Domineering

Chapter 215 Unreliable (please subscribe)
When Chu Xisheng made a move in Xunyang and rescued Zuo's father and son.

County lieutenant Shen Zhou had already learned that Chu Xisheng had left Xiushui County.

At this time, Shen Zhou was watering the flowers in the garden. After hearing the news, his pupils suddenly brightened: "Leaving? How long will he be away?"

"Chu Xisheng and Zuo Qingyun have a deep friendship, and this trip is likely to escort Zuo's father and son to Beijing."

The chief steward of the Shen family pondered and said: "From Xiushui to the capital, it takes two months to go back and forth by water?"

If Wuxiu travels alone, taking the galloping road built by the imperial court all the way, and galloping fast, then he can go back and forth in about 20 days.

The problem is that the Zuo family still has so many family members, especially Zuo Qingyun's mother.

Early spring is not a season with favorable winds, and sailing against the current at this time will inevitably slow down the speed of the boat.

The butler sneered again: "This Zhuzi is very righteous, but this time he has deeply offended the Shaoqing of the Dali Temple. There is no need for me to do anything in the future, the Lord Shaoqing can put him down Death."

Shen Zhou thought that this might not be the case.

Recently, Chu Xisheng spared no expense in order to subdue those hunters in the Western Mountains, using both hard and soft tactics.

This move is obviously intended to blackmail the local government with the thousands of bows and knives in Xishan.

Shen Zhou also had to admit that this method is simple and effective.

Recently, when the Lord Magistrate talked about Xishantang and Chu Xisheng of the Iron Banner Gang, he became a little more scrupulous.

The Shaoqing of Dali Temple is indeed high and powerful, but he is far away in the capital, so he can't control the place.

What bargaining chip does he have, allowing the sheriff of this county to risk the backlash of the Iron Banner Gang and push Xishan Hall into a desperate situation?

The Shaoqing of Dali Temple is far away in the capital, just like a person standing on the shore, pointing from afar, without muddy water under his feet.

All the risks and future troubles are borne by the officials in Xiushui.

What's more, that person from Zuo Tianlu may not just fall like this.

The local tyrants in Xiushui County couldn't understand the truth of this matter, but Shen Zhou knew better than these mud legs.

Zuo Tianlu impeached the Minister of the Household Department for being a top ten money. Although it angered the emperor, he was also regarded as a thorn in the side and a thorn in the flesh by the new party of the court.

However, the Qingliu in the court is still strong.

As for the "top ten money" issued by the imperial court, not only Qingliu objected, but also many powerful families in the local area.

Even Shen Zhou himself was unwilling to see the top ten money come out.

The Shen family can not be affected by being the top ten money, but the grassroots people in the local area can't.

The property of these grassroots can be scraped off by their Shen family, but now it will be scraped away by the imperial court's "top ten money" and fall into the imperial court's pocket, which is simply unreasonable!
The bullet from Zuo Tianlu is undoubtedly for Qingliu, for the world's aristocratic families.

Shen Zhou expected that as long as Zuo Tianlu survived the past two years without dying, he would recover again, and even be blessed by misfortune, to a higher level.

It's a pity that Shen Zhou and Zuo's family are not from the same way, and he can't urinate in the same pot.Knowing that the cold stove might warm up, there was no way to burn it.

Shen Zhou smiled: "I also admire him. He dared to let go of the Xishan Hall at this time. He traveled thousands of miles to protect his friends in Beijing. This matter spread, and I don't know how many people in Dongzhou want to praise this Young Master Chu for his great loyalty." , Gao Yi Bo Yun."

Shen Zhou continued to water the flowers: "Keep an eye on their boat, and when their boat enters the Grand Canal, hurry up and let me know—"

Before he finished speaking, Long Heng strode in from outside the garden arch.

On Long Heng's full moon face, there was a bit of joy: "Master Shen, Chu Xisheng stay away from Xiushui, the time you want has arrived!"

Seeing this person, Shen Zhou smiled ironically at the corners of his lips, but then he restrained himself and his face was calm: "What kind of timing is this? Although Chu Xisheng has left, the Iron Banner Gang is still powerful. The masters have not been seen, so if they act rashly, they will definitely be defeated."

Long Heng raised his eyebrows when he heard the words, and then said clearly: "Master Jun, don't worry, my Long family and the Shangguan family, the Seventeenth Lianhuanwu, will definitely assist in this battle. Also, three days ago, the chief of the Shangguan family The family general 'Xi Quan' has returned to Xiushui, and he has been ordered by the head of the Shangguan family to obey the command of the county lieutenant."

Only then did Shen Zhou become more interested.

This Xi Quan's cultivation base is below the fifth rank, and he practiced the way of magic. The magical weapons and battle maps he possesses are all excellent, and his combat power is also top-notch among the fifth rank, directly catching up to him and Shangguan Shenhao.

Shen Zhou put down the water bottle in his hand, and wiped his hands with the white cloth handed over by the servant next to him: "If so, I'm somewhat sure. But if I want to let the many bandits in the west mountain rush out of the mountain road, I still need a tiger talisman and Transfer order. 6000 county soldiers from Chenghua County and Zhongshan County were transferred to Xishan to suppress bandits. This matter requires the help of the Shangguan Patriarch."

He is the county lieutenant of this county, and he is in charge of all the soldiers and county soldiers of this county.

However, he is only responsible for the military guards, that is, military guards and drills.If Shen Zhou wanted to transfer troops from local counties to Xishan on a large scale, he had to have a warrant from the governor of the prefecture or an approval document from the Ministry of War.

His position as a county lieutenant is already somewhat insecure, and now he needs to be extremely careful not to leave any loopholes.

"Suppression of bandits?" Long Heng mused, "Master Shen is planning to attack Xishan Orion?"

Shen Zhou put his hands behind his back, and raised his lips slightly: "The terrain of the Xishan Gorge is dangerous, and the Dan family defended it according to the danger, and hired people to build several stone fortresses, which are difficult to break through. If the power of the Xishan Hall cannot be dragged in, those Xishan bandits will Where can it be attacked?"

He squinted his eyes, showing a look of anticipation: "Chu Xisheng wants to attract those Xishan hunters as Olympic aid, but this is exactly what I want. In this battle, I will make them unable to look at each other from beginning to end!"

Shen Zhou really wanted to know, when the Dan family and many hunting villages in Xishan were in danger at the same time, where would Xishantang save them?
Long Heng pondered for a while, and gradually revealed a smile on his face: "As expected of Mr. Shen! I will tell the owner of Shangguan about this matter, and let him handle it on his behalf."

After Chu Xisheng left Xiushui, the biggest advantage was their manpower advantage near Xishan, which could play a role.

Although the boy's Ba Dao is only a mere eighth-rank cultivation base, his Ya Zi Dao Intent is really tricky.

Especially in the interior of Xishan, Chu Xisheng defended the danger with one man and one knife, that is, the real man guards the gate, and no one can open it. No matter how many troops they have, it will not help.

As long as the fifth-rank master from Xishan Hall is restrained, there are more than a thousand people in Xishan Hall, how can they be the opponents of Xishan County Soldiers?

Thinking about this, Long Heng couldn't help but get up impatiently.He hoped that the boat that Chu Xisheng and the Zuo family were on would enter the Grand Canal as soon as possible.

At the same time, in the inner courtyard of the Chu House in Xishan Town, under the corridor of the main house, Chu Yunyun felt something in her heart, and looked in the direction of the county city from a distance.

She immediately withdrew her gaze, and while looking at the secret book of spells in her hand, she picked up the teacup on the coffee table and drank a cup of hot tea comfortably.

This fire-type magic book originated from Lu Luanli.

And its owner, Lu Luanli, was walking around in the courtyard.

She seemed to be bored, walking aimlessly in the courtyard, but in fact, with the power of her own inspiration, she sensed the underground and walls of the courtyard.

Lu Luanli wanted to know if there was anything buried in the ground, and if there were any interlayers in the walls?

Then she went to the well again.

The black iron flagpole that Chu Yunyun bought was placed on the well, with a wooden barrel attached to it.

Lu Luanli didn't even look at the flagpole, but directly looked down the well.

To her disappointment, the well was only four feet deep, so it was obvious at a glance. Lu Luanli sensed it inward with the power of his consciousness, but there was nothing left.

Lu Luanli couldn't help scratching his head, wondering where the God-defying flagpole was hidden?

In the past few days, she searched the entire Chu residence, but found nothing.

There is no definite news in Jianghu, saying that the clue to Nishen's flagpole is in Xishan Hall.

But why did those undercover agents swarm to join Xishan Hall?

When Lu Luanli was puzzled, he heard Chu Yunyun's curious question: "Sister, what are you looking for? Did something fall into our yard?"

When Lu Luanli heard this, he felt guilty and embarrassed.

She walked back to the porch as if nothing had happened, and sat next to Chu Yunyun: "It's just that I feel bored. It's not good to be a gangster. I have nothing to do all day. I regret it a bit. If I knew it, I would go to the capital with Chu Xisheng."

It was only three days since they had seen each other, but Lu Luanli realized that he was missing that person.

In the past few days, she feels that she has no interest in doing anything. She doesn't eat well, sleeps well, and in short, she can't lift her spirits.

Chu Yunyun smiled, and kept her eyes on the book: "Brother said that Xishantang cannot do without you, and he can stay away at ease only if you sit here."

Hearing this, Lu Luanli propped his cheek with one hand, and sighed worriedly: "That's right, I'm the only one who can help him keep Xishan Hall in check now."

There are so many spies and ghosts in Xishan Hall now, like that kind of sunflower, Wang Zheng—Looking at it, Lu Luanli felt worried for Chu Xisheng.

There are more than 30 deputy altar masters in total, half of them have suspicious origins.

Where is Xishan Hall?It has become a twenty-five hall!

Once these people make trouble, Xishan Hall will collapse in an instant.

Lu Luanli felt that the Xishan Hall built by Chu Xisheng was not easy and had great potential.

In the future, the canal will be opened, bandits will be wiped out, and more people will enter the mountains to make a living.Xishantang can control at least [-] hunters, tens of thousands of herb pickers, and tens of thousands of powerful lumberjacks.

At that time, the Xiushui county government will have to follow their winks and act, and the governor of Dongzhou will also pay three points of respect.

This is a foundation that is enough for the Chu family to become the top powerhouse in Dongzhou. It would be a pity to lose it.

Then Lu Luanli's expression moved slightly, and he looked at Chu Yunyun: "Your cultivation has improved so fast recently, how long has it been since the true transmission test? You are almost condensing the fourth spell rune now."

A sorcerer with a low-eighth-rank cultivation base only needs four magic runes to condense the true talisman and be promoted to the upper-eighth rank.

It seems that the number of magic runes required is reduced, but it is actually more difficult.

It takes more time and more materials for them to condense more powerful spell runes.

For some powerful spells, it takes a lot of time to refine them.

As far as Lu Luanli knew, among the four spell runes that Chu Yunyun condensed, three were of the seventh-rank power, and one was of the sixth-rank power. The difficulty was extremely high, and they were the best in the world.

Among those famous magicians, only three or five reached Chu Yunyun's standard.

Even if Lu Luanli formed a true talisman at the eighth rank, it was only at the same level as Chu Yunyun.

More than three thousand years ago, Ao Sanren, the world's number one magic cultivator, had only four seventh-rank spell runes in his eighth-rank lower true talisman.

The key is that Chu Yunyun has already repaired the fourth rune in only two months.

This means that the skill cultivation of the girl in front of her will soon reach the eighth rank.

Chu Yunyun shook her head indifferently: "Spell runes are not difficult, the key is the condensed true runes later, I'm still early."

In the past, she wanted to hunt and send darts, tried her best to make money, and had very little time for cultivation.

But now, although Chu Xisheng took away the more than 9 magic silver, she has already bought all the spell materials needed for her to advance to the eighth rank.

Now that she has money and leisure, she is making rapid progress in the cultivation of spells.

There are only a few sixth- and seventh-rank spells, and there is no difficulty.

Besides—

Chu Yunyun squinted at Lu Luanli, then took a sip of tea.

Chu Xisheng's cultivation base is increasing day by day, his wings are becoming more and more abundant, and he has little power.But his enemies are getting more and more powerful.

Although the combat power of the two of them is high, it is inconvenient to expose them.

Chu Yunyun thought that she still had to improve her skills as soon as possible, and she couldn't always use her martial arts to solve problems.

Otherwise, sooner or later it will bring them trouble, and there is even a risk of revealing their identities.

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Ten days later, Shen Xiujiang.

Chu Xisheng was also working hard to improve his strength on the official ship on the river section of He'an County.

He is fighting against Ji Qianqian to hone his sword skills.

In fact, in the dream, Chu Xisheng can simulate various masters, which can be used to study sword techniques and improve his actual combat ability.

In his martial arts treasury, there is even a kind of 'Terrain Card', which can simulate various terrains.

However, Chu Xisheng never gave up the actual combat practice in reality.

Reality and dreams are still somewhat different after all, Chu Xisheng was looking for the feeling of using a knife.

Counting money is a good opponent.

Ji Qianqian's fighting strength is higher than his, but not much higher.

Her shooting skills are very powerful, but her knife skills are not as good, which can reach the level of the sixth rank.

The sword technique that this woman practiced was the popular "Five Tigers Breaking Door Sword" among the Orion of Xishan, which is characterized by powerful force, heavy force, fast, violent, and wide opening and closing.

What Orion pays attention to is to kill with one knife, and the prey should not be given a chance to escape.

Ji Qianqian possesses a mighty strength that surpasses that of many men, when he uses this saber technique, he is full of might and thunderous.

Chu Xisheng had to avoid her blade, otherwise the result of a head-on confrontation would be to be staggered and embarrassed by the opponent.

But what surprised Chu Xisheng the most was that when he counted money and used the knife, his knife skills were unconstrained, with many whimsical ideas, which was much better than those dull opponents in his dreams.

The lights of the two swords covered the entire front deck of the official ship.

Ji Qianqian didn't hold back at all, she continued to chase with her sword and light inseparable, forcing Chu Xisheng to dodge in all directions and flee everywhere.

Chu Xisheng barely survived four hundred moves, and then stretched out his hand: "Stop! That's it for today."

If the fight continued, he would have to kneel down.

What's more, they have to protect the Zuo family and the children, not to consume too much energy and physical strength.

Ji Qianqian stopped with a little regret. Practicing swords with Chu Xisheng was the happiest time of her day.

She put the knife back into its sheath, and said in a tone of admiration: "Today, the strength of the hall master has increased a little, and he has held twelve knives more than yesterday. The horizontal hard work should be practiced to the fourth level soon." Is it too heavy? Hall Master’s progress is so fast. Maybe soon, hall master’s sword technique will be able to rival the sixth rank.”

This guy's knife speed is extremely fast, surpassing most of the seventh-rank upper class in the world.

Even in terms of money, she, the former super genius, was only on par with Chu Xisheng in terms of sword speed when she was at the seventh rank.

What this person lacks is strength, the true essence, the strength of bones and flesh and blood.

Those martial artists under the sixth rank, as long as their hand speed is not too slow, they can suppress Chu Xisheng to death with just strength.

But now, with the help of Chu Xisheng's horizontal training, his bones are getting stronger and stronger, and his strength is getting stronger and stronger.

Counting money and money is very gratifying, Chu Xisheng has practiced "Nine Alchemy Extreme Yuan Zijin Body" as high as possible.

This is a talent, but he is not very obedient, as Cao Xuan said, he must be put on a bridle and let him be used by Jin Yiwei.

Chu Xisheng was unaware of the malice in Ji Qian Qian's words, he shook his head disapprovingly: "It's a pity that it is too expensive, the money for repairing the fourth level is equivalent to a secret medicine for me to be promoted to the seventh rank .I can practice up to the fifth weight, and I won’t practice anymore, trouble!”

Thinking about money, how can this work?
She almost blurted out, saying that I paid the money.

Before that, she slaughtered a seventh rank on the river, and then joined forces with Sikong Xin to kill that big internal expert.

Counting the money, Qian just got six magic weapons, which can be sold for tens of thousands of taels of magic silver, and helped Chu Xisheng buy six 'Four-turn Golden Body Pills'.

But Ji Qianqian immediately thought that there was something wrong with his mind.

Why pay back money to practice exercises for Chu Xisheng?
What's more, if I said this, unless Chu Xisheng was stupid, she would definitely doubt her identity, and even realize that there was something wrong with the "Nine Refining Extreme Yuan Zijin Body".

Chu Xisheng walked over to the back deck after practicing the saber.

Zuo Qingyun was whipping Baihu Zhangming with a long whip with many barbs.

The Jinyiwei Baihu was still tied to the mast. After ten days of wind and rain, his clothes were ragged and unkempt.

There was not a single piece of good flesh all over his body, there were welts everywhere, and many black blood clots coagulated.

Following Zuo Qingyun's whipping, these healed wounds were torn open and dripping with blood.

Chu Xi took a fixed look, then shook her head slightly, walked to a low table in the distance and sat down cross-legged.

This low table was full of food and wine, all bought by the Zuo family when they docked in He'an County.

Just when Chu Xisheng was about to pour himself a drink and watch the scenery on both sides of the strait, Zuo Qingyun also stopped and walked over.

He wiped his hands with a white cloth and wiped off the blood spots on his face, then grabbed the wine bottle and poured wine for Chu Xisheng himself.

"In half a day, our ship will enter the Grand Canal, and I will have to work hard on you."

——This is the most dangerous part of the journey.

Zuo Qingyun calculated the time, starting from the time when the Shaoqing of Dali Temple learned of the news that Zhang Minggong was on the verge of failure, to dispatching manpower and setting up the layout, it was almost at this point in time.

At this time, besides Sikong Xin, the only one he could rely on was Chu Xisheng, a brother who could be entrusted with life and death.

His father, Zuo Tianlu, is also a sixth-grade magician, but he is a pure-blooded one. He hasn't done anything for more than ten years, so he is unreliable.

At this time, Zuo Tianlu was grinding his gun against each other under the cabin, studying the spells he mastered, wondering if he could help?

And that Shaoqing of Dali Temple is very powerful, even if he is thousands of miles away, he can dispatch many masters.

Once a battle occurs, it will be a spring ice tiger tail, a life and death situation.

Zuo Qingyun felt very sorry, because of his own affairs, Chu Xisheng was involved in such a dangerous matter, and he would lose his life if he was not careful.

But he knew that Chu Xisheng would not leave, and the whole family had to rely on Chu Xisheng to maintain him, so he didn't bother to be hypocritical.

In the past ten days, he has not said a word of thanks to Chu Xi.

The grace of survival of the whole family, where there is a word of "thank you", can be worth it.

"Meiniang sent a Qiankun Flying Sword from the capital, saying that several gold-medal killers in the Shasheng Building are all rushing towards the Grand Canal, and their intentions are unknown. In addition, she has used my remaining money to hire a reliable master. Tell me to rest assured."

When Zuo Qingyun said this, there was a look of suspicion on his face.

Zuo Qingyun handed over all his savings to Wu Meiniang, entrusting her to go to the capital to help him clear up the relationship.

Judging from Wu Meiniang's letter, the situation in the capital is very good.

Officials from the Ministry of Punishment, the Ministry of Rites, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate all sympathized with his father.Wu Meiniang was also able to save more than 20 taels of magic silver.

But according to her words, Wu Meiniang had hired expert escorts as early as when their family left Xiushui to go north.

But this person has not been seen so far, like a dragon that sees its head but does not see its end.

Zuo Qingyun thought to Meiniang, could she have been deceived?

"The killing building?"

Chu Xisheng's eyes flashed, and he thought that this young minister of Dali Temple is really rich.

If you want to invite a sixth-rank gold medal killer, the price of risking your life for one shot is at least 3 taels of magic silver.

The young minister of Dali Temple wanted to hire so many people in a short period of time, and the ones who robbed and killed were officials, so he had to increase the price.

The cost of this person will not be less than 20.

Chu Xisheng then calmly said, "You might as well ask Meiniang to find out information about these gold-medal killers. If you can know their martial arts, talents, magical weapons and battle plans, it's okay if you can't find out, but it's just soldiers coming to block you. Come to cover. But you—”

He squinted at Baihu Zhangming: "Take it easy, don't beat people to death before entering Beijing."

"It's okay, I've already bought medicine for him in He'an County, and I promise to hang him alive."

Zuo Qingyun sneered.

He hated Zhang Ming deeply, and this person made him feel the taste of despair for the first time.

At this time, it is natural to torture this person to death.

Baihu Zhangming made a 'cuckoo' sound.

In order to prevent him from chewing his tongue and committing suicide, Zuo Qingyun pricked his acupuncture points with a few silver needles, which also paralyzed his tongue, making him unable to speak.

Zhang Ming could only look at Ji Qianqian with pleading eyes.

Counting money and money is treated as if it has not been seen.

Everything this person is going through now is his own fault.

What's more, he was already speechless, and there was no possibility of revealing her identity.

It's even more lazy to pay attention to money.

She glanced over coldly, with a warning in her eyes.

Shut up!Don't look at me, or you'll kill your whole family!
"There are two more things."

Zuo Qingyun didn't notice the eye contact between Zhang Ming and Ji Qianqian, so he lowered his voice: "Sikongxin said that under the water, there was a powerful evil spirit following her, and she followed her for ten days. But she went into the water to find a few I haven't found the source of this corpse aura yet."

Chu Xi laughed when she heard the words: "I will pay attention."

"The other thing is that your subordinate counts money."

Zuo Qingyun looked at Ji Qianqian from the corner of his eye.

He didn't speak this time, but said with his lips: "Si Kongxin said that there is something wrong with calculating money. This girl is hiding her secrets and has a strong vitality. She may also have a horizontal training golden body, which is of a very high level. , has a body that is invulnerable."

Chu Xisheng was slightly taken aback, and there was a little more seriousness in his eyes.

He had realized that there might be something wrong with this plan, but he didn't expect that this woman would actually hide her golden body.

Of course, this is not enough to prove that Ji Qianqian is an inner ghost. No one stipulates that hunters in the mountains cannot practice horizontal exercises.

But just in case-

Chu Xisheng glanced at the illusory light screen in his field of vision.

The column of martial arts points has increased to [-].

The effect of the Qing Yunbang and his article on "On Martial God Machine" is gradually fading.

Without hesitation, Chu Xisheng exchanged another 'Near Mo Zhe Hei Shentong Card' from the Martial Arts Treasure, and directly marked it as money for use.

Recently, for some reason, he kept getting this thing.

Ji Qianqian was at a loss, she was frowning and looking ahead, at the same time she took off the war bow behind her: "Master, the two warships in front may be hostile."

Chu Xi was taken aback when he heard the words, and looked to the west, and then saw two three-story warships with a scale of [-] material, coming rapidly from the upstream direction.

He took a closer look and found that the many sailors on the ship were all fully armed.

These sailors were all standing behind the parapet of the ship, with their crossbows strung up, pointing in the direction of the official ship.

Chu Xisheng frowned slightly, the two warships were more than hostile?This is clearly ready to do it!

The young minister of Dali Temple was so urgent that he planned to attack them before they entered the Grand Canal.

(End of this chapter)