It was almost dusk, the lamp was turned on in the study, and the cow who poured himself was already slightly drunk, holding the wine glass in his hand, and smiled contemptuously, what Pingxi King Yin Quan, what Wei Wang Tang Jiusheng, if you didn't rely on having a good father, you could have today's achievements?

In fact, it is true that there is proud capital all over the land. Although Qi Wangsong, the master of the Shendao Gate, as the gold master behind him, paved the way for his promotion and made a lot of efforts, it mainly depends on Niu Mandi's own efforts, at least the process of becoming a magistrate in the examination is completely based on his own ability. If you can't pass the Jinshi exam, you can't talk about anything after that, as for the relationship between him and Qi Wangsong, they are just using each other and acting as a traitor.

Niu picked up a braised prawn all over the ground, but suddenly put it down, and he remembered the secret report he received from his cousin Ye Tengjiao in the afternoon, and he couldn't help but feel a little depressed. The eight counties of Jiannan were originally in his hands full of cattle, starting from being the magistrate of Tieshan County, he has been in charge of Jiannan Province for more than ten years, and he is the well-deserved uncrowned king of Jiannan Province, and he can call for wind and rain in Jiannan Road. The reason why Yin Quan, the king of Pingxi, spared no effort to win him over, was precisely because he took a fancy to his huge power in Jiannan Road.

But I never expected that since this summer, Jiannan Road has begun to change dramatically. First, Tang Jiusheng, the son of the national teacher, ran to Huzhou County, won over Su Changlin, the county guard of Huzhou County, who was originally riding on the wall to watch, and asked Chonglai and others to train soldiers in Huzhou. Then this kid ran to Jiangzhou again, and took Jin Dazhong, the county guard of Jiangzhou, who had not obeyed the call, under his command, and also eradicated Qi Wangsong of the Divine Sword Gate.

You must know that Qi Wangsong is an important chess piece in Jiangzhou County, although the county guard Jin Dazhong is disobedient, but with Qi Wangsong sitting in Jiangzhou, plus Jiangzhou does not drive Li Ziming, it is enough to override Jin Dazhong. If necessary, Qi Wangsong can be asked to kill Jin Dazhong directly, and Li Ziming will act as the agent for Jiangzhou government and military affairs. Niu Mandi has always been proud of his methods of secretly Chen Cang, but he didn't expect it to be destroyed in Tang Jiusheng's hands.

What made Niu Mandi even more unexpected was that the little emperor, who had always been cowardly and incompetent and was ridiculed by the world, suddenly had a shocking move, regardless of the fierce opposition of the courtiers and kings, he crowned Tang Jiusheng as the king of Wei with lightning speed, and also made him the governor of Jiannan Province, officials and soldiers at all levels, and became an extremely embarrassing second in Jiannan overnight.

Anshu County became Tang Jiusheng's fief, Xuantong County became Du Ruo's fief, and when Tang Jiusheng went to Jiangzhou before, Jiangzhou County Shou had already taken refuge in the Tang family, and Huzhou County Shou also took refuge in the Tang family.

Niu Mandi has been working hard in Jiannan Road for more than ten years, and his status is almost equal to that of a great feudal king, but in the blink of an eye, more than half of Jiannan Road has changed hands, do you say that Niu Mandi is not boring? What's even worse is that now Tang Jiusheng has the idea of Jianzhou again, Jianzhou County and Luye City are the hardcore descendants of Niu Mandi, Tang Jiusheng, this kid even wants to move Jianzhou, and he doesn't let people live?

In the last years of Huizong's reign, Niu Mandi finally survived to the position of Jiannan's envoy, and at the beginning he really wanted to be a capable official, share worries for the court, and make a name for himself. But in the end, he saw that the vassal kings had a heart of disobedience, and Huizong only cared about women, and finally died on the belly of women. As the lord of the country, Huizong himself is not worried, but what worries do he have to share all over the land? The successor little emperor is even a eunuch

If you can't do it, what future does big business have?

So in the end, Niu Mandi watched for a long time, and had a new idea, anyway, he had the right to serve in Jiannan Province, could it be that those vassal kings thought about self-reliance all day long, and I couldn't do it all over the land? So Niu Mandi began to raise his own respect, and at the same time constantly reorganize his armaments and accumulate grain, just so that one day, when the world changes, he can split the land and seal the territory, even if he can't be the emperor of the Great Shang, he will also be the emperor of Jiannan.

What Pingxi King Yin Quan, if you don't rely on your father, you are an egg! You can become the emperor of the Great Shang, and I can overturn you all over the land! But Niu Mandi still chose to look at Yin Quan, after all, Jiannan is only one Tao, accounting for only one-twentieth of the territory of the Great Shang, and it is too difficult to start an incident with only one person. Niu Mandi urgently needed allies, and for this reason, he also secretly united with Yun Qingyang, the deputy envoy of the economic strategy who was far away in Liaodong.

Yun Qingyang, who has been the deputy envoy of Liaodong Economic Strategy for more than ten years, is also unwilling to live under the people for a long time, so he chose to join forces with Niu Mandi, took refuge in Yinquan, the king of Pingxi, and raised the dead, ready to move. The two privately agreed that once the world changed hands, they would join forces to overthrow Yin Quan and divide the world equally.

In the past three years, the county guards of Jiannan Province have suppressed bandits every day, but bandits have become more and more rampant. Niu Mandi has already hinted at his lineage and is not allowed to really suppress bandits. Because although those people on the mountain were bandits, nearly half of them secretly took refuge in the cattle all over the land. One day, when the cattle were all over the land, these people were transformed into his officers and soldiers.

However, Tang Jiusheng had only been in Jiannan Road for two months, and he had really exterminated a lot of cottages, some of which were originally cattle and horses, and turned around and went to take refuge with Tang Jiusheng. This is like slapping him in the face, Niu Mandi not only hurts in the flesh, but also hurts in the heart.

Niu Mandi held the white jade wine glass tightly in his hand, his big triangular eyes were full of viciousness and resentment, and he said to himself: "The surname Tang, since you are unkind, don't blame me for being unjust!" Niu Mandi suddenly laughed again, "My lord, if you accidentally die in the hands of those mountain bandits, there is no way to do it!"

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Tang Jiusheng, the fat man, and Xiahou Lingyu escorted Ma Yuanlu all the way to the west, and he was only a hundred miles away from Jianzhou City. Jianzhou County, located in the western border of Dashang, through the Jiannan Mountains, five hundred miles away is the Luoyi Kingdom, as one of the border towns, the defense work of Jianzhou is not heavy, fortunately, the Jiannan Mountains are dangerous, and the Luoyi Kingdom has no strength to invade the Great Shang, so the two countries have been safe for a hundred years.

But if there is nothing to do, it does not mean that there will be nothing to do forever, especially the Great Shang Kingdom is in an eventful season at this time, and Ye Tengjiao, the county guard who has always had different ambitions, does not dare to relax, and the 8,000 garrison troops in Jianzhou must be firmly in his hands.

Jianzhou County is mountainous, and some people once commented on this place in Jianzhou: the land is not ten miles flat, and the sky is sunny for three days. No, Tang Jiusheng and the three of them escorted the carriage and had already walked from the rugged mountain road to Lao Yeling. As long as you go ten miles further, you will go out of the mountain, and ten miles in front of you is a rare flat land, which can reach the city of Jianzhou with a flat horse. It is said that the mountain road has eighteen bends, and the mountain road here is not only eighteen bends, but also more than one hundred and eighty bends.

Hungry and thirsty all the way, the fat man on horseback had chapped lips, the fat man took off the water bladder hanging on the horse's back, tilted his neck and poured the last bit of water in the water bladder into his mouth, smacked his lips, and muttered dissatisfiedly: "Old Tang, the water is gone! You said that you are a dignified prince, and you bring your brother to this part."

, I don't even have the water to drink, is it a shame to pass it out?"

Tang Jiusheng laughed, took off his water bladder and threw it to the fat man, "What's so embarrassing about this? As soon as this Wang Fu took office, he made a secret visit, worked tirelessly to deal with the abuse of officials under his rule, and eliminated harm for the people, and spreading it out would only have great benefits to the reputation of this king! Fat brother, don't be discouraged by a little hardship, after finishing Ye Tengjiao, I invite you to drink flower wine in the Qinglou! I will give you ten Oiran and an extra top card, so as to ensure that you have no anger!"

The fat man took the water bladder and snorted a few times, "That's not all anger, isn't it all angry? Ten oiran and one top brand at a time, is the fat man still alive? It's all sucked up and dried up, what fire can there be!"

Xiahou Lingyu rolled her eyes at the two men beside her who wanted to visit the Qinglou, and said in a low voice: "Vulgar!"

The fat man sneered: "What do you know? If we don't patronize the Qinglou, those sisters and sisters who are like flowers and jade will starve to death! Thinking about those sisters and sisters in the Qinglou, I will feel pity for the fat man!" Xiahou Lingyu simply turned his face away, pretending not to hear, he really didn't bother to pay attention to the dead fat man.

The mountain road turned another corner, it turned out that he had already reached the mountain pass, and his eyes immediately opened up, but the fat man who opened the road in front suddenly took the horse and raised his right hand to signal Tang Jiusheng and the others to stop. In the open space in front of the mountain pass, a queue of hundreds of people has been lined up one after another, blocking the official road down the mountain.

These mountain bandits can also be regarded as well-equipped, with a row of shield soldiers in front, crossbow soldiers in the middle, spearmen and sword soldiers in the back, and a green flag embroidered with three golden characters "Lao Ye Zhai" on the flag, and a big man riding a tall horse, carrying a saber and holding a spear in his hand. These mountain bandits are neatly arrayed and silent, but they bring great psychological pressure to people.

I finally came out of the mountains, and finally saw a living person, but it was a group of mountain bandits. The fat man laughed strangely, "Damn, I've met a mountain bandit!" Damn, the fat man is worried about not eating or drinking, you actually sent it to the door, it's so good!" The fat man turned around on his horse, took off the sledgehammer hanging on the carriage, twisted his neck, and wanted to rush over and step on the bandits. In the eyes of the fat man, he can easily crush this group of wastes who are not a heavyweight with him.

Tang Jiusheng stopped the fat man's reckless behavior, "Fat man, don't be in a hurry to make a move! Don't you think this team is very strange? You have usually seen such a neat and well-equipped mountain bandit? This group of mountain bandits is obviously well-trained and cannot be underestimated!"

The fat man didn't think it and laughed and said, "Such a team, even if there are thousands of people, what is the fat man afraid of?" The fat man didn't listen to Tang Jiusheng's advice, clamped the horse's belly between his legs, and brandished a double hammer and rushed towards the mountain bandits blocking the way. At this time, the fat man was still two hundred paces away from those mountain bandits, but suddenly he saw the shield soldiers in the first row dodging to both sides in an orderly manner, and fifteen carts like wooden boxes were pushed out from the mountain bandits, and the cars were still covered with gray cloth.

Each car was also equipped with five minions, not only the fat man was puzzled, but even Tang Jiusheng and Xiahou Lingyu were a little confused, what was the use of these box cars covered with gray cloth? The fat man only hesitated a little on the horse, and still let the horse rush forward. The minions who pushed out the box car suddenly lifted the gray cloth, and it turned out that there was a bright crossbow machine on the car!

Tang Jiusheng was taken aback, he recognized that these crossbows were not ordinary crossbows, they were sunset crossbows specially designed for martial arts masters, Tang Jiusheng saw that the situation was not good, and he yelled, "Fatty, come back!"

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