"Master Ban, I've been busy with other things recently. I wonder how Miss Xue Nu and Gao Jianli are doing?" Six-fingered Black Man stopped Master Ban just to ask about the status of these two newcomers who had just joined the Mo family.
The reason why I asked Master Ban is because after Xue Nu and Gao Jianli came to Guan City, the main people they came into contact with were Master Ban and Jing Ke.
"The two of them..." Master Ban thought for a while and then replied, "Nothing special. Xiao Gao spends most of his time practicing swordsmanship, and occasionally drinks with Jing Ke. As for Miss Xue Nu, she also spends most of her time practicing martial arts. The rest
Just hide in the house and spend your time by yourself."
"Hmm..." Six Finger Black Man pondered for a moment and then asked, "How about emotionally?"
"Emotions?" Master Ban was stunned for a moment before realizing what the Six-fingered Black Man meant. "There's nothing wrong...it's just that both of them are a little taciturn. They are probably depressed because of what happened in Jicheng." "Uh... nothing else is special."
Master Ben originally wanted to mention that Xiao Gao seemed to be emotionally frustrated. He had tried to find the Snow Girl several times but had not received any positive reply. However, after thinking about it, it was better for the old guys not to interfere with the emotional problems of young people. They wouldn't do it anyway.
What impact did it have, so I shut up again.
The six-fingered black man glanced at Master Ben casually, knowing that he had something to say but he knew the old man, and since he didn't say it, it was probably a side matter that didn't need to be mentioned.
"Master, please inform Miss Xue Nu. Mr. Gu and she are old acquaintances, and he is still the one who saved her."
"Oh...Okay, old man, I remember." Master Ban was startled for a moment and nodded in agreement.
After that, there was nothing else to do. The two of them separated and went about their own business.
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The Chu Kingdom is thousands of miles across, and its territory is vast. But in addition to the capital, it only has four counties: Huaibei, Jiangdong, Dongting, and Cangwu. Compared with the Qin Kingdom's more than ten or twenty counties, it is very different.
It is far away, but the difference in total area is not big. The territory of Qin is only about one and a half times that of Chu.
One of the reasons is that the four counties of Chu State are larger than each other. Even the smallest county among them is as big as two Koreas. But more importantly, Chu State still has a large number of noble fiefs, and it is larger than its four counties.
They all look bigger.
The reform of the county system in Chu State, or even more generally speaking, should be the Legalist reform, which was probably the latest and the least thorough. This caused the old aristocratic power of Chu State to be the strongest among the seven countries.
of.
Under such a general environment, it is naturally not very smooth to divide border areas into counties. Jiangdong and Huaibei counties were only divided into two counties in recent years at the suggestion of Chun Shenjun. In the past, the only counties that were classified as counties were thousands of miles away from the Central Plains.
, Dongting Cangwu is sparsely populated and looks like an enclave.
The rest of the places are treated as aristocratic fiefdoms just like the old system of Zhou rites. Of course, centralization of power is a general trend, and Chu State is not a complete exception. The aristocratic fiefdoms have been decreasing in recent years, but it is difficult for the Chu royal family to truly control these territories.
Because the area is too large, it is also too far from the royal capital.
In addition, in recent years, the Chu State's political situation has not been very peaceful, and no one cares about it, so it is simply ruined. Anyway, in the eyes of the Chu State's ruling class, the impact seems to be... not big.
Along the way, Gu Xun found that the situation in Chu was different from what he imagined.
The Chu State, with its vast land and thousands of miles of outstanding people, was far from as wealthy as he imagined. The country was indeed vast enough, but its population was relatively scattered. Especially one thing that was different from other countries was that after approaching the capital of Shouchun, the population was not densely populated.
The population of Huaibei County, which is far away from the royal capital, has not increased.
After all, Huaibei was the land area of Lu and Song countries in the past. Compared with Shouchun, it is closer to the Central Plains.
Of course, the state of Chu is not the focus of Gu Xun's concern. What worries him is that the closer he gets to Shouchun, the more rivers and waterways become more numerous and denser, and the roads become more rugged and difficult to navigate. He is obviously on his way as quickly as possible.
, but it still took him a month to get from Huaibei to Shouchun.
If it weren't for his obsessive-compulsive disorder and his unwillingness to punch in one less time, he would have gone directly to Daliang, the capital of Wei.
But even though he came, he didn't plan to stay long. He planned to wander around for two days and then leave. After all, Shouchun didn't have any acquaintances with him, and the situation was extremely complicated. Various forces were intertwined, which was all trouble.<
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Another reason that urged him to leave in a hurry was the time. It was already February, and it was only one month before King Jian of Qi entered the Xianyang court. He did not intend to miss this excitement. In comparison, Shouchun was not that big.
Attractiveness.
"Are you really planning to stay for two days and then leave without doing anything else?" Yan Lingji learned about Gu Xun's arrangement and asked curiously.
Gu Xun drove the carriage, and a clear voice came into the carriage, "Yes, let's take a short rest, and we will change the route directly to Daliang."
"Alas..." Yan Lingji sighed softly, "That's it... Okay, I originally wanted to rest more, but I'm too tired from traveling these days."
Gu Xun comforted him gently, "Haha, let's wait until we get to Daliang and then rest."
After arriving in Daliang, all seven kings' check-in activities have been completed. If necessary, he can take Yan Lingji back to Xianyang within an hour or two.
"Okay." Yan Lingji vomited her bitterness for a moment, and didn't dwell too much on it. She just asked, "But in this case, won't you have no time to find out all the secrets of Canglong Qisu in Chu State?"<
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"The Chu State is the most enthusiastic among the seven countries about the affairs of gods and ghosts, so there may be great discoveries."
"It's not necessary." Gu Xun narrowed his eyes and responded in a calm tone, "If Shouchun really has any secrets about Canglong Qisu, I'm afraid it would have already fallen into the hands of the Yin and Yang family... No matter how hard he tried,
Research, and don’t know too much about specious myths and legends. It’s hard to tell the pros and cons, so it’s better to save some effort.”
"Why do you say that?" After hearing this, Yan Lingji poked her little head out of the carriage and asked curiously.
"Have you forgotten about HD?" Gu Xun turned to look at her and asked with a smile, "At that time, the Moon God was helped by the Chu State's national mourning soldiers. They were the soldiers' troops directly affiliated with the royal family. The general Chu State
The powerful and powerful people can’t move.”
"Being able to invite the dead soldiers of the country shows that the Yin Yang family must have a deep-rooted power in Chu State. They have no reason not to attack Chu State's Secret of Canglong Qisu immediately."
"...That's right." After he reminded her, Yan Lingji also remembered this incident, nodded and retracted her head, "Okay, you think it's okay."
Gu Xun smiled and said no more.
Of course he doesn't think there is any problem. Not to mention that there is a high probability that there will be no harvest in Shouchun. Even if there is, so what?
Canglong Qisu is just a piece of fun for him, so there is no need to worry too much, otherwise the first thing he should do now is to rush back to Xianyang and grab Donghuang Taiyi by the collar to threaten to blow his head off.
