Loess mat road, the city out of welcome, the city of Nanpi in April of the seventh year of Jian'an is crowded, and the flag is fluttering. Fourteen-year-old Zhu Laifu stood in the crowd and looked at the men, women and children from all over the country, feeling both excited and puzzled. This is the first time in Zhu Laifu's life to come to Nanpi City with his father Zhu Daniu, for him who has never been out of the village since he was a child, Bohai County Zhinanpi is the legendary fairy city, tall, majestic, prosperous, and more importantly, the city lives his most admired General Tai Shici.

Although Zhu Laifu has not seen Taishi Ci himself so far, the story of General Taishi's sweep of Heshuo Zhu Laifu and his friends in the village have long been familiar. Through the description of business travel, the teenagers have already sketched the mighty image of Tai Shici in their hearts - strong martial arts and unparalleled faithfulness. The young Zhu Laifu firmly believed that it was precisely because of the protection of great heroes such as Tai Shici that their village would no longer be attacked by bandits and exploited by corrupt officials.

However, what made Zhu Laifu deeply puzzled was that, according to Li Zheng, everyone did not come to Nanpi at this time to thank General Tai Shici, but to welcome the Marquis of Qi who came to Nanpi. Regarding the story of Qi Hou, Zhu Laifu has heard some of them, and knows that the other party is a young envoy, who not only has a noble background and beautiful appearance, but also casts spells such as locusts into shrimp. However, the story of Qi Hou is far less attractive than that of General Taishi. What's more, teenage Zhu Laifu doesn't understand how powerful a girl about the same age as her sister can be. But now the big guys have all gathered at the foot of Nanpi City to greet the Marquis of Qi, including even General Tai Shici, whom Zhu Laifu admires.

Zhu Laifu stood on tiptoe and looked in the direction of the city gate, hoping to see his idol. It's a pity that the place where he stood was too far away from the city gate, and he couldn't see anything except the fluttering flags and the crowd. The deeply disappointed young man couldn't help but muttered angrily to his father beside him, "Dad, what's so powerful about that Qi Hou." Let's wait until now! ”

Zhu Laifu's father, Zhu Daniu, is a good farmer in the village, and this time he brought his son to Nanpi, in addition to welcoming the arrival of the Marquis of Qi, he was also called by the government to teach agriculture in the county. Zhu Daniu didn't know what he could teach in the yamen if he didn't know a basket of characters, but it wasn't a bad thing to be able to take his son out to see the market after all. But who would have thought that his son's mouth would speak wildly at this stall. Zhu Daniu, who has always been honest, immediately panicked. In a hurry, he saw him slam a chestnut on his son's forehead, and angrily reprimanded, "Shut up! ＂

Zhu Laifu was in pain, covered his head and replied. "I'll just say it! Just say! It's just a girl, how can there be a great general! Can Qi Hou wear Yang in a hundred steps? Can you kill the general? ＂

Seeing that the more his son said it, the more outrageous it became, Zhu Daniu was angry and anxious, but he couldn't say anything to refute it. It is undeniable that Zhu Daniu also thinks in his heart, like his son, that Qi Hou is not as powerful as General Taishi. I can't figure out why a girl has become the master of General Taishi. It's just that if this is the case, Zhu Daniu won't dare to say it even if he is killed. Because he knows that Qi Hou is Qi Hou. Even if the other party is just a girl, he can still crush a little ordinary person like them like an ant.

Just when the angry Zhu Daniu was about to use his fists to shut up his son. An old woman in her sixties walked in front of Zhu Laifu leisurely, but she was a witch in the village who specialized in killing Bu Ji and asking ghosts, known as a pious woman. But seeing that the old witch was holding a cane, she shook her head at the young man and said, "Baby, Qi Hou is a heavenly maiden." It is precisely because of its blessing that Hebei has been able to have smooth weather in the past two years. ＂

It is true that Cai Ji prevented the local government from building a shrine for her in Qingzhou, but now she has still become the object of private worship by many witches in this era. According to the record of "Zhou Li", "The male witch looks at Wangyan in his palm, and recruits him on the side; When the witch is in charge, she bathes in purification. "Shrine maidens have always been in charge of rituals and festivals. In particular, I asked the gods for the protection of the mountains and rivers of Sheji. However, as the patriarchal society gradually took shape, the witch gradually declined in the Han Dynasty. Shrine maidens who were once honored by the rulers were either reduced to official dancing girls or exiled to the countryside. The appearance of Cai Ji undoubtedly gave many witches hope to regain their strength. For whether she supports the shrine maiden or not, the female princes themselves have proven that the gods will still give women supreme rights.

The words of the goddess were unanimously echoed by the men, women and children present. As he said, since the Bohai, Qinghe, and Hejian counties were brought under Cai Ji's rule, the relevant counties have not only suffered from military disasters in the past year, but even natural disasters have disappeared. Last autumn, Bohai County even ushered in a long-lost harvest. It is not uncommon for generals in this world to be good at war, but it is rare for princes to be able to bless one side with good weather and weather.

So at this time, even Zhu Daniu, who was clumsy in words, followed his son and said, "What are you shouting about, bastard!" Qi Hou is a mortal goddess, and even General Taishi is regarded as the master, and there will be mistakes. ＂

The wind and rain are smooth, and it is not necessarily the credit of the Qi Hou! When you are young, you will always have some maverick ideas. Of course, Zhu Laifu was no exception, but before he could refute it, a horn sound piercing the sky suddenly sounded in his ears. Immediately afterwards, I saw Li Zheng trotting and shouting at everyone, "Come on! Come on, too! Qi Hou is here! ＂

Hearing that Qi Hou was about to arrive, the crowd that was still watching the excitement around the Zhu family father and son suddenly dispersed, and turned to bow down and kneel on both sides of the road under the leadership of Li Zheng. Zhu Daniu was afraid that his son would make some more moths, so he directly pressed Zhu Laifu to the ground. Zhu Laifu was extremely stubborn and set his eyes on the horizon not far away.

After a while, the young man's eyes reflected a brilliant torrent of silver, black, and vermilion. Silver is the tip of a spear that reaches to the sky, black is the knight's cold armor, and the vermilion banner dotted with the huge character "Cai" embroidered on it is blowing in the wind of the Northland. At this moment, the people kneeling on the ground can really feel that the earth is shaking, it is not the "ground cow turning over" as the old man in the village said, but the resonance of hundreds of horses' hooves stepping on the official road together.

At the same time, the goddess who was kneeling next to Zhu Laifu had already folded her hands and secretly recited the greetings. Although no one could understand what the old woman was reading, the villagers, including Li Zheng and Zhu Daniu, also joined hands and prayed together. In an instant, a pious atmosphere permeated both sides of the road, and even Zhu Laifu, who had questioned Qi Hou, crawled on the ground with his father like a god, so that when Qi Hou's car drove in front of him, he only saw half of the wheel.

Sun Quan straddled the five-flowered horse and Cao Pi one left and one right, and walked in front of Cai Ji's car. The awe and piety expressed by the people on both sides of the official road in front of him also gave him a great shock. Sun Quan served as a county magistrate for a period of time when he was fifteen years old, and knew that young people with no qualifications could not control a county with only their family background and status. Not to mention the fact that the people are in awe of their parents as if they were ghosts and gods. But Cai Ji just did it. When he was one year younger than Sun Quan. Cai Ji then ruled over a county, and then in less than two years she expanded her jurisdiction to another county. By the time he was as old as Sun Quan was now, Cai Ji had already owned the land of the four states and became the great prince of the northern land alongside Cao Cao.

In Sun Quan's view, among the young people in the world, only his elder brother Sun Ce can compete with Cai Ji. Of course, if the influence of family affection is aside, Sun Quan has to admit that his brother is not as good as Cai Ji in terms of achieving himself. Because although the territory under Sun Ce's command is comparable to Cai Ji, except for Jiangdong, it is mostly uncultivated wild land. Unlike the Qing, Xu, and Hebei prefectures occupied by Cai Ji, they are all the essence of the Central Plains, with fertile land and abundant population. Especially this time with Cai Ji to the north of the river Shuo, it made Sun Ce have a personal experience of the richness of the north.

Think of the fertile fields that you pass along the way. The village and the city, as well as the pious people kneeling down in front of him, Sun Quan couldn't help but ask himself in his heart: Why? Why can Cai Anzhen win the recognition of the people and assist the civil and military as a woman? Why has she been where she has been? What does she rely on to rule the states and counties?

Speaking of which, the princes have their own reliance and temperament in the Central Plains. For example, Sun Quan's elder brother Sun Ce relied on his martial arts and chivalrous spirit; Liu Bei, who is entrenched in Lujiang, flaunts Hongyi's generosity; Liu Biao, who straddled Hannan, relied on the same spirit of the noble family as the previous Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu brothers; As for Cao Cao, who coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes, he exuded the spirit of a hero who vowed to dominate the world.

With their respective temperaments. The princes attracted like-minded people to their side to assist them in their fight against the world, and at the same time proclaimed the righteousness they flaunted to the people of the world. But now Sun Quan can't see Cai Ji's temperament. More precisely. Only rely on the temperament of martial arts and bravery, Hongyi and generosity. It is impossible for Cai Ji, who was born as a daughter, to achieve what he is today. Sun Quan believes that the woman in the car must have some kind of special charm at this moment, so that she can surpass the man in the world.

There are two kinds of folk rumors about Cai Ji's charm. One is the "power of seduction", thinking that Cai Ji has a beauty like Meixi and Daji, and can charm men to work for him. Sun Quan used to have a lot of longing for this, but after he met Cai Ji himself, he quickly realized the superficiality of himself and some good people. Another rumor is that Cai Ji is proficient in magic, and uses it to govern people's livelihood and march into battle. Sun Quan was not convinced at first. Because as far as he knew, Cai Ji had always resisted obscenity in Qingxu and Xuzhou. Duan Zhi and other lecturers of the Martial Arts Hall have more than once exposed all kinds of warlock tricks in class. So much so that Sun Quan can now play several sets of "ghost hunting" methods in public. But at this moment, seeing so many people worshipping Qi Hou's car, Sun Quan couldn't help but start to wonder if Cai Ji really harbored some unknown secret techniques.

"I never thought that the people of the north would worship the Marquis of Qi as an immortal. The virtuous brother can tie the knot with the immortals, which is really envious of others. Sun Quan looked around at the pious people on both sides, and deliberately asked Cao Pi beside him to speak. Cao Pi has been living with Cai Ji for two years. In Sun Quan's opinion, if Cai Ji was really secretly casting spells, Cao Pi should be somewhat aware of it. If you can get clues from the little ghost next to you, maybe you can unlock the secrets surrounding Cai Ji.

"Qi Hou is not an immortal, and Sun Gongzi Hugh wants people to be the same. Cao Pi replied to Sun Quan stiffly. At this moment, he had learned Sun Quan's true identity from Cai Ji. Although it is unclear what Sun Quan's intentions are to stay by Cai Ji's side with a dead face. But in public and private, this man will be his opponent Cao Pi.

Although Cao Pi didn't give Sun Quan a good look, Sun Quan still called "virtuous brother" affectionately, "Why did the virtuous brother say this." Everyone in the world knows that Qi Hou can turn locusts into shrimp and sand into salt, and the virtuous brother has served Qi Hou for two years, don't you know that Qi Hou can spell? ＂

"I really don't know. Cao Pi ignored Sun Quan's agitation, and instead smiled and said to him, "If Sun Gongzi has any doubts, he can personally ask Qi Hou." ＂

Hmph, little fox. Facing Cao Pi, who did not eat oil and salt, Sun Quan said with the same smile, "Thank you for reminding me that I will try it another day." ＂

After that, the two stopped paying attention to each other. At this time, the large group of men and horses had already approached the city of Nanpi, and the people who knelt down in a group of people stood out very conspicuously in the crowd of bureaucrats standing at the gate of the city. In particular, one of the military generals at the head has a majestic figure, long hair and chest, standing among the civil and military forces like a flock.

Seeing this, Sun Quan on horseback couldn't help but praise from the bottom of his heart, "What a beautiful warrior!" ＂

Cao Pi glanced at Sun Quan and introduced, "This person is Taishi Ziyi, the number one general under the account of the Marquis of Qi. ＂

"It turns out that this person is General Taishi, and the Marquis of Qi is really full of talents! Sun Quan's praise was accompanied by seven points of envy and three points of jealousy.

In fact, there is no shortage of generals with both ability and political integrity and strong martial arts. Jiangbiao is one of the ten tiger generals, Cheng Puhao is brave and heavy, Huang Gai is old and strong, Han is diligent and meritorious, Jiang Qin is light and righteous, Zhou Taizhan is like a bear and tiger, Chen Wu is benevolent and generous, Dong Xizhijie is generous, Gan Ning stands up for battle, Ling Cao is chivalrous and chivalrous, and Xu Sheng is loyal and diligent and brave. However, these tiger generals followed his brother Sun Bofu, not his Sun Zhongmou. Because he has neither superb martial arts, nor does he have the spirit of a chivalrous man like his brother.

Sun Quan still remembers that three years ago, his brother crusaded against the bandits in the six counties, and instead of helping, he almost became a burden to everyone. At that time, Zhou Tai was in danger to save Sun Quan, and was injured in twelve places and almost lost his life. Afterwards, Sun Quan was grateful to Zhou Tai for sacrificing his life to save him, but deep down he was even more annoyed by his incompetence. Yes, in Jiangdong, poor martial arts is incompetence.

Qi Hou's car stopped in front of the city gate, and Sun Quan and Cao Pi both turned over and stepped forward, and opened the carved car door one by one. Facing the sight of everyone from all directions, Cai Ji, who was dressed in a brocade coat with a group pattern, walked slowly out of the carriage, stepped lightly on the incense shoes, and the plain gauze burqa rose in the wind, like a fairy fluttering.

Cai Ji's elegant green silk and graceful posture were strongly contrasted by the angry armor and gun forest, with a breathtaking charm, which made Sun Quan, who followed closely behind, a little stunned for a while. What if you are young and shallow, but your martial arts are not good? In this world, there is definitely a way to transcend one's background and qualifications, and to help others defeat the strong with the weak and win the hearts of the people in the world. Otherwise, how could the ancestor who was born in the Surabaya Pavilion defeat Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu? As a woman, how can Cai Anzhen rule the land of Sizhou?

Thinking of this, Sun Quan involuntarily clenched his fists under his sleeves and secretly vowed: One day I will seek this method and help the Sun clan dominate the world!

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This section explores the composition of the Qi of the Eight Kings, and after reading a lot of historical materials, I find that the Qi of the Eight Kings is really a very mysterious thing. Xiao Cai will return in the next session, so stay tuned. (To be continued......)