The fairy father

At dawn, there was a sudden movement on Ji Chang's side.

Li Dazhi, who was sleeping soundly, was awakened by old man Xu Sheng.

—— Yun Zhongzi saw that there was no business here, so he returned to the secret realm of Kunlun Mountain. If he wasted an hour outside, he would be delayed for several days or even dozens of days inside. He was the chief designer of various warships of the Heavenly Palace Fleet and had too much work to do.

Li Dazhi subconsciously asked: "Is Ping An back?"

"No movement yet," Xu Sheng raised his chin towards the cloud mirror, "Didn't you ask us to keep an eye on him? This ordinary prince named Ji Chang is going to run away."

"Oh?"

Li Dazhi looked into the mirror indifferently.

He was just watching the excitement now, and he didn't have the sense of responsibility of Li Ping An;

Especially when Li Dazhi got some of the memories of old man Wangri, he always had the illusion of an oversized building block amusement park when he looked at this world.

Of course, this can only be an illusion.

Li Dazhi looked at the cloud mirror in front of him.

After dawn in the east, the sky was still dark blue, but Ji Chang had already sat in the strange beast carriage, left his residence and rushed to the city gate.

Ji Chang was in a hurry with a small group of people. The strange beast pulling the carriage and the driver did not dare to make too much noise. There were people secretly supporting him along the way, and many of the people who supported him were dressed in brocade and jade clothes. They sent Ji Chang for a while and then left quickly.

There seemed to be an undercurrent in Chaoge City.

In addition to Li Dazhi and Xu Sheng on the cloud, there were several pairs of eyes staring at Ji Chang's carriage, and from time to time they released some strange beasts' flying pigeons to send messages.

Just as Ji Chang was on his way, Fei Zhong led thousands of elite troops and had already been ready for battle.

The city gate tower was in sight.

In the carriage, Ji Chang took out a tortoise shell and stroked the cracked lines on the tortoise shell with his fingers, his expression indescribably calm.

In the palace, Emperor Xin, who had received the news long ago, sat in the Huachi, hugging the slender waists of two beautiful concubines, quietly waiting for good news from Fei Zhong.

A long knife was already against Ji Chang's neck.

Beside a stone pavilion near the city gate, Uncle Wang Bi Gan drank with two royal nobles, watching Ji Chang's carriage gradually go away.

The two old men asked: "Is everything ready outside?"

"There won't be any changes, right?"

"Don't worry, General Fei Zhong has been waiting for a long time, and people have been arranged at the city gate. You can open the door in advance and let him leave," Bigan laughed, "I will bear the infamy here, and it has nothing to do with the king."

"There won't be any infamy. Ji Chang left without saying goodbye, which is tantamount to treason."

"But there are so many princes in the west, will they rebel because of this?"

"The rebellion of Zhou is inevitable," Bigan said calmly , "They are now strong and powerful, and have divided their own clans into small countries, and have contacts with the Qiang people. Ji Chang has worked hard to build his reputation and make friends with various princes and nobles. It goes without saying what he is doing."

"Hmph, most of the internal and external troubles of my Shang Dynasty are caused by these ambitious ministers who are too active."

"It's only because we were too indulgent before. Fortunately, the king is decisive enough and wise and powerful..."

As he spoke, the city gate slowly opened.

Uncle Wang Bi Gan had a little more reluctance in his eyes, and whispered: "I promised the prime minister before that I would not kill Ji Chang. After all, Ji Chang is also a famous official in the world. Killing him will make the king more tyrannical, but in the current situation, there is really no way."

Ji Chang's carriage left the city gate, and the city gate was quickly closed by the soldiers, making a dull collision.

Next, it was Fei Zhong's turn.

Bigan sighed softly: "If Ji Chang is a friend, he is actually not bad."

"Don't think about it, just give him a grand burial."

A few sighs came from the pavilion. Bigan raised the wine bottle and shook it towards the outside of the city, then lowered his head and drank it all.

Outside the city, inside the strange beast carriage.

Ji Chang raised his hand to adjust his collar, his eyes were mostly calm, and he closed his eyes waiting for the arrival of his fate.

Li Dazhi and Xu Sheng on the cloud looked at each other. They naturally saw the swordsmen ambushing in front of them, as well as the general Fei Zhong whose martial arts value was far higher than Ji Chang.

"Save or not save?" Xu Sheng asked.

Li Dazhi raised his chin: "Look over there, Jiang Shang."

Xu Sheng looked up and saw an old man with a low level of cultivation turning out of a bamboo forest. Looking at the swordsmen in front and Ji Chang's carriage that was about to enter the encirclement, the old man took a breath and blew gently.

Hu——

The bamboo forest was windy.

Ji Chang's carriage was tilted from side to side, and the ambushing swordsmen could not see anything.

Fei Zhong thought it was not good, and led his men forward in the strong wind, but when he rushed out of the area where the strange wind was raging and arrived in front of the carriage, he only saw an empty carriage. The driver and the attendants around him were lying in a state of disarray not far away, but Ji Chang in the carriage was missing.

Fei Zhong's face turned pale.

He had planned this matter carefully enough. In order to take care of the king's reputation, he specially arranged for Ji Chang to "leave Chaoge City without authorization", and then extended it to "intention to rebel".

But Ji Chang came out, and the wind blew, and he was gone.

Fei Zhong reacted quickly and immediately shouted: "Hurry up and find someone! Look everywhere!"

The soldiers and guards scattered.

Chaoge City was too huge, and it would take a long time for the news here to reach Emperor Xin's ears.

At the same time, Ji Chang was being led by Jiang Shang, flying towards Xiqi on the clouds.

After flying for only a thousand miles, Jiang Shang was a little breathless under the pressure of the Juetian formation, and dragged Ji Chang to a mountain stream.

At this moment, the sky was just getting light.

Ji Chang turned around and vomited after landing, but he was flying a little faster just now. Even if Jiang Shang had the consciousness to use his magical power to protect Ji Chang, Ji Chang could not resist the tearing.

"Xi Bohou, take a rest," Jiang Shang said hurriedly, "I'll go get some water."

"Thank you so much, God."

"Hey," Jiang Shang has also seen the world, knows the three religions of Taoism, and has seen the majesty of heaven, and said hurriedly, "I am a monk from outside the country, but I am not a god. If people know that I claim to be a god, I am afraid there will be someone. Big trouble."

After saying that, Jiang Shang cupped his hands and ran to the creek not far away. He deliberately did not use any magic, took out an Xianjia gourd, filled it with water, and hurried back to Ji Chang's place.

Ji Chang took a short rest and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He stood up and saluted: "Thank you..."

"Jiang Shang," Jiang Shang said warmly, "Hsibohou doesn't need to give a big salute. It's just a piece of cake for me. I've always heard that Xibohou has a reputation for virtue. This time I saw that Xibohou was in trouble, so I took action. Why should Xibohou care about saving each other?"

"How can Ji Chang forget the grace of saving his life?"

Ji Chang sighed:

"I just don't know if the king will become angry if I am rescued like this and use troops against me, Xiqi."

"Hey, Hou Xibo is worried too much."

Jiang Shang smiled and shook his head, and said slowly:

"I have actually been in Chaoge City for some years, and with this ability, I have seen a lot of interesting and boring things.

"Nowadays, Chaoge City is nothing but a strong force on the outside. The children of the royal family are passed down from one generation to the next, and the generations are almost endless. The children of the royal family need rich clothes and food, not to mention all the powerful ministers behind them.

"The great merchants can only manage to maintain it. If the eight hundred princes had not paid tribute year after year, they would have been unable to support it.

“Dongbohou is already a serious concern of King Shang, followed by Xibohou Mansion.

"This is actually because if the Zhou Kingdom wants to reach Chaoge, it needs to pass through many great passes. However, if the Dongyi tribes want to reach Chaoge, not only can they use both water and land, but there are only two great passes here, and they all disobey the king's orders.

"Now King Shang must move east first and then west. As long as Dongbohou Mansion can survive, there will be no trouble in Xiqi."

Ji Chang had more thoughts in his eyes and looked at the old god in front of him.

Jiang Shang made a casual move, and two stones floated over, and he sat down with Ji Chang.

"Let's take a rest and continue on our way. I will take Xibohou back to Xiqi."

"Thank you, Brother Jiang," Ji Chang said politely, and then asked, "In Brother Jiang's opinion, is there a way for my Zhou people to survive here?"

"Yes," Jiang Shang said calmly, "take Shang and replace it."

Ji Chang listened calmly and said with a wry smile: "This is not easy. Businessmen are cruel, brave and good at fighting. No matter how strong a man from the Zhou Dynasty is, I can't compare to their cruel Bai Yi. I'm afraid it will be difficult to win."

Jiang Shang said: "Warriors have laws. There is certainly a method of military strategy here. No one with brute force can dominate the world. If the King of Shang loses his virtue, he can take his place."

"What's the plan?"

"There are three strategies here!"

Jiang Shang said firmly.

He was a little angry in his heart. After all, he had received the order to come to Chaoge City in the first place, and then entered a long wait.

The teacher gave up the originally planned business path;

I was not doing well in Chaoge City, and my practice was not very satisfactory either. I wanted to leave but was afraid of disobeying my teacher's orders.

And he thought of his early years, and said seriously: "The first strategy is nothing more than making alliances with allies, making soldiers and horses, and accumulating soldiers and armor. Xiqi has done a very good job here, and this second strategy is to unite with the East." And control and wait for the opportunity to act, as for this third strategy..."

Ji Chang leaned forward.

Jiang Shangze said: "Among the businessmen, there are countless people who are dissatisfied with Emperor Xin. Emperor Xin was cruel and promoted some new ministers, which made all the old ministers very dissatisfied. Their status as ministers can be passed down from generation to generation."

Ji Chang said: "I have also seen this matter, but I don't know who Brother Jiang is..."

"The eldest prince found me here, but I am also quite disappointed with him."

Jiang Shang shook his head:

“This person has no talent, no virtue, no character, is timid and indecisive.

"Compared with Xibohou, it's far behind."

Ji Chang smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Brother Jiang said this, he really praised Ji Chang, but... I have pity on my child, he was... vomited!"

He turned around and retched.

Jiang Shang moved forward and patted him continuously, with helplessness in his eyes.

After a while, Ji Chang finally regained his composure, his eyes regained some of their sparkle, and no longer mentioned the matter of Ji Kao.

He chatted with Jiang Shang about the art of governing the country and the method of arranging troops in military formations.

Ji Chang actually had awe and respect for Jiang Shang after experiencing soaring in the clouds and mist. Jiang Shang, on the other hand, deliberately surrendered and relied on Ji Chang to explain everything, never letting a word fall to the ground without catching it.

This chat lasted half an hour.

Jiang Shang is knowledgeable and has an extremely accurate grasp of the general trend. He is not just talking about it, he really has a lot of skills.

Ji Chang already had a desire to recruit, but also had doubts.

Ji Chang asked: "Dare I ask Brother Jiang... Why is it my country of Zhou? With Brother Jiang's talent, no matter which prince he goes to, he can make the princes of this family rise to the sky!"

Jiang Shang:......

He couldn't say that he actually took advantage of this opportunity to take action. He had been in contact with Wei Ziqi before.

"Because Xibohou is the master of the Ming Dynasty," Jiang Shang said seriously, "Businessmen who are arrogant and complacent will eventually suffer the consequences."

"well!"

Ji Chang saluted again, and Jiang Shang quickly returned the salute. Then the two white-haired old men looked at each other, smiled, and walked in the forest together.

Li Dazhi, who saw this scene on the cloud, grinned.

"Good fellow, there is no part of opening the mouth to spit out rabbits. These two guys really appreciate each other."

Old man Xu Sheng wondered: "Aren't these two mortal nobles? It's too insignificant."

"This, I really can't explain to you, your realm is still a little low."

Xu Sheng's forehead was full of black lines.

Li Dazhi said with a smile: "What you see now is actually the continuation of the will left by the transcendent. Although he is gone, his influence is everywhere in this world. The development of the world relies on inertia. Now it takes a long time to fly forward by inertia before there is a chance to make changes."

Xu Sheng asked: "Then why are we watching this guy?"

"Just watch him and don't let him die," Li Dazhi said seriously, "I really can't say much about the rest, otherwise the cause and effect will continue to 'grow'. In short, if you understand, you will understand."

Xu Sheng almost kicked Li Dazhi off the cloud.

Of course, he didn't dare to be so rude to his father, the Emperor of Heaven.

Li Dazhi looked at Ji Chang, who had escaped danger, and whispered: "I'm still worried about Ping An. This kid, don't really get stuck in a dead end."

Below, Ji Chang was taken back to Xiqi City by Jiang Shang, and everything here is not mentioned for the time being.

In Xiqi City, Li Ping'an and Ji Danfen'an have been sleeping for a long time and have not moved.

He is accepting the Tao, immersing himself in the Tao described by the saints, feeling the evolution of heaven and earth, and thinking about the secret of the creation of the sky.

Chaoge City, in the palace.

Emperor Xin kicked the eunuch who delivered the message to the ground, his nose trembling constantly, and growled: "Escaped? Ji Chang escaped?"

"My king, this is what the news sent from outside the city said."

"Asshole! How did Ji Chang, an old man who was powerless, escape?"

Emperor Xin said angrily:

"How many things are you hiding from me, who let Ji Chang go!

"Go! Send someone to call Uncle Wang Bigan here immediately!"

"Yes, my king. "

There was a little commotion in the palace.

Emperor Xin was angry, but his eyes soon calmed down. He sat back on the throne and kept thinking about what would happen if Ji Chang returned to Xiqi City.

Thinking about it, Emperor Xin suddenly laughed.

This is actually a good thing.

Why didn't he think of it before that as long as Ji Chang was released back to Xiqi City, Ji Chang would definitely be the real boss of Xiqi City.

Ji Chang was different from his son Ji Fa. Ji Fa was good at fighting, while Ji Chang was essentially a civil official.

Emperor Xin had a clear understanding of this.

If Ji Chang returned to Xiqi City, he could let go and solve the Dongyi threat first, because as long as Ji Chang was alive, the cautious Ji Chang would not dare to make trouble.

Emperor Xin laughed dumbly, and found the eunuchs to tell his uncle Bigan not to enter the city.

Then he began to think about what way he could solve the Dongyi threat.

The only way was to march east.