Martial Cultivator

A few days later, bad news came to the city of God. Your Majesty's eldest son, now King Ning, Chen Lin, died of illness in the palace.

King Ning Chen Lin is His Majesty the Emperor's first son, born after His Majesty the Emperor made him the king. When King Ning was born, His Majesty the Emperor personally praised Qilin'er, and then Emperor Lingzong named him Chen Lin. At that time, everyone Everyone thought that he would become the crown prince of His Majesty the Emperor. Later, after His Majesty the Emperor ascended the throne, and as King Ning married the daughter of the Northern General as his concubine, everyone thought that he would become the crown prince of the current dynasty.

But contrary to expectations, His Majesty the Emperor has been on the throne for more than ten years and has never established a prince. This eldest prince has always been the eldest prince.

It wasn't until His Majesty the Emperor left for a long journey half a year ago that the battle for the crown prince came to an end, and the eldest prince was named Prince Ning. At that time, there were still courtiers who were puzzled as to why His Majesty wanted to abolish the elder and establish the younger. But at this moment, people are considered the queen. After realizing it, it turned out that His Majesty had already seen that Prince Ning's body could not last long, so he chose the third prince.

With the passing of Prince Ning, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is now the only one left among His Majesty the Emperor's heirs.

Many people couldn't help but wonder, from the death of the Queen at the beginning, to Her Royal Highness the Princess, to the sudden death of the Second Prince, and now to Prince Ning, His Majesty the Emperor's close relatives all died prematurely one by one. Is it a blessing from God? His Majesty’s punishment for seizing the throne of his nephew.

There were rumors, but they were quickly stopped by the people.

"If this is God's punishment for His Majesty, then this thief is too cruel!"

"Indeed, your majesty is such a good emperor, even God would be jealous of you, what a thief!"

After more than ten years of being in power, the people of Shendu and the world have become convinced of His Majesty the Emperor, and cannot tolerate any rumors that slander His Majesty the Emperor.

On the day of King Ning's funeral, His Royal Highness, dressed in mourning robes, led hundreds of civil and military officials to see King Ning off on his last journey.

But those who were interested soon discovered that among the civil and military officials, the new guardian envoy was not seen.

This same member of the Chen family, for some unknown reason, did not choose to show up.

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The young sword immortal came to Shendu for a while, and then left Shendu. He walked south all the way, walking slowly, because the road that this young swordsman traveled was through mountains and forests, and he walked all the way. Killing the monsters in the mountains and forests.

The realm of these monsters is not too high, but they are entrenched in the Daliang Kingdom outside the divine capital, and they rob the people at every turn, causing great trouble to the people's lives.

There are too many monsters and their distribution is too wide, even in the Liang Dynasty,

There are not so many manpower and material resources to eradicate all these monsters entrenched in Daliang.

As the young swordsman went south, it was naturally impossible to eradicate all the monsters in the entire Liang Dynasty, but he was still doing something.

Kill one mountain after another, one monster after another, and maybe one day you will be done with it.

I just don’t know if he will be able to see it that day.

But thinking about it, he doesn't care too much. What he wants to do is what he wants to do. Since he wants to do it, why should he worry about how far he can achieve it?

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On a large river ferry in Changping Prefecture, there were many merchants on board. After eating the delicious river fish caught by the boatman in the river in the morning, they were full of wine and food. They came to the deck one after another to enjoy the scenery on both sides of the river.

"In about half an hour, the big ship will sail into the Qingjiang Gorge, and everyone will be able to see the amazing scenery there."

There are merchants who have been doing business on this river all year round, smiling and introducing the scenery they are about to encounter to the young people who are boarding the ship for the first time.

The person who spoke was Lu Yuan, the second-in-command of the famous Lu's Trading Company in Shendu. Behind the Lu's Trading Company was the Lu family in Shendu. However, the Lu family started out as a businessman. Although the efforts of several generations have allowed this Lu family to accumulate Although she has a good family background, the Lu family has always had little status in the court. Over the past few decades, the Lu family has been fully aware of the principle that there are people in the court who are easy to do things, and she has also tried her best to train her own children. But for some reason, no matter how hard she works, Even if the children of the Lu family can reach high school, they have never been able to climb to a high position in the court. Now in the Liang Dynasty, the child of the Lu family with the highest official position is only a fourth-rank official, and he is the least popular among the six departments. Ministry of Rites.

Even for such a fourth-grade official, the Lu family's descendant has endured for twenty years.

Perhaps because they knew that their family would never be able to have a say in the court, the Lu family was not only cautious in these years, but they were also cautious in choosing sides. However, they had already boarded the Xie family's ship. As long as the Xie family did not fall, they would , they didn't do anything, and they probably won't do anything again.

The goods Lu Yuan brought this time were not valuable, and since he was born into a special family to see the world, he did not take his own ferry, but chose to board the ferry at the ferry.

"I think a master at home has already told you how to buy and sell goods.

, I won’t say more. This time I will tell you one truth, that is, you need to keep a low profile and humble at all times when you go out. Don’t mess with people you shouldn’t mess with, don’t say things you shouldn’t say, and stay away from the city of God. After that, your identity has no effect. No matter how prominent you are, no one outside may care much. Even if you anger them, they will fight you to the death. Even if you are lucky enough to win once, you will still have to worry about it along the way. , for fear that their relatives and friends will come to trouble and their goods and money will be looted, but this often results in death. "

Lu Yuan looked at the river view in front of him and said earnestly, "So the word "forbearance" and the word "give in" are the things that should be done when going out. No matter what, save your life first, and as for everything else, you can come back again."

Several young people from the Lu family nodded, and they all agreed with this. After all, nothing is more important than life and death.

Lu Yuan sighed, but then smiled and said, "It will probably take a few years for you to be on your own. I really don't know what the world will be like by then."

A young man said, "No matter how difficult it is, it can't be more difficult than what my uncle is doing right now, right?"

He was a child of a side branch of the Lu family. That branch was not very important in the Lu family, but this young man named Lu Xin showed extraordinary business talent at a young age and was valued by many important figures in the Lu family. , they had previously entrusted him with the management of one of Lu's shops in Shendu. Unexpectedly, after a few years, they were still running it smoothly.

This made Lu even more determined to cultivate him, otherwise Lu Yuan would not have been allowed to take Lu Xin with him when he went out this time. You must know that everyone in this group, except him, is from the eldest house. legitimate son.

Lu Yuan shook his head and said, "It's not that difficult now. The difficult time was before His Majesty the Emperor came to the throne. Those days were the most difficult days. Not only did we have to guard against the invasion of monsters, but monks from outside the country often robbed people." Nowadays, although there are still monsters, monks outside the country don't have so many things to do at will. How can those small sects dare to provoke us? So, with such a world, we all have to remember His Majesty the Emperor. ”

Lu Xin asked, "Uncle, will the world be better in the future?"

Lu Yuan listened to this question and hesitated for a moment. Just as he was about to speak, he heard some noise coming from the stern of the ship.

Lu Yuan took a look and found that there were his own children in the crowd, so he frowned and said, "Go and see what's going on?"

Immediately a haggard old man left from here, take a look

The situation over there.

Not long after, a middle-aged man came back and said with a somewhat unnatural expression, "Second Master, it was the monks from the Green Algae Sect who had a quarrel with our people. Now they are being very stubborn and we have to pay for it." disaster."

Lu Yuan asked, "What exactly happened?"

"The young master of the long house was talking to people over the beautiful scenery of the river. He saw an unknown woman, so he praised her a few times. After that, the woman said that the young master was frivolous to her. As a result, the secret quickly emerged. More than a dozen monks from the Green Algae Sect wanted to ask for an explanation. The young master was so irritated that he became a little angry and said a few words that he shouldn't have said. This was great, and the other party immediately became unwilling to forgive them. We have to come up with the money.”

The middle-aged man was not surprised. As the leading business family in Daliang, the Lu family knew that the Lu family was rich, which was reasonable. This kind of thing had happened more than once earlier.

However, in the past, the Lu family had its own cargo ships, and this kind of thing rarely happened on board.

Lu Yuan has been traveling all over the country for so many years, but what kind of storms and waves has he never seen? Therefore, he didn't think there was anything wrong and just said, "Let Xiao Gongfeng discuss it. If the price is right, just give it. There is no need to cause any big trouble."

He does know about the Green Algae Sect. It is a medium-sized sect in Changping Prefecture. This sect is not far from the gods. It usually keeps a low profile and rarely jumps out to look for trouble. I don’t know what’s going on. Today it just jumped out like this.

The goods that Lu Yuan carried were not valuable at all. No matter how much the other party asked for, it would almost always exceed the value of the goods itself, which meant that he would probably lose money on this trip. However, Lu Yuan didn't care. Throughout the year, Lu's business There are gains and losses, and he is not willing to care about the gains and losses in this matter.

Moreover, the most important thing about this trip is to bring the young people around him back to the capital of God safely. There is no need to argue about right and wrong in other matters.

However, it seemed that things were counterproductive, and soon the middle-aged man came back with a troubled face and said, "Second Master, the other party wants a hundred thousand days of money."

Lu Yuan frowned and said, "One hundred thousand? Who gave them the courage?"

The middle-aged man smiled bitterly, and then told Lu Yuan some bad news, "On our ferry, there is the leader of the Green Algae Sect. Who knows when he broke through to the realm of forgetfulness."

Forget the worry state.

Hearing these three words, Lu Yuan's heart sank.