“My fief and the court will reclaim everything. The Old Mountain Iron Cavalry belongs to you from now on. Xue Ru Shi has already led his team to Ming Kong Cold Mountain. You’re smarter than me, and better in a fight. They’ll have a future following you.”

“Du Gu Xiao Jin De Sheng Trading Company, I’ve already spoken with her. I’ll transfer thirty percent of my share to her, and the rest is all yours. She’s very reliable and very hardworking. You can teach her more.”

“I’ll dismiss both marquis mansions in Lin Zi and Old Mountain. But the residence the Son of Heaven rewarded me with earlier will remain, as it can be sold as family property. Just leave it for Chu Yao and his mother to live in. Xie Ping can still be the steward, and all the servants can stay. I’ve already paid their wages in full. Take care of things for them. Once Chu Yao reaches adulthood, he’ll be responsible for the family expenses himself.”

“Lian Que has a hot temper and is stubborn. If there are any issues, you’ll need to handle him. The Lian family’s craftsmanship is there; if he calms down, there’s nothing that can’t be solved.”

“The Three Points Fragrance Building joined the four great famous establishments previously. You’ll need to help resolve any official troubles; this is what I promised. With the Hua Ying Palace Master and Miss Liu there, the problems shouldn’t be significant.”

“Three thousand two hundred people died with me in the maze world war. Sell all my salable assets and use the money to console their families. What the court gives is the court’s; what I give is mine.”

“Fang Yuan You was orphaned from childhood and had no family. I’ve already buried his old armor in the South Mountain General Tomb. Zheng Shang Ming said that grave position is reserved for war dead and has excellent feng shui… If there’s a next life, I hope he’s reborn into a good family.”

“My share of the Tai Xu Corner Tower in Heavenly Capital City will all be transferred to Lv Zong Xiao. Although I refused the Tai Xu Envoy’s jade plaque, we built the tower together. How to operate it is up to you.”

“That group of song and dance girls in my mansion were sent by Princess Yun Yun from Mu Country. Just don’t send them back and forth again. If they are willing, help them find a livelihood. If not, keep raising them; it doesn’t cost much… Perhaps open a song and dance workshop? You’re very capable in business…”

The plaque of the Wu An Marquis Mansion had already been removed. Imperial guards were coming and going, sticking seals. The confiscation scene was unusually peaceful, almost like moving house.

Jiang Wang stood in the middle of the courtyard, thinking slowly, wondering if he had missed anything, and speaking as he thought. Chong Xuan Sheng leaned on a lounge chair and yawned: “Is there more? Nag, nag! Chief Steward Han has been waiting for you for a long time!”

Han Ling Zheng stood in a corner of the courtyard with his hands behind his back, not saying a word. He quietly appreciated this rather chaotic residence, trying to capture some fragments of Jiang someone’s character and better understand yesterday’s new noble of Lin Zi, today’s passerby at the end of the world.

“Please stand up.” An imperial guard walked up to Chong Xuan Sheng and said very politely.

Chong Xuan Sheng’s round eyes widened: “This lounge chair is mine! Mine! I bought it!”

“Apologies, Marquis.” The imperial guard said flatly: “Everything in the Wu An Marquis Mansion must be sealed.”

Chong Xuan Sheng stared for a while, then angrily climbed up. The imperial guard immediately stuck a seal on it.

He glared fiercely at Jiang Wang.

Jiang Wang had already turned his head and was speaking to the handsome man standing at the ceremonial gate: “Brother Bai, have you thought it over? My opinion is you should just stay here. The Great Qi Empire embraces all rivers and can tolerate the world. The current Son of Heaven is a world-class hero, and East Country is so vast, gathering famous ministers. Your talent far surpasses mine; you can fully display it here.”

“I’ve thought it over very clearly.” Bai Yu Xia stood with his arms crossed, his side facing the people in the courtyard: “I came to East Domain to serve Wang Jun, not Qi.”

Jiang Wang said seriously: “I myself am still drifting, not knowing where the road ahead leads. Following me might be very dangerous.”

Bai Yu Xia sighed, somewhat melancholy: “Where can I go that isn’t dangerous?”

Jiang Wang was speechless for a moment.

“Don’t worry that I’ll hinder you; your luck isn’t much better than mine anyway.” Bai Yu Xia waved his hand: “I’ll go prepare the carriage.”

Fourteen, who was inseparable from Chong Xuan Sheng, had always been silent. She habitually didn’t like to speak, but today she wanted to speak several times but stopped. She didn’t understand worldly affairs. In her previous life, she only had Chong Xuan Sheng. Later, she had Jiang Wang as a half-friend and formed a family because of Jiang Wang. Today’s lengthy speech by Jiang Wang… seemed like a final instruction.

She didn’t know how to express it.

She was sad about this feeling.

Everything inside the marquis mansion was sealed. The carriage was also bought temporarily, and the horse pulling it was also ordinary. Jiang Wang’s white ox was in South Xia, and Yan Zhao was in Qing Yang Town; they were all left for Chu Yao.

However, Bai Yu Xia went out the marquis mansion gate, raised his hand and beckoned, releasing some momentum to call the horse pulling the carriage over. He didn’t expect this horse to be very inferior, without any spirituality. It went mad with a slight stimulation, pulling the carriage compartment and running wildly on the street.

Bai Yu Xia flew up and easily grabbed the reins, stopping it in place, making it rear up and raise its hooves in the air.

The street where the Wu An Marquis Mansion was located was a first-class prosperous place in Lin Zi and was always full of pedestrians. It was only because the Wu An Marquis Mansion was being confiscated today that the North Yamen slightly sealed the street.

But facing a luxurious carriage coming, although Bai Yu Xia pulled the horse in time, the opposite side was also startled.

The driver was a good hand and stopped the horse the first time, but the two horses pulling the carriage were also spiritual. Under the shock, their strength was infinite, and coupled with the different direction, the whole carriage suddenly overturned, and a chubby baby flew out!

Bai Yu Xia stepped on the air, reached out to hold the swaddling baby, and then pressed back with his hand, steadying the overturning carriage and flipping it back.

The whole set of actions was smooth like flowing water, with graceful posture.

It was also at this time that he saw the ashen-faced driver and the shocked, dignified, and beautiful woman inside the carriage compartment.

Whether it was from fright or because she wasn’t well initially, her face was quite pale.

At this moment, a panicked figure climbed out of the luxuriously decorated carriage and ran towards them with open arms: “Jing Er, Jing Er!”

Bai Yu Xia put the baby in her arms and comforted her emotions: “Rest assured, the child is fine.”

Jiang Wang, who had finished his final instructions with Chong Xuan Sheng, happened to hear the noise and stepped out of the mansion, saying with some surprise: “Madam Bao!”

The little woman nervously holding the child at this moment was precisely the widow of Bao Zhong Qing, Shuo Fang Bo Mansion, and the daughter of the Cang Shu County County Governor, Miao Yu Zhi.

She turned her head and saw Jiang Wang. On her still shocked face, tears suddenly burst forth. But she still maintained etiquette, bowing and saying: “Marquis.”

As the saying goes, a woman is beautiful when she is mourning.

She was dressed plainly, with a pale face, and like a pear blossom with rain, she truly had a touch of vulnerability that made people pity her.

“I’m no longer a marquis; Madam might as well call me by my name directly.” Jiang Wang waved his hand and walked closer to look at the child, sniffing a faint fragrance at the tip of his nose, which seemed to be Golden Feather Phoenix Immortal Flower. “Little Xuan Jing is fine, right?”

Miao Yu Zhi lowered her head and looked at the child in her arms. Less than one year old Bao Xuan Jing didn’t know what fear was at all. He seemed to regard the danger just now as a fun game, hence giggling. At this moment, seeing Jiang Wang, he opened his lotus root-like small fat hands, enthusiastically wanting a hug.

“Marquis… Brother Jiang.” Miao Yu Zhi said: “After so many days, Jing Er still likes you very much.”

Jiang Wang held the laughing, very innocent Bao Xuan Jing in his arms and slightly checked him, confirming that he hadn’t been harmed. He just smiled and said to the little guy: “Xuan Jing, do you like me very much?”

Little Xuan Jing laughed, showing two milk teeth, stretched out his fleshy small hands, and grabbed his Adam’s apple. He seemed to have discovered something rare and scratched very hard.

The throat’s vital point is not shown to others carelessly, but in a baby’s hand, it’s harmless, just like scratching an itch.

Jiang Wang let him grab at it while smiling and asked Miao Yu Zhi: “Madam, where are you taking Xuan Jing?”

Miao Yu Zhi said: “He was crying and making noise at home non-stop, so I said I’d take him out for a walk and conveniently… go to sacrifice his father. Indeed, once out the door, he didn’t cry. He has a wild temper.”

Jiang Wang said solemnly: “This matter cannot be delayed.”

He put Bao Xuan Jing, whose small hands were never idle, back into Miao Yu Zhi’s arms: “The child is still young; Madam can’t let him stay in the tomb for too long. It’s best to go quickly and return quickly.”

Miao Yu Zhi lowered her head and said “Um,” then said: “After leaving today, I don’t know when we’ll see each other again. Brother Jiang, you… have a smooth journey.”

Jiang Wang nodded in thanks: “I hope that when we meet again, Xuan Jing will already be able to run and jump, and once again see the heroic spirit of Shuo Fang!” Little Xuan Jing grinned and laughed, seeming to understand, and jumped two times in his mother’s arms with effort.

Miao Yu Zhi bowed again, held the child, and got back into the carriage compartment.

The driver was already scared half to death. At this moment, he forced himself to calm down, drove the carriage, and carefully left this street. The carriage had just gone two streets when Miao Yu Zhi’s voice sounded in the compartment: “Turn left.”

The driver hesitated and said: “Madam, the left side is not the way to the General Tomb.”

In the compartment, Miao Yu Zhi leaned back bewilderedly. The baby in her arms also pursed his lips and no longer smiled. Her voice was indifferent: “The child is scared. Today… no sacrifice.”

Witnessing the Shuo Fang Bo Mansion’s carriage leave, Bai Yu Xia was thoughtful: “Going to sacrifice Bao Zhong Qing requires passing by your home?”

“How would I know.” Jiang Wang said impatiently: “You didn’t hinder me, but you hindered others as soon as you went out! The future Shuo Fang Bo almost had something bad happen here… Where’s the carriage you prepared?”

“The carriage just–” Bai Yu Xia turned his head back, only to discover that the inferior horse, startled by this fright, had already knelt on the ground and was completely dead. The original not-so-good carriage compartment also fell to the ground after he let go and fell apart.

“Tsk. Your luck is really bad; what kind of carriage did you find?” Bai someone patted his hands: “Forget it, I’ll go get another one back.”

The reason they had to prepare a carriage wasn’t that Jiang Wang wanted to show off, but that he no longer had the qualifications to fly horizontally within Qi territory. He couldn’t possibly walk out of the border on foot?

“No need to find one; let’s just walk like this.” Han Ling walked out at this time.

Jiang Wang said: “I’ve already been stripped of my title and dismissed from my position; I can’t fly horizontally within the border.”

“It doesn’t matter.” Han Ling said quite gently: “This official has an imperial order and is expelling you by decree. I’ll carry you.”

He glanced at Bai Yu Xia and added: “All of you.”

There were who knows how many pairs of eyes in the palace staring at the Son of Heaven’s movements; he, Chief Steward Han, also didn’t have so much time to waste.

Liang Shu arrived in Lin Zi in Dao Li three nine one nine, August, and started a ready-made clothes business at the East Street entrance.

His craftsmanship was actually not bad, but in the fiercely competitive Lin Zi, he could only barely make a living… He had traveled thousands of miles to Lin Zi, of course not just to make a living.

He had a task.

His task was very simple, just to collect all intelligence about the Great Qi Wu An Marquis (at that time still just Qing Yang Zi). Even because he himself didn’t possess extraordinary cultivation, the requirements for his intelligence were very low. The intelligence didn’t need to be very accurate or secret, as long as it was news that ordinary people in Lin Zi City who paid attention to the Wu An Marquis could know immediately.

And the reward he received was very generous, enough for his wife and son in Zhong Shan Country to live in luxury.

Yes, he was from Zhong Shan Country. A very ordinary person in every sense, without any cultivation talent himself. Very early on, he was absorbed by a mysterious person and cultivated as a special talent.

He still didn’t know who his superior was, or what organization was behind him.

The Wu An Marquis was stripped of his title, dismissed from his position, and expelled from the border for the crime of great disrespect! This news spread through Lin Zi, and of course, he also knew it immediately.

Through the supply channel, he included this matter in a letter of casual conversation among the many gossips in Lin Zi and sent it out that day.

He didn’t know where the endpoint was, who would receive it, or whether his “friend” still existed in Lin Zi. He also didn’t need to know.

This letter was transmitted to Xin An City at a very terrifying speed, and there were, of course, some extraordinary means involved.

This was a line personally set up by the Prime Minister of Zhuang Country, Du Ru Hui, at a huge cost, spanning thousands of miles across the present world, just for Jiang Wang alone.

In Dao Li three nine one nine, Jiang Wang appeared at the Yellow River meeting, his sword pointed at Lin Zheng Ren, scaring the so-called heavenly pride of Zhuang Country from coming on stage. After winning the championship with one move, he became famous throughout the world.

From that time on, this name became a heartache for Zhuang Gao Xian. The old matter of Feng Lin, which should have dissipated with the smoke of history, became an incurable malignant sore, a pus that couldn’t be squeezed out!

Even while still on the way home, Du Ru Hui had already started preparing an intelligence line targeting Jiang Wang, which continued until now! These dense intelligence reports supported their precise actions every time.

The first time through the demon crime, world arrest, almost succeeded in its danger.

The second time, Zhuang Gao Xian even personally took the risk, hiding his tracks to take action in the demon world, successfully hitting him into Frost Wind Valley, completing the plan almost perfectly.

The reason why it was only “almost” was because Jiang Wang created possibilities out of the impossible and miraculously escaped back to the present world.

After that, it was peaceful until today.

Yes, it should have been peaceful.

Zhuang Gao Xian had already given up taking risks again. As the monarch of a country, the ruler of four thousand miles of mountains and rivers, the orthodox Son of Heaven of Zhuang Country, inheriting three generations, he had taken such great risks and still hadn’t succeeded. He had also been criticized by Qi Country and targeted by the Three Punishments Palace. If he did it a third time, the risk was too great, and the benefit was too shallow!

Jiang Wang, as the Great Qi Wu An Marquis, originally stood together with him in the tide of the era, originally a member of the national system! He was both a vested interest and the system itself.

The Son of Heaven cannot be killed; assassinating a monarch will result in retribution for a hundred generations. Unless the state collapses, the Son of Heaven kills the Son of Heaven.

The Great Qi Wu An Marquis was not someone he, Zhuang Gao Xian, the Son of Heaven of Zhuang Country, could kill arbitrarily. Executing a Son of Heaven without crime was equal to challenging the mainstream national system of the present world, equal to denying the concept of the Son of Heaven within the human path, and also equal to intercepting the human path!

The human path rolls forward, and the national system is the general trend. Any existence that blocks this tide will be mercilessly crushed. Jiang Wang was like this, and Qi Country was no exception.

Today, the Great Qi Wu An Marquis dared to arbitrarily kill the Son of Heaven of Zhuang Country. Tomorrow, Jing Country could then question the crime in Lin Zi!

Unless he, Zhuang Gao Xian, had great evil and great crime, or had an opportunity to blame and kill. But he was so wise, praised by the court and the people. He was so virtuous and brilliant, respected by all. Where could such an opportunity exist?

Or, one day the Great Qi Empire swept the world, even sweeping Jing Country flat—how was that even possible? So Zhuang Gao Xian had originally given up taking risks.

He was willing to be at peace in a distant time and space with a young person who constantly proved his potential, constantly created miracles, and had more and more strong people standing behind him.

He was willing to use the absolute heavenly pride in East Country as a warning bell for himself, echoing his every wonderful deed, urging himself to be more humble and open to advice, to govern more diligently and love his people, and lead this country to a higher place.

But now…

“He can kill you now.” There was a high-hanging mirror in the hall, and the voice in the mirror said this.

In the vast hall, only Zhuang Gao Xian sat alone on the dragon chair.

His face was hidden in the shadow: “Yes, this is very fair. I can also kill him now.”

The voice in the mirror said: “He is no longer the marquis of Great Qi, no longer receiving Qi Country’s protection. But he is still a human hero who brought back news from the Shen Xiao World. If you kill him, you will damage your country’s reputation. Once exposed, it will be hard to escape the Three Punishments.”

Zhuang Gao Xian sat straight and majestic, gently closing his eyes, and only said: “So I need to do it a bit cleaner.”