I wanted to help Mr. Hei dig out the stuff, but I thought that there were many things in it that could greatly replenish qi and blood, but I didn't want to waste it. After some hesitation, I went back to the north room, leaving Mr. Hei to continue tossing in the stable.
I fell asleep before the second watch. When I woke up, it was the fourth watch. After a simple wash, I was about to go out. But before I left, I changed my mind and couldn't wear official uniforms anymore. It was out of season. I wore official uniforms yesterday because I was there too much.
We cannot enter the venue at night. If we continue to wander around the venue in official uniform today, it will be suspected of being sensational.
Thinking of this, he changed out of his official uniform and put on a Taoist robe. Before going out, he went to the wing to see Mr. Hei as usual. Who had ever wanted to lift the curtain but found that Mr. Hei was dozing off by the manger, holding a burning stick in his hand?
Complete fragrance.
After the curtain was opened, the cold wind blew in. Da Tou woke up and stood up hurriedly when he saw it.
"Brother Fu, what are you doing here?" asked.
Da Tou stamped out the incense stick and yawned, "I'm afraid you'll get up late, so I'll wait for you here."
Hearing this, Duo felt awkward, "How many times have I told you that we are friends and you are not my subordinate."
"I know, I know," Datou nodded repeatedly, "I'm not sleeping here just to wake you up. Your horse is so naive. It wasn't very happy when I led it back yesterday. I have to get along with it as soon as possible.
Once you are familiar with it, I will prepare a horse for you and be able to pull it."
"Okay, I won't do it next time," he said, "By the way, you have to be careful. The black man's feces and urine are highly toxic, and his saliva is also highly toxic. Don't let him lick you." ??
"Okay, let's go," Datou raised his hand to wipe his eyes, "I already ordered the canteen to cook for you yesterday. You can eat something before going."
After nodding, he lifted the curtain and motioned for the big head to go first.
Da Tou fearfully waved his hand, please go ahead, and without nagging him, grabbed his neck collar and pushed him out, and then went out to the canteen with Da Tou.
Seeing Da Tou yawning profusely, he asked casually, "How long did you work until last night?"
"Third watch," Datou replied, "there were more than ninety officials, big and small, who came here yesterday. Almost all the yamen in Chang'an sent money. You definitely don't have time to look at it these days. There are so many boxes piled up in the courtroom.
It’s not a big deal, Yang Kai and I opened the box and counted the silver taels. There were more than 62,000 taels in total. We have sent people to move it to the warehouse, and the list is on the desk of the public case."
"Thank you." He said casually.
"Your Majesty, you are serious. We can't do big things, we can only do trivial things." Datou said.
While the two of them were talking, they came to the dining hall. Several cooks hurriedly brought breakfast to them. The two of them were eating and talking at the same time.
"Sir, those people who came yesterday just wanted to test our attitude. We will accept all who come. They will definitely give you separate gifts next. It is not a problem to have so much money piled up in the warehouse," Datou whispered.
Said, "You have to find a way to deal with it."
"There is no need to process them. If they are piled up in the warehouse, there will be no problem. If they are moved to another place, they will be." He said.
"Your Excellency is right," Datou nodded, "but after all, our warehouse is not the imperial court's treasury, and we are not at home all the time. I'm afraid they will steal it."
After thinking for a while, he said, "In this way, you let them melt the silver and turn it into a big lump that they can't move."
The rice bowl that Datou snatched was used to serve him porridge, "That's a way, but if you want them to be unable to move it, it would cost at least two thousand taels. We don't have such a big mold."
"If it doesn't work, just build a trough to feed the horses." He said casually.
"That should be ten thousand taels," Datou said with a smile.
"Ten thousand taels is ten thousand taels, the bigger the better," he said. "The silver ingots are so big that they can't be moved. The court knows that we don't want to embezzle them at all. After they are cast, they are piled in the warehouse and taken out when needed."
After breakfast and having discussed all the trivial matters, Da Tou went back to his room and changed out of his official uniform, then accompanied him to the square in front of the palace.
Because it was still early, there were not many people around the square. When the two arrived, the guys from Baoqing Inn had already arranged the seats for everyone in Longhu Mountain. Yesterday, they were in a hurry and only brought a dozen chairs. Today's time
Since I had plenty of money, I brought over fifty of them and arranged them neatly in various directions.
Because the weather was cold, they also brought a tea stove to boil water and an oven to bake cakes.
Not only was Longhu Mountain cared for by people, there were also people arranging seats and preparing tea where the other champions were. Although the court had always talked about the prosperous times, in fact everyone knew that these were troubled times, and the power of force in troubled times was
It can protect everyone better than the law, so anyone with a bit of family fortune will look for a backer in order to be protected in times of crisis.
After arranging the trivial matters, he sent Da Tou back. His original intention was to let Da Tou go back and have a rest, but if he just asked him to go back to rest, Da Tou would definitely not leave. He could only arrange some things for him to do, and let Da Tou go back and watch the smelting of silver.
By the way, I was also keeping an eye on someone who might give me gifts.
At three o'clock in the morning, all the champions arrived one after another. When it was nearing o'clock in the morning, everyone from the Shangqing Dynasty led by Longhushan also came. Today, he wore Taoist robes and greeted the elders of each sect with the courtesy of a junior, although he had been in Gezao Mountain before.
Everyone was disgraced, but this time Gezao Mountain still stood with Longhu Mountain, and Maoshan was naturally among them. In addition, there were more than a dozen small Taoist temples and small sects derived from Sanshan, and there were also several secular sects.
One, but not many.
Although the Shangqing people are small in number, their strength cannot be underestimated, because the Shangqing sect has always been good at magic. Compared with
Traceable martial arts moves and weird and mysterious spells are not only more powerful, but also more difficult to guard against.
Yesterday, the small sects who formed a temporary alliance formed a total of six alliances. One of them stormed the Prajna Temple and almost wiped out the entire army. Today there are five alliances on the sidelines. The number of these five alliances has increased a lot compared to yesterday.
The reason for the increase is that after a night of alliances, all the waiting small sects have joined these five alliances. At this time, apart from the nine champion camps, there are only these five alliances left. It is clear at a glance and the differences are clear.
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When the hour was approaching, the Imperial Guards came out of the palace and lined up, and all the examiners took their places.
When he saw a eunuch standing next to the examiner, he knew something was going to change. Sure enough, when the time came, the eunuch immediately took out the imperial edict from his sleeve and read loudly, "My disciples, on the eighteenth day of this month, the first festival of the millennium, the world will be at peace.
, Jiuzhou celebrates together, and fighting in martial arts will harm the harmony of heaven, so the promotion of people ends at sixteen, and the promotion of Jinshi stops at seventeen, I admire this."
Hearing the eunuch's announcement, there was an uproar outside the venue. The so-called Qianqiu Festival is actually the emperor's birthday. To put it bluntly, the day after tomorrow is the emperor's birthday. It is bad luck to see more blood in a fight. Therefore, the martial arts examiner will be selected today and tomorrow.
Selecting Wu Jinshi, to put it another way, means that nine division champions will be selected today, and three general champions will be selected tomorrow.
Others were surprised, but they didn't feel surprised, because the imperial court had been changing the rules during the children's competition and secretly influenced it. In this main competition, it is not surprising that the imperial court repeated its old tricks.
The reason why everyone was shocked and in an uproar was also very simple, that is, the sudden imperial edict directly disrupted their plans. Last night was a sleepless night for everyone participating in the competition, whether it was the champion guarding the competition or the competition leader.
The warriors who tried to steal the ring were all racking their brains to plan and communicate, and finally came up with a way that was beneficial to them. After an imperial edict came down, all their previous efforts were wasted.
This imperial edict is unfavorable to everyone. There is only one day left in the competition for martial arts candidates. The five alliances formed by small sects have no time to assess the situation and act according to the opportunity. If they do not want their sects to be forcibly dismissed by the court, they have no choice but to
Bite the bullet and choose a challenger to attack. This is like a moth flying into a flame, throwing an egg against a stone.
As for the nine champions, except for Prajna Temple, which was hit hard yesterday, the other eight champions could have sat on the mountain and watched the fire. However, according to the imperial decree, in addition to Prajna Temple, which was hit hard, four other champions would also be affected.
Challenged by the other four alliances.
The imperial court's move was a pretense of killing with a borrowed knife. Although the emperor and the eunuchs did not get along, neither the emperor nor the eunuchs wanted to see many martial arts sects and masters emerge in large numbers. The reason is also very simple. These martial arts sects and Xi
Once the people of Wu raise troops to rebel, it will be difficult for the court to surrender and quell the rebellion.
When the gong sounded, the nine champions could only send people to the stage to continue accepting the challenge.
The one who saw Prajna Temple take the stage was yesterday
The Japanese monk Tongde was seriously injured. One of his allies immediately sent people to the stage to seize the opportunity first.
The remaining four alliances were undecided and hesitant.
Yesterday, in order to resist the charm of the masked woman, Monk Tongde had already lost his strength. After defeating three people in a row, he was finally kicked out of the ring by the fourth person.
Seeing that the abbot of Prajna Temple appeared next, everyone immediately knew that Prajna Temple was at the end of its war effort. Seeing that this method was feasible, another ally came up to challenge.
I don’t know whether it’s because they value the loyalty of the world or because they made some private agreement last night. This alliance did not challenge Prajna Temple, but chose the Wushuang City in the due south arena.
Seeing another alliance take action, the remaining three alliances became more and more anxious. The longer the delay, the more disadvantageous it would be for our side. All the relatively weak opponents who had been left behind had been snatched away, and our side could only choose those powerful champions to attack.
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Driven by this mentality, the third alliance immediately came to power, and their goal turned out to be the Salt Gang, which had a lot of help.
Then came the fourth alliance, choosing Dajiji from the Southwest Arena.
At this time, there is still the last alliance composed of small sects that has not taken action, and this alliance is also the alliance with the largest number of people.
The champions include the Beggar Clan, Zhuque Villa, Shaolin Temple, Longhu Mountain, and Liangyi Mountain that have not yet been attacked.
In the end, the leaders of the alliance gathered together to discuss anxiously. The remaining five sects were all the most difficult to deal with. No matter who they chose, they would not be able to take advantage.
The five champions were also secretly nervous at this time. There were too many people in this alliance. No matter who was bitten by them, even if they could barely hold on to the champion, their vitality would be severely damaged, and they would definitely be at a disadvantage in tomorrow's decisive battle.
The leader of the last alliance was discussing urgently while turning his head from time to time to look at the camp of the five champions. Shaolin Temple was the ancestral home of the Zen sect and there were so many masters that they had no chance of winning.
The Beggar Gang has one hundred thousand members, and any bad deeds will be punished. There are also many small sects that are affiliated with the Beggar Gang. If you offend them, even if you keep the sect, you will not be able to survive in the future.
Zhuque Villa, Qinglong Villa, White Tiger Villa and Xuanwu Villa are in the same spirit and have been friends for generations. Let alone the four parties joining forces, they cannot defeat even one of them.
After excluding these four, only Longhu Mountain and Liangyi Mountain remain.
The number of people in these two Taoist sects is not large, although both are prestigious, after all, the number of people is small. If you put all your efforts and fight for your life, you may still have a chance of winning.
Seeing that people were looking in the direction of Longhu Mountain more and more frequently, I began to worry secretly. Oh no, this ragtag group of people might choose to attack Longhu Mountain.
At this moment, the opponent made up his mind and sent one person to the Longhu Mountain Arena located in the middle of the square...