Indeed, as Zhao Shu said, Jiang Ru wanted to leave the Reward and Punishment Institute within a few words, but Lu Xiaowei, who was responsible for guarding the Reward and Punishment Institute, did not stop him.
"Are you testing Liang Tao?" Lingxiao asked after Jiang Ru left.
"It's better to say that Liang Tao is testing me." Zhao Shu folded his sleeves and looked at the sky: "I contradicted him in public in Xingluo County. It's a great blessing that he doesn't cause trouble for me. Liang Tao wants Chongxuan Hall to be cleared.
If he is suspected of being involved in the assassination, he can just kill Qing Luo Yi himself, there is no need to sell me a favor."
"So, he is asking for something from you." Lingxiao reminded: "If you want to take it, you must give it to him first. Liang Tao anticipated Qing Luo Yi's plot to assassinate him, so he used his plan to accomplish this."
Zhao Miao rubbed his brow lightly: "I really don't want to have close contact with this Liang Guoshi unless necessary. He has an unpredictable temperament. Who knows what he is thinking?"
"It's just that there are still some doubts about this matter." Lingxiao said: "Liang Tao wants to use you as a tactic, but the premise is that he has a full judgment on your cultivation and magic power. If you fail even a little bit, you will die directly in the Treasure Pavilion.
Subsequent deductions will be impossible."
Zhao Shu narrowed his eyes and said: "At the beginning, outside the restriction of Jibao Pavilion, someone helped me to break through the restriction."
"Liang Tao has placed people around you and has been secretly paying attention to your actions." Lingxiao said.
Zhao Shu laughed: "I probably know who it is, but it's just that the Jinding Division had just been established at that time, and Liang Guoshi immediately arranged for people to come. It was obvious that he had a long-term plan. The assassination at Jibao Pavilion gave him an opportunity to intervene."
"What is there in you that deserves his concern?" Lingxiao asked.
Zhao Shu covered his mouth and pondered: "I really didn't expect it at the moment. In terms of cultivation and magic power, I am not worth mentioning in front of him. Is it because I am the teacher's student? Is it possible to try to win over and provoke him like Liang Shuo? There is no use.
Not big."
"You used Jiang Ru's mouth to reveal to Liang Tao that your father died in Chongxuan Hall. Did you have other motives?" Lingxiao asked.
Zhao Shu replied: "Yes, I just want to take the opportunity to test Liang Tao's intentions. If he doesn't want me to die, then he should ask me to do something. But I don't really want to agree, so I might as well reveal my background to block it."
His mouth."
"But what if Liang Tao still values you?" Lingxiao asked.
"Then I really don't understand." Zhao Shu said: "If it were me, a junior who harbors hatred for me, even if I don't suppress him, there seems to be no reason to help and give guidance. Even if I don't mention the past grudges, we
Huai Ying Guan and Liang Guoshi don’t get along either.”
"Liang Tao's cultivation is quite unique." Lingxiao said.
"Why do you say that?" Zhao Shu was puzzled.
Lingxiao asked: "Have you seen his fractal and true body? Apart from the appearance, have you ever noticed the difference?"
Zhao Shu recalled and thought: "There seems to be something different, but I can't tell. I feel that in terms of personality, the fractal body of the Duke of the DPRK is more, more..."
Zhao Shu couldn't understand for a long time, and Lingxiao answered: "It's more sinister and cruel, with obvious intentions."
"Ah, yes, yes!" Zhao Shu nodded repeatedly: "As for the real body that is very similar to Liang Shuo, it seems quite sparse."
"The accumulation of yin and condensation will eliminate the true spirit." Lingxiao said: "This is also a way to ascend to immortality and become a true spirit."
"What do you mean?" Zhao Shu asked.
"Put it in another way that you can understand." Lingxiao explained: "If ten pounds of medicine are put into a pill furnace, can ten pounds of pills be made into ten pounds?"
"Of course not!" Zhao Shu said immediately: "The first thing to refine the medicine into the furnace is to remove impurities... Are you saying that Liang Guoshi's practice is like this alchemy?"
"Didn't you say that the Yongjia Liang family is proficient in the study of the external elixir yellow and white?" Lingxiao said: "If the true body is a golden elixir that has gone through seven and nine transformations, then the clone of the national master in deep clothes and crown is the one who was
The impurities in refining are the earthly contaminations that must be abandoned in order to ascend to immortality."
Zhao Ming said: "But Master Liang did not throw away these medicine residues."
"Liang Tao has not yet attained immortality." Lingxiao said, "What's more, having such a clone appear in front of people and attract the attention of the world actually makes it easier for his real body to walk around and do things."
"This is really very convenient." Zhao Shu was a little envious: "Unfortunately, my gold and water deformation method is only deceiving at best, and fighting is useless. At least Liang Guoshi's clone can deal with a master of Yang Liujun's level.
."
"You still don't understand the key to this." Lingxiao reminded: "This kind of fractal change is not an ordinary use of magic, but is deeply embedded in the foundation of cultivation. The body of the national master represents Liang Tao's life experience.
This way is the threshold for him to treat people and distinguish between inside and outside. There is a huge difference between seeing the clone and seeing the true body!"
Zhao Shu asked: "What does this mean? I have seen Liang Guoshi's real body. Is it possible that he has approved it?"
"Don't forget, facing the Nuo-faced swordsman holding a divine sword, Liang Tao also revealed his true form." Lingxiao said.
Zhao Shu shuddered: "I'm not regarded as a big enemy by Liang Guoshi, right?"
"Anyway, you have to be careful, you are being targeted by Liang Tao." Lingxiao said.
Zhao Shu scratched his head and said, "What the hell is going on? Even if the people from Jiuli Kingdom want to kill me, is Liang Guoshi so free? Who did I provoke?"
"The capital city on earth is destined to be a place of chaos." Lingxiao said.
Zhao Shu asked: "Do you want me to stay away from Dongsheng Capital?"
Lingxiao: "This place can destroy people, but it can also make people successful. It depends on how you treat it."
Zhao Shu was silent after hearing this. At this time, Colonel Lu came over with a food box and asked, "Deacon Zhao seems to be worried about something?"
"I've been assassinated, how can I not worry?" Zhao Shu said helplessly.
Lieutenant Lu served Zhao Shu with food and wine, and comforted him: "Deacon Zhao, you are too worried. You single-handedly took down a group of demons sent by Jiuli Kingdom. There are not many people with this kind of cultivation and magic power, even in the arrest department."
."
"Isn't that true?" Zhao Shu said: "The arresting department is responsible for hunting down evil spirits, and the fellow monks who are in charge are presumably proficient in fighting techniques."
"That's not necessarily true." Lieutenant Lu sat across from Zhao Mi and asked, "Does Deacon Zhao think that the purpose of hunting down evil spirits is to see who can fight them better?"
"It doesn't seem to be true."
"The arrest department, as the name suggests, focuses on arrests." Lu Xiaowei said: "When evil is causing trouble, you must first find the location of the evil, determine their number and power, and then use restraint to deal with it. In fact, most of the time,
What the arresting department has to deal with is not the big demon king, but the heretics who practice evil arts, and the goblins and ghosts who cause trouble."
Zhao Shu nodded, and Lieutenant Lu continued: "The discovery of a hidden spy from the Jiuli Kingdom this time is an unprecedented big case for the arrest department. Moreover, the leader is also a person who has close contacts with the high officials in the capital.
The courtesans in the brothels are involved in interference from all levels, and it will be very difficult for our arrest department to handle it."
"So, I should let Qing Luo Yi and the others go?" Zhao Shu asked.
"Deacon Zhao is really good at joking!" Lieutenant Lu sighed: "It's just that the case seems clear now, but almost all the big shots in the court and China have a hand in it. It's not all that our arrest department can figure out anymore."
"If you allow it, Captain Lu might as well talk to me?" Zhao Shu also poured a glass of wine for him.
"Deacon Zhao may have heard that the monsters captured by the arrest department this time mainly come from a ghost market near Dongshengdu." Captain Lu said, "But Deacon Zhao doesn't understand. When we capture a group of
The evil spirits in the ghost market were about to perform torture, and the originally deserted arrest court immediately became crowded with guests."
"Who is he? Are you so anxious to enter the Anti-evil Prison of the arrest department?" Zhao Shu asked with a smile.
Lieutenant Lu waved his hand: "Who else could it be? It's the servants sent by the nobles in the capital to tell them that the demon captured by the arresting department is their honored guest, and they all asked us to release him."
"Is there such a thing?" Zhao Shu was surprised.
"I originally thought that it was just some excuses, and the arresting department relied on the emperor's decree to drive out these messengers of the prince's clan." Lu Xiaowei said: "But when we investigated further, we found that this is really the case.
.
The ghost market is like a human market. There are merchants and businessmen. Among them, there are about a dozen local bosses who have been operating in the ghost market for decades and have been in contact with the nobles of Dongshengdu for a long time. Some indiscretions are exposed.
The transactions on the Internet usually take the form of a ghost market.
For example, the Jiujiang Zheng family, who is deeply implicated this time, is said to have trafficked a large amount of grain, rice and raw silk from their estate to the Jiuli Kingdom through the ghost market. This is equivalent to subsidizing the enemy country, and is something that has been strictly prohibited by successive orders of the kings!"
Zhao Shu was speechless when he heard this. He originally thought that Mr. Wu was already doing something serious by secretly trafficking dragon blood lipids, but he didn't expect that Du Zhongqinggui had already started this trick and was so good at it that he didn't even have to take risks to escort the goods himself.
"These ghost market leaders have been very familiar with Dongshengdu Qinggui for a long time. Their property is not only in the ghost market, but also extends to the human market." Lu Xiaowei said: "It's like the treasure you were assassinated by, Deacon Zhao.
The pavilion is the property of a ghost market owner. There are many facades like this in Yongzangpo!"
Zhao Shu frowned and said: "Since it is the property of the ghost city demon, it can be confiscated directly. I remember that Longzangpu was originally established by the ancestor of Huaxu Kingdom. How could it be occupied by the ghost city demon?"
Lieutenant Lu shook his head: "It is true that Longzangpu was set up by the late emperor, but it is not that simple. At the beginning, the late emperor also invited his clan members to participate. As for the truth behind this, Deacon Zhao slowly pondered over it. And the leaders of these ghost markets
In fact, many of the properties are managed for the clan members... Sigh! That’s why I said it’s difficult to handle.”
Zhao Shu leaned on the back of his chair and questioned: "Does the king just let the clan members do such nonsense?"
"Deacon Zhao, be careful what you say." Lieutenant Lu warned.
"Yes, I made a mistake." Zhao Shu asked again: "This time, the arrest department was able to sweep away the ghost market so quickly. Could it be that the existence of the ghost market was already known?"
"This is natural." Captain Lu said: "It's right under our noses anyway. If we don't know about it at all, then we don't have to mess around."
Zhao Shu was puzzled: "Since we know it, why didn't the arrest department clean it up early? What the demons in the ghost market do is probably not just to gain illegal benefits for the nobles in the capital, right? How many unknown evil evils are there?
OK?"
Lieutenant Lu replied: "Well, we understand these to some extent. But the existence of the ghost market has its own reasons. Bringing these evil spirits into one place will make it easier for our arresting department to deal with them. Just like there are a few rogues in Dongsheng City
As long as these gangs of thugs don't come out to bump into the nobles in the city and commit crimes in the streets, the government officials won't bother to go in and take care of the world."
Zhao Shu's hand holding the cup tightened slightly. He did not expect that Lieutenant Lu's answer was almost exactly what Liang Tao said. Is it possible that this is how the Central Government Office handles things?
"But I was still assassinated." Zhao Shu held back his displeasure.
"Even if the ghost market has crossed the line this time, not to mention that there are spies from Jiuli Kingdom involved." Colonel Lu said with a smile: "But don't worry, Deacon Zhao, Qing Luoyi and the others will definitely sacrifice their heads to the flag.
Thanks to your interception, we can deliver a report to the king this time."
"What a good deal." Zhao Shu whispered in his heart and said without changing his face: "This matter is not all my fault, thanks to Liang Guoshi for giving me the direction."
Lieutenant Lu asked in a low voice: "Deacon Zhao, there is something I don't understand. I heard that you contradicted Master Liang in public in Xingluo County. Why would he help you now? Is there any intellectual mystery in this?"
Zhao Shu couldn't help but sneer in his heart. He probably thought that he was relying on flattery to get Liang Tao to help.
"There's no mystery. I guess Master Liang likes people who contradict him." Zhao Shu replied casually.
…
"Is that what Zhao Shu said?"
In the Difeishan Bamboo Hall, Liang Tao was sitting on the couch, his long black hair spread freely, and a plump and beautiful woman beside him was combing his hair.
Jiang Ru replied from the bottom: "Yes, he thinks that the leader owes him something, so he asked me to come and ask the leader about his intention."
"This Zhao Shu is extremely smart, but he just doesn't know how to behave." Liang Tao laughed and said, "Now that he has figured it out, he still has to expose it and embarrass others."
Jiang Ru lowered her head and said nothing. Liang Tao looked down at her: "What else did Zhao Shu say?"
"There is one thing, Sir Rong." Jiang Ru said in a cautious tone: "Zhao Shu claimed that his father died in the battle of Fuxiang Valley and was buried in the waves."
"Fu Mirage Valley?" Liang Tao frowned and raised his hand to signal the beautiful woman next to him to stop.
"Yes." Jiang Ru felt uneasy: "I also mentioned to him that the person who used the magic to divert the flood was the leader."
Liang Tao was silent for a long time: "This is the first time I understand this matter."
Jiang Ru raised her head and asked: "Did the leader know nothing before?"
When the beautiful woman next to Liang Tao saw Jiang Ru talking like this, she immediately told her to shut up with her eyes. Liang Tao also noticed it, but did not pursue it. He just said: "At that time, when I was using magic to divert the flood, I also had to deal with the people who came to surround me."
The ones killed were monks from the Xiong Kingdom, so I had no time to distract myself. As for how to deploy troops and generals in Fumirage Valley, I have never asked. Besides, the orders in the army are conveyed from level to level. It is not my responsibility to lead the troops to Fumirage Valley in the end."
"That's it." Jiang Ru felt relieved: "It seems that Zhao Shu misunderstood. I will explain the truth to him later."
"No need." Liang Tao seemed to understand something: "With Zhao Shu's scheming attitude, how could he talk about his father's death in Chongxuan Hall in front of you? He is just using your words to test me."
Jiang Ru was shocked. She didn't expect Zhao Shu to be so courageous. Was he willing to die?
"That's good, so you don't have to be secretive." Liang Tao said with a smile: "If you can guess my thoughts, you are indeed a talent. You don't have to waste time talking in the future."