"Grandmaster Ji, the junior has said goodbye, and Sister Piaopiao will be by your side to take care of you during this time. Du Chang bowed, and then walked outside.

"Father......" Ji Piaopiao shouted anxiously.

"Stay!" Lord Ji Qing finally shouted.

These two words, he really seemed to have exhausted all his courage.

Du Yan stopped, bowed down to Lord Ji Qing, and then maintained this posture motionless.

Ji Qing said: "You all go out, Piao Piao also go out......"

Ji Piaopiao's expression suddenly became anxious.

"Get out!" Lord Ji Qing said sternly, but then said in a gentle tone: "You all go out." ”

"Yes!" a few people bowed.

There were only two people left in the room, Du Yan and Ji Qing's main grandmaster.

Lord Ji Qing instinctively wanted to get up and stand up, because he wanted to maintain a higher posture than others all the time, and lying down and talking represented a kind of weakness.

But halfway through his rise, he lay back down.

He has been strong for most of his life, and this time he lost so many people, and he just put down the shelf that he had worked so hard to support in his life.

"What Piao Piao said when she left home that day, I actually knew in my heart that it was right, but I just didn't want to admit it. Lord Ji Qing said in an unprecedented tone: "Actually, I don't have room for neutrality at all, once the Li clan raises troops, he must not allow an uncontrolled force to be within his sphere of influence, and at that time I will either be loyal to him, or he will do his best to destroy me." ”

This is the simplest truth.

Lord Ji Qing continued: "And at that time, if you want to rely on the thousands of people of my Blue Dragon Society to resist the tens of thousands of people who are as strong as the sea? It's just that I have the mentality of getting by, and I still dream that this transcendent and neutral status can be maintained forever, which is really self-deception. Although my martial arts skills are high, I am far less brave than you and Piaopiao, and I have character flaws. ”

Du Chang didn't answer a word.

Lord Ji Qing said again: "The Li clan can't tolerate me, but the Daning Empire can tolerate me, and I know this in my heart." But the thought of forming an alliance with the Daning Empire would be equivalent to immediately becoming an enemy of the Li Clan, I was scared in my heart. You heard me right, I'm scared...... I was afraid that my decades-old legacy would be destroyed immediately, and my heart was filled with fear. And deep in my heart, I instinctively felt that even if the Li clan wanted to annex me, it would be several years before they wanted to destroy me. And to form an alliance with the Daning Empire, it may be immediately necessary to start a war with the Li clan as an enemy. I'm like a frog in warm water, and I have to wait until it's cooked to make changes. ”

Master Ji Qing's self-analysis is really profound.

"However, the Li clan doesn't plan to give me time at all, according to Li Ruhai's attitude towards King Gui, and according to his unification speed of the Southwest Tusi Alliance, he will probably raise troops next year and the year after next. Ji Qing said: "He will never wait until the Duke of Zhennan returns victoriously in the Kingdom of Annam before rebelling, once Song Que's side of the battle has the upper hand, Li Ruhai will speed up the army, capture the entire Guangxi as quickly as possible, and then fight with the rebel king of Annan Ruan to attack Song Que, the Duke of Zhennan, in the north and south, and bury the last and only elite troops in the south of the empire, and then there will be no one in the entire south that can resist his strength." ”

"Actually, I've got nowhere to go. Lord Ji Qing sighed: "Except for Li Ruhai to kneel down and surrender, my only way is to form an alliance with the Daning Empire." Of course, this road is also a life and death, but ...... Being in the chaotic times of purgatory is a life of nine deaths. ”

After that, Ji Qingzhu got up from the bed and said to Du Bian: "Du Bian, I know that although your official position is low, you are one of the most descendant forces of the Emperor of the Daning Empire. I also know that the civil and military generals of the Daning Empire, even most of the bastards of the eunuchs, but Emperor Tianyun is a rare good emperor. In fact, the case of fraud in the imperial examination more than 30 years ago was completely overturned soon after Emperor Tianyun ascended the throne, and everyone was innocent. ”

Suddenly, Lord Ji Qing bowed to Du Chang and said: "The emperor is the emperor after all, I am just a martial artist, I dare not speak out and form an alliance with His Majesty the Emperor, please play Your Majesty, even if it is for self-protection, Lord Ji Qing of the grass people is willing to be loyal to His Majesty!"

It's done!

Du Bian was suddenly extremely excited.

Then, he took out a holy decree from his bosom, a holy decree that had already been prepared, and the emperor personally handed it to Li Lianting, and then Li Lianting handed it over to Du Bian.

"Fengtian carries the emperor's system, restores Ji Qing's master Xie Yuan's fame, and gives him the second-class jinshi background. ”

Lord Ji Qing was stunned for a moment, then knelt down and kowtowed, "Minister...... Yes!"

He took the decree and got up.

Du Bian took out another holy decree, which was also prepared a long time ago.

"Fengtian carries the emperor's system, canonizes the honorary chief military officer of the Ji Qing Lord Empire, grants the deputy general with real power, opens the government and builds a mansion, and has the right to recruit troops independently, Qin this!"

As soon as this will came out, Lord Ji Qing was completely stunned.

Although the emperor had also canonized Ji Qingzhu as an honorary chief military officer before, after all, he was honorary and had no half of power, and now he was directly canonized as a deputy general with real power, which is an official position from the second grade, which is higher than the position of Yan Xiao, a general of Baise.

Although Ji Qingzhu is the leader of the Southwest Martial Arts, he is a martial artist after all, and he has not been an official for a day, and the emperor canonized him as a second-grade military general at once, which can no longer be described by the grace of knowledge.

The Emperor was completely gambling with his reputation, and the last time he gave Yan Xiao so much, he created a huge traitor who made the empire's operation in Baise Province go to waste.

And this time, the emperor also gave such a huge trust, if he was betrayed again, then he would really be laughed at.

After coming over in a trance, Lord Ji Qing felt a burst of fever all over his body.

In his early years, why did he study hard to gain fame, not to learn literature and martial arts, and sell goods to the emperor's family?

It's just because he was innocently implicated in a case of fraud in the imperial examination, so he cut off the road to fame and fame and gave up his martial arts.

Although he doesn't want to admit it, deep down he still craves officialdom and power. It's just that this road is cut off, so he puts on a contempt for the powerful.

After all, China has always been official.

Just like the modern earth, the status of a billionaire with assets of more than 100 million yuan is likely to be far less than that of a powerful department-level official.

The emperor had also canonized Ji Qingzhu as the honorary chief military officer before, but it was just a false name, and he had no power. At the time of the previous emperor, these honorary positions could even be donated for money. So Lord Ji Qing threw out the holy decree.

And now, the emperor directly canonized him as a deputy general with real power, and from a second-rank officer, it is equivalent to making up for all his officialdom losses in the past few decades.

So in an instant, the heart of merit in Ji Qingzhu's heart was instantly ignited, and even some blood boiled.

After a long while, Lord Ji Qing buckled his head down, and said tremblingly: "Lord Ji Qing thank Lord Longen, you should go to the soup for Your Majesty and the empire, and do your best!"

After receiving the holy decree, Lord Ji Qing still knelt on the ground motionless.

Du Bian hurriedly went up to help him up, but found that Ji Qingzhu was in tears, and when he held his arm, he could clearly feel that his whole body was trembling slightly, and he was completely excited.

"Let the virtuous nephew smile, in the early years, I studied poetry and the art of war, just so that I could serve the country one day. At that time, I had a lofty goal in mind, that is, to become a first-class member of the empire at the age of forty. Ji Qing said: "Later, I was implicated in the imperial examination fraud case, so I thought that I would not be able to realize my ideals in this life." I didn't expect that my ambition would be rewarded in my later years, and this world is really making people. ”

Being an official has always been Ji Qingzhu's first ideal.

Then, Ji Qing said: "This holy decree says that I have the right to recruit troops, how much quota is there?

Du Chang said: "10,000 troops, the imperial court does not send a supervising army, if you want to say another supervising army, then I am probably barely one." It's just that my official position is too low, and I'm afraid that I am not qualified to be your supervisor. ”

Ji Qing said: "With my banner, it is not difficult to recruit 10,000 soldiers." There are hundreds of thousands of people in the entire Baise Mansion, and there are many people who resent the Li clan in their hearts. “

Du Bian said: "Recruiting military expenses, I will allocate you 50,000 taels of gold at one time, which should be enough to recruit 10,000 soldiers!"

Of course, these 50,000 taels of gold came from the treasures of the Mo royal family.

Lord Ji Qing was stunned and said: "The military expenses of 10,000 for recruiting soldiers, my Qinglong Club still has it." ”

Du Bian said: "Where is the reason for you to pay for your own training!"

Ji Qing said: "That's ashamed!"

Du Bian said: "As for military rations and armor, originally the entire grain station in Guangxi, iron tools, etc., were all in the hands of the Li clan and corrupt civilian officials. A few months ago, my father-in-law, Li Wenyu, sensed that the situation was critical, so he went on a killing spree, uprooting all the Li strongholds in Guangxi, killing all the officials who colluded with the Li family, and seizing astronomical amounts of grain and iron weapons. Now King Gui and Lord Zhang Yangming have requested that there will be more than a dozen weapons workshops in Guangxi, and some of them will supply your army. ”

Ji Qing said: "Lord Lingzun Li Wenyu is very remarkable, he is equivalent to saving nearly a year for the empire. ”

Du Bian said: "Yes, he almost paid with his life for this. ”

Ji Qing said: "The next step is equivalent to a race between us and the Li family, a race against time." “

Yes, it's a crazy race.

The Li clan is frantically integrating, frantically unifying the entire Southwest Tusi Alliance.

On the side of the Daning Empire, King Gui is asking for military training, and Lord Ji Qing has also begun to recruit troops.

See which side moves faster!

If the Daning Empire's side moves faster, Du Bian will not only be able to seal the air eye of Baise Mansion, but Guangxi Province will also have a usable army that can resist the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Li Clan, and the Daning Empire will be able to gain a certain initiative.

If Li's movements are faster, the consequences will be unimaginable!

Grand Master Ning Zongwu was in the heart of the Li Clan's territory at this time, waiting for an opportunity to murder the Southwest Tusi Lei Ming to create chaos and create obstacles for the Li Clan's entire Southwest Tusi Alliance. If everything goes well, it can slow down Li's steps to a certain extent.

......

After the government affairs were discussed, Du Bian finally spoke: "It is the eldest disciple Yin Xiaotang who poisoned you, but you don't have to be too sad." Because he didn't betray you for the sake of glory and wealth, he has always been an undercover agent of the Northern Underworld Sword Sect. ”

Lord Ji Qing's face twitched, and he said for a long time: "Yin Xiaotang has been with me for the longest time, and his talent is the most ordinary, but he is the most loyal. Although he is my apprentice, I am not very far from him in age, and I regard him as a confidant and brother, and I trust him 100%. Unexpectedly, he turned out to be an undercover agent of the Northern Underworld Sword Sect. ”

Then, Ji Qing said: "Virtuous nephew, when facing the Northern Underworld Sword Sect in the future, you must be extremely careful. This is the most mysterious and powerful force in this world. Like a real dragon, hidden in the clouds and mist, the head is not visible. ”

Du Bian said: "Grandmaster Ji, you are also a disciple of the Northern Underworld Sword Sect, don't you know about it either?"

Ji Qing said: "The person in the world who doesn't know the Northern Hell Sword Sect in the world may be the disciple of the Northern Hell Sword Sect." The Northern Stygian Sword Sect has thirteen islands, and Shizun and I are studying on one of them. I've never been to any other island, let alone the Sword Sect headquarters. ”

Du Bian said: "Some people say that the Northern Underworld Sword Sect is a black hole for the entire Daning Empire, and even half of the world. ”

Ji Qing said: "This sentence is very vivid. The reason why I made up my mind to be loyal to His Majesty was also because Yin Xiaotang poisoned me and tried to kill me, and I didn't choose again, I was afraid that the other party wouldn't even give me a little time. ”

Then, Lord Ji Qing sighed and said, "All along, I have dreamed of taking my martial arts one step further and being one level higher than the Great Grandmaster. Then I can kill the Northern Underworld Sword Sect and avenge my master!, and now I finally know that this is completely impossible, at least not on my own. ”

Next, Lord Ji Qing gritted his teeth sharply, as if he was making some kind of very difficult choice.

He even walked to the window first and looked out.

Du Bian vaguely knew what he was hesitating about, but he didn't speak, but let him make his own choice.

Lord Ji Qing was indeed caught in a life-and-death decision.

His only mission before was to go further in martial arts, he killed the Northern Immortal Sword Sect to avenge his master, and for a long time, he almost put his only hope on the sword book of "Six Veins Divine Sword".

However, decades have passed, and he found that he can't master the "Six Veins Divine Sword" at all, even if he has memorized it well, even if he knows the exercises inside well, but he is still completely unable to perform it.

Before, he still had a glimmer of hope, but yesterday, when he was on the verge of death, he suddenly knew it clearly in his heart.

It is impossible for him to learn the "Six Veins Divine Sword" in his life.

He Ji Qing Lord doesn't have this life!

It was impossible for several of his disciples to learn it, because he tried to teach a fragment of the "Six Veins Divine Sword" to several disciples, including his daughter Ji Piaopiao.

However, it is not of any use at all.

Whether it was a few disciples or Ji Piaopiao, they didn't react to the exercises of the "Six Veins Divine Sword".

Lord Ji Qing suddenly realized that he was not the owner of this "Six Veins Divine Sword" at all, but just a custodian. His mission is to protect the sword spectrum, waiting for its true owner to arrive.

Of course, he was very unwilling to do this. He has such supreme exercises, but he can't learn or master them.

Before, he was never willing to do this.

But after experiencing life and death once, it seems to be much more downplayed.

The most important thing is that he now has a new mission. Continuing the boy's dream of becoming a high-ranking official in the empire, it's time to chase new goals.

And he clearly knew in his heart that it would be absolutely impossible for his martial arts to take another half a step. So about martial arts, about "Six Veins Divine Sword" may be put down for the time being.

In the end, Lord Ji Qing still made up his mind.

"Virtuous nephew, you saved the fluttering veins and saved my life, if my Ji Qing Lord doesn't reciprocate, he is not worthy of being a human being. Ji Qing said.

Du Bian said: "Your allegiance to the empire and your allegiance to Your Majesty is the greatest reward for me." ”

Ji Qing said: "That's business, and I owe allegiance to Your Majesty, it's also for myself and for the Blue Dragon Society to find a way to live." Besides, Your Majesty has treated me so kindly, and I have received more. And your saving grace is a private matter, and I must repay it. ”

Then, Lord Ji Qing stared at Du Yan and said: "I have a volume of the Ancient Supreme Martial Arts Secret Book 'Six Veins Divine Sword' Sword Book, I'll give you two hours, you can read as much as you can understand, and definitely don't have the idea of learning it in a year or two." I've spent decades with nothing. I'm just showing you a chance. ”

"Please follow me!"

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