I Painted Skins In the Cemetery For Fifteen Years

Wu Que and Xie Fan quickly stepped forward and supported Mu Hongyu.

Shen Gongao shouted: "All the retainers, all the generals, still haven't come to pay your respects to your young master?"

Immediately, all the retainers present bowed down to Shen Wuyu in the sedan chair and shouted, "Meet the young master."

"Meet the young master." All the generals bowed down.

"Meet the young master." All the servants bowed down.

But the whole scene was very strange, and everyone's voices did not dare to be intense or excited.

Instead, it looked bleak.

In the sedan chair, Shen Wuyu's face was white and motionless.

After all the meeting was over, Shen Gongao lowered the curtain of the sedan chair.

"Starting today, Zhenhai City will enter a curfew."

"Any inn resident must provide directions and local government identification."

"Starting today, crowd gatherings are prohibited in Zhenhai City. No slogans shall be posted on any walls."

"Go home!"

Following Shen Gongao's order, thousands of people entered Zhenhai City.

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Inside the Marquis House.

Mu Hongyu was like a clay sculpture, sitting there motionless.

The whole person was so sad that he even lost his response to the outside world.

On the other hand, Shen Gongao's face was always cold, serious, and blank.

Wu Que stepped forward and said, "Father."

Shen Gongao trembled slightly, raised his head, and the wood on his face gradually began to thaw.

Then, he wanted to laugh, but couldn't.

"Wu Que, I'm sorry, you have made such a great contribution and won such a great honor for the family, but when you came home, your father was not there." Shen Gong Ao Wen said.

But he rarely speaks in such a gentle tone, so his voice is a little unnatural.

And because of the excessive grief, the throat was hoarse.

"How is the big brother? How is the second brother?" Wu Que asked.

Shen Gongao didn't speak, but his eyes gradually turned red, and said, "Wu Que, are you wrong to say that Daddy is wrong?"

Nothing is missing.

Shen Gongao said: "Wu Que, you don't know what happened to our family in the Xidan Khanate in the northwest."

"My father, your grandfather Shen Gonghu, is fair and just. Each of their seven brothers is brave and good at fighting, and has made great contributions to the Khanate. He will never be selfish and wholeheartedly for the Khanate."

"He fought so many victories, but never took the opportunity to expand his tribe. He became a great hero of the entire Khanate, and he became the right-hand man of the Khan."

"But... in a war, we encountered the dark cavalry of the Apocalypse Empire. Although we were outnumbered, your grandfather led six uncles and blocked the Apocalypse Empire for nine days until the entire army was wiped out. Seven brothers, None survived."

"It is because your grandfather fought for King Khan for nine days, and the reinforcements of the Daxia Empire arrived, which saved the Xidan Khanate from subjugation."

"But in our family's tribe, all the elites are almost completely wiped out. Only the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled are left. Ordinarily at this time, the khan should appreciate the credit of our family, give us more pastures, and send troops to protect us. ."

"But that's not the case. The tribes of Baidan Khanate, just after the rest of their lives, couldn't wait to raise their butcher knives and rush towards our family. They took away our pastures, our cattle and sheep, and our family. population and slaughter our tribe."

"At that time, I was still very young. My mother, your grandmother, took the surviving population of our Shen Gong family and went through all kinds of hardships to escape from the Baidan Khanate and came to the Daxia Empire to make a living."

"You don't know how difficult it was at the time. In the eyes of the Great Xia Empire, they were all barbarians."

"For a long time, our family has been struggling with food and clothing, living like a human being and a ghost like a ghost. But even in the most difficult times, my husband practiced martial arts desperately and strived to get ahead."

"Later, Wen Daozi Mountain Chief discovered me and accepted me and your mother as apprentices. After that, I quickly became famous and participated in the Xuecheng Martial Arts Exam, and won the first place at that time."

"Originally, I should have continued to participate in the general examination, the palace examination. But the family is already poor and unable to support it. I must quickly support the family business, so I went to seek a position."

"But we have no backers and no money. My position in a certain real power in the empire was also replaced by someone."

"Later, Mr. Wen Daozi recommended me to the Mi family and became a member of the Mi family's army. So I will always be grateful to him, the benefactor of our family."

"The surviving members of the family have all become my subordinates. We are not afraid of death, we fight hard, and we have made a lot of credit."

"In this way, I have been promoted, from a hundred households to a thousand households to ten thousand households. I commanded an army of 10,000 and became an indispensable force in the Mi family."

Then, Shen Gongao paused for a moment.

"In the battle that will decide the fate of everyone, I don't want to talk about it for my father, not even a word."

"In short, for my father, I fought in the north and south, and made countless contributions. Even at a critical moment, I saved the fate of the Mi family, and I became the most important force under the Mi family."

"At that time, the imperial family of the empire also wanted to split the power of the Mi family, so I canonized me as a viscount and separated me from the Mi family."

"Under the auspices of the Empire Center, I rented Zhenhai City from the Mi family, and our family finally has a foothold."

"But being a father is still very uneasy, because this is borrowed and may be repaid at any time."

"Continue to fight frantically for my father, keep fighting to the south, and win a hundred battles. Kill countless people and expand thousands of miles."

"The center of the empire, and even the Mi clan, are very happy to see this. Because every piece of land that was captured for my father, most of it belongs to the empire, and a small part belongs to our family, and the power of the Mi clan will also enter these lands."

"Because of your grandfather's tragic situation back then, our entire family felt insecure. Therefore, we have to work hard to expand, so in more than ten years, our family's territory has expanded tenfold."

"We only have a population of several hundred thousand, but we have raised a private army of 60,000 or 70,000."

"We use military force, and many people even say that our Shen Gong family is a deformed force."

"The faster we expand, the more enemies we will establish. Even if the empire's center, even if the Mi clan can gain huge benefits from our expansion every time, but...they are gradually disliking us. "

"Your second brother has always said that our family needs to have a buffer with the Dali Kingdom, so a few years ago, he was running the Moro tribe."

The Moro people, a very sturdy nation, are incompatible with the Dali Kingdom.

It is only about seven or eight thousand square kilometers and has a population of two to three hundred thousand, but all of them are brave and good at fighting.

"Your second brother is very powerful. In a few years, he manipulated several civil wars of the Moro tribe, and infiltrated many undercover agents of our family. Some time ago, the most critical civil war broke out in the Moro tribe, which is related to our family. The planning has reached the most critical moment.”

"Once it succeeds, the Moro clan will all fall into our hands. If it fails, all the previous efforts will be in vain. And the new chief of the Moro clan will become our mortal enemy and a vassal of the Dali Kingdom."

"So, your second brother went home and asked me for one million taels of silver to control the key civil war of the Moro tribe."

"Our family has a lot of money, but we spend more every year, and we can't make ends meet every year. The one million taels are really not available, so I used the Black Gold City to mortgage the World Association and borrowed one million taels of silver."

"Your second brother was in Zhenhai City and was assassinated twice. Even though his life was in danger, he still took the money to the Moro tribe."

"At that time, your eldest brother led the main force of the family's private army and faced off against Dali Kingdom in Red Earth City, and was fighting with the imperial court. Because the court did not want to confer the red soil territory to us."

Although the red soil territory is only three or four thousand square kilometers, there are two million mu of fertile fields. Once the Shen Gong family got the land, they would have no worries about food from then on.

At present, although the Shen Gong family has a large territory, there is very little cultivated land. Every year, they need to buy a large amount of food to feed the army and the people. Although it is possible to go out to sea to fish, it is not enough.

Food is the lifeblood, and of course it cannot be in the hands of others.

Once the red earth territory is in hand, not only will there be an increase of 200,000 to 300,000 people, but the key is to make up for the final strategic shortcoming.

Therefore, this red earth territory must not be lost.

"At this critical moment, a plague broke out in the red earth territory. Our family's private army, as well as the army of the imperial court, were infected with the plague in large numbers. At this time, the army of the Dali kingdom went north and attacked the red earth city."

"In the name of the plague, the empire's army retreated two hundred miles. And our army, more than half of it fell ill, and the situation is precarious. Your elder brother will lead a sick army to fight against several times the number of enemies."

"So that day, our Shen Gong family almost reached the most dangerous moment."

"The enemy is attacking us from three directions."

"You are in Yingzhou, your second brother is in Moro City, and your eldest brother is in Clay City."

"Three directions, no matter which direction you lose, you will be hurt. Especially if the Red Clay City loses, it will be a disaster."

"As a father, I shouldn't have put my children in such a dangerous situation. But before being a father, I rushed too hard, too greedy, and I can't stop now."

Shen Gongao's eyes were full of guilt.

"Wuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

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"My Lord Shen, Ao He De He Neng, can have three such outstanding sons."

"Your second brother won the Moro tribe. The party we supported won the civil war and became the new chief of the Moro tribe. The Moro tribe has been used by us."

"Your eldest brother's battle in Red Clay City was extremely difficult. Two-thirds of our family's private army fell ill. Facing several times the number of enemies, your eldest brother was heroic and invincible. But in the face of many enemies, we are about to lose the battle. ."

"Once the battle is defeated, not only will we lose the Red Clay City, but also all the private armies of the tens of thousands of families will be buried. Without the army, our family will still be destroyed."

"And at this critical moment, your second brother Shen Wuyu led the reinforcements of the Moro tribe to kill, attacked from back and forth, and defeated the tribal coalition forces of the Dali Kingdom. We won a great victory."

Although Shen Gongao said it very briefly, Wu Que could still feel the thrilling inside.

How dangerous was this fight?

How tragic?

"We won, we won in all three directions." Shen Gongao said: "We saved 30 large warships, we got the allegiance of the Moro tribe, and we occupied the Red Clay City."

"This should be an unprecedented victory, more than any previous victory."

"but……"

"But your eldest brother disappeared on the battlefield. I don't know if he is alive or dead. He was a father for several days and nights without sleep. After searching for hundreds of miles, he couldn't find it."

"Your second brother, he was seriously injured, and the Moro tribe's manipulation of everything has reached its limit. Leading the Moro tribe to support the Red Earth City battlefield is even more exhausted, and at the moment of the great victory, He... was attacked by the enemy's demon spirit beads, and three whole demon spirit beads exploded in his body."

"After receiving the secret letter, I rushed to the Red Clay City as soon as possible. But... I still didn't have time. I watched him being attacked by three demon spirit beads."

"I watched him lose his mind and become a walking corpse."

Having said this, Shen Gongao couldn't hold it any longer, and tears flowed out.

"It's all my fault and my greed. Putting my sons at risk, even death."

"I used to be proud of myself and killed countless people, but now I want my son to pay for it."

Then, Shen Gongao gritted his teeth and bleed.

He was like an iron man before, and he wept directly.

Shen Gongao is really a man of steel, his complexion remains unchanged after Mount Tai collapsed.

Back then in the Baidan Khanate, no matter how miserable the family's experience was, he never shed a single tear.

And now, he was sobbing.

"Why should my sons be punished for the sin I committed? Why didn't God punish me? Why should my son suffer like this?"

Shen Gongao's howling and crying frightened Mu Hongyu.

She woke up from the state of clay sculpture, rushed over directly, and hugged Shen Gongao.

"Husband, husband."

"Brother, Xiao Ao, don't be like this, don't be like this."

"We still have none, we still have none."

"We still have such a smart and caring son."

Then, Mu Hongyu couldn't bear it anymore, and pulled Wu Que over to hold it tightly.

"There is no shortage of my son, now we only have you, we only have your lifeblood."

"No shortage, we only have you."

Then, Mu Hongyu couldn't help crying.

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Finally, Shen Gongao calmed down.

He looked at Wu Que's eyes, full of fiery, gratification, and a kind of rejoicing for the rest of his life, like a treasure.

Yes!

Two of the best sons, one is missing.

One almost became the walking dead.

Fortunately there is one left.

Moreover, this son is also sensible and has become very good.

This son has become his only hope.

"Find a few onmyoji for your father to save your second brother, but they can't be saved."

"Your second brother had already run out of oil and died, and he was attacked by three demon spirit beads at once, and his soul was scattered."

"At this time, I must try my best to keep his soul, so that the idea of ​​​​that inspires him to live only arouses his obsession."

"So, to be a father, he was declared to be the son of the world. This has always been his obsession."

"I hope to keep his sanity, but...this...this is probably just a masturbation."

"The three onmyoji have already sentenced him to death."

Then, Shen Gong Ao said: "Wu Que, you are the last hope for your father, you are the only one in the family.

Hope too. "

No lack of awe, no words.

Shen Gong Ao said: "Actually, according to the original plan, my father wants you to take the promotion route of the Sky Book City, or participate in the conference hall test, and take the promotion route of the imperial court. You and your second brother, one inside and one outside, let us The family is thriving."

"But now, we have only you in our family."

"There is no shortage of my son. Although the Red Clay City side won, it was a tragic victory. The situation is still very dangerous. The family's private army is our foundation, so as a father, we need to go to the army."

"The Magic Stone City is our new foundation, and we also need to control the situation of the Moro clan. Your fifth uncle's talent is far inferior to your second brother, so you can only barely defend."

"And the lifeblood of our family is Zhenhai City. After my father leaves, this Zhenhai City will be handed over to you and your eldest mother."

"There is no shortage of my son, because I was too aggressive as a father before, so there is no time to buffer, and now you have to provoke the burden of the family."

"Although our family has won three of the most crucial fights, now is the most dangerous moment for our family."

Wu Que suddenly asked, "How many casualties did our family's private army take during the battle in Red Earth City?"

This is top secret.

Shen Gongao will not let any outsiders know.

"We have 50,000 private troops, and there are still less than 20,000 left."

After a while, Wu Que and Mu Hongyu took a deep breath.

This casualty?

What's more, it hurts the muscles and bones?

Just cut off your limbs.

"Most of them fell ill, and some died in battle." Shen Gongao said: "So now the morale of the army is very low. They all stared at it with good intentions. The situation is very dangerous, and I need to go to the military and sit down."

Wu Que said: "What about the pension? How much do you need?"

Shen Gongao said: "One hundred and ninety thousand taels of silver."

Is that much money? a lot of!

But it's not too much. On average, each soldier killed or wounded is only given thirty taels of silver.

That's a life.

Even if it is not dead, it is already disabled.

A pension of thirty taels of silver is considered a lot in this world, but for a soldier and a family.

Not really much.

If the money is not given, people's hearts will be scattered.

The family is over.

But where does this money come from?

Shen Gongao had just mortgaged the Black Gold City and borrowed one million taels of silver from the World Association.

Now, where to raise the 1,190,000 taels of silver?

Shen Gong Ao said: "I promise all the soldiers in the army to give out all pensions within half a month. The people's hearts can't be lost, even if the Shen Gong family is about to perish tomorrow, the people's hearts can't be lost. As long as the people's hearts are not lost, even if the family is destroyed, There is still hope for a comeback. If the people's hearts are gone, it will really be over."

Wu Que said, "Then, that money?"

Shen Gongao said: "After the Golden Bell Conference, you can get this money."

The two sums of money add up to a full 2.2 million taels, and if you add the interest, it will only be 2.3 million taels.

Wu Que said, "At the Golden Bell Conference in previous years, we would only put less than one million taels of silver. It was all starvation marketing. How much should we put in this year's Golden Bell Conference?"

Shen Gong Ao said: "After clearing all the inventory, it is twice as much as in previous years, and I should be able to earn about two million taels."

Wu Que said: "In this way, it's a bit smashing the signboard of the Star Picking Pavilion."

Shen Gongao said: "Yes, a luxury such as a desk clock is rare and expensive. It can't be sold in large quantities. But...it's really unavoidable. When we relax, the limit will be reduced to half of the normal amount next year. ."

It has to be said that Shen Gongao's expansion road is too fierce.

The three core financial resources of the Shen Gong family are maritime trade, the Black Gold City, and the Star Picking Pavilion.

Now that the Black Gold City has been mortgaged, the maritime trade is long-term, and now all the money is counted on the Picking Star Pavilion and on the Admiralty Conference.

Too dangerous!

If the amount of funds breaks, then everything is over.

The whole situation collapsed immediately.

Wu Que said, "When will the Golden Bell Conference be held?"

Shen Gong Ao said: "Six days later, in Piaoling City!"

Piaoling City does not belong to any country, it is an island city, completely neutral.

Any country, any force, can trade here.

The Western Holy See and Sky Book City are incompatible, but in Piaoling City, the two forces can make contact.

Wu Que said: "Then, has this batch of clocks been shipped out?"

Shen Gong Ao said:

"Yes, the one who escorted this batch of clocks is Shen Lingluo, who is the strongest in our family's naval battle, and your righteous sister. We sent two-thirds of the family's fleet. And the Golden Bell Conference is related to the interests of many people, basically it is not Someone will dare to do something with this batch of goods."

Covering his forehead without fail.

Two-thirds of the family's fleet has been dispatched, so it is no wonder that the thirty battleships are so important.

If you lose all the exams in Yingzhou's academy, these 30 battleships will be handed over.

The coastal defense of Zhenhai City was completely empty. No wonder she was worried that the pirate queen Jade Raksha would take the opportunity to attack Zhenhai City.

Shen Gongao, too, too, rashly.

However, this is the kind of hero.

In the modern world, many first-generation heroic entrepreneurs in China are so crazy.

Every step is to the extreme of expansion.

Wu Que said: "Then mortgage Black Gold City to borrow one million taels of silver from the World Association, when will it expire?"

"It's also half a month later." Shen Gongao said.

The black gold city is worth far more than one million taels of silver. There are mines and smelting workshops. All the weapons and armors of the family are produced here, and they are the core of life.

Absolutely cannot be lost.

There is also a pension of 1.2 million taels, which must not be delayed.

Shen Gongao personally promised that after half a month, the pension must be paid in full.

If it cannot be fulfilled, the morale of the army will be lost and the consequences will be disastrous.

Plus interest, there is a vacancy of 2.3 million taels of silver.

Within half a month, the money must be handed over.

It's too dangerous to count on the Admiralty Conference.

Wu Que kept slapping his forehead with his hands.

Shen Gongao said, "Wu Que, what's wrong?"

Mu Hongyu trembled and said, "My son, you, do you have a headache? Are you not feeling well?"

She was really scared.

Both sons have had an accident, and now Wuque is the only lifeblood, and there must be no three advantages and two disadvantages.

She's really a fighter.

Wu Que quickly said: "Mother, does the enemy know about our situation?"

Shen Gongao said: "Of course I know."

Now is the most dangerous moment for the Shen Gong family, the most vulnerable moment.

As long as the Admiralty Conference is ruined.

Then... the amount of funds of the Shen Gong family is broken.

The Black Gold City is about to be handed over.

The rest of the family's private army will also lose their morale, and Shen Gongao's prestige will be wiped out.

In order to achieve this goal, it is only necessary to destroy the Admiralty Conference.

Wu Que said: "Do you think the enemy will miss this opportunity?"

Immediately, Shen Gongao and Mu Hongyu turned pale.

If there is nothing wrong with Moruo City, and there is nothing wrong with Red Clay City, there will be no accident at the Jinzhong Conference.

But now something happened in those two directions.

Wu Que said: "Our enemies, for this day, have been brewing for a long time, and they originally planned to ambush on all sides."

"Let the Moruo tribe be ruined, the Red Land Territory fall, let me lose the exam of the school city, hand over 30 warships, causing the coastal defense of Zhenhai City to be empty, the pirate Jade Rakshasa came to attack Zhenhai City, causing Zhenhai City to fall, and then Mi The shi sent troops to take it back, and took it back to Zhenhai City by the way."

"It's just that I didn't expect the three of us to be so good, and we won in all three directions."

"However, all three directions are tragic victories. Our family is at the most dangerous moment. Do you think the enemy will miss this opportunity?"

"This time, no matter how much they pay or how much casualties they suffer, they will take action against the Golden Bell Conference. Perhaps... they have already taken action."

And right now!

Outside, a samurai rushed in.

The footsteps were fast and full of fear.

"Marquis, my lord, the secret letter of the carrier pigeon at sea."

Shen Gongao trembled and said, "Bring it in."

The samurai came in and handed the secret letter.

Shen Gongao opened the secret letter and opened it.

Immediately, his face changed drastically and his body trembled.

The whole person even shook.

Wu Que closed his eyes, because...the contents of this letter can be guessed.

Straw rope tends to split in the thinnest places.

When you think the enemy is going to attack a certain place, basically it will, because you know that's where you are most vulnerable.

Shen Gongao hissed: "Our fleet was attacked by three parties and suffered several times the enemy. The pirate queen Jade Raksha shot and sank our twenty-six battleships and transported 7,000 clocks, all of which were destroyed and sank. seabed."

The worst news has come.

Shen Gongao

He held the secret letter in his hand, motionless.

This is all the inventory of the Star Picking Pavilion.

They all hoped to sell these clocks and earn more than two million taels of silver to repay the loan of the World Association and to distribute pensions for casualties.

After half a month, the two money must be taken out.

Now……

Seven thousand clocks, a whole number of years of production, were all destroyed.

The money is gone.

And the family private army suffered two-thirds casualties.

The Shen Gong family has really reached the most dangerous moment.

Shen Gongao looked at Mu Hongyu, looked at Wu Que and said, "Eldest sister, my son, our Shen Gong family is in danger."

Because everything will not end here, and the enemy will come like a tidal wave next.

Then, Shen Gongao's face became resolute.

The whole person is like being made of steel.

"Since you want to come, let's come." Shen Gongao said slowly: "The husband is upright~www.novelmt.com~ to protect the family, protect the wife and children. Big sister, there is nothing to be afraid of, and then I will stay in Zhenhai City as a father. , to protect you from the wind and rain. Regardless of any storm, as long as the father does not fall, you and the eldest mother will be fine. "

There was silence for a moment.

Then he raised his head and said to Shen Gongao: "No, you are going to the front line of Hongtu City, and you are going to the army. The private army is the lifeblood, and there must be no accident. If you don't go to guard, there will be less than 20,000 private army left in our family without a leader. , once the enemy attacks, it is really dangerous."

Shen Gongao said: "The family is the lifeblood, Zhenhai City is the lifeblood, and you are my lifeblood."

Wu Que resolutely said: "No! You go to the front line, you go to the army. Leave Zhenhai City to me, no matter how big the storm is, I will resist it!"

For a moment, Shen Gongao looked at Wuque in disbelief.

Looking at his beautiful face, tender shoulders.

So stormy, so stormy.

Your flawless shoulders are too immature, you can't stop it.

Wu Que slammed the table and shouted: "Shen Gongao, don't be swaying, don't be indecisive. It's settled, you go to the frontline army, and give me Zhenhai City! One person can stop it!"

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Note: The first update is sent. Because it has been conceived for a long time and the number of words is large, the update is a little late. The update today must exceed 15,000 words.

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