Borges marveled at the wonder of the ancient treasure and sighed: "Brother, it's time for this matter to come to an end. It's time for me to leave!"
Mu Sheng nodded and said, "Okay, I'll send you out right now."
Back in the real world, Mu Sheng went to the castle terrace to release Borges's soul. To be on the safe side, he used the Soul Confinement Technique to control his soul. As long as he waited for an hour, he would be there if there was no one left. If the new body is taken over by him, his soul will soon dissipate.
Borges' soul saw Mu Sheng doing all this and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I'm like this now, what else can I do?"
Mu Sheng raised his brows and said in a deep voice: "My heart has been sailing for ten thousand years. Although I agreed to your plea, if I don't watch you completely disappear with my own eyes, I will feel uneasy. For a hero like you, I promise to return to you." Promise, I have to mention you ten thousand times."
When Borges heard this, he laughed and said: "Okay! Okay! Okay! If you act like this, I can completely trust you to hand over the mountain puppet to you."
Borges hesitated again and again, and said in a lonely tone: "Before I leave, I still want to see an old friend. Could you please let Mr. Sheng know?"
Mu Sheng's heart moved and he asked, "Do you want to see Muyinaqi?"
Borges nodded sheepishly and said, "Yes, she was the only one of the three guardians around me back then, and she is the only one I care about."
Mu Sheng turned around to find the waiter and ordered: "Go to the Emperor's palace and send a message. There is an old hero who wants to meet her. She knows what it means."
The waiter nodded in agreement and turned to inform the news.
After a while, the waiter came back. He shook his head and said, "Report to the Emperor, the Empress does not want to see him."
Mu Sheng understood. He turned back to the terrace and said to Borges, "Muyinaqi doesn't want to see you."
When Borges heard this, the last look in his eyes disappeared. He finally felt relieved and said: "You have to treat her well. She is a good girl. I failed her. I was sorry for her. I would have known better." Today, it’s better to let her go and let her find her true destiny, maybe she won’t be so resentful of me, hey..."
Mu Sheng sighed: "She is indeed a good girl. I will treat her well."
An hour later, Borges's spirit began to gradually dissipate. As the sun set, Borges took one last look at the brightly lit Yucheng on the terrace and finally closed his eyes. His spirit also Gradually disintegrated, turning into bits of starlight and floating into the distance...
Witnessing the end of the tyrant who had ruled the mountain puppets for more than three hundred years, Mu Sheng was filled with emotion. For a moment, he felt mixed emotions, ranging from regret to relief.
He felt both hatred and pity for the old thief. He shook his head, dispelled the complicated emotions and left the terrace...
A few days later, Lu Sheng's envoys, Wei Xi and retainer Feng Wei, came with a ransom of one million to redeem Mu Sheng. After handing over the work, they waited for the real Lord Changping to follow them back home.
They were too familiar with Mu Sheng. Even if he wore a mask, it would be difficult to conceal his true identity, so they simply stopped meeting them as the emperor and let the new elders take charge of the handover.
At this moment, Mu Sheng came to the castle terrace and looked at the entire city of Yu. He couldn't help but sigh. Are you finally leaving?
Mu Sheng turned around and came to Muyinaqi's bedroom again. He happened to see her standing by the hanging window in a daze. He walked over and hugged her body, saying:
"Naqi, we are leaving Yucheng later. What, are you reluctant to leave?"
Muyinaqi sighed with emotion and said: "Well! Yes, I was bought here by an old thief when I was eight years old. I have lived here for more than forty years. To be honest, I feel a little bit sad just to leave like this. I can’t bear to leave, this place holds so many memories for me, although most of them are unpleasant memories.”
Mu Sheng comforted him: "Naqi, haven't you always wanted to go to the Central Plains? Take this opportunity to follow me to the Central Plains and have a good time."
Muyinaqi glanced at Mu Sheng, leaned gently on his shoulder, and agreed: "Yes!"
The next day, Mu Sheng summoned the ten elders of the committee and explained to them carefully the major policies of Yucheng in the future.
Mu Sheng lectured the elders: "During my absence, the Xi tribe and Taisha who border our territory should try their best to maintain diplomatic friendship and not cause trouble. They will declare to the outside world that I have gone into seclusion to practice. As for my departure, This matter in the Central Plains is strictly confidential."
At this time, one of the elders, who was over fifty years old, stepped forward and said: "Ancestor, you are the pillar of our Shanpuppet. Can't you stay in Yucheng?"
This person is the most prestigious city lord of the Shanpupo Bor family, Bortas, and he is also the elder candidate specially designated by Mu Sheng in order to win over the Bor family.
When Mu Sheng heard this, he said helplessly: "Ta Si, this old man is a descendant of the Jin Dynasty clan. If he stays here, there will be a lot of trouble. But don't worry, it can be as short as two or three years and as long as five or six years." I will definitely come back, and I will leave the big things in Yucheng to you, so don’t let me down."
When the elders heard this, they all nodded and said they would strictly implement his instructions.
Bortas mentioned one more thing and said: "I would like to inform my ancestors. Since our ancestors competed with the Wolf Lord, many casual cultivators from southern Xinjiang have watched the battle between our ancestors and the Wolf Lord. They are all interested in the Wolf Lord himself." The powerful combat effectiveness displayed by the magic is amazing, and many casual cultivators from southern Xinjiang have also defected to Wolf Castle, and now Wolf Castle can be said to be very prestigious."
"I still listen, there are many monks who have gone to Wolf Castle, and there are also many monks who want to come to our Mountain Puppet because of their reputation. It's just that the policy you set in the past, ancestor, was mainly to cultivate monks within the Mountain Puppet tribe, and generally did not accept foreign monks. Now Ancestor, what do you think we should do with these monks who have come to seek refuge with us?"
Mu Sheng thought for a while with his hands behind his back. He didn't expect that public competition to have such a sensational effect. After listening to the reports of the elders, he also sighed in his heart. It seemed that the Wolf Lord was really defeated in the competition with him. Yourong...
Shan Puppet does not accept foreign monks. The main reason is that Shan Puppet has a special training base for monks. Mu Sheng has also inspected that base. The main thing is to select good seedlings from within Shan Puppet and train them carefully. If they reach low-level monk cultivation, they will be They were assigned to serve in the emperor's personal bodyguards, and the Emperor Changsheng would select some good seedlings with potential for cultivation and take them with him to train them.
This is how Huktila was selected, and Muyinaqi was accidentally discovered by the emperor in the slave market and bought. As for Borlantai, he has been with him since the emperor basically taught him personally. These three people have reached the level of master-level monks. After cultivating, he naturally became the emperor's right-hand man.
As for other monks who have reached the level of middle and low-level monks, they have been incorporated into the army as officers by the emperor. In fact, Mu Sheng himself also has his sights on a few good seedlings in the training base, but he just doesn’t have time to keep them around to cultivate them and let them develop freely. , everything will wait until he comes back from the Central Plains.
After withdrawing his thoughts, Mu Sheng already made a decision in his mind.
Mu Sheng said: "It is difficult for foreign monks to be loyal to our mountain puppet wholeheartedly, and it is not a good idea to turn them away. Let's recruit them in and support them as our guests. The money does not need to use the treasurer. It is the country's money. , if you want to use it on the right path, use the money from my inner treasury to support these monks. You have to carefully screen it. Our country is weak and cannot support too many people. I only want monks with high cultivation qualifications. Since this matter It was Ta Si who proposed it, so you will be responsible for the specific matters."
Upon hearing this, Bortas bowed and said, "Thank you, ancestor, for trusting me. I will definitely get things done."
Mu Sheng's calculation is that since everyone is here, he can't let others be hot and cold. Since he is in charge, some things must be adjusted.
Before leaving, Mu Sheng finalized a few more things and then adjourned the meeting. Whenever these elders had something to do, they still subconsciously came to him to make decisions. They lacked initiative. However, Mu Sheng also understood that the Presbyterian Council had just been established and it would probably take a while to run. It takes time for the elders to adapt to the situation and get things done automatically without a leader. It takes time and it takes time to get used to it.
The next day, Mu Sheng got up and started dressing up. Under Hongmei's service, he put on the traditional costume of the Shanpupu tribe.
The clothes he had worn after being captured were already too tattered to wear. Now he was dressed in mountain puppet clothes. Shi Shiran went to the lobby and saw Wei Xi and Feng Wei.
When Feng Wei saw Lord Changping coming, he stepped forward to take a look, and said excitedly: "Is the young master okay?"
Mu Sheng laughed and joked: "I'm fine, I must be fine. The emperor treats me well, and we get along well. He also decided to marry his goddaughter to me, and wanted to take advantage of this. Reconciliation with the imperial court, hahaha..."
Wei Xi smiled when he heard this and said, "Young Master, you may not know that the Emperor really appreciates you. He also returned your ransom fee of five hundred thousand gold, and the remaining money will be used as a gift for marrying his goddaughter." ”
Feng Wei also nodded in agreement. When Mu Sheng heard this, he laughed and said: "I have been friends with the emperor for many years. The emperor also hopes to maintain peaceful exchanges and trade with me, the Jin Dynasty, and guarantee that he will not use troops to invade the country in the future. Okay, let's Let’s go home now! I’ve long been eager to go home.”
Seeing the three of them, Mu Sheng didn't doubt it was him. He secretly laughed. The refund of five hundred thousand gold was naturally what he had instructed the elders to do.
The two girls Muyinaqi and Hongmei were also going to the Central Plains with Mu Sheng. After leaving the castle, Mu Sheng looked back at the place where he had lived for nearly a year, and sighed in his heart. Unexpectedly, by some strange combination of circumstances, he was still alive. After becoming the master of the mountain puppet, who would believe it?
Life is really unpredictable, full of intestines! Who would have thought that the Immortal Emperor of the Shanpuppet Clan would disappear like this?
He originally expected that after the crown prince ascended the throne, he would go to the mountain to report to the Yuzhen Sect, but he never expected it! This is good. In one step, he has established a kingdom. Yucheng is also his. All of Borges’s political legacy will be inherited by him. He will definitely have to come back here when the time comes. Such a huge foundation cannot be wasted. Leave it here and let it go.
After Mu Sheng sighed in his heart, he took the two girls down the mountain and out of the city.
At the gate of the city at the foot of the mountain, Feng Wei and his cavalry have been waiting outside the city for a long time.
Mu Sheng stepped forward and helped the two girls onto the carriage, climbed onto the horse, and followed the team to Lingnan.
After traveling for dozens of days on the road, Mu Sheng, as Lord Changping, returned to the starting point of everything, the four Lingnan counties and the capital of Xinshan County, Lu'an City.
He looked at the tall and majestic city wall and recalled that it was here that he received Lu Sheng's general order, put on armor and went to the front line to kill the enemy, which finally led to the subsequent series of events. The reason why he was defeated and captured was actually because he was captured. That old thief Borges mistakenly thought he was a god? There was no one left. Mu Sheng put away his complicated mood and followed the cavalry into the city.
The two girls, Muyinaqi and Hongmei, were very curious about this Central Plains-style city. They opened the car curtains and looked around, exclaiming in wonder.
After Mu Sheng arranged for the two girls to live in the post house, he changed into a Central Plains attire and went non-stop with Wei Xi and Feng Wei to Lu Sheng's general mansion to meet with Lu Sheng. After debriefing, the matter was settled. Ready to return to Qingyang, the imperial capital.
