Chapter 7: Li Gui Prisoner Cheng Tang

The Mansion of Marquis Xuanbo.

One hundred days after the banquet at the General's Mansion, Han Yi finally accumulated enough magic power to perform the magical power of borrowing magic to measure the sky.

So Han Yi immediately found the horse that was sent to the foot of the mountain by Xue Che and tamed it to become his mount.

During this period, he also took the time to personally give Xue Che a simplified method of taming beasts.

After obtaining Shanlu's innate ability by borrowing the magical power of Faliangtian, the speed at which he refined his essence and converted it into mana was significantly several times faster.

At this rate, within a year, he would be able to fill up his Dantian, complete the process of refining essence into Qi, and attempt to reach the level of refining Qi into spirit!
no way!
There are too few spells that can be used in the realm of refining essence into qi, which makes Han Yi feel a little less confident.

Therefore, he urgently hopes to improve his strength as soon as possible!

However, things did not go as planned. When he was preparing to practice in seclusion, Han Jia brought him some bad news, forcing him to stop practicing temporarily!

"Marquis Xuanbo is back!"

As a local vassal, after the Spring Festival every year, Marquis Xuanbo would bring gifts and go to the Xia Dynasty's capital, Zhen'e, to pay homage to the current king, Lugui.

The location of Xuan State was very far away from Zhen'e. In addition, the various princes hosted banquets for each other, and the contemporary king hosted banquets to inquire about the situation of each vassal state. It took half a year to go back and forth.

During the past six months, without the interference of his adoptive father Xuanbo Hou, Han Yi devoted himself to his cultivation and no one was stupid enough to disturb him.

However, in this era, the status of a father is second only to that of a king. Now that Marquis Xuanbo has returned, it would be inappropriate for him, as the son of Marquis Xuanbo, not to pay a visit to him!

Therefore, he had to suspend his practice and prepare to meet his adoptive father first!

In the hall.

Except for Han Ji and Han Gui who had not yet returned, several sons of Xuanbo Hou had gathered together. Led by Han Jia, they all saluted together: "Greetings, father!"

"No gift!"

The Marquis Xuanbo was intimidating without even getting angry, and his bearing as a superior was clearly revealed. He first glanced at Han Jia, and then lingered on Han Yi for a moment. He said, "Yier, I heard from your brother that you have already transformed your essence into magic power and embarked on the path of cultivation?"

Before Marquis Xuanbo went to Zhen'e to pay homage to the contemporary human king, he handed over all the affairs within the territory of Xuan to Han Jia, his eldest son.

Long before summoning these illegitimate sons, he had already listened to Han Jia's report on the important events that had occurred in Xuan State over the past six months.

Therefore, it was not surprising that he knew Han Yi and embarked on the path of cultivation.

Han Yi nodded and said, "Father, it is true. I, your son, realized the mystery of the practice method by chance, and was lucky enough to take this step!"

He never wanted to hide it.

However, if others only treat him as a lucky guy who has just embarked on the path of cultivation and underestimate him, they might suffer a great loss!
"Hmm!" Xuanbo Hou Han Wu nodded with satisfaction, patted Han Yi on the shoulder with his big hand, showed a fatherly look, and laughed: "You are worthy of being my son!"

Even though Han Yi was disdainful in his heart, he still responded with a smile: "It's all thanks to my father's good teaching, and also thanks to my elder brother's daily care!"

If Han Yi had not seen Han Wu's true face, he might have really treated him as a kind father.

Unfortunately, six hundred years ago, he had seen the true face of his cheap father!

Han Wu was a person who put profit above all else. In his eyes, apart from Han Jia, the eldest son, only his youngest son Han Gui was favored. The rest of his sons were dispensable and were the product of marriage in order to maintain relations with other princes.

Otherwise, he would not have sent Han Yi's six sisters to other princes for marriage without hesitation after they turned fourteen years old.

Two of the marriage candidates are several years older than Han Wu. It can be seen that in the eyes of his father, interests are more important than family affection!

In the previous life, after Han Jia, the eldest son, left with Daoxing Tianzun, Han Yi, the second son, should have become the heir to Xuanbo Hou.

However, Han Gui's mother was the youngest daughter of the current Marquis of Qingzhou. Han Wu believed that making Han Gui the new Marquis of Xuanbo would bring more benefits to Xuan State. With the advice of Han Gui's mother, he discussed with Han Gui and planned to eliminate Han Yi, the obstacle.

This led to Han Yi's heinous act of killing his father and relatives.

Since his father does not consider him as his son and his brothers do not consider him as their elder brother, why should he care about the thin shackles of blood?

What's more, he was originally a person of later generations, and he didn't have much sense of belonging to this era, to the lineage of Marquis Xuanbo, or to these brothers!
kill!

If you are unkind, don't blame me for being unjust!

After realizing Marquis Xuanbo's plan, Han Yi took the initiative and killed Han Wu and Han Gui, abandoning all his so-called relatives and bloodlines, and from then on devoted himself to pursuing the magnificent path to immortality.

However, after six hundred years, Han Yi also understood that as a superior, he had to make the decision that was most beneficial to himself.

Han Yi's biological mother had passed away long ago, and his mother's family was not prominent. How could he compare to Han Gui and his son, who had the support of the Marquis of Qingzhou?
The Marquis of Qingzhou was one of the most distinguished lords, with a strong army and vast fiefdoms. Even the contemporary king could not ignore his existence. Compared with Han Gui, he had no advantage except that he was two years older.

Han Yi was also well aware of this.

Therefore, in this life, he planned to display his cultivation, saying that he aspired to be an immortal and did not want to be involved in worldly affairs, and voluntarily gave up his qualification as heir.

If he were not so weak now, he would have wanted to leave Jiuzhou and find a blessed place to practice!
After all, since the collapse of Mount Buzhou, only some blessed places still possess innate spiritual energy!
In the territory of Jiuzhou, the worldly energy is so strong that even the acquired spiritual energy is relatively thin, which is of no benefit to those who practice cultivation.

After communicating with Han Yi, Han Wu's attention fell on his other sons.

Although he did not think highly of these illegitimate sons, they were his sons after all. He also had to consider the power of their maternal families behind them. Even if he was just pretending, he had to pretend to be a kind father.

After some inquiries, it was already dark.

Han Wu then asked people to prepare a family dinner so that he could appear like a loving father. At the same time, he also told his eldest son Han Jia about what he had seen and heard during this trip.

Han Jia also understood what Han Wu meant and asked about his experience on this trip.

Upon hearing this, Han Wu sighed and complained, "I don't know what has driven the contemporary king crazy. He wants us, the princes, to help him attack the You Min clan. I heard from the king's eunuchs that it seems that the king has taken a fancy to a treasure in the You Min clan's collection, and after asking for it in vain, he plans to send troops to seize it!"

"You Min clan?" Han Jia was shocked and said, "As I recall, aren't they descendants of Emperor Shun? Even King Yu treated them with great courtesy! How dare the contemporary human king risk the world's disapproval and raise an army against them? If the human king fails to live up to his moral principles, isn't he afraid that the events of Taikang will happen again?"

After Dayu divided the country into nine states, he passed the throne of the king to his son Xia Qi.

After Xia Qi died, his son Taikang succeeded to the throne.

However, Taikang was only concerned with traveling and ignored state affairs. During his reign, the strength of the tribe decreased instead of increasing. The Youqiong tribe of the Dongyi took the opportunity to move westward.

The Dongyi tribe had a leader named Yi who was good at archery.

Yi led a large army from Chuo, which belonged to the Dongyi tribe, to Qiongshi, which belonged to the Xiahou clan, and intermarried with the local Xia people, thus forming the Youqiong clan.

Later, Yi seized power of the Xia Dynasty with the support of the Xia people.

This incident is known as Taikang's loss of the country!

It was not until several years later that Shaokang, the grandson of Taikang's younger brother Zhongkang, worked hard to accumulate strength and regain power in the Xia Dynasty.

Taikang also became a synonym for shame and unjust monarchy.

In Han Jia's opinion, the contemporary king, who raised an army to attack You Min clan after failing to obtain a treasure, had such absurd behavior. How was it different from Taikang's behavior in the past?
"Be careful!"

Han Wu quickly spoke up and stopped Han Jia from continuing.

There was no problem for the father and son to discuss this topic in private, but now there were more than just the two of them attending the banquet.

If Han Jia's remarks were to spread, it would be inevitable that the contemporary human king would send people to cause trouble for them.

After all, the power of the contemporary Wang Lugui is not small, and no one knows how many princes support him, nor does anyone know whether anyone present wants to target Han Jia.

Han Jia also realized that he had said the wrong thing, and quickly changed the subject: "Didn't anyone advise the king during this homage by the princes?"

There were many descendants of Emperor Shun who were friendly with the Min clan, but Han Jia didn't believe that no princes would speak for them.

"Of course there is, but..." Han Wu frowned slightly, as if he wanted to say something but hesitated. After a moment's silence, he continued, "Shang's monarch Cheng Tang was on good terms with You Min. When the king spoke, he immediately spoke out against it, but was imprisoned by the king for disrespecting the king. If it weren't for the other princes' pleading, the king would have... wanted to kill Cheng Tang on the spot!"

"how come?"

Han Jia was stunned, pale with astonishment, and looked incredulous.

Even Taikang, who was known as a tyrant, was only licentious. He treated the princes with relative respect and would never do anything like imprisoning the princes.

In his early years, he heard that after inheriting the throne, Lugui worked hard to govern the country and did a series of benevolent things. How could he suddenly become like a different person?

"I also don't know what the king is up to." Han Wu seemed to have guessed what Han Jia wanted to say. He sighed and said slowly, "However, this matter has little to do with us. If the king wants the princes to send troops, we will send a few thousand soldiers and horses to show our appreciation!"

The relationship between Xuan State, Shang State and You Min clan is just average, so just sending a few thousand soldiers and horses would be considered as giving some face to Lugui, the contemporary human king!

As for the rest, Han Wu doesn't want to care about it.

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