The emperor smiled and explained the reason for the dispute between the two countries. He was very confident because of Li Qiang's card.
The dispute between the Song State and the Li Tang State has a long history. In history, the Song State has encroached on the territory of the Li Tang State since the founding of the country. Among the three kingdoms in the Green Basin, the Song State was the last to be established. It was also the most ambitious country at that time. Through the history of the dynasties, The emperor worked hard to expand the territory. Now, although the Song Dynasty is not the most powerful country, the territory of the three countries has been basically stable, and the national power is about the same, and they have formed a tripartite trend.
The Litang Kingdom has always harbored hatred towards the old Song Dynasty. The kings of all dynasties have always wanted to regain their homeland, so the disputes between the two countries have never stopped. This time, the Litang Kingdom sent troops to the border to prepare for war with the old Song Dynasty. At the same time, it united with the Red Army The Qingfeng Kingdom in the rocky mountains harassed the Song Dynasty, and the Black Flag Army was a surprise force arranged by the Li Tang Kingdom behind the Song Dynasty. However, Li Qiang's intervention disrupted the Li Tang Kingdom's plan, and the Black Flag Army retreated from the Song Dynasty. The country gained time and quickly gathered its forces. Now it is a balance of power.
After all, the time was short and the preparations were insufficient, so the Song State did not want to start a war. The Litang State used this pressure to raise territorial claims and sent the cultivation masters of the Litang State as envoys in order to obtain results that could not be obtained on the battlefield.
The imperial envoy who was sent to the Song Dynasty this time was a cultivation master from the Tang Dynasty. His name was Anlang, who was also a well-known figure in the world of cultivation. The emperor changed his tone and said, "Li Aiqing's negotiation this time is related to the safety and survival of the Song Dynasty."
Li Qiang thought to himself: "What does this have to do with me? I don't understand anything. Why don't you tell the emperor what this means?" He was confused. The emperor and Hou Peijing looked at each other and smiled. The emperor said: "Li Aiqing, I will let you be the emperor." The imperial envoy of the state appointed with special authority to negotiate with the envoys from the Litang Kingdom."
"Mommy, I said, why are you being granted an official position and a house? Why do you want me to negotiate? It's a joke. If the fate of a country cannot be negotiated, it will be my fault. No one can do it." Li Qiang thought. He said: "Your Majesty, I am not very talented and knowledgeable. I don't know anything. If you ask me to talk, I'm afraid..." He glanced at Hou Peijing and thought, "You are talking. If you don't help me... I..."
Hou Peijing turned his head and acted as if he hadn't seen him. Li Qiang gritted his teeth in anger.
The emperor smiled and said: "My dear, there is no need to refuse. I trust you. I will give you three days to prepare. Your Majesty, I still have some official business to deal with. You see-" Hou Peijing said: "Oh, you go and do your work. Don't accompany me. I have to take care of you too." Brother, let’s go to the palace first and have a look.”
Not allowing Li Qiang to say anything more, the emperor coughed and walked away.
Li Qiang was so anxious that he stomped his feet and screamed: "Brother, why didn't you say anything to dissuade you - you - you have tricked me to death. I don't know anything and I don't understand the situation. How can I talk?" Hou Peijing said with a smile: "Don't worry. My brother has the final say. What are you afraid of?"
Li Qiang said hurriedly: "Okay, this is all your decision." He thought to himself: "I will just talk nonsense and see what you do. If we can't negotiate, just ask the emperor to remove me from my post."
When the two of them went out, there was a row of guards standing outside. Among them, the foreman stepped forward and knelt down and said: "The fifth-grade sword-wielding guard Chen Fengning has been ordered to lead sixteen guards to serve the Holy King."
A group of people left the palace and walked towards the palace. On the way, Li Qiang asked a guard to pick up Zhao Hao and others from the Silver Building.
Coming to the Holy King's Mansion was an eye-opener for Li Qiang.
The Holy King's Mansion covers an area of nearly a thousand acres, which is only smaller than the Royal Palace. It is a symbolic building of the Song Dynasty and was rebuilt from the original royal back garden. The palace wall stretches for ten thousand meters. There are five building groups built in the palace, divided into east, west, south, north and middle. Every few years, the royal family will allocate huge sums of money for renovations, and there are thousands of eunuchs, maids, maids, servants, and servants in the palace. The golden walls of the entire building complex are not much different from the palace.
Li Qiang now understood why the emperor was so surprised when Hou Peijing said he would give up the palace.
The Holy King's return not only caused chaos in the palace, but also shocked all officials in the court. The name of the Holy King was so amazing that he was revered as a god-like figure in the old Song Dynasty.
The gossip spread rapidly among the royal family, nobles, and officials. After all, the Holy King had not returned for more than forty years. The older generation had seen the Holy King, and the younger generation had only heard of his legend.
And I heard that the Holy King brought a brother with him this time. The Emperor actually consecrated him to the rank of General Huwei. It is said that the palace gave him the gift. It is also said that the Holy King's brother turned out to be a weak-headed boy. Some say that Hanlin City is this boy. What shocked all the officials the most was that this young man who rescued the siege was the younger brother of Fu Chongbi, the patron saint of the Han Dynasty.
This news was deliberately spread by the emperor's people just so that the news could reach the Litang Kingdom's special envoy.
Soon, the originally deserted gate of the palace was filled with the carriages, sedans and horses of visiting civil and military officials. The guards standing at the door accepted the invitations and blocked all the guests, only saying that the Holy King was not seeing visitors now. These officials could not see the Holy King. Willing to leave immediately, people gathered in twos and threes and started talking among themselves.
The officials were chatting animatedly when a guard led three people to the door.
"Hey, isn't this the old boss of Zhao Jibao Silver Jewelry House? Why is he here?"
"Old Qian, are you dazzled by that old guy? Is he so young?"
"Look, the big ax that the good black guy is carrying is too big."
"This little girl is really pretty." The officials talked and watched the three people swaggering into the palace. Everyone recommended an official to inquire about the situation. The official came to a guard he was familiar with and asked: "Brother Xu, please I don’t know why the three of them were able to enter the house just now." Guard Xu said with a smile: "Oh, Brother Qin, to be honest with you - I don’t know either." The official choked to death and smiled bitterly: "Thank you so much, Brother Xu. .”
After Hou Peijing entered the house, he explained a few words to the housekeeper and then ran off to feel nostalgic. Li Qiang was surrounded by a group of palace maids, eunuchs, maids and servants and entered the inner hall.
Before a group of palace maids could stand still, they took a change of clothes and asked Li Qiang to take a shower and change clothes.
Entering the small room next to the inner hall, four eunuchs brought a large wooden basin with silver rims, added water and adjusted the temperature. A palace maid with an oval face, thin eyebrows and big eyes said, "Please take a bath." The eunuch boy walked backwards. Left the room.
Li Qiang said: "If you want to wash it, wash it. You guys, please step aside."
The eight remaining maids bowed and saluted, saying: "I will serve you to take a bath."
"Okay -" Li Qiang was startled and said hurriedly: "Hey, no, no, no."
"Plop!" Eight maids knelt on the ground and said, "This slave deserves to die."
Li Qiang scratched his head and said, "Whatever, you should die. Get up. I'm just used to bathing by myself. I don't have any other meaning, otherwise I won't do it." The maid just kowtows. This makes Li Qiang helpless. He gritted his teeth and said, "Just take a good shower." He thought to himself, "The royal family here really enjoys taking a bath and they want women to wait on me. I will risk my life to take a bath. Are they still afraid of taking a bath?"
A palace maid stepped forward to undress him and undress him, and Li Qiang looked at death with an awe-inspiring expression.
The inner hall of the palace.
Li Qiang was sitting on the Grand Master's chair and felt uncomfortable all over. He had been scrubbed so carefully by eight young and beautiful maids just now, so much so that even the Nascent Soul almost flew out of his body.
A eunuch reported that Zhao Hao and the others were coming. Li Qiang shouted joyfully: "Please come quickly, please come quickly."
Zhao Hao, Mei Jingjing, Zheng Peng and the others walked into the inner hall looking around. Mei Jingjing was the first one to rush in impatiently. When she saw Li Qiang, she was slightly startled and giggled: "Brother, you are so weird wearing this official uniform. Why are you an official?" Seeing the three people coming in, Li Qiang felt better and said with a smile: "Brother Niuniu, am I handsome?" The three of them said in unison: "Not handsome, haha."
Zhao Haodao: "Master, the matter of your appointment has been spread all over the world. Master, where are you?" He told Li Qiang the rumors in detail. Li Qiang pondered for a moment and said, "There is one more thing that has not been spread outside that the emperor appointed me as a special appointee." The Imperial Envoy is responsible for the negotiations with Litang Kingdom. By the way, Niuniu, you are from Litang Kingdom. I want to ask you some information."
Mei Jingjing smiled and said, "As long as Niuniu knows, I will tell you."
Li Qiang said: "I want to know what role An Lang is in the Li Tang Kingdom." Mei Jingjing was shocked and said: "An Lang from the Li Tang Kingdom Enshrinement Hall." Mei Jingjing gritted her teeth and said, "He is the enemy of our Mei family. "
Li Qiang ordered the housekeeper: "Go find my brother." He then said: "Niuniu, tell brother what's going on." Now Li Qiang really regards Mei Jingjing as his little sister, and brother can't ignore his sister's affairs. of.
Mei Jingjing's father is named Mei Ao, who is a third-grade member of the Litang Kingdom Worship Hall. The method of cultivating the Mei family is extremely unique. He practices cultivation by practicing herbal elixirs, so he is unique among the cultivators in the hall.
The most famous one is Mei Ao's pharmaceutical elixir. The Mei family's elixir is the elixir coveted by cultivators. Among the five most famous ones, the number one is "Yuan Yang Dan". Its effect is that it can greatly improve the cultivator's true energy. Taking this elixir when the Nascent Soul is first formed can quickly increase the growth rate of the Nascent Soul and avoid the risk of going crazy.
The second type is "Pei Yuan Dan", which is a treasure for first-time cultivators. If you eat it, you can quickly build your foundation.
The third type is the "Jie Su Dan". If a cultivator loses his or her hands or legs in a fight, this elixir can be used to continue the work without leaving any trace, and its effect is extremely efficacious.
The fourth type is the "Death Pill", which is the most well-known. A seriously injured cultivator can take this pill to save his life as long as he has one breath left, so some people call it "Death Pill", which means that his life can be snatched back.
The fifth type is "Qingyun Pill" which is specialized in resolving various strange poisonous spells.
It was Mei Ao's spiritual elixir that caused the trouble. Anlang was a first-class enshrined in the enshrinement hall. He was the first-class duke and the uncle of the Emperor Li Tang. He had a high position and had a high position. In order to raise several children and grandchildren, he forcibly asked for Yuanyang elixir and Peiyuandan because these two spiritual elixirs were used. It was extremely difficult to refine the elixir. Mei Ao only had a few pills left in his hand, but Anlang actually asked for six pills each. Mei Ao was unable to hand over so many pills, so he forged a grudge.
An Lang was a vicious man, but because Mei Ao could not meet his demands, he harbored a grudge and secretly framed her, forcing Mei Ao to flee with his wife and daughter. An Lang arranged for his men to hunt him down along the way. At the junction of the Li Tang Kingdom and the old Song Kingdom, the three members of the family and the pursuers During a melee when a killer came, Mei Jingjing was separated from her parents and ended up living in Qicha Ridge.
"Is there any news about where your parents are now?" Li Qiang asked with concern and thought to himself: "No wonder it's not easy for her to go to Qicha Ridge to become a bandit girl." Mei Jingjing said sadly: "No, but my parents may Go to the Ice Plains to find the master for help." Zhao Hao asked in surprise: "Are you going to the Ice Continent?" Mei Jingjing said, "It's the Ice Continent."
Zheng Peng shouted: "Let me chop this old bastard girl with an axe. My Heizi's ax is not a vegetarian."
Li Qiang comforted him: "Don't be sad, Niuniu. We can all help you and arrange things. My brother will accompany you to the Ice Field." He then asked Zhao Hao, "What kind of place is the Ice Field? Have you been to many places?"
"Who is not a cultivator who dares to go to the Ice Continent? That place is bitterly cold and the climate is weird. There is also a monster called Cha Cha Bing. There is no way for humans to survive. I once passed by the edge of the Ice Continent. If I hadn't learned martial arts, I might have died. After all, only seven of the eleven people who were traveling with us survived." Zhao Hao said with lingering fear.
Li Qiang said: "Then I have to go and find Niuniu's parents so that I can feel at ease." Mei Jingjing's eyes turned red when she was moved and said: "Brother, you have to be careful about An Lang. He is sinister and evil. If you are not careful, you will fall in love with him." His trap."
Originally, Li Qiang was prepared to deal with this negotiation casually, but when it came to Niu Niu's enemy, he changed his mind and wanted to make Anlang's life difficult no matter what. Now that he was determined, Li Qiang began to think about how to proceed.
The steward of the palace reported that they did not dare to disturb the Holy King's monastery in the West Palace.
Li Qiang laughed and said, "We went to disturb him and he ran away without a trace as soon as he returned home and didn't even care about us looking for him."
The four of them were led by the housekeeper, followed by a large group of slaves, and walked towards the West Mansion.
Entering the building complex of Xifu, the housekeeper pointed to the four people above and couldn't help laughing. Hou Peijing was squatting alone on the roof, not knowing what he was thinking. Li Qiang walked up to the roof slowly and said with a smile: "Brother, the scenery is beautiful." How?" Hou Peijing sighed: "You know, cultivators do not have a home and are doomed to endure all loneliness. Watching your relatives and friends leave you one by one, I am most afraid of returning to this palace now - my heart is old." Li Qiang was speechless.
Hou Peijing looked down at the house and said, "Your children are here, let's go down." He then smiled and said, "This prince's palace is now your government office. Why don't you show us around as a landlord?" Look at him. Li Qiang let go of his thoughts and joked and smiled easily: "Brother, you don't know how? The palace is so big that I can't even tell the difference between east, west, north and south. You want me to get lost."
The two of them joined hands and floated down in the air. The slaves knelt on the ground and said in unison: "Bless the Holy King."
Li Qiang said: "Brother, how can you bear to have someone kneel down every day to please me?" Hou Peijing laughed and said, "That's why I asked the emperor to give you the palace. How about letting your brother have a taste of it?" Li Qiang immediately Thinking of being tortured by eight beautiful maids in the inner hall just now, she repeatedly said: "It's not fun to be uncomfortable." Of course it was uncomfortable to be washed and rubbed by eight women, or young and beautiful women, but I didn't want to mess around. How sad it would be to hold it in. How sad.
Zhao Hao stepped forward and knelt down and said respectfully: "I don't know that my uncle is the Holy King. Please forgive me." He felt proud that the Holy King is my uncle. His power and wealth are not easy to get. Hou Peijing looked at Zhao Hao deeply. He put away his smile and said seriously: "I'll just say it once, kid. Remember it clearly. If you really want to step into the door of cultivation, everything in this world will be meaningless to you. You can play games, you can care, but you must not be greedy. If this If you can't pass one level, you will never be able to step into a higher realm of cultivation. Then don't blame me for not reminding you."
These words were like a giant hammer smashing into Zhao Hao's heart. Sweat immediately flowed down, like a drum at dusk and a morning bell, alerting him and knocking repeatedly: "I thank you, uncle, for pointing me out. I understand." In fact, Zhao Hao has been in this world for more than seventy years. It was not until he met Li Qiang that he really started cultivating in his life. Before that, he had been living in the business world and had worldly thoughts. It was not surprising. However, Hou Peijing's teaching this time will be of great help to Zhao Hao's future cultivation.
Hou Peijing said again: "Learn from your master. His realm is much higher than yours." Li Qiang secretly said that he was ashamed. If Hou Peijing saw his ugly appearance when he got the bracelet for the first time on Earth, he would probably kick him. Kick yourself as far as you can.
To be precise, the study room in the palace should be three stories high.
Hou Peijing led several people in. Li Qiang was filled with joy when he entered. From the first floor to the third floor, there were shelves full of ancient books and he thought: "I must take a good look at it when I have time."
After sitting down, Li Qiang told Hou Peijing about Mei Jingjing's family background and asked, "What is Anlang's status in the world of cultivation? What is his background? Brother, please introduce us to the situation."
Hou Peijing first asked Mei Jingjing: "Niuniu, does your Mei family have a person named Mei Youbing?" Mei Jingjing said in surprise: "Yes, Niuniu's grandfather and grandfather know each other." Hou Peijing nodded. Said: "The Mei family's sect must be in the Rejuvenation Valley of the Ice Field, isn't it called Lingpan Sect?" Mei Jingjing jumped up happily, grabbed Hou Peijing's arm and shook her, "That's great, Niuniu can find it." Mom and Dad," Hou Peijing said with a smile, "Don't shake your old bones until they fall apart."
Hou Peijing said to Li Qiang: "Anlang has no status in the world of cultivation. He is a villain who is greedy for power and loves conspiracy. From this, we can judge that he does not have a high level of cultivation." He glanced at Zhao Hao and said, "But listen. It is said that this person has many strange magic weapons, some of which are extremely vicious. His sect is very mysterious. According to my understanding, Anlang is related to the old man Baihuang from Qianjie Star."
Mei Jingjing asked in confusion: "Where is Qianjie Star?" Hou Peijing said: "It is a place where cultivators are exiled. It is a very scary planet. If a cultivator there has no strength, there is no way to say what will happen to him. "He added: "Old Man Baihuang is the leader of Qianjie Star's bully organization. There are many powerful cultivators under his command, but they dare not come out to do evil under the suppression of Fate Star."
Zheng Peng couldn't stand listening anymore and shouted: "Brother, I don't understand what you are saying and it's killing me."
He waved to the housekeeper Li Qiang and quietly ordered: "Take him to the guest room and get him some meat and wine to eat quickly."
After pondering for a moment, Li Qiang said: "I don't know much about the situation in the Li Tang Kingdom and the Old Song Kingdom. Brother, go ask the emperor for someone to come. I need a staff advisor. Well, I need Cheng Zizhong to find someone who understands the entire Green Basin country." Come." Hou Peijing smiled and said, "No problem, I can do it even if you ask the Privy Council to make ministers of various ministries."
A bodyguard came to report that the special envoy of the Han Dynasty stationed in the old Song Dynasty asked to see General Huwei.