Kunlun one millet

Chapter 289

In the wilderness, the branches and leaves of an old crooked tree shook, and a green gap suddenly appeared in the trunk. Zhao Mi stepped out of it and let out a long sigh of relief.

"The method of wood escape is really wonderful. It allows people to walk back and forth between trees of the same kind, without being blocked by mountains and rivers, and not following the veins of the earth." Zhao Mi loosened his limbs and said to himself:
"It's just a pity, without the "Su Mai Dan Xin Jue" as the foundation, to sense the surrounding vegetation, this wood escape method can't be used, and unlike the shrinking method, it can also bring others along."

Ling Xiao said: "You have not yet completed the immortal body, and the escape method still needs to use the tangible and qualitative things in the world to sense each other's directions to perform the escape method. If you have achieved the immortal way, you can travel directly through the same thought and sense of vision."

"Liang Tao's Great Ming Mirror seems to have a similar magical effect." Zhao Mi recalled: "The magic mirror takes a picture of a certain prescription, and he can go directly through the mirror to reach that place."

"The current you are still unable to perform such spells." Lingxiao said.

"I can feel it too." Zhao Mi sat down and adjusted his breath: "This method of wood escape consumes more mana than I expected. If it is used as a means of escaping disaster, it is not suitable. No wonder it is not listed in the Xuanpu Jade Book." It is one of the first techniques to learn."

Previously, he had fought with Xia Huanggong and agreed to pretend to be defeated and retreat, but Zhao Mi did even better.Facing the fiery meteors that Duke Xia Huang had summoned, Zhao Mi took the opportunity to display a clone, and brought Qianji Lingji in front of everyone, pretending to burn everything together, so that Xia Huanggong could take Qianji Lingji away in public.

The deity of Zhao Mi, on the other hand, hides his figure, and escapes by using the method of wood escape after landing, so as to turn the light into darkness, so as to avoid the suspicion of the Rising Sun God Sect, and he doesn't have to worry about the follow-up matters.

After adjusting his breath for a while, Zhao Mi set off to the pre-arranged place, and found Tao Heling and Chang Liezi in a deserted village that had been flooded, and Qian Shaobai had been waiting here for a long time.

"Thousand Clever Moments have fallen into the hands of Deng Feibao, are you satisfied?" Zhao Mi asked.

"I will first thank you on behalf of Prime Minister Zuo." Qian Shaobai replied with a smile. He is now appointed by Prime Minister Zuo to be in charge of liaison and support, and said: "If possible, please move a little bit. Mr. Prime Minister Zuo hopes to communicate with a few Let's talk."

This situation is a bit unexpected. Zhao Mi originally didn't want to have too much contact with the nobles of Xiongguo, but considering that he didn't have a completely reliable guarantee in order to open the cave portal in Dunjia Mountain and take away Tao Heling's Thousand Clever Moments. inappropriate.

Compared with himself, an outsider with no roots, Tao Heling was obviously more convinced by Xiong Guo's left minister.

"Is Master Zuo Xiang in the imperial capital?" Zhao Mi still had some doubts in his heart. After all, his identity and past are too easy to incur hatred and revenge. Come endless trouble.

Qian Shaobai replied: "Lord Prime Minister Zuo is currently inspecting Sifang counties and counties, and is currently stationed in Puji City, please follow me."

"Inspecting counties and counties?" Zhao Mi asked, "Didn't you say that the Rising Sun God Sect is preparing to revolt? Mr. Zuo Xiang is not afraid that some lunatics will take advantage of the opportunity to assassinate you? It's too much for people to besiege them by clamoring for refugees."

"The reason why refugees are refugees is because they were displaced by natural disasters and man-made disasters." Qian Shaobai explained: "If they can provide timely relief and stabilize the refugees, how will the Rising Sun Sect encourage the people to rebel?"

"It makes sense." Zhao Mi nodded and said, "Lead the way, I want to meet this Lord Zuoxiang."

"However, please stay hidden and sneak along the way, and don't expose your tracks." Qian Shaobai said.

Zhao Mi smiled and nodded in agreement, he had roughly guessed the intention of the left prime minister.

A group of people left the deserted village and headed north to a place where the flood was less severe.Along the way, we saw large and small settlements of cities and towns, sheltering a large number of disaster-stricken people.And there are many middle-aged men involved in repairing embankments, digging canals, and consolidating official roads. They are all ordinary people according to their appearance.

In addition, a large number of scribes and scribes reorganized their household registrations and announced decrees in various places. Many soldiers rode fast horses on the official roads to pass news back and forth. Countless carts and horses brought food and cloth. Distributed to local disaster victims.

Zhao Mi knew that there was another flood in the Fengshui area before, but he didn't expect the disaster to affect such a vast area, let alone Xiongguo's shelter for the affected people.

Following Qian Shaobai to Puji City, you can hear the sound of the rolling torrent from a distance, and there are often floods hitting the embankment on the bank, causing large waves.

However, although the tide is strong, it seems to be restrained in the embankment by an invisible force. Apparently, some monks suppressed the flood tide with great magic power, forcing it to flow along the established river channel, so as not to break the embankment and flood the city.

Puji City is located on the bank of the big river. After Qian Shaobai entered the city and made some inquiries, he led Zhao Mi and others to the west wall.On the left, He Qingchen looked at the distant river with his hands behind his back, and he could faintly see more than a dozen figures sitting cross-legged on the embankment, reciting the profound scripture rhyme in unison, subduing the flood tide like a beast.

"Master Zuo Xiang." Qian Shaobai bowed and saluted: "The disciple brought me here."

"Hmm." Left Prime Minister He Qingchen is an old man with grizzled hair, but his eyes are bright and his expression is healthy. He recognized Zhao Shu at a glance, and said, "This must be the real Huaiyu from Xuanputang. I've heard Shaobai mention you before. Whether it's flattening the Shiliang Twelve Villages, exterminating the big monster in Liaohua County, or killing all the evil spirits in Qinghe, it all depends on the real Huaiyu to show his supernatural power."

"Thank you, I just happened to meet that kind of evil spirit, and I did it casually." Zhao Mi replied expressionlessly.

"Do it by hand?" He Qingchen didn't delve into it, and looked at the other two: "These two are Tao Heling and the eldest son of Taiyi Sect?"

The two bowed their hands to salute respectively, He Qingchen looked at Tao Heling and said: "I think you already know the truth about the arrangement, if you are not angry right now, just say so."

Tao Heling asked: "Master Zuo Xiang, I don't understand, since you know Deng Feibao has bad intentions, why did you promote him to be the master of Qianji Pavilion?"

"Mainful intentions?" He Qingchen's tone was gentle: "From the truth, there are many people with malicious intentions. I appointed Deng Feibao as the master of Qianji Pavilion because he has a high level of accomplishment in the art of wit. Second, he was elected by everyone in the cabinet, which shows his prestige, and it is very suitable for such a person to take over the position of cabinet master."

Faced with these words, Tao Heling was speechless for a while, not knowing how to refute.Zhao Mi didn't want to speak at first, but seeing He Qingchen looking at him, he could only say:

"Master Zuoxiang's remarks are biased. I know very little about Jiqiao, but I have recently discussed with Brother Tao, and I generally know that Jiqiao creates things. Even if it is based on a picture, it is definitely not a single person. Deng Feibao is not the only one.

As for the theory of prestige, from the eyes of Mr. Zuo Xiang, it should not be uncommon for cliques to collude, protect each other for mutual benefits, and bribe good words, and words of praise are the least credible.What's more, Lord Zuo Xiang's trust and promotion cannot prevent Deng Feibao from obeying the Rising Sun Sect and plotting rebellious things. "

He Qingchen pondered for a moment, did not answer, and turned to look at Chang Liezi: "I don't know what advice the Taiyi Sect disciples have here."

"I'm just a countryman, how can I teach Mr. Zuo Xiang?" Chang Liezi said with a straight face: "I just accompanied Master Huaiyu to testify."

"Witness?" He Qingchen looked thoughtful.

Zhao Mi looked at the few monks on the river embankment in the distance, and asked, "Who are they?"

"Of course it's a member of the Shangjing Sect." He Qingchen replied, "The leader is Xuantugong, one of the Four Immortals."

Zhao Mi was slightly surprised, looked in the direction of the river embankment, used the Yingxuan Scenery Technique, observed for a long time and said: "Many people work together to form an formation, gather great magic power to withstand the power of the flood, and turn it into a restraint The power of guiding the water flow. Such a clever method, such a subtle magic power!"

This time Zhao Mi really admired him. He thought that his level of cultivation might not be able to compete with the world's masters, but he should have some unique enlightenment in the use of magic techniques, which may not be much worse than the tolerance of the four immortals.

But when I saw it today, I realized that there is a sky beyond the sky, and there are people beyond people.

Zhao Mi knew too well how irresistible the rolling flood was. He happened to encounter a flood on the way of opening an altar in Huaxu country.However, what Zhao Mi could do at that time was to assist in the passage of the last section of the newly dug canal, other than harvesting the rain. He did not think about how to control the flood at all.

Even if Zhao Mi now has the cultivation realm of internal guarding of fetal breath, he never dares to try to compete with the great power of heaven and earth.

If it was in the Tianxia Dynasty, the ceremonial officials would not use scientific rituals to forcefully fight against the floods. The best way is to pre-judge the disasters of drought and flood through the changes of the heaven and earth, and make early response and prevention.Otherwise, when the water in the river overflows, the heaven and the earth will probably be in riots, and the rituals and rituals of the ceremonial officials will not be able to be restrained.

And Xuan Tugong's brilliance lies in that he does not blindly fight against the flood tide, nor does he spread true energy to reinforce the embankment, but counteracts the momentum of the torrential torrent, forming an invisible channel along the river, guiding it along the trend, which is worthy of Weigh four or two to dial a thousand catties.

Even if Xuan Tugong led a group of members of the Shangjing Sect to join forces, they still couldn't completely eliminate the power of the flood, but as long as the river bank was not broken, it would give the soldiers and people on the bank a chance to reinforce the bank.

"I don't know how long Xuan Tu Gong has been in charge of the embankment?" Zhao Mi asked.

"Today is the seventh day." He Qingchen said: "At the beginning, I found that the embankment was slightly leaking, so Mr. Xuantu made a decisive decision and led all his disciples to form a formation to cast spells, keeping the embankment under control. The truth is here, then It is to urge the embankment to be repaired and strengthened."

Zhao Mi felt a little unbelievable, Xuan Tugong used his magic power very cleverly, but a master like him worked tirelessly to guard the river embankment, it was completely impossible in Huaxu Kingdom, even Zhao Mi had never done it this kind of thing.

Seven days and seven nights may not seem like a short period of time, but Zhao Mi knew that to defuse the flood tide and guide the river like Xuan Tugong was like walking on a suspension cable in the mountains with a heavy burden, surrounded by strong winds howling, a little uncomfortable. Shen was about to be blown down, falling to pieces.

Even if Xuan Tugong's cultivation level is advanced, it's okay to insist on this kind of thing for half a day. If he doesn't move for seven days and seven nights, even if he is a cultivator, it is not much different from being tortured.

"No wonder I can't win..." Zhao Mi muttered in a low voice.

When He Qingchen heard this, he showed a meaningful expression, and then said: "This is not a place to talk, let's go elsewhere."

Everyone followed He Qingchen to a secluded house in the city. The surrounding guards were either overtly or secretly arranged, and guarded by barriers. No matter where He Qingchen went, there were at least three teams of people on guard in the dark. As a profound person, he should also be a disciple of Shangjingzong.

After each sat down, Qian Shaobai was about to say goodbye and leave, He Qingchen said: "Shaobai, you don't have to leave, just listen to it."

"I obey." Qian Shaobai respectfully stood beside him.

Zhao Mi glanced at Qian Shaobai, and he found that both Han Yuanzi and He Qingchen valued him a lot. Could it be that he was going to be trained as the future master?It's just that Han Yuanzi hides and doesn't show up, He Qingchen is in charge of the country's affairs, almost completely opposite sides, aren't you afraid to teach Qian Shaobai something wrong?

"I know you are resentful, and feel that I have abandoned Qianji Pavilion and Tao Hongjiu." He Qingchen said to Tao Heling first: "You can read these letters first, but don't disclose them to the outside world."

Tao Heling took the letter, flipped through it for a while, and then revealed a look of surprise: "This, this is Elder Qi's letter! He has secretly contacted you a long time ago?"

"Qianji Pavilion creates ingenious equipment for the country. As the leftist minister, how can I know nothing about you?" He also planned to take down Deng Feibao first before the situation changed, but found that most of the people in Qianji Pavilion were following him.

There may not be loyalty at all, the rest of the cabinet followed Deng Feibao, probably for the sake of small profits, after all, Qianji Pavilion has always been hardworking. "He Qingchen said: "In the past, the great grandfather once mentioned the title of 'single master of thousands of machines' to you Yubi, so the Thousand Machines Pavilion was not included in the treasurer of the imperial army, which can be regarded as a kindness to Conglong's hero.Over time, the Qianji Pavilion became a self-contained entity, and it was only in your uncle's generation that the imperial court could interfere in the selection of the pavilion chief. "

Although Tao Heling didn't answer, he had to admit that what Zuo Xiang said was true, so he continued: "Deng Feibao did not participate in the rebellion, and as Zuo Xiang, I have no real and reliable reason to kill him. If I do it rashly, I'm afraid that the moment we make a move, it will immediately arouse a lot of dissatisfaction, and it would be even more inappropriate to force Qianji Pavilion back at that time."

With these few words, Tao Heling was mostly convinced, and then He Qingchen continued: "How many people do you think are wholeheartedly following Deng Feibao to rebel?"

Tao Heling thought for a moment, then said, "I'm afraid there won't be too many, more people are just being coerced by the situation."

"That's it." He Qingchen said with a smile: "Most people are nothing more than on the sidelines, whoever wins they will follow whoever. But after the court punishes the leader of the rebellious party, someone must come out to preside over the situation. In Qianji Pavilion, I like you."

When Tao Heling heard this, all the depression and gloom in his heart were swept away. When the left minister is in power, if he speaks, who would dare to despise him?

"I, I understand, but in the future, Lord Zuo please give me instructions!" Tao Heling felt the ringing in his ears, and agreed without thinking.

(End of this chapter)