Zi Shou's voice was not loud, and his expression was very calm, but every word he spoke was resounding, with strong confidence, and a captivating look appeared from him in every move he made.
It is this kind of confidence and momentum that makes people unable to help but feel convinced...
"Is this...the aura of a king?"
Huang Feihu looked at Zi Shou and couldn't help being surprised and happy. He was keenly aware that Zi Shou's whole person had undergone tremendous changes after he came back.
He is the son of Huang Gun, the famous merchant general. He was born in the Huang family, the seventh generation of the merchant family. Because of his outstanding martial arts talent and his similar age, he was selected as the companion of the third prince. He studied under the Grand Master Wen Zhong and learned the art of war and tactics. Practice martial arts.
It can be said that the two of them have been inseparable since childhood. They grew up together, have a close affection for each other, and have already regarded each other as brothers.
He also knew that this prince was concerned about the country and the people, and he had already secretly vowed to help this 'brother' stabilize the empire of Dashang.
Unfortunately, he had never seen this prince show any thoughts about the throne before... even though this prince was also qualified to inherit.
As we all know, Emperor Yi of the Shang Dynasty had three sons, the eldest brother Zi Qi, the second son Zhong Yan, and the third son Zi Shou, all born from the same mother.
Logically speaking, the heir to the throne of Dashang should have been Zi Qi as the eldest son, so there shouldn't be any controversy.
But the problem was that when the queen gave birth to her sons Qihe Zhongyan, she was still a concubine. Later, she became the head wife and gave birth to the third prince Zishou.
So now in the court, the ministers are quarreling over the heir.
On one side, all the civil servants overwhelmingly supported Zi Qi, believing that Zi Qi was the eldest son and should be the heir.
However, this was opposed by the historian Taishi, who believed that according to the ancestral system and etiquette, the son of the concubine could not become the king as long as the son of the principal wife was alive.
As a result, the throne remained vacant and undecided.
And he, Huang Feihu, naturally supported the third prince unconditionally, whether it was for public or private reasons.
Privately, he and Zishou had grown up and had a kinship and brotherhood. In public opinion, nowadays, the great merchants were suffering from internal and external troubles. He felt that the eldest prince, who valued civility over military affairs, was really unfit for the throne.
It should be noted that today's big merchants are not as good as before, and their situation can be said to be quite dangerous.
Previously, Dashang had experienced severe internal strife caused by the Nine Generations Rebellion, and its strength had been greatly reduced. Its control and deterrence over the world's princes and Fang countries were no longer as good as before.
In recent years, after hearing that King Shang was seriously ill, the princes and kingdoms from all over the world stopped paying tribute to the Shang Dynasty.
Secondly, there are barbarian tribes from all directions, such as Guifang and Tufang, who have taken advantage of the situation and grown in strength, threatening the rule of Dashang.
If there were only these external troubles, it would be fine. The key point is that there is no peace within the Great Shang Dynasty. The chaos has intensified the internal conflicts among the nobles in the court. The royal nobles are arrogant, wanton, extravagant, and deviant...
Today's great merchants are really in a state of turmoil. He feels that it will be over sooner or later when he leaves the country and the country to the prince and a group of civil servants who value military affairs and culture.
On the contrary, Prince Zishou had been brave and resourceful since he was a child. However, every time he mentioned the throne before, Zishou would change the subject with a calm smile, which made him very depressed.
And now... I have finally arrived.
But at this moment, a woman in yellow clothes with a sword came to the door, quietly looked in, and when she found Zi Shou, she ran in happily and said: "Third brother, you are back. If you don't come back, I will kill you." He was beaten to death by my brother."
Huang Feihu's face darkened and he snorted, "If the Third Highness makes any mistake..."
"It's okay, Feihu!"
Zishou waved his hand and smiled, looked at the pretty girl in front of him, and said softly: "Thank you for your hard work, Fei Luan, I'm back."
The girl blushed slightly and said: "Hehe, it's not that hard actually. My brother won't hit me. Besides, if he hits me, won't I run away?"
Huang Feihu stared angrily: "That's because His Highness is back. If you don't come back, try it."
"Just give it a try. Come on, my sword, Huang Feiluan, is not vegetarian. Just a little bit..."
Huang Feiluan ran behind Zishou and made faces at Huang Feihu: "The third brother has loved me the most since I was little. Today, with the third brother here, you can't even lay a finger on me."
"You...you girl deserves a beating!"
Huang Feihu raised his hand angrily and was about to hit him, but Huang Feiluan circled Zishou to avoid him.
"Okay, okay, you brothers and sisters have been arguing like this since you were young. You are now adults. Feihu, I will give you back the colorful sacred cow."
Zishou had long been accustomed to this scene. After watching the brother and sister fight for a while, his expression became serious and he said: "Next, help me find someone, and be quick."
Huang Feihu and Huang Feiluan stopped fighting when they saw this: "Who is your Highness looking for?"
"That person's name is Li Jing!"
While Zi Meng was talking, there was a sudden bang and a loud noise.
"What's wrong? What happened?"
The expressions of the three people changed drastically and they quickly rushed out of the room. They saw the sky was covered with clouds and the wind was strong.
At this time, there was a tall building in the west of Chaoge City, and a figure stood on it.
He was wearing a black black bird robe with gold embroidery, rustling in the strong wind, and he was rubbing a gold seal in his hand at the moment, with a look of self-mockery on his face.
call out! call out! call out!
Figures came from all directions and surrounded him in the center. Among them were warriors and Qi refiners.
"Li Jing, my Yin family is also a royal family. How can it be that you commit murders and injuries, come and leave whenever you say?"
A middle-aged man with a majestic expression said in a deep voice: "As a person from the Xuandiao Division, do you know the laws of Dashang?"
Next to the middle-aged man, a young man in gorgeous clothes snorted disdainfully: "No, even if you become the Black Bird Si Jinyin, so what, you still can't change your lowly origin. With your lowly Bloodline also wants to marry Guang Ling, are you worthy?"
"Chengxiu!" the middle-aged man scolded.
The young man curled his lips and turned his head in dissatisfaction.
"Haha, noble, humble..."
Li Jing clenched his fists and clenched the golden seal, his eyes turned cold: "Where's Guang Ling? I want to see her!"
"Li Jing, to be honest, I admire your perseverance and perseverance. For Guangling, you can step by step from a new member of the Black Bird Division to the Golden Seal. This is rare and not easy, especially when you are so You are young and your future is limitless."
The middle-aged man said calmly: "This could have been a great thing. Look, why make it so unpleasant? I heard that your qualifications are not very good, so..."
His eyes flickered: "You want you to give us the secret of how to transform from an ordinary person to your level of strength within ten years. As the second uncle of Guangling, I, Yin Pobai, promise you in my name that I will Guang Ling is betrothed to you, won’t we become a family by then?”
"She's human!"
Li Jing looked at him and said suddenly.
"Huh?" Yin Pobai was stunned.
"It's not an object or tool that anyone would exchange for, understand? And..."
Li Jing shouted angrily: "Your face really disgusts me."
As he spoke, golden light erupted from his body, his aura surged, he leaped from the top of the building and spanned dozens of feet, made a fist seal, and his fist burst into flames and struck towards Yin Pobai.
"Huh, stubborn! Come on!"
Hearing this, Yin Pobai's eyes turned cold. After hearing the instruction, a member of the Yin family next to him took up his true energy and jumped up to meet Li Jing, fighting at the same place.
However, within a moment they were like dumplings, falling from the air to the ground one by one, groaning softly, all with broken muscles and bones. Almost all of them defeated the enemy with one or two moves, and it was difficult for anyone to surpass the third move.
Extraordinary Realm... Yin Pobai's eyes flashed when he saw Li Jing taking action: "But something seems wrong. His power is enough to rival the Immortal Realm, but... it's weird, really weird."
"Dad, this kid doesn't look that powerful."
Yin Chengxiu was eager to give it a try: "It's just a transcendent realm. It shouldn't be a big problem for me to take him down in the same realm."
No, the problem is huge... Yin Pobai glanced at his son and said softly: "A commander does not go into battle to fight, but sits firmly in the middle of the army tent and commands the overall situation."
Although he is also in an extraordinary realm, Li Jing has been in the Xuantiao Division where he has been responsible for slaying demons for many years. He fights demons and monsters between life and death every day. In exchange, he can strike quickly, accurately and cruelly, without any unnecessary movements.
And... Li Jing is very weird.
Yin Chengxiu said anxiously: "But dad, our people are almost finished. What if things get serious?"
"What I want is to make the matter bigger. The bigger the trouble he makes, the more violent, and the more unreasonable he becomes."
Yin Pobai's eyes flashed: "Even the Xuandiao Division won't be able to protect him at that time and will have no choice but to hand him over to us. What we have to do now is to hold him until the Xuantiao Division people can handle him."
Yin Chengxiu was stunned and said with a smile: "Dad, you are so tall!"
You kid still has a lot to learn... Yin Pobai smiled faintly.
At this time, the Yin family was in a separate courtyard.
Yin Guangling was besieged by a group of warriors and was unable to escape.
A young man stood beside him holding a war weapon, with a look of unbearable expression on his face: "Sister, this matter is related to the rise of our Yin family, you just follow the arrangements of my second uncle!"
"That kid is devoted to you. If you don't like him, then kill him when you get what we want..."
"Fart!" Yin Guangling angrily yelled after hearing this: "Who do you think I am, Yin Chengbai, the Yin family has to rely on us without our parents, but not in this way, do you still have any backbone?"
The young man blushed and bowed his head in shame after being scolded.
"Besides, do you think he will be coerced by you?" Yin Guangling said coldly.
Yin Chengbai was stunned: "No way?"
"If he accepts coercion, he is not someone worthy of my fancy." Yin Guangling smiled.
At this time, a man hurried in and whispered a few words to Yin Chengbai.
Yin Chengbai was shocked: "What?"
"What's wrong?" Yin Guangling asked hurriedly.
Yin Chengbai's expression changed for a moment, and he sighed dejectedly: "He went to beat the Yin family..."
When Yin Guangling heard this, he couldn't help but laugh happily: "Then what?"
"Sister, if you are still smiling at this time, wouldn't he leave you and leave?" Yin Chengbai said.
Yin Guangling smiled lightly and said, "He won't!"
Yin Chengbai sighed: "No, he is looking for you everywhere in Chaoge. My second uncle and the others are leading people to intercept him. It's over. Once this thing gets serious... it won't be able to end."
"No matter what happens in the end, I will face it with him!" Yin Guangling said.
…
At this time, Li Jing was in his state of mind.
"Hey, kid!"
Bi Fang leisurely sat on the fire tree with his legs crossed, a sinister smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Do you want to make a scene?"
"You stinky bird...shut up!"
Li Jing knocked back a warrior with one punch and scolded through gritted teeth.
"A man with a harsh mouth is never lovable!"
Bi Fang looked at his legs with a smile and said, "How about I help you, kill these annoying bugs, and help you three more times, and you can help me find part of my body again?" "
"I told you to...shut up!"
Li Jing roared angrily, once Bi Fang is exposed to others, he will become a monster in people's eyes and will no longer have a foothold in the human race.
"Oh my god, you don't know the heart of a good person. You don't even know what risks I will face if you take action against Chaoge here."
Bi Fang's eyes flashed with a red demonic light: "Okay, forget it. If you need anything in the future, you can ask."
After getting along with each other for these years, he and Li Jing have almost gotten along well.
Although they still dislike each other, at least they are familiar with each other.
Moreover, when this boy worked hard for a woman, he would inevitably be in danger, so they made an agreement that he would take action three times in exchange for a part of his body in times of crisis.
"It's time for me to take action."
Yin Pobai found the opportunity and struck a shocking palm towards Li Jing.
"Huh?" Li Jing turned around and received a palm, only to hear a 'boom' sound, the energy of the two people met and hit each other.
Buzz!
Yin PoBei's Qi Jin landed on Li Jing with a 'buzz' sound as if it had hit gold and iron. Yin PoBei was hit by the Qi Jin and took two steps back. When he looked at Li Jing again, his eyes were full of shock and disbelief. .
With one palm of his hand at the early stage of the Divine Ascension, even a huge boulder of ten thousand kilograms would be shattered. Is he so powerless at this moment?
"Old man!"
Li Jing sneered, looked up at Yin Pobai, raised his hand and lightly brushed the wrinkled clothes on his chest, full of provocation.
Is this the power of the divine realm? Fortunately, fortunately, I have mastered the Vajra Indestructible Boy Skill taught to me by my master... Li Jing's heart was far from as calm as his face.
After practicing this skill to its full potential, he becomes bronze-skinned and iron-boned, invulnerable to weapons, water and fire, and extremely powerful. He has saved his life countless times over the years.
It was also because it took some time to practice this and his bones were weak, so he still looked like an extraordinary person.
"You..." Yin Pobai's pupils shrank and his eyes became angry.
That move is not very harmful but extremely insulting!
But at this moment, rays of escaping light lit up, and people in black bird uniforms flew in and scattered around.
"Xuan Niao Si?!"
Yin Pobai saw the person coming and hummed: "You guys came just in time. He is from your Xuandiao Division, but he broke out in the Yin Mansion, hurting people and killing people, so hurry up and capture him."
Li Jing looked at all this with cold eyes and said nothing.
To be honest, he has been really disgusting with the princes and nobles of Dashang over the years.
These guys rely on the glory of their ancestors, regard themselves as noble, and treat the common people as lowly, let alone slaves. They don't even treat the common people as human beings... He has seen too many disgusting things like these.
If it weren't for Yin Guangling, he would have left long ago.
His love for Yin Guangling could be seen day and night, and this time he was determined to see Yin Guangling.
If Yin Guangling is willing to go with him, then today Chaoge will be like a dragon in a tiger's den, and he will take him away no matter what.
"This is!"
All the people from the Black Bird Division looked at Li Jing and hesitated for a moment, then said: "Master Li, don't blame the brothers."
After saying this, he started to make secrets, and his spiritual power surged, so he had to take action.
Li Jing said "hmm" and prepared to break out of the encirclement to find someone from another direction...
"Wait a moment!"
Just then a voice sounded.
Everyone turned around and saw four people walking from the street below. The leader was none other than Zi Shou.
Behind him are Huang Feihu, Huang Feiluan and Yin Guangling.
"Brother Li, long time no see. How are you?"
Zi Shou looked up with a smile on his face.
"Xiaoyu?"
Li Jing was startled and remembered the little brother who asked all kinds of questions when he was on a mission.
Suddenly he saw a person and said happily: "Guang Ling?"
Zi Shou looked at Yin PoBai and said with a smile: "Old General Yin, what a big battle today!"
"The third...the third prince?"
Yin Pobai was shocked when he saw Zi Shou and hurriedly landed on the ground and saluted.
"What happened today..."
Zishou said: "I think we can just forget it!"
"But Your Highness, Li Jing went on a rampage and killed people in our Yin Mansion..." Yin Pobai was a little unwilling.
"General Yin, whether it is the Yin family or the Xuandiao Division, if there is a conflict, just find someone to resolve it."
Zi Shou looked at Yin Pobai with a stern look: "Today you are openly fighting in the street and disturbing the people. Is it appropriate?"
"No...not appropriate!" Yin Pobai said dejectedly.
"This Li Jing is a friend of His Highness."
Zi Shou stared at Yin PoBai: "I hope you won't embarrass him in the future."
"Yes Yes Yes……"
Yin Pobai lowered his head and a hint of evil flashed in his eyes.
"Your Highness?"
After a long time, in the Huang Mansion, Li Jing and Yin Guangling stood side by side, looking at the situation in front of them in shock, still a little in disbelief.
"I didn't expect it, my cousin!"
Yin Guangling said with a proud smile.
Li Jing looked at the two of them and was speechless.
Zi Shou smiled and said solemnly: "This group of aristocratic elders are becoming more and more unscrupulous and unruly. They have already become the worms of the great merchants. If these guys are not dealt with, it will be difficult to consolidate the country!"
"Indeed!" Huang Feihu nodded.
Zishou suddenly turned around and said, "Brother Li, I want to be the king. Do you want to help me?"
"I'll help, I'll help!" Yin Guangling smiled and raised his hand.
Li Jing looked at Yin Guangling, his face turned red, and he said, "Okay!"
Of course, his agreement was not entirely because of Yin Guangling. To be honest, he had no good impression of these nobles.
but,
This little brother made him feel a little different from those princes and nobles.
"Okay!" Zishou looked at these four people. This was his team.
The palace!
Outside King Shang's palace, Wen Zhong came out and said, "The king has gone to bed and is back?"
Zishou said "hmm".
"Go to Ghost Valley?" Wen Zhong asked again.
Zishou looked at Wen Zhong in surprise.
Wen Zhong smiled: "Mr. Guigu is indeed a rare and strange person in the world. It seems that he not only made your cultivation improve by leaps and bounds, but also helped you find the answer."
"Not bad!" Zi Shou said.
Wen Zhong smiled: "What methods of governing the country did he teach you?"
"It is not difficult to govern a country. If the country is peaceful, the people will be at peace!"
Zi Shou shook his head and said: "The key is how to Cathay Pacific and how to solve the current predicament of Dashang. If we cannot solve the predicament, everything else will be in vain. Master taught me a concept."
"Is it an idea?" Wen Zhongyi was startled and suddenly smiled.
"Teacher, I want to be the king and take over the empire of Dashang."
Zi Shou said firmly: "Big brother can't solve this crisis, and he can't bear this burden."
"Can you afford it?" Wen Zhong said.
Zishou was silent for a moment, then raised his head and said, "I don't know, but I am prepared, and no one can stop what I will do from now on."
In an instant, a breathtaking energy burst out from him.
"go in!"
The king's style has become... Wen Zhong smiled slightly: "Your father, I have been waiting for you for a long time!"
Uh... Zishou was stunned for a moment, why did he feel like he had been fooled?
…
Ghost Valley, under the canopy.
"The apprentice is out of the mountain, and the master is off work..."
Jade Cauldron flipped through these jade books with a smile and put them away one by one.
Finally, he solemnly placed a box decorated with a sword manual and a token under the thatched cottage.
Future winners can inherit these.
"Where else should we go for a walk if we go home next?"
Jade Cauldron was pondering, and suddenly the sound of golden bells and jade rings in the sky came. Jade Cauldron raised his head, and his expression changed slightly: "Heavenly Court?"
ps: Ahem, I forgot the time as soon as I wrote it. Everyone has been waiting for a long time, and even if there is one update every day, there are more than 4,000 people. I am really not lazy, so what, I’m going to have a meal first!
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