Careerist in Qin Dynasty

Chapter 155 Chapter 155: Shadow Tiger Ji Bu

After strolling around the Yunmeng Market for a whole day at sunset, Lu Wei had a general understanding of the major and minor events in Shouchun in recent times.

This was enough help for him to go to Xiang Junzhong to meet with Xiang Bo.

Lu Wei is now the leader of Nongjia Gonggong Hall. After four months of hard work, he completed 75 consecutive victories among swordsmen in the arena and became a well-known figure in recent times.

Even if he can no longer provide the Xiang family with a steady stream of good prairie horses, he still deserves a certain amount of respect from the Xiang family just based on their past friendship and current name.

However, this respect will only be limited to the level of Xiang Bo. After all, Lu Wei does not have noble blood or official status.

And if we put aside the power of the hundreds of thousands of disciples in the peasant family, he is still essentially just a homeless refugee without any national household registration: he has no land to his name, does not engage in production, fights all day long, and kills people from time to time, just a little gangster. .

To be honest, outsiders don't even know what country Lu Wei is from.

Born in the land of Zhao, grew up in the land of Yan, and settled down in the land of Qi.

Hall Master Lu himself is very open about this: in the Zhao land, he is a Zhao person, in the Yan land, he is a Yan person, and in the Qi land, he can naturally claim his identity as a Qi person~
When the time came to the next morning, Lu Wei and Xiang Bo finally met not in the army, but in Xiang Bo's palace in the city.

This general of the Xiang family met Lu Wei after many years, and they didn't look unfamiliar. After a brief chat about their current situation, the two hooked up and picked up two good horses, took their fierce bows, and went out to hunt as usual.

It was spring, but it was already a bit hot outside Shouchun City.

With one arrow, he killed two hares who were having sex. Xiang Bo stepped forward and clamped his legs on the horse's belly. He picked up a bunch of rabbit carcasses that were still connected together and laughed loudly:
"Brother Lu traveled from north to south and looked at every direction along the way. He became famous!"

He bent his bow and nocked an arrow, and shot the sword branch slightly unfamiliarly, causing the target to escape into the grass and disappear. Lu Wei shook his head in embarrassment: "It is a knight's wish to gallop across the rivers and lakes with a sword."

"Although I have set a goal of winning [-] times, I actually don't care about winning or losing. It's just about communicating and learning from each other."

"Victory is always better than the joy of defeat." Xiang Bo felt very good today, and he wanted to kill two birds passing by in the sky with one arrow. After he actually did it, he was delighted with the progress of his archery skills: "This When I come to Chu this time, does Brother Lu represent himself or the farm family?"

"How about representing yourself, what about representing the farmers?"

Hunting often takes a whole day, so I will have a long free time today. The hall master can talk more nonsense when faced with Xiang Bo's character.

"If Brother Lu represents himself, I will take care of you tonight in my mansion. Brother Lu will not stay in the inn outside, just stay in the mansion with peace of mind. There are many guest rooms in my mansion."

"And if you represent the farmer's family, I will take you to visit the general later."

They have scared away the prey in this area and need to move to other areas.The two horse heads were placed side by side, with Xiang Bo showing high spirits and Lu Wei smiling:

"I came to Chu State alone to explore the world, but on behalf of Gonggongtang, I also wanted to go south to have a look at the mineral deposits."

There are a lot of various metal mineral deposits in the land of Chu, and the raw materials for Gonggongtang's workshop were originally purchased in Chu.

With the expansion of the workshop in recent years, the amount of minerals required in dolomite has reached a new level.In addition, it is enough to prepare for rebellion, and the need to build sufficient weapons of all types of destruction is an even more terrifying figure.

In a word: Gonggongtang is poor again.

With the farm's income, he can barely support hundreds of thousands of disciples, but it is extremely difficult to plan for treason and treason.

The wealth of Yan Chunjun who brought him from Daze Mountain has begun to be visibly consumed. After all, it will be difficult for a Yan Chunjun to support Gonggongtang with half of his treasury.

However, it is not an emergency if we live within our means. Although the mineral demand is large, it is more than enough to research and raise the machine beasts in the machine workshop.

The real purpose of bringing up the matter of mineral deposits here is to owe Xiang Bo a small favor.In the past, selling horses for the Xiang family was a favor owed by the Xiang family to the farmer.

In this way, the relationship between the two parties can be closer if they owe each other, and it will be easier for Xiang to use them in the future.

"In that case, you will stay in my house during your stay in Shouchun."

Xiang Bo patted his chest and said, "As for the mineral deposits, leave it to me."

"From now on, all the disciples who are responsible for buying mines from farmers can come to Shouchun. I can issue him a Xiang family token, and all actions in Chu country can be reported in the name of Xiang family!"

"Thank you so much, Brother Xiang Bo~"

Hunting activities pass by in conversations about exciting topics.

After Lu Wei mastered the longbow with his first few arrows, his subsequent shooting skills were comparable to Xiang Bo's extraordinary performance.

After all, he is a student of martial arts. His eyesight and distance control are among the best, and his strength is great. There is no reason why he cannot be good at shooting.

With today's game, the two returned to Shouchun. Over at the inn, Xiang Bo casually ordered his soldiers to help vacate the room. Lu Wei followed him and stayed directly in the mansion.

The dinner was very sumptuous. During the day, the hall master and Uncle Xiang only chatted about casual things. But in the evening, after a few glasses of wine, the affairs of Chu State and the world were put on the table.

Xiang Bo came from a noble family, but he walked around the army all day long. When it came to entertainment, he only had hunting. His knowledge level was full of the characteristics of a powerful man.

His various insights were somewhat helpful for Lu Wei to understand the thinking of the powerful people in Chu State. As for other things, he could probably extract some information from chapters and sentences to supplement the situation in Chu State.
The most noteworthy events, Jing Ke's assassination of Qin and the war between Zhao and Di, are naturally also key topics worthy of discussion by Xiang Bo.

The failed plan to assassinate Qin made him regretful. The poor performance of the Yan army in Zhao made Xiang Bo even look down on him:

"If the elite of our Chu army marches north to attack Qin, we will definitely win a complete victory!"

It is true that the Chu army was stronger than the Yan army, but why didn't Chu take this opportunity to attack Qin?
Lu Wei was sensible and did not ask this question. He had heard several versions of some rumors in Yunmeng Market yesterday.

This year the Queen Mother Zhao Ji of the State of Qin passed away, which was not a big problem to the State of Qin.

But here in Chu State, two kings of Chu died within two months.
Not only that, but a secret incident that occurred more than ten years ago was also revealed in the palace, causing the Chu State to lose face.

In the past, King Kaolie of Chu had been childless. Huang Xie, the king of Chunshen, was very worried about this, so he kindly took the sister of Li Yuan from Zhao. After working day and night to make her pregnant, he hurriedly sent her to the palace to give birth to King Kaolie. The eldest son.

As a result, Li Yuan's sister was made queen, and later gave birth to a second son, Xiong You, for King Kaolie. I am afraid only his mother knows who the second son's biological father is.

King Kaolie died ten years ago.The eldest son of Li Yuan's sister, Xiong Han, actually the son of Lord Chun Shen, succeeded to the throne as King You of Chu.

When King You succeeded to the throne, Li Yuan was worried that the matter would be exposed, so he sent his disciples to kill Huang Xie, and then destroyed his entire family. Chun Shenjun, who was among the four gentlemen of the Warring States Period, ended up with such a result, which was really retribution.King You died this year and had no heirs.His younger brother, Xiong You, eventually succeeded him as King Ai of Chu.

But in just the past two months, farce has happened again.King Kaolie's concubine Xiong Huichu's disciples assassinated King Ai again and revealed the secret of the village. He said that Xiong Han and Xiong You were both sons of Chunshenjun. He then destroyed the whole family of Li Yuan and succeeded to the throne of Chu King himself.
The powerful do know how to play.

With such a political situation in the court, it is obviously impossible to expect Chu to take the opportunity to send troops to attack Qin and then rescue Zhao.

The Xiang family holds the military power of the Chu State and is obsessed with the secrets of the palace. They have done their best to remain neutral and prevent the chaos in the court situation from affecting the army.

Li Yuan had been in charge of the Chu court for ten years. Most of the officials in the court were his cronies, and there were also many local people who took refuge in Li Yuan.Now that Li Yuan has been exterminated, all these officials are in danger. If the state of Chu can restore stability within three years, it will be regarded as Xiong Beicu's ability.

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The next day after the banquet, Xiang Bo was summoned by the messenger to go to the general's mansion early in the morning. He didn't know why.

The master of the hall first meditated for a while to cultivate his internal energy. After the rooster crows, he went out to perform sword skills in the yard.

The servants in the mansion all understood that Lu Wei was Xiang Bo's distinguished guest, and specifically asked him if he had any instructions. After receiving a negative answer, the servants were so clever that no one bothered him again.

Not to disturb is intentional, but to disturb is also intentional.

"You are still practicing basic swordsmanship. You are Lu Wei, the swordsman in the world?"

The gaze that had been observing him for a while finally couldn't help but climb up the wall with his sword in hand, looking down at Hall Master Lu proudly.

This uninvited guest has a fair level of Qinggong. He has a fair complexion and a slender figure. His brocade robe, which is mainly green, has a chic and elegant shape.

By some standards, he was a handsome man.

The tiger head-shaped hosta on the head represents that he is a powerful person.

The extraordinary sword held in his arms is composed of three colors: light blue, lavender, and silver. If you look carefully, you can see that there is also a tiger head pattern on the hilt of the sword.

Being able to enter and leave Xiang Bo's house freely, it can be initially concluded that he is also a general of Xiang Jun. With the reminder of such a shape, the master of the hall quickly thought of a name:
The commander-in-chief of the Shadow Tiger Army of Chu State: Ji Bu.

"Hey, talking to you!"

Lu Wei glanced at the identity of the person who came out, and the sword in his hand did not stop. This made the person on the wall look at him and speak again:
"I heard that you have won 75 competitions in the arena from Yan to Chu."

"It shows how mediocre this ranger's world is!"

Ji Bu chuckled softly. From his tone to his whole temperament, there was only one word highlighted: pride.

Ji Bu certainly has reason to be proud. He is handsome and has outstanding strength. He is only in his 20s and can become the commander-in-chief of an entire Shadow Tiger Army.

What others achieved in a lifetime, Ji Bu achieved in a few years.

Of course, from another perspective, he realized at least 20 years in advance that his life had reached its peak, and everything he encountered next would only be a decline.

Ji Bu's surname was not Xiang, and he had no chance of becoming the general of Chu State. He also did not meet the surname requirements for other military positions. Therefore, no matter how great his achievements were, he could only stand still.

But for now, he can still show his pride without any setbacks.

"Do you want me to call those slaves for you to witness your failure? Or do you just want to bear the pain silently by yourself?"

Ji Bu jumped off the wall. Facing the people who ignored him, he curled his lips and said, "You can't avoid failure by pretending not to hear!"

The light blue shadow tiger sword was unsheathed, and Ji Bu instantly stabbed the gray wood hairpin on Lu Wei's head.

Ji Bu is too young now, so the master of the hall does not take his offensive words seriously.Not to mention that these few sentences themselves were very childish, and there was a high possibility that Ji Bu was deliberately irritating himself.

However, the hall master doesn’t mind giving him a little shock now!

The basic swordsmanship movements were still smooth and steady. Facing the Shadow Tiger Sword stabbing at the top of his head, Lu Wei did not look back and only turned the scabbard of his left hand upside down.
The clang sound accurately hit the middle part of the Shadow Tiger Sword, and the huge force made the prepared Ji Bu's complexion change drastically. He felt an abyss-like aura constantly jumping and oscillating through his sword.

His right hand, as slender as a beautiful woman's, cracked open. He could no longer hold the sword hilt, and the Shadow Tiger Sword flew high.

Ji Bu was now in a state of imbalance. Lu Wei held the scabbard and pressed it against his chest.First, he kindly used internal force to hold Ji Bu steady. Then, before he could react, he retracted the scabbard an inch and applied a little internal energy to the smooth tip of the sheath. In an instant, the latter's upper body seemed to have received a huge blow. With a heavy punch, the whole person flew backwards and out of the courtyard archway.
With a gasp, the blood in Ji Bu's chest surged and he spat out a mouthful of blood. At the same time, the Shadow Tiger Sword in the air was accurately inserted straight into the open space next to his right hand.

"No. 70 has six wins, will you promote it for me?"

The indifferent voice reached his ears. Staring at the figure who never turned around to look at him, Ji Bu's face turned red. He didn't know whether it was shame, anger or the turbulent blood that had not yet calmed down.

He retreated simply.

Judging from his performance under the pressure of [-]% of his own internal energy, Ji Bu's strength is even inferior to last year's Ziwu.

Heirs of military strategists have to train with soldiers all day long and have no time to practice internal energy. Well, this makes sense.

When Xiang Bo came back, he had already learned about the fight between Lu Wei and Ji Bu: the news that this boy actually competed with Lu Wei and lost to the No. 70 Six Victory spread in Shouchun City. .

I'm a bit proud, but the name of 'a promise of a thousand pieces of gold, an immovable mountain' has already been reflected in it~
"There are not many people in the entire Chu army who can convince Ji Bu!"

Accompanied by constant laughter and vigorous patting on the shoulders of the hall master, it can be seen that Xiang Bo is really happy for his victory.

Ji Bu was just a small episode. Although Lu Wei valued his future, it was obviously meaningless to recruit him while Chu State still existed.

Ridiculous even.

After all, in terms of status and class, the commander of the Shadow Tiger Legion is much higher than the hall master at the moment.
At night, he went to Yunmeng Market alone to visit the night market. In the dance area of ​​the Badi Witch, Lu Wei accurately aimed at a short white-haired old man in the crowd in the blink of an eye:

"Nangong, we meet again~"

(End of this chapter)