When he arrived in Pudong County, Pei Ji quickly rushed to other county towns to prevent Ning Ze from rushing to catch up, so the national teacher could not catch up. So he secretly told the county magistrate to deliberately delay building a high platform and collect the speed required to subdue demons, and keep Ning Ze here temporarily.

The county magistrate dared not not cooperate and found a subordinate to borrow money and told them not to be so serious about their work and to delay their work if possible.

It would be impossible to build it in one day like other county towns, and then Ning Ze finished the ceremony in one day and left.

It is not easy to speed up efficiency, but who can’t delay it?

So the county started to work slowly.

Song Gao went outside to patrol and came back to tell Ning Ze about this situation.

Ning Ze didn't care. Pei Ji wanted to keep himself here and wait until their national teacher arrived, then wait!

Both sides are not in a hurry and stay in Pudong County for the time being.

The next day, Ding Bi suddenly received an urgent report that Minjiang County was taken away, Guan Xuehu, and Bai Chaoxin occupied the city and rebelled out of Nancheng.

This news scared Ding Bi very much and quickly discussed it with Pei Ji.

Pei Ji was also surprised. How could Guan Xuehu and Bai Chaoxin occupy Minjiang County with such a little force?

By the way, the two of them ran away from their hands and turned around and occupied the county town. This is no small problem!

I wanted to take Ding Bi to ask Ning Ze for an explanation, but then I thought, Ning Ze would definitely refuse, and it would be useless to find him. Can he admit it in person?

After discussion, Pei Ji felt that since Ning Ze was staying here for the time being, it would be fine as long as he waited for the national army. The Minjiang County City was more important, so he divided half of the troops and joined Ding Bi's headquarters, so he led his army to quickly rush to Minjiang County City to defeat Guan Xuehu, Bai Chaoxin, and regain the city.

Ding Bi took the order and led a large army to leave Pudong County, turning around and killing him.

After Ding Bi left, Pei Ji personally monitored Ning Ze to prevent the other party from taking actions that harm Nan Cheng.

Ning Ze did nothing on his face, but just had to interact with county officials normally, or walked around the streets of Pudong County, secretly let Song Gao, Ning Yong, and Shao Yi run around and wander around the county town all day long. Pei Ji was very nervous and could only send his confidants to follow closely, preventing the other party from leaving his sight.

After several days of continuous development, Pei Ji was exhausted and realized that it was difficult to monitor the person, especially because Ning Ze deliberately played tricks on him many times, but he could not burst out and suppressed his anger.

Fortunately, the national commander arrived, Xin Tieshan and the brigade came to Pudong County, and a big stone in Pei Ji's heart finally fell.

He personally led his subordinates out of the city to greet him, and the county officials followed him and came outside the city to see Xin Tieshan.

"National Master, you are here!" Pei Ji's face looked better as if he saw the savior.

"General Pei, what's going on in Minjiang County?" Xin Tieshan asked Ma Jin next to him before he could speak.

Ma Xiu is Ma Jian’s younger brother. Although his official position is smaller than Pei Ji, his identity is higher than Pei Ji. After all, he is a member of the Ma family and belongs to the royal relative.

Ding Bi led his troops back to Minjiang County City, but was blocked by Guan Xuehu, Bai Chaoxin was blocked outside the city, and the two sides fought across the city.

However, identity exchanges, Guan Xuehu, Bai Chaoxin is the defending city, and Ding Bi is the attacking city.

Although Guan Xuehu was not very capable, Bai Chaoxin brought over more than 2,000 and surrendered, he recruited soldiers in the city these days. Now there are 14,000 soldiers and horses, with high and solid walls, and all the equipment to defend the city. It is not that easy for Ding Bi to break through the city under steady and steady combat.

When the national division team arrived here, they naturally received the news that the Minjiang County City was seized, which was quite shocked. At that time, I thought about turning around and helping Ding Bi to regain the County City, but Ning Ze was the biggest threat and could not be left alone. Weighing the pros and cons, I felt that Guan Xuehu and Bai Chaoxin had limited threats. Ding Bi should be able to defeat them, or send Ning Ze out of the Minjiang River was the top priority. Ning Ze would not leave, there would be more trouble.

When he got here, he naturally had to ask Pei Ji. After all, he took the lead and asked Guan Xuehu and Bai Chaoxin to escape from his hands, and even causing such a big deal.

Pei Ji could only go forward and carefully explain the situation where Guan Xuehu and Bai Chaoxin ran away that day, which means that Ning Ze intervened, how could I do it if I am a mortal? To deal with this matter, I have to take Ning Ze down, and it depends on the national teacher.

After understanding the specific situation, Ma Jin said to Xin Tieshan: "National Master, it seems that all the chaos in Minjiang County has arisen because of Ning Ze, so you can only ask for action!"

Xin Tieshan took a deep breath, looked down at the "Xuanwu" carrying him, gently patted its hard giant shell, and then looked up and said, "General Pei, please go back and invite Ning Ze outside the city. He said that my national teacher has been acclaiming for a long time, and invited him to practice magic."

"Does the national teacher have a chance of winning?" Ma Jin asked in a low voice.

"If you have any chance of winning, you will know if you have a chance of winning!" Xin Tieshan replied, "There are many rumors about Ning Ze among the people, as if he can do everything. Only by fighting with me can my national teacher know his true strength!"

"I believe that the national teacher is better!" Ma Jin said, "No matter how powerful Ning Ze is, he will not be able to subdue Xuanwu. With this alone, the national teacher is much more powerful than him. When he will compete with Ning Ze later, the national teacher must do his best. If he can use the competition to eradicate it, it will be a great achievement! Ning Ze is your Majesty's confidant, and the national teacher should be clear. Even if he cannot eliminate it, at least Ning Ze will retreat when he sees the difficulties and leaves Minjiang, it is best not to dare to attack us Nancheng easily in the future! It is also a great achievement to give Nancheng the opportunity to recuperate!"

"General Ma doesn't need to give any more reminders, my national teacher knows it."

"That's good!"

Pei Ji immediately returned to the city and rushed to the post station.

As soon as Ning Ze came out of the post station, he smiled and greeted Pei Ji: "General Pei, you are rushing to come on a horse. Is there anything urgent? Has the high platform in the county been built and let the orphan go to subdue the demons?"

Pei Ji did not dismount and directly clasped his fists at him: "My national teacher has arrived outside the city. He has heard of the prince's affairs for a while, and his skills are itchy. Therefore, I ordered me to come and invite the prince to talk outside the city."

"The national teacher of your country?" Ning Ze actually knew through the virtual map that another Nancheng army came outside the city. He guessed that it was the so-called national teacher, but he pretended to be surprised, "It is the national teacher Xin Tieshan who subdued Xuanwu and fought against Qinglong at sea?"

"That's right, I wonder if the prince can go out of the city with me. The national master really wants to meet you and practice magic."

"The master who can subdue Xuanwu is also very interested!" Ning Ze agreed immediately, "General Pei takes the lead, Gu will come over immediately."

"I'll wait here and be with the prince."

"Okay, then you can wait!" Ning Ze returned to the inn, went to the room to change his clothes, came out to ride on Jueying, and ran to the county exit with Pei Ji.

When I arrived outside the city, I saw a large army lined up in an array.

In the middle, a giant tortoise was particularly conspicuous and quite imposing.

There was a man riding above the giant turtle. He looked like he was dressed in the national teacher's official uniform. There were many generals and officers next to him, and there were flags waving behind him, and his morale was full.

Ning Ze had no one around, so he followed Pei Ji alone.

When he arrived in front of him, Pei Ji bowed and said, "The Emperor of China, King Danyang is here!"

"Foreign ministers pay homage to the prince!" Ma Jin, Ma Lian, and Ma Xiu led the generals to fold their fists and greet Ning Ze.

"All the generals are polite!" Ning Ze responded with his fists, turned his eyes to the giant turtle and looked at Xin Tieshan, who was sitting on the turtle's back, "Is this the national teacher? It's true that he is very arrogant."

When Ning Ze looked at him, Xin Tieshan was also looking at him. He clasped his fists and said, "I have heard of the name of King Danyang! I have always wanted to visit him, but unfortunately I didn't have the chance to meet him today, which is enough to comfort my life's regret!"

"You are kind!" Ning Ze laughed, "I admire him very much when the national master was able to subdue Xuanwu and fight Qinglong! However, when I saw Xuanwu today, it was a little inconsistent with the legend, and I was very confused."

Xin Tieshan replied: "There are many misunderstandings in the world, and many of them are inconsistent with reality."

"That's right!" Ning Ze nodded, "With spreading rumors, many things are too exaggerated or deviated from the facts."

"National Master!" Seeing the two chatting, Ma Lian whispered to remind him.

Xin Tieshan then remembered the purpose of this trip, so he changed the topic: "It is very rare for me to see this. It is very rare. It is said that the prince has great magic power and even Shui Bo can subdue him. He once fought in front of the formation, slashed the master to death by thunder, and defeated many powerful people with magic. Now he ran to the Minjiang River to subdue demons and eliminate demons. My master admired him very much! He is a practitioner of Taoism, and he saw that his skills were itchy, so he dared to invite the prince to have a fight. I wonder if the prince can appreciate his face?"

"How do the national teacher want to compete?" Ning Ze asked.

"You and I choose one of them is empty, and no outsiders are allowed to intervene. We fight with magic in private, and we will do our best to decide the winner." Xin Tieshandao.

"Since you need to have a chance to compete, you have to add a prize." Ning Ze smiled, "What do the national teacher think?"

"This..." Xin Tieshan hesitated for a second and nodded in response, "What kind of lottery is the prince?"

"It's very simple! If Gu wins, he will need the Xuanwu of the National Master!" Ning Ze narrowed his eyes and pointed at the giant turtle, "The National Master wins, just say whatever he wants!"

Want Xuanwu? Ma Lian, Ma Jin, Ma Xiu, Pei Ji and others widened their eyes and thought to themselves that Ning Ze really dared to ask for it. This is not Shui Bo, but the real Xuanwu!

They looked at Xin Tieshan one by one, reminding him with their eyes that he could not agree.

When Xin Tieshan heard Ning Ze's request, he looked down at the giant turtle, and then nodded: "Your Majesty is direct enough! Okay, the prince has won, this Xuanwu belongs to you! If the prince is defeated by his national teacher, he must hand over Shui Bo, leave Minjiang County at the same time, return to China, and promise not to send troops south within five years to invade Nancheng!"

"Yes!" Ning Ze smiled, "Since both sides have set their mark, where to compete with each other, please follow the guests and ask the national teacher to designate!"

Xin Tieshan had a long plan and pointed his hand south: "There is a lake over there, which is remote and quiet enough to not disturb the people. Do you dare to follow me?"

"Why don't you dare?" Ning Ze glanced at Ma Lian, Ma Jin, Ma Xiu, Pei Ji and others, "Since it's a private discussion, there are only the national teacher and the orphans, so will you not accompany you, right?"

"Your Majesty can rest assured!" Xin Tieshan said, "You and me are the only ones!"
Chapter completed!