The courtyard is forested, and the ancient trees are towering.

Behind a courtyard covering an area of more than 10,000 acres in Liangzhu City, a lone island is surrounded by a lake, and a stone tower with a height of 100 zhang slanted into the sky surrounded by green trees. The top floor of the stone tower is open in four walls, and several stone futons are displayed in the stone tower, and a small stone strip is placed in front of each futon.

A small stove in the middle of the stone tower is spewing red flames, and in the bronze kettle, a pot of cold spring water taken out of the 30,000 zhang cold spring underground is slowly emitting a faint white gas. The water quality of this cold spring collected from the depths of the underground of Liangzhu is extremely heavy and cold, but it is extremely sweet, and it is an excellent water quality to make tea. It's just that the cold water is too heavy, and it has been flexibly cooked in the furnace with the fire xìng spirit stone for half an hour, but it still can't boil the water.

Two maids in black dresses with clear eyebrows and strong aura knelt by the fire, carefully tending to the fire, checking the cold spring water in the kettle from time to time. There are several excellent tea bricks beside them, and the green tea bricks are exuding a curling fragrance, which makes people's hearts clear and fluttering.

Ji Ao was sitting cross-legged on a futon, and was drooping his eyelids in meditation. He put his hands in front of his knees, and the breath around his body was contained without exhaling, and he slowly inhaled and exhaled slowly, and a breath could last for a quarter of an hour. He had been sitting like this for a long, long time, so long that it seemed as if he had become a part of the stone tower, and had become one with the stone tower.

Beside him were three other middle-aged men who looked similar to him, with expressions that were more dull and sluggish than him. They also sat neatly on the futon, inhaling and exhaling deeply, just like the clay tire wood carvings, without the slightest vitality. Only occasionally they made eye contact, as if exchanging some opinions, and at the same time their attention was more focused on Ji Ao's body.

The three middle-aged men were wearing black brocade clothes, and there was a faint jade light on the robes. Their robes look inconspicuous, but in fact, they are all made of fine celestial silk, and the celestial silk is also mixed with extremely rare filaments drawn from nephrite jade by secret methods, such clothing materials have a defensive power that is not weaker than ordinary celestial weapons, plus these robes are made by Dayu's master craftsmen with secret methods, and they are densely covered with countless rune prohibitions, each robe is worth a huge amount of money, and has a strong defensive power.

In Dayu, the person who can wear this kind of robe must be the prince of the clan of Dayu. In comparison, Ji Ao's black sè burlap clothes, which remain unchanged all year round, are particularly coarse. But Ji Ao's momentum was several times greater than that of these three middle-aged men, even if he was sitting beside them in burlap clothes, he still seemed to be more than one level higher than them, and these three brocade-clothed men were like Ji Ao's entourage.

The four of them and two maids sat silently on the stone tower, and the wind on the lake brought the smell of flowers and plants. Liangzhu's aura is abundant, so the flowers and plants are very good, and all the flowers and plants have been wiped out by the priests of the Si Tian Temple, and I don't know how many monsters have been born in these flowers and plants. Rao is so, the aroma of flowers and plants here is still the same as the elixir, smell and clear the heart, there is a powerful effect that all the internal organs are thoroughly washed, and living here has the effect of prolonging life.

A long wind blew and circled around the stone tower, and suddenly there was one more person on the last empty futon in the stone tower.

Ji Ao and the other three men bent down at the same time and said in a deep voice, "Father!"

The two maids hurriedly knelt down on the ground, and shouted in a coquettish voice: "Lord!"

Yangshan King Ji Kui, that is, Ji Ao and the father of the other three men, snorted softly, and waved his palms slightly. The two maids straightened up obediently, and served the stove and kettle more and more carefully, not daring to make the slightest sound. Ji Ao and the three brothers also straightened up and looked at Ji Kui with their heads held high.

Ji Kui, who is nearly a foot tall, is slightly thin, and there is a layer of purple qi on his face, as if a veil covers his face, covering most of his thin and strict face, and it is difficult for anyone to see his face clearly through this layer of purple qi. In the Dayu court, the king of Yangshan, Ji Ao, is also known for being the most unpredictable, and few people can figure out what he is thinking and what he wants to do.

Sitting cross-legged on the futon, Ji Kui coughed lightly and said slowly: "Ji Ao did a good job this time, I really didn't expect that you could really slaughter the old demon Dao of the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance Lord." Hmph, when the five of us father and son mobilized a million-strong army and begged those seniors to set up an ambush for our father, it only hit him hard, I didn't expect you to really kill him!"

Ji Ao bowed slightly and said in a deep voice: "It's just a fluke, I just happened to meet Tan Lang's talent." ”

Before Ji Kui could speak, the King of Qingqiu on the side, that is, Ji Dai, the eldest brother of Ji Ao's relatives, said in a deep voice: "That Tan Lang's dual cultivation of physical methods is a rare talent. Especially since he has been rewarded by His Majesty, he will definitely get a lot of money by going to Yantian Hall this time. Father, the child's command is empty, since the jade master has been assigned by the father to help the third brother, why don't this Tan Lang transfer the child to serve?"

Ji Dai, who had thin lips and looked a little ruthless, looked at Ji Ao with a smile and said, "Third brother, you have been promoted to the king, and now you are the king of Yufeng, but you are much better than our brothers who are not successful, just one Tan Lang, you won't be reluctant?"

"Just one Tan Lang?" Ji Ao raised his eyebrows and sneered unceremoniously: "It's just one Tan Lang, does the eldest brother know how much effort Ji Ao spent in order to recruit Tan Lang? Do you know that now the Donghai Prefecture under Tan Lang's name, in addition to the territory rewarded by His Majesty, in fact, his original Donghai County already has the territory of several states? In order to get so much land from Zhongzhou controlled by Bo Zhongfu to reward Tan Langen to marry him, how much favor does Ji Ao owe Bo Zhongfu?"

Before Beqi was named the Marquis of Donghai Prefecture, Ji Ao, who was still the king of Yangqiu, helped him expand the territory of Donghai County several times in order to win over Beqi. However, in addition to Donghai County, which is a county under the jurisdiction of Haizhou, several other large states near him are all subordinate states under the rule of Zhongzhou. In order to get enough land from these states to give to Beggar, Ji Ao reached a lot of agreements with Bo Zhongfu before it happened.

In order to win over Beggar, Ji Ao spent a lot of effort and price. Now that Ji Dai wants to beg to leave, how can Ji Ao agree?

Snorting coldly, Ji Ao said lightly: "If the eldest brother feels that his command is empty, if you like it, you can go." But who dares to touch Tan Lang's idea, Hugh blames Ji Ao for not talking about brotherly friendship!"

Ji Kui, the king of Yangqiu, sat on the futon, as if he hadn't heard the dispute between his eldest son and his third son, he sat there like a stone statue, not reacting to Ji Ao and Ji Dai's words. It's just that when Ji Ao talked about Yu Lingsheng in an extremely disgusted tone, Ji Kui narrowed his eyes slightly, and there was a faint cold light flickering in his eyes, as if he had thought of something.

Ji Dai glanced at Ji Ao and sneered: "Oh, the third brother actually values Tan Lang so much? In case he has three longs and two shorts, aren't those things that the third brother gave him a waste?"

Ji Dai's words were full of naked threats, Ji Ao snorted coldly, and a cold aura suddenly released around him, he looked at Ji Dai and said: "If Tan Lang has any three long and two short, the nine great Luo god generals under the command of the eldest brother, there will definitely be three long and two short!"

Ji Dai, whose face suddenly turned iron-blue, glared at Ji Ao fiercely, and a sneer erupted from his nose.

On the side, Ji Ao's second brother Ji Yue, the king of Bianqiu, and the fourth brother, Ji Lan, the king of Qiuqiu, glanced at each other, and Ji Yue, who was born strong and burly, couldn't help but suspect that he had the blood of the Longbo country, and said in a deep voice: "Third brother, you have made great contributions now, and you have been crowned the king of Yufeng, second brother, I am still the king of Qiu, you will lend that Tan Lang to the second brother for a while, and I will ...... the second brother."

Ji Ao didn't wait for Ji Yue to finish speaking, so he simply rejected him: "Second brother, there is no need to say much about this matter, and it will hurt our brotherhood if I talk about it." ”

Ji Ao just rejected Ji Yue, and a pair of wings were born behind his back, showing that it was Ji Kui, the king of Yangshan, and the king of Yuqiu, who was born to a feather woman, blinked his eyes, and said to Ji Ao with a smile: "Third brother, the two elder brothers are all strong and strong, but the younger brother ...... me."

Ji Ao waved his hand neatly, and sneered at Ji Lan unceremoniously: "Fourth, you will die of this heart, do I have such a good friendship with you? Who took advantage of my leading the army to go out and forcibly seized the woman I fancied? Who slandered in front of my father, so that my father almost didn't order me to beat 10,000 military sticks? Lend Tan Lang to you? Are you worth my face?"

Ji Lan smiled slightly, but her face did not change a little.

In front of Ji Kui, the king of Yangshan, the four Ji Ao brothers vividly performed a good show of 'brother and love'. But Ji Kui didn't seem to hear what his four sons said, he coughed lightly, waved his hand, and suddenly Ji Ao and the four of them closed their mouths at the same time, obediently lowered their heads and stopped moving.

Ji Kui glanced at his four sons and said coldly: "Don't move the third child's idea, he can recruit Tan Lang, this is his luck." The Pangea Continent is so vast, and strange people and strange things emerge in endlessly, I don't know how many talents are hidden in the grass, why don't you find talents yourself?"

With a cold snort, Ji Kui said lightly: "On the side of King Baishan and his son, there have been a lot of small moves recently. Your brothers' internal strife, that's a trivial matter, but the two evil obstacles, the King of Baishan and the King of Zhangqiu, the battle between them and us, is a matter of life and death, you have to figure out the key to it!"

Glancing at Ji Ao, Ji Kui said in a deep voice: "Yu Lingsheng is not right with you, so let him assist the boss." You have made a contribution this time, Your Majesty has rewarded so many fiefs, do you lack the manpower to take care of it?"

Ji Ao leaned over and said in a deep voice: "There are many people who march to the army to fight under the command of the child, but there are very few people who deal with government affairs. ”

Ji Kui nodded slowly, he clapped his hands and said indifferently: "Then, let Feng Lingling help you! After all, he used to be a Zhongzhou pastor, and it is more than enough to help you take care of the fief." It's just that he has things on his back after all, don't let the people over there find out that he is!"

A breeze flowed, and the former Zhongzhou pastoral wind appeared silently in the stone tower.

The overjoyed Ji Ao laughed out loud, and the faces of Ji Dai, Ji Yue, and Ji Lan became extremely ugly.