Chapter 13: Dark Clouds Loom

Jiang Buqi ordered the guards to open the city gate, so that the people inside and outside the Heavenly City could celebrate this happy event.

In the past two days, the light rain has not stopped, but the continuous rainy days still can't stop the enthusiasm of the people of Xiangguo, they have taken to the streets, holding small flags, marching together, and entering the heavenly palace to say hello to their monarch.

Jiang Buqi, who was in a good mood, ordered people to open the granary and give a bucket of rice to each of the people who entered the palace to show that they were happy with the people.

In addition, Jiang Buqi held a banquet in the Xiangtian Palace, and all the ministers in the capital, regardless of their ranks, brought their dependents to attend.

Ji Zheng and his courtiers were also invited.

After understanding the ins and outs of the matter, the prince of Xuanyuan Kingdom was not only shocked by Xiangguo's strong strength, but also remembered Jiang Buqi's many humiliations and threats to him, at this time, he just wanted to leave as soon as possible, and did not want to participate in any celebration banquet, but he was pulled away by Shang Zhu, saying that he had to cross this level to grow, but Ji Zheng couldn't push it, so he had to go to congratulate him.

The flowing water banquet is placed from the palace of governance to the hall of civil and martial arts, the wine and dishes are continuously served, the monarchs and ministers are also happy, open their minds, drink and eat, and sing and dance.

Those flattering courtiers did not hesitate to use all their connections to find the best mermaid women's dance troupe in the whole world, and danced gracefully in front of the monarch and ministers, winning the applause of the whole house.

Jiang Buqi met his heroes in the palace of merit and rewarded him for his meritorious deeds.

Promote General Zi Rin to be the Great Sima, named the Marquis of Zhenyuan, rank ratio of 3,000 stones, reward Sima Mansion one, gold shell 10,000, silver shell 50,000, slave 300, maid and small servant 50, promote Xu Ang as the general general, rank ratio 800 stone, in addition to the bounty of 1,000 gold shells, silver shells 10,000, slaves 100, other generals are rewarded.

The hall exclaimed continuously, and expressions of envy, jealousy and hatred appeared on different faces.

Sun Yun was dumbfounded when he heard it on the side: I'm a good man, this reward to the Duke of the Kingdom is too great, no wonder everyone is willing to die for him.

Li Qing poked Sun Yun's waist, which was as thick as a bucket, squeezed his eyebrows at him, lowered his voice and said, "What's the matter, if you are tempted, it's still too late to change your vote, I heard that his Feifeng Army is lacking a great general." ”

"There you go. Sun Yun despised Sun Yun fiercely and looked at Ji Zheng, who also looked at Jiang Buqi with admiration.

Jiang Buqi, who loves his job, only stayed at the banquet for two hours and then said goodbye first.

There are still many things to be dealt with by him, and the people of this newly included country are undecided, and he needs to appoint trusted officials to govern it.

Although the government was very busy, Jiang Buqi did not forget his promise to mobilize military ships to send Prince Ji Zheng across the Qingjiang River.

After three days of dispatch, seven warships were finally provided to the prince, and he told the monarch that this was already the largest number of warships that could be assembled at present, and if more warships were needed, he could only wait a few more days.

When Li Qing brought the news back to the Xingfu, Shang Zhu and Sun Yun were relieved, and this number was within their acceptable range.

At the beginning, the Spirit King claimed to allocate 5,000 elites to Ji Zheng, but in fact there were not so many, Sun Yun was able to gather only more than 4,000 soldiers, plus there were constantly deserters along the road, and he lost at least 1,000 soldiers in the battle with Yingguo, and now there are less than 2,000 soldiers left. If Jiang Buqi provided normal building boats, each building boat could carry at least three hundred soldiers, then these seven building ships were enough.

Jiang Buqi sent Ji Zheng south in the name of seeing him off.

The road was cloudy, and the whole sky was covered by thick dark clouds, and it was gray, just like Ji Zheng's mood at this time.

It took a day for the group to arrive at Xuanfengdu.

Xuanfengdu is located in the widest place of the Qingjiang River, standing on the ferry to look at both sides, the winding river bank continues to extend outward, and looking at the river, the smoke and waves are misty, and the other side can not be seen with exhaustive eyesight.

A few egrets spread their wings and fly over the river, and occasionally finless porpoises frolic in the water, lurking up and down.

Ji Zheng saw such a vast river for the first time, and he was amazed in his heart. At this time, the sun has been in the middle of the day, the sun that has not been seen for many days has finally drilled out of the thick clouds, the white sunlight is sprinkled on the river surface, the waves are undulating like snowflakes, constantly beating the river bank, the slight river breeze blows, and suddenly makes people feel more energetic.

The Qingjiang River is two thousand miles long, the source of Jianmu Lake, the east into the South China Sea, the west-east direction, the Shanhai continent is divided into Dongzhou and Nanzhou, the river flows eastward along the north bank, passes through Dingguo in turn, Xiangguo, Yuguo, Daxia and Lin five human countries, the south bank and Jianmu Lake rely on several small indigenous countries, and then go east, a Yabulu Tibetan River that flows into the Qingjiang River divides Xizhou into the West Continent and the Middle Continent. The Middle Continent is the place where the seventy-two tribes of the barbarians have lived for generations, and at the end of the tribe is the Three Rivers, a river with continuous sharp bends, and on the other side is the East Continent, the world of the Feather Country. After the Qingjiang River flowed nine hundred miles in the territory of the Yuren Kingdom, the river suddenly narrowed rapidly, from the widest of more than seventy li to no more than a thousand zhang, and if the weather conditions were good, the Yuren Country and the Lin Country would be able to see each other's land. After narrowing, the Qingjiang River suddenly turned to the right and eventually flowed into the South China Sea, where the base camp of the mermaids was located.

Qingjiang has given birth to tens of millions of human races, aborigines, barbarians, feather people, and shark people on both sides of the strait, and is known as the cradle of Shanhai Continent.

Seven building boats are lined up at the ferry, the flag hanging on the boat hunts in the wind, several soldiers are guarding the guard, the momentum is like a rainbow, each building ship is as tall as a mountain, the hull is divided into three floors, just like a high-rise building that can be independently active in the river.

When Sun Yun saw these seven brand-new ships that had just been launched, he somehow felt a trace of sourness in his heart: This Xiangguo is still very powerful, and he can build such a powerful warship.

The Xuanyuan Dynasty was known as an invincible sailor, and the building ship it owned was only two stories high.

The difference between a three-story ship and a two-story ship is very obvious.

When building a ship, each additional floor means that the draft of the hull is at least one zhang, and the hull is at least five zhang, and the structure in the hull is very different, the arrangement of the oars, the orientation of the stern rudder, the placement of bed crossbow weapons, etc., are also different, which means that the shipbuilding technology of Xiangguo is at least one era ahead of Xuanyuan.

Sun Yun asked his lieutenant general Zhao Ling to arrange for his subordinates to board the ship, find their own position, and be ready to start at any time, and after walking on land for more than a month, this imperial sailor finally returned to a familiar place again.

The moment the sergeant of the Xuanshui Army stepped on the building boat, there was a thunderous cheer, and even veterans who had served on the water for many years fell down, kissed the deck, and shed tears on the scene.

For sailors, a naval vessel is a kind of faith, and a naval division that does not operate on a military ship cannot be called a naval division.

After observing the surrounding situation, Sun Yun felt that it was not good, there was not a single boat on the Qingjiang River, there were no fishermen's activities on the riverbank, and the place outside Xuanfengdu was terrifyingly quiet.

He grabbed Li Qing, pressed it to his ear, and whispered to him to be more careful, and the latter nodded slowly with a solemn expression.

"Your Highness, the widow will be sent here, I wish you all the best. "Jiang Buqi and Ji Zheng are dressed similarly today, with a face like a crown of jade, white clothes like snow, a seven-strong crown on his head, a set of green jade group wears, and a seven-foot long sword from the Great Xia Kingdom hanging on his waist, with a handsome Shenwu.

Ji Zhengwu muttered in secret: Is it really so easy to let them leave?

He remembered that before going out in the morning, Shang Zhu took a hexagram for him, saying that there was danger hidden in the auspicious elephant, but there was no danger, and in the end it was safe.

Shang Zhu reminded him to be more careful, especially Jiang Buqi.

"Thank you. Ji Zheng looked at Xiang Guogong and looked at him with a smile, a chill suddenly rose in his heart, and he remembered another strange thing.

During breakfast this morning, Ji Zheng found that the bowl of jade white jade porridge in front of him suddenly showed two red words of caution, these two words were fleeting, Ji Zheng suspected that there was something wrong with his eyes, and looked at the young Xiang Guogong, just as he was also smiling at himself, and that smile was as unpredictable as now.

Ji Zheng, who was restless, asked: "Jiang Jun, this is going to Nanzhou, the future is unknown, but there is advice for Xiao Wang." ”

"Eight characters for you. ”

Xiao Wang listened attentively. ”

"But don't ask about the future. ”

Ji Zheng recited it silently in his mouth.

At this moment, an officer came galloping on horseback, and before Jiang Buqi arrived, he jumped off his horse and rushed forward a few steps, and finally stopped in front of him, knelt down on one knee, and presented an envelope with both hands: "Lord, urgent information from Haojing." ”

is about to cross the Qingjiang River, as long as he crosses the river, he can get rid of Jiang Buqi, Ji Zheng secretly rejoiced, who would have expected that at this juncture, there was even intelligence from Miaojing.

Seeing that the officer looked nervous, this information naturally would not be good information, but this information came from Haojing, Ji Zheng's heart sank.

Over the years, Mijing has been in a state of political pressure, and several major forces are like fire and water, and anything can happen.

Li Qing quietly took a step forward and stuck closer to Ji Zheng.

Jiang Buqi opened the letter and read it slowly from top to bottom, the smile on his face gradually thickened, this smile was as weird and mysterious as when he saw Prince Ji Zheng giving him a brocade box.

After reading, he shook his head and slowly drew out his long sword, the target of the tip of the sword was none other than Ji Zheng: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, the Holy Lord has just announced to the world that you and Sun Yun's rebel generals will lead the rebels and a large amount of money and goods to the south, colluding with the natives of the Southern Barbarians, intending to usurp the throne." The announcement said that the position of the crown prince will be abolished from now on, and the princes of the world will be killed when they see it. ”

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