"You have already divined the fortune of the country for Chu?"

"Sort of, when the King of Chu sent out his troops, I once saw the Vain Arrow Demon Star flowing eastward at night, and its tail swept across the stars, and it happened to fall on the Xingye of Wu Kingdom. In vain, the demon star will raise the army, and the Lord will remove the old and cloth the new. Chu and Wu, Xiong Zhang and Fu are different, which is new and which is old. Although the eldest brother is relieved to go to Yingdu this time, Wu State will not win, and Chu State will not be chaotic. The money of those nobles is very profitable. ”

"Really? When you say that, I'm relieved. Chen Yi pressed the long sword at his waist and nodded thoughtfully.

Nine years ago, Wu State crusaded against Chen State, and King Chu Zhao personally led his troops to rescue Chen, but unfortunately died in the army's big tent. King Zhao deliberately gave up the throne to his brother Zixi before his death, but Zixi welcomed King Zhao's youngest son Xiong Zhang as the king of Chu after King Zhao's death.

Xiong Zhang, that's an amazing teenager. He is the son of the King of Chu and the grandson of Goujian, the King of Yue, and he has the noblest blood flowing in his body. He is wise, open-minded, talent-oriented, and ambitious. On top of that, he's still young. If a country can maintain political stability for decades and the monarch who is in charge happens to be a virtuous monarch, it is not surprising that it will become a rich and powerful country.

Tongcheng is on the border of Wu and Chu, thousands of miles away from Wu Dugusu, and there is Goujian, the king of Yue, staring behind his back, and the husband will not send troops to rescue. The young King of Chu needed a victory, and he knew that Tongcheng would be the best place for him to establish his prestige and shame his father and ancestors. A month ago, when the mighty army of Chu passed by the shore of Yunmengze Lake with a fiery flag, I truly felt the burning ambition of a young man and the ambition of a young monarch to dominate the Central Plains.

The Vain Arrow Demon Star that swept the night sky may have really foreshadowed the defeat of the Wu Kingdom, but the stars in the sky did not tell me who would be the next overlord to dominate the world.

I looked at the blazing fire in front of me, and secretly pondered in my heart the advantages and disadvantages of the four kingdoms of Jin, Qi, Chu, and Vietnam on the road to hegemony. At this time, Chen Yi, who was silent on the side, suddenly gave me an unexpected surprise.

The surprise originated three months ago.

At that time, Yun Mengze was in the middle of summer, and Chen Cheng invited twelve rangers with unique skills to come here to drink and compete in swords. Among these twelve people were Chu people, Jin people, and swordsmen from Wu and Yue. In those days, I dressed up as a teenager and mingled with them all day long. In the daytime, I watched them compare swords and applaud them. At night, I sat by the campfire and listened to a group of men talk about their bizarre and bloody swordsman careers.

These twelve people are all first-class masters of the nations. Bleeding and wounding were not uncommon for masters to compete with swords, and I had treated almost every one of them after ten days. At the time of parting, a group of tall men stood in front of me with their heads held high: "Little ghost, my brothers have no money to pay for medicine, except for the sword, if there is anything you like on my brother, just take it!" "They patted me on the shoulder, and everyone was in a posture of a big brother who could pick and choose. And I looked at their generosity, but I couldn't laugh or cry.

What could I want? Except for Chen Wei and the swordsman ghosts from Yue Guo, the only thing left of me can give me is their tattered clothes and the lice jumping everywhere on their clothes. And these two things are not going to be wanted by me when I kill them.

At last, I walked around the "generous brothers" and asked only for a belt that he had around his waist—a month and a half ago I had seen him hunt a rampaging boar with this humble belt.

When I offered to use this belt for everyone's medicine, Chen Yi raised his head and laughed, and everyone else patted my head and praised the little ghost for his great vision. It turned out that this Yue ghost was the apprentice of Ou Yezi, the sword casting master of the Yue Kingdom, who usually did not concentrate on sword casting but liked to make some strange weapons. His inconspicuous gray belt was actually wrapped in a silver chain the thickness of an index finger, more than a zhang long, and the fine silver rings were interlocking, looking like a silver-gray long snake from a distance. The craftsmanship of the silver chain is already jaw-dropping, but what amazes me even more is its material. Most of the world's cast soldiers are made of bronze, but the toughness of bronze is insufficient, and it is easy to break under strong attacks. I don't know what kind of copper this silver chain is forged from, but it can continue to crack under the strange force of the wild boar.

The Yue Ren Ghost told me that this silver chain is called Vorinso.

In that year, Ou Yezi was invited by King Chu Zhao to cast three divine swords: Longyuan, Tai'a, and Gongbu. After the three swords were cast, all of them were left behind. The Yue Ren Ghost then collected the remaining Divine Iron and created this impregnable Vorinthine Cable. He said he could give it to me, but he had to wait a little longer. Because, he still has one more thing to do with it.

At that time, I smiled and nodded, but said in my heart, it is rumored that Ou Yezi's sword casting is swept by the rain master, Lei Gong strikes the sword, Jiaolong holds the furnace, the emperor of heaven pretends to be charcoal, and the swords cast are all immortal gods. King Chu Zhao was able to defeat the three armies of Jin, Zheng and Wang by introducing the sword of Tai'a. Even if this voring rope is forged with the leftovers of the three swords, it is also a rare artifact in the world. How can he give such a valuable thing, and how can I ask for it?

I didn't expect that the Yue Ren Ghost would really give it to me. When I took this heavy silver chain from Chen Yi's hand, I couldn't believe my eyes.

"Is he really going to give me the Vorinth? I thought he was prevaricating with me that day. ”

"Although the Yue Ren Ghost has a strange temper, he is a person who keeps his promises, and he will never break his promise when he says that he will give you the Voring Rope."

"And what he's going to do is done?"

"Hmm." Chen Wei nodded, and reached out to scoop a bowl of hot soup for himself, "He used this chain to break someone's head the day before yesterday." ”

Head?! I stiffened up the Vulinton Cord in my hand, and a few dots of dark red flesh between the chain links leaped into my eyes.

"Ahh With a bang, Fu Lingso fell impartially into the steaming cauldron in front of Chen Wei.

"Well, if Volinso could talk, I don't think it would like me as a new master." I used my chopsticks to pick up the slimy, wet volinous rope in the cauldron and smiled wryly.

After Chen Wei handed me the Vorinth, I accompanied him to a small fishing village closest to the wooden house.

The capital of the state of Chu, Ying, is located on the northwest bank of Yunmengze. For travelers, it is the fastest and most convenient to take the waterway from here to Yingdu. For fishermen, few people will refuse to make a lot of money without casting nets every day to fight for luck. But today, the fishing village here seems a little unusual. In the bay where the boats used to be moored, wooden boats of all sizes were dragged ashore. On the shore, a group of people knelt under the big trees covered with dead leaves.

"Ashi, what are they doing?" Chen Wei pointed to a Chu Wu in front of everyone who was wearing a green robe, holding a copper drum, dancing and singing, and said curiously.

I found a suitable spot to take a closer look at the offerings that the fishermen had placed at the water's edge, and said, "They are working together to worship the god of water." Big brother, I'm afraid you won't be able to go to Yingdu today. ”

"Why?"

"The Chu people sacrifice to the god of water to avoid the water for seven days, and no one will be willing to enter the lake for seven days."

"Seven days, so long ......" Chen Wei groaned, and his two thick eyebrows unconsciously condensed in one place, "Are you sure?" Qi people also have to sacrifice to the god of water in spring, but there is never a saying about avoiding water? No, you wait for me here, I'll ask them. At the junction of the waterfront, as soon as the sorcerer's song of the Chu State had stopped, Chen Wei took out a heavy money bag and strode towards the crowd.

The Chu people revere the gods and believe in witchcraft, and it is absolutely impossible for these fishermen who rely on the sky and water to eat on the day of worshipping the water god. Soon, my idea was validated – not only did the fishermen not want to go into the water, but even Chen's suggestion to buy a boat at a high price was decisively rejected by them.

"Big brother, it's better to give up Yingdu's life! Whether you take the water route in seven days, or change to the land route now, when you arrive in Yingdu, the Chu army may have already captured Tongcheng. If the Chu State wins the battle, those nobles who are afraid of death will no longer spend money to hire any guards. In the past few days, you might as well stay in Yunmengze, I'll make you something to eat, and you can teach me a few more swordsmanship, right? ”

"No, not this time." Chen Yi pressed my shoulder and shook his head gently, "You go back first, and I'll go to the nearby village to have a look." ”

"Hey, it seems that those nobles in Yingdu must have offered you a good price that you can't refuse. Come with me, I think I know where to find the boat. ”

"Really?" When Chen Wei heard that I could find a boat for him, a flash of light flashed in his eyes, and this light cast a shadow in my heart.

What is he going to do when he goes to Yingdu?

I took Chen Cheng along the shore of the lake all the way west, and there was a family three miles away from the fishing village, where the father and son, who lived alone, had not escaped the menacing malaria this summer, so if nothing else, their canoe was parked in the reeds on the shore of the lake.

"Is it almost there?" Chen turned his head and asked me. Along the way, he walked so fast that I sometimes had to trot a few steps to catch up with him, and he apparently didn't notice it.

"It's already there, and when I get on and come back, the boat is parked there."

"Great, wait for me here, I'll take a look." Chen Wei left me and strode towards the reeds not far away.

I looked at the rapidly moving cyan back in front of me, and my heart was a little uneasy. He is the "righteous gentleman" Chen Rebellious, and he is the best brother of the "cherished flower lang" Chen Pan. After he left the Qi Kingdom, he served as a guard for the caravan and a guard for the powerful, but he was always free, and neither money nor women could make him bend his waist. The only thing in this world that can restrain him and manipulate him is his absolute loyalty to the Chen family. Today, he was in such a hurry to rush to Yingdu because Chen Heng gave him a new order? What he has to do when he goes to Chu has something to do with the Jin State and the Zhao family?

Just as I was lost in my own thoughts, I couldn't find an exit when a cold, cold sword suddenly pierced through my hair and landed heavily on my shoulder.

"Who are you?" A man's deep voice came from behind him.