royal robes

Chapter 971
As the capital of the state of Chu, Tanzhou developed very well at first, but because of the Southern Tang's attack on the state of Chu, it finally reached Tanzhou, and it was a protracted war.Chu was finally defeated, but all that was left was the messy Tanzhou.Unexpectedly, after three or four years of repairs, this place has been completely restored, and it is even more prosperous than before.

Tianya knew that if there was no Yandao, Tanzhou would not be as prosperous as it is today.Tanzhou is the only way in the transportation process of Yandao, and many merchants will choose to trade part of it here to recuperate.After all, it is not easy to travel long distances. People have to rest and the cattle and horses that transport goods also need to rest.

Tanzhou happens to be between Yandao and Dazhou. As the busiest rest stop on the way, it is also a good trading place.Almost half of the salt in Southern Tang was imported from Tanzhou, and then shipped to various places in Southern Tang.Li Hongmao doesn't care about these transactions, he just collects the tax on the entry and exit.

Enough is enough, Li Hongmao was originally the kind of person who had no ambitions, he just wanted to make his own life better and better, and he didn't care about other people's life or death.

Now Li Hongmao seems to feel the reason why his father made him the king of Chu and let him come to Tanzhou, but there are still many things he can't understand.At first I thought it was a fat job, but now... Li Hongmao finally discovered the danger, and finally felt the complicated relationship behind the huge benefits.

murderous ~
A young man walked towards Li Hongmao seemingly unintentionally, and suddenly pulled out a dagger. The distance between the two was so close that Li Hongmao didn't react at all.

Tianya grabbed the clothes on Li Hongmao's back and gently lifted him back, not to distance himself but to make his attack easier.Tianya's left hand directly grabbed the young man's arm holding the dagger. Suddenly, he felt a slight pain in his hand. A slender little snake came out of the young man's sleeve. This little snake was colorful and looked very beautiful. .

Tianya acted as if nothing was wrong, his expression remained calm and his heart did not beat. He pointed the young man's dagger at himself with a backhand, and then leaned his whole body forward... The two of them almost hugged each other, and Tianya's body was hit by a huge impact. The man had no time to react, and the dagger pierced directly into the chest.

Tian Ya let go gently, and the assassin immediately fell to the ground.Then he grabbed the little snake's head and gave it a push with his internal strength, causing the little snake to collapse instantly.Although Tianya didn't strike hard, almost all the bones in the little snake's body were shattered by his internal force.

"Don't worry, your lord, as long as you have a poor follower, you can do whatever you want." Tian Ya put the little snake on his chest and whispered, "Xiao Jinjin, do you think this snake has an appetite? I think it's quite poisonous."

A small lizard head emerged from Tian Ya's arms, even Li Hongmao was startled, it turned out to be a golden snake head.But as Xiao Jin crawled out, Li Hongmao realized that it was not a snake, but a small lizard.It looks like a pet.

Xiao Jinjin didn't show any politeness, and directly slid into Tianya's arms with the little snake in her mouth.Little Jinjin likes highly toxic things the most, this can increase his own toxicity.Although Xiao Jinjin is now the most poisonous thing in the world.

"This... the little lizard is actually Xin-colored."

Tian Ya said: "This is the teacher's pet, and it has been taken care of by the poor Taoist. It's no big deal to take it with me when I leave the teacher. It's just a small water beast. I originally wanted to use it as a mount, but Ze The water beast grows too slowly, and I haven't seen it grow for so many years."

"Swamp beast? Is this little lizard a swamp beast?"

"Is it strange?"

Tianya looked at Li Hongmao in surprise, and Li Hongmao also looked at Tianya in surprise.Isn't the water beast strange?What is it that is strange?
So far, the only one Li Hongmao has heard about the legend of the water-swamp beast is that Guo Wei once killed a water-swamp beast, and in order to kill the water-swamp beast, Guo Wei also suffered a huge loss, and suffered extremely serious injuries. injury.

The water beast is the most poisonous thing in the world, and he dares to keep it in his arms... Even if the water beast seems to be very well-behaved now, if he accidentally bumps into it one day, the water beast will be depressed in his mood. How about taking a bite in your arms?
"Taoist Master Wu Yazi, judging from the situation just now, it is true that the Taoist priest is invulnerable to all poisons, but..." Li Hongmao said: "If he accidentally encounters the water beast, he will be unhappy because of you. What should I do if I get bitten in my arms? I don’t think anyone can resist the poisonous nature of the water beast. Legend has it that the water beast is the most poisonous thing in the world. Once bitten by it, there is basically no possibility of survival."

Tian Ya said: "Your Majesty, I'm worrying too much. Little Jinjin is not an ordinary pet. Its scales are invulnerable to fire and water. It's really not easy to hurt it. What's more, Little Jinjin is very smart, even if it hurts, she won't bite me." Of course, the most important thing is that the poison of the swamp beast is not without medicine, and the urine of the swamp beast is the antidote. If you are accidentally bitten by the swamp beast, it will not be in any danger."

"Oh~ so there is such a thing. Daoist Wu Yazi really knows everything."

Tian Ya waved his hand and said, "This is what the master said. Actually, I have never tried to see if it is true or not. Xiao Jinjin is very sensible, he would never bite me, not to mention it would be useless even if he bites me. I am invulnerable to all poisons. So I haven't had a chance to test the validity of this theory."

Li Hongmao is really a little jealous. How talented a master is to teach such an outstanding apprentice?Why didn't I meet such a master?The person who had been teaching them martial arts was Huangfu Hui. After Huangfu Hui was killed by Zong Xin and his party, he was replaced by his son Huangfu Jixun.

However, Huangfu Hui's martial arts was not that easy to learn, and even Huangfu Jixun did not learn it completely.

Many martial arts have restrictions on the practitioners, such as the body of a boy, the body of a man or the body of a woman, and some martial arts can only be practiced from the palace.

Huangfuhui's Heavenly Eagle Ten Hands has greater restrictions than these, after all, whether he is a child or self-cultivation is determined after the day after tomorrow, while the Heavenly Eagle Ten Hands needs to be born excellent.One must be born with six fingers to truly grasp the essence of the Ten Hands of the Sky Eagle. Although Huangfu Jixun is the heir, his level of the Ten Hands of the Sky Eagle is far inferior to that of Huangfu Hui.Otherwise, there is one of the top contemporary masters.

Huangfu Hui's talent in martial arts is not high, but he has six fingers on the left and right sides, and his six fingers are not weak, they look normal and powerful.

In fact, six fingers are not uncommon, but Huangfu Hui has already searched all over the world, as long as anyone with two hands and six fingers can find him as a teacher, as long as his six fingers are in complete shape, he will be accepted as an apprentice, and his peerless martial arts will be passed on.

Unfortunately, after so many years, Huangfu Hui did not see a real successor who met the standard.After all, it is very difficult to have two hands with six fingers, and the sixth finger is not deformed.

Huangfu Jixun's two hands are normal, so he didn't get the true biography of Tianying's ten hands.As the master of the three princes of the Southern Tang Dynasty, Huangfu's successor didn't get the true biography, let alone these three people?

Only the third child, Li Congjia, was a little better, basically self-taught, and Li Congjia was a rare genius, but because he didn't have a good enough education, he was slightly worse than Lei Tianxiao and Zhao Kuangji.But at this time Li Congjia's martial arts can also be listed in the top three in the Southern Tang Dynasty.

In today's Southern Tang martial arts, Wang Ran is naturally the number one, Huangfu Jixun is the second, and there are many candidates for the third, but basically they all think it is Li Congjia.

Huangfu Jixun also often brags in front of others that Li Congjia's martial arts is so good because he and his father taught him well.But when others asked about Li's other two brothers, Huangfu Jixun didn't have anything to explain. He could only say that these two were not talented enough and not suitable for martial arts training at all.

Basically everyone knows that the two brothers Li Hongji and Li Hongmao failed to practice martial arts because of a lazy character.These two brothers are too lazy to work, and spend all their time in brothels drinking flowers and wine. Whenever they have time, they would rather sleep at home all day than get up. How can such people practice martial arts well?

Even Li Hongmao regretted it a little, it wasn't that he thought this way, anyone is lazy, it's because if a child doesn't beat and scold, which child will study hard?The two brothers Li Hongji and Li Hongmao were originally born as emperors, who would dare to fight and scold them?Li Jing feels distressed when the exercise is a little heavier, how can he practice this?
So when Li Hongmao mentioned his martial arts now, he blamed Huangfu Hui for not teaching it well. After all, children's self-discipline is too poor.A child like Li Congjia who has been very self-disciplined since he was a child, and who will practice hard even if no one is watching, can be said to be one in a million.

Self-discipline has nothing to do with martial arts achievements. Self-discipline can be practiced in this way, and it can also be practiced in this way when being beaten by the master.The ultimate achievement still depends on talent and hard work, but born in the emperor's family, the master dare not fight, so self-discipline is so important.

Li Hongmao knew that he was actually not such an idiot, and his brain was usually very fast, but he was cared for since he was a child, and sometimes he didn't want to use his brain, so he was always lazy and didn't bother to use his brain.

Li Hongmao can almost be sure that if he can also meet a master like Xiaoyaozi, and leave the palace to practice martial arts with Xiaoyaozi, at this age, even if his martial arts is not as good as Taoist Wu Yazi's, at least the difference will not be too much.

But now...the only way to live is with the protection of others, and this matter is indeed a bit uncomfortable.

"Sigh~ My martial arts are delayed by those who want to curry favor with me. I think my third younger brother's martial arts should be about the same as Taoist Wu Yazi's. He just taught himself since he was a child. He didn't expect to be so powerful when he grew up. If I had known, I would have Just practice martial arts with him."

Tian Ya said: "My lord, don't underestimate yourself. It is also my lord's ability to develop Tanzhou after the war so well. Many times, my ability is not only about martial arts. My master once said that the most worthless strength of a person is martial arts. No matter how good my martial arts are, can Tanzhou be as prosperous as it is now after the war? This is the strength of the prince, and Pindao admires it. Pindao is good at martial arts, and he can only guarantee that he can live a worry-free life alone, but the prince With a good mind, you can guarantee that everyone in the Chu world can live without worry, and only poor people with this kind of strength can't match it."

Tian Ya casually said a few words of flattery, which made Li Hongmao suddenly brighten up.I seem to have the ability to govern one side.

But Li Hongmao thought about it carefully, after he took over Chu Jie, he didn't seem to have been disturbed, and everything was developing very well.When I first came here, it was indeed a dilapidated scene, but it became prosperous without knowing it... Maybe this is really my own strength.

(End of this chapter)