Chapter Thirty-Eight: The Man Who Credited the Knife (Ask for Recommendation, Ask for Collection)
"This time it's really up to you two little couples!" Jiang Xiong looked at Jiang Yan and the others very seriously. Then laughed.
"Ahem, this. Listening to Jiang Xiong's ridiculous laughter, Jiang Yan and Luo Rui were also a little embarrassed, blushing and coughing.
Jiang Xiong's words also made everyone in the hall understand, indeed, although the big Jiang Guo looks at the seven military marshals on the surface, but this old man, sick and sick, retreat, Jiang Xiong and Hu Pan, who can take the shot, are also unable to participate in this selection because of their own positions, and now they can compete with this Bai Yue and the two are Luo Rui and Jiang Yan.
Jiang Qing looked at Jiang Yan and Luo Rui, and said slowly: "The reason why we called you back in advance this time is also because of this matter, we must at least ensure the position of a prince and king, and we can't plant too many nails for Bai Guo to plant here here." β
When Jiang Yan heard this, his eyes suddenly became sharp, this Bai country is indeed too deceitful, he joined forces with Wu State to capture their land of Da Jiang, and used the lives of hundreds of thousands of people to force each other, taking away his talented martial arts, and now that Da Jiang Guo has declined, he is still playing the idea of the princes and kings of Da Jiang State, and he has not stumbled on Da Jiang Guo over the years, and it is really not possible for their Jiang family to be a soft persimmon.
"Then what should we do?" Jiang Yan looked at Jiang Qing and asked, grandpa summoned him back, and he must have thought of a way to deal with it.
"In the next three months, the resources of the whole country can be mobilized by you, you strive to reach the peak level of the junior martial commander within three months, all the secret pavilions, palace martial arts, and what you want can tell us, the power of the whole country is at your service, and you must prevent Bai Yue and the two from getting the position of the prince king. Jiang Qing said to Jiang Yan and the others.
When Luo Rui heard this, he was taken aback, and there was joy on his face and couldn't help but emerge, although this big Jiang country is now reduced to a small subordinate country, but she still understands the truth that the skinny camel is bigger than the horse, and the big Jiang country supported the cultivation of Jiang Xiong and Jiang Xuan with the strength of the whole country, and as a result, the two of them were promoted from the level of martial arts to the level of martial arts in half a year, and the martial arts of the two of them are still mediocre four-attribute martial arts, and their current talent is among the best in the entire Jiang country, if they can get the support of the strength of this country, they are still confident that they will raise the level to the peak of junior martial arts within three monthsγ
"Now the two of you can think about what you need, and when you think about it, tell Jiang Xiong directly, and he will arrange it for you. Jiang Qing looked at the excited appearance of the two, and also smiled with relief.
"Grandpa, what's one more thing. Jiang Yan listened to his grandfather's arrangement for the selection of princes and kings, and suddenly thought that Jiang Qing just said that he called himself back because there were two things, that is, there was one more thing that was not said.
"Oh, this second thing, it's a strange person who appeared in Da Jiang a few days ago, he was in rags, but he borrowed some weapons on credit in the Da Jiang Country Market, and he didn't charge money, and he said he was looking for you. We suspect he's the one on credit. Jiang Qing saw Jiang Yan asking, so he explained to him.
"Grandpa, what is a credit knife man?" Jiang Ying'er on the side asked suspiciously.
"The so-called knife people on credit are a group of strange people on the mainland, no one knows where they came from, when they came, or when they came back, they appear in all corners of the continent from time to time, most of them carry a package or cloth bag with a storage function, after arriving at a place, they will set up a small stall, and then borrow some sword weapons from passers-by on credit, and take out whatever they want from the bag, sometimes even a kitchen knife, he will tell you how much the weapon is worth, but he will not ask for it at the time, but will say a proverb, that is, a prophecy, this prophecy will be very random, for example, he will tell a person who borrowed his knife on credit, when you marry a three-room wife, I will come to collect my knife money. And the man who gave him the knife on credit was an old bachelor in his fifties. Jiang Qing explained to Jiang Ying'er.
"And then. Jiang Ying'er, who grew up in the court, was particularly interested in this kind of rumor.
"Some prophecies will come true, some won't, but the miraculous thing is that on the day the prophecy comes true, the knife man will appear inexplicably and accurately, and then ask you for the knife money you owe at that time. Jiang Yan replied when he saw that his grandfather was tired. These were recorded in a miscellaneous history he had read before.
"Grandpa wants me to meet this credit knife man?" Jiang Yan turned to look at Jiang Qing.
"If he's really the man on credit, you should meet him. A complicated look flashed in Jiang Qing's eyes.
"What is his relationship with our Jiang family?" Jiang Ying'er rarely saw her grandfather show such a look of awe.
"In the year you were born, our Jiang family gave amnesty to the world and set up a banquet in Da Jiang, and all people in the territory of Da Jiang country, regardless of their origin and origin, can come to Da Jiang to come to the banquet, and that day, we saw the man with the credit knife for the first time. Jiang Xiong said to Jiang Ying'er.
"What prophecy he said. β
"He lent a sword to your third uncle on credit, and told him that when he became the prince of Da Jiang Kingdom, he would come to collect the money for this sword, one million gold coins. At that time, the prince of the Great Jiang Kingdom was your uncle Jiang Xiao, and your third uncle was addicted to formation calligraphy and painting at that time, and it was impossible for him to become the prince, so your third uncle didn't take it seriously at all, and agreed to it. You know what happened next, your uncle died unexpectedly, and then your third uncle was made the crown prince. On the day your third uncle became the crown prince, the man wearing a tattered knife on credit suddenly appeared in Da Jiangdu and asked your third uncle for sword money. Jiang Xiong continued.
"Don't bother Your Highness Jiang Yan, I'm here myself. Just when Jiang Ying'er was listening to it with relish, a lazy voice suddenly came to mind on the beam of the main hall, and then a figure rolled down from the beam, yes, it was rolling. A ragged, smelly beggar slammed into the center of the hall with a tattered cloth bag on his back.
"What person!" Jiang Xiong was startled, and instantly jumped up to block in front of Jiang Qing, staring vigilantly at the figure in front of him, there were five military marshals in his hall, old and young, and no one felt his presence. Moreover, this is the Imperial Palace, and thousands of people patrol and check day and night, and it is terrible that this mysterious person can sleep on the beams of this lobby without alarming anyone. β
"His Royal Highness Jiang Xiong, it's been a long time. "The mysterious man above the hall sat there and stretched, got up from the ground with a big grin, and walked towards Jiang Xiong.
"It's you!" Jiang Xiong stared at the man's dirty face with puzzled eyes for a long time before he shouted in surprise: "You are the man who took the knife on credit." β
"His Royal Highness Jiang Xiong still recognizes the villain, which really flatters me, so be it. How about I give you a knife on credit?" the beggar-like mystery man grinned, revealing a mouthful of yellow teeth. As he spoke, he reached into the tattered cloth bag behind him and pulled out a blood-red knife with a long handle. Apparently a top-grade weapon.
"Hey, how can it be you, but this is also the fate of His Royal Highness Jiang Xiong, that's it, how about the taxes of the two-year-old Jiang Country. The mysterious man looked at Jiang Xiong with a big grin and said.
"This!" Jiang Xiong looked at Jiang Qing behind him, although he was the prince of Jiang Guo, but he obviously couldn't make the decision on such a big matter as Jiang Guo's taxation in two years, and it depended on Jiang Qing's meaning.
"Okay, we agreed. Jiang Qing saw his son looking at him, and agreed.
"It's still the emperor's refreshment, His Royal Highness Jiang, I won't come back to collect this knife money, and when the Great Jiang Kingdom unifies the five southern countries, you remember to exempt the tax for two years, and you will be regarded as paying me back." The mysterious man smirked.
After the mysterious man finished speaking, he ignored the shocked look in the eyes of Jiang Qing and Jiang Xiong, but walked straight to Jiang Yan.
"Your Royal Highness, I asked, I'll give you a knife on credit?" The mysterious man who claimed to ask put away his smile and said to Jiang Yan seriously.
"I don't need it" Jiang Yan's words made everyone stunned, the most terrifying and mysterious thing in this world is its unknown, everyone is so curious about what will happen in the next second, so no one can refuse the temptation of prophecy, and now there is a person who can accurately tell Jiang Yan one thing that will happen in the future, but Jiang Yan said that he doesn't want to know.
"Hey, who is he?" Jiang Yan asked Ying Long in his mind.
"Don't ask it, that flying snake doesn't know where I came from. The next sentence of the questioning made Jiang Yan's calm little face with a look of surprise, this question could hear his own heart, and he also knew that he had a dragon in his body. Jiang Yan looked at him with a shocked face and asked, but found that he didn't open his mouth to speak.
"No one has ever rejected me, now the world is not good, business is not good, Your Highness is like this, you give me a weapon on credit, and I will give you an extra word." Just when Jiang Yan looked at the question in surprise, the question opened his mouth and said to Jiang Yan with a smile on his big mouth full of yellow teeth.
Obviously, the words just now did not spread into Jiang Yan's mind through the voice, because now everyone in the hall was staring at the two of them, but there was no doubt in anyone's eyes, just watching the mysterious man fumbling in the bag by himself. Then pulled out a palm-sized golden mini wing from inside.
"Your Highness, it's yours. Asked no longer waiting for Jiang Yan to agree, but stuffed his wings into Jiang Yan's hand and said to the latter: "When you leave this southern border, I will come back to you to collect payment, as for what it is, I will tell you when the time comes." Jiang Yan looked at the mini wings shining with golden light in his hand in surprise, this should be a kind of weapon that has been lost, flying equipment. In other words, with this, the strength of the martial king can also fly.
"By the way, I promised to send you one more word, alas, it's really hard to do business. Halfway through the question, he suddenly closed his mouth. The second half of the sentence appeared clearly in Jiang Yan's mind.