Chapter 125: The Flood of Public Opinion, Sacrificing the Divine Altar?
But it is said that Jiang Ziya drove the four dislikes all the way to Xiqi, and its speed is really galloping is not enough to describe, these four are not like, its horns are like a deer, its face is like a horse, its hooves are like a cow, and its tail is like a donkey, but the overall look is like a deer and not a deer, like a horse and not a horse, like a cow and not a cow, like a donkey and not a donkey, so it has won the reputation of the four dislikes.
These four are not like them, but they are also desolate aliens, and their strength is not very strong, but they are victorious because of their extremely gentle temper, and they are accompanied by a calming auspicious atmosphere, which makes people feel comfortable and quiet, otherwise with the surname of Yuan Shi Tianzun, who hates scales, armor and feathers, he will definitely not accept this strange beast as a mount.
After a while, Jiang Ziya was ambushed by the four dislikes, and soon came to Xiqi City, several times faster than his own control of the light, after sighing, Jiang Ziya put the four dislikes in the backyard of his mansion, and did not order anyone to take care of it, so he let it move freely.
The four are not like staying in Kunlun Mountain for thousands of years, and I don't know how much more time Jiang Ziya's cultivation time is, and they are already psychic things, with the edict of Yuan Shi Tianzun, the four are sure to cooperate with Jiang Ziya and will not leave at will.
After that, Jiang Ziya couldn't take a break, and immediately rushed to the Qijian Palace, and let people convey the Xiqi generals and ministers, and the promotion of the palace was discussed, and soon the civil and military officials who received the notice rushed to the Qijian Palace.
"Doctor, the old man has been gone for more than half a month, I don't know what big things can happen?" Jiang Ziya asked lightly while touching his snow-white beard.
When San Yisheng heard this, he bowed down and replied: "Prime Minister, everything is fine in the city, even the Su Hu army has been calm and abnormal, and has not come to call for battle or siege the city, but Xiqi's business road to other places has been blocked, so Xiqi has not received any news from the outside world for a long time, and is almost isolated!"
After a pause, San Yisheng frowned even more, let out a long sigh, and said distressedly: "Alas, Prime Minister, what is even more difficult is that all the food and salary in the city are already seriously insufficient, I am afraid that after seven days, our army will have no food and salary available!"
Hearing this, before Jiang Ziya could reply, Ji Fa said out loud: "Doctor, it's really not good, so you can only collect food from the people in the city, otherwise the army will be hungry, how can you have the energy to protect Xiqi?"
"Hehe, this move is inappropriate, if it is really done like this, it will definitely cause panic among the people in the city, but it will be even more unfavorable to Xiqi!" Jiang Ziya said slowly, "And the old man has returned to the mountain gate this time, and he has found a solution to this dilemma, so you don't need to worry!"
"Really?" San Yisheng said happily, more than half a month after Jiang Ziya left, San Yisheng has not been stable, and has been racking his brains to think about how to prepare for the salary, and at the same time, it is also to subdivide the limited food, not to waste too much, and to save a little bit.
Jiang Ziya smiled and nodded, seeing this, everyone in the hall was overjoyed, and they all breathed a sigh of relief, and a thousand catties of boulder were moved down from their hearts, and suddenly the atmosphere in the seven halls was much more relaxed, and it was no longer so dignified.
"But I don't know when the high-ranking people in the Prime Minister's Sect will come to help Xiqi?" San Yisheng asked again.
"Doctor, don't worry, it should be soon!"
As soon as Jiang Ziya's voice fell, someone outside the hall came to report that two people outside had come to visit Jiang Ziya.
Soon after, he approached two Tongtong-looking Taoists from outside the hall, both dressed in Taoist robes and tied in Taoist buns, and when they saw Jiang Ziya, they all bowed down and saluted and shouted: "Disciples Han Poison Dragon and Xue Evil Tiger meet Uncle Jiang!"
"But the two senior disciples under the sect of Senior Brother Dao of the Jade House Cave in Jinting Mountain?"
"Uncle Shi praised it falsely, and the two disciples were ordered by the teacher to go down the mountain to help Uncle Shi, and then they listened to Uncle Hou's instructions in Xiqi!" Han Poison Dragon, who was holding a small white bucket, said slowly.
When Jiang Ziya heard this, he said happily: "Thank you for the help of the two, in this way, the matter of transporting grain in the city will be handed over to the two of you, the so-called soldiers and horses have not moved the grain and grass first, this grain and salary is the most important matter related to the safety of the three armies, and you can't be careless!"
After hearing this, Han Poison Long smiled confidently, shook the small bucket in his hand, and said, "Uncle Shi, don't worry, with this treasure, the matter of transporting grain is just a trivial matter!"
After that, Han Poison Dragon went to the Xiqi granary, and soon poured the grain contained in the bucket into the granary, and soon the Xiqi granary was filled with grain, almost overflowing, seeing this, Xiqi all cheered, and the lack of food was finally completely solved.
When the city of Xiqi cheered, Shen Gong Leopard, who had been out for a long time, also returned to the Su Hu camp, as soon as he entered the camp, Su Hu and the others looked at the one-legged monster behind Shen Gong Leopard in amazement, quite dumbfounded, with a trace of horror in their eyes.
Seeing this, Shen Gongbao smiled faintly and said, "You don't need to be afraid, although this thing looks very weird, it will definitely not hurt you, right?"
Seeing Shen Gongbao turning his head and smiling at him, the one-legged monster couldn't help but tremble, Shen Gongbao's seemingly gentle smile, he had a deep understanding before, it was definitely a demon's smile.
I secretly thought that not long ago he was still living freely in the North Sea, throwing stones and stirring up waves, so he was not happy, but this demon suddenly fell from the sky, saying that he was surprised to see his bones, and his body was accompanied by the air of great wealth and nobility, and he said that he was going to wait for himself to go and make a contribution.
He naturally scoffed at this, although he was not a powerful person, but in the end he was also a strange thing in the world that opened his wisdom, how could he see the wealth and glory of the world, so he immediately refused, and after that, it was a miserable life.
This damn demon Taoist priest always had a faint smile on his face, holding a silver ruler in his hand, and asked himself with a smile: "Do you agree?"
Of course he didn't agree, and then he was greeted by a ruler, and the blow on his body was really painful, and then he fought back many times, but he couldn't help Shen Gongbao.
For several days in a row, the demon Taoist priest smiled at himself, so that he could not escape, as long as he refused, he was greeted with a ruler, that life was really a life of not death, miserable, and finally, he finally succumbed to the silver power of this demon Taoist.
Thinking of this, his body trembled even more, and he kept cursing Shen Gongbao in his heart, and he gritted his teeth with hatred.
"Hehe, Xiaolong, it seems that you have some resistance in your heart?" Shen Gong Leopard smiled evilly, the one-legged monster in front of him was the dragon bearded tiger in the North Sea, Shen Gong Leopard thought of it by chance, and it took a while to find it, and I was lucky to see this guy throwing a basin-sized stone on the beach, and he had a lot of fun.
"No, no, master!" Seeing the strange look in Shen Gongbao's eyes, Long Xuhu immediately cried, "It's really not!"
"Hehe, there's no best!" After that, he patted Long Xuhu on the shoulder and said, "Xiaolong, don't worry, I believe you will like this kind of life, and you will be glad that you have made your choice! What's so fun about throwing stones and smashing waves on the beach alone, and only when you perform in a crowded place can someone appreciate it!"
"Uh-huh!" replied the dragon bearded tiger stiffly, not daring to say more.
In this regard, Shen Gongbao just smiled, and then entered the camp with Su Hu, and after saluting each other and taking a seat, Shen Gongbao asked: "Su Hou, what has happened recently?"
Su Hu smiled when he heard this, touched his beard and said, "Even if there is a big thing, it is the national teacher's doing, haha!"
Shen Gongbao raised his eyebrows, took a cursory look, and couldn't help grinning, although this "Dashang Times" is not as perfect as the newspapers of later generations due to various conditions and restrictions, etc., but it can convey information, looking at the almost demonized Xiqi on the military section, Shen Gongbao is even more happy.
After a while, Shen Gongbao put down the "Dashang Times" in his hand, and said: "Now Xiqi's trade route to other places is still blocked by Suhou?"
Su Hu nodded and said, "Yes, as long as Xiqi doesn't have enough food, hmph! Hundreds of thousands of people exist, even if Jiang Ziya has the ability to reach the sky, I'm afraid there is nothing to be done, and then Xiqi will be broken without attacking!"
"Hehe, Jiang Ziya is from the Kunlun Mountain Yuxu Palace Yuan Shi Tianzun Sect, if he encounters difficulties, he will definitely ask for help from the master, and the poor Dao already knows that Jiang Ziya has someone from the master to come to help him, the lack of food in Xiqi City has been solved, but this method can't let Xiqi be trapped!"
"Oh?" Su Hu raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and said, "So, then I don't know what the national teacher thinks?"
After hearing this, Shen Gongbao suddenly smiled, touched the goat's beard and said with a smile: "Since the lack of food has been solved by Jiang Ziya, then we don't need to block the trade route, it is better to let go of the trade route and let the vendor pawns walk, by the way, open the gate and release the water, hehehehehe"
"Open the gate and release the water?" Su Hu muttered, and then followed Shen Gongbao's gaze to look at the three copies of "Dashang Times", and suddenly Su Hu also understood what he meant, and muttered again: "It's good to open the gate and release the water, and see how Jiang Ziya deals with it this time!"
"Hey, brother, do you know? Now you can go to Xiqi City, quick, grab the goods and go together!"
"Really?"
"Of course, Li San in the city has already returned from Xiqi City, and after staying at home for a long time, he rushed to Xiqi with a bunch of goods non-stop!"
"Li San, didn't he go to Xiqi to do business before, and then he was trapped in Xiqi?"
"That's right, according to him, now that Jizhou Housu Hu has lifted the blockade of the trade route, people who are merchants can already travel between the two places!"
"This Li San was trapped for a long time before going home, why did he go to Xiqi again in a hurry?"
"What do you know! Now there is a shortage of all kinds of things in Xiqi City, and you can take the opportunity to make a big profit when you go to Xiqi at this time!"
"Wow, why didn't I expect that Xiqi City has been trapped for more than half a month, and there must be a lot of things missing, let's go, I'll go too!"
"Hehe, for the sake of the two of us who have been friends for so many years, remember to buy more "Dashang Times", this thing is not available in Xiqi, and it will definitely be able to compare!"
"Sure enough, good brother, I'll invite you to Xianghualou when you come back, hehe!"
After saying that, the two of them let out a laugh that all men understood, and then they hurried to Xiqi City with their respective goods, and such scenes continued to occur in several towns close to Xiqi City.
At the same time, in Xiqi City, a big merchant and merchant sighed to a Xiqi resident who was shopping with sympathy on his face: "Alas, friends, buy more, you live in this demonic Xiqi City, these necessary things should be prepared more, I don't know when this business road will be sealed again, the Taishi will not let this Xiqi demon enter the big business and hurt the people of the big business!"
"What are you talking about? what demon?" asked the resident of Naxiki, with a confused look on his face.
"Alas, the devil is not shallow in harming people, I see that you must have been deceived by the devil, come, for the sake of the goods you have bought, these copies of the "Dashang Times" will be given to you!" the merchant sighed with regret, and then handed over several copies of the "Dashang Times" to this person.
The people of Xiqi still took the "Dashang Times" that they had never heard of with puzzled faces, and then left with the purchased goods in a daze.
On the other side, not far from a small alley, a vendor was also setting up a stall to sell all kinds of goods, but the Xiqi resident who was talking to him was obviously familiar with him, and he saw the vendor shouting in a low voice: "I said Brother Wang, hurry up and pack up your things and go with me to live in Chuanyunguan, this Xiqi is a place where demons live, and you can't live for a long time, so when I sell these things, come with me and take my daughter!"
"Brother, where did this Xiqi demon come from?"
"Oh, Brother Wang, if there is no demon, then Ji Chang will die for no reason? No demon Taishi will let Jizhou Hou send an army to block the passage of Xiqi to other places, don't say anything, hurry up and pack up your things and leave, if it's late, maybe this business road will be blocked again, and then you will regret it too late, I won't come to Xiqi again after this deal is done, it's too dangerous!"
Listening to what this brother who had known each other for many years said, the truth and falsehood made this Brother Wang also confused, and then he saw the vendor take out the "Dashang Times" he carried with him and said: "Brother Wang, look at this!"
After Brother Wang looked at it for a while, the vendor said again: "Brother Wang, anyway, you are living in Xiqi very poorly now, why don't you take your daughter to Chuanyun Pass to take care of that shop with me, whether this demon is true or not, so it's always safe, you don't think about yourself, but you have to think about my niece, right?"
After hearing this, Brother Wang's face hesitated for a long time, and then he gritted his teeth and said: "Okay, no matter what, it's always good to leave Xiqi as a place of right and wrong!
"Well, yes, and, Brother Wang, you can simply pack up and bring a few clothes, so as not to be stopped by the guards, as for the rest, I have it, if you hadn't saved my life, I would have died a long time ago, and you wouldn't have had anything to do with me!"
"Thank you!" Brother Wang didn't say much, and after hugging his fists, he went home to pack his things, and soon he took his daughter to make peace with the merchants, and left Xiqi City as a merchant.
Xiqi, in the seven halls, Jiang Ziya and others gathered together, their faces were gloomy, and a solemn atmosphere shrouded in the seven halls, without a sound, everyone was pondering the situation in Xiqi now, without exception, everyone was holding a few copies of the "Dashang Times" in their hands.
"Alas, the people in the city are panicking now, how good is this!" San Yisheng felt that his hair was much whiter, and wrinkles were crawling all over his forehead.
"Seal the city, or attack Chaoge directly, otherwise if you continue to be so passive, Xiqi may be directly disintegrated by Chaoge silently!" Ji Fa said gloomily with a gloomy face, and his eyes were glowing with cold light.
Bo Yi Kao frowned when he heard this, and was silent for a while, before he said: "If the city is closed, I am afraid that the people's will will be even more lost, and then the people's will will no longer be there, how can we stabilize the country? If it is directly against the song of the court, then wouldn't my Xiqi be even more convinced of Yin Shang's ridiculous remarks?"
"Hmph!" Ji Fa snorted coldly and said: "Brother Wang said this before, I may be able to agree with it, and think of another strategy, but now, our army's northern expedition to Chonghou Hu, although it was killed, but it did not capture Chongcheng and rescue the people of Chongcheng, but in the end, Chongying Biao's so-called 'benevolent government' came down and saved most of the people's hearts. Now Chaoge has used all kinds of means endlessly, sealing the city, attacking the city, and this big business Times, thinking that there will be all kinds of insidious means in the future, Chaoge and my Xiqi have become fire and water, and there is absolutely no possibility of reconciliation, in this case, even if we refute the rumors and justify, it is not as fast as Chaoge pouring dirty water, after all, my Xiqi is far inferior to Chaoge in terms of manpower and material resources, so, instead of being silently exterminated and disintegrated by Chaoge, it is better to resist a blow and overthrow Chaoge, so that everything may be saved. As for the people's hearts, other places don't dare to say more, but most of the people in Xiqi City will definitely support us, and it's good that the people's hearts in other places can be obtained, and it doesn't matter if they can't get it, as long as we overthrow the song of the court, and then become the king and lose the king, how to explain history is not yet up to us!"
Ji Fa's remarks are really domineering, showing a strong courage, when the crisis is coming, Ji Fa's decisive surname immediately plays a role, the strong man broke his wrist, can decisively put aside the good reputation of Xiqi before, abandon it, see the essence of the matter, become a king or defeat the Kou, the direction of the people's speech is easy to guide, as long as Xiqi will overthrow the song, all the historical righteousness and annihilation of evil is not told by the victor.
The silent Qinglian Daoist looked at Ji Fa with a solemn expression in the field, and couldn't help but sigh secretly that he was worthy of being the emperor of heaven, decisive and domineering, and had a great responsibility, if it weren't for the different camps, the deity must obstruct Xiqi, and it would be very easy for Ji Fa to lead Xiqi to overthrow Yin Shang.
After hearing Ji Fa's remarks, Bo Yi Kao also fell silent, Bo Yi Kao is not a fool, how can he not understand the current situation in Xiqi, but his indecisive surname is caused by his indecisive surname, and for a while, he can't bear that Ji Chang's good reputation accumulated throughout his life has come to naught.
After everyone was silent for a long time, Jiang Ziya looked certain, and said in a deep voice: "As the second prince said, now the situation of Xiqi can only be like this, this time the old man returned to the mountain gate, and also got a treasure from the teacher, after the construction should be able to greatly increase the confidence of the people in Xiqi, and settle their floating hearts, they will not be bewitched by Yin Shang, as for the place outside Xiqi, the old man does not dare to guarantee it!"
"Prime Minister, this effect is enough, what kind of treasure is it, please tell the Prime Minister!" San Yisheng said happily, now that the hearts of the people of Xiqi are fluctuating, it is enough to calm down the hearts of the people of Xiqi, which is enough to make San Yisheng feel a lot less worried.
Only when the rear of Xiqi is stable, it is possible to overthrow the rule of Chaoge!
Jiang Ziya listened, touched his pale beard, and after glancing at everyone, he said slowly: "This thing is called Fengshentai!"
"Fengshentai?" Qinglian Dao people's hearts moved, and then their expressions remained unchanged, and they continued to cultivate indifferently, and at the same time, Shen Gongbao in the Su Hu camp also sensed the thoughts of Qinglian Dao people and knew what was happening in the Seven Palaces.
"Hehe, it's really going to build a god platform and hang the god list!" Shen Gongbao muttered to himself, "In this battle of public opinion, Yin Shang is victorious, and the adverse effects caused by Shang Hu Ximei and others before have been basically eliminated, and the people's hearts are stable, and the next thing is a real battle with Xiqi!"
After that, Shen Gongbao got up and came to Su Hu's tent, and after saluting, he smiled and said, "Su Hou, you can order those secret spies who pretend to be traders to withdraw from Xiqi City!"
"Oh?" Su Hu raised his eyebrows and asked suspiciously, "Has Xiqi changed?"
Seeing that Shen Gongbao nodded, Su Hu immediately stopped hesitating, and a secret letter came out, and soon after, those merchants in Xiqi City suddenly decreased by one-third, and all of them disappeared quietly, but all of this was carried out extremely secretly, Jiang Ziya and the others were preparing to build the Fengshen Platform, but they did not find this strange thing.
Although Shen Gongbao already knew that the increasingly fierce public opinion in Dashang would definitely flock to Xiqi after Su Hu unsealed the trade road, Shen Gongbao was still very uneasy, or wanted to achieve the best effect, so he asked Wen Zhong to order some secret agents to disguise themselves as vendors, take the Dashang Times, and take the initiative to fan the flames in Xiqi City, guiding this flood to Xiqi City.
Sure enough, not long after those spies withdrew from Xiqi City, Xiqi automatically closed the city, prohibiting outsiders from entering the city, and those traders were sent out safely by Qi Qi, and all the goods in their hands were bought by Jiang Ziya, but they made a lot of money, and they didn't have too many complaints about this closure.
However, these people were keenly aware that maybe the war in Xiqi was about to start again, so they left Xiqi one after another and returned to their respective homes, and they did not dare to come to Xiqi to do business again in a short time.
"Fengshen Tai, I don't know if it can be destroyed?" Shen Gongbao stood on a high mountain not far from Su Hu's camp and looked at Xiqi City, as if he could see that the Fengshen Platform was being built there.
"The Divine Sealing Platform is a necessary thing for the Sealing of the Gods, and the Explanation of the Sect should not be without a little protection, right?" Shen Gongbao was very hesitant in his heart, not knowing if he should go and ask a few sectarians to destroy this Divine Altar.
"Huh?" Shen Gongbao's brows moved slightly, and he had just sensed the information sent back by the Qinglian Daoist with that little mysterious connection, and after pondering for a while, he muttered to himself: "After the Fengshen Platform is built, you want to worship the heavens?"
Secretly recalling the records of later generations, Shen Gongbao immediately snorted coldly, and then returned to the Su Hu camp, and a messenger came, and after handing over a letterhead, the messenger immediately received the order and left the Su Hu camp.
(To be continued)