Chu, Zhang Family

When Lin Jiang's remarks caused a storm in various countries, Lin Jiang was a guest at Zhang Family. The reason was that Zhang Baolin had been studying with Lin Jiang for the past few months and had made rapid progress in martial arts, so he specially rewarded him. After several invitations, Lin Jiang did not refuse.

Zhang Family is actually a huge family. After thousands of years of inheritance, Zhang Family's children have long exceeded one million, and they are distributed in dozens of cities in Chu. In the capital, it is naturally Zhang Family's big house, that is, the main hall, after all, it is closest to the power center.

Zhang Family has a big mansion in the capital, and there are manors everywhere outside the capital. Lin Jiang attended Zhang Family's banquet in one of the manors, which is a world of its own, like a country within a country.

"Zhang Family has more than one million members, countless lands, countless officials, countless students and old officials, thousands of troops, all of whom are fierce warriors, and there is also a martial arts saint sitting in the manor. I don't know if you are panicking when you sleep at night."

Lin Jiang looked at the troops training in the manor and said to Zhang Baolin. He didn't know whether Zhang Baolin was panicking or not, but he felt that the king of Chu must be panicking.

"What you said is right, so the Zhang family can only become stronger."

Zhang Baolin's face darkened. Lin Jiang had never said such words to him, but now he hit the nail on the head.

The Zhang family is the first noble family in Chu State besides the royal family. It has been prosperous for thousands of years, but it is also a raging fire. How can the king sleep at night when it is so powerful?

There are too many members of the Zhang family, and they can no longer retreat bravely. If they retreat, not to mention being bullied by others, what will happen to the livelihoods of the family members? Can they take out the benefits they have put in their pockets? Therefore, the Zhang family can only become stronger.

"Back then, your ancestor Zhang Ran refused to establish his own country. Maybe I understand it, but unfortunately, you don't understand it."

Lin Jiang shook his head. He really understood Zhang Ran's feelings a little bit. The aristocratic family is indeed glorious, but the pressure is also very great. If Lin Jiang were the head of the Zhang family, he would definitely break up the Zhang family, or just rebel directly. Wouldn't it force the royal family of Chu to take action if he was neither up nor down like this?

There were not many people at Zhang's banquet, only more than ten, all of whom were the senior executives of Zhang. There were also several beautiful women at the banquet. Lin Jiang knew what Zhang was thinking.

"Mr. Guigu lives alone in Chu State, and there is no one who knows how to serve him. If you don't mind, I can let Zhang's daughter Ke'er go to serve you."

"My daughter Zhang is very famous in Chu State. She is first-class in both literary talent and martial arts, and she can manage the inner court easily..."

Sure enough, when the wine was drunk, the head of the Zhang family said to Lin Jiang with a smile, there is no need to say much about the appearance and personality of Zhang's daughter, and she has a lot of other advantages. After all, she was trained according to the standards of the queen, and she had to learn everything, such as piano, chess, calligraphy and painting.

This made Zhang's daughter famous in Chu State. I don't know how many nobles wanted to marry Zhang's daughter. It is no exaggeration to say that those who want to marry Zhang's daughter lined up from Chu State to Qin State.

Lin Jiang looked at several Zhang women. They were not shy at all. They exchanged glances with Lin Jiang. They were very generous.

"The women of Chu are affectionate. It's true."

Lin Jiang sighed in his heart. The literary style of Chu was outstanding and more tolerant. Even women were more open.

However, Lin Jiang still refused. He traveled alone to various countries. He didn't know how many people he offended. He was not afraid of anything. If he brought his family with him, he would be a soft spot for the enemy.

As for abandoning his wife and children in the end, Lin Jiang couldn't do it. This was not a deal that could be done in an hour. After getting along for a long time, they would have feelings.

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"The best master of Chu, Peng Zu?"

Not long after the Zhang family banquet, resistance appeared in Chu. Before, Lin Jiang was hyped as the best martial saint in the world, but during this period, he was hyped as the best master of Chu, nicknamed Peng Zu. Moreover, the news appeared on Lin Jiang's side. The plot of killing with a borrowed knife was too obvious.

"Sir, this Peng Zu is indeed the best martial artist in the State of Chu, and he has been so for nearly two hundred years. He also has a nickname, Peng Xian. It is said that he has become an immortal and is immortal. Someone saw him two hundred years ago, and he was still as young as ever two hundred years later."

"There are also many people in Northern Xinjiang who claim to be immortals."

"I have never been to Northern Xinjiang, but the story of Peng Zu is true."

"Tell me in detail."

"Yes, sir, the place where Peng Zu is located is called Yinxian Gorge, in the southernmost part of the Chu State. He established his own city and respected the orders of the Chu State, but he always obeyed them in public and managed Yinxian Gorge so well that no one could get in. The Chu State had summoned him several times when it went to war with the enemy, but he always made excuses not to go out. Dean Chu Tiange had been to Yinxian Gorge, but it is said that he was no match for Peng Zu. Peng Zu was very famous in the Chu State. Before you came to the Chu State, Peng Zu was the number one master in the Chu State."

"What's Peng Zu's name?"

"I don't know. It's been too long and no one remembers his name. They only know that he is Peng Zu or Pengxian."

"Haha, since there are immortals in the world, why don't I go and find out?"

Lin Jiang laughed. He should be an immortal cultivator in all likelihood. He would just go and see whose disciple he was.

"Sir, no, this is a scheme to kill someone with a borrowed knife."

"You all saw it, how can I not see it?"

Lin Jiang smiled. The things he printed were distributed all over the world. Chu must be the first stop, so the reaction was the fastest. Thanks to the battle of Hangu Pass, the nobles of Chu did not dare to attack Lin Jiang directly, so

they hyped up Peng Zu. They thought that there was no first among warriors, and warriors were extremely passionate. When they heard that someone was better than themselves, they would definitely go to ask for advice. Maybe they did the same thing with Peng Zu. In short, they wanted the two to fight.

"Since you know it, why do you still want to be fooled?"

"They think it is an unfathomable scheme, but in my opinion, it is just a jumping clown. Going to Peng Zu is not a trick, but it really aroused my interest."

"This..."

Several disciples thought that Lin Jiang was too arrogant and simply did not take other martial saints seriously.

Lin Jiang did not have so many ideas. He took the disciples with him and asked them to go out more. It was not good to practice martial arts at home.

The Yinxian Gorge where Peng Zu was located was at the southernmost tip of the Chu State. In fact, it was beyond the control of the Chu State, because there was a long stretch of primeval forest, and the Chu State had no control over this area.

In fact, there were still quite a few people in this area, all of them were primitive people from tribes. The Chinese civilization brought by Lin Jiang had its own contempt chain, and they were already regarded as barbarians and wild people. Many newly promoted nobles had no slaves under their command, and they often captured them here. The

Xia State was still too big, and the Chu State was also too big. The existing population could not fill the territory at all. There were many places with vast land and sparse population, so there would be a large number of people opposing the expansion of the Qin State. The territory was conquered and no one was managing it, so why expand? They thought it was the trick of the middle and lower nobles, hoping to be promoted with military merits, but wasting the resources of the Qin State.

"This is the Yinxian Gorge."

A month later, everyone stood on a hilltop. Zhang Baolin took the map to compare. The huge canyon in front of them, which was hundreds of miles long, was the Yinxian Gorge.

Lin Jiang's eyes were like torches, and he could already see faintly that there were indeed some traces of human habitation in the canyon.

"This canyon is a great place to live in seclusion,"

Lin Jiang exclaimed. This place was once a place that no immortal cultivator had ever set foot on. He had no impression of it at all, but he was amazed at the topography of this place.

Everyone found the entrance to the canyon and walked towards the middle. Soon they saw some cultivated fields, and a team of soldiers quickly surrounded everyone.

"I am an envoy from the State of Chu. Please come out to meet the Peng family,"

Zhang Baolin immediately took out the seal of the State of Chu and said. In order to have a smooth journey, he also asked for an errand. The reason on the surface was to discuss the tribute with the Peng family, because the Peng family was still a subordinate of the State of Chu.

Peng Zu's seclusion was not a seclusion of one person. He married many wives and had many children. He also had many servants. It is estimated that there were more than 10,000 people in the entire canyon.

Lin Jiang and his party were taken to a building, and soon someone came to see Zhang Baolin. Although the Peng family pretended to obey but secretly disobeyed, they still did a good job on the surface.

"No need to go to so much trouble."

Seeing that Zhang Baolin was still arguing with Peng's people, Lin Jiang suddenly became impatient and rushed straight to Peng's inner courtyard.