It was a two-day journey from Yanping City to Fuyun Mountain, and at dusk that day, the team camped at the post station halfway through. Only the emperor can enter the post station, and the team of the noble family can only set up tents near the post station.

Zhao Ning has nothing to do, and sees a small river not far away, the river water is clear, the blue waves are swaying in the afterglow of the sunset, and from time to time there are small fish jumping out of the water, playing with a few orange leaves, the picture is quiet and smart, which has the idea of catching fish to make soup.

Called Zhao Qiyue, Zhao Xin and others, and chose a gentle area on the riverbank, Zhao Ning, who was full of interest, rolled up his trouser legs by the forest, and was about to enter the water, when the sparkling river suddenly burst into a splash, almost splashing on his face.

Flat stones, dragonflies leap straight over the surface of the river, there are a lot of them, and the movement is not small. I don't know who is playing in the water, throwing it in front of Zhao Ning, and there is a presumptuous and exaggerated laughter coming from the side.

Zhao Ning stood up straight and looked to the side, without any surprise, he saw Xu Zhiyuan's hateful face.

The other party was throwing stones at the river in front of Zhao Ning with a few gentlemen, and others were trying to cover it up, but he specially threw the big stone directly in front of Zhao Ning.

"Little brat, are you looking for death?" Before Zhao Ning could speak, Zhao Xin, who was a cousin, had already taken a step forward with an unkind face and stood up for Zhao Ning.

Seeing Zhao Ning and the others coming over, Xu Zhiyuan was not afraid, but sneered, and said disdainfully: "This river is your Zhao family's fault, you are only allowed to touch the fish, we can't watch one or two?"

His voice fell, and there was a short man behind him, who immediately echoed: "You coarse people, when you see a fish, you will only think of touching your mouth, such a good scenery, there is no elegance that you appreciate half-point, it is really a tyrannical thing, so vulgar, what is the difference between it and the Hu people?"

This gentleman Zhao Ning had seen it in Yanlai Building, and the food table at that time was smashed on the other party, and it was the sister-in-law of Liu Muzhi, the governor of the political affairs, Liu Xincheng.

When Liu Xincheng righteously accused Zhao Ning, of course he would not reflect on his behavior just now, and it had nothing to do with elegance.

"Look for a beating. Zhao Qiyue was about to go up with gloomy eyes, and he didn't like to quarrel with people, so he was used to doing it directly.

"Your Majesty is right next to you, how dare you use force here?!" Liu Xincheng shouted, his words were very confident, but in the face of Zhao Qiyue's coercion, he couldn't help but take a step back.

Zhao Qiyue's majesty, Xu Zhiyuan didn't dare to shake it, seeing that his goal of finding Zhao Ning unhappy had been achieved, for the sake of his own safety, he decisively accepted it when he saw it.

"Zhao Ning, if you really have a kind, don't hide behind your brother and sister! When you get to the hunting ground, go to the ring to fight with me, and see if I don't beat you up when the time comes!"

After the verbal battle letter, Xu Zhiyuan did not forget to be vicious, and gave Zhao Ning a gesture to wipe his neck, and then he flicked the sleeves of his robe arrogantly, turned around and walked away.

He was promoted to the middle stage of the Imperial Qi Realm because of Han Yuan Dan, and he also consolidated the realm for a long time, and now he is full of confidence and expectation for Zhao Ning, who has achieved the early stage of the Imperial Qi Realm, and the humiliation of Yixue Yan's coming to the building.

Zhao Qiyue and Zhao Xin didn't catch up and beat them, the Son of Heaven was driving not far away, and it was really difficult to do it at this time.

Seeing that they were in a bad mood, Zhao Ning was relieved: "Don't worry, when you get to the hunting ground, if you don't beat him all over the ground to find his teeth, I won't call Zhao Ning." ”

"Ambitious!"

"This guy is not to be underestimated, don't be careless. ”

Zhao Qiyue and Zhao Xin lost interest in catching fish, and dragged Zhao Ning back to the tent, eager to instruct him in his combat skills.

As they left the riverbank, in the attic of the inn not far away, several middle-aged and elderly men in foreign robes were watching them talk to each other.

These people have a long breath, even if they stand there ordinarily, they have a non-angry and self-authoritative bearing, and they are obviously people who are used to giving orders.

The exotic robes they wore were embroidered with a pair of fierce beast patterns, including unicorns, tigers, goshawks, cattle and leopards, and so on, indicating that they were high-ranking generals.

This kind of foreign robe is also called the inscription robe, because around the beast pattern, there are also embroidered sixteen character inscriptions: virtue and politics are only clear, the order is peaceful, prudent and loyal, and Rong Jin bows to his relatives.

"In the one hundred and twenty years since the founding of this dynasty, among the children of each generation of the Zhao family, there will be at least one middle stage of the Wang Ji Realm, and there has never been a break, which is their greatest confidence as the first nobles of the Jiangmen and the position of the Metropolitan Governor. ”

Sun Meng, who was dressed in a unicorn robe, the head of the Sun family of Jiangmen Xungui, looked at the figures of Zhao Ning and the others, his face expressionless.

He continued: "But in these two generations, the Zhao family's situation seems to be worse than yesterday. Zhao Beiwang is not confused when he is near, he is still only in the late stage of the Yuan Shen Realm, even if he may still set foot in the Wang Ji Realm in this life, he will inevitably stop at the early stage of the Wang Ji Realm.

"This Zhao Ning was praised by Zhao Xuanji as the Zhao family's once-in-a-century cultivation genius, but after reaching the age of sixteen, he did not immediately achieve the Imperial Qi Realm, but delayed for two or three months, and it was not until not long ago that due to an accident, he reached the early stage of the Imperial Qi Realm in Daizhou. ”

Speaking of this, a sneer flashed in Sun Meng's eyes.

For generations, the Sun family guarded Shanhaiguan, an important town in the northeast of Daqi, and Yanmen Pass was east and west, which was the northern barrier of Yanping. The Sun family is strong, and in the sequence of Jiangmen Xungui, he can rank in the top three.

is also a family guarding the northern border, but the Sun family did not get the same special experience as the Zhao family - a single town and one pass, in Shanhaiguan, and the people of the Jiangmen Shi family.

"The old man heard that the young heir to the head of the Zhao family, with his extraordinary talent, has always liked to look for flowers and willows, and he has not been doing his job all day long. In the past two years, I have fallen in love with a righteous daughter adopted by the Zhao family, and I even delayed my own practice for this, which I really don't know. Such a person, even if he is more talented, what kind of great thing can he become?"

It was the head of the Wu family in Jinling, Wu Su, who spoke.

Compared with Sun Meng's joy and anger, the disdain and hostility on his face were obvious, "It's ridiculous that the righteous daughter of the Zhao family still turned her back on him! How could such a thing happen if it weren't for the lack of strengths that people could trust and get close to?

"And right now, he has just achieved the early stage of the Imperial Qi Realm, and the cultivation realm has obviously lagged behind. ”

Sun Meng smiled faintly and said: "This autumn hunt is a game field for the sons of the family, and it is a matter of the future of the family, and no one dares to slack off." Although Zhao Ning must be in the sixteen-year-old group and has no masters, his cultivation in the early stage of the Imperial Qi Realm is indeed not enough. ”

Wu Su's eyes flashed, and he thought of a possibility: "Maybe Zhao Ning's shaft won't play this year?"

After saying this, he himself shook his head.

Although many sons of the family, in order to devote themselves to cultivation, try to improve their realm as much as possible in the golden four years, not to be distracted by officialdom life, and choose to become a leader at a later time, but Zhao Ning, as the heir of the head of the Zhao family, does not appear to be an official or not, and does not show himself when he is sixteen years old, which means admitting that his strength is not enough.

In a family, other children can not be strong, but as the heir to the head of the family who is the representative of the family's talent and the pillar of the future, he cannot. Otherwise, it is a self-professed decline of the family.

"Among the younger generation of the Zhao family, Zhao Qiyue performed the best, reaching the middle stage of the Yuan Shen Realm at the age of nineteen, and was recognized as an amazing talent. It's a pity that she is the eldest daughter of Zhao Beiwang and is destined to enter the palace. ”

Speaking of this, with Sun Meng's city government, he couldn't help but let out a laugh, his eyes were full of banter and happiness, and he said bluntly without hesitation: "The Zhao family has been strong for more than a hundred years, and now, it has finally shown its decline. ”

The subtext of his words is very obvious to everyone's ears.

Because of various reasons, the Sun family and the Zhao family have been at odds for generations, and there are many fights between the two sides, not to mention anything else, just the position of the governor of the Dadu Governor's Mansion, and the Sun family has coveted it for a long time.

Although it is said that a family has held the position of the Metropolitan Governor for more than a hundred years, how can it arouse people's jealousy, but in the past, the strength of the Zhao family head was there, and he has always been the first person to be the general, coupled with the emperor's trust and dependence, how the Sun family and other families have made suggestions to the emperor, limited by their own strength, have never had the opportunity to get involved in the Metropolitan Governor.

It's different now.

Although Sun Meng is currently in the early stage of the Wang Ji Realm, he is expected to achieve the middle stage of the Wang Ji Realm in a few years! And among his sisters-in-law, there is also an early stage of the Wang Ji Realm! The other party is the same age as Zhao Beiwang, and the age of the future achievement of the middle stage of the Wang Ji Realm is very likely to be earlier than Sun Meng, and he is a real talent wizard!

In addition, among the younger generation of the Sun family, there are also many geniuses, and among Sun Meng's grandchildren, there are those who are not weaker than Zhao Qiyue, and there is more than one.

The decline of the Zhao clan has been revealed, and the strong state of the Sun clan is like the rising sun, unstoppable.

It doesn't take too long for the Sun family to replace the Zhao family and become the first noble of the Great Qi General's Gate and enter the Dadu Governor's Mansion. If nothing else, after Zhao Xuanjixian's death, it will be their best chance.

In this case, the internal dispute between the Jiangmen nobles, represented by the two opposing mountains of the Zhao family and the Sun family, is bound to gradually emerge and will soon intensify.

Many generals and nobles now have to consider the issue of standing in line.

"We can all see the decline of the Zhao family, and Zhao Xuanji will naturally have a spectrum, and he will definitely not sit still. Some time ago, Princess Beihu secretly went to Daizhou to play, which just gave the Zhao family a chance and an excuse. ”

Jinling Wu Su's face was gloomy, and when he talked about this, he gritted his teeth with hatred, "Zhao Xuanji grabbed one of Princess Beihu's Wang Ji Realm guards, and then he bit it to death, insisting that Beihu has the heart to covet Daqi, and he also took this opportunity to ask His Majesty to increase troops in Yanmen Pass, which is really ridiculous!"

"But Zhao Xuanji succeeded, not to mention the 30,000 additional troops at Yanmen Pass, the Fu soldiers and pills distributed by the imperial court have increased by 20%, with these, the strength of the Zhao family has increased by a big step!

But why did he succeed?

"I, the Wu clan of Jinling, am also the founder of the founding dynasty, and the hereditary position of marquis was actually used by Zhao Xuanji as a bargaining chip in exchange for his own interests! The Marquis of Guannei of the Wu clan has been inherited for more than a hundred years, but now he has become an earl!"

Speaking of this, Wu Su became short of breath, and it took a lot of effort to calm down.

Then he looked at a steady old man beside him who had not spoken, "Yang Hou, the position of the marquis of my Wu clan was used by Zhao Xuanji to exchange his own interests with the civil official group, after all, the Wu family and the Zhao family have no deep friendship, but your Guangling Yang family is different, you and the Zhao family are in-laws for many generations!"

"Zhao Xuan is extremely interested in the Zhao family's selfish interests, but has he ever taken care of you?"