Time passed, and a week had passed since Qin Tian went to find Chen Dou, Ji Qiurong collected debts, and scared off the four men in black robes. Qin Tian went to Fangcun Mountain to practice, and there was only one last day left.
During this week, Shen Gongbao, together with the remaining half of the Heavenly Soldiers and Heavenly Generals, once again successfully captured more than twenty stowaways, but the Heavenly Soldiers and Heavenly Generals also lost a dozen more people.
Of the hundreds of heavenly soldiers and generals sent by the Jade Emperor to Shen Gongbao, only about thirty were left, and some of them were injured.
However, Shen Gongbao sent a letter to the Jade Emperor, asking for more manpower to come to the mortal world for support, but there was never a reply.
Under such circumstances, Shen Gongbao finally couldn't hold on any longer. On this day, he summoned the remaining heavenly soldiers and generals and announced his return to heaven.
As a major figure who has experienced the Tribulation of the Gods, Shen Gongbao also has a good temper. He promised to bring people to the mortal world to capture the stowaways, but suffered heavy losses. He asked the Jade Emperor for support, but the other party never sent more people.
How could he continue to do this regardless of their danger?
If we continue to capture him, I'm afraid he and the hundreds of heavenly soldiers and generals will all be killed.
So Shen Gongbao, full of anger, took the remaining heavenly soldiers and generals and angrily returned to heaven.
When he entered Nantianmen, Shunfenger, a clairvoyant who happened to be on duty at Nantianmen, greeted him, but he ignored him.
Thousand-mile eyes and wind ears saw that Shen Gongbao's expression was not right. He looked at each other and quickly stepped forward to stop him.
"Taoist Master Shen, Taoist Master Shen..."
"What?"
The clairvoyant asked, "Taoist Master Shen, you are leading troops to the mortal world this time to arrest those stowaways. Are you planning to find His Majesty when you come back now?"
The fact that Shen Gongbao, the rolling curtain general, led hundreds of heavenly soldiers and generals to the mortal world to capture stowaways is not a secret. All the gods in heaven know about it.
"nonsense!"
The clairvoyant was stunned for a moment, but when he thought about who Shen Gongbao once was, he soon felt relieved.
Shunfeng Er subconsciously glanced in the direction of Zhongtian, lowered his voice and said, "Taoist Master, you are so angry. Do you blame His Majesty for not sending anyone to support you?"
Hearing his question, Shen Gongbao looked at him sharply, and was about to talk nonsense to the other party as if he were looking back with clairvoyance.
Before he could say anything this time, Shunfeng Er said first, "Taoist Master, to be honest, your Majesty deliberately doesn't want to send anyone to support you!"< br>
"Huh? What do you mean?"
"Taoist Master, think about it. Every time a heavenly soldier or general is killed or injured in our heavenly court, he will have to pay a pension. Now our heavenly court's finances are not very good. Your majesty saves as much as possible in terms of expenditure. This time you are in the mortal world.
Catching the stowaways resulted in the death and injury of more than 60 heavenly soldiers and generals, and we already had to pay a large sum of money..."
Shunfeng's ear was almost close to Shen Gongbao's ear, "Especially since even the curtain-rolling general has fallen, Heavenly Court will have to pay a large sum of compensation, so if we continue to send troops to the mortal world, more people will be killed or injured, and Heavenly Court's finances will really not be able to bear it!"
"Taoist Priest, do you know why His Majesty only sent a hundred heavenly soldiers and generals to you? The reason is the same. Sending more people means greater expenses!"
"!!!"
Shen Gongbao was stunned, and even the expression on his face froze.
At this moment, he finally understood why there were hundreds of thousands of heavenly soldiers and generals in heaven, but only a few hundred were sent to him. Later, when he sent a message for support, why could no one be found? It turned out that everything boiled down to the fact that the Jade Emperor was reluctant to part with flowers.
money!
After learning the reason, Shen Gongbao became even more angry, as if a basin of oil was poured on the fire.
He pushed away Shunfeng Er and Clairvoyance, angrily, quickened his pace and walked up to the sky.
Looking at his back, Shunfeng Er's mouth curved in an inexplicable way.
The clairvoyant said, "Shunfeng'er, are you crazy? Why are you telling Shen Gongbao this? Do you mean it on purpose?"
"I did it on purpose!"
Shunfeng Er looked away and answered without any hesitation.
clairvoyance"……"
"I just deliberately wanted to tell Shen Gongbao and let him know the truth!"
"You, you are not afraid that His Majesty will find out and punish you to death!"
"Your Majesty, he won't know!" Shunfeng'er said confidently, "I told Shen Gongbao about this kind of thing, and there is no way Shen Gongbao would sell me!"
"But, we are not familiar with Shen Gongbao, why are you telling him this???"
This time, Shunfeng Er did not answer, but
It is a rhetorical question: "Clairvoyance, how long have we two brothers been guarding the Nantian Gate?"
Clairvoyant was stunned for a moment and thought for several seconds, "I don't remember, but it must have been thousands of years at least!"
"Yes, for thousands of years, Marshal Tianpeng has changed three times. Sun Wukong, who once made trouble in the Heavenly Palace, has become a fighting and victorious Buddha, and Yang Jian has gone from being a rebellious to sitting on the throne of the God of Justice..."
"As for us, we were janitors thousands of years ago, and we are still janitors now. Our positions have not been promoted, our salaries have not increased, and we are not even qualified to go to the Lingxiao Palace. Even in the past hundred years, the Heavenly Court has always been in arrears.
I feel unhappy about punishing our salaries..." ??
The more he talked, the more Shunfeng Er became excited and seemed like he couldn't stop talking.
Seeing this, the clairvoyant quickly covered his mouth with his hand and said, "Shunfeng'er, you really don't want to die. If the Jade Emperor finds out what you just said, I will kill you!!!"
After his reminder, Shunfeng Er came back to his senses, and hurriedly swallowed the words that had not come out of his mouth, and did not continue to say them.
Then, he opened his clairvoyant hand and spat on the ground, "Anyway, I just feel unhappy and have a problem with Your Majesty!"
The clairvoyant has a special pair of eyes filled with thick and complex colors. The other party is unhappy and has opinions about the Jade Emperor. Why doesn't he?
However, he suppressed these emotions deep in his heart and did not show them.
He put his arm around Shunfeng Er's shoulders and squeezed them hard. The two of them returned to the Nantian Gate and continued their duty of standing guard.
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After hearing Shunfeng'er's words, Shen Gongbao rushed to Yaochi, said some harsh words to the Jade Emperor, and left with his sleeves rolled up.
Of course, he still didn't have the guts to directly scold the Jade Emperor. He just said that he couldn't do the task of catching stowaways in the mortal world, so he quit and asked the other party to find someone else to do it.
The Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother were not angry at Shen Gongbao's anger. Instead, they comforted him with a few words.
It made Shen Gongbao feel like his fist was hitting cotton. When he finally left, the anger in his heart not only did not diminish at all, but became even stronger.
After Shen Gongbao left Yaochi, the Jade Emperor summoned the thirty soldiers and generals who had returned with Shen Gongbao into Yaochi and asked them about what happened in the mortal world during this period. life situation.
Mainly I want to know how Lu Dafa, the general who rolled the curtains, died.
When Shen Gongbao sent a message before, he only said that Lu Dafa had died, but did not say who specifically killed Lu Dafa.
Just after Shen Gongbao was angry, the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother threw up their sleeves and left before the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother could ask each other, so they had to ask other heavenly soldiers and generals.
The more than thirty heavenly soldiers and generals did not dare to hide anything and reported everything they encountered in the mortal world.
But they didn't know who killed Lu Dafa.
Just when the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother were confused, Ji Qiurong told them about their encounter with the black robe, the three rhinoceros spirits, and their rescue by Qin Tian...
After hearing this, both the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother's expressions changed drastically, and all other thoughts were thrown away in an instant.
The Queen Mother stood up reflexively, pointed at Ji Qiurong, and said excitedly, "What did you just say, did you save you???"
She reacted so violently that Ji Qiurong was so frightened that he suddenly knelt on the ground, thinking that he had made some mistake.
"Yes, yes, my dear!"
Ji Qiurong's head was also buried on the ground, terrified.
"Where is the debt collector now?"
The Jade Emperor also stood up and asked.
"Little God doesn't know that after the black robe and the three rhino spirits retreated, he also left very quickly!"
The excitement on the faces of the Jade Emperor and Queen Mother was replaced by a touch of disappointment.
"However, Daoist Master Shen should know that Xiao Shen heard Daoist Master Shen talking to the debt collector at that time. They are very familiar with each other and are still friends!"
The excitement of the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother returned again.
The Jade Emperor secretly said in his heart, "I have been looking for you for so long, and finally I have news about you!!!"
The Queen Mother couldn't help but clenched her hands into fists, and secretly said in her heart, "I will finally find you..."
But her tone was full of gloomy murderous intent.
Qin Tian beat her son like that last time. She has always wanted to take revenge on Qin Tian!!!
Immediately afterwards, the Jade Emperor ordered: "Come, Lord Xuan Shen is coming to Yaochi!"