Chapter 389: Tax
Anyang City, Linghu Fort.
The famous Linghu clan, with its great influence in the military of the Great Jin Dynasty, is faintly known as the first gate valve of the Great Jin Dynasty.
As the residence of the Linghu clan, Linghu Fort is naturally large in scale and has a myriad of weather.
A circle of blue and gold, only one zhang shorter than the imperial city, the narrow city wall encircles Linghu Fort, the boxy Linghu Fort in Anyang City, almost the same as the imperial city of the Great Jin Emperor.
However, unlike the Imperial City, which was located in the middle of Anyang City, Linghu Fort was located in the northeast corner of Anyang City, where a stream of living water entered the city through a water gate. This living water runs through the entire Linghu Fort, and at the same time connects the Linghu Fort with a huge forest garden in the northeast outside Anyang City.
The area of that forest garden is seven or eight the size of the imperial city, among which there are peaks and hills, woods and grasslands, lakes and streams, flowers that are not thankful at all times, green trees all the year round, countless palaces and pavilions, and countless rare birds and beasts.
This living water, along with the water gate where the living water enters the city, is all in the hands of the Linghu clan.
The big men of the Fox clan were interested, as long as they boarded a flat boat, they could go upstream, and through the small, perennial open water gate, they would go directly from the majestic Linghu Fort to the exquisite and luxurious forest garden.
In fact, strictly speaking, the real Linghu Fort is a combination of the boxy castle inside the city and the forest garden outside the city.
Therefore, everyone knows that the actual scale of Linghu Fort, the residence of the Linghu clan, is eight or nine times larger than that of the imperial city.
This is transgression.
There is no doubt that this is transgression.
But the Great Jin God Emperor didn't say a word about it, how could others dare to speak?
Directly north of Linghu Castle, in a large hall with a whole body of blue and black, an extremely long table that is enough to accommodate hundreds of people to sit is placed in the middle of the main hall.
At the top of the main hall, a palm-sized pearl is inlaid in the middle of the caisson, and the pearl emits a soft light, which shines in the middle of the long table, and a grain of dust can be faintly seen fluttering in the pearl light, and the pearl light also illuminates the large chairs on both sides of the long table.
Linghu Qingqing sat at the end of the long table, squinting and smiling, admiring the nine blood-colored tokens placed on the long table six feet in front of him. On the boxy, jade-like token, a very delicate and living creature of the Nine Dragons was born in a very delicate way.
These nine tokens are the last trophies of the Three Kingdoms in the battle for the blood flag.
The huge Nine Dragons Blood-Chasing Flag, after Linghu Qingqing finally got it, turned into these nine blood-colored tokens.
These nine tokens are nine opportunities and nine lives!
Each token can ensure that a person like Linghu Qingqing, who has been stranded in the Fetal Treasure Realm for countless years, and whose body and divine fetus are no longer able to withstand the daily surge of mana and essence blood, may dissipate by itself at any time, and step into the Divine Realm.
From the realm of womb to the realm of gods, there is a great terror.
Mortals want carp to jump over the dragon gate, from a mortal to a god, heaven and earth do not tolerate.
Therefore, there are countless calamities that have befallen heaven and earth, and among all kinds of calamities, the most intuitive, the most terrifying, and the most difficult to deal with is the terrifying thunder tribulation that is endless, and every blow can penetrate the heavens and the earth.
Relying on one's own cultivation, even if there is a Heavenly Dao Divine Soldier with him, even if he has the support of the Innate Spirit Treasure, he will definitely not be able to stop the terrifying calamity, and it is absolutely impossible to successfully take off the mortal body and turn into a god.
Only the token given by this 'Heavenly God', only this 'Heavenly God Order', every piece of the 'Heavenly God Order', can ensure that a supreme person like Hu Qingqing becomes a god with peace and stability.
God...... The life span is endless.
That alone is enough...... Those soldiers of the Three Kingdoms who died in the battle for the blood flag can be regarded as a well-deserved death. In exchange for their deaths, nine noble gods...... How cost-effective is exchanging the lives of ants for the Celestial Dragon?
If a hundred times more soldiers die, so what?
The territory of the three countries is so vast, and the number of people is trillions, hehe, a few dead and wounded, it is not worth mentioning.
"What a good baby, can you still bear it?" Ling Hu Qingqing smiled, his fingers lightly tapping on the armrest of the big chair.
"I made Linghu Qingqing, and I didn't disgrace the ancestors of the Linghu clan...... The last time the Heavenly God Order, I also made the Fox Clan get ...... The last time I ordered the gods, I also made the fox clan get ...... This time, I ordered the fox to be green, and finally snatched the Heavenly God Order with my own hands. ”
"In this way, it is really gratifying to be able to ensure that I can make the fox clan prosperous for ten thousand years. ”
Ling Hu Qingqing smiled extremely brightly.
Dressed in a blue-black robe, with a green jade belt around his waist, and a high crown of green wood on his head, the contemporary head of the Linghu clan quietly walked in. Across the long table, the head of the Linghu family saluted Linghu Qingqing with a smile on his face.
"Ancestor, guests, all here. ”
Linghu Qingqing nodded slowly, and glanced at the Linghu family master with a smile.
Well, it doesn't matter, he has lived long enough, there are too many children and grandchildren, this generation or something, it's too troublesome to calculate...... Anyway, except for a few brothers of the same generation who can't cultivate, all the clansmen of the Linghu clan are now the juniors of Linghu Qingqing.
As for the name of this kid...... Unimportant.
The Linghu clan has a Linghu Qingqing, and this name represents the Linghu clan.
The head of the Linghu family is just a spokesperson selected by Linghu Qingqing and a group of elders at random, showing up outside and speaking out for the interests of the Linghu family, in the final analysis, he is a super housekeeper.
If this kid wants to get to Linghu Qingqing's current status, he still has to boil it.
"Come in, hehe, they're all old friends, very good, very good. Linghu Qingqing smiled and waved his hand lightly.
The head of the Linghu family smiled and bowed deeply, and then exited the hall step by step.
After a while, more than twenty figures walked into the main hall, and they walked straight to the long table closest to Ling Hu Qingqing, and sat down on the big chairs on both sides.
"Heavenly Decree, only nine pieces...... The old man used a piece for himself, and prepared a piece for the brother who was cultivating the submersion...... There are seven dollars left, old friends, you can make an offer. Ling Hu Qingqing smiled brightly, he looked at the twenty or so figures, as if looking at the twenty or so fat pigs lined up on the chopping board.
A burly old man spoke in a low voice: "Lao Qing, your family already owes me a favor...... The ninth son of King Yan, whose mother is the concubine of your Linghu clan, the old man has already arranged for him and let him receive the title of Uncle Jiang. ”
The burly old man flicked his fingers on the table, and said indifferently: "A Jiang Bo is nothing, but with a knighthood, he is qualified to compete for the position of the prince of the king, and when he inherits the throne of the king of Yan, a prince will be valuable...... You have to keep this favor in mind. ”
Linghu Qingqing glanced at the burly old man with a smile: "The old man remembers, well, this is indeed a small bargaining chip, but it is not enough ......"
An old man with a clear face said softly: "Old Linghu, don't forget, it was the old man who mobilized the royal family to worship and rushed out to reinforce him, otherwise, if you want to take down the nine pieces of the Heavenly God Order, it will be difficult! ”
Linghu Qingqing looked at the old man Qingqing, and he narrowed his eyes: "Lord Right Minister...... The 'friendship' between you and me for many years, a piece of heavenly decree, is proper, and there is a piece to belong to you. However, it can't be given in vain! This heavenly decree was taken by the old man himself, and the gods only recognized the authority that the old man had. So, you have to pay the price. ”
The old man also narrowed his eyes, his gaze was like a knife, and he collided fiercely with Ling Hu Qingqing's equally sharp and cold gaze.
His fingers tapped the long table, and after a long time, after a long time, the old man said in a deep voice: "In the northwest, the twenty-two states newly opened up by the Shenwei Army, the state lord and the county lord, all belong to your Linghu clan." ”
Linghu Qingqing smiled and nodded: "Not big, not small, medium chips...... It's not worth being a piece of the Heavenly Order. However, there is no hurry, old friends, we have time to negotiate slowly. Hmm, come on, good tea, good wine, hehe, today, the old man is happy, all the tea, wine, the old man is round. ”
In Anyang City, the Linghu clan was full of friends, and for a few pieces of heavenly god orders, the monstrous terrifying interests were treated as small weights, and they were gently placed on the balance in Linghu Qingqing's heart.
Dazezhou, Wu Tiexu stood on the thick mud, roaring angrily.
A group of insects that didn't know whether they were alive or dead were flying, 'buzzing' and pounced on Wu Tie's seven orifices, wanting to get into his seven orifices to happily suck blood and eat meat.
Wu Tie's body suddenly erupted with three-colored fire.
This is the Divine Power Samadhi True Fire that comes with the Nine Turns Xuangong, and this Supreme Divine Flame instantly caused the temperature to soar within a hundred zhang of the area around him, and a small group of insects turned into green smoke in an instant.
The silt under Wu Tie's feet was directly melted into a translucent glass state by the Samadhi True Fire, and when Wu Tie put away the Samadhi True Fire, the melted silt quickly cooled, and the silt within a hundred zhang of Wu Tie's side was calcined into a smooth pale black glass.
In the distance, a group of walking corpse-like men and women looked this way, pointing cautiously in this direction.
After a while, in a rough thatched hut in the distance, a lean man with his bare chest, a large black chest hair hanging from his chest, and a piece of burlap tied around his waist staggered out.
"Who's here, yelling, here......"
The lean man suddenly shuddered, his eyes widened, and he carefully looked at the gorgeous robe unique to the senior generals of the Great Jin Dynasty on Wu Tie's body, and his lewd and somewhat treacherous lean face was suddenly full of smiles.
"My lord, my lord, alas, my lord has worked hard all the way, my lord, what are you...... Ouch, everyone entertains ...... But you can't blame us......"
The lean man threw himself at Wu Tie's feet and cautiously kowtowed three times.
"The post keeper of this inn, as well as the other adults, all died more than half a month ago...... Hey, in the past half a month, you are still the first wave of living people to come to this post house...... Why, just you, my lord?"
The lean man looked around blankly.
Wu Tie is indeed wearing a high-level battle robe at the level of a general of the Great Jin Dynasty, but according to the military system of the Great Jin Dynasty, even if he is a third-grade general with the lowest status, he is also hugged when he travels, at least one or two thousand personal soldiers are escorted by him, there is no flagship with a length of five or six hundred zhang to accompany him, and there are no more than a dozen small and medium-sized building ship guards, you are embarrassed to greet others.
This lord is so alone...... Oh no, and a carriage, two horses, just over like that?
"You, really?"
Wu Tie looked down at the lean man and said coldly, "Yicheng and them, are they all dead, what are you?"
The lean man laughed dryly, carefully knelt on the ground and said, "The small one, the small one is the assistant of this post house...... Small ......"
Wu Tie kicked the lean man and kicked him out seven or eight feet away.
The ground was simply smelted into a glass mirror by the real fire of Wu Tie Samadhi, and this man slipped out with a 'snort', but he didn't hurt a trace of skin.
"I don't think you're a good thing...... How did you get to Great Jersey?"
Seeing the miserable and desolate appearance of Dazezhou, Wu Tie roughly understood what the situation was in Dazezhou.
Good people, I'm afraid there won't be one here.
This obscene and wicked man is definitely not a good thing.
"Villain, villain......" The thin man's eyes rolled, and he suddenly cried: "The villain is wronged...... The villain just passed by a certain backyard and saw a money bag in the yard, and accidentally picked up the money bag, who knows how many pearls worth millions are in it?"
Wu Tie pulled out the long sword of the Six Refining Immortal Soldiers at his waist, and the long sword flew out with a 'swoop', and the tip of the sword was pressed against the lean man's Adam's apple.
"To be honest, what did you do here?" Wu Tie looked at the lean man coldly: "Lao Tzu is in a bad mood, and now I really want to kill him seven or eight hundred living people to vent his anger!"
The lean man was sweating like rain, and he said tremblingly: "I robbed the house, raped the three daughters of the bitter master, picked his two sons, and sold them to beggar...... The verdict was decided, but Dazezhou needs people to fill the side, and the judge asked me if I want to die or live, and the villain wants to live, so I came here......"
Wu Tie looked at the lean man.
"In this way, you are the best scumbag...... What are you doing while you're still alive?" Wu Tie raised his eyebrows, and the immortal soldier's long sword suspended in the air stabbed forward slightly, and a wisp of extremely fine blood flowed out of the thin man's neck.
"The villain deserves death, but the villain has lived for seven years in Dazezhou, and he is the longest-living person in Dazezhou today...... The villain has an excellent understanding of the situation up and down the state of Dazezhou......"
A trail of yellow water spilled out from under the crotch of the lean man's pants, dripping down the glass floor.
"Then, tell me, I'm in Dazezhou, what should I be most careful about?" Wu Tie looked at the lean man coldly.
"You, the most careful thing, is not the restless natives, not the poisonous insects and beasts, yes, yes, yes......"
The thin man's eyes rolled, he looked at the immortal soldier on the top of the Adam's apple for a while, and looked at Wu Tie for a while, with a tangled and embarrassed face.
Suddenly, a shout came from afar: "Master Shui Cheng is back to the city!"
"Tax?" Wu Tie's eyes widened.
"Tax!" the lean man trembled, and finally spit out these two words.