Chapter 610: The World of Martial Arts (continued)
While Wang Pu was looking at Jiang An, Jiang An was naturally also looking at Wang Pu.
The warriors of this world have a relatively clear hierarchical division, often distinguished by belts, called "martial belts", like Wang Pu is now wearing a belt inlaid with three copper beads, indicating his strength, in the later stage of the horse.
However, not all martial artists like to wear martial belts, they are often worn on important occasions, and they wear regular clothes on weekdays, which is the case with Jiang An.
"Wang Xiangshou is so polite, he actually came to greet him in person, and he is ashamed, ashamed"
Jiang An replied.
"Yes, yes, now that the banquet at home has been prepared, just wait for Sect Master Jiang to appreciate it."
Wang Pu smiled gently.
"It's better to be respectful than to obey, then it will bother"
Jiang An agreed cleanly, and then, turning over his horse, he followed Wang Pu to the Wang family's compound dozens of miles away from Huangsha Town.
On the way, the two talked from time to time, talking and laughing, seeing Jiang An's open-mindedness, Wang Pu felt more relieved and tried his best to compliment.
Wan Mo is holding Xiao Ni and sitting on a horse, and she has long been accustomed to the amazing gaze that is projected around her.
It didn't take long for the group to reach their destination, a vast and architecturally unique courtyard stood in front of them, and at the gate, Wang Chun and others were already standing there waiting.
"Welcome to Sect Master Jiang, there is a loss of welcome, there is a loss of welcome!"
A group of people smiled at Jiang An, who had dismounted.
Wang Pu took Jiang An to introduce them one by one: "This is the eldest son Wang Chun, the second son Wang Dong, Sect Master Jiang should have an impression, and these three are colleagues from several nearby towns, we have to focus on introducing, this is Miao Xiangshou, this is Xiong Xiangshou, and this is Yang Xiangshou"
Obviously, it was an important introduction, but Wang Pu neither said which three towns the three towns were, nor did he say the full names of the three townsmen, and Jiang An didn't mind at all and recognized them one by one.
"It is said that Sect Master Jiang is a young hero, when I saw it today, it really deserved its reputation!"
"That's that, presumably this Nameless Sword Sect is full of talents, I don't know which famous mountain it is located in?"
"Haha, it's rude to ask that, it's okay to stand at the door all the time, let's go in together, eat and chat!"
Hello everyone, I have been good for a while, and then walked into the Wang family compound together, through a courtyard, to the lobby, a precious and gorgeous large round table is placed in the center, around the delicate maids and fierce people, waiting to be served.
Wang Pu beckoned everyone to take a seat, he deserved to sit on the main seat, pulled Jiang An to sit aside, and then there were the two brothers Wang Chun, and the three village guards opposite.
"Serve the food and drink, quickly!"
Wang Chun, as the eldest son, ordered, and the wine and food that had been prepared long ago were served like flowing water, covering the entire table.
Then, Wang Dong personally picked up the wine jug and poured wine for the guests.
After pouring the wine, Wang Pu immediately picked up the wine glass and said: "Everyone can come to the cold house as guests, Wang is very happy in his heart, it is rare to get together, Wang Mou will do it first as a respect!"
After that, I drank it all in one go, which was quite bold.
"Please!"
When they saw this, they also raised their glasses, and all of them were dry, and the atmosphere began to rise.
"Haha, everyone, my wine glass here is not empty!" Wang Pu laughed, picked up the wine glass again, and even stood up solemnly, facing Jiang An slightly, "This second glass of wine, I have to respect Sect Master Jiang, why? Because he came from afar and did the Wang family a great favor, to be honest, if it wasn't for Sect Master Jiang's righteous action and his best efforts to help, Wang would not have been able to defeat the Yellow Wind Thief, let alone kill the evil thief Shi Gang!" This glass of wine, Sect Master Jiang deserves it, and the Wang family will have a good reward, hehe, Wang Mou will do it first as a respect!"
After speaking, he drank it all again, and then looked at Jiang An with burning eyes.
No one thought that Wang Pu would be in trouble so soon.
The scene suddenly quieted down, everyone knew that Wang Pu was making a choice for Jiang An, if he knew each other and took the initiative to give up the credit, everyone didn't have to tear his face, and the Wang family would also give benefits, and if he didn't know what was going on, I was afraid that things would be difficult to get better.
Jiang An sat still, he had already expected this result, because he knew that the Wang family had no choice.
The martial world is a magical and deformed world, and if the martial arts are dominant, you can have everything.
The world is divided into six countries on one continent, one continent refers to Zhongzhou, the land is vast, it is the territory of the Tang family, the descendants of Emperor Wu, it is the royal family, and the six kingdoms around Zhongzhou are together to defend the royal family of Zhongzhou.
The Zhongzhou royal family firmly controlled the Six Kingdoms through the martial temples scattered throughout the city.
The Wu Temple is naturally dedicated to Emperor Wu, and it is not a simple place of sacrifice, but a temple that really has power and can supervise the entire world.
Why do people in the martial arts world want to be officials, first, when they become officials, they can have many privileges and control the power of life and death in a place, and secondly, they can get the protection and baptism of the martial temple, they can prolong their life, obtain more profound exercises, and a brighter future; Jiang An wants to be an official, because the Yuanwu Great Seal is in the hands of the Zhongzhou royal family, but the royal family seals everything in Zhongzhou, and no outsiders are allowed to enter, and among the six countries, only the royal family and the top officials in each country can be allowed to enter the shrine from time to time.
Therefore, in order to enter Zhongzhou and enter the palace openly, Jiang An has to be the first extremely popular minister by any means.
The systems of the six countries are almost the same, take the Hao country where Jiang An is now located, there are two highest-ranking officials, that is, the leader of the liuguan, the prime minister, and the leader of the nobles, the general.
Xungui was hereditary at the beginning of the founding of the country, and no new titles were added for countless years, and Jiang An didn't think about it, so his goal was to become an official.
In the liuguan system, under the prime minister is the superintendent, under the superintendent is the government guard, under the government guard is the county guard, and under the county guard is the township guard, and the first level is responsible for the first level, which is simple and clear.
In fact, in addition to the system of liuguan and the system of honorable nobles, there are also the military academy system of the reserve office of officials in various places and the system of proclamations sent by the royal family to supervise illegal acts, plus the local wealthy families everywhere, all parties check and balance each other and compete with each other.
But no matter which system the officials are, the most important thing is merit.
Of course, the military officials are not the ancient Chinese countries, and the credit they value is not what education and taxation, building bridges and paving roads, but the real merit of killing the enemy!
The Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi of the martial arts world is very suitable for martial arts cultivation, but martial artists are often unruly and forbidden to violate the ban with martial arts, and not all martial artists can keep to themselves, therefore, among the six countries, there are a large number of evil bandits and thieves, and the world that pursues happiness and revenge likes to kill and rebel the most, and that's it, the most important thing is that in the vast area outside the six countries of one continent, it is called the wasteland, and the people who live there are called aliens, and the biggest goal of their ancestors is to subvert the entire Taoist system of one continent and six countries!
Conflicts on fundamental ideas, naturally they are natural mortal enemies, each of whom wants to kill the other, and the Six Nations send large armies from time to time to attack the wasteland, while the aliens often send people to disguise themselves and wreak havoc everywhere.
Then again.
There are thieves and chivalrous, in order to win over and appease the various sects in the opposition, the courts of the six countries have corresponding systems, if anyone kills the thief and eliminates harm for the people, he can be given an official position according to his merit and martial arts realm, so Jiang An wants to enter the stream with this.
And Wang Pu has been trapped in the late stage of the horse for many years, and he is about to die, so if he has enough credit, he can compete for the position of the county guard, as long as he succeeds, he can enter the martial temple to be baptized, enter the realm of bearing, extend his life for decades, and lead the Wang family to go further, so it is not surprising that he snatched Jiang An's credit.
It's just that Jiang An's things are so easy to take?
"Ahem"
Jiang An coughed lightly twice, attracting everyone's attention, and then smiled slowly: "Wang Xiangshou seems to be not good at drinking, he only drank two glasses, and he said nonsense, this Yellow Wind Thief and Shi Gang are all killing under the attack, it seems that there is nothing to do with the Wang family, everyone, you all talk about it, is this the truth?"
As he spoke, he looked at the other three townsmen, only to receive mocking glances from them.
Hearing this, Wang Pu frowned, his face sank, and said: "Sect Master Jiang, I know you want to enter the stream, but you don't have to be so hungry to eat, all the corpses of this Yellow Wind Thief are in Wang's hands, and they can withstand any inspection, I didn't expect Your Excellency to reverse right and wrong, and you don't take the Wang family and your colleagues in your eyes!"
"Yes, you have to have a bottom line in life, Sect Master Jiang, you are too greedy"
"Fortunately, this idea should be just a temporary idea, hurry up and take it back, otherwise it will be disgraceful to spread it?"
"Sect Master Jiang, in my opinion, you should hurry up and apologize to Brother Wang."
"Sect Master Jiang, my Wang family respects you a little bit, so I treat you with courtesy, I can't imagine you being so excessive!"
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The other townsmen and the Wang Chun brothers were also very dissatisfied, and they accused them of gossiping.
Boom!
Jiang An slapped the table, his face was unhappy, and he said in a low voice: "What? Do you want to bully more and confuse right and wrong? In this case, you must first ask the sword below if you agree!"
Before the words fell, a momentum of suppression of the audience had already risen in his body, which frightened everyone into silence immediately.
However, Wang Pu smiled slightly.
"It's so majestic! It's really a master of the realm, but let's explain first, why did you kill Ban Ye!"
At this time, three people came out of the side room, led by a middle-aged man with a cold face, staring at Jiang An with squinted eyes, and hummed.
"Sect Master Jiang, I forgot to tell you, this is the third master of the Zhou family in the county seat, Zhou Xiu, he is the third uncle of Ban Ye, and he is here to investigate the death of Ban Ye."
Wang Pu said with some pride.
Jiang An glanced at this Zhou Xiu, the other party was worthy of the realm of the early stage, and there was a shining silver bead inlaid on the belt, and his expression was arrogant.
"Alas, if Your Excellency had drunk that glass of wine at the beginning, there would have been no need to do so, but unfortunately, since I have torn my face, I can only kill it all, and save endless troubles"
Wang Pu first spoke to Jiang An in a low voice, then jumped back, and shouted righteously:
"This person is a wrongdoer who colludes with strangers, and wants to break into the interior of my Hao country, and everyone will be punished for all the hot-blooded people in Hao Guo!"