The Emperor is Above

Chapter 400: Chong Hou was so scared that he wet his pants
"Don't worry, Old Man Shi!"

Qing Yi not only showed no joy, but also hurriedly advised, "I don't want the title of Shaoqing. Right now, the most important thing is to build my Dragon City peacefully.

If you ask for the title of Shaoqing for me, I will have to run back to the capital six or seven thousand miles away to take up the post. Shaoqing does not have as much power as Shangqing, and even has to stand aside when arguing in the court."

Even though the title of Shaoqing was far more prestigious than that of Shangdaifu and he also had the power and responsibility to lead troops in battles, Qing Yi was not interested in it at all. He was only afraid that Old Man Shi would really get him the title of Shaoqing from the king.

Now that the world is changing and chaos is approaching, the real important thing to do is to build up your own fiefdom as soon as possible, recruit more subjects, train a stronger army, and accumulate more food reserves.

"Hey, look how scared you are, your face has turned pale!"

Old Man Shi laughed heartily, but his eyes were very complicated. As an experienced man, he vaguely guessed Qing Yi's thoughts, but he did not blame him at all.
"Since you want to focus on building the Dragon City for the time being, I will put this matter aside for now. When you want the title of Shaoqing, we can calculate the military merits together with you."

"Haha, then I would like to thank Mr. Shi first!"

Qing Yi didn't care about the complicated look in the dark and thin old man's eyes, "Even if I am promoted to the title of Shaoqing in the future, it is just an empty title. It is better to stay in Longcheng comfortably.

By the way, Old Man Shi, when the winter festival was held a year ago, the Chongguo army attacked Yanjin City. You always said that you went to teach Lord Chong a lesson and become a better man.

This trip took almost forty days to reach Northern Frontier. I guess the issues in Chongguo have been completely resolved, right?

"Of course. The rulers and ministers of Chongguo are eyeing the various countries in the Northern Wilderness covetously. How can I dare to come to the Northern Frontier without completely stopping their wolfish ambitions?"

Mentioning the attack on Yanjin City, Old Man Shi couldn't help but sneer, "Since the establishment of the Great Shen Dynasty more than 860 years ago, the princes of the Northern Wilderness have always been the Xing Hou.

Unfortunately, the State of Xing was destroyed twice more than three hundred years ago and two hundred years ago, and its strength was greatly damaged and its reputation was no longer there. It also had to resist attacks from many wild people such as the Xianyu Tribe, the Guiwu Tribe, and the Black Wind Tribe, and was constantly troubled by internal and external troubles.

However, Chongguo took advantage of the situation and became the new lord of the Northern Wilderness. With the influence of nine generations of monarchs, the country became more and more prosperous. In this generation of Chonghou, there were four first-grade grand masters alone.

Over the past twenty years, Chong Hou has been extremely arrogant and domineering. He once used the power of conquest of the princes of the Northern Wilderness to destroy the princes of three small countries.

Last year, the Black Wind Tribe, the Ghost Witch Tribe, and the Cat Ghost God were causing chaos everywhere. Chong Hou deliberately used the excuse of paying tribute to the emperor to send three grand masters to Diqiu, allowing the Black Wind Tribe's chief priest to boldly go to Shooting Sun City.

As a result, our plan to ambush the Black Wind Tribe's strongmen failed, and we lost two junior officials and four strong men from the Worship Hall. The losses of the rest of the Black Armor Cavalry and the City Guards are immeasurable."

At this point, Old Man Shi's expression became more and more annoyed and he said, "In the past two hundred years, our Xing Kingdom has not been as strong as Chong Kingdom, so we can only swallow this bowl of bitter water.

But we didn't know that Chonghou was so bold that he thought our Xing State was weak and could be bullied. During the Winter Festival, he colluded with the Ghost Witch Tribe, the Black Wind Tribe, the Cat Ghost God, and the Five Gods and took the opportunity to seize Yanjin City.

When I rushed to the capital of Chongguo, Lord Chong didn't know that I had broken through the shackles of the first rank, and he even tried to have four first rank grandmasters capture me and force me to surrender."

“Wow—”

Qing Yi couldn't help but laugh in amazement, "Chong Hou, are you tired of living and want to capture you? With four first-class grandmasters, you are so confident that you think no one in the 76 countries of the Northern Wilderness can defeat you?"

"Hahaha, that's right, that's right. At that time, I slapped the faces of the four first-rank grandmasters of Chongguo in one breath, and they were swollen like steamed buns. The whole court of Chongguo was shocked." Old Man Shi recalled the scene at that time and laughed out loud. "Chonghou was a timid kid. He thought I was angry and wanted to kill him to vent my anger. He was so scared that he wet his pants in the court!"

"Who wouldn't be afraid of you when you were so powerful? It's a pity that you didn't really kill Lord Chong. Even if you succeeded in forcing him to withdraw his troops, you would hate the State of Xing even more. You've lost face in front of all the officials in the court."

Qing Yi smiled and said with regret, "Once there is a new opportunity in the future, Chong Hou will definitely retaliate even more crazily."

"As long as I am in Xing State, even if Chong Hou is so bold, he won't dare to invade us again, no matter if he feels ashamed or hates me!"

The old man Shi's tone was full of arrogance, and there was a hint of sarcasm in his eyes.
"How brave do you think Chonghou is? He was lying on the ground with snot and tears, begging that he was deceived by a villain and was confused for a moment.

Everyone knows that he used to be a man of great influence in the country, but he chose to use the two ministers as scapegoats and beheaded them. I also didn't want the hatred between Xing and Chong to become too deep, so I didn't kill him directly."

“Hehe, even if you let Chong Hou go for now, your trip is worth it!” Qing Yi clapped his hands and laughed, “Not everyone has the opportunity to slap a first-grade grandmaster, let alone scare Chong Hou to the point of peeing his pants.”

"Haha, this is very interesting. I never thought I would have such an opportunity in previous years!" Old Man Shi smiled and couldn't help but shook his head and sighed.

“However, the people of Yanjin City have suffered this time. Even if the Chongguo army obediently withdraws from Yanjin City, all the looted property will be returned and compensated.

I even asked them to leave behind all their weapons and armor, but in the end hundreds of soldiers defending the city, nobles and ministers, and thousands of civilians were killed.

I just hope that this lesson for the king and his ministers of Chongguo can bring peace to Yanjin City and even the entire southern Xinjiang for a few years. The war has caused too much trauma."

"Yanjin City is the richest place in Xing State after all. It is close to a big river and connects more than 20 vassal states. Even if it suffers a war, it can recover quickly. How can it be as remote and poor as the northern border?"

Qing Yi does not have the ambition like Old Man Shi to take on the responsibility of an entire country, but he also hopes that Xing State can remain stable for three to five years to allow Longcheng Fengtu more time to develop.

He thought for a moment and suddenly asked, "By the way, Old Man Shi, even if we supervise the Chongguo army to evacuate Yanjin City, it doesn't need more than 40 days, right? You won't go to the Black Wind Tribe again, right?"

Now the State of Xing is facing two major internal troubles. The various tribes of the wild people in Jiming Lake have been completely destroyed, and the remaining hundreds of thousands of wild people have fled to the Black Wind Tribe. The Guiwu Tribe has also suffered heavy losses and will take several years to recover.

Chongguo, one of the three major foreign threats, has just been severely punished by Old Man Shi and is unlikely to show up again in a short period of time. The Xianyu tribe has Yunling and the Border Town Fortress to resist, so the only remaining powerful Black Wind Tribe needs to be careful of.

"Sure enough, I can't hide your thoughts!"

Old Man Shi sighed slightly, then frowned and said, "During the time in Chongguo, I wanted to go deep into the Black Wind Tribe to capture and kill the famous high priest, which was also considered as capturing the leader first.

Unfortunately, after searching inside and outside for many days, she was not found. Instead, she unexpectedly had a fierce battle with the Black Wind God's clone, and the two sides fought to a draw. "

"No way?"

Qing Yi was immediately shocked and asked in disbelief,
"You are a Saint Realm expert who has broken through the shackles of the first level, right? Yet you can only fight the Black Wind God's clone to a draw. Doesn't this mean that the Black Wind God's true strength even exceeds that of the Saint Realm?"

(End of this chapter)