At this time, Ge Zhu, who was outside the house, heard the screams of the assassins recruited by his men, and his heart suddenly pounded.
Damn it, the emperor actually arranged for experts to guard him!
Ge Zhu quickly lowered the curtain and urged his confidants holding the carriage in a quick voice:
"Let's go!"
Those assassins were recruited by Ge Zhu at will, and he didn't even know his appearance or true identity. After the incident was completed, he planned to get rid of these people directly.
So at this time, Ge Zhu saw that the opportunity was not good, so he naturally abandoned these people without hesitation.
But now the dozen or so guards beside the carriage were all expert guards supported by the trading company. After hearing what Ge Zhu said at this time, these people did not hesitate at all, and immediately escorted the carriage and left in a hurry.
After they walked away, two figures suddenly emerged from an alley, quietly watching these people leave.
Zhang Yue turned his head slightly, looked at the movement at the house where Hai Rui lived not far away, and couldn't help but say:
"You were right again!"
Liu Bowen on the side heard this, chuckled lightly and said:
"I also know a little bit about the art of physiognomy. Although these people come as business clerks, they all have sinister faces and do not look like good people. The most important thing is that these people can't even drive a caravan carriage.
Too skilled, nothing looks right no matter how you look at it!”
The two of them had been near the county seat of Changning County. When he saw these assassins coming as business clerks, Liu Bowen immediately sensed something was wrong and came over.
Seeing Liu Bowen's vaguely proud look, Zhang Yue couldn't help but curl his lips and said:
"But haven't you still made a miscalculation? His Majesty, Emperor Yun, has arranged so many Legalist masters around this Yushi Hai. Obviously, there is no need for you and me to come to the rescue!"
Upon hearing this, Liu Bowen waved his hands slightly and explained with a smile:
"I entered Changning County because of the bet between us. I came here just in case, just in case..."
At this time, Zhang Yue suddenly moved his ears, interrupted Liu Bowen, and said:
"Let's go first, someone seems to be here!"
When Liu Bowen heard this, he nodded immediately and said:
"Which way?"
Zhang Yue looked forward and said:
"There are people coming from all around, follow me!"
After saying that, I saw Zhang Yue's feet, and with a sway, he disappeared from the spot and arrived on the roof beside him.
At this moment, Liu Bowen saw Zhang Yue's figure suddenly rising into the air, and he subconsciously imitated Zhang Yue's appearance and stood on tiptoes.
But it was obvious that Liu Bowen didn't know any Qing Kung Fu. He just imitated Zhang Yue and stood motionless.
"Take...you take me!"
Liu Bowen looked up at Zhang Yue on the roof and opened his mouth to speak. But as soon as he shouted a few words, he immediately realized that his voice was too loud and quickly lowered his voice.
Zhang Yue stood on the roof, looking at Liu Bowen below, a playful smile suddenly appeared on the corner of his mouth, and said softly:
"Hey? Don't you know a little bit about everything? Come up on your own!"
Liu Bowen's mouth twitched and he said helplessly:
"I'm not proficient in martial arts...Old sir, stop playing around. It's hard to explain why I was caught at this time!"
Zhang Yue saw Liu Bowen, who had always been confident, showing a helpless look, and his evil taste was satisfied. He immediately stroked his beard, chuckled twice, and then jumped down. When Liu Bowen looked confused,
He picked him up straight up, moved his body a few times, and then disappeared into the night.
Not long after the two left, several more figures suddenly appeared at the corner of the street.
"There are orders from above. In order to avoid alerting the enemy, Ge Zhu can let him go. But don't let those assassins go!"
"yes!"
Immediately, someone took action upon hearing the order, but after a while, torches suddenly lit up in the county town, which had been extremely quiet just a moment ago. Soldiers and soldiers from the border army suddenly came in and blocked the surrounding area with Hai Rui's residence as the center.
Hai Rui was surrounded by a group of Legalist disciples as escorts, and the assassins he faced were desperadoes recruited temporarily with gold and silver. It was a ragtag group of people, so there was no need to worry too much.
However, at this moment, the assassins who came were dead and wounded. There were only a few remaining men who did not dare to rush into the courtyard and fled in the night.
It's a pity that at this time, there were already soldiers from the border army waiting for these people to fall into the trap.
These assassins didn't even manage to escape far before they ran into the border soldiers and were captured by Yi Ying. But those who resisted would kill without mercy.
The figures behind Liu Bowen and his wife walked in a hurry and walked to the courtyard. They carefully knocked on the door and said loudly:
"Sheng Yang, the boss of Dongchang, would like to see Mr. Hai!"
Being so loud is obviously to show his identity.
Hearing that the person coming outside was announcing his name as Dongchang, all the Legalist disciples couldn't help but look at Hai Rui who was walking out of the study.
Hai Rui nodded and said:
"Let them in!"
After hearing Hai Rui's promise, everyone opened the courtyard door and let people in.
A group of Dongchang fans walked quickly into the courtyard, holding up Dongchang's waistbands in their hands to prove their identities.
The leader of the Dongchang team, named Sheng Yang, breathed a sigh of relief after seeing that Hai Ruian was fine. He quickly clasped his fists and saluted, saying:
"I've met Lord Hai!"
Hearing this, Hai Rui nodded slightly and said in a deep voice:
"Did that person let him go?"
Hearing this, Sheng Yang quickly said:
"Yes, I have let him go, and I didn't catch him on purpose!"
Upon hearing this, Hai Rui waved his robe and said in a deep voice:
"Okay, let's stop today's business! His Majesty's decree has been issued, tomorrow..."
Having said this, Hai Rui suddenly paused and raised his head to look at the pale sky.
Ge Zhu believed that the entire Changning County was already under his control. Therefore, he did not do much to cover up when arranging for these assassins to come.
Therefore, Hai Rui had already received the news and made some preparations.
In order to wait for these assassins to come, everyone stayed up all night, and now they have waited. After all the hard work, it is already Yinshi, and the sky has turned white.
"After daybreak, we will organize people to go out of the city to rescue the people of Xia Kingdom outside the city. These rats are greedy and hateful, but if they can save one or two people, they will have made up for it!" Hai Rui immediately changed his words.
Hai Rui has a serious temperament and hates these greedy villains. However, he is not as pedantic as recorded in the literati's miscellaneous notes. Under such circumstances, if he tolerates these rats for a while, he can save more people.
He obviously can accept it.
When everyone heard Hai Rui's words, they quickly responded in unison:
"yes!"
Two hours later, the city gate facing Xia Kingdom in Changning County slowly opened.
At this time, the city gate had not been opened for several months. When it was opened today, the rusty door shaft creaked and there was a lot of movement. A group of old crows and wild dogs living outside looked up to look at the city.
The direction of the door.
More than a thousand frontier soldiers, fully armed and covering their mouths and noses, escorted the doctors and slowly walked out of the city gate with more than a dozen carts of food and herbs.
Within a few months, the official road at the gate of the city had been left unmaintained and was covered with weeds. The wild dogs, accustomed to eating human flesh, were not afraid of humans and surrounded them with salivating mouths and red eyes.
The soldiers mercilessly stabbed to death the wild dogs that dared to surround them. They supported the doctors and carefully walked around the corpses that had turned into white bones on the ground. They walked firmly towards Xia Kingdom with firm steps.
In the county town, Liu Bowen pointed at the motorcade at the city gate, with a smile on his face, coughed lightly, looked at Zhang Yue beside him, and said:
"Old sir, it seems that I have won again!"
Zhang Yue looked at the convoy leaving the city with a complicated expression and remained silent for a long time.
According to the agreement, from now on, Zhang Yue will follow Liu Bowen to Zhongqing City to serve Xiao Cheng.
Liu Bowen noticed Zhang Yue's expression and suddenly said;
"Speaking of which, I haven't asked you yet. No matter how you look at it, His Majesty the Emperor Yun is a great master of the Ming Dynasty. The old gentleman has been to Zhongqing City before, so he should know it. But I don't know why you are like this.
Not willing to submit?"
Upon hearing Liu Bowen's inquiry, Zhang Yue was silent for a moment and then said:
"I, a disciple of the Zongheng family, have always had no definite say in everything. When planning for one party, it must be because he has something to ask for and uses his strength to do it. Just judging from Emperor Yun's performance after he ascended the throne, he is indeed a great leader.
Master Ming, if you assist him, you can achieve great things. But unfortunately, although the Yun Kingdom is now very powerful, in terms of foundation, it is still not as good as the Xia Kingdom!"
"Assisting the king of a small country to dominate the world and achieve great achievements, doesn't it show the ability of a politician?" Liu Bowen couldn't help but ask.
Hearing this, Zhang Yue laughed and did not answer immediately. Instead, he stretched his hands back, took off the two long swords in black and white from his back, displayed them in front of Liu Bowen, and then continued:
"This black sword is called Lian Heng. This white sword is called He Zong!"
Liu Bowen's eyes moved, he looked at Zhang Yue and said:
"The concept of combining vertical and horizontal, the idea of the strategist and horizontal family, naturally does not require much, and has been heard in the world for a long time!"
Hearing this, Zhang Yue drew out his black long sword and said:
"Those who are linked to each other are those who are strong in one thing and attack the weak in others. They use various methods to destroy. They are good at using various contradictions and interests to create rifts so as to gain opportunities. This is because they have more conspiracy and less conspiracy."
Having said this, Zhang Yue picked up another white sword, but did not pull it out. He just looked at Liu Bowen and continued:
"Those who work together, unite the weak to attack the strong, and use diplomatic means to unite and unite. This is to seek more for the good and less for the conspiracy."
Hearing this, Liu Bowen pondered for a moment, then suddenly nodded and said:
"The old gentleman is saying that he is good at combining forces, but not at combining forces. So he needs to serve the king of a great country so that he can fully use the methods he has learned?"
Hearing this, Zhang Yue nodded and said with a wry smile:
"Throughout the generations, strategists have had two successors, each wielding two swords. However, due to an old incident in the sect, I am the only one in this generation who has inherited what the sect has learned..."
When Liu Bowen heard this explanation, he opened his mouth, but did not continue to ask.
Regardless of the current Yun and Xia countries, the Yun State has taken advantage of everything. It was all due to various reasons that the Xia State was tied up and took the initiative to seek peace.
Don't talk about anything else, just say that this time Xiao Cheng asked the Xia Kingdom for compensation. The gold and silver were equivalent to three years of taxes from the Yun Kingdom.
If Xiao Cheng hadn't copied most of the six hundred years of Buddhism in Yun State and asked him to come up with this money, he wouldn't be able to come up with it at all.
For Xia Guo, although the loss was somewhat distressing, it could not be regarded as a traumatic experience.
A country's comprehensive strength and the gap between each other's backgrounds must be measured by things such as territory and population. A temporary gain or loss is only temporary and cannot have lasting impact.
Speaking of this, Liu Bowen couldn't help but paused, his face looked a little resentful, and he didn't know whether he should continue to persuade.
After all, even if Zhang Yue goes with a bet, he will just get someone who is unwilling and unable to use what he has learned, and it will not be of much use at all!
But at this moment, Liu Bowen suddenly felt something in his heart, and he looked toward the southeast with a look of surprise on his face.
Zhang Yue was stunned by Liu Bowen's actions. He looked along his line of sight, but couldn't see anything. He couldn't help but asked in surprise:
"What are you doing?"
Liu Bowen did not speak immediately, but laughed.
Liu Bowen waved his robe, flipped his palms, and activated the power of heaven and earth with his thoughts.
The next moment, the white light visible to the naked eye appeared out of thin air. Under Liu Bowen's tug, it turned into mysterious runes, shone with white light, slowly emerged, and suddenly rushed into Zhang Yue's sight.
Zhang Yue was stunned for a moment, and his vision suddenly became a little blurry.
"What are you..." Zhang Yue subconsciously rubbed his eyes, looked at Liu Bowen, and froze on the spot before the words of inquiry were uttered.
At this time, in Zhang Yue's sight, the world had changed drastically.
The five qi of human beings are connected with the power of heaven and earth to condense various phenomena.
Zhang Yue looked at Liu Bowen with a complex expression on his face:
"Taoist's open eyes? You can even know this secret technique that is not taught by Taoists?"
Hearing this, Liu Bowen blinked subconsciously and chuckled:
"I just know a little bit..."
Zhang Yue's mouth twitched, and he felt depressed. Fortunately, he didn't look at him.
Looking in the direction Liu Bowen was looking just now, he saw a golden light shining in the sky in the southeast direction. I don't know how far away it was.
Auspicious clouds fill the air, and golden clouds fill the sky. The aura of dragons and tigers of the country rises slowly, and all kinds of strange beasts appear.
The purple divine bird gave a clear cry and flapped its wings to fly.
There were still all kinds of lights all over the Yun Kingdom, and they suddenly seemed to be summoned and flew towards that direction.
The purple divine bird trembled and spread out suddenly. The purple light gathered all kinds of radiance from all over the Yun Kingdom and condensed them together.
In Zhang Yue's shocked and stunned eyes, countless rays of light condensed and immediately turned into a golden dragon. Its body swelled to a huge size, shrouding the entire Yun Kingdom.
At the same time, in the world, the Emperor of Xia Kingdom, the King of Li Dynasty, the kings of various countries, and even all the masters in the world who had touched the ninth level, all felt something in their hearts at this time, and they all looked in the direction of Yun Kingdom, and they suddenly felt
Have a strange feeling.
At this time, Zhang Yue was so shocked that he could not speak for a long time.
The southeast direction of Changning County is surprisingly the direction where Zhongqing City, the capital of Yun Kingdom, is located!