Money can make the devil push the mill, let alone the barbarians.

This time the Long family made a big move like never before, and they immediately knocked out the upper and lower classes of the barbarians, including Wugu Village, and other places. Without much hesitation, they agreed to the request made by the Long family. Not only did they promise not to make trouble within the past six months, but they were also willing to split a portion of their men to follow the Long family westward to be a support.

After receiving this promise, Long Tianhao had no worries and seized the time to make another stay-attachment, allowing his two most capable sons, Long Ping and Long Yuan, to take charge of civil and military affairs in Liping's mansion. He led the three thousand most elite soldiers and horses to head straight to the real base of the Long family, Xunyang City, the largest city in Qianzhou.

Li Ling and his party naturally wanted to accompany each other, and even Long Fang was actually in the team.

Such a vast team was naturally panicked by the local people in Qianzhou, which was sparsely populated. They were only a little relieved until they saw the Long Family flag in front of them. The Dragon King of Qianzhou has a good reputation in the local area. In addition to the necessary tax exploitation, they usually do not do anything to oppress the people, and they are even more unlikely to plunder the villages and towns along the way.

In this way, the entire team walked day and night, and took more than ten days to pass through several cities and cross many mountains before finally coming to the bottom of Xunyang City when the winter months entered late.

As the most important city of the Long Family and Qianzhou, Xunyang City is one step further than Liping in both scale and city defense. The city wall alone is more than ten feet high, and it is built on the mountain. It is really easy to defend but difficult to attack, like a pass. The Jiesa Ridge it leans against is even more like a mandarin expression in its words. It is truly like a knife standing upright, and it is impossible for people to enter the city from the rear.

At this time, as the Long Family election approaches, many important figures will come from all sides. So recently, the seven gates in the city have been opened, so that the people in the city can enter and exit the city more easily. However, the city gate tax that should be available is not exempted. As long as it is entered and exited, the five-cent tax will inevitably not be able to escape.

What Li Ling was more concerned about was the large camp in the open space in front of the city. There were flags flying and people walking around, but they were guarding in an orderly manner. Especially when they saw their troops arrive, people and horses in the camp were mobilized to guard the camp gate.

When Long Tianhao saw the military camp from afar, his expression on his face was quite unkind: "They came very early."

"Uh, who are they? They are also from your Long family?" Li Ling asked curiously.

"It's the people from the second sect. They have never dealt with my three sects. They have tried to take away the food and cloth I sent to Xunyang several times, and have fought several times." Long Tianhao snorted, shook the reins again, and slowly pressed forward with his horse in control.

At the same time, as soon as the camp gate opened there, a team of people slowly came out. A middle-aged man in front of him smiled strangely when he saw him, "Tianhao, your three sects have come too late. Do you want everyone to wait for you?"

"There is no way. Who told us that we were the farthest from Xunyang? We could only come one step late. Fortunately, the time has not arrived now, so it is not good to come one step early. We have to eat here." Long Tianhao replied immediately, and asked someone to know that the two of them were very disagreeable when they heard the conversation.

At this time, Dao Nanxing had already introduced Li Ling: "That man is Long Tianba, the brother of the second sect leader Long Tiande, and he is the most arrogant."

Li Ling looked at the other party and saw his domineering black face. At this moment, he was talking to Tiandi and Long Tianhao. He looked down upon him and said curiously: "What about their sect leader?"

"Of course I entered the city. All sects in the city have good places to live, which is more comfortable than living in a military camp. However, our Long family has always had rules. During the election, the soldiers and horses brought by each sect are not allowed to enter the city. Only the sect leader of each sect can bring a small number of confidants in it."

Li Ling asked again: "Then aren't they afraid that you who stay outside will start fighting because of some conflicts?"

Just looking at the attitudes of these two parties when they meet, Li Ling can guess that the situation between the sects is not much better. Putting so many people who have grudges together, who knows what chaos will happen?

As a result, before Dao Nanxing could explain, a team of people rushed out at the gate ahead and quickly stopped the two men who were provoking each other. A general with a helmet and armor and an extraordinary demeanor shouted loudly: "According to the order of the clan leader, the three sects, you go to the west to stay, don't have any conflicts!"

Long Tianhao stared at Long Tianba again, then turned his horse's head and made a gesture, led the team to continue moving forward, bypassed the city wall in front, and arrived at the empty area to the west to camp.

Obviously, the clan leader of the Long family here also knew that there were conflicts between the following sects, so he arranged people to guide the sects early in the morning. It is necessary to place each sect in different locations to avoid any chaos.

Until these were done, the sky gradually became darker. Long Tianhao brought Li Ling and his friends and a few of his confidants into the city. As for the camp here, he handed it over to one of his brothers and several generals. I think nothing big happened outside Xunyang City.

When they really entered the city gate, it was completely dark and there were basically no people on the streets. Obviously, there was a curfew in the city. However, their status was special, so the patrol soldiers would not come forward to investigate. They just let them pass through the streets and alleys smoothly and soon arrived at a magnificent mansion. This was the destination of Long Tianhao's three sects here.

The city had already made reception arrangements. As soon as they saw them coming, a smiling man came up to greet them. After conveying some of the meanings of Long Sihai, he let them in and then sent them all kinds of fine wines and delicacies that had been prepared in advance to entertain everyone from afar.

Not only did they have no worries about food and drink, but there were bath soup there ready, and there were also pretty young women ready to serve. In response, Li Ling and his party were tired of traveling for several days and refused to eat and drink, and they took the bath as they took the bath, but the women respected Xie Bumin and drove them away directly.

After such a busy life, when Li Ling and the others arrived at the arranged residence, it was almost three o'clock. The people who were soft after taking a hot bath all wanted to go back to their room and have a sleep. Unexpectedly, one of them appeared in front of Li Ling, which was Long Xiu who had long been ignored by him.

Yes, after Li Ling arrived in Liping and had further contact with Long Tianhao, even Long Fang, the fourth young man of the Long family, was thrown aside by him, not to mention the Long Xiu who was listening to Long Fang. But he didn't expect that he would follow him into the city today and appeared in front of him.

"Is there anything you have to do?" Li Ling looked at him with some confusion.

Long Xiu's face was not good-looking, and he even sank after hearing this: "Young Master Chang, you are really busy with noble people. You have forgotten everything you said before."

Li Ling then slapped his forehead and laughed: "Look at my memory, I remembered it with your reminder. Are you trying to tell me that I promised you young master to help him seize the successor of the sect leader?"

Seeing that he finally didn't pretend to be confused anymore, Long Xiu calmed down a little: "It seems that Mr. Chang still remembers it. Then I want to ask you on behalf of my master. Is this matter still counting?"

"Of course, I always keep my word, and am I not helping?"

"Help? Why can't I see it? During these days, you were just following the sect leader, but you had already forgotten my son!"

"Then you really wronged me. If I really don't want to help your young master get a chance, he wouldn't have come here with the Dragon Sect Master."

Long Xiu was stunned, and then he understood something: "You mean, is it because we can come here with you?"

"I don't dare to take full credit for this, but it was because I mentioned a few words that made the Dragon Sect Master bring the Fourth Young Master to Xunyang. You also saw how urgent the situation in Xunyang is, so as long as the Fourth Young Master can really help, the credit will be far above other young masters who can only stay in Liping. Once the Dragon Sect Master really takes the position of the leader of the clan, and rewards in terms of merit, let alone the position of a successor, it will not be too difficult to give you a mansion."

Long Xiu fell into thinking again, and after thinking about it, he did not recognize Li Ling's statement. But the question is, where did they get the ability to make contributions to determine the trend in this competition?

When he asked this question, Li Ling smiled: "Isn't this still me? I will naturally create opportunities for you. However, I have to agree first. If you want to make meritorious service, he has to take some risks. Don't retreat because of fear. In that case, even the gods can't help him. By the way, the Fourth Young Master, why don't I explain it to him in person first."

"No, no need, the Fourth Young Master has already rested, and you tell me the same." Long Xiu waved his hand and refused, but his expression was a little strange.

Li Ling guessed the whole story just after just a look. It was obvious that the four playboys did not have the concentration of them. After half a month of bored sleeping all the way, he saw the beauty throwing her arms and hugging her. He was probably happy in the room.

As a result, Long Xiu's momentum was weakened, so he could only look at Li Ling and said, "You won't harm my young master, are you?"

"No, I have no grudges with him and have no friendship with the other young masters, so how could I deliberately harm him? Just let me be a hundred times, at least I will make him outstanding and meritorious."

Having such a guarantee, Long Xiu left with peace of mind, Li Ling watched him leave thoughtfully, and then turned back to the room, already having some conspiracy in his heart.
Chapter completed!