When he arrived in Pudong County, Pei Ji secretly explained the county order in order to prevent Ning Ze from quickly running to other county seats, so that the national teacher could not catch up, so he secretly explained the county order and asked him to deliberately delay the speed required to build a high platform and collect demons, and temporarily keep Ning Ze here.

The county commander did not dare not cooperate, and found an excuse to explain to his subordinates, so that they should not be so serious, and all work could be delayed.

If it is built in one day like other counties, and then Ning Ze will finish the ceremony and leave within a day, that will not work.

It's not easy to speed up efficiency, who wouldn't procrastinate?

So all over the prefecture began to work slowly.

Song Gao went outside to inspect and came back to tell Ning Ze about the situation.

Ning Ze didn't care, Pei Ji wanted to stay here and wait until their national teacher arrived, then wait!

Both parties are not in a hurry and will stay in Pudong County for the time being.

The next day, Ding Bi suddenly received an urgent report, saying that Minjiang County had been seized, and Guan Xuehu and Bai Chaoxin occupied the city and betrayed Nancheng.

This news frightened Ding Bi a lot, and he hurriedly discussed it with Pei Ji.

Pei Ji was also surprised, how could Guan Xuehu and Bai Chaoxin occupy Minjiang County with such a small number of troops?

Anyway, the two of them ran away from their hands and turned around and occupied the county seat, which is not a trivial problem!

I wanted to take Ding Bi to Ning Ze to ask for an explanation, but after thinking about it, Ning Ze would definitely shirk it, and it was useless to look for him. Can he admit it to his face?

After discussion, Pei Ji felt that since Ning Ze stayed here for the time being, as long as he waited for the national teacher, it would be no problem, and the Minjiang county town was more important, so he divided half of the soldiers and horses, combined them with Ding Bi's headquarters, and asked him to lead the army to rush to the Minjiang county town to defeat Guan Xuehu and Bai Chaoxin and recapture the city.

Ding Bi received the order, led the army to leave Pudong County, and turned around and killed it without stopping.

After Ding Bi left, Pei Ji personally monitored Ning Ze to prevent the other party from taking actions that would endanger Nancheng.

Ning Zeming didn't do anything on his face, just interacted with the county officials normally, or walked around the streets of Pudong County, secretly letting Song Gao, Ning Yong, and Shao Yi run around and wander around the county all day. Pei Ji was very nervous, so he could only send his cronies to follow closely and not let the other party leave his field of vision.

For a few days, Pei Ji was tired enough, only to know that the surveillance person was very difficult, especially after being deliberately teased by Ning Ze many times, but he couldn't break out and suppress the anger.

Fortunately, when the national teacher arrived, Xin Tieshan came to Pudong County with the brigade, and a big stone in Pei Ji's heart finally fell.

personally led his subordinates out of the city to greet him, and the county officials followed him and came to see Xin Tieshan outside the city.

"National teacher, you can come!" As if seeing a savior, Pei Ji's face looked better.

"General Pei, what's going on in Minjiang County?" Xin Tieshan hadn't opened his mouth yet, and Ma Jin next to him asked.

Ma Xiu is Ma Jian's younger brother, although his official position is smaller than Pei Ji, his status is higher than Pei Ji, after all, he is the Ma family and belongs to the imperial family.

Ding Bi led his troops back to Minjiang County, but was blocked outside the city by Guan Xuehu and Bai Chaoxin, and the two sides fought across the city.

However, the identities are reversed, Guan Xuehu and Bai Chaoxin are the defenders of the city, and Ding Bi is the siege party.

Don't care about Xuehu and Bai Chaoxin, the two of them are not very good, they brought more than 2,000 plus those who surrendered, they have been recruiting troops in the city in the past few days, and now there are 14,000 soldiers and horses, the county wall is high and solid, and the equipment for defending the city is readily available, and it is not so easy for Ding Bi to break through the city in the case of steady and steady fighting.

The national division team rushed here, and naturally got the news that the county town of Minjiang was captured, which was quite shocking. At that time, I thought about turning around halfway to help Ding Bi recapture the county seat, but Ning Ze was the biggest threat and couldn't let it go. Weighing the pros and cons, he felt that Guan Xuehu and Bai Chaoxin had limited threats, and whether Ding Bi should lead the army to be able to defeat them, or send Ning Ze out of the Minjiang River was the most important thing. If Ning Ze doesn't leave, there will be more trouble.

When he got here, he naturally had to ask Pei Ji, after all, he came first, but he let Guan Xuehu and Bai Chaoxin escape from under his hands, and made such a big fuss.

Pei Ji could only step forward and carefully explain the situation of Guan Xuehu and Bai Chaoxin running away that day, which means that with Ning Ze intervening, how can I be a mortal? If you want to deal with this matter, you have to take Ning Ze down, and it depends on the national teacher.

After understanding the specific situation, Ma Jin said to Xin Tieshan: "National Teacher, it seems that all the chaos in Minjiang County is caused by Ning Ze, so I can only ask you to come out!"

Xin Tieshan took a deep breath, looked down at the "Xuanwu" carrying him, gently patted its hard giant shell, and then raised his head and said, "General Pei, I bother you to go back and invite Ning Ze outside the city." said that his national teacher had admired him for a long time and invited him to learn spells. “

"Does the national teacher have a chance of winning?" Ma Jin asked in a low voice.

"Whether there is a chance of winning or not, you will only know after a discussion!" Xin Tieshan replied, "There are many rumors about Ning Ze among the people, as if he is omnipotent. Only by fighting can the national division know his true strength!"

"I believe that the national teacher is superior!" Ma Jin said, "No matter how powerful Ning Ze is, it is impossible to subdue Xuanwu, and on this alone, the national teacher is much more powerful than him." Later, the national teacher must do his best to learn from Ning Ze, and if he can eradicate it through the discussion, it will be a great achievement! Ning Ze is His Majesty's confidant, and the national teacher should know it. Even if it can't be eradicated, at least let Ning Ze retreat in the face of difficulties and leave the Minjiang River, and it is best not to dare to easily attack our Nan Cheng's idea in the future! It is also a great achievement to give Nan Cheng a chance to recuperate!"

"General Ma doesn't need to be reminded, his own division knows it. ”

"That's good!"

Pei Ji immediately returned to the city and hurried to the post station.

It happened that Ning Ze came out of the post station, and when he saw Pei Ji, he greeted him with a smile: "General Pei, I see you are hurrying here on a big horse, is there anything urgent?

Pei Ji didn't get off the horse, and directly hugged his fist at him on the horse: "My country's national teacher has arrived outside the city, and he has already heard about the prince's affairs, and he is itchy for a while." Therefore, I was ordered to come and invite the prince to talk outside the city. ”

"Your national teacher?" Ning Ze actually knew through the virtual map that there was another Nancheng army outside the city, guessing that it was the so-called national teacher, or pretending to be surprised, "Is that the Xin Tieshan Xin national teacher who surrendered Xuanwu and fought the Qinglong at sea?"

"Exactly, I don't know if the prince can go out of the city with me, the national teacher really wants to meet you and learn spells. ”

"The master who can subdue Xuanwu, Lone is also very interested!" Ning Ze immediately agreed, "General Pei took the first step, and Lone came over immediately." ”

"I'm waiting here, with the prince. ”

"Okay, then you wait!" Ning Ze returned to the post station, went to the room to change his clothes, came out and rode on the Jueying, and ran to the exit of the county seat with Pei Ji.

When they came to the outside of the city, they saw a large army lined up.

A giant tortoise in the middle is particularly conspicuous and imposing.

There is a person on top of the giant tortoise, looking at the costume is the official uniform of the national teacher, next to Ma Jin, Ma Lian, Ma Xiu and many generals and officials straddle the war horse, and the flag is displayed behind, full of morale.

Ning Ze had no one else by his side, and followed Pei Ji forward single-handedly.

When he arrived in front of him, Pei Ji arched his hand and said, "The emperor of Huaguo and the king of Danyang bring it!"

"The foreign minister greets the prince!" Ma Jin, Ma Lian, and Ma Xiu led the generals to immediately clasp their fists and greet Ning Ze.

"The generals are polite!" Ning Ze responded with his fists clenched, his eyes turned to the giant turtle to take a closer look, and then looked at Xin Tieshan sitting on the turtle's back, "This is the national teacher? ”

When Ning Ze looked at him, Xin Tieshan was also looking at him, and when he heard this, he clenched his fists and said: "I have heard of the name of King Danyang for a long time! I have always wanted to visit, but unfortunately I don't have the opportunity, and I can meet today, which is enough to comfort the regret of my life!"

"You're polite!" Ning Ze laughed, "The national teacher was able to surrender Xuanwu and fight with Qinglong, and he was also very impressed! ”

Xin Tieshan replied: "There are many errors in the legends in the world, and many of them are inconsistent with reality. ”

"That's right!" Ning Ze nodded, "With false rumors, many things are exaggerated or deviate from the facts. ”

"National teacher!" Seeing the two chatting, Ma Lian reminded in a whisper on the side.

Xin Tieshan then remembered the purpose of this trip, so he changed the topic: "It is very rare for the national teacher and the prince to be familiar at first sight. Folklore has that the mana of the prince is all over the sky, even Shui Bo can be subdued, he once fought in front of the battle, led the thunder to kill the master of the Tuotuo, and defeated many strong people with spells, and now he ran to the Minjiang River to subdue the demon and eliminate the demon, and the national teacher admired it!

"How does the national teacher want to compete?" Ning Ze asked.

"You and I choose an empty place, and outsiders are not allowed to intervene, and we fight each other with spells in private, and each does his best to determine the winner. "Xin Tie Mountain Road.

"If you want to learn from each other, you have to add a lot of color. Ning Ze smiled, "What does the national teacher think?"

"This ......" Xin Tieshan hesitated for a second, then nodded in response, "What kind of color does the prince want?"

"It's very simple! If Lone wins, you need the Xuanwu of the National Teacher!" Ning Ze squinted and pointed at the giant tortoise, "The National Teacher has won, whatever you want, say whatever you want!"

Want Xuanwu? Ma Lian, Ma Jin, Ma Xiu, Pei Ji and others widened their eyes, and said in their hearts that Ning Ze really dared to ask for it, this is not Shui Bo, but a genuine Xuanwu!

looked at Xin Tieshan one by one, and reminded him with his eyes that he couldn't agree.

Xin Tieshan heard Ning Ze's request, looked down at the giant tortoise, and then nodded: "The prince is direct enough! Okay, the prince wins, this Xuanwu belongs to you! If the prince is defeated by his own division, he must also hand over Shui Bo, and at the same time leave Minjiang County and return to Huaguo, and promise not to send troops south and harass Nancheng within five years!"

"Yes!" Ning Ze said with a smile, "Since the two sides have set up a lottery, where do you want to learn, the guest is up to the host, please designate the national teacher!"

Xin Tieshan had already planned, and stretched out his hand to the south: "There is a lake over there, which is remote and quiet enough not to disturb the people." Does the prince dare to go with me?"

"Why don't you dare?" Ning Ze glanced at Ma Lian, Ma Jin, Ma Xiu, Pei Ji and others, "Since it is a private discussion, there are only national teachers and orphans, and the generals will not accompany them, right?"

"The prince can rest assured!" Xin Tieshan said, "It's only you and me!"