Chapter 244: Rewards to the whole army, supported by the Governor
"Sir, Chu Linguang ran up the mountain." Adjutant Li said excitedly. "It's best not to lie to me, otherwise..." Jin Wuben looked at the twelve pirate leaders. He had no idea at all about robbing pirates with Chu Linguang. What he cared about was the wealth accumulated by the Xiazigou pirates over the years. What we just did was just making an attack in the east and attacking in the west. "I don't dare to expire your term, sir. I hope that after you are done, you can fulfill your promise and let us go." A pirate leader said. "I keep my word and will never break my word. Lead the way!" Jin Wuben nodded.
Then he led a team of men and escorted one of the pirate leaders towards the underground cave. Two quarters of an hour later. Jin Wuben and his adjutant finally entered the cave from the bottom of the sea and appeared in the cave inside the mountain with a team of troops. "Sir, there is a clear lake outside the cave. There is a passage in the lake to reach the treasure house and find the gold and silver jewelry." The pirate leader who was escorted over said flatteringly. "Walk." Jin Wuben nodded and led a team of people out of the cave. "Whoosh whoosh!" However, just when they were about to emerge from the cave, endless shadows of arrows were shot from outside the cave into the cave. The pirate leader, who had his lute bone chained and lost the ability to fight, was shot dead on the spot, along with several soldiers. "It's a scam!" "Sir, it's the arrow from Black Bear Island!" Adjutant Li was surprised. "What a cunning Chu Linguang, he actually let people stay here." Jin Wuben looked ugly. "I am Jin Wuben, the leader of Pearl Island. I am here to assist Mr. Chu in capturing the pirates. Brothers in front of you, don't let your arrows fly. We are coming out." Jin Wuben shouted. "Whoosh whoosh!" As soon as he finished speaking, a hail of arrows shot into the cave, and the arrows were all nailed to the wall of the cave.
"Chu Linguang, you are so brave and you are not afraid of hurting Mr. Jin. What do you mean?" Adjutant Li roared angrily. There was no sound outside the cave. Adjutant Li was confused and ordered a soldier to come forward to check. The soldier stepped forward cautiously. He stretched out his head and looked out of the hole. "Whizzing!" As a result, he was shot dead on the spot by an archer with excellent archery skills. The arrow penetrated his head, and he leaned back, refusing to rest in silence. "Chu Linguang, do you want to rebel?" Adjutant Li roared angrily. There was no response from outside the cave, only the sound of bows and arrows being drawn. "Sir, what should we do now?" Adjutant Li asked. "This is unreasonable, get out of the way!" Jin Wuben released six layers of Dharma, formed a Qi Power Shield, and walked out of the cave. "Whoosh whoosh!" The four-star arrow technique appeared. Zhou Kun held the wild bow and stretched the bow string with all his strength. Four arrow shadows rushed towards Jin Wuben who had just emerged. Jin Wuben's expression changed drastically and he hurriedly retreated. As the leader of Pearl Island, he is much stronger than Zhang Baofu. He has broken through the Qi Sea and is at the first level of the True Martial Realm. He is also considered the number one figure in Qingzhou City. It's a pity that his cultivation has reached a bottleneck. If there is no opportunity, there is no hope of promotion in this life, and he may have to stay on the Pearl Island. So when he received the order from Liu Ziyun and learned that Chu Linguang was going to attack Xiazigou, he was shocked at first, thinking that Chu Linguang was too whimsical and didn't take pirates seriously. But he still had the attitude of coming to see a good show and rushed over in time. Unexpectedly, Chu Linguang really captured Xiazigou. At this time, he was extremely jealous. As a junior, Chu Linguang has made such great contributions when he first arrived in Nanhai. How will others view him in the future? At the same time, how can he not be jealous in the face of such huge achievements. Even if you can't get the credit, you still have to carry at least a few boxes of gold, silver and jewelry back. Unexpectedly, he was now blocked in the cave.
Under the power of the wild bow and the four-star continuous arrow technique, Jin Wuben could only withstand two waves at most. If Zhou Kun wanted to prevent him from walking out of the cave and continuously fired at him, coupled with the interference of other archers, Once the dharma and energy shield collapse, he may really turn into a hedgehog. So he quickly hid in the cave. "I am Jin Wuben, the leader of Pearl Island. How dare Zhou Kunqian shoot Shangguan?" Jin Wuben said angrily. "Master Jin is far away on Pearl Island, and you pirates are pretending to be his old man. Today I want to teach you a lesson for him." Zhou Kun snorted coldly. His archery skills were originally only at the level of three-star continuation. It was only under the guidance of Chu Linguang that he made a breakthrough recently. Originally, he still had doubts and dissatisfaction with Chu Linguang, but now he saw that Chu Linguang had captured Xiazigou not long after he took office, and even took the lead, clearing the way for everyone, allowing the army to reach the top of the mountain with almost no casualties. At that time, he swore that he would always be loyal to Chu Linguang and fight for Chu Linguang. He saw in Chu Linguang the hope of leaving Black Bear Island and making great contributions to the court. "Damn it, you keep pretending to be stupid." Jin Wuben was filled with indignation. "Open your eyes and see, what is this?" He threw the ID token out. "How dare you imitate the identity tokens of imperial officials and seek death!" Zhou Kun said even more angrily. Then he shot several arrows into the cave. "That's unreasonable!" Jin Wu was filled with indignation, but he was helpless. In order to snatch gold, silver and jewelry, they went into battle lightly and sneaked into the cave from the bottom of the sea. Except for a few self-defense weapons, they did not carry any bows and arrows. In this way, the two sides were in a stalemate for a long time. When Jin Wu was about to retreat, he suddenly couldn't sense the fluctuation of the aura outside. He couldn't help but look around and found that no arrow was coming. He became more and more confused. Then he ordered his men to rush out. The men had no choice but to bite the bullet. However, they rushed out of the cave easily. Zhou Kun and others who were guarding outside the cave had long disappeared. There were bubbles and ripples on the clear water lake, as if they had dived to the bottom of the lake and returned to the secret passage. "not good." "Get down quickly." Jin Wuben's expression suddenly changed and he hurriedly led people to jump into the clear water lake.
No more pirates to lead. He could only groping at the bottom of the lake, and finally found the exit. He emerged from the clear water pool in the secret passage. At this time, the mountains of gold, silver and jewelry had been cleared away, leaving only a bowl of copper coins in front of him. "Sir, Chu Linguang is humiliating us." Looking at the bowl of copper coins, Adjutant Li said with a twisted expression. As an adjutant, if he could get the gold, silver and jewelry, he would also get a lot of it, but in the end he got nothing. "Follow me up to Chu Linguang. I want him to give me an explanation." Jin Wuben was furious. Leading a team of elites, they walked towards the top of the secret passage. Two quarters of an hour later. Adjutant Li roared angrily: "Sir, the exit above is blocked. If we push from below, once the stone becomes loose, it will hit us on the head." "what?" "Hey Chu Linguang, are you going to confront me?" Jin Wu was about to explode. "Sir, it seems we can only go back the way we came." Adjutant Li said helplessly. "Will they also block the exit below?" A soldier muttered. "Let's go, quickly!" Jin Wuben didn't dare to think about it after hearing this, and hurriedly led the people to the water pool. Wait until they plunge into the pool. Chu Linguang, who was standing in the cave, caught the movement below and said to Zhang Baofu: "Clean the stones and open the secret passage." "Yes!" Zhang Baofu didn't know why, but he still followed Chu Linguang's instructions and opened the secret passage. "Send the order, all troops return to the island!" Chu Linguang ordered. "All troops return to the island!" "Oh oh oh oh!" The army returned in triumph. About 500 pirates were captured, and the remaining ones either died in the hands of Chu Linguang or Xuanyuan Jinkang and others.
When the army came down from the mountain and transported the jewelry to the ships, one of Jin Wuben's ships finally carefully and smoothly passed through the trench, arrived at the Xiazigou port, and appeared in front of Chu Linguang. Chu Linguang's ship also set sail at this time, sailing out of the trench and returning in triumph to Black Bear Island. "Chu Linguang, how dare you condone your subordinates, shoot my brothers on Pearl Island, and even shoot arrows at me. How do you explain this?" Jin Wuben stood on the ship and asked. "Master Jin, the sea is very rough. Please go back and rest early. Let's take our leave first." Chu Linguang pretended not to hear, instead he held his hands and smiled. "Sir, are you just going to let them go?" Adjutant Li asked. Jin Wuben clenched his fists, feeling all kinds of aggrieved and unwilling, but in the end he could only watch Chu Linguang take away the pirates and all the gold and silver jewelry, and helplessly watch Chu Linguang's ship disappear into the vast sea. "Go back and resume your life." After thinking about it, Jin Wu could only endure it. "We have completely offended the person named Jin." On the ship, Zhang Baofu sighed. "It's just that he has a big appetite and shouldn't be thinking about the achievements of his brothers." Chu Linguang does not regret doing this. First of all, being able to capture Xiazigou was the price paid for by Liu Gonggong's life. It was also the great contribution of the Black Bear Island soldiers who fought together and made great contributions. Chu Linguang could not give up all this. What's more, he and Xuanyuan Jinkang also want to take this opportunity to leave Black Bear Island. It is best to get the opportunity to enter Yuanchu Mountain to practice before they are thirty years old. Now Yuanchu Mountain is their martial arts belief, and they have to go there no matter what. Zhang Baofu and others nodded in sympathy. If the credit or silver was taken away by Jin Wuben, they would also feel aggrieved. "If you pass on the order, we can capture Xiazigou this time. My brothers have worked hard and have done a great job. All soldiers, regardless of their military types, will be rewarded with one hundred taels of silver each. All centurions will be rewarded with three hundred taels of silver. Those who died in battle will be given three times the pension to their families." Chu Linguang ordered. "Yes!" Zhang Baofu replied in disbelief. After Xiazigou was captured, everyone was waiting for a reward. Many people thought that it was good to get twenty or thirty taels of silver. Unexpectedly, Chu Linguang directly rewarded each soldier with one hundred taels of silver. This is definitely a huge sum of money for ordinary soldiers whose annual salary is only a few taels of silver. Secondly, such a large-scale reward of silver to the brothers, even if it is obtained from loot, will cause a lot of trouble if you are not careful. What's more, Chu Linguang had just offended Jin Wuben.
If the matter is exposed, Jin Wuben will definitely go to Liu Ziyun's side. However, Chu Linguang was aware of these problems, but he took the risk and took the initiative to reward the brothers. Apparently he was worried that the brothers would not get so much reward after the silver was handed over. Only then did he take the risk and reward the brothers first. "Thank you, Mr. Chu!" As the news spread, the soldiers and generals on more than a dozen ships knelt down and said in unison. Everyone was immersed in the joy of getting the reward. In the following period, Chu Linguang received various thanks, and his favor points accumulated more and more. The next day, Chu Linguang took Xuanyuan Jinkang and Zhang Baofu, escorted the silver coins obtained from Xiazigou, and went to Qingzhou City to return to Liu Ziyun. The pirates accumulated too much silver. Senior officials such as Chu Linguang also received a share each. Including the silver taels awarded to the brothers, the total reached hundreds of thousands of taels. But in the end, the remaining silver coins, plus the antique paintings and calligraphy, various precious collectibles, and the silver coins accumulated by other pirates, all taken into account, were far more than what Chu Linguang and Liu Eunuch saw under the secret passage. Much more. They brought a boatload of gold, silver, jewelry, various expensive collectibles, silks, etc. to see Liu Ziyun. At this time, Liu Ziyun already knew that Chu Linguang had arrived in triumph and was waiting in person at the port. "I have met the Governor in my humble position." Chu Linguang brought Zhang Baofu and Xuanyuan Jinkang forward to salute. "Chu Linguang, within four months of taking office, you wiped out the Xiazigou pirates and obtained millions of silver taels for the court, as well as gold and silver jewelry worth millions of silver taels. Even I am envious of such great achievements." Liu Ziyun praised. "Sir, the leaders of Xiazigou are all here. As far as they know, the wealth of the entire Xiazigou is far more than this. Secondly, Mr. Chu used the income from the court to reward his subordinates privately. This is a serious crime." Jin Wuben was also at the port. He was feeling aggrieved and had been planning how to consult Chu Linguang. When he learned that Chu Linguang had rewarded all the soldiers in the army, he knew that the opportunity had come. "Master Chu's reward for the entire army was personally ordered by me. Does Master Jin think there is a problem?" Just when Chu Linguang was about to accept Liu Ziyun's anger, Liu Ziyun asked. "This... Lord Governor, please calm down and acknowledge your mistakes." Jin Wu felt like he had been shocked by electric shock, and he hurriedly lowered his head to admit his mistake. At this time, he secretly screamed, feeling that he had underestimated Chu Linguang's identity and background from the beginning. "Master Chu, follow me to the mansion to talk." Liu Ziyun smiled. "Yes." Chu Linguang hurriedly followed. Liu Ziyun personally led him through the streets and alleys, letting everyone in Qingzhou Prefecture know that he had wiped out the Xiazigou pirates and increased the number of merchant ships in the sea.
Chu Linguang was flattered. Liu Ziyun's attitude toward him seemed to be that he was one of his own, and his tone was even very polite, as if the two of them were equals. In the end, he even asked to be his brother. At the banquet, Liu Ziyun said: "Brother Chu will enter Yuanchu Mountain in the future, can you help me with something?" "Why are you so sure that I can enter Yuanchu Mountain?" Chu Linguang felt that the problem should lie in this aspect. Liu Ziyun smiled and said nothing, just stood up and walked to the middle of the hall. "Buzz!" He releases breath waves. Open your own state of mind map. Chu Linguang discovered that Liu Ziyun's strength had reached the third level of life and death in the True Martial Realm, the third level of mental power, and the integration of heart and body. There were one hundred and twenty-three responses, and there were still twelve responses that had not been awakened. Moreover, those twelve responses were dim and dull, as if they had fallen into deathly silence and could not be awakened for life. "Brother Chu, can you also let me see your mood map?" Liu Ziyun said. "it is good." Chu Linguang stood up and released his breath fluctuations, and the state of mind map automatically opened, with 363 responses. Although he had no power to be awakened for the time being, he still exuded a hazy luster. Compared with Liu Ziyun's lifeless appearance, Chu Linguang's responses seemed to be full of life. , as long as the time is right, they can all be awakened. Moreover, these three hundred and sixty-three responses come from the fourth level of the state of mind, where the heart and mind are in harmony. "You...are truly the proud son of heaven, a genius that is rare to see in a hundred years." Liu Ziyun's eyes widened and he said in great amazement. "I originally thought that you just broke through the Qi Sea and stepped into the first level of the True Martial Realm. I didn't expect that you even reached the fourth level of mental state. This is really unexpected." He looked amazed. There are only three levels in the True Martial Realm. The realm of life and death is the ultimate. Some people at the third level of mind can break through the sea of qi and step into the realm of true martial arts by simply awakening a few rays of power. Liu Ziyun and Jin Wu are this type of people. However, Liu Ziyun has gone further than Jin Wuben. Even though he could not be fully awakened in response, he has relied on the advantages of his skills to cultivate the Zhenwu realm to the third level of life and death. The strength is much stronger than Guo Wei. But in front of Chu Linguang, who had awakened all one hundred and twenty-three responses and whose mental power had reached the fourth level of heart and mind union, he was no longer Chu Linguang's opponent.
As the governor of Qingzhou Prefecture. Before Jin Wuben arrived in Qingzhou Mansion, Liu Ziyun learned that Chu Linguang was able to capture Xiazigou almost solely by his own strength. He alone killed the pirate leader, and he alone opened the way for the army, allowing the army to rush to the top of the mountain with almost no casualties. He even scared the vicious pirates to the point where they knelt down and begged for mercy, and scared a group of pirate leaders into fleeing. At that time, Liu Ziyun, who had personally attacked Xiazigou and suffered losses at the hands of pirates, realized that Chu Linguang had achieved a breakthrough in strength and even surpassed him in strength. Sure enough, when Chu Linguang appeared in front of him with Zhang Baofu and Xuanyuan Jinkang, he felt an invisible pressure and felt that Chu Linguang was walking towards him like a mountain. He clearly realized that Chu Linguang's strength had surpassed him, and Jin Wuben still wanted to use him to embarrass Chu Linguang. This was simply asking for trouble. He understood that at such an age, Chu Linguang had such strength and could make such contributions, and he would definitely be able to enter Yuanchu Mountain in the future. As long as you can get close to Chu Linguang now, you will get an unknown opportunity. However, things were far beyond his imagination. Chu Linguang's state of mind actually reached the fourth level. It can be said that Liu Ziyun did not dare to absolutely guarantee that Chu Linguang could enter Yuanchu Mountain before, but now he is 100% sure that Chu Linguang will definitely be able to enter Yuanchu Mountain to practice in the future. Because at such an age, there are only a handful of people in the entire Great Yuan who can reach the fourth level of state of mind. "Master Liu, where is my current strength in the True Martial Realm?" Chu Linguang asked. "The first level, the realm of rebirth." Liu Ziyun replied. "Oh?" Chu Linguang was unexpected. Xuanyuan Jinkang and Zhang Baofu on the side were also a little surprised. According to their understanding, Chu Linguang's combat power was much stronger than some strong men at the third level of the True Martial Realm. "Although there are three levels of the True Martial Realm, its strength is closely related to its own response power. You have awakened all 123 responses, and the number of responses awakened at the same time is relatively large. Although the level is not as good as others, the power formed is, But it is far superior to many powerful people in the True Martial Realm." "I have an intuition that maybe you can reach the ultimate level of true martial arts by awakening all three hundred and sixty-three responses." Liu Ziyun's words are not shocking and he will die. (End of this chapter)