The autumn sunset is like the cheeks of a shy girl, leaving a fiery red color. The soft light fills the air with a residual warmth, surrounding the sweet lovers. Before the darkness comes, the colorful glow of all things in the world will bloom again and send warm blessings.

Wang Xu has since moved towards a new life....

There is no doubt that Mo Zhai vomited and diarrhea after taking the yellow soup with wild boar dung as medicine, and finally woke up from his coma. His reaction was exactly the same as Wang Xu expected.

"This snake venom is really powerful."

It's just a simple sentence. Then, touching the swollen bag at the back of his head, he fell into a weak and groggy sleep. Subsequently, Wang Xu and Ah Ji returned to their building, and the oil lamp was lit overnight, and there seemed to be a word between the two.

The couple who were still asleep in the early morning were indulging in the sweet warmth, and no one wanted to get up. I didn't want to, but I was disturbed by a group of servants from my cousin's Baisi Mansion. They carried more than a dozen large wooden boxes, put them in the courtyard, and then shouted at Wang Xu. Until Wang Xu pushed open the door with sleepy eyes.

"Doctor! The lord of the town has confessed. From now on, the affairs of the field will be left to you. This is the edition of Yunmeng. The matter of spring ploughing is bothered by the doctor. In the coming year, you will also pay attention to the collection of taxes for 2,000 households and the construction of the outer city. Don't live up to the high hopes of the lord of the city. ”

Wang Xu was speechless. He, an idle wild man, has never worked properly since he became the village chief. Looking at more than a dozen boxes of household registration materials and acres of account books, I suddenly felt that the good days were probably over. After sending the gang away, he went to the Nozai Mansion. Inform the servants and maids to remove all the bamboo slips and documents in the courtyard of the house. It wasn't until I sat in the hall and started to deal with official business that I realized a serious problem.

In the entire Yi Zaifu, except for him, the commander of the light pole, and the six uncles of the guards, there seems to be no scribes and officials who can be called. Since the release of the detainees, even the jailers have been transferred. Wang Xu's head was furious.

During the year, the funds for maintaining the normal operation of the local government were divided into two parts. The first is the women's lu, the salt tax, and the collection of a small amount of stall money from the market vendors. These are the big heads, and they are basically used for construction work. The second is to expropriate part of the private land as public land to support the incorruptible. That is, to pay the wages of the officials. However, these things stumped him.

Since Ji Lan removed the morning and lunch market in Nonaka and gave up her business, there has been no business tax to collect in Nonaka. If you collect a commercial tax, you will collect money from your own shop. In other words, they pay out of their own pockets to support the construction of the city, and they are still free of charge. Such a loss-making business, Wang Xu naturally refused.

So, frowning, and then thinking about it. If you open a women's house... Forget it! It's better not to do such a thing that lacks morality. And the war without defending the country was basically not won, and it was impossible to capture young women at all. Moreover, Ah Ji came from a humble background, and it was not easy for him to get rid of the status of a slave girl and live a normal life. If you find out that he is doing this business, you will definitely be disappointed and sad. This matter can only be abandoned.

Come to think of it, there is only one way to go, a salt tax. But... The salt that Yunmeng eats is all transported from Qicheng, and the supplier is still Qi Guo. I don't know how many hands have passed since the Yue Yunmeng of Qi Kingdom, and the price of salt is even more expensive. If a tax is levied, not only will the salt dealers run away, but it is estimated that the people will not either.

After thinking for a long time, Wang Xu suddenly patted his head and laughed. Didn't you find a piece of saline-alkali land in the mountains yesterday? Invest in a salt-making workshop, a million profits. It's not a problem to feed some scribes. He was so moved by his wit that he wrote a job advertisement with a stroke of his pen. Then summoned Qiu Yuzi Jing.

"You go and find a literate person, engrave this document on the bulletin wall, and then call Li Cang, the guardian of Tibetan history."

"My lord! The handmaid is literate. ”

"Oh? Very good, then you can take two palace guards to do it. ”

Qiu Youzijing wanted to show it, but the other party was so puzzled. Let a girl's family play with mud on the poster wall at the entrance of the market, and he did it a bad job.

The woman puffed up and turned away. Although she has not escaped from her slave status, she is also a dancing girl given by the king. Don't look at the monk's face, at least look at the Buddha's face. Where is there such a man who doesn't know how to pity the fragrance and cherish the jade? After complaining helplessly, she took two guards on duty outside the house to the entrance of the market.

Come to the hustle and bustle of the city and stand by the yellow mud-covered bulletin wall. Qiu Youzi quietly pulled out the sword on the guard's waist and prepared to start carving. But after opening the paperwork, I was instantly stunned.

"Recruit 20 servants, 8 officials, food and lodging, three acres of public land, two dollars per day, and double pay for overtime."

"Daily wage? Overtime? ”

What the hell is this? The woman shook her head, and waved her short sword word by word on the mud wall.

Pedestrians on the street saw that there was a notice issued by the government, and the person who issued the notice was still a beautiful woman, so they all gathered around. Now that winter is approaching, there is no need to work in the fields, and there are quite a lot of idlers on the streets. Many men saw Qiu Youzijing twisting his waist and carving, and they all started talking.

"Yo! Whose family is that pink girl? It's so beautiful. ”

"Tut-tut! This waist is twisted, and it's itchy to look at it. ”

Qiu Youzijing turned her back to the crowd, listening to the voices of the people talking about her beauty, and her heart was overjoyed. She is also one of the best beauties in a hundred, and she can jump out of a fire pit like Nulu, so she is naturally quite confident in her appearance.

After the carving was completed, Qiu Youzi turned back quietly and returned the sword into the sheath. The woman's graceful figure, her fluttering clothes, seemed to show a graceful dance posture, and the short sword was quickly inserted into the scabbard of the guard's waist. With this hand alone, it attracted the applause of the onlookers. Even the guards were dumbfounded. I can't see that the weak woman in front of me is actually proficient in swordsmanship.

Qiu Youzijing clapped his hands and dusted off his hands. Then, looking around at the crowd, he covered his lips and smiled. From an early age, she learned how to charm and please men. This signature charm immediately made countless men's blood gush out. She was very pleased with Zhong Rao's expression. After satisfying his vanity, he began to read out Nozai's recruitment order.

The woman read it out loud, ready to continue reading it during the break.

"This big brother! Listen carefully. ”

She informed the guard next to her, and when she was ready to read it again, she left the guard here to play it on a repeater loop. She also had to rush to Xifang City to find the history of the Tibetan guard named Li Cang. Unexpectedly, just read it softly, and the crowd of onlookers suddenly went crazy, and instantly dispersed. In the blink of an eye, I saw the crowd rushing in the direction of Yezaifu. Nearly 100 people are like a race, chasing after me on the wide streets.

Qiu Youzi looked at the scene in front of him in amazement. Really, even she didn't understand what the second half of the notice meant...

At this time, in the distant northern border of the Wei Kingdom, at the junction of the two countries of Jin and Wei, more than a dozen black-clothed people with long swords were chasing a thin man who was being supported.

The man's name is Yu Rang, less than thirty, and he is also dressed in black. There are several sword wounds on the left shoulder and back, and the bright red color can be faintly seen in the open flesh. He was running towards a low hillside to the north.

On the other side of the hill, smoke billowed from the hill. Five chariots with five hundred soldiers were heading towards the hillside where the group was chasing. Soon after, five chariots arrived at the top of the hill first. A veteran in armor accompanied a middle-aged man in a gorgeous costume on the hillside looking into the distance.

The veteran is the Jin State University Sima Zhiji. Although he is over 60 years old, his spirit is still strong. He hugged his fist at the man in Chinese clothes next to him and said:

"Sect Master! Qi Jun has promised that as long as we catch Sun Wu, Qi will not interfere in the matter of defeating the guard. However, Nanwang Goujian seems to have made some moves recently. The last general was worried that something would happen to Sun Wu. ”

"It doesn't matter! You have ordered someone to carefully inquire into the news of the country. I suspect that the Yue clan is about to be in turmoil. ”

The old general was a little surprised. The look of surprise was fleeting. He looked at the peaceful man in front of him and asked suspiciously:

"Could it be that the sect master thinks that Gou Jian will die soon?"

The man smiled.

"Hmmm! Che split the genre, assassinated Fan Li, and then beheaded Sun Wu. Scold... A generation of hegemons... It's about to fall. ”

The abnormal behavior of exterminating the ministers, cutting off the hidden dangers, and Gou Jian is clearing the obstacles for the prince in the future. There is not much time left for obvious collusion. The speculation of the man in the fancy costume is not unreasonable. Zhi Ji nodded admiringly, brushing his beard from time to time. The two were about to continue talking about what had happened recently in Xia Yue Kingdom, but they were interrupted by the sound of gold and iron coming from the bottom of the hillside.

I saw that the man named Yu Rang was superb in swordsmanship, and he fought more than a dozen people by himself. In the case of being completely at a disadvantage, it can also easily resist and make effective counterattacks. The sharp blade actually faintly has the momentum of countering the opponent.

"What a handsome martial art."

The man in fancy clothes watched with interest as the group of people fought. The veteran next to him explained:

"The last general will look at it, these Rao swordsmanship are all inherited from the same school. If it was as expected, the man who was besieged was their commander. ”

"Oh? Deceived teachers and destroyed ancestors? Interesting. ”

Obviously, this old general not only knows how to fight in battle, but also is proficient in martial arts. From the fight between that group of people, it can be seen that their martial arts are high and low and their moves are the same.

At this time, the black-clothed men surrounded Yu Rang, took out a bottle from their arms, and then poured the contents of the bottle into their mouths and swallowed it. The strange scene made the man in Chinese costume quite curious.

"Huh? What are they taking? ”

Subsequently, the gang of black-clothed men violently attacked Yu Rang, showing an amazing momentum that was not afraid of death. Yu Rang immediately lost the upper hand and took two more swords. He fought and retreated, slowly approaching in the direction of the man in the Chinese suit.

Seeing this, Zhi Jian was shocked, and hurriedly turned to face the officers in the rear. Loud shouting:

"Left and right! Kill those gangsters quickly. Leave no mouth alive! ”

"Wait! Save the strong man who was besieged. Bring it to me. ”

After the officer received the order, he rushed down with two hundred soldiers. Zhi Jian waved his hand at the remaining soldiers.

"Wait for the help, don't let anyone go."

After hearing the sound, a pawn chief looked at the man in fancy clothes, and knelt down on one knee with a fist. Hesitant Dao:

"Don't dare! Guarding Dazai's safety is a lowly duty, and I ask the shogun to take back his order. ”

"If you don't take the order again, the old man will behead you."

This man in gorgeous clothes is Dazai of the Jin Kingdom, the head of the Six Qings, named Zhiyao. The other identity is the suzerain of the Zhi clan. Seeing that Dazai-sama had no intention of objecting, the commander hurriedly received orders to go to support.

The men in black combined were less than twenty. Sending 200 heavily armed regular troops to encircle and suppress them is already considered bullying. Unexpectedly, this old general asked all the soldiers to go down to besiege and kill together, and he didn't care about the safety of Xiangguo. The sergeants were puzzled.

Soon, however, they were all terrified and incredulous. After the men in black were killed, their casualties were as high as 10%. If it weren't for the timely support, I am afraid that more than half of the previous 200 soldiers would have been killed or wounded. Thinking of this, everyone shuddered.

Zhi Yao looked down at the soldiers who were cleaning the battlefield below and sighed.

"Hey! It's a pity! If there are warriors under my command who can fight a hundred with mercy, why worry about the great cause. ”

"Sect Master! Those people are the dead soldiers of the Yue country, how can our soldiers compare with them. The thing they ate was really five stones, which could make the eater violent and not feel pain, so our army suffered this injury. ”

"Hehe... I know that the old general is far-sighted, so he did not stop it, and there is no need to explain. ”

Zhi Yao smiled, he knew the veteran in front of him very well. The other party acted cautiously, commanded many battles and rarely lost, and was a rare handsome talent in the Zhi family. He also relied on it.

Soon after, Yu Rang was brought to Zhiyao by two soldiers. The thin man was pressed the shoulders by the soldiers, forcing him to kneel. He stood stubbornly in place, letting the wound on his shoulder be blurred by the flesh and blood pressed by others, not only did he not squeak, but even the action of resistance was not squeaky

"Stop! Retire! ”

Zhiyao couldn't stand it, and waved his hand to let the soldier go down. Then he asked with a smile:

"I don't know who the strong man is? Why was he hunted down? ”

Yu Rang stroked his long loose hair, and lowered his head to arrange his folded robe. Then he hugged his fist at Zhi Yao without hurry:

"In the next Yu let! I heard that Dazai of the Jin Kingdom was recruiting, and I came to defect. ”

Zhi Yao looked at the other party.

The man has a slender figure, sword eyebrows and lips, and a delicate face. Fang Cai's actions were all seen by Zhi Yao, and Zheng saw that this person admired the style of a gentleman. Immediately had a good impression and appreciated it, so he bowed to Yu Rang.

"The contemptible person is Dazai Yao."

Yu Rang was immediately stunned. After a moment, he replied respectfully. Zhi Yao walked up to him and helped him up. Asked:

"Why do strong men call themselves by their surnames?"

No one at this time would call themselves that. For example, Wang Xu called himself Wei Xu. The old general of Fang Cai Zhi has already informed Zhi Yao that this person is a dead soldier of the Yue Kingdom. It stands to reason that Yu Rang will call himself Yue Rang. Zhi Yao asked this just to test it. And at this moment, Yu Rang's eyebrows faintly revealed a cold killing intent.

"Man has no home and no country. Therefore, he called himself Yu Rang. If only the adults would avenge me. Yu Rang's life was handed over to the adults. ”

Zhi Yao is the prime minister of the Jin Kingdom, with a noble status and military and political power. Helping a chivalrous man avenge is just a matter of words for him.

Zhi Yao patted the other party's hand. Asked:

"I don't know what the strong man has grudges, let's listen to it."

"Destroy the Yue Kingdom and destroy its temple."

Zhi Yao's eyes widened. These two are not a joke, are they?

In terms of military strength, the Jin State and the Yue State were on a par. However, the old enemy of the Jin State was the Chu State in the south. If the Yue State went north and wanted to gain a foothold in the Central Plains, the first thing to do was to start a war with the Qi State. Obviously, Yu let this guy not understand the situation and chose the wrong person.

Assuming that for him to work on an expedition to the Yue Kingdom, it is very likely that the Qi State will be stabbed in the back by the tiger-eyed Qi State. If the state of Chu takes the opportunity to go north to take advantage of it and do something. Then the international status of the Jin Kingdom will not be maintained.

Take such a big risk just to avenge one person. The other party is not Wu Zixu, who can summon the soldier Saint Sun Wu, and he is not the overlord. Isn't it too much to do these things?

Zhiyao's face was embarrassed. Yu Rang seemed to see the other party's thoughts, and said sincerely:

"Gou Jian exterminated my whole clan. This revenge is not avenged. Yu Rang came here to join the adults, that is, he knew that the adults had the intention of annexation. As long as the adults are willing to swear an oath with Yu Rang, no matter how long they wait, Yu Rang will follow him to death. ”

"You and I have never met, how do you know that I have the intention of annexing?"

Zhi Yao's thoughts are rarely revealed to outsiders. Yu Rang is from the Yue country, and the two places are thousands of miles apart, how can he know? He was surprised.

"Yu Rang is the master of the Yue National Ninja Sect, and the name of the dead must have been heard of by adults. All the nations have made disciples. Passing on spy texts, spreading rumors, and other things are all taught by Yu Rang. Therefore, the political affairs of Jin also know a little. ”

"Someone! Serve the wine. ”

Zhiyao is easy-going and sincere. Since childhood, he has made a big dream. Eager to be like Zhou Gong, one meal and three spit feeding, so that the heart returns.

The soldier took two jue of water and wine, and Zhi Yao immediately drew his sword and wiped it on his fingertips, smearing the blood on his lips. He then handed the sword to Yu Rang.

The ancients swore that they would smear the blood of livestock on their lips as a sign of sincerity. Zhiyao's actions moved Yu Rang very much. The other party had seen his martial arts before, and the two of them took his life in a matter of moments. I didn't expect Zhi Yao to trust him.

After Yu Rang took the sword, he did the same action, and the two drank blood. Then, Yu Rang ripped open the placket in front of him and tore off a piece of white linen from the underwear on his chest. Then he wrote the covenant with the blood of his fingertips. 's heroic temperament was admired by Zhiyao. The two made a vow to live up to it for life, and buried the alliance on the low slope at the junction of Jin and Wei.

Zhi Yao met a warrior, smiled, and returned to Jiangcheng, the royal capital of the Jin Kingdom, in the same car with Yu Rang.

After returning to Wangcheng, Yu Rang was secretly arranged in a courtyard on the outskirts of Jiangcheng Late at night, a woman carrying a bamboo basket knocked on the door of the house.

"The servant is Qiu Ziwan, and she came to heal Mr. Jean on the order of Dazai. Excuse me. ”