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Out of Jianzhang City, the three hundred iron riders were all overjoyed, this joy came from the thin silver ticket hidden in everyone's arms, I didn't expect that this time I could earn money and silver by following the young master all the way to the mountains and rivers, so the eyes that looked at Mu Qiuhuang were full of admiration.

Only Mu Qiuhuang didn't seem to have much joy, sitting listlessly on the horse.

Ling Hu Ji came to Mu Qiuhuang and asked puzzledly: "Why is the young master worried?"

Mu Qiuhuang raised his head and said dissatisfiedly: "This Haihun Marquis is too picky of his son, right?" I think when he was so old, but he could spend 100,000 gold on a flower boat! Why is his son so poor? I've broken both of his legs, and that's all he can do with this amount of silver? Could it be that he is a lord who wants money rather than life? I don't think it looks like it, huh? When he broke his leg, he howled like a ghost, he should be a greedy person who is afraid of death? …… Am I looking away? ”

Seeing that Mu Qiuhuang was eager to try, he had the posture of turning back and blackmailing again...... Ling Hu Jian couldn't hold back a smile, and actually felt a little sympathy for the son of Haihun Marquis, and hurriedly persuaded: "It's a lot, I think he really only has these 200,000 taels of silver......

"Young master, didn't you say that this trip should be low-key? And why ......? Ling Hu Hu said suspiciously.

"And why is it so high-profile?" Mu Qiuhuang took his words and explained: "You also saw that he actually beat the little monk with a whip, if the little monk was just a monk of Futu Temple, I would have watched it lively, but now the little monk is also my scholar, as the saying goes, it depends on the owner to beat the dog, he dared to bully my people, this is clearly provoking me, when my Beiyu Army faced the provocation again, did you endure it?" If my people are bullied, if I can still be indifferent, I am afraid that I am not worthy of being the son of Beiyu again, let alone a little monk today, even if any of my brothers suffer such grievances, I will not ignore them......"

Seeing Wuxin's painful expression, Mu Qiuhuang said with a hippie smile: "Little monk, I'm just making an analogy, it's not that you're a dog!" ”

After hearing Mu Qiuhuang's words, all the soldiers couldn't help but feel a little more excited when they looked at Mu Qiuhuang, so that the fox took all the eyes of everyone into his eyes, and the corners of his lips were filled with a hint of smile, looking at Mu Qiuhuang's back and muttering to himself: "A master who protects calves, will not be worse after all?" ”

Where would Mu Qiuhuang have thought that his casual remarks would leave such a good image in the hearts of the soldiers, if he knew that his words could still buy people's hearts, I am afraid that he would say these words more impassionedly.

In fact, Mu Qiuhuang's real purpose of taking the opportunity to go crazy is only one, and that is to create an image of the prince of Beiyu. Before, the news that Mu Qiuhuang's qi sea was abolished and he could not practice martial arts had already spread to the world, and afterwards, Mu Qiuhuang's absurd behavior of stepping on the red carpet and going to the green building also spread...... However, the news about Mu Qiuhuang was indirectly transmitted from the territory of Beiyu, and ordinary people may choose to believe that everyone is the same, but those who really have plans for Beiyu are afraid that they will think that this is a false signal deliberately released by Mu Qingen, because Beiyu is Mu Qingen's Beiyu after all...... And now what Mu Qiuhuang is doing is to confirm the authenticity of those news, the news from Beiyu is not credible, so what about the news from the mouth of the son of the Marquis of Haihun himself?

Just imagine, the prince of Beiyu beat the son of the Marquis of Haihun to death and maimed him without saying a word in Jianzhang City, and did not care about the relationship between Beiyu and Haihun for his own selfishness, is this considered to be absurd and disregard the overall situation? The son of the Marquis of Haihun was killed and disabled by himself, so the Marquis of Haihun will definitely ask the teacher on his face, and in this way, this news will definitely spread quickly all over the world. And the fact that Mu Qiuhuang's Qi Sea has returned to normal is highly confidential, and even the slaughter of the Sword Immortal in the Beiyu Marquis Mansion is currently under secrecy...... In other words, Mu Qiuhuang now gives people the impression that Qi Hai is abolished, cannot practice martial arts, and acts absurdly and embarrassingly...... And such a plastered disciple will not pose a threat to people, Mu Qiuhuang is showing weakness to the enemy, when everyone thinks that he is not enough to be an enemy, he is absolutely safe.

As for why he chose to do it to the son of Haihun Hou, in fact, the reason is very simple, Hai Hun Hou has many sons, even if he kills one or two, it is not a big deal, and Mu Qiuhuang still has a sense of proportion, the old seventeen who was whipped to death by him and the old ten who were disabled by him have no chance to inherit the position of Haihun Hou, this consequence is also within the controllable range, the blame is only on the two of them for their bad lives, and they were not favored by Haihun Hou. If the two of them are replaced by the second, fourth, and eighth children who have the opportunity to inherit the position of Marquis of Haihun, I am afraid that Mu Qiuhuang will only clash with him and will not make a dead move...... After all, persimmons have to be picked up and pinched, right? Of course, Mu Qiuhuang didn't intend to tell anyone these true thoughts, sometimes it is safer to be despised than to be taken seriously.

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If you look at the territory map of the territory of Dayou, in addition to the fiefs of the four princes of the east, west, south and north are at the edge of the four corners of the map, the fiefs of the remaining five princes are in turn to form a circle to firmly enclose the imperial capital in the middle, that is to say, the imperial capital Fengling is in the middle position, next to the imperial capital Fengling is the fief of the Marquis of Haihun, the Marquis of Yunjiu, the Marquis of Xuanping, the Marquis of Pingjin and the Marquis of Weiqi, and then the fiefs of the four princes of the east, west, south and north are located. It has to be said that the geographical location of the imperial capital Fengling City is excellent, Fengling City is located in the hinterland of the Guanzhong Plain, surrounded by mountains, and there are Wei, Jing, Feng, waterlogging, Wei, Zhu, Chan, Ba these eight rivers pass through the mountains, around the imperial capital Fengling, it is these eight rivers that nourish all things in the jungle, fertile fields for thousands of miles, so there is also the saying of "eight rivers around Fengling", and the reason why the capital is chosen here is because You Taizu raised troops here in those years, so there are feelings of homeland; Another theory is that after you Taizu won the world, he asked the Taoist people of Longhu Mountain to survey the terrain for him, and finally the Taoist of Longhu Mountain said that this is the place where the dragon veins gather...... Of course, these two statements are no longer verified, but this "eight rivers around Fengling" is real.

Originally, if Mu Qiuhuang went from Beiyu to the imperial capital normally, he should have passed through the fiefdom of the Marquis of Yunjiu. However, because Wudang Mountain is in the territory of Haihun Hou, Mu Qiuhuang will pass through the territory of Haihun Hou, and when he crosses the Bahe River, he can really enter the imperial capital Fengling, and Mu Qiuhuang and his party are on the edge of the Bahe River at this time.

At this time, it is dusk, the remnant sun is like blood, a round red sun hangs on the horizon of the Bahe River, and the Luohe River under the sunset is sparkling as if scattering thousands of golden leaves, and in the distance there are several big ships sailing from afar...... Just as Mu Qiuhuang was immersed in this beautiful natural picture, he suddenly heard Linghu Jiyu report: "The big ship of Biliu, the Marquis of Haihun's family." ”

Hearing that it was the big ship of the Marquis of Haihun, Mu Qiuhuang also looked at the boat, and saw that there was a picture of a beluga whale swallowing water on the sails...... When the boat came closer, he saw a young man standing in the wind at the bow of the boat, looking far away, and behind him stood several men in armor and guns.

"Are the sons of the Marquis of Haihun?" Mu Qiuhuang tilted his head and asked.

Ling Hujie rolled his eyes and reported: "It's too far away, I can't see my face clearly." ”

Mu Qiuhuang looked at the big boat in the distance and said, "You said that we couldn't see a single fishing boat after waiting here all afternoon, why did so many big boats suddenly appear here?" ”

"The fishing boats of the fishermen of the Bahe River are all under the jurisdiction of the naval army of the Marquis of Haihun, and there are no fishing boats today, presumably the fishing boats have been banned......" Ling Hujie said this, and ordered the iron cavalry to prepare for battle.

Seeing this, Mu Qiuhuang smiled slightly, "What makes Brother Fox nervous?"

"It's a matter of the young master's safety, and the general has to be cautious." Ling Hu Ji said.

"It's okay, let them see the formation of my Beiyu army." Mu Qiuhuang said to himself, "Order, when the big ship is within a hundred paces, shoot it with a crossbow." ”

Seeing that the Beiyu sergeant took out the repeating crossbow with a brush, Ling Hu Ji couldn't help but step forward and remind: "Young master, this repeater is no better than the phoenix wing crossbow equipped with the Blood Phoenix Banner, and the effective range is only fifty steps. ”

Mu Qiuhuang is naturally equipped with a group of soldiers equipped with a repeating crossbow that is not as good as the phoenix-winged crossbow of the Blood Phoenix Banner, after all, the equipment used in the Blood Phoenix Banner is made separately, to put it bluntly, the money and silver spent on the cavalry of the 10,000 Blood Phoenix Banner every year is ten times that of ordinary sergeants, that is to say, if you take the money and silver of the 10,000 Blood Phoenix Banner to expand the army, Mu Qingen can expand the army by another 100,000...... It's just that whether these 100,000 troops can survive this 10,000 blood phoenix banner has to be said?

Mu Qiuhuang smiled and pretended to be surprised: "Could it be that Brother Linghu wants me to shoot the son of Haihun Hou to death?" ”

After hearing this, Ling Huyu's eyes rolled, and he also understood what Mu Qiuhuang meant, and added: "Shoot at the boat for me, don't hurt anyone." ”

As soon as the big ship of Biliu approached within a hundred steps, the crossbow arrows of the Beiyu sergeant on the shore had already beckoned over, seeing this, Mu Qiuhuang smiled silently, but his eyes were all gathered on the deck.

The big ship had no choice but to stop in place, but the crossbow arrows on this side were shooting non-stop, and after seeing this scene, the young man on the deck actually stopped the soldiers on the ship who were about to fight back, stood motionless on the deck, and looked at Mu Qiuhuang with a proud expression.

It's just that they are too far apart, and the two can't see each other's expressions clearly.

The young men on the deck were emaciated, and the clothes they wore were even more magnificent, and the few beautiful patterns on the mouth of the leader of the garment alone were of great value, because they were all woven with gold thread......

And in the young body, in addition to the few armored soldiers, there are also two middle-aged men.

One of the middle-aged men was dark-faced, short-stated, dressed in a brown shirt, carrying two short guns on his back, and a murderous look in his eyes.

The other is of medium stature, white and beardless, wearing a plain robe, holding a white paper fan in his hand, and a smile appears on his face from time to time, looking like a smiling tiger.

"Give me a few arrows to the man on deck." Mu Qiuhuang commanded.

In an instant, more than a dozen crossbow arrows roared towards the deck, but the distance was too far, and when the crossbow arrows hit the deck, they also became weak, most of them shot directly into the air, and occasionally one or two crossbow arrows arrived in front of the young man, but they were lightly blocked by the guards beside the young man, and all of them fell...... And when the young man saw these crossbow arrows, he became more and more happy.

"This is the prince of Beiyu who has been abolished and can't use force?" The young man asked.

The smiling man holding a white paper fan smiled when he heard this, took half a step forward, and said respectfully, "It should be?" ”

"First of all, I thought he was deliberately beating Lao Shi? Now it seems that it should not be ...... It's just that such a straw bag is also worthy of me to make friends? The young man looked arrogant and spoke with disdain.

The smiling man's white paper fan was gently opened, and he fanned it a few times in a pretended gesture, and said flatteringly: "He is naturally not worthy of making friends with the young master, but ......"

The smiling man's tone changed, he looked at the sparkling river, and said respectfully: "As long as he has the identity of the Marquis of Beiyu on his head for a day, then there will be more people who want to befriend him like the crucian carp in this river......"

"How did you say this guy was born so well? As soon as he was born, he was crowned with the title of son...... Even if Qi Hai is abolished and can't practice martial arts, Mu Qingen is reluctant to set up another son? The young man's tone seemed calm, but in fact there was an indescribable sourness.

The smiling man heard the sour taste, and gently took half a step back, but he didn't dare to answer.