Chapter 175: Establishing Yourself as a King
After offering the painting, Lian'er retired, and the drama of singing the big opera took the stage again, and the guests were also happy to be idle, so they continued to drink tea and watch the play. In the end, You Wuxian was just a listless spectator, unaware of what was being performed on stage. After sitting bored for a long time, he suddenly stood up and said to Huan Gongchuan: "Master Chuan, you continue to sit, the kid has something to do, just don't pass here, and visit next time!"
The latter was a little stunned, and hurriedly grabbed him: "Xiaoyou, why are you leaving after only a while?
However, You Wuxian seems to have made up his mind, since the ceremony is with him and Lian'er has also seen it, I am afraid that he will not be able to sit still if he stays any longer. After confirming that he was leaving, Huan Gongchuan didn't do much to save him, and sent You Wuxian to the door.
After the latter disappeared in the bustling crowd, Huan Gongchuan shook his head a little inexplicably, and turned back to the restaurant again. It's just that what is unexpected is that this time the trick is actually goodbye! But this is a later story, and I will not mention it for the time being.
You Wuxian returned to the inn alone, and met Liang Yaozhang at the door, and just wanted to say hello, but the latter quickly made a silent gesture and said, "Senior brother, I just wanted to go to you! Now the situation has changed, there are many people here, let's go upstairs and say, Master Jin is waiting for us in the room!"
By the time the two of them entered the inn, Anhua City had already begun to make a commotion. I saw a large group of people and horses coming out of nowhere, rushing to the various city gates, and tightly sealed and blocked the exits. At this time, the city gates were no longer in and out, and the guards and masters in the city began to strictly check the crowds of people coming and going, even the pedestrians passing in the city. At the same time, a larger team of masters rushed to the "Tianfu Restaurant", and the three floors inside and the three floors outside surrounded the entire building, including the people inside.
Speaking of Bihai City, hundreds of miles away, Hong Bang pinched a small strip of cloth in his hand, and frowned. He looked at the person beside him who was originally Liang Mingdi's military advisor, and said coldly: "We have followed Liang Mingdi all the way to this point, and finally got an exciting news. That Liang Mingdi and Shentu Liu were injured like that, it is estimated that they will not survive! But we can't take it lightly, they all say that cockroaches can't die at once, Deputy City Lord Xiao, we'd better search for it. Whether these two escaped or fed the fish, I must see people alive and dead corpses!"
It turned out that the military advisor of Bihai City was surnamed "Xiao", and it seems that he betrayed Liang Mingdi and switched to Hongbang, who had promoted him from a powerless military advisor to a "deputy city lord" with heavy troops. Unexpectedly, several former city lords usually treated him well, and he would take revenge so kindly, and I don't know how Gu Jinfeng and the others would feel if they knew about it.
To get back to the point, the newly promoted "Deputy City Lord Xiao" also felt that Hong Bang's words were reasonable, and replied: "Since everything has been done, we must cut down the grass and eradicate the roots! Okay, this matter will be covered with me! He immediately led people to search the periphery of the shore and in the water, and never let go of any clues." But ~ the news brought by your flying pigeon biography...... Is it reliable?" After speaking, he pointed to the small strip of cloth in the former's hand.
When Hong Bang saw this strip of cloth, he suddenly felt that his head was big, so he threw it aside, and sighed: "What we did this time is neat, the news should have just reached Dragon Scale City! Not to mention the front line, this information was sent a few days ago, it must have been a letter to Liang Mingdi's cronies, there should be no fraud! The corpse monster army took advantage of the chaos to smuggle to the rear of the battle line, this is something I didn't expect, and I don't know how many of them let go, but it is certain that they are coming for Bihai City nine times out of ten!"
Upon hearing this, Deputy City Lord Xiao touched his cheek and said thoughtfully: "Right now, the Golden Sands Divine Gu has just left after helping to deal with the affairs of Bihai City, why don't we bring someone to chase her back?" Now that the Nine Holy Kingdom and the Dongyun Kingdom have reached an alliance, we will not sit idly by, let's immediately fly the pigeon and pass the book to the Nine Holy Country Lord, and ask him to send some troops to help, it should be too late!"
Hong Bang also pondered for a moment, and said slowly: "Okay, the task of contacting the Nine Holy Kingdoms is entrusted to you, please make sure that he lets me see the soldiers of the Nine Holy Kingdoms within four days! After you have dealt with these things, you will step up the search for Liang Mingdi for me, and just bring back their bodies and show me them. ”
Deputy City Lord Xiao took the order, and just wanted to turn around and leave, but was called back by Hong Bang, only to hear him ask in an uncertain tone: "Old Xiao, do you remember the deployment of troops in Bihai City including the surrounding areas?"
Although the former was a little puzzled, he still replied respectfully: "If you return to the city lord, all the military horses in this Bihai City have surrendered. If you remember correctly, at this time, in addition to the troops sent out from the front line, there were nearly 20,000 master troops and 60,000 or 70,000 ordinary officers and soldiers in the city, including the garrisons outside the city. Coupled with the nearly 10,000 Northern Expedition troops you brought and the master army stationed in the north to guard the Qiandu River, the combat power cannot be underestimated. What's the matter, is City Lord Hong still worried about anything?"
Hong Bang slapped his chair hand and got up, and suddenly raised his voice and said: "The city lord is not worried about Bihai City, but Anhua City, which is only a few hundred miles away, I took some soldiers away, not to mention, the lord of the land country also let the city lord dispatch a large number of master troops to the south of the Sifang Mountain to meet the rebel army withdrawn from Shenjian City! In fact, there are not many officers and soldiers defending the city. Deputy City Lord Xiao, think about it, is there anything wrong with this?"
The latter thought about it carefully, and also felt reasonable, and immediately said while analyzing: "The words of the city lord of Huihong, in fact, he has always been unable to believe Chai Jiuzheng, in order to achieve his own goals, he must have reached some agreement with Ghost King Yu, and exchanged some information in private! Otherwise, according to Yu's careful thoughts, it is impossible to leak the news to let us know that it has quietly come! But this is also our speculation, under all kinds of uncertain factors, what will you do?"
Hong Bang grabbed the wind-sheltering robe hanging on the hanger and ordered: "Deputy City Lord Xiao, you act according to the original plan, this city lord feels the need to go to Sifang Mountain in person and take some people to Anhua City to have a look." When I'm away, you have to pay close attention to the movements around you, and don't let those animals have any chance to take advantage of them! This city lord will be back in three days, time is pressing, let's stop sitting and set off immediately!"
"Yes! Lord Hong!" ......
Regardless of what Hong Bang and Deputy City Lord Xiao plan for the time being, at this time, the guests in the Tianfu Restaurant in Anhua City were already in a mess. Huan Gongchuan looked at the dense figures outside the window and the cold light of the flickering weapons, and was a little overwhelmed. Without a trace, he pulled Cen Dart's family and quietly retreated to the corner of the wall, looking up at the highest place.
Lu Xiuyun, who was surrounded by masters, was leisurely drinking tea, as if everything that happened below and outside the building had nothing to do with him. After a while, the gate suddenly opened, and a governor came in through the heavy guards, and bowed down to him: "Lord Lu, the troops of the whole city have been deployed, please instruct the Lord of the country!"
"Hiss~'Lord Lu'?!", "What's going on?!", "What are they going to do?...... In an instant, there was an exclamation, and such exclamations were endless.
Seeing that everyone was arguing, the Yin City Lord of Shantian City suddenly stood up and scolded: "Quiet! When our Lu Guo Lord is speaking, if you dare to interject half a sentence again, the military law will serve!"
For a moment, there was silence, and everyone looked at Lu Xiuyun who was high above with sweat on their foreheads, very uneasy.
It seemed that everything was going according to his plan, the corners of Lu Xiuyun's mouth raised, gently opened the table in front of him, and ripped off the coat on his body. All of a sudden, the golden color shone! Everyone looked at him in a yellow robe, and instantly understood what he was going to do!
At the same height, a person on the opposite side of the same floor also stood up, and said loudly with questioning: "Prime Minister Lu, now that the Son of Heaven is still staying in Dragon Scale City, do you know what it means for you to do this?"
Lu Xiuyun snorted coldly, and didn't answer his words first, but shouted at the masters beside him: "Come on, arrest the city lord of Lin Hai City, Fang Thunder, for this king!"
It turned out that the figure opposite him was "Fang Jinglei", the city lord of the small city of "Lin Hai City" in the East China Sea. Lin Hai City is a city-state, a city in charge of a radius of hundreds of miles, the city lord is the lord of the country, but it is a vassal state of the Hezhen country. has relied on the power of Hezhen to survive for a long time, and other neighbors can't help him.
At this time, he relied on the fact that his city was not far from here, and he had Li Xuanli to support him in the past, so he naturally didn't pay attention to this small appearance of a country. But he never thought that this time was different from the past, how long Lu Xiuyun had been secretly planning for today!
Today's Lu Xiuyun is no longer what it used to be, and smart people have chosen to wait and see the changes, but the other side is thunderous and does not see the situation clearly. It just so happened that Lu Xiuyun was still worried that he hadn't found the one who killed a hundred people, but he bumped into it by himself!
Seeing that a group of masters flew directly towards him, Fang Jinglei couldn't help but shout: "You wait for Xiao Xiao Dare!
Before the guests could react, they saw sawdust and the kicked master falling down in a hurry, and there was a mess in an instant! Some people wanted to take advantage of the chaos to escape from the inn, but as soon as they arrived at the position of the door and window, there were dense guards and masters pouring in, and as soon as they encountered the recalcitrant ones, they were stabbed!
Seeing that a jubilant wedding banquet instantly turned into a bloody "battlefield", Ao Zhentian cried with a sad face, but he didn't dare to speak, so he had to hide to Chuan Ye's side. Seeing a large number of people pouring in, the originally spacious restaurant was crowded. Everyone didn't dare to come out, and they all hugged their heads and gathered together, not knowing what Lu Xiuyun was going to do to them next.
There were not many people brought by Fang Jinglei, and after a while, both sides were injured. Seeing that there were fewer and fewer people on his side, but the masters on the opposite side continued to join in, and after weighing the pros and cons, several masters of Lin Haicheng simply threw away the god-killing knife in their hands and knelt on the ground to make a surrender. Seeing this, the rest of the people followed suit, and no matter how much they scolded, they couldn't get up.
At this moment, the situation instantly became one-sided, and Lu Xiuyun's people were like entering a no-man's land, and the hungry wolf pounced on the former, who was powerless. At this moment, Fang Jinglei felt a trace of fear spreading in his heart. However, he still refused to admit defeat, and was escorted to Lu Xiuyun and forced to kneel down to him, still stubbornly said: "You must know that I am the lord of Lin Hai City, what can you do to me?!"
On the other hand, the latter didn't even look at him, but the city lord Yin on the side spoke: "Now the lord of the land country conforms to the trend of the sky, for the great cause of the thousand years, for the people of the whole world, and for you not to be oppressed by the country of Hezhen...... Now we will unveil the uprising, and we will establish the last piece of paradise and peace in the east of this godly place! If you refuse to submit, you are the enemy! The lord of this city must now obey the will of heaven and eradicate you, the obsessed and unenlightened! From now on, Lin Haicheng will be taken over by our 'Dongyun Kingdom'!"
Before Fang Thunder could react, City Lord Yin brushed the ground and pulled out the long knife of the guards beside him, and directly raised the knife in his hand, and the latter fell in a pool of blood in such a daze!
A sound of exclamation and gasping spread among the guests-even the dignified Lin Hai City Lord had been killed, so the fate of these little people was even more confusing! As if he had guessed through the big guy's thoughts, Lu Xiuyun sneered, put his hands behind his back, and said condescendingly: "Now that the corpse monster army is pressing the realm, Li Xuanli can no longer prevent the decline of the world! Only this king can stabilize the world!"
Then, looking at the city lords and the powerful people in various places with eyes that looked at everything, he continued: "Those who follow me prosper, and those who oppose me perish." You just need to stand in the right direction, and not only will this king not embarrass you, but even the title of official and knight will not be a problem! Otherwise, you will end up like him!" After speaking, he pointed to Fang Thunder's corpse.
This look down on everyone, but there is really a kingly wind, on the spot, there are people who are afraid of death fell to the ground, and shouted repeatedly: "I wish to take the lord of the land as the head of the horse!" After a while, almost everyone fell down and expressed their submission to him.
Looking at all this, Lu Xiuyun couldn't help but feel happy in his heart, laughed wildly on the spot, and caught a glimpse of the lord of the country not far away, so he said coldly: "Now that the situation has been completed, Lord Helian, this king will not embarrass you, whether you leave or stay, it is all up to you!"
Hearing his words, the lord of Helian Country also ran quickly in his mind: the country of Xuan seems to be a country, but in fact, the territory under its jurisdiction is not much bigger than Lin Hai City, and now Lin Hai City and Shantian City have become Lu Xiuyun's bag, which is equivalent to isolating the country of Xuan. Even if he escapes today, in the years to come, he, Lu Xiuyun, will definitely try his best to get his hands on it.
After weighing the pros and cons, he couldn't help but sigh lightly, and without thinking, he pulled over the cronies around him, and knelt down and shouted: "From now on, the country of Xuan no longer exists, and all the military power of a country is in the hands of the lord of the land country." Contemptible people and the boundaries under their jurisdiction are at the mercy of the monarch to send and decide! However, there is also a reluctant request: May the lord of the land be kind to my people, and if the gentleman says a word, it will be difficult for the horse to chase him! If the lord of the country agrees, he will immediately present the national treasure seal!"
As soon as he heard this, Lu Xiuyun couldn't help but laugh wildly again, and after a long pause, he immediately said loudly: "It is well known to the world that the lord of Helian loves the people like a son, and this king does not want to be a mediocre and incompetent king, if you don't say it, this king also knows what to do! Come on, give a seat to the lord of Helian country! From now on, the military order of the state of Zhou will be kept by this king for the time being, and half of the boundary of Lin Hai City will be assigned to the city of Xuan Guo. You Helian'an, continue to be your city lord!"
At this point, what else can Helian say can he say, only the obedient general's order and the national treasure seal are all presented. Seeing this, the city lord of Shantian City also stroked his palms and stood up, knelt on the ground and shouted: "The lord of the land country has established half of the country without a single soldier and without bloodshed, which is really gratifying! I believe that in the future, you will definitely be a good monarch who loves the people like a son and cares about the world! My mountain and heavenly city is willing to submit to the lord of the land country, and the humble position not only brought the city lord's order, but also gave a small gift, showing a little sincerity!"
After speaking, he clapped his hands and drank behind him: "Come, present the gift to the lord of the country!"
Immediately, two people carried a thing covered with silk cloth in front of Lu Xiuyun, and the latter unveiled it without thinking, and in an instant, the hall was full of silver light!
I saw a crystal sitting platform with a unique shape, and a weapon that looked like a bow but not a bow and a crossbow was placed on it. Looking at the well-forged weapon, the proportions of each detail are extremely perfect, and I don't know what material the whole weapon is made of, and the whole body exudes a hazy silver light, showing a sacred feeling.
The strings have two paths, and they are not tied to the tip of the bow as usual, but are stuck in the grooves. The handle of the bow is a special serpentine shape, and the grip part is in the absolute center of gravity position. Don't look at the width of this weapon, it is not up to three feet, but judging from its shape, if you want to pull its strings, I am afraid it is not within the ability of ordinary people, let alone its power!
"Mountain Heavenly Crossbow!" Almost the moment this weapon was unveiled, someone exclaimed. It's no wonder that everyone is making such a fuss, this mountain crossbow is one of the legendary "Ten Great Divine Soldiers"!
According to the historical records of the mountain crossbow, it can be traced back to the period of the god emperor more than 600 years ago, and it is said that the Zhongshan crossbow was made of the branches of the only "cold god silver dragon" sacred tree in the corner of the sea in the mountain and heavenly city. Standing at the corner of the sea, where the sea breeze is strongest, this tree has survived extreme cold for thousands of years, and its branches are perfectly flexible.
At the beginning, the first lord of Shantian City built the city here, and he was very surprised to see such a silver tree with thick arms growing on this cliff, so he ordered his subordinates to cut it back to decorate. Unexpectedly, after he left, it took his guards several hours and two broken knives to cut him off!
The subordinate brought the whole tree back to Shantian City, and the city lord realized that he had cut down the sacred tree that should not have been cut, and it was too late to regret it. Finally, the only tree was named "Cold God Silver Dragon", and its toughest part was made into a crossbow, which was offered to the highest watchtower in the city, and was admired for generations.
At first, the Shantian crossbow was indeed a crossbow, with a base and aiming pin, which was fixed to a movable bench and could move up and down, left and right, and rotate. Of course, it is not a decorative ornament, legend has it that this crossbow can only be pulled by a person with natural divine power, as long as the arrow can be stopped, it can fly straight three miles away!
Because of its great power, everyone knows that it can be said to be the most unmysterious "divine weapon", but it does not hinder its status in people's minds.
It's a pity that due to the border dispute, a war burned down the arrow tower, and the base of the mountain crossbow was also destroyed. Fortunately, the crossbow itself is of high quality, and the damage is not great, and later an old craftsman spent several years carefully polishing and remodeling, which created today's peerless magic weapon that can be carried around and has a strange shape!