Xu Qianmeng was the greatest Confucian scholar in Jue Kingdom, and he was Duanmuyu's best friend for many years.
The sky is dim and bright, Yin Yang City is gradually waking up, but Duanmu Yu has been working and studying for a long time. Spread on the desk in the study is an excerpt from Xu Qianmeng's famous work "A Gentleman Preserves Himself" that he just wrote: A gentleman should abide by morality, plan with profit first, benefit the country, the people, others and myself; a gentleman should abide by benevolence and do good things to others. Kindness, kind words, kind deeds. A gentleman is the son of a king. He serves the king with his own life and has no regrets even after nine deaths. But for the sake of common people, I can go up to the Mountain of Swords, but I can go down to the Sea of Fire, and I wish to enter the eighteenth level of hell. Seventy-three characters, each word is correct, and the pen and ink do not spill out at all.
Next to "A Gentleman Preserves Himself" is another calligraphy sticker. On the contrary, the handwriting on it is bold and uninhibited, with vigorous strokes, upright like a sword, blunt like a knife, horizontal like a spear, and left like a hook: The heaven and the earth are like a chessboard, and all living things are like a chessboard. As a chess piece, I turn my crafty hand into a puzzle.
Boom! "There was a knock on the door outside the study.
Duanmuyu put down the wolf hair on his sleeve, glanced slowly back and forth between the two posters, and said in a clear voice: "Mu Jie, come in!" At this time, the only person who came here could be him.
Sure enough, a person walked in from outside, it was Mu Ju. I saw him walking quickly, stopping on the left side of Duanmu Yu, bowing and saluting, and reported: "Young Master, news from all over Dahua has been transmitted." As he spoke, his stomach growled.
"There is breakfast nearby, you go and use it first. Fill your stomach and then report back to me." Duanmuyu looked up, looked down at the copybook, and said softly. Mu Jie blushed, followed his words and went to the dining table aside, picked up the rice porridge on the plate, drank it in a few mouthfuls, and then returned to his original position and stood up.
"Say it!" Duanmuyu looked at the two copybooks on the desk and said softly without raising his head.
Mu Ji had followed him for a long time and was familiar with his temperament, so he replied in a serious voice: "After Xia Mu came to Jinzhou, the first thing he did was to detain the families of He Houtang, the salt administration secretary of Anxian, and Guo Zimu, the general in Jinzhou."
"Haha, gentlemen have the same opinion! Although Xia Muchao is a prince, he may not be able to make the local snakes in Anxian County willing to work for him. He did not bring many people with him on this trip. If the two chief civil and military officials in this county are Yin Fengyang Not only was what he had come to do difficult, but his life was in danger. As expected of the 'King of Wisdom', he used his strength to control the life gates of these two people, and he could control them with peace of mind. In his hand Only when your strength is strong can you dare to fight the tiger. By the way, where is that tiger?"
"Young Master, Zhao Qianming has sent his younger brother to find the Nine Halls, and he actually asked for 200,000 taels to hire the eight top assassins in the hall. It seems that he wants to put Xia Muchao to death." Mu Jue naturally knew what he was talking about. "Tiger" refers to Zhao Qianming, he replied immediately.
Duanmuyu was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "Dahua is really a prosperous place. A first-class local general can spend two hundred thousand taels. However, Zhang Suiguang's plan is not trivial. How could he do it just for the sake of money?" Why? The Nine Palaces road is definitely not feasible. Xia Muchao is a very smart person. I was worried about how to deal with it, but unexpectedly I had this turn of events so quickly! It is difficult for smart people to deal with smart people even if they rack their brains. Haha, usually smart people are not afraid of the enemy being smart, but they are afraid of the enemy being impulsive and risking his life. We have to prepare carefully and let that Zhao Qianming be impulsive. Zhao Qianming has more than 50,000 people in his hands. If he is really determined to do something What evil is done? No matter how clever Xia Muchao is, I'm afraid it will be in vain. In a moment, you ask Duanmu Jing to come to me." He has always advocated using the enemy to defeat the enemy. For example, he previously instigated Shatuo to attack Anxian is average. The two countries suffered a lot of casualties in their generals. As Dahua and Shatuo's common neighbors, they naturally benefited the most.
"Yes, young master!" Mu Jue replied. The national surname of Jue is Duanmu, and the largest surname is Mu. Mu Jie, Duanmu Jing, and Duanmu Rong are cousins, and they have followed Duanmu Yu for more than ten years.
"What's going on over there in Binan? Has the mutiny situation been controlled?" Duan Muyu asked.
"Xia Muyang went to Binan with 10,000 white-coated troops. In less than five days, more than 22,000 mutinous generals who ran out of the post were subdued. The remaining nearly 3,000 soldiers and bandits who had gone too far were ordered by him Kill him." Mu Jie replied. After a pause, he said: "Young Master, this "Martial King" of Dahua is really powerful. I'm afraid he's just as good as my uncle." Mu Juan's uncle, Mu Danzhou, was a general of the Jue Kingdom and was framed and killed. The strategy of guarding the grain soldiers and Rui Tuyu at the Pinan post was made by him.
Duanmuyu smiled: "Don't you always say that your uncle is the undefeated God of War? Why are you praising Xia Muyang again?"
"With less than half of the generals, they put down the mutiny at the outpost within five days. This is really remarkable. I have been in the army and I naturally know that mutinous skirmishers are much more difficult to deal with than ordinary soldiers. He can have This achievement is definitely beyond the reach of ordinary people. I think even my uncle may not be able to do this." Mu Ye sighed sincerely.
There was a trace of worry on Duan Muyu's face, and he said slowly: "Yes, Xia Muyang is indeed a very handsome man." After thinking for a long time, he said softly: "Whether General Mu can resist him is really a mystery. There is no doubt." Although he knew Mu Danzhou's ability, he was not absolutely sure about him. After all, his opponent this time was Xia Muyang.
"Young Master?" Mu Ye called softly when he saw that he had been silent for a long time.
"It doesn't matter, I have a thorough plan for this matter. What's going on in the capital? What is King Yun doing?" Duanmuyu asked with a chuckle.
Hearing what he said, Mu Ji did not dare to ask any more questions and answered honestly: "Since the summons was issued, many people from Jianghu sects have entered the capital in advance. At this time, there is a mixture of fish and dragons there. As for Xia Muyan, he seems to have done nothing. Same thing, our people are staring at him, but no news has come from him."
"Haha, that's right. With Jing Jing, this Xia Muyan is much smarter than we know, and it doesn't seem to be that easy to deal with." Duan Muyu chuckled. Although he said that the opponent was not easy to deal with, his expression was calm and there was no trace of hesitation at all, as if everything was under control. "Well, where is Xia Muren? Is he still in Pingzhou?" Duan Muyu raised his head and asked.
Mu Ye twitched the corner of his mouth and replied seriously: "Yes, he has been to Pingzhou for nearly a month."
Duanmuyu felt that he seemed to be hesitant to speak, looked up at him, and said with a smile: "Just say what you want to say, no need to worry." Seeing that he didn't answer for a long time, he sighed and said: "Do you think, we Shouldn’t the Pingzhou Dam be dug?”
"Young Master did this for his own reasons, and my subordinates dare not make any rash comments." Mu Ye straightened his back and said seriously.
Pingzhou is the seat of Shanghe County and is a famous and wealthy place. However, the dam burst and the floods passed through, adding more than 400,000 dead souls and ghosts. Every time Mu Ye thought about this, he felt depressed and incomprehensible.
"Mu Jie, do you know? Everyone in the world is destined to die, and you and I are no exception, just like the 400,000 people in Pingzhou who died unjustly." When Duanmuyu said this, his mood was quite low, "Three hundred and two More than ten years ago, my Duanmu clan was defeated and had no choice but to retreat to this barbaric land. For more than three hundred years, the kings and people of Jue Kingdom have worked hard to achieve today's situation. Dahua is suddenly weak, and our opportunity to return to our homeland is now In front of us. Even if you and I devote our whole lives, we will definitely bring these 30 million people to that fertile territory, so that their descendants will have less natural disasters, less hunger and cold, and less toil. Live and work in peace and contentment! I, Duanmu Yu, am not a cold-faced and ruthless person. However, since I am a cunning hand, all the people in the world are pawns in my hands. You, Duanmu Jing, and Zhu Xiaochen, if necessary, I can also send you there personally. Die!" Duanmuyu clenched his fists and said seriously. Although there were tears, they could not hide the perseverance in his eyes.
After hearing this, Mu Ju couldn't help but trembled. He knelt down and prostrated heavily on the ground, saying in a deep voice: "I and others are willing to go to the eighteenth level of hell with the young master!"
