Chapter 15 The Essence of the Palace
On the 4th day of March 0573 in the Kaiyuan calendar, Lin'an Wuwangfu sent a high-profile news that made everyone stunned and shouted that the loser was defeated, and Wuwang Yuezhen will take 300 families of Wuwangfu and more than 300 slaves to go to Daxing Mountain to watch the double-proud chess showdown of the eight starling mountains in early March!
On the eighth day of the first month of March, Starling Mountain, the double pride chess showdown!
It is the biggest and most sensational event in the Kaiyuan Dynasty in the past ten years, and it is also the first non-military confrontation jointly held by the Kaiyuan Dynasty and the Beimang royal court for the first time.
The Kaiyuan Dynasty has a stunning Tianjiao, a famous pearl!
This Tianjiao is not the Qinglou Tianjiao of folk jokes, but the real Tianjiao, the pearl of the Martial Confucian Saintess!
The Pearl Saintess, not only born in the country, but also proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and has the reputation of the first chess player in Kaiyuan!
The Beimang royal court also has a stunning Tianjiao, Princess Mingloulan!
Princess Loulan is a real princess, she is the favorite granddaughter of Mrs. Xiao, the current helmsman of the Beimang Royal Court!
Princess Loulan, who was also born with a national color and fragrance, is also proficient in chess, and also has the title of the first chess saint in Beimang!
The duel between the two sides of the starling mountain is a chess duel held by the courts of the two countries for the pearl saintess and the princess of Loulan in the starling mountain, and the official language of the two courts is; In order to promote peace and friendly exchanges between the two countries, a chess competition was held in Daxingshan.
The people of Kaiyuan, who claim to be orthodox in Tianyuan, even if they are in poor and remote areas, there are many people who study chess skills, although Beimang is strong, but in the eyes of the people of Kaiyuan, they are still uncivilized barbarians, just northern barbarians, who want to compete with the martial saints and saints in chess, this is a big joke.
Although most of the Kaiyuan people thought that the outcome of this duel was no suspense, countless Kaiyuan people, especially those literati and scholars, still rushed to Daxing Mountain, wanting to witness this grand duel with their own eyes!
On the battlefield, our Kaiyuan may not be able to win your Beimang, but if you want to torture and kill your Beimang in chess, it is not easy.
In this case, it is not unusual for Yue Zhen to go to Daxing Mountain to watch the grand duel of Shuangjiao's chess skills.
What is strange is that others go, either alone, or call friends and form gangs, but I have heard that hundreds of people from the palace go to watch chess duels together.
It takes a lot of people to make such a loser's move!
This is the inner thoughts of ordinary people!
The high-level leaders of Kaiyuan who know some of the inside information, as well as well-informed people in the rivers and lakes, are also incredulous about Yue Zhen's move, the starling mountain is likely to be a big pit, and no matter how thick the Wuwang Mansion is, it can't withstand such a squander.
But no matter what others think, Yue Zhen still rode a high-headed horse, triumphantly led hundreds of Ding slaves, left the Lin'an Wu Palace, and rushed to Daxing Mountain.
Jiangdong Taishou Mansion, study secret room!
The elegant-looking article Taishou is personally pouring tea and entertaining a guest from afar.
The guest's black robe was crumbled, and his emaciated figure seemed to contain endless murderous energy, and this person's name was the Nine Shadows Master.
He is one of the most powerful masters under Cai Xiang, and he is also Cai Xiang's spokesperson in the rivers and lakes.
"Are you sure Yue Zhen is out of the city?" The Master of the Nine Shadows said in a hoarse voice;
"Sure!" The article says;
"In this way, Yue Zhen is really going to take the people of the Wuwang Mansion to the Great Starling Mountain to die." Nine Shades of Humanity;
"It should be true." The article says;
"What does it mean to be true?" Nine Shades was dissatisfied;
"From the moment he left the city, Yue Zhen had no way back, so he should really go to Daxing Mountain." The article explains; "But I don't understand a little, Starling Mountain is obviously a trap, and he has the confidence to step into it."
Jiuyou understands the meaning of the article, today's Wuwang Mansion is no longer the Wuwang Mansion of the Yue Wu era, with the current strength of the Wuwang Mansion, self-protection is a little insufficient, why do you dare to go to the starling mountain to take this trip to the troubled waters.
"What is the current strength of the Martial King Mansion?" Jiuyou couldn't help but ask the question he had always been most concerned about;
Since the old martial king Yue Wu died in the wind and rain pavilion, the masters under his command have died, scattered, and their strength is not as good as before, everyone knows this, how many masters are still in the Wuwang Mansion today, and how much combat power is left, everyone wants to know, but no one has figured it out.
The article smiled wryly; "I don't know!"
Jiuyou couldn't help but shout angrily, "I don't know? You have been in Jiangdong for more than ten years, and you haven't even figured out the real combat power of the Martial Prince's Mansion, what a waste! ”
The article's face sank, as a feudal official, he was in charge of a province, and he was the son of the first minister of the dynasty, how could anyone be so presumptuous in front of him, but the article did not dare to be angry because of this, after all, Jiuyou was a celebrity around Cai Xiang.
The article replied coldly; "From the Wuwang Mansion to the steward, down to the cooks and miscellaneous servants, all of them are veterans or their descendants of the Yue Family Army, and they never use an outsider.
Jiuyou relied on Cai Xiang's power, and he has always been arrogant and domineering, although the opposite is Cai Xiangyizi, the governor of Jiangdong Province, he didn't take it too seriously, and he couldn't help but be angry in his heart when he heard the article so lukewarmly.
After all, the article was sleek, and he knew that he couldn't offend Jiuyou too much, so after lightly scolding him, he coughed lightly and began to introduce;
"There are a total of 658 people in Dingkou in Wuwangfu, and according to the ancestral system of our dynasty, the prince can raise up to 300 private soldiers, and the private soldiers of Wuwangfu are naturally full, and they are all soldiers of the Yue family who have experienced a hundred battles back then, and they are the strongest combat power in Wuwangfu; The other three hundred and fifty-eight people are all slaves, there are nearly 100 blue-like men, and the others are either weak women, or old, weak, sick and disabled, these slave families are also veterans or descendants of the Yue family's army back then, and their combat power should not be underestimated! ”
"There are four housekeepers in the Wuwang Mansion, and the big housekeeper is named Wu Zhendong, who manages nearly a hundred green families; The second housekeeper is named Wu Zhenxi, who manages nearly 100 maidservants; The third housekeeper is named Wu Zhennan, and the manager is more than 100 old, weak, sick and disabled; In addition, there is a commander in charge of three hundred personal soldiers, named Wu Zhenbei. ”
"Wuwang's Mansion is so loud, and the four slaves are in charge, and they all dare to be called Zhendong Town, West Town, South Town, and North Town." Jiuyou snorted coldly; "Are they still the Martial Prince's Mansion back then?"
The article smiled indifferently, did not speak, and continued; "These four slaves are in charge, they are all small grandmasters at the peak of dark energy, in addition to them, the three hundred private soldiers of the Wuwang Mansion are divided into six squads, and the positive and negative captains of each team are also dark energy cultivators, among the other slave families, how many dark energy masters there are, I can't be sure, but I think there are more than ten dark energy veterans. Well, the real helmsman of the Wuwang Mansion has four second-class girls in spring, summer, autumn and winter, and they are also secretly cultivated. In addition, according to Inuzi's analysis, it is likely that the Wuwang Mansion also has a dark master squad that secretly cultivates more than ten people. ”
"This is all the combat power below the Grand Master of the Martial Prince's Mansion, although it is not comprehensive, it should be eight or nine and ten."
"As for the combat power of the Great Grandmaster."
The article Secluded Path;
"There are two people who can be determined, one is Yue Zhen's personal straw sandals, this person has repeatedly shot, but he can match the immortal ape sword Liu Chengfeng, he is undoubtedly the strongest in the transformation of strength, and the other person is the first-class big girl of the Wuwang Mansion Red Sleeves, although the red sleeves rarely make shots, but looking at his qi, he is also the great master of the transformation of strength. ."
Speaking of which, the article hesitated and continued;
"Because the Wuwang Mansion never accepts outsiders into the mansion, no one knows if it still has hidden combat power."
"In order to explore the background of the Wuwang Mansion, the dog did not hesitate to incarnate and befriend Yue Town, because he often went in and out of the Wuwang Mansion, the dog found that there was a secret courtyard in the Wuwang Mansion, which often exuded amazing sword energy, so the dog suspected that the Wuwang Mansion also hid a great master of chemical strength who was proficient in swordsmanship. ."
The article said this news with three intentions;
First, he showed that he had not worked in vain over the years, at least he had found out some details of the Wuwang Mansion;
the second is to wash the floor for his son, showing that his son is not a gentleman as rumored in the market;
The third is to show merit for his son, of course, not to show merit to Jiuyou, but through Jiuyou, he turned to Cai Xiang to express his merit.
Jiuyou nodded in satisfaction; "At that time, there were many masters of swordsmanship under the command of King Wu, if there was no such a hidden master of swordsmanship in the Martial Palace, it would be abnormal... Well! Very good.. Ling Lang is young and promising, for the sake of Xiangye's plan, he did not hesitate to tarnish his reputation, undercover the enemy's mansion, and found out such important information, I will personally ask Xiangye for Ling Lang! ”
Jiuyou is old and sophisticated, and instantly understands the meaning of the article in seconds, and immediately expresses his attitude generously!
Although Jiuyou relies on Cai Xiang's power and is arrogant, he is not stupid.
He knows very well that in order to complete the task assigned by the minister, he must use the power of the snake in the article, and the previous casual sentence of "waste" has caused the unhappiness of the article, although he is not afraid of offending the article, but he can make up for the relationship between the two sides, why not do it.
After all, contributing to Wenhua is just a trivial matter for him.
The two old foxes said a few simple words, and immediately resolved the little pimple that had just appeared in the hearts of both parties, and the article smiled with satisfaction, and after thanking Jiuyou, he continued to speak;
"In other words, the Martial King's Mansion should have three Great Masters of Transformation Strength, which is an extremely strong combat force!
The martial artists of the Kaiyuan Dynasty are like clouds, but there are very few who can become the great masters of Huajin, in the rivers and lakes, whether it is a sect or a wealthy family, as long as there is a great master of Huajin, it is a well-deserved first-class sect or first-class family.
The Martial King Mansion, the Martial King Mansion, which has been down for more than ten years, still has three great masters of Huajin, and of course there is no doubt about the strength.
Jiuyou frowned faintly, the three Great Masters of Transformation were of course extremely strong for ordinary wealthy families, but compared to the Martial King Mansion that was powerful in the past, it seemed to be declining too quickly!
Seeing that Jiuyou frowned and was silent, the article suddenly understood what Jiuyou was thinking, thought about it and asked;
"Venerable Master, do you think that the Martial Prince's Mansion should not only have such strength?"
Jiuyou nodded and said with a long sigh; "The Martial King Mansion back then was so indispensable, I don't need to say much about his majesty, you should also know very well that the three Great Masters of Transformation are indeed very strong for ordinary forces, but I always feel that the Martial King Mansion should not fall so quickly."
The article was silent, and in his heart he actually didn't agree with Jiuyou's opinion.
The Wuwang Mansion back then was indeed so powerful that no one could match it, but that was back then.
At that time, the great masters of Huajin under the command of King Wu died and scattered, and with their dissipation, the loneliness of King Wu's Mansion was an undoubted fact.
The cultivation of the Great Grandmaster of Huajin is by no means a simple accumulation of resources, the article is also a great master of Huajin, and he deeply understands the rarity of the Great Grandmaster of Huajin, and the down-and-out Wuwang Mansion can cultivate three Great Masters of Huajin in just ten years, which is already a terrifying rare foundation.
The article thought about it and said slowly;
"At that time, King Yue Wu had four major guards, twelve generals, a total of sixteen great masters of chemical strength, and King Yue Wu relied on these sixteen great masters of chemical strength to fight in the south and north, sweeping the world, but killing a thousand enemies and losing eight hundred."
"In the Northern Rejection of Beimang War, the battle between King Yue Wu and the Beimang Royal Court was vigorous, and there were not thousands, but hundreds, but only four of them could really be called earth-shattering battles."
"The first battle, the Battle of Xiangyang, King Yue Wu, who was still a fledgling on the battlefield of Beimang, fought against the 500,000 army of Beimang with 100,000 Yuejia troops, and everyone thought that King Yuewu would never be able to hold Xiangyang City with an army of 100,000, but no one thought that King Yue Wu not only held Xiangyang City, but also divided two strange soldiers under the condition of serious lack of his own troops, all the way to attack the hinterland of Beimang, all the way to burn the granary of Beimang, and thus defeated Beimang and won a great victory in Xiangyang!"
"Although Xiangyang has won a great victory, King Yue Wu also suffered heavy casualties, not to mention ordinary soldiers, just talking about the master of Huajin, King Yue Wu in this battle, he lost his henchman Deng Jiugong, the great master of Huajin. ."
"In the second battle, the Meridian Valley conspiracy, King Yue Wu made a surprise army to go to the Meridian Valley, entered the hinterland of Beimang, and forced Beimang to retreat thousands of miles, this battle changed the offensive and defensive pattern of the two countries, and won me Kaiyuan a chance to recuperate for decades. ."
Speaking of which, even the old enemy of King Wu, who is invisible, has a faint trace of respect for King Wu Yue in his words.
"But in this battle, King Yue Wu also suffered heavy losses, the silk wrappers among the four major guards, the twelve generals of Vo Danshu, Li Chaoran, and the three great masters of Huajin died tragically in Meridian Valley. . . ."
"In the third battle, the Battle of Tubao, King Yue Wu was also defeated by Beimang, but he also lost the Heavenly Remnant Foot among the four major guards."
"The fourth battle, the battle of Yanmen Pass, this is the most tragic battle after the defeat of Emperor Jing Yanmen Pass, the king of Yue Wu at that time, has been recalled to Luoyang by thirteen gold medals, this battle of 300,000 Yuejia army, almost all the army was wiped out, and the great master of Huajin directly lost Zhong Bieli, Tieguan Daoren, Liu Qianbian, pot-bellied monk, Wu Tiangang five people."