by Zhi Bai
A man next to him scolded angrily, "Kneel in front of my young master and greet him!"
An Zheng didn't say a word as he looked at the person called Fire Crane Daly.
Seeing An Zheng looking at him, the corner of Fire Crane Da Li's mouth rose: "You're really rude. If someone like you were to be placed in the grasslands, I would have already had your eyes dug out, cut your nose, and send you to be a slave. I gave you a bit of face in the State of Yan, now scram to that lousy Tiantong Palace to see your little Swallow King. If you feel that you can fight against my Fire Crane Clan's army, you can give it a try. "
An Zheng still ignored him, and turned to look for the carriage driver that he had just thrown out. He saw the coachman hanging from a tree in the distance, and he went over and pulled him down.
"Are you a Swallow or a Flaming Crane?"
An Zheng asked.
The carriage driver quickly kneeled down: "Prince Fu, I am a Swallow. "It's the Swallow."
"Did they threaten you or give you a lot of money?"
"I …" The family is poor. "
Pow!
An Zheng slapped the driver's mouth, "You're poor. If this is your only reason, then I cannot forgive you."
"Prince Fu … His family was really poor. Originally, he borrowed a lot of money to buy a horse and car. He intended to send some things to the border to earn some hard-earned money. However, after the war in the eastern border ended, there was no need for so many carriages and horses. There was no job to be found in the city, and the family had not eaten a full meal for days. If I was the only one in the family, even if I were beaten to death, I would still be willing to take their money, but … But there are wives, children, elders. "
An Zheng made a sound of agreement, raised his hand and slapped his mouth yet again, "This is the punishment you deserve … Take your horse to the Yan Yun Cage to report and deliver goods to the Yan Yun Cage in the future. "By the way, tell everyone you know who has a car and a horse. If they don't have a job, they can go to the Yan Yun Che Caravan."
"F * ck off."
The man quickly got up and ran to drive the carriage away.
An Zheng turned and walked towards the Martial Arts Academy. With a wave of his hand, a group of Fire Crane Clan warriors pounced towards An Zheng and stopped him once again. One of the man pointed his bent blade at An Zheng and bellowed, "Did you really not hear what my Young Master said? I've given you face! "
An Zheng looked at him and the man unconsciously took a step back.
Fire Crane Da Li walked over with a sneer and said, "Although I don't know how you did it, looking at how young you are, and the men of the Yan Dynasty are so manly, you probably sold yourself out, didn't you? I'll say it again now, if you don't go to Tiantong Palace, I'll break your legs today. This is your State of Yan. If it's the Fire Crane Clan, I'll kill your entire family. "
An Zheng raised his hand and snapped his fingers, he did not know where a few men in tight clothes came from, and kowtowed: We greet Prince Fu.
"Go to the military headquarters and get me the guards for the city gate. Also, find me the guards for the four city gates."
The few men replied and turned to leave.
Fire Crane Da Li did not know what An Zheng was trying to do either. He thought that An Zheng was trying to call for help, but despite his insolent and ignorant nature, he was not afraid. Back then, when the Empress Dowager Su sent people to negotiate with the Fire Crane Clan, the people of the Fire Crane Clan were extremely arrogant. He thought that the State of Yan was about to be done for, and his attitude towards the State of Yan also plummeted.
Not long after that, a Head of the Military Department and four gate guards rushed over. The five of them, along with some attendants, ran to An Zheng and panted heavily. They all saluted: "Greetings, Prince Fu."
"Which gate did these people come from?"
"Yes …" "North Gate. I entered when I was on duty."
"Oh!"
An Zheng looked at the person who spoke, "Go to the army headquarters and clear the balance before you scram. A group of outsiders, without any restriction after entering the city, actually took their weapons to flaunt themselves everywhere, it's your dereliction of duty. "
The gatekeeper kneeled down and said, "Prince Fu, it was the Ministry of Rites who welcomed you outside of the city. This humble servant wishes to investigate, no one from the Ministry of Rites is allowed to investigate."
An Zheng frowned slightly, "Are you acting under the orders of the Ministry of Rites?"
"No …" "No."
"Scram, you are not fit to work in the military."
An Zheng turned around and instructed them, "Go and ask the Ministry of Rites, who invited these people, who came in, and who did it. I want to hear the explanation from the people from the Ministry of Rites."
The servants quickly went to do their work, and more and more commoners gathered around to watch.
After giving his instructions, An Zheng turned to look at Huo He and Dali. "How many sons does your father have?"
"One!" What, what are you doing?! "
"Your father is so pitiful."
An Zheng said, then turned around and walked towards the martial academy: "Everyone, act according to the rules of the enemy who invades the great swallow. Don't rush to kill, just cripple him. This Fire Crane Da Li will take a breath, and let his father exchange it for a hundred thousand gold, fifty thousand war horses. "
At the back of the crowd, the military commander of the thousand-machine army turned around and surrounded those Fire Crane clansmen. The Fire Crane Da Li was so angry that he was trembling. He shouted and struck out. The result was that after shouting, he was suppressed and violently beaten. More than one hundred Flaming Crane Clan warriors were originally quite strong, but they were attacked by the thousand-man commander of the Military Department. These people didn't even have the chance to retaliate. In an instant, cries of agony filled the air. More than a hundred people had been crippled.
Two Thousand Revolution field officers picked up the Fire Crane Daly, and the other one came up and used a wooden board to slap his mouth. In less than a minute, his mouth was bleeding profusely. Blood splattered everywhere.
"Mouth smacking, face smacking, face smacking."
An Zheng said as he walked, "Have the people from the Rites Department come to the Martial Academy to see me."
After that, he left.
Chapter 288 - The Second
When the new Vice Minister of Rites, Xiao Zai, arrived at the Martial Academy, An Zheng was watching the craftsmen reconstructing the library.
The Xiao family was the first family to eliminate an expert from their family after An Zheng fought his way into the Embroidery Palace. On the surface, the Xiao Clan's strength was not that great. At the very least, they did not have many people in the important spots of the Imperial Court. However, when the Empress Dowager Su fell, people were shocked to notice that there was a close relationship between the Xiao family and more than half of the people in the imperial court.
"Prince Fu."
Xiao Chi was already over forty years old, but he could only call him Prince Fu in front of An Zheng. In the entire world, there was not a single country where a sixteen-year-old youth became a duke. Only the founding minister would be conferred the title of duke. Although Mu Qidao was stopped while he was being bestowed the title, he was unable to do so. If he tried to stop him again, he would be at the Shoulder Emperor level.
"What happened to the Ministry of Rites?"
An Zheng tilted his head and looked at Xiao Shen, "A small member of the Fire Crane Clan dares to run around recklessly in Fanggu?
Xiao Shen lowered his head and replied: "I did not arrange it properly. I never expected that those people would actually dare to casually run out from the relay station. Moreover, they even blocked Prince Fu's path."
An Zheng asked: What do you plan to do?
"Send it out."
"Send it out?"
An Zheng said: "The Yan people uphold righteousness, their words are as good as gold. If I said I wanted a hundred thousand taels of gold, that would be one hundred thousand taels of silver. Fifty thousand horses meant fifty thousand horses, not even a copper coin less. If there wasn't enough gold and silver, he would use a piece of leather to pay for it. If the Fire Crane Clan was not willing to give it up, then he would let them fight them. General Fang Daozhi had almost reached the Swallow Mountain Pass. With the Swallow Mountain Heaven Chasm, the Fire Crane Clan had to think twice before fighting. In a conflict like this, my great swallow's Light Cavalry is not afraid. Attacking and defending … how can I be afraid of them? "
"But Prince Fu, our military is not too strong right now. If we start to fight …"
"I can't open it."
An Zheng said: "Just do as I say, remember to never let anyone see that you are not confident. The less confident you are, the more confident your opponent will be, and the more he'll bully you. After beating up his son and asking him to use money to redeem them, the Fire Crane Clan and the forty-eight tribes of the Great Prairie will have to think about why the State of Yan is so powerful. "
Xiao Chi was silent for a moment, then said: "Then we'll follow Prince Fu's instructions."
An Zheng acknowledged: "Right, have you found Ding Ningdong's whereabouts?"
"Nope."
Xiao Shen replied, "The Ministry of Rites has cleared, and the Ding Clan's businesses have been thoroughly investigated, but there is no trace of Ding Ningdong."
An Zheng nodded his head, "I will have the Ministry of Justice help me investigate this matter later. Regarding the various tribes of the plains, we cannot show weakness now. Even if you and I know that our great swallow does not have the energy to fight, we should not show weakness if we can't. If he wanted to pretend, he would have to do it. If the Fire Crane Clan did not hand over the ransom, he would not let them go. It doesn't matter even if you wait a year. If the Fire Crane Clan doesn't hand it over after a year, then you can send the Fire Crane Da Li to the frontier to work as a laborer. "
Xiao Zi nodded his head, "Then this lowly one will take his leave first."
Not long after he left, people from the Martial Arts Academy ran in and told An Zheng that someone was looking for him. An Zheng asked who it was and replied that it was someone from the Tai-tai-tai-tai-tai-tai-tai-tai-tao. An Zheng frowned slightly, Tai-tai-tai-tai-tai-tai-tai-tai-tao and Heavenly Awakening Sect had never interacted with each other before, why did he suddenly come over at this time?
When An Zheng arrived in front of him, a young daoist wearing daoist robe was standing there. Upon seeing An Zheng, he quickly came over and bowed, "Prince Fu, disciple Yun Shu, has been ordered by Master to invite Prince Fu to the Moon Slaughter Tower."
An Zheng asked, "Who is your master?"
"It's Zhou Jiuji."
An Zheng thought back to that day in Embroidery Palace, when the Tai-tai-tai-tai-tai-tai-tai-tai-tao's Zhou Jiuji had also made his move. Right now, all the different forces were trying to rope An Zheng in, so there was nothing special about Tai-tai-tai-tai-tai-tai-tai-tai-tao being unable to sit still. Zhou Jiuji and Xu Baimei were the main figures of the current Tai-tai-tai-tai-tai-tai-tai-tai-tao. However, it was said that the Tai-tai-tai-tai-tai-tai-tai-tai-tao's Monastery Master had been in closed door cultivation the entire time. The matters of the Tai-tai-tai-tai-tai-tai-tai-tai-tao were mostly handled by Zhou Jiu Ji and Xu Bai Mei. Inside of Master Xu, outside of Master Zhou Jiu.
"Do you know why your master is looking for me?"
"Disciple does not know."
"You can go back first, and tell your master that the food in the Moon Tower is not tasty, and that he wants to drink wine to my Heavenly Awakening Sect."
After An Zheng finished speaking and walking back, Daoist Yunshu said from the back, "Master said that the great formation of the Tiantong Palace was initially constructed with the help of the Tai-tai-tai-tai-tai-tai-tai-tai-tao. There is a secret that only the Tai-tai-tai-tai-tai-tai-tai-tai-tao knows. This secret might be more important to the Swallow King. "
An Zheng's footsteps paused, "Are you threatening me?"
Yun Shu hurriedly said, "This disciple does not dare to do so. I am only following Master's orders to bring back the original words."
An Zheng stayed silent for a while and thought of Mu Changyan. It was rumored that there was indeed a huge powerful array within the Tiantong Palace. It was created by the Mu family's ancestor and the senior experts of the Tai-tai-tai-tai-tai-tai-tai-tai-tao. When An Zheng was accompanying Mu Changyan and chatting, the mentally disabled Mu Changyan mentioned that if one could activate the large array, he would be able to kill the Empress Dowager Su. His only hope was the Xiao Qi Dao.
An Zheng did not dare to let anyone outside the sect hear these words because it involved the safety of Xiao Qi Dao.
"Go back and tell your master that I'm on time."
An Zheng went back to the Heavenly Awakening Sect first to make the arrangements, he had a nagging feeling that something was amiss. Afterwards, he would go to the Moon Tower to meet up with them. The Moon Tower was located in the North City, very far away from the Heavenly Awakening Sect. An Zheng arrived at the agreed upon place on time. When he entered the agreed upon room, there was no one inside. Ten minutes or so later, Daoist Yun Shu who had come by earlier that day ran in quickly and apologized profusely, saying that something had happened in Tai-tai-tai-tai-tai-tai-tai-tai-tao and asking An Zheng to wait.
An Zheng had originally wanted to leave, but upon thinking about how important the big array was to the Xiao Qi Dao, he decided to sit down and continue waiting.
An hour passed just like that.
An hour later, An Zheng's face suddenly changed. He quickly took out the telepathic knot from the Blood Pearl Bracelet and discovered that it had already turned blue. Blue danger, black death.
The other one who had the Heart Confinement was in Du Shoushou's hands.
An Zheng immediately stood up and was about to leave, when the sky suddenly darkened. A huge object fell from the sky and enveloped the entire Moon Tower. An Zheng's eyes turned cold, he immediately summoned his Depressing Sword and slashed out.
There was a flash of purple light from outside, but it was not broken by the Depressing Sword!
Outside the Moon Restaurant, a huge net completely covered the entire building. After the net landed on the ground, it actually drilled into the ground as quickly as it had taken root. A moment later, it drilled through the foundation and connected together, wrapping up the entire Moon Restaurant.
In that instant, An Zheng realized what it was.
Magic equipment.
The Purple-Rank Magic Tool!
In An Zheng's mind, a person instantly came up … Nineteen Demons.
Tai-tai-tai-tai-tai-tai-tai-tai-tao and Nineteen Demons joined hands?
However, An Zheng's mind could not calm down at all. The heart knot had turned blue, which meant that Du Shoushou had encountered a very dangerous matter. Based on Du Shoushou's personality, if it wasn't for the fact that he didn't have any way to deal with it, he definitely wouldn't have contacted An Zheng that easily either.
"What a coincidence, why is the Prince Fu here too?"
Sound came from the first floor's hall. An Zheng walked to the fence and looked down.
"So it's you."
An Zheng looked at that person and released his killing intent.
Drizzle Court, Ning Muye.
Ning Muye said, "So it's me?" So it's me? Ah … I remember now, it really was me. I sent someone to pretend to be the Tai-tai-tai-tai-tai-tai-tai-tai-tao to invite you here in the name of Zhou Jiuji. He said that he had an important matter to discuss with you regarding Swallow King Mu Qidao, so you had no choice but to come. If it was for yourself, you might not even come. But once the name Mu Qidao is mentioned, you will definitely come. "
Ning Muye smiled and said, "I don't know if the Prince Fu has ever be
en tricked by others in the past, but to deceive someone like you isn't difficult at all."
An Zheng was naturally deceived by others.
That year, someone told him that Prince Chen Zhongqi had met with danger in State of Yan. He was alone and did not sleep at all. Then, they were attacked in the Mount Cang Man, causing their bodies to fall.
Was it different this time? The people of Drizzle Court had used the matter regarding the Xiao Qi Dao to trick An Zheng into going to the Moon Slaughter Devil Nest, just like how they swindled An Zheng into going to the Mount Cang Man. But An Zheng was such a person, maybe next time, he would still be deceived.
An Zheng did not say a word, he turned around and slashed outside once again. An Zheng who had already reached the Captive Stage was strong and sturdy, his Sword Qi awe-inspiring. However, he was still unable to break through the net.
"Don't bother."
Ning Muye said, "Rather than wasting energy, why don't you sit down and have a chat with me? Although Prince Fu was reckless, he was definitely not an idiot. So maybe by now we can guess why we're doing this? You're only sixteen? Tsk tsk tsk tsk … Sixteen years old, Prince Fu, an extremely important subject. What can you do if you continue to live? Give you the position of Swallow King? Of course not. So you should thank me for what I did. Do you want to … After many years, will Mu Qidao become an adult and allow you to threaten his position? There's no way to repay a debt of kindness, so I guess you understand the principle of murder as well. "
"Therefore, now that I have killed you and not Mu Qidao, you should feel happy. At least it wasn't that painful … Incidentally, I mentioned that Mu Qidao had done everything very cleanly and resolutely. If Mu Qidao grows up in the future, he will definitely thank me. But he won't have that chance. He'll kill you and destroy Heavenly Awakening Sect. Mu Qidao had lost his protection, as for the army … Wang Kaitai is bold, so he is nothing to worry about. "
"That so-called Prime Minister Chen Zaiyan, is even less of a threat. To put it nicely, this person was a strategist, but he was also just a strategist. His ability was average, and he wasn't decisive. Letting him become Prime Minister meant that he would be able to control the country, but he would not be able to explore the territory of the country. In a dangerous situation, he could be considered a suitable candidate. Therefore, he had to leave this person alive for the time being. Once the State of Yan is at peace, there will be no need for this person to exist any longer. "