When bidding farewell to King Zhao, even God also cried, and it rained in Jiaozhou City.
Xu Mu wore a plain robe and cried sadly in Zhao Di's mourning hall in front of many Nanhai soldiers as a farewell.
After resting for a few days, it is time to move to the funeral palace and then to the mausoleum.
Zhao Dong cried the most sadly and fainted from crying three times. Regardless of whether it is false or true, with this appearance, it is already an ironclad fact that he takes the position of leader of the South China Sea Alliance.
"Zhao Liang tied himself up and knelt outside." Zhao Dong rubbed his eyes, his voice was tired, "When I had time, I asked a round. In addition to the previous information, he also said that there were several seamen The leader of the Yue people is willing to serve him as master."
"Does Ruan Qiu know?"
Ruan Qiu is the leader of the Haiyue people and has always been loyal to Western Shu.
"I asked, but Ruan Qiu didn't know."
Xu Mu was silent for a while. When Ruan Qiu was informed, he also inquired and got the same result.
"Can Zhao Liang tell me, who are the leaders of the Haiyue people?"
"He didn't know. He just said he was the leader of the Haiyue people. He didn't remember clearly."
"Lied?"
Zhao Dong hesitated, "He is begging for a living now, and he hopes that I will treat him as before and not drive him out of the South China Sea. He seems to be overthinking, why should he be driven out of the South China Sea? I haven't decided whether to kill him... …Or maybe he thought I wouldn’t kill each other.”
Xu Mu nodded.
"My dear nephew, I still say the same thing. After the death of the king, you must observe mourning for three years."
Rather than observing mourning for three years, it is better to stay in Nanhai to guard. Xu Mu believes that Zhao Dong must understand this truth.
Western Shu could not tolerate any losses in the rear, so at the beginning, it would spare no effort to exterminate the tiger barbarians. After occupying the states south of the Yangtze River, the direction of the South China Sea was about half of the rear.
"King Shu, I understand everything." Zhao Dong cupped his hands and clasped his fists.
"My dear nephew, remember to be careful. I always feel that someone is messing up the situation in the South China Sea and hiding people's eyes and ears."
What happened in the past few days is like a thorn stuck in the throat, but it cannot be found out in a short time. The second son, Zhao Liang, was obviously treated as a fool.
If it's really a plan, it seems familiar.
"By the way, King Shu, Zhao Fei..."
"After the king's funeral, I will send someone to send her to Chengdu. Since I promised your father, I will do it. In addition, in the past two years, Nanhai does not need to pay tribute, so it will be given to you by my uncle. A gift of succession.”
Hearing this, Zhao Dong looked surprised.
"Do it well, you know, I always value you."
"Don't worry, King Shu. I, Zhao Dong, will not say goodbye, but I will uphold my father's legacy and support Western Shu!"
"Okay." Xu Mu nodded with satisfaction, looked around again, and found that no one was approaching, so he continued to speak seriously.
"Over there in Cangwu Prefecture..."
Zhao Dong quickly raised his hands and bowed, "I will do whatever my father does, and I will live up to the wishes of the King of Shu."
"Zhao Dong, you are already like your father. I will go to Cangwu Prefecture for a walk. During your succession ceremony, I will come back to crown you. In addition, what I said before is about the recent events in the South China Sea. , you should put some thought into checking it carefully, and don’t let thieves take advantage of it.”
"Don't worry, King Shu."
Xu Mu shook Zhao Dong's hand and turned to leave.
Not far away, several uncles from the Zhao family who had been watching quickly pushed Zhao Fei out again.
Wearing a mourning cloth, Zhao Fei lowered his head, not daring to look at each other.
"How can someone who wants to be a princess be so shy?"
Hearing this, Zhao Fei hurriedly raised his head, and his face suddenly turned red.
"As I said before, after the king's funeral, you will go to Chengdu, Shuzhou. Don't worry, if you go to Xishu, you will be my Xu Mu's people, and I will treat you respectfully."
"It is a custom left by the Daji that when you fall in love with someone, you need a hairpin... I suddenly realized that I was not properly prepared twice." Xu Mu laughed at himself, lowered his hand and picked off the tassel of the old official sword, and then He broke off a branch and tied the sword spike to the branch.
This reminded him of the time when he took Miss Dawan away from the Li Mansion with the same broken branches.
Zhao Fei in front of her was shaking vaguely, and her eyes were gradually turning red.
"If you don't do this, your uncles may be unsure and worried, and they will blame you."
Zhao Fei closed his eyes tightly.
When she opened it again, a "hairpin" with a red sword tassel was pinned to her hair.
"Everyone in the world has seen that you, Zhao Fei, have been attracted by me, Xu Mu."
"Thank you... thank you so much-"
"No thanks. From now on, we will sleep together at night and walk together during the day. Don't worry about these etiquettes."
Xu Mu raised his head, looked at the clouds over Jiaozhou, and then looked at the girl in front of him.
"Zhao Fei, let's enter Shuzhou."
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"Congratulations to the King of Shu——"
There was no delay. When leaving Jiaozhou City, many generals from Nanhai, even Zhao Dong, came to see him off in person.
Of course, the excuse for the temporary departure, in Zhao Dong's words, was to go to Wuzhou to inspect the sea salt production.
Haiyue's general Ruan Qiu followed him and sent him away.
"I checked and found out that one of the previous leaders did commit a rebellion, which is extremely abominable." Ruan Qiu gritted his teeth while riding on his horse.
"When I went to get the person, I found that the leader had been poisoned and died."
"Where are the others?" Xu Mu frowned.
"Time is too tight, so we haven't found out yet." Ruan Qiu paused, "I know the concerns of the King of Shu... But please rest assured, King of Shu, I, Ruan Qiu, will never betray Shu in this life."
On the surface, Ruan Qiu's 40,000 Haiyue camp is still an army in the South China Sea. But secretly, both Zhao Di and Zhao Dong already understood that the Haiyue Battalion had been transferred directly to Xishu.
"Ruan Qiu, do you think why I left suddenly?"
"I thought about it, and the King of Shu left now to make it easier for thieves to take advantage of him."
"Indeed." Xu Mu nodded, "You stay in Nanhai and discuss everything with Li Liuduo. If anything goes wrong, ask Li Liu to send a letter quickly, and I will rush back immediately."
"Don't worry, King Shu." Ruan Qiu clasped his fists.
"After settling the household chores, I will take you back to Lizhou to make great achievements and earn a place for the people of Haiyue to rest and live. It is too close to the shore and the sea water is humid, so you cannot live for a long time."
Ruan Qiu's face was moved.
"Remember my words and come back later."
"Farewell to the King of Shu——"
Accompanying Ruan Qiu, nearly three thousand Haiyue people, not long after, all spoke to see each other off. The sound of farewell was like thunder for a moment, and no one among the mighty Haiyue warriors dared to be disrespectful.
Xu Mu, the king of Western Shu, rose from the twilight of the troubled times and became a powerful figure in the world, as everyone knows.
