Chapter 132

"The Monarch has a decree!"

Xuanwu, Count's wife, Jin Mucong, and Jin Mulan knelt down again.

In fact, some people present discovered that Shen Lang was not there, but no one mentioned it.

Moreover, a young son-in-law was not qualified to receive such a decree to a certain extent. It was just that the Monarch had once given Shen Lang a decree, granting him the title of an imperial eunuch.

Therefore, Shen Lang still had to be present this time.

This was like a big leader coming down for inspection and meeting the village's Second Brother Wu for the first time.

Therefore, when the higher-ups who were slightly lower in rank came to inspect, Second Brother Wu would usually be present at the scene.

However, Shen Lang could show off, but he could not see others show off, so he would not come.

His family also spoiled Shen Lang. If you don't want to kneel and don't like to see others show off, then you don't have to come.

"Because of the dispute over Jinshan Island, the two ministers have many frictions and cannot sleep at night. Fourth Prince Ning Zhen has been sent to mediate.

This was the decree of the Monarch.

Of course, this was only the first decree.

This was also the reason why Shen Lang was not willing to come. You people love to act too much.

You obviously want to kill me with a knife, but you have to create a public opinion that I am eager to be stabbed to death.

Is this really f * cking you?

Fourth Prince Ning Zhen said lightly: "Father sent me here to make a final effort to mediate the dispute between Xuanwu and Count Jin Hai. After all, peace is more important. It is better for both sides to sit down and talk. What do you think?"

Thousands of cavalry outside were murderous and oppressive. Why do you still want to pretend to be amiable?

"Yes!" Xuanwu said.

Fourth Prince Ning Zhen said: "Let Count Jin Hai come over. I will make the decision. Let's talk in Xuan Wu Mansion. I will personally watch from the side."

…

An hour later!

Count Jin Hai and Xuanwu carried out the final negotiations on the dispute over Jinshan Island.

At a long table, Count Xuanwu and his men sat on the left, while Jin Haibo and his men sat on the right.

Zhang Chong sat in the middle and hosted the event.

At the very top of the negotiation hall, there were two chairs. The Fourth Prince, Ning Zhen, and the Governor of Tiannan Province were sitting there.

The atmosphere was solemn.

It was as if they were conducting a real negotiation.

Ning Chen smiled and said, "This time, Governor Zhu and I will only bring our ears and not our mouths. You can say anything."

With that, he looked around, trying to find Shen Lang's figure.

This Shen Lang should be Xuanwu's think tank, so why wasn't he present during this negotiation?

Servants were like roundworms in their masters' stomachs. Seeing Prince Roland's expression, a eunuch immediately said sternly, "Xuanwu, why don't I see your son-in-law, Shenlang?"

Xuanwu Jin Zhuo said, "Shenlang isn't feeling well. He's afraid that his illness will offend Your Highness, so he won't come."

The straightforward Lord Count directly gave him a soft nail.

Suddenly, Prince Ning Zhen's eyes changed slightly. This was not giving him any face at all.

In the so-called negotiation that followed, there was no battle of words.

Jin Haibo's family was still very intense. They passionately praised the merits of the Monarch, and then talked about the Tang family's history of ruling Jinshan Island for hundreds of years.

In the end, they handed over more than hundreds of pages of evidence, a thick stack.

"The iron-clad facts prove that Jinshan Island has belonged to the Tang family since ancient times."

Almost every important person present had a copy of these hundreds of pages of evidence.

Prince Ning Zhen was very satisfied. This was the duty of a subject.

Even if they knew that it was an act, they had to act realistically. Even if he wanted to destroy the Black Tortoise Earl's Manor, he had to make it seem reasonable and legal, as if he was the righteous one.

Next, it was Xuanwu's turn.

"We object!"

After saying this, there was no more.

The audience was shocked.

The atmosphere was solemn and awkward.

Just now, Jin Haibo's family was impassioned and wrote tens of thousands of words.

But when it was Xuanwu's turn to state, you just said 'we object'?

You, what do you mean by this?

Do you have resentment in your heart?

Is this a public slap in the face?

Is this a public contempt for the authority of the Monarch?

Prince Ning Zhen and Governor Zhu Jung were present. How dare you, Xuanwu, not give them face?

This time, Ning Zhen's face was really a little embarrassed. He smiled and said: "Governor, it seems that our face is not enough."

Jin Mulan said in a cold voice: "When a butcher kills a pig, he wants the pig to perform well before it dies. Please forgive us for not being able to do it."

Xuanwu said: "According to the laws of the State of Yue, as a vassal, our family has the right to independent defense. Even if the Lord comes, he has no right to take over the defense of the Count House. But hundreds of years have passed, and the laws of our ancestors seem to be useless. "

As soon as these words came out.

Prince Ning Zhen's face was livid.

Was Xuanwu's family seeking death? Or was it a cornered beast fighting?

They were openly tearing each other's faces.

According to the laws of the ancestors, there should be no new policies.

Then, Xuanwu got up and bowed to Count Jin Haibo: "Brother Tang, can we talk in the study?"

The meaning was clear. He wanted to have a private talk with Count Jin Haibo alone.

At this time, His Highness Ning Zhen smiled and said: "Count Jin Haibo, Xuanwu invited you to go, so you should go."

…

Xuanwu and Jin Zhuo entered the study.

Count Jin Haibo followed them into the study with Crown Prince Tang Yun.

Inside the study, Shen Lang was already waiting there, standing in front of a map.

Count Jin Lun couldn't help but be slightly surprised.

Xuanwu and Jin Zhuo didn't bring anyone but Shen Lang.

After entering the study, the two sides fell into a short silence.

Shen Lang: "Count Jin Haibo, more than a hundred years ago, pirates landed and swept your family's fief. You even lost your family castle. It was my Kim clan's ancestor, Lord Jin Zhou, who led troops to help you regain your fief and your foundation."

Count Jin Haibo frowned.

What he didn't want to hear the most was this shameful past.

Shen Lang: "That year, Marquis Jin Haibo personally came to our house, knelt down and begged Ancestor Jin Zhou to send troops to help him regain his territory, and promised that after the matter was done, he would give Jinshan Island to the Kim family, and also signed a contract. Ancestor Jin Zhou led troops to kill in all directions, helped your family regain all your fief, wiped out all the pirates, and returned peace to the State of Yue. At that time, under the witness of the Monarch, your family personally handed over Jinshan Island to my Kim family. "

"Let's not talk about our family's life-saving grace. Why did you go back on what you promised at that time?"

These things that Shen Lang said were all true.

Otherwise, how could Jinshan Island belonging to the Tang family fall into the hands of the Kim family?

But this was the most shameful thing for the Jin Hai Count House, so they never mentioned it.

"Haha …" Tang Yun, the Crown Prince of the Jin Hai Count House, said: "Shen Lang, these are all untrue things you said. You said that more than a hundred years ago, my family handed over Jinshan Island to the Kim family. Is there a contract? Is there any proof? "

This was the disgusting part.

After the sudden death of Ancestor Jin Zhou, this contract also disappeared.

But there were a total of three copies of this contract. Jin Hai Count House had one copy, and the Monarch also had one copy.

Those two copies were still safe and sound. They were still in their hands.

So, Tang Yun was completely making things up.

Your shameless look is not bad!

"Okay." Shen Lang said sincerely: "Let's not talk about these old things for the time being. Now the new policy is in full swing. Your Tang family is the same as our Kim family. We are all old aristocrats with fiefs and private armies. We should have common interests. In order to protect ourselves, our two families should be united at this time. How can we kill each other? We are born of the same root. Why rush to kill each other? "

What Shen Lang said was also the truth.

Jin Hai Count House and Xuan Wu Mansion were all old aristocrats ranked top in the State of Yue.

Shen Lang said again: "As old aristocrats, your Tang family actually stood on the side of the new political party and strangled our Kim family. Isn't this making the relatives bitter and the enemies happy? "

"Besides, if the lips die, the teeth will feel the cold. When our Xuan Wu Mansion perishes, who knows whether the next fire of the new policy will burn your head? "

Shen Lang's words were the truth.

But Tang Yun of Jin Hai Mansion felt disdain in his heart.

Anyone could say such a big truth. If everyone was so righteous, there would be no new policy in the beginning.

You, Shen Lang, are really naive and ignorant. As expected, you are born of the grassroots, and your knowledge is so shallow.

Suddenly, Tang Yun said indifferently: "My friend dies, not me."

There was such a saying in this world?

But this was the most vicious word.

Even if there was something, it would wait until your Xuan Wu Mansion died.

This was exactly the same mentality as those traitors during the Anti-Japanese War.

The Taijun is here? Then we will be your slaves and kill those who dare to resist the Taijun.

Then, the Taijun should not do anything to us after this.

Our Jin Hai Count House is going to betray our position, is going to become a dog of the Monarch, is going to bite your Xuan Wu Mansion, is going to bite our own kind? What can you do?

Shen Lang pleaded: "Count Jin Hai, do we have to kill each other like this?"

Count Jin Hai said indifferently: "I, Tang Lun, have always been loyal and patriotic. I am not ashamed to be associated with you."

Tang Yun said: "Shen Lang, I understand that you want to survive in Xuan Wu Mansion."

He did not say the second half of the sentence. The Kim family should stop struggling, and stop jumping up and down. It is useless.

Shen Lang said sadly: "Isn't it just Jinshan Island? We can talk about it. How about this? Two-thirds of the iron produced on Jinshan Island every year will go to you, and one-third to my Kim family? "

"Hehe!" Tang Yun laughed disdainfully.

Shen Lang said desolately: "Three-quarters for you, and one-fourth for my family. That's fine too."

"Hehe …" Tang Yun was even more disdainful.

This time, it was the will of all parties to besiege Xuan Wu Mansion from all directions.

The Monarch, the New Reformists, the bureaucrats, the surrounding nobles, and even the Pirate King Chou Tianwei wanted to take a bite.

These vultures have been circling in the sky for a long time, waiting to eat the bodies of your Kim family.

You, Shen Lang, actually think that the Jin Hai Count House only wants Jinshan Island?

It is too naive and childish.

We want you to die! And we also want to bite off a large piece of meat from your corpses. The iron mine of Wangya Island will also belong to us after this.

Tang Yun said: "It is almost the New Year. Everyone wants to kill pigs to celebrate the New Year."

He directly used his gaze to tell Shen Lang, 'Stop jumping around like a clown. Your Black Tortoise Count Manor should also stop jumping around.'

Anyway, struggling is a knife, quiet is also a knife, anyway, it is a dead end.

Be quiet and don't resist, it is more comfortable to die.

Count Jin Hai bowed and said: "Goodbye."

Then, he took Tang Yun out. Shen Lang's miserable expression disappeared in an instant, and he spat.

Xuanwu looked at his son-in-law and couldn't help but say: "You really know how to act."

… …

After Count Jin Hai came out, he couldn't help but say: "Isn't it said that this Shen Lang is unparalleled in wisdom? How can he be so useless? "

Tang Yun said: "Lowly origin, petty cleverness, no great wisdom, just a clown!"

He was very angry.

What do you, Shen Lang, count as? Just a little son-in-law, a lowly grassroots.

I, Tang Yun, am the palace's test flower, the Crown Prince of the Count House.

One of us is in the sky, the other is on the ground.

What right do you, Shen Lang, have to negotiate with me? You don't even have the right to talk to me.

Do you deserve it?

But for people who are about to die, Tang Yun felt that he should still be a little more tolerant.

After all, the ignorant are fearless.

… …

After Count Jin Hai and Tang Yun came out.

Shen Lang and Xuanwu also came out.

Zhang Chong said: "How about the two sides talk in secret?"

Count Jin Hai said: "We did not reach a consensus!"

Fourth Prince Ning Zhen glanced at Shen Lang and remembered this face.

Aren't you sick? Aren't you afraid that your illness will offend me?

Ning Zhen laughed: "It seems that I came here in vain, the mediation failed."

Governor Zhu Rong said, "Count Xuan Wu, our opinion is very clear. We will split the Golden Mountain Island into two. The north side will belong to the Jin Hai Earl's Mansion, and the south side will belong to the Xuan Wu Earl's Mansion. Do you really disagree?"

Here it goes again.

All the iron mines of Jinshan Island are in the north, the south is only forest and sand, what's the use?

"I don't agree," Jin Zhuo said.

Fourth Prince Ning Zhen said: "Then … shall we follow the practice of previous years?"

Xuanwu said: "Good!"

Count Jin Hai said: "Good!"

Fourth Prince's face turned cold, took out a yellow silk scroll, unfolded it and said: "The Monarch has an oral order, Xuanwu, Count Jin Hai, kneel and listen."

The two Count Houses knelt again.

Fourth Prince conveyed the Monarch's oral order in a very harsh tone.

"The two of you have been fighting for Jinshan Island every year, every day. Even if you are not annoyed, I am. "

This was an oral order, not a formal one.

"If you don't accept mediation, then we will follow the practice of previous years, three battles to decide the winner!"

"I have many things to attend to every day, I don't have the time to pay attention to your trivial matters. The winner will always have ownership of Jinshan Island, the loser will forever give up. Do you have any objections? "

This was the advantage of oral orders, the Monarch was happy, he didn't need to put it into words.

Fourth Prince said sternly: "Father is asking you? Count Jin Hai, do you have any objections? "

Count Jin Hai bowed: "I have no objections."

Fourth Prince said coldly: "Xuanwu, what about you?"

Xuanwu said with grief and indignation: "No objections!"

Fourth Prince Ning Zhen said: "Then it's decided, according to the practice, three battles to decide the winner. But this time, one battle to decide the winner. The loser will forever give up ownership of Jinshan Island. "

…

Then, Fourth Prince took out a contract, it was drawn up by the State of Yue's Cabinet.

The Cabinet was the highest government agency in the country, equivalent to the cabinet in the future.

The contract was written very clearly.

The battle for Jinshan Island, according to the century-old practice of the State of Yue, would be decided by martial arts.

It was divided into three battles, civil, military, and military.

The civil battle was in the form of imperial examinations, with the Monarch personally setting the questions.

The military battle was a duel between two people.

The military battle was a battle between two armies. According to the practice, each family would send out a hundred people to kill each other until one side was completely defeated or surrendered. The process was very bloody.

The civil and military battle had to be done by the children of both families, no one else could replace them, including the son-in-law.

In other words, Jin Mulan and Tang Yan's martial arts battle.

Jin Mucong and Tang Yun's civil battle, Shen Lang wasn't qualified to participate.

Anyone who thought with their toes would know that Xuan Wu Mansion would lose without a doubt.

Tang Yan's Meteor Fall was invincible and unbeatable. All the young masters were defeated by him in seconds.

Even Su Jianting, the son of Marquis Zhenyuan, lost, let alone Jin Mulan. Her swordsmanship wasn't as good as Su Jianting's.

Jin Mulan's swordsmanship was at least two levels lower than Tang Yan's.

As for the civil battle between Jin Mucong and Tang Yun?

Are you sure this isn't a joke?

Who was Jin Mucong? He was a fat otaku who still copied homework every day.

And Tang Yun had been tested by the palace last year.

This was a battle between a middle school student and a Harvard PhD student.

In these three battles, Xuan Wu Mansion had no chance of winning.

Xuan Wu Mansion was doomed in the battle for Jinshan Island.

It was a hundred percent doomed!

…

"If both sides have no objections, please sign this contract."

Fourth Prince said.

Count Tang Lun of Jin Hai stepped forward, signed his name, and stamped the seal of Jin Hai Count House.

Jin Zhuo of Xuanwu stepped forward, signed his name, and stamped the seal.

Then, as witnesses, Zhang Chong and Zhu Jung signed their names and stamped the seal.

Suddenly, this contract had supreme power.

Everyone breathed a long sigh of relief.

All the formalities were finally over. It wasn't easy.

Almost everyone present looked at Count Xuanwu and his men with sympathy.

It was as if they were looking at corpses.

Everyone could almost see that after losing Jinshan Island, the Kim family's situation would fall like dominoes.

Next, they would lose Wangya Island, then their army, then their land, and finally … everything!

Fourth Prince Ning said, "In this case, both families should be prepared! After five days, your families will fight! "

Three battles to determine the winner.

The winner would take all, and the loser would be finished.

The horn of the decisive battle to besiege Xuan Wu Mansion from all directions!

It was officially sounded!

There would be no time to prepare at all.

Five days later, the three battles that would determine the fate of Xuan Wu Mansion would officially begin!

…