Chapter 219: Joy and Sorrow
Hearing Yan Xuan say this, Situ Nan bowed slightly, in fact, not all of the teleportation arrays of the medium kingdoms were connected to the empire, some of them were connected to other medium kingdoms, so they could be regarded as saving some distance, and some were also used to connect with neighboring countries.
Most of the new medium-sized kingdoms are expected to come to other medium-sized kingdoms, and only some deep-rooted kingdoms will be directly connected to the empire or neighboring countries, after all, the number of monks in their kingdoms will also increase greatly.
The surrounding primary kingdoms, if they need to reach neighboring countries or empires, need to use these teleportation arrays, and these can bring benefits!
But who knows, Yan Xuan's words at this time are still not over, only listen to him continue, "Not only that, in order to reward the Situ Kingdom for its excellent performance in the national war, all the expenses of this teleportation array within three years will be attributed to the Situ Kingdom, and the empire will not take any of it!"
As Yan Xuan's voice fell, a hint of surprise appeared in the eyes of Situ Nan, Situ Gong and the others, the cost of the three-year teleportation array was all owned by the Situ Kingdom, that was not a small number.
You must know that when Situ Nan used the teleportation array in Sima Kingdom before, it was the cost of one platinum card per person, and there would be as many as twenty people for each teleportation, that is to say, as long as the teleportation array was opened once, Situ Kingdom would receive twenty platinum cards, which is already a big number!
Even if there are still some Situ Kingdoms that need to be used to deal with some forces, just the part that the Xuanwu Empire has given up can already make many medium-sized kingdoms salivate, and such a reward is not small.
At this time, the ordinary people under the ring still didn't understand what this reward meant, and some people still felt that the Xuanwu Empire was a little stingy when they heard that it was only three years old, but Situ Gong in the ring said to Yan Xuan with some surprise, "Thank you Empire!"
Hearing Situ Gong like this, those who don't know why know that the reward given by the Xuanwu Empire this time is not low, and then they are full of joy, because the reward that can surprise the power of the Dengfeng Realm falls in the Situ Kingdom, which naturally shows that the Xuanwu Empire attaches great importance to the Situ Kingdom, so at this time, the people in these Situ Kingdoms are also honored, and then they followed Situ Gong and said in unison, "Thank you Empire!"
At this time, Yan Xuan listened to the voice of thanks from Situ Gong, the great power of the Dengfeng Realm and the ordinary people under the teleportation array, and did not dodge, because what he represented at this time was not himself, and he didn't need to worry about not being able to bear this gift, at this time, he represented the face of the Xuanwu Empire, so he naturally had to accept it calmly.
And after the people under the teleportation array thanked him, Situ Gong said loudly, "Since the empire has such a reward for our kingdom, I can't treat you badly, I'm going to build an academy next to this palace, as long as there are talented children in the kingdom can come here to study, our palace will bear the materials needed for cultivation for them, until their cultivation breaks through to the realm of entering the room!"
At that time, if you are still reluctant to leave our academy, then the position of the teacher of this academy will be yours!
Of course, some little ones are the only children in the family, and if they are sent to the college, I am afraid that their families will not be able to survive, so for the students who pass the assessment and enter the college, we will regularly provide support for their families, and naturally they will not let their families go hungry to provide for him. ”
Hearing Situ Gong say this, these ordinary people were overjoyed, knowing that if an ordinary family needs to bear the cultivation of a child, they don't know how much money they need to consume, and ordinary people can't afford this consumption at all.
Therefore, if these ordinary families really have some talent for cultivation for children, their parents will at most find them a scroll of ordinary exercises from the rotten continent and teach them to cultivate on their own, and if they can really achieve something, they will send this child to some forces and use other people's resources for their cultivation.
But this method is not good, after all, it is under the fence, how can we get great benefits? Whether it succeeds or not, it just depends on the character of the master's family.
But at this time, the academy that Situ Gong wants to establish is different, first of all, with Situ Gong's reputation, it is a convincing existence in this Situ Kingdom, if ordinary people have children with good talents, the place they want to send to is also in Situ Wangfu, but most of them cannot be accepted in Situ Wangfu, after all, there are too many people.
But this academy is different, after all, it is not for the private use of Situ Wangfu, and it is natural to look down on talent and other aspects, plus the students who have entered the academy are students, and they are better than the people under the fence, and they don't know how much, plus Situ Gong said that the students who can enter the academy will also give some money to subsidize their families, which makes some people from poor families feel alive.
And after listening to Situ Gong's words, Situ Nan, Yan Xuan and the others couldn't help but nod secretly, you know, although it takes a lot of money to run an academy, but after just getting the reward of the teleportation array, the Situ Wangfu can still afford to give this money, and Situ Gong used this money to cultivate talents for the kingdom at this time, how could the Situ Kingdom not rise in the future?
What's more, Situ Nan also knew that he had sent back a lot of exercises and martial arts to Situ Gong before, although those were not particularly high-level goods, but for this soon-to-be-established academy, it was the best enlightenment textbook, so Situ Gong saved a lot of money!
Listening to the heartfelt praise of the ordinary people around him, Situ Nan was also very happy at this time, after all, the Kingdom of Situ was also the place where he had stayed for more than ten years, and now he was about to see it flourish, so he naturally celebrated with it.
After the surrounding crowd became lively, Situ Gong, Yan Xuan and the others had already silently left from the teleportation array, but many monks from the Situ Wangfu around suddenly appeared at this time, and many stalls were set up on the side of the teleportation array, on which there was a lot of food and many things to play, which immediately attracted the attention of the surrounding people.
For a while, laughter resounded here, so lively.
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After leaving the square, Situ Nan returned to the palace with Zhang Ping, and at this time, the palace was also full of lights, a picture of great joy.
After seeing Situ Nan come back, someone immediately greeted him and said to Situ Nan, "Your Highness, the prince is in the council hall, and they said that they would let you come back." ”
Hearing this, Situ Nan bowed slightly, and then went to the conference hall with Zhang Ping.
After arriving at the conference hall, Situ Nan found that there were a lot of people here at this time, Situ Gong, the Yan brothers and the Zhen family father and son were all here at this time, and after Situ Nan and Zhang Ping arrived, the group stopped talking.
After Situ Nan walked in, he said to the Yan brothers, "I haven't said it before, thank you for the generous gift from the empire!"
Hearing Situ Nan say this, Yan Xuan smiled slightly and didn't say anything, but Yan Jue on the side said, "Why don't you thank the empire? Why don't you thank our brothers." ”
"Hehe, of course I want to thank you! If my guess is correct, the reason why the imperial reward is so heavy this time is probably due to the two of you, right?"
When the people present heard Situ Nan say this, they were all stunned, and Yan Jue was the first to speak, saying, "How do you know?"
Hearing Yan Jue say this, the eyes of Situ Gong and the Zhen family's father and son suddenly stayed on the Yan brothers, if the previous reward was really because of the two brothers, this love would be great.
As for Situ Nan, after hearing Yan Jue say this, he smiled and said nothing.
Seeing Situ Nan's appearance, Yan Xuan said, "It turns out that you are actually deceiving us. ”
"Huh?" Yan Jue was slightly stunned when he heard this, then looked at Yan Xuan and said, "What are you cheating?"
Yan Xuan looked at Yan Jue's appearance, and said angrily, "This matter is not known to King Situ, how could Situ Nan know? ”
When Yan Jue heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly looked at Situ Nan and said, "Okay, you actually cheated." ”
Seeing Yan Jue's appearance, Situ Nan couldn't help but laugh and said, "It's just because there are some speculations in my heart, so I cheated and deceited, and the two of us have worked for the welfare of our Situ Kingdom, how can we not know about it?
Situ Gong listened to the conversation of several people, and his heart moved slightly, but when a few juniors spoke, he naturally did not interject, as for the father and son of the Zhen family, although they wanted to speak at this time, but the few people who were talking at this time were strictly speaking, they were masters, how could the two of them speak at will?
On the contrary, Zhang Ping had no worries at this time, and asked Situ Nan, "Situ, what are you talking about?"
Hearing Zhang Ping's question, Yan Jue, who had not yet opened his mouth, said, "Oh, what a big elm head!"
When Zhang Ping heard this, he was immediately angry, and said, "If your subordinates are defeated, they dare to speak bravely?"
"You!" Yan Jue heard Zhang Ping's words, and suddenly felt that he was poked in the sore spot, although he lost the previous battle, but it was only a bad move, and it was a shame to be mentioned by Zhang Ping at this time.
Seeing that the two of them couldn't stop this quarrel, Situ Nan hurriedly opened his mouth and diverted the topic, "Brother Zhang, do you remember my father's expression when Yan Xuan said that the Xuanwu Empire would waive the three-year teleportation array fee for our kingdom before?"
When Zhang Ping heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and then he recalled that with his realm, even if he didn't deliberately stare at Situ Gong at that time, as long as his eyes converged on the round platform, the scene in it couldn't escape her eyes.
After reminiscing, Zhang Ping said, "At that time, there was some surprise in my uncle's eyes, of course, more joy. ”
"That's right!" Situ Nan nodded when he heard this, "At that time, I noticed my father's surprise, so I had doubts.
Think about it, if this benefit has been determined before, then how could my father, as the lord of the Situ Kingdom, not know about it? ”
Situ Gong stood aside, listening to Situ Nan's words and couldn't help but bow slightly, at this time he also knew how Situ Nan guessed that this was the Yan brothers.
Seeing Situ Gong nodding, Zhang Ping was not a stupid person, and in an instant, he understood why Situ Nan had this idea, but Yan Jue on the side looked at Situ Nan and asked, "And then? What does this mean? Couldn't it be that the empire temporarily took the initiative and added an extra reward?"
Hearing Yan Jue's question, Yan Xuan did not echo on the side, on the contrary, at this time, there was admiration in his eyes when he looked at Situ Nan.
As for Zhang Ping, who was on the side, he looked at Yan Jue at this time, but his eyes were full of regret, and then he muttered, "It's a pity that a good child is a fool." ”
The cultivation of the people present was not low, so they could naturally hear Zhang Ping's "muttering" voice, but Yan Jue's face turned red after hearing Zhang Ping's words, because at this time, he also noticed that the people around him seemed to understand how Situ Nan guessed the reason.
I only heard Situ Nan continue, "Yan Jue, you are right, this may be a temporary initiative of the empire, but there is a problem that you have ignored. ”
"What's the problem?"
"You forget, even if the Empire is improvised, it needs a reason, otherwise, how can they have the idea of increasing the reward with us?
With such an idea, I naturally thought of the two of you, in the Situ Kingdom, only the two of you can communicate with the Xuanwu Empire, and then let them change their minds. ”
When Yan Jue heard this, although he knew that what Situ Nan said was not far from ten, he also said strongly, "What if the empire feels that there is more money and wants to spend a little?"
Situ Nan smiled slightly when he heard this, "That's why I didn't say it directly, but chose to deceive you once." ”
Listening to Situ Nan's words, Yan Xuan on the side couldn't help but say, "Okay, don't say it anymore, the more you talk, the more you ......."
Yan Xuan didn't say the latter word, but the people around him understood what he wanted to say.
When Yan Jue heard this, his face suddenly turned red, and at this time he also knew that even if Situ Nan was not sure about it before, but with his previous words of not confessing to himself, he was able to confirm this, so the more he asked at this time, the more embarrassed he became.
So at this time, he just closed his mouth and stopped talking, and he no longer paid attention to the laughter of the people around him.
Seeing Yan Jue's appearance, Situ Nan and his party couldn't help but smile even more in their hearts, but they were not making fun of Yan Jue at this time, after all, such behavior was just using other people's suffering to improve their own happiness.
After crossing Yan Jue, Situ Nan said formally to Yan Xuan, "I didn't say much before because I was just guessing, but now that it is confirmed, then you two brothers will naturally repay our Situ Kingdom's kindness." ”
Hearing this, Yan Xuan waved his hand and said, "Although this ended because of our two brothers, it was originally because of you, if it weren't for your identity as a Jiazi of the Qinglong Academy, plus you and Zhang Ping easily beat us before, what would we say to the empire? In the final analysis, this is because of you, so if you thank you, there is no need to say more." ”
Seeing Yan Xuan like this, Situ Nan bowed slightly, but he didn't say more to him, this friendship is in his heart, if he has an opportunity in the future, he will naturally want to reciprocate, but at this time, it is useless to say more, but it will appear ink.
As for Situ Gong and the people of the Situ Kingdom on the side, listening to the conversation between the two, they had other thoughts in their hearts, although this time it was because of the two Yan brothers that the Xuanwu Empire would give the Situ Kingdom a three-year teleportation array reward, but what Yan Xuan said was not wrong, if it wasn't for Situ Nan, why would they let the Xuanwu Empire give them an extra reward?
What's more, there is one thing they haven't forgotten, that is, the reason why the Situ Kingdom can become a medium kingdom, and Situ Nan's contribution is not a little bit.
If it weren't for Situ Nan, Situ Gong might still be trapped in the peak realm of entering the house at this time and would not be able to break through; the cadres in the Situ Kingdom would not have such a high level of cultivation at this time; as for those children in the Situ Kingdom, their strength could not be compared with the children in the Nanchi Kingdom, and even the few peak monks who had newly joined the Situ Kingdom were also rushing to those high-level exercises that appeared in the Situ Kingdom.
In the final analysis, the reason why the Situ Kingdom can have such a climate at this time is because of Situ Nan!
Looking at this young man, Situ Gong and the others couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion in their hearts, how could they have thought that Situ Kingdom would have such a big change because of this young man?
Even if Situ Gong knew some of Situ Nan's origins, he only thought that in a few years, Situ Nan might cultivate to a great progress, thus bringing some edification to the Situ Kingdom, but he never thought that it would be so early.
Thinking of Situ Nan's origin, the light in Situ Gong's eyes dimmed at this time, and his mood fluctuated for a while.
With Situ Gong's cultivation, the moment his mood fluctuated at this time, it suddenly caused some aura around him to move, others didn't know why, but Situ Nan looked at Situ Gong at a glance, and happened to see the unhidden gloom in Situ Gong's eyes.
Sensing Situ Gong's changes, Situ Nan's heart moved at this time, but he said to Yan Xuan, "Brother Yan Xuan, I don't know what you and Yan Jue plan to do next?"
Hearing this, Yan Xuan said without thinking, "This is the case, Yan Jue and I are preparing to go back to Xuanwu Academy, although we haven't been to too many places this vacation, but after seeing you, we also know that our cultivation is not enough now, so we are ready to go back to the academy to continue cultivating." ”
When Situ Nan heard this, he bowed his head slightly, and also made more reservations, "I see, but I don't think I should be in a hurry today, right?"
When Yan Xuan heard this, he couldn't help but look at Yan Jue on the side, and then said, "Well, it's okay to go back tomorrow." ”
"Very well, then you will continue to stay in our palace today, and I will send you back to the academy tomorrow." ”
Yan Xuan also nodded when he heard Situ Nan say this, and then said to Situ Nan, "In today's battle, Yan Jue and I will go back to the room to rest first." ”
"Good!"
As for Zhang Ping on the side, after seeing Situ Nan's eyes, he knew that the other party had something to say to Situ Gong, and he also left with those people.
In an instant, only Situ Nan and Situ Gong, the father and son, were left in this meeting room.
Seeing that Situ Nan had all the people out, Situ Gong also knew that Situ Nan had something to say to him, so he found a seat on the side, sat down at will, and then looked at Situ Nan.
After those people left, Situ Nan also looked at Situ Gong, but did not speak.
The two stared at each other for a while, but Situ Gong took the lead and said, "What's the matter, let's talk about it." ”
When Situ Nan heard this, he didn't hesitate, and said, "I want to ask, but my father knows the four emperors!"
Although Situ Gong was already prepared in his heart, after hearing Situ Nan say this, he still didn't know how to answer, and was silent for a moment before he spoke, "Know!"
Hearing Situ Gong say this, Situ Nan's heart was cold, and then he felt a bitterness gushing out of his chest, but his face did not show the slightest, and he was silent for a while.
"But when I was born?"
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"That's right. ”
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"So you know I'm not your child. ”
"Yes!"
"So you and Na Mulan both think I'm the one who harmed your children?"
When Situ Gong heard Situ Nan say this, there was a bitterness in his heart, and after a long time, he spoke, "It was before." ”
Hearing Situ Gong say this, Situ Nan's heart was even more bitter, and he didn't even hear Situ Gong's words.
There was another silence before Situ Nan spoke, "Your children are still alive!"
As he spoke, Situ Nan saw the joy in Situ Gong's eyes, and at the same time, a figure flashed from behind the meeting hall, it was Mu Lan!
"Where is my child?" At this time, Mu Lan looked at Situ Nan, looking a little crazy, and Situ Gong stopped between Situ Nan and Mu Lan, separating the two with his body.
Seeing Situ Gong like this, there was a trace of hatred in Mu Lan's eyes when he looked at him, but Situ Nan didn't notice this, and just took out his soul stone from the storage ring by himself.
After taking it out, Situ Nan handed it to Situ Gong, "It's in it." ”
When Situ Gong heard this, he took the soul stone, and then suddenly felt a feeling of blood dissolving in water suddenly appeared in his heart, and Mu Lan snatched it after seeing Situ Gong take this soul stone, and then kept stroking it.
At this moment, a phantom appeared in this chamber, looking at Situ Gong and Mu Lan, especially when he saw Mu Lan, his spiritual sense moved, and he said, "Mother!"
Hearing this call, Mu Lan's movements suddenly froze, and then a stream of tears flowed out of her eyes, and then she looked at this phantom and said with a smile, "Hey, hey, good, good!"
As he spoke, Mu Lan stretched out his hand and gently touched the phantom in front of him.
And Situ Gong was also excited after seeing this phantom, and there was also a clearly visible joy in his eyes, staring at this phantom that was exactly the same as Situ Nan's phantom.
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