Towering, layered majestic mountains, like a belt around the entire border, lush dense forests, hidden countless hidden outposts, this is the famous natural barrier on the border of the Southern Patriotic Empire, the Qilian Mountains.

Snow can be seen in the high places, yellow flowers are everywhere in the low places, in the middle of the mountains, there is a Xiongcheng Pass built against the mountain, called Qilian City, the city walls on both sides are vertical cliffs, if you want to climb the city, it can be said that it is difficult to climb to the sky.

One husband is the pass, ten thousand people are not open, it is said that there are several Xiongguan in the south.

The iron cavalry of Liangguo, which was invincible decades ago, also had to be deterred in the face of such insurmountable natural dangers and retreated silently.

Weiguo was originally one of the weakest small countries in the south, but with this Qilian natural danger, the national fortune stretched for hundreds of years, and even when the Liangguo Iron Cavalry abused the south and fought all countries without the power to fight back, there was no loss at all, which shows how difficult this pass is to cross.

In order to show submission, Wei Guo will even send protons to the capital of the Jin State, as a link between the two countries, so the Wei Kingdom has been the lowest of the four sides, and it is completely a formality, and the Nanyang in the northeast is the vassal state of the Great Zhou DynastyTherefore, the defense of the northern border is not the most important.

Only the southern line of Qilian Mountain, once broken, is followed by a horse Pingchuan, which can be driven straight in, directly to the capital of the country, and is directly facing the fierce and unparalleled Liangguo iron cavalry in the south, so the country has deployed more than half of the troops here, after all, although the tigers are strong, they disdain to devour them, but the wolves are different, they want to find an opportunity to tear off a bite of meat from you at any time.

Throughout the history of the defense of the country for hundreds of years, those who are qualified to take charge of the defense line of the Qilian Mountains have always been the generals who are most relied on and favored by the emperor, but just a few years ago, the old emperor suddenly sent a holy decree to let the prince Duanmu Shuofeng leave the capital and go to sit in Qilian City.

After all, no matter what, for a country, military power is the top priority, as long as it has the full support of the Qilian army, who can compete with him in the entire defense of the country?

In the center of Qilian City, it occupies a huge area in the city lord's mansion.

Duanmu Shuofeng put his hands behind his back, tilted his head, stood in front of the precise map in his room, and asked softly to the side, "How is Nanli doing over there?"

Behind him, the family general who is actually his own uncle is kneeling on one knee respectfully, this is from the first family of the Wei Guo, the eldest son of the head of the Wei Chi family, and the direct descendant of the founding general Wei Chi Lin heard this, and hurriedly hugged his fists and said: "Prince Yu, Princess Nanli is no longer harmed, but it seems that because of the death of the two personal maids, she was stimulated a little, and after coming back, she took matters into her own hands and buried them in the backyard of her own yard, and closed her door all day. ”

Duanmu Shuofeng just sighed softly, and when he turned around, he had already returned to his usual serious expression, and said calmly: "As long as the people of Nanli are fine, this kind of thing will always fade with time." ”

Wei Chidun knelt on the ground and didn't get up, with a hint of resentment on his face: "These two bold maids are really damned, they dare to provoke the princess to sneak out of the city, and now they deserve this kind of fate, but the poor princess is 。。。。。。 ”

In fact, most of these words came from the heart, if it weren't for the audacity of these two maids, he would not have been blamed by the prince and lost face.

Duanmu Shuofeng heard this, but waved his hand and said, "Okay, okay, this matter will be like this." ”

"Prince, shouldn't the Divine Sword Sect send this kind of goods to teach them a lesson?" asked Wei Chi Dun with a puzzled face.

"There will still be a place for them to be used in the future, and since these two maids are also dead, don't say anything about teaching you a lesson. Duanmu Shuofeng said slowly, "You don't need to add oil and vinegar, just tell them the whole thing as it is, they naturally understand that with this matter as a basis, it is better to ask them to ask more people to come over." ”

Wei Chidun, who was born in a top family of the country, said with great disdain: "There is only a sect in the rivers and lakes, and the prince gives an order, how dare they disobey?"

The rivers and lakes and the imperial court just want to see the relationship between the two hateful, especially Wei Chidun, a wealthy general who fights on the battlefield, and even looks down on these Jianghu sects who do not obey the dispatch of the imperial court.

Under the whole world, it is not the king's land, the shore of the land, it is not the king's minister, no matter how big you are, can you be bigger than the court?

What divine sword is invincible, in front of us, is just an ant.

When Duanmu Shuofeng heard this, he didn't bother to pay attention to this uncle, where did he understand the truth outside the court, how to make the Shenjian Sect do things for himself willingly, and even die for himself, this is the real knowledge, but sometimes he also needs such an ignorant subordinate to sing black faces, so he doesn't bother to explain it in detail.

Duanmu Shuofeng put his hands behind his back again, turned around and stood in front of the map, not wanting to dwell on this matter any longer, and asked without looking back, "Is there anything else?" ”

It's the Taoist priest who came out of nowhere, but Wei Chi Dun also knows that this kind of words can only be buried deep in his heart, and he can't say it, you must know that his nephew is using that Taoist as the chief staff to worship, and Wei Chi Dun, who is familiar with his nephew's temperament, knows that this matter is not something he can say, so he carefully put away his dissatisfaction at the moment, hugged his fists and said: "Prince, there is new news coming back, Wei Ping said, there is restlessness over there, and he has been choosing a concubine for His Majesty recently." ”

Over there?

Which?

Of course, Duanmu Shuofeng understands, and naturally it is the younger brothers who refuse to settle down.

Want to use the new concubine to pour ecstasy soup into your father?

Duanmu Shuofeng stretched out his hand, stroked a treasure knife on the table, felt the cold touch, and said helplessly: "Why do you say that they refuse to settle down and enjoy the glory and wealth?"

Where did Wei Chi Dun dare to answer this kind of words, he could only bow his head silently, keep silent, and pretend not to hear.

Duanmu Shuofeng was silent for a long time, thought carefully for a while, and then said: "Forget it, my father is also old, let's enjoy it again, let Wei Ping take the initiative to recommend a few of our women to go in, and by the way, take some excellent products from Wutong Garden and send them to pick, be sure to ensure that the last person to enter the palace must be our manpower, this kind of thing can't go wrong, do you understand?"

"Yes, Prince. Wei Chidun hurriedly and respectfully agreed.

Wutong Yuan is an intelligence yamen that directly obeys the orders of Duanmu Shuofeng, all of them are composed of women, who have received various trainings since they were children, rely on beauty to get close, and lurk around the major courtiers of the country, passing information on them, and even in the surrounding countries, they don't know a lot of secrets.

As the first wealthy family of the Wei Chi family, after hundreds of years of operation, the money and manpower under his control are all at the top of the country, and after fully supporting Duanmu Shuofeng, it is natural that he can establish a huge power in a short time.

After the order, Duanmu Shuofeng shook his head and chuckled: "Father is not a fool, if the country gives them a few, it is estimated that they will be given to others in less than two years, and the defense of the country can only prosper again in my hands, and now that the overall situation has been decided, I just need to prevent them from jumping over the wall in a hurry, and the killer killed his father, and then pretending to pass on the holy decree, as long as they can be obedient, I actually don't like to kill." ”

When Wei Chidun heard this, a cold sweat broke out behind his back, and he said in his heart, You still don't like to kill? How did the original favored ladies in the palace die? How did some of the princes who opposed you die?

However, these words were naturally unspeakable, not to mention that they were originally people in the same boat, and they continued to report as usual: "Prince, there is another matter, that is, there has been a thing called Huang Tianjiao in Lingnan County recently, and I don't know how to deal with it. ”

Duanmu Shuofeng said casually: "Say it." ”

In the Canghai realm, whether it is the Eastern Continent or the Western Continent, there have been legends of immortals since ancient times, and there are many people who have established various sects and collected money in the name of immortality or other things, but there are also hermits who are sincere cultivators, which is not surprising.

If it is a cult, the imperial court will first let it go, silently supervise, and then wait until it is almost time to catch it all, raid the family and exterminate the clan, return part of the money and property collected to the people, and then use the other part as the treasury of the imperial court, which has always been like this, so Duanmu Shuofeng has little interest in this kind of thing, and his ambition is only to unify the south and chase the Central Plains.

"This Huangtian Sect, it sounds like a cult, but it doesn't look like a cult, their leader, claiming to be the son of God, was sent by God to help the world and save people, claiming to be able to cure all diseases, and does not collect money, but only built a very large house, let the believers recite scriptures in it every day, their leader and his disciples go to the nearby villages every day to spread the teachings, for the people to solve their doubts, but it is quite popular, even the Yamen in Lingnan County, there are also many low-level officials into it. ”

Duanmu Shuofeng gently put down the scimitar in his hand.

"Don't make money now, maybe it's because the plan behind it is bigger, in short, don't worry about it for the time being, we don't have any extra manpower to worry about this kind of thing for the time being, just let them make trouble, and when the time is almost right, just wipe it off, go now, invite me to Mr. ”