The territory directly under the Daqian Empire has a total of thirteen states, of which the five prefectures of Yang, Wen, Ming, Jiang and Zhang, which are led by the Hou Party, have 300,000 troops, and the Rong Party has 350,000 troops in the five prefectures of Ke, Yun, Ling, Ping and Ji.

The Great Qian Emperor only owned the land of An, Yong, and Dan, and was tightly wrapped by the ten states of the Houdang and the Rong Party, and his power was the weakest.

Among them, there are 150,000 Yulin troops stationed in Anyong and Yongzhou, and as for Danzhou, because it is the location of Qiantian City, there are 80,000 forbidden troops and a security battalion of 10,000 people.

"What does Lin Shangqing mean?"

Although King Rong wanted to swallow the duck of the 300,000 army in one go, after thinking about Lin Mo's words, he felt that he was very reasonable, and if he wanted to win the military power of the four states of Yang Wenming Chapter at this moment, he could only slowly figure it out in the future.

Lin Mo said bluntly: "Jiangzhou has a total of 50,000 troops, which are directly led by Li Tai, and now that Li Tai has fallen, King Rong might as well take down the 50,000 soldiers and horses in Jiangzhou first." ”

"Jiangzhou is adjacent to your Kezhou under His Royal Highness King Rong, and it will be taken down and practiced together, there will be no difficulty, in this Jiangzhou and Zhangzhou, there is a Zhangjiang River in the middle, if there is a war in the future, you can also defend according to the Zhangjiang River. ”

King Rong pondered for a moment, nodded and said: "What Lin Shangqing said is reasonable, this king can take the 50,000 soldiers and horses in Jiangzhou first, and after slowly digesting them, this king will have an army of 400,000, and then slowly plan the remaining four states of the party in the future." ”

"Your Royal Highness King Rong, it's good that you understand. Lin Mo smiled and said: "If you want to take down the 300,000 troops of the Hou Party in one go, I'm afraid that Xuanshu and Xuanyuan will directly mobilize their troops, and they must be weakened step by step and cannibalize them." ”

"Now you only take 50,000 soldiers and horses in Jiangzhou, and the Empress Dowager Xuanshu and Xuanyuan don't dare to have much opinion, they can only endure the pain and cede this Jiangzhou to His Royal Highness King Rong. ”

Jiangzhou, across the Zhangjiang River in the west, faces Zhangzhou, borders Danzhou in the south, Kezhou in the east, and Changzhou, one of the 27 major vassal states in the north.

Listening to Lin Mosi's rational analysis, King Rong's sorrow gradually disappeared, and a smile appeared on his face, and suddenly, he remembered something again, and said: "Alas, it's not right, Lin Shangqing, as far as this king knows, it seems that there are 60,000 soldiers and horses in this Jiangzhou, right?"

"That's right!" Lin Mo smiled and said, "Those 10,000 soldiers and horses have just been taken away by Ji Qian's security battalion, do you want those 10,000 soldiers and horses, His Royal Highness King Rong also wants?"

"Why not?" King Rong asked.

Lin Mo said: "You can't do it, Your Royal Highness King Rong, tonight, the emperor's holy decree has helped you a lot, so that we can justifiably take Li Tai, and you will naturally give the emperor a piece of the pie." ”

"But......" King Rong wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Lin Mo's grotesque words: "Could it be that Your Royal Highness King Rong is still afraid of an emperor who has no real power?"

King Rong immediately withdrew his words, his expression was correct, and he said, "This king is afraid of what my waste royal brother will do!"

"That's it!" Lin Mo comforted King Rong and said: "Your Royal Highness King Rong, after this incident, you will have the land of six states, an army of 400,000, which can be described as a monopoly, Empress Dowager Xuanshu and the emperor are only 240,000 troops, why be afraid of them." ”

Listening to Lin Mo's words, King Rong fell silent, and thought quietly for about a quarter of an hour before raising his head and saying, "Okay, this king is generous, just give me the waste imperial brother 10,000 troops, forgive him and he can't make any waves." ”

Saying that, King Rong said sincerely: "Lin Shangqing, that king will have to help you in the future, bring down Li Tai, and get the 50,000 troops in Jiangzhou, most of them are based on your clever plans and arrangements, and I will definitely reward you heavily in the future." ”

The current King Rong can be described as a king with a great joy, not only did he win Jiangzhou and Jiangzhou's 50,000 troops, but also made Lin Mo completely offend the Hou Party, and he could only lean on himself in the future.

"Your Royal Highness King Rong, you are serious!" Lin Mo made a symbolic salute and said, "I have already been rewarded tonight, and I have taken those more than forty cultivators under my command, how dare I be cheeky enough to accept other rewards." ”

"Lin Shangqing's words are wrong, he has won dozens of great swordsmen, cultivators in the swordsman realm, how can they match your achievements today, and they will definitely reward you in the future. King Rong waved his hand.

"This ......" Lin Mo was about to open his mouth and continue to refuse, but he saw Xu Qiuniang with a worried face, walked back, and whispered in King Rong, Lin Mo had to swallow the words back.

Xu Qiuniang hurriedly walked in front of King Rong and whispered in King Rong's ear: "Your Royal Highness King Rong, Li Tai's two pretty concubines are gone, and I searched all over the mansion, but I didn't see them. ”

"How so. King Rong was stunned, tonight there was a heavy siege here, and there were several great sword masters present, why did those two women disappear for no reason? King Rong was puzzled.

But when it came to this, if it was gone, it could only be gone, and the two must have seen Li Tai in distress, so they looked for an opportunity and fled, King Rong thought in his heart.

Dispelling the idea of giving those two beautiful beauties to Lin Mo, King Rong whispered to Xu Qiuniang again: "If it's gone, it's gone, let's choose another beauty, keep it outside, and give it to Lin Ziyong." ”

Although the voices of King Rong and Xu Qiuniang were small, Lin Mo learned exquisite lip language from the old man under the moon, and after reading the content of the conversation between the two, Lin Mo couldn't cry or laugh.

Am I so lustful? I already have three beautiful concubines in my house, and one of them has not touched it, and besides, there is a delicate and lovely personal maid by my side, and you still want to help me raise my outer house?

Lin Mo secretly complained in his heart: It seems that my Lin Mo's lustful image in their eyes has completely taken root, and I think that my Lin Mo was also a good boy in Huaxia!

Now this reputation is sad!

Just when Lin Mo sighed in his heart, Di Wu and Fu Yunsheng led the five women back, but Fu Yunsheng's face did not have the slightest joy, but fell into sadness.

It seemed that something had happened, Lin Mo glanced at the five women, all of whom were pretty women in their twenties and thirties, and Fu Yunsheng was in his early fifties, and Mrs. Yufa was at least in her forties, so it seemed that he had not found his wife.

Lin Mo took a few steps forward and asked confirmatively: "What's the matter, Fu Tingshi, didn't you find your wife?"

Fu Yunsheng shook his head in despair, and said with a lonely expression: "No, we entered that dark prison and found a skeleton that had not yet had time to be disposed of, I think it would be my poor Jiuniang." ”

As soon as Fu Yunsheng's words came out, several people present instantly fell silent, and several people present could see that Fu Yunsheng and his wife had a deep relationship, so they all felt sad for him, and they didn't know what to say.

The atmosphere was silent for a while, and King Rong took the lead in breaking the silence and comforted Fu Yunsheng and said: "Fu Tingshi, the deceased has passed away, please mourn, take care of your body." ”

Glancing at King Rong with eyes full of sadness and grief, Fu Yunsheng said lightly: "Thank you, Your Royal Highness King Rong, the lower officials understand, this big court meeting, the lower officials must not be able to participate, and I hope that His Royal Highness will allow the lower officials to help the spirit return to his hometown." ”

"If you agree, you can do it yourself" King Rong said with some solemnity: "Can Fu Assassin Shi collect the body of your wife?"

Fu Yunsheng shook his head: "No, if you don't want to, the lower official will go to move the body of Neizi without wrapping that layer of cloth, and after preparing a good coffin tomorrow, he will be buried and sent back to his hometown for burial." ”

"It's good!"

The matter has come to an end here, except for the two pretty concubines who are nowhere to be found and are not serious, the rest of them have been taken into custody by King Rong.

It was getting late, and everyone left one after another, looking at Fu Yunsheng, who was deeply in love with his wife, and the lonely back of the departed gloomily, Lin Mo couldn't help but sigh, and after being in place for a while, he actually followed with a ghost.

The cold moonlight swayed on Lin Mo and Fu Yunsheng's bodies, and the two of them stepped on the snow, walking quietly and slowly, resting the wind and Qiu Yun, as well as Fu Yunsheng's guards from the Great Swordsman Realm, followed not far behind.

After walking for about two quarters of an hour, Fu Yunsheng and Lin Mo walked into a pavilion called Mingyue, stroked the stone table in the pavilion, and sat on the stone bench.

Lin Mo didn't sit down, but asked, "Fu Thorn History, why are you here here?"

Fu Yunsheng nodded slowly, and said with a gloomy expression: "Yes, on a winter night more than twenty years ago, I met my Jiuniang here, she is so beautiful, I really love her." ”

As he spoke, a tear rolled out of the corner of Fu Yunsheng's eyes, and he said self-deprecatingly: "No, in fact, my Jiuniang, she is not beautiful in the eyes of outsiders, because she is an honest peasant woman and does not know how to dress herself at all." ”

"But do you know, Lord Shangqing, in my eyes, my Jiu Niang is the most beautiful, she is a hard-working, smiling woman, she is about to freeze to death in this pavilion, carried me home, saved my life. ”

"Oh, Fu Assassin Shi is also from the imperial capital?" Lin Mo said curiously.

"No!" Fu Yunsheng shook his head: "I am a scholar who entered the imperial capital to take the exam, and that year I fell off the list because I offended an adult, and I also fell into trouble." ”

"Fu Tingshi and Mrs. Fu are so affectionate, do they have children?" Lin Mo asked again.

Fu Yunsheng shook his head again: "No, but Jiu Niang and I should have had a child, and we can be regarded as enjoying the joy of family!"

"One year I went to a mansion to be a teacher, and taught a child, and that child was very close to Jiuniang, and the two of us regarded that child as our own. ”

"And what about that kid later?" Lin Mo asked.

Hearing this question, Fu Yunsheng seemed to fall into a distant memory, and the expression on his face became wonderful and complicated, with joy, pain, and guilt.

I don't know how much time passed, Fu Yunsheng pulled away from his memories and replied: "Later, the child's family suffered, and the child also died, watching death in front of my eyes, but I couldn't do anything!"

Saying that, Fu Yunsheng glanced at Lin Mo and said with a painful face: "If that child hadn't died, he would have been as old as you, Lord Shangqing." ”

"Then why did Fu Assassin Shi go to Kezhou and make a Assassin History?" Lin Mo asked again.

Fu Yunsheng opened his mouth to answer, but when the words came to his mouth and were swallowed back, a slow look of guilt and pain suddenly surged on his face, and in the end, maybe he couldn't bear it, Fu Yunsheng actually closed his eyes and didn't let the tears in his eyes flow down.

After a long time, Fu Yunsheng suddenly howled in pain:

"It's all sins, the sins I committed, I killed Jiu Niang, it's obviously my fault, God, why do you want to punish Jiu Niang, it should be. ”

After howling in pain, Fu Yunsheng calmed down again, and then wanted to take out his wife's secret bracelet to hurt himself, but when he put his hand into his arms, his face showed a strange look.

Fu Yunsheng put away his sad look, took out a note from his arms, opened it and looked at it, and after a while, Fu Yunsheng's face changed instantly, and his eyes widened.

Lin Mo hurriedly asked, "What's the matter, Fu Assassin Shi?"

"Look, Lord Shangqing. Fu Yunsheng handed the note to Lin Mo.

Lin Mo took the note, looked up, and saw that the note read: If Fu Tingshi wants to see Mrs. Zun, three days later, at four o'clock (10:00), the cold water of the Hanjiang River on the outskirts of the city will be built.

After reading the note, Lin Mo's face became solemn, and he returned the note to Fu Yunsheng, and said, "Fu Tingshi, it seems that your wife is not dead, this is a good thing." ”

Thinking that his wife was killed, but now he was shocked to hear that Fu was still alive, Fu Yunsheng was naturally happy in his heart, but at the same time, he was anxious: "Who is the kidnapper of Neizi?"

"I don't know. Lin Mo comforted Fu Yunsheng and said: "Fu Tingshi, it's a good thing that Madame is alive, rest assured, after three days, Benqing will let Xifeng escort you to keep you safe." ”

"Thank you, Lord Shangqing!"

After discussing with Fu Yunsheng about Hanjiang Xiaozhu three days later, the two went their separate ways, Fu Yunsheng returned to Changle Inn, and Lin Mo of course returned to Lin Mansion.

Just as Lin Mo returned to the Lin Mansion, Li Tai's two beautiful and pretty concubines, Luzhu and Yunzhu, woke up in a luxurious mountain villa called the Golden House.

After the two woke up, they hurriedly looked for the belongings they had packed in the Shan Guo Mansion, and were relieved to find that the belongings were next to them.

After quieting down, the two women looked at the delicate and luxurious decoration in the house, and suddenly their eyes went straight to Venus, and the green bamboo came to the wardrobe in front of it, opened it, and when they saw the exquisite dress inside, their mouths were about to put down an egg.

After looking at the house, Luzhu walked in front of Yunzhu and asked, "Yunzhu, where are we? Why are we here?"

"Where would I know. Yun Zhu replied: "At that time, I remember that we packed our belongings and wanted to escape from the Shan Guo Mansion through the secret passage, but in the secret passage, we fainted while walking. ”

"I remember that it was the same, we ......" Lu Zhu also said, and was about to continue, when four restrained maidservants pushed open the door and walked in, bowed to the two girls and said, "See the two ladies." ”

"Madam?" the two girls were stunned, and Lu Zhu asked a little nervously, "Where are we, and who are you? What are you going to do?"

One of the maidservants said: "Back to the two ladies, Li Tai has fallen, and the two ladies should have been left with some money and dust, but the master of the house couldn't bear to fall into the two beautiful beauties, so he invited the two ladies here." ”

Another maidservant answered: "The two ladies are used to being pampered on weekdays, so the money they brought in a hurry must not be enough for the two ladies in the future, right?"

Another maidservant said, "Therefore, the master of the servant has invited the two ladies to this Golden House Villa, so that the two ladies can continue to enjoy glory and wealth for the rest of their lives." ”

The last maidservant said, "And the maidservants are specially sent by the master to take care of the food and clothing of the two ladies, so the two ladies can live with confidence." ”

Hearing this name, Green Bamboo and Cloud Bamboo instantly understood.

Lu Zhu and Yun Zhu glanced at each other, nodded in unison, and asked the four maidservants: "And the only thing we have to do is to obediently be the beauties in this golden house?

The four maidservants nodded, and then, the maid who spoke first added, "After Li Tai's death, about a year later, the two ladies will be free to enter and leave the villa. ”

After questioning again, Luzhu and Yunzhu returned the four maidservants, and Yunzhu asked Luzhu, "Luzhu, do you want to accept this?"

Luzhu lay back on the bed lazily and charmingly, stretched his waist and said, "Why not? Yunzhu, we are used to being canaries in cages, why go out and toss! Okay, go to sleep!"

Hearing Lu Zhu's words, Yun Zhu also lay back on the bed, and sighed in his heart: Yes, how is this not good? It's just that she used to be someone else's concubine, but now it's someone else's outer house.

It was already past the time of Yin (3:00) when he returned to the Lin Mansion, and he was going to go to the court in two or three hours, so Lin Mo did not disturb Bai Zhilan and Bai Zhilan, who were already sleeping, but went to the kitchen to boil water by himself.

After boiling the water, with the assistance of Xi Feng and Qiu Yun, he brought buckets of water to the bath room, adjusted the water temperature, and Lin Mo lay down in it and enjoyed it.

Xi Feng and Qiu Yun went back to their rooms to meditate and practice.

Feeling wrapped in warm water, Lin Mo suddenly felt relieved, and after his mind relaxed, Lin Mo, who had been busy for half the night, began to fall asleep.

After an instant, Lin Mo fell asleep.

"Luan'er, come to your mother, let her hug her!" a virtuous woman in her early thirties took a six-year-old child into her arms and gently hummed a nursery rhyme.

The child lay in the bosom of the virtuous woman, very peacefully, but did not fall asleep, and suddenly asked, "Mother, where is Father, when will he return?"

The virtuous woman stopped humming nursery rhymes, caressed the child's immature face, and said softly: "Luan'er, my father went to inspect the barracks, and when Luan'er woke up, my father came back." ”

The child nodded obediently, raised his head, pecked the virtuous woman on the forehead, and said, "Mother, you are so gentle, Luan'er loves you, mother." ”

"Mother, I love my baby Luan'er too!" Mrs. Xianhui smiled softly, and also lowered her head and kissed the child's side cheek: "Luan'er, good, it's late at night, go to sleep!"

The child smiled well, curled up in the arms of the virtuous woman, and closed her eyes, and the virtuous woman continued to hum a nursery rhyme, which was soft, beautiful, and warm.

A moment later, in the midst of the nursery rhyme, the child made a soft sound.

Seeing that the child in her arms was asleep, the virtuous woman picked up the child, laid him gently on the bed, kissed him lightly on the little cheek, and walked out lightly.

After the door was closed, the servant girl who accompanied her said in a low voice: "Madam, since he recovered from the serious illness a year ago, the son has become closer and closer to you, and every time you have to hug him and hum a nursery rhyme to him to sleep." ”

The virtuous woman smiled and said, "Silly Nizi, how can my own son not be close to me, even if he sleeps in my arms all his life, I am willing." ”

On the second day, when the day was about to dawn, the child got up, and ran to the courtyard without shoes and socks, and saw a heroic and kind man of thirty-four or five years old practicing martial arts in the courtyard.

There was also a man who looked like a butler standing on the porch, also about thirty-five years old, and he was a little blessed.

After the child said "Hello Uncle Zhang" to the man who looked like a housekeeper, he cheered and pounced on the kind man who was practicing martial arts.

"Father, you're finally back, Luan'er wants you to death. ”

Hearing the child's voice, the middle-aged man immediately stopped practicing martial arts, held the child in his arms, and said kindly: "Luan'er, did you listen to your mother's words at home?"

"Yes!" the virtuous woman came out of the room and said happily: "Xianggong, in the three days you left, Luan'er was obedient, and his homework was good, and the gentleman praised him." ”

"Oh, yes? That father's Luan Er is awesome. As he spoke, the middle-aged man threw it into the sky and took it firmly in his arms.

In an instant, there was a warm laugh in the courtyard.

Suddenly, the sky darkened, and the whole courtyard was on fire, and there were corpses, and in the blink of an eye, the virtuous woman and the middle-aged man were pierced through the chest with a sword, and fell in a pool of blood.

The child hid in a dark corner, trembling, quietly watching everything happen, his eyes full of tears, but he could only cover his mouth, not daring to make a sound.

"Father! Mother!"

Lin Mo sat up from the bed suddenly, panting, his face was full of shock, his eyes were full of dazedness, and suddenly, Lin Mo found that the corners of his eyes were already moist.