Chapter 164 The Seven Princes are here
The first negotiation was not a failure, Princess Qin Yingran lived, and it was also the best building in the martial arts hall, Xiaoye Building.
There were three women living inside, and Chu Jing had no choice but to move outside and choose next door to Qin Jian.
We will meet during dinner, but the two do not communicate much.
The princess is shy, and Chu Jing is...... He didn't know what attitude to use towards his "fiancΓ©e".
Emperor Xinguo is dead, the effect of the marriage contract is still there, and at this critical moment of seizing the throne, no prince will change the decision of the emperor.
The Seventh Prince is a problem, and the bigger problem is Shangguan Xiaobai.
Maybe in the face of strength, everything is easy to solve, but Chu Jing's strength is not strong enough, and neither can Shen Yunhe.
The soldiers came to block the water and cover the earth, and Chu Jing had to take one step at a time.
In other words, the Seventh Prince will soon come to Tiannan Mansion, and it is impossible for him to give up the number one master of the Xin Kingdom and a disciple of the first martial alliance who are now on the surface.
In such a turbulent situation, only Zirui can enjoy the fun peacefully.
Qin Yue hid in the room and tinkered with the elixir, and black smoke came out of the room from time to time.
Qin Jian practiced his sword hard, and since he saw Chu Jing's sword, he had cultivated even harder.
Zirui wanders leisurely every day, sometimes going out in the morning and returning from outside in the evening.
There are not many things to buy each time, just enough to fill a mustard seed bag, but the things accumulated in the room are like a big warehouse.
That is, Xiao Yelou's room is very large, otherwise she would not be able to fit these in just one room.
Many of the items are not from Tiannan Province, but are specialties purchased in other cities.
The powerhouses of the Lingxu Realm come and go like the wind, and Zirui uses flying for tourism, which is much more convenient and faster than airplanes.
Zirui didn't show her strength in front of people, except for a few people from Tiannan Mansion, no one knew her identity.
When Zirui doesn't want you to know, she knows what to do.
After waiting for a few more days, the news of Shinkoku's defeat finally spread, and even reached Tiannan Mansion in a remote corner.
The merchants, the common people, and the landlords saw that the atmosphere in Xinyang City was not right, and several princes did not accept anyone, and they keenly chose to leave the land of right and wrong quickly.
Those who can leave are rich and powerful.
The complexity of the situation made bandits and robbers rampant, and ordinary people could be robbed and killed halfway, and the reduction of people at the post station also made the official road no longer absolutely safe, and monsters became another major obstacle.
Tiannan Mansion is the southernmost point from the Divine Continent, backed by the sea, and when you are desperate, you can also choose to go out to sea to find an island to live in.
A large number of wealthy people with guards poured into Tiannan Mansion.
"Who said that Tiannan Mansion is a poor and remote country, and this place is bigger than the city I stayed in before!" shouted the people at the city gate.
When the people of Tiannan Mansion saw the guards with swords and swords, they hurriedly walked aside, not daring to block their way.
The lord of the castle was extremely lenient in his management of these people.
The Seven Princes he is now defecting to, and the wealth brought by these people is the future food and salary of the Seven Princes, and their guards are soldiers recruited by the Seven Princes, and he is very happy for these people to come to Tiannan Mansion.
The wishes of the common people were put last in any dynasty, and no one even wanted to pay attention to them.
For the local people of Tiannan Province, these outsiders are a disaster.
Prices skyrocketed under their wealth, and the people were miserable.
The most important thing is that the practice of martial arts in Tiannan Mansion is not very strong, and there are too few local powerhouses, so that they will be bullied by those guards and will not be able to raise their heads.
As a result, the Tennan Martial Arts Hall became lively.
Lin Hao, the senior brother of the martial arts hall, knelt outside the door with a blue nose and swollen face, crying about the fact that they were bullied by foreign martial artists.
However, did he really think that Shen Yunhe would care about this? The Tiannan Martial Arts Hall was just open, but he did his best, and he knew it by looking at these disciples who were not successful.
The only one who was compassionate here was Shen Xiaoye.
She immediately pulled out the Qiushui Sword and prepared to go out to find those foreign warriors and teach them a lesson.
"Wait. β
Zirui ran up from behind: "I'm going too." β
How could she not participate in such an interesting thing? Although the law of the jungle was a normal fact in her eyes, it was natural for them to bully others.
Shen Xiaoye nodded and rushed out with the support of a group of disciples.
Lin Hao and the others had thought about Shen Xiaoye before, but after seeing Shen Xiaoye practice the Thirteen Swords of Qiushui, they knew that the daughter of the Shen family was not something they could afford, and Shen Yunhe didn't take them too seriously.
It was precisely because Shen Xiaoye's strength was already very strong that Shen Yunhe let her go out to mess around, and there was a girl who couldn't even see through himself, so it would be fine.
Shen Xiaoye and his entourage hurriedly came to the big courtyard on another street, and there were already seven or eight warriors waiting at the door.
"Yo, boy, if you can't beat it, you will call someone, and call two girls, you really have ...... backbone"
A stunned young man sneered, but was quickly pulled back by the people around him.
Seeing Shen Xiaoye, who was still young and handsome, some of those martial artists guessed her identity.
He said to Lin Hao and the others: "It's nothing for us to make a little fuss, what do you mean by inviting her here?"
No one wanted to provoke Shen Xiaoye under Shen Yunhe's nose.
"Humph!"
Shen Xiaoye said coldly: "You are bullying innocent people, this woman is here to do the right thing for heaven today, and it has nothing to do with them!"
The martial artist frowned: "The woman walks for the sky, Ben naturally raised his hands in favor, but you can't wronged the good people, no, I have a little conflict with the people in your martial arts hall, everyone who practices martial arts, the temper is a little stinky, and it is normal to have conflicts, can't we be bad people because of this, right?"
Shen Xiaoye was stunned by what the man said, and the sword in his hand was really embarrassed to pull it out, but it was not right to put it down.
She turned her head to Lin Hao and asked, "What did they do?"
Lin Haowa faced: "When they came, they bought a lot of grain, there was less grain outside, and the price skyrocketed, so everyone discussed letting them share some of it, and we were willing to buy it back at a price two percent higher than the purchase price, but they still didn't let it, and then they fought." β
The warrior said: "The buying and selling is your willingness, and I was willing to buy it when I bought it at that time, so I could buy it, but now you are forcing me to forcibly sell my own things, what is the reason?"
"But ......"
Lin Hao and the others couldn't answer, although they knew that they were doing something wrong, but they couldn't take advantage of it.
Shen Xiaoye looked left and right, and the onlookers on the side pointed and pointed:
"These locals are forced to buy and sell, and they are unreasonable at all, and so many people have called each other's houses. β
"Buying and selling, how can you sell it and go back. β
"Prices are rising so fast that we can't afford to eat food, what should we do?"
Where does a well-fed person care about those who are hungry, he cares more about his own interests, especially the merchants, who can go back after selling something, and once this precedent is opened, their business will not be good.
Shen Xiaoye had a drop of sweat on her forehead, which she had never encountered.
Although the chivalrous warriors in the story are quick and resourceful and can come up with unexpected solutions at any time, she is obviously too tender.
It turns out that it is so difficult to be a heroine, not only to know how to be strong in martial arts, but also to distinguish between right and wrong.
What should I do? Shen Xiaoye turned his head to look at the side, Lin Hao and the others shrugged their heads, like a lost dog that had failed to fight for bones, and the only one who was calm was Zirui.
She is a tree, who is right and who is wrong, and what does it have to do with her, she is just watching the show.
How do you know that Zirui really took a step forward and said her opinion.
She said, "If you don't know, why don't you report it to the officials, and if they don't behave right, there must be a record in the law, and you don't need to do it yourself." β
That's right, why didn't Shen Xiaoye think of it himself.
Shen Xiaoye ignored the others and said to the other martial artist: "Right or not, let's go to the court to see you, I believe that the city lord's lord will solve it fairly." β
As soon as these words came out, the warrior on the opposite side panicked.
Not because they don't have a reason to argue, it's just ...... When it comes to the court, whether it makes sense or not, it is always necessary to hit the "30 boards" first.
"Wait, we are willing to sell some of the grain according to your requirements, but we must keep some of it, the government has a large population, the consumption of grain is very large, and now the price is rising again, we can not make money, but we definitely do not want to lose. β
Shen Xiaoye wanted to forcibly pull them to judge in court, but Zirui stopped her and said, "It's okay to do this, no matter how much you do, they won't thank you." β
Zi Rui glanced at the people, their eyes showing joy and ...... Greedy, even if they sell grain at a low price, they will sell it to other grain merchants at a high price.
This kind of thing has become their nature, Shen Xiaoye can help once, but next time, next time, she is not a god, even if she is a god, she only gives them how to work hard, not directly help.
Shen Xiaoye listened to Zirui's words, and when he returned to the Tiannan Martial Arts Pavilion, he closed the door tightly, and strictly ordered the other disciples to go out and stir up trouble.
According to Zirui's thoughts, it should be shown that it was right to punish Lin Hao, otherwise the other disciples would think that Shen Xiaoye would support them and continue to be unscrupulous.
Of course, Shen Xiaoye didn't do that.
She asked curiously, "Didn't you just come to the human land, how do you know more than me?"
It can't be said that he knows more than Shen Xiaoye, he can only know how to deal with things.
Zirui actually took out a book from the mustard seed bag and said: "These things are all in the book, and it says 'Officials protect each other', Chu Jing is the biggest official in the local area, as long as you go to the court, those officials will definitely help you, you don't need to ask." β
It turns out that Zirui doesn't want to be reasonable at all, and the so-called report to the official is just because it is the easiest and fastest way, and it is also the most recognized by everyone.
The local parents and officials all said that they were guilty, so could they not be guilty?
"Heh, hehe......"
Shen Xiaoye suddenly felt that he had thought too much about the so-called chivalrous righteousness before, the world is actually very simple, as long as you are powerful enough, what you do is chivalrous things.
This may be a trivial matter, but the consequence is that the connection between this city, Tiannan Mansion, and Shen Xiaoye has been broken.
A few days later.
The affairs of the Seven Princes were finally finished and rushed to Tiannan Mansion.
The long convoy, in front of which were dozens of white-clothed women scattering flower petals in front of them, and Qin Yulong, the seventh prince, was not in the car, but riding a white horse.
Wearing a robe embroidered with white satin and gold thread, holding a folding fan, his demeanor is very chic, as if he is a rich prince and grandson, no, a prince.
"Can such a conspicuous man really be an emperor?" someone whispered.
No matter what kind of image the Seven Princes are in their eyes, but in the hearts of countless young girls, this is the Prince Charming of their dreams.
The Seven Princes did not go to the City Lord's Mansion, but went to the Tiannan Martial Arts Hall first.
Chu Jing is the Duke of Pingxi, the princess is also there, and Shen Yunhe, no matter what, it is reasonable, and it is in line with the rules to go to the Tiannan Martial Arts Hall first.
Zirui ran out to watch before the Seventh Prince arrived at the city gate, and also pulled Shen Xiaoye and Qin Yue, who hadn't gone out for some days.
At this time, he actually jumped into the martial arts hall from the top of the wall, who let the gate be too crowded.
Fortunately, no one would accuse them, so they hurried to the door of the martial arts hall and waited.
The prince came to the martial arts hall, and the people in the martial arts hall could not sit in the living room and wait.
Chu Jing stood there early, looking at the dozens of white-clothed women in the front, with a little envy in his heart.
If he really made a Pingxi Gong safely, could he also invite so many beautiful girls to accompany him.
In fact, in the Nuanchun Pavilion, Chu Jing had long heard of the lustful reputation of the Seventh Prince, but he didn't show much performance at that time, but now, this name doesn't seem to be false.
Under the Seven Princes, Ji Shou said: "I've seen Shen Daxia, I've seen Pingxi Gong." β
smiled and said to Qin Yingran: "Seventh sister's habits these days?"
Qin Yingran smiled and did not answer.
Entering the living room and dismissing the other attendants, Chu Jing walked into the Seventh Prince and said with a smile: "I said that I might ask you to cooperate that day, but I didn't expect you to come first today." β
The Seventh Prince was pleasantly surprised: "Pingxi Gong, no, the concubine is ready to help me?"
These days, Shen Yunhe is not doing nothing, he has collected some information, and after careful analysis, the most important thing is that Tiannan Mansion is already counted as the seventh prince, and Shen Yunhe does not want to disturb his deceased wife anymore.
Simply, Shen Yunhe directly decided to stand on the side of the Seven Princes for the time being.
Chu Jing did not object, in fact, standing on the opposite side of Shangguan Xiaobai was what he did not want to see.
Being on the same side now is never the worst.
In the mouth of the Seventh Prince, Chu Jing learned that the situation in Xinguo was far less than that of the Seventh Prince.
Although the eldest prince is in Xinyang City and controls the only remaining army, there are still defenders left in various cities, and the city lord's private army is also a lot, so it is not difficult to gather troops to compete with him.
The ministers had a higher opinion of the Seven Princes and were more willing to accept the Seventh Prince's ascension to the throne.
The only thing that is troublesome is those selfish city lords, he has the prince who can't stand up to achieve the goal of seizing power and usurping the throne, and now in addition to the second prince and the third prince, even the youngest, infant little prince has the city lord to express it.
Even if the Seventh Prince succeeds in ousting the Great Prince, he will need to slowly regain the restless ambitions of those city lords.
Chu Jing was not interested in knowing this, and he wanted to know what role the organization behind Shangguan Xiaobai played in this prince's seizure of the throne, and whether she would directly intervene.
But Chu Jing and the Seventh Prince didn't seem to realize that there was something wrong with Zeng Fangzhou and the others around him, and they really thought that so many ministers were willing to help him.
This made Chu Jing a little speechless.
"How are the colts going to help me?"
The Seventh Prince didn't ask Shen Yunhe directly, just like the first emperor couldn't control Chu Feixiong, and he was far from confident that Shen Yunhe would completely obey his command.
"Me?"
Chu Jing was stunned for a moment, "The identity of the First Martial Alliance is not allowed to participate in these things, and I am afraid that I am powerless on the battlefield." β
Zeng Fangzhou stood up, "Grandpa Chu laughed, your thoughts during the martial arts competition were amazing, I didn't distinguish them carefully at the time, but later I found out that Grandpa Chu is not only strong in martial arts, but also knows the way of using soldiers, which is admirable." β
Chu Jing remembered that he had nothing to do at that time to copy "The Art of War" on the answer sheet, but now it's okay, it was falsely accused.
Chu Jing waved his hand: "The joke should not be true." β
The Seventh Emperor pretended to be amazed and exclaimed: "There is such a thing, it turns out that the horse still has such a ability, but in fact, the Dragon Gate Conference is just a whimsical of the Father, and he will actually lend the dignified martial champion to the Heavenly Dome Sect to participate in the Dragon Gate Conference, wasting a good material in vain." β
"Although the First Martial Alliance is strong, after all, there are many disciples and few resource allocations, so it is far better to stay in Xinguo and be a Pingxi Gong. β
"Look at General Chu, Shen Daxia, which one is not a first-class master, compared to those predecessors of the First Martial Alliance, it is not worse than retaining the identity of the disciple of the First Martial Alliance, it is better to give up directly, not to mention that you are still a concubine of the country. β
Chu Jing thought for a moment: "That's true." β
Originally, he racked his efforts to pass the test and get the token of the meritorious pavilion master before leaving the First Martial Alliance, wasn't it because he was worried that his wife and princess would not be there?
Now that the Seven Princes have spoken, the Heavenly Dome Sect's Fire Blade Elder has found an excuse, and there is no reason to continue to return to the Nameless Mountain Range.
Xiao Yuning will probably come back after a while, and if such a big thing happens in Xinguo, it is impossible for her to stay in the First Martial Alliance with peace of mind.
"Seventh Prince, do you have any information about Jinning City?" Chu Jing asked.
"Jinning City?"
The Seventh Prince glanced at Zeng Fangzhou, and Zeng Fangzhou hurriedly replied: "Jinning City is thousands of miles away, and it is out of our current control, and it is ...... The situation over there seems to be more complicated. β
"What's more complicated?"
"There's the Xiao family there. β
"The former royalty?"
"That's right, it's the Xiao family. β
The Seven Princes fell silent, the first emperor trusted the Xiao family very much, and the performance was shown to other Toucheng families on the one hand, and on the other hand, the Xiao family had no chance in Xinguo at all.
But now......
This is a good time, I don't know what the Xiao family thinks now.
Whether it is supporting a prince or holding high the flag of recovering the country and opposing it, it will make the pattern of the country of faith even more chaotic.