In the battle with Liang Xiaoen, the Yin and Yang Division was destroyed, and Taibu asked Xu Zhiqiong to pay fifty thousand taels of silver.
Xu Zhiqiong patted his chest and agreed: "Fifty thousand taels, that's right!"
Taibu looked at Xu Zhiqiong and said, "Do you have fifty thousand taels?"
"No!"
Taibu said angrily: "You can agree so easily even if you don't have any money!"
"I'll make an IOU!"
Taibu also agreed and recognized the IOU.
Xu Zhiqiong immediately wrote an IOU and gave it to Taibu, promising to repay Taibu 3,000 taels of silver every year and pay back the principal of 50,000 taels in twenty years, plus 10,000 taels of interest.
Fortunately, the interest rate is quite reasonable.
After Xu Zhiqiong became a marquis, he had an income of 5,000 taels per year. Now he owes the prince 2,200 taels and Taibu 3,000 taels per year. On the basis of maintaining a balance of income and expenditure, he has suffered a slight loss.
Isn't this funny?
We agreed that once we became a marquis, we would no longer have to worry about money. How could we suddenly be in debt?
Sell the mansion and pay off the debt directly?
That won't work!
There is Liang Zhenjie as a helper in the mansion. In terms of strength and experience, he is Xu Zhiqiong's key to dealing with Liang Xiaoen.
Forget it, fifty thousand taels of silver is worth it to maintain a good relationship with Taibu and get a calm situation in the short term.
As Taibu said, with so much turmoil in this battle, Liang Xiaoen will definitely not dare to show up in the short term, and Xu Zhiqiong can finally breathe a sigh of relief.
The Onmyoji Division was destroyed, and all the Onmyojis had no place to live. Xu Zhiqiong felt relieved: "Everyone, go and live in my mansion. My place is big. It's not a problem to accommodate hundreds of you. The rent is
Let’s not count too much, one hundred taels of silver per person per day..."
Taibu shouted angrily: "Kangsheng, why are you killing people?"
Xu Zhiqiong smiled and said: "It's just a joke, how can you take it seriously? I have troubled you all a lot on weekdays. Can you still ask for money when you go to my place for food and accommodation?"
Xu Zhiqiong was generous enough to take the Onmyoji to his home and provide him with food, accommodation and entertainment for a few months. There would be some expenses, but the amount was not big, but the benefits were huge.
Firstly, you can earn yourself a large number of bodyguards, and secondly, you can establish a good prestige among the Onmyoji.
It's a pity that Taibu doesn't appreciate it.
Taibu does not allow yin and yang cultivators of seventh grade and above to escape control, so how could it give Xu Zhiqiong the opportunity to win people's hearts.
"Taibu, I really think about you. Since the Onmyoji Division has been destroyed, we can't let everyone live on the streets, right?"
Taibu sneered: "Kangsheng, thank you for your kindness, you are worrying too much!"
He activated the magic circle, and in the middle of the ruined courtyard, there was an extra wall, dividing the entire courtyard into two. There was also a door on the wall.
What's the meaning?
Xu Zhiqiong looked at Taibu with slight contempt: "What do you mean, old man, that men live outside the wall and women live inside the wall?"
Taibu laughed and said, "Do you think this is appropriate?"
"What else can we do?" Xu Zhiqiong thought for a moment, "Either the women live outside the wall and the men live inside the wall?"
Taibu waved his hand, and the door on the wall opened: "Kangsheng, please go in and take a look."
Everyone followed Xu Zhiqiong into the gate, but they saw that behind the gate was a courtyard with more than a dozen wing rooms on the east and west sides. There was no house in the north, just a wall and a gate.
Pushing open the door again, there is still a courtyard behind the door, with the layout exactly the same as the previous courtyard.
Xu Zhiqiong walked through five doors in a row. There was another door on the north wall and a courtyard behind the door.
Xu Zhiqiong did not dare to leave because he was afraid of getting lost.
Not only Xu Zhiqiong was surprised, but all the Onmyoji were stunned and speechless.
Tong Qingqiu whispered: "I never dare to think of such a method in my life. Taibu is really a monster!"
Not only did Tong Qingqiu dare not think about it, but Han Chen also didn't dare to think about it.
Han Chen was promoted to the third level of Yin-Yang. After testing his cultivation level, he felt that the Taidivination was getting old. For the future of the Yin-Yang Division, it was time to replace him with a Taidivination.
But seeing Taibu displaying such a magic circle, Han Chen felt that Taibu seemed to be decades younger.
Taibu looked at the onmyoji and said, "Is anyone willing to go to the Marquis' Mansion? I won't stop you if you want to."
The onmyojis looked at each other, no one dared to speak.
In the past, when I lived in Onmyoji, it was just a single room per person.
The current courtyard looks like it should be no worse than the conditions of Onmyoji.
As for going to the Marquis Mansion, after all, you have to live under someone else’s roof.
The most important thing is that this matter is related to Taibu's attitude.
Anyone who is sensible knows that those who still want to run away are openly going against Taibu!
Taibu looked at Han Chen and Tong Qingqiu and said, "You two bought a mansion outside. If you don't want to live here, you can move back!"
Mrs. Sister-in-law just had this intention and took Tong Qingqiu away with her baggage on her back.
Tong Qingqiu pulled his wife back, smiled at Taibu and said: "Since we are members of the Yin and Yang Division, we naturally have to live in the Yin and Yang Division."
Taibu looked at Han Chen again, and Han Chen said: "I am a simple person, and I feel uncomfortable living in that big house. I am more comfortable living in the Yin and Yang Division."
Taibu looked at Tao Huayuan again: "What do you say?"
Tao Huayuan said: "I want to go to the Marquis Mansion!"
Everyone was shocked, there really was someone with dragon scales!
Taibu stared at Tao Huayuan with a cold look in his eyes.
Tao Huayuan lowered her head and remained silent.
After a moment, Taibu suddenly laughed: "That's all, just go with that crazy life. Who else is willing to go with you?"
The others did not dare to say anything, and Tao Huayuan followed Xu Zhiqiong and left happily.
Han Chen and Tong Qingqiu were assigned to the third courtyard, with two adjacent rooms on the west side. After entering the door, Han Chen realized how appropriate his words just now were.
He likes simplicity, and this room is very simple.
Except for one door, there are only four walls inside and not even a bed.
The sister-in-law next door immediately exploded: "I told you to go back to live in our house, but if you don't listen, how can you live in this place?"
Tong Qingqiu covered her wife's mouth and said: "Keep your voice down, don't let Taibu hear you."
Han Chen said outside the door: "I'm going to buy a straw mat. Do you want to bring one to you?"
"Senior brother, could you please bring two of them?"
"You sleep on the straw mat and she sleeps on you. One bed is enough."
"The weather is wet and cold. It will be dry if we have an extra straw mat."
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When they arrived at the Marquis Mansion, Xia Hu and Tao Huayuan were playing together in the bedroom.
"Let me see if your teeth marks are still there?"
"Thanks to the tooth marks, otherwise I would have been deceived by that bird boy."
"If that thief boy is really scheming, I don't know if the teeth marks left by the Sixth Princess are deep or not."
Xu Zhiqiong walked in with a wooden box in his arms: "Tao'er, you are proficient in magic circles. Let's see if the magic circle on this box can be broken."
Tao Huayuan fumbled on the box for a moment, nodded and said, "This array is a bit complicated, but it can be cracked."
Xu Zhiqiong shook his head and said: "You can't do it rashly. If it's a magic circle on the surface, I can break it, but after breaking it, it will trigger the mechanism, which can hurt people."
After hearing what Xu Zhiqiong said, Tao Huayuan fumbled for a long time, nodded and said: "There is indeed a trap, but it will take a lot of effort. You have to help me."
Xu Zhiqiong helped with the calculation, and Tao Huayuan applied the air machine. After an hour, a puff of green smoke suddenly rose from the wooden box.
Xu Zhiqiong was shocked, picked up Tao Huayuan and hid aside.
After the green smoke passed, the box did not explode. Tao Huayuan smiled and said: "The magic circle is broken!"
Xu Zhiqiong was very happy, but breaking the magic circle was not enough. The construction method of this box could not be broken. The whole box was integrated and even the lid could not be found.
Let's go to the north to find Niu Yuxian and let him think of a solution.
Or go directly to Zhong Shen. He should be able to open the box, but it is a matter of confidentiality and not too many people should know about it.
Xu Zhiqiong was still hesitating. Xia Hu came closer, touched the box and said, "Let me try, I have the skills to open locks."
Tao Huayuan shook her head and said: "Nizi, be careful. There are yin and yang traps on this box. It's hard to say that there are no traps based on the construction method."
"Don't worry, I'm sensible!" Xia Hu took out the sewing box, pulled out a piece of silk thread that was so thin that it couldn't be seen, and tied it on the box.
Xia Hu stepped back dozens of feet, while Xu Zhiqiong stood beside him to take care of him.
The thin line slowly moved across the box and suddenly sank in!
There is a gap!
Tao Huayuan exclaimed in admiration: "Nizi, what a great trick!"
Xia Hu moved her fingers, and the thin thread wandered in the gap, and seemed to hit the lock.
"The lock is quite tight!" Xia Hu's eyes trembled. She found the joint of the lock through the thin thread, pulled it several times, and the box opened!
Her proficiency in unlocking is no less than that of Niu Yuxian.
Xu Zhiqiong suddenly thought of something. Xia Hu's talent is using needle and thread, and judges' talent skills often come from various sects. From this, it can be deduced that Xia Hu's talent should be from the Mohist school.
Xu Zhiqiong walked to the box and saw the contents in the box.
A scroll of bamboo book!
"The Record of Angry Ancestors"!
Why is it "The Record of Angry Ancestors" again?
Xiao Songting took the risk and broke into the palace at night probably for this book "The Record of Angry Ancestors".
What is the connection between this book "The Record of Angry Ancestors" and the one in Xu Zhiqiong's hand?
Is this one the original and the other one a copy?
Xu Zhiqiong opened it and found that the text in this book "The Record of Angry Ancestors" was completely different from the one he had read.
Are there different translations or different contents?
Xu Zhiqiong was thinking when he heard Xia Hu say: "If it's something important, put it away quickly."
Tao Huayuan said: "I didn't realize we were hiding so far away. Since it's a secret, we just don't look at it."
If a good wife is like this, what more can a husband ask for?
Xu Zhiqiong walked out of the bedroom with the bamboo slips in his arms. He came back a short time later, hugged one of them with one hand, and threw himself on the couch.
"My bed is big enough for three people to sleep without being crowded at all!"
"Shameless, who wants to sleep with you!"
"You thief, don't do anything random and don't rip off my clothes!"
"Let me see if the four teeth marks are still there?"
"Here it is, here it is, stop biting!"
"This wound won't heal in a few months, let's wait until later."
While they were having fun, Chang Decai said outside the door: "Master, there is a girl who wants to see you."
Upon hearing the word girl, Xia Hu and Tao Huayuan both stopped smiling and looked at Xu Zhiqiong with cold expressions.
Xu Zhiqiong laughed twice, stood up and went to the door.
At this time, which girl came to see me?
Isn't she the Sixth Princess? She will definitely act up when she comes.
So what can I do if I mess up?
She is not my wife after all!
But having said that, given her status, she shouldn't come to me alone.
Xu Zhiqiong came to the door and found that the person who came was indeed not the Sixth Princess.
The bed is big and can sleep four people without being crowded. The person who came here was none other than Lin Qianniang.
"You are finally willing to come to me!" Xu Zhiqiong quickly led Qianniang to the main hall.
Second Sister Lin said anxiously: "Xu Lang, something happened, Princess Yuyao is missing!"
Lin Qianniang had just returned to the capital the day before yesterday. Emperor Changle gave her the official position of counselor and asked her to assist Zuo Liang Yuyao in the Internal History Office.
Xu Zhiqiong knew about this.
The Sixth Princess is missing, why did she come to find me?
Xu Zhiqiong said: "The princess may have gone to the palace, or to the Canglong Palace."
Qianniang shook her head and said: "She didn't go anywhere. She only stayed in the Imperial Palace. Someone said that Marquis Yun came to see her, so she went to the main hall to meet her. As a result, the two of them went to the bedroom for some unknown reason and turned around.
, the sixth princess disappeared!"
Yunhou? What a familiar name!
Xu Zhiqiong blinked his eyes and said, "Isn't it me, Marquis Yun?"
Qianniang nodded and said: "That's right, I saw with my own eyes that that person was also you!"
Xu Zhiqiong was stunned and speechless, and Tao Huayuan came out from behind the screen: "Xu Zhiqiong went to the Yin and Yang Department just then, and then returned to the mansion. I can testify to this, and everyone in the Yin and Yang Department can testify!"
Lin Qianniang nodded and said: "I believe this matter has nothing to do with Xu Lang, so I came to discuss it with Xu Lang!"
Tao Huayuan sighed: "Needless to say, I was deceived by that Xingjun!"
Xia Hu said from the side: "You bit your teeth on her body. Even if she can't remember your reminder, she should still remember the pain. How can she be fooled by this?"
"I..." Xu Zhiqiong stopped talking.
He didn't bite!
Suddenly, he didn't bite!
Tao Huayuan sneered from the side: "It must be that he loves the sixth princess and is reluctant to talk about it!"
Xia Hu sighed: "Yes, what kind of status is the princess? How can she be as thick-skinned and fleshy as us!"
There was ridicule in the words, but they couldn't watch the fun after all. Xia Hu and Tao Huayuan were both smart people, and they knew that Zhewei Xingjun would use Liang Yuyao to blackmail Xu Zhiqiong.
"Go to the Neishi Mansion first to see if there are any traces." Just as Tao Huayuan was about to leave, Xu Zhiqiong stopped her.
"It's useless to go to the Neishi Mansion. That guy doesn't leave any trace behind when he does things. When you looked for me, you didn't find any traces," Xu Zhiqiong said to the three of them, "You just stay in the mansion and don't go anywhere."
Go ahead, I will handle this matter myself!"
Qianniang asked with concern: "Xu Lang, how do you want to deal with it?"
Xu Zhiqiong stared at Qianniang for a moment and asked: "What kind of cake is suitable for peach blossoms?"
Tao Huayuan was startled, pulled Xia Hu and took a few steps back.