The five-day journey on Qishui passed in a flash.

Unconsciously, Xu Le was also accustomed to the much slower pace of Donghua, which was much slower than the modern city of the earth.

On the ship, talk to a few goods every day, open two cans of food and make some wine at night, Shi Bao usually comes uninvited, and Xu Le and a few of them have been in a mess in the past few days. From Shi Bao, I also learned more about Donghua customs and Qin's domestic situation.

When he is not nonsense, he continues to hone his combat skills on the back deck, Xu Le found this set of Yuanhou swordsmanship, he started very quickly, and Shi Bao dismantled, it was just a move to fight each other, and he was no longer how to fall behind. made Shi Bao jealous, originally thought that his talent in Qiyin was only inferior to that of the eldest brother and A-Yao, but he didn't expect that Xu Le was also a demon. lost his talent to Xu Le, Shi Bao wanted to get it back at the wine table, but he also failed miserably. The amount of alcohol is also completely lost.

After fighting a few wines, before they arrived in Qiyang, the private goods brought by Xu Le and a few people had already been cleaned.

Those few goods also benefited, and the Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi was pulled by Xu Le to flow into him, perhaps for the martial artists who were already carrying the exercises themselves and had opened the Cloud Gate, this feeling was so subtle that it was almost imperceptible. But for those guys. But you can feel it anytime, anywhere.

Cai Hengwen and Su Ming's Cloud Gate already had a faint outline, but unlike Xu Le, he could attract the vitality of heaven and earth into his body without running exercises. Wang Dengke, on the other hand, was diametrically opposed, he couldn't lead the Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi into his body and turn it into the True Yuan at all, but his sense of the Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi surging outside his body became clearer and clearer, and he even felt that maybe with his efforts, he could control the wonderful aura that filled the heaven and earth without a trace.

In addition to chatting, drinking, and practicing martial arts, Xu Le and a few goods became more and more open, and sometimes they actually sat in the stern of the boat fishing, and joked with the Yi'er soldiers on the boat behind. All the meat and vegetarian ones came, which often provoked the simple and slashing men of the Yi'er Army on the boat behind them to laugh. Xu Le's popularity is getting higher and higher in the Yi'er army.

As for Shi Wuju, although he summoned Xu Le to the same boat, he didn't look for Xu Le to talk or anything, and sometimes he met on the deck, Shi Wuju just nodded. Shi Yao, the tall girl who wrapped herself in zongzi, was nowhere to be seen on the boat.

These two people don't look for Xu Le, Xu Le is also happy, to be honest, if Shi Wuju ignores himself from beginning to end, Xu Le thinks it will be perfect.

There were many times when he bumped into this Shi family master on the boat, and Xu Le was sometimes strange. This man with an ordinary appearance, an ordinary body, and an unsurprising temperament, is a rough man in his thirties. How could the righteous army be subdued, and everyone was dead for him?

Seeing that he often leaned against the railing on the upper deck in a daze for half an hour, he didn't look like a big master. is Shi Leopard, who is much more fierce than he looks.

The calm journey of Qishui will eventually come to an end. Today, almost noon, the fleet will arrive in Qiyang City.

That is, the capital of the Qin State.

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The fleet slowly turned around a bend in the river, and Xu Le and several brothers were crowded on the bow of the boat, eagerly waiting to see the capital of Qin that was about to set foot in.

Suddenly, on the east bank of Qishui, a city appeared in front of me.

The city, which is two full circles larger than Qiyin, is built layer by layer along a hill. The color of the city is also much more vivid than the monotonous and simple Qiyin City.

Beyond the city wall, you can see the urban area paved up by the mountain, the alleys are neat, there is a city fence made of thick wood trees between each look, above the market fence, there is also a flying bridge watchtower, hanging high in the air, it is extremely magnificent.

It is conceivable that Qin Yuanhou was on the blue road that day, and at the time of the founding of the country, Qiyang City was on the front line of these nomadic tribes in the face of Rouran and Ghost Fang for decades, except for the tall city walls, every block in the city could be closed and defended.

Inside and outside the city, the flow of people is like weaving, which is several times higher than the density of Qiyin City. In addition to the black-clothed Qin people, there were also costumes of various colors walking through the city. The streets are also surrounded by water, and these criss-crossing canals sparkle in the sun, as if they have inlaid the capital of the Qin people with gold edges. A tall tower of white stone, topped by a platform, towers high above these buildings, also glistening in the sun.

At the top of the city is the stately and solemn residence of the country. Compared with the houses of various materials that were built later, these official residences are still made of black stone, which is extremely solemn. The Qin soldiers could be seen standing guard in front of these official offices, and the sun shone brightly on their iron helmets and blades.

Above the official office, it is the Qinhou Mansion on the top of the mountain. The black stone is the base, and the giant wood is the beam. The most eye-catching place is a statue of Qin Yuanhou standing by a sword in front of the square of Qinhou Mansion, with iron armor and black cloak, and the sword points to the Western Wilderness. The statue is 10 meters high and stands on the top of the mountain. Everything in Qiyang City seems to be under the permanent gaze of the Marquis of Qin Yuan, who laid such a foundation for the Qin State!

Where on earth can you see such a scene?

The fleet slowly approached the dock, which was several times larger than Qiyin City, and the dock had already cleared the idlers. Dozens of black-clad and blue-edged warriors were already lining up on the dock with spears. A line of chariots and horses was under the escort of these warriors.

Before the boat docked, a handsome young man in a black shirt and a jade belt with three square beams and a square crown stepped out of the first carriage, and then came to the second carriage and bowed down. Two maids with light white and blond hair and buns got out of the second carriage first, then rolled up the beaded curtains, and helped out a girl with a snow-white fox fur, a sleek shoulder, and a delicate waist and stepped out of the carriage. Under the support of the young man with the three-beam square crown, he waited until he was in front of the pier.

The girl walked closer, and Xu Le saw her face clearly. The girl has a very delicate and delicate face, with light lips and a straight nose, and her complexion is almost transparent in the sun. The eyebrows are full of timid weakness. As long as it's a man, when he sees such a girl, he spontaneously has an irrepressible urge to protect her.

Shi Bao didn't know when he appeared next to Xu Le, and said in surprise: "Yanhou Nu has come to welcome the eldest brother? This is a big face...... But it's no wonder that the Marquis of Yan is bent on rebuilding the Tiger Guard. Don't you rely on the Shi family to still count on Heyangjun?"

Xu Le glanced at Shi Leopard, who had a haunted look, and then glared at Wang Dengke, who began to suck saliva, and finally looked back at the heights, Shi Wuju and Shi Yao were indeed standing on the upper deck early, and Shi Wuju was saluting the girl from afar.

Thanks to the big-mouthed Shi Leopard who has been talking about it in the past few days, Xu Le's understanding of Qin's domestic situation is far from being the one that he had at the beginning.

Originally, in addition to the two powerful private armies of the Yi'er Army and the Ruishi Army, the Qin State originally had the auxiliary army of the Sun family in Yicheng, one of the three major masters.

The strength of these three private armies is comparable, but they are not as strong as the Tiger Guards directly led by Qin Hou. And the Qin State relied on the Tiger Guard Army and the three powerful private armies, not only suppressed the Rouran tribes that were still divided at that time, but also enough to fight against Qiang Zhao.

More than ten years ago, the nine kings' tents of Rouran gradually united, and elected a five-year royal court to unify the king's tents. The strength swelled dramatically, not only stabilizing its foothold in the Wuju River, but also forcing the border between Qin and Zhao in turn.

The reaction of Qin and Zhao was to jointly organize an unprecedented army, intending to fight with the main force of Rouran, and strive to break the unified Rouran tribes into pieces again.

As a result, on the Thousand Seas Plain, the Zhao people missed the appointment. The Qin people fought alone, and when Qin Xianghou led the Tiger Guard Army to be annihilated, Sun Ting, the doctor of the Sun family in Yicheng, was also martyred. Although Shi Sheng, the old head of the Shi family who fought with Qin Xianghou, fought desperately to get out of the encirclement, only more than 400 people had to return to their hometowns with 2,000 Qiyin men in the Yi'er Army.

In addition to the annihilation of the Tiger Guard Army and the great loss of the vitality of the Yi'er Army of the Auxiliary Army, how many Qing Gongshi who were attached to the Marquis of Qin or the two old doctors gathered their troops to join the expedition, and as a result, there were no Qing 11 in the first battle, 229 Gongshi, and the Qin soldiers they gathered were close to 50,000!

The four armies of the Qin people had to be left alone, and it was difficult to control them from then on. If it weren't for the rise of Shi Wuju and the maintenance of the situation of the Yi'er army, it is estimated that the Qin State would have been the dominant family of Heyang Jun's Ruishi clan by now.

And Zhao Guo also took advantage of the situation to pressure Qin Guo to retreat step by step, almost out of breath. The current Marquis of Qin, Qin Yue, who took over the position of Marquis of Qinxiang, was originally Mrs. Hou was the daughter of the grandchildren, and she already had a son, Qin Zhao. But under the oppression of Zhao State, he still married Yao Rong, a marquis daughter of the Zhao Hou clan, and Yao Rong gave birth to a son, Qin Rong.

Zhao Guo repeatedly explicitly hinted that Qin should appoint Qin Rong as the prince of the Hou Dynasty, and Heyang Jun, the original brother of Qin Xianghou and now Qin Zhong, the uncle of Qin Hou, also joined forces with Mrs. Rong from Zhao Guolai and shouted for Qin Rong.

And the Marquis of Yan was also born to Mrs. Sun Jiahou, who died early, and was the same mother as Qin Zhao. The current Marquis of Qin is weak, and Marquis Yan is bent on supporting her younger brother. Qin Hou, who was painstakingly planning to rebuild the Tiger Guard, which had been wiped out for more than ten years, thought that he was the strong backing of his younger brother Qin Zhao.

Qin Hou also seems to have acquiesced to his daughter's move, and the biggest reliance of the Marquis of Yan, in addition to the Sun family, is the Shi family. To establish the Tiger Guard, the support of these two is indispensable. From this point of view, it is only natural that Shi Wuju went to Qiyang City in person, and the Marquis welcomed to the dock.

When Shi Bao was talking about these Qin State gossip, Xu Le silently remembered it in his heart and warned himself that he must not be involved in such a bloody palace fighting whirlpool. I just can't help but wonder what a strong woman like to be like with the Marquis Girl.

Normally, it should be a Qin woman who is heroic, decisive, and arrogantly masculine, right? Many of the Qin women seen in Qiyin City are also a bit feminine.

But I didn't expect that when I saw it today, it was such a graceful and cowardly girl with picturesque eyebrows, so that people only had one feeling at first sight.

I feel sorry for you!

Shi Bao seemed to see Xu Le's thoughts, laughed on the side, and continued to gossip: "Qin women are nothing good-looking, some are stronger than men, and they can chase their husbands around the house with a rolling pin." Otherwise, how many righteous soldiers would rather go to the battlefield than face their own daughters-in-law? This Yanhou girl is different, the Sun family is from Nanze, the Nanze woman is so tender that she can pinch out the water, and the Yanhou girl looks like her mother's family, and it is not strange that she is cowardly............ Otherwise, how can the eldest brother have a deep affection for the marquis girl?"

Regarding the gossip about his eldest brother, Shi Bao has no psychological burden at all.

Xu Le and several people had strange expressions on their faces, looked back at Shi Wuju, and then looked at the cowardly Yanhou girl, and glanced at each other.

This is dog blood plus dog blood! Shi Wuju is a big man who picks his feet, and his pursuit is very high!

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The boat finally docked, tied the cable, and boarded the gangplank. Shi Wuju, who had already walked down, was the first to step on the springboard, followed by Shi Yao, Shi Bao and a few servants, and then Xu Le and a few of them-the Shi family on this boat was really a little less.

When the Marquis saw Shi Wuju, she greeted her with a smile like a flower, the pear vortex bloomed on her lips, and her face was fresh: "Deputy Lieutenant Shi, I've been waiting for you for a long time, and then it's time to come." When my eldest brother has a banquet, I will have to punish you for a few drinks!"

Shi Wuju smiled and saluted the Marquis of Yan, and bowed to Sun Yang, the contemporary head of the Sun family next to the Marquis of Yan, who is also the cousin of the Marquis of Yan: "After meeting Father, I naturally went to Sun Chengwei to get the wine." It's just that Sun Chengwei doesn't drink much, and if he wants to pour it into me, he has to work harder. ”

Shi Wuju and Sun Yang greeted each other, and the Marquis of Yan hugged Shi Yao affectionately, Shi Yao, who had always been cold, wanted to salute first, but was pulled by the Marquis of Yan with a chuckle, and then hugged her. Shi Yao froze for a moment, and finally hugged the Marquis of Yan back, and she didn't know what her face was like under the headscarf.

In the end, the Marquis turned to Shi Leopard again: "Little Leopard is tall again, I heard that you are already in the Fifth Realm of Forging Body? You have already released the True Yuan Condensation? It's only been two years, and the little leopard has entered the realm so quickly, and the Shi family has another heroic man! You haven't caused any trouble in Qiyin, right?"

Shi Bao touched his head and smiled: "What is my entry into the realm, the Xu brothers behind are amazing......"

Shi Wuju coughed in front of him, and Shi Bao immediately shut up obediently and said nothing. Yan Hounu turned to follow Shi Bao with a pair of wonderful eyes, wishing that she was an invisible Xu Le and a few people.

Xu Le's eyes collided with the beautiful eyes of the Marquis Yan, the girl's smile was not closed, and the pear vortex on her lips was still there, but Xu Le only felt that at this moment he was being examined from beginning to end.

Xu Le smiled faintly, and also saluted the Marquis with a fist, with a majestic posture, neither humble nor arrogant. But I was muttering in my heart, don't look at this girl who is cowardly, maybe she is scheming............ Stay away from her, stay away from her......

Yanhou nodded to Xu Le with a slight smile, and then turned to Shi Wuju: "Deputy Lieutenant Shi, the next place you arranged is in the East Guest House............

Before Shi Wuju could say anything, Shi Bao asked, "It turns out that we went to the Tiger Guard Camp where we have always lived in Qiyang?"

Xu Le heard Shi Bao say that when they went to the place where Qiyang lived, they had always lived in the Tiger Guard Camp, which was the barracks where the Tiger Guards were stationed when they were there. The place is open, the facilities are complete, and it is close to Qiyang City, and you will go to the most prosperous and lively Nanshi when you enter the city. The old head of the Shi family is the lieutenant of the Qin State, even if the Tiger Guard Army is no longer in name, it also governs the armed forces directly led by the Qin State, and the Tiger Guard Battalion is the scope of the old head of the Shi family, and it is very convenient to settle down.

Now it has been replaced by the East Guest House, and when you look at Shi Leopard's disgusted look, you know that it is not a good place.

Yanhou Nu was silent, and Sun Yangqiang explained with a smile: "The Rui Shi Army arrived one day before occupying the Tiger Guard Camp. Lieutenant Shi Lao said a few words, you know Qin Rui's temper............"

Shi Wuju's face sank, and Shi Bao gritted his teeth even more: "Qin Rui is here, did the four dogs under his command come?"

Sun Yang sighed: "Why didn't the four heroes of Rui Shi come? The troublemaker from the Nangong family also came......

Shi Bao didn't know what he wanted to do, but Shi Wuju shouted: "Ah Yao will go with me to meet my father first, Xiaobao, you will lead your sons and daughters to settle down in the Dongying Hotel, you are not allowed to go out in the hall, so as to save the life of Rui Shijun! Xu Le, you will also go to settle down with Xiaobao!"

Hearing that Shi Wuju also gave orders to himself, Xu Le, who wished to leave here early, immediately saluted and agreed, and wanted to leave with a few goods.

Before leaving, he inadvertently glanced at the marquis. The girl's pale lips moved slightly, as if she was remembering her name in her heart.

I really just want to play soy sauce in this Qin Guogong fight, don't worry about me!

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