Yuezhou Yueguo Mansion, at this moment Wang Dun had a wooden box in front of him, Wang Dun's face was pale, his face trembled slightly, but he didn't have any expression.

A black-faced middle-aged man in a splendid black python robe hugged his fist at Wang Dun and said, "Grandpa Guo, my subordinates are ordered by the governor to bring the gifts, so I won't bother, and my subordinates will return to Beijing to resume their lives." ”

Wang Dun smiled slightly: "Commander Gu sent these hundreds of gifts thousands of miles away, hard work, come here, reward 10,000 taels of silver." ”

Gu Weiyi, the commander of the Black Dragon Guard, said with a smile: "No need, thank you Guogong, my subordinates have retired!" ”

After saying that, he turned around and walked out of the calligraphy directly, there were hundreds of wooden boxes in the courtyard outside the study, and there were some flies flying on each box, Gu Weiyi looked around, looked back at Yue Guogong's study and smiled slightly, and then said loudly to his entourage: "Go back to Beijing!" ”

Dozens of warriors, also dressed in splendid black dragon robes, shouted in unison: "Yes, my lord! ”

Dozens of people left the Guogong Mansion as if no one was around, and the guards of the Guogong Mansion all looked at each other angrily, putting their hands on the hilt of the knife, but no one dared to draw the knife in the contemptuous laughter of Gu Weiyi and others.

The dozens of people rode away arrogantly, as unscrupulously as when they came.

"Father, why do we have to endure it any longer, that eunuch deceives people too much!"

The prince of Yueguo, the prince of Yue, was furious, almost violently!

Gong Quliang also stepped forward and said angrily: "Lord, you can set up an ambush when they pass by Mangshan, kill them, and go back to the court to say that they were made by the wild seedlings, anyway, the wild seedlings in Mangshan are just what we stocked to paralyze the court." ”

Wang Dun didn't speak, and slowly opened the wooden box, which was placed in You Xianda's head, Wang Dun closed the wooden box with a slightly painful expression, and sighed to the sky: "The Yue Prime Minister's Guozhang You family is broken!" Arrange for people to be buried, including those outside, Lone still underestimated the ability of Lu Shen, a eunuch. ”

Wang Ying hurriedly stepped forward: "Father, this is Your Majesty and that eunuch slapping your father in the face, does your father still have to endure it?" ”

Wang Dun walked a few steps, controlled the anger in his heart, knocked on the desk with his hand, one by one, and after a long time, he asked Gong Quliang: "Is there a reply from Zong Ming?" ”

Gong Quliang shook his head: "Lord, Zuo Zongming killed our messenger, and let the 80,000 Jingbei Army enter Dingzhou, Qian Yi has taken over the remnants of the army, and there is news that Chen Ziang has written to the imperial court, so that the remaining 30,000 Jingbei troops in Jiangdu will be transferred to Dingzhou, and all of them will be handed over to Qian Yi to control, it seems that Zuo Hou has thrown himself into His Majesty." ”

Wang Dun slammed his fist on the table: "Unfamiliar wolf cubs, vertical sons are not enough!" has the opportunity to occupy Shu and echo my Yuezhou, Your Majesty can't help it, but chooses to be the dog of the Xiao family! ”

Gong Quliang said a little helplessly: "Lord, Your Majesty and Wei have negotiated peace, the north is no longer in trouble, Your Majesty asked Qian Yi to choke our way to the east, and now Zuo Zongming has withdrawn to Jiazhou, and has choked our road to the north, two-pronged, we are very passive!" If there is no action, sooner or later we will let His Majesty strangle in Yuezhou, and the lord must plan in advance. ”

Wang Ying also understood: "Father, we can't sit still!" ”

Wang Dun sneered: "Your Majesty only has four princes, does he think it will be safe to send the seven princes to the Wei Kingdom?" As long as we find a way to let the Seven Princes die in Wei, the war between Liang and Wei will definitely resume, and then the Jingbei Army must return to defend Jiangdu, and our predicament will be solved. ”

Gong Quliang clapped his hands and said: "Lord, it must be so, but the minister is a little worried, once the seventh prince has an accident in the Wei State, His Majesty will inevitably be angry with the prince, and the prince is afraid that he will..."

Wang Dun said with a cold gaze: "Who said that this father must support him on the throne?" Something that doesn't make a difference. ”

Wang Ying exclaimed, "Father, do you want to...?"

Wang Dun held down and didn't let Wang Ying continue: "Don't guess, tomorrow you will go to the Witch God Temple with Gu, let them come forward in this matter, what if the nose of the Black Dragon Guard is smart, Your Majesty can't catch any handle of Lone, kill You Xianda, isn't it natural for people to take revenge?" The wooden box was held, this was a gift from His Majesty to Gu, and it was just for Gu's use. ”

Gongqu Ryazan said: "Lord, good strategy." ”

…

A huge warship on the Nu River broke the waves, Wang Dun, Gong Quliang, Wang Ying stood at the bow of the ship, both sides of the river are cliffs, surrounded by dense mountains and forests, the more you go forward, the narrower the waterway, and the cliff is higher, there are fierce beasts on both sides of the river, there are many crocodiles swimming in the water, there are huge flying eagles circling in the air, and the river surface begins to spread thick fog, and the river surface is more and more unclear.

Wang Ying couldn't help but ask, "Father, didn't the Witch God Sect already perished when the Yue Kingdom destroyed the country, why does it still exist?" ”

Wang Dun didn't answer, his eyes motioned to Gong Quliang to explain, Gong Quliang said to the prince: "Shizi, this is the back hand left by the lord, when the Yue Kingdom was destroyed, the lord made a deal with the Witch Temple, leaving Duan Yanping, the youngest son of Duan Dezhao, Emperor Taixing of the Yue Kingdom, and handed it over to the high priest of the Witch Temple to raise, and there was a promise to the Witch Temple, that is, to retain the inheritance of the Witch Temple, and promised that in the future, when the opportunity is ripe, the Yue Kingdom will be restored in the land of Jiaozhou, Nanzhou, and Anzhou, but the Witch Temple will be used by the lord, and when it is inconvenient for the lord to come forwardto help the lord do something. ”

Wang Ying nodded slightly: "It turns out that my father's plan is so far-reaching,"

Gong Quliang continued: "Over the years, the Witch God Temple has really helped us a lot, stabilizing the remnants of the Yue Kingdom, and balancing the power of the mountain seedlings and wild seedlings, which allowed the lord to smoothly integrate the forces of Yuezhou and make the entire Yuezhou become the help of the lord, in addition, the Witch God Temple has also helped the queen to do a lot of things, and the disobedient concubines and princes in the palace are also helped by them." ”

Wang Ying asked, "Mr. Gong, what can You Xianda's head be used for?" ”

Gong Quliang: "Does the prince know the relationship between You Xianda and the high priest?" ”

Wang Ying shook his head

Gong Quliang explained: "The worldly name of the high priest is You Changzhi, and he is the first family of the Yue Kingdom, the in-laws of the Yue royal family and the Xiangguo family, it is You Xianda's own uncle and grandfather, as soon as he enters the Wu God Temple, he will cut off the ability to give birth, this You Xianda is the last descendant of the You family, so if we take You Xianda's head to the high priest, how can the high priest let go of the Xiao family?" ”

Wang Ying nodded: "I see!" ”

Wang Dunyi raised his hand: "They are coming, stop the boat." ”

The big ship slowly stopped in the heart of the river, only to see that there was suddenly a huge bamboo row in the fog slowly rowed over, and there was a man wearing gray linen clothes standing on the top of the bamboo row, standing barefoot, wearing a hat, the bamboo row was not supported, but there was no wind on its own, if you look closely, you will find that the entire bamboo row is actually pushed forward by hundreds of crocodiles, the scene is extremely weird.

The bamboo row stopped in front of the big ship, it was really like a fallen leaf in front of the giant beast, the person on the bamboo row took off the hat, it was a man about fifty years old but with a white face, and he saluted Wang Dun on the big ship: "Grandpa Guo, my bamboo row on the road ahead." ”

Wang Dun hugged his fists and saluted back: "White Protector, don't come unharmed?" ”

The white protector nodded and said, "Thanks to the blessing of the grandfather of the country, it is good, please wait for the prince." ”

The white protector suddenly roared: "Bah! Drink! Zi! Hoo! ”

On the surface of the mist-shrouded river, a huge black shadow suddenly emerged, and the shadow was not even the size of a giant ship.

"Whoosh! Sou! ”

Two sounds, from the bottom of the river suddenly deep two huge fleshy tentacles, tentacles on the side of the giant ship, crocodiles along the tentacles, climbed up, built a layer of stairs, but a moment of effort, in front of everyone's eyes, a strange staircase was built, extending directly from the bow to the bamboo row.

Wang Ying's face turned pale with such a scene, after all, this staircase was actually made of an unknown mysterious creature and a crocodile, which was a shocking scene he had never seen before.

Gong Quliang on the side obviously didn't see such a scene for the first time, so he explained to Wang Ying: "Shizi, this person is Bai Liang, the left protector of the Witch God Temple, who is good at resisting water beasts, he is an invincible existence in this water, these scenes do not need to be panicked, they are very reliable." ”

Seeing that the stairs had been completed, Wang Dun smiled and slowly walked down the stairs, stepping on the stairs ridden by hundreds of crocodiles to the top of the bamboo row.

Gong Quliang said to Wang Ying: "Shizi, you go first, Weichen will protect you behind, don't be afraid!" ”

Wang Ying stepped on the stairs of the crocodile with some caution, but it was very firm, not like the feeling of stepping on flesh and blood, but like stepping on the masonry stairs, and soon he and Gong Quliang came to the bamboo row.

Wang Dun introduced with a smile: "Bai Protector, Mr. Gong, you should be familiar with it, this is a dog." ”

Bai Liang smiled and nodded: "The son is well!" ”

Wang Ying looked up at this white and cool face and didn't think there was anything special, it was the appearance of a typical Miao person in the southwest region, but he still nodded politely in return: "I've seen the White Protector!" ”

Bai Liang turned around, the huge crocodile staircase slowly collapsed, the two huge tentacles returned to the water, and the huge underwater black shadow disappeared again.

"Grandpa Guo, let's go, the high priest is already waiting for you in the temple."

The bamboo rafts came back and forth, and soon disappeared into the mist of the river.

…

Towering giant trees one by one, supporting a huge palace on the top of the mountain that stretches for several miles, the palace is like being built in mid-air, surrounded by clouds and mist, the huge bucket is hidden in the sea of clouds, slowly drifting by, there are crane crying on the roof, accompanied by the sculpture of the beast, although it does not match, but it is actually unusually harmonious, one floor to the other, one hall after another, making people feel as if they are in the heavenly palace.

This area is a huge pot-shaped valley, the Nu River comes from between the mountains, converges into a transparent light blue lake at the bottom of the valley, there are many villages around the lake, all of them are wooden stilted buildings, dense, stretching for hundreds of miles, layers of circular terraces from the valley floor to the middle of the mountainside, countless people live here, fishing in the lake, drying fish by the lake, working in the terraced fields, weaving cloth in the village, here is like a small kingdom, there are hundreds of thousands of people living here.

The sun shone lazily on this paradise in mid-air, and the clouds rising behind the summit of the circular hill around it were like a screen, isolating it from the outside world.

When the bamboo row broke through the fog on the river and entered the tributaries of the river flowing into the valley, this scene was so surprising in front of everyone.

Wang Ying couldn't help but shout: "It's amazing here, there is really a paradise that Tao Qian said!" ”

Gong Shiliang on the side said with a smile: "Shizi, I was surprised when I saw it for the first time, there is such an extraordinary place in the world, it is really like a fairyland!" ”

Wang Dun glanced back at his son, and he knew very well in his heart: "It was not difficult for him to destroy Yue twenty years ago, but if he wanted to take the Witch God Temple, he couldn't do it at all, which was one of the reasons why he chose to cooperate with the Witch God Temple." ”

Bai Liang explained: "The Witch God Temple has jurisdiction over eighty-one villages, there are millions of people, this is the location of the eighteen villages under the high priest's command, we crossed this Luobi Lake, and there were people at the Baishuizhai dock in front of us. ”

Gong Shiliang carefully explained to Wang Ying: "The left and right protectors under the command of the high priest, the four venerables, the four heavenly concubines, and the eight heavenly kings each lead a village, a total of eighteen villages, and this Baishui Village is the village led by the White Protector, just by this Luobi Lake, there are 10,000 households and 50,000 villagers. ”

Wang Ying asked in a low voice, "Why does the Witch God Temple have secular territory?" ”

Gong Shiliang explained: "Shizi, this is the tradition of thousands of years in Yuedi, the witch temple and the king of Yuedi co-govern, interdependent, so each village has been inherited for a long time, some have a history of thousands of years, so the secular regime can be changed, the village in the mountain has not changed, although the lord is currently the lord of Yuezhou, this rule can only be recognized." ”

Wang Dun looked back and smiled, noncommittal, while Bai Liang was still expressionless!