Chapter 1183: The Offensive and Defensive Positions Change (6k, Combined)

"Why did you bring me here?" He Hanyu was pulled by the hand by Wen Wen Shi Yun, avoiding the servants of the Prince's Mansion, passing through the sun-interlaced veranda, and arriving at the backyard pond.

"Show you a treasure, don't go out and talk nonsense after you know."

"What treasure."

"Alas, why ask so much, I am taking you here because of your good performance recently." Wen Wen Shi Yun let go of her hand, pouted, and untied his pants belt.

"Ah! Why are you taking off your clothes?"

"Shh shh shh, what are you calling for, of course you have to take off your clothes." Wen Wen Shi Yun stuffed his clothes into a leather bag and sealed it, panicked and covered He Hanyu's mouth, only feeling it was inexplicable. "If you don't take off your clothes, you'll get all wet."

Wet?

He Hanyu asked nervously: "What exactly are you going to do?"

"Alas, you are really boring, timid as a rabbit. Didn't you say you wanted to see what my master looks like? I am taking you to see him." Wen Wen Shi Yun entered the pond in a pair of big pants, overflowing with ripples.

He Hanyu was pleasantly surprised: "Did the Prince of Huai come to Ningjiang?"

"Didn't come, master should be in Pingyang now—talk about it, don't leave! Look at you, so anxious again, am I not taking you to see him?"

"Can this pond of yours lead to Pingyang?"

"Hey! Smart!" Wen Wen Shi Yun stepped on the water in the pond, triumphantly. "Didn't my mother ask for leave for me for five days in May? I went to see master. He specifically built a waterway for me, right under this pond. Drill in and you arrive at master's Pingyang mansion, just a few breaths. It's just dizzying. I was almost vomited the first time I walked. How is it? Wu Sheng means, haven't seen it before, right?"

He Hanyu was suspicious.

She suspected that Wen Wen Shi Yun had opened his mind and learned to be bad, using this way to stroll her into the water, but after thinking about it, she felt that learning to be bad had a stage, and there was no one-time jump to this degree.

"You swear."

"Love to go or not."

"Swear."

"Fine fine fine, lie to you that A-Fei will never be a match for the Third Prince, and be ridden under the Third Prince!"

"Who are A-Fei and the Third Prince?"

"Hurry up, it's autumn, the water is very cold!"

In Wen Wen Shi Yun's urging, He Hanyu worried about him catching a cold, made up her mind, took off her coat, boots, and socks, stuffed them into the leather bag, held them tight, left a set of close-fitting martial arts clothes, and entered the pond barefoot.

October, the pond water was cold, continuously taking away body temperature, but for martial artists and the grandson who had taken precious medicines since childhood, it was still acceptable.

Wen Wen Shi Yun dived to the bottom of the pond. He Hanyu was surprised to find that there was really a whirlpool spinning quietly at the bottom of the pond. She saw Wen Wen Shi Yun point to the whirlpool, hold his nose, curled into a ball, dived in, and disappeared without a trace. Understanding what was going on, she also held her nose and followed closely.

The world spun, He Hanyu was like a die in a jar. Experiencing it for the first time, she choked on a few mouthfuls of water, swayed for an unknown amount of time, as if spat into the water by a giant beast, and regained balance.

"Splash!"

Two sounds of breaking water.

He Hanyu surfaced, breathing heavily, coughing violently, obviously having drunk a lot of water.

"Haha, look, Jianghuai Great Marsh! The world's number one Great Marsh, I didn't lie to you, right?" Wen Wen Shi Yun opened his arms and swam freely, embracing the reed marshes.

He Hanyu endured the cough and looked around.

The river was wide, a touch of reed white in the distance, leisurely with the wind. They had indeed magically left the Prince's Mansion, and it was very far, because there were no such wide reed marshes near the Prince of Yue's Mansion.

Had she really arrived at the Jianghuai Great Marsh?

"Hiss, so cold." Wen Wen Shi Yun shivered, blew a bright whistle of two shorts and one long. "A little ahead is the Shangrao Pier. I originally wanted master to connect directly to the courtyard, so convenient, but master said I have grown up and cannot go to the backyard at will."

"All are the Prince of Huai's female relatives, cough cough, you have grown up, how can you keep entering?"

"You women are really troublesome, can't see people?"

"..." He Hanyu endured her anger. "What are you whistling for?"

"Calling the porpoise."

"Calling the porpoise?"

"It's here!"

Fish fins broke the water, drawing ripples.

After that, five finless porpoises jumped out of the water one after another, circling the two and swimming.

He Hanyu was surprised: "Did you call these?"

"Of course it's me. Master's little finless porpoises are all nearby, especially sensitive to sound. Two shorts and one long is the secret code between me and them. Haha, Little Jiang Jiang Xiao Tun! It's you today."

Wen Wen Shi Yun hugged the leader familiarly, turned over and rode on it. "Introduce, Little Jiang Jiang Xiao Tun, master's great general, Round Head's eldest son, age is even younger than me, only ten years old, but already very powerful. You also choose one, ride on it, like riding a horse, faster than water. Hoo, it's too cold in the water, let's hurry up and go ashore."

He Hanyu had her eyes opened.

She had never found Wen Wen Shi Yun's "connections" so wide. He didn't look like the Ningjiang grandson, but more like the Huai River grandson. The strange environment and water beasts made her nervous, but Wen Wen Shi Yun was familiar with everything here, full of confidence and detachment.

Found a finless porpoise and turned over to ride it. The two, surrounded by finless porpoises, broke the waves and rushed to the legendary Shangrao Pier, the land favored by the River God, the current fiefdom of the Prince of Huai.

"Hey, why is it so lively today? Won't they be holding a River God sacrifice?" Wen Wen Shi Yun poked his head and looked, swam out of the reed marshes, and found a gap to see the content in the middle.

Today, no fishermen went out to catch fish. All the fishing boats gathered at the pier, colliding with the waves. In the middle of the pier, a high-headed Grandmaster chair was set up.

The youth sat firmly, facing the Yixing people. Although it was only a back of the head, it still made Wen Wen Shi Yun recognize him at a glance.

"Hey, it's master!"

"That person is the Prince of Huai?"

"Yeah, otherwise?"

He Hanyu stared intently.

She had seen the Prince of Yue, a very majestic middle-aged man, making people fearful. The Prince of Huai in front of her was completely different: young, full of vigor, leaning against the back of the chair. Besides awe, the eyebrows of the side face carried a kind of detachment and ease, making people involuntarily surge with intimacy. More importantly, the Prince of Huai looked better than the Prince of Yue.

"What is master doing?"

Wen Wen Shi Yun wanted to go ashore to join the fun, but was pulled by He Hanyu behind him: "Don't go, didn't you see your master is lecturing people? You going now is causing trouble for him."

"Makes sense—"

He Hanyu sighed.

How can the apprentice and master be so different?

Stupid.

"Those who hit people, stand out." Liang Qu scanned the circle.

The villagers looked at each other, thirteen people stood out.

"Just these people? Answer me?"

Low response sound.

Liang Qu's "Ear Consciousness Method" listened, fingers pointed again: "You, you, you, you three, why did you hit people and not admit it? Crime plus one degree!"

Splash!

The three were panicked, at a loss.

They didn't lead at all, just mixed in the crowd and kicked the grain collection official twice. Indeed, after Liang Qu became famous, Yixing Town hadn't collected much grain. But in the first half of his life, who didn't hate the grain collection official? Even if the one ten years ago and ten years later were not the same, they wanted to go up and kick twice to vent. Except for themselves, no outsiders knew, how could—

"Come out!" Li Libo was quick-eyed and fast-handed, pulled people out of the crowd, and lined them up separately.

"Didn't hit, but what about those who blocked?"

Another batch stood out.

"People behind, speak!"

"No—"

"You, you, you."

Liang Qu sat high, index finger pointing, like a sharp sword, piercing people's hearts.

Yama points soldiers, the surprise was even greater.

On the day of the incident, Liang Qu was far in the Imperial Capital, not in Yixing, and didn't experience the matter at all. How could he know it clearly? At that time, hundreds of people gathered, it was simply a muddled account. Except for themselves, who else could know?

"Master Liang, don't dare, really don't dare!"

"I don't remember, too many people, I was squeezed up, accidentally stepped on it!"

"So majestic!"

Wen Wen Shi Yun shouted.

He also wanted to be like this, call out names, and a few annoying boys in the academy would kneel down and kowtow to admit mistakes. No one dared to open their mouth to question evidence or not, golden words, what they said was evidence!

Liang Qu didn't want to listen: "Jiechang, read."

Chen Jiechang stood out half a body position.

"Those who hit people and admit guilt, compensate ten times, labor for three months, repair roads and fill stones; those who block and admit guilt, compensate five times, labor for one month, clean up the bluestone street.

Those who hit people and refuse to be honest, compensate twenty times, labor for six months, dig water conservancy. Deprive of tax exemption qualification, deprive of three generations of martial arts and reading recommendation subsidy qualification; those who block and refuse to be honest, compensate ten times, labor for six months, repair roads and fill stones, deprive of two generations of martial arts and reading recommendation subsidy qualification.

A gentleman thinks of righteousness and does not worry about profit, a villain is greedy for profit and does not care about righteousness. Those who have learned martial arts and read books and committed crimes, have not tasted the edification of the two words Yixing, immediately deprive of martial arts qualification, and never enjoy tax exemption qualification for life!"

Chanting stopped.

Liang Liu squatted on the ground, trembling, waited for a while, didn't hear the follow-up.

He honestly admitted his guilt, Liang Qu didn't seem to specifically target him, and the punishment was acceptable?

Anyway, the recommendation subsidy for reading and martial arts in Yixing Town didn't have his share. Except for paying money and labor for three months, isn't it the same as before?

Watching Liang Qu issue orders, Liang Liu didn't dare to plead.

If Liang Qu was an official of the seventh or eighth rank, fifth or sixth rank, he and his father would dare to step forward to beg. But Liang Qu was not, he was a king, a vassal king! The entire Yixing Town, the neighboring Donghuang Town, Xianhuai Town, Nanxun, Dongxun, Jingci, Tanpan, Zhouxiangtou, Chunyu, countless people, places he couldn't reach, Liang Qu wanted whoever to die would let whoever die. The county magistrate, the prefect couldn't do it, couldn't manage it, high to the point of not knowing how high, living for eight hundred years, like a god.

However, except for Liang Liu, everyone was like a funeral, without Liang Qu's recommendation subsidy, they had to pay for reading and martial arts themselves. Without a seed at home,

it was all money down the drain.

"The imperial court granted me the title of Prince of Huai, gave me thirteen ports, Yixing is the head." Liang Qu opened his mouth, Liang Liu trembled all over, his heart raised to his throat, his legs trembling, fearing to hear his name from this "cousin"'s mouth, becoming the gathering place of eyes.

"... In the past ten years, Yixing Town has been like this, everyone knows. Now I manage it, it will only be better than the past ten years. I originally wanted to inform you in my spare time, from now on, there will be no more head tax, and everyone will have books to read, have school to attend—"

Splash!

Yixing was shocked.

No more head tax?

"But the imperial court exempts taxes for five years, I don't think there is any need to mention it again, wait five years and see—"

Halfway through, Liang Qu turned and left.

Liang Liu was sweating all over.

End, ended?

The noise of Yixing Town had not stopped. They couldn't imagine what it would be like in five years, and didn't understand the hidden meaning in Liang Qu's words, only thinking it was this tax resistance that made Liang Qu change his mind, making him disappointed, looking at the leaders with hatred.

The leaders Chen Dahu and Chen Min were even more paralyzed on the ground, crying bitterly.

"So powerful." Wen Wen Shi Yun watched the ups and downs.

"Where is it powerful?"

"Master!" Wen Wen Shi Yun turned his head, face showing surprise. "Did you know I came over?"

"I knew when you arrived at the Jianghuai Great Marsh." Liang Qu stood on the lake, vortex water lifted Wen Wen Shi Yun and He Hanyu, and smoothly dried their clothes. "This little girl is—"

"Is—" Wen Wen Shi Yun's words stuck to his lips, for a moment didn't know how to introduce, vaguely said, "He Hanyu, reading with me."

"Oh~" Liang Qu elongated his tone.

He Hanyu was nervous and excited, respectfully bowed: "He Hanyu, pay respects to the Prince of Huai!"

"No need for courtesy, go, let's go home."

Liang Qu raised his hand to support, the three sank, wrapped in water flow, slowly moving forward along the underground river.

He Hanyu watched in wonder. She could breathe freely, her clothes were refreshing and dry, could see the fish schools outside the water ball, the accompanying finless porpoises, reached out to the outside of the ball, fingertips could feel the flow of water waves.

"Master, you just said, wait five years and see, are you preparing to see their performance, and then decide whether to exempt taxes?"

"No, in five years, the head tax won't be worth much, whether to collect or not is the same. I deliberately didn't say it, to scare them."

The Prince of Huai is so interesting, He Hanyu thought.

"Ah? How can it not be worth much? My father collects a large sum of money every year, all relying on it to operate Ningjiang Prefecture."

"Because there is something more valuable, involving consumption and circulation, you won't understand even if I tell you, arrived."

The Prince of Huai has the ability to govern the country, He Hanyu thought.

"Whoo..."

Hearing the sound, He Hanyu turned his head, witnessed Wen Wen Shi Yun riding a black dog as tall as a person, galloping, running from the front yard to the backyard, circling twice and stopping urgently in front.

Wen Wen Shi Yun patted the dog's head.

"Go, get on the dog, I'll take you to stroll around Yixing."

"Woof!"

"..."

Water bubbles were gloomy.

Old Shell slowly and leisurely circled the Long Gong.

"Appointing the virtuous and using the capable is the public righteousness of the world. Discussing the virtuous, using the capable, and the people can be governed. Frog Duke, in the Jianghuai Great Marsh, is there any beast more virtuous and capable than you? Is there any beast with more talent than you?

The Frog Clan can have today's status, all relying on Frog Duke, but the Frog Clan is too small, only able to exert one ten-thousandth of Frog Duke's talent. From now on, you should go to a broader world. From now on, you are the National Teacher of the Long Gong! I am willing to build a National Teacher's Mansion for you, coordinate the treasury expenditure, all relying on you!"

"There is no frog in the country, no one knows me."

"Naturally, your talent is difficult to use in the world, how can it be that my prime minister is not a marquis." Liang Qu held the frog arm.

"All frogs cannot discuss the Dao, sad that the spirit does not connect." Old Frog held the human hand.

"Don't say that the world's talent is difficult to use, must know that heaven's will is not born in vain."

"Liang Qing!"

"Frog Duke!"

"Liang Qing!"

"Frog Duke!"

"Quack!" Frog Duke shed tears, looked at the Long Gong, took the golden book handed by Fat Catfish, "Good! I will be this National Teacher!"

Long Chen, Long Binglin, Long Yanrui, Fat Catfish, "Cannot Move", Round Head—all bowed down.

"Pay respects to the National Teacher!"

"Quack!"

Old Frog was overjoyed, webbed feet held the book, kicked water out of the palace, threw the treasure fish caught on the way into the Long Gong treasury.

Long Binglin secretly sighed that the Great King is simply a genius, letting the multi-treasure toad be the National Teacher, a divine stroke.

"Great Elder, Binglin, Yanrui."

"King!"

Liang Qu lit up his golden eyes: "Remove armor."

The three dragon people were surging with heart, they knew what was going to happen, and understood Long Eying's transformation even more, all took off their tops and sat cross-legged on the ground.

Liang Qu reached out, ten fingers like probing into a river, reaching into the body, clearing the chaos and returning to the right!

Ripples spread, light halos flowed, layers of water waves rippled on the jade white skin.

Everything in the world has Qi machine.

Water can stop Qi, gather Qi, generate Qi.

Move it and it will be smooth, disturb it and it will be blocked.

Move it and it will be chaotic, circle it and it will gather!

Grasp the Heavenly Pass, hold the Earth Axis, guard oneself, grasp the Qi machine of all things in heaven and earth!

Can gather, can disperse, can be chaotic.

Chaotic and then corrected.

It is completion!

Picking off the black lines on the "chaos" one by one, Long Chen's was especially many, essence plummeted, all consumed, almost equivalent to the amount of raising a water beast one level!

【Water Ze Essence: 3,083,200】

"Li-pa-la."

Long Chen's whole body bones exploded, momentum surged, as if unloading ten thousand tons of heavy burden, a feeling of relaxation penetrated from the bones to the skin, the road ahead was vaguely smooth.

Long Binglin, Long Yanrui, down in order.

Long Binglin was slightly different, he followed for several years, and at this moment actually chose to rule!

"Sure?"

"Adult, just come."

"Good."

Fingertips floated blood, carved the "Chuan" character mark.

【Dragon person ruled, can evolve】

【Can consume 186,321 essence to complete】

【Water Ze Essence: 2,698,000】

Two more surging Qi machines rose.

Long Binglin felt carefully, didn't notice any change in his thoughts, just had a supreme reverence for Liang Qu, and could communicate directly from the spirit, otherwise, it was no different from the past.

The Dragon People clan was not finished.

There were also Long Pingjiang and Long Pinghe, the two brothers who followed earliest, after completion in the past, they practiced diligently, first the elder brother then the younger brother, both stepped into the Hunting Tiger realm, worked hard and busily, also had to be promoted.

【Can consume 114,000】

【Can consume 109,000...】

Golden light wrapped, shattered.

Pingjiang, Pinghe brothers clenched their fists, happily experiencing.

Saving money is difficult, spending money is like falling flowers and flowing water.

A moment of effort.

【Water Ze Essence: 2,475,000】

The remaining—

From low to high:

Fist: 【Can consume 434,000 to evolve】

A-Wei: 【Can consume 450,000 to evolve】

Cannot Move: 【Can consume 461,000 to evolve】

Round Head: 【Can consume 513,000 to evolve】

Little Xiao Xiao Shenlong: 【Can consume 925,500 to grow】

Fat Catfish: 【Can consume 999,900 to grow】

A group of smaller water beasts looked forward to it, only A-Fei shrank in the corner, it had just been promoted once, second realm, definitely didn't have its share, only hoped that there would be no Little Xiao Xiao Shenlong in this wave, then it would still be the only strong one.

"A-Fei!"

Fat Catfish stood tall, whiskers folded 90 degrees.

"You invited the White Long Wang, went undercover as the Jiaolong King, and made contributions to seeking benefits for water beasts."

In disbelief, Fat Catfish's eyes slowly widened.

Little Xiao Xiao Shenlong widened its eyes, inner madness, no way, no way, Fatty was just second realm.

Golden cocoon wrapped.

Little Xiao Xiao Shenlong held its head and

【Water-Marsh Essence: 2,475,000】

The remainder—

From lowest to highest:

Fist: 【Can consume 434,000 to evolve】

A-Wei: 【Can consume 450,000 to evolve】

Can't-Move: 【Can consume 461,000 to evolve】

Round-Head: 【Can consume 513,000 to evolve】

Little-Hut Dragon: 【Can consume 925,000 to grow】

Fatty Catfish: 【Can consume 999,000—to grow】

The crowd of shrunken water beasts looked on with anticipation, save for Fatty, who huddled in a corner alone. It had just evolved once and reached the second realm; surely there was no share for it. It only hoped that Little-Hut Dragon wouldn't be in this wave, so it could remain uniquely strong.

"Fatty!"

The Fatty Catfish puffed out its chest and raised its head, its long whiskers folding at a ninety-degree angle.

"You invited the White Long Wang and acted as an undercover agent for the Flood Long Wang, rendering meritorious service in securing benefits for the water beasts."

In disbelief, the Fatty Catfish's eyes slowly widened.

The Little Xiao Xiao Shenlong widened its eyes, inwardly going crazy. No way, no way, Fatty just reached the second realm!

Wrapped in a golden cocoon.

Little-Hut Dragon clutched its head and struggled.

It's over!

"Can't-Move, you took root as General Yuan, the plantation yields are bountiful, you saved the Fire Tree Silver Flower, and the Divine Wood Imprint has repeatedly performed miraculous deeds—"

Wrapped in a golden cocoon.

"Fist, you and Fatty successfully fought the black market, reshaped the throne, and surveyed the mineral veins—"

Wrapped in a golden cocoon.

"Round-Head, you led your subordinates and worked hard—"

Wrapped in a golden cocoon.

"A-Wei, don't be impatient. 450,000; I have noted this merit and will grant it to you all at once another day."

In the Southern Frontier, A-Wei calmed its agitation, filled with joy.

"Third Prince..."

"Boss!" The dragon eyes sparkled.

Liang Qu was embarrassed: "There is no more Essence..."

【Water-Marsh Essence: 】

"Ah! I'm dead!"

Liang Qu caught the limp Little Xiao Xiao Shenlong: "There's no help for it; you just promoted once, and your demand is too high. Your merit in this battle doesn't match Fatty's, but don't worry, I'll credit you with 300,000 merit this time."

"Really?"

"A gentleman's word is his bond."

"Boss, you're the best!" The Little Xiao Xiao Shenlong coiled around his forearm, its dragon horns rubbing against him diligently.

From demon beast to great demon, second realm to third realm—these are all major hurdles for water beasts.

The golden cocoons remained wrapped and brewing for a long time, constantly growing stronger.

Liang Qu's golden eyes remained open. While observing the world's Qi flow, he casually took out several "souls" he had stored for a long time.

King Chu of the Ghost Mother Sect, Yi Chen of the Yi family, and several other Ghost Mother Sect elders...

Strictly speaking, these people were not completely dead. Like Jian Zhongyi, if they changed to a different "world," they could take root and sprout. Today, after distributing the merit to the demons, tomorrow he would head west to see his fief, incidentally seize control, observe the birth of the world's fruits, and during this time, think more about how to rely on the Ghost Mother Sect's life-and-death ritual to re-enter the underworld, or even bring people in!

The Whale Emperor plotted to seize a world, and the Great Li founding emperor was ambitious. Both furnaces had their considerations, promoting to Rainbow Transformation.

He couldn't just watch others eat meat and plot while he only parried their blows, could he?

In the Dream Dynasty, the sixth realm grants immortality, the fifth realm has a long lifespan, and the fourth realm has hundreds of years of life. The living can gain a new life; he was truly envious of that.

Especially the nine great sects—nine world fruits!

The Whale Emperor's Cloud Whale—he didn't know what it was up to, actually wanting to harm the furnace. It must be something good, and he was envious of that too.

King Chu beheaded himself; once in the underworld, could he return to being a Wu Sheng?

Seize the underworld and turn the tables—

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The light cocoons shattered one after another, and their mighty momentum surged.

Liang Qu didn't have time to look closely at the water beasts' forms before feeling his thigh being hugged.

The Fatty Catfish, a small ball, hugged his thigh, its long whiskers folded at ninety degrees, wailing loudly.