"It's Brother Cui, please be polite." After hesitating for a moment, Xu Mu was still polite. This etiquette is not for Cui Xiu, but for the other kings of Nanhai Province.
In the five states of the South China Sea, there are occasional pieces of rat droppings, which Xu Mu thinks is normal.
"I don't dare." Cui Xiu still had a cold face and returned the same greeting.
"By the way, Brother Cui, have you been to Cangzhou?" Xu Mu asked calmly. He didn't seem to be afraid of anyone when it came to debating.
"So what if you have been there? So what if you haven't been there?" Cui Xiu took a few steps forward and looked at several state kings, "Brother Zhao, Brother Zhu, please don't forget that we are ministers of the great era. Lord Shi Salvation and loyalty to the emperor are the eternal righteousness."
"Now." Cui Xiu turned around and pointed at Xu Mu.
"This is the man who is so bold that he dares to take the lead in forming an alliance to attack the royal family! As ministers of discipline, how can we regard thieves as our fathers and help the emperor to abuse!"
"Okay, that's good." Xu Mu smiled and clapped his hands twice in a dignified manner.
"Brother Cui, do you mean to say that I, Xu Mu, am a thief?"
"Of course." Cui Xiu snorted coldly. If the ambush failed, the messenger had promised him that as long as Xu Mu was prevented from wooing the South China Sea Alliance, the previous conditions would still be valid.
But he found that the King of Shu in front of him didn't seem to be panicked at all.
"In the 19th year of the Xingwu reign, there was a treacherous prime minister in the country. I, Xu Mu, Yuan Houye and Li Houye all joined forces to clear the emperor's side and kill the treacherous prime minister. Do you think I am a thief?"
"In the early years of Yongchang, Beidi's 300,000-strong army came to the pass. It was me, Xu Mu, who led troops northward with the King of Yuzhou. We fought bloody battles and drove the Beidi dogs back to the grassland. To this day, I still have twelve arrow scars on my body. , are you and I a thief?"
Si Hu, who was next to him, listened carefully and wanted to lift Xu Mu's robe and count the arrow scars, but Xu Mu turned around and knocked off his hand.
Cui Xiu's face turned red. Everyone in the world knew these things, and he had no way to refute them.
"Brother Cui, if you have time, go to Western Shu or the inner city and ask the people whether I, Xu Mu, am a traitor?"
"King Shu, those things you mentioned have happened a long time ago." Cui Xiu gritted his teeth.
"Bold!" Xu Mu shouted suddenly, grabbed Cui Xiu by the collar of his robe, and pushed him forward.
Cui Xiu fell to the ground, shook his fingers, and roared at Xu Mu, "As you can see, this is how he treats the people of the South China Sea Alliance!"
Zhao Di and others next to him hesitated for a moment and felt that what Xu Mu did seemed to be a bit excessive.
Xu Mu, who pushed the person to the ground, now looked sad.
"Gentlemen, it doesn't matter if Brother Cui insults me and scolds me. But he said that it has been too long and I can't remember it clearly. I, Xu Mu, ask you again, in the 19th year of Xingwu, Yuan Yuan, who has worked hard for the country all his life, Lord Marquis, with his mortal body, led all loyal and righteous people to save the country...could it be that you have forgotten?"
As soon as Xu Mu said this, the faces of Zhao Di and others suddenly became slightly sad.
This eternal loyalty is admired by everyone. Even in Nanhai, there are three or four Yuanhou ancestral halls.
"You, you are quibbling!" Cui Xiu hurriedly shouted, "Everyone, don't be deceived by him. The King of Western Shu is a person who is good at arguing!"
"Everyone, I have always been suspicious. The people who blocked my coming to Jiaozhou this time are most likely from the South China Sea Alliance."
Xu Mu sighed and stopped.
But Zhao Di and others next to him had shocked expressions after hearing this. From Xu Mu’s words, I think of Cui Xiu’s style——
"Come here." Zhao Di called a confidant general with a cold face, "Go to King Zhuya's camp and search it carefully. In addition, the Haiyue people are mainly for comfort and questioning. Be sure to find out. This Whose hands and feet are you doing next!”
As he spoke, Zhao Di finally showed a trace of the domineering spirit of the leader of the South China Sea Alliance.
Cui Xiu got up from the ground, his face was pale, and he wanted to persuade him a few more words, but Zhao Di pushed him away coldly. No matter what the reason is, it is already a huge mistake to dare to take the decision privately and ambush Xu Mu.
In the dense forest outside Jiaozhou Pass, a black-robed messenger watched the situation below from a distance. When the situation became clear, he sighed silently, quickly stood up and disappeared into the woods.
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"Alliance leader, we found out. In King Zhuya's camp, we captured two generals and tortured them. They said that they were ordered to massacre two small villages of Haiyue people and framed them to the King of Shu, which led to the death of Haiyue. The people were furious and ambushed and killed the King of Shu who entered Jiaozhou."
Zhao Di was in great pain after receiving the reward.
And Xu Mu was relieved in his heart. It seems that this matter was really done by a black sheep and has nothing to do with other people in the South China Sea Alliance.
"Cui Xiu, what do you say now!" Zhao Di's voice sounded hateful. If it were Xu Mu, the king of Shu, he would really die in Jiaozhou. Not to mention other things, the powerful army and generals from Xishu will definitely come to attack. Moreover, the old friend relationship between the King of Yuzhou in the inner city and King Xu Shu is known to the world.
Even though he was tied up, Cui Xiu still spoke harshly.
"What did I say? I, Cui Xiu, am a loyal minister of Daji! Like Lord Yuan, I kill thieves to save the country!"
"You deserve it." Xu Mu said coldly.
"Do you know why I, Xu Mu, want to lead the alliance? I have told you before that this Cangzhou Demon Queen is a foreigner. If a foreigner takes over the Central Plains, our people will surely fall into dire straits. In other words, if the demon queen She is just a fake emperor, like Yuan Song, I don’t even bother to look at her.”
Xu Mu's tone was still serious.
"Don't forget, foreigners are more bullying than tigers and wolves. The Beidi people outside the Pass have caused the collapse of our country in the Central Plains for more than a hundred years, and the people are in dire straits."
"Brother Xu, do you have any evidence?" Zhao Di asked hesitantly.
"If there is no evidence, why does Zuo Ren believe me? Why does the King of Yuzhou believe me? Of course, you have heard about Tang Wuyuan in Qingzhou, I can tell you. Tang Wuyuan... was just a slave under the Demon Queen. There are three slaves like this in the world."
"My brother was in charge during the Tang and Five Yuan Dynasties, and he was as if he was the lord of Qingzhou... A person like this is actually just a slave of the Demon Queen." Zhu Kui, King of Zhuzhou, said with a trembling voice.
Tang Wuyuan's backstabbing of the Dongling Alliance was now known to the world. This piece of information, like a sharp blade, pierced into the hearts of several South Sea Kings.
"That's right." Xu Mu's tone was sad, "I think back then, Zuo Ren and I formed an alliance, and there were also five other factions. I still underestimated the Demon Queen, and the Zuo alliance leader was strategizing, but who could have imagined that this demon queen Later, there were 100,000 cavalry hidden in Cangzhou!"
The larger the number, the better the harvest.
"Everyone, even if we are in Liangdi, Xishu, with all our budgets, we can only have a cavalry camp of 40,000 to 50,000 people. Could it be that by the time the Demon Queen has completely laid out the plan and stolen my country in the Central Plains, it will be too late to do anything? !”
Xu Mu's words were so conclusive that Zhao Di and others nodded frequently.
"This is not our Daji royal family at all, but someone who steals the country. If we are like Cui Xiu, who only accept some benefits from the Demon Queen, and then ignore the righteousness and regard the thief as our father, then we are truly helping the tyrants."
Cui Xiu, who was tied up, originally wanted to beg for mercy later, but when he heard this, he vomited blood and fainted on the ground.
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