Steel Chang'an

Chapter 70

Mu Yun stood in front of the window, watching Xiao Yezi take over the cane sword from the hand of the elder of the Fei family, which symbolized the status of the head of the Fei family.On the pure gold hilt sits a lifelike eagle, the eagle's eyes are inlaid with emeralds, and under the feet are guarding the red and green family emblem of the Fei family - which means that she will succeed in the Fei family. The Patriarch also became the new Lord of Eagle Castle.Although under normal circumstances, the heir of the Patriarch of the Fei family must first become the Lord of Eagle Castle, and he can only ascend to the position of Patriarch after he has accumulated enough military exploits to convince the public.Feicheng designed such a path for Fei Yu.It is extremely rare for Fei family to stand on this Donglin continent for thousands of years, like Xiao Yezi, who in turn succeeds as the owner of Eagle Castle as the owner of the family.

The knights of Eagle Castle who had surrounded the Pavilion of Prince Teng all knelt down on one knee to pay tribute to her when they saw Xiao Yezi holding up the eagle-headed sword that symbolized the Lord of Eagle Castle and the Patriarch of the Teng family.When Mu Yun heard some knights shouting "Crimson Knight", his expression was quite excited.

"What are they shouting?" Su Sheng stood next to Mu Yun, leaned out half of his body and looked down, asking curiously.

"The Crimson Knight," Li Jing said while carrying Su Sheng back, "is the only female knight among the seven knights who are said to have piloted seven mecha giants, created the world, and lifted up the Pangu Continent. She is also the incarnation of the goddess of nemesis. .”

In the White Horse Barracks in the northwest desert in the past, Mu Yun also heard drunken veterans singing songs about the Scarlet Knight.The legendary Nemesis holds a dagger of revenge in one hand and a torch of guilt in the other.Once the revenge dagger pierces the enemy's chest, which quenches the resentment of innocent victims, it can make him fall into endless self-blame, and he will pay the corresponding price after making repentance for his crime; The torch makes the sinner invisible even in the dark, reveals the truth to the world, and avenges innocent people.

Although the Crimson Knight is a female knight, her popularity is not low among the Seven Knights of Pangu who created the world. Whether it is in the northwest desert or in the Donglin Continent, there are various legends about her. , those who have been persecuted and insulted for no reason wear her bust and worship her to show their determination to revenge; in other places, the crimson knight is also called the goddess of mercy, and she is also the "just" among the seven knights of Pangu. Many noble lords enshrine her because people believe that she will kindly protect the city-states ruled by just lords from natural disasters and man-made disasters.There are also two images of the Crimson Knight circulating on the mainland. One is the image of the battle armor she drives, which is like a giantess transformed into a thunder cloud, with a huge blood-red one-eyed head and a revenge dagger on her waist. A giant lightsaber called the Guilty Torch; the other is a portrait of the Scarlet Knight himself, usually a young and beautiful woman with pity in her eyes.

After Xiao Yezi took off the disguise, her beautiful face with melancholy like a morning flower with dew, and her performance like a goddess of nemesis in the battle, also coincided with the two completely different images of the legendary Scarlet Knight. .

Seeing her beautiful figure holding high the golden long sword surrounded by the knights of Eagle Castle, surrounded by the Tengwang Pavilion, it is rare not to watch the ostentation of Xiao Tengwang's tour, but to see the legendary goddess Among the crowd, shouts of "Crimson Knight" erupted one after another.

"It seems that Xiao Yezi has really become a legend after this battle." Xiao Teng Wang said, "These people have already worshiped her as the incarnation of the crimson knight, no wonder those old guys from the Fei family heard her Upon hearing the news that she was willing to take over as Patriarch, she even condescended to rush to Tengwang Pavilion, disregarding the rules of her ancestors, and just handed the Eagle Head Sword to her in the street."

"Hehe," Li Jing, who was standing next to King Teng, smiled and said, "Bring it here."

"What are you bringing?" Mu Yun looked around in confusion, only to see Little King Teng laughing, took out two gold pounds from his pocket, and put them into Li Jing's palm.

"What's the situation?" Mu Yun was more and more puzzled when he saw that Lao Zhang put his hands into his pockets reluctantly for a long time, and then took out two gold pounds and handed them to Li Jing.

"Oh, I've never won money betting with the boss." Su Sheng shook his head and sighed, took out his wallet, poured out two gold pounds and handed it to Li Jing.

"Are you betting on whether Xiao Yezi will succeed the head of the Teng family?" Mu Yun seemed to understand a little bit.

"No, we're betting on whether you can convince Xiao Yezi to succeed the Teng Family Patriarch." Li Jing said.

"I didn't expect you kid to be quite good at dealing with women." Xiao Teng Wang patted Mu Yun's shoulder.

"You actually bet on me?" Mu Yun glared at Li Jing, and asked his apprentice to go to the place where girls bathe and change clothes to perform such a dangerous task of persuading the other party. The master actually used his apprentice to bet with others to make money. Where is the teacher?

"Hehe, earn some wine money." Li Jing said with a smile, "I have always had confidence in you as a teacher, so I bet on you. How about it? Are you very touched?"

So confident in me that you only bet two quid?Mu Yun groaned secretly in her heart, but saw that even Xue Nu took out two gold pounds and handed them to Li Jing, "Wait, you all bet that I can't convince Xiao Ye Zi?"

"No, we actually bet that you will be kicked out by that lady within five minutes after entering." Xue Nu said frankly, "But you persisted inside for more than an hour, which is really unexpected."

That's because you don't know what price I paid!I've been looked at from top to bottom, okay?Mu Yun was screaming in his heart, and then he suddenly remembered something: "Xue Nu, how do you have the money to gamble?"

"I borrowed it from Master Li Jing," Xue Nu said with some shame, "because the master is really poor, I originally wanted to help the master earn some money..."

"Thank you so much..." Mu Yun didn't know what to say. He was poor before, but his personal property was zero, but now it's negative, and he still owes money to Li Jing. What does Mu Yun think? No matter what, I feel that I have lost a lot this time.

Especially when he thought about how to face Xiao Yezi next...

Little Leaf appeared in front of him.

"I have already agreed with the Fei family that I will continue to stay in Tengjiaxing during the spring hunting." Xiao Ye Zi was not at all embarrassed to see Mu Yun. She took off the short hair she had worn to cover her short hair He combed his hair with his fingers and said, "I caused Teng Jiaxing to lose the first battle, and I will take responsibility. If Teng Jiaxing's victory is not enough to enter the Yin Ruins, I will lead the Knights of Eagle Castle to enter." Yin Ruins, thwart Teng Wengong's plot."

After she finished speaking, she showed a calm smile.She was still wearing the full set of attire for the succession ceremony. The knight dress made of dark red velvet and leather wrapped her slender curves, the exaggerated shoulder armor strengthened her momentum, and the dark green knight cloak swung to the ground Two golden eagle head badges are fixed on the left and right sides above the breastplate, and the family emblem of the Fei family is interwoven with gold threads on the cloak.I don't know if it's because of this attire, or because of her calm tone when she speaks, but Mu Yun feels that she already looks like a high-ranking person.

"It seems that although Teng Jiaxing lost the first battle, he gained a lot." Little King Teng also sounded very happy, "No matter what my elder brother and his female military adviser are planning, they will not only Confined to Spring Hunting, I'm afraid there will be an uproar in the entire Donglin Continent soon, and at this time, Teng Jiaxing can get the help of the second family of Donglin, the Fei family, which really makes me feel relieved."

"Well," Li Jing rubbed his chin, "Speaking of which, which family is the female military adviser next to your eldest brother from? Have you found out?"

When it comes to the thirteenth female military officer of the Zhi tribe next to Teng Wengong, Xiao Teng frowned, "Ji Yan is investigating this matter," he said, "but the only thing we have found so far is that she is not from Donglin. Any one of the seven families."

"Ji Yan is currently investigating the rest of the families other than the Seven Families of Donglin," said Steward Ji, "but Ji Yan thinks that the possibility of these families owning the smart clan contract is very slim, so Ji Yan also notified Teng Jiaxing at the same time. Various branches and sub-colons are using Teng Jiaxing’s news channels to find out her origin, but there is no news yet.”

"That is to say," Xiao Teng Wang frowned even tighter, "This female military adviser of the Zhi tribe is likely to come from forces outside the Donglin Continent, which means that my eldest brother is very likely to have a relationship with the Donglin Continent." Other forces have teamed up, but I don’t know if it’s the Northwest Blue Wolf, the Iron Alliance in the North, the Heishan Realm that hasn’t moved in the Western Continent for a long time, or the Fengchuan clan in the south…”

Teng Jia Bank has branches and branches all over the Pangu Continent, and the shopkeepers of these branches and branches also have deep friendship and interests with noble lords everywhere, just like the Jing Ge arsenal of Wu Ge City Lord, which is actually controlled by Teng Jia Bank A semicolon of .In other words, Teng Jiaxing has a very wide and high-level intelligence network on this continent.However, the branches and branches of Tengjia Bank have not sent back any news so far, and they have not even found out about it. This means that the family that Shisan belongs to is far higher than the range that Teng Jiaxing's intelligence network can reach. up.

"If the little prince thinks it is necessary, Ji Yan can go back to Tomb Island." Butler Ji said with a bow.Tomb Island is where the Zhizu Elders' Association is located, and it is also one of the most mysterious forbidden places on this continent. Even noble lords who have contracts with the Zhizu are not allowed to set foot there. Returning to Tomb Island after the contract is also a taboo.This is why even though it is most likely that the family that Shisan's contract belongs to has been found from Tomb Island, Butler Ji has not returned to Tomb Island-because this is likely to be a journey that will never return.

"It's still useful for you to stay by my side." Xiao Teng Wang obviously didn't want to let Butler Ji take such a risk in order to find out Shisan's identity. He patted Butler Ji on the shoulder and said, "Don't forget, you are here You still have to fight for me during the spring hunt."

"Let me find out which family Thirteen is from." Li Jing said.Mu Yun suddenly had a very bad premonition.

Sure enough, Li Jing went on to say, "Since Teng Jiaxing couldn't find out Shisan's identity from the major families, and it's inconvenient for Housekeeper Ji to go back to Tomb Island now, the only way is to start from Shisan himself. Already." He glanced at Mu Yun, "You don't have to fight in the Spring Hunt for the time being, and I will leave things like sneaking into Teng Wengong's mansion to you."

Why me again!Mu Yun wanted to cry out in his heart, and he began to deeply suspect that when Li Jing arranged for him to be the seventh knight, that is, the substitute knight in the spring hunt, it was not out of any tactical considerations that he wanted to use him as a secret weapon, The only thing is to send him to do this and that during the spring hunting!Sure enough, before he opened his mouth, he heard Li Jing say, "Anyway, if you are idle, you are idle. Young people, it is always right to practice more!"

Is it wrong for me to be young?Does more experience and experience mean white labor in your dictionary?As a master, it's really embarrassing to always let the apprentices work hard and drink wine leisurely!Don't always rely on the old to sell the old! Hey, are you really old?Mu Yun was about to blurt out the roar in his heart, but he saw Li Jing suddenly put down the wine glass in his hand, covered his mouth with one hand, and coughed desperately, bent down as if he was exhausted while coughing, and barely supported him with one hand. He sat at the table with a painful expression on his face.

"Boss!" Su Sheng, who was standing beside him, reacted quickly, and quickly used his shoulders to support Li Jing's body to prevent him from falling to the ground. Even King Teng quickly stepped forward to help him, and asked with concern: "What are you doing?" Are you okay?"

"Old problem, it's nothing serious." Li Jing waved his hand, sat down on a chair dragged by Lao Zhang, coughed hard for a while, then took the towel from Butler Ji, wiped his face, and Ye Zi drank a few sips of water from the cup that Ye Zi handed over, cleared his throat, and then said, "I'm getting old, I can't stay up late, just take a rest."

"Recently, in order to prepare for the spring hunting, you haven't slept well for almost a month. From the special training plan to the tactical design, and even the building of the battle armor, your opinion is indispensable. It is really embarrassing for you." Xiao Tengwang was quite embarrassed. Said with emotion.

"You old bastard, if you can't take it anymore, just say it. How old is this man? How can you show off? You have to hold on alone? Isn't my old Zhang a human? Besides, you still have two good friends." Apprentice?" Lao Zhang also said in a loud voice, while stroking Su Sheng's head, he turned to Mu Yun and said, "Isn't it, kid?"

"...Yes." Mu Yun gritted her teeth and said, wondering if it was such a coincidence that this guy would get sick whenever he was about to lose his temper?You don't usually cough that badly, do you?Besides, you cough when you cough, and you still hold your stomach, what do you want to do?Although he already knew that there seemed to be some hidden disease on Li Jing's body, and the number of seizures became more and more frequent, but now that Li Jing is coughing so much, he is not sure whether this guy is acting or really having seizures. up?

But when I saw King Teng, Lao Zhang, Su Sheng and Xiao Yezi, they all surrounded Li Jing with concerned expressions on their faces. Forgiveness, but his tone still showed concern, Mu Yun suddenly felt that his little thoughts were too dark, and a feeling of guilt arose spontaneously, and he opened his mouth and said, "Don't worry, inquire about Thirteen's Identity, sneaking into Teng Wengong's mansion is all on my shoulders!"

"Okay, what I'm waiting for is your words!" Li Jing said as soon as he slapped the table, "My plan is like this..."

Seeing that Li Jing was dying of coughing for one second, and chatting vigorously with a glass of wine the next, Mu Yun suddenly had a very bad feeling in his heart, "Maybe I've been fooled again". Especially when he heard Li Jing's plan in his ears, the more he heard it, the more he felt an urge to snatch the wine glass from Li Jing's hand and pour the wine on his face.

As if sensing Mu Yun's unkind expression, Li Jing coughed a few times, put down his wine glass and said, "It's getting late, and it's not something that can be done right now, let's get back to business, let's talk about Chunshou first." In the next few battles, if we can win the battle and at the same time make an alliance with the opponent, it will be of great benefit to our actions after entering the Yin Ruins."

When Li Jing said this, he looked at King Teng, and King Teng felt sorry for it immediately: It wasn't that he didn't think of negotiating and forming an alliance with the big lords of Donglin who participated in the spring hunting, but he also Knowing that this kind of private alliance is meaningless at all——you must know that the big lords of Donglin have done too many face-to-face alliances and stabbed in the back, and there is no trust in each other at all, otherwise they would not have been killed Teng Wengong was beaten by everyone and was caught off guard.

But in Spring Hunting, every word and deed of the opposing sides will be projected on the sky, and it will be conducted under the watchful eyes of the public. Negotiating an alliance in Spring Hunting is equivalent to forming an alliance in public. There are so many eyes staring, If someone continues to play the trick of stabbing in the back, it is equivalent to stripping naked and running naked with the words "despicable and shameless" engraved on their face in full view of the public, without losing any face.As a noble lord, especially the noble lord of Donglin, no matter how insidious and despicable his private methods are, he is still high-sounding in front of the public, and he will not leave an excuse for the enemy to attack him for his moral misconduct, otherwise the previous Fei Cheng, the owner of Eagle Castle, doesn't care about losing his reputation.

However, Li Jing proposed that in the spring hunting, we should not only win the offensive and defensive battles, show our own strength, and show that we have the value of alliance, but also show our goodwill to the other party and express the sincerity of the alliance. Abandon the city that he captured to show his sincerity in forming an alliance.It is precisely because of this that Li Jing wanted to look at King Xiao Teng: After all, the castles that the lords took out to participate in the spring hunting, just like the Baidi Wharf that King Xiao Teng took out, are worth tens of billions of gold pounds, and those who gave up taking it The castle is related to the vital interests of Teng Jiaxing. Even if King Teng let Li Jing take full charge of the spring hunting strategy, such a thing would have to be approved by King Teng himself, which also reflected Li Jing's sense of propriety.

Little King Teng is such a smart person. When Li Jing said this, he immediately understood, and expressed his attitude on the spot, saying: "I have no objection. As long as the other party agrees to form an alliance, Teng Jiaxing has something that can be shown to show sincerity."

"Very good," Li Jing said, looking at everyone, "Who will be the next one to fight? Do you have the confidence to win?"

"Uh, Boss," Su Sheng was looking down at Chunshou's battle list, then raised his head and said, "You will be the next one to fight!"

"Hey, is it me?" Li Jing took the battle table and looked at it, "Hey, the opponent is the Qi family, this is dead, next one!"

The Qi family and the Fei family have been fighting for many years, and they can be called old enemies. Since Teng Jiaxing has formed an alliance with the Fei family this time, it is absolutely impossible for the Qi family to join forces with Teng Jiaxing again.What's more, the Qi family was the first to vote to Lord Teng Wen and recognize his status as the master of Donglin. Therefore, although the Qi family is the second largest family in Donglin alongside the Fei family, it has the same absolute strength as the Fei family to enter the Yin Ruins. , but it is almost impossible to persuade the Qi family and Teng Jiaxing to join forces to deal with Teng Wengong.It was also because of this that when Li Jing saw that the opponent was the Qi family, he said it was useless, and everyone could understand it. This was not to say that it was useless to win this offensive and defensive battle, but that it was useless to form an alliance with the Qi family.

It was Mu Yun who noticed a slight flaw in Li Jing's words: "Why, you didn't know who your opponent was before?"

"Isn't it?" Li Jing said confidently, "These days I've been focusing on you all, just thinking about helping you prepare for the special training, and I'm so busy that I forget myself."

Obviously you yourself didn't take this battle to heart at all, and you didn't even pay attention to who your opponent was, why did you say it with a very sacrificial spirit and a great look on your face!Mu Yun secretly vomited in his heart, although he also wanted to vomit a few words such as "Is it amazing to be a master, so if you are arrogant and underestimate the enemy, you will be ashamed to lose when the time comes", but even he himself I also know that even if the Qi family is the second largest family in Donglin, if they want the knights sent by them to defeat Li Jing, the number one knight in the world, it is indeed a bit overthinking.So Mu Yun simply didn't even think about this possibility, and those few complaints were smothered in his heart early.

But Mu Yun can not think about it, but the Qi family can't.

(End of this chapter)