Farewell to the Water Pavilion, Jiang Sibai did not put too much emotion on the personal relationship between his children.
He has also considered whether he should find a Taoist companion to travel with him in this life, but now he is only focused on the joy of pursuing the Tao. He only feels that having multiple people around him always requires more attention to take care of, delaying his journey to the Tao.
Heart.
Fortunately, Sihua understood him.
"Eldest disciple, where should we go?"
Dabai asked.
Jiang Sibai said: "Go to Xucheng and have a look before talking about it."
Dabai nodded and said nothing.
Jiang Sibai knows very well what the decisive force of this era is, and it is naturally the nobility!
The people of this era are all dependent on the nobles. Without the nobles, they don't even know what they should do or what they can do.
And if you want to solve the current predicament of the Xu Kingdom, you must start with the largest nobleman in the Xu Kingdom, King Xu.
There is no doubt that King Xu is in trouble now. As long as King Xu's troubles are solved, he will definitely mobilize the nobles across the country to solve the current predicament of Xu Kingdom.
They unfolded the map and looked at it, then followed the approximate direction towards the location of Xucheng marked on the map.
Along the way, you can see abandoned fields and bones on the roadside everywhere.
Jiang Sibai had no time to stop and sped towards Xucheng.
Then he saw an ancient city full of history.
This city is not high, but it is very big, bigger than Jicheng and Laicheng.
The city wall is also full of uneven color differences, which is the result of repairs and repairs on the city wall in different ages.
Xu State has a history of more than a thousand years, which is older than many sects of cultivation. It can be called an ancient country with a long history.
However, this time, this ancient country is facing unprecedented challenges.
Jiang Sibai arrived at the gate of Xu City. There were two guards guarding the place, but they just looked at the passers-by blankly and did not conduct any inquiries.
In fact, there are not many people coming and going at this door.
The guards did not stop ordinary people from entering and exiting, but they saw Jiang Sibai's extraordinary bearing and a snow-white spirit fox, which was very eye-catching.
"stop."
The guards stopped Jiang Sibai.
"May I ask who you are, where you are from, and why you are here?"
Jiang Sibai paused for a moment, then said: "I came from Ji State and went to Shu State for business. I passed through your country on my way back. Why is there something wrong?"
Calling himself a 'king' is a rare thing among vassal states.
Because the king is the 'supreme', the nobles who can have the title of king are all top figures in each country.
Now the guard was not sure. He thought that a gentleman suddenly came to Xu Cheng alone with a spiritual beast?
This is too unreliable.
Jiang Sibai smiled at him and said, "If you can't make up your mind, just find someone who can. I'll just wait here."
He didn't make things difficult for ordinary people, and he was really a "jun".
This was given by his father Jiang Mingwu himself before his death, and he was named 'Xilai Jun'.
He only found out later that Jiang Mingwu had granted Laicheng to him as a fief.
At this time, the original Lai Kingdom was divided into two, with Lai City as the dividing line. The land to the west of Lai City was called "Lai" or "Xilai", and he, the king of Xilai, meant that Lai City and the area west of it became
took his fiefdom.
This was the last love and compensation from his father, but it was a pity that he could not see Jiang Sibai when he was alive, nor could he see him when he died.
The city gate guard was naturally bluffed. The words and deeds of big shots these days are so different from ordinary people that it is easy to bluff people.
So the city gate guard quickly went to find his commander, the general in charge of city defense here.
"In the end, I will win. I wonder what you would call me?"
As soon as Jiang Sibai heard this surname, he knew that General Yingji should be the surnamed Zong General of the Xu royal family.
So he lowered his arrogance a little and said: "Jiang Sibai, Lord of Xilai of Ji State, has seen General Ying."
When Ying Ji heard this, he quickly said: "It turns out that Mr. Xilai is in front of you, why are you traveling alone?"
Jiang Sibai said calmly: "I have been practicing Taoism for more than ten years. I can go to all the world, and I don't need escorts to accompany me."
Yingji asked a little excitedly: "Does your Majesty have a fairyland?"
Jiang Sibai nodded and said: "Our Ji Kingdom is sheltered under the Luo Yun Immortal Mountain, and I am naturally practicing in the Luo Yun Immortal Realm now."
Yingji almost cheered when he heard this. He said: "Great, please contact Luo Yun to save my country, Xu!"
Hearing this, Jiang Sibai said with a smile: "This matter... I'm afraid we have to wait until I and King Xu meet before we can make a decision, right?"
Ying Ji hurriedly bowed and stepped away, saying, "What your Majesty said is absolutely true. I will go and find my king right now."
As soon as he finished speaking, he left in a hurry.
But he came to his senses only halfway through and said, "General, I'd better take Mr. Xilai to my house to settle down first."
Jiang Sibai waved his hand and said: "No need to bother, I will look around in Xu City, and then I will go to the palace to look for King Xu for a while."
"General Ying just goes and reports."
When Ying Ji heard this, he felt that this was very disrespectful. But thinking that Jiang Sibai was not only a king, but also a practitioner, he reluctantly clasped his fists and said, "That's it, I'm so disrespectful to you."
Jiang Sibai said: "Go ahead, don't hesitate."
Ying Ji then hurried to the palace.
Jiang Sibai, on the other hand, used qi-gazing techniques to walk around Xucheng and check the surrounding weather.
Sure enough, Xu Cheng was in good condition, and there seemed to be no demons causing trouble.
It is said that people are afraid of monsters, but actually monsters are also afraid of people.
In other words, the demon is afraid of crowds.
In the early years, when there were not so many practitioners, it was the nobles who commanded private armies to fight through thorns and monsters in the wild wilderness, and this was how they were able to earn the living space they have today.
What's more, Xu State has been entangled with Dongyi all the year round, and its folk customs are martial. There are many warriors with bronze swords in Xu City. Such young warriors with strong blood are also the objects of fear of demons.
Jiang Sibai kept nodding as he looked at it, thinking that Xu Guo still had a certain background.
It should be that the intervention of Jue Tian Wu Ling made them tired of dealing with it, so they had no choice but to retreat to protect themselves.
Jiang Sibai walked around Xu City before walking towards the Xu Palace.
Xu Palace is also very quaint. In fact, Xu City and Xu Palace are not the original capital and royal city of the Xu Kingdom. However, the history of the entire Xu Kingdom is so long that the royal city that was moved later has become dilapidated.
When Jiang Sibai came to the entrance of the palace and stood still, he saw General Ying Ji hurriedly walking out of the palace.
When he saw Jiang Sibai, he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I have seen Mr. Xilai, and your Majesty is indeed here."
Jiang Sibai asked: "Would King Xu be willing to see me?"
Ying Ji said: "My king is also extremely surprised by your arrival. The last general is here to greet you."
So the two of them entered the palace together.
The first thing Jiang Sibai noticed in Xu Palace was that it was a bit narrow and depressing.
This palace is not big. It is hard to imagine that a country with a history of more than a thousand years only uses such a palace.
But to be honest, Jiang Sibai had a good impression of this place.
The palace is average, which at least shows that the king of Xu State did not waste resources on personal enjoyment.
When he came to the palace hall, he saw King Xu sitting at the top.
"Jiang Sibai, Lord of Xilai, has met King Xu."
Jiang Sibai responded with noble etiquette.
However, King Xu was not as easy to fool as Ying Ji. He said calmly: "Your Excellency calls himself Mr. Xilai. Do you have proof?"
"After all, I have only heard about Yuki and Lai Kingdoms in the north, but I have never heard of Xilai."
Jiang Sibai did not expect that the news of the death of Lai Kingdom had not been received yet.
So he thought for a moment and then said calmly: "Twelve years ago, King Lai was controlled by witchcraft, which almost turned the entire Lai country into a desperate situation."
"Later, Luo Yun's disciples slayed demons and demons. Unfortunately, almost all the nobles of Lai Kingdom were wiped out, and only one young master remained who declared to worship Luo Yun's fairyland."
"So the homeland of Lai Kingdom has been controlled by Ji Kingdom all these years, and I am the king named by the late king Jiang Mingwu before his death."
"This is happening!"
King Xu looked surprised, and then asked: "Who is causing trouble?"
Jiang Sibai said: "Your Majesty has already guessed that the people who are causing trouble in Xu State now and those who persecuted Lai State in the past are all from Juetian Wuling."
King Xu sighed, and then he began to believe Jiang Sibai.