"Go to Xiqi to pick up the prince Ji Kao?"

Lin Sha was confused, and his eyes were full of doubts when he looked at the King of Xu.

He knew that in order to show their submission, or to attract excessive attention and vigilance from the Shang Dynasty, the four major vassal states would take the initiative to send their sons to the court to 'study'.

Everyone understands this meaning, and 'studying' is fake as a hostage.

The most famous hostage in history, but the first emperor, known as the first emperor of the ages, has such a tradition since ancient times, and it is a special means to show sincerity to each other.

The Shang Dynasty was no exception, but when the princes of the vassal states reached the age of seven, they had to be obediently sent to the court to 'study'.

And this year, it happened to be the seventh year of Xibohou Jichang's son, and Xibohou made an early appearance and said that he would send the prince to Chaoge as soon as possible.

Xibohou is so upright, and the king is not so stupid that he doesn't know the world, so he naturally has to make a gesture.

The safety of Ji Kao, the son of Xiqi, is the key consideration of the king of Xu, and he must not make any mistakes on the road, otherwise it will be the Shang Dynasty that will be ashamed.

Looking at the entire court, there are really a lot of generals who are suitable to receive people, but the king of Xuan wants to show that he attaches great importance to Xibohou, the head of the four princes, and sends the only marshal in the court to pick up people in person, this sincerity is full of sincerity, right?

The king just lightly clicked, and Lin Sha immediately reacted, chuckling and taking the errand.

In fact, Lin Sha is very willing to run around in the territory of Dashang, don't forget that he knows that the light and shadow sand table in the sea has not been completely adjusted, and he needs to investigate the terrain and landforms on the spot.

This trip to the West is indeed a good opportunity.

Coming out of the palace, he took a deep look in the direction of Lutai.

The architecture of this imperial city is really peculiar, with a total of 18 floors and 200 zhang high, and the structure is magnificent when it reaches into the sky. The most important thing is that there is a peerless powerhouse living in it, whose breath is so strong that Lin Sha has never heard of it, every time he senses that slightest trace of breath, he will have a feeling of palpitations.

Lin Sha naturally knew that on the resplendent deer platform, the one who lived in seclusion was the master of the King of Xuan, the primordial heavenly demon of the current Heavenly Demon Sect master, and a peerless demon with monstrous demon flames.

It's a pity that the old guy of the Primordial Heavenly Demon has been living in seclusion in Lutai, and he doesn't know what to do all day, otherwise Lin Sha is very interested in fighting him.

Even if he is not the opponent of the Primordial Heavenly Demon for the time being, it is not easy for the Primordial Heavenly Demon to inflict fatal damage on him. Besides, Lin Sha didn't think that the Primordial Heavenly Demon would be stronger than him at all.

Judging from the leaked aura alone, Lin Sha's strength was indeed not weaker than the Primordial Heavenly Demon at all.

Of course, he wouldn't be so naïve, would he think that the number one master of the dignified demon path would have no means to hide his aura?

It was the captured Demon Lord's house, which was obviously abolished, and at the same time, the dantian was directly abolished, but this guy still gave people a feeling of extreme danger, and the bone connections on his body were firmly locked by several large iron chains, and those interrogation masters dared to use their means to force him to ask about the whereabouts of the Nine Heavens Ice Cicada.

Lin Sha had to admire, the Demon Lord's guy was indeed a hard bone, he was tossed to death by those interrogation masters, as well as the King of Xuan and the Demon Concubine Daji, his mouth was still very hard, not only did he not reveal half of the news, but he often made the King of the Demon King and Daji angry enough, and almost couldn't control it and killed them directly to the scum.

It's a wonderful world!

With a different mood, Lin Sha returned to the Shuai Mansion.

"Come on, hurry up and invite the demon marshal, just say that the marshal has something to order!"

He immediately thought of this guy Demon Shuai, it is estimated that this guy is also idle and panicked during this time, and it is not easy to be honest for so long with a tyrannical heart to be able to be honest for so long with a tyrannical heart.

"Dashuai, do you have something to do with the general?"

The demon marshal was not the marshal of the merchant army at this time, but just a fierce man who had just defected to the merchant army and ate under Lin Sha, and in the face of the top boss who was obviously stronger than himself, the demon marshal behaved very respectfully.

"Well, the king asked me to go on a long trip, and you go with me!"

Lin Sha nodded lightly, and without saying anything, he ordered directly: "You don't need to bring too many people, just bring the guard battalion around you, it's not a dangerous task!" ”

"The last general obeys!"

The demon commander secretly breathed a sigh of relief, he was really worried that the king would not be happy with him, and wanted to find an opportunity to kill him. Since it's not, it's the best, so that he won't be worried all day long.

"I don't know what the specific purpose of our trip is?"

"Nishiki!"

Lin Sha and the demon commander are both neat people, and after half a day, they packed their luggage, said hello to the king of Xu, and quietly left the city after asking for the holy decree of receiving people.

Thousands of miles away in Xiqi City, Xibohou Mansion was silent.

Mrs. Hou hugged her seven-year-old, ignorant and lovely only son, Ji Kao, and wept silently. The maids and servants around them didn't even dare to breathe, for fear of provoking Mrs. Hou and causing them to burn themselves.

"Well, ma'am, it doesn't have to be like this!"

Ji Chang is tall and handsome, he is not very old at this time, as an older young man, he has a wide bearing and is approachable, at this time, he came to Mrs. Hou's side with a sad face and comforted: "Kao'er can't endure hardships when he arrives at Chaoge, isn't there no Xiqi manpower over there?" ”

"Master Hou, I don't worry about Kao'er leaving me at a young age!"

Mrs. Hou's tears were like rain, her pretty face was full of pear blossoms, and she was unspeakably pitiful, and Ji Chang was blocked for a while and couldn't speak.

"Mother, don't cry, don't cry!"

When the little Ji Kao saw his mother crying, he immediately panicked, waved his little arms and legs, and muttered.

"Okay, good, mother doesn't cry, mother doesn't cry......"

Seeing that his son was so cute, but he was about to leave him to go to Chaoge, as the proton of Xibohou Mansion, he was raised under the supervision of the cruel King Xu, and his heart was like a knife and tears welled up.

"Madame......"

Ji Chang smiled bitterly, and didn't know what to say for a while.

Because of this incident, the entire Hou Mansion has been immersed in an atmosphere of sadness these days.

Xibohou's henchmen and two generals, as well as the two phases of etiquette, subconsciously tried not to go to the Hou Mansion to hinder Mrs. Hou's eyes, so as not to be stared at by Mrs. Hou and wear small shoes in the future.

The four princes sent the seven-year-old son to the court as a hostage, this is the rule, if the Xibohou does not obey, it will immediately attract the imperial army to encircle and suppress, and then the Xiqi people will be ruined and the country will be ruined, whether it is Ji Chang or his subordinates Wenwu henchmen do not want to see such a scene.

Mrs. Hou is not unaware of the truth, but Ji Kao is not only the eldest son and the son of Xibo Hou, but also the only son of her and Thorn Changsheng at the moment.

"Master Hou, the envoy from the imperial court who came to pick up the prince has arrived!"

Just when Ji Chang and his wife were speechless and secretly sad, the minister in charge of external affairs came to the door and told Ji Chang the news.

"It's coming so fast!"

Ji Chang was taken aback, he didn't dare to slack off and hurriedly said to his wife, so he hurriedly left the Hou Mansion with a polite face, with a solemn look on his face: "Who is here?" ”

"Lin Sha, the commander of the merchant army, and the demon commander under his command!"

Li Xiang's face also became extremely solemn, and he hurried out of the city with Ji Chang's side, and at the same time did not forget to lower his voice and said.

"The king really looks up to me Ji Chang, and he actually sent such two generals to pick up people!"

Ji Chang smiled bitterly, pondered for a moment and suddenly asked, "Prime Minister Lixiang has seen them, what do you think of these two?" ”

"Unfathomable!"

Li Xiang's face was solemn, and he shook his head and sighed again and again: "The Central Plains is really outstanding, the spirit hides the dragon and the crouching tiger, the strength of these two is too strong, please forgive Weichen for not being clumsy and can't see anything!" ”

"Don't blame yourself!"

Ji Chang's face darkened slightly, shook his head and said softly: "Don't talk about you, even I am very unfamiliar with that Lin Dashuai, the speed of this handsome rise is too fast!" ”

"Yes, from the rise of Biansai to becoming the only marshal of the Shang Dynasty, the time is only a few years, I heard that his martial arts are strong and look at the entire Shang army, and there are few people who can be defeated!"

"And this demon marshal, who has also been the master of the Baidi Demon Clan before, is very strong in force, let's be careful to deal with it!"

Ji Chang's face was solemn, but his mood was very heavy.

The king of the Zhou sent two masters to pick up his son of Xiqi at once, which shows that the king of the Zhou attaches great importance to Xiqi, and also shows that the development of Xiqi has aroused the vigilance of the king of Xiqi.

In any case, this is not a good thing.

"Xiqi people are rich and happy, Xibohou really deserves the title of a generation of masters!"

The merchant army camp outside the city, but only a few hundred sergeants, but the military spirit that can be killed is not much worse than that of tens of thousands of troops, the demon marshal is standing on the high watchtower with Lin Sha at this time, looking directly at the Xiqi City where the people are rich and happy, and seeing another kind of prosperity that is different from Chaoge, he can't help but blurt out with emotion in his heart.

"It's just relying on geographical advantages, and it's just not tossing!"

Lin Sha smiled lightly and said disapprerovingly: "Compared to the prosperity and wealth of Chaoge, Xiqi City is far behind!" ”

The demon commander is silent, this is really not easy to say, Xibo Hou Jichang does not toss, that is, the king likes to toss. Although this is true, it is not easy for him, a general, to make irresponsible remarks.

"I heard that Xibohou is good at divination, or is he a master of the Guangcheng Immortal Sect, do you want to see it later?"

Retracting his gaze from Wangxi Qicheng, Lin Sha asked with a smile in his eyes.

"Oh, could it be that Xibohou is also a master?"

Hearing this, the demon marshal really became interested, and asked with a curious face: "Rashly challenging Xibohou won't lead to any bad consequences, right?" ”

"What bad consequences can there be?"

Lin Sha sneered, and said in a cold and disdainful tone: "You and I are envoys of the imperial court, unless Xibohou wants to rebel, otherwise such a small proposal is not to his liking, and he will not rashly conflict with us and cause unpleasantness!" ”

His eyes were blazing and he said coldly: "Don't forget, we are going to take his seven-year-old son to Chaoge!" ”

The demon commander was clear, and his face showed a look of eagerness.

At this moment, more than a dozen horsemen suddenly rushed out from Xiqi City, and the leader of the gang was so strong that he did not lose much to the king of Xu, and went straight to the temporary camp of the merchant army...... (To be continued.) )