Loan Wusheng

Chapter 155: The Prince of Luling was captured alive, an unexpected surprise, and the magical power of "Third Eye Breaking Barriers" was obtained by chance!
"We have fought for the general many times and have been the vanguard in killing the enemy. The general is acting like this. Isn't this a betrayal? It has chilled the hearts of our soldiers!!!"

"I have done meritorious service for the general, I have shed blood for the general! I want to see the general, I want to see the general!"

"Isn't it a custom to plunder after conquering a city? Why is this so?"

"Wei Quan, you little brat! You must be abusing your power for personal gain and taking the opportunity to eliminate dissidents! I am an old soldier of the Black Mountain Guards and have followed the general for a long time. You can't kill me!"

"General Zhuo, please spare my life! General Zhuo, please spare my life!"

"..."

Wei Quan, wearing iron armor and holding a sword, stood beside Zhuo Xin. Looking at the two or three hundred soldiers being escorted on the stage, he couldn't help but say, "General Zhuo, isn't this a little... too serious?"

Those who violated military discipline included newly recruited soldiers, surrendered soldiers from Zhang the bandit, and even old soldiers from Heishan.

Of course, the vast majority of them are the surrendered soldiers of Zhang Bengong from the Brave Army. After all, they have been accustomed to following Zhang Bengong in the past, and habits are hard to change.

There were only seven or eight hundred casualties in this siege, but now those who were responsible for enforcing military discipline have beheaded four or five hundred people, and those who were punished by other means have exceeded the thousand.

Is this punishment a bit too severe?

Upon hearing this, Zhuo Xin looked up at Wei Quan and said emotionlessly: "The military order given to me by the general is that those who kill or rape others will be killed, and those who injure or steal others will be punished!"

"Not all of these people are murderers or rapists..."

Before Wei Quan could finish, Zhuo Xin said firmly: "General's order, the first batch of offenders must be severely punished! Violating military law cannot be forgiven even if they have made great contributions."

After hearing what Zhuo Xin said, Wei Quan stopped talking.

As the executioner raised his knife and chopped off heads, they fell one after another.

The soldiers watching from the side, Zhang's former subordinates, were all terrified and glad that they acted too late. The generals of the Cang Dao Army who followed Zheng Jun out of Pingzhang County looked down on them, saying, "How stupid! How could the general not reward you? It's not that you can't rob. Wait until the general has taken action against those wealthy families, then it's time to act! How much money can you get from robbing these civilians?"

The veterans knew what happened in Pingzhang County. General Zheng prohibited robbing civilians, but the general himself often ordered the raid of someone's house...

That's when they take action.

After suppressing all this in such an iron-blooded way, Zhuo Xin and Wei Quan naturally reported to Zheng Jun. Seeing this, Zheng Jun nodded slightly, and then called Chen Jingzhong to come, preparing to let Chen Jingzhong be responsible for all matters in Changyang County.

As for Zheng Jun himself, he naturally had to prepare for his trip to Bozhou.

But before heading to Bozhou City, there is a more important thing to do.

They were Fu Yifei, a veteran general of King Wei in Luling County, and Liu Qian, the governor of Luling County.

These two are both warriors at the Tongqiao realm.

Once they are no longer in Changyang, they may counterattack.

Although Zheng Jun did not think that he could occupy Changyang County for a long time, it would be no problem to increase his "favorability" first anyway.

And more importantly, if Changyang County was occupied again, his own achievements would not seem so significant.

Therefore, it would be a good idea to visit Luling County before leaving.

According to current public information, both Fu Yifei and Liu Qian were of ordinary backgrounds. Fu Yifei mentioned that he was born a bandit and surrendered after being ordered to surrender.

But Liu Qian came from a poor family.

The poor family does not mean the common people, but those who are rich but not official, like the powerful people who just surrendered to Zheng Jun.

Liu is a big surname and was once the surname of the ancient Xia Dynasty. Therefore, it is spread all over the place without any obvious distribution trend. And this Liu Qian was from a powerful family in a county in this day's state. He had good luck and made a breakthrough to come to Luling to be the county magistrate.

Of course, the title of county magistrate is actually a habit.

For example, in counties with vassal kings such as Luling and Changyang, the county governor was actually called "Prime Minister" in the imperial court.

But it doesn't matter. After all, this kind of prince has no jurisdiction over the counties under his rule, so whether it is "prime minister" or "county governor", it means the same thing.

Only princes, such as the kings of Wei and Han, could truly control several counties and appoint and dismiss officials in the counties at will.

The two orifices in Luling County are actually relatively easy to solve.

the reason is simple.

Neither of them is a fighting general.

Zheng Jun is now familiar with military books, so he naturally knows that the best commander of an army is one who can both carry a gun and mount a horse, and command all the troops.

But if this is not possible, then it would be best to have a fighting general and a commander, with both sides cooperating to avoid a decapitation operation and killing the commander.

In this situation, Luling County had a big problem.

He was unable to fight against Zheng Jun and buy time for Fu Yifei to form a battle formation.

That means Zheng Jun can sneak over and carry out the decapitation plan.

After all, for Zheng Jun, it is easy to kill a martial artist without supernatural powers.

However, Zheng Jun does not plan to take the risk of killing Fu Yifei in the short term.

Just scare Fu Yifei and make him worry. To kill Fu Yifei, he needs to go deep into the enemy camp. Zheng Jun still has to think about going deep into the enemy camp in an unfamiliar environment.

At this time, Chen Jingzhong came to pay his respects and appeared in front of Zheng Jun, reporting to him: "General, the wall of Changyang County City collapsed. After inspection, the formation plate was completely broken. It should be impossible to use it anymore..."

"The array is broken."

Upon hearing this, Zheng Jun nodded immediately and said, "I will go to Bozhou in a few days and explain this issue in detail. Don't worry about it."

Upon hearing this, Chen Jingzhong immediately continued, "General, since the battle array of Changyang City is damaged, our army should not stay in Changyang for long. It is better to march to Luling Ferry to threaten Luling County."

Upon hearing this, Zheng Jun immediately cast his eyes towards the sand table not far away and said, "Yes, it is indeed much better to march to Lulingdu than to directly station in Changyang City which has no defenses."

Luling Ferry is located in Luling County. It is a ferry crossing in Luling County. Although there is no military camp, it is not difficult for a large army to set up camp at Luling Ferry.

The army advanced to Luling Ferry, and Zheng Jun planned to scare Fu Yifei so that Fu Yifei would not dare to send troops rashly, and he could escape calmly.

Thinking of this, Zheng Jun took a deep breath and said immediately: "All military and political affairs in Changyang County will be under the command of Jing Zhong. If there are any important matters, there is no need to report to me."

After saying that, Zheng Jun waved his hand and asked Chen Jingzhong to retreat. He then placed his hand on the hilt of the knife, looking calmly at Luling County from afar.

Furthermore, after announcing everything, Zheng Jun quickly turned into a ray of cyan light, soared into the sky, and sped towards the direction of Luling County.

……

The clear water ripples on the Lujiang River.

The river breeze brought the smell of fish to his face. Zheng Jun held a knife and rode the wind. He stepped on the broken reeds on the river bank and went down the Lujiang River, crossing the river on a reed.

He has the demeanor of a martial arts master.

Zheng Jun was in a good mood.

The breakthrough to the Tongqiao realm did make Zheng Jun feel like he was in a dream. He really didn't expect that he could break through to the Tongqiao realm so easily. Before in the army, he couldn't be too ostentatious. Now, Zheng Jun is feeling relaxed, which is unusual.

But while feeling relaxed, Zheng Jun was also thinking about his future path.

"According to the current situation, the slots for the 'Great Dao Martial Book' will only increase as you break through realms. Currently, I only have four slots, and one is still empty. Right now, the three magical powers of 'Bright Sun Flowing Light', 'Lushui Slashing Dragon', and 'Liuying Fusheng' have all been prepaid one by one, leaving the remaining one vacant, but I estimate that two or even three more slots will need to be reserved."

Zheng Jun felt a little headache.

The Cai family has two magical powers, 'Sauda Liuxing' and 'Qitun Shanhe'. If nothing unexpected happens, it won't be difficult to get them by myself.

In addition to these two magical powers, there is also a subsequent internal strength technique, the 'Taixu Ningyu Pian'.

Of course, you may not need to practice the 'Taixu Ningyu Pian', but you must also possess an internal skill that is almost the same as the 'Taixu Ningyu Pian'.

As a result, there is a serious shortage of slots.

"It is urgent to repay the advanced martial arts as soon as possible."

Zheng Jun sighed, looked at the endless river, and began to think about the repayment conditions for 'Flowing Shadows and Floating Life': "Refine a wisp of the essence of heaven and earth, the mysterious energy..."

The problem now is that Zheng Jun doesn’t know what the mysterious energy is.

But from the name, it seems to be an advanced version of the Earthly Evil Energy.

It would be difficult to do this on your own.

Thinking of this, Zheng Jun couldn't help but sigh deeply, shook his head, and temporarily put the matter in his heart.

Go to Bozhou and find out some information about the refined and mysterious energy of heaven and earth.

As soon as he thought of this, Zheng Jun shook his head, and his qingjin true energy began to surge rapidly. The reeds under his feet instantly accelerated. In an instant, the waves broke the shore, stirring up thousands of piles of snow.

After entering Luling County, some figures gradually appeared on both sides of the river. Most of them were fishermen who made a living by fishing in Lujiang River. After all, it was the season when the mountains were covered with green grass. After seeing Zheng Jun, they naturally attracted a crowd of onlookers.

Many people exclaimed in amazement, and even some children curiously poked their heads out to look at Zheng Jun's expression, fascinated.

Zheng Jun's expression remained unchanged, looking like a martial arts grandmaster.

Zheng Jun went down the river like this without hiding his whereabouts, and soon went south to the area around Luling County.

The closer they got to Luling County City, the more soldiers they encountered. Zheng Jun was startled when he saw many soldiers patrolling. He then realized that he was probably near the military camp. He then took the initiative to come to the shore and saw a team of soldiers patrolling around. He immediately stopped them and asked, "Is your General Fu in the camp?"

These patrolling soldiers looked unnaturally thin. If they were not wearing officer helmets, Zheng Jun would have thought they were refugees under Zhang Bengong's command.

Zheng Jun's appearance was so sudden that it startled the patrolling soldiers.

One of them even subconsciously drew his sword, but when he saw Zheng Jun in the aura, with the posture of a martial arts master, he immediately shuddered and said respectfully to Zheng Jun: "Senior, do you have any relationship with General Fu? The general has been in other counties recently, talking with other county governors, and has not come to the military camp."

Another soldier also rushed to speak up and said, "General Niu is in charge of all military affairs. If you have any questions, you can go find General Niu."

"Isn't Fu Yifei in Luling County?"

Zheng Jun couldn't help but look a little strange when he heard this, and was also very surprised at the two soldiers in front of him for being so outspoken. No, you told me when I asked you casually?
Are you soldiers?
Is this the level of Fu Yifei's soldiers? Is it possible that his title of veteran general is exaggerated?

Zheng Jun was filled with doubts. He waved his hand, asked these people to leave, and continued to wander around.

After hesitating for a long time, Zheng Jun was basically certain of one thing.

The combat effectiveness of the army under Fu Yifei's command is extremely poor, even worse than Zhang Bengong's refugee army. He is really talking about peace, but using such an army to attack Changyang County will only lead to defeat!
"In this case, it seems that Fu Yifei has escaped a disaster."

Zheng Jun seemed to be somewhat safe at the moment. If so, wouldn't his trip be in vain?

Fu Yifei went to look for the governors of other counties in Jinzhou mostly for the matters of Changyang and Luling. By the time he found the elite troops, I'm afraid the war would really break out.

"trouble."

Zheng Jun felt a headache.

But soon, Zheng Jun thought of something and immediately began to ask the people around him about the issue of this "Prince of Luling".

Li Yannian, Prince of Luling, was also a prince of the Great Zhou. He was not of the same bloodline as Prince of Changyang, but was a descendant of the eldest son of Emperor Shenwu.

After Zheng Jun inquired, he found out that this prince was also a beast.

However, his level of beastliness is lower than that of the Prince of Changyang.

The Prince of Changyang can be said to be a humanoid creature who likes skinning and killing people. It is purely a psychological distortion, and it may be the result of the mutation caused by the magic practice of the Prince of Xiangwen.

Compared with the Prince of Changyang, this Prince of Luling is much better, except that he is greedy for money and lustful.

This prince amassed wealth through various means, mainly by lending money at high interest rates and engaging in corruption, and he had a very bad reputation among the people.

At the same time, this prince worshipped Buddhism and usually practiced vegetarianism. He was rarely seen around, and it was all his minions who were doing the evil.

Of course, compared with the neighboring Prince Changyang, the people of Luling County were grateful for Prince Luling and did not think he was too harsh, which led to Prince Luling becoming even more aggressive.

"Capture the Prince of Luling and bring him back to Changyang, then you can be cautious in dealing with the problem."

With this thought in mind, Zheng Jun inquired about the location of Prince Luling's Mansion. In an instant, he turned into a ray of cyan light and quickly flew towards the location of Prince Luling's Mansion.

The Prince of Luling's Mansion is also located outside the city of Luling.

The configuration is slightly inferior to that of the Changyang County Prince's Mansion.

The Prince of Luling's Mansion stands majestically on the bank of the Lujiang River. Its vermilion gate rises into the clouds, and the lintel is carved with exquisite dragon and phoenix designs, making it look quite gorgeous.

Although the palace is large and luxurious, it is inferior to the Changyang County Prince's Palace. It is only equivalent to a larger landlord's compound.

The palaces were low and the number of soldiers was much smaller.

Perhaps it was because when Emperor Shenwu was conquering the world, he sent this eldest son of a concubine to the enemy camp as a hostage for decades, which led to the eldest son's cowardly nature and was disliked by the emperor. The descendants of this eldest son were conferred the title of six kings, and the palaces they had were slightly inferior to those of other princes.

In the side hall of the Prince's Mansion, the pepper wall had long faded to dark red. A figure in a cassock was sitting on the bedding, his skinny fingers running across a cracked ancient book. There was also a pen, ink, paper and inkstone on the desk.

Appearing here, the identity is self-evident.

Prince of Luling, Li Yannian.

However, the prince seemed to be copying something.

All the maids and eunuchs were dismissed, leaving only Prince of Luling Li Yannian, who was staring at the cracked ancient book in his hands, his eyes red with excitement.

“Finally, finally!”

Prince Li Yannian of Luling County held the white paper in his hand, his palms couldn't help shaking, and he almost wanted to cry out: "Finally, it's cracked! This king, this king can also practice magical powers!"

In an instant, Li Yannian felt that all the suffering he had endured over the years was not in vain.

The Great Zhou royal family has issued an order that in order to prevent the loss of magical powers, princes of various places are not allowed to practice magical martial arts without the emperor's approval.

The reason for doing this is very simple. Emperor Shenwu also knows that his descendants are all useless.

It's okay for one or two generations, but there will be prodigals in the future.

If the supernatural powers are learned by others, it is easy to deduce the method to crack them. Therefore, those who practice supernatural powers have always been core members of the family, and the royal family is no exception.

These princes are greedy for pleasure all day long. If they acquire supernatural powers, they will be finished if they are captured and tortured one day.

Moreover, the strength of many princes' mansions is mediocre. Even if they are not captured and tortured, it would be a tricky matter if the magical powers were stolen in the princes' mansion.

In this world, there are countless martial artists who have never acquired any supernatural powers and are watching day and night.

Therefore, Emperor Shenwu issued an edict that princes were not allowed to practice supernatural powers without an imperial decree.

The line of Prince Luling was involved in a scandal in the past and was disliked by Emperor Shenwu. Although he still held the title of prince, he was weaker than other princes in terms of regulations and other aspects. Naturally, Li Yannian's application to practice supernatural powers was repeatedly rejected.

But Li Yannian was not someone who was willing to indulge himself.

He appears to be greedy for money and lustful, but in fact he uses the money to buy martial arts elixirs to help himself break through.

Now, Li Yannian has reached the peak of outer power without any initiation. This is the result of his persistent efforts.

but……

Cultivation can be acquired, but supernatural powers are hard to find.

The famous magical powers in the martial arts world are all in the major families and sects. These families and sects naturally know the court's ban and will naturally not pass it on to Li Yannian.

However, those folk magical powers require countless adventures. The Prince of Luling cannot leave Luling, so Li Yannian has no way of obtaining them.

Therefore, after spending more than ten years, Li Yannian finally spent hundreds of thousands of taels of silver to buy an ancient book of magical powers, which was said to come from the Buddhist kingdom on earth in the far west.

Therefore, after obtaining the ancient book, Li Yannian studied the Sanskrit scriptures in the name of "worshiping Buddhism" and deciphered them step by step. It took him three years, and today, he finally deciphered this magical power completely and translated it into the elegant language of the Great Zhou!

The hardships involved are difficult to explain to outsiders!

"Today is a day to celebrate!"

Li Yannian was overjoyed. He stood up and stretched his body a little, but was suddenly stunned.

He didn't know when, but a young man in a green shirt, with a resolute face and an upright posture appeared next to the pillar of the side hall of his palace. He was holding a snow-white long sword in his hand and was looking at him with interest, and even smiled at him.

Seeing this scene, Li Yannian felt cold instantly, as if someone poured cold water on him in the middle of winter!
Who is this person and when did he come? !

Why didn't the King notice it?!

Prince Luling suddenly felt his scalp tingling. Without any hesitation, he prepared to mobilize his true energy and attack Zheng Jun.

However, before Prince of Luling Li Yannian could mobilize all his energy to attack, he saw a stream of cyan gold energy instantly spread throughout the Prince's Mansion. Then the young man smiled and said, "Prince, what are you looking at here? Can you show it to me?"

True Yuan? !
Feeling the aura of the true energy emanating from the young man, Li Yannian's entire body froze. He could only take a deep breath and said to the young man, "I am the Prince of Luling County. Don't you know the laws of the Zhou royal family that martial artists with a clear mind are not allowed to enter the palace without permission? Leave immediately, and I will...just pretend that nothing happened."

"The Imperial Clan Law also states that before a prince can cultivate his supernatural powers, he must report to the Imperial Clan Court and have his majesty the Emperor approve it."

The young man smiled, and suddenly stretched out his hand, grabbed the book that Li Yannian had just deciphered, and took out the original, and said immediately: "I didn't expect that there would be an unexpected surprise."

"Too deceiving!"

Li Yannian was extremely angry when he saw that Zheng Jun had easily taken away his efforts of more than ten years, and his true energy surged.

Although he seemed to be angry, Li Yannian's actual purpose was to notify other people in the palace to come.

The young man saw through Li Yannian's intention at a glance and immediately said, "Why do you have to do this?!"

The young man suddenly stretched out his hands and pressed his palms into the air. The cyan gold true essence turned into a whirlpool of a hundred feet in diameter, locking up all the energy in Li Yannian's body like a blue dragon drawing water.

"Um?!"

Li Yannian was in a panic. He felt dizzy and his whole body seemed to be carried to the sky by the vortex.

"Crack, click, click..."

Wood chips were flying in the side hall. The young man carrying Li Yannian broke through a hole in the side hall, flew out into the air, and floated above the Prince's Mansion.

"Your Majesty!"

"Protect the prince, protect the prince!"

"..."

The huge noise instantly alarmed everyone in the palace, and they hurried over. When the young man saw this, he immediately sank his qi into his dantian, exhaled a wave of air from his throat, and said in a loud voice: "I am Zheng Jun, the governor of Kangle County. I think what General Fu said before is reasonable. This time I invited Prince Luling to visit Changyang County for this reason. If General Fu rushes in, then I can only let Prince Luling sacrifice the flag."

After saying that, Zheng Jun simply rolled up Prince Luling and fled into the air.

Poor King Luling, he was clearly a martial artist at the peak of the outer realm, but in Zheng Jun's hands he was like a clay sculpture, without the slightest power to resist. Instead he just felt dizzy and his head pounded.

After Zheng Jun flew into the air, his heart was pounding and he just wanted to escape back to Changyang County and find a corner to rejoice secretly.

the reason is simple.

just because of……

【Newly added magical martial arts that can be prepaid: 'Third Eye Breaking Barriers (Beginner)'. 】

[Do you want to advance the "Third Eye Breaking Barrier (Entrance)"? Because it is borrowed from the future fruit, it is necessary to break the barrier a hundred times, and only after taking three Thousand Illusion Grasses can it be returned to your body. ]

I never expected that this Prince of Luling was quite capable and was deciphering foreign magical powers by himself.

This is much more useful than the Prince of Changyang!
I really got this magical power for nothing.

I made a decision.

Thinking of this, Zheng Jun glanced at Li Yannian, the Prince of Luling, who was being held hostage by his true essence and looked like he had lost all hope in life. He nodded slightly and thought to himself:
"I'll give you as much pain as possible, so you won't be skinned and tortured like the Prince of Changyang."

(End of this chapter)