In the room, a doctor was treating Ji Xin, but his expression was a little ugly. He reached out and took out a pill, hesitated for a moment, took out another pill, and presented it to Ji Xin.
Stretching out his fingers to pick up two pills, Ji Xin raised his eyes and looked at the doctor, "The knife is poisonous."
"Yes, the poison of dispersing qi is specifically targeted at practitioners." The doctor lowered his head and replied carefully.
"It can be saved."
"This medicine comes from a fowler. There is no way to save it, only to suppress it."
"Pay for it."
"You can't buy it. Even the elders of the Ascension Temple died of this poison."
"waste."
"yes."
"If we suppress it, how long will it take?"
"It varies from person to person, but if it's good, ten years."
"It's not quite enough, but it's almost enough. Step back."
"As commanded."
Just as the doctor was about to leave, Ji Xin pointed to Ji Bi, who was tied up tightly and still unconscious in the corner, "Rescue him, he must be alive."
"As commanded."
After a period of rustling, Ji Bi woke up quietly, staring at the roof with dull eyes, without saying a word.
Ji Xin waved his hand, and everyone in the room retreated, leaving only the two brothers who had been fighting and fearing each other for half their lives. I thought I could turn all the grudges into gold and silver in my old age, but I didn't expect that in the end we would still be facing each other with swords.
"Why." Ji Xin looked painful, like a furious lion, staring at his younger brother fiercely.
"Why, hahaha." Ji Bi's mouth was filled with blood. Ji Xin's blow had seriously injured him. "Thank you for asking, the position of Lord of the Ji family is mine, but because I can't practice Taken away by you. Over the years, I have endured the humiliation and endured hardships, just thinking that one day I can take back everything that belongs to me. Today, I finally got the chance."
"You can't practice, and inheriting the position of lord will only cause the family to fall apart. Don't you understand this?" Ji Ye threw the tea cup on the table in front of Ji Bi, and the ceramic shards shot out and hit Ji Bi. There were countless blood stains on his face.
"Haha, then why did you pass the position to Ji Chen? He can't practice, so it's bullshit that he can't practice." Ji Bi looked at his eldest brother with a mocking face, who was known as a violent tiger when he was young. The man, now also with gray hair, looks like a cornered animal.
"Although Ji Ye can practice, his character is not good. He is too soft, kind, and emotional to control the overall situation. Only Ji Chen has a calm temperament and the support of everyone." Ji Xin lowered his voice, his face was ferocious, and veins were pulsing on his forehead. , staring hard at Ji Bi who was lying on the ground like a dog, "Besides, Ji Chen is still young. After the transformation is successful, I plan to destroy the Murong family's little hooves and fill Ji Chen's harem with dozens of them." Women, I don’t believe that I can’t give birth to an heir who can practice cultivation.”
"Okay, then why do you still let Ji Ye control the military? Aren't you still worried about Ji Chen?" Ji Bi spat out a mouthful of blood and glanced at Ji Xin with disdain.
"I'm not dead yet, why should I give all the power to him? Have you not read the history books of the human race? There are still few cases of sons killing their fathers." Ji Xin roared in a low voice, and walked to Ji Bi in a few steps, "Why don't you still read the history books of the human race? You are also a ruthless guy. I have been so kind to you all these years and you still want to rebel. Is this the end of your life?"
"Shit, is it good for me? Is it good for me to garrison troops in Xingshan to monitor me? Is it good for me to deprive Uling City of taxes? Is it also good for me to order that the number of troops in Uling City should not exceed three thousand?" Ji Bi cursed and angrily sat up from the ground, staring at the eldest brother opposite him like a fighting dog.
"Presumptuous." Ji Bi flicked his long sleeves. Ji Bi was knocked up and landed at the door. "You just committed the assassination. If I hadn't been thinking about brotherhood, you would have died long ago. Wu Gen and those fearless people Army, what great things can be accomplished? Which emperor does not guard against others? If I deliberately target you, I will just pull out your Uling City, and it will take so many troubles."
"Tell me, where did the rebels from the north come from and who will lead them?" Seeing that Ji Bi stopped talking, Ji Xin suppressed the anger in his heart and sat back down in his seat.
Ji Bi rolled his eyes and said with a strange expression: "Brother, just now were you thinking
Let Ji Chen give birth to an heir who can practice cultivation. Now there is a ready-made one who is both capable of cultivation and has great ambitions, enough to hold the position of lord. I wonder if you would like to pass it on to him. "
Ji Bi was stunned, leaned forward, and said fiercely: "Who?"
"My son Ji Xian." Ji Ye looked at him triumphantly and moved his body to make himself more comfortable. "This time it was he who led 70,000 troops to attack Hanlu City. I think he was almost at the city gate. "
"Ji Xian, that boy who has been quite smart since he was a child and studied well? Didn't he go on a study tour and visit famous teachers?" A polite young man with a bookish look on his face appeared in Ji Xin's mind. Ji Xian was only ten years old when she last saw him.
"Yes, he is out. Since I found out that he has the qualifications to practice, I have secretly arranged for him to go to other provinces to polish his cultivation, so as not to be killed secretly by you after you find out." Although Ji Bi died due to excessive blood loss. His face was pale, but there was a smile on his face.
"Now I have persuaded the two commanders of the guards, Shifa and Shang Zheng, and borrowed 30,000 horses from the Xianyu family in Shule Province. Together with a 70,000-strong army, I am heading towards Hanlu City. These days, I have been with you all the time. Inquiring into the military situation, your Northern and Southern armies are being held back by those families. How can they hold on with the more than 10,000 troops in Hanlu City and Ji Chen, who has never led an army in a war?
When Hanlu City is conquered, my son will tell the entire province to cancel the restructuring and allow each family to maintain the status quo. By then, you will see who will support you. Brother, I think you have lost your mind when you become a lord. You actually think about the family, betray your ancestors and forget the laws, and become a thief. "
Ji Xin suddenly stood up, pointed at Ji Bi and cursed angrily: "Borrow troops from other provinces and tell them what conditions you agreed to them."
"I offer you twenty cities in the northern part of the province, as well as the corresponding large and small families." Ji Bi tilted his head and looked at the other party with an indifferent look on his face.
"You...you are a traitor who betrayed the family, and you actually lured the wolf into the house by offering the city." Ji Xin was so angry that she was shaking all over. With a flick of her arm, all the teacups, inkstones and other items on the table were swept to the ground, and she hunched over again. He walked around and threw all the vases, calligraphy and paintings, pearls and jade in the house to the ground.
Looking at the mess in the house, Ji Xin held the table with his hands, like any ordinary old man in the world, gasping and cursing loudly, "Ji Bi, my Ji family has always expanded its territory, and has never expanded its territory." The territory is given away. Believe it or not... Believe it or not, I will cut you into pieces."
"Brother, since I came to Zhaoqin City, I have no intention of going back. I am a waste who cannot practice, but I am willing to use my useless body to remove some obstacles for future generations. No one can block the way. Including you, my eldest brother who is so strong." Ji Biji sat on the ground and stared at her brother without fear.
"Haha, you really think that your idiot son, leading 70,000 troops, wants to capture Hanlu City. You have never been a lord, so you don't know the details of Hanlu City. In addition to the more than 10,000 defenders of this fortified city, there are also With the formation and the population of over a million, can you defeat it?" Ji Xin looked at his younger brother with pity, "Besides, Ji Ye is already preparing to counterattack the coalition forces. When he returns after winning, he will attack from both inside and outside. Seventy thousand people are nothing. .”
"Brother, I know what you are saying. But don't think about it. Most fortified cities are attacked from within. You really think that after all these years of planning, Hanlu City has no back-up plan." Ji Bi said with a sarcastic look on his face. Blood foam oozes from the corners of the mouth at the slightest word.
"And as you said, Ji Ye is too soft, too kind, and too emotional. Do you think he will turn around and return after hearing about the great changes in Hanlu City? In this way, the coalition troops will join my son's tiger and wolf men, and the Southern Army will Can the Northern Army stop it? Does Ji Chen dare to open the city and send troops?"
Ji Xin's face changed slightly, and she sat back down slumpedly. She lowered her head and thought painfully for a long time, "These thieves have been linked to you for a long time."
"Yes, I have secretly formed an alliance with the Gu family, Lu family, etc., and both parties have agreed to raise troops together to capture Hanlu City. When the time comes, I will share some of the Ji family's original cities with them, and promise not to reorganize them. , and will also set up a meeting hall in the city, allowing each family to send one person to stay there permanently to discuss provincial affairs."
Seeing that Ji Xin was about to speak, Ji Bi was the first to speak: "Don't worry, these are just temporary measures. As long as I become the lord, with my son's wisdom, I will regain these lost things little by little."
Ji Xin looked up at the roof
, did not speak for a long time, "Second brother, I originally thought that after the restructuring was completed, the throne would be passed down to future generations, and you and I would lie high on the east mountain, eat pines and drink in the streams, but I never thought that brothers would kill each other in the end. Well, now that we are here. In this situation, I can only change my plan of sitting back and watching what happens. Murong Yingge, come in."
"Your Majesty, I'm here." A man came in from the door, took one look at the chaos in the room, and fell to his knees with a plop, "Your Majesty, what are your orders?"
"The 30,000 clan soldiers hidden in your family went all the way to Zhuolu Ridge to help Ji Ye, and the other way went directly to Hanlu City to help Ji Chen defend the city together. Once the fighting in the east is over, the Northern and Southern armies will return. Those 70,000 rebels are nothing." Ji Xin calmed down again and ordered coldly.
"I obey, and I will follow your majesty to the death." Murong Yingge kowtowed again, and after standing up, he solemnly said: "But there is something wrong with your majesty. The people of the Murong family are your majesty's people. How can we help you? After this battle, The Murong family is willing to return all the soldiers and horses in the family to Your Majesty. Except for some farmhouses, the whole family is willing to move to Hanlu City."
"I know your loyalty, so after the restructuring is completed, you will be the prime minister." Ji Xin said calmly, tapping the armrest with her fingers, "Murong Yanyu has been a bit disobedient in recent years. , might as well let her go home and guard the ancestral home.
The little girl Yu Qiang is quite good. We might as well let her get married to Chen'er, and they will be a couple in the future. I just hope her belly can gain some energy and give birth to more children. Don't make this matter public for now, wait until everything is settled before you can persuade Murong Yanyu. "
Murong Yingge quickly fell to the ground to thank her. Seeing Ji Xin about to get up, she quickly stood up and supported him.
Ji Xin was a little tired and pointed to Ji Bi on the ground, "Take this traitor and go back to Hanlu City together. I want to show those with evil intentions that if you go against the will of heaven, it will all come to nothing."
