Otherworld Qin

Chapter 21 Chapter 23
After everything was settled, Yu Wenjie returned to the room with a trace of helplessness. After he left, Gu Li and Aqinu also walked to the roof of the palace. Looking at the majestic city below, Gu Li couldn't help sighing, "Brother Wang has developed so much in the past few years. Soon, I am afraid that in a few years, I will surpass Jingman." Akinu laughed, "What are you talking about, you and my two countries have been on good terms for generations, and our two countries compensate each other, so who can develop well? Are they all the same? Why care about these things?” This is true. Although the two countries have thousands of miles of mountains and rivers, most of them are hilly and mountainous. In addition, the two countries have lived on hunting since ancient times, and spinning and weaving are even more important. Impossible, although the Sanmiao people can raise a kind of silkworm Gu, which can spin silk and weave yarn, but the output is far from enough to meet the application, and can only be used by some nobles, and the Jingman people are even poorer, most of them wear animal skins, so Seriously restricting development, fortunately, Nanming was weak in the past hundred years, and the two of them partnered to reap a lot of benefits from Nanming, annexing a lot of Nanming's land and allowing them to develop part of their own agriculture. Supplying them with a lot of cloth and food, the national strength suddenly became stronger than that of Nanming.

The people of Jingman are born tough. Although they don't have superb martial arts skills, most of them are born with a violent skill, so their combat effectiveness is very strong. However, Jingman lacks doctors, and Sanmiao is not suitable because he only has dexterous martial arts skills. The two armies confronted each other, but the witch doctor of Sanmiao just made up for the lack of Jingman, so the cooperation between the two countries can be said to be unbreakable, and it is difficult for either side to survive alone.

Gu Li smiled slightly, "Brother Wang is overthinking, I don't mean that, you and our two countries are like two legs, but no one can do without the other, but that Yu Wenjie, I always feel that he always hides something in his heart today. Something, I'm afraid in the future,,,, "Aqinu laughed, "Don't worry about this, you have seen the green clothes just now, this is the most outstanding Gu girl in my Sanmiao, you are afraid that Yuwenjie will not be able to see her if she is here Obediently submit?" The two looked at each other and couldn't help laughing, and Gu Li praised, "I, Jingman, can't match it in terms of controlling people." Akinu smiled slightly, "I think you are not in the pond, brother Gu Li, Didn’t you come up with all these schemes? I’m just taking advantage of convenience, but I think your heart is not limited to this little Nanming.”

Gu Li didn't speak, but looked at Akinu hesitantly, and the latter couldn't help but look confused, "Oh? What else do you and I have to say?" Gu Li smiled slightly when he heard this, "I have a plan. But I'm afraid that you won't dare to make a move, Brother Wang." "Hmph, you underestimate me too much. Although I'm a bit older, my courage is no less than that of you young people."

"Okay, okay, Brother Wang is really as handsome as before. You and I took down Nanming is just the first step. When we have this guarantee, the army can march north. The first is Qingqiu,,,,, "Ah? You really want to do this, but our seven countries have an agreement, you are not afraid..." "Hahaha, Brother Wang, you are too worried, you really treat it as the agreement signed by the ancestors Is there such a strong binding force? You see that Qingqiu, Guzhu, and Qiling are not a hundred times richer than us. The alliance of the three countries has already driven the Xiao Kingdom into the desert. There is no such thing as setting up a few tents in the desert and still claiming to be lonely. Isn’t this a war? Did you see how they were punished? The reason why they haven’t touched us these years is just because they think Our land is barren, and our two countries are not so easy to deal with, otherwise they would have attacked us long ago. If one of them was close to Nanming, they would have already swallowed him into their mouths, and it would be our turn there ? If we don’t do anything now, I’m afraid that there will be three kingdoms in the front and Nanming in the back, and we will be the ones who will be unlucky in the end.”

Akinu pondered for a long time and couldn't help nodding, "Well, brother, you are indeed more thorough than I am, but although we are stronger than Nanming, we can't add up to those three countries. You also know that we are not rich in minerals here, so it can't be empty." Let's go to war, besides, Qiling occupies a large grassland of the Xiao Kingdom, where horses are sent out, but we are mostly infantry, so how can we compete with them?" Gu Li smiled slightly, "Brother Wang, worry too much, Qiling does have many horses, But their people like farming. They have raised so many good horses but can only pull plows and drive carts. Qingqiu has a lot of minerals, but their craftsmen are busy making silver plates and gold cups every day. As for this lonely bamboo, it is indeed a bit strange. It's easy to deal with, their country not only has high-level warriors, but also a large number of mages, otherwise Qingqiu and Qiling won't follow his lead, but this is not a problem, the violent skills of our Jingman warriors may not be enough Weaker than their fighting spirit, and your three seedlings' voodoo and witchcraft are not inferior to magic, you must know that Bai Wukong and Hei Wupo back then were even afraid of that old monster Yuwen Wuji."

Akinu couldn't help narrowing his eyes when he heard this, but his eyes were still full of doubts, "My brother's words are true, but that Lone Bamboo is still much stronger than us. Their generations of kings have all advocated force. It is said that Dugu Peak It’s even more Mowu Shuangxiu,,,,,, “Gu Li laughed loudly” Mowu Shuangxiu, thinking that Nanming Mutian went to Guzhu when he was young, and practiced hard there for ten years, so he was called Mowu Shuangxiu? What happened? Besides, it is not impossible for us to practice Dou Qi. Many generals in Nanming are also mid-level fighters, so Yu Wenjie may be a high-level fighter, but what can they do? How many soldiers and horses can they resist? Fighting alone, how much can a few warriors in an army of hundreds of thousands do?" "But you have to know, if these warriors are ruthless, if they only target you and me..." Gu Li laughed loudly when he heard this, and suddenly As soon as he gained power, a pale golden fighting spirit gushed out from the palm of his hand, and he slashed at the stones beside him. With a pop, the stone broke into two sections, and the incision was smooth and neat as if carved. The scene is already dumbfounded "You,, this,,, this is,,,,"

Gu Li laughed loudly, "Brother Wang, didn't you see it? This is Gu Zhu's so-called vindictiveness, but I thought about it for a while and it was nothing more than that. Look at this again." After receiving it, I saw the handle of the knife was made of animal bones, engraved with the totem of the Jingman royal family, and the mouth was inlaid with gold and carved to look like a beast. But the gloomy murderous aura made people feel chills. Aqinu waved his hand twice casually, stretched out his hand and took it over, and exerted force on the corner of the broken stone just now. With a click, the corner of the stone was neatly cut off. The knife was undamaged.

Now Akinu was even more surprised. Originally, the two countries lacked minerals, and craftsmen were even more lacking. As for the knife that Gu Li just showed, the handle of the beast bone was obviously engraved with the totem of Jingman. If it was not customized, could it be Could it be that he made it himself?
Gu Li smiled slightly, "I have been preparing for this for many years. Since I succeeded to the throne, I have been buying war horses from Qiling continuously, and I have asked the best horse masters to help me domesticate them. Now I have no less than 50 Jingman war horses. As for this saber The master I invited from Qingqiu helped me train craftsmen. Now I am basically self-sufficient in Jingman weapons, but I have to buy some minerals from Qingqiu. There are not many people who can cultivate Dou Qi in my country, but tens of thousands of fighters have been trained in the past ten years. When we take Nanming and select their dolls who can practice magic, we will have a strong army in less than ten years. How about it? Does Brother Wang have a little more confidence now?"

Akinu forced a slight smile, but it seemed a little unnatural. It turned out that this bone strength was hidden so deeply that he had been planning to invade the Three Kingdoms since he succeeded to the throne more than [-] years ago. Telling everything with his own mouth means that he has enough strength, and it is imperative to annex Nanming. Now that he can no longer be equal to Jingman, I am afraid that even if Jingman does not do anything to him in the future, he will I can only bow my head and surrender.

At this moment, a charming voice sounded, "Father, brother, what are you talking about?" Akinu knew it was the green clothes, and couldn't help but wink at Gu Li, signaling him not to talk about the topic just now, and Gu Li immediately turned around With a smile on her face, she said, "Oh, it turned out to be the younger sister of Lvyi. There were too many people, so I didn't greet you just now. Don't blame me. I haven't seen you for a long time, but she is getting more and more beautiful." Lvyi giggled, "I'm still the same, Brother Guli's eloquence is getting better and better." Akinu hummed, "Lvyi, Yuwenjie, are you ready? How sure are you?" Lvyi smiled slightly, "Didn't you all see it just now? But this,,,," As he said, looking deliberately at the strength of the bones, Akinu said, "Oh, these are all from our own people, so you can just say it." It will appear slowly, and someone needs to be there to control it slowly, otherwise the Gu worm will die if it loses control."

Aqinu sighed softly, "Oh, I also see that this Yuwenjie is really powerful. I'm afraid it's difficult to control ordinary Gu insects, and I'm afraid that he will find out so there is no way to do it, so I let you do it yourself, so as to avoid his suspicion, but This is a pain for you." "What the father said, as long as it can help the father's daughter, she is willing to do anything." After peeking at Gu Li, she said, "I came here to tell the father, sister Cai'er today. I'm going down the mountain, does the father want to see her?" Aqinu was overjoyed when he heard that, "Ah, Cai'er went down the mountain? Could it be that she learned it so quickly?" Lvyi covered her mouth and smiled, "The father seems to want Cai'er. Hurry up, Cai'er is only six years old, how can she be so fast, this is her master who asked her to go home and take a look, and she will go back in two days." "Oh, then I,,, this,,,, bone strength I won’t be with you, brother, you, Luyi, take care of me.” After speaking, he rushed to the back hall.

Lu Yi watched Ajinu disappear outside the palace gate, then turned to look at Gu Li, and then frowned and shed a few tears, Gu Li hurriedly reached out and hugged her in his arms, listening to her softly say, "You are so cruel!" Ah, I actually discussed with my father about giving me to Yu Wenjie,,,, ""Oh, I don't want to do this either, but it's up to you. Don't worry, I'll welcome you back in two years at most."

In fact, there are more than a hundred people in the harem of King Sanmiao, and there are many children, so a daughter is nothing to him, but he loves his youngest daughter, Huancai'er, very much.As for Guli and Lvyi, in fact, the two have been in contact for a long time. The two countries do not talk about those common sense. With Guli's ambition, he approached Lvyi only to grasp Ajinu's situation, so he gave Lvyi to Yuwen. Jie didn't care about it either.

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It was only when Yu Wenhong and his party came to Yongyi City that they took hold of their feet. At this time, there were more than [-] states in Nanming, and only a dozen or so in the south were left under his control. Those old officials subdued them, and after a few days, they received the news that these powerful officials headed by Zhu Huai actually elected Yu Wenzhi, a distant relative of the royal family, as the emperor. This Yu Wenzhi was only a three-year-old child. It seems that this is undoubtedly a puppet up.

After entering Yongyi City, Yu Wenhong hurriedly summoned the generals of the states to check his own strength. According to rough statistics, the most troops he can use now are no more than 12, and most of them are infantry, and the cavalry is less than 1. There are 20 people, and the cavalry is estimated to be [-] to [-]. With such a disparity in strength, there is no way to send troops. It is already even more difficult to keep your current position.

But now Yu Wenzhi is not monolithic. Judging from the scene of the siege of Yu Wenhong's palace, I am afraid that many states are not under their control. Yu Wenhong immediately ordered to send a group of eloquent people to contact each state. , as long as you don't agree with Zhu Huai, you must try your best to fight for it. Only in this way can you hope to wipe out the rebellion as soon as possible and regain the capital.

Both sides are preparing intensively, and a civil strife is finally about to break out again.

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Luojia Village, a small and quiet village in the past, gradually spread a lot of rumors. On this day, after returning from practicing, Shengxuan went to the village to play with Er Niu and the others, but he heard the villagers talking, "Oh, Have you heard? Our emperor was killed, and now King Yongding is in power." "Who told you that the emperor is clearly organizing troops in Yongyi City to retake the capital." "What you said is wrong, I went to the town the day before yesterday and heard that the two sides fought a battle, oh, it was miserable, there were corpses all over the place, even the ground was dyed red." "Oh,,, I heard that Yongji is now fighting Great, the people have fled, the land is barren, what a good land, if you give it to me, you will give it to me." "I'll give you a head, so fuck you. Do you have the guts to plant it? You are born poor. Fate, I can only daydream here."

Hearing their discussion, Sheng Xuan walked over curiously, "Uncle, are you talking about where the war was fought?" Seeing that it was Sheng Xuan, the middle-aged man hurriedly stood up, "Isn't this the young master of the Luo family? Why don't you know? Our Nanming There was a fight, and I heard that King Yongding was going to be the emperor, and he drove the original emperor out of the palace." "No, was it a lively fight? I don't know if my brother-in-law also went to the battlefield." " Whoops, that's not certain." A person next to him hurriedly interjected, "Your brother-in-law must be a general, maybe if you win this time, your brother-in-law will be promoted again." Everyone laughed loudly, and Shengxuan listened That person deliberately teased me and didn't care. Although he was young, he had read the art of war that Dongfang left him several times. Although he didn't fully understand it, at least he had a deep understanding of war. He couldn't help sighing. "Hey, so what about victory or defeat? In the end, it's the people who bleed, the generals are promoted, and the people suffer the most." These words immediately resonated with everyone, and made the person who had just ridiculed Sheng Xuan blush, "Young master, what a shame! ,,, I was joking with you just now, don't take it to heart." Sheng Xuan waved his hand, "It's okay."

Everyone was silent for a while, and Sheng Xuan sat down slowly. He was now worried about his brother-in-law's safety, and he still thought about Mr. Dongfang in his heart. Do you know which side he will be on?The husband tells himself every day that one must be loyal, filial, and benevolent. I believe that he must be on the side of the emperor, so it seems that I may still know my brother-in-law. I must ask him when my brother-in-law comes back next time.

After a moment of silence, these people began to talk about other things. It was nothing more than the owner of the Li family, who married a wife, and who was still single. Sheng Xuan got up and left without interest. When he came to the village entrance, he found a group of people talking about it. Among them are the gentleman of the library and the shopkeeper of a small shop. Of course, these people's discussions are different from those of the common people.

I only heard Mr. Library talking, "An old friend of mine works as an assistant to a big family in the capital city. He also ran back after the chaos this time. I went to see him a few days ago. Alas, if you want to talk about the Emperor's New Deal It’s a good thing to weaken the rights and interests of the common people, but it’s a pity that the interests of the powerful and ministers have been damaged, so chaos has arisen. If the new policy can be implemented, I’m afraid our country will be rich and the people strong in Nanming within a few years.” Another person immediately echoed, “That’s right, I also listen to relatives. Said, that Yuwenjie is not a thing, if he hadn't pushed out loyal ministers all these years, he wouldn't have allowed King Yongding to become bigger, he didn't get any benefits and hurt the emperor, and in the end, King Yongding took advantage of it." Hearing this Mr. Library immediately didn’t like to listen to his words, and gave him a hard look, “Then Yu Wenjie and King Yongding were originally of the same breed, and they would not have been forced to leave if they hadn’t pushed Mu Taifu out. If he had assisted the emperor, our Nanming would have I became rich, but it's a pity that this chaotic Mr. Dongfang lost his life even though he returned the throne to the orthodox, and in the end he was taken advantage of by King Yongding. I can't wait to kill this thief with a thousand swords." The teacher was angry, of course There is a reason. This chaos will require a large-scale conscription and increased taxes. Although Luojia Village is a small village, it has also been affected. The burden on the people has increased. Who would send their children to him to study?Of course, there will be resentment in the heart if there is no food, but the scholar can only vent his anger with his mouth, so he can only scold the bad guys he knows here.

Shengxuan didn't pay attention at first, just listened quietly, and suddenly heard Taifu Mu, he suddenly remembered that a few years ago, his husband went down the mountain drunk, and after he came back, he kept saying "Teacher, Tutor, my Taifu It's just a false title, if I had the real power, I would have made them a rebellious minister and thief,,,,,, "Because I was drunk, I muttered a few words indistinctly and fell asleep. At the beginning, Shengxuan didn't take it to heart, but today I heard But then his heart was shocked, and he hurriedly asked, "Mr. Li, who is the Taifu you just mentioned? Is he very powerful?" The teacher turned around and saw that it was Shengxuan, and hurriedly said, "It's Master Shengxuan, just now The Taifu we are talking about is Mu Taifu, who was persecuted by the treacherous officials in the court and forced out of the palace. He used the pseudonym Dongfang Bai to contact heroes from all over the world, and finally killed those rebellious officials at the emperor's adult ceremony, and finally allowed the emperor to rule. Are you saying it's great?"

Hearing the name Dongfangbai, Shengxuan felt his head buzzing and went blank, "Is what you said true?" Ling Xiabu also wrote the inscription with his own hands, how can it be false if it is written on the inscription?" Cheng Xuan was finally convinced that Mr. Dongfang had really passed away, so he couldn't help shouting and ran out, tears pouring down like a spring come out.

Seeing this, Mr. Li behind him was startled, and hurriedly shouted, "Master Shengxuan, Master Chengxuan." But after shouting twice, Shengxuan had already run out of sight, and the teacher couldn't help but sighed strangely, "This child, why don't you?" I started crying while talking." Someone next to me coaxed, "You scared Master Luo's baby to tears, and see if Master Luo doesn't punish you." "What are you talking about to a child, can he understand these things?" Mr. Li said with a long body, "What do you know? Master Shengxuan is the smartest child I have seen in many years. He will definitely do something in the future. What do you know?" Let’s talk about it, since it’s so good, why don’t you be his husband?” “Go on, how can we and other scholars do such things that follow others, alas, I want to teach, but it’s a pity that others don’t use it.” Hearing Mr. Li’s words , everyone feels that this must be true. In this small Luojia Village, Mr. Li can be said to be the most knowledgeable person. Who doesn't believe what he said?

Shengxuan ran all the way into the stone house on Queer Peak, as if all the strength in his body had been drained, looking at the familiar things in front of him, it seemed that Dongfang was standing in front of him, he rushed into Dongfang's bedroom and threw himself on the bed, Feeling the faint familiar breath, my heart felt like it was breaking apart, and I cried until I lost my will in a daze, and fell asleep involuntarily.

I don't know how long I slept, but I suddenly had a dream, dreaming that Mr. Dongfang came from the door, he hurriedly stood up and rushed over, Dongfang smiled and touched his head, "Shengxuan, have I worked hard since I've been away for so long?" Huh?" "Shengxuan practices hard every day." "That's good, that's good,,,," It seemed that I had chatted with my husband for a long time, but it seemed that it was just a moment, Dongfang stood up, "Shengxuan will rely on you in the future Now, my husband is leaving, and I may not come to see you again in the future. Don’t be sad, remember that a man does not cry lightly. As long as you work hard and do something in the future, your husband will be happy for you. Take care of yourself. Let's go." "Sir, don't go." Shengxuan cried and grabbed Dongfang's clothes, but Dongfang's figure gradually became blurred, and finally disappeared before his eyes, and he couldn't help shouting "Sir."

Suddenly sat up on the bed, only then did he realize that he had had a dream, but the feeling was so real, as if the husband had really been here, and now his heart was blank, as if everything was blocked by something , can no longer function, do not know what to do, just sat there for several hours in a daze.

Finally, Sheng Xuan slowly slid off the bed. At this time, he had fully understood that Mr. Dongfang was no longer alive, but he could not continue to grieve like this. He wanted to avenge Mr. Dongfang, but now his strength was too small, so he had to start from Now start doubling up.

(End of this chapter)