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The two factions of civil officials and military officers were clearly separated and stood separately. Tang Yinshan looked down on the women who served as servants behind the civil officials, each with an umbrella. Zheng Hanhai disliked the arrogance of these rough men who led troops in armor. Now that the world is peaceful and prosperous, what use can you, the illiterate warriors, use?

Soldiers are the weapons of a country. Millions of people died in the eight kingdoms of the Spring and Autumn Period, almost all of them were killed in one go by you warriors who destroyed countries and massacred cities. What else do you want? The economy and governance of the country under the horseback and in the temple must be done by scholars.

Zheng Hanhai did not treat Tang Yinshan's group of military generals well, but was quite polite to the talented literati officials around him who were much lower in rank than him. The fat old man Zheng Hanhai in his sixties had been immersed in officialdom for most of his life, so he knew that in the future, when the pen in his hand could no longer control the finances of Yongzhou, people would leave him alone. If he did not humble himself and make friends with people at this time, it would be too late when he retired and returned home.

Jin Lanting, the Duke of Yingzhuan County, wiped the sweat from his neck caused by the rotten weather with a silk scarf, and asked cautiously with a smile:

"Zheng Bo Cao, it's going to rain today, and it's going to rain heavily. I wonder when His Royal Highness will arrive?"

Zheng Hanhai smiled and said:
"Lanting, you don't understand. It's better when it rains. This time when the Crown Prince came to Yingyuan, I had a hard time getting him to stay in your private residence. There are lotus flowers in your lake and banana trees in your yard. If it doesn't rain, can the Crown Prince feel the sound of rain hitting the banana trees in your house? Besides, welcoming guests in the rain shows sincerity."

Jin Lanting suddenly understood, but he said:

"I am worried that Mr. Zheng will catch a cold."

A sudden downpour of rain came.

Raindrops the size of soybeans hit the armor of the military officers, making fierce noises. Even the lieutenants who were not qualified to stand in the pavilion were indifferent and let the heavy rain pour down on them. They were all former subordinates of the great generals who were ranked second only to the great pillars of the dynasty.

They deliberately wanted His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, who was able to enjoy a luxurious life thanks to his father's merits, to see that the 300,000 iron cavalrymen of Northern Liang were not the only brave soldiers in the world!

The poor civil servants were like banana trees that could not withstand the hardship and were shivering. Umbrellas were of no use. The thin Jin Lanting could not even take care of himself and struggled to hold an umbrella for Zheng Hanhai, who weighed almost twice as much as him, to protect him from the wind and rain. The servants and attendants were so busy that some of them with quick minds began to think about how to cook some hot soup to warm their masters.

Xu Fengnian didn't care about the flattery of these officials, and Shang Yi and others didn't care even more.

On the path at the border of Yongzhou, Lu Qiantang, who could hardly open his eyes, suddenly stopped his horse and drew his sword.

At the end of the path, you can vaguely see a red-armored general who has been lost in the martial arts world for a long time standing.

Shang Yi, Ruan Yushu and others also looked at the red-armored general.

The strange figure in bright red armor looked like a divine general. He stood bare-handed without any weapon and blocked the middle of the path. His heavy mask seemed to cover his entire face. In the heavy rain, the majestic armored man was surrounded by fog.

The old Taoist priest Wei Shuyang cried out in horror:
"The red-armored man of the Southern Kingdom has long since disappeared. It is said that he was the one who tried to assassinate the previous emperor. The eunuch who called him a human cat peeled off his armor and skin with his hands. His body and armor were hung on a royal flag. Many people who came to see him saw the bloody scene with their own eyes. The bright red armor was unique in the world, and it was confirmed by Cao Guanzi, so it couldn't be fake. What's the matter with this red-armored man?!"

Shang Yi smiled and said:
"Since it was Han Diaosi, the human-cat, who killed the man in red armor, the red armor must have fallen into Han Diaosi's hands. Looking at the patterns on the armor, Han Diaosi should have found a master from Longhu Mountain to engrave talismans, thereby repairing the red armor and even making it stronger!"

Jiang Zhiwei jumped up on the horse's back and landed in front of the convoy, facing the man in red armor. The sword intent in her body was surging, and she even had the ability to connect heaven and earth, so that the heavy rain could not fall on her and her clothes were not wet.

At this time, Xu Fengnian, Li Chungang and Jiang Ni also lifted the car curtain and looked curiously at Jiang Zhiwei who was about to take action.

Jiang Zhiwei stood in the rain and slowly drew out the Changhong Guanri Sword from the scabbard with her right hand. This sword had been with her since she started practicing martial arts, and she had constantly asked Shang Yi to help improve it with materials. Now it had become a precious sword embryo.

When Jiang Zhiwei reaches the outdoor scene, the Changhong Guanri Sword will be upgraded to a precious weapon!

"What a sword!"

In the car, Li Chungang couldn't help but exclaim in admiration. He was not only admiring the Changhong Guanri Sword in Jiang Zhiwei's hand, but also admiring Jiang Zhiwei as a swordsman!

With Li Chungang's eyesight, he has seen that Jiang Zhiwei's strength is definitely above the first-grade Vajra Realm. Even the sword intent in her body is thriving. She is so sharp and ethereal that she is definitely a rare swordsman in the world. Although she is not as good as Lao Huang now, she is definitely not weaker than an ordinary swordsman in the Profound Realm.

Seeing Jiang Zhiwei taking action, the people in the dark were helpless. They didn't expect that when Xu Fengnian came out to travel, he was accompanied by such a skilled swordsman. It was not a question of strength or not, but he could see that Jiang Zhiwei had unlimited potential. She might become another land swordsman in the future!
This made Zhao Kai feel jealous in secret. You know, no matter what, he was the emperor's illegitimate son, but he only had Han Diao Si and five Fu Jia men by his side.

Compared with the cavalry and experts surrounding Xu Fengnian, he looked too shabby, making Xu Fengnian look more like a prince!
At this time, Zhao Kai had already thought of backing off. His original intention was just to test him, but he could also see that there were too many masters around Xu Fengnian, so he didn't want to test himself into any of them.

However, Jiang Zhiwei, who had already felt the desire to fight, would not let go of this Fu Jiang Hongjia. Not only did it look very defensive, but now that it was raining, it seemed as if it had blended into the rain.

However, the harder the fight, the more excited Jiang Zhiwei became. She thrust out the Changhong Guanri Sword in her hand towards Fu Jiang Hongjia.

Jiang Zhiwei's figure was as fast as lightning. Just a white line passed by, and Jiang Zhiwei appeared behind Fu Jiang Hongjia.

The sharp-eyed Meng Qi and others saw that a crack appeared on Fu Jiang's red armor. Although it was not deep, it did not cause much damage to Fu Jiang's red armor. After all, the body inside was a corpse refined by a first-grade Vajra Realm master, and it would not have any pain or weaknesses.

However, this situation also made Wei Shuyang exclaim:

"What a sharp sword! This sword is already one of the top ten famous swords in the world!"

In the field, Jiang Zhiwei did not stop. Seeing that her sword attack did not work, Jiang Zhiwei pointed her toes and jumped up.

This time, she did not use the moves from Xijian Pavilion, but instead recalled the sword techniques she had seen in Tingchao Pavilion during this period.

With his eyes slightly closed, he used his sword intent to draw the vitality of heaven and earth. The raindrops within a ten-meter radius around him stopped in the air. The next moment, following the direction of Jiang Zhiwei's sword, they transformed into a long sword made up of rain in front of Jiang Zhiwei and stabbed towards the red armor of Fu Jiang below.

“Tsk~~~”

This time, the solidity of General Fu's red armor failed to block Jiang Zhiwei's sword. The Rain Sword, which was directly driven by the sword intent, pierced through the crack created by the first sword and fell straight to the ground!
The scene suddenly became quiet. Shang Yi and others already knew Jiang Zhiwei's strength and didn't care, but Qingniao, Shu Xiu, Wei Shuyang and even Xu Fengnian were all very shocked. The famous general Hongjia was killed so easily by Jiang Zhiwei with two swords.

This swordsman from the merchant house is really not a simple person.

Zhao Kai in the dark also ran away with the remaining four talisman armor men in horror. Although Shang Yi and the others noticed the people in the dark, they had no intention of chasing them.

After all, the main purpose of coming to Qingzhou this time is to resurrect Princess Wu Su, not to help Xu Fengnian deal with the hidden enemies!

Li Chungang looked at Jiang Zhiwei with increasingly bright eyes, and said to Jiang Ni beside him:

"How about learning sword from me? You will be able to be like her in the future!"

Jiang Ni retreated back into the carriage and ignored Li Chungang. In fact, Jiang Ni knew very well that although she seemed to have a special status in the Beiliang Palace, she could even assassinate Xu Fengnian in front of Xu Xiao.

But that was because she was powerless and could not pose any real threat to Xu Fengnian!
If she followed Li Chungang to learn swordsmanship, then her death would probably be near. Of course, it is also possible that she would not be able to stay with Xu Fengnian for a long time.

After all, although she seemed to hate Xu Fengnian, she had feelings for him in her heart.

Although Xu Xiao ordered a bloodbath in the Western Chu Imperial Palace, he also saved the face of the Western Chu royal family and did not let the concubines and maids in the palace be humiliated.

Otherwise, look at other destroyed countries. Those palace maids, concubines and the like have all become playthings under the crotch of high-ranking officials of the Liyang court!
Therefore, Jiang Ni also knew that her real enemy was not Beiliang, but the Liyang royal family!

This is also why the target of Guanzi Wudi Cao Changqing's several assassination attempts was not the King of Beiliang Xu Xiao, but the emperor of the Liyang court.

Seeing that Jiang Ni was unmoved, Li Chungang was helpless and could only glance at Xu Fengnian with disdain when he returned to the carriage, in order to regain his inner balance.

Xu Fengnian looked at Li Chungang innocently, swallowed the words he was about to ask Li Chungang, turned around and looked outside the car again, ready to ask Shang Yi.

At this time, Shang Yi came to the side of Fu Jiang Hongjia, observed him carefully and said with emotion:

“Tsk, it’s worthy of being the famous red armor passed down through the Spring and Autumn Period. Although it’s only the water armor among the five elements of armor, its forging technique, mechanism technique and talisman technique are all exquisite. Looking at this talisman, the Taoist priest from Longhu Mountain really put in a lot of effort!”

Xu Fengnian came over holding an umbrella and asked curiously:
"Master Shang, you are also researching this talisman armor!? Why is this talisman armor divided into five elements?"

Shang Yi smiled and said:
"My business house started out as a forging company. My family has handed down a book called "The Iron Forging Hands", which can melt gold and forge iron. We can easily forge weapons that suit our needs!"

As he spoke, he clenched his right hand, and the bronze sword in Fu Jiang Hongjia's hand fell into Shang Yi's hand. Shang Yi's hands turned red, and the rain around them turned into steaming water vapor around his hands before it fell.

The next moment, the bronze sword glowed red, as if it had turned into molten iron. Then Shang Yi casually pinched the molten iron and it turned into a bright silver sword, emitting a sparkling luster.

Shang Yi used his hands to smelt iron again, and the bright silver sword turned into a horizontal sword, which looked almost as sharp as Nangong Pushe's Rusty Winter and Spring Thunder.
Looking at Xu Fengnian's shocked expression, Shang Yi became more and more excited. He used his iron-making hand to transform his sword into an iron ruler, and then transformed it into a nine-section whip.

Finally, it changed into a bright silver iron fan. As Shang Yi turned his right hand, the iron fan mechanism started to operate and the sharp blade emerged. There were also hidden weapons. There was even a picture of a commercial building standing in the city painted on the fan, with four big characters "Wealth can connect with God" next to it!
Xu Fengnian exclaimed:

"Good work deserves reward!"

Shang Yi rolled his eyes when he heard that, and tapped Xu Fengnian's forehead lightly with the iron fan, which made Xu Fengnian feel a buzzing in his ears and a dizzy head.

It took him a long time to recover, and then Xu Fengnian couldn't help but sigh:

"What a great method! With this method, the weapon can be changed into a thousand different forms in the hands, and any enemy can be restrained. It's incredible!"

Li Chungang also appeared at the side without knowing when, picked his nose and said:

"Hmph, what are you thinking! Such a method is useless on you. Only a master who has mastered all the eighteen kinds of weapons can use it well.

You? You should just concentrate on learning your sword! Otherwise, you will become a mere show-off if you are good at everything but not good at anything! "

Xu Fengnian rolled his eyes. The old man in front of him really did not miss any opportunity to criticize him. But this was only Xu Fengnian. If it were someone else, he would have cursed them long ago. How could he possibly sit in the same carriage with him?

Shang Yi smiled slightly and let the two bicker. He focused his attention on the talisman armor and observed it carefully. After understanding the structure of the talisman, he said to Xu Fengnian:

"Feng Nian, you should keep this talisman armor. I believe this person in the dark will attack you again in the future. Collect all the talisman armors in his hands, combine the five elements and find the best craftsman in Beiliang to forge a talisman armor that is not inferior to Ye Hongting's. It will be of great use to your brother Xu Longxiang who is born with the power of diamond!"

Li Chungang smiled upon hearing this:

"Tsk tsk, I have an idea. Xu Longxiang is born with diamond. Even if he can't reach the level of celestial being, he is still a top-notch master in the world!"

“However, having too good a talent will also make the gods jealous. Once you break through the Celestial Realm and attract the energy of heaven and earth, there will be a divine punishment. If no one helps you, you will probably die in the divine punishment. This talisman armor can not only help Xu Longxiang suppress his realm in the future, but also help him overcome the calamity when the divine punishment comes!”

Upon hearing this, Xu Fengnian's expression suddenly became serious. He bowed to Shang Yi and Li Chungang and said:

"Thank you!"

Then he ordered the soldiers of the Feng Camp to carefully put away the talisman armor.

Xu Fengnian changed his mind and said to Shang Yi with a smile:
"The forging skills of the Shang Building Master are so powerful, I wonder if the Shang Building can forge better armor!?"

Shang Yi smiled and said:
"Hahaha, that's not necessary. Forging the talisman armor is just right for your brother. It can not only provide assistance, but also give him the opportunity to break through the celestial phenomena. As long as the prince is well prepared and finds a way to help him survive the heavenly punishment, that's all!

You know, once he survives the punishment of heaven, even the immortals on earth will not be his opponent. The number one Tuoba Bodhisattva in Northern Mang may even have to give way!"

Then, everyone started to move forward.

On the other side, thirty miles out of the city, braving the rain to welcome the second most important nobleman in Beiliang
The officials of Yingqian waited anxiously and apprehensively only for the postman to bring them a piece of news that made them look at each other in bewilderment: His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had taken a shortcut to the city gate.

Zheng Hanhai smiled bitterly, shook his head, and said to Jin Lanting, "Let's go."

Tang Yinshan, the deputy commander of the Eastern Forbidden City, spat on the ground, walked out of the pavilion and said angrily, "Return to the city!"

Xu Fengnian, with the humility and awe of the city clerks, led the elegant scholar Jin Lanting's private residence. It had a large area and a deep courtyard, where geese were raised, lotus and banana trees were planted. It was indeed a quiet place with pleasant scenery. It was a blessing that the little Yingqian could find such a good Feng Shui site.

From beginning to end, Ying Yuan, a petty official, did not dare to say a word. No wonder he was afraid of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince like a jackal or a tiger. In the court, there is a world of difference between an official and a clerk, and there are countless thresholds between officials. The sixth rank is one hurdle, and the third rank is another big hurdle. Except for the powerful officials, those below the third rank are just small carp that have not yet jumped over the dragon gate, but are slightly fatter than the other fish and shrimps. Only when they wear the third rank official uniform with peacock or tiger and leopard patches can they be considered as officials who have made a name for themselves. If they are civil servants, they can change the third rank peacock patch to the second rank pheasant and finally to the first rank crane. Ha, this is to bring honor to the family.

Xu Fengnian changed his clothes in the room, and Qingniao helped him comb his hair.

Xu Fengnian took out the "Yugong Geography"
He spread it on the table, pointed out a few states and counties, and said with a smile:
"Look, in the two states of Yong and Quan that border Beiliang, more than a dozen powerful people, whether civil or military, are hostile to Xu Xiao. One-third of General Gu Jiantang's former subordinates are stationed in these two states. In Yongzhou, I'm afraid that except for Ying Zhuan, we won't see any good faces from now on." (End of this chapter)