Traveling from The Deer and Ding Tale

Chapter 85 The Duke of Dongying

Hong Antong is dead.

Until his death, he didn't know which kind of Zhou Ping'an's peerless martial arts he died from, whether it was knife skills, sword skills, stick skills, or palm skills.

Zhou Pingan won.

But until the moment he killed Hong Antong, he didn't know which kind of martial arts killed Hong Antong, whether it was sword technique, sword technique or palm technique.

Zhou Pingan's martial arts shocked Hong Antong, but at the same time, Hong Antong's martial arts attainments also made Zhou Pingan feel the coldness on his back for the first time since he was ranked among the top martial arts masters.

This is a true peak duel, completely instinctive moves, without any tricks at all, all of them are one-hit-killing stunts.

Su Quan, the masters of the Dragon Sect, and Zhou Ping'an's subordinates were all stunned.

Although the fight between Hong Antong and Zhou Ping'an lasted for most of the day, both of them shot so fast that none of them could clearly see the moves between Hong Antong and Zhou Ping'an.

"It was only today that I saw that Hong Jiaozhu's heroic three moves can really be used beyond the three moves."

Fat Toutuo had a bitter expression on his face, "Except Master, no one in the Jianghu can accept Hong Antong's three tricks."

Everyone nodded, obviously thinking the same as Fat Toutuo.

"Go and tell them that those who are willing to submit to our Jiang Zuomen will go with us. Those who don't want to go can stay." After Zhou Ping'an finished speaking, he went out first.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Zhou Ping'an took two steps, the leader's wife Su Quan was the first to stand up and said loudly: "Mr. Zhou, I am willing to follow you."

Zhou Ping'an looked back, unexpectedly meeting Su Quan looking at him charmingly.

"Okay, Miss Su Quan is one." After Zhou Ping'an finished speaking, he went out first, and secretly praised in his heart, this Su Quan really looks good.

Fat Toutuo and Deng Bingchun naturally followed immediately without saying anything.

The rest of the people waited and saw that the three of them had followed Zhou Ping'an, so they all followed.

Under voluntary circumstances, no one chose to stay.

"Let's fire. It's more or less symbolic to fire a few shots." Zhou Ping'an issued an order.

Shi Lang was a little shocked, but then he understood that these shots were for Kangxi to see.

"All members of the Shenlong Sect have been sent to Jiangzuo Gate until they pass the assessment of Confucian Datong teachings." Zhou Pingan gave Meng Shentong an order.

During this trip to Japan, everyone made a lot of money. If Zhou Ping'an hadn't ordered everyone to keep a low profile, the money of his gang could have bought half of the capital.

He quickly reported to the capital. Zhou Ping'an recorded the military exploits of all his subordinates in the battle report, especially Shi Lang, who gave him the first credit.

When Kangxi heard that Zhou Ping'an entered Dongying by mistake, he even knocked down Dongying with one hand. He was surprised and delighted, and immediately sent the order to the second son of the Wen family, "All civil and military officials will follow me for thirty miles. , welcome Duke Zhou Ping'an and triumphant return!"

The second son of the Wen family received the imperial edict, but his jaw almost dropped to the ground in shock.

Originally, he had secretly investigated Zhou Ping'an's situation, but he didn't expect Zhou Ping'an to become Duke of Dongying directly from the first-class viscount.

Thinking back to the days when we were eunuchs "gambling money" together, although he has been promoted very quickly now, he is already a fifth-rank leader eunuch, but compared with Zhou Ping'an, it is almost impossible.
The second son of the Wen family had mixed feelings in his heart.

After receiving Kangxi's imperial decree, all civil and military officials were also stunned.

After all, for Zhou Ping'an, everyone was just envious and jealous at first.

Although Suo'etu spent a lot of money on behalf of Zhou Pingan, Zhou Pingan did not have the emotional intelligence of Wei Xiaobao who had been trained in the chicken yard since childhood.

The promotion of Zhou Ping'an by civil and military officials is more due to the personal relationship between Zhou Ping'an and Kangxi.

Even though Zhou Pingan completed a series of tasks such as saving Shunzhi and going to Yunnan as an envoy, the evaluation of everyone was still the same.

It was only at this time, when the news that Zhou Pingan had captured Japan and the whole of Japan spread back to the capital, everyone suddenly discovered that Zhou Pingan had become a being that they needed to look up to.

When Suo'etu heard the news, his face was full of joy, and he was secretly proud that he had thought of sworn worship with Zhou Ping'an so early on.

Prince Kang even ordered his subordinates to hurry to buy the next duke's mansion. He wanted to send it to his good brother Zhou Ping'an as soon as possible. Moreover, this duke's mansion was specially asked to be chosen by Rui Chu.

The wailing bugle sounded, and Zhou Ping'an finally appeared in front of Kangxi and the civil and military officials with a group of soldiers who had earned a lot of money from Japan.

But in fact, except for those like Shi Lang who had surrendered to Zhou Ping'an, the rest of the soldiers here had been replaced by those from Jiangzuomen.

Anyway, Kangxi couldn't recognize a big soldier, and neither could the civil and military officials whose eyes only knew to look up.

"Xiao Guizi, it's really you who not only smashed Shenlong Island to pieces, but also took Dongying down."

Kangxi was overjoyed when he saw Zhou PingAn, he took Zhou PingAn's hand and walked side by side.

The civil and military officials were greatly frightened. The ministers and the emperor walked side by side. This was
Even Prince Kang and Suo'etu were taken aback, but then they looked indifferent.

Zhou Pingan smiled and said: "It depends on luck to some extent. When we rushed to Japan by accident, Tokugawa Ieyasu was exhausted from fighting with the rebels, which was equivalent to picking up a ready advantage."

As he said that, he asked his subordinates to hand Kangxi the national book and national treasure of Dongying and various gifts of tribute.

"Why can't others pick up such a bargain, but you can pick it up? In the end, you are the lucky one." Kangxi said with a smile.

Prince Kang Suo'etu and others even congratulated.

In order to show the grandeur of the celestial dynasty, Kangxi not only made the soldiers holding the banners extraordinarily majestic, but also specially brought all the foreign envoys with him.

Jin Shansun, the prince of North Korea who came to pay tribute, saw Japan's national book and national treasure, and even knelt down to Kangxi and Zhou Ping'an, "Thank you, Your Majesty! Thank you, Duke Zhou!"

Zhou Ping'an was slightly startled.

Kangxi smiled and said: "Prince Jin came here this time because he hoped that the Qing Dynasty would send troops to help them fight against the Japanese invasion. I didn't expect that Xiao Guizi, you should also take the credit for this."

"Yes, Your Majesty. The demise of the Qianming Dynasty was certainly due to the invincibility of our Eight Banners Army of the Qing Dynasty. However, the intrusion of Japanese pirates also caused the Qianming Dynasty to exhaust its national power. Now, Mr. Zhou has wiped out Dongying in one fell swoop. It's a big worry for me in the Qing Dynasty."

Prince Kang sent a wave of flattery to Zhou Pingan at the right time.

"Indeed." Kangxi laughed.

The next day when he went to court, Kangxi issued an order to confer the titles of Shi Lang and other generals who had made meritorious service, as well as a group of local officials who had made contributions to Zhou Ping'an, according to the candidates reported by Zhou Ping'an.

It wasn't until this moment that Ye Qingyao suddenly discovered the reason why Zhou Ping'an insisted on sending the most elite students to the seemingly bitter cold outside the pass.

For example, the number one scholar Han Aimin, who was promoted to two ranks, was promoted to the governor by virtue of his contribution to assisting Zhou Pingan in winning Dongying and Shenlong Island.

In the army, there are even more people who are Zhou Ping'an's cronies.

If you include the military and political forces of the San Francisco Territory, Zhou Ping'an already had the strength to compete head-on with Kangxi.

(End of this chapter)