Chapter 211 After ten days, return to the fifth grade
Xu Zhiqiong slept until dusk in Mingdengxuan. He planned to follow the lantern man to patrol the streets at night, but before setting off, a Canglong guard asked to see him.
Elder Shengde invited Xu Zhiqiong to talk to Canglong Hall.
Xu Zhiqiong didn't want to go to Canglong Palace because he didn't want to arouse Emperor Zhaoxing's suspicion.
But the second elder specially prepared a banquet and invited him alone. Xu Zhiqiong had no choice but to follow the Canglong Guard.
When they arrived at Canglong Hall, Liang Jixiong invited Xu Zhiqiong into the small hall in the back garden, put out a table of wine and food, sent everyone away, and chatted with Xu Zhiqiong while eating.
This meal was a celebration banquet specially prepared by Liang Jixiong for Xu Zhiqiong. Liang Jixiong was not a lively person, but he had to drink this meal. It was all thanks to Xu Zhiqiong that he was able to save nearly half of the Suzaku cultivators.
Daxuan’s harvest this year has been preserved.
The food and wine are very rich, and they are all rare delicacies on the market. The most attractive thing is the large plate of beef.
Beef was also common in Xu Zhiqiong's previous life. But in Daxuan, eating beef is illegal.
Cattle are the main force of farming in Daxuan. If a cattle farmer dares to kill cattle, according to the laws of Daxuan, he will be punished by being banished or exiled. Even if the cow dies, it must be reported to the government and buried alive. Ordinary people will never dare to kill it.
Beef is put on the table.
But Liang Jixiong is not an ordinary person, so he naturally has channels to get good beef.
Place the sauce and vinegar dish, and sprinkle a layer of minced garlic into the vinegar.
The beef is cut into a moderately thick slice. Once you dip it in the plate, fill your mouth with it, and then take a sip of wine, the piece of beef turns into thousands of threads, soothing every taste bud in your mouth.
In the blink of an eye, the bottom of the plate of beef was gone. Xu Zhiqiong wiped his mouth and said, "Second brother, is there anything else?"
Liang Jixiong liked Xu Zhiqiong's temperament: "There is plenty of beef. You can have a drink with me first."
Liang Jixiong picked up the wine glass and said: "Having a good young man like you is a blessing to Daxuan. It is all because of your courage and resourcefulness that you have saved thousands of people in Daxuan. I respect you for this glass!"
Xu Zhiqiong raised his glass: "If it's for our brotherhood, I'll drink this glass of wine. If it's about Daxuan thousands of people, I don't dare to drink this glass of wine, I'm not worthy."
Liang Jixiong frowned and said, "How do you say this?"
"If you can keep the Suzaku cultivator this time, it's hard to say you can keep it next time. If you can keep the harvest this year, it's hard to say you can keep it next year. Some things change too fast, and there will always be a day when you can't resist it."
Liang Jixiong understood what Xu Zhiqiong meant: "These days, some things that happen are indeed outrageous. If someone in the royal family violates the rules again, no matter who that person is, I will not be lenient."
Xu Zhiqiong drank all the wine in the cup and said: "Second brother, I have to say something straight. If a senior official's cultivation level exceeds the seventh level, does it count as overstepping the rules?"
Liang Jixiong was startled, then shook his head and said: "You are worrying too much. The emperor's cultivation level has been abolished, let alone the seventh level. Even if he returns to the domineering ninth level, I can see it at a glance."
Xu Zhiqiong picked up a piece of grilled fish and said while eating: "What if it's not a domineering cultivation?"
Liang Jixiong frowned, drank a glass of wine and said, "Who did you hear about this? A divination?"
Xu Zhiqiong nodded. Taibu had many faults anyway, so it didn't hurt to carry one more.
Liang Jixiong said: "Don't listen to that old man's nonsense. You can't believe a word he says."
"Not to mention whether you can believe it or not, if the official family really passed the seventh level of cultivation, how would you deal with it?"
Liang Jixiong squeezed the wine glass with a solemn expression: "I will kill him!"
"Seriously?"
"This is the rule of our ancestors. I will never be lenient."
"Let's not talk about softness and hardness, are you going to kill him?" Xu Zhiqiong gave Liang Jixiong more wine.
Liang Jixiong laughed and said: "Huang-kou boy, why do you look down on me? He only has that slave Chen Shuncai beside him, do you think I am afraid of him?"
Xu Zhiqiong said: "Chen Shun is not the only one."
"And Gongsun Wen, there is just one more slave. Are you worried that I can't handle it?"
Xu Zhiqiong peeled off a shrimp, dipped it in vinegar, and ate it without saying anything.
Second brother, don’t you know whether you can handle it or not?
You obviously can't handle it!
What Xu Zhiqiong was really worried about was that the emperor would not let Liang Jixiong go.
"Second brother, Canglong Palace is not what it used to be. Two of the three elders have been destroyed, leaving you alone. The top priority is to restore the vitality of Canglong Palace."
"That's what I meant." Liang Jixiong looked at Xu Zhiqiong affectionately.
"What do you think I'm going to do? I'm not from the royal family, and among the disciples, I need to choose the right person to take over the position of elder as soon as possible."
Liang Jixiong sighed: "It would be great if there is a suitable person."
"If you can't find the right person for a while, the second brother should find more helpers."
"Help? You mean divination?" Liang Jixiong laughed loudly, "You don't know how deep my relationship with him is. This old ghost will not help me until the day he dies."
"Where's the bell ginseng?"
"What did Zhong Shen say?" Liang Jixiong pondered for a moment and shook his head, "He only cares about the three-acre land of the Imperial City Division. As long as it doesn't threaten the Imperial City Division, he won't even bother to take a look. "
"Now things have threatened the Imperial City Division. The Young Master of Qingyi Pavilion has been bewitched. Zhong Shen will not sit idly by and ignore it!"
"Jiang Feili was bewitched?" Liang Jixiong was shocked, "The remnants of Liang Xiankang haven't been cleaned up yet?"
Xu Zhiqiong shook his head and said: "This matter may not have anything to do with King Huai!"
"It has nothing to do with Liang Xiankang. Could it be that he is the emperor again?" Liang Jixiong put down his wine glass with a sad look on his face, "First it's the blood tree, then it's raising the gu... Let's wait until I dispose of the blood tree before we investigate this matter."
Xu Zhiqiong looked at Liang Jixiong and said, "Second brother, what do you plan to do with the blood tree?"
"First say hello to the emperor and eradicate all the blood trees in Yuanzhou and Lieyuan. I want to see what he says? I don't believe that he dares to leave the blood trees, but I don't believe that he doesn't even want the face of the king. Got it!"
Xu Zhiqiong smiled bitterly and said: "This is what I am worried about. Second brother, if you can really force the official family to get rid of the blood tree, why can the blood tree in An Shuyuan be left alive today?"
Liang Jixiong lowered his head and drank a drink alone: "This matter is a bit special. The blood tree in Anshuyuan is related to one of the emperor's favorite concubines. The emperor left the tree to leave some thoughts, and also In order to find out the truth, and also to wait for a chance of resurrection."
Xu Zhiqiong said in astonishment: "Can you come back to life after turning into a blood tree?"
Liang Jixiong smacked his lips: "There are such records in some ancient books, but the contents are mostly from rumors and there are no examples.
You don’t have to worry about Anshuyuan. The emperor made an oath in the Canglong Palace and would never use the blood tree of Anshuyuan to gain cultivation. The oath was stamped with his bloody handprint and is still in the Canglong Palace. Keep it."
Xu Zhiqiong said: "If the official said that the blood tree in Yuanzhou should be kept, in order to leave a memory for the third elder, the blood tree in Lieyuan should also be left behind, in order to give innocent people a chance to resurrect.
What will the second brother say then?"
Liang Jixiong sniffed and continued drinking.
If Emperor Zhaoxing used this as an excuse, he really had nothing to say.
Emperor Zhaoxing could really do such a thing. He would just come to Canglong Hall to swear an oath again. As for whether swearing in Canglong Hall would be useful, Liang Jixiong himself had some doubts.
Xu Zhiqiong said: "Second brother, listen to my advice. When it comes to eradicating blood trees, you must not say that for these blood trees, the third elder lost his life and Daxuan almost lost a year's harvest.
If the second brother mentions this matter again, I am afraid that the official family will dig out old scores and expel the Suzaku cultivators again. The second brother's own life may also be in danger.
Second brother, don’t worry about those blood trees anymore. Even if they are removed, the official family will plant them again. The root cause of this matter is not the blood trees."
Liang Jixiong remained silent. He poured a glass of wine for Xu Zhiqiong. He knew that Xu Zhiqiong still had half a sentence left.
The root of this matter lies with the emperor.
"Then how do you deal with this matter? Am I just going to watch it like this?"
"You can't even look at it. If you look at the same thing too much, the officials will feel unhappy. You have to pretend not to see it." Xu Zhiqiong hugged the leg of lamb and gnawed on it. "Second brother, I told you, the emperor
Smarter than you, he has worked hard for these blood trees. If you want to eradicate the blood trees, he has a hundred ways to deal with you.
It's impossible for you and me to think through all these 100 ways. As long as the blood tree thing is mentioned again, we will definitely suffer a big loss. Instead of learning from it and gaining wisdom, it is better not to eat it. Let's think about it.
How to eradicate the root cause of the matter."
Xu Zhiqiong is right, eradicating the blood tree is useless.
But Liang Jixiong didn't have the strength to eradicate the root cause.
After eating too much mutton, Xu Zhiqiong ate a few drunken crabs to relieve his tiredness.
Daxuan's cooking skills are really amazing. The drunken crab is cooked very delicately and the ingredients are just right. The crab roe is fragrant and smooth, the crab meat is sweet and full of flavor, but it does not lose the true nature of the top-quality ingredients.
Liang Jixiong drank another glass of wine and seemed to have some realization: "Maybe I should walk around with Zhong Shen in the past two days."
Xu Zhiqiong swallowed a mouthful of crab roe and said, "Second brother, this is serious business!"
After eating and drinking, Xu Zhiqiong quietly left through the back door.
But no matter how covert he was, he couldn't escape Emperor Zhaoxing's eyes. There were spies of Emperor Zhaoxing in Canglong Palace. As long as Xu Zhiqiong went there, Emperor Zhaoxing would definitely know.
But he didn't know what Xu Zhiqiong and Liang Jixiong said, and eavesdropping on their conversation was not something that this spy could do.
"Xu Zhiqiong went to Canglong Hall again." Emperor Zhaoxing smiled bitterly and shook his head repeatedly.
Sui Zhi said from the side: "Your Majesty, I have sent Xiao Situ to secretly monitor Xu Zhiqiong, and we will take action against him when we find the right opportunity."
"You sent Xiao Songting?" Emperor Zhaoxing thought for a moment, "Do you want to use voodoo to control Xu Zhiqiong?"
Sui Zhi nodded and said: "Since we can't kill him, it would be nice to put some restrictions on him."
Emperor Zhaoxing shook his head: "Xu Zhiqiong has a close relationship with the Yin and Yang Division. It is not difficult for him to resolve the poisonous spells. Sui Aiqing will not be distracted by this matter. I love you and serve the true god's body wholeheartedly."
Emperor Zhaoxing was making it clear to Sui Zhi that he wanted to speed up his recovery.
Sui Zhi said: "Your Majesty, the True God's outer body only needs to rest for five more days. By then, as long as the sap is prepared, it will help your Majesty return to the fifth level!"
"Five days... it's too urgent!" Emperor Zhaoxing didn't want to wait, not even a moment was equal, but the sap of the blood tree could not be preserved, and he needed to use it urgently, but he couldn't get enough branches.
Emperor Zhaoxing had many blood trees, but once the sap of the blood trees was harvested, it would take a long time to recover. Some blood trees could not be used easily, such as those in Hunter Garden and those in Yuanzhou, so they could not be used easily to avoid causing trouble.
Suspect.
The only plan for now is to extract some more branches from the unrecovered blood tree, piece them together here and there, and try to save enough for promotion.
The emperor calculated the time and said: "In ten days, I would like to thank you, and I will go and ask for the true god's incarnation."
Emperor Zhaoxing had to wait for ten days, and Sui Zhi was a little worried: "I'm afraid that during this period, Elder Shengwei and Xu Zhiqiong will cause trouble again."
Emperor Zhaoxing smiled: "It doesn't matter, I will ask Elder Shengwei to leave the capital within ten days.
Since Xu Zhiqiong was restless, let him go with him. Shi Xun, that loser, couldn't control him anyway.
There are still some disobedient people, especially those from the Wuwei camp, so let them all go with them. It’s time for the Imperial City Division to replace some people. If you go, don’t come back!"