Kunlun one millet

Chapter 44

Zhao Mi looked at a four-wheeled carriage in front of him. The carriage was shaped like a hut, and it was made of precious fragrant nanmu. A defensive magic weapon to protect the carriage and prevent assassination.

"No matter how rich you are, you can't get such a carriage." Zhao Mi sighed, looking in front of the carriage, he found that even the one pulling the carriage was not an ordinary horse, but a horse with two white hairs and black tails, a tiger claw and a single horn. The strange horse beast is much stronger and taller than ordinary horses, so it can pull the carriage shaped like a house.

"Is this a barge from northern Xinjiang?" Zhao Mi asked.

"Zhao Fuli is very knowledgeable." Jiang Ru regained her soft and charming demeanor, but secretly laughed at Zhao Mi's appearance that had never seen the big world.

"It is said that the barge horse is a heterogeneous species born from the mating of a dragon and an ordinary horse, but I don't think so." Zhao Mi shook his head and began to quote scriptures: "According to the "Ghost Country Wuming Record", horses and livestock in northern Xinjiang once licked the blood of Shenshan Yan, who became mad, and the appearance of the cubs he gave birth changed drastically, and the herdsmen of Rong and Di were difficult to control, so they abandoned them in the wilderness.

Over time, a fierce and unruly alien race formed in the wilderness of northern Xinjiang, which is the origin of this barge horse.There is a custom in the Rongdi Niluo branch in northern Xinjiang. The warriors in the tribe must tame a barge horse alone in order to be given pastures and marry more women, otherwise they can only serve as other people's slaves. "

Jiang Ru was not interested in these things, and said indifferently: "The barge horses in the Chongxuan Hall are controlled by spells, and what is fed on weekdays is not casual fodder, but millet and cheese to strengthen their strength, and servants to serve and wash them. Hair, infect the whole body with spices and get rid of the smell. Although they are fierce, they are actually full of arrogance, and they will definitely not eat with other lowly livestock."

Zhao Mi didn't answer, but seeing the other party showing a subtle smile, he seemed to be happy because he was overwhelmed by the choice of words.

"Zhao Fuli is unhappy?" Jiang Ru blinked her thick eyelashes, and covered her lips lightly: "If you don't want to take the carriage, can I ask my servants to bring another horse over?"

"Don't bother." Zhao Mi smiled and patted the carriage: "I haven't enjoyed such a good thing before, and I don't sit for nothing."

After saying this, Zhao Mi opened the curtain and walked into the carriage. The interior is not spacious, but it is also exquisitely laid out, with soft furniture, censer, cups, utensils and utensils.Looking at the style of the utensils, it is obviously designed for women.

Jiang Ru smiled lightly and walked into the carriage, signaling her subordinates to drive away.

"Based on the rules of the Chongxuan Pavilion, it seems that you shouldn't have such a car?" Zhao Mi looked at Jiang Ru playing with the cup.

"Do you really think I'm just Liang Shuo's maid?" Jiang Ru didn't hide anymore, she took off her embroidered shoes, put a pair of jade feet on her feet, and leaned back a few times: "Besides, even if I'm a servant of a noble family , and it’s not like the children of poor families can compare. Don’t you understand the truth that the minister of the upper country can be the master of the lower country?”

Zhao Mi nodded: "Understood, it seems that the Yongjia Liang family really regards themselves as a god."

Jiang Ru sneered: "To those scumbags, Mrs. Liang is no different from a god. I also advise you, Mrs. Liang is not something you can easily tease. Liang Shuo thinks you are a rare talent, so he asked me to come here." Please."

Although Zhao Mi made a big fool of himself before, Jiang Ru calmed down quickly.She saw that Zhao Mi was completely different from Luo Xixian, and that such a person could not be swayed by soft words, it would be better to directly show his power and status.

"Me? A rare talent?" Zhao Mi asked back: "Then you should go to Luo Xixian, he is much more capable than me."

Speaking of Luo Xixian, Jiang Ru became angry and said, "What are you talking about? Will someone like him go to see Liang Shuo? His father is the chief minister of the court, and he quietly disturbed the court and the public. Can his future depend on others?"

Zhao Mi didn't speak, and the carriage fell silent. Seeing him like this, Jiang Ru went further: "I won't hide it from you. It's a pity to take the position of talisman official with your ability. If you want to come to Chongxuan Hall, don't Speaking of being promoted to the throne, many fairy scriptures and treasures can also be read by you."

"Is there such a good thing?" Zhao Mi asked.

Jiang Ru took a sip of the tea, and glanced sideways at Zhao Mi: "Luo Xixian's father has already arranged for him a future, but what about you? I see that you have been busy these days, and you just want to accumulate merits so that you can be promoted. Legal status. But no matter how hard you try, you will only be the top among the three-acre land in Huaiying Pavilion.

Isn't the reason for the promotion of Guanxi monks to accumulate meritorious deeds is to obtain cultivation formulas and elixir treasures?Think about it for yourself, which of these things can compare to Chongxuan Pavilion?Originally, according to the system of halls in the Huaxu Kingdom, a newcomer like you can directly come to the Chongxuan Hall with the first recommendation letter.Think about it carefully, who stopped you from coming to Chongxuan Hall? "

"Teacher, he has his own calculations, and it's not up to you to judge." Zhao Mi said.

Jiang Ru shook her head and smiled: "That's right, whenever you suffer a loss, it is always said that the big people above care about the overall situation. Even Wang Juncheng and General Wei value you so much, but you insist on shirking for others? Reward for meritorious deeds. Being punished is not a big deal."

Zhao Mi remained silent, he had always suspected that Jiang Ru had ulterior motives in coming here, but after hearing these words, he couldn't help but feel a little suspicious.

In the past, Zhao Shu's position was delayed because of Zhang Duanjing's attitude that "the position is solemn and should not be transferred lightly", and Zhao Shu himself also viewed it this way.If Zhang Duanjing didn't want Zhao Mi to switch to Chongxuan Pavilion, he could just say a word, and he wouldn't complain.

However, during these days in Xingluo County, Zhao Mi more or less understood that he didn't seem to have a shallow cultivation base, and there was nothing wrong with accumulating meritorious deeds and being a Sanqing.

Jiang Ru's words really moved Zhao Mi, not to mention that the Zhenyuan Lock was in the Chongxuan Hall, and Zhao Mi had to enter the Chongxuan Hall to get it back.

"What do you think?" Zhao Mi asked Lingxiao secretly: "This may really be an opportunity to enter the Chongxuan Pavilion."

"Maybe it's an opportunity, but have you ever thought about the price you will pay?" Lingxiao said, "What kind of minds are Liang Shuo and Jiang Ru? It is impossible to show you kindness for no reason, there must be their intentions."

"The price?" Zhao Mi tapped his fingers on his knees: "In the end, it's just because I'm a student of the teacher. They hope to drag me to the Chongxuan Hall, break the inheritance of the Huaiying Hall, and maintain the status of the Chongxuan Hall?"

"Not impossible."

Zhao Mi felt suspicious: "This method is not very clever. I went to the Chongxuan Pavilion just to get the Zhenyuan lock. If I have other plans, it is to search through their collection of fairy scriptures and formulas.

I don't like these aristocratic children from the bottom of my heart, and I might want to spread the profound magic techniques they have treasured.Chongxuan Pavilion's vision can't be so bad, can it?I'm the first student in the Huaiying Hall, can someone like me be trusted by them? "

"Is this how you see yourself?" Ling Xiao asked.

"If I were Liang Shuo, I wouldn't try my best to win over people like me." Zhao Mi said, "Don't they know how disgusting they are? Maybe after I pass by, I'll have to please that Liang all day long." Son, I can't live through this day."

"I said before, you are not Liang Shuo." Lingxiao said, "You may not be able to understand the situation clearly because you are in it. From Liang Shuo's point of view, you and Luo Xixian have a rift that cannot be bridged, and the promotion of the throne has been delayed. This in itself is the best place to start. But you are not afraid of hardships and dangers, and you went to the front line to fight against ghosts and monsters, so he naturally believed that you have a progressive heart, so he asked Jiang Ru to throw out the bait."

"This is too nonsense." Zhao Mi said: "I saw a lot of things like this in Xingluo County when I was a child. Do you still have to worry about danger and difficulty in suppressing bandits and monsters?"

Lingxiao asked back: "Did the children of the family have such an experience as you?"

Zhao Mi was taken aback, Lingxiao said again: "Since there is no such thing, why does he have to think the same as you? People in the world are limited by their past experience, and their opinions cannot be changed."

"What is Zhao Fuli thinking?" Jiang Ruyu put her hand on her chin and smiled sweetly.

"I was wondering how to bargain with your Mr. Liang." Zhao Mi replied.

"Then think about it, I'm going to rest first." Jiang Ru yawned, pulled an embroidered pillow and fell asleep.

……

The stamina of the barge horse was astonishing, and the carriage itself was also blessed with spells, so there was no obvious sense of bumps on the way back to Yanze City.

When he came to the outskirts of the city, Zhao Shu opened the curtain, and the green onions could be seen faintly on both sides of the road, and many farmers were sowing and cultivating, just like a scene full of vitality.

"What's so interesting? It smells like livestock." Jiang Ru didn't say anything, complaining in her heart, but at the same time feeling a little grateful.

In the past few days on the road, Jiang Ru showed Zhao Mi a lot of looks. The lonely man and widow lived together in a small room, but Zhao Mi didn't make any aggressive moves at all. The bronze mirror muttered words.

"Should it be said that this person is not sentimental, or is his heart firm?" Jiang Ru secretly helpless.

The carriage came all the way to Tiegong Temple, Zhao Mi entered with Jiang Ru, and still had to wait for a while outside the Jiutian Yuntai.

Taking advantage of this time, Zhao Mi took out the Tie Gong Zhenxing Talisman, slowly adjusted his spirit, and found that the Talisman was vaguely connected with the surrounding Qi, and the real shape drawn with cinnabar on the board twisted by itself, the order of the writing was confused, and the aura was reconstructed. , the talisman itself began to heat up and tremble, and Zhao Mi almost couldn't hold it.

Fortunately, this change ended in a blink of an eye, and there was no violent commotion.Zhao Mi didn't dare to cast spells rashly, and hastily put the talisman into his arms.

A moment later, a maid led Zhao Mi into the Jiutian Yuntai, and still walked through the halls and corridors, and came in front of Liang Shuo, Jiang Ru also stood beside him.

"Zhao Fuli has worked hard on the front line." Liang Shuo said, this time he rarely sat upright.

"It's not hard work." Zhao Mi felt weird, this Mr. Liang sounded like a superior, as if he ordered Zhao Mi to fight with the monsters.

Liang Shuo smiled: "I don't know if Zhao Fuli has encountered any difficult monsters on the front line? Can you tell me next time?"

Zhao Mi got the elixir method, even if the other party has bad intentions, at least he has done enough to show off his face, and even used the exotic beast fragrance car to pick him up. The ghosts and monsters seen in Yangxian County have been recounted.

Speaking of the battle outside the Burial Di Valley, even Liang Shuo showed surprise: "What kind of monster can drive thousands of walking corpses?"

"Ashamed, I haven't even seen the true face of the monster this time." Zhao Mi said: "According to some soldiers, the monster has a thin body and a lot of hair, thin fingers and long claws, like an ape or a wolf. Even the evil god worshiped by the monster , is also the appearance of a wolf head and a human body, which has never been seen before."

"Wolf-headed human body?" Liang Shuo pondered for a moment: "At the end of Tianxia, ​​there were dog soldiers infesting the quicksand in the northwest. This family is like a werewolf, and the god they worship is also a wolf-headed human body."

"Dog Rong?" Zhao Mi was secretly surprised, the quicksand land in the northwest is more than ten thousand miles away from Huaxu Kingdom?When the martial arts of the Tianxia Dynasty were at their peak, the military front also stopped here.

There is no other reason, it is really because the quicksand land is extremely barren, not a blade of grass grows, and the logistics of the army is unsustainable, and the yellow sand in the desert is blown by strong winds, and the flow is erratic. Riding a scout gets lost.And under the sand dunes, there are giant insects infesting from time to time, devouring people and animals at every turn, making the march very difficult, and finally had to retreat to the east.

Zhao Shuo didn't like Liang Shuo, but he had to admit that he was knowledgeable, so he said with a smile, "Young Master Liang, you invited me here to inquire about the war at the front, right?"

Liang Shuo said in a gentle tone, "Then I will be open and honest. I wonder what future plans Zhao Fuli will have after the Xingluo County war ends?"

At the beginning, Zhao Mi thought that if Luo Xixian could become an official through military exploits, and even be in charge of the government, he could act as his deputy, or deal with various disasters and ominous events in the local area, maybe he could build a branch library and teach magic techniques.But in the current situation, even if Luo Xixian gets ahead, he may not be able to support him.

"Naturally, I will go back to the Huaiying Pavilion, continue to study techniques, and devote myself to self-cultivation." Zhao Mi replied indifferently.

"It's good for Zhao Fuli to work hard for the country and not expect anything in return, but it also seems that our Huaxu country despises the heroes. If things go on like this, it will only make people with lofty ideals feel disappointed." Liang Shuo said: "I intend to invite Zhao Fuli to come to me. In the Chongxuan Pavilion, you can learn more about Taoism and study immortality extensively. In this way, we can extend our Huaxu Kingdom, and Zhao Fuli can also go to Qixian Road. Wouldn’t it be fun if personal achievements are compatible with Anbang and Dingguo?”

Zhao Shu almost wanted to praise Liang Shuo's eloquence, and he guessed that the original intention of Huaxu Kingdom to establish the system of Guanxi was probably Liang Shuo's statement.

"Mr. Liang's kindness, but it's not appropriate for the present." Zhao Mi did not rush to agree: "Firstly, the banditry in Xingluo County has not been settled after all, and we can't say that we have the chance to win. Secondly... my professor Master Ye is the head of Huaiying Hall, even if I don’t get a recommendation, I will have a stable future if I stay in Huaiying Hall. I don’t know if Mr. Liang has ever heard of—I’d rather be a chicken head than a phoenix tail?”

What Zhao Mi said was to test how much Liang Shuo could offer in order to win him over.If he was going to be his lackey for the Yongjia Liang family, then Zhao Mi would not be so blind.

"I understand that Zhao Fuli is worried that if I come to Chongxuan Pavilion, I will fall under others and will not be free." Liang Shuo said: "Let's not mention the rest for now, I can guarantee that after the battle in Xingluo County, I will personally offer it to you." "Nine Heavens Flying Mysterious Ziqi Zhenwen Treasures" allowed Zhao Fuli to grant the fairy family dharma."

The corners of Zhao Mi's eyes twitched when he heard the words. Liang Shuo was shocked enough to move out of the immortal family's treasure book that had never been circulated in the Chongxuan Pavilion.

"Mr. Liang's words really flattered me." Zhao Mi suppressed his joy and said, "Let me think about this matter more, it's inconvenient to agree now."

(End of this chapter)