Tang Dynasty: Starting from Kou Zhong, the heavens rise!

"There are no outsiders here, Mrs. Dongming, there is no need to be polite."

"Sit down first."

With that said, Kou Zhong got down from the dragon chair and sat down on the chair on the left side of the hall.

These chairs were just placed here by the attendants to welcome Mrs. Dongming and Yun Yuzhen.

"Uh, yes!"

Shan Meixian didn't expect Kou Zhong to be so approachable, so she put away her restraints and sat down.

Shan Wanjing, who was lively by nature, rolled her eyes as she looked at Kou Zhong, who was about the same age as her. He was dressed in black royal robes and wore a crown, which made him look more domineering and majestic, but his face could still tell that he was young. appearance.

"This must be the little princess Dongming."

"I heard from Shen Dianjun that the little princess Dongming is very courageous. When I saw her today, she turned out to be very strange!"

Seeing Shan Wanjing dressed in men's clothing and looking at her head, Kou Zhong couldn't help but tease her.

"Giggle!"

These words couldn't help but make Yun Yuzhen, Shi Qingxuan and Wanwan smile.

Just now in the carriage, Shan Wanjing asked them endless questions, almost overwhelming them.

"Princess is just a princess, no matter how small you are, you are not much older than me."

Shan Wanjing opened her mouth and muttered softly.

But the people sitting in the hall were all masters with keen senses, so how could they not hear what she was saying.

"Wanjing, don't be rude."

Shan Meixian quickly scolded her.

Who knows, Kou Zhong didn't care and said with a smile: "It doesn't matter, Miss Shan is right."

"If Gu remembers correctly, Miss Shan should be seventeen this year, and Gu is only one year older than her."

Swish! ! !

Hearing this, a strange color appeared in Shan Meixian's beautiful eyes.

Others present didn't feel much at all, but when Shan Wanjing heard that Kou Zhong was not angry, she felt more and more that he was a good person.

Chapter 1: Those who obey me will prosper, and those who go against me will perish!

"Your Highness."

"We, the Dongming Sect..."

Before Shan Meixian could finish speaking, Kou Zhong interrupted her.

"What we agreed upon at the time was to use the Dongming Sect as a springboard to arm the Hengbo Army and the Donghai Navy to regain Jiangdong."

"The Dongming sect has done better than Gu imagined. The soldiers from the four states of Hangzhou, Huizhou, Fujian and Yi are mostly armed with weapons from the Dongming sect."

"On the matter of opening up Jiangdong, the past agreement between Gu and Mrs. Chu Guocheng has been canceled in one fell swoop."

"Come here, read the edict!"

The voice fell.

The attendant of the King of Chu on the side immediately took out a silk document: "The king's edict: Liu asks the Shan family to serve the country regardless of the cost, and has made great achievements. He will be given the title of Lady of Haiguo, and his daughter Shan Wanjing will be made the princess of Haiguo. , give Mrs. Haiguo a mansion, ten thousand gold, three thousand pieces of silk and satin, and two Pegasus horses."

"Mrs. Haiguo is specially allowed to retain a thousand bodyguards, who can carry horizontal swords, light bows and arrows."

"This..."

Shan Meixian looked at Kou Zhong in disbelief.

Just before entering the palace, Jin Yiti rode on a curtain posted on the streets of Chang'an, and everyone saw it.

The State of Chu recently established a system of imperial edicts for the wives of officials, courtiers, and wives. There are nine levels of imperial edicts, with the wife of the state ranking first, and only the wife of the duke being granted the imperial edict.

The title of princess is unique to the royal family. Usually, the daughter of the emperor is the princess, and the daughter of the clan is the princess or county princess.

How great is such a reward!

"Mrs. Hai Guo, please quickly accept the edict."

"His Highness felt that Madam and Princess were not allowed to enter the Women's Garden to practice Kung Fu, so he ordered someone to excerpt a copy of Ming Yu Gong, Liancheng Sword Technique, Heaven's Will Four Symbol Jue and Lingbo Weibu, as well as two Na Rings with Zhu inside. Twenty pieces of fruit, two each of the Beast Bone Pill and the Rebirth Pill."

"And the Ministry of Internal Affairs' "Qi Liu San" will send [-] kilograms of golden chicken spirit rice to Madam Haiguo's residence every month."

The Chu King's attendant handed the edict to Shan Meixian with a respectful expression.

"call..."

"I am here to receive the imperial edict."

Shan Meixian took a deep breath, suppressed the shock in her heart, and took the edict.

Shan Wanjing happily dropped blood on the ring, and occasionally took out a red fruit to play with.

"Ta Ta..."

At this moment, another attendant of the King of Chu entered the palace and reported: "Your Highness, the Third Miss Li Clan has arrived."

"Oh? Let her in."

Kou Zhong raised his eyebrows, with a playful expression on his face.

All the women present knew that business was coming, and all of them became extremely serious. Even Shan Wanjing put away her naughty look.

"Ta! Tat!"

Following the light footsteps, a graceful figure slowly walked into the hall.

Li Xiuning wore a plain-colored skirt, with a green hairpin holding up her hair. There was no decoration on her pretty face. She looked like a plain face, giving people the appearance of hibiscus emerging from clear water, but the perseverance between her eyebrows made people look at it. Sideways glance.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

At this time, Kou Zhong tapped the table gently, and the knocking sound resounded in the hall, hitting Li Xiuning's heart again and again. Everything she had planned was broken by the sound like morning bells and evening drums, and her face gradually changed. Must be a little pale.

"Let me take a guess."

"The main reason why you went north from Poyang is to talk to Gu about the Li Clan."

"Do you think that the Li clan, which now controls ten counties and has more than 50 troops under its command, can negotiate terms with Gu?"

"Do you know how many states and counties there are in Chu State now? No less than two hundred."

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, Li Xiuning, do you have any other bargaining chips?"

Kou Zhong sarcastically said with his eyes as sharp as knives scanning the body of the woman in front of him.

When Li Xiuning heard these words, her figure became a little shaky, and she raised her head with difficulty: "I..."

"I advise you to think clearly before speaking."

"Gu is not Chai Shao. You knew this from the day you met Gu."

"Perhaps the third lady of the Li family is one of the best in the world in terms of beauty. Coupled with Li's status, many people are willing to pay for it."

"But Gu doesn't care. There are only a few places in Gu's harem. There are already a lot of people now. If Gu wants to do it, it won't be a problem to gather all the eldest ladies of the four great families, let alone Miss Li."

Huh!

The words that sounded again struck Li Xiuning's heart hard, shattering her hopes once again.

Indeed, King Kou Zhong of Chu has been different from others since the day he rose to power. He is not a person who would give up everything for beauty. In other words, he is too independent-minded and cannot be influenced by women, let alone change anything for it. What's more, it is Chu's plan to unify the world.

There are currently six wives in Kou Zhong's harem. Shi Qingxuan is the daughter of the evil king Shi Zhixuan. Wanwan is the next headmaster of the Yingui sect. She has known Kou Zhong since they were young. His concubine Xuan is the daughter of Cihang Jingzhai. A saintess and a disciple of the Lord of the Heavenly Master Palace, Shang Xiuxun is not only the daughter of the great master Lu Miaozi, but also the chief pastor of the Chu State, in charge of all the war horses of the Chu State.

Why Song Yuhua, the eldest lady of the Song Dynasty, became the wife of the King of Chu, was not only because of her status as the eldest lady of the Song Dynasty, but also because she could capture Bashu for Kou Zhong, and now she is capturing the entire Lingnan for Kou Zhong.

Princess Nanyang is the eldest daughter of the former Sui Emperor Yang Guang and Empress Xiao. She is currently leading troops to seize Qilu and Huaibei for Gao Zhong.

Those who are equally or even better in appearance than them are, in addition to Fu Junma, the commander of the Jinyi Guards, and Shen Luoyan, the Zhibing Dianjun, there are also Shang Xiufang, Wang Shichong's niece Dong Shuni, the most powerful person in the world, and Dongming's wife Shan Meixian and her female single in the palace. Wanjing, who is not a stunning beauty, has not been included in Kou Zhong's harem, let alone her, the third Miss Li Clan.

"His Royal Highness has great ambitions and must have known I would come for a long time."

"In that case, please tell me clearly, Your Highness, what should Xiuning do to protect Li Clan?"

Looking at the young man in black clothes sitting next to Shan Meixian, Li Xiuning felt bitter in her heart.

If I had known that Kou Zhong would be as successful as he is today, he would have made friends no matter what, so how could he have dared to offend him.

But what she didn't know was that Kou Zhong was not his predecessor, but he had memories from later generations. No matter how good they became, how could Li Clan's profit-seeking temperament change?Naturally, it is impossible to gain Kou Zhong's friendship.

"If Li Clan wants to surrender, he has to use his chips."

"It's very simple. Except for the ten counties, if the Li clan defeats Liu Wuzhou, I can keep one-tenth of the gold and silver property for the Li clan."

"No, it's impossible!"

Hearing this, Li Xiuning lost his voice.

How much price did the Li clan have to pay to defeat Liu Wuzhou? There is still one-tenth of the gold and silver property instead of land. This is equivalent to the Li clan's hundreds of years of heritage being wiped out. How can it develop?

"Ha ha!"

"impossible?"

Looking at Li Xiuning, Kou Zhong said expressionlessly: "Only You Chuhong, Dugu Feng and ten children are left in the Dugu clan."

"Both Yuwen valve and Yuwenshu are dead."

"What does Li Clan want? Does Li Clan want to exterminate the clan? Or do you want to challenge Gu's methods?"

"Today, Gu will only say this once. If the Li clan cannot fulfill Gu's request, no one from the whole clan will be left alive."

"Don't ask me if I know how to do it. I just say, those who obey me will prosper, and those who go against me will perish!"

"Come on, take her out of confinement."

"promise!"

The attendants on the side escorted the distraught Li Xiuning away from the Qinzheng Hall.

In the main hall at this time, Shan Meixian and her daughter looked at the domineering Kou Zhong and couldn't help but feel a little distracted.

No one paid attention to Li Xiuning, and no one felt pity for Li Xiuning, because the four major clans had killed and oppressed countless people in the past few hundred years of their existence to accumulate so much wealth.

"Come on, let's start the banquet!"

Kou Zhong waved and gave instructions.

"promise!"

Immediately, the attendant immediately arranged for the dishes to be served in the royal kitchen, and a luncheon began.

.........

Far away in the country of Piao, under the city of Pyaimai.

"join the army."

"This country of Piao has an elephant army of a thousand men, which is invincible."

"If we can defeat the Xiang soldiers, we will definitely capture Beimai and destroy the Pyo Kingdom."

Longxiang General Guo Xiaoke pointed to the city in front and said.

"Ok!"

Nodding slightly, Xu Xingzhi looked at Beimu City, with a murderous intent in his eyes, and said in a deep voice: "Shen Dianjun has led his men to conquer Pibo City."

"Their next target is the Nibolu Kingdom and the Shendu city-states."

"We can't waste any more time. We must destroy the Pyu Kingdom as soon as possible. We divide our troops into two groups, go all the way to the west to attack Anmo Luobi and Samatanza, and go all the way to the east to attack Zhenla, Champa, and the Buddha Poti. , take it all from Tiannan."

"General Wang, you will personally bring ten thousand Yingyang Rui soldiers to the city, and two hundred eight-oxen crossbows are ready."

"If Piao does not send out elephant soldiers, then our army will use 20 people to forcibly break the city."

"promise!"

After Yingyang General Wang Junkuo heard this, he immediately carried his Qinglong sword and walked towards the rear of the formation of Yingyang's warriors.

Different from the [-] Longxiang light cavalry directly under the Longxiang army, the [-] Yingyang Ruisi directly under the Yingyang army, the elite of the light troops, are more suitable for siege operations.

The two armies came from the southwest, and every time they fought, they used eagles and warriors to seize the city, and Longxiang and light cavalry charged into the formation, with no disadvantages.