Devil’s Advent

Today is Lichun, but for Shengle City in the Northland, the shadow of spring has not yet been seen, and the tail of winter is still here.

Shengle City is located in the north of the Jin Kingdom, almost under the Tianduan Mountains. Hundreds of years ago, when the savages were still jumping and wreaking havoc in the Three Jin Kingdoms from time to time, Shengle City once played the role of the bridgehead of the Jin Kingdom.

However, that was a long time ago. Now, the savages are no longer popular in the middle section of the Tianduan Mountains from the west to here. Only the eastern section and the snowfields further north still bear the pressure of the savages. The area is under the responsibility of the Situ family.

In the eyes of people from the Three Jins, Shengle City is a poor place.

One is that the geography is too remote, and the other is that it is too close to the north. The climate seems a bit extreme for most people in Yan and Jin who live in the north all the year round.

But Shengle City is not uncrowded. In the early years, it was a battlefield. In the past hundred years, with the continuous decline of savages, it has become a trade transfer station. When there was no war before, it was a bit exaggerated to say that this place was full of traffic. But there is absolutely no desertion at all.

Right now, there are five people sitting in a box on the second floor of a restaurant in Shengle City.

The one sitting in the first seat was the patriarch of the great clan in Shengle City—the bald-haired successor.

On his left is a literati, about thirty years old. Although he is dressed as a literati, his face is weather-beaten and looks like premature aging.

His surname is Zhou and his name is Zhengwen. He used to be a counselor of the Helian family, and was arranged by the Helian family to manage business here for seven years.

Sitting on the right hand side of Inheritance with Bald Hair is a big man covered in fur. There are many small braids on the big man's head, hanging down, and the exposed skin is covered with tattoos. This is a standard savage costume. His name is Xiong. strong.

War is the cruelest way of integration. In the Tianduan Mountain Range in this area, many savage settlements have changed their surnames and gradually "promoted", and they will also come down the mountain to do business.

Sitting opposite, there is a man and a woman. The man is wearing a cloak, and the woman is young and beautiful. Both of them are big shopkeepers of two major local commercial firms. It can be said that the five people present are the most prestigious in Shengle City. five.

After drinking for three rounds, the bald hair continued to open the chatterbox:

"Heh, I thought I could continue to watch the excitement, but who knew that Yan people could fight like this."

Zhou Zhengwen nodded and agreed:

"Indeed, I thought that the Yan people were fighting against the Qian Kingdom. The old Patriarch and Wen Ren's Patriarch teamed up to take the opportunity to cut a piece of meat from the Yan people. Who knew that it would be... oh..."

Tian Wujing's 200,000 cavalry entered the Jin Dynasty through the road, destroying the two major families in one fell swoop, like a hurricane, directly sweeping half of the land of the San Jin.

The people below seemed to have not recovered, and when they raised their heads suddenly, the sky changed!

Zhou Zhengwen was originally backed by the Helian family. In this Shengle City, he can be said to be a unique figure. All forces in Shengle City have to stay low in front of him.

Now that the Helian family is destroyed, Zhou Zhengwen has become a younger brother in an instant. Fortunately, he still has some influence in Shengle City, and he has received some refugees from the Helian family, so his strength has been supplemented. Otherwise, he is really not qualified to sit This table is over.

"Speak straight."

Xiong Lie urged while gnawing on the leg of lamb.

The bald-haired inheritance didn't mind the rudeness of this barbarian. In fact, hundreds of years ago, they might still be an ancestor.

No matter it is the Yan State, Chu State or Jin State, the beginning recorded in their own history books is that the ancestors led the troops to the feudal state to resist the invasion of barbarians, savages, and Shanyue under the order of the Great Xia Zi.

The fact is that the Chu State was closed off at the beginning and the country was actually very small. That area was originally the domain of hundreds of Shanyue tribes. As a result, after hundreds of years of pioneering and conquest, the original owners of the Shanyue people could only fight guerrillas in the rainforest swamps. .

The original savages were not born to like climbing mountains and living in the mountains. They were the real masters in the original Sanjin land.

However, it took the Yu family hundreds of years to break into the Tianduan Mountains forcefully.

As big as the Helian family, as small as the bald-haired family, they were originally savages, but they have been assimilated into Jin for hundreds of years, so they naturally don't regard themselves as savages, but as Jin people.

The Helian family is considered to be the best in the naturalized family, and they began to "clean up" their family background very early on.

Following the example of the royal family of Chu, he began to make up fairy tales for his ancestors.

Just one theme, you can say that my ancestors were born of a phoenix, a divine ox, or a divine eagle, no matter what kind of animal god they are, just don’t mention to me that they were born of savages!

Bald-haired inheritance said:

"Presumably everyone has also received the news. Ten days ago, Yu Huacheng of the Yu family, the younger brother of the Sword Master, turned against the emperor and wanted to chase and kill the emperor. As a result, the emperor was rescued by the Yan people, and then the Yan people The Marquis of Nan led his troops to flatten the land of Gyeonggi."

"I knew it earlier." Xiong Lie shouted.

The bald man continued to press his hands, and said:

"What happened to Emperor Jin actually has nothing to do with us, but from the beginning to the end, the Situ family didn't say a word. Have you ever thought about what this means?"

"What do you mean?" Xiong Lie continued to yell.

In fact, this savage may seem rough, but he is actually as careful as a hair. He has four or five settlements in his hands to take care of the business.

At this time, the woman named Ning Cuicui, the big shopkeeper of Ning's Commercial Firm, said:

"It means that although the Situ family has established a country and proclaimed themselves emperor, they don't seem to have any plans to go to war with the Yan people."

Xiong Lie chuckled, picked up the wine bowl and took a sip of the wine, disdainfully said:

"That's why the Situ family was cowardly."

Zhou Zhengwen said: "That's the problem. The Situ family can be cowardly, they can retreat, and they can temporarily evade the Yan people. What about us?"

Those who were sitting were silent.

Yes,

The Yan people suddenly invaded the land of the Jin Dynasty, which made them panicked and fell into a situation where the six gods had no master. Although Shengle City was poor, it was the commoners who suffered, and they all ate their mouths full of oil.

Therefore, they instinctively wanted to keep their position and the current situation in Shengle City, coupled with their sense of panic towards the Yan people, they responded quickly when they learned that the Situ family had established a "great success" and directly controlled the situation. He left Shengle City, and at the same time sent people to visit Situ's house.

The Situ family reacted very quickly, and immediately came down with the seal of the emperor of Dacheng Kingdom. Everyone was made a general, and they all took official titles.

After that, Situ's family fell silent.

After the Yan people broke into the capital of the state of Jin, killed Yu Huacheng, and the Situ family continued to watch from the sidelines, many powerful families reacted.

its not right!

They were having fun here, thinking that the army of Situ's family was about to enter, and they could still fight and fight over who would rule the ups and downs of the Three Jins!

But now it's like someone seduced you, and you sat on the wall wearing red apricots, only to find out that he was just teasing you!

What the hell should I do?

"In front of us, there are actually two paths, one is to move into the Situ family's territory." Zhou Zhengwen said.

"What can we be if we leave Shengle City?" Ning Cuicui shouted immediately.

Here, they are local snakes, but after leaving here, they can only be a relatively large group of refugees.

Zhou Zhengwen nodded, and said again: "The second thing is that we also take the initiative to send people to Yan Guo to check the situation. The posture can be lowered a bit, and the previous matter can be pushed to a small family. Give the Yan people an explanation, and then let the Yan people send a city guard to come over to explain, so that the Yan people will get face, we will get the face, and everyone will be happy.

In fact, no matter what, whether it was when the old Patriarch was here, the Situ family came, or the Yan people came, if they want to manage this Shengle City well, they must rely on us. "

"Mr. Zhou's words are reasonable, and what he said is reasonable, but we also have to look at the attitude of the Yan people. If everyone is friendly and the Yan people don't plan to come for the truth, then how about we give the Yan people a face?" Baldhead continued to say.

"Maybe, the Yan people will let us do nothing here, heh." Xiong Lie said, and then he laughed again, and said: "It's also a happy death person. Back then, you gathered together and said that you wanted to raise a banner against Yan. Take refuge in Situ's family, and now you are here to say that Situ's family is unreliable, and the Yan people may be coming.

I said, can you be a little promising? "

The bald-haired Chengji snorted coldly and said:

"You are not afraid. Anyway, if the Yan soldiers really come, you can take your people and the caravan to hide in the mountains immediately, what about us?"

Xiong Lie casually wiped the wine stains from the corner of his mouth, and said:

"It's like our saints naturally like to live in the mountains. Eight hundred years ago, this was the territory of our saints!

However, don’t be afraid, don’t feel the torment of living in the mountains and escaping disasters now, after a long time, you will actually get used to it. "

The barbarians claim to be barbarians, because in the eyes of the barbarians, the word "barbarian" already carries a strong affirmation of strength.

But the savages don't call themselves savages, but call themselves the saints, although they know that the whole east and even the west call them savages.

After running the bald hair inheritance, Xiong Lie stood up and said;

"You guys continue to discuss, I'll go back first."

He is a person who has a way out, and he is also a person with confidence. There is a warehouse where the savages gather in Shengle City, and there are hundreds of armed people inside. Other forces dare not provoke him easily. Cai, offending him is equivalent to offending a savage settlement in the nearby mountains. How can this business continue?

After leaving the restaurant, Xiong Lie went straight back to his place, where there were a lot of mountain goods and cages filled with monsters. These monsters were not lethal, and they would be like pet dogs and cats in future generations.

When Xiong Lie entered the backyard, he saw a young man teasing his favorite green eagle.

This is also a kind of monster. Its feathers are blue. It is the incarnation of the legendary "blue bird". It can be domesticated and understands human nature.

This green eagle is of excellent appearance, it is Xiong Lie's favorite, ordinary people are not even allowed to touch it, but this young man is holding a bamboo stick and pulling it casually there.

Xiong Lie didn't get angry at all, instead he took the initiative to kneel down on one knee,

road:

"Master Zheng, the slave is back."

Zheng Fan turned around, looked at Xiong Lie who was kneeling on the ground, and said:

"I've told you several times, don't be so polite, everyone is your own."

"Courtesy cannot be discarded!"

"Oh, then you have to at least wait for me to take down Shengle City before saluting so earnestly. Now you and I should pretend to be virtuous and virtuous corporals. It's okay to make an alliance with blood. You give me a jump No, not good."

"..." Xiong Lie.

At this time, the blind man came out from behind Zheng Fan, looked at Xiong Lie, and asked:

"What's the attitude of those companies?"

"Mr. Huibei, those families are very afraid of you Yan people now, and they are ready to send people to you to surrender, but what they mean is that the Yan people can send an official to rule here in name, but The real managers are themselves."

The blind man nodded and said, "It makes sense."

It is too difficult and unrealistic for those with vested interests to give up their own interests.

"They have a pretty idea." Zheng Fan threw the bamboo stick in his hand on the ground, picked up the teacup next to him, took a sip, and continued: "Children make choices. I want to save face."

The blind man immediately offered a very perfunctory flattery:

"What the Lord said is absolutely true!"

At this time, Xiong Lie said:

"Master Zheng, Mr. Bei, the sixth prince's letter just arrived in the morning."

"What did he say in the letter?" Zheng Fan asked.

No one would know how big Little Six's business was at the beginning, even if Emperor Yan came down with a decree, and all the business on the surface was handed over to the Ministry of Finance, but influence is not something that just goes away.

For example, this Xiong Lie, who was a savage slave at the beginning, was trafficked into the country of Yan and taken over by the sixth prince. While the savage settlement established contact with Shengle City, after a few years, it has become a very influential figure in Shengle City.

Before Zheng Fan was granted the title of punctuality in Shengle City, Little Six mentioned Xiong Lie in the letter, saying that it can be used.

But there is a premise. If you want to use it safely, you have to have enough troops to shock him. With this as a premise, he will willingly repay the favor.

This time, Zheng Fan had more than 2,000 regular troops in the outskirts of Shengle City, and more than 2,000 Jin puppet troops.

To be honest, if you don't consider the loss, you can attack the city. Although the major commercial firms in Shengle City and some local clans can also pull out thousands of troops, how can they hold the city in a divided state?

However, it is better not to siege the city if it can not be attacked. Zheng Fan does not want to lose too much capital before the dawn of hope.

"Master Zheng, the master said two things in the letter. One is to ask the slave to listen carefully to Mr. Zheng's instructions."

"What about the other one?"

"The master said that he was grateful for Mr. Zheng for sending him several carts of cornmeal to Yanjing more than a month ago. The master said that he had been eating corn noodles for a month."

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PS: The surname baldness has existed in ancient times, don't laugh.

Thanks to Liu Xiaodao for being the most handsome and becoming the 79th leader of "Magic Landing", and thanks to Mo Ran Starry Night for being popular.