In fact, Gu Cheng rarely used murderous intentions, but once he really did, not many people could survive from his hands.
Lu Hongyuan could not shed tears without seeing the coffin, and he insisted on provoking Gu Cheng's bottom line.
The power of Xie Xue completely suppressed Lu Hongyuan. The Yin Yang Five Elements Escape Technique practiced by the other party also belonged to the Qi Refining lineage. He seemed to have never expected that Gu Cheng would dare to attack in front of Murong Hou, so he did not have time to defend himself.
Gu Cheng got close and suppressed him tightly.
At this moment, Murong Hou slammed the tabletop, and the wine in his glass suddenly rose into the air. He used the wine to draw a symbol, which actually seemed to be the word "jie".
In an instant, the surrounding energy began to flow to both sides, pulling at the figures of Gu Cheng and Lu Hongyuan at the same time with extremely strong force.
Gu Cheng snorted softly. Under this power, he had to let go of Lu Hongyuan and squeezed the Seal Technique with his hand. Xuanyin Flying Thunder bloomed, and black thunder exploded, completely melting the power.
Murong Hou is also a master of both martial arts and qi refining, and the inheritance he received in qi refining is not the current inheritance, but the inheritance of an ancient qi refining master, which is very miraculous.
Murong Hou waved his hand to calm down the scattered spiritual energy in front of his eyes. The smile on his face gradually disappeared and he said calmly: "Actually, I don't like to take action and use violence to solve problems.
Gu Cheng, I know your identity. Nanyi County is not a place where you will stay for a long time. Even if the court is short of people, it will not allow a county to be guarded by a grandmaster level for a long time.
Without the intervention of a grandmaster-level being, you can't stop us from doing anything we want to do. We invite you to come today, and what we give you is also the face of the imperial court.
You are a smart person who knows what is worth doing and what is not worth doing.
You don’t want to save face when it’s in front of you, so why do you have to hit it with an egg?”
Gu Cheng stared at Murong Hou and said calmly: "This is Nanyi County, not your Leping County. See if I can stop you!"
Murong Hou also stared at Gu Cheng, and finally shook his head gently and said: "I misunderstood, you are not a smart person, but a conceited person.
Maybe defeating Fang Zhenhai really makes you think that you have the power to compete with a grandmaster-level being?
You only have one chance. Once you get off the ship, don't blame me for not giving the court face. You may be the one who leaves Nanyi County in despair in the end."
"We'll see."
Gu Cheng waved his hand and turned around to leave. Seeing Gu Cheng's arrogant attitude, the young warriors from Leping County around him were about to say something, but were stopped by Murong Hou with a wave of his hand.
There is no point in talking too fast.
Wang Yuan looked left and right, and finally chose to disembark with Gu Cheng.
Although the Wang family will not stand with Gu Cheng, they will not stand with Murong Hou and others. The two parties are not a family at all.
After returning to Huang Laojiao's boat, Wang Yuan sighed and said: "Actually, Brother Gu, it doesn't matter if you give in at this step. People like Murong Hou will never give up until they achieve their goals.
Once you have brought down Fang Zhenhai, you can wait for the people above to come and retire after your success. There is no need to stand up to him, just treat him as a favor."
Gu Cheng looked at Wang Yuan: "Do you think what he gave me was face? No, it was charity, and I, Gu Cheng, have never needed charity from anyone."
Murong Hou said that Gu Cheng was conceited, but in fact it was Murong Hou who was the most conceited.
Just by looking at the other party's appearance, he could tell that Nanyi County and his party were no obstacle to him at all. It was as if they were just traveling around.
So he knew what Gu Cheng was doing now, but he wanted to interfere in it, without even thinking about Gu Cheng's interests.
For him, calling Gu Cheng to the banquet and informing Gu Cheng was already a kindness and righteousness, and he was giving him 'face'. In fact, what is this? It's just a charity that doesn't make him too embarrassed.
Gu Cheng is not a conceited person, but it is impossible for him to accept this kind of charity.
He had been walking on thin ice under Fang Zhenhai for several months, and then he finally cooperated with the imperial court and the Zhengtian Alliance to bring down Fang Zhenhai.
It can be said that although the position Qiu Erniang gave him is a bit troublesome, it can also be regarded as a reward.
During this period, Gu Cheng was representing the imperial court in Nanyi County. He had no boss and no one would care about him. He could seek benefits for himself at will. Anyway, there were big figures in the Tianzheng Alliance coming to finish it off.
In the end, Murong Hou said that he would give up these things and endure them like a coward. However, Murong Hou's face was not that big yet.
Wang Yuan shook his head, obviously he still couldn't understand what Gu Cheng did.
However, at this time, Gu Cheng somewhat understood why the Wang family had gradually weakened over the years.
Although it is right to pursue stability, as a practitioner, you are fighting against God for your destiny, and you cannot lose the vigor in your heart.
How long can you endure it?
If you retreat, retreat, where can you retreat to?
It's easy to tolerate and retreat, but it's difficult to take further steps.
On the road of spiritual practice, it is better to think about progress than to think about stopping.
This is true for spiritual practice, and it is also true for life and work.
When Gu Cheng first traveled through time, he actually had the simplest way to save his life.
Then he would grovel to his second wife, pretend to be crazy, give up his title on his own initiative, and even make the whole city known about it. In the end, not only would his second wife not kill him, but she would even protect him.
If something happens to him, wouldn't everyone call her vicious, and taking the title of the eldest brother's family doesn't count as taking someone's life?
Gu Cheng could choose to do this, but he didn't.
He can take the initiative to give things to others that belong to him, but others cannot snatch it!
Wang Yuan didn't quite agree with Gu Cheng's approach, so he went straight back to the Wang family after following the boat back to Guangling City.
Gu Cheng found Taoist Mengshan and asked, "Do you have any reliable and familiar people in Nanyi County? No strength is required, only someone who is shrewd and alert and familiar with the news from all sides.
Let them secretly monitor Murong Hou and the others for me, step by step, whatever they do, cannot be missed."
Taoist Mengshan nodded and said, "This is no problem, just leave it to me."
Although Taoist Mengshan was not one of those low-life people, he had been hanging out in Nanyi County all year round. In terms of connections, he was much better than Gu Cheng.
In fact, Gu Cheng could also go to the Wang family and the Siji Sect to find someone, but after seeing the attitudes of the Wang family and the Siji Sect, he knew that the two families would not get involved in this kind of thing.
Similarly, Gu Cheng could also choose to secretly provoke the Wang family and Murong Hou, but after seeing Murong Hou, Gu Cheng gave up.
Although Murong Hou was arrogant, he was a very sober person and knew what he should do and when. It was too difficult for Gu Cheng to provoke his state of mind.
This time, since Murong Hou thought that he could not stop him, everyone exchanged several moves to see who could stop whom!
With calmness, Gu Cheng has been staying peacefully in Guangling City during this period, as if nothing had happened, sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai.
But the news from Taoist Mengshan came continuously.
"Murong Hou and others gathered the bandits separately. Seventy percent of the bandits in the mountains and forests on the border of Nanyi County who were unwilling to surrender to Fang Zhenhai were gathered by him.
One of the villagers was dissatisfied and even spoke rudely to the Murong family. As a result, Murong Hou killed his village owner with one move. The remaining 20% also chose to surrender out of fear, and only 10% chose to leave Nanyi County and seek life in the outside world."
"The rest of the young disciples from the forces in Leping County went to the small sects in Nanyi County one by one, using both soft and hard tactics to persuade them to sell the elixir to them at the purchase price. They purchased it first and paid later. Because all the bandits on the road were captured by them.
Under control, the trade routes are now open.
In order to seek comfort, those small sects have already torn up their previous agreements with us, and I'm afraid we won't be able to collect much money in taxes next month."
"Murong Hou established the Leping Chamber of Commerce to completely open up the trade route from Nanyi County to Leping County. There are also people from Murong's family in Leping County to take care of it.
Everyone including Lu Hongyuan joined the Leping Chamber of Commerce and voluntarily paid a certain amount of income to Murong Hou."
After Lan Caidi heard what Taoist Mengshan said, she couldn't help but wonder: "Doesn't this mean that Murong Hou is making a fool of himself?
His men were all bandits and thieves, and even the money for purchasing the elixirs was given on credit. Only after they were sold would the money be given to the sects.
At the end of the co-authorship, he didn't pay a penny, or even put much effort into it, and he just earned so much of the price difference for nothing?
And when other disciples from those forces in Leping County join the Leping Chamber of Commerce, part of their profits will be handed over to the Marquis Murong, so they are willing to be exploited by him?"
Gu Cheng squinted his eyes and said: "Murong Hou is good at leveraging strength and is used to taking advantage of momentum. It's the same this time.
With the prestige of Leping County's many forces, his own strength, and some promises, he surrendered to those bandits and bandits.
Then, using these bandits and bandits as the basis of their strength, they used hard and soft tactics to get those sects to agree to get the elixir first and then give them money.
After such calculations, they can be said to have established a smooth trade route without any losses."
Taoist Mengshan said helplessly: "They are clear of obstruction, what should we do?
Even if we want to force them, our strength is not enough. With the people we have now, even if Guangling City and other state capitals use their full manpower, it will not be enough."
If Gu Cheng completely took over the power of Fang Zhenhai's rebel army, he might still have the strength to fight.
But in fact, the power Gu Cheng took over was only close to half.
Half of the Eight Great Vajras. The soldiers of the Rebellion Army attacked Zhang Xian before. A large number of people died during Gao Jiande's civil strife and the subsequent battle to annihilate Nafang Zhenhai. In addition, some people fled because they did not want to work for the imperial court. Now
The number of soldiers under Gu Cheng's command is really not half as many as those in the past when Fang Zhenhai was at his peak.
Gu Cheng knocked on the table and said: "Who said I want to use our people? I was asked to guard Nanyi County. If all our people are used, if something goes wrong, wouldn't it be a small gain but a big loss?"
If he, Marquis Murong, can take advantage of his situation, can I, Gu Cheng, take advantage of it?"
Taoist Mengshan looked confused. The Wang family and the Siji Sect were unwilling to take action. Who else could Gu Cheng rely on?