This year's autumn is very cold, as if winter can't wait to arrive. The grass has been dyed yellow early, the insects have all died in frost, and the color of heaven and earth has gradually become gray.

A dead leaf swirled and flew to the tip of Wu Gan's nose, making him can't help but sneeze and rub his nose, Wu Gan felt even colder on his body.

When I said goodbye to Ji Jing at the beginning, I jokingly said that I would not be able to draw a knife in the future, but I didn't expect it to become a prophecy and it would be fulfilled so quickly.

"Lao Ji, you are bringing people here on a cold day, is it possible that you are full and have nothing to do to eat." Wu Yan looked playful and teased the other party.

"Wu Gan, why bother, why do you have to be like this, why bother like this, retreat." Ji Jing didn't admit it, and he was right.

"Why do you want me to retreat, shouldn't it be a retreat?" Wu Yan straightened up and stared straight at the other party.

"The eldest young lord is generous, and he is the eldest son of the lord, and he ascends to the throne, which is a blessing for the Iron Hand Province, a blessing for the people, and not a blessing for you and me. As long as you switch to the young master, I believe he will definitely be entrusted with important tasks. Now that the entire province is in the army, it will be a rebellion for you to take the opportunity to march again. Take advantage of the fact that you have not done a great evil, and retreat." Ji Jing arched his hand towards the west, and then pointed to the young masters and calmers of the various families beside him.

"Prison father and brother are also blessings, Ji Jing, you and I both know what kind of person Ji Chen is, when it comes to the current situation, Murong Yanyu can be said to be the biggest promoter. When she gradually consolidates her power, how will Ji Chen control him.

Besides, Ji Chen can't practice, and his life span can't compare to Murong Yanyu, and after a hundred years, who will be on the throne of this Iron Hand Province, and his surname Ji will still be Murong. At that time, Si Chen, the only way to ask for the family, Lord Murong Yan is bound to kill Zhongliang, expel the righteous soldiers, and abandon the old Li of the Ji family. Wu Gen pointed to Ji Jing on the other side and rebuked loudly.

When the people of these families on the other side heard this, their expressions were all subtle, but Ji Jing was completely unmoved, "Wu Gan, your clever tongue is like a spring, but it is just a vague word, a vain speculation, and you want to disturb the hearts of our army. You and I used to have the friendship of robes, let me tell you the truth, my southern army, the guard army and the reinforcements of various families, there are more than 150,000 people. Moreover, the ascension of the great young lord to the throne is the destiny of heaven, and the various families are responding to the edict and are coming in a steady stream.

"What's the matter, Ji Chen can take the throne, so Ji Yan can't do it, she is also the young master of the Eight Classics, and she is qualified to ascend the throne, and this time our army is ordered by her." Wu Gen pointed to the big banner behind him, and said sarcastically, "The fate of the fart is just who is lucky and who has the big fist. You Ji Jing have also been in the officialdom for many years, don't you understand this reason?"

"Hahaha, Wu Gan, Wu Gan, you might as well invite the third young master out to try." Ji Jing raised his head and laughed, and the people from the various families around him also echoed and sneered, "That's it, I won't tease you, let's tell you the truth, the third young master has entered Hanlu City and is loyal to the eldest young master, you are just making trouble." Besides, even if the Third Young Master gives the order, what qualifications does she have to compete with the Great Young Master."

"What, the third young master has been captured by you? It's hard for Ji Chen to be willing to kill all his blood relatives." Wu Yan pretended to be surprised, without the slightest embarrassment of the lie being exposed, and immediately looked solemn, "Ji Jing, since you think that the third young master is not qualified, then is this one qualified?"

As he spoke, Wu Gan urged the horse to get out of the way, and a carriage drove out of the dreadnought. When the car arrived in front of the two armies, Wu Gan dismounted and went to the side of the car, respectfully opening the curtain.

Ji Xin slowly stood up from the car with the black sword in his hand. A light breeze blew, and the long beard on his chest fluttered slightly. The tall body stood on the car, like a furious tiger ready to be attacked, and his majestic gaze swept over Ji Jing and the others opposite.

After experiencing the incident of Qingquan Palace, in fact, Ji Xin's body has run out of oil, and if it weren't for the sword to support him, I'm afraid he wouldn't even be able to stand up.

Everyone on the other side was shocked when they saw this, especially Ji Jing, who was even more pale, and took a few steps back. Ji Xin has been in charge of the Iron Hand Province for many years, and over time, he has accumulated a lot of power, and these suppressors are already afraid of him to the core.

Suddenly seeing Ji Xin again, how could these people not panic, even the soldiers who were watching from behind were in an uproar and whispered. No one expected that Ji Xin, who was originally said to be trapped in Qingquan Palace and had already died, would appear here again.

If a person can choose a stand-in, but the Black Qi Sword, who has been with Ji Xin for many years, is undoubted, this person must be the lord.

"Collar ...... Lord." Ji Jing opened his mouth and didn't know how to respond. Originally, there were more than 100,000 people, and they were full of confidence in the more than 40,000 people in Wu Gan, but when they saw that Ji Xin was in the other party's camp, they suddenly felt empty.

These Southern Army and Guards, although most of them are controlled by Ji Chen's cronies, are not worried that they will rebel. But in the hearts of those middle and lower-class soldiers, Ji Xin is a god-like existence, who has been high up for many years, holding the handle of killing, and can make the province turn the clouds and rain with one word, how can such a person be opposed, how can he be opposed.

"Ji Jing, are you going to raise your sword to me?" Ji Xin's feet were firmly pinned to the car to keep herself from swaying in the wind.

The words are very light, but they can fall into Ji Jing's heart, and every word has a thousand might. Sweat dripped from his forehead, and Ji Jing said with difficulty: "Lord, you have killed too many people, and now the families have been suffering from tyranny for a long time. Now that you have been freed from difficulties, why don't you worry about your old age, Zen is in the eldest young master, why bother to toss like this."

"Presumptuous." Ji Xin shouted violently, and he had the power to be on top for a long time, "My lord, who will give the seat to whom, how can you wait for your beak." You can continue, and if you don't give it to you, you will be honest. I think you were just a pawn back then, and I promoted you to such a position step by step. I will ask you again, whether you are a rebel or an anti-thief."

After hesitating for a long time, Ji Jingfang gave up his hand, "Lord, I will never forget the grace that was promoted that day, but since my subordinates have already followed the eldest young master, there is no reason to repeat it. Lord, listen to the advice of your subordinates, although the restructuring is good, but it is too intense, and now the eldest young lord has ordered that all families will continue to be retained, and no one in the entire province will support you except for Wu Gan, an outsider.

Now there are more than 100,000 people gathered here, and other families are sending people one after another, lord, how can you resist the entire province."

"Huh." Without waiting for Ji Xin to speak, Wu Gan, an outsider, jumped out at this time, "Ji Jing, you have played this trick, but it is just to make each family die from a quick death to a slow death, and a clear-eyed person can see it. If it weren't for the Second Young Master and my hard work to defeat the rebels, how many families would have accepted such harsh conditions.

However, you have a plan, and I have a wall ladder. These days, the lord has also repented and will no longer force the reform of the system, and a new edict will be issued to the whole province."

Speaking of this, Wu Gen turned his head and bowed his head to Ji Xin and said, "Lord, my subordinates suggest that your edict be made public to the public in order to reassure the people."

The corners of Ji Xin's mouth twitched twice, and his face was gloomy, but he looked at the black and oppressive centaur opposite, and finally nodded.

In the past two days, on this so-called edict, Wu Gen has not known how many times he has rubbed with Ji Xin. At the beginning, Ji Xin was categorical. can't stand his own body, he still needs Wu Gen's help to regain power, and after seeing Ji Chen's edict, he knows that once this order is issued, if he forcibly opposes it, it will not be feasible with the current situation. Under Wu Gan's soft grinding and hard bubbles, he finally agreed to the other party's suggestion like eating a fly.

Wu Yan raised his head proudly, turned around and waved his hand forward. Suddenly, dozens of danghu birds and shuttles flew up and flew towards Ji Jing's camp opposite.

Ji Jing's face couldn't help but change greatly, he knew the strength of the Yihu Army. On this expedition, Ji Chen asked each family to hand over all the hidden pawn birds, and finally managed to get together more than 60 birds, but they were wiped out by everyone in the first battle.

With so many Yihu troops flying to their own camps, it was difficult for Wu Gan to sneak attack.

"Wu Gan, what are you going to do?" Ji Jing shouted.

"Calm down a little and don't be impatient, I haven't even made it to the point where the commanders of the two armies will talk to each other, so I will send someone to attack the camp, you just wait and see." Wu Yan proudly raised his chin and motioned for Ji Jing to look back.

The Righteous Eagle Army flew over the camp of Ji Jing, and instead of dropping arrows like locusts, it snowed heavily against the wind.

Pieces of paper fell, fluttering and sprinkling, with the help of the wind and the sun, and fell to all corners of the Jijing camp, even the small village on the other side of the river.

Ji Jing was stunned and looked at the piece of white paper, the black characters that faintly appeared, and suddenly felt a little frightened for a moment. person

As the saying goes, sword spells can kill countless people, but people like him who have been in the officialdom for many years know that sometimes pen and ink are the weapons that kill people without seeing blood. These seemingly ordinary words can really destroy the family and the country, make thousands of living beings disappear, and stain thousands of miles of rivers and mountains with blood.

Wu Gen threw out these papers with great fanfare at this time, probably not because he saw that there were many horses in his family, for fear that the straw paper would not be enough to send a batch. Ji Jing wanted people to take a look at it, but he was afraid to see the text on it.

Still, one of his own soldiers rode up to the front and handed over a piece of paper. Ji Jing took a deep breath and still opened the paper.

Above is the edict of the current head of the family, Ji Xin, which reiterates the terms of Ji Chen's original promise to each family, that is, each family can keep its own territory and people unchanged, and after the death of the head of the family, the land will be divided equally among his own heirs.

But one more thing is that once these family heads are found to have committed the six crimes, the side branches of each family and the thousand families under their jurisdiction can take their place. Whoever is the first to denounce and cooperate with the imperial court to exterminate these criminal family heads and their descendants will be able to take their positions.

These six sins are also explained in detail on paper, which are rebellion, rebellion, transgression, accumulation of troops, unrighteousness, and injustice. Among them, it is self-evident that rebellion is a dead end, and confronting the imperial court is naturally a dead end. The rebellion is to connect with other provinces, which is also in view of the fact that Ji Bi and Shule Province have not hooked up with the family this time, and they have been specially established.

Crossing the border means that the heads of each family leave their territory at will, or send troops to attack other provinces. Injustice refers to the crimes of the head of the family to exterminate humanity, arbitrarily kill the shepherd Li Shu and the human race, and dismantle the thousands of families under his jurisdiction. Injustice is to kill the assassins sent by the imperial court.

In the edict, it was clearly protected that each thousand families would not be attacked and killed at will, lest these ten thousand families deliberately exterminate these relatively weak families in order to prevent their subordinates from seizing power.

At the same time, it is stipulated that each 10,000 families shall not have more than 10,000 soldiers from their own families, and each 1,000 families can reach 3,000, so that these 1,000 households can be connected in a little bit, and they can launch a force that is enough to subvert these 10,000 families, thus planting the seeds of turmoil in the territory of each family.

Ji Jing's hands were trembling slightly, as soon as this edict came out, if nothing else, these families who came to support me might not be able to count on it. The five families who came to the aid this time were all led by young masters or suppressors, needless to say, they must have wanted to eliminate Ji Xin, the biggest threat, in one fell swoop, but many of their subordinates were drawn from their own side branches or thousands of families in their territory.

Originally, these people had to be attached to the lineage of the big family, and fight bravely to gain some power and survive in other people's territories. But now that there is an opportunity to usurp power and replace it, who will be stupid to hold his head and fight for you, live well, his eyes are wide every day, staring at every move of the head of the family, in case he seizes the opportunity to find the court to denounce, occupy your position, take your money, and rob your woman, isn't this fragrant.

This also means that after the people of each family have different thoughts, they will no longer call as casually as before, and this great opportunity is just around the corner. The lords are here, and these family masters dare to fight against each other, not a rebellion.

For a while, these young masters and Zhenfu only felt that their backs were hot, and they were all pale. Glancing at each other, several of them suggested that there should be no war today, and that they had to go back and discuss a countermeasure. Otherwise, if there is really a guy with a lust for profit stabbing himself in the back, wouldn't it be a wrongful death.

Ji Jing didn't dare to talk to Ji Xin anymore, turned his horse's head, and returned to his camp with the people of these families behind him.