Qiyang City is located at the center, from bottom to top, with small hills filled with the mansions of powerful people, and is called Yuanhou Mountain. It is said that more than 160 years ago, Yuanhou led his tribe to the west to expedition, rode his horse to the top of the mountain, inserted his sword into the soil, and the spring water gushed out. Yuanhou sucked the water into the entrance, and felt it was clear and sweet.

Looking around, Qishui slowly flowed past Yuanhou Mountain, looking around with fertile fields that could produce oil. Yuanhou was full of passion and passion, and to the tribe: "I settled down here and led my tribe and others to farm with my sword. My descendants reproduce here, and there will be endless periods!"

More than a hundred years later, Yuanhou Mountain was already full of various buildings, and the Qin Hou Mansion was standing on the top of the mountain with the statue of Yuanhou. Under Yuanhou statue, there was the sword spring, which was still flowing out of the clear spring water.

On the east side of Yuanhou Mountain, it is a little deserted than the side facing Qishui. In a valley, a black tower is hidden among trees. A road covered with pebbles extends from the valley and leads directly to the only mountain pass where you can enter and exit. A stone wall of Wang Tower is built at the entrance and exit of the mountain pass to isolate the idle people.

Outside the mountain pass is the relatively deserted urban area on the east side of Qiyang. This urban area is basically a storage place in Qiyang City, and there is also an inner warehouse that contains the books of the Qin Dynasty's previous years. From the east side of Qiyang, Wangxiangmen is a large area of ​​fertile fields and the Ran Houling covered with forests.

Living in this mountain valley, Qiyang, the capital of Qin State, is the only one who can find the wonder of quietness in the trouble.

The black tower in the hills is seven floors high and has no decoration. On the top of the tower, there is a room, which is not very large. The only surprising thing is that the roof of the roof of the tower is made of a whole piece of crystal, clear and clean. Every night, when you look up in the house and look at it, you will see the vast and mysterious starry sky above your head.

The furnishings in this room are a bit messy. A circle against the wall is full of bookshelf. Most of the book books are printed with good jade sticks produced by Wei State. Each book can be worth a gold square. There are even some old books with yellow, thick and rough pages and silk lines. This is a book that was made of silk sprinkled by Lingtai University more than 400 years ago before the magician Hezong of Lingtai University had invented the method of making paper. At that time, people made of silk sprinkled by silkworms. It has been preserved until now, and it has almost been a priceless treasure.

There is also a huge book case in the house, which almost occupy half of the area of ​​the house. The book case is filled with various papers, especially various spiritual papers made of talisman paper. Several white deer tail antler pens specially used to draw talisman paper are placed scattered on the table. Most of the tabletops are drawn with complex lines, which are used to speed up the condensation of vital energy and better sense the Guiyuan formation of the world of heaven and earth.

Originally, the Guiyuan Formation was laid, and it would take about one acre of land. But in this house, it was condensed on half of the table. There were many repairs and changes on it. I guess the owner of this house improved and improved the already complex Guiyuan Formation.

As the huge desk was squeezed, there were not many places left. It was just a few couches. The couches were piled with books, and the tables were almost the same. The whole house was like a messy library.

At this moment, he was sitting at the desk, focusing on a piece of talisman paper that had just been drawn. He was a Qingyan old man wearing a black shirt, not wearing a crown, with only a blue hairband tied. He was wearing a pair of myopic eyes, almost sticking them to the talisman paper, carefully looking at it. He didn't even notice the white beard that was stained with stars for drawing talismans.

There was a sound of footsteps outside the house, but a middle-aged man with a blue hairband was slowly entering. When the old man heard the person entering, he waved his hand back and signaled him not to make a sound. After he carefully examined the talisman paper, he finally shook his head and put it into the wastebasket under the table. The rather large wastebasket had already half the basket of paper inside.

The old man sighed: "Although the energy of Ren and Gui gathered in this talisman is pure, it is not stable and dissipates from time to time. It seems that I have no way to see the mystery in this life."

The middle-aged man looked elegant and behaved casually. He smiled and said, "The cultivation level of the head of the family has reached the top of the magician, only one step away from the great martial artist. Moreover, even in the holy cave of the sect, there are not many of the masters who can surpass the head of the family. What's more, the head of the family has to manage such a large family business of the Nangong family, and seeks the best interests for the sect in such a turbulent situation. The world is complicated and cannot be calm. The head of the family still has such cultivation, so he is enough to boast about it."

This old man is Nangong Kui, the richest leader of the Nangong family in Xiancheng. Whether the Qin State is a strong marquis or a family fighting, the Nangong family has always stood firm even though they do not support private troops. Now the two families in Qiyin and Heyang are competing for power, and the two outstanding descendants of the Nangong family serve in the two families respectively. Everyone wants to get the full support of Nangong Kui. However, Nangong Kui has been hiding on this black tower for many years, allowing his two sons to act as a person, but he rarely shows up in public. Among the two families, he still maintains an impartial attitude.

Nangong Kui sighed for a while before slowly asking: "What happened in Qiyang City?"

The middle-aged man smiled and said, "It's nothing, that historian Xu Le has returned to Qiyang. The daughter of Yan Hou was very generous and gave him the title of a master and rewarded him with five thousand acres of marquis' houses in the east of the city to get a good farmland. Fourteen slaves were also sent with the farmland. The procedures for establishing household registration were all led by the clerk of the marquis' house to me in person.

Every family has an official position in the center of Qiyang. For example, Shi Sheng personally took over the position of lieutenant in Qiyang. Heyang Jun also had a confidant in Qiyang as the Grand Secretariat and the Grand Secretariat in Qiyang. He was responsible for the judicial and construction of Qin. In addition to personally taking over the position of Grand Secretariat in Qiyang, Nangong Kui also stayed in Qiyang, and this confidant named Zhongli Xiu led the position of Grand Secretariat, in charge of Qin's finance and household registration.

When the marquis' family was strong, these central officials could naturally uphold the power of the marquis' family and mobilize the resources of various families in the Qin State. When the Xianghou, who was a relatively strong man, even the power of life and death above the status of private dependents of various families was taken over to the marquis' family.

However, now that the marquis' family is weak, these central officials have become decorations, and at most they can be in charge of things near Qiyang. However, the major families, in their fiefdoms, the marquis' family can hardly ask questions.

Although Zhongli Xiu was a member of the Ministry of Commerce, he was in charge of the Qin State's finances and household registration. However, the Qin State's finances have been almost self-sponsored by the major families over the past decade. The original responsibility of worshiping the marquis's family has become completely false. Even the Nangong family has not offered wealth to the marquis' family for a long time. The fiefdom directly obtained by Qiyang's marquis's family was firmly held in their hands, and they did not pass by Zhongli Xiu's place.

For a great minister, what he can manage is some minor household registration matters that have been registered and removed. The marquis's family has not sent troops to fight for a long time, and there is no new land to enter the tent, and the identities of the people under the rule have not changed for a long time. Until recently, the Hu Guard was re-established, and those who were selected into the Hu Guard were given a title of first level. Zhongli Xiu, who had been idle for a long time, finally had some things to do.

Nangong Kui seemed to be interested in the young man named Xu Le, who stirred up the situation in Qiyang and caused the two brothers of the Nangong family to fight on the streets of Qiyang. Last time he asked a question or two. Today, Xu Le returned to Qiyang and was met by Yan Hou's daughter, so Zhongli Xiu came to repay Nangong Kui in time.

Nangong Kui pondered for a moment and asked, "What is his Tiger Guard's military position?"

Zhonglixiu replied: "I also asked, and the daughter of Yanhou was given the position of direct leader of Qu, the Central Army of the Tiger Guard, and he was allowed to recruit his own troops."

Nangong Kui smiled faintly and clarified his beard. He found the cinnabar in one hand. He picked up a piece of white cloth and slowly wiped his hands: "It seems that the daughter of Yan Hou just wants to hold onto her left and right wings and let the people from the Shi family be in front of her. Such a generous gift, Xu Private Equity Group is the first person to join the Tiger Guard again. To attack the Tiger Guard's momentum, why not go to the serious Xu Le?"

Zhongli Xiu smiled: "Hoyang Jun's vision is not so shallow... Now he understands very well. If the Shi family does not fall, Shi Wuju will not go, and the Qin Hou's lineage will eventually have a reliance. Now the Marquis's family has been torn apart. Heyang Jun must have to defeat the Shi family first, especially the Shi Wuju in the Western Wilderness of Jianzhen!"

Nangong Kui shook his head: "Why am I talking about Qin Zhong? This sick man is not easy to meet... There are always people who will suffer a great loss in his hands... I'm talking about the one in the palace!"

Zhongli Xiu was stunned: "Madam Rong?"

Nangong Kui threw down the white cloth in his hand and said lightly: "If it weren't for my old man Shi and I here, would you think the daughter of Yan Hou and the son of Hou Qin Zhao survived until now? Even the Hou of Qin, I don't know when it would be killed. Mrs. Rong was so angry that she had no place to come out. Now because of this Xu Le, the Tiger Guards had successfully re-established. She couldn't deal with the others, so she cleaned up the momentum of Xu Le to attack the Tiger Guards. What could she not do?"

Zhongli Xiu shook his head slightly: "It's not like this..."

Nangong Kui's voice was still faint: "Women are all slim and slim, just look at it."

Zhongli Xiu nodded and pondered for a while, and finally asked, "Who can win the battle between Heyang Jun and the Shi family?"

Nangong Kui said straightforwardly without thinking: "Of course it is Heyang Jun. The Shi family has struggled to hold on until now. Now Zhao State has to free up its hands, and Rouran also has the momentum to have an alliance with Zhao. No matter how strong Shi Wuju is, what can it be?"

Zhongli Xiu looked solemn: "Why haven't Young Master An left the Shi family yet? Why don't we stand on the side of Heyang Jun when we are not showing off our carriages or horses?"

Nangong Kui looked a little bitter and sighed, "An'er... Originally, the Nangong family should be his. But he didn't want it. So what can I do? Yang'er has been rebellious since childhood. As a member of the Nangong family, he joined the Yuntai Sect. Both of these two sons said that I arranged to serve in the two families... Zhongli, you know the inside story. So what can I do, what can I do?"

It turned out that Nangong Kui's expression was diluted, and his every move was elegant without any breath of fireworks. When talking about his two sons, it was rare to reveal the helpless bitterness of being a father.

Zhong Lixiu was speechless next to him. When he thought of Nangong An and Nangong Yang, he couldn't help but sigh for the head of his hometown.

Finally, Nangong Kui still packed up his body and said softly: "Old Mr. Shi Sheng and I protect the marquis's house. Only in the stalemate of several Qin forces in order to get the greatest benefit for the Nangong family. When the King of Heyang wants to gain the power of Qin, Yao Ba wants Qin to strengthen Zhao's subordinates for him, but he still has to suffer some setbacks. Only then can the Nangong family be worth a greater price! What is the difference between Qin or Zhao? Anyway, it is all the scope of the Tiandao Sect. I just want to make the Nangong family go further in the great changes that the Qi Yao shakes in this hundred and twenty years later, so that the sect can eventually become the only art sect in Donghua!"

Zhongli Xiu clenched his fists quietly, showing his rare true feelings for the master of his hometown, and he couldn't help but feel excited. The sect forced him to leave the west of Rongqi for more than a hundred years. With the rise of Qiang Zhao, the overall situation of this art sect should be easier!

Nangong Kui whispered: "Xu Le doesn't matter, you don't have to interfere if you die or live. Can such a small person still influence a chess game in such a big game? But you have to increase your support for the Shi family. You are secretly contacting An'er... This time, An'er's wish is fulfilled. I just hope that he will not hate me in the end!"
Chapter completed!