Peng Yongnian bravely stepped forward and saluted: "At the end of the year, the imperial army was brought under the jurisdiction of Peng Yongnian to see General Huwei."
Du Dingguang quietly stepped back and Li Qiang signaled to Zhao Hao with his eyes.
Zhao Hao nodded slightly, appeared in front of Du Dingguang like a ghost, and said with a smile: "Go and stay wherever you want."
Du Dingguang said grimly: "Don't bully others too much. I'm not someone to be trifled with." His hands glowed with a light cyan phosphorescent light, and he swung it with a strange gesture like thunder. He crossed his hands, brought out two green phosphorescent lights, and pounced on Zhao Hao. Chest.
Zhao Hao laughed and said: "Haha, look at my cold spirit giant palm." The white light shining on the palm is the unique palm technique learned from Hou Peijing. Zhao Hao's skill is not enough to make a palm print, but it is already amazingly powerful. Light touch Then Du Dingguang retreated in panic and counterattacked from the bottom up with his green phosphorus palm.
Before Du Dingguang could dodge, five white whip shadows had already wrapped around his body. It was too late to dodge. Mei Jingjing's whip shadow tied him tightly. Zhao Hao couldn't hold back and hurriedly used his strength to deflect a stream of true energy. The force slanted across his chest, and there was a soft "chi" sound. Du Dingguang's clothes on his chest opened a big hole. The force of the palm hit the big green bricks on the ground, and the green brick floor was sunk by a foot wide. .
Du Dingguang was so angry that he cursed.
Zhao Hao exclaimed, "What is this?" It turned out that the head of the bank had extraordinary vision. Hanging on Du Dingguang's bare chest was a thin chain pendant, which was a piece of jade as big as his thumb. Li Qiang also saw it and said, "Bring it here." Zhao Hao pulled off Du Dingguang's gloomy face and his expression suddenly changed.
Peng Yongnian stood aside awkwardly, not knowing what to say. The four luminous pearls in his hand were like four small fireballs, which were really hot. Li Qiang did not look at the pendant he was playing with in his hand. The pendant looked very strange, like a flying bird. The material looked a bit like the Jade Eye Slip. Li Qiang felt a move in his heart and went in to find a trace of his true energy. He couldn't help but be overjoyed. It turned out to be a small Jade Eye Slip.
After reading the content for a moment, Li Qiang put the pendant into his bracelet and said with a smile: "I'm sorry, should I call you Boss Du or Du Zongfeng? Hehe, you are really wronged by the master of worship in the Tang Dynasty opening a casino in the old Song Dynasty." He said to Peng again. Yongnian said: "It's very good. We also have the Imperial Guards from our old Song Dynasty to protect our safety. It's no problem."
Peng Yongnian knelt down and said in panic: "There is no such thing as a low-ranking official." He couldn't explain it clearly.
Li Qiang asked Cheng Zizhong: "Which yamen is investigating the case?" Cheng Zizhong said: "It is the Procuratorate of the Ministry of Punishment who is in charge of me and asking someone to notify me."
Li Qiang asked the four priests to monitor the surrounding area and let the soldiers check the casino. Those soldiers had broken Coca-Cola, but there was a lot of oil and water in the casino. Mei Jingjing walked up to Peng Yongnian with a smile, stretched out her little hand and said: "Bring it here and you won't blush even if you lie."
The worshiper in the west suddenly shouted: "Who can stop?" A black shadow flashed over, its movement was as elusive as a streak of blue smoke, but the worshiper couldn't stop him.
Several soldiers tried to stop him, but they flew out howling miserably.
Li Qiangfei shot out a golden eagle. A small sword shadow with green light flew out from the black shadow. With a "pop" sound, the golden eagle and the small sword shadow disappeared without a trace at the same time.
Zhao Hao said in shock: "It's a flying sword." He opened his mouth and spat out the Hanquejian, and four silver sword shadows flew out to meet him. However, his flying sword technique was still very unfamiliar. Mei Jingjing's seven whip shadows also caught up with him. Four. The worshipers struck the black shadow with magic weapons from four directions.
The man shouted in a deep voice: "Are you okay?" A strong green light flashed out from his body, he grabbed Du Dingguang on the ground and suddenly jumped out of the green light circle and crashed straight through the roof.
Bricks and pieces of wood fell one after another. The green light left in the room collided hard with the magic weapons produced by everyone. There was a loud bang and the tearing true energy stirred up everywhere. For a moment, there was a smoky atmosphere. Li Qiang chased the man through the room with seven or eight golden eagles, laughing. He said, "Haha, I'll show you this little thing. I'll settle the account later." The voice gradually faded away.
Li Qiang stopped everyone from chasing him and painfully discovered that he was so helpless in front of a real master of cultivation. In the secular world, he was already unparalleled in power, but in the world of cultivation, he could only be regarded as a newcomer. If he wanted to return to Earth in the future, he would have to It is simply impossible to gain a firm foothold in the world of cultivation without strong strength. Only then did Li Qiang truly make up his mind to take part in cultivation and strengthen his cultivation as soon as possible.
The officer of the Criminal Investigation Department personally brought a large group of people to the casino, saluted Li Qiang, and then began to search and investigate.
A eunuch came to the casino and said that the emperor summoned Li Qiang and Cheng Zi to return to the palace to meet the emperor. Li Qiang smiled bitterly and told Zhao Hao and Niuniu to follow the eunuch into the palace.
The emperor convened several ministers in Shuixuanyage to discuss negotiations with Litang. In the past two days, the special envoy of Litang kept urging and even threatened that if the talks were not held, the special envoy would report the breakdown of the negotiations to the emperor of Litang. .
Several ministers had been arguing about this for a long time. The emperor was hesitant after hearing the information analyzed by Tan Chigong, so he summoned the ministers to discuss it. However, the ministers all had their own reasons, which made the emperor even more unable to make a decision.
Li Qiang and Cheng Zizhong came to Shuixuan Yage to meet the emperor and the ministers. After sitting down, they only heard the Minister of the Ministry of War say: "The veteran believes that we should start negotiations with the special envoy of the Litang Kingdom as soon as possible. Our country's armament preparations are too insufficient. The mobilization of weapons, horses, food and grass. We have just recruited soldiers who have not even undergone necessary training. If the negotiations break down, it will be very detrimental to us."
The emperor nodded and said, "Let us hear what the Privy Council has to say."
Li Qiang gradually understood the focus of the debate among the ministers. They were divided into two factions: the main war faction and the peace negotiation faction. However, both factions demanded that negotiations begin as soon as possible. The main war faction wanted to delay negotiations through negotiations, while the peace negotiation faction planned to use no weapons as much as possible once the war broke out. A serious injury to your vitality cannot be recovered within a few years.
Seeing the extremely heated arguments among the ministers, Li Qiang made a comprehensive analysis in his mind and came up with an idea, so he sat calmly and listened to their argument.
The emperor was also a little unsure and pondered for a long time. He suddenly became curious when he saw Li Qiang sitting calmly on the edge. He appointed Li Qiang as an official not because of his real talents, but mainly because he wanted to take advantage of his background and identity. It was reported that the Han Dynasty had knighted him. What would Li Qiang be thinking now? He smiled and asked: "Li Aiqing can tell me if he has any opinions. You are my special envoy for negotiation."
Li Qiang asked with a smile on his face: "Can you tell me why the special envoy of Litang Kingdom is eager to start negotiations?"
This sentence immediately made all the ministers speechless. The emperor said softly: "Yes, why?"
Seeing that all the ministers were silent, Li Qiang said calmly: "Because Litang is more anxious than us and they will not be able to hold on if we delay." Then he began to analyze the situation of Litang and the intention of sending troops in a long speech. For more than an hour, the entire situation of Litang Kingdom was clearly displayed in front of everyone with his comprehensive and simple summary.
All the ministers had only one thought in their minds: This guy would have a difficult life if he became a boss. He was too shrewd. The emperor was even more shocked that this guy was prime minister. I really underestimated him.
Li Qiang said that the countermeasures he had in mind were to continue to delay the negotiations and at the same time start a large number of conscriptions at home to put pressure on the other party, and then send spies to spread rumors. The most important thing is to stop commercial transactions with Litang in the near future, especially grain transactions.
Speaking of this, Li Qiang thought of the incident at the Baolai Casino and said with a smile: "The Emperor has something for you. Let the masters of the Enshrinement Hall copy it down and you will know." He handed the pendant to the Emperor.
Once Li Qiang analyzed the general situation clearly, these ministers immediately used their respective skills to come up with a complete plan. The emperor was really happy and immediately wanted to reward Li Qiang.
Li Qiang firmly refused on the grounds that he had just arrived in the Song Dynasty and was not promoted too quickly as an official. The emperor could not insist too much on who made him the brother of the emperor's grandfather. Finally, Li Qiang asked for leave from the emperor because he wanted to spend some time cultivating in the Holy King's Mansion. .
In the envious eyes of all the ministers, Li Qiang said goodbye and returned home.
Upon returning to the Holy King's Mansion, Li Qiang immediately asked the housekeeper to invite Zhao Hao.
Zhao Hao asked: "Master, I have something to do." Li Qiang pondered for a while and suddenly laughed: "I have an idea, don't be surprised if you hear it, can you teach me martial arts?"
If Zhao Hao is not surprised, it is because he does not understand why the master is interested in such a rudimentary skill. However, if the master wants to learn from him, he will never violate it. He admires this little master from the bottom of his heart.
Li Qiang officially started the initial cultivation of his original body in the Holy King's Mansion.
Zhao Hao felt deeply that in just a few days, the Kung Fu Master had learned almost everything he knew. As long as he explained and demonstrated once, the Master could immediately get started and practice better than him.
Li Qiang himself also finds it strange how easy it is to learn kung fu. In fact, it is not surprising that Li Qiang is a person who has cultivated the Purple Mansion Nascent Soul. His inner strength is a hundred times stronger than the top masters in the martial arts world. Therefore, learning kung fu moves is like sailing with the current. It is so simple and convenient. .
After emptying Zhao Hao's inventory, Li Qiang went to the study to look for it. The collection of books in the Holy King's Mansion was especially rich in the book collection of Hou Peijing, a famous man from the Song Dynasty who was involved in martial arts training. He went crazy to find a lot of martial arts classics. After studying for seven or eight days, Li Qiang finally got tired of it and it wasn't challenging enough to get started, which made him impatient.
Li Qiang gave up studying martial arts and began to practice the classics of the Yuanshi Sect.
He first settled Zhao Hao and the others, and then placed a defensive array inside. He started practicing from the first sitting position. His mind sank into his body almost immediately. Li Qiang's internal vision of Yuanying seemed to have grown a lot, and he was as tall as two fists. The flames are brighter.
According to the Yuanshi Gate's exercise method, the true energy should be urged to form a rotating small universe in the chest and abdomen. The most difficult part for beginners is to rely entirely on meditation to send the true energy to a fixed position bit by bit. As long as you have a little concentration, The most dangerous thing is that the relaxed micro-universe will not only fail to form, but will also be counterattacked by the true energy.
Li Qiang sank his mind into Yuanying's body and fell into a senseless and tasteless trance. At this time, if anyone could see this Yuanying, he would find that he had opened his eyes.
Li Qiang opened his eyes curiously. It was amazing. He seemed to be standing in a sea of light. The colorful light groups were slowly rotating around him. He tried to touch a halo of light with his hands and slowly sucked it into his body. Another halo of light emitted from his body. Li Qiang suddenly understood that Yuan Ying was like a motor in his body. All the energy was generated by him. As long as he arranged these energies in an orderly manner, he could produce his first Yuanshi gate. The small universe of method cultivation. Because of the help of Nascent Soul, he easily crossed the most difficult step of Yuanshi Sect's cultivation.
Li Qiang's mind returned to his original body and he looked at Yuanying completely different from before. The halo surrounding Yuanying was like brilliant stars, flickering and flowing slowly. Part of it was sucked into Yuanying's body and came out again. This small universe is equal to It is the catalyst and amulet of the Nascent Soul. With it, the Nascent Soul can cultivate automatically without mind control, but it is relatively slow.
Just practicing in a sitting position can have such a great effect. It seems that the cultivation method of Yuanshimen is really unparalleled. Li Qiang did not waste a moment and immediately started practicing in the lying position. Lying down and supporting his head with one hand and the other on his knees, this posture reminded Li Qiang of the temple. The posture of the reclining Buddha in the picture is so similar.
The lying posture is the unique cultivation method of "Shadow Dream Armor" of Yuanshi Sect. The cultivation method of Shadow Dream Armor is unique in the world of cultivation. This armor is different from the outer armor refining of other sects. It is completely composed of true essence. The key to cultivation is to The true energy is arranged in the skin in an orderly manner in a formation called "surrounding star". The biggest feature of this armor is that it can evolve with the master's skill.
It took Li Qiang a lot of time to practice the Shadow Dream Armor. The training of this armor is closely linked. The most important thing is that the structure of the armor must be completed in one go. If you don't have enough skill, you must not try it. If you give up halfway, it will be ten times more difficult to practice it again in the future. Other details You can practice slowly. Li Qiang's skill is more than enough. After using the true essence to build it up, he started to practice in detail. This practice took more than thirty days.
When Li Qiang walked out, he waved his hand to stop the eunuchs and maids who were coming up and asked the housekeeper: "What happened these days?"
The butler respectfully replied: "The Holy King left a message to let you have the opportunity to go to Bada Star to see him in the future." Li Qiang was surprised: "He is gone" and thought to himself: "Oops, I still want to ask him about the Icefields." 6. Now we can only touch it." Wei Wei is a little sad. This is a generous brother he met in Tianting Star. But he didn't even say goodbye to him, and he couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.
Cheng Zizhong walked in excitedly, followed by Zhao Hao and others, all of whom were full of excitement.
Cheng Zizhong, who was far away, said, "Congratulations, sir." Li Qiang smiled and said, "Old master, where will the happiness come from if I don't get married?" Everyone laughed, but Mei Jingjing blushed.
Cheng Zizhong also laughed and said, "It's easy for you to get married. You just need to tell the girl who you are married to and ask the matchmaker to propose marriage. I guarantee that the emperor will marry you." Mei Jingjing felt so upset that she wanted to strangle her to death. This flattering guy.
Li Qiang was very thick-skinned and said with a smile: "Who would fall in love with a wanderer like me? Besides, I don't know where there are beauties. It's better not to worry about it. If you don't talk about it, what else is there?"
Cheng Zizhong said: "Your Majesty has decreed that you will be granted the title of third-class dukedom to reward your success in negotiating with Li Tang Kingdom."
"What kind of negotiations? I didn't go into retreat at all. The negotiations have ended in the past few days." Li Qiang asked inexplicably.
Zhao Hao explained: "Master has been in seclusion for more than fifty days. This fact alarmed the emperor. Later, the emperor sent Mr. Tan Chigong from the enshrinement hall to negotiate according to the plan left by the master. As a result, Li Tang not only withdrew its troops but also compensated the deceased. The loss suffered by the Song Dynasty can be said to be a victory without a fight. The emperor also praised the master and said that you are the pillar of the country."
Cheng Zizhong interjected: "The jade pendant that your Excellency gave to the Emperor uncovered several spies who had been lurking in our country for a long time in Litang Kingdom, and these people all held considerable official positions in the Song Kingdom. The Emperor also said that Your Excellency should also be in charge of the Ministry of Punishment. .”
Li Qiang immediately ordered his slaves: "Everyone, please stand down and don't spread the news about me coming out of confinement. Do you understand?"
Looking at the puzzled looks of Zhao Hao and others, Li Qiang smiled slightly and said: "Because I plan to leave the capital today." He thought to himself: "So I can't stay in the Song Dynasty for a few days. If the official seal is so high, I will go anywhere." It can't be done. And judging from the emperor's attitude, he didn't even resign to him at this time. He simply followed the example of the ancients and left with his crown, looking beautiful and unrestrained. Haha, if you don't leave now, how long will it take?"
Li Qiang said to Mei Jingjing: "Niuniu, can I accompany you to the Ice Field to find your parents?"
The strange thing is that Mei Jingjing didn't jump for joy. A warm current surged through her heart. Li Qiang didn't even have an official position anymore. He was just thinking about helping her find her parents. How could she repay this love? Her nose was slightly sour and her eye circles were red. She lowered her head gently. Said: "Thank you brother."
When Cheng Zi committed the crime again, he hesitated and said: "Well, where is the emperor -"
Li Qiang said with a smile: "This is easy, can I just leave a memorial? If you still feel it's hard to explain, okay?" Cheng Zizhong was about to ask something, so Li Qiang raised his hand and hit him on the back of the neck. Seeing that he fell limply. He called his slaves to carry him into the room. Li Qiang smiled and said, "This way the emperor won't blame you."
Li Qiangxun began to arrange for Zhao Hao to help write the memorial. Because Zheng Peng was going to the Ice Field and his skills were not enough, he had to send someone to send him to the Silver Building to stay temporarily. He also placed the items rewarded by the emperor neatly in the hall, but Li Qiang accepted it. The gold medal and a jade plaque that prove the identity are because after all, I agreed to Hou Peijing's request and will take care of the old Song Dynasty when I return to Tianting Star.
After everything was prepared, Li Qiang looked very high-spirited: "Okay, the three of us will quietly leave through the back door."
Mei Jingjing didn't know how to fly long distances, so the three of them had to walk the dusty journey.
On this day, Li Qiang walked to a mountain and stopped and said, "Why do I always feel a little uneasy? It seems like something is waiting for me. We don't know if you feel this way."
Mei Jingjing shook her head and said in confusion: "No, Niuniu thinks it's normal." Zhao Hao thought for a while and said, "I can't tell you, sometimes I feel palpitations, they just pass by in a flash. I can't say for sure."
Li Qiang asked: "Where are we going?" After thinking about it, he said: "If we get separated, it is best to have a gathering place." The three of them discussed and decided on the meeting place. Li Qiang felt relieved. He and Mei Jingjing were both relieved. If you don’t know the way, you can only rely on Zhao Hao.
The direction they were going to the Ice Field was exactly to the west of Hanlin City, and they could enter the Ice Field by passing through the red lithified mountains. The current location was to reach the Puzzling Forest. By going around the Puzzled Forest, they would reach the red lithified mountains.
After walking for a while, they came to a mountain recess. Li Qiang felt more and more uneasy, stopped and shouted: "Come out."
Without warning, five people wearing black armor appeared around them.
"Who signed up?" Zhao Hao shouted. Mei Jingjing immediately drew out the shadow whip and Li Qiang quickly prepared his weapons. Everyone knew that the person coming was evil.
"The person who wants your life" the five people laughed wildly.
Li Qiang immediately understood that revenge was coming.