Jiuyi had just sent troops to Yanzhou, and Yanzhou, which had always refused to pay tribute, immediately sent out a tribute convoy, and on the surface, the prince of Yanzhou claimed that it was not Yanzhou's intention to rebel, but that the tax officials had embezzled the tribute. It's a nice thing to say, but few people will believe it.

You said that the reason why you didn't pay tribute in the past was because the tax collector was corrupt, but why didn't you punish and kill the tax collector sooner or later, but only punished and killed the tax collector more than half a month after the tribute period, when Jiuyi sent troops to Yanzhou on the order of Daxia? Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the so-called corrupt tax official is just a scapegoat, sacrificing him alone to save millions of Yanzhou people.

Before the mighty Jiuyi 100,000 army, Yu Qingwu and Ji Chenggang each rode strange beasts in front, the latter glanced at the commander of the Eighth Army who was ten zhang away behind him, with an unhappy face, and then said in a low voice: "Ah Shu, although the ambition of the wolf son in Yanzhou is well known, but after all, they have already paid tribute at this time, and if we lead the army to Yanzhou again, is it a little inappropriate?"

The division must be famous, Yanzhou did not pay tribute before, and Daxia could justifiably send troops to attack, but at this time, Yanzhou had already paid tribute, and then sending troops to Yanzhou was provoking, from the original side of the reason to the unreasonable side. Not only that, but the eight armies behind him, with a total of 100,000 people, didn't want to go to Yanzhou in the first place, but when he heard that Yanzhou had already paid tribute, he was even more reluctant. Leading such a large group of soldiers who don't have the heart to fight at all, even if the number is doubled, is just a bunch of waste.

Yu Qingwu smiled, looked at the open world ahead without squinting, and said, "You are not wrong to think about it, but you missed one point." ”

"Oh?" Ji Chenggang raised his eyebrows.

"Do you think, if we let Yanzhou go like this, what will Yanzhou think, and what will the princes of the world think?" Yu Qingwu turned his head to look at Ji Chenggang, who frowned slightly, and said: "The so-called no rules are not a circle, if we don't put this matter to the end this time, those princes will think that Great Xia has no ambition and can provoke at will! Maybe next year, during the tribute period, there will be ten or even a hundred Yanzhous, and all of them will have to wait until Great Xia sends troops to pay tribute!"

Ji Chenggang nodded and said: "I also know this, but we now have no sufficient reason to attack Yanzhou, if we attack ourselves, whether we can win or not, when the time comes, it will definitely make people feel that Daxia is arrogant and unreasonable, and if we don't pay tribute, we will still attack, if we don't do it, we will make a rebellion!"

"Who said we were going to attack Yanzhou?" Yu Qingwu smiled, but said no more, which made Ji Chenggang confused, and he couldn't figure out what Yu Qingwu's idea was.

Yanzhou Duyi Haocheng is located in the southwest of Yanzhou, and it is also the first city in the southwest, in other words, whether it is from Jiuyi or Qingzhou, the first city after entering Yanzhou is Yanzhou Duyi Haocheng.

Yanzhou is not only developed in agriculture, but also in animal husbandry, so the name of Yanzhou's wealth is well known to the world. When Yu Qingwu led an army of 100,000 to 30 miles away from Haocheng, 11 days had passed since the day of departure.

Because it was getting late, and it was not far from Haocheng, Yu Qingwu ordered to camp on the spot and wait until tomorrow at the foot of Haocheng. This place is a plain, even a mortal can vaguely see the flags on the wall of the big city thirty miles away, and with Yu Qingwu's eyesight, he can see the crowds on the city wall, and he looks nervous.

At night, in front of the camp, Yu Qingwu crossed his arms and looked at the swaying firelight thirty miles away, sneering in his heart.

"I know what you're going to do!"

At this time, Ji Chenggang rushed out of the tent, came to Yu Qingwu and said, "I want to understand what your plans are!"

"I've heard it say before, you have a grudge against the prince of Shang in Kunlun Mountain, who is also studying art in Kunlun, and you are here this time for the sake of your son!" Ji Chenggang's face turned red and he was slightly excited. He has been pondering the purpose of Yu Qingwu's coming to Yanzhou for the past few days, and he has finally figured it out.

"Of course, you came here to find Zixu to take revenge, one is for yourself, and the other is for Daxia. You want to put the prince of Shang under house arrest as a proton to blackmail the Shang state, right?"

Yu Qingwu didn't speak, but just gave Ji Chenggang a teachable look.

Zixu is not a simple person, not to mention scheming, and extremely good at winning people's hearts, when he was in Kunlun Mountain, there were many disciples who were looking forward, if it weren't for his own affairs later, Zixu didn't dare to return to Kunlun, I am afraid that the contemporary disciples will be nine out of nine to be enveloped by him.

Later, he met Zixu again in the South China Sea, and ran to kill him on the spot, but he didn't want the water unicorn to protect him with his life, and it happened to be the outbreak of an undersea storm, which made him escape with his life. When he came to Yanzhou this time, he didn't believe that Zilu could escape.

......

When the belly of the fish on the horizon was white, the mighty army of 100,000 had already gathered in front of the city, and then in the midst of a group of people's dumbfounded, the closed city gate actually opened little by little, and then several officials walked out of it, led by a middle-aged man wearing a six-yu crown. Judging from his clothing, he should be the prime minister of the vassal states.

"Prime Minister Zhong Yu of the Shang Kingdom greets His Royal Highness King Fuyao!" When the person in the head and the person behind him came to Yu Qingwu, they bowed and saluted together.

"It turned out to be Lord Zhongyu, this king has already heard of it!" Yu Qingwu nodded with a smile, he had heard of this Zhongyu, and it was rumored that he had some talent and a high status in Yanzhou.

Zhong Yu smiled, turned sideways and made a gesture of invitation, and said, "The king has learned that His Royal Highness is here, and he has set up a banquet in the palace, and he also invites His Highness to appreciate his face!"

Facing the invitation of the Shang State to enter the urn, Yu Qingwu smiled, looked back at Ji Chenggang, and then turned over and went to the ground, and said while striding forward: "The king of Shang is invited, and this king should go to the appointment!"

Seeing Yu Qingwu follow Zhong Yu and the others into the city, after the city gate was closed, Ji Chenggang turned back to the commander of the Eighth Army and said: "Your Highness has an order, once he sends a signal in the city, the army will immediately break the city gate!"

Even if the commander of the Eighth Army was reluctant, everyone came, and he had to accept it.

Although Yanzhou is rich, the palace is not so magnificent, but rather a little simple. A feast has already been set up in the main hall of the palace, with hundreds of officials on both sides, and on the central high platform sits an old man who is close to ancient times, who is wearing a crown of nine yugons, and there is no doubt that he is the king of Shang.

"See His Royal Highness King Fuyao!" As soon as he saw Yu Qingwu enter the palace, the hundred officials immediately got up and saluted, and the King of Shang also got up and raised his finger to point to the empty seat on the left, and said, "Your Highness has come from afar, please take a seat!"

"Your Majesty, your Excellency is polite!" Being in a different place, Yu Qingwu did not have the slightest restraint, and naturally entered the empty seat on the left. After taking his seat, he turned against the guest, picked up the jade cup that had been filled with wine, and said to the prince of Shang, "Xiao Wang took the liberty to visit, and I hope that the king will not be surprised, it is really the emperor's order!" After speaking, he drank it all.

The king of Shang smiled lightly, and did not mention the matter of paying tribute, and said: "Your Highness doesn't know what the reason is for entering Yanzhou this time, and Gu must do his best to cooperate!"

Yu Qingwu put down the wine glass and said with a smile: "It's not a big deal, it's that His Majesty the Emperor wants to invite the princes of the world to the summer capital, no, for the safety of all the princes, His Majesty also sent Xiao Wang to go to Jiuyi to lead an army of 100,000 to protect each other all the way." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, the people present who were originally smiling turned pale. They originally thought that Yu Qingwu came to Yanzhou with great momentum this time to question the matter of paying tribute some time ago, and even if it was not good, there would be a big war between the two sides, who would think that they would not mention the matter of paying tribute, and Yu Qingwu would not mention the matter of paying tribute, but said that he would invite the princes of the world to enter the summer capital.

Under normal circumstances, only when the new emperor succeeds to the throne, all the princes of the world will converge in the summer capital, and there is no new emperor to succeed to the throne at this time, so the so-called 'reminiscence' hides other meanings. I'm afraid that this will be gone, and there will be more than one luck!

"This ......" The king of Shang hesitated, and was about to ask why he invited the princes to the summer capital at this time, but outside the palace, there was a person who walked in, his eyebrows were clear, and his smile was like a spring breeze, which was easy to make people feel intimate. Yu Qingwu's eyes froze, who is this person who is not Zizhu?

As soon as he saw 'Zi Xu', the Shang King immediately got up and said to Yu Qingwu: "Your Highness, Gu Lai has introduced you, this is Gu Zhi's young son Cheng Tang! Cheng Tang, this is His Royal Highness the Fuyao King, who is famous all over the world, don't you hurry up and salute!"

Cheng Tang smiled slightly, and when he came to Yu Qingwu, who was scorching, he bowed slightly, clasped his fists and saluted: "Cheng Tang has seen His Royal Highness, it is better to be famous than to see it, His Highness is really like a celestial!"

"Soup?"

Yu Qingwu played with the jade cup in his hand, looking up and down at the so-called young son of the king of Shang. This Cheng Tang and Zi Lu are not only extremely similar in appearance, but even their demeanor is like a person, coupled with the pure Taoist mana in his body, he naturally knows that the so-called Cheng Tang of Lu Dao is Zi Xu, as for what will change his identity, he also has a concept in his heart.

Seeing Yu Qingwu looking at himself with interest, Cheng Tang's face darkened, and he said in a low voice: "I've always heard my brother say that he and His Royal Highness used to study art together in Kunlun, so His Royal Highness must regard me as a brother, right?"

"What about Senior Brother Zilu, I haven't seen him for many years, why didn't he come to a gathering when the old man came to visit?" Yu Qingwu's lips tilted slightly.

Hearing Yu Qingwu's words, not only did Chengtang's face darken, but even the Shang King and all the ministers present flashed a trace of sadness in their eyes. Prime Minister Zhong Yu, who brought Yu Qingwu into Shicai, smiled bitterly and said, "Your Highness doesn't know that Gongzi suddenly contracted a vicious illness a year ago, but he has already ...... Already ......"

Yu Qingwu sneered in his heart, even if he wanted to get it with his toes, this must be the golden silkworm shelling technique that Zixu used to avoid his pursuit. He didn't break it down, he just looked at the sad Shang King and said: "The king is very old, and Yanzhou is far away from the city, according to Xiao Wang's opinion, it is better for the prince Tang to enter the summer capital on behalf of the king!" After a pause, he turned to the 'Chengtang' in front of him with trembling muscles on his face, and said, "What does the prince think?"