Ji Chang's ninety-nine sons all gathered in the main hall. Sitting at the top were Ji Chang's mother Taijiang and Ji Chang's concubine Taiji. San Yisheng beside him took out the secret note given to him by Ji Fa and handed it to him respectfully.
Taiji.
Taiji opened the letter and handed it to Taijiang to read first. Taijiang glanced at it briefly, and his expression suddenly changed. When Taiji read it again, he also frowned and signaled San Yisheng to recite the content.
The general content of the letter is: This time Chaoge is very likely to have a terrible event. If Ji Chang is safe and sound, it will be fine. If he cannot return or even encounters misfortune, Xiqi must not act rashly or cause a military disaster. According to the eldest son Boyi
Kao Dai performs the duties of Xibohou, taking charge of everything big and small. He is assisted by his second son Ji Fa. The civil and internal affairs are San Yisheng, and the military garrison is Nangong Shi. If there is a major issue that cannot be decided, Taiji and Taijiang must be consulted to make a decision. Between brothers
, we must unite and be friendly, and be united as one. If there is a private fight, we will be severely punished.
After listening to Ji Chang's letter, everyone had different expressions. Boyikao looked very anxious when he learned that his father could not come back and his life was in danger. When Ji Fa heard that his brother had taken over the post of Xibohou on behalf of Xibohou, he looked like nothing on the surface, but his eyes were filled with excitement.
There was a hint of reluctance, and some of the other disciples also showed signs of dissatisfaction. Taiji saw this, and the worry on her face became even stronger.
What made these people gloat about their misfortune was that the good days of Boyikao's "Dai Xibohou" came to an end soon. As Ji Chang expected in his letter, a major event happened in Chaoge that shocked the emperor.
Ji Chen colluded with Nanbohou to plot rebellion. The emperor was suddenly killed by a mysterious assassin during the quelling the chaos. If not for God's blessing, he would have died long ago. Except for Beibohou Chonghou Hu who reported the secret, the other three princes were all involved in this incident.
.Nanbohou E Chongyu, one of the masterminds of the rebellion, was sentenced to death and minced into mincemeat; Dongbohou Jiang Huanchu, who was forced to become a thief, was deprived of his territory; Xibohou Jichang was suspected of the assassination and was imprisoned in Youli by the emperor, but the truth was not found out
They will not be released until then.
Originally, Ji Chang's imprisonment was enough to give Xiqi a headache, but the news that the emperor granted him the title of Taibo and Zhong Yong was named "Pingxihou" was like a blow to the head. If the Pingxihou was an outsider, it would be fine, but Taibo, Zhongyong and
Ji Chang is a biological brother. After all, it is Ji Chang's clan rule. Even if Xiqi wants to write a letter to reject it, there is no suitable excuse. Taiji hastily summoned all her sons to discuss, and Ji Chang's sons also know that there is no internal fighting now.
At this time, they all expressed their willingness to work together to face this difficulty together.
Taibo and Zhongyong were ostracized by Ji Chang and were forced to leave Xiqi to go abroad. Now they have the emperor's "favor" and they are returning home in fine clothes. Naturally, they are proud of the spring breeze. They brought a team of people and accompanied Chaoge's envoy to Xiqi.
Qi, after the envoy read the imperial edict to the ministers of Xiqi, Taibo and Zhongyong officially took office. Taibo was the Western Marquis of Zuoping, in charge of internal affairs, and Zhongyong was the Western Marquis of Youping, in charge of military affairs. Faced with this situation, Xiqi
Their countermeasures were nothing more than a covert and covert attempt to eclipse the power of the two men. After all, Tai Bo and Zhong Yong were not rookies. They appointed their cronies to important positions and used some of their old ministries to gradually take full control of their power. For a time, both parties
Fighting openly and secretly, Zhang Zixing was so busy that he naturally smiled knowingly when he received the news.
At this time, Huang Feihu, who had quelled the chaos in the East China Sea, finally received good news. With the help of Zheng Lun and the Gao brothers, Huang Feihu won a complete victory in the final battle, captured King Ping Ling and other rebels alive, and pacified the East China Sea area.
The main teacher returned to the court.
When E Chongyu's son E Shun learned that his father had been sentenced to death for rebellion, he immediately proclaimed himself Nanbohou and began to unite with the surrounding small princes to raise troops to rebel. Although it is still only annexing those southern princes who are unwilling to rebel together,
Zhang Zixing did not dare to let down his guard, so he ordered Deng Jiugong of Sanshanguan to be on strict guard and transport a large amount of war preparation materials to Sanshanguan. At the same time, he issued an order to have Chonghou Hu order all his soldiers and horses, armed with white and yellow axes, to go to the south to attack the traitor E.
Shun.
Chonghou Hu had already received orders from Zhang Zixing, and now he once again joined forces with his younger brother, Caozhou Hou Chongheihu, to mobilize a large army and prepare to go south to conquer Eshun. Due to the large geographical span, it took a lot of preparation time.
Soon, Huang Feihu's squadron returned to the court and brought back the captured King Ping Ling. Zhang Zixing was overjoyed and issued an order to reward the three armies. Huang Feihu and other meritorious ministers were announced to the palace. King Wucheng Huang Feihu of the Zhenguo led Hong Jin, Zheng Lun, Gao Ming, and Gao Jue
, Ji Kang and all the generals came to the nine-room hall together, bowed three times and kowtowed nine times.
Huang Feihu first apologized to the emperor, saying that he was incompetent in the battle and lost many troops. Fortunately, the emperor sent reinforcements and the rebellion was successfully quelled. Zhang Zixing naturally smiled at his apology. Huang Feihu did not take any credit and praised all the generals under his command.
It turned out that King Ping Ling had two generals who were skilled in martial arts and proficient in Taoism. They were very powerful. They had victories and defeats with the Shang army.
The army was in a stalemate. Later, Zheng Lun, Gao Ming, and Gao Jue arrived. With Gao Ming, Gao Jue's clairvoyance and ears for the wind, the Shang army understood the enemy's situation and took advantage of everything. In the end, Zheng Lun captured the enemy general Fang Xi alive with the white light in his nose.
Ji Kang and Gao Ming and Gao Jue worked together to capture the enemy general Gao Jineng, and Hong Jin captured King Ping Ling alive using the techniques of flag sect. Since then, King Ping Ling's rebellion was finally put down.
Huang Feihu did not mention his own merits at all, but only expressed the merits of his generals. Hong Jin and others all admired the moral character of this commander. The feelings between comrades are always the most sincere. In these days of life and death, even if they are clever
Monsters like Gao Jue also felt an unprecedented sense of fulfillment in their military life. Huang Feihu was approachable, fair and selfless in his dealings, and he got along very well with the generals, forming a deep relationship with them.
Zhang Zixing couldn't help but be a little surprised when he heard about the two enemy generals who had been captured.
Gao Jineng? In the original book, Kong Xuan's subordinate had extremely ordinary magic power. His magic weapon was a centipede bee bag, which could release piles of centipede bees to interfere with the enemy's army and bite the eyes of Huang Tianhua's mount Jade Qilin. Huang Tianhua was knocked to the ground.
Shen died in the hands of Gao Jineng. In terms of martial arts, Gao Jineng was superior to his magic power. Later, he fought fiercely with Huang Feihu and his four brothers for a long time, but was eventually defeated and killed. According to the original work, this man should be a general of Dashang. How did he get to King Pingling?
Where did you go?
Fang Xi? There is no such person in the original work. Judging from Huang Feihu's description, this person is good at arson, his Taoism is far better than Gao Jineng, and he is full of tricks. He is the most powerful person under King Ping Ling. If it weren't for Zheng Lun's
He has a good sense of fighting and will use white light to capture people as soon as he comes up, fearing that he will still escape.
Mentioning Hong Jin, Zhang Zixing couldn't help but look at him for a while. The future commander-in-chief of Sanshanguan was a good-looking man, and he was considered a pretty boy.
This Hong Jin should be a disciple of Jie Jiao. He is proficient in flag sect and escape technique. His magic power can only be regarded as ordinary among the gods, but his luck is amazing. Capturing the leader of the rebels alive this time, King Ping Ling, is not a big deal. This person is
In the book, she actually married Princess Longji, the daughter of God Haotian. Huangdi once said that among the four spiritual spirits, the most difficult to obtain is the spiritual spirit. Princess Longji is bound to win in Zhang Zixing's plan.
Hong Jin cannot be allowed to have any changes.
Killing Hong Jin? This is not possible. Hong Jin is one of the biggest contributors to the rebellion in the East China Sea. How can he convince the public by killing him for no reason? Furthermore, Hong Jin is now a general of Dashang and one of Zhang Zixing’s combat forces.
People with great ambitions like Fei Lian are of great use value. Wouldn't it be a pity to kill them like this?
Zhang Zixing thought for a long time and rewarded Hong Jin, who captured the chief culprit in the counter-rebellion. In order to meet the needs of development, during the military system reform that year, he referred to the general titles from the Three Kingdoms period and applied them to the Great Shang military system. Hong Jin's
The title he received for the first time was General Pinglu, which was equivalent to about the third rank. It was already a quite generous title. However, what surprised Hong Jin was yet to come - the emperor praised him for his youthful prowess and asked him if he was married. After learning that he was still
When he was single, he was willing to be the great matchmaker himself, and specially betrothed to him the royal princess Baoyan. Baoyan was the daughter of the emperor's uncle Jizi, who was beautiful and virtuous. Hong Jin was extremely happy and thanked the emperor endlessly.
Since Bao Yan is the princess of the clan, Hong Jin is a "son-in-law" who is a low-level wife and a high-level son-in-law. Therefore, according to the clan etiquette, Hong Jin is not allowed to marry other than the princess and his married concubines. How could Hong Jin have expected the emperor's heart?
His plan was just for good luck, so he followed it.
After cutting off Hong Jin's chance of marrying Princess Long Ji, Zhang Zixing finally settled down and rewarded the other meritorious officials one by one. Although the generals envied Hong Jin, they were also convinced by whoever was lucky enough to catch him.
Where is King Ping Ling, the leader of the rebels?
Then the emperor led hundreds of civil and military officials to a banquet for the heroes of the Eastern Expedition in the Xianqing Hall, until they dispersed after enjoying themselves.
Not everyone can be like Su Hu, who has a daughter who may affect the entire Conferring God Killing Tribulation, so the treatment of King Ping Ling is naturally to serve as a warning to others. As for Gao Jineng and Fang Xi, Zhang Zixing is tempted to recruit them.
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Considering the causal relationship in the book, Zhang Zixing took Kong Xuan with him and went to the prison in person to recruit him.
Gao Jineng repaid King Ping Ling for supporting him, and he did not hesitate to accompany the rebellion. Now he was captured and was facing death. Unexpectedly, the emperor personally came to recruit him as a traitor. In this era, the idea of loyalty to the emperor is still very important. Gao Jineng shed tears of gratitude.
He was willing to swear allegiance to the death, but it left Kong Xuan useless.
Due to Fang Wei's superb Taoist skills, Hong Jin, who had fought with him many times, did not dare to be careless. Not only was he tied up tightly, but he was also suppressed with talismans along the way, keeping him unconscious. Kong Xuan stretched out his hand and pointed at the talisman.
The power dissipated immediately, and Fang Xi slowly opened his eyes.
"Who are you?" Fang Si exerted a little force, and the rope turned into ashes. He jumped up and quickly glanced around, and immediately understood his situation.
Just as Gao Jineng was about to reveal Zhang Zixing's identity, he heard Kong Xuan snort coldly. As if someone had punched him hard in the chest, Fang Shi staggered back a few steps, relying on the support of the wall behind him to avoid falling.
Gao Jineng was shocked. He knew about Fang Xi's magical powers. Now, the elegant man next to the emperor just made Fang Xi suffer a big loss with just a simple hum. How powerful this must be!
Fang Xi also had a look of shock on his face, knowing that the difference in strength between himself and his opponent was too huge, so he still dared to act rashly.
"A mere human-faced owl dares to be so presumptuous in front of me!" Kong Xuan revealed Fang Xi's true identity in just one sentence, making him even more frightened.
Gao Jineng said quickly: "General Fang, please don't be rash. The emperor is here, come and see me."
When Fang Xi heard that the emperor was coming in person, he was startled again, but he glanced at Kong Xuan. He was really afraid and did not dare to move. He bowed to Zhang Zixing from afar and said, "The guilty minister Fang Xi is here to see your majesty."
Zhang Zixing nodded, ignored him, and ordered his attendants: "Take General Gao down to bathe and change clothes. Treat him well and don't be rude."
The chamberlain took the order and left with Gao Jineng. Zhang Zixing then said to Fang Xi: "Since General Fang knew he was guilty, why did he rebel with King Pingling in the first place?"
Fang Xi smiled bitterly and said: "The sinner is an owl demon who has attained Taoism. He originally practiced in the mountains, but because of his restless mind, it was difficult to achieve immortality, so he went out to travel around the world. In the East China Sea, he happened to meet King Ping Ling. He valued my talents and was granted the title of
General, in order to repay this kindness, I will obey you."
Zhang Zixing called up some information about ancient monsters in his super brain in his consciousness, found the human-faced owl, and asked Kong Xuan: "Brother, the human-faced owl you mentioned is shaped like an owl but has a human face.
If a pheasant has a body and a dog's tail, its appearance is a sign of drought?"
Kong Xuan knew that he had extensive knowledge and nodded: "Brother Huang is right."
Fang Xi lay on the ground, not daring to move, and broke out in cold sweat: it was reasonable for the man with unfathomable strength to see through his true identity, but the emperor actually revealed his true identity in just a few words, and even
It's true at all. It seems that the emperor is indeed as capable as the rumors say. No wonder even the man with great supernatural powers calls him the emperor brother.
Zhang Zixing sneered and said: "Since you have the power of drought, no wonder Hong Jin said that your fire skills are powerful, but I don't know, how are you compared to the ancient drought goddess Ba?"
"That Han Ban is an ancient goddess with great magical powers. How can a little demon compare?" Fang Si suddenly remembered that the emperor had told the world that the female demon had been wiped out in order to quell the severe drought. He couldn't help but sweat on his shirt: "Your Majesty, although the little demon is thin, there is no drought.
He has great power, but he is not a god of disaster, and will never harm the world. The little demon is willing to commit crimes, serve your majesty, and swear allegiance to him to the death!"
Zhang Zixing and Kong Xuan looked at each other, smiled, and said, "You owl demon is quite clever, but you first betrayed me, Dashang, and now you betray King Ping Ling. Who can guarantee that you will not rebel again in the future?"
Fang Xi was speechless for a moment, but Kong Xuan knew Zhang Zixing's intentions and shouted: "Hand over your soul, and your life will be spared!"
Fang Sha knew that this was his last chance to survive, so he quickly gave up his life soul. To his surprise, it was not Kong Xuan who accepted the life soul, but the emperor. From the emperor's method and method of receiving the life soul, he
Judging from the power he exuded intentionally or unintentionally, he was at least an immortal. He couldn't help but secretly feel lucky that he had caught the opportunity early, otherwise he would have turned into ashes long ago.
What makes Zhang Zixing satisfied is that Fang Shao is flexible and good at strategy. He is a good talent. Since he has mastered his natal soul, he is not afraid of him biting back.
He passed it on to Fang Xi, who originally liked trickery and was overjoyed to thank him.
After the successful recruitment, Zhang Zixing summoned Master Wen and had a long discussion before returning to the palace to rest.