Chapter 158: Release the Hostages
Tang Jingtian and Tang Xiaokun glanced at each other, and they couldn't help but secretly admire Shi Ziling's way of negotiation and negotiation.
What the two brothers are most worried about is that Shi Ziling relied on the nameless power of the just finished victory to force Tang Ying to release people in a high-pressure manner, in that case, Tang Jingtian would be difficult to step down even if he had the intention to release people, and he would inevitably fight with Shi Ziling to the end of the net, and he might have to turn to the Yuan Shi Tianzun of the Upper Puritanism in the end, so it would obviously not be beneficial to anyone.
Now Shi Ziling never mentioned the nameless matter of the victorious side just now, and he did not threaten the high-pressure tone at all, on the contrary, he took the lead in proposing a method of withdrawing half of the troops in a tone of negotiation and concession, hoping that Tang Jingtian could relieve his worries, such a clever means of negotiation, how could he not make the Tang brothers amazed?
Tang Jingtian said with a smile: "Okay! Sure enough, you are a martial arts wizard who has completely defeated Ruyi Zhenren, although I have not witnessed your duel with my own eyes, I can already imagine that Shi Gongzi is so clever, amazing, really powerful......!
Tang Xiaokun also smiled: "Shi Gongzi used his peerless martial arts on the negotiation table, and the soldiers who surrendered without a fight are really admirable, since Shi Gongzi has agreed to withdraw more than half of the troops with sincerity, we are naturally willing to make concessions, Brother Huang, what do you think?"
Tang Jingtian said with a smile: "Of course, in fact, we are not worried about the crusade of the imperial army, what we are really worried about is Shi Gongzi's Songhu Army, since Shi Gongzi, you promised to cheer behind the imperial court's crusade army at most, what else do we have to worry about, I think with Shi Gongzi's reputation, he must be a gentleman who will never break his promise." ”
"In that case, we will make up our minds, and I will immediately let General Zhao Xiong be released. By the way, I heard that Shi Gongzi has a deep friendship with the Nangong family, if you can persuade the Nangong family to withdraw half of the army, this king will simply let Nangong Tai go. ”
Shi Ziling was overjoyed, hurriedly got up and bowed, and said with a smile: "I do have some friendship with Nangong Xia, the head of the Nangong family, since King Tang is willing to release people, I will definitely persuade them to withdraw as soon as possible." ”
Tang Jingtian and Tang Xiaokun were very satisfied with Shi Ziling's humility and courtesy, and they didn't expect him to be arrogant after defeating Fang Wuming, and he took the lead in making concessions and giving the Tang family a big step, which really made both parties happy.
Tang Jingtian said with a smile: "With Shi Gongzi's promise, this king can rest assured, Shi Gongzi is now a new generation leader in the martial arts world, and he is also the commander of the Eastern Songhu Legion, and we don't know each other, I hope there will be opportunities for cooperation in the future." ”
Shi Ziling was also very satisfied with Tang Wang's cheerfulness, he was originally prepared in his heart to use force in case of failure, but no matter how strong his strength is, after all, it is on someone else's territory, and it is not easy to rescue Zhao Xiong single-handedly.
Although only half of the military horses in the east were eventually withdrawn, with the promise made by Shi Ziling, the Tang camp did not have to worry that the Songhu Legion would help the imperial army crusade against them, which meant that there was no big worry about the future, and it was more or less achieved their original goal of kidnapping Zhao Xiong.
Later, the king of Tang ordered people to hold a banquet in the "Health Palace", which was regarded as an agreement to celebrate for everyone, and invited many martial arts celebrities in Zhongzhou City to accompany them, but the people from Ruyimen did not come to participate.
Shi Ziling's solo victory over Ruyi Zhenren Fang Nameless in the Tang Camp was extremely sensational, and it had spread rapidly in the martial arts world of Zhongzhou City early on, which shocked all the martial arts masters in the central part of the country.
Due to Fang Wuming's vigorous promotion of his Ruyi Sect after entering the central region, he formed a suppression trend against other traditional martial arts sects in the central region, coupled with Fang Wuming's arrogance, he has never taken others very seriously, and the various sects secretly complained a lot about Ruyimen, but because of Fang Wuming's prestige and his cooperative relationship with Tang Wang, he dared to be angry and did not dare to speak.
Now that he suddenly heard that Fang Wuming was defeated by Shi Ziling, the martial arts masters in the central part of the country were forced to calm down on the surface, but secretly applauded.
Everyone was courteous to Shiziling at the banquet set up by King Tang, hoping to make friends with this martial arts upstart on the Bright Moon Continent. The Tang brothers knew that they relied too much on Fang Wuming before, and they snubbed these martial arts masters, so they took this opportunity to deliberately envelop everyone, and the atmosphere in the "Body Cultivation Palace" was quite warm and harmonious for a while.
After being released, Zhao Xiong was also invited to the banquet, although he did not suffer much after being captured, but he sighed and annoyed every day, and did not know when he would be able to return to his eastern homeland. After being suddenly released today, I was invited to the banquet, and for a while it felt like a dream, and I couldn't believe it was true.
It wasn't until he saw Shi Ziling that Zhao Xiong finally believed that he was not dreaming, and couldn't help hugging Shi Ziling on the spot and sighing.
Shi Ziling saw that Zhao Xiong was safe and sound, and finally put his mind at ease and comforted him: "General Zhao, you have suffered, the Tang King has promised to let you go back, and Master Su has also sent Gu Fei here to change shifts and garrison, and you can return to the east with me after the banquet." ”
Zhao Xiong hurriedly thanked Tang Jingtian for his magnanimity.
Tang Jingtian was a little embarrassed, and said with a smile: "Zhao Dutong, you don't have to thank me, it was Shi Gongzi's clever means that he could only rescue you after reaching an agreement with us." I hope you can understand that we also have to do it as a last resort, Shi Gongzi has promised to withdraw half of the army and will not follow the imperial army to crusade against our Tang Ying, we can also be regarded as turning enemies into friends, I hope Zhao Dutong will not take the capture to heart. ”
Zhao Xionglian said that he didn't dare, he had served in the Eastern Army for many years, and he had been pampered and had not suffered too many setbacks, and he didn't expect that this symbolic expedition to attack Zhongzhou City would suddenly be captured.
Zhao Xiong had always thought that his strength was not bad, and it was more than enough to be a general, but in the end, he couldn't even block the three moves of the Ruyi Gate, so he was restrained, of course, he was very disheartened.
Fortunately, for the rest of his life after the catastrophe, he was warmly entertained by King Tang, and he felt a little inexplicable for a while. It wasn't until after the three rounds of wine that Zhao Xiong learned from the words of many martial arts masters in central China that Shi Ziling broke into the Ruyi Gate alone in order to save him, and also frustrated the owner of the Ruyi Gate, Fang Wuming, that Zhao Xiong suddenly realized, and he was even more grateful to Shi Ziling in his heart.
Shi Ziling has never liked to entertain politely, but today's banquet was set up for the two sides to reach a smooth settlement, so naturally he couldn't shirk it, and he had to reluctantly laugh and socialize. After the third round of drinking, Shi Ziling asked Tang Jingtiandao: "King Tang, I heard that you are a closed disciple of Yuan Shi Tianzun, the head of the Shangqing Sect, I don't know if it's true or not?"
Tang Jingtian was very proud when he heard this, and said with a smile: "It turns out that even Shi Gongzi knows the origin of my master. Yes, this king is the closed disciple of Tianzun and his old man, but unfortunately the master has ignored the world in recent years, and has been in retreat and cultivation all year round, and even I rarely see his old man. ”
When it came to Yuan Shi Tianzun, everyone in the health hall couldn't help but be in awe, obviously everyone had great respect for this great master who was known as the first person in the world, and everyone put down the wine chopsticks in their hands and listened carefully to the conversation between Tang Jingtian and Shi Ziling.
Since Shi Ziling woke up at the foot of the cliff of the goddess of Pan'an Mountain, with the continuous improvement of his strength, he has encountered and challenged many martial arts masters on the Mingyue Continent, and he naturally admires Yuan Shi Tianzun, who is recognized as the first person in the world.
He said: "Tang Wang, I know that the Puritanism on the Dao is a branch of the original Sanqingism, do not hide from the Tang King, I have studied some of the introduction of the Sanqingism**, I admire the original Sanqingism, this time I came to Zhongzhou Mansion, in addition to ending the grievances with Ruyimen and rescuing General Zhao Xiong, I also want to go to Shangqing Mountain to visit the Yuan Shi Tianzun, I don't know if it is inconvenient?"
Tang Jingtian was surprised: "I heard that Shi Gongzi is the contemporary master of the Demon Sect's branch Dead Evil Night Gate, how can he also have a relationship with the Three Qing Sect?"
Tang Xiaokun said: "Imperial brother, I was also present when Shi Gongzi and Fang Zhenren faced off just now, he did have a fist technique that was quite similar to the original Three Qing Sects, but after Shi Gongzi's changes, the subtlety and extraordinary power is endless, which is breathtaking, and I just want to ask Shi Gongzi what is going on!"
Shi Ziling said: "My wife Yu ancestor was originally a lay disciple of the Three Qing Sect, and there are some introductory martial arts classics of the Three Qing Sect at home, although these introductory martial arts are shallow, but they are grand and square, which has benefited me a lot, and laid a good foundation for my subsequent martial arts advancement, so I have always had a good impression of the Three Qing Sect in my heart." ”
Everyone was a little skeptical when they heard it, the disciples of the Three Qing Sect were all over the world, and many people who practiced martial arts on the Mingyue Continent had one or two introductory classics of the Three Qing Sect at home, which was not unusual, but it was really unbelievable to say that with these few introductory classics, they could practice to the point of a top master in the world such as Shi Ziling.
However, although the martial arts masters did not believe it in their hearts, they did not dare to have the slightest doubt about Shi Ziling, after all, Shi Ziling had just defeated Ruyi Zhenren Fang Wuming, and no one dared to question his words easily.
The Tang brothers also didn't believe that Shi Ziling could really learn advanced martial arts from the introductory classics of the Three Qing Sects, but they still believed that he had studied the Three Qing Sects.
Tang Jingtian sighed for a moment and said: "Although the Sanqing Sect is on the Sanqing Mountain not far behind Zhongzhou City, my master has not asked about the world for many years, and even our disciples are rarely able to see his old man, and it is even more rare for outsiders to see him. ”
"Over the years, although martial arts people from all over the world have come up to the mountain every year to ask to see my master, most of them have returned in vain. ”
Shi Ziling said: "I also understand that Tianzun is rare to see, but since I have come to Zhongzhou Mansion, I always feel unwilling to go to Shangqing Mountain to visit Tianzun." I don't know if it's proper for me to go up the mountain to visit?"