Volume 2 The Journey to Nanhuai Chapter 77 The whole world is not the king's land

The king of Nanhuai ordered 30,000 troops and marched into Hangzhou!

This news swept the entire Great Apocalypse in a few days, and everyone from the princes to the common people was a sensation, which was even more incredible than the previous Taishi Li Changwen was exterminated by the three clans!

Since the creation of the Great Apocalypse, there has been no war in the country for 600 years, and the Taishi Li Changwen was exterminated by the three clans, which is only a matter of government affairs, but now it is different, the king of Nanhuai has dispatched troops, and the troops are directed at Hangcheng. Ordinary people may not know very well, they are all cities in Nanhuai, under the jurisdiction of the king of Nanhuai, why did the king of Nanhuai raise troops to attack the cities in his own territory? The half-understood people shook their heads and explained to the people around them that this was to exterminate the bandits and sweep away the rogues, and only the princes and princes understood that this was a battle about the belonging of Nanhuai.

In the hall of the Zhu family, the patriarchs of all ethnic groups were as anxious as ants on a hot pot, talking about each other, but Zhu Ce, the head of the Zhu family, still did not show up.

"Could it be Patriarch Zhu..."

"The Zhu family's family business is here, where can he go? Wait a little longer. ”

"I've sold all the fields and estates in my clan, what about you?"

Just as everyone was talking, Zhu Ce slowly walked into the main hall from outside the door, and said with a smile: "Patriarch Lu, don't sell me your field manor, my price must be higher than outside!" Hahahaha. ”

An old man with white hair and beard stood up and said, "Patriarch Zhu, the king of Nanhuai ordered 30,000 troops to go straight to Hangzhou, how is it good?" ”

"Then what does Old Gu have to say?" Zhu Ce didn't answer, but asked.

The old man stroked his gray beard and said, "The old man thinks... Why don't you pay the annual tribute, every year. This abrupt non-handover is really unreasonable, and it is also a strategy to retreat. ”

"That's what Gu Lao said!"

"Not bad, not bad, Gu Lao Gaojian."

"It's really an old family, if there is a treasure!"

Everyone in the hall responded one after another.

Zhu Ce laughed: "Hahahaha, I thought Gu Lao had some clever plan?" It's just a loss of money. You only know that the king of Nanhuai raised an army, but you don't know why he raised an army, and he is still talking about the tribute here. Let me tell you the truth, this year's New Year's tribute, the king of Nanhuai has already collected all of them with his own strength, and he has already sent them to the capital. ”

"Huh? The annual tribute has been sent? These words shocked everyone in the hall, and they originally thought that the king of Nanhuai came to ask for the matter of the annual tribute, but now that the annual tribute has been paid, why is it so aggressive? The crowd was in a hurry again.

Zhu Ce continued: "The tribute was indeed sent out, but... He was robbed again. ”

"Could it be Brother Zhu, you...", a younger patriarch, couldn't bear it, and stood up straight and asked.

"Of course it's not me," Zhu Ce smiled and shook his head, "What a big crime is it to rob the New Year's tribute?" My Zhu family can't afford this kind of consequence, to be honest, Zhu doesn't know who robbed it, only that it won't take long for the news to reach the imperial court, and the imperial court will definitely investigate to the end! But whose sin will the court ask first? Guess what? ”

Different from the noise just now, the hall was unusually quiet at this time, and everyone was the patriarch of all races, how could they not know? Nanhuai's tribute was robbed, if you don't ask the king of Nanhuai for the crime, who else can you find?

"So, this old thing is now bringing troops over, and it's a dog jumping off the wall in a hurry! We have more than 10,000 people from all ethnic groups in Hangzhou, and the walls of Hangzhou are strong, and the Lingyue Pavilion is in this Hangzhou, can't you hold it for ten days and half a month? As soon as the court's questioning arrives, the king of Nanhuai will have to obediently withdraw from the army, and we... It's still this Nanhuai clan! Zhu Ce said confidently.

"Brother Zhu said... There's some truth to that. ”

"There is some truth, some truth."

"Brother Zhu has some skills!"

The hall was different from the questioning voice just now, and at this time, he praised Zhu Ce on the ground, which made Zhu Ce sneer.

"Then these more than 10,000 soldiers and horses..."Patriarch Gu stopped when he wanted to speak.

"Naturally, it is dispatched by my Zhu family, unified arrangement, unified scheduling, so that we can better defend this Hangzhou, what do you think?" Zhu Ce took the first step to speak, and as soon as the words fell, more than a dozen soldiers came to the outside of the hall with knives and guns, and stood quietly.

When everyone in the hall saw the appearance of the more than ten soldiers outside, they all understood in their hearts that Zhu Ce was not small, and he was bound to have the right to dispatch the various clans in Hangzhou. It seems that in the future, the various families in Nanhuai will be none other than the Zhu family...

Although everyone is unwilling, but at this time, the situation is stronger than people, no matter how hard the mouth is, can it be harder than the knives and guns outside? In desperation, everyone had to nod their heads one by one and agreed to temporarily hand over the right to command the clan.

"Hahaha" Zhu Ce entered the hall and did not sit down, turned around and laughed, as if these Nanhuai family members were not worthy of sitting with him, from beginning to end, except for the eldest Gu Lao, many other people did not even look at it with their eyes, and their eyes were empty.

After Zhu Ce left, the young patriarch hammered the wooden table and said hatefully: "If it hadn't been for listening to his nonsense and refusing to pay tribute, how could there be today!" ”

Gu Lao shook his head: "To this day, everyone is a grasshopper on the same boat... Let's get past the current hurdle first..."

Everyone was silent, and gave Zhu Fu the tokens of the clan, and they all bowed their heads.

The capital, the Imperial Palace.

"Yi Xiaodao has mediated the dispute between Yicheng and Jiacheng, and the two cities have made peace."

"Yi Xiaodao combined a total of 6,000 soldiers from the two cities, starting from Yicheng, from the southwest to the northeast, towards Hangzhou. The king of Nanhuai ordered 30,000 troops, starting from Sioux City, from the northeast to the southwest, and also headed for Hangzhou. ”

"Around the Mid-Autumn Festival, the king of Nanhuai has sent Xu Liang, the general of Sucheng, to escort Sui Gong to the capital."

"Sui Gong was robbed on the official road between Changcheng and Jucheng, most of the soldiers fled, and the general Xu Liang was killed on the spot."

"The traces of the vehicles escorting Suigong left the main road, took the small road, and headed for Licheng."

……

In front of Zhao Yizhi's study, there was a row of guards, reporting the news from all over Nanhuai.

"Can you find out who hijacked the tribute?" Zhao Yizhi corrected the twists and turns, listened to Nanhuai's news one by one, and asked out loud.

The guards looked at each other, shook their heads, and said, "I haven't found it, these people take the small road, and... The footprints are messy, and most of them are not like ordinary people's footprints. ”

Zhao Yizhi raised his head and asked, "Not like the footprints of ordinary people?" What do you mean? ”

Mao Jiwei, who replied, said: "The footprints are messy, including bears, foxes, dogs and other animal footprints, and some... It's not a footprint, but judging from the spacing, it's indeed a person's step, as if it were a person... Walking on stilts..."

Zhao Yizhi nodded and said, "It's hard work, go down and get the reward." ”

After Mao Jiwei left, Zhao Yizhi lay on his dragon chair, stretched out his hand and rubbed his forehead: "Animal footprints, as well as stilts, can also rob the New Year's tribute... What kind of person is so powerful... Could it be..."Zhao Yizhi's other hand gradually clenched into a fist...

Zhao Yizhi shouted to the outside world: "Manager Wang, where is Mr. Zhou now?" ”

Wang Zhenliang trotted in: "Mr. Zhou? Which Mr. Zhou? ”

"Zhou Ziru, Zhou Xiang! Where is it now? Zhao Yizhi raised his voice and asked.

Wang Zhenliang hurriedly replied: "Zhou Xiang is parading in the military camp outside the city..."

"Okay, it's just that I'm tired of staying in the palace, so it's good to go out for a walk." Zhao Yizhi stood up and said.

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty... Barrack... Outside the city. Wang Zhenliang hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed.

Zhao Yizhi was a little curious, this Wang Zhenliang hadn't groveled and kowtowed for a long time, and he knew that he didn't like these, how could he knowingly commit it today?

Zhao Yizhi asked: "Manager Wang, the military camp is not outside the city, is it still in the city?" I don't even know this common sense, do I? If you want to go, just go with me. ”

Wang Zhenliang knelt on the ground and refused to get up, cold sweat flowed down his forehead: "Your Majesty... The old slave went to summon Zhou Xiang into the palace, can you wait in the palace? If you feel bored, Paichen can walk around the market with you from the guard. ”

"Something to say!" Zhao Yizhi was a little impatient.

Wang Zhenliang swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said: "Your Majesty, the Great Enlightenment Ancestral Training, successive emperors must not leave the capital..."

Zhao Yi was reminded by Wang Zhenliang, and suddenly remembered: Taizu Zhao Shijiu has been running around since the creation of the Great Apocalypse, and often visits the eight princes and brothers, but the whole Daqi walked down in a circle, and soon after returning to Beijing, he was seriously ill and died within two years. The subsequent emperors were too busy in the capital because of the beginning of the founding of the country, and they never left the capital again. Starting from the fifth emperor, I wanted to continue the law of Taizu, and I wanted to get closer to the local vassal kings, but who knew that several emperors in a row either died in an accident or died in assassination. Later, the ninth emperor decreed that the emperor of the future generations should not leave the capital for half a step, which continues to this day...

Zhao Yizhi saw that Wang Zhenliang was kowtowing and crying again, and he couldn't help but feel a little flustered in his heart. How many emperors died in a row, accidents, assassinations? You know, the Twelve Heavenly Guards are not unique to their own generation, and Chen Congwei can't keep them... And several successive emperors, nine times out of ten, are related to leaving the capital, because the previous emperors have been in the capital, and they have not left the capital for half a step...

Zhao Yi thought about it, the ninth emperor must have known something, it may be that he found a wise scholar in the rivers and lakes, and then he understood the way to avoid disaster. But after thinking about it, he was also assassinated in the capital. Not to mention Mo Qinglou and Lu Ziyou, who are on the martial arts list, even Tang Maru, who is higher than the sky, and a crappy third-rate assassin like Liu Mouse, dare to make a move on him, is the reason really in the matter of leaving Beijing?

Zhao Yizhi sat back in his seat, and inadvertently glanced at the book "Imperial God" that was brought from the dormitory to the study and now placed on the desk.

"All things have spirits, everything can be controlled..."Zhao Yi repeated the two opening sentences silently in his heart, and secretly made a decision in his heart...

"Mr. Wang."

"The minions are here." Wang Zhenliang hurriedly replied.

"Prepare your car and go to the barracks." Zhao Yizhi commanded with a smile.

"This..." Wang Zhenliang raised his head, his eyes a little flustered.

Zhao Yizhi walked out of the study, looked at the sun outside, and said: "I am the Son of Heaven, is it not the king's land under the whole world?" ”