine Families, will not really want to see the Zhang family completely and completely integrate into the Zhaoyang Pavilion Hou Mansion.

If they're doing things behind the scenes, things can get tricky.

Chen Hai smiled slightly: "The nine families are destined to make trouble, so let them do things - the Zhang family and its affiliated clans, one will be placed in Baishiling, two will be placed in Liquan City, and one will be placed in Miaowangling, so let them be wooed......"

Zhou Jingyuan patted his forehead, shouted that this strategy was very good, and said: "The nine clans have ill intentions, and the children and disciples in front of Zhang Xiong's knees will be scattered and let them win over. Each of the nine clans may be able to win over one or two people, but in fact, no one can win over the entire Zhang clan! On the contrary, it will cause some contradictions within the Zhang clan, and in the end, they can stay in Juquanling and take root with peace of mind......"