Volume 1: The Supreme Mandate of Heaven Chapter 3: The Great Qi Prince

"Candidate Competitor CH-99279838, you have successfully killed the special plot character Bian Dongshan. You have gained 300 universal points. ”

As expected, when Bian Dongshan took his breath, the skeleton tattoo reacted immediately. Send out another kill prompt to inform Chen Sheng that he has earned another reward. Chen Sheng sighed silently, helpless, so he had no choice but to accept it. And from the amount of this money, it can also be seen. A side east mountain is ten times more valuable than those samurai.

What Chen Sheng only knew at this moment, the young scribe Tian Bang already knew. He is the son of Tian Dan, the prime minister of Qi State, and Bian Dongshan is Tian Dan's absolute confidant, who has assassinated many political enemies for Tian Dan. So Tian Bang understood in his heart. In his father's mind, his status may not be comparable to Bian Dongshan. If Bian Dongshan really had three strengths and two weaknesses because of his own orders, then Tian Dan would definitely not be able to spare his son!

Thinking of this, Tian Bang's scene changed drastically. He screamed "ah~", hurriedly turned over and dismounted, ran over and tried his best to help Bian Dongshan up, and asked in a scream: "Dongshan, Dongshan?" Don't scare me! Desperately shaking the corpse that was quickly cold, as if he thought that this would bring Bian Dongshan back to life.

But how can things be so simple? No matter how Tian Bang refused to accept the reality, when he saw the thick yellow and white sè brain pulp slowly flowing outward from the dozen or so holes in the Tianling cover of Bian Dongshan, when those blood-stained teeth fell from the sky to the ground, even the blind could see that Bian Dongshan was too dead to die, and the immortals could not save him from the earth.

Tian Bang's heart was cold. After being stunned for a long time, he suddenly turned his head and glared at Chen Sheng, and scolded: "Dead hillbilly, you dare to hurt Brother Bian's life?" Do you know who Master Bian is? It is the invincible sword saint in the world, Mr. Forget Worries. Mr. Forget Worry has always loved his apprentice the most. If you dare to kill Brother Bian, Mr. Forget Worry will definitely come to you to settle accounts! Wash your neck and wait for death! ”

"Sword Saint disciple?" Chen Sheng raised his eyebrows, revealing a sudden sè. It's no wonder that when I heard the name Bian Dongshan just now, I had a vague feeling of déjà vu, and this was the reason. Now that I think about it, in the shijie of "Xun Qin Ji", I remember that there are four disciples under the sword saint Cao Qiudao. The name of the woman at the bottom of the list is not very clear. The third in line is named Han Ji, who remembers to be a member of the Korean clan. The second in line is called Zhongsun Xuanhua, and his father is a bully who started out as a loan shark. And the first disciple of Mr. Zuihou's Forget Worries is Bian Dongshan.

These four disciples have their own strengths, and they all have extraordinary artistic careers. And since they are disciples of the Sword Saint, it is conceivable that their strongest ability must be swordsmanship. As for fighting with bare hands, he may not be good at it. But even if you are good at it, it is useless. Because the enemy he found turned out to be Chen Sheng! So defeat is simply a fate that he can't change!

However, the disciple of the Sword Saint only had such a level, which really disappointed Chen Sheng. He sighed, and his expectations for Mr. Cao Qiudao inevitably dropped by one or two points. He couldn't help but shake his head and said, "Sword Saint disciple, is that just like this?" Teach people seriously...... What a disappointment. ”

This is Chen Sheng's own heartfelt sigh, which actually does not contain any praise or disapproval. But in the eyes of others, it may not be the same idea. In fact, when any disciple of the Sword Saint Sect heard it, he would only feel that this sentence was a serious insult to his own master.

In an instant, the person who had planned to watch from the wall could no longer sit still. I only heard that in the crowd around me, someone screamed: "Fart! Obviously he is shallow, but he dares to make such nonsense? Don't want to go, Gu nǎinǎi is here to teach you a lesson! ”

In the midst of the scolding, I saw that the crowd automatically separated to the left and right, and a man and a woman walked out side by side. The man was about twenty-five or six years old, richly dressed and good-looking, and apparently had a considerable status. However, looking at his body steps, he doesn't look like a person who knows martial arts and swordsmanship.

As for the woman next to her, she was fair-skinned and delicate, her eyes were full of light, and she had a ruthless and spicy taste. The body is beautiful, and the gestures are full of strength and strength, just like a female leopard who wants to choose people to eat. The person who spoke just now seemed to be her.

It seems that the man and woman are either a couple or a couple. The man grabbed the woman's arm and whispered something in her ear with a sad face, looking frightened and helpless. Although I couldn't hear what he said, I thought it was mostly to persuade the woman not to make trouble impulsively.

The woman was very impatient, listened to two more sentences, raised her eyebrows, put her arm handsome, turned around and shouted: "Xie Ziyuan, have you finished talking nonsense?" To go you go yourself. This person is insulting our Sword Saint lineage, Master has always hurt me the most, if I don't make a move at this time, who else can make a move? Could it be that dead ghost who was beaten to death with a casual punch and lost the face of the master? ”

This woman is spicy, and she is actually an ancient version of a savage girlfriend. The man Xie Ziyuan was obviously afraid of it, and he was scolded twice, but he didn't dare to reply. He only smiled in a low voice: "Madame said yes, Madame said yes." But he stretched out his hand and firmly grabbed her arms, and said to Chen Sheng: "This strong man, clumsy Jing is more straightforward and fast-talking, but there is no malice. The so-called good men don't fight with women, don't be surprised. Please, please, thank you. ”

What is a warrior? It is something that can only feel the meaning of life in the endless struggle. If he doesn't have the courage to be challenged, then he is not qualified to call himself a warrior. So of course Chen Sheng was not surprised, but admired the woman a lot. He stopped, looked directly at the woman Shanrou, and said in a deep voice, "Are you sure you want to challenge me?" ”

Shanrou himself is straightforward, so he also has a good impression of Chen Sheng's performance. She is also one of the four disciples of Mr. Forget Worries. Therefore, even if Rì only comes out to play with her husband Xie Ziyuan, she will never leave her sword. At the moment, without thinking, he "Qiang ~" drew his sword in his hand, pointed at Chen Sheng, and shouted: "It's not to challenge you, it's to beat you!" Go get your sword. 姑nǎinǎi can not kill people with bare hands. ”

This woman is heroic and straightforward, and she looks much more pleasing to the eye than Bian Dongshan. And just looking at the way she holds the sword, it is known that she is actually a great expert in using swords. In Chen Sheng's heart, he couldn't help but have a slight impression of it. Therefore, although he knew that this woman could not be his opponent either, he was still willing to give the other party a chance. He exhaled slowly, his left hand behind his back, his right hand in front of his palm facing the sky, and said slowly, "Okay." Then remember this day. Fighting with me is the greatest honor of your life. Come on. ”

Shanrou's gaze tightened, and she exuded a raging battle intent. She snorted. Its voice comes from the dantian, and through this special breathing method, the body functions are urged to the extreme, which is the method of using qi to resist the sword in the secret line of the sword saint of Jixia.

Before making a move, you have to shout to stimulate your own momentum, which is a very rare thing in Shanrou's life. There is no doubt that although she is straightforward, she is not reckless. In his heart, he had long treated Chen Sheng as a peerless master who was at the same level as his master.

At this critical moment when the atmosphere was tense and a fierce battle was about to break out, all of a sudden, only shouts were heard from the crowd. After hearing the sound, the onlookers automatically avoided back, so that the originally impenetrable onlookers circle was suddenly opened an entrance. Immediately after that, a carriage with extremely luxurious decoration drove over under the arch of more than a dozen cavalry.

The carriage came to a halt nearby. In the eyes of outsiders, they don't think so, but Tian Bang and Shanrou and his wife are not ordinary people, so when they see the decorative patterns on the carriage, they already know who is coming. Tian Bang's face was green, he snorted a few times, and did not speak. Shanrou pursed her lips, looking dismissive. Xie Ziyuan's eyebrows showed joy. He stepped forward and saluted the carriage captain, and said loudly: "Xie Ziyuan has seen the second prince, and the second prince is fine." ”

Laughter rang out. At first glance, it may sound hearty, but if you taste it carefully, you can still tell the meaning of artificiality. Before the sound stopped, the curtain of the carriage door was opened. A figure stood up and walked out. I saw this person dressed in brocade clothes and of medium stature. Although the facial features are correct, they are only ordinary, and there is nothing outstanding about it. However, everyone present knew that this person was an out-and-out nobleman, Tian Jian, the second son of King Qi Xiang, the current monarch of Qi State.

In history, the second prince Tian Jian is the monarch of Qi State. After Qin Shi Huang unified the world, he exiled him to the "Gong" land. Therefore, historians of later generations generally called him the king of Qi Gong.

That was, of course, decades later. At this moment, Tian Jian is not only not the monarch, but not even the crown prince. In order to compete for the storage position, he has always behaved very politely and virtuously, in order to win people's hearts. And Xie Ziyuan is not only his confidant, but also his good friend. Seeing that this good friend stepped forward to greet him, he nodded with a smile and said, "Ziyuan doesn't have to be polite. It's so lively here. What the hell is going on? Hey? How does Mrs. Xie hold a sword? Is it to threaten the talented man and not allow him to take a concubine? Hehe~~"

Xie Ziyuan's wife is too powerful, and Xie Ziyuan is famous for being afraid of his wife. Therefore, even though he was the treasurer of Qi and could be regarded as one of the important ministers of the imperial court, he never dared to take a concubine. When the government and the opposition talk about this matter, they often laugh at it. At this moment, when the second prince mentioned it in person, everyone laughed, and the tense atmosphere that permeated the scene was also eased - only Shanrou was the only exception.

Shanrou's face turned black, and she casually threw the long sword at her feet, without saying a word, without even raising the corners of her eyes, pulling up her husband and turning around. In a matter of moments, the couple had disappeared from the crowd on the street, never to be seen again.

Seeing Shanrou and Xie Ziyuan leave, the second prince smiled slightly and ignored it anymore. It's just because he reconciled Ziyuan who has played together since he was a child, and he knows the other party very well, and he understands that the other party will never have any estrangement with himself because of this kind of little joke. He paused, stepped forward, and said to Yan Yue: "Brother Tian Bang, why are you so embarrassed?" Brother Dongshan...... Oops, how did Brother Dongshan die? Could it be a sudden illness? But Brother Dongshan has always been healthy, so it's not like this, right? Could it be the plague? That's a big deal. It doesn't matter if he dies himself, if he infects you, Brother Tian Bang, it will be troublesome. Brother Tian Bang, for the sake of safety, why don't you quickly find two imperial doctors to take a look for you? ”

Thirty years ago, the Yan State united with the Three Jin Dynasty and Chu Wei and other countries to attack Qi together. Almost the entire territory of Qi fell, and only Ju and Jimo remained unyielding. Tian Dan met by fate and became a general of Ji's faith, defeated the Yan army with a fire bull array, recovered all the lost territory, and welcomed the prince Tian Fazhang back to the throne, that is, the current king of Qi Xiang, the king of Qi. Because of his great merits, Tian Dan was named Anping Jun, worshiped as the prime minister, and has been in charge of Qi for 30 years. To this day, its position of power remains unshakable.

It has always been a taboo to have high merit and shock the master. Therefore, the king of Qi has been extremely dissatisfied with Tian Dan for a long time. It's just that he was afraid that his shili was too big, and he had the merit of restoring the country, and he won the support of the people, so he reluctantly didn't make the contradictions public. However, in recent years, the conflict between the two sides has become more and more intense, and there is almost no problem. The reason lies in two words: Lichu.

There are many sons of the king of Qi. But those who are qualified to take over the throne are only the eldest prince Tian Sheng and the second prince Tian Jian. Tiandan supported the eldest prince in accordance with the practice of establishing a successor and a chief. But this great prince is cowardly and more unassertive. Once he takes over as King of Qi, it is conceivable that in the future, the court of Qi will inevitably still be covered by Tian with one hand. Even further, Tian Dan is very likely to depose the king of Qi and ascend the throne himself.

On the other hand, the second prince also made it clear that he was dissatisfied with Tiandan's monopoly of power. At the same time, his body is stronger than that of his drunken brother. For various reasons, King Qi was more inclined to make the second prince the crown prince. But the abolition of the elder and the young, after all, is not reasonable. Therefore, the two sides continue to fight openly and secretly, and they are entangled.

King Qi and Tian Dan are fighting each other, and they always restrain themselves because they take care of the overall situation, so that they will not openly tear their faces. But the people below weren't so polite. At this moment, the second prince saw Tian Dan's son, and what kind of attitude the two sides had, he could imagine it with his toes. Bian Dongshan was Tian Dan's henchman, he was beaten to death, and it was too late for the second prince to rejoice. At this moment, he asked Tian Bang with a smile if he wanted to find a doctor, and his schadenfreude was not concealed at all.

Tian Bang was already on fire. At this moment, seeing the smile on the corner of the second prince's mouth, he was even more angry on the spot. He exclaimed angrily, "Thank you for your concern. This son is not sick or painful, instead of caring about me, you should care about yourself. The king appointed you to be in charge of managing the security of Linzi City, but you were left to the bandits to commit murder in broad daylight in the public. Hmph, you can't even manage a single Linzi, do you still expect to be able to govern the entire Qi country? Second prince, in this life, you will die of that heart. ”

The second prince smiled freely and said, "If you can't cure the Qi country, that's the prince's business, but I don't bother with Tian Bang's son." I heard that Sangkook is not in good health these days? Hehe, Tian Bang Gongzi, recently this prince got a strip of haode old ginseng, and he will send nourishment and nourishment to Xiangguo when he turns around, how about it? Xiangguo is old, Tian Banggongzi must be careful. ”

These few sentences clearly mean that there are not many people when Tian Dan is in the field, and there is a faint threat, implying that once Tian Dan dies, he will destroy Tian Bang's family. Although he said it vaguely, how could Tian Bang not understand? He gritted his teeth and scolded, "Don't talk nonsense. Second Prince, now someone dares to commit murder in the street, not only killing my horse, killing my samurai, but also killing Bian Dongshanyi. In a word, you don't care? If you don't care, you are a murderer, and yīn plotted to frame this son. My son will go back to tell his father and punish you severely! ”

The second prince's face has changed. Although Tian Dan may not be able to pull himself off because of this, at least it is always a big trouble. He smiled and said, "Since this prince has been entrusted by his father with important responsibilities, the prime minister is naturally responsible for the affairs of local security. Brother Tian Bang, you pointed out the location of the murderer, and this prince will definitely arrest this person and bring him to justice. ”

Tian Bang was almost not blown up by these words. couldn't help but scold: "Tian Jian, are you deliberately pretending to be blind?" The murderer is behind you, can't you even see this? ”

The second prince said suddenly: "Brother Tian Bang is joking, right?" Committing murder in broad daylight, he didn't run away quickly, but stood still in place? How can there be such a stupid murderer in the world? As he spoke, he turned around, glanced at Chen Sheng, and asked with a smile: "This strong man, these people and this horse, but they are all your ......."

He was only halfway through his speech, when the second prince suddenly looked shocked and surprised, and blurted out a low voice, "Huh~". Quickly stepped forward and reached out to reach out to Chen Sheng.

I don't know why the second prince behaved at all. But in any case, Chen Sheng couldn't let a person who met for the first time rush to touch him. He carried his hands behind his back, his sword eyebrows were raised lightly, and his eyes were as bright as lightning! The second prince's gaze touched this jīng light, and his whole body shook violently, as if he had been struck by lightning. Countless beads of sweat the size of soybeans appeared on his forehead on the spot. He didn't dare to make a mistake, so he hurriedly put down his hand and smiled reluctantly: "This strong man, can you lend me this jade pendant on your waist?" ”

"Jade pendant?" Chen Sheng casually picked up the jade pendant hanging on his waist and asked the second prince, "You said this piece?" ”

This jade pendant is poorly made, and it seems to have been split by someone with a knife, only half of it is left, and it seems that even if it is taken to the pawnshop, it will not be able to be used as a few dollars. Chen Sheng didn't know what it came from, and originally thought it was just a pure decoration. But now that I think about it, there should be another mystery in it.

The second prince took the half of the jade pendant, his hands trembled slightly, and he looked very excited. He rubbed it gently for a long time, and then let out a long sigh. Then he asked: "Strong man, may I ask the name of Gao?" This jade pendant is yours? ”

Although I don't know where the jade pendant came from, but I didn't steal or rob it, and the jade pendant automatically appeared on my body, so it shouldn't be a lie if it's my own thing. Chen Sheng nodded and said, "Chen Sheng." It's mine. ”

The second prince's body was obviously shocked, and he muttered, "Chen Sheng...... Chen Sheng ......" repeated a few times, then put his hand back into his arms, took something out, and sighed: "Look at it, what is this?" ”

Chen Sheng stared intently, and couldn't help but widen his eyes, and then there was a burst of amusement in his heart. It turned out that the things that the second prince took out were not anything else, and it was also half a jade pendant. Judging from the handiwork and patterns, as well as the traces at the incision, it happens to be a pair with Chen Sheng's own half.