Duan Muhao was already confused, but when he saw Mo Weiyong disregard his face and tell the matter on such an occasion, he was also furious, and simply said with a cold face: "Mo Weiyong, you don't hesitate to bribe me in order to frame your second brother, but how can the old man be a person who aids and abuses, and disregards morality for the sake of money?

Saying this, everyone suddenly felt that Duan Muhao's image was extremely tall, and no matter how he looked at it, he was an incomparably upright and righteous man.

Everyone's eyes were focused on Mo Weiyong's body, only Fang Ling calmly ate the food on the table, all the development of things had already been expected by him, how could Mo Weiyong be the opponent of an old fox like Duan Muhao? What's more, Duan Muhao could not only establish a positive image in this way, but also be able to continue to intermarry with the Mo family, and even swallow the eight thousand taels of silver directly, why not?

was refuted by Duan Muhao like this, Mo Weiyong was like being struck by lightning, originally he was thinking that he would be able to become the head of the family today, but he didn't expect that the situation would be so reversed.

An elder of the Mo family held back his anger and said: "Mo Weiyong, you actually did such a thing in order to seek the head of the family, are you still my Mo family?"

Several other Mo family elders also took responsibility, Duan Muhao crossed his arms and sneered, looking like he had nothing to do with himself, Mo Weiyong's father and son didn't expect things to develop to such a point, and they were at a loss for a while.

Mo Weigang arched his hand and said: "Thank you, Lord for your kindness, but now that something has happened at home, I think it's better to retire first, so as not to disturb your birthday." ”

After this incident, Cheng Xian was also a little excited, and waved his hand to signal that they could retreat.

So, Fang Ling and the Mo family left the Assassin's Mansion together, and Mo Weiyong, who told the evidence of his crimes, had no place in the Mo family, and after checking the accounts that afternoon, it was found that Mo Weiyong had embezzled silver taels for many years, falsely reported the accounts, and was finally expelled from the Mo family by the ruling.

Although Mo Chenggang can't bear this big brother, but the country has national laws, the family has family rules, adults don't act like children playing at home, and they have to bear the consequences when they do things, and in the end, Mo Weiyong's father and son can only leave the Mo family and find their own way out.

After the Mo family's family affairs were dealt with, Mo Chenggang summoned the elders of the clan and informed them that the Thousand Locks Xuanji Box had been opened, and at the same time discovered the relics left by the ancestors, and announced the matter of taking refuge in the King of Shicheng.

So, on the second day, the Mo family handed over the mansion property to Meng Zhiyuan to manage on their behalf, and went north with their families.

At this time, Mo Xiang met the beautiful maid Song Ying'er that Xiao Qing said, Song Ying'er admired Mo Xiang's talent and learning, and Mo Xiang also fell in love with Song Ying'er at first sight, and the two daughters were very happy with each other.

At the same time, when leaving the city, Cheng Xian also received a letter printed with the seal of the King of Shicheng, and learned that the Mo family had taken refuge in the King of Shicheng, and after Cheng Xian told Duan Muhao, the latter was even more surprised.

However, who is the King of Shicheng, that is the emperor's eldest son, the Mo family has him as the backstage, how can he take an egg to touch the stone? So Duan Muhao had no choice but to do it, thinking about it, he made eight thousand taels of silver for nothing anyway, and he was also happy.

It's just that Fang Ling didn't want to ask for the eight thousand taels for the Mo family, but he just thought of his family, and his heart was like an arrow, so he should temporarily deposit the silver in the Duan family, and when he came back in the future, it would be good to take it back with interest.

As for Duan Zixuan, when he learned that the Mo family actually moved his family to Shichengguo, he could only look at the north and sigh, but in the end he still didn't see Miss Mo Family, and the dream of the uncle and sister-in-law cheating was like a bubble.

Because the Mo family brought a lot of things, it took several days for everyone to rush to the fiefdom. Starting

In addition to the original Feng County, Xihe County, Maling County, and Shicheng County, three other cities were built in the mountains through the development of the Shilong Mountains, one of which was the Xicheng where the people of Xiguo lived, and the other two were Cuishan City and Beiwang City.

Because Shicheng County was located in the middle of the seven cities, it became the royal city of the fiefdom, and its north was the three cities of Xicheng, Cuishan City and Beiwangcheng, and the south was Feng County, Xihe County and Maling County.

Although the three cities in the north have not been designated as counties, in fact, the size of the city is about the same as the county, but there are fewer villages under its jurisdiction, but because of the continuous influx of population, the scale of the entire fief is actually comparable to a county, and the population is also hundreds of thousands, and three years ago, the total population of the three counties was only tens of thousands.

Fang Ling's return was very quiet, and there was no fanfare, because his whereabouts have always been very secretive, no one knew that he was not in the royal city, and the fief after leaving was managed by Chen Mou and others, and all kinds of government and politics were handled in a meticulous manner.

After meeting with his grandfather, mother and others, Fang Ling held a dinner party in the palace that night, one to celebrate the freedom of his grandfather and others, the other to wash the dust for the Mo family, and the third to reward the ministers.

Seeing that Fang Ling had brought back the first craftsman family in Bingzhou to the fiefdom, everyone was shocked and sighed, and Chen Mou had already heard of Mo Xiang's name, after all, Mo Xiang's talent was even talked about by the scholars in the imperial city.

At the table, Fang Ling directly appointed Mo Weigang to serve in the Ministry of Industry, and at the same time obtained Mo Xiang's consent, and also appointed him, and Mo Xiang became the first female official in Shicheng State.

The next day, Fang Ling immediately ordered the Mo family to start analyzing the materials of the Tiangong Divine Crossbow, because its structure was recorded in the "Mechanism Secret Technique", so with Mo Xiang's efforts, everything about the Tiangong Divine Crossbow was found out in just a few days.

Things were just as Fang Ling thought, it was not easy to make a Heavenly Crafted Divine Crossbow, the materials alone were very difficult to find, and the price was quite expensive.

For example, the crossbow arm is not made of ordinary ironwood, but a century-old ironwood.

Iron wood, also known as iron wood, is hard, not inferior to steel, and the weight is also extremely heavy, even if it is buried in the ground or water for a long time, it will not rot and deform, but because it is not easy to grow, there are very few people who are 100 years old.

The second is the bowstring, the general bowstring is no more than three kinds, silk strings, animal tendons and cut into strips of cowhide, but the string of the heavenly crossbow is made of very strong beast skin, which means that you have to hunt the beast to find the material of the string.

In addition, there are dozens of parts of the crossbow, which are quite different from the parts of ordinary crossbows, and the size is smaller, and the smaller it is, the more difficult it is to make.

Just when Fang Ling was looking for all kinds of materials and spending a lot of money to concoct the Heavenly Divine Crossbow, on the morning of the sixth day back to the city, an explosive news came from the south:

The eight vassal states in the east and south of the country, including the king of Yizhou, united their troops yesterday, swore to resist the tyranny of the Chu Emperor, marched westward, and captured several cities!

As early as when Fang Ling had insight into the arrogant ambition of the king of Yizhou, he had already predicted that the king of Yizhou would rebel one day!

However, what he never expected was that he would rebel so quickly, and there were as many as eight vassal states that rebelled together.

Every day, news about the Eight Kings Rebellion would fly like snowflakes from all over the place, and the intelligence agencies set up in the past three years played a huge role at this time, allowing Fang Ling to learn about the latest developments of the war every day, and even allowing him to sensitively sniff out the whole story from the large and small pieces of information.

Three days later, the important ministers of the Shicheng Kingdom gathered in the hall of the Shicheng Royal Mansion to discuss important matters.

In the past, Chen Mou, who was the imperial physician of the court, is now the prime minister of Shicheng State, and has made suggestions for the development of the fiefdom in the past three years, whether it is the livelihood of the people or the expansion of the county, all without his credit, his strategy is as deep as the sea, although he is in a high position, but he is humble and generous, and is deeply admired by his subordinates.

Dong Canghai, who used to be the deputy commander of the palace guards, is now the general of the northern part of Shicheng Guozhen, leading his troops to garrison the northern Tianqian Gorge and the eastern passage, guarding the border arteries. Starting

Three years ago, after Heimu City and other cities were burned down, there were still a large number of soldiers and bandits wandering here, Dong Canghai repeatedly sent troops to clear and suppress, and his prestige shook the northern border, and there were no soldiers and bandits outside the country to make trouble.

Shen Huantian, the former head of the thieves in the Misty Mountain, is now the general of Zhennan, sitting in the Misty Mountain, guarding the six avenues in the west of the fiefdom and the southern entrance, under the prestige, there has not been a single incident of bandits in the past three years.

Meng Zhiyuan, who used to be a down-and-out businessman, is now in charge of the entire Shicheng country's territory, fields, household registration, taxes, salaries and all financial matters, not only in a high position, but also uses the local industry to make money for the fiefdom, and is also known as the God of Wealth among officials.

Qiu Yi, in the past, Mulian County caught fast, was persecuted and fell into the grass to become the owner of the Misty Mountain Moshui Village, and now he is the secretary of the military department, in charge of the selection of the whole guard and the military attaché.

Although the official establishment of the fief is similar to that of the Chu State, in fact, the number of officials has been greatly reduced, but everyone who can sit in the position of an important minister has a good ability, and each of them is favored by Fang Ling and entrusted with important positions, and the loyalty to Fang Ling is incomparable.

After Fang Ling came to the hall, everyone saluted respectfully, Fang Ling waved his hand slightly, and sat on the main seat, and on the wall next to the seat, a large map of the Chu State was hung.

Everyone obviously knew that they came here this time for the Eight Kings Rebellion, so their expressions were very solemn.

Seeing everyone's expressions, Fang Ling couldn't help but smile and quipped: "The war is still 108,000 miles away from us, you just have this expression, if the soldiers come to the city, won't your face turn into black carbon?"

When he said this, everyone couldn't help laughing, and the atmosphere seemed a little more relaxed.

Fang Ling said at this time: "I believe everyone has heard about the Eight Kings Rebellion, so Master Chen will tell you the specific news." ”

Chen Mou bowed slightly, walked to the map, pointed to it and said: "There are five provinces and twenty-eight states in the territory of my Chu State, of which there are six states in the central province where the imperial city is located, five states in the northern province, four states in the western province, five states in the southern province, and eight states in the eastern province the most. The eight kings who are now in rebellion are all distributed in Dongfang Province and Southern Province, the Eastern Province is headed by the king of Dongzhou and Yizhou, plus the king of Anxi, Yongjun and Jingzhou, and the southern province is headed by the king of Jiangzhou, plus the king of Linjun and the king of Nankang. ”

Chen Mou pointed to the map and explained, while everyone listened quietly, the vassal states formed by the emperor's canonization of princes are generally divided into three levels, namely state-level states, county-level states and city-level states.

A state-level state is a state of feud, and there are not a few such states in Chu State, followed by a county-level state, and the fiefdom is a few counties or even a dozen counties.

Although the territory of Chu has as many as 28 states, it is actually divided into large states and small states, for example, the state of the central province is very large, with more than 20 counties, while the eastern province has 8 states, but the counties under its jurisdiction are more than a dozen.

The most subordinate is a city-level state, such as Fang Ling, which has four cities under its jurisdiction, and its territory cannot be compared with the first two.

Chen Mou continued: "A while ago, torrential rains fell in the east and south, rivers flooded, and floods occurred in many places that were rare in a century, washing away the embankments, flooding the fertile land, and making it impossible for the people to make a living. However, due to the unfavorable governance of the officials, so there was a rebellion of the people, and the surrounding government mobilized a large army to suppress it, not only did not suppress it, but this matter became more and more intense, just four days ago, the king of Dongzhou took the lead in swearing, after counting His Majesty's tyranny for many years, strict and heavy taxes, regardless of the people's suffering, greedy for pleasure, making the people miserable, unbearable to be the emperor. Then, the kings of Yizhou and Jiangzhou responded, and more than a dozen cities were conquered in just four days. ”

Although everyone knew about the battle of the Eight Kings Rebellion, they did not have such detailed information, and now when they listened to it, they realized that the situation was serious.

Fang Ling knew better in his heart, if he hadn't killed Han Daxian, then I'm afraid that there would be more than a dozen cities, and he had already known that he and the seven princes and kings had planned a rebellion, so I was afraid that the matter of dealing with this Han Daxian would be handled more carefully.

However, the wood has become a boat, and now I am afraid that he has become a thorn in the side of the king of Yizhou, with his temperament, I am afraid that this matter will not end well.

Meng Zhiyuan said at this time: "As far as the minister knows, the people's rebellion this time is very fierce, not only there are more than a dozen eruptions, it is said that thousands of people died in the conflict, and the corpses are piled up in the river along the river, which has a great impact on various places, and combined with the rebellion of this vassal state, it makes people think that this riot is probably not as simple as it sees." ”

Everyone bowed their heads slightly when they heard this, and Fang Ling said lightly: "If everything wants to be logical, there must be a valid reason, and the same is true for raising troops, if there is no such thing as a rebellion by the people, then it seems a bit far-fetched for the Eight Kings to raise troops." However, if the people revolt, and they are looking out for the people, the army will stand. "Fastest update on PC:/

Dong Canghai said in a deep voice: "In this way, the people's rebellion is simply planned by the Eight Kings, deliberately attracting the heavy pressure of the army, so that those people will run to die, so that the people will complain, so they can take the opportunity to raise troops!"

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